"Brother, look at their newly built house!" When she arrived at a small village, Ling'er pointed to a few newly built brick houses.

"Whose house is this?" Xiao Chen was surprised.

"Brother, you forgot that we went to their house that year, there are two old people in the family, and they are reluctant to burn firewood on a cold day......" Ling'er has a good memory.

"Oh-oh-oh, remembered." Xiao Chen patted his head, "It seems that this old man has made a fortune this year, good guy, these rooms are built big enough, walk in and take a look." ”

The one who opened the door was a burly man, looking at a few people with a surprised face, because they didn't know each other at all, this was the wrong door, right?

"We are this and this, passing by the leather merchants, this day is cold, want to beg for a bowl of water to drink, I don't know if it's convenient?" Xiao Chen also suspected that he had gone to the wrong person, so he simply made a mistake.

"Our village is not next to the avenue, why did you come here?" The man was vigilant, "It's all been a year, why are you still rushing outside?" ”

"Huh? We are this ......" Xiao Chen didn't expect people to ask in such detail, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.

"Mancang, who's coming? Hurry up and let people into the house, how can there be a courtesy to talk at the door! It's finally a little hot in this room, and it's released as soon as the door is opened, so it's not sensible to be such an adult...... Yes? Isn't this the master? An old man inside walked out when he heard the sound, and when he saw Xiao Chen, he was slightly stunned, and he recognized him.

"Why, Daddy, do you recognize them?" The man hurriedly asked.

"That's the kind man I always tell you! In those years, our family rested, and after only drinking a sip of water, we left twenty taels of silver...... "The old man pushed him away, and pulled Xiao Chen, Ling'er, Xiao Ye, and Yama into the house with a smile.

I can't help but say, directly invite four people to sit down and ascend to the kang, which is already the highest etiquette for farmers to entertain guests!

The house was quite lively, in addition to the old couple and this man named Mancang, there were two young people, a young woman, and a big white fat doll that was still swaddling.

Today happens to be the winter solstice, and the family is happily making dumplings around the stove.

"Oh, old man, are you going to eat?" Xiao Chen was a little embarrassed, "Then we won't bother, right?" ”

"What a word! I can't find it, I can't invite the distinguished guests, I have to leave when I enter the door, isn't this a slap in the face of my old man? Full warehouse, full of expensive, full house, what are you three boys still doing in a daze? Hurry up and kowtow to the master, and the daughter-in-law will also come to see the ceremony, you have a happy event, and you have lost the twenty taels of silver given by the master! ”

That year, Xiao Chen dropped the silver and left, and the old man didn't catch up when he came out, he always remembered it in his heart, and asked a few sons to inquire and look for it in the city, but Changshan City is so big, there are so many merchants, where can I find the nameless and nameless?

I didn't expect Xiao Chen to come uninvited, and he was so happy in his heart, where would he let him go? also urged a few sons to hurry up and thank you!

Seeing that the three of them really wanted to kneel, Xiao Chen hurriedly stopped them, and even said that there was no need to do so. If you want to thank you, we have to thank the old man, how cold it was that winter, a few of us were thirsty, cold and tired, if it wasn't for resting here for half a day, drinking hot water to warm our bodies, I was afraid that we would freeze to death if we couldn't walk to Changshan City.

"Wasn't that winter cold? The snow is also heavy, the road is difficult to walk, it is not easy to say that you are a businessman, and you have to come out to earn your life in the cold weather...... In the past two years, Ye Ke has also made a fortune? The old man turned on the small talk mode.

"I can't talk about getting rich, I can barely make ends meet." Xiao Chen said with a smile.

"Yes, it's not easy to eat and wear!" The old man nodded, and suddenly said, "I see, this cotton robe on your body is torn, this is?" Take it off and let the old woman make it up for you, this winter wind pierces your body and you are not stubborn! Saying that, Qiang Xiaochen couldn't help but say that he took off the cotton robe on his body and handed it to his wife who was sitting cross-legged on the kang.

When she turned her back, she glanced at her wife, and the old lady understood, and while looking at Xiao Chen's cotton robe, she quietly took out a few banknotes from under the kang and quietly stuffed them into the cuffs......

The old lady consciously did it secretly, but how could she hide it from Xiao Chen's eyes, she was secretly funny in her heart, and at the same time felt quite warm.

The heart said that the old man saw that he was still wearing the cotton robe he was wearing, and it was still very old, probably because he thought that he had not earned any money in the past two years, so he was so down.

The old man not only knew how to repay his kindness, but also knew how to deal with the world, and knew that if he returned the money in person, he would definitely not be able to save face and not be able to subordinate him, so he used a little means.

"Mancang, go and take out all the food and food you brought back, and the good wine is also hot in two jars, I have to have a good drink with my master no matter what!" The old man loudly instructed his son and daughter-in-law to take out all the good things in the house and entertain them!

"Old man, you took it out for us to eat, what should we do for the New Year?" Ling'er said with a smile.

"It's not the New Year!" The old man smiled, "The big guy's life has been good in the past two years, who cares about this bit of food?"

It's mainly a few sons, the eldest son Li Mancang is a soldier in the Yanyun Water Division, I heard that he has been a little head recently?

The second son works as a worker in the shipyard, and now he is also a small foreman, and the younger son is studying in the university school, although he has not yet worked, but I heard that all the students who come out of the university hall do not worry about finding a job, and they are rushing to ask for it everywhere.

The daughter-in-law is virtuous, and she gave birth to a big fat grandson less than a year after entering the door...... It's like a dream! Compared to more than three years ago, one is underground and one is in heaven!

"Oh? Brother Mancang is a sailor, what battleship do you work on and what do you do? Xiao Chen asked casually.

"The leader of the musket battalion on the Fuyun ship, the size is still a head." Without waiting for Li Mancang to speak, Old Man Li took the initiative to answer.

"Daddy!" Li Mancang grinned, and said in his heart that he didn't stop it if he stopped it slowly!

You old man just need to know this, how can you just say it when you meet people? Although it is not a military secret, it is also a military affair, how can it be casually revealed to a few people?

"Look at my mouth!" Li Laohan was also a little remorseful, and laughed.

"Oops, Lian Ling?" Ling'er said with a smile, "Brother Mancang, you are quite capable, you have been promoted to such a big official in less than three years." ”

Yan Yunlian is equivalent to a hundred households in the Great Zhou, and he is in charge of more than 100 people, and he is a proper seven-rank military attache in the army, although the official system in the army is different from that of the locality, but this level can already be on an equal footing with the county official......

"What big official?" Li Laohan said with a smile, "Sesame mung beans don't make people laugh. ”

Li Laohan didn't know the rank of the company leader at all, and Li Mancang rarely talked about military affairs when he went home, so he thought that his son was just a small leader, but he didn't know that he was already a seven-rank cadre.

"Why do you still know about this young lady's position in the army?" As the eldest in the family, Li Mancang didn't have to be busy in the kitchen, but sat on the kang to accompany the guests, and at the same time, he was suspicious of the identities of Xiao Chen and the others, and began to test the words.