"Uncle, do you want to stay and eat?" asked Liu Ruolan enthusiastically.

"No, I'll go home and get some clothes, and I'll get to town early tomorrow, so I can't burden you for nothing. Du Ming put the swaddling clothes into Liu Ruolan's arms and waved his hand with a smile.

"What did Uncle say, we can still afford this matter, Uncle, if you go slowly, I won't send it. Liu Ruolan walked into the house with Du Feng in her arms.

"Good life to take care of. Du Ming left.

At night, Du Ming raised his head and looked at the night sky dotted with stars, thinking about tomorrow while planning Du Feng's future, he was not a pedantic old man, he knew what children needed to do the most.

He went to the back bedroom, pushed straight through the cabinet of open clothes, removed a few bricks from the wall, and pulled out a black brocade box from it.

He stroked the edges and corners of the box and muttered unconsciously, "I didn't expect this thing to be useful one day." ”

Late at night, the cool breeze gently blows through the scorching earth during the day, bringing a rare coolness, the croaking of frogs in front of the quiet window, and the bright moonlight in the sky spilling on the roof, splashing an unpretentious rural picture.

The crisp chirping of the sparrow woke up the sun slowly, Du Ming quickly dressed, picked up a package, pushed open the old wooden door, took a deep breath at the white sky, locked the door and left.

The place Du Ming is going to today is a big family surnamed Yang, and it is also the largest family in Luohe Town, and it should be okay for him to go there to serve as an ordinary laborer.

Although Du Ming is very old, he still has some strength, if they can't look down on it, he will find another family.

Looking at this magnificent mansion, Du Ming showed a look of envy, gently stepped forward and buckled the door, and then stood by and waited.

After a while, no one came to open the door, he buckled a few more times, and found that no one came to open the door, so he couldn't help but pound the door hard, making a low "bang" sound.

"Who's knocking on the door?

"My lord, I'm not here to see the master, I'm here to work in the master's mansion. Du Ming spoke.

The door squeaked open, and a sharp-beaked monkey's head poked out, and looked at Du Ming with disdain: "Even an old thing like you still wants to come to work in the old man's mansion, are people now so faceless and skinless?"

"Well, my lord, Xiaomin just looks old, but in fact he is very young, and his strength is not small, and he is still very able to endure hardships, and he can do any job. See if you can use me for a while, and if not, you can kick me out again. In this way, what do you think, my lord?" Du Ming was neither humble nor arrogant.

"Well, there is still a shortage of men in the kitchen recently, I will go and tell the housekeeper to see if he wants to use you, and if he agrees, you can stay and work, if he doesn't agree, the matter will be stopped, where are you coming from, and where are you going?" The guard pondered for a moment and looked up.

"It's all up to you, thank you. Du Ming gave up.

Seeing this, the guard opened the door a little to let Du Ming in, turned around and led him towards the house.

After a while, when he came to a delicately shaped house, he stopped and turned around to warn Du Ming: "You just stand here, don't wander around, I'll go in and report to Steward Yang." ”

After speaking, without waiting for Du Ming to answer, the guard walked into the house, and Du Ming had to stand quietly outside and wait.

After a long time, the guard walked out with an expressionless face, threw some clothes to Du Ming, and said solemnly to the latter: "In the future, you will be a guy in the Yang Mansion, don't blame the master for not reminding you, you must obey anyone's orders here, and you can't have any disrespect and disobedience, otherwise you won't blame me if you are thrown on the street, remember?"

"The villain remembered, thank you for the reminder. Du Ming bowed his hand respectfully.

"Don't call me an adult when someone is around, I'm just a little guard. This is where you rest, and the obedient steward will not punish him, and do not have any other thoughts. That's it for today, I'll go first, you're good at yourself. The servant pointed to an old hut.

Du Ming pushed open the door after thanking him, the house was slightly old and a little dirty, but it was much better than what he lived in, cleaned up everywhere, put down the package, walked to the courtyard to look east and west, looked at the darkened sky, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "I hope that the Yang Mansion will allow people to return to their hometowns to visit relatives, otherwise they won't be able to see my wind, and I'm afraid it will be very difficult to endure this day." ”

Luohe Town, a suburban village.

On a hot morning after many days, Liu Ruolan poured the rice washing water into the ditch, put the washed rice into the clay pot and covered it with a clay lid, set up a few dry long firewood grasses, grabbed a ball of hay and put it in, scratched the two flint stones on the hay a few times, and blew a few breaths on the hay after the smoke came out.

The flames gradually rose, the light of the fire reflected on her cheeks, and a smile appeared on her soft face, and when she was about to take a look, a loud cry came from the hall, and she hurried to the lobby, and took the crying child into her arms, and the sound gradually disappeared.

A tall and burly man came down from the back hill with an unconscious wild boar in his hands, looked at his house from afar, put down the wild boar with both hands, wiped the sweat beads flowing into his eyes with his hands, took a deep breath and lifted the pig under his armpit and ran.

Back at home, Ling Tianyun looked at the busy figure of his virtuous wife, and a happy smile appeared on his resolute face.

"Come back, sit down and rest, I'll wipe your face. Liu Ruolan walked up to her husband, took out a clean handkerchief from her pocket, and reached out to gently wipe the sweat from Ling Tianyun's face.

Ling Tianyun looked at his wife warmly, although Liu Ruolan had been a wife for a long time, her beauty had not diminished in the slightest, her slender figure was plump and slender, she was wearing a silk white shirt, a white belt was tied around her waist, her jet-black hair was tied to her flowing cloud bun, and there were a few beaded flowers inserted between the buns, and her jade-like skin was full of attractive crimson.

She is the most beautiful woman in Luohe Town, there have been many bachelors who coveted her beauty and wanted to do wrong to her, but Ling Tianyun lifted one with one hand, grabbed the back collar and threw her into the pond, and no one dared to harass her in the future.

Liu Ruolan, who was embarrassed by his staring, gradually turned red like a persimmon, and smacked him half-hard with her fist.

Ling Tianyun touched the back of his head and smiled at her embarrassedly: "Lan'er, you are pregnant and want to make up for it, I went to the back mountain to shoot two wild boars." ”

"You, I can bear it, I have suffered you, I see that you are tired, this sweat has washed all your clothes. Liu Ruolan put away her handkerchief and complained.