In the ninth month of golden autumn, the fragrance of cinnamon spreads for ten miles.
There are many sweet-scented osmanthus trees on the mountain in Dahe Village, and there are also quite a few at the foot of the mountain, but they all grow randomly and are not clustered together.
At this time, we need to build a road up the mountain and build a pavilion on the mountain. By the time the construction is completed, it will already be October. By then, the sweet-scented osmanthus and wild chrysanthemums will have faded, so there is not much point in building these.
So it was finally decided to send someone to transplant the wild chrysanthemums from the mountains and plant them all at the entrance of Cheng Wanwan's flower garden.
As for the sweet-scented osmanthus, it’s about smelling the fragrance rather than admiring the shape. No matter where you are in Dahe Village, you can smell the strong fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus, and that’s enough.
Of course, if someone insists on admiring osmanthus, it is not impossible. They can admire the solitary osmanthus tree in the village, or the villagers can take them up the mountain to see the vast osmanthus forest.
"Since everyone agrees to hold a chrysanthemum appreciation party, we can start taking action." Cheng Wanwan said, "It is the end of September, so the banquet time should be set on the first day of October."
It is true that the earlier the better, and everyone present at the meeting had no objections.
"The first thing is to write the invitation letter. I will leave this matter to Master Yu."
Master Yu is now in charge of education matters in Dahe Village. In the past, he only received Master’s salary, but now he can receive an additional management salary.
"After the invitation letter is completed, Xiaohe, send a few people from the patrol team to the city to deliver it."
He Xiao was the captain of the escort team, and he was assigned a deputy captain, Mr. Zhao. Because he was the deputy and had no real power, no one said anything about letting someone named Zhao take the position. The main reason was that Mr. Zhao particularly liked practicing martial arts. , strongly recommended himself, and finally passed unanimously.
"Leave the matter of the wild chrysanthemum transplant to Wang Wenzhi and ask my eldest sister to assist you."
Wang Wenzhi is the newly elected agricultural director and the pillar of the Wang family. He holds such an important position, and the Wang family becomes proud in Dahe Village.
"Then there is the food list for the Chrysanthemum Appreciation Party. Sister-in-law Zhang and Sister-in-law Bao, you two will meet Mrs. Ma tomorrow."
Second sister-in-law Zhang is from the Zhang family, that is, Mrs. Zhang’s sister-in-law. She represents the Zhang family and is responsible for resolving disputes. Sister-in-law Bao is Bao Hong’s daughter-in-law and represents the “refugee” branch, that is, people from Xindahe Village. Responsible for communicating the problems and needs of the elderly, weak, women and children in the village.
"Xu Kun and Tiezhu, you must strictly control your money, but you must not be stingy..."
Cheng Wanwan ordered everything in an orderly manner, and everyone listened attentively.
After she finished speaking, Li Zheng said: "There are still three days until the first day of October. You all should hurry up. Whether our tourism industry in Dahe Village can stay green all year round depends on this time."
The word "travel" was also learned from Cheng Wanwan's mouth, and it became more and more catchy the more he said it.
Everyone stood up and said in unison: "Yes!"
They all took office for the first time, and they had obtained the permission of all the villagers. It was their first time to do something big, so naturally they had to do it beautifully.
Everyone dispersed and went about their business.
Master Yu quickly wrote the invitation letter, and He Xiao sent a dozen people to distribute the invitation letters separately.
The invitations are to all old customers who have been to Dahe Village. They are invited to Dahe Village for free to enjoy chrysanthemums and osmanthus. There will also be delicious food tasting.
All of a sudden, Dahe Village became the most talked-about word among urbanites after dinner.
"In August, I invited some friends to go fishing in Dahe Village. Although it was a little hot, the scenery was really nice. Unexpectedly, I became a regular customer of Dahe Village and even invited me to go see chrysanthemums for free. This is a must. go."
"I heard that it was a chrysanthemum appreciation party organized by the people of Sui'an. The people of Liupin'an invited me, so how could I not go?"
"If all old customers can go, it is estimated that adults and ladies from various counties will also go, and some wealthy businessmen will definitely not miss this opportunity."
"Oh, then we can meet a lot of big people, so we have to be well prepared!"
"..."
This matter spread in the streets and alleys, and naturally it also reached the county government in Fenghuang County.
The maid stood behind Mrs. Zheng tremblingly and reported in a low voice: "I have inquired about it. Mrs. Bai from Baiyun County, Mrs. Fu from Hekou County...and Mrs. Lin and Mrs. Ge have all received invitations..."
The voice became lower and lower, and the next few words were inaudible.
Mrs. Zheng turned around suddenly and slapped the maid hard on the face.
The maid was in terrible pain, tears welling up in her eyes, but she didn't dare to say a word.
"What a Sui'an person. This is clearly against my Zheng family!"
Mrs. Zheng raised her hand and smashed the cup on the ground.
Everyone who had been to Dahe Village received invitations, but only the Zheng family was left out, for fear that others would not know that Suian and the Zheng family were at odds with each other.
"Why are you losing your temper here?" Mr. Zheng walked in from the door with a cold face, "If you hadn't tricked Miss Lin's family, how could our Zheng family have such a disaster?"
"I'm not here for the Zheng family!" Mrs. Zheng gritted her teeth, "You have no family background to support you, so you can only be a county magistrate for the rest of your life. I can't let Feng'er follow your old path! It's obvious that you can succeed, but it's all the fault of the widow. She just... She ruined our family's good things again and again. Does she think she can do whatever she wants in this area just because she is from Sui'an?!"
"That's right, she can do whatever she wants!" County Magistrate Zheng said one word after another, "Sui'an is a sixth-grade person. The entire Huzhou only needs to bow to the magistrate. You, a little county magistrate's wife, how can you have the courage to say that? These wild words? If you have time to keep an eye on the Sui'an people in Dahe Village, you might as well send more people to find out about your son!"
Mrs. Zheng paused: "After the provincial examination ended a few days ago, I received a letter from Feng'er. Everything went well. What happened that I don't know about?"
"After the provincial examination, the academic officials of the provincial capital hosted a banquet for all the scholars who came to take the examination. The governor was also present at this banquet, which shows that the imperial court attaches great importance to literati." Mr. Zheng said slowly, "If the governor Leaving your name in front of you will be of great benefit in the future. Feng'er has always been successful. You can also guess that Feng'er must have been in the limelight... He was in the limelight before the results of the provincial examination were released. The beauty in the forest will be destroyed by the wind. Afterwards, he was targeted by several fellow villagers from Huzhou, but Feng'er was unable to resist because they spoke rationally, and was disliked by the governor..."
Mrs. Zheng couldn't believe it: "Feng'er is a generous person and has many friends. How could he be targeted in public... I know it's Cheng Zhao. Shen Zheng and Cheng Zhao must have conspired to do this. Shen Zheng has always They are jealous of our Feng'er, and Cheng Zhao is trying to avenge his expulsion from Nanfu Academy. This must be the case! It's too much, this family has really gone too far!"
"Cheng Zhao is the leader of the college examination, and he will definitely be among the best in this provincial examination. Is it necessary for him to target his fellow villagers? As for Shen Zheng, that kid will not do such a thing." Mr. Zheng said coldly, "He is the same as Feng'er. In front of the governor, the friends of Lu Chen and others accused Feng'er of framed Cheng Zhao for no reason. Many people around testified, but Feng'er was unable to defend himself and almost... Fortunately, Cheng Zhao had a broad mind and was able to help the governor. In front of the Lord, he expressed that he and Feng'er were classmates and confidants, indicating that the original matter was just a misunderstanding, and only then did the Governor expose the matter!"
Having said this, Mr. Zheng stared at his wife coldly, "You hate the Sui'an people for your own selfish reasons, but the Sui'an people's nephew saved our Feng'er once. If you dare to insult the Sui'an people again, or You're just looking for trouble, so don't blame me for divorcing you with a divorce note!"
After saying that, he waved his hand and left.
Mrs. Zheng's face was full of shock, and she fell weakly into the chair.
