Chapter 11 Household Affairs
There were several Feng Shui trees covered with withered vines at the head of the village, and several yellow dogs with dirty furs saw this strange traveler, and the dog barked. The village was not big, and forty or fifty families, and they made it possible to know that there were guests in the village. However, more than ten strong knights in the downward Maguan came and went in a hurry, which made many timid villagers dare not go out. Later, they saw Xu Zhiniang and You Songniang come back in panic. Some women who were diligent and got up early to cook quickly rushed to call the man who was staying in bed. Although the men on the kang were not very promising, they had more knowledge than they did. The awakened man stood on tiptoe behind the loess mud wall for a long time, but in the end he couldn't say a one, two or three.
When Xu Zhiniang was bullied by the green skins in other villages, the elders in the village could not bear it, and they dared to take the young and strong people in the village to rescue the siege. However, when they faced a team of complete Beiliang Wushu, they did not dare to be a hero. At this time, they heard that the local dogs raised at home were barking, afraid of causing trouble and were more impatient. They ran out of the door and kicked them several times before they could put down the bowl. The local dogs hid in the corner and were very innocent. In the crack of the door, they saw a young man wearing a sword slowly walking onto the winding bluestone path.
He was so handsome that a few pretty villagers had not known the importance of some of the importance of the village women, so they would have gone out to tease a few words. Such a beautiful man was the first time he saw this. The villagers didn't have much scruples. If the young wife gave birth to a baby, she would have dared to open her chest casually when she was fed in the summer and she would have a cool breeze. She would have been looking at her for a few glances and would not have a small piece of meat. When she saw the young master's village women, she felt that if she was looked at by his beautiful phoenix eyes, she might have taken advantage of herself.
Xu Fengnian passed by one family, and there were spring couplets written by the old master of the priest at the door, and admired them one by one. He stopped at the door of a house at the end of the village and knocked on it. Without waiting for the owner to agree, he pushed the door open and saw the little girl unexpectedly. Xu Fengnian stopped in a way that avoided suspicion and laughed softly: "Why didn't you leave?"
The uneasy little girl turned her head slightly and did not look at the scholar in Lingzhou, and said softly: "Where can you go without relatives or reasons?"
Xu Fengnian leaned against the cold courtyard gate with morning dew and moisture, and smiled and said, "I came here to get lucky. I thought you should not leave too fast, so I would like to tell my sister-in-law that the matter has really been resolved today. The general who came from behind is a fellow villager in Lingzhou. Although he is not a family friend, he doesn't look at monks and Buddha faces. He bows his head and doesn't look up at the monks. He always feels embarrassed to do it too much. I spent some money to send him to the military men to drink old wine and eat dog meat, which makes big things turn into small things. In this way, everyone's face is acceptable. How can I say that, in line with the old saying, the King of Hell is easy to deal with when he sees a little ghost. If my sister-in-law still doesn't believe it, the government will spit out all the deducted pensions in the past two days and make it use of you, and you will know that I haven't lied to you."
The little girl's eyes turned red in an instant, lowered her head more and more. She had a few slender and beautiful fingers that were not as smooth as those of a rich woman, and she twisted the corners of her clothes tightly.
Xu Fengnian hesitated for a moment and said, "Tell me, study hard with the old master. There is a golden house in the book. When he reaches the age of getting a good exam, our Beiliang will be different from the current world. If you don't say anything else, scholars will always have a greater chance of making a name for themselves."
After Xu Fengnian finished speaking, she turned around and heard the child running out of the door and shouting to the big brother. His prince still did not stop. The young lady Xu Qing sighed softly, "Young Master, aren't even willing to walk in the door? I think it's dirty? There are so many troubles in front of the widow. I understand this principle."
Xu Fengnian was stunned and turned around and smiled bitterly, "Sister-in-law, you know I don't mean this."
The little girl glared and said, "Who is your sister-in-law!"
She turned around and said in a low voice, "I heard from Yousong that you would send out two buns in the morning, I will cook some food for you, and leave after you finish eating. There is nothing good for the small family, so you can't even make sense."
Xu Fengnian smiled slightly and walked into the house. There was a table of Eight Immortals, which occupied half of the place. It can be seen how small the house was. On the left side of the house was the side room where I sleep. On the right side of the house, the kitchen should be the kitchen. Although the house was small, it also faced north and south, and it did not look gloomy. Yousong brought the only chair for Xu Fengnian. He sat on a small bench and looked up at the hero in his mind, staring at the big hero in his mind. The little girl was skilled in cooking and quickly cooked Xu Fengnian a basin that could serve five or six bowls of white rice porridge, a pair of bowls and chopsticks, and a plate of vinegar cabbage that could be used to place porridge. Xu Fengnian did not politely greet him. She sat at the table and picked up a delicious sweet and crisp vinegar cabbage, which was both muscles and tender, and could be used to put the porridge. She chewed it slowly. It was the most delicious meal these days.
Xiao Niang and You Song sat side by side on a bench with vermilion paint that had been mottled and mostly fell off. The child snuggled up to his mother, smiling innocently. The little girl seemed to be infected by the child's emotions and smiled with a smile on her lips. She probably thought this young man was interesting, and she could even eat this white porridge, vinegar and cabbage with relish.
Xu Fengnian was not happy to drink porridge, so he slowly ate three bowls, put down the bowl and chopsticks and said with satisfaction: "It's delicious."
The little girl smiled gently and said, "Eat every day and it won't be delicious."
Xu Fengnian nodded and shook his head and said, "It's better than delicacies in the mountains and seas. At least it can nourish the stomach. Besides, the most delicious taste in the world is bland. Most people can't eat this state, so I only know it after studying abroad."
The little girl calmed her eyebrows and patted Yousong's brain. The child was sensible and immediately went to pack up the dishes and moved them back to the kitchen. Then she asked carefully: "Young Master gave me so much money, just pretend that Xu Qing owed you. If you have spare money in the future, you will pay it back little by little. Is it okay?"
Xu Fengnian smiled but said nothing.
The little girl was so thin that she blushed at once by him.
Xu Fengnian said calmly: "A small family like you in Beiliang has more business, and you can only save more than ten or twenty taels of silver when you work hard a year. Even if you can embroider and embroider some beautiful sachets to the ladies and girls of wealthy families, but the size of the Maguan is just that big. How many can you sell them a year? If you spend a lot of money to buy fine satin from the satin shop, but you can't sell them and press them on your hands. Even if there is only one, you will have to lose a lot of money. Even if the business is good, you have to be busy with crop work during the day, and this detailed embroidery work can only be put at night.
I lit the oil lamp and slowly twitched it. I was tired. I accidentally fell asleep. When I woke up, I realized that the oil lamp was wasted. Don’t you feel sorry for me? You should use the embroidery needle to stab myself twice? I took a step back and said, if you add that pension, you can repay me about thirty taels of silver a year, how many years will you have to? Logically speaking, an official who is even more powerful than the deputy lieutenant of Maguan Zhechong, is even more depressed and slapped in the gap between the teeth. Can you get such an official? So, you shouldn’t mention this topic at all. I don’t lack this little money anyway, just think that I have done good deeds and accumulated virtue. It’s not good."
The little girl raised her head, bit her lips and said with a clear look: "I want to return it!"
Xu Fengnian smiled and said, "You want to pay it back? OK, 500 taels of silver are the foundation. Besides, in this officialdom, it is not something you are willing to accept if you give the money to others. How do you convert the favors you want to have with that general? Is it worth one thousand taels? You have to count 1,500 taels, and you will have to pay fifty years later?"
The little girl said calmly: "Let You Song continue to return it in the future."
Xu Fengnian was so amused that Xu Zhiniang's stubbornness was caused by the tyranny?
The little girl suddenly said softly: "I actually know that the young master is not rich, so I must not let the young master be this sucker, and I feel sorry for it."
Xu Fengnian said in surprise: "How do you say this?"
The little girl's cheeks were rosy and she said weakly: "When the young master took the dishes just now, Xu Qing saw that the young master's palms and ten fingers were calluses."
Xu Fengnian was stunned and had a strange smile.
Xiao Niang mistakenly thought that it hurt the self-esteem of this scholar in Lingzhou. She had also heard that scholars and scholars in the big city value face and money. Benevolence and righteousness are more valuable than gold and silver. She doesn't understand this very well, but she also thinks it is a great thing. If this scholar who was studying abroad feels that he can't stand his face? Xiao Niang just felt that her mouth was too stupid for a moment, and she secretly pinched her thighs with two fingers, and her eyes became wet in an instant. No matter how hard she was in the past and how much grievance she felt, she would not be so weak.
Xu Fengnian wanted to speak but stopped, but did not explain the misunderstanding here. He turned around and waved to Yousong, who was hiding behind the kitchen door, took the Chunlei Sword and handed it to the child. He said with a straight face: "No matter what you think, I will leave after I say some words. You really want to pay back this money. You can save enough money one day and come to Lingzhou to find me again. Otherwise, you will think that I can't afford the face that I will always accept dozens of taels of silver every time. Even if my hands are calloused and my family is average, since I am a scholar, I still have to hold on to this little face. People from the gentry family, like you, are more aware of money."
The little girl sighed, not daring to be stubborn anymore, for fear that the young man who was easy to talk to would leave in anger. She was her and You Song's great benefactor.
Yousong held this Spring Thunder Sword, which was not famous in Beiliang. Even the Prince of Beiliang's Mansion knew its name and the embroidered winter sword. I'm afraid only the maids in Wutongyuan knew it. But Wutongyuan seemed harmonious. His prince never followed the rules with them, but how dare they not follow the rules with the Prince of Beiliang's Mansion? No matter how small or trivial the news about His prince is, once it is a death sentence. King Xu Xiao of Beiliang is against the world.
His Highness Zi was so kind that he was unreasonable. He was never in a good mood to listen to the wrongs and beat the dogs to death. He was ruthless when he knew about this spring thunder sword. The reason why Huangfu Ping, the Duke of Guoyi, knew about this spring thunder sword was that he "chatted" with the Xu family father and son in the palace that night, and then caught some clues of being listened to as an imperial edict. You Song asked with admiration, "Big brother, you must be able to beat those soldiers who fell into the Maguan, right?"
Xu Fengnian smiled and said softly: "It's a fight that can be beaten. Even if you kill a few people, it's not difficult. There are some things that can't be done with a clean official's family matters. Killing is not good for the overall situation. It's better to be patient and reason. If it really doesn't make sense, it's not too late to fight again. Yousong, you have to know that just reading is good, but often you have to rely on your own fists to talk to people. Like Zhang Shun, is the old master who teaches a lot of knowledge? Do you know much about the truth? But Zhang Shun and Lao Master are sluts, who do you think in the end will fall down? Of course, Lao Master has the identity of a juren, and he doesn't have to kneel down when he sees the county magistrate. Zhang Shun is a green-skinned scoundrel who doesn't know big words, and generally he doesn't dare to jump in front of Lao Master."
The little girl chewed the taste carefully, without saying a word.
Yousong nodded vigorously and said, "Yousong studied to bring honor to his mother, but he also wanted to walk with his elder brother like this. He saw injustice on the road and drew his sword to help him!"
Xu Fengnian reached out and pointed the child's forehead, and said softly: "How many bowls of porridge can you eat with your belly? How many bowls of rice is the right thing to eat with your appetite. First read the Four Books and Five Classics that Master taught you, and then talk about others."
You Song suddenly said in a muffled voice: "Big brother, my father is a hero."
Xu Fengnian said in a tone of Gu Jing Bubo, but his eyes were gentle: "I have never seen your father or a hero, I don't know. But You Song and your mother are both very good."
very good.
In addition, His Royal Highness, who can speak the lotus, doesn't know how to comment.
Xu Fengnian looked out the door, and there was a row of cabbage walls that were taller than people in the wall in the courtyard, and said to himself: "I have a home, which is very big, and it should be much bigger than yours. I have my father, a manager, a maid, a guard, a doorman, a maid, a groom, and a lot of people. This family is so big that I have never seen many people. Each one has more or less selfishness and works for the small families behind them in his own position. If I want to manage this home well, it doesn't mean that someone made a mistake and was hit by me. Just like even some grudges near the stable in the corner of a house, I can't easily take down anyone and change it to make the housework better. Maybe I'll change it.
A fresh face will be worse. There are always many people who are eyeing my house, thinking of stuffing nails in and helping you on the surface, but in fact, they want to empty my family’s foundation. When I was as big as Yousong, I was not sensible and hid in my small yard. I felt that the sky could not fall. But when I grew up, I realized that my father would accumulate people who support the big business like this, and one day he would be unable to do it. He had too many things to worry about. Too many people in the family entered the house with him. Moreover, those neighbors who rely on our family were favors from all over the house. These people had tried their best to do things for my father, so that they could have a great career today. No matter how cruel my father was, he would turn a blind eye.
It is useful to close one eye and kill the chicken to warn the monkey once. As many times go, many people learn to be smarter. The methods of making money and poaching are more hidden and implicit, and my father has a headache. At first, my father asked me to leave the house and go out for a walk. I felt very wronged. Later, I gradually realized that it is very useful to see how others live. This time I said I was studying for a while, but the reason why I walked from Liangzhou to Daomaguan was not alone. I just wanted to see how the people of Beiliang lived and whether they were good or not. I was like a tinkerer who had a broken window at home. I had to make some repairs. Otherwise, in the future, the wind and rain would hurt, and the wall was dug holes and filled.
But it is still not a problem to just treat the headache and to treat the headache and to mend the feet. The sewing and repairing the problem in this way is not enough. The root cause of the disease can be used to prescribe the right medicine. One family is like a person. If you are terminally ill, you will be too late to ask your grandpa and grandma. What I have to do now is not to rush to show up by myself. First, find a few clean and neat servants, push them in front, and let them be fishermen and paste me as a pastemaker. It is far more beneficial than if I roll up my sleeves and hit anyone. I have seen a man named Xuanyuan before. He cleans up his housework, but it is too thorough, almost making a big fuss. A relative of my family named Chen may have thought about doing this and has the ability, but I don’t want to repeat the same mistake."
The child holding a knife didn't understand anyway, so he only heard that his elder brother's home seemed to be very big.
The innocent little girl in her heart was stunned and looked dazed.
Xu Fengnian stood up, the little lady patted Yousong on the shoulder, and the child hurriedly handed the Chunlei Sword back to him.
Xu Fengnian smiled and said something that the little mother couldn't figure out how to suck and chew. "Today, the root cause is that today is to blame my father for this incident. If such a thing happens in Beiliang in the future, you and You Song can blame me."
The little lady and the child were sent to the gate of the yard. Xu Fengnian hesitated for a moment and said softly: "I reached out to stop you at the stream at that time. It was an unintentional act. Don't blame me."
The little mother Xu Qing had a pretty face that was so blushed that it could drip out of water.
At that time, she was just rushing forward. When the prince stretched out her arm, she bumped her plump breasts on her.
Seeing that she was almost crying, the prince, who knew that he would do nothing, smiled slightly ashamed and walked out of the village with ease.
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