The first meal in Hai'an was made by Soap Li and the archers, and the wine and food were also bought by Soap Li and the archers on the street, and chicken, duck, fish and meat were readily available. Although for Han Xiufeng, who is used to eating spicy food, the dishes they cook are not very palatable, Han Xiufeng still borrowed flowers to offer Buddha and borrow their wine to express his gratitude, and said that this is the first and last time.

The filial piety money was confiscated, the banquet was eaten, and Chu Chenggui and Jiang Huai and other soap archers finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After lunch, he began to move the bunks to the houses on both sides of the second hall, and after moving, he accompanied Pan Er to the street to buy wood, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar and other things needed for life. And Li Xiucai, who had just been hired as Xixi, could only move his luggage into the inner house, since he had to abide by the rules of being a curtain friend, he could no longer take care of the affairs in the yamen from now on, and he could no longer even contact with the soap Li archers, so he could only stay in the inner house and be a leisurely teacher.

Zhang Shiheng never thought that Hai'an still had to study, so he took advantage of Li Xiucai's empty space to clean up the house, and ran to the lobby to pester Han Xiufeng and begged: "Uncle Han, I'm really not reading material, don't spend this unjust money for me, okay?" ”

"Shiheng, have you ever wondered why your father left his hometown?" Han Xiufeng asked in a low voice while looking through the roster of soap and archers.

"It's all for me." Zhang Shiheng said with a bitter face.

"That's it, he'll be disappointed if he knows you're not doing well." Han Xiufeng put down the roster, looked up at him and said, "And studying is not only for your own good, but also for helping me." ”

"Help?"

"Hmm." Han Xiufeng motioned for him to come closer, leaned into his ear and said, "Li Xiucai is your husband, so it's not good for him to meddle in the affairs of the yamen again." From now on, you will follow him every step of the way, and it is best not to even go out of the inner house. What do you want to buy, let Pan Er help you buy it, and tell the big head what you want to eat, understand? ”

Zhang Shiheng is a smart and clever boy, and when he heard Han Xiufeng's words, he immediately smiled and said, "I know, Uncle Han, don't worry, I will definitely help you keep an eye on Li Xiucai." ”

"Li Xiu is what you shouted, you should call Mr. Li!" Han Xiufeng's face was straight, and he stared at him very seriously and said seriously: "Shiheng, the ancients said that 'if you don't work hard, the old man will be sad', it is really good for you to let you study, and if you don't work hard now, you will definitely regret it in the future." Besides, is it easy to study, no matter how many people miss it, you are not too young, but you can no longer treat yourself as an ignorant child. ”

"Uncle Han...... I ......"

"What are you? It's not that Uncle scares you, from now on Uncle will regularly test your studies, if you don't study well, if you don't study well, don't blame Uncle for punishing you! Looking at Zhang Shiheng, Han Xiufeng couldn't help but think of his own baby who had never met, thought about it and said: "You are very smart and have a foundation, uncle believes that you will definitely be promising." ”

Zhang Shiheng didn't dare to talk back, so he could only reluctantly go back to the inner house.

As soon as he walked on his front foot, the big head ran in from the second hall.

"Fourth brother, those archers are not honest!"

"Why aren't you honest?"

"Didn't you let them move in, just two of them, and none of the others moved!" The big head clenched his fists in anger, just waiting for Han Xiufeng to speak so that he could clean up the dishonest guys.

Han Xiufeng didn't get angry, but said with a smile: "Big head, archers are not soldiers, and they can't start archery, they are similar to the young men of the Zhuang class, and being an archer is just a conscription." Their homes are all nearby, and they have to go back to farming when they are busy farming, and they naturally have to go home to do some farm work at night, otherwise they only have one or two or eight yuan of food and silver a year, how can they support their families. ”

The big head thought about it and asked, "What about the one surnamed Chu and the one surnamed Jiang?" ”

"They are the soap subordinates of the yamen, and they can receive six taels of silver from the yamen a year, and their home is not far from here, so the two of them take turns on duty, and only one lives in the yamen at night."

"And give them silver?"

"Don't worry, we don't have to give this money."

"Who don't we give it to?"

"Like my official salary and the maintenance of incorruptible silver, it is all given by the state government."

At the mention of this, the big head couldn't help but smile and asked, "Fourth brother, how many officials and how much money does the imperial court give you, and how much incorruptible silver do you give?" ”

Han Xiufeng continued to look through the roster of soap archers, and said with a smile: "The silver is one or two and a half cents every Chinese New Year's Eve, and the silver is eighty-one taels a year. It's a bit little, but being an official doesn't depend on what kind of officials and raising honest silver. ”

As he spoke, the archers guarding the gate came running to give a report.

Hai'an's words were really difficult to understand, and Han Xiufeng asked for a long time before he figured out that someone was asking to see him.

Yu Youfu and Su Jueming arrived, and as soon as the two entered the lobby, they knelt down, and there were no outsiders in the lobby, so Han Xiufeng hurriedly got up so that they didn't need to be polite. Seeing Yu Youfu again, the big head was the happiest, and couldn't help asking: "Uncle Yu, we arrived in the morning, why did you come here?" ”

"I'm going to do business," Yu Youfu looked around the lobby curiously, sat down and sighed: "Young master, I used to hear people say that three miles are different winds, and ten miles are different customs. I didn't believe it at the time, but I realized it made sense when I got here. ”

"What's the point?" Han Xiufeng asked with interest.

"Hai'an is not big, and Baimi Town is not far from Hai'an Town, but the accents of the two places are different. The villages south of Hai'an, which are those places bordering Rugao, not only have different accents from Hai'an, but also have different customs. You won't believe it when you say it, Dad is not called Dad here, but Daddy. Niang is not called Niang here, but Ma Ma. ”

"It's kind of interesting."

"What's even more interesting is that grandpa is not called grandpa here, but daddy. Master, don't you think it's funny? Yu Youfu took the tea from the big head, and continued: "Let's talk about customs, in those villages on the edge of the Yunyan River and to the north, if someone dies in the family, firecrackers cannot be set off for three years, saying that setting off firecrackers will blind the eyes of the dead ancestors." Those villages that are as reliable as Gao have died, and if they don't fire guns, they are not filial! ”

"That's why three miles are different, and ten miles are different." Han Xiufeng smiled, and then changed the conversation: "Uncle Yu, big head, as the saying goes, we all have to learn the local dialect in the future, I know it's difficult, but at least we must be able to understand, and we can't say anything to people who are deaf." ”

"It's to learn, and I've been able to understand a little bit of it in the past few days."

"Yes, Yu Bantou, I didn't expect you to learn so fast!" Su Jue knew that Yu Youfu was Han Si's elder, so he lost no time in complimenting him.

"You haven't been to our Ba County, you know that we are a big wharf there, there are all kinds of people from all over the world, if you can't even understand what people say, how can you be on an errand in the yamen." Yu Youfu smiled proudly.

"Uncle Yu, let's talk about Hai'an when we get to Hai'an." Han Xiufeng looked at Su Jueming sitting beside him with a smile, and asked curiously, "Jueming, have you gained anything in the past few days?" ”

"Yes, and not a few." Su Jueming hurriedly took out a freshly sorted out roster from his sleeve and presented it respectfully: "Master Han, if you don't let me come to inquire first, I really don't know that there are so many criminals in Hai'an." I've only been away from Hai'an for a few years, and I really didn't have so many when I was there. ”