Of course, Huang Zhixian’s actions were also a double-edged sword.

If they are sent to a high position and do not have enough ability to gain a foothold in that position, then they will be greeted with countless contempt and ridicule.

However, they would not allow such a thing to happen.

Gu Caining lowered her eyes, and she picked up the bowl in front of her with the warm shout of the county magistrate's wife, scooped up a Lantern Festival and put it into her mouth.

"Well, it's so delicious!"

"Snake meat is fat but not greasy, and it is quite chewy. After one bite, the fragrance of lips and teeth is really something that makes people taste it!"

"And snake meat is warm and nourishing, and eating it can strengthen the body. And what kind of wine can make snake skin better and prolong life!"

"I heard that the snake meat in Zuixianlou is a masterpiece. Today I finally tasted it. It is indeed worthy of its name and delicious!"

...

Once the dumplings were put into their mouths, these people rushed to praise the deliciousness of the snake meat dumplings. Gradually, the big guys spread out from the dumplings and began to praise the beauty of other parts of the snake's body.

This is what you say and I say, Gu Caining found that she didn't know that the snakes they raise had so many benefits?

The county magistrate was naturally very satisfied with this situation. He even used an extra bowl of Lantern Festival.

When the guests saw it, everyone suddenly felt like a mirror in their hearts - their county magistrate has now made up his mind to support this man with the surname Gao and Zhang!

Therefore, everyone began to get close to Zhang Yuanli and Gu Caining. On the side of the women, the wives of the gentry smiled and had nothing to say about Gu Caining and Ning, and they ate the banquet lively.

After the Lantern Festival, everyone watched the lanterns in the backyard of the county government for a while, guessed a few riddles, and kept making trouble until Huang Magistrate was tired. The guests immediately said goodbye.

As for Gu Caining and Zhang Yuanli's family, the wife of Huang Zhiming suggested: "You have just arrived today, and you must have not found a place to stay yet, right? It's so late now. I don't know how many people are going to see the lanterns in the county town today. The inns and shops outside must be full. I think you can just make do with the government office for one night! But we have only been here for two days, and the houses are just tidying up, so don't dislike you!"

How great is it to be able to stay in the government office overnight? How could they dislike it?

Zhang Yuanli quickly thanked him with gratitude, and the two families naturally stayed in the county government for the night.

There was nothing to say overnight. The next day, Huang Magistrate invited Zhang Yuanli and Gao Feng to come over and asked about the repairs of the roads in the lower part of Dongshan County. He did not pretend to behave, but asked a lot of questions seriously, and the relevant details were even more detailed. It can be seen that he sincerely wanted to do the county magistrate well.

Seeing this, Gao Feng naturally knew everything. Several men closed the door and spoke endlessly. As a result, another day passed.

It was not until the third day that they were able to bid farewell to Huang Magistrate and go home.

After all, Huang Magistrate is the lord of a county. He has been so close and easy-going to Gao Feng and Zhang Yuanli in the county government these days, so it is not easy to do so. As for the two of them, Huang Magistrate took them to the carriage hall with his wife. Seeing them getting on the carriage, he waved goodbye to them.

The master, on the order of Huang Magistrate, personally sent them to the county government office.

However, their carriage was stopped shortly after it left the county government.

"Zhang Yuanli, do you still have my father in your eyes?"

An angry shout rang out, and immediately made Zhang Yuanli's mouth sneer appear on the corner of his mouth.

"Stone, stop the car." He said coldly.

"Wow—"

Shitou quickly tightened the reins and asked the horse to stop, and then Zhang Yuanli lifted the curtain and jumped down. However, before going down, he turned around to Ning, Gao Feng, Gu Caining and others and said, "Just leave this matter to me, don't worry, wait for me here."

Ning's face was a little anxious. "Husband, can you be alone? Dad must have come here this time without good intentions!"

Gu Caining and Gao Feng nodded casually. "Okay."

Zhang Yuanli smiled at Ning. "Of course I can. Dad is just bluffing now. If you don't believe it, you will know it if you wait and see!"

After saying that, he put down the curtain and jumped out of the car, and took the initiative to bow to Mr. Zhang in front of him: "Dad, you are here."

"I'm here? Haha, Zhang Yuanli, if I don't come to you myself, will you forget that your surname is Zhang? Do you still remember that you have a real father? Look at you, how long have you been running out of the house alone? You haven't come home to see your parents once! Do you have your conscience eaten by dogs? Do you know how to write the word filial piety?" Mr. Zhang glared and squirted at him.

He sprayed too hard and his saliva splashed all over Zhang Yuanli.

Zhang Yuanli took out a veil to wipe his face in disgust, and then looked at Mr. Zhang: "Dad, just say it if you have something to say. Don't use these big principles all day long to suppress me. These big hats are useless to me."

"You!" Mr. Zhang was so angry that he stared at him.

Zhang Yuanli turned his head directly. "It seems that you really miss me, so I came to see me specifically? Well, now you have seen me, I'm fine, you can rest assured. I'm leaving."

Then, he turned around and wanted to leave.

"Stop it!" Seeing this, Mr. Zhang quickly shouted again.

Zhang Yuanli turned his head helplessly. "My father, aren't you going to tell the truth? I tell you that my time is very precious now. The new county magistrate praised the delicious snake meat in my Zuixianlou in public! Next, our Zuixianlou business will definitely explode! I have to go back and take charge of the overall situation quickly, otherwise Zhang Quan alone will definitely not be able to get busy!"

He still has the face to raise the whole story?

Mr. Zhang felt that he was stabbed hard in his chest again. He gritted his teeth and said, "I'll ask you, you were in the county government the day before yesterday, why didn't you persuade the county magistrate to let me in? Don't say you don't know, you must have known it!"

"Yes, I know." Zhang Yuanli nodded, "But why should I speak for you?"

"Just rely on me-"

"You are my biological father? But since you were young, have you fulfilled your biological father's responsibilities in addition to giving me a bowl of rice? Later, you even surrendered to the instigation of your stepmother and threw me into Guanyin Town to fend for yourself. As a result, now, I have made a fortune, but the Zhang family is declining day by day under your control. You just want to use me to help the Zhang family come back to life? In your eyes, I am the dog you call me and linger, right?"

"You evil, listen to what you say? Yes, the Zhang family is facing some difficulties now. You are the son of the Zhang family, and you are the eldest son and grandson. Shouldn't you stand up and help the Zhang family overcome the difficulties? When I die, all the Zhang family's property will fall into your hands!" Mr. Zhang shouted.

Zhang Yuanli sneered. "It's a pity that you are still alive until now! I see that you are so arrogant, you can live for at least another 10 or 20 years. By that time, I'm afraid that the Zhang family's property will be held in your hands by several younger brothers?"

Mr. Zhang was so angry that his face flushed. "Zhang Yuanli, they are your brother! I am still alive, and you can't even tolerate your brother? Then when I die, are you going to force them to death?"

"What if I say yes?"

"you!"

Mr. Zhang was stunned for a moment, and a panic appeared on his face. "Brother Li, don't you really want to attack your brother, right?"

A cool look appeared on Zhang Yuanli's face.

"Dad, do you want to look in the mirror now? When you accused me just now, you looked fierce and wished you could rush over and bite me a few times. But when it was your turn to talk about your precious sons, you looked distressed, which shows that you are really partial to your younger sons! My so-called eldest son and grandson are actually nothing in your heart. In your heart, all you always think about is to let me serve as a stepping stone for your sons, let them stand on me and enjoy all the money and power of the Zhang family!"

Mr. Zhang's face turned blue and purple. He wanted to argue something, but opened his mouth but said nothing.

Seeing this, Zhang Yuanli smiled coldly again. "However, I have also seen your current performance and I have made up my mind! Don't you want to use my strength to make the Zhang family come back? OK, I can agree to this request. But the premise is that you must agree to a condition."

"What conditions?" Mr. Zhang struggled to find his voice.

"Tell me everything about the Zhang family, and take your wife and son away with you, and you are not allowed to interfere in any business of the Zhang family in the future!"

"You are crazy!" Mr. Zhang shouted in disbelief, "Zhang Yuanli, do you know what you are talking about? I can't agree to such a request!"

"I know you won't agree. So, we haven't reached an agreement this time. Since that's the case, let's break up. I'm leaving. You hurry up and find other people who can help!" Zhang Yuanli said coldly, then turned around and said, "Let's go!"

"Okay!"

Shitou quickly raised his whip and drove the carriage around Mr. Zhang and left.

When the carriage passed by Mr. Zhang, Gu Caining and others looked out through the car window and could see Mr. Zhang standing there like a wooden stake. His face, which looked like five or sixty minutes similar to Mr. Zhang Yuanli, was covered with fatigue and vicissitudes, and it seemed that he was more than thirty years older than Zhang Yuanli.

Moreover, the face on this face seemed to be uncontrollable by him, and kept twitching, making him look like he wanted to cry and laugh, and he was very funny.

"Husband!"

Suddenly, Ning's panicked low shout came from his ears.

Gu Caining looked back and saw Ning holding one of Zhang Yuanli's arm with both hands. Zhang Yuanli clenched his fists, and a trace of blood gradually emerged from his palms.

Seeing this, Gao Feng immediately grabbed Zhang Yuanli's hand and squeezed it gently. Zhang Yuanli took the initiative to let go of both hands.

The people in the carriage found that because he tried too hard, he actually pinched his nails into the flesh! Such rough skin on his palms was actually penetrated by his nails, and you can imagine how angry he was.

Ning Chou cried with pain. She shook her hands and took out a handkerchief to wipe the blood for Zhang Yuanli, and then quickly ordered Shi Tou: "Hurry up, go to the clinic and find a doctor!"

"No, I have medicine here." Gao Feng said, then he took out a porcelain bottle from his waist.

When he opened the bottle cap, he poured out a small pinch of powder from it and covered Zhang Yuanli's wound. After a while, the blood flow on Zhang Yuanli's palm really stopped.

Ning quickly bandaged him.

Seeing his wife crying so hard that she was angry, Zhang Yuanli felt a hint of guilt on her face. "I'm fine, I'm just a little skin trauma, I'll be cured for two days."

Ning still cried.

Seeing this, Gu Caining shook her head, "If you are angry, why don't you punch him? Even if he is your father, since he has not fulfilled his responsibilities as a father, you don't have to be polite to him. Now that you torture yourself like this, in the end you will not be hurt by yourself, but your younger brother and sister will also be scared by you. But the person who really hurt you is still free and careless outside."

"My sister-in-law is right. I did it wrong." Zhang Yuanli bowed his head when he was scolded, "I will definitely not be like this next time."

"Do you want to have a next time?" Ning's face changed when she heard this.

Zhang Yuanli smiled. "Of course there will be next time. Now my father has come to see me in person, which means that the Zhang family's current situation is not optimistic. Today he is deliberately holding on with me. But the more this happens, the more it means that the Zhang family can't hold on for long. So soon, he will come to see me. And then, it will be when he kneels in front of me and begs me."

Ning sniffed. "Really? But his father is so tough, he won't bow his head easily."

"You said too, he would not bow his head easily. But now, he has to bow his head." Zhang Yuanli said coldly.

As he said that, he stretched out his arm and hugged Ning and leaned on his shoulder: "I was indeed wrong today. I shouldn't torture myself like this, but I torture you too. Next time they come to me, I will vent all the anger we have suffered before! Along with you and Brother Yu and Brother Wei!"

Ning's face turned red, and she struggled quickly. "What are you doing? It's sunny in the sky, my elder brother and sister-in-law are still here!"

"What's wrong with them here? If we are jealous of our relationship, then they can hug each other, and I didn't stop them." Zhang Yuanli said distractedly, but his arm still hugged Ning Shi tightly.

Ning's face was so blushed that blood was almost dripping. But she also took into account the injury on Zhang Yuanli's hand and did not dare to push him away too hard, so she could only turn her head and bury her face into Zhang Yuanli's arms.

Seeing this, Gu Caining and Gao Feng gave Zhang Yuanli a speechless look - Your way of coaxing people is really bad!

What if he doesn't matter, it will work anyway! Zhang Yuanli shook at them proudly, then lowered his head and whispered to Ning.

It was still the first month of the year, so there were not many pedestrians on the road. The stones rushed to the road, and they returned to Guanyin Town after three days of walking.
To be continued...