Chapter 17: The End of the Year (1)

Wang Huanzhi knocked on the table, his face was not filled with joy and anger, and he said, "Be cautious." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info" He flipped a few pages of the account book in his hand and threw it on the table, he was silent for a while, Han Dongping sat in the corner of the desk and didn't dare to speak, and for a while the room was extremely quiet, and it was really noticeable that a needle had dropped.

After not seeing Wang Huanzhi's movements for a long time, Han Dongping couldn't help but cautiously speak: "Master, a few days ago, the steward in the uncle's children's courtyard came to look for me to drink......

"Huh?" Wang Huanzhi came back from his contemplation, and when he heard the apprentice's words, he slowly stretched out his hand to the tea bowl on the table, Han Dongping cleverly grabbed in front of him, poured the residual tea into the spittoon in the corner of the house, poured a new cup, and respectfully handed it to Wang Huanzhi: "Master, tea." ”

Taking a sip of tea, Wang Huanzhi let out a long breath, and he said unhurriedly: "The steward of the uncle's courtyard? I remember, as if it was Li Ping? ”

"Exactly." Han Dongping changed his sitting posture on the chair, with a blank look on his face, and while pouring tea for himself, he said: "Master, you know, I don't know the people in Boguan'er's yard. Later, our host," he said here, smiled unconsciously, his eyes showing a little obvious pride, and continued: "The people in the courtyard of the uncle's house will not associate with us even more. He babbled, "They're careful, too!" The proprietor is not like Boguan'er......"

This apprentice is good anywhere, but he likes to talk nonsense. Wang Huanzhi put the tea bowl on the table and said in a deep voice: "How long do you want to go!?" ”

Being reprimanded by Wang Huanzhi, Han Dongping swallowed his saliva, quickly reined in and continued: "But just the day before yesterday, I went to the mansion to take stock of all the things in the mansion this month with the chief steward, and I didn't meet Li Ping. In the past, I saw him a lot, but only the day before yesterday was the most different. ”

"Different?" Wang Huanzhi sneered and said, "What's the different method?" I'm afraid you're very useful. He glared at Han Dongping, and was so frightened that the apprentice jumped up from the chair and stood in front of him tremblingly, before he spoke in hatred: "This time is different from the past, the owner is in the right position, you just have to be cautious and honest, what is there to be afraid of?" ”

Han Dongping's back was soaked with cold sweat before he let him go.

Han Dongping is Wang Huanzhi's eldest apprentice, but also Wang Huanzhi's Yue family in the younger generation, his parents died early, his mother was not out of the cabinet and his wife is handkerchief, before leaving the only son entrusted to Wang Huanzhi's wife, grew up in the royal family. Therefore, for Han Dongping, Wang Huanzhi is also a father and a teacher, and in front of him, he never dares to make mistakes.

"That's what the master said. Li Ping's words, I want to say that I am not proud in my heart after listening to them, don't say that the master doesn't believe it, I don't believe it myself. That little bit of frivolity that had just emerged was drunk by Wang Huan and didn't know where to shrink inside, Han Dongping said honestly: "Listening to Li Ping's words, it is all about how he was in the past, and he will ask me to take care of it in the future." I thought, I'm just an account in the counter, and if I have any ability, I have a good master. ”

He cautiously glanced at Wang Huanzhi's face, and sat back in his chair again, this time only daring to sit half a fart. After sitting down steadily, he replied: "I talked to him for a long time, and he asked me to go to the spring makeup building for a drink." ”

Wang Huanzhi glanced at him and said, "Spring makeup building!" You carefully follow your teacher's family law! ”

Han Dongping nodded hurriedly, and complained: "I said the same, thinking that it would always be good to push, but Li Ping wanted to invite me to drink anyway, but I couldn't push it, so I made a deal with him, and when the counter was free the day after tomorrow, I would go to have a drink with him." ”

"It's fine." Wang Huanzhi half-closed his eyelids, picked up the account book in his hand and turned a few pages without a match, and said: "Li Ping called you, you just go, just drink, don't say anything, if he wants to ask you, everything just push on your master's head." ”

He threw the account book on the table again, squinted his eyes and looked out the window, on the dark knotted branches, pea-sized plum buds were dotted with branches.

Li Yongzhong was busy, mixed in the crowd and made up the excitement on the dam for a long time, and then walked back satisfied. Although he became the master of the Li family, Li Yongzhong had too few people available, so he had to do everything himself. He is very young, he has been low-key for several years before, and the Li family master only has the eldest son in his eyes, and he, the second young master of the Li Mansion, is really not a character; It wasn't until Li Qi woke up before his death, completely despaired of his eldest son, handed over the huge family business to him, and made various layouts, that the situation was settled in one fell swoop, and the hard work of the previous years finally paid off.

It will take a lot of time to subdue the entire Li family, but all kinds of affairs must not be delayed at all, and everyone is busy these days, and Li Yongzhong is even more ugly. He has all kinds of arrangements, and he takes the overall situation into account, and he does not dare to ignore it in the slightest. It wasn't until he separated from Li Yongbo and handed over half of the salt well, and half of the chores on his hands were reduced, that he was lightened.

He was thinking about many thoughts in his heart, and suddenly heard an exclamation, and when he raised his eyes, Liu Xiaoqi was trembling and carrying two buckets of water, the green tendons on his forehead and hands burst, his face was flushed, and he was walking towards the place that was set as the end point - a small triangular flag was set up there.

Wutong has been following him, and when he saw Li Yongzhong, he looked at the field and whispered: "This Liu Xiaoqi is really powerful, just a few big men tried to lift the bucket in the past, and they all said that the weight is not easy, we thought that Liu Xiaoqi would let go halfway, but now it seems that this is not the case." ”

Li Yongzhong stared at the field, and replied to the personal servant distractedly: "Liu Xiaoqi has an extremely tough temperament, such a person will not hesitate to peel his skin and extract his bones for what he wants." At this point, he turned his head and said meaningfully to Wutong: "Now it's just two buckets of water and walking ten steps, because of his background, I look down on him, it's really not a smart person's doing." ”

Wutong was a little sneering - he had made a bet with others that Liu Xiaoqi would never carry a bucket and walk ten steps, thinking that Zhong Guan'er hadn't paid attention, but he didn't expect it to be heard by Li Yongzhong.

When the master and servant spoke, Liu Xiaoqi only felt that his legs were as heavy as lead, every breath seemed to be hooked with his viscera, the pain made him dizzy, his throat and eyes faintly revealed a thick bloody breath, panting like a cow, the surrounding sounds, the scenery seemed to have disappeared, Liu Xiaoqi reluctantly lifted the hand that strangled the white finger bones up again - the heavy bucket shook dangerously, so he almost didn't shake the water out.

He never felt that ten steps were so long and far away, it looked like the road he fled when he was young, once a person fell, he couldn't get up again, he was full of hunger, the eldest brother was still there, carrying him behind his parents, the last few catties of grain mixed with wild vegetables and roots at home ate all the way, and in the end even these were gone, the eldest brother couldn't stand the hunger, and ate Guanyin soil......

"Ahh

Li Yongzhong watched Liu Xiaoqi slam the bucket under the flagpole, and then immediately softened into a puddle of mud on the ground, he watched a young man desperately rush to Liu Xiaoqi's side, dragging him alive, and several water porters helped carry Xiao Qi on the young man's back.

He Tai looked at the bucket with complicated eyes - this is the bucket that the water porter carries salt brine every day, enough to be the size of a four or five-year-old child, and the water is not a hundred pounds in weight, only those water porters with the most vigorous physique can bear the burden of transporting salt water to the stove every day, he originally thought that the thin and shriveled Liu Xiaoqi would not be able to carry it no matter what.

Glaring at Zhang Xiong fiercely, even though He Tai was full of complexity, he still stopped Guan Er, who was about to carry Liu Xiaoqi back: "You come to the mansion early tomorrow morning, and someone will teach you how to do it at that time." After saying that, he didn't want to stay here longer, nodded at Liu Xiaoqi, who was full of ecstasy, turned around and left, and scolded Zhang Xiong and others before leaving: "Look at the mess you provoked!" All the practice on weekdays is left behind! So he was so angry that he angrily gave a kick to one person.

Li Yongzhong is a little funny. He, a milk brother, looks very aggressive, in fact, he has the best face, fortunately he is still open-minded, otherwise he would have been depressed too much. He is young, he is the leader of the Li family's guards, and he has made a little reputation in the past few years, on the salt road in Guizhou, few people don't know when it comes to He Tai, after all, he is a young man, even though he is still stable and useful, but he still shows a little frivolity on weekdays, but now he has lost face by a tattered and lost kid - Li Yongzhong bends the corners of his mouth, but he thinks it is really interesting.

He didn't care about He Tai, he took Wutong and a few followers to turn over and get on the horse, and he didn't let go of the reins, so Shi Shiran went back to the Li Mansion. Li Yongzhong has been really tired these days, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is haggard, but after watching such a play today, he met the young man who was left behind by himself, and today's selection can be regarded as a fruitful one, and his mind that has been struggling is slightly relaxed, and even a little smile came out of his face.

Wutong has served him since he was a child, and he knew his temperament for a long time, and when he saw this, he knew that he was in a good mood now, so he came over and said with a smile: "Liu Xiaoqi must have a great creation." ”

When he was five or six years old, he was sent by Li Qi to Li Yongzhong as a small servant, and he was regarded as a playmate, and he grew up together as a friend and a servant. It's just that Li Yongzhong has become deeper and deeper over the years, Wutong is smart, and someone has someone to guide him, he doesn't dare to be as taboo-free as he was when he was a child, and he has gradually become more down-to-earth and disciplined in his actions, and he has only won Li Yongzhong's green eyes in the past one or two years, otherwise Li Yongzhong would rather raise a boring and funny follower than let Wutong go bad for his own affairs for the sake of the so-called affection.

Li Yongzhong smiled when he heard this, looked down at him on horseback, and said playfully: "You know again? ”

Wutong saw that he had a smile on his face, but his black and white eyes were still calm, and he suddenly became disciplined, lowered his hand and said honestly: "Zhong Guan'er likes people with hearts." He glanced up at Li Yongzhong, and when he saw that he seemed to be smiling, his heart suddenly shuddered, his head lowered deeper, and said: "Liu Xiaoqi has a heart, if he has the ability in the future, he will be favored by Zhongguan'er, why is there no creation?" ”

In the end, he brought out a little childlike innocence.

In the end, it's still a child. Li Yongzhong sighed in his heart, but didn't say anything more, just kicked the horse's belly lightly, and the extremely humane Dian horse sped up its pace, and the group blended into the gloomy winter day, heading in the direction of the Li Mansion.