The meeting between the two is extremely ordinary. That day, Ah Hao, Liu Zhihua and others occasionally went out to buy some things, and they happened to meet him face to face. At that moment, not only he was stunned, but even Ah Hao was stunned. However, both of them knew that they could not meet at this time.

In the middle of the night that day, Ah Hao sneaked out of the academy, and the two met and learned about each other's recent situation. Zeng Dashan and the real Geng Qiu are two dark lines. He is responsible for security protection, and Geng Qiu is responsible for operating outside, it should be said that Geng Qiu's master is in charge, but before he can leave the school, the master died, and he reluctantly picked up this burden. So Zeng Dashan and Geng Qiu are not familiar with each other, but they know that there is such a person, and they have never even seen each other.

Zeng Dashan's arrival solved the problem of manpower shortage for Ah Hao Gengqiu, the six children he brought, the eldest of whom was eleven years old, looked like she was only ** years old, but cooking and washing all kinds of housework were very quick, and the little girl was seven or eight years old, although she couldn't do much work, she could also help take care of the five or six-year-old child, and the two of them dug some wild vegetables together, picked up some firewood or something, no problem at all.

The other three boys, aged between thirteen and nine years old, are all half-grown children, but because they have been two years younger with Zeng Dashan, these children, although they look younger than their actual age, it is because their lives have been too poor since childhood, but in the past two years under Zeng Dashan's hands, they have also lived a life of good food and clothing, and after his training, these children are very athletic, and they are also from poor farmers. Four children can work as little as one and a half adults.

The relationship between Yu Mingyi and the magistrate of Beixian County, Geng Qiu quickly got a good relationship between these seven people. Count them as a family, Zeng Dashan is the father, and the children are named Zeng Changping, Zeng Chang'an, Zeng Chunhua, Zeng Changquan, Zeng Xinghua, and Zeng Changding. It's all the common names of peasant households.

And they also have a serious background, the small village that was swept away by the flash flood, but it is true and well-documented, and it just so happens that the people in the village are surnamed Zeng. Because the flash flood swept away not only this small village at that time, but also several neighboring villages, many people knew about it at that time. Now there is only one adult left in this village, with a few children, so these children are not a family at first glance, but everyone also thinks it is normal, thinking that Zeng Dashan adopted these children alone. It's also a good thing to be able to give children a home and a bite to eat.

Geng Qiu threw their family at their new home in Huishui Town, Beixian County, and prepared to hand it over to Zeng Dashan to manage. After a month of pioneer work by the third uncle and others, three huts like the Yu family were also built here, with five rooms each. One building was lived in by Zeng Dashan's family, and the other building was where Geng Qiu could live when he came, or the third uncle could also live when he came, and the more one was also used as a warehouse.

At the same time, Geng Qiu also found two tenant farmers in Beixian County and built three huts for each of them. These two families are families who have no land, no land, no property, and are looking for odd jobs. As soon as they heard that there was a place to live, a field to plant, and food seeds were provided first, the two families couldn't wait to treat Geng Qiu as a god.

If it weren't for the low status of the family, Geng Qiu could have bought these two families. There is only one Xiucai in the family, and it is not possible to use so many subordinates, and according to the regulations, only one person can be used at most. Such a family, with Zeng Dashan watching from the side, is not afraid of what tricks they will come up with.

The third uncle and the third aunt and Zeng Dashan are also old acquaintances, and when they met, they were full of feelings for a while, and they had endless words.

Because there were seven more Zeng family members and two tenant farmers, the little grain left here was not enough, so Geng Qiu specially bought 300 catties of coarse grain and some daily necessities. In this way, the last bit of savings on hand is spent. Fortunately, the Zeng family, a large family, brought several large bags of clothes, bedding and other supplies, and he didn't need to remake them. Otherwise, he would have to find Yu Mingyi to pay a month's worth of monthly silver to deal with it.

While Geng Qiu was distributing goods to the two tenant farmers, Zeng Dashan also learned about their current family situation and situation from the third uncle, although he also met with Ah Hao, but these things were not discussed in detail. Ah Hao was very busy with school, so he still brought a message to Geng Qiu to go to the academy to find him, and then handed Zeng Dashan to Geng Qiu to bring back. So Zeng Dashan thought that Geng Qiu and Ah Hao had a lot of silver on hand. Now that he knew that Geng Qiu only earned three or two months of silver a month, he immediately pulled Geng Qiu over and whispered: "Brother Qiu, I still have silver on hand, don't worry about no silver to spend, don't let Master Hao and the young masters save it." ”

"Oh, then use it for yourselves. Our family's life is okay. Geng Qiu said disapprerovingly, he thought that people only had thirty or fifty taels.

As a result, Zeng Dashan said: "I forgot what I said to Master Hao, and I didn't know that you were nervous about it." I still have more than 2,000 taels of silver tickets here. After speaking, he took it out and gave it to Geng Qiu. Although he didn't know how Geng Qiu married A Hao, but now that the two of them have a good relationship and gave birth to a master, he decided to hand over the silver, and he didn't spend it when he held it in his hand. He has accumulated a lot of his own, although he spent more than 100 taels on recuperating his injuries and taking medicine, and raising this group of children, but now there are more than 100 taels left, which is enough for him to raise this group of children.

"Wow, that's so much?" Geng Qiu was very surprised, it was the first time he had seen so many silver tickets, there were more than 20 in total, the largest denomination was one hundred taels, and the smallest was twenty taels. This has to be exchanged for silver, and there must be more than 400 silver ingots in five taels, he just thought about it, and felt that the silver in front of him was shining.

"Well, it took a lot of money at the beginning, and that's all that's left. You take it and give it to your masters. In the days to come, with this mountain, if you go into the mountain a few more times, you will always be able to accumulate one hundred and eighty taels of silver in a year, which is enough for the masters to live. Zeng Dashan said.

Geng Qiu was speechless for a while, he didn't know what to say, he was worried about the lack of money, and people sent it to the door, or such a large sum, he had a feeling of winning the lottery. Thinking about Master Zhou and Baron Yu again, the two of them could only scrape together eight hundred taels of silver, and he felt that he had become a rich man, and he was a little fluttering.

However, he quickly calmed down and began to think about how to spend the money, and now he has two families, and the one managed by the third uncle is basically complete. But here, it's too simple, and this place is close to the county seat, and everything that will be produced in the future will have to be pulled to the county seat to be sold, at least two mules must be placed first. I heard that this is a valuable item, at least fifty or sixty taels, and he doesn't know how to do it, he doesn't know whether it's good or bad.

As a result, as soon as he said this, Zeng Dashan said: "I'll go with you another day, I know this animal best, and it would be best if I could buy a horse." I also have to buy some bows, arrows, knives and guns to train the children. "Bows and arrows and broadswords are all controlled products, and they can't be taken out in a big way, and he didn't dare to make them at all before, and he used sticks to train the children.

But this place is remote, and my family has a relationship with the county master, so I can let go of my hands and feet to train. The Yujia Mountain next door, although it is a neighbor, is actually a few miles away, and the relationship between the two families is good. On the hill of his own house, train a few children, so that outsiders will not find out at all.

"What do you want bows, arrows, knives and guns for? And you don't have to go to war. Geng Qiu asked puzzled.

"Our general's mansion has relied on military merits for generations, and now the general has been framed, and the master has died for nine lifetimes, how can he just let go and live a stable life. It's better to prepare early. When you go back, try to find some people in the village to practice. Zeng Dashan said that his last words were said by the third uncle.

"How to practice? It's all an authentic peasant family. The third uncle asked. In fact, even he doesn't know much about it, and he can only do it with three moves and two styles.

"I just said that in order to take them to hunt, I didn't have any effort to hunt." Zeng Dashan replied.

Geng Qiu saw that this Zeng Dashan was also an assertive person, so he didn't distinguish with him, anyway, it was Ah Hao who made the decision, and he would talk about it when he came back, and there was no obstacle to practicing, just like Zeng Dashan said, if you are good, you can get twice the result with half the effort when hunting. Moreover, the people in the village have always envied their family for being able to go into the mountains to hunt, and now they have trained everyone, even if they leave the small village in the future, it will be easier for the people in the village to make a living, so it can be regarded as doing something good for everyone.

"The third uncle went back and told the village chief that he wanted to take a few people to learn hunting, take some time to train a few people, archery or something, and even the county school also opened a riding and archery course." Geng Qiu said.

"Okay." The third uncle replied. I haven't been hunting this year, because Ah Hao and Geng Qiu are not at home, and he doesn't dare to take everyone into the mountains alone, and the people in the village have already talked about him openly and secretly, wondering if they are ready to move out. However, it is obvious that Geng Qiu and Ah Hao have no plans for this at present. Although there are only two uncles left in the village. Geng Qiu brought Ah Niu to live in the county, and Ning Ge'er also studied in the county.

Ah Niu brought mainly to Ah Wan as a companion, Yu Mingyi didn't dare to let outsiders' children accompany her family's sweetheart and soul at will, but Ah Niu was just right. Moreover, the environment in the county is better than that in the village, and Geng Qiu and A Hao usually rarely go back to the village to bring Ah Niu out, and they also think it is better. Ah Hao College occasionally took vacations, and when he returned to the county seat, it took much less time than going to the village, and it also saved him a lot of trouble.

Didn't Yu Mingyi build two houses, originally most of the people in Shannan Town followed Yu Mingyi to live in Beixian County, and Yu Mingyi's two-entry courtyard couldn't be opened. He directly gave the simple decoration to Geng Qiu and Dr. Li, and the three families of Steward Zhou lived, and everyone had to help him do things anyway. He used to live spaciously, and he was not suitable for a bunch of people crowded together, so he simply divided them into a side house to live. In addition, two rough mothers were also arranged in the yard to help clean the yard and do some rough work, and there was a porter and a kitchen cook and boil water, a total of only ten people, very quiet.

When Geng Qiu is free, he will also cook meals for Dr. Li and Steward Zhou, and Ah Niu is at Yu's house during the day, and only goes back to his house with Geng Qiu to sleep at night. If Geng Qiu doesn't come back at night, he will hand over Ah Niu to Dr. Li to help take care of him for a few nights. No matter where Ah Niu stays, there is no difference between staying in his own home. This child is a natural pistachio, he doesn't recognize life, he is happy all day long, and he doesn't like to cry, so he likes it very much. Every time like this, Geng Qiu would make a few good dishes to thank Dr. Li, and of course he would call Zhou Zhou's housekeeper.

When Zeng Dashan saw Ah Niu for the first time, he was so happy that he almost cried, hugging him, he couldn't get enough of it. Although this child looks like A Hao, he has a bit of the demeanor of an old general. As soon as he thought that there was a successor in the General's Mansion, he was happy.