"Mrs. Hui, there is just a lack of a gardener in the garden who is cleaning and pruning."

"Well, I see," he said, turning to the little beggar, "I just lack a gardener's job of cleaning the yard and pruning the flowers, what do you think of arranging for your mother to do such a job?" ”

When the little beggar heard Mrs. Tai say this, he was moved to tears, knelt down and kowtowed, and said, "Thank you, grandma, thank you." ”

"Little Four, get up quickly. Gou Cai, go and help Xiao Si up," Gou Cai stepped forward to help the little beggar and looked at Mrs. Tai. Mrs. Tai said: "Little Four, take Gou Cai to see your mother," and by the way, she instructed Gou Cai: "Gou Cai, you have to take care of Little Four along the way, and you are not allowed to bully him, remember?" ”

"Yes, the minion remembers."

The little beggar took Gou Cai around a street in Chengdu and walked into a dilapidated and dilapidated thatched hut. After Gou Cai walked in, a stench came, Gou Cai pinched his nose and said, "Little Si, what kind of smell is this?" He looked very arrogant and said, "Who is Zhu Si's mother?" Gou Cai shouted loudly as he walked into the thatched hut, looking up at them as if he didn't take them into account.

"Si'er! Si'er," the little beggar's mother was lying on the bed, opened her eyes slightly, and heard that her voice was very weak, as if she was seriously ill, and she had no strength to sit up.

"Mother," the little beggar rushed out from behind Gou Cai. At this time, Zhu Si's mother was very excited, fell on the bed, stretched out her hand and exclaimed, "Si'er." Zhu Si rushed forward, held his mother's skinny hand with both hands, and looked at his mother's wrinkled face, it can be said that Zhu Si's mother has experienced vicissitudes. Zhu Si's mother said a little sadly: "Si'er, where did you go?" I didn't come back for a day and a night, and I was worried about my mother. ”

"Mother, I'm hungry, Si'er has some pastries here, let's eat them quickly," he said, taking out the pastry from his bosom, which was wrapped in a handkerchief, and opened the handkerchief to look at his mother.

"Si'er, if you're not hungry for your mother, you can eat," the mother pushed the pastry to Zhu Si.

"Mother, Si'er is not hungry, you can eat."

The mother looked at these pastries, and then looked at Zhu Si's dress, and even couldn't believe that it was her son Zhu Si standing in front of her, so she asked, "Si'er, where did these pastries of yours come from?" ”

"These pastries were given by a kind grandmother," Gou Cai stood behind them as if they didn't exist, covering his mouth with one hand and coughing deliberately, and fanning the stench with the other hand, making a very depressed appearance, and at the same time feeling that he should show his nobility when standing in front of these poor people, and such a noble identity to meet these dirty and smelly beggars, there was some indescribable grievance in his heart. Zhu Si looked at Gou Cai, who was standing behind him, and said, "This is He Yuan's housekeeper Gou Cai." ”

"You are very blessed, Mrs. Tai is so kind, what an honor it is for you, it is because your ancestors have accumulated virtue that you have met a great good person like Mrs. Tai."

"Yes, yes," Zhu Si's mother nodded continuously after hearing this, and climbed down the bed to look up at the sky, and said: "Mrs. Tai, the slut kowtowed to you, thank you for your great kindness, kowtow." ”

"Okay, let's go, you just need to remember Mrs. Tai's goodness." Zhu Si's mother nodded and said "yes," and got up to pack some clothes and things inside the cover. Gou Cai stood aside and said impatiently: "What are you doing with this?" ”

"I want to pack some clothes and covers."

"You clean up all this mess, who wants it? Who wants? Gou Cai snatched it with one hand and threw it away, shouting: "Let's go." ”

"Okay, I'll go, I'll go," Zhu Si's mother took Zhu Si's hand and walked out of the very broken thatched hut and stood in front of the carriage, looked back at the broken thatched hut behind her, and then looked at Gou Cai standing next to her, and said, "Can we sit in this carriage?" ”

Gou Cai said even more fiercely: "You don't sit and walk!" Go up! Gou Cai pushed Zhu Si's mother and son into the carriage, and Gou Cai then sat in front and drove the carriage through the sheep intestine path, with many mountains and green shades next to it. Soon on the street, the carriage slowed down and then stopped. After getting out of the carriage, Gou Cai entered a shop and bought a few clothes and threw them into the carriage. I rented a room in a hostel, and after paying the rent, I walked out and stood in front of the carriage, lifted the curtain, and said, "Get off." ”

Zhu Si's mother and son got out of the carriage and looked left and right. Zhu Si's mother looked at Gou Cai and said, "Didn't you take us to see Mrs. Tai?" ”

"Do you think this body of yours can enter He Yuan to see Mrs. Tai? You stay in this hostel for a day, change into this clothes after bathing, and someone will naturally take you to see Mrs. Tai tomorrow," After finishing speaking, Zhu Si's mother and son were settled in the hostel, and then entered He Yuan to report to Mrs. Tai, and said: "Mrs. Tai, the slave will settle Zhu Si's mother and son in the hostel, and after bathing, arrange to see Mrs. Tai tomorrow." ”

"Gou Cai, you did a good job, go down and get the reward."

"Mrs. Xie, the slave is retired."

On the second day, Mrs. Tai got up very early, instructed her subordinates to call Guozhi, and said, "Grandson, come here." ”

"Grandma," Guozhi threw himself into Mrs. Tai's arms, and Mrs. Tai held Guozhi in her arms and said, "Good grandson, have you completed the homework that Mr. has explained?" ”

"It's done, it's been done a long time ago, and my grandson will recite the "Rites and Funerals" to my grandmother. ”

"Okay!" Mrs. Tai let go of her hands, Guozhi took a few steps back and stood up, raised her head very naturally after putting her hands down, and said to Mrs. Tai: "The funeral of the king, not small, is out for the guests of the country; The doctor's funeral is not small, and it is for the king's life; The funeral of the scholar is not appropriate for the doctor to come out, and all the masters are also thrown out in vain, descending from the west steps, and the king worships and sends the guests of the principality to the throne; The doctor is ordered by the king, greeted outside the dormitory, the messenger ascended to the hall and died, the master worshiped the son, and the scholar cried with the doctor himself; Not against the door, the lady is out for the duchess, the wife is out for the lady's order, and the wife is not appropriate, then the wife is out for the wife...,"The articulation clearly shows that the country has memorized this article by heart, and Mrs. Tai is very happy to praise it, and said: "The good grandson has such an endowment and is quite the inheritance of the father, and the grandmother is very happy after hearing it." ”

"Grandma."

"Good grandson, let's welcome the little four."

"Okay," Mrs. Tai took Guozhi's little hand and walked out of the courtyard gate. At this time, Gou Cai hurriedly stepped forward to dissuade him: "Mrs. Tai, why should such a lowly person need Mrs. Tai to drive, leave this matter to the next person to serve." ”

"Corporal Lixian, treat friends with sincerity, don't look at people with a hierarchical concept, do you know the intention of the old body?" Mrs. Tai said to Gou Cai.

"The minion understood."

"Got it, just step down."

Gou Cai retreated, walked out of He Yuan after everyone, and Gou Cai led the way to the place where Zhu Si's mother and son lived. At this time, Gou Cai was about to step forward and knock on the door, but Mrs. Tai stood behind Gou Cai and said, "Gou Cai, you can step down." ”

"Yes," Gou Cai retreated from Mrs. Tai, who stepped forward and knocked on the door herself. Zhu Si in the room was very excited and said, "Grandma arranged for someone to pick us up," rushed forward to open the door and said, "Grandma." ”

"Kid."

After Gou Cai walked in, he stood aside and scolded Zhu Si's mother and son: "Mrs. Tai personally welcomes you into He Yuan, why don't you come and kneel down quickly." ”

Zhu Si's mother pulled Zhu Si and knelt down together and kowtowed, and said: "Mrs. Tai is the great benefactor of our mother and son, and the living Bodhisattva of our poor people, Xiao Si, come and kowtow to Mrs. Tai," Zhu Si looked up at Mrs. Tai who was standing in front of him and kept kowtowing.

"There's no need to make such a big gift, the old body is just doing some of his duty," after finishing speaking, he called someone to help Zhu Si's mother and son. Guozhi ran out from behind Mrs. Tai and said, "Little four." ”

"Young Master Guozhi."

Zhu Si's mother pulled Zhu Si and said, "Let's come and kowtow to the little young master," Guozhi immediately helped Zhu Si's mother and son, and said, "Grandma and I will pick you and your aunt into He Yuan." ”

"Thank you, little master, thank you, Mrs., we can't repay such a great kindness, just wait for the next life to be a cow and a horse."

"You don't need to be cows and horses," and then introduced Guozhi, who was standing next to him, "This is the good grandson of the old body, Guozhi." ”

Zhu Si's mother didn't dare to raise her head when she stood in front of them, but just groveled and said, "Mrs. Tai's grandson is so kind-hearted, and he will become a great weapon in the future." ”

"This grandson of the old body is naughty and tight, when will we old people rest assured," Mrs. Tai pretended to joke.

"The little master is still very young, and he will be sensible when he grows up."

"Okay, let's go into He Yuan with the old man."

Zhu Si's mother and son entered the garden with Mrs. Tai, and the surrounding scenery made them dumbfounded, they were so surprised, there were many lakes and high pavilions around, rockeries and green bamboos, and the promenade was connected to the high attic, so the four mothers and sons had never seen such grandeur, so they were dumbfounded, so they exclaimed: "Coming here is like coming to the palace." ”

"Don't say that, thanks to the great blessings of the saints, we have what we are today."

"Hehe, the cheap slave has not seen the world, it is a pure slip of the tongue."

"Well, Mother Zhu Si, let's enter the hall and chat."