Abandoned Woman Busy Farming

Speaking of which, Bai Ruozhu had not been in Guangqi Town yet. As soon as she entered the town, she entered the quarantine area due to the plague. This was the first time she walked around the town.

Guangqi Town is not big, and it is not prosperous in the first place. In addition, a bad wind broke out in the town, and many people did not go out unless they had to go out. Therefore, the two of them walked through many streets and saw no one in the merchants. The shopkeeper and the waiters were all gone. It's a sigh.

But it's good to be able to save your life at this time. If you don't have business, just sit back.

"Wontons, so many big stuffed wontons..." The feeble shouting of an old man reached Bai Ruozhu's ears.

"Stop shouting. I don't think there is much business today. Fortunately, I didn't prepare many fillings. Let's close the stall and go back early." The old woman next to her sighed and said.

"Well, how can we live without business? Besides, the county magistrate still needs medical expenses." The old man couldn't help complaining.

The old lady rolled her eyes at him and said, "Don't talk nonsense. Our son has also gone in. What if we don't have anyone to treat him?"

Bai Ruozhu glanced at Jiang Yichun and saw that his face was as dark as water, but there was raging anger hidden in his eyes.

It seems that the county magistrate here is going to be in bad luck.

She smiled and pulled his sleeve and said, "I'm just hungry. Let's go have a bowl of wontons. You don't know that the snacks at this time-honored stall are the most authentic. Even restaurants can't match them."

"Okay." He put away his anger and followed her to the wonton stall.

The two old men were startled. The old lady stared at them and asked, "Are you from outside the city? Why are you here? Let's go quickly!"

The old man was also kind-hearted and echoed: "Yes, there is a plague in the town. What should you do if it is spread here? Leave quickly."

Bai Ruozhu said with a smile: "We can't leave anymore. It wouldn't be good if we brought the disease and spread it to others, right?"

The old lady and the old man sighed, and the old lady said nonchalantly: "Well, what are you doing here? You are so unlucky."

"Old man, please have two bowls of wontons, one without green onions!" Bai Ruozhu interrupted the old lady with a smile.

"Okay, okay, let's get it done." The old man hurriedly went to eat the wontons. The old lady was still sighing. The wontons cooked quickly and the fragrance suddenly wafted out. Bai Ruozhu sniffed and said, "Well, this is the smell."

"It's delicious. If it's not enough, I'll give you more. These wontons are for you to eat. You've gotten into trouble for nothing. We all feel that we can't live with it." The old lady is still a warm-hearted person. Not to mention the number of wontons, Also given for free.

The people in this kind of small town are so honest, and they even feel that the people in their own town feel sorry for the outsiders coming here and being implicated.

Bai Ruozhu wanted to refuse, but Jiang Yichun pulled her sleeves. If she refuses now, she and the old lady will have to talk a lot.

The two of them thanked the old man and ate the hot wontons.

Bai Ruozhu was very full and drank all the soup. She felt so comfortable in her stomach. She had never felt so comfortable all this time.

The two of them finished eating and stood up to say goodbye. Soon the two old men found five taels of silver on the table. They were shocked. Two bowls of wontons together only cost fifty yuan. How could they use so much silver?

"Young man, your money!" the old man shouted, this time he was very angry. Unfortunately, when he saw the end of the street, he didn't see even a single figure.

"Why is there no one? Isn't it a fairy?" The old lady muttered in a daze.

"No, those two really look like gods." The old man agreed.

The old lady laughed, and the wrinkles on her face became much deeper, "You said it as if you had seen a god."

The old man laughed twice, and the two of them looked at the deserted street, then closed the stall and went home.

At this moment, Bai Ruozhu and Jiang Yichun had gone to the county government office. The county magistrate Ma Jun hurriedly came out and saluted the two politely. However, no matter how awe-inspiring his face or how enthusiastic his attitude was, he still kept some distance away from the two of them. Bai Ruozhu He thought that if their identities hadn't overwhelmed him, he would have been disgusted and hid far away.

"Magistrate Ma, what have you done these days? Don't think that the emperor sent us to treat the plague so that you, a local official, can sleep idle. Aren't you afraid of being accused of poor governance?" Jiang Yichun said in a deep voice. asked.

Ma Jun was excited and hurriedly knelt down and said, "I don't dare, I have cooperated with Mr. Zhou to disinfect the town these days. Besides..."

Jiang Yichun interrupted him, "In addition, you also collected medical expenses from the people?"

Ma Jun's face changed greatly, and he cursed in his mind who had sued him, but he made a sad look on his face and said, "It's not that the lower officials are making money from this, but that the money in the yamen is limited, so I reported this to the police." Soon, the funds allocated by the imperial court did not come in, and money was needed both inside and outside the place."

As he spoke, he gained courage and asked, "I wonder if Master Jiang has brought any funds with him when he comes to control the plague?"

Jiang Yichun's face was so cold that it almost froze, "Officials responsible for treatment always do not carry disaster relief funds, but send them from higher-level places. Magistrate Ma has no common sense at all, so why is he still dissatisfied with me?"

Ma Jun was so frightened that he trembled slightly, "I don't mean that, I just have no choice. I hope Mr. Jiang can understand."

Bai Ruozhu snorted coldly from the side, "You have a lot of good things in your mansion, right? Do you want to advance some money for the people first, and then not pay it back to you when the money comes? Or do you want to use this to make money? We will meet now If you happen to be free, let's go to Mr. Ma's mansion."

Ma Jun was also unlucky. He was in a remote location and didn't know Jiang Yichun's abilities. If he knew Jiang Yichun's current reputation in Beijing, he would not have dared to ask back like that just now, or even accept money so blatantly.

It's a pity, I knew it was hard to buy money in this world.

Jiang Yihong and Bai Ruozhu rushed to Magistrate Ma's house. The two of them searched Magistrate Ma's house like bandits. No one dared to stop them. Even if someone came up, they were beaten by Jiang Yichun. The fan flew away.

Ma Jun burst into tears in pain behind him, knowing that he was doomed this time.

It didn't take long for Jiang Yichun to search Ma Jun's private treasury and discover the account books where he plundered people's wealth and wealth. Although Ma Jun was not too greedy and his plundering was not powerful, Jiang Yichun would definitely not argue with him if it had been in the past. After all, the water is clear. There will be no fish.

But Ma Jun had to collect money when a plague broke out, which completely touched Jiang Yichun's bottom line.

Jiang Yichun immediately had Ma Jun taken to jail, and sent the account books and a piece of evidence to his superior, Jinshui City.

Guangqi Town was small, so there was no county magistrate arranged. The county government affairs were temporarily handed over to Zhou Shu and Shiye. Soon, a notice was posted at the gate of the county government office in Guangqi Town, saying that the county magistrate Ma Jun was responsible for collecting the people's plague money. , has been suspended, and the people in the town do not need to hand over any money, just ensure their own health.