Chapter 403: Difficult Brothers
Let's say that on the side of Lin Yuan, Zhu Jinghong has returned from the field and is sitting in the courtyard for lunch.
Through adaptation in the past few days, Zhu Jinghong has fully integrated into this room and accepted the arrangement given to him by fate.
In addition to resigning to his fate, his mentality has also changed.
has made a lot of great contributions before, and it is not necessarily how much effect there is through self-pollution and other means.
Through the "disobedient selection of concubines", will the sixth and fourth children doubt him again, he really doesn't dare to pack tickets, and he feels stable with the current gear.
A person who was almost imprisoned and almost abolished could never have an idea about the big position.
Then I can boldly organize and train the new army, make great strides to develop the navy, and start a war to disrupt the situation, so that I can have more opportunities to display it.
Normally, it is impossible for Zhu Jinghong to borrow the throne, and the stable development of the imperial court does not need a martial monarch.
The emperor went to war with the outside world to grab silver, but he had no conditions to create conditions for himself, and he turned the peaceful and prosperous era into a war.
Only when the war continues, can he Zhu Jinghong play a useful role and continue to be relied on by the emperor.
Of course, although the truth has been figured out, Zhu Jinghong, who should complain every day, will not stop, which is also a necessary means to maintain the personality.
"Lord Wang, eat vegetables!"
While Zhu Jinghong was thinking about it, Baochai had already put vegetables in his bowl, for fear that he would eat a little less.
In the three days he stayed in Shanglinyuan, Zhu Jinghong really got up early and worked late, and now he only cleaned up two acres of land and sowed the seeds.
But even if all the seeds are planted, a series of things like weeding and insect control in the later stage are extremely grinding chores.
"You can eat it too!" Zhu Jinghong said with a smile.
"Baochai, you're doing okay with this dish today, just a little more salt!"
"Got it...... Hurry up and eat! Baochai sandwiched another dish for Zhu Jinghong.
While the two were eating and drinking, more than a dozen eunuchs appeared, accompanied by two carts.
Three feet away from their huts, the men stopped and got busy, and in ten minutes they set up the shelves of the house.
At this moment, Zhu Jinghong had finished eating, and his own Baochai cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, and he strolled towards a group of eunuchs.
Even though he was dressed in a short shirt and cloth at the moment, when he approached, all the eunuchs stopped, and then stood in line and saluted him.
"Slave see the prince!"
Walking closer with his hands behind his back, Zhu Jinghong asked, "What's going on?" ”
The old eunuch in the lead replied: "Back to the prince, the servants and others have come to build a residence for the fourteenth and fifteenth masters according to the decree of the lord!" ”
"They? They're coming over too? Zhu Jinghong was amazed.
"Exactly!"
"What a mistake did he make?"
"Slaves don't know!"
Nodding, Zhu Jinghong said, "Then you guys are busy!" ”
After saying this, Zhu Jinghong returned to the house, and at this moment Baochai had almost washed the dishes and chopsticks.
"Lord Wang...... There is no water in the tank, and the firewood is almost gone! Baochai reminded.
"Got it!"
After responding, Zhu Jinghong first carried water to fill the water tank, and then used an axe to chop wood and set it up.
He planned to finish his work and take a nap before going to work.
Half an hour later, Zhu Jinghong packed up the chopped firewood, and then went into the house to sleep.
As for Baochai, after washing the dishes and chopsticks, he began to clean up the house.
Although the place is not big, if things are not placed and cleaned, it will end up in a mess.
Although it is a thatched hut, it is also a home, and Baochai can't stand the clutter here.
Here she was cleaning up, Zhu Jingchun and the others were brought here by Cheng Ying, and Baochai immediately entered the house when she saw it.
"Eh, ......"
Pushed awake by Baochai, Zhu Jinghong turned over, closed his eyes and asked, "What's the matter?" ”
"The fourteenth brother and the fifteenth brother are here!"
"Got it, let them rest first, and I'll tell them to work in the fields later!"
Hearing Zhu Jinghong say this, Baochai laughed for a while.
"Why don't you go out and have a look?"
"It's not that I don't know him, look at what he does!"
Seeing that he said this, Baochai was helpless, and the palace maid who taught cooking happened to come at this moment, and Baochai went to the kitchen again.
This is already the fifth day, and the old palace maid will not come again for another five days, and there is not much time left for Baochai to study.
Laundry and cooking, lighting a fire to boil water, cleaning the house......
Although this is a basic operation for ordinary people, it still needs to be studied carefully for Baochai.
Let's talk about Zhu Jingchun and the others, when they came to their new house, they almost thought that Cheng Ying was joking with him.
"Where do we live?" Zhu Jingchun asked with a smile.
"Exactly!" Cheng Ying replied.
"Your Royal Highnesses live here, and someone will teach you to do laundry and cook in the next ten days, and then you will have to be responsible for eating, drinking, and Lazar by yourself!"
"Not only you, but His Royal Highness King Xiang is the same, he lives there now!" Cheng Ying pointed to the thatched hut not far away.
"Besides, today's lunch has passed, so the two highnesses will use this to satisfy their hunger for the time being!"
When Cheng Ying's words fell, a small eunuch came forward with a food box and placed it on the small table under the eaves of the thatched hut.
"Two highnesses, if there is nothing else, the old slave will retire!"
At this time, Zhu Jinghao stepped forward and spoke: "Father-in-law Cheng, if you don't help us ask for a favor, just say that we are willing to go back and study hard, and never make trouble for our father again!" ”
"If the two highnesses are spoken, the old slave will turn the master, but the two of them have to stay here first!"
"Farewell!" Cheng Ying is no longer willing to stay here.
After Cheng Ying left, although Zhu Jingchun and the others felt aggrieved, their rumbling stomachs woke them up.
"Brother Fourteen, let's have dinner first!" Zhu Jinghao walked to the table.
However, when he opened the food box, he saw that there were only four steamed buns inside, just two of them.
"What's wrong? Eat! Zhu Jingchun was a little strange, and when he got closer, he was also stunned.
"That's it? Just this for lunch? Zhu Jingchun was so angry that he scolded.
"This old eunuch, how could we have offended him and dared to oppress us like this!"
"Brother Fourteen, what are we going to eat?" Zhu Jinghao raised key questions.
At this moment, he missed the noon dish very much, and regretted that he had talked too much nonsense and did not eat a bite.
"Who eats this ......"
After saying this, Zhu Jingchun looked at the thatched hut on the side, and then said with a smile: "Why don't you ...... Let's go to Brother Thirteen and take a look, he may have something to eat! ”
Zhu Jinghao nodded hurriedly: "This is also true...... Brother Thirteen has always had good things there! ”
So the two walked to the thatched hut where Zhu Jinghong was, and came to the gate of the courtyard in a few steps, and the door was directly opened at this time.
"Thirteenth brother?" Zhu Jingchun called.
Obviously, Zhu Jinghong's tiger is still powerful, even if it is a courtyard surrounded by a fence, they dare not enter without warning.
At this time, Baochai poked his head out of the kitchen, saw that it was these two people and said with a smile: "It turned out to be the fourteenth brother, what are you doing here?" ”
Seeing Baochai wearing a gray cloth robe, Zhu Jingchun and the others thought that they had recognized the wrong person, this was the graceful and atmospheric thirteenth sister-in-law?
But the reality is that the person in front of him is the fake Princess Xiang.
"Thirteenth sister-in-law, we ...... We came in a hurry and missed lunch, do you have something to eat here? Zhu Jinghao asked first.
Baochai shook his head and replied, "There is only coarse tea and light rice, and it has passed the hour, if you are hungry...... Shall I make you some porridge? ”
Zhu Jinghao nodded, bowed and said, "It's okay...... I'm tired of my sister-in-law, add some lotus seeds and longan! ”
On the side, Zhu Jingchun followed and spoke: "If it is accompanied by a few dishes of side dishes, you can barely satisfy your hunger!" ”
Hearing this, Baochai smiled: "Two brothers, there is only white rice porridge, small cabbage lotus seeds or something...... Neither do we! ”
"Huh? Won't it......"
"Why should my sister-in-law be so stingy!"
As soon as the two finished speaking, they saw Zhu Jinghong coming out of the middle room with a gloomy face, and they were so frightened that they hurriedly greeted and saluted.
"Brother Thirteen, it's been good recently, the two of us have come to see you!"
"See? Let's just accompany Brother Thirteen, lest he be bored alone! ”
Listening to the two of them chattering, Zhu Jinghong only looked at them coldly, and then told the two to shut up honestly.
"You two bastards, your sister-in-law personally cooked porridge for you, and you still dare to pick and choose?"
"I asked you to come here, I came to farm the land, not to let you enjoy the blessings, if you want to eat well, go back to the palace to eat!"
"Why don't you speak? Didn't you talk a lot just now? ”
was reprimanded by Zhu Jinghong like this, Zhu Jingchun and the others didn't dare to reply at all, and even lowered their heads.
"It's all a family, why bother talking with a red face, you don't have to say a few words!" Baochai immediately came out to play a round.
After persuading Zhu Jinghong, Baochai looked at Zhu Jingchun and the others again: "Fourteenth brother, fifteenth brother...... Don't take it to heart, your thirteenth brother doesn't mean anything else, I just want you to adapt as soon as possible! ”
"The food here is no different from that of ordinary people, if you want to eat well, you can only go back to the palace, and you can only be patient at the moment!"
"We know that we are wrong, Brother Thirteen!" Zhu Jingchun admitted his mistake very slipperily, and then Zhu Jinghao did the same.
"Eat if you want, get out if you don't eat, and work in the field with me in half an hour!"
Training these two people to be good at farming, Zhu Jinghong can be much easier, so this is what he must do.
"Wait a minute, two brothers, and I'll make porridge for you!"
"Don't bother my sister-in-law...... We've got food over there! ”
"yes...... Let's go back and eat steamed buns! ”
Zhu Jinghong was standing here with a black face, and they didn't want to stay here at all, so they would rather go back and eat steamed buns.
Seeing that they were leaving, Baochai stopped them again: "...... you come back?"
Hearing this, Zhu Jingchun and the others stopped again, and at this time Baochai had already entered the house.
After a few breaths, I saw her come out with a teapot and a teacup, and said, "It's too choking to eat only steamed buns, so you have to drink it with water!" ”
Taking the teapot from Baochai's hand, Zhu Jingchun and the others were somewhat moved, this was the first warmth after repeated setbacks today.
"Thank you, sister-in-law!"
"Thank you, Brother Thirteen!"
After thanking them, they went to their house, where there were cold steamed buns waiting for him.
After the two left, Baochai Fang turned back to Zhu Jinghong and said, "It's good between brothers, why do you bother!" ”
"They're here to work, talk to them at this time, do you think they'll listen?"
"This is the prison set up by the old man, and now I am the jailer here!"
Hearing Zhu Jinghong's disrespectful words again, Baochai was already numb to this, and then she said: "Don't be too harsh on them, after all, they are still children!" ”
"Kid? We're a year older than them, and they'll be crowned kings in a few months! Zhu Jinghong sat on the stool next to him and said.
This made Baochai speechless, and after a moment of silence, she said: "The matter has come to this, and it is useless to complain...... Why do you keep saying those things? ”
Baochai's words are very clear, that is, let Zhu Jinghong arrange the emperor less, such as saying that the old man does not miss the old love.
"I can't say what he can do?" Zhu Jinghong said immediately.
Most of these words can reach the ears of the emperor, and he spares no effort to maintain his personality.
Seeing that he didn't listen to Zhu Jinghong, Baochai was also helpless, so he walked into the kitchen by himself.
Soon half an hour passed, Zhu Jinghong got up and picked up the hoe, and came to the outside of Zhu Jingchun's house.
Pushing the door in, I saw these two people lying on the bed, Zhu Jinghong immediately scolded: "Don't get up yet? It's time to get to work! ”
"Brother Thirteen, how can we work!" Zhu Jingchun sat up and replied.
"Won't? Can't you learn? Get up and come down with me! ”
"Brother Thirteen, I don't have the strength today!" Zhu Jinghao spoke on the side.
"Really? That's just what I'm going to do for you! After that, Zhu Jinghong put down his hoe and began to rub his fists.
How dare the two of them let him rub his muscles and bones, when he bounced up from the bed, and then picked up the hoe that was placed behind the door.
"Brother Thirteen, let's go!" Zhu Jingchun said with a smile.
Although it can be tiring to work, it will hurt if you are beaten, and you may have to work if you are beaten.
The two went to the field together, and when they learned that they were going to hoe such a large piece of land, Zhu Jingchun and his legs were weak.
But with Zhu Jinghong here, they could only work honestly and learn farming under the old eunuch's professor.
People are different, although the work is very tiring and boring, but these two people still find fun, and they really feel that it is much more fun than reading.
Except for the lack of service and poor food, the rest were all advantages in the eyes of both of them.
From 14 o'clock to 17 o'clock, the three brothers only rested for half an hour, and only finished their work when the sun was about to set.
"Brother Thirteen, I'm so tired, I have to sleep when I go back!"
"Brother Thirteen, let's rest tomorrow!"
Walking in front, Zhu Jinghong said in a deep voice: "Rest? If you don't serve the crops in the field, don't even want to leave here! ”
This sentence alone dispelled Zhu Jingchun's desire for comfort.
The three of them returned to their residence, and Zhu Jingchun and the others were about to go back to their hut, but they were stopped by Baochai coming out of the kitchen.
"Fourteen brothers and fifteen brothers, let's eat together in the future...... It's troublesome for you to cook your own meals! ”
Originally, Zhu Jingchun and the others were worried about eating and drinking, and they felt big when they thought of cooking by themselves.
However, they didn't dare to respond, but looked at Zhu Jinghong's face.
"See what I do? Don't hurry up to thank your sister-in-law! Zhu Jinghong said coldly.
"Thank you, sister-in-law!"
"You are truly a living bodhisattva of all beings!"
The two of them smiled and praised, and then followed into the small courtyard, where the meal was already set up in the middle room.
"Thirteenth sister-in-law, you did all this?" Zhu Jingchun was a little surprised.
Although there is a world of difference compared to daily food, they are still very surprised to think that Baochai made it himself.
"I did it with my old mother, and she said that she would teach you how to cook, and I said that a man can not enter the kitchen, so let's just eat together in the future!"
"Someone came here just now, and they sent your rice, flour, grain and oil, and I put them on our side!"
"And your clothes have also been delivered, remember to change them when you go back......"
Baochai was talking and eating at the same time, but was interrupted by Zhu Jinghong at this moment: "They wash their own clothes, they have to do something by themselves!" ”
His wife washes other people's clothes, even if he is a blood brother, Zhu Jinghong can't bear it.
Let them eat easily, and my brother will be benevolent enough to do his duty...... Zhu Jinghong thought so.
"Yes, yes, we wash ourselves, wash ourselves!"
Seeing that Zhu Jinghong's eyes were not good, Zhu Jingchun and the others dared to hesitate for a moment, so they immediately patted their chests and reassured.
Baochai naturally didn't force it, so he said with a smile: "Let's eat!" ”
Seeing that a few people were about to start having dinner, the old palace maid and the old eunuch who were in charge of taking care of them said goodbye and left.
After an afternoon of labor, Zhu Jingchun and the others were already hungry, and they didn't care if it was delicious at this time, so they picked up the bowl and began to eat vegetables, how could they still have half of the coquettish atmosphere in the palace.
(End of chapter)