Except for Lu Yao who had been waiting confidently, Han Yonghe, Han Wenyuan and Wang Da were all doubtful about whether Chen Chen would bring people back. Among them, Wang Da was the least suspicious, especially after he had just met the five people.
After a few people came to sign up and signed the contract, Wang Da felt that this team could probably be established.
On the other hand, Han Wenyuan's attitude was the most pessimistic, which was naturally directly related to his disdain for these common people.
As for Han Yonghe, he was actually already thinking that if Chen Chen really didn't bring anyone here, or if Chen Chen simply stopped coming, he had already decided to go directly to Bao Zheng to arrest Chen Chen.
Speaking of which, among these people, the one who is most at ease with Chen Chen is Tangxi. Even Lu Yao can only say that he is 89% sure that Chen Chen will definitely bring people back because of his series of actions just now, but Lu Yao
Yao couldn't guarantee 100% that Chen Chen would really come back.
But Tangxi has a feeling in her heart that Chen Chen will definitely come back. As for the reason, Tangxi herself can’t explain it clearly. Is it because of the exchange just now and the look in Chen Chen’s eyes? Or,
He has the same experience as Chen Chen?
Everyone had different thoughts, but on Chen Chen's side, his parents were frightened after returning home.
The old couple have been working hard all their lives. Although they have never done any big business, they still work hard as a family and never cause trouble. Old Chen thinks that the saddest thing in his life is that he failed to send his son Chen Chen to school.
, I also blame myself for not having the ability to make so much money. Speaking of which, at this time in the Song Dynasty, scholars were all people from decent family backgrounds, but the Chen family of three had already spent all their money just to eat enough.
All the money was earned.
Fortunately, Chen Chen has never complained about his parents when he has grown up. And since Chen Chen was fourteen years old, he has been looking for work in the outer city. Children from poor families have long been the masters. This is really not true for Chen Chen.
That's right.
Although Chen Chen began to go out to make money, and the family began to have some hope for life, old Chen's health was getting worse day by day, and he could do less and less. Until now, their family's expenses depended on
The wages Chen Chen earned from working hard every day were able to sustain him.
In fact, there was a time when Chen Chen wanted to use some illegal means to obtain money. The outer city is no better than the inner city, and the security management in some places is still relatively lax. Therefore, there is no shortage of robbers and thieves in the outer city.
Chen Chen used to work as a waiter in a small restaurant. There was a waiter who worked with him. He knew that Chen Chen had extraordinary skills and good physical fitness, so he wanted to win over Chen Chen to work with him. He wanted to take advantage of the night
Go to the wealthy people's houses in the outer city and steal money.
The waiter in the shop found Chen Chen, firstly because of Chen Chen's extraordinary skills, and secondly, he also investigated Chen Chen's family situation clearly. He knew that Chen Chen had an old and sick father who needed to be taken care of, and his mother couldn't do anything.
For a person like him, as long as he can give a sufficient price, he will definitely follow his lead.
At that time, Chen Chen really had a thought. In his opinion, working day and night for a year was not as fast as stealing a sum of money from other people's houses. Moreover, with his ability, he should
It won't be discovered.
However, the news of this matter leaked out, and Old Chentou found out about it. He scolded Chen Chen severely and told him that people can have no money, but they cannot have ambition. This kind of sneaky thing
, I would rather starve to death than do this. Otherwise, how will I face the ancestors of the Chen family when I go underground? As a father, I will feel that I have lost all face.
After saying this, Lao Chen almost hit his head against a pillar and committed suicide. He felt that he had raised a son who was immoral.
So, after his father's scolding, Chen Chen came to his senses. Even if he was poor, he still had to live with ambition. After that, Chen Chen not only did not agree to the waiter's invitation, but instead went to the Kaifeng Mansion to report this person. Later,
Only then did I learn that the waiter in this shop turned out to be a very famous robber. Moreover, every time he had committed a robbery before, his accomplices would be caught inexplicably. Now it seems that this person is crossing the river and burning bridges to find a greedy person who thinks he is his helper.
To take the blame.
Because of his meritorious service in reporting, the Kaifeng Mansion gave Chen Chen a hundred cents. Chen Chen remembered that that night, he took his parents to a better restaurant in the outer city for a meal.
This money is well spent with peace of mind.
After that, Chenchen never complained about the gap between the rich and the poor. She just silently and conscientiously did her job.
As for the old couple, no matter what time Chen Chen comes back every day, they will leave a lamp and make a meal for him. Although the three of them live in poverty, they still enjoy it.
However, Old Chen also has a worry, and that is Chen Chen's marriage. Now that Chen Chen is getting older, he has reached the age where he should get married, but if a man marries a woman, even in this outer city, there must be certain conditions.
capital and conditions.
Old Chen couldn't even imagine that his daughter-in-law would be willing to live in this shabby house with him and his wife.
Old Chentou originally planned to spend all his family savings and ask Chen Chen to find a job in the inner city. Maybe one day he would meet the girl he likes, and he could live in the inner city in the future. He and his wife were in the outer city, so
Don't cause trouble to Chen Chen.
However, this proposal was firmly rejected by Chen Chen.
"If you want to go to the inner city, go together, otherwise I won't go." Chen Chen only left these words, which made Old Chentou give up the idea of letting him live in the inner city alone.
People who are poor should not be ambitious. This is the way of the Chen family, and Chen Chen has always done this.
However, today, there is indeed something different.
Chen Chen basically eats lunch outside every day. Even if he finishes work early, he usually doesn't go home until it's almost dark every day.
However, it was just after noon today, when Old Chentou and his wife heard the sound of the door opening.
"Dad, Mom, I'm back."
It was Chen Chen who came back.
Old Chentou was wondering in his heart. He thought Chen Chen had caused some trouble outside and had nothing to do. Why did he come back so early today?
The two old men came to the door and took a look. They saw Chen Chen standing outside with a face full of joy, and behind him
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, and a cart.
"What makes you smile like this?" Chen Chen's mother asked when she saw her son was so happy.
Lao Chentou's attention was not on his son. He walked to the cart and the things inside almost scared Lao Chentou's eyes out.
For a moment, Old Chen couldn't count how much money was in the cart.
"It's eighty dollars in total, dad." Chen Chen's father's surprised expression was as expected. Not to mention him, this was the first time he had seen so much money.
However, Lao Chentou did not appear to be crying and very excited as he had imagined.
After being surprised, Old Chentou quickly regained his composure and looked at Chen Chen.
"Be honest with me, where did you get this much money? You couldn't have stolen it from a wealthy family, right?"
Old Chentou absolutely did not believe that Chen Chen would have a huge amount of property for no reason.
Chen Chen waved his hands repeatedly, then pointed to the big sun above, and said: "Dad, what are you talking about? How could I go robbing in broad daylight? The money will belong to us from now on, as long as I work hard, say
Maybe I can make more money."
Old Chentou was a little confused and said, "You really didn't steal it?"
Chen Chen said: "Of course not. Haven't you always said that you have to rely on your ability to make a living? I've made a lot of money. Let's go, go into the house, and I'll tell you what happened."
Then, Chen Chen pushed the cart to his home. The old couple had never seen so much money. Unlike Old Chen, Chen Chen's mother laughed so hard when she saw the money that she wanted to take the money away from her home.
The only old hen that could lay eggs was killed to make food.
After saying that, he went to work.
On Chen Chen's side, he told Old Chen Tou that he had just met Tang Xi and Lu Yao on the street, and told Old Chen Tou that he wanted to join the Cuju team.
After hearing this, Old Chen thought about it for a long time. He couldn't figure it out. Shouldn't this Cuju be a sport for rich people? How could he come to this outer city to find someone? Moreover, even though his son had some skills.
, but he knows nothing about Cuju.
"He just gave you so much money before you even signed the contract?" Old Chen asked.
"That's natural. Mr. Lu is right and he is a reliable person. And in my opinion, maybe we care about this money, but to Mr. Lu, it is just a drop in the bucket."
"Yes, Lu Yao can even buy the land in the center of the outer city. He must be a rich man." After saying this, Old Chen looked at Chen Chen seriously and asked, "So, you can take the money now."
Now that you're back, are you going to sign the contract?"
Chen Chen nodded immediately and said: "This is natural. Mr. Lu treats me well and trusts me very much. Naturally, I have to do well what he has assigned me so that I can live up to his expectations."
"Okay, keep your word, this is the son of my Chen family."
After the father and son had an exchange, Lao Chentou finally felt relieved. Chen Chen's mother over there had also prepared a meal, and Lao Chentou took out the remaining half bottle of liquor that he had treasured for a long time.
Come, father and son have a good drink.
After the meal, Chen Chen said that he would invite people like him to join the Cuju team. Old Chen Tou did not express any objection.
After Chen Chen left, the old couple looked at the eighty dollars, but they were a little at a loss.
"Tell me, how should we spend this money?"
Being rich in an instant made Lao Chentou lose his mind...
As for Chen Chen, after leaving home, he went directly to the place where he had worked before and started recruiting people. Although Chen Chen had no education, he still knew a little about the game.
Since I had already boasted to Lu Yao about being the captain of Haikou, I had heard from Tang Xi before that there should be more than ten people in a team, and then these more than ten people would have to listen to my command, and
, once something goes wrong, he will immediately go to the captain to hold him accountable. Chen Chen does not want to do a good job on his own and train to play football. In the end, he will have his money deducted because of the low-level mistakes of the players.
The best way to solve this problem is to turn all the team members into our own. Of course, the "own" here is in quotation marks, which refers to people Chen Chen is familiar with, or his friends and former colleagues, at least for Chen Chen.
Chen Chen can still talk to them, and it will be easier for them to obey his command. If there is a team composed of strangers except himself, there is no guarantee that he will not be convinced, so Duola came
One is one.
So, Chen Chen worked hard for a while, and finally found nine people who were willing to join the team with him. At first, these people didn't believe that what Chen Chen said was true. After all, who could give ten thousand dollars?
Just ask yourself to play Cuju?
However, they still believed what Chen Chen said. Chen Chen said that as the captain, he had already received eighty coins. When he heard this amount, his colleagues were so shocked that they almost salivated. Since they gave the money
It's true, and the amount given is that you have to work in this outer city for a long time to earn it, so why not try a job that pays more? Most of these people think so, and
These ten people, including Chen Chen, are basically all manual workers. Everyone's physique is relatively good, at least compared to the Cao family's team, they look much more powerful.
It is estimated that Cao You never imagined that what he said to Lu Yao in anger at that time gave Lu Yao the idea of organizing another civilian team, and the strength of the selected team members should be as high as
Even more powerful than the Cao family's own team.
Chen Chen pulled left and right, and finally got nine people. Counting him, there were ten players. Chen Chen felt that it was about the same. Tang Xi had said before that a team should have at least eleven people.
There are already ten people around, so it doesn't matter if we bring another stranger.
So, Chen Chen took these nine people and walked towards the place where he and Lu Yao parted ways according to the prescribed time.
Along the way, everyone was talking about Lu Yao. In the eyes of the poor, Lu Yao basically had only one identity, not his official position or his interpersonal relationships in the court, but that he was a rich man.
, nothing more.
He is a person who can change everyone's current situation. Others, big
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I don’t want to know at all.
On Lu Yao's side, he saw that Chen Chen had brought nine people. He turned to Han Yonghe and said, "What do you think? I will tell you that Chen Chen will not lie to me."
When Chen Chen saw Lu Yao, he stepped forward and said that he had brought nine people. Counting himself, there were ten people in total.
So, Lu Yao asked Tang Xi to take the contract and asked them to sign their names one by one.
Chen Chen naturally had to ask about the other personnel, and Lu Yao told him clearly that there were five more people who had signed the contract. A total of fifteen people from the team that Chen Chen represented would participate in the competition.
Lu Yao never expected that when he just named fifteen people, Han Yonghe, Han Wenyuan and even Wang Da behind him were all surprised.
"What's wrong? What do you mean by this expression?" Lu Yao asked Chen Chen to take the people back first and meet at Fulai Inn at the specified time tomorrow. On the other hand, Lu Yao turned around and asked about the situation of these three people.
"Fifteen people? Doesn't it mean that there are thirteen people in a team?" Han Wenyuan said with some surprise.
Lu Yao shook his head and said: "How could it be? Brother Han, you must have remembered it wrong. The minimum number of people who can form a team is eleven, and the maximum number cannot be more than fifteen people. So, as long as there are more than eleven people, it can be done."
.”
Han Yonghe said: "But the Cao family and our opponents, including Mr. Wang Da's Royal Cuju Team, only have thirteen people. This is a bit unfair, if all teams have thirteen people."
, then Chen Chen’s team should also require thirteen people.”
In fact, the reason why Han Yonghe is struggling with this issue is because he just stood aside and carefully observed the nine people brought by Chen Chen. It can be said that all of them are strong and sturdy. Even if they are not tall, their physical condition is very good.
It's also very good. To be honest, Han Yonghe thought about his team and it may not be their opponent, so he thought about restricting Chen Chen's team from these aspects.
"Who said all teams have thirteen people?" Lu Yao quickly denied Han Yonghe's view and said, "The first person I visited a few days ago was the Pan family. The Pan family's team only has fifteen people.
My good friend Pan Wen must have read the rules many times. Since their family has fifteen team members, then their opponents were found by themselves, so naturally they also have fifteen team members. In addition, Chen Chen’s team now also has
Fifteen people. Among the eight participating teams, three are composed of fifteen people. This is no longer a special case."
Han Yonghe slapped his forehead and said to himself: Why did I forget that there was also the Pan family? They, the officials, had already passed away. Everyone knew it tacitly. There were only thirteen people in each team, but because of the rejection of Pan Yuanwu
This businessman, so no one took the initiative to discuss with the Pan family. Therefore, it is not surprising that Pan Yuanwu found fifteen people, but they did not expect it.
Wang Da doesn't care. For him, a team with a large number of people is not easy to lead. Moreover, the Royal Cuju team is not so easy to enter. Now there are three people in the Royal Cuju team under his command.
They were the last ones to join through layers of selection. If two more people were chosen, it would definitely be too late.
"So, now that this team is done, can we go into the palace to meet the emperor and deliver errands to the emperor? Speaking of which, today is still the day when I go into the palace to cook." Lu Yao didn't care at all and went directly towards the carriage.
Walked away.
"Dad, no matter what, this can be regarded as solving a big problem. It's getting late now. Let's go to the palace early to meet the emperor." Seeing that Han Yonghe was a little downcast, Han Wenyuan quickly comforted him.
Han Yonghe sighed and said: "We can't blame Lu Yao for this. It's because we didn't read the manuscript he sent us carefully. Whatever our status, it doesn't matter if they are two team members?"
Tangxi asked the coachman to leave immediately. After all, the money had been distributed. Since he was here, Wang Da would no longer be needed to drive the carriage. Tangxi naturally took on the role of coachman.
In the car, Lu Yao looked at Han Yonghe and Han Wenyuan and said, "You two, you can dine in the palace today. I also want to make some food for the emperor."
Without waiting for Han Yonghe's reaction, Han Wenyuan nodded. To him, it didn't matter where he ate, as long as it was cooked by Lu Yao.
Han Yonghe didn't say anything. After all, except for eating something at the Return Inn, he had been in a nervous state all day.
Upon arriving at the palace, the group was taken directly to the palace where Zhao Zhen was located.
Seeing Zhao Zhen, Lu Yao first saluted and then said: "Your Majesty, as for the opponents of the Royal Cuju Team, they have been selected today. I will leave these matters to Master Han and Master Wang to tell you. I have to go to the kitchen to do some work."
It’s time to eat.”
On Zhao Zhen's side, he wasn't too interested in this new type of Cuju. In fact, what caught Zhao Zhen's attention was more about the football lottery.
Today happened to be the day when Lu Yao came to the palace to cook. Seeing this, Zhao Zhen asked Lu Yao to go to the kitchen to prepare without saying a word.
Although Lu Yao said he didn't bring any ingredients this time, there was still pork belly in the kitchen, so he just made Dongpo pork.
The Han family father and son stayed in the palace, and together with Wang Da, reported to Zhao Zhen about the situation of Chen Chen's team.
Han Yonghe felt a little uneasy. Although the team was finally found, if Zhao Zhen knew that this team was composed entirely of ordinary people, I wonder what he would think.
Unexpectedly, instead of blaming the Han family, Zhao Zhen was very happy.
"Yes, among these eight teams, there should be one or two teams composed entirely of ordinary people. Only in this way can I reflect my intention of having fun with the people. What do you think?"
Upon hearing this, the three people below nodded in agreement and breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the emperor was not angry.
Through Zhao Zhen's speech, Han Yonghe and Han Wenyuan were able to understand some of Lu Yao's intentions. Yes, having fun with the people and participating in it, if it is just cheering from the sidelines and watching a few games, what kind of participation is it?
Woolen cloth?
After a while, Lu Yao came back after cooking. When he entered the palace, Wang Da was no longer there. After all, although he was a member of the royal Cuju team, considering Wang Da's background, he wanted to be with these senior officials.
Zhao Zhen was eating at the same table, so he was probably a little behind in terms of level.
Lu Yao already had some plans in mind regarding what he wanted to talk to Zhao Zhen about during this meal.