Happy peasant girl

Chapter 119 Buying land and hiring people (1)
In the next few days, Lin Qingfei and Lin Qingxi were busy with Wang San and others in Pingling County, plowing land contract documents and buying farm tools.And when everything was arranged properly, they bought a carriage and set off back to Fu'an County.

Because Lin Qingyun arrived home first, the old Lin's family was not too anxious or worried about Lin Qingfei and Lin Qingxi's one-day delay.On the contrary, Lu Zhiming felt a little uneasy when he saw Du Yutang and heard about Lin Qingxi's stay in the capital.

Lu Zhiming sent people to guard everywhere in Fu'an County, and whenever he saw Linqingxi, he would immediately invite her to the county government.

Therefore, as soon as Lin Qingfei and Lin Qingxi's carriage reached the border of Fu'an County, someone found them and asked them to go to the county government to meet Lu Zhiming.

After arriving at the county government office, Lu Zhiming met Lin Qingxi alone in the study, and the first thing Lin Qingxi said when he saw Lu Zhiming was an apology.

"Master, Xi'er made a mistake, please punish Master."

"Tell me what you did wrong?" Sitting on a chair in the study, Lu Zhiming looked at Lin Qingxi with sharp eyes, no longer the gentleness of the past.

"Xi'er shouldn't be self-willed and disobedient to the words of Master, Mistress, and Mistress, let alone leave the capital with only a letter. Xi'er doesn't know how to play piano, chess, calligraphy, and painting, and it's embarrassing for Master and Mistress." Lin Qingxi stood Lu Zhiming said obediently with his head down in front of him.

"Xi'er, look up at me!" Lu Zhiming suddenly asked Lin Qingxi to raise his head.

Lin Qingxi raised her head according to her words, her eyes were bright and innocent, filled with apology.

Lu Zhiming didn't see the answer he wanted from it. He felt that he was overthinking. No matter how smart Lin Qingxi was, she was only a nine-year-old child. She has never tasted all the flavors of the world, so she may not be able to see through some things.

"Xi'er, don't you like the capital?" Lu Zhiming's voice and eyes began to soften.

"Master, Xi'er doesn't like it. Xi'er likes Damei Mountain, farming in the fields, and fishing in ponds. Xi'er doesn't like piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Master, can I study and practice calligraphy with you from now on?" There was loss and expectation in Linqingxi's voice.

"Xi'er, if this is what you want in your heart, then I promise you as a teacher that you will read the books you want to read in the future, but you must write well, and you don't need to learn anything else." In Huang's letter to him, he reflected a lot, maybe he used the wrong method to Lin Qingxi at the beginning.

He thought of her as a piece of rough jade in the mountains, so he wanted to carve her with his heart, but in fact, she was the water in the mountains, and when she was placed in different containers, she would have different shapes.She can look very transparent, allowing people to see to the end, but as long as she wants, she can also be cloudy, making you unable to guess the details.

"Master, can Xi'er ask you a question?" Lu Zhiming was rarely lost in front of him, and Lin Qingxi asked very carefully.

"what do you wish to ask?"

"Master, did you accept me as an apprentice because you knew I could farm and was useful to Master, so you accepted me as an apprentice, and it wasn't because I was really suitable to be your apprentice?" Lin Qingxi said with a hint With a sad taste.

Lu Zhiming took a look at Lin Qingxi at this time, then smiled, and said, "Xi'er, you are right. I did get close to you on purpose at the beginning because you were useful. But, you didn't treat me Lu Zhiming is useful, but useful to the people of Chu State."

"Just because I know a lot about farming and good at farming? In fact, Master doesn't need to bother to accept me as an apprentice. You are an official and I am a citizen. I dare not object to what you want me to do."

"You're right, I can use my rights as an official to demand you, but Xi'er, that's not my way of life, Lu Zhiming. Although you are the daughter of a farmer in the countryside, I love and admire you as a teacher. I even respect you. That’s right, I am the son-in-law of the current Zaifu, a well-known county magistrate, and in the capital, I am still the favorite courtier of the current emperor. But these are just a passing moment to me. If I can’t serve the world If the common people seek well-being, then my existence is meaningless.”

"Master, you are a good official!"

"Hehe, in the eyes of outsiders, I may really be a good official. But I also know that I am not a good master, nor a good husband, and I am afraid I will not be a good apprentice in the future." Lu Zhiming thinks these days In the past, he thought about business affairs the most, but looking back now, he didn't seem to handle things well except business affairs.

Lu Zhiming's words made Lin Qingxi silent. How many people in the world can truly "put the people first and live for the people", she thinks that Lu Zhiming can do it, but the war of one person is lonely. To be a good official is bound to fail to be so perfect in other aspects.

"Xi'er, no matter what you have experienced in the capital and what you have figured out, Master will never ask, and will not force you to do things you don't like in the future. It's just that I, Lu Zhiming, want to ask you for one thing. I beg you as one of the most ordinary people in Chu State." Lu Zhiming said solemnly.

"Master, you must not talk to the apprentice like this. You are trying to ruin the apprentice. Just say what you want." Lu Zhiming's attitude frightened Lin Qingxi. She respected Lu Zhiming very much, let alone Lu Zhiming Or her master.

"Xi'er, no matter what you experience in the future, you must remember to be a good person upright." Although Lin Qingxi is not a man, in Lu Zhiming's view, she is not bad compared to men all over the world.

Lin Qingxi never thought that Lu Zhiming would ask her to be a good person. She really wanted to say that good people don't live long.But she knew better that the "good person" Lu Zhiming said was not a kind person in the simple sense.

Everyone is willing to be a good person praised by everyone, but it is not easy to be a good person. To be a good person, you must learn to suffer, and learn to bear a lot of grievances and pains that others cannot bear. It feels good and bad to be a good person.

Of course, "good" and "bad", "good" and "evil", "right" and "wrong" are all relative terms. She thought that what Lu Zhiming wanted to say to her should be to let her do it. An upright person who can distinguish right from wrong, good from evil, and understand right from wrong.

Just, can she do it?

After not seeing each other for several months, when Ye Shi, Mu Shi and others saw Linqingxi again, they were already in tears.The family happily ate the reunion dinner and talked about themselves in the middle of the night before going to bed to rest.

The next day, upon hearing the news of Lin Qingxi's return, Lin Xiaoyu, Lin Cuihua, Lin Xiaotao, Lin Xiaocao, and Lin Yingzi all came to see her, and they kept asking Lin Qingxi what happened. What I have seen and heard outside for a while.

People in Linjia Village only knew that the children of the old Linjia were going to visit relatives in a distant place, but they didn't know that Linqingxi, Linqingyun and Linqingfei had gone to the capital.

(End of this chapter)