After the girl consulted with the old man, she asked the old man to wait here, and she and her younger brother went to the village with Wu You to call people.

Wu You's carriage looked simple on the outside, but it was very spacious and comfortable inside.

After the sister and brother got into the car, they found that there was a stove inside, and thick mats were spread all around, and the temperature inside and outside was simply two days, and the two who had never sat in such a comfortable carriage became even more restrained.

"Drink some water and warm up." Wu You took out a thermostatic tea cover, exposed the spout from the embroidered cotton cover, and poured two cups of ginger tea.

"Thank you, benefactor." The girl picked up a cup of tea and handed it to her younger brother, and then took a cup for herself, the spicy taste flowed down her throat into her stomach, and the girl felt back to her senses: "My name is Zeng Ni, this is my younger brother Zeng Fa, our grandfather and grandson are going out to catch the market and prepare things for the winter, because it gets dark early, my grandfather is in a hurry, so he fell into the ditch." I don't know what the benefactor is called? ”

"Don't have your surname Wu, the word You, you just call me Wu You." Wu You saw that Zeng Fa took a sip of ginger tea, and seemed to be a little afraid of spicy, so he pushed the pastries on the table in front of him, and said softly: "You are hungry, eat some pastries to cushion your stomach." ”

"If Wu Gongzi doesn't dislike it, he can come to our house tonight and settle down, although it's a little shabby." Zeng Ni picked up a piece of pastry and handed it to her brother, seeing him nibbling on it like a treasure.

"Then there will be labor." Wu You thanked.

The carriage had been traveling for about two minutes, and the barking of dogs could be faintly heard outside. I saw the large and small stilted buildings in front of me hidden between the bamboo forests, the back of the mountains and the cliffs, condescending, as if integrated with heaven and earth. Smoke rises from the blue-black corrugated trees, and the quaint little village rises with a hint of life.

As soon as Zeng Ni entered the village, she got out of the car and called for help, and Zeng Fa took Wu You to her home. His house is supported by wooden pillars and divided into two floors, with four rows of fans and three rooms.

The lower floor is used to store sundries, and the upper floor is the place where you eat and live. Zeng Fa took Wu You and Lin Cheng to the second floor, the upper floor was ventilated and dry, and the hall was equipped with a fire pit, so it was very warm and bright when the fire was lit.

Zeng Fa didn't talk much, but his hands and feet were very quick, he quickly cleaned up the room, and the quilt and pillowcases were all new, for fear that the nobles in front of him would not be comfortable.

"There's little brother Lao." Worry-free handed a piece of silver to Zeng Fa.

"Reluctantly, reluctantly." Zeng Fa waved his hand again and again, the nobleman was willing to live in their house, which was already a big face, and he also saved their family.

"We're leaving tomorrow, and we're going to have to bother our little brother to help us prepare some dry food." Wu You stuffed the silver into Zeng Fa's hand.

At this time, there was a commotion from downstairs, and they hurriedly went downstairs to see that a donkey with a broken leg was lying on the cart, and an elderly bell doctor checked its leg and shook his head: "It's a pity, it's a pity, this donkey's leg is really broken, and it can't be picked up." ”

"It's... What can I do about this..."Old man Zeng's eyes were red.

Zeng Fa also choked up on his vocal cords, and whispered: "This donkey is borrowed from Cunzheng, and we can't afford it in case we die." ”

Zeng Ni frowned slightly, and finally made up her mind: "Kill this donkey, everyone has worked hard today, bring a pound of meat back to taste it when you go back." ”

Hearing that Zeng Ni was going to kill the donkey, everyone gasped, although this donkey is not as expensive as a horse, but it is worth half a year for a family to chew.

Zeng Ni is also dripping blood in her heart, but this lame donkey village is not going to want it, she fell so hard, and she can't survive, so it is better to kill and sell meat and save some money to compensate.

In the yard, the donkey was killed, and the car was repaired.

Wu You saw Old Man Zeng standing next to him alone, his eyes were a little stunned, so he walked over and said, "Uncle Zeng, can you sell me that donkey skin, I am short of Ejiao, and I just plan to buy some donkey skins to boil." ”

Old man Zeng was a little confused, this donkey skin can also be used as medicine?

Wu You took out a bag of silver and stuffed it into the palm of his hand: "The most valuable thing on this donkey is donkey skin, if you don't want to go, you can take a few catties of meat with me to make dry food tomorrow." ”

The aunt who passed by saw that the noble little boy in front of her intended to help the old man's family, so she also said: "Last time, a noble person stayed at my house, and her maid took this thing called Ejiao to stew soup. ”

was about to push back, but Zeng Ni walked over, looked at Wu You gratefully, and said, "I don't know what this donkey-skinned boy wants to do?" ”

"Help me clean it and cut it into such a big strip and wrap it up." Wu You gestured.

Zeng Ni nodded, and went to deal with the donkey skin with Old Man Zeng.

"Nizi, why..."Old man Zeng whispered.

Zeng Ni lowered her head and pointed meaningfully: "Grandpa, I've already decided to sell it anyway, I'm willing to pick the one I have eyes to sell!" ”

Old man Zeng saw that she was resolute and sighed in his heart.

The night in the village seemed to come very quickly, and as soon as the donkeys were disposed of, the wind and snow howled.

The people in the house were talking, the fire in the stove was crackling, and the bustle and warmth drove away the bitter cold of winter.

With the addition of donkey meat, the dinner is rich.

Old man Zeng sandwiched a chopsticks and mixed donkey ear silk, and ate it with vegetables, with a crunchy taste. Zeng Ni on the side watched her grandfather smash his mouth, and hurriedly poked him lightly to make him pay attention to his image.

Old man Zeng saw Wu You gently plucking the soup with a spoon and slowly sending it to his mouth, as if he was not eating peasant dishes, but as elegant as participating in a palace banquet, and the candlelight shone on her face, with a halo that made people ashamed. For the first time, he felt that the action of smashing his mouth was particularly obscene.

"Wu Gongzi, you look so good when you eat." Zeng Fa praised in a low voice.

Wu You said gently: "Chewing slowly is good for digestion, and you can do it if you eat slowly." ”

"Wu Gongzi, seeing that you don't dress and talk like our locals, how did you come to such a remote place as us?" Zeng Ni asked curiously.

"I have a friend in Suzhou who wants to visit, so I hired Brother Lin to lead the way, passing through here." Wu You replied.

"I wonder if Wu Gongzi needs a servant to serve?" Zeng Ni asked with a red face.

"What does Miss Zeng mean?" Wu You was slightly surprised.

"Hey, I'll tell you the truth, there are only three people in my family, and life has been tight." Old man Wu said: "Nizi is good-looking, and the stupid son of the Lizheng family stared at her as a daughter-in-law, blaming me for not being able to protect her, so we discussed going to the town today to see if we could find a job to do, and staying outside for a few years can be regarded as hiding." ”

Wu You couldn't help but admire the family's temperament: "Then didn't you find it?" ”

"I found it, it was Chen Yuanwai's family in the town, his family opened a porcelain kiln, he was very wealthy, and the money was also rich, but he asked these two children to sign a ten-year job, we were a little hesitant and wanted to come back and discuss it again." Zeng Lao Han said.

"Does Miss Zeng know how to paint porcelain?" Wu You asked. As far as she knows, there are not many female workers in Shenglong, and although there are also porcelain workers, the porcelain industry is mainly painted porcelain.

"No, a few people outside the staff just took us to see the porcelain field, and didn't mention any painting porcelain." The old man shook his head.

"Then you'd better think again." Wu You suggested.

"Childe, if you need a servant, we are willing to follow you, don't want a son, just take care of the food." Zeng Ni said: "I have a lot of strength, my younger brother has a good memory, he can fiddle with carpentry, my grandfather has been to many places in his early years, and he is also very familiar with Suzhou." Sorry, Uncle Lin, we didn't want to steal your job. ”

"It's okay, I just sent Childe out of the city, I really don't know how to get to the Fengshu Valley that Childe said." Lin Cheng said with a smile.

"Fengshu Valley..."Old Man Zeng frowned slightly, "But the Fengshu Valley where the Shu clan settled?" ”

Wu You said: "Do you know? "Wu You asked several people before, but no one knew, but I didn't expect to meet here.

"I have some impression that they were closed more than 20 years ago." Old man Zeng said. "The Shu family is good at Qimen Dunjia, their immortal chief is a hexagram, and the stilted building in our village is in the shape of a tiger, which is the feng shui that I and the old village are going to invite the immortal chief of the Shu family to see. If they hadn't moved away, I still remember the way. But they set up Qimen Dunjia outside the valley, and ordinary people can't get in. Old man Zeng said.

"It's okay, you can lead the way. I have a friend who recently opened a tavern in Suzhou, if you are interested, I will introduce you to it, and the price will not be bad for you. "She went to Suzhou this time, first, to visit Su Ang, the township test has passed, he should return to the clan at this time. The second is that Jin Jiaozi's Guiyuan Pavilion has been opened in Suzhou, and as one of the pavilion owners, she has the responsibility to take a look, and by the way, see if the seeds brought to him by the original Tuo Ape have been planted.

The three of the old man, grandson and grandson were suddenly overjoyed: "Thank you Gongzi, we will definitely bring Gongzi smoothly." ”

After a busy day's work, everyone went to bed early, and everything was quiet in the house, except for the cold wind howling outside.

In the early morning of the next day, the genius was gray, and the three of the old man and grandson got up to pack their luggage, and Wu You only understood what Zeng Ni meant when she said that she had great strength, from chopping wood and fetching water to cooking, she did it alone, effortlessly.

"Childe." Zeng Fa purchased dry food from outside, and said back to Wu You: "You gave me three taels of silver yesterday, the dried meat cost one or two or five hundred wen, the baked cake cost two hundred wen, and the remaining one or two or three hundred wen are all here." ”

Wu You was a little surprised: "Have you ever read a book?" ”

Zeng Fa shook his head and said: "No, it's just that we have a master in our village, I will go outside the window to listen, I will write most of the words he teaches once, and I will help the villagers in need to write the curtain during the Spring Festival, I don't know if it's good or not, it's just to be happy." Occasionally, during the autumn harvest, I would help the villagers settle accounts. ”

These sisters and brothers are malleable, and Wu You secretly appreciates them in his heart.

After breakfast, the old man Zeng took the money given by Wu You and returned it to the village zheng, and the donkey meat was sold to the villagers cheaply.

This is to see that the village is coming over with a group of people and blocking their way.

"Steward Chen, do you think it's the three of the Zeng family?" Muramasa bowed his head and said.

The middle-aged man beside him was dressed in brocade clothes, glanced at the Zeng family brothers and sisters arrogantly, and said: "It's them, they signed the deed of sale with us yesterday, my family members are kind, let them come back and pack their luggage, I didn't expect to run away today!" ”

"That's it, I said how could this old man have the ability to kill donkeys and eat meat, it turned out that he was going to deceive Chen Yuanwai." The village is falling into the stone road under the well.

The other villagers gathered in a circle and whispered, but no one dared to speak for Old Man Zeng's family.

"You're lying!" Zeng Ni stepped forward and said: "We said yesterday that we would go home and think about where to sell ourselves to you, and you were talking about recruitment, we thought about it clearly, and we won't work in your porcelain kiln." ”

Steward Chen smiled coldly, raised his hand, and more than a dozen big men behind him stepped forward: "After signing the deed, it is our people, and they still want to spit out the things they swallow, it's not so easy, take them away." ”

"Do you still have a royal law?" Zeng Fa struggled.

"In Fengdu Town, Chen Yuanwai is Wang Fa!" Steward Chen said.

"Stop." With a clear cold snort, Steward Chen only felt that there seemed to be a strong wind blowing on his cheeks, and his palms were full of blood, which turned out to be a sleeve arrow that grazed his cheek and nailed it to the bamboo behind him. Steward Chen was so frightened that he suddenly took a few steps back.

"Who... Who is plotting against me! ”

Wu You walked out slowly, her demeanor was elegant, with an inviolable nobility, and everyone suddenly quieted down. "Outside the staff is just a kind of idle job, as long as they are willing to spend money, landlords and businessmen can donate a member to do it, and it is ridiculous that something that is useless for even an official position dares to call himself the king."

Steward Chen didn't expect such a character to appear in this mountain field, he stood up and said: "They have to sell this body if they don't sell it, they press their fingerprints, and they will either lose money or lose their lives." ”

"I'll take a look at the contract." Wu You said.

Steward Chen reluctantly took out the contract, Zeng Ni stepped forward and took it to Wu You, Wu You saw that two pages were written on it, the first page said to abide by the confidentiality of the porcelain field, and the second page began to be the deed of sale, which had a very small line of words, which said that taking the deposit was regarded as selling the body, and the violation was to pay three times the price of the sale. "This is your handprint?"

Old man Zeng said with a guilty face: "We pressed it, but they didn't say that at that time, they said that if they wanted to visit the porcelain factory, they had to sign this confidentiality deed, and we also wanted to know what kind of work we were going to do, so we didn't take a penny from them." ”

Wu You tore up the contract and scattered it all over the ground.

"You! How daring! Manager Chen pointed at Wu You with a trembling finger and said, "Do you know who our staff is?!" ”

"Tell me, whose person can take a human life?" Wu You said disdainfully.

"We are paying tribute to the official firing kiln treasure this time, and it will be the queen mother's birthday soon, and the county lord will come to the kiln tomorrow, I will see how you end!" Mr. Chen said straightforwardly.

"You have such a poisonous heart that you want to take a pair of my grandchildren to the sacrificial vessels!" Old man Zeng had some insight, and when he heard this, his face turned red with anger. "This kiln treasure can't be made of childless boys and girls!"

Everyone at the scene was in an uproar, it turned out that this was the case, this Chen Yuanwai was too ruthless!

"It's your honor to be able to pay tribute to the imperial court!" Mr. Chen.