Chapter 18: The Little Apprentice
There are several villages outside Fenglin City, all of which are for the big families in the city to farm and pay rent, and some of the Zhuangzi also specialize in running horses and boiling eagles, building horse farms and dog farms, and occasionally the old men and ladies in the city will go out of the city to inspect and play in their own villages, and give some rewards to their own villagers. If the young master and the young lady of the family get married, the Zhuangzi will be regarded as a dowry, anyway, the villagers only recognize the master who takes the land deed, and never ask the lord what his surname is.
The old lady of the Song family was taken off as a slave because of her meritorious service in nurturing He Xiaowangye, and now the family is living a good life, and the children in the family can still study and take the Xiucai exam, which can indeed be said to be a "solid" family.
When Fu Shaogen came to the door, Mrs. Song knelt down and was about to kowtow to the famous post, and was dragged by Fu Shaogen to the main seat. Fu Shaogen made up a new story for himself this time, only saying that it was a friend of He Erye's rivers and lakes, because his parents died and the population of his family withered, he wanted to come to Fenglin City to join his sister.
Mrs. Song was a little confused, and said, "In this case, Mr. Xiao will go to the defection, but there is a lack of travel expenses?" ”
Fu Shao laughed: "Don't hide it from the old grandmother, there is no shortage of money in the next place, but my sister was sold into the palace when she was young, and she originally had letters every year, but in recent years, she has not sent letters to her home, and I don't know if she is still serving in the palace now." ”
Old Mrs. Song sighed: "What is Sister Ling's reputation in the mansion?" ”
Fu Shao said: "Sparrow." ”
Old Mrs. Song felt that it seemed a little familiar, frowned and thought for a long time, and Fu Shaogen suddenly patted her head: "Look at me, I haven't made it clear to my grandmother that my sister is not serving in Hewangfu, she is in Baili Wangfu." ”
"It's her! You're talking about her! Old Lady Song's body shook suddenly. trembling for a long time, he tearfully shook Fu Shaogeng's hand: "Child, don't be impulsive, your short-lived sister died of a sudden illness five years ago." ”
"Dead ...... He's dead? How can it be? What is the emergency? Why don't you know your family?! Fu Shao stood up in shock, tears rolled down, and he sat down on the ground crying: "Dad, mother, forget if you leave me, my sister actually left before you, saying that she died of a sudden illness, no one told us about any sudden illness~~ What is the meaning of me living alone in this world~"
I couldn't breathe when I was crying, and I was about to faint.
The two servants, a man and a woman, were also crying on the side, and the male servant howled desperately, his voice was hoarse and unpleasant, and he was almost killing Mrs. Song.
Mrs. Song is now full of children and has countless great-grandchildren, but she has never seen a young man sitting on the ground like a shrew crying, at a loss, and feeling extremely distressed.
At the next moment, he pressed Fu Shaogeng's head into his arms, and patted Fu Shaogeng's back while wiping his tears: "Don't cry, child, you are the only one in your family now, but you have to spare your own life, you are the only seedling~"
Fu Shao raised his head from Mrs. Song's very professional chest with great difficulty, and said while wiping her tears: "My sister died unjustly, Uncle He asked me to come to you, there must be a reason, old grandmother, you have to save me, if I let my sister die in vain, I might as well die clean!" ”
After the old lady had another "unacceptable", everyone finally calmed down slowly, only to hear her talk about how this maid named Qijiao died of a "sudden illness".
"Que Jiao, that's really a first-class Peugeot character, she has always been the first of the big maids of the prince of Baili, and even the officials with the products have asked to marry her, and the prince has not given her a look. Later, somehow, the prince lost something, asked the housekeeper to search the house, and actually turned out of the quilt of the bird, the prince is also hard-hearted, what precious things can be worth human lives? The old lady wiped her tears and said: "Que Jiao was beaten forty boards at that time, half-dead and demoted to Zhuangzi, and it was easy to be raised back to half a life. ”
Fu Shao said: "What?!" I'm going to go to the prince and ask for clarification. Why did he disregard human life! ”
Mrs. Song: "Little Ancestor, do you know who that is?" That's the king of Baili, the lord of Xiaohe is going to kowtow when he sees him, don't think about it anymore, go back to your hometown as soon as possible. ”
Fu Shaogen said: "Grandma! I can't be that ruthless and unrighteous person, my sister's salary supports our family, I can't say anything to let her go underground and still carry a dirty name, even if I can't ask the prince, I have to find someone in the know to ask! ”
The old lady Song who shouted from her grandmother was overjoyed, and the old lady patted her thigh: "What's so difficult about this, the old man in my family is taking care of the flower garden in the Zhuangzi of the Baili Palace, I will first ask him to get you a job to do, and when I look for an opportunity, I will let him introduce you to the second housekeeper of their palace, and the second housekeeper and the old man of my family are brothers." ”
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It wasn't until this moment that Fu Shaogen understood the good intentions of Prince Xiaohe who asked her to meet this old lady Song.
It is difficult to sneak into the Baili Palace, so it is better to go to his Zhuangzi to find an opportunity.
Fu Shaogen: "I don't know where the Zhuangzi of the Baili King is?" ”
Mrs. Song: "It's next door!" ”
Fu Shaogen: "Then my two servants ......"
Mrs. Song: "Live in my house first, I won't miss you a mouthful of food!" ”
Fu Shaogen: "Grandma! ”
Mrs. Song: "Ouch~Hard-working good grandson~!" ”
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The Song family is a very simple and lovely family. For the stay of Fu Shaogen, the whole family expressed an extremely warm welcome, the bacon for the New Year was washed and steamed in the pot, a sheep in the pen was also bled and skinned, and a ball of sheep's tail oil was lying on the plate in front of Fu Shaogen.
The daughters-in-law are very well-behaved, waiting for the old lady to sit at the table, and then give the old lady and the "distinguished guest" cloth dishes, and the men sit at the bottom, not good at persuading them to eat and drink, lest they are not thoughtful enough, so that the "distinguished guests" can not enjoy themselves.
The children peeked in from outside the curtain with their fingers, and none of them dared to come in, and Fu Shao swore that he heard the sound of their saliva.
All the people are grateful and praising the good life that He Fu has given them, saying that all the Zhuangzi are watching them live better day by day, saying that Xiao He Wang Ye is a benevolent and benevolent master, and it is all the master's grace to have today.
At that time, Fu Shao's heart flashed with a question, can slowly revitalize the He family, which was defeated after the death of King He, to the point where it is today, I am afraid that Prince Xiaohe is more capable and has means than she expected.
Jing'er and Uncle Dumb were also treated as guests, and they both drank some wine, and Uncle Dumb, who hadn't shown a smile for a long time, not only laughed heartily, but also hummed out a tune. Jing'er's face was even more red, as fresh as a flower, and the men on the seat didn't dare to take a second look.
Mrs. Song was very careful, afraid that Fu Shao would "not be able to think about it", so she specially arranged for her youngest son to sleep at Fu Shaogen's feet. Fu Shao resolutely resigned, saying that he was afraid of smelling his feet.
After a night of noise, Fu Shao slept until three poles in the morning.
Lying on the bed, she deeply thanked the bird for a long time.
Que Jiao was originally a rare female scout in the scout team that Fu Shao was more carefully formed, talented, beautiful, less than ten years old was trained out of the teacher, became a dark pile inserted into the Baili Wangfu, and finally did steal the treasure of the Baili King, was beaten forty boards, and when she was dying, it was Fu Shao who tried his best to steal her out of the Zhuangzi, otherwise, I am afraid that she would have died long ago.
When Que Jiao was Bailibo's maid, she had found out a lot of very useful information for Fu Shaogen, but this time she stole something, and Que Jiao couldn't say clearly, only that it was Bailibo's favorite baby, and he slept under the pillow every night. This thing is placed in a Kong Ming box, and unlocking the Kong Ming box is the basic skill of the scout, but this one just can't be unraveled, and Que Jiao originally wanted to send it back to Juntian, but was caught.
After returning from Sheng Chong, Fu Shaogen arranged for Que Jiao to leave the army incognito, which was also the promise she had given.
I wonder how you're doing now? Unfortunately, I don't want you to think of me now, nor do I want to go back to our past.
Fu Shao thought to himself silently.
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The old man of Mrs. Song, of course, is called Old Man Song.
Old man Song is very good at raising flowers, especially good at raising orchids. In the entire Fenglin, the good hand of raising orchids can be counted with one pair of hands. Most of them were elected to the palace compound.
In the Zhuangzi of Baili Wang, there is a very huge flower house, which is taken care of by the old man Song. Old man Song kept complaining that his body was not as good as before, and the long bending over made him cry bitterly. So when he brought in a dark-skinned and ordinary-looking young man, everyone was happy for him, and Lao Song finally brought his apprentice.
The apprentice's name is Ah Geng, his legs and feet are diligent, and his hands and feet are nimble. It's that Old Man Song's attitude is very strange, just like Ah Geng's master, he is the apprentice, and Old Man Song is always reluctant to do things.
Everyone laughed at Old Man Song, don't treat others as their own grandson when they are young.