The weather was suddenly unbearable, and Hu Guiyang moved out of the dilapidated couch from the utility room and slept in the yard at night, preferring to endure mosquito bites rather than suffer from the sweltering heat in the house.

On the night when he was woken up by the heavy rain, he was ready to practice again, moving his legs and feet, and involuntarily sat on the couch, wanting to rest for a while, and when he understood, it was already pouring down, and he was poured into a soup chicken, and he didn't even have time to put away the bed, so he hurriedly ran into the house to take refuge.

He couldn't sleep, he didn't change his clothes, he just stood in the doorway so wet, looking at the torrential rain, his heart was in a trance, he couldn't remember how he fell asleep, and he couldn't figure out how he ended up in the field he was today: his body was fat and weak, he either ate or slept every day, he didn't associate with anyone, but he realized the dream he had dreamed of for many years, but he was not happy at all, but felt a strong suffocation.

But his thoughts were uncontrollable, and after a while, he began to think about what to eat after dawn, and he now received a monthly salary from the West Factory, which was not much, but enough for him to eat and drink alone.

As for the pursuit of He Sanchen, no one has ever really urged him, Hu Guiyang goes to the West Factory once a month, and then shows his face in Nansi, even if he is dutiful.

When he came to his senses again, Hu Guiyang found himself asleep in a chair, the door was open, it was already bright outside, the ground was slightly wet, and it was almost impossible to tell that it had rained heavily last night.

"Li Xingtian will definitely be able to chant two lines of poetry." Hu Guiyang muttered, envious of those who are prospering anytime and anywhere.

There was a sudden knock on the door outside, Hu Mansion had no guests coming to the door for a long time, Hu Guiyang was extremely uncomfortable with this, he was stunned for a while, and when the knock became more and more urgent, he walked out of the door and asked loudly, "Which one?" Who to look for? ”

"Looking for you." The tone was very hard, and he knocked twice.

Hu Guiyang thought about it carefully, although his life was boring, he was not in debt, so he also replied stiffly: "Report your name." ”

Changed to a woman's voice, "It's your lady of the Hua family, what bad things have you done?" In broad daylight, the door of the courtyard is bolted, and the guests do not open it. ”

"It turned out to be a lady with flowers, wait a minute." Hu Guiyang hurriedly went back to the house to change his clothes, tied his hair up haphazardly, and then went to open the courtyard door.

The flower lady frowned as soon as she saw Hu Guiyang, and when she saw the messy courtyard, her frowning turned into a wrinkled eyebrow, and when she walked into the living room, she saw the leftovers on the table that had not been cleaned up, and her wrinkling eyebrows finally turned into raised eyebrows.

"You've come to the wrong place, Hu Guiyang, why did you bring the guests to the pig's nest?"

Brother Hua followed in and said with a smile: "This pig's nest is not bad, I haven't seen it for more than a year, and I have made Captain Hu a lot fatter." ”

The flower lady said angrily: "How can you speak? No matter how bad he is, he is also an elder. ”

Brother Hua stuck out his tongue, "I'll just talk about it casually, Uncle Thirty-Six won't care." ”

"I don't care." Hu Guiyang patted his belly and said with a smile: "It's true that I'm fat, and I really haven't cleaned up the house." ”

"What are you standing for? Clean up. The flower lady said to her son.

"Huh? We are guests, and I have long been no servant...... If I knew I had to work, I wouldn't have come. Brother Hua was still afraid of his mother and went to clean up the table.

Hu Guiyang was about to help, but was stopped by Mrs. Hua, "When I came to the door today, I didn't bring a gift, but brought a few words." ”

"The golden and jade words of the flower lady are the best gifts."

"Don't be a sycophant, you have this leisure, it's better to please the people in the yamen, at least it's a livelihood."

"I'm a sycophant."

"Phew." Seeing that there was really nowhere to sit in the hall, the flower lady had to go to the courtyard, take off the sweat towel and spread it on the small couch, and sit on it, "You also sit." ”

Hu Guiyang sat on the other end and said with a smile: "How did Mrs. Hua find me here?" Actually, I should have visited Huafu, but ......"

"But you're lazy, I know." Mrs. Hua glanced at it again, shook her head, and sighed, "If I knew that you were like this, I should have come a long time ago." ”

"I'm OK......"

Mrs. Hua raised her hand and said that she didn't want to listen to nonsense, "It's not that I'm ruthless, it's that you have a weird temper, you usually don't listen to people's persuasion, you think about it yourself when you encounter something, and you don't want to interact with relatives, let alone ask for help, why am I so shy and uncomfortable?" ”

"Am I that kind of person?" Hu Guiyang asked in surprise.

"How long has it been since you visited Second Uncle Sun?"

Hu Guiyang blushed, for more than a year, he had quietly gone to sweep the tombs of his father-in-law and mother-in-law, but he didn't visit Sun Long, who was nearby, "Second Uncle Sun complained about me?" ”

"He doesn't even remember you, he always says that all the forty righteous sons of the Zhao family are dead, what is there to complain about?" Mrs. Hua waved her hand again to stop Hu Guiyang from defending, "I don't know what happened in the first month of last year, and I don't want to ask, but you weren't arrested by the government, so you should be meritorious, what's the ...... How did it be? ”

"I have made a contribution, but I have also caused a lot of trouble, and the merit is offset by the demerits, and it is back to the original state." Hu Guiyang smiled bitterly.

Brother Hua came out, "Mother, it's cleaned up, you can go into the house and sit." ”

Mrs. Hua stood up, "I was going to pass on a word, but when I see you like this, I don't have to say it." ”

"I'm a little fatter, but my ears are fine."

"Let's talk about it in half a month, in the future, you can move more, lose some fat, clean up the house, and the little brother will come over to help every day."

"Every day? Mother, I'm about to take my father's job, and you still let me do the work of a servant? ”

"Hmm...... You come and check it out every day. ”

"This one does." Brother Hua smiled and bowed his hand to Hu Guiyang, "If you want me to go home and say good things, Uncle Thirty-six has to prepare some benefits......

Mrs. Hua knocked her son's head, "Dare to say such things in front of me?" ”

"Kidding, I'm kidding." Brother Hua covered his head to dodge.

The mother and son said that they would leave, Hu Guiyang closed the door and said to himself inexplicably: "Why does she care about my business?" Why should I listen to her? ”

Hu Guiyang returned to the couch, intending to sleep back, but he couldn't fall asleep, as soon as he closed his eyes, he saw the stern gaze of Mrs. Hua, so he had to get up and practice the boxing technique, and then went out to eat out of breath, and his appetite was greatly opened.

Brother Hua really came to check every day, and he had to watch Uncle Thirty-six play a set of boxing, and then pick and choose inside and outside the house, "I don't dare to be sloppy, my mother will come to check in person in a few days, if you see that the truth is different from what I said, you have to peel off my skin." Uncle Thirty-six, you don't know how ruthless my mother is, I am a person who is about to enter the guard, and she still treats me as a child of a few years, beating me and scolding, alas, my life is hard......"

"Who is the flower lady talking for?" Hu Guiyang's curiosity was aroused, and he was guessing every day.

"I don't know, my mother won't reveal a word, her mouth is tight, even if it is Jinyiwei Prison, she may not be able to pry it open...... Phew, how do I speak? ”

Half a month later, the flower lady really came, and after careful inspection, she was still not satisfied, "Wait for another half a month, don't always be idle at home, go out for a walk." Aren't you still the captain of the West Factory? Didn't you get a job from above? ”

"Let me arrest someone."

"Then you can catch it."

"But those people are my friends, and I don't know their whereabouts."

"What kind of friends do you make?"

"It's been a long time."

"Then do something else, it's good to go and order a meal every day, if it doesn't work, you just go wander the streets."

"Okay." Perhaps because of the momentum of the flower lady, it was difficult for Hu Guiyang to refuse her request, and said with a smile: "No one wants you to pass on the word at all, right?" ”

Mrs. Hua's expression remained unchanged, "In another half a month, it must be the person you want to hear and the person you want to see." ”

The next morning, after practicing boxing, cleaning up the house and accepting the inspection of Brother Hua, Hu Guiyang really went out and went to Nansi, the house was empty, there was no task, and there were no colleagues, he sat down to rest for a while, left Jinyiwei and went to the West Factory, he wanted to hire a car on the way, and after hesitation, he held back, not afraid of spending money, but felt sorry for Mrs. Hua.

Xichang didn't have anything to do for him, so a small official came out, asked a few words, and refused to let him go into the yamen to hang out, "Captain Hu go back, if there is something in the yamen, he will send someone to find you." ”

And just like that, the day passed.

The next day, Hu Guiyang went directly to the Gun Pharmacy in Nancheng, and was surprised to find that Lai Wangxi and the others were still there, and they had already made new guns and gunpowder that could be used, but they still needed to be improved.

The steward is no longer Hu Guiyang, but another captain of the West Factory, who is conscientious and comes to supervise every day, and only hears his predecessor's name, and his attitude is not cold, but the others are very enthusiastic, please Hu Guiyang wait a while, hand over the shift in the early afternoon, and invite him to drink in the restaurant.

At the wine table, Lai Wangxi apologized first, he had revealed some things about Hu Guiyang to the palace, and then Deng Haisheng, he did not listen to persuasion and was deceived by Gu Zhongxian.

After a few glasses of wine, Hu Guiyang forgave everyone, but after being dragged home by a mule cart, he decided not to go to the pharmacy again.

Hu Guiyang began to seriously track down the whereabouts of He Sanjie and others, and asked for relevant documents from Xichang and Nansi, all of which were old news from two or three months ago, with a lot of errors and contradictions, as soon as He Sanjie appeared in the mountains of Yunyang Mansion, she appeared in a small city hundreds of miles away only one day.

Anyway, Third Sister He seems to have stayed in Jiangnan, where she grew up, which is more familiar and easy to hide.

Hu Guiyang handed over the fold and asked to go south to arrest the criminal, but there was no response, Wang Zhi seemed to have forgotten him completely, neither punished nor reused, and was only raised as an idler.

Three full months have passed, summer has gone to autumn, the weather is slightly cool, and the flower lady is finally satisfied, "Tomorrow you go out of the city, wait on the side of the road ten miles east of the city, someone wants to see you." ”

"Can you tell me who it is this time?"

"Princess."

"Hey." Hu Guiyang once thought of the princess, and was still a little surprised after hearing the answer, "She is really patient, she waited for three months." ”

"People are princesses, what's the urgency? But you, if you want to see the princess, you have to be prepared, at least have a human appearance. ”

"No, the princess wants to see me outside the city, why do you want me to clean up the house every day? I have to lose a little weight, and all the fat I have grown with great difficulty is gone. ”

"Tidying up the house is a way for me to look good, and it has nothing to do with the princess. As for being thinner - I think it's time for you to decide on a family? ”

"Huh? You haven't forgotten about it - it's a princess, and a princess can't remarry! ”

Mrs. Hua was stunned for a moment, "You think beautifully, who said princess?" Even if the princess can remarry, you don't deserve it. I'm talking about other girls. ”

"None of the two things I do every day have anything to do with the princess?"

Mrs. Hua showed a smug smile, "Don't say that, what if the princess really likes you, and you don't marry?" Whether you can change your luck or not depends on how you perform tomorrow. ”