Some people laughed and said, "Aunt Xu, don't screw it up, the fifth child is telling the truth, it's indeed like this......"

"Jiaojiao's niece in the past and Jiaojiao's niece are really not the same person now, if we didn't watch her changes every day, we wouldn't believe it."

"The fifth child is wronged this time, hahaha, who would have thought that Jiaojiao's niece would become so good-looking now!"

……

Such a joke, Xu Zhang's heart was happy.

Let go of the old five.

Xu Lao Wu was sure that it was Xu Jiaojiao, so he responded to her, "Old sister, is it really my old sister?" This, this, this...... The fifth brother was rude. ”

Xu Jiaojiao had an embarrassed but polite smile on her face.

Xu Youde asked Xu Lao Wu to go back to the house and talk again, he missed his son for so long.

Want to know how he's doing, how he's doing outside? How are you doing? What have you been doing in the past two years......

These are inconvenient to ask in public.

Lao Xu's family entered the courtyard and closed the door.

When he came to the hall, Xu Youde asked all the questions he was concerned about.

Xu Lao Wu said them one by one.

He followed the owner of the ancient blacksmith shop in Shazhou County to learn the blacksmith craft, this ancient blacksmith master Lu Ziguang, half of the time is not in Shazhou County all the year round, and took Xu Lao Wu everywhere to pick up work, this time he went to the cold city to build the city gate. Hancheng is located in a remote area, which is the border of the Great Xiang Kingdom, and there are often bandits. There are also wild people on the other side of the cold city, those wild people are not the inhabitants of Daxiang Country, they live in groups and wander on the snow field, and they are all tall and mighty when they encounter anything, and their combat effectiveness is very strong.

In order to protect the safety of the people, the governor of Hancheng re-strengthened the city wall.

Reinforcement of the city walls, this is a big project.

Xu Lao Wu's master, surnamed Gu, is named Shu. Master Gu has been taking the fifth child to build a city gate in the cold city for a year, and that gate has to be cast with a lot of iron mortar, which is easier said than done, building a city gate, building weapons or something......

After more than a year of busy work, the project was almost completed, and Master Gu also received the silver, and finally returned home.

……

After saying that, Xu Laosi suddenly realized, and his tone was a little envious.

"Fifth brother, it's good that you are young, if my fourth brother is as young as you, I will also go with you to build the city gate. Look at the muscles of your body, it looks like you have a lot of strength, and the fourth brother is so envious of you. By the way, have you ever seen the wildlings outside the Cold City? It is said that savages can eat live people? Is it true? ”

Xu Lao Wu replied, "Why haven't you seen it?" I have seen it several times, the leader of the savages has always wanted to attack the cold city, and once with thousands of savages, the savages will throw, with great strength, and can climb, which is very amazing...... However, the walls of the cold city were high and the defense facilities were good, and they were not defeated after several battles, and after that, the wild people did not come. ”

Xu Zhangshi was terrified when he heard this, "My son! Are you okay? Fighting a war is a matter for the imperial court and the generals, and you a little blacksmith must not participate indiscriminately. ”

"Mother, you think too much, when you fight, the city walls are heavily guarded, and ordinary people are not allowed to go up, and if you go up, you will be arrested and executed as a spy! Your son and I are not so stupid, to send him to death, I was thinking that I could come back before the autumn harvest and help my father and mother harvest the grain, but it was because I was surrounded by wild people near the cold city recently, so I delayed my return. The master was frightened, and said that he would never go to such a far place in the future, and life was more important than silver. Xu Lao Wu explained lightly.

Xu Lao Er said, "No, listening to you say this, this is simply pinning your head to the waistband to make money, so your salary is probably a lot, right?" How many taels of silver did your master give you? ”

Xu Lao Wu rubbed his hands unnaturally, "I'm an apprentice, and the master said that when I leave the master's office, I will talk about the salary ......."

Xu Laosi glared, incredulous, "Your master is too unkind, isn't it, since you are an apprentice, you still take you to such a far place to do things?" Is anyone willing to do it? Since you have done something, in such a dangerous place, you don't have to pay a little, right? Where is this blacksmith apprentice, this is a hard work! It should be a lot of silver for your life......"

Xu Lao Wu was silent.

Xu Zhang also felt that this master was a little unkind.

But she didn't say it explicitly, her son has been an apprentice to Master Gu for two or three years, and a strong young man can work when he is taken out, and he is so far away from home, and it is still a dangerous place to go for a year, and he shouldn't even give a big son.

Not to mention Xu Zhang's family, even Xu Jiaojiao is thinking about it here, this master is afraid that he is not a kind person.

All of a sudden, the atmosphere fell silent.

Xu Youde said, "Forget it, don't talk about it, Master Gu must have his own plans, besides, there is nothing wrong with young people to endure hardships, people can't always look at silver, and it is also a harvest to go out and see something for a long time, not to mention learning skills from others, don't say anything about money and money, it's cliché." ”

As soon as he opened his mouth, the topic was revealed.

Xu Lao Wu said a few times, "Dad is right, I think so too, although the master did not pay me a salary, but in the cold city, my iron-making skills are good, sometimes in my spare time, someone will find someone to do private work, the big head was taken away by the master, but I also left a few small money, I saved about two taels of silver, and took it back to honor my father." ”

As he spoke, he took out a small rag bag from the burden around his waist.

There are some broken silver in it, which roughly adds up, and it does look like more than two taels.

It was handed over to Xu Zhang.

Xu Zhangshi glanced at the fifth child, he was wearing old clothes, with rough patches in several places, and the pants seemed to be the one she sewed when she went out two years ago, because he was long and short, he took it several times under the trouser tube.

It looks like if you grow a little taller, then take a lap, grow a little taller, and take another lap.

I haven't bought a new dress for a year or two.

The blacksmith's family looked at the child like this, and did not pay him money or buy him a new garment......

It's a pity, the child also saved more than two taels of silver, and took it back to honor the two elders.

This kid is a sincere heart!

Xu Zhang's eyes turned red again, put away the silver, and went to the town tomorrow to buy new cloth and sew new clothes for the fifth child.

"Even if you kid still have a conscience, you still think about your father and mother outside."

Xu Lao Wu also laughed heartlessly, he couldn't say such affectionate words as Xu Lao Si, but he was really much more active, and after giving Xu Zhang's two taels of silver, he took some gadgets from his waist bag.