Surprise! The little koi from the farm, her husband who died long ago is alive!

Chapter 144: Officials protect each other, and there is no clear sky

After the rainstorm, everything returned to normal, except that there were many more villagers helping in the villa that Jiang Shuyue was going to build.

Everyone worked on their own initiative, not asking for any wages or even lunch. Since they didn't know how to build a house, they just did what they could, such as moving bricks and carrying wood. As long as they could help, everyone was happy.

Zhang Qiurong ground the needle in her hair. She didn't understand what it meant, but she saw that the older people did it, so she got used to it.

"Everyone went to help Sister Shuyue, why don't you go?"

She said as she looked at the man sitting on the kang without saying a word.

Lin Huaiyang shrugged uncomfortably, "There are enough people here. I don't like to join in the fun."

"It's so nice to have a lively party. Shu Yue has helped all the people in our village this time. Let's not talk about other families. Just take our family as an example. If it weren't for the canal, the two acres of land in Hedianzi would have been soaked long ago. How much harvest would have been lost? This is a life-saving favor."

"I didn't say no." Lin Huaiyang said.

"Why don't you go? Are you expecting your father to go at his age? His voice has become hoarse from digging the canal a few days ago, and the skin on the back of his neck is peeling from the sun. Don't you feel sorry for his son?" Zhang Qiurong glared at the man.

"What are you talking about? How can I not feel bad for my own father?" Lin Huaiyang looked aggrieved, "I..."

"Are you afraid that I'll be unhappy? Let me tell you, your wife isn't such a stingy person. I follow her to make money. If I really cared about those nonsense outside, would I still be so happy to follow her to make a living?"

Zhang Qiurong kicked the man and said, "Go ahead. It's not right for our family not to have someone. You and Xiao Lin grew up together. It's not worth it to break up over such a trivial matter."

Lin Huaiyang is a bit timid, but Zhang Qiurong is a woman with her own ideas. After her persuasion, Lin Huaiyang no longer has any worries.

"Then I'll go in the afternoon. If I go now, it's time to eat after working for a while. It's like I'm going there on purpose to get a free meal." Lin Huaiyang said.

"Okay, I'll make you some steamed egg cake for lunch. Go and work hard. We should not skimp on our efforts since they are providing us with such a good way to make money."

"I know." Lin Huaiyang looked at his wife, who was not very pretty, and at this moment he thought she was quite beautiful.

"I have saved some money. If I have a boy, I will send him to school. If I have a girl, I will save more money for her dowry."

It’s not that Zhang Qiurong doesn’t want her daughter to study, but there is no place for girls to study these days.

"You have worked hard."

Zhang Qiurong was very happy when the man said that. "Why is it so hard? It's always hard to make money."

"I mean, let you make money alone." Lin Huaiyang felt a little embarrassed. After all, he was a man, but he really couldn't do needlework.

"By the way, Shuyue's villa has just opened and they need people. Our two families have a good relationship, so you can go and find a job there. There's nothing shameful in making money."

"Row."

In the past, Lin Huaiyang might have felt a little embarrassed, but after what his wife just said, he let go of himself.

Zhang Qiurong smiled.

Lin Huaiyang also laughed.

It had been raining heavily for several days, but Zhang Qiurong did not stop making dumplings. Together with the few dumplings she had made earlier, Jiang Shuyue planned to deliver them to Jiang Shulan quickly, fearing that the guests would have to wait anxiously.

When Jiang Shuyue arrived in the town, he went nowhere else but went straight to Four Seasons Garment Shop.

Seeing that Four Seasons Garment Shop was open as usual, she felt relieved. She had always been worried that County Magistrate Hong would make things difficult for them.

But it seems that there was no such thing. It should be Xiao Lin’s token that worked.

When Jiang Shulan saw Jiang Shuyue coming, she first asked with concern whether the road was easy to travel on, as the heavy rain had washed away many bridges.

Jiang Shuyue also took a detour to get here, but it was okay as it didn't delay his journey.

Jiang Shulan asked the waiter to count the packages and settle the bill, while she pulled Jiang Shuyue to the back.

Jiang Shuyue's intuition told him that there must be something wrong with her being so secretive.

"Cousin, did Magistrate Hong give you a hard time?"

Jiang Shulan shook her head, looked around cautiously, and then burst out laughing.

This made Jiang Shuyue a little confused.

"Cousin, is there something good going on?"

Jiang Shulan nodded. "That's good. I'm telling you. I also heard from your brother-in-law that someone from above has come. County Magistrate Hong is in trouble this time."

Jiang Shuyue took a deep breath. County Magistrate Hong had not had any major events in his previous life, so she was not too happy. After knowing the result, she felt helpless.

Officials protect each other, so foolishly the common people actually believe that there will be a day when the clouds will clear and the sun will shine.

The darkness of officialdom is really beyond their imagination.

Jiang Shulan smiled and said, "Sister, I didn't have time to ask you last time, is your man really that capable? Then why are you two still living here? It would be great to go to Beijing. You have a good brain, you can make more money there."

Jiang Shuyue didn't know how to answer her, so she just smiled and said, "I think everything is fine now. By the way, cousin, did your husband tell me the last name of the person who came to investigate County Magistrate Hong?"

"Hiss... Let me think, I heard his last name was Xu... or Xu, I didn't hear it clearly, sister, do you know him?"

Jiang Shuyue shook her head. How could she know him in this life?

She remembered that the official sent by the higher authorities in her previous life was named Xu Zizhen. This meant that it was just a show, just like in her previous life. As long as County Magistrate Hong gave some silver, he would be able to escape safely.

However, Jiang Shuyue did not say these.

"I'm really sorry for what happened last time. I got my cousin into trouble."

"Nothing happened, don't think too much about it." Jiang Shulan said with a smile: "Look, I am doing my business as usual. Your man has such a relationship, so I also benefit from it."

On the way back, Jiang Shuyue sat in the carriage and kept thinking that if it was really that person named Xu Zizhen who came to investigate, County Magistrate Hong would have escaped the disaster and would have continued to plunder the people's wealth, and how disappointed the Yan family would have been.

She was so absorbed in her thoughts that she didn't even hear Xiao Lin calling her.

"What are you thinking about?"

Jiang Shuyue smiled bitterly, "Today I heard from my cousin Shulan that the inspector has arrived. I wonder what County Magistrate Hong will do?"

"What do you want from him?"

There were no outsiders here, just the two of them. Jiang Shuyue also trusted Xiao Lin. "Of course I hope that the bad things he did were found out, but... is it really possible? I've heard that officials protect each other, but I'm afraid it's not that easy, right?"

Xiao Lin curled his lips. If it was the person from the previous life who came to investigate, he would naturally find nothing and would even sing praises to his superiors. But this time it was a different person.

He also felt that County Magistrate Hong had done so many bad things, and since there were inspectors, how could they not find out? It must be the reason that Jiang Shuyue said. It was because he thought of this that he asked the capital to change its plan.