"Mother, this is the Gongsun County Magistrate my son mentioned to you."

Following Xiaocao's introduction, Gongsun Yang's eyes fell on the woman in front of him who was supported by him.

There is no stunningly beautiful face, but the weakness that can be clearly felt in the body makes the other person's face even more haggard.

Despite this, Gongsun Yang could still feel her welcome to him from her kind eyes and the smile she tried to squeeze out.

It was a kind of welcome that came from the bottom of my heart and was not at all false.

Next, with the support of her son Xiaocao, the woman immediately and slowly came to Gongsun Yang.

While bowing with some difficulty, the woman said solemnly and somewhat weakly: "Meet Magistrate Gongsun."

"Auntie, you don't have to be like this."

Seeing her wife making such a great salute to him, Gongsun Yang immediately stepped forward and supported her.

"I see that my aunt is so weak. She seems to be recovering from a serious illness. She should need more rest."

After saying these words, Gongsun Yang's eyes fell on Xiaocao who was meeting with his mother.

"Xiaocao, why don't you help your mother sit down quickly?"

"okay."

After carefully helping the woman onto the straw mat aside, Gongsun Yang and others sat back down on their seats.

"If I had known that my aunt was so weak, I wouldn't have let Xiaocao go to invite you just now." With a bit of shame on his face, Gongsun Yang said in a deep voice.

"No, today I am supposed to come to see the county magistrate."

A bit of determination suddenly appeared in her weak expression. After looking at her son Xiaocao sitting next to her, the woman's eyes fell on Gongsun Yang again.

A bit of respect and a bit of gratitude quietly emerged in her eyes, and she heard her say softly: "Xiaocao told me what happened that day when he came back. If it weren't for the county magistrate, how could he have gotten such a large sum of money."

"Auntie, please don't say that. I made it clear to Xiaocao that day that those were his rewards for moving the pole to the north gate for me." Gongsun Yang said quickly after listening to the woman's words.

"But, but..."

After hearing what Gongsun Yang said, the woman's tone was obviously hesitant. She looked at Gongsun Yang who was sitting above her and then at her son.

"But just moving a wooden pole to the north gate is worth twenty gold?"

No wonder this woman was like this. Twenty gold was really too precious for a farmer like them, and what Xiaocao did was too easy.

Hearing the fear contained in the woman's words, and lamenting the simple folk customs of Yueyang, Gongsun Yang immediately spoke softly with a smile.

"Since I have offered a reward of twenty gold, I naturally need to cash it in."

"What's more, it's not someone else but Xiaocao who got this reward from me, and Xiaocao wasn't the first one to stand up."

"So Auntie, you don't have to be like this. The twenty gold is what Xiaocao deserves. Auntie can just accept it with peace of mind."

After saying this soft comfort, Gongsun Yang's eyes never left the woman's face until the fear on her face gradually dissipated.

"well……"

As the fear on his face dissipated, a look of sadness could not help but appear on his face.

Her eyes slowly fell on the son beside her, and she held his hand with her right hand that looked a little weathered. She heard the woman whisper softly: "My family's life is really hard. I lost my father when I was only a few years old. I

I had a hard time raising him up alone."

"I am about to reach the age of getting married, and my health is not as good as it can be. Life at home is even more difficult."

"To be honest with the county magistrate, Caoer went to Yueyangnan City that day just to give me his January harvest in exchange for some medicinal herbs for treating diseases."

As she spoke, the woman's words gradually became a little sad, and the right hand holding her son's hand became a little heavier.

Feeling the most sincere love for herself in her mother's words, Xiaocao quickly comforted her mother.

"Mom, don't be sad. In the past, mother took care of Cao'er. Now Cao'er has grown up and can take care of mother."

"Besides, the county magistrate gave me twenty gold that day, and my mother's illness is almost better now. From now on, Cao'er will definitely be filial to her mother."

The smile from her son Xiaocao also came from the heart, which brought a smile to the face of the woman who was originally full of sadness.

"Our family is what we are today, not because of the county magistrate." The woman's words brought her and Xiaocao's eyes back to Gongsun Yang, "Cao'er, join your mother in thanking the county magistrate for your kindness."

"My son knows."

After Xiaocao finished saying this, she immediately helped her mother up again, and the two of them bowed to Gongsun Yang who was above them.

"It doesn't have to be this way."

Seeing the woman and Xiaocao saluting him again, Gongsun Yang quickly stood up and stepped forward to help them up.

After another round of pleasantries and a thousand thanks, the woman and Xiaocao sat down again.

Gongsun Yang, who returned to his seat, suddenly remembered what the woman had just said in his mind.

"Auntie, you just said that Xiaocao lost his father when he was very young. Did he die of illness or on the battlefield?"

"neither."

Gongsun Yang's words seemed to bring the woman back to more than ten years ago, and a look of sadness began to appear in her eyes.

"I heard from Cao'er that the county magistrate is not from Yueyang, so he probably doesn't know the customs here."

"If there is trouble between villages and villages here, and between villages and villages, basically there is no need for the government to intervene. The village and village gather a group of people to solve the problem through fighting."

Gongsun Yang on the other side saw the happy appearance of the mother and son, and the smile on his face became brighter.

At this moment, just as the atmosphere in the room became more harmonious because of Xiaocao's words, a knock on the door suddenly sounded outside the courtyard door, breaking everything.

"Have guests come to the door again?" There was a bit of confusion on her face, and the woman whispered to Xiaocao: "Cao'er, go and see who is here."

"Here."

After bowing to his mother, Xiaocao bowed to Gongsun Yang who was sitting above him, and then walked quickly towards the courtyard gate.

When Xiaocao opened the courtyard door and looked outside, a strange figure appeared in his field of vision.

Seeing the inexplicably familiar temperament on the person who came, Xiaocao immediately asked with doubts: "Sir, is there anything you want to do when you knock on the door?"

Outside the courtyard, the person holding a majestic war horse looked at the owner who appeared in front of him, and a somewhat kind look appeared on his face.

He looked up at the sky and heard this man say softly: "Master, I am a scholar heading to Yueyang."

"Seeing that it's getting late today, I want to stay at the host's house for a night. I wonder if the host can take me in for one night."

While speaking, he looked at the expression on Xiaocao's face inside the door, and seeing the hesitation in his eyes, the visitor immediately took out a piece of gold from his sleeve.

"Master, please rest assured that your stay here will not be in vain. This is my reward."

Looking at the gold that the other party had handed to him, Xiaocao's face was still full of confusion, but he made no move to reach out to take it.

In fact, under normal circumstances, Xiaocao would agree to take in the visitor even without the reward.

As long as the other party doesn't mind that his home is dilapidated, then what's the big deal if he stays for one night?

It's just that today is a little different from the past. Today, there is an important guest like Gongsun Yang at home. It's really not easy to decide to accept others without authorization.

Thinking of this, he looked at the person in front of him who handed over one gold. Xiaocao stretched out his right hand to block the other person's hand, "Sir, you don't have to do this. If it were normal, I would take him in for free."

"To be honest, Magistrate Gongsun is here today. It's really hard for my family to entertain you. Why don't you find somewhere else to stay?"

"County Magistrate Gongsun?"

Hearing Xiaocao mention the name of County Magistrate Gongsun, the visitor's face showed confusion at first, but then a bit of surprise appeared on his face.

"May I ask my master, is this County Magistrate Gongsun Yang, who took office not long ago?"

"Exactly." She replied subconsciously, and a look of doubt appeared on Xiaocao's face, "Why do you ask this, sir?"

"Okay, okay!"

After saying three good words in succession, the visitor bowed solemnly to Xiaocao, "I have been close friends with this Magistrate Gongsun for a long time and have never met him. I wonder if the master can introduce me to him?

"

"This..." There was a moment of hesitation in his words, and Xiaocao, who was still unable to make a decision, then said: "This matter is not something I can decide. I have to report it to the county magistrate."

"Master, go away." Looking at Xiaocao walking towards the courtyard step by step after finishing his words, he heard the person introduce himself loudly: "Master, I am Sun Boling of Qi State."

"What, Sun Boling of Qi State?"

On the other side, Gongsun Yang, who was chatting with the woman about household matters, heard the identity of the visitor reported by Xiaocao and immediately stood up from his seat.

Gongsun Yang immediately looked at the grass in front of him, his eyes filled with solemnity, "Sun Boling of Qi State, is this really what the person here said?"

"Exactly." Facing Gongsun Yang's questioning words, Xiaocao said with some certainty: "The person who came here does call himself Sun Boling."

Before Xiaocao could finish speaking, Gongsun Yang strode out of the room.

The reason why Gongsun Yang was so eager to see the visitor was because he received a document from Anyi the day before yesterday, which said that Wei Feng's personally appointed Lieutenant Sun Boling of Yueyang County would arrive in Yueyang in a few days.

Positive.

Originally, Gongsun Yang wanted to finish his journey in peace today and stay in the Yueyang Mansion waiting for the arrival of his county captain.

What I didn't expect was that the two of them would meet unexpectedly in this peaceful world today. I have to say that this may be a kind of destiny.

Thoughts were flowing in his mind, but he had already reached the courtyard gate. At this moment, a young scholar wearing dark blue robes appeared in front of Gongsun Yang.

"But Sun Boling?"

"Exactly."

"But Gongsun Yang?"

"Exactly."

After the questions and answers between the two, Gongsun Yang and Sun Boling immediately bowed to each other.

"Sun Boling, the lieutenant of Yueyang County, has met the county magistrate."

"Gongsun Yang, the magistrate of Yueyang County, has met the county captain."

After a few breaths, Gongsun Yang and Sun Boling stood up slowly and looked at each other. Although the two had never met before, the smiles on their faces seemed as if they had been friends for many years.
Chapter completed!