After Wu Yu entered the room to greet Mr. Tian, he said, "Mr. Tian came unfortunately, my husband was not away when he went out to talk about business, and my sister sent me to make amends to the old man. Today happens to be Mr. Yan's thank-you banquet, if the old man is not in a hurry to return to the city, please ask the old man to stay and have a few drinks. ”

Old man Tian was originally here to inquire about the news, and when he heard this, he was right in his mind, so he said, "In this way, the old man will be bothered, it just so happens that I am fortunate to meet an apricot forest saint like my brother today, and my brother needs to ask a few more words." ”

Amber smiled and waved his hand, "Brother Tian is polite, just learn from each other." ”

As he spoke, the sun went up to mid-heaven, Wei Xiucai took a carriage, carefully holding a bamboo tube, and when he arrived at Dedong Garden, he saw Mr. Yan sorting out the books on the shelves, so he smiled and said, "Mr. Yan is really a book lover." ”

Mr. Yan smiled and asked him to sit down, and said with a slightly reluctant face, "Mr. Wei, I want to leave the museum tomorrow and return to my hometown, these books are not easy to take on the road, so I will leave them for Mr. ”

"Quitting the house and returning home?" Wei Xiucai was very surprised and asked, "Mr. Yan taught him well, why did he leave?" ”

Mr. Yan stretched out his hand to pour tea for him and said, "I have been wandering outside for many years, and the older I get, the more homesick I become. I have already recommended you to be the gentleman of this school with Mrs. Zhao to teach the children poetry. The bundles are all the same as me, and you can also bring your old mother to come with you, and the Zhao family will provide rice and grain. Mr. Wei must be a good student to teach hard. ”

For food and shelter, the bundle is high, the main family is benevolent and kind, this is the ideal condition for all Mr. Xixi, how could Wei Xiucai not be happy, hurriedly got up and saluted and thanked him, and said solemnly, "Mr. Yan rest assured, I will definitely live up to Mr. Yan's recommendation." Teach the children to learn poetry and literature, and if he has a child who has passed the scientific examination, he will also have most of the credit. ”

After he finished speaking, he thought about it, took the bamboo tube next to his hand, held it with both hands and said, "This is an ancient painting in my family's collection, it is not very precious, but it is my favorite one, I will give it to Mr. Yan today to keep a thought, and I hope Mr. will not dislike it." ”

Mr. Yan didn't refuse, he took it happily, and the two of them discussed the children's homework carefully until someone invited them.

There are three tables in the courtyard of the Zhao family, and there is also a table in the east and west chambers, Li Zheng, two gentlemen, An Bo, Old Man Tian, Mu San, Wu Lie, etc. sat at the table in the east wing, and in the west wing room are a group of clan elders and Zhang Dahe, Yun Second Uncle, and the courtyard is naturally a group of schoolchildren and their fathers, plus everyone in the workshop.

Cui Niang and Sister-in-law Zhang took the big and small maids and busily set up all the dishes, Yun Xiaoliu and the others gave each table a jar of wine, and the thank-you banquet began.

Li Zheng stood up and thanked Mr. Yan for his hard work in the past few months, and then led everyone to toast him, and beckoned all the children to kneel down and kowtow to thank Shien. Mr. Yan is not a strict teacher, he has never beaten and scolded the children, and even sometimes tells them novel stories and the like, so he is very popular with the children, knowing that Mr. will never come back when he leaves, several children cried, which made Mr. Yan's eyes red, and he helped them up one by one, and encouraged them a few words, and when he got to Da Zhuang, Heizi and Wu Yu, he talked a lot, but he only said a word to Da Zhuang and Heizi, but he didn't say a word to Wu Yu, Da Zhuang and Heizi were curious, and they only cared about sadness, Throw it to the back of your mind.

After three rounds of drinking, the clan elders specially toasted Wei Xiucai with a glass of wine, and entrusted the children to him again, and Wei Xiucai solemnly agreed.

The banquet lasted for most of the hour, and the children's fathers toasted the two gentlemen, and the peasants would not say any polite words, just one sentence, "Mr. Xie has worked hard for several months!" Or, "Please, Mr. teach my monkey in the future, if there is something wrong, just punish him." ”

The words were simple, but it also made Yan Wei and the others feel more warm in their hearts.

In the north room, the master and servant of Roulan ate the meal, and when they heard the noise outside, they frowned in disgust, Xi'er leaned on the window and looked at it, pouted and said, "What a thank-you banquet, it's really simple!" There was not even a banquet to eat and see three, when the young general left the division, the banquet was magnificent. A peasant family is a peasant family, with shallow eyelids and no one who has ever seen the world! ”

She said a few words, and secretly looked at Roulan and didn't mean to stop it, but it was interesting to listen to, and the more she talked about it, she belittled the Zhao family from the yard to the next person, eating food, and all of them were devalued as worthless, and it happened that Caiyue came in to collect the dishes, and when she heard a few words, she couldn't help but be annoyed and said, "It turns out that Sister Xi'er dislikes our Zhao family so much, so it's not as good as my Mrs. Yuming, and build a nest for Sister Xi'er on the big tree outside the mansion, drink dew in the morning, drink the northwest wind in the evening, and keep it cleaner than the edible things in our house." ”

Xi'er's face turned red and she wanted to defend a few words, but Caiyue ignored it, turned around and left, Xi'er panicked and wanted to chase her out, but Roulan stopped her and said, "What are you afraid of, we are guests of the Zhao family, and she can really get you out as a slave." ”

Xi'er had a bitter face, and regretted that she only cared about pleasing her master just now, why did she forget that this was someone else's territory, and they couldn't do anything with the master, but she was a little maid, and she was afraid that she would not be able to eat enough in the future.

Sure enough, in the next half month, she could only eat half full, and when she left Zhao's house, she was already as thin as a bamboo pole.

After the banquet was removed, the villagers saluted Mr. Yan again, and then took the child back, Zhao Fengnian was not there, and Wu Yu stood in front of the door to see him off.

Old Man Tian drank so much that his face was flushed, so he excused himself to sober up and went back to the house with Amber to drink a cup of strong tea and sober up.

The two sat at the table, and Amber said without waiting for him to speak, "Brother Tian, I came to the door today, I'm afraid there are other things, right?" ”

Old Man Tian's face turned even redder, and he drank half a cup of strong tea in one go, and said, "Brother has good eyesight, then I won't hide it, to be honest, I was entrusted by Yin Zhi of the Jinfu of Lingfeng City to be a peacemaker, yesterday's misunderstanding, the Jin family intends to reconcile, and is willing to pay some money and materials to compensate, but I don't know what our house means?" ”

Amber didn't answer, but looked at the paper window with a smile and said, "Brother Yu, don't stand outside, come in and sit together." ”

As soon as his words fell, the door of the house was pushed open, Wu Yu walked in with a somewhat embarrassed face, saluted the two of them, sat down, and said, "How does Amber know that I am outside?" ”

"I've been drifting in the rivers and lakes for decades, and if I can't even find someone outside the window, I'm afraid I don't know how many times I've died." After Amber finished speaking, he turned to Old Man Tian again, "Brother, what you said just now, I can't be the master, brother." This is Zhao Niangzi's younger brother, and the horse that caused trouble yesterday was also raised by him, so it is better for the younger brother to discuss it with him. ”

Old Man Tian and Wu Yu had met a few times, but they didn't talk, so they thought that he was still a half-grown boy with an uncertain temperament, so he smiled and said, "Since the son of the Jin family is trying to snatch the horses and caused this misunderstanding, why don't you let the Jin family send a few more good horses to make amends, how about it?" ”

Wu Yu's face was pale, and he said, "Old man Tian specially came to my husband to gossip, I don't want my husband to be at home, it's rude." However, I also want to ask the old man to understand, my husband has something to do and returned to his home in Tongcheng, and I am afraid that it will take a few months to come back. ”

"Oh, Mr. Zhao's home is in Tongcheng? Don't know which one? The old man still has a few family friends in that city, and he hasn't moved for many years. Seeing that he didn't answer what he said just now, Old Man Tian also changed the topic with him.

"The old man laughed, my husband's surname is Zhao, so naturally he went back to the Zhao family, and when the Zhao family was mentioned in Tongcheng, I am afraid that everyone knows it." Wu Yu slowly poured a cup of tea for himself, ignoring the fact that Old Man Tian's face changed from doubt to shock, and then asked, "Could it be... The richest man in the Zhao family? ”

Wu Yu didn't seem to hear his question, and said, "Actually, the old man came quite coincidentally, if he came to the door in a few days, it would be completely empty, and my sister was also planning to take the child back to the Anguo Marquis Mansion in Chiyan City." ”

Old man Tian is not a fool, how can he not hear that although Wu Yu is understatement, he has something to say, and he points out the identity and family history of the Zhao family husband and wife. In the past, when he had nothing to do, he also guessed that the Zhao family and his wife were not ordinary farmers, but he never thought that the two of them had such a prominent family background.

The Zhao family in Tongcheng is not said to be rich and rivals the country, and it is not much different, and the battle between the DPRK and China, which side wants to pull the Zhao family as a strong reinforcement. And the Marquis of Anguo's Mansion is a family of meritorious deeds, the Marquis of Anguo has eaten meat in a pot with the emperor, and has killed the enemy on a battlefield, if he hadn't died prematurely, now he is afraid that he will be more famous than General Zhenbei...

Zhenbei Army? Thinking of these three words, Old Man Tian was even more sure that the man he had seen before was the young general of Zhenbei, after all, the adoption of the orphan daughter of the Marquis of Annan by the general of Zhenbei was not a secret in the court, and he was naturally the imperial doctor who often went in and out of the palace and the homes of the powerful. Strictly speaking, the Zhenbei General's Mansion is also half of Miss Annanhou's maiden home...

Of course, Old Man Tian doesn't know the inside story, if he knows, I'm afraid he will replace half of his mother's family with half of the Yama Palace.

Wu Yu and Amber didn't speak, they drank tea slowly, occasionally glanced at each other, and continued to be silent, for a long time, Old Man Tian got up and said, "The old man knows how to talk to the Jin family, and asked the little boy to tell Mrs. Zhao that this time he came to the door, it was the old man who was reckless, and I hope that Mrs. Zhao will not blame him, and when Mr. Zhao returns, he will definitely come to the door again to make amends." ”

Wu Yu got up and returned the salute and said, "The old man is polite, my sister knows that the old man is also kind, and said that when the old man comes back, he will set up a wine banquet to invite the old man." ”

Only then did Old Man Tian feel that his face was much better, and he said goodbye to Amber again, and then turned around and went out to board the car and go back to the city.

Wu Yu and Amber arrived at the door, and when they saw the carriage walking away, Amber sighed and said, "Power, it's really a good thing." No matter how much we have the ability to reach the sky, such things are always helpless. ”

"Fighting poison with poison and ruling power with power is so simple. If you want to be free from any oppression, you can only grasp the highest power in the world..."Wu Yu's voice became lower and lower, and finally he was already muttering.

Amber's ears moved, turned around and walked towards the courtyard while yawning, and said, "I'm afraid that tomorrow the Jin family should come to make amends, listen to your sister more, don't cause trouble for the family, the county official might as well take care of it now, it's almost enough." ”