Come to the lobby.

The two guests sat down, and after serving tea, Old Man Wu looked at this offspring with extraordinary bearing and decent manners, and began to test it.

Xiao Xinru didn't show the slightest hint of weakness when talking and laughing, but said that she met the second son of the Wu family at the Yellow Crane Tower party last year.

Listening to his accent, he is indeed from Wuchang.

Old Man Wu nodded, his son was a Xiucai last year, and he will definitely go to the Yellow Crane Tower with the students from high school to get together afterwards, which means that this Xiao Gongzi must be a Xiucai.

The words were a lot more intimate again, and they began to compare each other's knowledge again, but after some testing, they found that the ink in their stomachs was completely embarrassing.

Fortunately, the other party was modest, so he hurriedly changed the topic and tested the purpose of the other party's trip.

He didn't think that the other party had traveled all the way from Wuchang to this poor and remote place, and he really came to visit.

I guess it's not just a one-sided relationship with Erlang, otherwise Erlang will definitely mention one or two.

"Uncle, I can't hide it, Wansheng came this time, in addition to visiting Brother Wu Xian, my brother also explained some things, and asked Wansheng to help with it."

"Oh? The brother of the virtuous nephew..."

At this point, he picked up the teacup and took a sip.

"In fact, there are some small things, my uncle doesn't know, there has been a big drought in Henan recently, several prefectures in Kaifeng in Nanyang are thousands of miles of red land, there is no harvest, a large number of displaced people have gathered on the north bank of Xiangyang, although the brother is humble and light, but he also wants to do his part, so let the late born come to Nanzhang, on behalf of the purchase of a batch of grain to transport back to Xiangyang."

"I see!"

Old Man Wu nodded, but his mind was spinning rapidly, analyzing the meaning of his words, there was no way, once he misunderstood, it would be really embarrassing.

In the end, it was concluded that his brother should be an official in Xiangyang or Nanyang, and wanted to take the opportunity to transport a batch of grain to Nanyang and make a windfall, but it was inconvenient to come forward, and he learned that he had a classmate in Nanzhang, so he specially sent him.

Xiao Xinru saw that he was holding the teacup and didn't put it down for a long time, so she also picked up the teacup, and the two of them were like that, each holding the teacup and pretending.

"Brother Xiao Xian's nephew, isn't it Xiao Tongju of Xiangyang Mansion, Lord Xiao?"

Old Man Wu finally put down the teacup and recalled the officials of the entire Xiangyang Nanyang, and then he thought of a person surnamed Xiao to test it.

No way.

If Old Man Wu directly asks others where his brother is an official, it will seem too abrupt and snobbish.

And Xiao Xinru is inconvenient to directly say where her brother is an official, otherwise she will appear to be deliberately showy, which requires finding an official with the same surname to come out and test.

So this is to test the memory and insight of the old man Wu, if you can't remember that there is an official surnamed Xiao in the two places, then you will end up with a village and wild man who does not understand the times.

Among them, where are the doorways and etiquette that ordinary people can understand.

"It's my brother, I originally wanted to ask Brother Wu Xian to help, but unfortunately the junior came at the wrong time, so I had to..."

"Alas! It's a trivial matter, I don't know how much food the virtuous nephew needs? If it's not much, the old man can go to a few houses in the town to raise one or two. ”

Old Man Wu hurriedly waved his hand, and after learning that the other party's brother was really sentenced by Xiangyang, his tone became even more affectionate.

"It's not much, the coarse and fine grains add up to a thousand stones."

"That being the case, the virtuous nephew and relax, it is better to stay for the time being and wait for Sejong to come back, this matter will be handled by the old man, and it is not difficult to raise a thousand stones of grain with the thin noodles of the old man."

"Then there's Uncle Law."

The two were polite again, Xiao Xinru was taken to the guest room, and Qin Yu naturally followed behind to serve.

"Madam, didn't you do this kind of thing before?"

As soon as he returned to the room, Qin Yu stared at her curiously, this kind of delicate work, he estimated that he would not be able to do it in his life.

Xiao Xinru's face flushed, and she couldn't help but think of some of the past events in Wuchang before she left the cabinet.

"Madame used to go out in disguise as a man?" As soon as Qin Yu saw her like this, he immediately understood that he had guessed it.

"When the concubine was in her mother's house, she did pretend to be a scholar and went to the Yellow Crane Tower twice." Xiao Xinru nodded.

"I understand, it turns out that on the surface, the ladies and ladies of big families are all out of the door, but in fact, I'm afraid that they often disguise themselves as men to meet their lovers and steal men!"

Qin Yu suddenly realized, and finally figured out some routines of this era.

"Don't talk nonsense, this situation, before leaving the cabinet, some enlightened people did exist, but it was just to increase knowledge, not as filthy as you said, and after getting married, it is absolutely not good."

Xiao Xinru saw that he was so unbearable, and couldn't help but say coquettishly.

"Hehe, of course, I don't mean Madame, but those lonely widows."

Qin Yu smiled and waved his hand.

Mrs. Li obviously didn't want to discuss these things with him, so she hurriedly changed the topic and said: "Childe, cotton, cotton cloth and sulfur, etc., I'm afraid I'm going to the county seat, as for the doctor, wait a minute, I will go to the town with Gongzi to see if we can find Langzhong." ”

"Hmmm! That's all there is to it. ”

Qin Yugang nodded.

There was a knock at the door, and I saw several maids standing outside the door carrying wooden barrels.

Xiao Xinru naturally wouldn't let the maid wait for the bath, otherwise she wouldn't be exposed immediately, so she drove them all out.

Qin Yu didn't move, tested the temperature of the water, stared at her and said with a smile: "Madam, according to the rules, shouldn't the scholar serve you to bathe?" ”

"Childe, don't mess around, this is no better than a cottage, let's get out quickly, wait a minute, we have to go to the town to find a doctor."

Xiao Xinru saw that he was still thinking about playing at this time, she was angry and ashamed, and at the same time, her cheeks flushed with a touch of red, and she hurriedly urged.

"Okay, then Madame wash slowly, I'll keep watch outside."

Qin Yu also knew that this was not the place and time to play hooligans.

"Childe can just wait outside."

"What?"

Qin Yu paused, turned his head and looked at her in disbelief, there is no outside world, only a screen!

"Press... According to the rules, it is true that the scholar should serve you, and if you go out, the master will misunderstand that the maid will come in. ”

After Xiao Xinru finished speaking, she lowered her head shyly, and the calm bearing when she had just talked to Old Man Wu, her daughter's attitude was fully revealed.

Qin Yu stared at her, his throat subconsciously squirmed twice, but his mouth reassured: "Madame, don't worry, I will never peek." ”

Mrs. Li whispered.

Where will you believe?

So I didn't bathe at all, I just changed the outer robe and muddied the water.

Qin Yu was disappointed, and said that he was teased by her, but he had to go to the town with her to find a doctor.

Not to mention that although there is no pharmacy in the town, I really found a Tulangzhong.

After some looks, he prescribed a few pairs of medicines to Qin Yu, and when he returned to Wu's house, he asked his subordinates to take them to fry, and he only explained that the scholar had fallen on the road.

Because Xiao Xinru hinted that this batch of grain was urgent, and it was inconvenient to stay too long, so it was only the next day that Old Man Wu raised all the grain.

He also helped find hundreds of trolleys to transport grain from the mountain road to the official road.

Rice costs one tael of silver and one stone, wheat one tael and five coins of silver and one stone, and soybeans five coins of silver and one stone, which is twice as cheap as the price Qin Feng asked that day.

Qin Yu also complained, and after some inquiry, he learned that this is the real market price.

In fact, these grains are all owned by the Wu family, as a large landowner who owns more than seventy percent of the fertile land in the town.

Don't say that a thousand stones of grain can be taken even if it is five thousand stones, but it is not easy to sell it directly to Xiao Gongzi, so it is said that these grains are raised from other families.

Blackstone Town is only ten miles away from the official road to the east, hundreds of wheelbarrows, tied to a bag on one side, were pushed out of the town by hundreds of big men, and the queue stretched for miles.