For the always hot autumn, today's weather is good, the gentle breeze blows from time to time, bringing a burst of cool to this hot autumn at the same time, but also makes people a little lazy.

At this time in previous years, some of the nurses or housekeepers in Qiao's Mansion were very busy, because they were busy collecting the rent of those small households, which was a pretty good job.

This is an unavoidable loophole, really to calculate it carefully, you can charge a little more, but you can charge a little less, and the authority within this limit completely falls on the people who go down to collect rent, this little thing for the master, will not care too much, this means that these of them can be a fox at this time, and those small households will also try their best to please them, hoping that their subordinates will be merciful, as much as possible within their little authority, Because that little bit of food may be enough for a small family to eat for several days.

But that's all in previous years, since the new Yangzhou pastor took office, this year's errand is no more, and there may not be any more in the future, because most of the Qiao family's fields have been forcibly collected by Yangzhou Mu, not only the Qiao family, all the families in Jiangdong have not escaped this catastrophe, and have been cleaned up by Yangzhou Mu one by one, not only the fields have been collected, but even the large number of slaves and family members have almost been dismissed for most of the time, and the accumulation of these families in Jiangdong for many years has been ruined. Now these families, in addition to the children of those families, only have the solid family wealth left.

Qiao Zhong is a housekeeper in Qiaofu, he is an old man in Qiaofu, he has been working in Qiaofu since his grandfather's generation, and in his generation, he can be regarded as half of Qiao's family, and even his surname has long been given the surname Qiao by the old lady, so Qiao Zhong has always had a strong sense of belonging to the Qiao family, and it stands to reason that seeing the main family suffer such a catastrophe, he must hate the state pastor in his heart, but in fact, not only does he not have any hatred in his heart, but he has a deep gratitude, in fact, it is not only him, All the servants who remained in the family were grateful to the Governor.

Because the state pastor suppressed all the families at the same time, but he treated the people a lot, and distributed all the fields to the people, even those of them who sold themselves to work in the family are no exception, and in addition, the state pastor also came out with a new policy, and the family members nominally have to listen to the command of the main family, but in the future, the main family cannot kill these people at will, although Qiao Zhong's current status in the Qiao family basically does not have to worry about this, but in the final analysis, he is still a member of the family, He still fully supports the new policy of the state pastor from the bottom of his heart.

"I'm a little sleepy!"

Standing outside his master's study, Qiao Zhong yawned boredly, the current Qiao Mansion is really much more deserted than before, it seems that people are also a lot more idle, the Qiao family used to be busy everywhere, but now it is less than half, which makes Qiao Zhong still a little uncomfortable, and his authority as a housekeeper has also shrunk due to the reduction of the family.

"Well, I don't know if those two boys have collected the wheat, they should be able to handle this little thing!" Looking at the wildflower blooming in the distance, Qiao Zhong's thoughts thought of another place, last year, the state pastor divided the fields to the poor people who had no fields in Jiangdong, and his family also got a share, so their family is now a family member of Qiao's mansion, and they also have a share of their own land to cultivate, which is very rare in the territory of any other prince, but in this Jiangdong territory, there are countless people.

"Uncle Zhong, is Uncle in there?" A very crisp and pleasant female voice reached Qiao Zhong's ears and brought him back to his senses, and then two stunning girls who looked very similar walked in front of Qiao Zhong.

"The master is meeting guests in the study, do the two young ladies have something to do with the master?" Seeing the two girls coming over, Qiao Zhong said with a heartfelt smile on his face. For these two fairy-looking and kind-hearted young ladies, there is no one in the entire Qiao family who does not like them, and Qiao Zhong has watched them grow up, and he has a feeling of licking calves for the two young ladies.

"Oh, it's okay, it's just that we sisters want to go out for a walk, so we want to say hello to my uncle, lest he don't know where we're going!" Da Qiao shook his head and said softly.

"Miss, but it's okay to go, I'll report to the master later." Qiao Zhong said with a smile. It is common for the two young ladies to go out to play, so this is not a big deal, as for the safety of the two young ladies, there is no need to worry, since the state pastor took office, the security of the entire Jiangdong has been greatly improved, not to mention that this is still the Anhui County where the state pastor is located, and even if there is really an accident, with the skills of the two young ladies and the comprehension of the love and righteousness skills, I believe that they can also get out safely, although he is not very skilled in martial arts, but he also knows how amazing the power of the love and righteousness skills is. (If you want to ask why Xiao Qiao's love skills are not used when he encounters the demon tiger, please refer to group 7)

"Oh!" Da Qiao nodded, and was about to leave with her sister Xiao Qiao, but before leaving, she swept her eyes to the guest hall and asked casually, "Who is coming to visit my uncle?" ”

"It's Lu He, the head of the Lu family, and Lu Xun, a little descendant of the Lu family!" Qiao Zhong replied truthfully.

"Lu Xun?" Da Qiao shouted in surprise.

"Ah, Brother Lu has come to see us!" Xiao Qiao also reacted and said very happily.

"Eh, two young ladies, do you know that Lu Xun?" Seeing the strange appearance of the two girls, Qiao Zhong was a little puzzled.

"Well, Lu Gongzi and our sisters have a life-saving grace!" Da Qiao came back to his senses and returned to his dignified and graceful appearance, just nodding slightly.

"I'm going to meet Brother Lu!" Xiao Qiao seemed to be very excited, leaving a word and hurriedly running to the guest hall.

"Wan'er, don't be rude, Gongzi Lu came to visit his uncle with the head of the Lu family!" Da Qiao saw Xiao Qiao running over, and just wanted to open his mouth to stop him, but he couldn't help but think of the gentle man with an extraordinary bearing in his heart, and followed after a slight hesitation.

"It's strange that a thirteen-year-old boy would have a life-saving grace for two young ladies? Miss Qiao Wan still calls him Brother Lu? Seeing the two girls running over, Qiao Zhong felt that his brain couldn't turn a little, and he spit out a sentence halfway. Although Uncle's talent is limited, he is doing his best for himself, trying to leave a relatively intact Lu family to inherit for himself in the future.