In the next few days, Ding Hao spent most of his time wandering around the village in addition to going into the city to get medicine for Ding Chengzong once a day, hoping to have a chance to have a few more chance encounters with Dong Xiaoniang, but at this time it was already a busy farming season, and the farmers were busy plowing the land, raking the land, sprinkling seeds, and fertilizing. The Dong family rents twelve acres of land and is naturally busy.

Dong Li's family has many brothers, each brother has a family, they are all prosperous children and grandchildren, and there are many strong laborers, and the two villages live not far away, so they often come to help. But after all, people are here to help, although Luo Dong'er is a weak female streamer, she can't sit back and enjoy her success, she follows them every day to sow seeds and fertilize, and is busy, even if Ding Hao wants to see her, he can only stand on the ridge at the head of the village, looking at her slender figure from afar, and he doesn't even have a chance to talk.

Circling around the ridges of the village all day, Ding Hao heard some news related to him from the villagers. I heard that after the four girls of the Liu family knew that he refused to marry, they were both aggrieved and humiliated, so they threw themselves on the kang and cried in front of Aunt Li.

He also heard that the fourth girl's mother snatched the colored satin from Aunt Li's hand and threw it to the ground, and stomped on the satin with her newly made cloth shoes. Ding Hao was very apologetic, and took the time to give Aunt Li a piece of colored satin as a thank you gift.

Ding Hao, who is full of apologies, still unswervingly implements his life plan: try to use this time as much as possible to accumulate more life; Try to take care of your mother's body; After leaving the Ding family, he worked hard while he was young, earned a career of his own, and lived a free and easy life.

Of course, the happier result is to take away Luo Dong'er's poor and cute little Nizi with her, but in this era, even if she is an unmarried girl, it is difficult to get in touch with her, not to mention that she is still a widow. If you don't even have the opportunity to make contact, how can you capture her heart?

During this time, Luo Dong'er didn't gain anything, but he had other gains in the Ding family, which can be regarded as a lost harvest of mulberry elm. Every time he came back from the city to get medicine, he had to personally send it to Ding Chengzong. Ding Chengzong was very enthusiastic about him, and often invited him to sit and chat with him, drink tea and wine together, and the situation was like treating his own housekeeper, but like making friends. Mrs. Lu often accompanies her husband, talks and laughs, and is also very polite to Ding Hao.

Ding Hao saw that the eldest young master treated him very enthusiastically, but he was the eldest young master because he was now incapacitated, and he wanted to find someone to chat with to relieve his boredom.

People in the village say that he has been lit by the fox fairy, which is a good layer of protection, and sometimes there are occasional shocking words, which do not arouse suspicion. Anyway, his limelight has been revealed a lot, and there is no need to hide it, so when he interacts with Ding Chengzong, Ding Hao speaks freely, and often has novel words, which makes Ding Chengzong amazed.

Ding Chengzong has been taking care of the family business for his father in recent years, and has accumulated a lot of business experience and experience, although Ding Hao has more than thousands of years of knowledge than him, but he can only talk about some macro understanding, when it comes to the various nuances of business operations in this era, how to operate and develop under various conditions limited to this era, he is completely a layman. Ding Chengzong never hid his selfishness from Ding Hao, and when Ding Hao asked what he was talking about, he explained it in detail, and he told Ding Hao unreservedly what he had learned, and in his dealings with him, Ding Hao gained a lot of valuable business experience that he might have endured to get through all his hardships.

These two people have frequent interactions, and Ding Tingxun is worried, but Ding Chengzong has been languishing a few days ago, and now he has a good conversation with Ding Hao, and seems to have recovered some spirits, how can he bear to do anything that makes his son unhappy, only hope that Ding Chengye can be as productive as Chengzong, so that he can rest assured that he will hand over the family business to him to take care of.

Ding Chengye didn't actually want to show himself in front of his father, but he didn't have a long life in anything, and it didn't take long for him to throw things on Yan Jiu and go to spend all his time drinking and being happy. Everyone has his life goals, a gentleman's life goals, how high can you expect it to be?

Ding Hao and Ding Chengzong have a close relationship, Ding Chengye is not unaware, but he doesn't care, in his opinion, the eldest brother is already a wasted person, even if he has great ability, he can no longer compete with him, his most eager thing now is to get Luo Dong'er's delicate little cabbage, and fulfill his long-cherished wish.

In the past few days, he has been urging Liu Shiyi tightly, and Liu Shiyi naturally tried his best to stammer, so some rumors about Ding Hao and Luo Dong'er spread quickly in Dingjiazhuang, but Ding Hao, who was the party concerned, was still completely in the dark at this time. These days, he drank tea, played chess, and chatted with Ding Chengzong, and he thought that his steward career could last in this kind of leisure until the expiration of half a year, but after just a few days of leisure, Ding Tingxun appointed an envoy to him.

It turned out that the Bazhou Mansion was building a water conservancy and wanted to dig a river canal, which flowed through the vicinity of Dingjiazhuang. The wages for digging the canals were provided by the state government, but the labor was apportioned by the villages and towns through which the canals flowed, and the people in charge of the envoys were the guardians of the villages and towns. Because the villagers of Dingjiazhuang are all tenants of the Ding family, so the influence of the village's Baozheng Zhen Yangge in Zhuangzi is far less than that of Ding Tingxun, the head of the Ding family, and he has to nod Ding Tingxun if he wants to do something.

Ding Tingxun was worried that his son had a close relationship with Ding Hao, but there was no suitable reason to stop it. As soon as he heard Zhen Baozheng explain his intentions, he immediately pushed the boat down the river, sent the messenger to Ding Hao, and sent him to repair the river and dig a ditch. However, the Ding family relies on the fields to eat, and this canal flows near Dingjiazhuang, which is very beneficial to the Ding family, and Ding Tingxun did not dare to be careless about this matter, and then arranged for Liu Shiyi to cooperate with Ding Hao. Liu Shiyi is the steward of the outer courtyard of the Ding family, he was in charge of this aspect when he used to repair the canal, and at the same time he knew everything about every household in the village.

Ding Hao knew that he was far inferior to Liu Shiyi in this regard, so he did not pretend at all, and humbly listened to Liu Shiyi's opinion, and when Liu Shiyi helped him finalize the labor of the lottery, he took the list and Zhen Baozheng went door to door to inform them, asking them to gather at the head of the village early tomorrow morning and go to work to dig ditches.

After this lap, his legs were thinner, Ding Hao said goodbye to Zhen Baozheng, and was about to go back to rest, just after walking not far away, Zhen Baozheng chased after him again, panting and shouting: "Ding is in charge, and stay." ”

Ding Hao said authentically: "Zhen Baozheng, what else is going on?" ”

Zhen Baozheng said: "I will go to work tomorrow, but these 100 people eat and drink on the canal, who is responsible for cooking?" I'll have to find a few more cooks to make it. ”

"Ouch!" Ding Hao patted his head and said: "I almost forgot about this, Zhen Baozheng is not in a hurry, I will discuss it with Steward Liu when I go back, I will definitely be able to arrange it properly, and I will never miss the work tomorrow." ”

"How many cooks are missing on the construction site?" Ding Hao walked back, and suddenly thought of Luo Dong'er: "This is a good opportunity, can you hire her?" But ......, I'm afraid that as soon as I show up, then Dong Li will not have a good face for me, how can I be invited, it is better to ask Liu Shiyi to come forward. ”

Ding Hao made a plan in his heart, and when he returned to Ding's mansion, he went to find Liu Shiyi, but he didn't see Liu Shiyi's figure after a few turns, and when he saw that he had arrived in front of him, he turned in. As soon as he entered the room, there was a row of large water tanks at the door, Ding Hao scooped a scoop of well water and drank it, wiped his mouth and shouted inside: "Steward Liu, is Steward Liu here?" ”

Liu Ming ran out of the back room, wiped his hands on the oil-stained apron, and said with a smile: "It turned out to be Steward Ding, Steward Liu is not here, why are you free to come over today?" Come into my room and sit down, I'll ask someone to fry a few side dishes, and then scald a pot of wine, and let's have a few cups of wine. ”

Ding Hao scooped up the scoop of water again, bent over to wash his sweaty face and neck, and said with a smile: "No need, I still have something to do." Wash your face and go. What are you busy with, how can you also sweat with relish. ”

Liu Ming said: "I just took someone to the backyard to move a few bags of rice back, hehe, and I also watched the excitement by the way." ”

Ding Hao asked while washing his face, "What is the excitement behind the courtyard?" ”

Liu Ming's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said with a smile: "The Dong family's liveliness, the Dong family's mother-in-law heard some rumors out of nowhere, and she was furious at home, and she rectified her daughter-in-law fiercely, and now she is being punished for kneeling in the courtyard." ”

Ding Hao was stunned when he heard this, and his voice hardened: "Mother-in-law of the Dong family, why?" ”

Liu Ming grinned and said: "Speaking of which, this matter still has something to do with you, and now the entire Dingjiazhuang has spread, saying that the little lady of the Dong family is good with you, and Aunt Li went to the Dong family to say goodbye to you, just because the two of you have long had a personal relationship and are already in love...... What's that hot...... Hey, it's not good anyway, I don't believe it, and I don't know which bastard is chewing on the root of his tongue. ”

Ding Hao came up as soon as he heard the fire, he threw the gourd scoop back into the vat with a "snap", turned around and walked out. Since the matter has been pulled on his head, he has to go to the end no matter what, so that a weak woman in his family suffers because of him, is it still a man?

Liu Ming grabbed him and said hurriedly: "I said brother, what are you doing here?" ”

Ding Hao's eyes erupted with fire, and he said angrily: "I'll go to Dong's house to have a look!" ”

Liu Ming blinked his eyes and said sneeringly: "What is this for, could it be...... Could it be that you really have a ...... with that little lady Dong?"

"Huh?" Ding Hao glared in a blink of an eye, and Liu Ming hurriedly laughed: "Don't don't, don't be angry, when I didn't say it, when I didn't say it." But...... Brother, if you go like this, the original thing of chasing the wind and shadows has been confirmed, and it is not good to spread it. Besides, after all, Dong Xiaoniang is the daughter-in-law of the Dong family, and the resignation book hasn't been written yet, if she doesn't write the resignation letter for a day, Dong Xiaoniang is still a member of the Dong family, so the mother-in-law teaches her daughter-in-law a natural lesson, how can outsiders take care of it? Listen to my brother's advice, you better not go. ”

Ding Hao ** said: "Brother, don't worry, I have my own measure, no matter how bad I am, I won't be unreasonable, I go to someone's house to make trouble, but since the matter started because of me, how can I be the turtle with a shrunken head?" ”

"You...... But how do you tell people when you go? ”

"Just act when the opportunity arises."

"How?" Liu Ming said: "Who made me treat you as my brother, I can't see you embarrassed." I have something to tell you, and it may help you, but brother, don't say that I said it, I can't afford to provoke him. ”

Ding Haoqi said: "What's the matter, although Steward Liu said it, my brother is very strict, and he will never confide in him if he shouldn't say it." ”

Liu Ming looked around, pulled Ding Hao, pulled him under the wall, and muttered in a low voice: "Let me tell you, don't look at the Dong family's mother-in-law yelling, like a chaste martyr, this mother-in-law is not a thing, she, she has already hooked up with our Liu Steward, it has been several years, but this mother-in-law's home is in the backyard of our Ding family's compound, and the two of them don't attract much attention." If it weren't for the fact that Liu Shiyi often came to my kitchen to get some meat to honor that mother-in-law, I wouldn't have noticed their secrets. ”

"Oh?" Ding Hao secretly thought: "If what Liu Ming said is true, then this mother-in-law is really a thief with a weak heart and shouted to catch the thief, if I have her handle, I can use her own way to treat others, but there is no evidence in this hurry, red mouth and white teeth say this, I am afraid that it will not help, and I will offend the villain Liu Shiyi in vain......"

Ding Hao was thinking about it, Liu Ming looked left and right, stood on tiptoe to the root of his ear, and said mysteriously: "Let me tell you, today Steward Liu went to Widow Dong's house, and I guessed it...... The adulterer and adulteress are getting better again. Steward Liu didn't dare not go home at night, so he cheated with the Dong family to find a good time, and he sneaked over to fool around in the afternoon.

Dong Xiaoniang went to our house today to send embroidery to the knitting workshop, Aunt Li was not there, she went back early, hey, you said that she would not be punished for kneeling early and not punished for kneeling late, Dong Xiaoniang just went back She had a seizure, I'm afraid it wasn't ...... Blocked the housekeeper Liu? Hehe, I'm just guessing...... Hey...... Just guessing ......."

Ding Hao laughed "hey", patted his fleshy shoulder and said, "Well, thank you Brother Liu, I know it in my heart, I will remember this love!" ”

ps: I received the recommendation ticket early in the morning, this love, I will remember ^_^; it