Chapter 60: Wild Herbs

The son of a businessman, or the kind that doesn't have much real power, goes out when the shepherd goes out, and no one cares about it at all.

Ruan Bai had to put on his attitude in front of the mayor, he didn't want to see Mu Da, so he believed that if the town mayor was a smart person, he would be able to make some trouble for Mu Da. A small bug, he didn't want to clean it up by himself, there were still too few people who could use it, otherwise he would be able to give orders directly.

"There are two main things for the mayor of the town to run this time." Ruan Bai went straight to the point.

After the appearance of Mu Da just now, the mayor also put on a correct attitude, he didn't dare to rely on the old and sell the old, and he didn't dare to bully Ruan Bai's tender face, and said dignifiedly: "Don't dare, but rely on Lord Ruan's orders." ”

"One is a street tree...... Ruan Bai explained to the mayor the benefits of planting street trees, in fact, it is just a matter of informing him, anyway, this matter does not require the mayor to pay for it, and the second is not to let the mayor pay for it.

The mayor also understood, and nodded immediately: "Why not?" Lord Ruan can think of our Leyang Town when doing things, and the villain has to thank you a lot. In fact, even after Ruan Bai's explanation, he still felt that this street tree was redundant and of no practical use at all. However, the love of other officials is tossed, and there is nothing to lose about him.

"I don't know what else is?"

Ruan Bai smiled slightly: "The other thing is Ruan's private matter." I want to find a few people who are sprinkled and cooked at home, I don't know if there are any in the town? ”

The mayor of the town frowned slightly: "There are only long-term and short-term workers in the town, if Lord Ruan wants to buy people, then there is really no one in the town, and you have to go to the county government." ”

The last time Ruan Bai went to the town, he paid attention to this aspect of things, but he didn't find anything. He thought it was too short, this kind of thing was too hidden, so he was going to the county government? Did he go by himself, or did he ask Chu Hao to help?

Since this matter can't be solved by the town, then there is nothing to do with him. The mayor came all the way, and now it's getting dark. At the invitation of Ruan Bai, he had a simple light meal in Qianhu Mansion, which made the mayor of the town very emotional. Even a few wild vegetables are mixed with oil, which is fragrant.

As soon as Ruan Bai entered the Thousand Households Mansion, Chu Hao immediately handed over the power of the housekeeper. So the soldiers who lived in the mansion secretly scolded Ruan Bai, the loser, and at the same time were fed all kinds of dishes by the losers.

Of course, the guy in the barracks is not Yun Gu who is an excellent cook, as long as he looks at it once, he can basically cook it himself, and he can often draw inferences from one another. The man's original level was about to cook things, but now after a short period of training, he can already make outsiders nod their heads. However, it was still far from Ruan Bai's request, and what he and Chu Hao ate by themselves was basically made by himself.

Ruan Bai felt that he had been deceived. No one at home is afraid that he will not be used to it, but the result is no different from in the desert, and he has to cook by himself.

Chu Hao came back to eat happily at noon. It's a wonderful feeling to have a lady in the house. Since Ruan Bai came, there are hot meals and hot dishes every day when he goes home, and the dishes are not the same, even a coarse grain cake can be turned out of flowers, and there is hot tea and hot water after eating, and Ruan Ergou is in his arms when he sleeps at night.

Then, he immediately realized a phrase called good times that don't last long.

A few cold to hard bean dregs cakes, a plate of cold wild vegetables. Chu Hao picked up the bean dregs cake, used a little strength, and broke it in half with a "snap". Needless to say, it's definitely a man's craft.

But whatever the man makes, once it is cold, it is this virtue. The same bean dregs cake was made by Ruan Bai, and it could be fluffy and soft even if it was cold. And this dish is also worrying to look at, the cold meat oil condenses into patches of white spots, with wild vegetables that look raw......

Chu Hao, who had been served with good food and drink for a few days, felt that it was difficult to get off the chopsticks, and asked, "Where is my second brother?" ”

The soldier replied: "Lord Ruan went for a walk after eating, saying that he went to the restaurant to write a letter by the way." ”

Chu Hao frowned and ate the hard and rough cakes and greasy and astringent wild vegetables, and asked, "What did my second brother eat at noon?" ”

"It's the same as what you eat, and I ate it with the mayor of Leyang Town."

The mayor of Leyang Town?! Chu Hao didn't have any impression at all, but he remembered that Ruan Bai had mentioned to him about the street tree before, and he wanted to greet people......

There was still a little thing in the barracks in the afternoon, but it seemed that it was okay for him to walk away for a while, and he immediately explained: "I'll go to the restaurant, and I'll look for me there if I have something." ”

As a result, he saw his second brother in the restaurant catch a strong man again, this time of course, it was not Tian Kaifu, but the number one general of Shunyang Pass, Master Cao.

Lord Cao is a real military general, and he is not like Chu Hao who hides meat, he is tall and burly, holding a brush is the same as holding an embroidery needle, lifting a pen and writing is the same as embroidering, and he thinks about words one by one, and from time to time he has to be picked by Ruan Bai with his nose and eyes.

"Write simply. Vernacular, vernacular understood? If you write this kind of reading it out to others, will people understand it? ”

Lord Cao can achieve the position of a guard, and it is inevitable to be familiar with military books, and for many years for the sake of food, grass, military salaries, and various nonsense between the military and the civil servants of the court, and his writing skills are not weak. But...... The old revolution has encountered new problems!

Master Cao's face was very stern, and the soldiers in front of him were all silent. Only Ruan Bai's voice could be heard in the huge restaurant, and he was so arrogant that he couldn't do it.

Chu Hao wanted to walk in quickly, but was blocked by the crowd, and he was a little anxious.

Take pity on those soldiers and let Ruan Bai write to them, although Ruan Bai is an official, he is young in the end, and it is not a system, they can still try to ignore the "official authority". As a result, today suddenly came a Master Cao, who usually can only watch from a distance...... Have you ever heard of it, whose little soldier dares to support the general to do things?

Since Lord Cao "joined", there have been very few people who have come in and asked to write letters on his behalf. Most of them are gathered around to watch the excitement. Now there is another Chu Hao, they don't even dare to watch the excitement, so they just disperse in a hurry.

Chu Hao hurriedly walked over and stuffed his second dog behind his back, bowed to his boss and apologized: "The children in the family are not sensible, Lord Cao has a lot of adults, don't be like him, I'll clean up when I go back." He turned around and said to Ruan Bai, "Don't apologize to Lord Cao yet!" Brother, don't you usually talk to people like this? ”

The remaining two were still in the restaurant, and they didn't care whether the letter was written or not, so they hurriedly grabbed it in their hands, thanked them vaguely, and ran away in an instant as if there was a dog chasing after them.

Ruan Bai looked at Chu Hao's attitude, understood in seconds, and immediately became arrogant and well-behaved as soon as he bent over: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to ......" In the entire Shunyang Pass, except for him, there is only one person who can make Chu Hao take it seriously in his eyes, so there is no need to guess. But why is his luck so "good", isn't it just to recruit a volunteer? Can you actually crash into *OSS?

Of course, he knew that no one who could read and write in these years would be an ordinary person, but he also thought that this was just a hundred or thousands of households or something, but he didn't expect it to be a general...... I really want to buy a lottery ticket.

Lord Cao's temper was not at all as irritable as an ordinary military attachΓ©, but very gentle: "Don't be like this. The officer also has to thank this little brother for thinking about our border guards. ”

If he hadn't been idle today, he wouldn't have known that the soldiers below would still have such a ...... Well, appeal. But think about it, it is a matter of course to come out to be a soldier, leave your hometown, and miss your family. So when he saw the young man writing a letter, he also volunteered to join in. He didn't feel offended by the words he didn't do well, but he realized that he was too far away from the soldiers to understand their needs.

"It's Cao's great luck to meet this little brother today." Lord Cao added, and patted Ruan Bai on the shoulder, "If you don't dislike it, the little brother will be called Cao a certain big brother in the future, and I don't know what the little brother is called?" ”

Rao is Ruan Bai was stunned by Lord Cao's expression. In his impression, those who are officials may not be domineering, it should be said that there are very few who are really domineering, but he has never seen a few who are so approachable. What's more, this Lord Cao has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under his hands, even in terms of his own achievements, it is not an exaggeration to be called the door god of the western gateway of the Great Zhou.

Ruan Bai was slightly moved, and his expression was more sincere: "......"

"Ergou's eldest brother is me!" This is Chu Hao's brainless remarks. No one can snatch his second dog! Not even the respectable Lord Cao!

Ruan Bai raised his hand to cover his face.

"Two dogs?" Lord Cao's face twitched unnaturally, and when he looked at Chu Hao, he remembered in hindsight, "Oh, I remembered, you are the Ruan Er who made the fire kang...... Ahem, white. ”

"Brother Cao." Ruan Bai wiped his face and accepted his fate. There are so many names in the vegetable market, why did he call a second dog in the first place! There were once so many good names in front of him, and he didn't cherish them, if he was given a chance...... As for Erbai or something, he can choose to be deaf.

"Good, good. Brother Ruan called me big brother, if there is anything to discuss with the eldest brother in the future, I dare not say anything else, just this Shunyang place, the eldest brother can still be a little bit of the master. Lord Cao patted Ruan Bai's shoulder again and again, looking at the thin appearance of the person, he didn't exert himself, turned his head and said to Chu Hao, "How did you raise it?" How can a child grow so thin at this age? ”

Chu Hao defended himself expressionlessly: "He eats more than me and is better than me." I also slept more than I did, better than I did. "Who knows where all that stuff goes? Look at those people in the family, not to mention fat and strong, at least they are well-proportioned; Look at the big fat and the little fat, that fat can be used as a scale!

Ruan Bai looked up at Master Cao, then at Chu Hao, and compared a middle finger in his heart. It's amazing to grow tall, can adults discriminate against minors when they grow tall? Don't you make every dwarf a potential stock? What does it mean to be invincible in youth? Old fellows, sooner or later he will grow into long legs, all legs from the neck down!

The two "adults" noticed Ruan Bai's small movements, and they couldn't help but laugh. Master Cao, who didn't know Ruan Bai's details, felt that this child was innocent and cute, and combined with the previous events, he immediately gave a label in his heart that he was brave, resourceful, smart and clever, that is, he seemed to be spoiled a little too much by Chu Hao, and it seemed to be a bit arrogant and willful. It's no wonder that no matter what kind of hard life this child had before, being spoiled is simply a matter of course, Chu Hao himself is only a few years old, and he can't teach children at all.

"It's okay, I'll hand it over to Brother Cao later." After Lord Cao said this, he left, leaving Chu Hao and Ruan Bai with inexplicable expressions.

Ruan Bai felt that as a subordinate, he should understand his boss better, and asked Chu Hao: "What did you give him?" ”

Chu Hao was completely inexplicable: "How do I know?" ”

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The two glanced at each other, Chu Hao reached out and grabbed Ruan Bai's hand, and walked all the way back, while educating: "Don't recognize your eldest brother in the future, remember that your eldest brother is only me." ”

"Oh."

"What did you do in Shunyang Pass? If you have anything to say to my brother, my brother can call the shots in the entire Western State. "His Royal Highness the Prince is domineering.

Ruan Bai raised his eyebrows: "Aren't you the son of the world?" ”

"Well, that's right." The stinky second dog finally knows how powerful his brother is!

Ruan Bai asked bluntly: "Isn't it your father Pingxi King who is in charge of Xizhou?" ”

The leaky prince stalked his neck: "Anyway, sooner or later, my brother can call the shots!" ”

The upright Ruan Ergou: "Who is the person who is in charge of your family?" ”

The prince was overwhelmed by the question, and hung his head in frustration: "...... My mother. "It seems useless for him to rush to his feet suddenly, what has he done in the past eighteen years?

Only by striking at others can we better achieve the goal of pleasuring our body and mind -- holding grudges and making Ruan Bai despise his height!

The two came out of the restaurant, that is, just after noon. Chu Hao's rest time is not over yet, the sun is just right today, and someone on the side of the road has taken wild vegetables out to set up a stall. Ruan Bai probably didn't know him, Chu Hao thought of the noon bite, and when he saw that Ruan Bai was curious, he simply explained it to him one by one. Of course, his focus was on the medicinal properties of these wild herbs.

"This is called white cauliflower, fresh and poisonous, and must be dried. Soak it in water before eating it to remove the poison. Chu Hao bought all the baskets of cauliflower, the fresh water was sufficient, and a basket cost eighty wen.

Ruan Bai looked down at the white cauliflower, which sounded a bit like a black fungus, but it looked like a mushroom, which should be a fungus: "This thing hasn't dried much, right?" ”

"Hmm." Chu Hao looked at the happy appearance of the stall owner who sold it to them, and said, "That person is lucky, probably found a nest of white cauliflower." This thing is rare, but it is a little bit of it that is seen in a few pieces. The taste is actually nothing special, just fresh. ”

Scarcity is expensive, Ruan Bai understands.

"In addition......" Chu Hao leaned into Ruan Bai's ear and whispered, "Fresh white cauliflower can paralyze the limbs for a short time, but the amount is much more." If it is concocted with several other herbs, it can also be made into * fragrant. ”

Ruan Bai's eyes lit up: "Brother Hao." ”

Chu Hao patted his chest: "Go back and teach you." "I know that his second dog likes this kind of harmful things. What kind of big brother is Lord Cao, he is the real big brother of Brother Mo Ruo!

Chu Hao squatted down in front of another stall and bought a few wild vegetables.

Ruan Bai didn't wait for him to explain, so he took the initiative to ask, "What can these do?" ”

"I can cook." Chu Hao replied without hesitation, and emphasized, "I can cook my brother's favorite dishes." If you don't cook for your brother at noon, it doesn't matter, don't wait for your brother to eat together. Do you know what my brother ate at noon today? The bread is hard enough to be used as a brick, and the wild vegetables ......."

"It's good that you have two wild vegetables to eat, and don't look at the soldiers under you, there is a little vegetable residue floating in a big pot of soup." He watched as the man looked like a cooking machine, instantly crushing the corpse of a wild vegetable that was less than five fingers long, and then throwing it into a half-human-high pot. Ruan Bai pushed Chu Hao, who was sticking to him more and more, on the street, pay attention to the impact of it?

"They have meat to eat, and they can't pick their mouths?" Chu Hao was indignant and aggrieved, "Second brother, those people don't need you to care, you should care more about me." ”

Ruan Bai: "Hehe. ”

It's such a meaningful tone word again! Chu Hao always felt that he would be able to comprehend the true meaning in a short time, and now he looked at Ruan Bai vigorously.

Ruan Bai was impatient with him, and helplessly explained: "Who do you think 'those people' are?" If they're not your soldiers, why should I be so idle?! ”

Even if Ruan Bai's tone was not good, Chu Hao was overjoyed when he heard it, if it weren't for being on the street, he really wanted to hug and kiss someone.

But no matter how rare he is, his current time is already busy, and he can't even send Ruan Bai home, and immediately a personal soldier came over, and there was an urgent matter for him to deal with.

Chu Hao could only turn around and leave one step at a time.

Ruan Bai saw a toothache. Isn't it just going to work? Why do you make it like going out of the house? Turning around to see the taciturn duo that had evolved into his personal guards, he looked down at a box of cauliflower and made a small request: "That...... Is there a mouse? ”

Guard x2 (βŠ™vβŠ™): Mouse?

Ruan Bai nodded: Mouse.

Although the guards didn't understand, the leader's order was a qiΔ“, and they didn't know how they did it, and within half an hour, they caught ten big rats for Ruan Bai, and the largest one was about the same as a cat.

The corners of Ruan Bai's mouth twitched, and he decided to strengthen food hygiene and safety management.

"Are you literate?"

The guards nodded hesitantly, "Recognize some." ”

So the guards became Ruan Bai's assistants, and when Chu Hao came back, he found that the three of them were feeding the rats with white cauliflower!

"This leg kicks!" A rat was on all fours, twitching.

"This one can't do it, it's just that the movement is a little slower than just now, and it's stimulated......" Ruan Bai poked the fat mouse with a branch, and the chopstick-thick branch was easily bitten off like a french fries, "It can still burst out with strong aggression." ”

"My lord, I don't eat this one."

Ruan Bai saw Chu Hao coming in and wondered: "Huh? Why did you come back so early today? Didn't you say it's busy? He deliberately ran out to look at the sky, and found that he had not misremembered the time, and he couldn't help but have a puzzled face.

The two guards saw Chu Hao and immediately remained solemn, like two silent statues.

"Messing with cauliflower?" Chu Hao understood at a glance, but he didn't expect to be able to use rats, he used to use death row prisoners.

"Hmm. What's wrong? ”

"Lord Cao is going to hold a dinner party tonight, and I officially recognize you as my brother-in-law." So he had to come back early to prepare for Ruan Bai.

"Huh? So formal? Ruan Bai originally thought that he was just casually saying it, just calling him a brother or sister with ordinary people, but in fact, it didn't mean anything at all. As for what Master Cao said otherwise, he only listened to it as a kind word.

Putting aside Chu Hao's relationship, he himself now has a few catties and taels, and he is still measured. As for the potential, in the hands of such a powerful person, how many potential children in his own clan are afraid of? Even if you don't have your own children, what about your protΓ©gΓ©s? What about friends and family? Even if you want to be promoted, where will you get a Ruan Bai who can't be compared with eight poles?

As soon as he entered his courtyard, Ruan Bai's brows furrowed tightly.

Chu Hao couldn't see it, and stretched out his fingers to wipe it out: "Don't worry, there is a brother here." ”

Well, His Royal Highness the Prince can still be relied on at critical moments.

No matter what, Lord Cao was already so solemn, of course Ruan Bai couldn't just go over casually. It's too late to fast, and you still need to bathe.

That night, Ruan Bai deliberately changed into his best clothes, and dressed up himself through Chu Hao's hand, and took a rare carriage ride to the general's mansion.

The early spring nights are still very cold, and in this northwestern land is almost the same as winter. Ruan Bai's whole body was wrapped in wolf skin, revealing the delicate facial features unique to a teenager. The fur was very long, and only a little moon-white robe and a pair of leather boots with exquisite workmanship were revealed underneath.

The ball-shaped boy was not clumsy at all, but jumped off the carriage very lightly, and smiled slightly when his eyes met others, and his eyes became meniscus-shaped.

The housekeeper who was waiting outside smiled unconsciously, stepped forward and said, "This is Lord Ruan, right?" My family has ......"

"Don't fix all this!" Lord Cao's words fell, and people also appeared in front of them, reaching out to lift Ruan Bai like a little chicken, but Chu Hao, who was waiting beside him, took the first step into his arms.

Ruan Bai was slightly puzzled on his face, but he understood something in his heart. The high-ranking people are all-rounders, and they are grandmaster level when they change their faces, they are gentle and elegant when they want to be corporal, and they are the king of the mountains when they want to be heroic.

Seeing this, Lord Cao rubbed his chin, almost forgetting that his righteous brother still had to rob others. Hey, you can rob the general's apprentice...... It's really cool! Of course, this is only secondary, out of the intuition of the general, he always feels that pulling the little guy in front of him into his camp has a hundred benefits and no harm, anyway, the first strike is stronger!

As the boss of one party, even in a hurry, the dinner was still prepared very decently, and all the high-ranking and powerful people who could be invited were invited. Not only that, Lord Cao also gave Ruan Bai, the righteous brother, a tall horse!

The black-black horses are very powerful, even compared to the Huns' horses, they seem to be half the best. Nguyen Bai quickly equated the dark horse with the top supercar.

Then he sensed the great malice coming from the universe - the horseback was only a little shorter than his man!

He can ride up if he wants to go up, but he is not a rabbit when he jumps up and down!

Lord Cao was obviously looking at Ruan Bai's jokes, and even Chu Hao bent the corners of his mouth and remained silent.

Nguyen Bai said: "I have to make a dress for my BMW. ”

Dressing horses? Is it still a child?