Splendid peasant girl busy farming

Chapter 3372

While Cui Erniang was plotting for Cui Er, the village and the courtyard of Mu's house were also lit with lights.

Mu Zichuan was sitting at the desk, reading and writing, with a tall stack of official documents in hand.

This trip back from the capital, he brought three carriages.

A carriage covered with quilts is specially used for the old lady to rest, and a carriage is used to load the clothes, shoes and socks of the two mothers, as well as New Year gifts for relatives in their hometown.

He sat in the last carriage by himself, and there were three boxes of books and related documents and materials in the carriage.

Many of the official documents and materials were about Huguang County. Before returning home for the New Year, Mr. Zhang, one of the three great scholars in the cabinet, called him to the study room, and closed the door to reveal some things to him in private.

In the next year, Emperor Qi issued an imperial edict ordering Mu Zichuan to be the county magistrate of Huguang County.

The mentor said that the emperor intended to cultivate him and let him start from the bottom.

Mu Zichuan himself also cherishes this hard-won opportunity. Although the county magistrate is a ninth-rank sesame official, he is the parent official who is closest to the people.

Achievement in the local area will be a real achievement, which will win a strong competitive bargaining chip for future career promotion.

If you go directly to the court, or stay in the capital to find an errand through the relationship of your mentor, most of your mental energy will be consumed by those open and secret fights.

There are noble people everywhere in the capital, no one is easy to offend, and they form their own camp, basically they can't make any achievements.

Therefore, when my mentor, Mr. Zhang, revealed the holy will to him in private, he and his mentor analyzed it for more than two hours in the study.

In the end, an agreement was reached, and it was a pragmatic move to come to the local area and start with a small county magistrate.

Therefore, on the way back, in the turbulent carriage, Mu Zichuan had been reading all the time, almost comprehending the county annals of Huguang County, some slightly influential things that happened in Huguang County in the past ten years, business, farmland, etc. , water conservancy, taxes, penalties, etc., are firmly in mind.

Tonight, he had a banquet at Da'an's house, and when he came home, he still habitually read Shi Chen's book. Only halfway through, the door opened, and he saw his old lady holding a small porcelain book. The bowl went into the house.

"Mother, why haven't you rested tonight?" Mu Zichuan quickly got up and came out from behind the desk.

Widow Liu looked at her son: "It's so late, drink ginseng tea and go to bed early, the ground is very cold, I will read the book tomorrow during the day."

Mu Zichuan took the ginseng tea that Widow Liu handed over with a smile, and said, "Didn't I buy you two maids to serve you? You can just let them do these things, why do you have to do it yourself?"

Widow Liu shook her head, "I don't feel tired after doing such trivial things. It's still the habit of the farmers, and I'm not used to being served by others."

Especially when her son eats imported food, Widow Liu has to do it herself, otherwise she can't rest assured.

"Sit down and drink the ginseng tea." Widow Liu said again.

Bestowed by the elders, but not daring to say goodbye, Mu Zichuan nodded with a smile, helped Widow Liu to sit down on a stool next to her, and sat down behind the desk herself.

Seeing her son drinking ginseng tea, Widow Liu hesitated to speak.

After he had finished drinking, Widow Liu opened her mouth, sighed softly and said, "I think your third uncle and aunt are blessed, and now Da'an has a family too. Although the daughter-in-law doesn't have the influence of her mother's family to help Da'an, she is still a small one. When I grow up, I know the root and the bottom."

"With such a knowledgeable person by his side, no matter where Da'an goes, the old couple can rest assured." She said.

Mu Zichuan nodded, "Well, Xiaohua's brother and sister are indeed virtuous housemates, and they are honest and responsible."

While observing her son's reaction, Widow Liu continued, "It's about marrying a wife and a virtuous man. A man makes achievements outside, and there is really no shortage of women around him who help him take care of food, clothing, housing and transportation."

"Mother is getting older every year, and many things are beyond her control, Zi Chuan, why don't I find an honest and virtuous woman near my home to be your wife?"

Hearing this, Mu Zichuan's expression changed. He put the empty bowl in his hand back on the tray, and took out a handkerchief to gently wipe the corners of his mouth.

silence.

Silence again?

Widow Liu looked at her son's familiar silence, with thousands of words choked in her throat.

For a long time, when she first said she was looking for a wife for him, he would find various reasons to refuse.

After waiting until later, he simply fell silent.

If there is silence, the marriage will naturally fall into the sea, and there will be no news.

"Zi Chuan, it's not that mother is forcing you, it's because people of the same age around you have already married. Look at Tang Yazi and Qing'er, the children are all in school."

"Now even Da'an, who is several years younger than you, is married, Zi Chuan, my mother is old, and my mother can't accompany you for a few years,"

"Mother only hopes that before she dies, she can see you get married, have a wife, children and daughters. Mother will die with peace in her eyes!"

When Widow Liu talked about the emotional part, tears rolled down her eyes.

Sitting there buried his head and wiped away his tears, as if he wanted to leave a long talk.

Seeing his mother's lineup, Mu Zichuan knew that he was pretending to be stupid today and couldn't bear it.

He got up and came to Widow Liu, and knelt down.

"Mother, don't cry, it's all because of your son's unfilial piety!" Mu Zichuan said.

Widow Liu looked at her son with his head hanging down and a dejected expression, and her heart ached.

"Zi Chuan, there are three kinds of unfilial piety, and the greatest thing is to have no descendants. Since you yourself are aware of your unfilial piety, then you can't make up for it? Do you want to be a filial person?" Widow Liu asked earnestly.

Mu Zichuan drooped his head and refused to answer these words.

Widow Liu continued: "Zi Chuan, you should say something, every time I talk to you about marriage, you look like this."

"You child, are you going to make mother anxious to death!" Widow Liu said, raising her hand,
Mu Zichuan thought she was going to beat him, but he heard a clear and loud slap next to his ear.

"Snapped!"

With this slap, Widow Liu slapped herself hard on the face.

Mu Zichuan was stunned, and when Widow Liu was about to strike again, Mu Zichuan quickly got up and grabbed the woman's hand.

"Mom, what are you doing? If you want to hit me, hit my son. It's my fault!" Mu Zichuan shouted anxiously.

Widow Liu cried and said: "Son, don't teach father and son how to behave. Your father left early. I was the father and mother who brought you up."

"It's my fault that you've become like this now. I can't force you to get married. I can only beat myself. I won't have the face to go down to meet your father and the ancestors of Lao Mu's family..."

Widow Liu struggled and wanted to hit herself again. Mu Zichuan held her arms tightly in his arms, crying too hard.

"Mother, son's fault has nothing to do with mother, please don't torture yourself like this, son is heartbroken!"

Widow Liu was also silent, her eyes were dull, her face was pale, and she turned her face away, unwilling to look at Mu Zichuan.

Mu Zichuan was even more frightened, and knelt down to the other side of Widow Liu: "Mother, please don't do this again, my son is really scared. My son has no father since he was a child, and he will only depend on his mother for life. I beg you to take care of yourself." !"

(End of this chapter)