The horseman on horseback was a knight wearing light leather armor and a hat on his head, and he was extremely fast, and Zong Xiu thought he was coming to find him, so he stood by the river and waited.

But when the knight passed by him, the horse did not stop, and ran away in a puff of smoke.

Seeing the horse go away, Zong Xiu was overjoyed and was about to continue, but before he could think of a good explanation, he saw that the horse with mixed coats had returned.

"Master Zong?"

The knight turned his horse's head and rushed to So-so's side, taking off the hat from his head.

Zong Xiu turned his head to look.

Hey, don't really talk about it, old acquaintance. Isn't this Jiang Chen, the head of the guard, whom he met when he first went to report to Guozijian.

For the warm-hearted Jiang Chen, Zong Xiu still has a good impression.

"Jiang Wuchang? Haha, it's you, who should I be? Just now you rode too fast, and you were wearing a hat, but you didn't recognize it. ”

Zong Xiu said haha, but in his heart he thought that Jiang Chen should leave quickly.

Jiang Chen turned over and dismounted, stepped forward quickly, and said, "Master Zong is so Yaxing, he actually took the beauty of the river here, who is this?" ”

Without waiting for Zong Xiu to speak, Yi Chengqing had already said: "The little girl is the servant girl of the son. ”

Zong Xiu: "......"

Jiang Chen sneered twice and changed the topic: "It's been a long time since I saw the adult go to the Guozijian, was the adult transferred by the ministry?" ”

Zong Xiu waved his hand: "It's nothing, I have something to do temporarily, and I'll go back in a few days." ”

Little is known about his flogging. Jiang Chen didn't know, and Zong Xiu wouldn't be stupid enough to say it.

The two exchanged a few more polite words, and Jiang Chen asked, "Master Zong, it's not too early this day, but do you want to go to the small house for dinner?" ”

"No, no, I've just eaten, just go out for a walk."

"Out of the house?" Jiang Chen looked puzzled.

Zong Xiu pointed to the courtyard and said, "Well, I live here." Jiang Wuchang, where did this fight come from? ”

Jiang Chen was slightly stunned, and quickly said happily: "It turns out that Master Zong lives here, that's a coincidence, and we will be neighbors in the future." ”

"You live around here, too?" Zong Xiu looked left and right, and there was a faint shadow of a village not far downstream, and smoke rose from the chimneys of every house.

"The little one lives in Jiangjia Village in the three miles below, he just got off his job, and he was in a hurry to go home for dinner, and he never thought of meeting Master Zong." After speaking, Jiang Chen asked again, "Did Master Zong's courtyard just buy it?" ”

He lives nearby, and of course he knows that this yard hasn't been inhabited for a long time.

Zong Xiu looked at Yi Xiangqing embarrassedly, and said stubbornly: "Well, I just bought it." ”

Jiang Chen thought for a while, and suddenly said embarrassedly: "My lord lives here, can I find a servant at home?" ”

"What do you mean?" Zong Xiu asked.

Jiang Chen squirmed and said, "Is there a lack of an old mother who cooks in the adult's house?" My family is a little clumsy, but I am very good at cooking on the fire, and I have been ...... recently."

Jiang Chen rubbed his hands embarrassedly: "The child is older, and there are many places to use money, and the small salary is meager, so I want to find a job for Neiko and earn some money to help the family." Master Zong's house is close to my house, and if Neiko can help cook at home, it will be convenient to take care of the family. I don't know ...... adults."

“……”

Zong Xiu sighed, every family has a scripture that is difficult to read. Don't look at Jiang Chen's position in the Guozi Prison, that is, a guard captain, holding the salary of a big-headed soldier, and looking at the face of Brother Gongzi every day.

Zong Xiu looked at Yi Xiangqing again, these days, it is Yi Xiangqing who cooks on the fire, sprinkles cleaning or something.

Although in this era, it is normal for a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl to work, but Yi was originally the gorgeous Oiran of Chang'an, except for a tragic childhood, when did she suffer like this when she grew up? With a pair of hands playing the piano and plucking the strings, to fiddle with the firewood, it is indeed a little too much.

Although Yi Qingqing didn't say anything, Zong Xiu felt quite guilty in his heart. Jiang Chen's proposal can be considered, and finding an old mother to cook on the fire will not cost a few dollars.

Seeing Jiang Chen's big man twisting and pinching, Zong Xiu's heart was slightly sour, and said: "Then it's troublesome Jiang Wuchang, it just so happens that I am looking for a cook, if my sister-in-law has time, let her come over." ”

Zong Xiu can feel the mood of a man who is forced to make a living and let his wife go out to work. So he avoided sensitive words, and gave Jiang Chen enough face with a 'sister-in-law'.

Although Jiang Chen was overjoyed in his heart, he hadn't forgotten the difference between respect and inferiority, and hurriedly said: "Don't dare, don't dare, my inner son is dull, and I can't call my sister-in-law." Now, I'm going to bring my mother-in-law over to meet my lord. ”

Zong Xiu smiled and said, "Don't worry, don't worry, just come over tomorrow morning." As for the monthly money......"

Zong Xiu doesn't know much about the market of hiring cooks in the Tang Dynasty.

Jiang Chen was also a little embarrassed: "My lord, my Neiko has good cooking skills, do you think three big bucks are feasible?" ”

"Huh?"

Zong Xiu's face was strange, this is too little. Three big money is three Kaiyuan Tongbao, which is too low.

Jiang Chen saw Zong Xiu's strange face, thinking that he thought it was too much money, so he twisted and said, "Why don't you have two big money?" ”

Zong Xiu was speechless: "Jiang Wuchang said and laughed, this is too little." My sister-in-law came to me to cook three meals a day for me, and I had to help with cleaning, so I could give them a lot of money. In this way, I am not rich now, so what about the monthly money by one or two. ”

"Ah, my lord, this ...... That's too much. ”

One or two pieces of silver, all of them caught up with his salary.

Not long after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the war in the world had just stopped, and the people were in ruins, which was the time to recuperate. A tael of silver is indeed a lot.

Zong Xiu waved his hand: "Not much, not much, that's all, I said one or two, one or two." Jiang Wuchang, when I first arrived in Guozijian, I didn't receive much mention from you, and I didn't have much money. ”

"But ......"

Jiang Chen wanted to say more, but Zong Xiu pretended to be angry and said: "It's so decided, let my sister-in-law come over tomorrow, I'll be angry if you talk about it again." ”

"That'...... Thank you, sir. ”

Jiang Chen's expression was embarrassed, but he was happy in his heart, and thanked Zong Xiu a few times before getting on the horse and leaving.

Waiting for Jiang Chen to walk away, Zong Xiu looked at Yi Chengqing with a smile: "In the future, we will also have a cook in our family, so don't do those heavy work." ”

Yi Qingqing stared at Jiang Chen's departing back, and said, "Childe has a pair of discerning eyes and can see people. ”

"What do you mean?" Jong so didn't know why.

Yi poured out his feelings: "With one or two silver, accept the heart of a good man, this transaction is cost-effective." ”

"Heroes?" Zong Xiu looked at the smoke and dust in the distance.

"Isn't he just a good man, Jiang Wu is a burly man, he just came on a horse, and he didn't see any breath disorder when he turned the horse's head sharply, so he was a good hand. With a loyal face and an upright personality, he is now forced to make a living, and the two pieces of silver are tantamount to sending charcoal in the snow, and he found a cook not to mention, but also received the heart of a good man, which is cost-effective! ”

……

Zong Xiu said in his heart: I just feel that the two big money are a little less, why listen to what you say, I feel that I am scheming. Besides, with Lao Li's rewards, it is nothing to me to find a cook lady once or two a month.

Although Lao Li did not give a reward for the 'abacus formula', Lao Li gave a lot of numbers and formulas, in addition to silk cloth, there are also 1,000 taels of silver and 100 taels of gold, and he is rich.

Yi looked at the sky and said, "Childe, the wind is cold by the river, you have just recovered from your injuries, and you can't blow it for a long time, let's go in quickly." ”

"Uh-huh, go back then."

Zong Xiu raised his legs and walked towards the small courtyard, lying on the bed at night and turning over and over and over and couldn't sleep.

He's tangled!