"Father-in-law Xiao is eyeing the master?"

"Isn't that right? Intimidated with a smile, and said that he would come to my house tomorrow to meet him, how obvious, this must not be a good fart, this is a threat, absolutely. ”

Thinking of the yin face of the middle-aged eunuch surnamed Xiao, Xia Yuan couldn't stop feeling cold in his heart, this special mother deserves to be the governor of Dongchang, especially the smile, saying that he believes it when he eats children.

And what appeared in Zhu Houzhao's head was the image of a kind old man, intimidating and threatening, which didn't seem like something Xiao Jing could do.

However, he knew that these eunuchs had two faces, one face facing his own masters, and the other face facing others.

The two talked with each other for a while, but no one found a problem, and soon opened the page, Zhu Houzhao couldn't wait to slap his chest with a shocking sound, and told Xia Yuan that he could solve it in three or two clicks.

Xia Yuan believes in the strength of this product, although it is not in tune, but the identity is here, and the name of the prince can blind many people's eyes as soon as it shines out.

is just a Dongchang Governor, a big name, but compared to the prince, the quasi-emperor, he is nothing.

Xia Yuan looked around in the courtyard, he found a problem at this time, he had been back for a while, why didn't he see his little daughter-in-law come out to greet him.

"Master, what are you looking at?"

"It's nothing, you continue to sleep yours, I'll go inside and have a look."

With that, Xia Yuan went to the side house with the fire kang, didn't see anyone, and walked around the other rooms, and finally found someone in the hall near the backyard.

There is an offering table in the middle of this hall, and the offering table is naturally the tablet of Xia Yuan's parents, but the tablet is not placed on it at this time, Zhao Yuerong is wiping the offering table with a rag at this time, and the dumb lady is holding a tray with all kinds of tributes on it, waiting next to it.

Outsiders must not touch this kind of offering table with a spiritual position, and the servants of the subordinates are naturally also outsiders, so the dumb lady can only stand next to it, and she can't participate in the cleaning.

In the previous half a month of returning to their hometown for the New Year, in order to prevent the tablet from falling into dust, the two took the tablet with them when they returned to their hometown.

Now if you want to put the tablet up again, you naturally need to wipe the table clean.

Zhao Yuerong's small face was solemn, her expression was focused, obviously she didn't notice Xia Yuan's arrival, and when she wiped the offering table clean, she exhaled slightly, and was about to take the tablet placed on the side, as soon as she turned around, her head hit Xia Yuan's chest.

This really frightened the little girl, and she subconsciously wanted to let out an exclamation, and realized that it was in this hall with a spiritual seat, so she quickly covered her mouth with her hand.

When this look fell into her eyes, there was a feeling that she was so frightened that she covered her mouth, Xia Yuan said: "Don't be afraid, it's me." ”

“.”

Zhao Yuerong opened her mouth slightly and took a few breaths of relief, and then asked in a low voice, "When did the husband come back?" ”

"Not long after I came back, I chatted with the prince in the courtyard for a while."

"The prince is here too?"

This sentence is very intriguing, Xia Yuan said: "You don't know he's coming?" ”

"I don't know."

"He's almost asleep in the courtyard, don't you know?"

"I don't know."

“.”

How to say it, this prince really didn't treat himself as an outsider, and moved the recliner out to lie in the courtyard.

The yard is big, and there are more houses that are not good for this, unless they are guarded all the time, otherwise they can't keep an eye on it at all, no wonder those high-ranking families always keep a bunch of maids.

It seems that you have to hire a few more people, at least you have to hire a doorman, as soon as Wu's mother goes to cook, no one knows about the thieves in the house.

When he came out of the hall and passed through the moon gate in the middle to the main courtyard, there were already two reclining chairs in the courtyard, and in addition to Zhu Houzhao, Wang Shouren was also lying on them.

Well, this is even more of a person who treats himself as an outsider, which is normal.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Wang Shouren glanced back, then got up from the chair and bowed deeply to Xia Yuan, "Teacher." ”

After counting that he hadn't seen each other for more than a month, not to mention, Xia Yuan really missed it so much, and when he got closer, he reached out and patted the other party's shoulder, "Bo'an, how is the New Year?" ”

"If you return to your teacher, it's okay."

People in these years are not very sincere, if they want to let others go, Shang Ke may be a very good meaning, or it may not be bad, but Wang Shouren's personality is relatively different, he said that Shang Ke is definitely Shang Ke, without any discount, he is barely strong in the past year, and he still makes a living.

As for the reason, Xia Yuan thought about it for a while and quickly guessed that Wang Shouren's hometown of Yuyao, there was no plane and high-speed rail this year, and it would take at least half a month to go from the capital to Yuyao, and how long the New Year holiday of the Ming Dynasty was at this time, it was only half a month and less than twenty days.

This is not bad, if you want to put it in Lao Zhu's time, you will only be given one day off during the New Year.

Whether it is a day or half a month, it is impossible for Wang Shouren to go back to his hometown for the New Year, so he can only spend the New Year in the capital.

Not being able to return to your hometown for the Chinese New Year and not being able to reunite with your loved ones will make people feel uncomfortable in later generations, let alone this era.

Xia Yuan can also quite understand this feeling, but there are some etiquettes that can't be forgotten, right?

He looked at the recliner again, and really didn't see any gifts or anything, "That's how you came?" ”

Wang Shouren didn't understand too much, "What does the teacher mean?" ”

"That's right, when I returned to my hometown for the New Year this year, there was a teacher in our Zhuangzi, and he received a lot of gifts from students for the New Year this year, and then I remembered that I seemed to have disciples too."

Wang Shouren understood, so he explained: "Don't hide it from the teacher, during the Chinese New Year, the student did think about coming to the teacher's house to pay a respect, but the student knew that the teacher was a person who did not like red tape, so he couldn't help but be a little hesitant.

Later, the student thought about it, but he still didn't want to go, so as not to upset the teacher, so he dispelled this thought. ”

I don't like red tape?

Xia Yuan was a little dumbfounded, what image did he have in his heart in this heart?

Well, I really don't like red tape, and I even dislike the many rules and etiquette of this world, but who doesn't like to accept this gift?

"Yes, I do not like the red tape, you did the right thing, haha"

Xia Yuan smiled dryly and patted him on the shoulder again, all the words were said about this, if he said anything like receiving gifts, it seemed like asking for bribes, and it was easy to destroy his tall image in the heart of this goods.

Just slapped twice, and listened to Zhu Houzhao on the side echo: "I didn't expect the master to be the same as me, and I also hate these red tapes very much." ”

"I know."

Xia Yuan paused for a moment, said so, and couldn't help but sigh silently in his heart, nominally accepted two apprentices, but this master's treatment was not enjoyed at all.

It seems that he can't say that, not to mention Wang Shouren, at least he pit a lot of silver from Zhu Houzhao at the beginning.

It's just that it's almost spent, and it doesn't seem to have much money left at home, right?

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(End of chapter)