The war in Changzhou is still unknown to the capital.

Another autumn rain fell, the frost leaves withered, the weather was even colder, and many of the old, weak, sick and disabled people in the garden had already put on their jackets.

Cotton jackets are made every year, and there are charcoal fires for heating, and this year the number of guards is even greater. Fortunately, there is a subsidy from the imperial court, as well as Ouyang Kang and Su Cheng's money, and the cost is not large. Oh, and by the way, the little potato boy has one too.

Speaking of which, in addition to eating, sleeping and sleeping, that kid is not without contribution to the whole family, in addition to supporting himself, he can also feed many people.

Glancing at the round white potato who was lying on the bed under the strict supervision of Wangcai, practicing how to turn over the little turtle with his feet facing the sky, Nianfu continued to guide the work.

“…… Those guards are all great young men, and they have a lot of food, and this year's bacon and bacon have to be cooked. These must be prepared in advance, and the province has obtained the winter solstice, and it will be more expensive. ”

"There are also things to get married, some of them have already been distributed before, and they should have done a similar job of embroidering wedding dresses, right? Tell them that as long as they do a good job and choose a good day in the lunar month, they will do things together for everyone, and the reunion will be good for the New Year. ”

Liu Er's apprentice, the little maid Chunzhu, wrote the side, wrote down the guidance of the leader, and the tasks assigned to everyone.

This is related to the year-end benefits, and the stewards did not dare to slack off, write it down carefully, and put forward more reasonable suggestions.

For example, Guan Yuanzi told Nianfu that the bamboo shoots, dried flowers, chickens and ducks produced every year in the broken garden are currently broken. It can fully meet most of the needs of the government, and the benefits are quite high. And the place as big as the Pingwang Mansion is empty. Isn't it too wasteful? Can we also implement the policy of breaking the park over there? Anyway, the family has cultivated skilled hands, and there is no technical difficulty in managing it.

Ah Shun. At present, the chief steward of the Ping Wangfu is actively in favor. He already felt that the broken garden was very well managed, and he wanted to tidy it up over there. And it is guaranteed that it will not change the pattern of the Pingwang Mansion, but it will be more fully utilized, and a good garden will be wasted.

With such a large place as Pingwangfu, he is confident that as long as the flower garden is put in order, the supply of flowers in the entire broken garden, and even the idle garden, will definitely not be a problem. Of course. He also suggested that the county should be in a good mood and go for a walk.

The conversation was lively here, and Su Cheng sent someone over there, saying that he wanted to take the sweet potato to take a bath.

The people in the house were a little surprised, what kind of bath did they take on such a cold day? But Nianfu waved his hand very calmly, signaled the nurse to put a small cloak on the sweet potato, and took him away.

At this point, Mr. Su Da is very fond of happiness. Small children grow fast. Don't look at the weather is not cold, but it is easy to sweat, taking a shower every day is actually very healthy and scientific, and it will not damage the so-called vitality at all.

And Su Cheng will pick it in the afternoon every time. When the temperature is at its highest, take the sweet potato to wash it, and you are even more afraid.

It's just that because the temperature has dropped again today, Su Cheng even deliberately burned a few more pots of fire.

As soon as the white potatoes came in, the little face was steamed white and red. It's so hot that it screams.

"Don't worry, don't worry." Su Cheng smiled and carried him to the fire and began to undress him.

Pick off the little padded clothes. took off the little cotton pants, and the true body of the sweet potato was revealed. The whole thing is a lump of white flowers and round little tender meat. Not to mention that the meat that fell from the diarrhea last time has come back, and a lot of it has been added, even for the tall man who has grown up accordingly, there is only more meat, no less.

This kid is so good at eating.

People began to add egg yolks at four months, and they were all half and a half, and he killed the whole one at a time, and he was still not satisfied. Rice porridge and vegetable puree or something, that's to kill a bowl of it, even the bowl is licked clean, and the stomach is so adapted to it that it's called a croak.

So Su Cheng observed for several days and decided to add some ingredients to the sweet potatoes from today.

The little guy who took off only his small belly pocket was playing happily and neatly with the game of turning over the little turtle because of the lack of restraint of clothes, and suddenly twitched his little nose, and the whole person became vigilant. His eyes widened, staring at the little guy who came in with a large bucket, frowning slightly.

Su Cheng smiled lightly and hugged him into his arms, "Don't be afraid, it's okay." ”

But Bai Potato glared at him, obviously don't coax me, I won't be fooled.

It wasn't until the little guy lifted the lid of the bucket and poured the boiled medicinal juice into the small tub for white potatoes that the little potato boy could no longer withstand such a strong stimulation, and the bad memories instantly came flooding up, and he howled in his throat.

So bitter taste, it's all medicine!

Drink a bowl and he's going to pull hatred, such a big pot, he doesn't want to live!

But no matter how he punched and kicked, like an eight-clawed little octopus, he wanted to hold on to Su Cheng's clothes, but the ruthless master still threw him into the bathtub with his clothes.

There is a simple baby swimming ring made of imitation balls in the bath bucket, two small leather bags are softly buckled on both sides of the neck, which can prevent the baby from drowning, and then put in a few wooden carved ducks, the little potato boy is usually reluctant to go out when he gets out of the water, and he is called a joy.

But today, he desperately wanted to go out and didn't want to stay. In the end, he even threw those little ducklings at Su Cheng to vent his anger with disobedience and unfilial piety, but Su Cheng didn't allow him to come out no matter how he tossed it.

It wasn't until he had brewed enough tea and his skin was red that he was fished out of the potion. Wrapped his sweat in a soft thick cotton blanket, and then rinsed him with water, then put on the white potatoes that were soaked in quadriplegia and had blank eyes, wrapped them tightly and sent them back to his mother.

The little potato boy was sad and indignant in his heart, he would never like his master again, he would never like the duckling again, and he didn't even want to like himself anymore.

The whole body is bitter, and he is no longer the fragrant and white little potato boy he used to be. Woo, so disgusted!

Fortunately, the sweet potato didn't die for too long, and he fell asleep by the potion. So he didn't know what kind of stronger blow his poor mother had suffered in his peaceful dreams.

I just finished taking care of my housework. Nianfu also said that he would go to the kitchen to change his mind, and Cui Rong hurried back.

Call everyone down. After saying a few words, Nianfu changed his clothes and went out. Let people be optimistic about the sleeping sweet potato, tell the old lady and Su Cheng that Mrs. Guan is sick and want to go and see, take some supplements and go out.

But she didn't go to the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion, but went out of the city and went straight to Dr. Zou's house on the outskirts of Beijing.

Zou Yuanliang happened to be at home, and when he saw her coming, he was a little surprised, but it seemed to be expected. It's just that the face is weird. It's a bit of a dilemma.

Nianfu understood a little bit when he saw it, "Doctor Zou, I won't say anything more." Let me go and see him first, whether I see him or not is his business, but whether I see it or not is my heart. ”

Zou Yuanliang couldn't, sighed heavily, took Nianfu to the backyard, pointed to a secluded room, and didn't speak.

Nianfu took a breath. He stepped forward and knocked lightly on the door.

"Who? Come on in. A familiar voice sounded in the room, bringing Nianfu a little surprise and warmth.

Plucking up the courage to push the door open, the people inside looked at her in surprise and moved their lips. seemed to want to shout Sister Nianfu, but in the end he lowered his eyes and only called in a low voice. "County Lord."

didn't wait for Nianfu to ask carefully, Hou Fangyu told her. "The old man has a great favor to my family, so something happened to his family. Grandpa asked me to accompany him to Beijing. There is a daughter-in-law watching at home, but it doesn't hinder anything. Go in, the old man is in the back room. ”

Nianfu looked at him, nodded wordlessly, opened the curtain, and saw an old man about eighty years old sitting silently in front of the window. His hair was like silver, his body was plain, and his face was sad.

He seemed to know she was coming, but he didn't seem to know at all. Only a pair of old hands full of spots were clasped on crutches, clenched tightly.

It was the old lady Sun who had a relationship with Nianfu in Xuancheng back then.

Nianfu's tears came down suddenly, and he walked a few steps to kneel down in front of him, "I'm sorry, old man, I'm really sorry!" ”

Old Lady Sun's face trembled, as if she wanted to say something, but she didn't speak for a long time. In the end, he just silently turned his face away, as if he never wanted to see the person in front of him again.

Nianfu covered her mouth, tears raining down, she didn't know how to express her apology. But no matter how much apologies there are, what's the point of this old man?

The Sun family was wiped out, destroyed by Ryan in collusion with mountain bandits, and completely destroyed by the woman who married out of Pingwangfu.

Nianfu didn't know when she was and how she came out, but when she cried, she was also eager to know the truth.

Hou Fangyu sighed, "Since General Min rebelled, Lingzhou has been in chaos. But it's okay at your house, I sent someone to see it, and your grandfather's family is fine. A new house was built, and your cousin was still in school, and he said that when he was two years older, he would spread out the tofu at home again. ”

Nianfu wept and thanked him, and Hou Fangyucai said with difficulty, "It's just the Sun family...... Alas, that Ryan is so unbelievable. ”

Nianfu wiped his tears, gritted his teeth and said, "You say, I don't have anything to hear." ”

Hou Fangyu couldn't bear to look at her before he said in a low voice, "She...... She had an affair with someone and was discovered by the sister-in-law of the Sun family. The Sun family didn't do much yet, she ran away first. It just so happened that Lingzhou was in chaos, and there was news of your family...... Then this Ryan led a group of bandits to the Sun family......"

Thinking of the legendary blood, he really couldn't say anything, so he could only tell Nianfu, "Luckily, Old Man Sun temporarily invited someone to see an old friend that day, and he escaped." But dozens of people up and down the Sun family, including apprentices and servants, were not spared. The youngest Brother Xing'er didn't even find the corpse. ”

Nianfu closed his eyes, but tears still fell down his cheeks. Although he didn't say it, but Ryan's vicious personality, once he was determined to take revenge, how could he be merciful?

Although this matter was not at her instigation, after all, Ruian was married to the Sun family by the Mu family, how could she get by on her conscience?

After a slight pause, Hou Fangyu finally told her, "When Lord Xu came, I found out that the owner of the silk shop who had an affair with Ruian turned out to be a bandit's nest behind it." Because this tragedy shook too much in Xuancheng, and it was related to bandits, so I asked Mr. Sun to go to Beijing and report to Dali Temple. ”

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White Potato: Mom, are you coming? Do you want me to help you fight the bad guys? I'm an auspicious sweet potato, although it's a bit bitter now...... (To be continued......)