Chapter 16: Reward Him with Ten Boards
Zhou Heng, who was a little tired, squinted and leaned against the carriage, and almost fell asleep for a while.
Such a shout made him instantly sleepy, and he quickly jumped off the wheel, still carrying the mahogany medicine box he had just bought.
Only then did I see a few figures running in quickly from the door of the small courtyard, holding something in their hands, chasing after them, and the person at the head was Erlin, who was assigned to his courtyard by Steward Zhu.
Boss Xue also grabbed the reins at this time, and followed Zhou Heng into the hall, the car was blocked, and those people couldn't see Zhou Heng and the others, but Zhou Heng could see them.
"Erlin? What is he going to do? ”
As soon as Boss Xue's words fell, Er Lin had already rushed to the donkey cart.
Holding his waist with one hand, he picked up another stone in the back of the car, and at this time there were already a few pieces of gravel in his palm, shaking it with a crisp sound, and stomping his feet and shouting at a few boys on his side.
"It's bad, it's bad, there are so many broken roads along the way, you must know that the pebbles paved in this garden are all transported from the Taihu Lake, our sons and daughters are walking into the park, this car is so crushed, look at the pebbles are broken a lot, just asked Xue Tai to stop, he ignored it, how is this good!"
Several subordinates kept nodding, and Boss Xue poked Zhou Heng's arm and whispered behind him:
"I saw a kid probe running away, I guess I went to sue!"
Zhou Heng ignored him, no matter what, they came together, it depends on the owner to beat the dog!
This accusation is a bit excessive, no matter how valuable it is, it's just a few stones, didn't you carry Zhu Yunmo into the courtyard this morning, why did you enter the park on foot?
Dogs bite you, you can't bite dogs.
This measure still needs to be taken care of, Zhou Heng tidied up his sleeves, then stepped out of the hall across the threshold, and asked loudly.
"What?"
When that Erlin saw Zhou Heng coming out, he hurriedly saluted slightly.
"Disturbed Zhou Gongzi's rest, but this Xue brother drove the donkey cart into the courtyard, and the pebbles on the ground were broken a lot along the way, which were transported from Taihu Lake at a great cost, and according to different colors, they were piled up into patterns and spread on the ground.
Zhou Heng took a closer look at this kid named Erlin, his thin figure was beautiful and his facial features were beautiful, and the words he said sounded very polite, but they were actually full of reproach.
"Oh, convenient? Then I will bother you to go through Xiao Bo, and the damaged pebbles will be deducted from the consultation fee! ”
After speaking, Zhou Heng turned around, looked at Boss Xue and said:
"Unload the car, put the things in the kitchenette, I'll clean my hands, and then we'll do it."
After speaking, Zhou Heng turned around and walked towards the chamber, such a guy who looks down on people with dog eyes, Zhou Heng is not worried, after all, Zhu Yunmo still needs to heal himself, and offending the doctor at this time is purely looking for abuse.
Erlin saw that Zhou Heng didn't care about himself at all, and didn't know what to do about this matter for a while, so he glanced down at the two people beside him, and both of them shook their heads.
At this moment, there was a rush of footsteps at the gate of the small courtyard.
A few people turned around, Steward Zhu came back with a few people and the boy who reported the news, Erlin hurriedly walked to Steward Zhu's side with a smile on his face, opened his palm and handed the broken pebbles to Steward Zhu.
Before he could speak, Steward Zhu raised his hand and slapped Erlin twice, raised his foot and kicked him to the side, and said angrily:
"Something like a dog, I asked you to come over to serve Zhou Gongzi, I am to promote you, who gave you the courage to dare to squeeze Zhou Gongzi so much, even our son respectfully called Zhou Gongzi Engong, what kind of thing are you?"
Erlin was kicked to the ground and quickly knelt down, covering his face and asking for mercy.
"The little lard is blinded by the heart, but I feel sorry for the pebbles in the garden, and the housekeeper spares his life."
Steward Zhu glared at him angrily, and waved his hand behind him, with a fierce face.
"Cover your mouth and take it down, reward him with ten boards, and don't talk about right and wrong here."
A few boys who followed Erlin were instantly stupefied, and fell to their knees, Steward Zhu raised his foot and kicked everyone away, and quickly stepped into the small kitchen, and when he saw Zhou Heng, he hurriedly bowed and saluted.
"It's all the old slaves' lax discipline, which disturbs the purity of Zhou Gongzi."
Zhou Heng turned around and smiled at Steward Zhu, this greeting was all for himself, obviously Pang Xiao was instructing him to be kind to himself, there is no need to be unforgiving at this time, after all, he still wants to get more money.
"Steward Zhu is polite, Zhou is at fault first!"
Steward Zhu's aunt smiled, approached Zhou Heng and said:
"Zhou Gongzi, don't say that, I have arranged two more subordinates for you, these two boys have helped the kitchen in the kitchen, Zhu Dayong and Zhu Changli come in!"
Before the words fell, two simple-looking boys walked in and greeted Zhou Heng with a salute.
Steward Zhu cleared his throat and commanded with a serious face:
"Okay, I won't say much else, Erlin is a lesson from the past, don't mess with right and wrong, take care of your mouth, listen to orders honestly, take good care of Zhou Gongzi, and help Zhou Gongzi and them develop medicine and food, can you write it down?"
The two hurriedly lowered their hands and said yes, and Steward Zhu said goodbye.
Zhou Heng sent it to the door, and when he came back, he picked up the pebbles on the ground and took a closer look, the cross-section of the stone was crystal clear, it was really not ordinary, it seemed that the construction of this plum garden cost a lot of money than he imagined, and the thighs had to be saved!
Back in the kitchen, Boss Xue had already taken the two of them to unload all kinds of ingredients and put them neatly in the kitchen.
Zhou Heng looked at them one by one, glutinous rice, honey and osmanthus are all first-class quality, this Xue Boss bought it well, patted the osmanthus on his hand and asked.
"How much silver taels did you spend today?"
Boss Xue hurriedly handed the purchase order and a purse to Zhou Heng, and said respectfully:
"One stone of glutinous rice, four jars of honey, a basket of osmanthus, a bag of brown sugar, licorice and mint, a total of more than two taels of silver, these things are really expensive!"
Zhou Heng glanced at Boss Xue, this thing seemed to be very moved by the maintenance he had just done, and he spoke so respectfully at this time.
Glancing at the bill, Zhou Heng was startled, a stone of glutinous rice was only one or two silver, and the four small barrels of honey cost eight hundred Wen, it seems that it is more cost-effective to use syrup next time, and the cost can be controlled.
Putting away his things, he waved his hand at the three of them and said:
"Now that everything is ready, let's start preparing for work, rest assured that you two will do a good job and your reward will be indispensable."
The two of them were happy on their faces, and hurriedly bowed down, "Thank you Gongzi Zhou!" ”
Zhou Heng smiled and ordered: "Zhu Dayong washed a pot of glutinous rice, washed it three times and then soaked it in well water, the water did not pass through the surface of the glutinous rice by two fingers, and then grabbed two handfuls of licorice and mint and soaked them in a basin. Zhu Changli brushed the lotus root, then peeled the lotus root, washed the hole in the middle of each lotus root, and removed the roots with mud at both ends. ”
The two of them moved, and Boss Xue looked at Zhou Heng with a puzzled expression:
"What am I doing then?"