The main venue for this day is in the mountains.

The girls just went to have a good time, because the brothers learned from yesterday's experience, this time not only brought grain and sieve nets, but also Li Gang found two local tenant farmers as guides, ran to two hills, and caught a total of more than 20 big turtle doves, seven rabbits, and two pheasants.

The next day, the ice on the river surface had already formed an inch thick, Pang Sheng smashed a hole in the ice with a hoe, and then asked the buddies to take a small fish to catch fish, under the steaming water, two or three inches long crucian carp were piled up, if you are bold enough, your arms are stretched out, and you can also catch grass carp and carp that are more than a foot long.

Xie Wei and Xie Qi sat by the river, holding the stove and fishing elegantly. And Xie Wan is in charge of guarding the fish basket, in fact, he also wants to go and see the fish, but unfortunately there are too many fish in the basket, she and Yuxue Yufang can't take it at all, Wu Xingluo Ju wants to fight Xie Yun and them, and there is no one to help carry the fish.

Later, Luo Ju saw that she stretched her neck and couldn't help looking, so he broke a few wicker sticks from the shore, passed the fish through her gills one by one, divided them into three or five strings, and then pulled the wicker into a long vine rope, so that they could drag the fish on the ice.

This day is full again.

Xie Tong and Xie Yun have always had a good time, but Ren Jun is always a little listless, and he is also a little tired of Xie Qi's coquettishness.

After playing for three or four days, the snow has stopped, Xie Yun still wants to stay for two more days, but Ren Jun can't lift his energy, Xie Wei has said it for a long time, it's time to go back, and Xie Wan secretly remembers the affairs of the family, so everyone started to pack their luggage after lunch, and then set the car back to the county seat.

The game brought back this time was sent to the big kitchen, and Xie Qigong listened to the brothers talk about the process with their eyebrows fluttering, and smiled very happily with his beard.

Xie Wan followed everyone to the upper room to say goodbye, and then rushed back to Yifeng Courtyard.

Xie Lang also rushed into the backyard like a gust of wind when he heard the news, pulled her up and down, left and right, and saw that her hair was intact, so he stroked his chest and relaxed. I was afraid that she wouldn't eat well these days, so I urged Chun Hui to boil some chicken soup to make up for her.

Wu's mother was also excited, pulled her to ask long and short questions, and reprimanded Wu Xing for what could go wrong in the middle, Wu Xing naturally didn't dare to say the part where Li Ershun stopped the car, and slipped out after two sentences, Wu's mother was so angry that she scolded him twice.

Wu Xing is still only sixteen or seventeen years old, and it's nothing to jump out, but Wu's mother's performance like this makes people feel surprised, as if Xie Wan was involved in some kind of danger when she went out this time, obviously she wasn't like this before she went out.

"But what's going on at home?" Xie Wan changed his clothes, then climbed on the kang and asked with the chicken soup boiled by Chunhui.

Mother Wu was doing needlework on the side, and when she heard it mentioned, she said like pouring beans into a bamboo tube: "Soon after the girl went out that day, Steward Luo came back, and I heard that Luo Ju followed the girl to Aconitum Village, so I got anxious, I don't know what happened, and I refused to say it, I was afraid that Luo Ju was something wrong, and I wanted to find someone to go to Aconitum Village to remind the girl that I couldn't find anyone."

"Later, I talked to the second young master, and the second young master asked Steward Luo, who said that this person's character was nothing, but what was wrong with it, but he still refused to say. Isn't it that I've been going up and down for the past few days, and I'm afraid of some accidents. That is, I was relieved to see the girl come back safely! ”

Xie Wan smiled: "It's my duty to look at people." ”

I didn't want to tell her about my plans in detail, so I turned to ask about the affairs of the house.

“…… Uncle Hong went out again today, and it is said that he went to the tea garden in the south with Pang Xin to collect the accounts, and he didn't think he could turn back until the end of the year. Yesterday, the third master Rong also came back with a letter, saying that he would leave for Qinghe on the twenty-eighth day of the year, and it was estimated that he would arrive on the morning of the twenty-ninth day. The third grandmother's body is also very neat, and she went to the room yesterday to discuss the affairs of the New Year with her wife for a long time. ”

Xie Wan said: "The third uncle wants to come back for the New Year? ”

I have the impression that the annual leave of the DPRK is only three days, and the Beijing officials generally do not choose this time to return to their hometowns and provinces. Although Qinghe is only three hundred miles away from Jingshi, it takes two or three days to come back and forth, not to mention that Xie Rong has already come back once in September, so why do you have to come back this time?

Mother Wu bit off the thread, picked up the makeup gown in her hand, looked at it, and said, "I also listened to what Qiu Mei's girl said, and it may not be accurate." As he spoke, he put the gown on Xie Wan's back and compared it carefully, and said with a smile: "The girl's skin is snow-white, she really looks good in any color!" ”

Xie Wan also smiled.

After dinner, I asked Luo Ju to take a look at the origin of those women in Huangshi Town, and Luo Sheng came back.

Seeing Luo Ju standing next to Xie Wan, there seemed to be a spark in Luo Sheng's eyes.

Xie Wan asked with a smile, "Steward Luo seems to have some opinions about Luo Ju?" ”

Luo Sheng paused slightly, and said, "Small, I don't have any opinions." ”

"Then why did Mother Wu say that you didn't want him to follow me to Wutouzhuang?" Xie Wan looked at him and said, "Steward Luo's loyalty is obvious to all, if you think that he is not suitable to follow me, you must be a little uneasy about him." You might as well be honest and tell him what he needs to pay attention to, and say it so that he can improve. ”

The words are full of maintenance, and I don't feel like I want to use them after consideration.

Luo Sheng glared at Luo Ju, who lowered his head and lowered his hand with the corners of his mouth raised, and said helplessly: "The girl doesn't know, this Luo Ju, this Luo Ju is a dog......"

Luo Ju is Luo Sheng's son? Xie Wan looked at Luo Sheng dumbfounded.

Luo Sheng wiped his sweat, and then said: "That's the case, he first followed his second uncle to study, and the little one wanted him to take the test to make a name for himself, but he didn't expect that he thought that reading was useless, it was better to learn some skills to be practical, so I detained him at home and didn't let him come out." It happened that one of the two guys who was clumsy this time suddenly became ill, and Luo Ju took the initiative to replace him after he found out. By the time the little one received the letter, he had already followed the girl to Aconitum Village. ”

Xie Wan turned sideways and silently looked at Luo Ju, who was standing with his head bowed beside him.

Luo Ju's head was hooked very low, and after a pause, he walked over and knelt down in front of her.

Luo Sheng took out a handkerchief again and wiped his sweat.

Xie Wan took a pen on the table and played with it for a long time, and said, "Luo Ju, what Steward Luo said is true?" ”

Luo Ju was silent and said, "There are nine points of truth." ”

Luo Sheng almost raised his fist.

Xie Wan glanced at him and asked again, "There is still a point of emptiness, what is it?" ”

Luo Ju said: "Back to the girl's words, the little one doesn't think that reading is useless, but that reading to the end is nothing more than being an official, and the little one doesn't want to read dead books, even if he has the life of a middle lift, he can't be an official, he just wants to learn a little bit of real skills and do something he wants to do." ”

"Then you came to me to be a buddy for someone else, that's what you want to do?" Xie Wan's voice was a little fluttering.

Luo Ju looked up at her and said, "Don't tell the girl, at the beginning of the small replacement, I wanted to break away from my father's control. But now, the little one really wants to stay. ”

"Why?"

"One is because the girl has the wisdom to know people, and the girl can decide to let the little one follow her when she sees the small side, and the little one feels that this is not something that anyone can do. Second, when he beat Li Ershun in Huangshi Town, the little one admired the girl's decision very much, Li Ershun poured sewage on the second young master, no matter whether what he said was true or not, he should not do it. The girl's two whips at that time were very correct! With the girl's age to be able to have these two points, it is enough to control it, so the little one is willing to serve the girl! ”

It's like how much he gave Xie Wan face when he stayed on an errand!

Xie Wan laughed. I didn't expect the conservative Luo Sheng to have such an arrogant son! She is not afraid of the arrogance of the people below, she is not the emperor, she does not need to abide by absolute dignity, as long as the people who follow her are loyal and talented, crazy, arrogant, and a little arrogant in front of her, what are you afraid of? ! If she didn't have the ability to control the madness, what would she talk about to recruit people to destroy the Xie Mansion?

The conservative Luo Sheng has the advantage of being steady, and Luo Ju, who dares to oppose bondage, also has the advantage of being young and enthusiastic and brave to break through.

Since he can see through these two points, at least it shows that he is arrogant and careful enough. A careful person will never make a big mistake, Xie Wan is willing to give it a try.

She picked up the bowl and took a sip of ginger jujube tea, and said: "I not only have the wisdom of knowing people and making decisions, but also have clear rewards and punishments!" You don't have to go to the shop, from today onwards you will follow me to associate affairs, if you can't afford to be this assistant, I will tell you to get out of here at any time! Do you dare to say yes? ”

Luo Ju's eyes lit up, and he immediately kowtowed: "The girl dares to use it, and the little one dares to respond!" If the small one is difficult to use, there is no need for the girl to speak, and the small one will definitely roll up and leave! ”

Follow the assistant affairs of the owner, it is equivalent to the person in charge of Pang Fu in front of him, although the second room and the entire Xie Mansion are still difficult to fight, but just like all the big owners in the world looking for a shopkeeper, the master is willing to cultivate from scratch, and the hired people are not willing to easily jump ship, the mutual trust between the master and the servant is the most critical point of the relationship between the two sides, if you make up your mind to embark on this road, who is not willing to start from the beginning, all the way to accompany the growth of the owner's career to stabilize their position?

If this is placed in the imperial court, it is the founding father.

Although Xie Wan in front of him is young, he also has the advantage of being young, that is, he will not stick to the rules, even if he is stubborn, he is very limited, he can freely put forward suggestions to her that he thinks is beneficial, if it is replaced by those old oilmen who are already sophisticated, he may not be willing to stay!

"Girl, this-"

Luo Sheng knew his son and wanted to stop him, but Xie Wan had already waved his hand and said to Luo Ju: "You go down first, let's sign a document when we go back." When he walked out of the door, he smiled at Luo Sheng again: "It's a mule or a horse, so you should pull it out for a walk." If he is really not suitable for this path, Steward Luo will have a reason to persuade him to turn back, right? ”

Luo Sheng opened his mouth, but he had nothing to say.