"You...what do you need my help with?"
For Fang Shibo's sake, Kong Fang showed his greatest kindness and patience to Fan Juanjuan. Fan Juanjuan raised her head and stared at Kong Fang, "I would like to ask the county magistrate to make me a pigherder."
A swineherd is someone who raises pigs.
Even in the fairy world, Bi Mawen would probably be inferior to Monkey King. In his previous life, only farmers or migrant workers would do this work.
Kong Fang was momentarily confused by Fan Yuanyuan's seriousness. It took him a while to realize that in Daxing Dynasty, pig herders and pig butchers were very high-end jobs, no less than white-collar workers in his previous life.
But he hadn't thought about whether to take her in, because the county government already had a pigherder, so he couldn't fire her and recruit Fan Yuanyuan, right?
If a person achieves the Tao and chickens and dogs ascend to heaven, they can cause diseases. If even chicken feathers ascend to heaven, won't he be afraid of being drowned by others' spit?
If he didn't keep her, if Fang Shibo knew about it, would he fall out with her because of his bad temper?
"Ahem...that..."
His throat was a little blocked and he couldn't speak smoothly.
Fan Juanjuan suddenly kowtowed to him three times and said, "Sir, please accept me. You don't have to give me monthly money. I promise to raise the pigs to be white and fat."
Isn't it about money that you go out to work?
I don’t believe any ghosts.
As for her ability to work, he believed in her. After all, her own tonnage is there.
If you can raise yourself to be such a person, why are you still worried about whether you will be able to raise a fat pig?
"You don't want monthly money? Then what do you want?" He could guess her purpose, but he still couldn't help but be curious.
"For Fang Shibo."
Fan Juanjuan had nothing to hide.
Kong Fang praised her courage. Maybe only people of their age would not be wary of others.
"I know that he is in the backyard of the county government office, and I also know that he has not seen me. It's not that he hates me, but that he is grounded by you."
Kong Fang was fine at first, but as he listened, he felt something was wrong. Why did she think that Fang Shibo was banned by him? Don't you know that the poems Fang Shibo gave you were all copied by me... and written for him?
I have worked so hard for you two!
"How do you think it's me who doesn't let Fang Shibo see you?" He forgave her Tong Yanwuji.
"Because you are the county magistrate!" Fan Juanjuan said confidently.
"You are the highest official and the most powerful in Qinghe County. No one but you dares to control Shibo."
Kong Fang has black lines all over his forehead. I have overestimated you after all!
"If I told you that I didn't ban Fang Shibo, he was sent to the county school by his eldest sister, would you believe it?" He didn't want to waste any more time with this big kid who was full of lard.
"I believe."
As soon as he finished speaking, Fan Juanjuan answered immediately. Kong Fang was a little surprised that she didn't stalk her, but what happened next surprised him even more.
But when Fan Juanjuan stood up, wiped the dust off her knees, said don't turn around and left. Kong Fang stared at her walking back with wide eyes, his mouth wide open like a rooster with grain stuck in its throat.
Hey, are you a swineherd?
Hey, no more work?
I'll give you double your monthly payment!
It's a pity that Fan Juanjuan turned a deaf ear to his kindness and didn't even look back. It wasn't until her figure completely disappeared that Kong Fang dared to believe that he had been tricked by the fat girl.
Your sister, you look like a pig, but you are as smart as a monkey.
He quickly sent his Yamen officials to the military camp to quietly invite Fang Shiyi back. Fan Juanjuan will definitely go to the county school to find Fang Shibo. Once this matter reaches Fang Shiqing's ears, he has every reason to believe that she will regard herself as the culprit due to her dog-like temper.
He couldn't even imagine what might happen next.
Fang Shiyi hurried back.
"Brother-in-law, what happened, are you so anxious?"
"Does your eldest sister know that you are back?" Kong Fang asked without answering.
Fang Shiyi shook his head.
He breathed a sigh of relief. Then he told everything he knew about Fang Shibo and Fan Juanjuan, including how he found out about their affair, how Fang Shibo asked him to write poems, etc.
Then he was tricked by Fan Juanjuan and leaked Fang Shibo's whereabouts.
"On the day when the bandits entered the city, Shi Bo didn't care about any benefactor. In fact, Butcher Fan was not my benefactor at all. He was having a secret meeting with my little lover, and he was worried that something would happen to him."
Fang Shiyi was very surprised.
In the Daxing Dynasty, it was not uncommon for people to be engaged at Xiang Fang Shibo's age. The only difference was that they were all under the orders of their parents and the words of a matchmaker, not free love.
In fact, there was basically no theory of free love in the Daxing Dynasty, which shows that Fang Shibo and Fan Juanjuan had avant-garde ideas.
"How does Fan Juanjuan look?" Fang Shiyi couldn't help but gossip.
Kong Fang suddenly had black lines on his forehead again. He was anxious to find her back. He was not telling her whether Fan Juanjuan was beautiful or not. What he wanted to solve was how to avoid Fang Shiqing's whip!
"Fan Juanjuan is the daughter of the original Butcher Fan and current Captain Fan Kuai of the county army. Do you think she can be beautiful?"
Kong Fang said angrily.
"Her father is a pig butcher. Perhaps out of professional habits, he raised her as a pig."
He gestured, trying hard to concretize Fan Juanjuan's image.
Fang Shiyi felt a pain in her head. She is confident that there is no discrimination based on appearance, but Fang Shibo is in the stage of studying. She believes that as a sister, she should have the obligation and responsibility to cut off the love thread with a knife.
"Don't worry, I will take care of it."
Fang Shiyi's final statement made Kong Fang relieved. He didn't care what Fang Shiyi did, as long as he didn't get whipped. Kong Fang was in a good mood after his worries were settled. He hummed a ditty, drank tea and enjoyed life. The servant came to ask for advice on what to do with the pig's head.
"It's stewed in one pot."
The good mood was disturbed by the pig head again.
The servant has heard that the master is impatient, but he is a responsible servant. Even if the master is unhappy, he has the obligation to remind him that a pig's head weighs more than ten pounds, and he can't finish the stew in one pot.
Kong Fang glared, who said I wanted to eat alone? The eldest lady doesn’t want to eat? The second lady won’t eat, so you won’t? Go away, leave me alone.
Isn’t it just a pig head?
Is it over yet?
"Master, pig heads are valuable. I can eat them, and the eldest and second ladies can eat them, but our servants can't eat them." The servant continued to nag, insisting on his own... rules of the Daxing Dynasty.
"Okay, shut up now. If you keep blabbering, believe it or not, I will cut off your tongue and stew it with the pig's head. Let me know that everyone will eat pig's head tonight. Whoever refuses to eat will be beaten into a pig's head."
"Go away..."
Kong Fang pretended to use the sword on the wall to kill someone, which frightened the servant so much that he rolled and crawled away. After leaving Kong Fang's sight, he seemed to be flying.
After a few breaths, everyone had meat to eat tonight, and the news that it was the most noble pork head meat spread throughout the county government's backyard like it had wings.
In order to prevent the government officials in the front yard from getting wind of the incident and taking advantage, they maintained a surprisingly tacit understanding without any discussion and restricted the news to the backyard.
