The beauty of spring is fleeting, summer is coming in a blink of an eye, although it is early summer, it is already so hot that it is not good, and the cement road near Fangshan is even hotter, and it can be baked with an egg.

It wasn't until the sun set in the evening that the wealthy villagers in the neighborhood walked along the Qinhuai River from their homes to cool off, but from time to time they showed people what kind of property they had owned, or bragged about how good their children and grandchildren were in primary school, and how important they were to Mr.

"It's not that my old man is bragging, the fifth child of my family is most valued by the Hou Ye, whether it is in the city or in Fangshan, the beautiful and good-looking houses are built by him."

Huang Youcai shook his head and said with a smile: "What if the palace was built by your grandson, it is not your family, a person who built a house will blow it to the sky for you." ”

Lao Cui said with a mouth full of open teeth: "It seems that Master Huang looks down on our small family, what is the matter with building a house, he also eats with his own skills, and I can afford a house like your family, but Master Hou helped us build a good house, and I am not willing to spend that stinky money to show off." ”

"What do you always say, you are the tenant of the Hou Ye's family, who dares to look down on you, this Xia Ren's temper is really short-tempered, come, I invite you to eat a popsicle to quench the fire."

There happened to be two students from the academy coming from the dock with small boxes on their backs, and Huang Youcai hurriedly beckoned, "But are there any popsicles?" Creamy! ”

An Huzi opened the box on Wu Fuzhong's back with a smile, "There are exactly four more, well, it's a little melted, how about three dollars for you." ”

"It's almost halfway over, and you dare to open your mouth to ask for three dollars, and it's not bad to give you two popsicles." Businessmen are such a habit, even if they have a lot of money, they will never let go if they have the opportunity to save a few copper coins, Huang Youcai said and put a few copper coins on the box.

"Cut-" Cui Laohan took a sip disdainfully, "Master Huang's family is rich, and he is not even willing to give the hard-earned money of the children, so this stingy appearance makes people look down on him." Good boy, take it! Cui Laohan said and asked for money for a popsicle from his waist and put it in the box.

"Thank you, Grandpa Cui!" The two of them thanked Lao Cui and turned to leave.

Huang Youcai shook his head and said: "Obviously, I took the money for two popsicles, and you only took one, why don't you thank me, it's so unreasonable." ”

"The baby will be an official in the future, you are a businessman with a copper smell, and people are willing to sell you popsicles to give you face, what else do you want to do." Lao Cui stuffed the popsicle into his mouth and rinsed it, "It's really happy, this cream popsicle is delicious, but it's a pity that the old man's mouth is not good." ”

"Look at what you said, it seems that your family doesn't do business, and besides, I am also a landlord, and there are nearly 1,000 acres of high-quality land in Hangzhou......

While the two were talking, they were walking slowly, and suddenly a group of people came slowly in front of them, and when they arrived, Lao Cui pointed to one of them: "Ouch, aren't you the elder sister of the Hou master, do you still recognize the old man?" ”

A burly man with short brown hair and gray hair said with a smile: "How don't you recognize my brother, I was hospitalized by you many years ago, and I never dare to forget the kindness of a meal." ”

"Huh...... I remember that you have made a fortune, so I see that you are depressed again, and you are coming to fight the autumn breeze again. Lao Cui smiled and patted Lao Zhu's shoulder.

"Haha...... But no, I lost money in trading, so I didn't come to my brother-in-law to help me. ”

"If you have any difficulties, you should look for him, Master Hou is a kind-hearted person, and we tenants who have no relatives and no reason are sincere, let alone you......"

Huang Youcai on the side was almost dumbfounded, he knew exactly who the person talking to Lao Cui was, and the two long-term followers around him, he had intimate contact with these three people back then, and he was so scared that he would never forget it for the rest of his life.

I really underestimated Lao Cui, this old man knew that he was Ma Hou's sister-in-law, and he could still chat with him calmly, and he didn't stammer.

This old man even dared to pat the emperor's shoulder, Huang Youcai vaguely remembered that he also put his hand on the emperor's shoulder at the beginning, but when he knew his identity, half of his side was numb, and when he saw that the emperor had another seizure, he couldn't leave if he wanted to.

God, what is this old man doing, he actually gave the emperor a popsicle stained with his own saliva to eat, does he not want to live? Oh my God, this emperor he actually ate! He really ate it!

Huang Youcai only felt that his head was not enough, this marquis really got the favor of the saint, and his tenants had such a face in front of the emperor.

How did he know that although Lao Cui knew that Lao Zhu was Ma Du's brother-in-law, he had not turned a corner for so many years, and he had never equated Hou Ye's brother-in-law with the emperor.

Lao Cui enthusiastically pulled Lao Zhu's arm, "Go home, my daughter-in-law should cook dinner now, there is no good, sweet potato porridge and white flour steamed buns are full, by the way, I still have Mahou eggs at home for you to eat." ”

"Haha......" Lao Zhu laughed, he had also eaten Songhua eggs in the palace, and he heard that this thing was called Ma Hou Dan and sprayed rice on the spot, and he often took advantage of it to make fun of Ma Du when he had the opportunity.

"Thank you, brother, but this time I brought a lot of people and won't bother, I still have important things to do."

Two and a half children came up from the river beach in a floy, the older one carrying a small cage made of reeds with a few small quails in it, the other holding a hemp rope in his hand, and an old frog dragging half-dead on the ground.

When Xiao Biao saw the group of people on the side of the road, he couldn't help but be surprised: "The emperor ...... Uncle, why are you here? ”

"Why, can't I come to your house? Look at the mud you are all over, how can you look like a wealthy son, and you dare to run to the river, and you are not afraid of accidents, you know how many children drown in Ying Tianfu every summer. ”

"My nephew won't drown!"

"Those who drown know how to water, hurry up and follow me home."

Lao Cui said with a smile: "It turns out that the elder brother is surnamed Huang, and this old man Huang is also surnamed Huang, you are from this family." ”

Lao Zhu raised his eyes and looked at Huang Youcai, who was trembling with his hands and feet, "This old man Huang looks familiar." ”

Huang Youcai's whole body was trembling at this moment, and it would be good not to fall to the ground and convulse the feces and urine airflow, where could he open his mouth to speak.

Yuan Sheng whispered a few words in Lao Zhu's ear, and Lao Zhu smiled and said: "It turned out to be him, no wonder he looked familiar, Xiao Biao left, and hurriedly threw the toad away!" As he spoke, he reached out and grabbed Xiao Biao's arm and strode towards Ma's house.

When Lao Zhu and the others walked away, Lao Cui realized that Huang Youcai was a little wrong, "Master Huang, what's wrong?" Isn't it a mess of malaria? ”

Huang Youcai saw that Lao Zhu had gone far, so he felt that his body was so good, and stretched out a trembling thumbs up at Lao Cui, "Brother Cui, little brother is really convinced of you now!" ”

Lao Zhu has never been welcomed, and the family who was originally sitting at the table for dinner heard that the emperor was coming, so they immediately scattered and ran away from the back door of the hall.

Before Ma Du left the door to greet him, Lao Zhu had already led Xiao Biao in, looked at the empty dining table and the sumptuous meal, and said with a smile: "Xuanzhong knows that I am coming, and even the meal is ready, so I am welcome." ”

"Naturally, it was prepared for the emperor, and Lao Liu hurriedly went to bring a basin of water to the emperor to clean his hands."

Lao Zhu filled his hands with soap, then wrapped his hands around the little gelding and rubbed them vigorously, "These little hands are dirty, like mud monkeys, I was poor when I was a child, and it was just dirty, you don't farm or herd cattle, it's not good to make it so dirty." ”

There are few people who can let the emperor wash his hands personally, but Xiao Biao didn't appreciate it, and said with a bitter face: "Your Majesty, it's already very clean." ”

It's not that Xiao Biao doesn't know what to do, just think back to the feeling of being pressed by his parents in the hot water basin to wash his hands when he was a child, it's hot and painful, adults can't wait to rub a layer of skin for children, and Lao Zhu's hands are surprisingly heavy.

"Alright, hurry up and eat!" Lao Zhu wiped his hands with a towel, pulled Xiao Biao to sit down beside him, "Why don't you see Bi Lin?" ”

"I don't study hard, I get into trouble all day long, and I'm not allowed to eat dinner."

"That girl deserves to be punished, look at how well-behaved my Ning Guo and Anqing are." Lao Zhu picked up the chopsticks and sandwiched a duck leg for the little gelding, "Come, the little gelding eats meat." Suddenly, there was a peeled and cut pine egg on the table, stretched out the chopsticks and clamped half of it, dipped it in soy sauce and put it in Xiao Biao's bowl, "Come, eat another Mahou egg, I like to eat this!" Hahaha......"

Lao Zhu put his hand on the table, and laughed with his pestle until his body trembled, without the slightest bit of the emperor's majesty. Sure enough, I didn't ask him to correct the name of Songhua Dan, otherwise I don't know how to be ridiculed by him.

Seeing Ma Du's unhappy face, Lao Zhu also felt that he was too much, "Hurry up and eat, what to do, there is still something important to do after eating." ”

Ma Du beckoned to the two people outside the door, "Governor Han and Yuansheng's father-in-law together." ”

Lao Zhu swallowed a mouthful of rice, "Come here, his family's food is not eaten in vain." ”

"Thank you for the meal." The two thanked Lao Zhu in unison, and then found a stool to sit down and eat.

"It's unreasonable, it's obvious that I greeted the two of you to dinner, and he didn't thank me, the emperor was just generous to others." ”

Han Chengdao: "Uncle Guo has a huge family business, and he even cares about food. ”

"That's it, that's it, the emperor is rich all over the world, and the whole world is the emperor, not to mention your family's table, let's thank the emperor because the emperor is the emperor."

"Yuansheng father-in-law, you are so good at sycophancy, you should change your name first, this Yuan character is not only the name of the previous dynasty, but also the name of the emperor, Mingzhou has changed its name, why don't you change it?"

Yuansheng picked up the wine jug and poured a small glass of wine for Lao Zhu, "Didn't I tell Uncle Guo, the word 'Yuansheng' is not a name but a law name, the emperor is like a rebirth for the slave and maid, this law name is exactly what it means, the Buddha can already know that there is today, this cause and effect has been planted many years ago, this is fate can not be changed." ”

It's really ridiculous, this emperor's personal eunuch is really not someone who can be it, Ma Duke heard that there was more than one Yuansheng who came to Yingtian to find Lao Zhu, and the other was clicked by Lao Zhu because of nonsense.

"I won't let me change it, where did I get so many words for a meal, hurry up and finish eating, let's go to the sea trial."

Ma Du was stunned when he heard this, "Sea trial? What kind of flight to try? ”

Lao Zhu chewed a piece of celery and crunched, "What are you pretending to be confused with, aren't you going to try a new ship with Shun Ming Gong tonight?" ”

Ma Du said with a bitter face: "This can't be hidden from you, how many spies have you planted in Weichen's house, and Han Dudu will give me a good word?" In the future, I will be more cautious in what I say. ”

Han Cheng smiled and said nothing, Lao Zhu said disdainfully: "You dare to ask this, you are the heart of a villain, I have never installed a brocade guard in your house, Han Cheng can testify." ”

Han Cheng nodded heavily, "Uncle Xinzhongguo, the emperor has indeed not installed a brocade guard in your mansion. ”