A few cauldrons, the fire is blazing, the hot porridge in the pot is boiling, and the aroma is rising.

It was evening, and it was getting dark, but the women and children who were working seemed to be unconcerned and seemed to want to continue working on the construction site.

Suddenly, a post guard opened his throat and said loudly: "It's dark, call it a day, sisters-in-law, postures, stop what you're doing, let's do it here today......"

It's a pity that although he kept shouting, the effect didn't seem to be very ideal.

But seeing that those women and children were very unwilling, they chattered and kept saying: "Team Yan Jiu, give us some more time, the sky is not dark yet, we can see clearly!" Okay, please, give me some more time, Team Yan Jiu is the best person. ”

Once the women are over 100, they are much more courageous than the men, and these women keep asking around the post man, and someone seems to have made a move between them. It should be that some girl is quick and quick-eyed, and took advantage of the chaos to touch Yan Jiu's crotch, which made Yan Jiu blush and have a thick neck, and those widows laughed.

They seemed to be joking on the surface, but in fact, they wanted to please Yan Jiu, who was in charge of affairs, and there was a desire in their words, clearly wanting Yan Jiu to agree to their late work.

"No way!"

Yan Jiu suddenly snorted, his face was obviously resolute, and he said solemnly: "I said call it a day, I have to call it a day, if you want to work, you can come back early tomorrow morning, everyone is tired today, go home at night and have a good rest." I will not change what I said......"

"Then let's go to Little Brother Gu and ask him to give everyone an opening for overtime." When the women saw that Yan Jiu was soft and hard, they immediately wanted to try another way.

How do you know that Yan Jiu smiled and said, "Looking for his approval?" How can it be? This rule was originally set by him, otherwise you think I am willing to offend the big guy? Hey, hey, if you don't believe it, then you can try it and see if Brother Gu will give you a criticism. ”

The women stood helplessly, and each stood there sighing repeatedly, their faces visibly disappointed, as if they were much less energetic than before.

Li Shimin was confused when he saw it, only to feel that the scene in front of him was incredible, he glanced at the eldest grandson princess and the two generals, and the four of them turned over and dismounted together.

At this time, Yan Jiu was still comforting those women, Li Shimin found an opportunity to step forward, and asked curiously, "Is this Yan Jiu team right?" There's something unclear below! Why do these women and children refuse to call it a day, but instead clamoring to continue? Could it be that there is a hidden secret in it, which can make the people not afraid of hardship? ”

"What's the secret, it's just to earn overtime pay!" Yan Jiu didn't think about it, and almost blurted out.

Li Shimin was slightly stunned, and said more curiously: "Overtime pay? What does this say? ”

Yan Jiu didn't answer directly, but seemed to sigh a little, and said with a difficult tone: "If people have been poor for a long time, they want to seize every opportunity, as long as they can have something to eat, how can they care about whether they will die of exhaustion." This is what our brother Gu said, and I didn't have much experience before, but over the past few days, I have been able to understand his approach more and more. ”

He paused as he spoke, as if he was imitating Gu Tianya's tone, and sighed lightly: "Poor, living under the mud, every time they struggle, their hearts are like ashes, like the walking dead, barely alive, so we have to give them hope, so that they will no longer live like ashes!" ”

"It's Gu Tianya again......" Li Shimin was slightly stunned in his heart.

All these days, his ears were almost filled with the name.

At this time, Yan Jiu glanced at him, and suddenly asked with a tentative tone: "I see that you are four people and four horses, and the horses you ride are several handsome, but you are covered with wind and dust, and you have obviously experienced a long journey, which makes me a little curious, which of you came to investigate?" ”

"Spies?"

Li Shimin was stunned again, and couldn't help but say: "Isn't it possible that there have been a lot of spies in the recent past?" ”

Yan Jiu said twice, and said ambiguously: "Our brother Gu made too big a move, and there will inevitably be some dogs with sharp noses smelling it." ”

This is quite a reference to Sang scolding Huai.

Li Shimin's face was obviously stiff, he glanced at Yan Jiu with anger, and said, "You suspect that I am a spy?" ”

Yan Jiu looked up to the sky and said 'ha', looking like he was playing a scoundrel, but looking at the look on his face, it was clear that I just doubted you.

But the more he was like this, Li Shimin didn't get angry, suddenly smiled slightly, and said lightly: "We are from Luoyang, and we are under the account of Tiance Mansion. ”

Yan Jiu's expression was stunned, he looked Li Shimin up and down, and asked solemnly, "Is it really Tiance Mansion?" ”

Li Shimin smiled slightly, and suddenly reached out and took out a waist card from his arms.

Yan Jiu's face suddenly became exciting.

"Qin... Qin..."He was visibly shocked, his mouth trembling.

Li Shimin waved his hand lightly and said in a low voice: "Hold back the words for me." ”

Yan Jiu hurriedly took a deep breath, and sure enough, he held back his words.

Li Shimin glanced at him approvingly, and suddenly brought up the previous topic again, asking, "Now you can talk to Ben... Tell me, why don't these women and children call it a day? ”

"Because of overtime pay!"

Yan Jiu was very single, and directly pouted all the words, and said: "The reason why these women and children are reluctant to call it a day is because they want to earn overtime pay, our Gujiacun Post Station hires people to work, not according to the heavenly work, but according to the hourly work, the calculation is extremely clear, this is our Gu brother's method, if you have any doubts, you can ask him directly......"

This product deserves to be an old **, and he plays very slippery with a push of two or six five.

After he finished speaking, he wanted to dodge, but Li Shimin grabbed his arm and asked in a low voice: "Tell me clearly, don't be vague, why do you count work on time, not by day." ”

Yan Jiu's face was full of entanglement, and he was very distressed: "Please, don't ask, I'm just a small person, how can I be qualified to give you an answer?" If you really want to know, you can ask the princess, the princess knows all about this, and the princess will definitely not hide it from you, but I can't tell you casually, because what I said is a private leak. I'm just a little person, I don't have the qualifications to do this......"

Li Shimin was slightly stunned, suddenly looked Yan Jiu up and down, and said thoughtfully: "Xiuning can tell me, but what you say is a leak...... I can't imagine that a pawn of the Women's Army can also know how to advance and retreat, so I won't ask. ”

Yan Jiu laughed dryly twice, and said cautiously: "This is all taught by our brother Gu, we have been in night school for a while now. ”

"It's Gu Tianya again?" Li Shimin's heart moved.

He himself lost count of how many times he'd heard the name in those days.

Also, What is Night School?

Li Shimin's heart was full of confusion, and he only felt that countless curiosities arose.

But although he was curious, he was able to forcibly suppress it. He knew that asking this post guard was also asking in vain, and the other party was obviously an old ** like hob meat. Even if he is the first prince, this postman still dares to play a scoundrel.

He suddenly loosened his palm slightly, and let go of Yan Jiu's arm.

Yan Jiuru was amnesty, and hurriedly hid to the side, this thing looked at Li Shimin cautiously, turned his head and began to greet the women who had finished work, and shouted loudly: "Sisters-in-law, sisters-in-law, call it a day, go to dinner......

In the midst of shouting and drinking, he walked away with a group of widows.

At this time, the eldest princess slowly spoke, and said to Li Shimin in a low voice: "Husband, the concubine body just now listened to it clearly, these women and children do not work according to the day, but according to the hour to calculate the wages, in this way, everyone is vying for the first, as long as you do a little more work, you can earn more money, this move can not only put an end to laziness, but also can greatly mobilize enthusiasm, those who work more, can get more, very beneficial, well versed in people's hearts." ”

"Humph!"

Li Shimin had actually figured out the benefits of this for a long time, but he still couldn't help but snort lightly and said, "Xiuning won't calculate so carefully, this must be something that Gu Tianya did." ”

The eldest grandson sneered and said, "It's obviously a big initiative, obviously with good intentions, how can the concubine listen to it like this after it comes out of your mouth?" ”

Li Shimin was stiff-mouthed and said forcibly: "I just don't like him to be clever." ”

"How can it be clever?"

The eldest grandson and princess glanced at him and said with a coquettish smile: "The concubine thinks that our brother-in-law's method is very novel. ”

Li Shimin's face was longer than a donkey, and he said, "What kind of brother-in-law are you shouting?" I haven't skimmed the eight characters yet! ”

He turned around abruptly, glanced at the head of the village, his face suddenly softened, and said softly: "These women and children have finished their work, and Xiuning is even busier." ”

The eldest grandson, the princess, also looked at the head of the village and said softly: "The concubine wants to go over and take a hand." Do you mean that, too? ”

Li Shimin hesitated slightly, and then nodded happily, but he obviously wanted to go over to help, but he stubbornly refused to admit it, and just said, "Let's just go over and have a look." ”

Although he said this, his feet were already raised sharply, and in the blink of an eye, he ran to the head of the village, standing at the edge of the crowd with a complicated face.

At this time, Zhao Ning was busy, carrying a big horse spoon in her hand, and whenever a woman or child walked to the cauldron, she would fill a large bowl of thick porridge for people.

Her face was full of happiness, and her head was wrapped in a coarse cloth, and she greeted people like an ordinary peasant girl, cheerfully.

She kept serving people food, kept asking those women and children, and said again and again: "This sister-in-law, is it enough to eat?" That auntie, be careful, swallow slowly, don't be in a hurry......"

She is smiling at everyone, how can there be a trace of the domineering spirit of the goddess of war, she is extremely gentle in her mouth, and constantly tells everyone, saying: "If you are not full, come to me at any time to serve dinner, my family Tianya said, eating and drinking is the biggest thing in the world......"

The women and children nodded their heads again and again, holding the big bowl and eating sweetly.

Zhao Ning's face also smiled sweetly.

Li Shimin stood on the edge and watched, with a feeling of pity in his heart, he looked at his sister-in-law with sweat, and muttered involuntarily in his mouth, and said with emotion: "Xiuning ......"

Zhao Ning's body stiffened visibly, and he turned his head as if he couldn't believe it.

The next moment, the brother and sister looked at each other.

The three major people in the world who hold military power, the first prince and the first female marshal of the Tang Dynasty, have not seen each other for two years, but the place where they meet is a small village.