Chapter 16 Retired Eunuch Liu San

Early the next morning, before Xu Qi's girl got up, Xu Qing called Xiaoyue and rushed to the county seat. Xu Qing took out a note, which read:

One cow and one sheep, ten chickens, two adult pigs, 14 piglets, one stone each of rice and wheat, salt, oil, sauce and vinegar, quilts and pillows, pots and pans, ten catties of wine, and vegetables.

This is what Xiaoyue and Xu Qing wrote down last night after checking the shortcomings, the two big pigs are for the welfare of Zhuangzi, Xu Qing plans to invite them to a good meal, and then each family will share a little bit to win people's hearts. The chick was raised by Xu Qi, so she had to rely on her. Just this little thing, not counting the cow, twelve or three taels of silver is not a problem, there are just more than six catties of money, Xu Qing came all the way, in addition to copper coins, there are also seventeen or eighteen silver.

Luonan County in the early morning, a little lively, the sound of pedestrians on the road is mixed, the face looks relatively healthy, the street is relatively tidy, the sound of the blacksmith shop is far away, the sound of the dog barking comes and goes, although there are some beggars, but generally speaking, it is not bad......

Xu Qing walked in front with a pace unique to later generations, which was a little funny, and Xiaoyue followed Xu Qing calmly.

In a fresh fish shop:

"Liu San, don't send your fish over after you say it, others dislike your dirty hands! It's ruined my business. Boss Fish yelled at a white-faced man with no need for some femininity.

"Look, this is Liu San......"

"Liu San? Isn't it the eunuch of the former Sui? ”

"Eunuch? Why isn't the eunuch in the palace......"

"I offended the nobles and was driven out......"

"Hurry, don't go over...... "A woman came back from eating to see the lively children." I don't eat fish today, and I will have a stomachache if I eat the things of the eunuchs. ”

"Yes, yes, go away......"

Liu San's eyes were full of tears, he was sent to the palace since he was a child, and he was beaten half to death in the palace, and later escaped from the chaos and returned to his hometown, and the unique complexion of the eunuch made him ostracized. In ancient times, the status of eunuchs was extremely low, and once they fell out of favor, they would never recover, so eunuchs would do whatever it took to compete for favor since ancient times. Liu San left the crowd, carried a basket of fish on his back, walked and walked, walked to a place where no one was, sat on the ground with his buttocks, and cried loudly.

Xu Qing followed Liu San, watched him cry from a distance, and thought to himself: "In later generations, pigs are all boars, these pigs have been castrated, without the stimulation of male hormones, these boars have become very lazy, eat and sleep every day, sleep and eat, and they will be round and fat after a year, and the meat is very tender, and there is no smell." "But there is a very big technical problem, Xu Qing will not castrate the pig, although he knows that it is okay to cut that thing, but there is no guarantee that the pig will not die.

"Liu San, your name is Liu San?" Xu Qing walked out of the corner and asked Liu San, Xiao Yue was pulling Xu Qing behind, she thought Xu Qing was curious about eunuchs, but she didn't expect Xu Qing to take care of it. Xu Xu Qing gave Xiao Yue a smile, and still walked over to Liu San, Liu San stopped howling and looked at Xu Qing with unyielding and resentment in his eyes.

"How much do these fish cost? I want it......" Xu Qing said, pointing to the basket of fish.

"What? You...... You're going to fool me too, huh! ”

"Xu Zhuang, you inquire about the past, where is there a Xu Mansion to send to get the money, don't leave after taking the money, if there is a fate, I will give you a fortune." The sun shone on Xu Qing's face, like a saint, but the long face was a little naïve, Liu San couldn't help but be in a trance when he looked at it, and when he came back to his senses, Xu Qing had already left with Xiaoyue, leaving Liu San on the ground and muttering: "Xu Zhuang...... Xufu ...... Hey, I'm a cripple, what else can he do to me? Try it......"

"Young master, I know you have a good heart, but that kind of person ......" Xiaoyue came from the palace, and she had seen the disgusting of eunuchs. Outside of flattery, you can't lift your hands, you can't carry your shoulders, that kind of person is useless......"

"Xiao Yue, everything in the world is useful, garbage is just a misplaced baby......" Xu Qing's face was profound, Xiao Yue tilted her head to think about it, and then nodded again, even if she hadn't thought it through, she knew that she was just a maid, and what the master said was what.

In the Tang Dynasty, because the copper coins were too heavy, the silver was not whole and inconvenient to trade, and the purchase of large items was delivered to the door. Xu Qing just ordered one shop after another on the street, wrote a note, and asked them to send someone to take the things to the house, and he instructed Xiaoru to guard at home. Xiao Yue carried some scattered things in his hand, and his own hand was empty, Xu Qing couldn't help but feel a burst of refreshment, this feeling of shopping and throwing money without carrying a bag is good, but the price of this feeling is fourteen taels of silver and went out, and now Xu Qing's entire worth is converted into silver and there are more than twenty taels, which is the reason for adding the remaining piece of gold.

At noon, Xu Qing returned home and couldn't help but smile when he saw Liu San squatting at the door and not leaving.

"Why don't you go in, what are you doing sitting at the door?"

"Don't dare, don't dare to ......," Liu San said with a bitter face.

"I ask you, do you castrate?"

"Emasculating...... Gelding? No, but I've been in the house and will... Will be eunuch......" Liu San trembled, he was most afraid of others mentioning these past events.

"Sterements are similar to eunuchs...... Xu Qing said, "Xiaoyue, go and ask Xiaoru, where are the pigs......"

"Liu San, you try, if you are well castrated, you will do this work in the future, if not, my family will raise cattle and horses in the future, you will live here, I will take care of your food and clothing......"

"Master...... You're my new parent...... Woo woo woo" Liu San immediately knelt down, he finally didn't have to struggle to live, and herding cattle and feeding horses was decent, at least as long as he looked at Xu Qing's face alone, he didn't have to look at everyone's stinky faces, this was what he was most grateful for, as for the gelding, he didn't think it would be of any use at all.

Xu Qing found the dozen or so little pigs, not bad, round and round like small balls of meat, seeing Xu Qing coming over and innocently coming over to ask for something to eat, Xu Qingyin smiled fiercely. And Xu Qi was teasing her ten chicks beside her, and then broke her away, the little girl looked at the steerment? Not good.

Then, Xu Qing prepared a few simple utensils according to Liu San's request, caught a pig in the stable, and handed it to Liu San, Liu San took the pig, thought for a while, and began to knife those poor little meat balls.

The stables howled and rushed into the sky, the donkey spun around anxiously, and the three girls in the backyard ran over and ran away in shame. Xu Qing grabbed one of Xiaoyue and asked her to inform several families in Zhuangzi that they would all come to eat at night, children and old people would come, and they would bring their own bowls, Xiaoyue nodded and trotted away.

To be honest, Xiaoyue Xiaoru's appearance is really not bad, but Xu Qing came from the era of the same but the quality was quite good, so he felt that Xiaoyue Xiaoru was not good. The two of them also have their own merits, small as a round face, baby fat, Xiaoyue is thinner and refreshing. And Xiaoyue is like a little housekeeper, Xiaoru can only be an authentic little maid.