Listening to Hou Cai's words, Liang Xi's heart moved, and he said with a smile: "It's a distant cousin of mine, passing by Jingdezhen, and hearing that I work here, he came to me to recognize his relatives." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"You kid, it's really shit luck, your cousin, I think it's only in his thirties, it's the fourth grade, in a few years, maybe you can become the general soldier of a town, and then your kid will have big thick legs." Hou Cai said enviously and jealously.

"I thank you for my good words, if there is this day, I will not forget you." Liang Xi said with a grin.

Looking at him, Hou Cai went downstairs with a complicated mood.

After handing over the work at hand, Liang Xi left the restaurant and walked home with Zhao Guohua and others.

After walking not far, Zhao Guohua thought that there were old and young people in Liang Xi's family, so he went to buy wine and sweets and pastries, and asked a few guards to carry them to Liang Xi's house.

After walking about two kilometers out of the city, I saw a village of 100 families, surrounded by farmland, and it was the end of the year, and all the crops in the fields had been harvested, so only some weeds in the fields were growing tenaciously, and they looked bare. In the distance, there is a vegetable patch with some winter vegetables.

A potholed dirt road leads into the village, a piece of bamboo is planted at the entrance of the village, and when you enter the village, you can see dozens of villagers' houses built along both sides of the dirt road, most of the villagers' houses are very dilapidated, some people's houses are laid with thatch on the roof, and some people's doors have a fist-sized hole in the panel. A few chickens were struggling to feed on the mound, and a few dogs were roaming around the village. The situation in the village is similar to that in the poor mountainous villages today

Walking in the village, he met the villagers from time to time, and Liang Xi greeted his neighbors warmly

"Kiko, why did you come back so early today?" A villager said with a smile.

"Fourth Uncle Wang, I have something to do today, so I asked for leave in advance and came back." Liang Xi said with a smile

After walking dozens of steps, he came to a farmhouse, pushed open the dilapidated door, Liang Xi walked in, and Zhao Guohua and others also walked in.

Three boys, two women and several children were playing in the yard, and when they saw Liang Xi, a little girl of seven or eight years old called out, "Daddy!" He rushed over happily and hugged Liang Xi's legs, looking very intimate.

"Daddy, you're back." A teenage boy also ran over and grabbed Liang Xi's hand, while the other three children looked at Zhao Guohua and the others timidly.

hugged the little girl and kissed her, Liang Xi smiled and said, "Niuniu, what about your mother." ”

"My mother went to Aunt Wang's house in the village to hand over embroidery, and there were only my brother and me and the three of them at home." As she spoke, the little girl pointed to the other three children.

looked at the five children and saw that although Liang Xi's two children were wearing old clothes, they didn't have many patches, while the other three children were wearing old patches, which showed that the family was not having a good time.

"Brother Liang, it's the first time I've come to the door, I bought something, please don't be too little." Zhao Guohua said, and handed Liang Xi a lot of things such as wine and sweets and pastries.

Liang Xi saw these things, and estimated that it was not less than three taels of silver, which was equivalent to his salary for nearly a year, and hurriedly excused himself and said, "No merit, Mr. Zhao, this, how can this be ......?"

"Daddy, I want candy. I want to have a snack. When the little girl saw the candy and pastries, she couldn't help but cry out in a childish voice with her eyes shining.

Haha, Zhao Guohua said: "Brother Liang Xi, don't say it anymore, let the children eat candy quickly." ”

Glancing at Zhao Guohua, Liang Xi said gratefully: "Since Mr. Zhao said so, I will accept it with a cheeky face", beckoned after speaking, and said to the other three children with a smile: "Come and eat candy." ”

"Huh? Eat the candy! The three children rushed over with a cry of joy and gathered around Liang Xi.

After opening the paper wrapped in candy and pastries, Liang Xi smiled and began to distribute candy and pastries to several children, and everyone distributed the same thing, and there was no distinction between relatives and relatives. Seeing him treat people like this, Zhao Guohua nodded secretly, and said in his heart: "Although this person is poor, he has a good heart, if you have the opportunity, you will definitely help him." ”

At this time, the gate squeaked open, and a man in his thirties walked in with a basket, and saw a few strange men standing in the yard, and couldn't help but be stunned.

"Mother. Come and eat sugar. This sugar is so sweet. Niu Niu ran over screaming.

Closing the gate, the peasant woman led her daughter into the yard, and when she saw her, Liang Xi smiled and said, "I have something to do today, so I came back early, what about my mother and father?" ”

Looking at Zhao Guohua and the others, the peasant woman said: "My mother is sleeping in the house, and my father went to Wang Tofu's house to play chess." After speaking, he asked again: "Xizi, who are these big brothers?" ”

"Oh, this eldest sister, we are friends of Brother Liang Xi, and we have something to do with him." Zhao Guohua said with a smile.

Hearing this, Liang Xi said: "You beckon the distinguished guests to come into the house to drink water, and I will go to find my father and come back." Then, he arched his hand at everyone, "Wait a while, I'll come when I go," and turned to go out.

Walked quickly to the door of Wang Tofu's house and walked in. Wang Tofu's name is Wang Zhongsheng, and several generations have made tofu as a profession. That's why it's called king tofu.

When I entered Wang Tofu's house, I saw my father Liang Tianfu playing chess with Wang Tofu's father Wang Ming.

"Brother Wang, you're busy again, your business is good, right?" Liang Xi smiled and greeted Wang Tofu, who was washing beans in the yard.

"TOEFL! TOEFL! Why did the Kiko brothers come back so early today? Wang Tofu asked with a smile.

Liang Xi replied with a smile: "Oh, I have something to do today, so I asked for leave and went home early." ”

Hearing his son's voice, Liang Tianfu raised his head and looked at him, and said complainingly: "What is it important that you can't go home at night and say, do you have to ask for a leave to come back?" ”

"Dad, go back with me, there are people waiting for you at home." Liang Xi said.

Hearing this, Liang Tianfu said suspiciously, "Who is waiting for me?" Can't you wait for me to finish this game? ”

"You'll know when you go. Let's go. Liang Xi urged.

Wang Tofu's father, Wang Ming, put down the chess pieces in his hand and said, "Brother Liang, go quickly, don't make people wait for a long time, you can play chess again tomorrow, we will be fine anyway." ”

"Alright! All right! As Liang Tianfu spoke, he reluctantly stood up and followed his son out of Wang Tofu's house.

After walking for a while, Liang Tianfu asked again: "Who is looking for me, what is the matter with me?" ”

Seeing that his father really wanted to ask, Liang Xi whispered in his ear...... After listening to what his son said, the old man Liang Tianfu looked solemn, and hurried towards his yard with a faster pace.

When I entered the door, I saw five or six sturdy men sitting in the courtyard drinking water around the old wooden table at home, and in the middle was a young man in his thirties with a delicate and elegant face and a well-proportioned body, and several children were standing on the side of the courtyard eating sweets and snacks

Liang Tianfu is sixty years old, he has seen a lot of people, he has rich experience, as soon as he saw this man, he knew that this person was the head of several men, thinking that this person was already a fourth-grade military attache at this age, and he was definitely born in Jiangmen.

Thinking of this, he walked over a few steps, knelt on the ground with a "poof", and said respectfully: "Xiaomin doesn't know that the adults come to the cold house and ask the adults to forgive the sin of being late." ”

Zhao Guohua was stunned for a moment, then he reacted, knowing that his identity was known by Liang's father and son, and after a little thought, he knew that it was the boss of "Wei Laiju" who revealed his official position to Liang Xi, because when Niu Huan went to ask for leave for Liang Xi, he took the military attache waist card of the fourth grade.

Thinking of this, he glanced at Liang Xi with a wry smile, and hurriedly said, "Uncle, get up quickly." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and pulled the old man Liang Tianfu up from the ground.

Standing up, Liang Laohan glanced at his son who was standing aside, and said loudly: "You muddy ball, the noble man came to our poor family, this is the blessing of our family, go and kill the two laying hens, and then go to make a pot of good wine to entertain the guests." ”

"Yes. I'll go. Liang Xi agreed to catch the chicken outside the door.

Seeing that his father and son were so polite, Zhao Guohua hurriedly said: "Uncle, we won't trouble you, just say something and leave." ”

The reason why Zhao Guohua didn't want to eat at Liang Xi's house was mainly because his family was not very wealthy, and after eating and drinking at a meal, he was afraid that his family's food expenses would be gone for half a month.

"My lord, if you don't dislike the poverty of the small people's family, please eat at the small people's house. Wait until after dinner. Liang Laohan said respectfully.

After listening to Liang Laohan's words, Zhao Guohua thought that it might not be good to excuse himself again, so he smiled and said: "Since Uncle said so, I will be embarrassed to wait." ”

In order to entertain Zhao Guohua and others, Liang Laohan went to the neighbors in the village to buy cured meat and sausages and other things.

Liang Xi and his family were tidying up the meals in the kitchen, and Zhao Guohua and others were talking about their parents in the house. After a while with Liang Laohan, Zhao Guohua asked: "Uncle, I heard that Brother Xizi said that you have burned porcelain on the kiln for decades, haven't you?" ”

"Alas, yes, I've been working on the kiln all my life, and now I'm old and can't do it anymore." Liang Laohan sighed and said, but there was a glimmer of brilliance in his eyes, as if he was reminiscing about the glory of the past.

At this time, Liang Xi walked in and said, "Dad, Lord Zhao wants to buy a kiln to burn porcelain, you have been in this industry all your life, you are familiar, you can inquire carefully and find a good kiln for Lord Zhao." ”

Glancing at him, Liang Laohan said: "That's for sure, Lao Tzu doesn't need you to remind him, it's just that a good kiln is not easy to buy." ”

"Why is it hard to buy? There are so many kilns in Jingdezhen, not every one of them will moan, as long as you have money, it is not difficult to buy a good kiln," Niu Huan said.

Looking at Zhao Guohua and the others, Liang Laohan said with a smile: "It sounds like what this official said is reasonable, but some of these things are not as imagined, you think about it, a good kiln is a silver mountain, who is willing to sell, even if it is to sell, it has to be sold for a large price, and it has to be sold if there is something in the family, and it is difficult to operate." Otherwise, who would be so stupid to sell their good kilns to see others get rich. ”