Chapter 227 - 216: Enlightenment (Extra update for 215,000 votes from Yunqi)
Old Master Bai invited everyone to sit in the front hall, and the servants quickly served tea, while the steward went to arrange lunch.
It’s said that visiting to drink water is, of course, not so simple—it naturally involves having a meal and a chat.
County Magistrate Fu was accustomed to this, as every time he visited the countryside, he was hosted by either the Chief or the local gentry landlords—he obviously couldn’t dine at the home with the worst conditions, could he?
Old Master Bai also had ample experience in hosting officials from the countryside, first inquiring about the situation in other places and the current arrangements in the county, before expressing that he would definitely cooperate with the county’s policies and ensure the work of summer and autumn harvests was well managed.
Speaking of the harvest made County Magistrate Fu’s head ache, and he turned to ask the Chief and the village head about the situation in the fields and in the village.
The Chief sighed and let the village head speak.
It is possible to fake household possessions, but the crops in the field are visibly there; even if he wanted to say the situation was optimistic, County Magistrate Fu would have to believe it.
As soon as he walked into the fields, he would see everything for himself.
And of the two areas in Qili Village most severely affected by the disaster, one was right beside the river, and they had just walked from the other side of the river to this side. County Magistrate Fu surely had seen it.
The village head saw the Chief sigh and, without changing his expression, glanced at Manbao before he also sighed and began to lament their poverty.
Old Zhou had no idea about the scheming of the village head’s nephew; he felt that whatever the village head said was correct, so he just sat there, nodding repeatedly.