Qiao San rushed to send two loads of mountain spring water to the Cui family's courtyard before the sun set, and as before, he poured the water into the wooden barrel prepared by the Cui family, and immediately retreated to wait outside the corner gate. ◢ With * dream * small ◢.1a

Uncle Qing took someone to transport the water to the kitchen, and after checking that there was no problem, he went to the account room to get the money for him.

Qiao San took the money, took out a purse from his arms and stuffed it into his hand, glanced at the porter who was looking this way, and said loudly: "Uncle Qing, my aunt said that I miss you, let you go back to see her when you are free." ”

Uncle Qing clenched his purse, lowered his head and said in a loud voice: "Tell your aunt, I will ask for leave to go back in a few days." ”

When Uncle Qing spoke, Qiao San had already lowered his voice and said quickly: "Grandma asked you if you could bribe the steward to let you stay, if not, don't worry, grandma will find a way to intercept you, don't worry." ”

Uncle Qing breathed a sigh of relief, didn't dare to say too much, and was about to say goodbye and go back, when he heard a mother-in-law calling the porter inside, Uncle Qing heard that it was his grandmother's voice, so he couldn't help but look back, and saw that the doorman covered the door and ran away, so he lowered his voice and asked Qiao San, "Don't you need me to go to Cui's house to make nails?" ”

Qiao San bared his teeth, looked left and right, and saw that his younger brother had been standing far away to look at the wind, so he whispered: "You drag your family with you, where can you go, even if you go, it is us young people who go." ”

Uncle Qing was disappointed again, and he breathed a sigh of relief with joy, "Where is Wuyang......?"

"Grandma asked you to clear all the traces, don't bring tea over there tonight......" Qiao San saw that the time was almost up, so he said loudly: "Uncle Qing go back, my aunt is still waiting for you at home." ”

Uncle Qing nodded, put the purse away before throwing his hand in, not far from the gatehouse, under the shadow of the tree, a slightly hunched mother-in-law was stuffing a cloth bag into a young man's hand, patting his head and telling something.

Seeing Uncle Qing, the grandfather and grandson immediately hid the cloth bag, and the mother-in-law laughed loudly: "Uncle Qing is back, stinky boy, why don't you get an egg for Uncle Qing soon." ”

"Oh, oh......" The young porter immediately hurriedly wanted to untie the cloth bag, and the mother-in-law saw that he hated iron and steel.

Uncle Qing couldn't help but smile and said in a low voice: "No need, take food for the child on the road, my mother-in-law is reluctant to leave her homeland, and I may not be able to leave." ”

The grandparents breathed a sigh of relief, and the mother-in-law said: "Your home is here, so it's naturally better to be in your hometown." ”

However, she was also a little worried, "I don't know what Steward Cui said." ”

Uncle Qing said, "I'll go and ask Cui to take care of things." ”

Uncle Qing was about to leave, when he looked up and saw the young man's somewhat sallow face, thinking of his son who died of illness, he didn't have a meal, "I see that this child's illness last time was not completely healed, I still have some medicine there, why don't you bring it to you?" ”

The mother-in-law was overjoyed, her grandson was mean to his stepmother when he was at home, and his body was a little weak, so he fell ill halfway, and they were all sent by his wife to take care of the master's subordinates, and she took out her savings to Cui Guan, so she asked for an extra day of rest on the road to give her grandson medicine.

Her grandson's life was saved, but there were still some remnants of the roots, but her savings were gone, and her clever grandson was supposed to run errands for the master, but he was reduced to a gatekeeper.

But there's nothing wrong with that, the people who followed the old man have already died two during this time.

The mother-in-law felt chills just thinking about it.

She glanced up at her grandson's face and was grateful to Uncle Qing, "I wanted to buy him a medicine to take with him, but our grandparents and grandchildren have no money, and the house is very strict, and it is not easy to go out, so it has been delayed." ”

Uncle Qing said indifferently: "Those medicines were bought when I was sick last time, but I haven't finished eating my illness yet, you can take them and ask Dr. Qin to see if the child can eat them." ”

The mother-in-law was grateful, and patted her grandson's head again to ask him to thank him, it was impossible for Doctor Qin to take the master's medicine for them, but it was still okay to help them see the medicine.

Uncle Qing went back to the house and found two pairs of medicines to give her, and gave her a small bottle, and said in a low voice: "This is ginseng pills, you can take them with you, I see that the child's face is not good, follow the master, and he will not stop on the road." ”

The mother-in-law took it, she was grateful, thinking of Uncle Qing's difficulties, she couldn't help but whisper: "Steward Cui loves wine, I'll go to the kitchen to give you a hot pot of wine, and when you go to ask for it, mention your mother-in-law, Steward Cui loves his mother-in-law very much." ”

Uncle Qing thanked him gratefully, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, as a subordinate who originally came to see the door, but was later transferred to the tea room to serve, he had almost no contact with Steward Cui.

Uncle Lao Zhong told him a long time ago that he had no training and no experience, so let him just concentrate on cooking tea, and don't ask anything else if he can, let alone care.

So he dared to make some friends with the mother-in-law in the kitchen, and he dared to laugh with the little guys, but he didn't dare to get in front of the shrewd and capable stewards, for fear that he would accidentally show his feet and ruin his aunt's big thing.

Uncle Qing got the news he wanted, so he brought the wine and food he bought from the kitchen to Steward Cui.

I have to leave early tomorrow morning, Steward Cui went back to the house early to rest, and saw Uncle Qing frowning slightly, "Why doesn't Uncle Qing rest?" ”

He thought for a while and said, "Master asked you to go with you, I asked Sun Li to inform you, didn't you receive it?" ”

Uncle Qing lowered his head and rubbed his hands and said, "Steward Sun told me ......"

Steward Cui's face was a little condensed, what kind of person is Sun Li in charge?

"So you've packed your things?"

Uncle Qing hesitated timidly, but finally mustered up the courage to put the wine and food on the table, and said cautiously: "Steward Cui, I, my mother-in-law is still in the village......

Steward Cui frowned slightly, looked at the wine and food on the table and did not speak, but the condensation on his face disappeared for a moment.

He thought for a while and said, "We all have to leave tomorrow, because you are the master who decided to take it away temporarily, and I didn't notify you in advance, you might as well ask someone to leave a message for your mother-in-law, so that she can go to you after the first month." ”

Uncle Qing hurriedly poured him wine and said: "But my mother-in-law is frail, you also know that the little one was sold as a slave to make up for her medicine, if she goes with us, I can rest assured, this one person will go to the little ......"

Seeing that Steward Cui was pondering, Uncle Qing made persistent efforts and said: "Steward, the master of this yard doesn't want to sell it, why don't you leave me here to watch the door?" ”

Steward Cui took a sip of wine and said, "What the master likes is your skill in cooking tea, and someone else does the work of guarding the door." ”

Uncle Qing immediately said: "Don't worry, steward, I have taught this craft to the thrush girl, she has memorized it, even if she is not as good as me at this time, as long as you know the skills, you will be proficient in a few days." ”

Steward Cui raised his eyebrows and continued to drink, but picked up the chopsticks and sandwiched the meat, Uncle Qing knew that there was a play, and said even harder: "The little one also knows that it is difficult to manage things, I want to be a few years younger, not to mention that the master is taking me back to his home, that is, putting me in the north and south of the world, and the little one is also ambitious to make a career." But isn't the little one old? There's another mother-in-law here, it's really hard to leave. ”

Steward Cui is about the same age as Uncle Qing, and he is also very reluctant to leave home this time, he sighs with some empathy, "I don't know if the thrush can learn your craft." ”

Uncle Qing rubbed his hands and smiled: "As long as you give her more tea practice, she will naturally be." ”

He stuffed his purse into Steward Cui's hand and said, "The little one also knows that it is because of me that he spends those tea leaves, so this money can be regarded as buying tea for the thrush girl." ”

Steward Cui pinched the purse, it was a few grains of broken silver, it was not easy for him to make up the money, he smiled, accepted the purse and said: "I will talk to the master, you go back to rest first, you don't have to get up early tomorrow." ”

Uncle Qing breathed a sigh of relief.

Hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed to leave.

Steward Cui waited for him to leave before taking another sip of wine, poured out the silver in his purse and counted it, shook his head and smiled.

Steward Cui didn't ask Cui Jie at all, he was busy when he went out, and Cui Jie couldn't think of Uncle Qing, the little person, and when he drank the tea made by the thrush on the road, Steward Cui only replied lightly, "His legs and feet are not very convenient, the small one let Dr. Qin see it, only to know that he is even weak, and he is afraid that he will be gone on the road with us, so the small one let him stay and watch the house." ”

This kind of trivial matter of personnel arrangement has always been the idea of Steward Cui himself, so Cui Jie did not doubt it.

Steward Cui said: "If the master really likes his craftsmanship, it is better for me to call someone to pick him up again, let him hurry up, and he will arrive in a few days." But I heard that he was already teaching thrush before leaving, I wonder if the thrush has learned? ”

Cui Jie waved his hand indifferently: "No need, since the thrush has been learned, then the pantry will be handed over to her in the future." ”

Cui Guan should be in charge.

At this time, no one knew that Cui Zhengxing let it go so gently, everyone had a heart, Uncle Qing woke up early in the morning, but he didn't dare to get up while lying on the bed.

Listening to the noisy sound outside, he slowly clenched his fists, until the sound slowly faded away, and the courtyard returned to calm, and then he slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

Hurriedly got up, changed into clothes, and walked out.

The subordinates who were left behind were stunned when they saw him, and their eyes widened and said, "Uncle Qing, aren't you going to go with the master?" ”

Uncle Qing smiled and said, "Steward Cui is sympathetic to me and won't let me go." ”

The man nodded and said, "That's fine, our family is in Suzhou, what are you going to do in that unfamiliar place?" ”

Uncle Qing responded with a smile, and said as he walked out: "I guess there is nothing to eat in the kitchen, I'll buy two buns, do you want it?" ”

"Okay, they took everything they could eat this morning, and I didn't have enough to eat, so you can help me bring one back."

Uncle Qing responded with a smile, and when he walked out of the man's line of sight, he quickly opened the corner door and went out, and Qiao San, who had been waiting in the alley, saw him, and the two looked at each other, Qiao San immediately handed over the flat burden to Qiao Si, and ran out of the city.

He stopped a donkey cart out of the city, and from a distance, he saw his aunt waiting on the side of the road, so he paid and left.

The donkey cart went straight to Lin Qingwan's carriage, and the coachman lowered his head and leaned into Lin Qingwan's ear and said, "Auntie, people stayed." ”

Lin Qingwan curled the corners of her mouth, and said with a smile at Cui Ling, who got out of the car, "Mr. Cui, why did you come here to send it, I thought you would go directly to the other courtyard." ”

Cui Ling didn't pay attention to the coachman who quietly retreated, and he smiled: "The place where I live is a little far away from that courtyard, so it's more convenient to go out of the city to send it." ”

It's strange, obviously he helped buy the courtyard, not far from the Lin Mansion.

However, Lin Qingwan had already seen that their uncle and nephew were not in harmony, so naturally she would not ask any more questions.

The two looked at each other and smiled, and everything was silent, and only after hearing the sound of horses' hooves did they turn back to see where the city gate came from.

The Cui family's carriage went out of the city in a mighty way.