Chapter 55: A new official takes office
The five horsemen are street children picked up by the Rindong family, the four boys are called by the north, south, west, and northwest, and the little girl is called Joan.
Sitting in the gatehouse of the straw barn, baking the stove, watching the five children take care of the horses outside, Xiaonan and Xiaodong led the horses around in a circle, Xiaoxi added forage, Xiaobei helped the white pigeon do massage, and the attentive Joan took a brush to smooth the horse's hair. Don Qi couldn't help but feel a sense of guilt about child labor.
However, Tang Qi still didn't come forward to help, everyone has their own job, if someone's job can be replaced by someone else, it is definitely not a good thing for him. It is also necessary to pay attention to the conditions to help.
There was a row of sweet potatoes roasted in front of the stove, sweet and fragrant, and the cold wind outside the house was even better, Xiaonan Xiaodong led the horse back to the stable, and hid in the gatehouse to keep warm with a little hesitation, they looked very rusty with this handsome and young superior.
"Come on, eat a sweet potato. ”
Tang Qi smiled, gave each of them a sweet potato, and pointed to the hot tea for them to pour themselves.
Eating roasted sweet potatoes on a cold day is the favorite custom of people in the south, and with a cup of hot tea, it is really not changed for a nobleman. When it comes to roasted sweet potatoes, Tang Qi considers himself a master, peeling off the skin to see the syrup, steaming.
Xiao Nan and Xiao Dong were under the charm of sweet potatoes, and soon most of their estrangement with Tang Qi disappeared.
As soon as a pot of tea was finished, Joan, who had seen the porter eating sweet potatoes, was in a hurry to brush her hairs, and then went into the house to look at Tang Qi, until she got a sweet potato, and then she ate it with a smile.
Not long after, Xiaobei and Xiaoxi also joined the sweet potato banquet, eating, drinking and chatting, and the porter burst into laughter.
The five children have been here for 3 years, and they told Tang Qi about the young master and young lady at home. The eldest lady Shia seems to be the strictest, but she has the best heart, and she is a knight who follows the rules of knighthood.
The little lady is the opposite, well-behaved on the outside, but she is a little devil, and often plays tricks on people; the third young master treats people well, rewards and punishments are clear, and sometimes a little old-fashioned; the fourth young master is still a 5-year-old child, but he loves to eat grapes.
"The only thing to pay attention to is the second young master. Qiong's mouth paused when eating sweet potatoes, and she whispered: "The second young master is very, and everyone says that he is a gentleman......
"Joan!" Xiaodong coughed, and Joan hurriedly lowered his head to eat sweet potatoes.
Joan has said enough, the evaluation of the subordinates can restore the most real nobles, it seems that except for the second young master, everyone else is good to the subordinates.
As for the gentlemen, which family doesn't have a few gentlemen, it would be strange if there weren't.
The cold wind outside the window gradually stopped, and Tang Qi was about to collect firewood to add to the fire, when suddenly Joan exclaimed:
"Ah! Master Joddell is here. ”
Tang Qi looked out the window and saw a young man wearing a bearskin shawl and accompanied by two guards entering the stables. Joddle is the second young master of the Winter family, and Tang Qi hurriedly put on his coat and went out to greet him.
"Second Young Master. ”
Approaching Tang Qicai, he felt that the second young master was dazzling, a man, like a jewelry display shelf, his thin figure wrapped in a bearskin shawl, like a bean sprout.
"You're a new stable, bring me the white dove. Joddle snorted
"White pigeon, that's the little lady's horse, she said not to let others ride ......" Tang Qi didn't speak, and followed Xiaobei to explain in a low voice, but was heard by Jodle and glared at him:
"Sister's horse, do you still use you to gossip when I ride it!"
"Of course you don't dare, if you want to ride me, I'll pull it out for you. Tang Qi faintly protected Xiaobei behind him, and followed Joddle's words, it is never wise to offend a gentleman, and on the side of the little lady, there is nothing to explain, after all, it was Joddle's order.
The black pot doesn't have to be carried by yourself, and the contradiction between the young lady and the young master can't afford to participate in a few horse breeders.
When he took the white dove out and wanted to give the reins to the guard, Jodle said, "You lead the horse and follow me to the horse farm, and the white pigeon will have to be taken care of by you, so as not to have any problems." His words made Tang Qi's expression freeze suddenly.
What do you call me to take care of...... Tang Qi seemed to see a large black cauldron coming towards the hood.
The first day in office, don't be so bumpy.
He was unhappy, but he followed Jodle to the racecourse. The horse farm is next to the castle and is a meadow with hardy grass and still green in autumn. There was a horse track in the pasture, and Jodle rode a white dove to the horse track.
It turned out to be practicing riding, and Tang Qi breathed a sigh of relief.
Joddle's talent is very poor, under the accumulation of various resources of the Winter family, it is only in the early stage of source qi, this kind of talent is rare in a sense, the two guards have a bitter face to follow him, Joddle looked angry, and said angrily:
"I don't even need to be accompanied by my little sister on horseback, I need your protection! Do you want other nobles to see my jokes, get out of the way!" he raised his whip, and the horse galloped down the track.
Two guards, you look at me, I look at you, all of them look helpless, fortunately, the horse farm is near the castle, just ride a horse will not encounter danger.
"This job is really difficult, and the little master is easy to take care of. ”
"Nonsense, if you hadn't spilled Old Mogg's ink last time, we would have been sent to protect the Second Young Master. Matthew, a skinny guard with a moxican head, grumbled, and sat down on the grass.
The other guard, Hans, stood like an iron tower, keeping an eye on his surroundings.
Tang Qi took out a wine bottle from his arms and threw it to Matthew, he sniffed it and his eyes lit up: "Good wine." He took a sip and squinted in enjoyment. The wine was in Lily's house, and Tang Qi sat down and took out a sweet potato from his bosom, which Joan had stuffed as he left.
"Hey, you kid has a lot of good things, share half of me. Matthew stepped forward and looked at the sweet potato and swallowed.
Sweet potatoes are not valuable, Tang Qi broke half of him, ate sweet potatoes and drank wine, and the two sat and chatted with each other. Matthew complained that Hans was suffocating him without two words a day.
Chatting is always inseparable from boasting and showing off, and it didn't take long for Tang Qi to become a listener, listening to Matthew show off his achievements, from following the rangers over the mountains and mountains to hunt evil beasts, to killing all directions when the beast tide defended the city, listening to Tang Qi's praise.
As for how much is bragging, Tang Qi thinks it's good to listen to it as a story......
"Matthew, who did you learn your swordsmanship from?" Tang Qi asked after waiting for Matthew's spit to splash.
"Barracks instructor, I'm not a ranger, what, I don't think you are a sword-wielding person. Matthew glanced at Tang Qi's clothes and said, "It's better for you to rely on your face." ”
Tang Qi touched his chin: "You said that I went to the barracks, can I learn two tricks from the instructor." ”
"Hehe, if you want to learn from me, just say it, why bother around the bend. Just bring me a bottle of good wine every time, and I'll teach you swordsmanship. Matthew took a sip of wine, patted the sword on his waist and said.
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