Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

"Oh, this is wedding candy. Someone in the village is having a wedding, and asked me to give some candy to Lord Yang." Luo Sha realized that his words were inappropriate after he finished speaking, and hurriedly tried to stuff candy into Meng Changqing's hand. "I didn't expect to run into you. If I had known, I would have taken more."

Meng Changqing dodged and said with a smile: "No need to be so polite, just send whoever you need to send off."

"That's so embarrassing."

Meng Changqing asked again, "Whose wedding is it?"

Luo Sha replied, "It's Luo Laofeng from our village who is getting married."

"Luo Laofeng." Meng Changqing felt that the name sounded familiar. Thinking back carefully, he had the same impression in his mind. "I remember that man was older than Luo Sanmu. Has he never been married?"

The smile on Luo Sha's face became strange, "It worked. It worked before."

"Oh?" Meng Changqing also laughed, "Tell me more about it."

"It's not that life has gotten better, but we have more ideas," Luo Sha said. "Luo Laofeng's sister is smart. When she came to visit her family last time, she knew that everyone here, regardless of gender, gets a share of land. So she thought about finding another wife for Luo Laofeng so that the family can get two more acres of land."

"The family his sister is talking about, isn't it from our Beishan County?" Meng Changqing asked.

Luo Sha exaggeratedly said, "Which woman in Beishan County would be so unwilling to be a mistress to a man like Luo Laofeng? She is from Yangmen County. Laofeng's sister married in Yangmen County. They are not as good as us. There are many families who sell their children."

Meng Changqing gestured to Luo Sha to talk while walking.

Luo Sha was secretly happy that he could talk to the county magistrate. Seeing that Meng Changqing was interested in this matter, he naturally had to say a few more words.

He lagged slightly behind Meng Changqing and said as he walked, "Luo Laofeng went to see her the day before yesterday and came back to tell me that although the girl is not pretty, she is young, only fourteen or fifteen. If we marry her and raise her for two years, she might give birth to two sons."

Meng Changqing sneered in his heart, but his face still maintained the previous expression, "I guess that girl must have offended Luo Laofeng's daughter before?"

"Look at what you said. Who would be willing to act as a matchmaker for someone after being offended? Sister Lao Feng and that girl's family are neighbors, and they usually get along pretty well." Luo Sha wanted to say that she wanted to help that family out because they got along well.

But just as he was about to say the following words, he suddenly realized that what Lord Meng said just now meant that this matchmaker was not a good one.

The smile on Luo Sha's face gradually disappeared. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and followed behind without daring to speak.

"We're here." Meng Changqing knocked on the door frame.

Yang Zheng, who was writing a letter inside, immediately stood up to greet him, "Sir."

Meng Changqing made way, "Luo Sha wants to talk to you about something."

Luo Sha gave Yang Zheng two dry laughs and didn't dare to say anything.

Yang Zheng asked, "What's the matter?"

Luo Sha looked at Meng Changqing who had stepped aside, "I..."

Meng Changqing smiled at him and said, "Just say what you need to say."

Luo Sha rephrased, "Luo Laofeng from our village wants to marry a young girl, and asked me to come and say hello to you." As he spoke, he placed the candy in his hand on Yang Zheng's desk, "He said he would pick a good day in a few days to hold the wedding banquet, and then you'd be invited to come and drink at the wedding banquet."

After listening to this long string, Yang Zheng was also stunned for a moment, "What did you say?"

Luo Sha licked her lips, wondering whether she should repeat what she just said, and then she heard Yang Zheng ask, "Marry a younger one?"

Yang Zheng spoke these words in a strange tone.

After hearing this, Luo Sha was shocked and thought that this trip was a real loss. He got scolded for Luo Laofeng in vain. No wonder those people didn't want to come.

"What is Luo Laofeng's identity? What is his family background?" Yang Zheng said angrily, "You still want to marry a little girl? Tell him to come here by himself, I will put him in jail." Luo Sha nodded randomly, "I will tell him to come here right away."

After Luo Sha left, Meng Changqing said to Yang Zheng, "You go about your business. I am most happy to take care of this kind of thing. If Luo Laofeng comes again, just tell him to come to me directly."

Yang Zheng said worriedly: "Sir, the people below don't know anything. Just scold them a few times to scare them. Don't really lock them up."

"Don't worry, I know it."

Watching Meng Changqing walk out the door, Yang Zheng muttered quietly, "If you really knew what was going on, you wouldn't have bothered with this." He lowered his head and dipped his brush in ink again, "It's because of my dishonesty that I ended up in my master's hands. Who can I blame? Just wish yourself the best."

Yang Zheng's premonition turned out to be correct. That evening, when he was almost done with work in the yamen and was about to go home, he saw Luo Laofeng standing in the yard.

"Did Lord Meng ask him to stand here?"

The yamen runner replied: "It doesn't count."

"What do you mean it doesn't count?"

"Didn't you ask him to see Lord Meng? Lord Meng happened to be busy and had no time to see him."

Yang Zheng asked again: "How long has he been standing here?"

The bailiff calculated and said, "It should be about two hours."

"Okay." Yang Zheng turned around and was about to leave when the yamen runner called him back in a low voice, "Captain, why don't you go in and tell the master?"

Yang Zheng pointed at the bailiff who was speaking and left.

Back at Luo Laofeng's home, Luo Laofeng's wife hadn't seen her husband come back, and she was getting anxious. Knowing that Luo Sha was not on duty today, she went to his house to inquire about the news.

"He's been gone for several hours, and he hasn't come back yet." Luo Laofeng's wife asked, "Could it be that he talked nonsense in the government office and offended some official? Uncle, you are someone in the government office and have some say there, could you please go and ask around?"

Rosa refused immediately, "I won't go."

Luo Laofeng's wife understood what he meant. "We are from the same village. Uncle, tell me clearly why the government called him over."

"It's all your family's fault." Luo Sha was ashamed in front of the two adults. He was very angry. When he came back to deliver the message, he still suppressed his temper. Now that Luo Laofeng's family came to the door again, he could no longer control his temper. He got angry and spoke in a very unpleasant tone.

"I just ate a candy from your family. How much face did I put in? Tell me what your family did! Let me tell you, in our village, no, in our entire county, no one has ever offended the government because of marrying a wife. Your family is the first.

Don't come to my door to beg for mercy. I can't do anything about it. If there is any punishment from above, you will have to bear it yourself."

The blood drained from Luo Laofeng's wife's face, and she felt as if a disaster had struck her head.

In fact, when it comes to the matter of Luo Laofeng taking a concubine, she was reluctant. Which woman is willing to share her husband?
But he couldn't resist the persuasion of others.

She fell in love with the woman and after she married him, the government would give her family two acres of land.

He also believed the saying that wives are superior and concubines are inferior, and thought that if that woman came, he would have one more person to command.

Thinking about the benefits that woman would bring to her after entering her home, the idea of ​​her husband taking a concubine didn't seem so absurd anymore.

She agreed to this reluctantly and with mixed feelings.

As a result, this is not a good thing. (End of this chapter)