Chapter 339: Years Ago
Xu Liang's carriage followed the old lady, that is, Feng's family, turned a few streets, watched her knock on the doors of several houses from a distance through the curtain of the car, and was subjected to many blank eyes, insults, and her body became more and more dangerous, however, at last, a family gave her two black and hard steamed buns.
Feng stopped begging, and protected the two black steamed buns in the palm of his hand, holding a bamboo cane, and walked straight forward.
Xu Liang's carriage followed from a distance, wanting to see where Feng was staying.
"This is not the way to Huangfu." Feng Suqin had already wiped away her tears, looked at the back of the person in the distance, and said.
Xu Liang didn't speak, and the more Feng went afar, the more dilapidated the streets became, and the more refugees there were. Eventually, the carriage stopped in front of a long-abandoned straw hut.
Xu Liang and Feng Suqin got out of the carriage and looked at the low and dilapidated grass shed in front of them, and there was a layer of livestock manure on the stone steps at the entrance, which had long since dried up, and Xu Liang could see at a glance that this was an abandoned horse shed or cowshed.
Xu Liang motioned to the two Tsing Yi guards, and the two Tsing Yi guards stepped forward cautiously and pushed open the broken door.
A bamboo cane suddenly stabbed out from behind the door, and as the bamboo cane came out, there was a roar, the voice was timid but resolute.
The sudden change took everyone outside the hut in shock. Fortunately, Xu Liang's personal guards were carefully selected from the Tsing Yi guards, and their skills were not weak.
Therefore, the staff did not stab them, and the two Tsing Yi guards dodged away, looking at the grass hut vigilantly.
Feng Shi scattered his hair, his eyes were frightened, and his hand holding the bamboo cane was crossed. Hiding behind the door, he shouted inwardly, "You guys." Who are you?! ”
Feng Suqin stepped forward and said softly, "Uncle." Don't be afraid, I'm Suqin. ”
Feng Shi was stunned, heard Feng Suqin's voice, hesitated for a while, and opened the door a little, revealing a sad and wooden face.
Feng's hands were still holding the bamboo cane, obviously not letting down his guard because of Feng Suqin's arrival.
"Auntie......" Feng Suqin called again.
Feng Shi didn't seem to hear it, and his gaze fell from Feng Suqin's head to Xu Liang's head in turn.
Xu Liang bowed slightly.
Feng's expression relaxed slightly, and he was silent for a while. Turned around and went back to the hut.
Feng Suqin followed, and when Xu Liang saw it, he smiled bitterly and walked in with his head bowed.
I could see from the outside that this was a cow and horse shed, but now I entered the inside and confirmed it again. The smell of livestock manure fills all corners of the hut.
The grass hut was really broken, and the weed-walled courtyard and roof were full of holes, and the cool breeze penetrated through those holes, blowing the grass clippings on the ground up and down.
Lean into the inner corner. A few old clothes were laid out flat, like a simple bed. Feng sat on the edge of the bed, his head lowered, and his eyes fell on the two half-bitten black steamed buns blankly.
Xu Liang and Feng Suqin glanced at each other. They all saw a look of surprise in their eyes. The tip of Feng Suqin's nose was sour, she stepped forward and squatted beside Feng's, and choked up: "Uncle." How did you become like this? ”
Feng Shi was speechless, and his eyes still fell on the two black steamed buns that he had worked so hard to get. Shoulders are slightly creasuring.
"Uncle, let's go back to Xu's mansion with Suqin." Feng Suqin said again.
Feng Shi slowly raised his head to look at her. There were tears flashing in his eyes, his lips twitched, and he looked up at Xu Liang again, with a hint of inquiry in his eyes.
Feng Suqin also turned her head to look at Xu Liang.
Xu Liang sighed lightly, met Feng's gaze, and said sincerely: "I didn't expect my aunt to have such a difficult time, and it was Xu Liang's fault that I couldn't take my aunt over to live in the house as soon as possible." Auntie, you can go back to the house with us. ”
Feng's tears fell in strings, and he began to cry softly.
Feng Suqin held her shoulders and persuaded softly: "Uncle, why are you alone, cousin?" ”
When Feng heard this, his crying became louder.
Feng Suqin hurriedly said: "Okay, aunt don't cry first, let's go home with Suqin first." ”
Feng sobbed and shook his head gently.
"How?" Feng Suqin saw her shaking her head, she couldn't understand what Feng meant, didn't she want to go back with her? Right now, Feng Min'er doesn't know what's going on, the Feng family actually fell into such a field again, Feng Suqin didn't see it, now that she saw it, how could she let it go?
"You don't want to go back to the house with Suqin?" Feng Suqin asked again.
Feng Shi cried for a while, the cry gradually became quieter, Wen Yan stared at Feng Suqin with reddened eyes, shook his head and said, "I don't want to go back to Xufu, I want to go back to Jianchang." ”
Feng Suqin was stunned for a moment, looked at her in a daze, and didn't know how to answer for a while.
At this time, Xu Liang said loudly: "You go back to Xu's Mansion with us first, and I will arrange for someone to send you back to Jianchang after the year." ”
Feng Shi raised his head, looked at Xu Liang with wide eyes, and said, "Really? ”
Xu Liang nodded, "It's more real than real money!" ”
Hearing Xu Liang's words, Feng suddenly had a smile of relief on his face, looked at Xu Liang and said steadily: "Xu Liang, you are an official of the court, you can't coax me into a bad old woman." ”
Xu Liang said with a smile: "Uncle, you are too worried, I swear in the name of our Emperor Ming, and I will arrange for someone to send you back to Jianchang after the year." ”
Feng Shi listened, thought for a while, nodded, and said, "I believe you are." ”
Then she got up and packed up her own belongings in the hut, a few tattered clothes, a thin quilt, an oil umbrella, and an old bowl......
Feng wanted to take the packed things by herself, Feng Suqin put her things down, helped her and said with a smile: "You go back to the house with me first, I'll let someone take these things." ”
Feng Suqin helped Feng out of the grass shed, and Feng Suqin wanted to help her get into the carriage, but Feng refused to live or die, preferring to walk by herself. Xu Liang and Feng Suqin persuaded them to no avail, so they had to rely on her and let the two Tsing Yi guards go into the grass shed to get the objects and put them in the car. The group rushed back to Xu's mansion first and settled the Feng family. Xu Liang and Feng Suqin then set off for the Pingliang Chamber of Commerce to participate in the reception.
The wealthy businessmen of the Pingliang Chamber of Commerce, seeing that the dignified Pingliang Tongzhi Xu personally came to participate in the reception, they were all overjoyed, and they responded to Xu Liang who came to meet accompanied by Liang Yinxian, the president of the Chamber of Commerce. With the consolidation of Xu Liang's position in Pingliang Mansion, no one in the Chamber of Commerce would not understand the influence of Xu Liang's attitude on the entire Pingliang business, and they all thought of ways to curry favor at the banquet.
Xu Liang coped with it for a while, and gradually became a little unbearable. It just so happened that Feng Suqin was also thinking about her uncle Feng who had just returned to Xu's mansion. So Xu Liang took advantage of his strength to leave early. This made Liang Yinxian, president of the Chamber of Commerce, feel regretful.
On the way back to Xu's Mansion, Feng Suqin was faintly anxious. Seeing this, Xu Liang patted her on the shoulder and comforted her.
After Feng Suqin calmed down a little, Feng Suqin remembered Xu Liang's words outside the grass shed, and couldn't help but chuckle: "Xianggong, how can you swear in the name of our emperor?" ”
Xu Liang chuckled lightly and asked rhetorically, "What, why not?" ”
Feng Suqin said: "It's the prime minister, you swear, how can you use someone else's name!" ”
When Xu Liang heard this, he shrugged his shoulders indifferently and said, "I'm used to swearing in someone else's name, because of that, even if I accidentally break the oath, most of the bad luck in the future will not be me." ”
Feng Suqin was so shocked that she couldn't close her mouth, pointed at Xu Liang and said, "Xianggong, you are really ......"
"What is it?" Xu Liang asked, "Too scoundrel?" ”
Feng Suqin couldn't cry or laugh, thought for a long time, and said, "It's too despicable, it's too shameless!" ”
When Xu Liang heard this, he was not ashamed, but proud. The two laughed for a while, and Feng Suqin asked worriedly: "Xianggong, after the New Year, do you really want to send your aunt back to Jianchang?" ”
Xu Liang leaned against the car window, thought about it carefully, and said, "It's not that I want to send her back, it's that she insists on going back." Xu Liang sighed lightly and said, "Have you thought about it, in fact, it's good that your aunt can go back to Jianchang, just to be a companion with your mother-in-law." Now that Huang Ziren is following Zhu Zijian to create a rebellion against the Ming Dynasty, Feng Min'er has been arrested for the most part, and your aunt is basically helpless in Pingliang. It is not a good way to return to Jianchang. ”
Feng Suqin thought for a while, oh.
The Xu Mansion has arrived.
Feng Suqin hurried to see Feng, and when Xu Liang saw this, he also followed over to say hello.
Entering the room that was specially packed out for the Feng family to live in, Xu Liang and Feng Suqin were both stunned.
Feng Shi in the house had already changed into warm and gorgeous clothes, and in Xu Liang and Feng Suqin's expectations, she should be sitting by the stove to warm her hands, drinking tea, and eating snacks at this moment.
But she didn't. Feng was bending down to spread out the few pieces of clothing she had brought back from the hut on the brand-new bed, and she was carefully folding them neatly, and she was doing it so earnestly that she didn't notice Xu Liang and Feng Suqin when they entered the house. (To be continued......)