"Hmm." Lu Yonghong responded in a low voice, looked at Nan'er lying inside, breathed lightly, and slept peacefully.

Huang got out of bed and lit the candlelight, poured him a half-warm cup of tea, and asked with a smile, "Are you hungry?" Why don't I make you a supper? ”

Lu Yonghong shook his head and said no, took out a piece of paper from his body, and handed it to her: "This is a five hundred taels of silver tickets, don't use it easily, don't make a noise, just put it away properly." ”

"It's ......"

"Liu Rulu only resigned, and took a thousand taels of thank you money for me and Brother Wei."

The Huang family frowned when he heard this, and said dissatisfiedly: "The Ruan family is greedy for 100,000 taels and runs away, and he must have taken a lot as a deputy director, so he is only willing to use 1,000 taels?" ”

Lu Yonghong smiled lightly: "There must be other reasons in Guzhong, and it is inconvenient to talk to you more, just collect the money." ”

Huang responded, and lightly went to close the doors and windows, and hid the silver ticket at the bottom of the cage, feeling happy. Suddenly, I remembered and asked: "Ah Hong, as the manager of another village, how much has the salary increased?" ”

"It's twice as much as before, and it won't be sent until next month."

"But when you come back this time, you haven't given the family any money!"

When Lu Yonghong heard this, he felt quite funny and helpless, touched his body with both hands, put all the money on the table, and then took back a little, and pushed the rest to her: "It's all here, you can put it up by the way." ”

Huang Shi naturally smiled, but he was still a little worried, and asked, "Ah Hong, Zhuangzi has been lost, there will be no problem for you to take over again, right?" ”

"It's okay, there is Brother Wei as the handover witness." Lu Yonghong thought for a moment and smiled, "And, even if there is anything, he will only blame all the faults on Brother Ruan who escaped." ”

Huang doesn't understand. "Why?"

Lu Yonghong took a sip of tea lightly and said: "He was going to arrange for his family to replace the position of deputy manager, and if he really implicated the next director, his family would have to carry it." ”

The Wei family refers to the Xue family, Xue Hongyu.

When Huang heard this, he was stunned, and then he seemed to have figured out something, felt that he had made a fool, and muttered self-deprecatingly: "No wonder." ”

No wonder Brother Wei spared no effort to promote Ah Hong in front of the master, no wonder Sister-in-law Wei was so elated when she received the letter before, no wonder she couldn't wait to ask the deputy manager Rulu to resign as soon as she came to the handover......

Huang's heart clicked, the reason why Ruan Liang and Rulu were upside down was largely because the aunt and grandmother who were backed by him lost their position in the main house, right? So, if one day the old man returns to the city and spoils another woman again-

"Ah Hong, this time you sent the Seventh Young Master to the village, is that, is that counted as the fifth aunt's grandmother?" She asked hurriedly.

Lu Yonghong heard the meaning of the words, patted her hand comfortingly, and said: "We are working for the owner, and the only person who is really in charge of the owner is the master." ”

With years of practical experience and familiarity with Zhuangzi, coupled with the exquisite help of Wei Dahai and his wife, Lu Yonghong quickly straightened out the personnel and sat firmly in the position of the head of the grange. The application for the recommendation handed to the main house was also approved, and Xue Hongyu was promoted to deputy manager without any suspense. All of a sudden, the number of people coming and going in front of the two adjacent doors soared, and it was so lively that it almost flattened the threshold.

The place of public office is not far from home, but a few months after taking office, Lu Yonghong wanted to sort out the account books as soon as possible due to the leakage of past finances, so he did not rush home for lunch, saving time to go back and forth. Otherwise, the end of the year is approaching, and you have to calculate the upward supply, and then I am afraid that the thousand hands of Guanyin will not be able to work.

Huang is a compassionate and virtuous person, although he also has to work, but he rushes to make a meal at noon and asks Jiu'er to carry it to her father.

On this day, Lu Yonghong and the bookkeeper were discussing something together, and unexpectedly looked up, saw Huang and Lu Jiuer coming in together, and said unexpectedly: "Why are you here?" ”

Huang replied with a smile: "I just had a break today." ”

Looking up at the sky, he knew that noon had come, and the bookkeeper took his leave.

Lu Jiu'er helped clean up the table, vacated a vacant seat to put food and rice, her eyes fell on an ink note next to her, she picked it up and unfolded it, it was written to Lu Yonghong at the beginning, and then read: "What is moving...... What year is the end of the year, what is the ......"

The further down the ink was, the frowning of the little brows became tighter and tighter, and the heart became colder and colder, Lu Jiu'er finally sighed in frustration, pinching this thin piece of paper in every way It was difficult to distinguish the taste. Although he occasionally followed Wei Ziqian to school, and deliberately recognized a lot of words, it seems that the common words are still not enough, and he can't even understand a letter.

Lu Yonghong stroked Jiu'er's head in surprise and raised his eyes to look at Huang: "How can she recognize words?" ”

Huang pursed his lips and smiled, and said, "Xu was taught by Gorou next door, and listened to some when he was studying." ”

Lu Yonghong lovingly hugged Jiu'er into his arms and asked, "Does Jiu'er want to go to school?" ”

Before she could answer, Huang interjected: "Ah Hong, where did I hear that girls go to school at home, they all learn to do housework at home, not to mention that there are a lot of bundles and repairs paid for school......

"It's rare in the township, but it's also common for the city house to ask for a chair for a girl." Lu Yonghong disagreed, "Although my family is not wealthy, raising a literate daughter does not mean that I am completely incapable." ”

Lu Yonghong was originally the son-in-law of a small family, but his father divorced his wife and married a ruthless woman as his stepmother, so he slowly separated from the family and went to work in the big city. The Huang family knew that he had a knot in his heart, and after thinking about it, he would raise his daughter as a young lady, and maybe he would be able to marry into a wealthy family in the future.

Seeing that the Huang family did not object, Lu Jiuer thought about it carefully and said honestly: "Daddy, I just want to learn to read and write." Women don't have to compete for exams like men, and the books taught in the school are all for the exam, and the daughter is not interested. ”

He groaned slightly, and said, "Well, it makes sense. ”

Later, when asked about what was written on the letterhead, Lu Yonghong only said lightly: "My father moved his family to Dacheng, and when he knew that I was transferred to the village to serve as the chief, he asked him to take you to the city for the New Year." ”

When Huang heard this, his face was mixed with joy and annoyance, and he didn't say anything more. Lu Jiuer was surprised, she only knew now that there were still parents and a bunch of younger siblings on Daddy's side......

Lu Yonghong was very concerned about going to school, and personally took Jiu'er to find Huo Fuzi at dusk that day.

The master is still wearing the patched scholar's robe, but it gives people the feeling of being pure and elegant. Hearing their intentions, he was not surprised, and after politely brewing coarse tea for a while, he said slowly: "Manager Lu, this matter is not appropriate. ”

"Sir, if you are worried about disrupting the order of the school, but in the past, Ah Jiu also came to study with me by chance......

"Definitely." Huo Fuzi smiled and said, "Actually, Huo should have discussed this matter with the chief manager a long time ago." Ling Yuan is indeed smart and quiet, diligent and studious, but this is not a women's school, and Ling Yuan is quite old, so it will have some influence in the long run. ”

In front of the deity, Huo Fuzi did not say it explicitly, only vaguely mentioned it. Lu Yonghong was stunned, and after he understood, he looked at Lu Jiuer wordlessly.