There was a sound of footsteps on the stairs, and Yang Gendi stumbled down the stairs. She is a country woman, and she has not bound her feet, but she has been in the county seat for more than half a month, and she is still not used to taking the stairs. When she reached the last level, she almost tripped over, but Su Hao stepped forward quickly and helped her up.

"Mom, I'm back." Su Hao said.

Yang Gendi pulled her son, looked up and down for a long time, and said, "Why are you so tanned?" I saw some flesh on my face, and my spirit seemed to be much better. ”

After Su Hao went to the countryside, he thought that Lu Xiu'er was staying alone in the county seat and living in a big house, which was not safe, so he sent someone to Longkou Village to ask Yang Gendi to come to live in the city. Yang Gendi handed over all the work in her field to Su Xiaohu's family to help take care of it, and said that after the harvest, she would take out a few percent as a reward, and then moved to the city with her luggage.

These days, Yang Gendi and Lu Xiuer are looking forward to Su Hao's early return every day, but Su Hao is busy and can't care about the letter from the trustee, but he suddenly came back, which caught his mother and sister off guard.

After checking it carefully and confirming that her son was not sick, injured, or bullied, Yang Gendi put her mind at ease, and then noticed Deng Kui and Hao Tong, who were standing at the door like two door gods, and couldn't help but ask strangely: "Hao'er, ......who are these two big brothers?"

Su Hao hurriedly introduced: "Oh, these are two friends I met in the countryside, and they came to the city to do something with me. I want them to live in the wing room behind our house, Mom, do you think it's okay? ”

"Of course, of course." Yang Gendi said repeatedly: "Two little brothers, come in and sit, what are you doing standing?" ”

Yang Gendi has always regretted that she didn't have a few more children, which made Su Hao alone. When he was in the village, Su Hao only read sage books and didn't have much contact with the young people around him, which made Yang Gendi very worried that when something happened in the future, Su Hao would be bullied without a helper. Now seeing that Su Hao brought back two friends, and they were both strong men with strong martial arts, he couldn't help but be overjoyed.

Countrymen are a little different from city dwellers, and city dwellers are somewhat resistant to their relatives and friends from outside, fearing that others will disturb their lives. Countrymen, on the other hand, like to be lively, and the more people in the family, the happier they are. Yang Gendi is like this, when she heard that Deng Kui and Hao Tong were going to live in her own home, she was as warm as welcoming her children and nephews.

"The villain gave the old lady and the eldest lady a salute."

Deng Kui and Hao Tong saluted Yang Gendi and Lu Xiu'er in unison, they were both born as personal soldiers and had been strictly trained in etiquette. Although they were reluctant to be on an errand for Su Hao, when they met Su Hao's family, they still had to do enough etiquette.

"Oh, don't call the two little brothers like that, what an old lady, I'm just an old woman in the country. Since you are friends with my family Hao'er, you can call me aunt, and Xiu'er will call me sister. Yang Gendi corrected the titles of Deng Kui and Hao Tong with a smile on her face.

"How dare you ......" the two said.

"There's nothing to dare or not, it's decided." Su Hao said, "Two, the things that Mr. Tu explained can't be completed in a day or two, and it is estimated that it will have to trouble the two of you to stay in my house for a little longer." Since we live together, it's better to order casually. In this way, in the future, you will call my mother aunt, my sister by name, and she will be called Xiu'er. ”

Speaking of this, he turned his head to his mother and sister and said, "Mom, this brother's name is Deng Kui, and that brother's name is Hao Tong, both of them are good men who have killed enemies at the border pass, so you can call them by their names in the future." Xiu'er, you call them Brother Deng and Brother Hao, understand? ”

"Got it." Lu Xiuer pursed her lips and said with a smile, she was a little shy when she first saw someone, but she was also very happy when there were a few more people in the family.

Deng Kui and Hao Tong persevered for another long time, and finally accepted Su Hao's arrangement. The two of them were also rural children before they became soldiers, they went out with Deng Zilong at the age of thirteen or fourteen, and they have been soldiers for almost ten years now, and they have almost forgotten about rural life. Seeing Yang Gendi's simple smiling face, they seemed to have returned to their teenage days, and they suddenly felt close to Su Hao's family in their hearts.

Yang Gendi went out to buy vegetables with a basket, and her son came back and brought back two friends, so she naturally had to prepare a large table of dishes to greet her. Su Hao asked Lu Xiu'er to help clean the back wing room and let Deng Kui and Hao Tong stay. These two were originally soldiers, and as long as they had a hard bed to sleep on, they were satisfied.

After settling down briefly, Su Hao let Deng Kui and Hao Tong take care of themselves, whether they were willing to go to the street to play, or to practice martial arts and fight in the courtyard behind the house, and he went back to his room upstairs, planted himself on the bed, and refused to move.

"Brother, why did you lie on the bed without washing your face?" Lu Xiu'er followed behind Su Hao, looking at Su Hao lying on the bed with a dirty appearance, and couldn't help frowning.

"Xiu'er, brother, I'm tired of this trip." Su Hao lay there and replied weakly. People are like this, they can still hold on when they are busy, once they stop, the exhaustion of their bodies comes out together, and he has only one idea now, that is, to sleep under the quilt for three days and three nights.

Lu Xiu'er looked at Su Hao's appearance, and couldn't help but feel a little distressed. She stepped forward and helped Su Hao take off her coat and shoes, and then went to the kitchen to pour hot water, scoop up towels and wash Su Hao's face and feet. She had never waited for Su Hao like this in the past, but now she felt that Su Hao was like an adult, and even the magistrate praised her for doing things, and it seemed natural for her to take care of Su Hao.

Su Hao let his sister fiddle with him like a dead pig, and when Lu Xiu'er washed his face, the breath exhaled from his nose sprayed onto his face, with a bit of girlish fragrance. Su Hao sighed softly comfortably: "Alas, there is a sister like this, what more can the husband ask for!" ”

"What did you say?" Lu Xiuer didn't understand.

Su Hao opened his eyes, looked at Lu Xiu'er, and said with a smile: "I mean, my sister is the best sister in the world." ”

"Phew!" Lu Xiu'er's face was slightly red, a fifteen-year-old girl already had some ignorance about the affairs of men and women. She also knew that her identity was Su Hao's child daughter-in-law, and she was going to marry Su Hao in the future.

"Brother Hao, I heard that when officials go to the countryside, the chief will arrange for young women to give them warm quilts. You've been in the countryside for a month, do you have someone to help you warm up every day? Lu Xiu'er asked half-jokingly.

"Is there such a thing? Who do you listen to? Su Hao asked.

"I listened to what Sister-in-law Wu said." Lu Xiuer said. The sister-in-law Wu she said is Wu Da's wife Feng, and the women's families get together, so they like to spread some such gossip, in fact, Lu Xiuer herself doesn't believe it very much, she can't imagine what kind of scene it is for someone to give Su Haonuan quilt.

"It's a loss, it's a loss." Su Hao said repeatedly, and at the same time showed a look of remorse on his face.

"What's wrong?" Lu Xiu'er asked in surprise, she thought Su Hao had done something wrong.

Su Hao said: "Why didn't you say it earlier? If I said it earlier, I would have let the following lieutenants and heads of the armor make arrangements. Don't say it, when I was in Dashun Township, I really saw a beautiful girl, that beautiful ......"

Syllable! Lu Xiu'er slapped Su Hao's body, and said, "You really want people to give you a warm quilt!" Let me tell you, Sister-in-law Wu told me, you are now an official, I have to control you strictly, and I can't let you touch those bad women who are not careful. ”

"Make no mistake!" Su Hao shouted, "This Wu Da doesn't care about his wife, and instills some bad ideas in my sister all day long!" ”

"That's not a bad idea!" Lu Xiu'er argued, "Sister-in-law Wu said that some people learn bad when they become officials, and I don't allow you to learn badly." ”

Speaking of learning badly, Su Hao suddenly remembered, he pointed to the burden he put on the table, and said to Lu Xiu'er: "Xiu'er, open the burden and take a look." ”

Lu Xiu'er inexplicably took the burden, and when she carried it in her hand, she asked in surprise: "What is it, how can it be so heavy?" ”

"Just open it and see." Su Hao said.

Lu Xiu'er opened the bag and took a look, only to see that in the middle of a pile of clothes, there were more than a dozen pieces of silver of different sizes. She covered her mouth in fright and whispered, "Where did you get so much silver?" ”

Su Hao said: "Don't ask, anyway...... It's not bad to come from the wrong way, you can take it all and give it to your mother when you come back. ”

"So much silver, I'm afraid there are dozens of taels, right?" Lu Xiu'er asked.

"It's a hundred taels." Su Hao said, "It was all sent by the chiefs and leaders of the villages." ”

Lu Xiu'er hesitated: "Did you accept the money sent by the people?" Isn't that a good idea? ”

Su Hao shook his head and said: "This is all unspoken rules, it is not appropriate not to accept it, I don't accept it, and it will be cheaper for those officials." Besides, I can be regarded as going to work for the welfare of the people, and I don't have a bad time receiving this money. ”

"It turns out that being an official makes so much money." Lu Xiu'er sighed with emotion, "Brother, is it that our family will no longer have to farm in the future." ”

"Well, there's no need to farm, I'll be responsible for earning money in the future, and you'll be responsible for spending money, which is good." Su Hao said with a smile.

"I don't!" Lu Xiu'er pouted and said, "People don't just spend money." In the past half a month, people have earned one or two or three dollars of silver. ”

"What? You stay in the city and still make money? Tell me about it. Su Hao said with interest.