In the early morning, the sky will be bright.

I don't know from where, suddenly there was a distant rooster crowing, in the chicken nest specially set up in the backyard of Zhou Ang's house, the big rooster of Hua Lingzi was sleeping so beautifully, but when he heard this sound, he suddenly woke up, and immediately straightened his neck, and the cockscomb trembled a few times, and instantly became more and more congested and red.

And it immediately threw away the harem in the nest, decisively got out of the nest, shook its feathers and flapped its wings, and raised its head to make a "Oh...... Oh ......".

With this singing, it seemed that the sky was suddenly a little brighter.

In the bedroom in front, Zhou Ang's consciousness was touched and he slowly opened his eyes.

After a few moments, he was completely sober.

The idea of wanting to stay in bed for a moment in his mind had just arisen, but the diligence he had cultivated in his life immediately dispelled it, so he did not hesitate at all, and immediately turned over and got out of bed.

In the bright sky outside the window, he stretched out comfortably, and suddenly felt sleepy, and his consciousness was unprecedentedly clear—in fact, he had already cultivated late last night, and then he read even later, and when he slept, he was already about to pay the fourth watch, but in just two or three hours of sleep, he felt far more awake and energetic than when he slept for six or seven hours in his previous life.

This state is somewhat similar to the full sleep of more than ten hours in a previous life when it was time to rest on the weekend - recently, Zhou Ang has especially enjoyed this kind of wakefulness.

Especially in the last few days, he felt that his cultivation progress was advancing rapidly, and the aura in his body was becoming more and more abundant, and he was already about to touch the feeling of the ninth order consummation, which made his inner sense of accomplishment simply full, so he ate sweetly, slept sweetly, and felt more energetic when he read.

After getting up in the morning and simply freshening up, he started to punch and kick in his big bedroom - it was still the same set that Uncle Zheng had handed down at the beginning, although it was not as intense as practicing with Ao Chun, but he insisted on refining his body every day, but he benefited a lot, and his current strong physical fitness that was far beyond ordinary people was all due to this.

Zhou Ang opened the door, Lu Chunsheng in the yard had already washed his face, and was cleaning up the manure in the stables at the moment, so Zhou Ang took off his clothes, wearing only a pair of shorts, and stood in the yard to scoop water from the full water tank to rinse.

It's the end of July, and the weather has cooled down in the morning and evening, but taking a cool shower is still a comfortable thing for a sturdy man, not to mention that this person is Zhou Ang.

He took a bath, and Lu Chunsheng came out of the stable after cleaning up, and he didn't speak, so he came directly to take the water scoop and help him scoop water and pour it on his body.

During this period, Aunt Lu seemed to have come over, but after walking through the hanging flower arch between the front and back yards, she seemed to hear the sound of water, so she just glanced over here and retracted again.

Zhou Ang finished taking a shower, went back to the house to wipe it clean, changed into new clothes, and felt more and more refreshed.

When he came out of the room again, someone in the courtyard finally said the first sentence - Lu Chunsheng smiled and said, "Young Master, isn't it Xiu Mu today, why did you get up so early?"

Zhou Ang smiled: "Get used to it, it's better to get up early!"

Lu Chunsheng couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "The young master is really diligent. ”

This was a no-brainer, and Zhou Ang didn't care when he heard this, he just smiled, but what Lu Chunsheng said unintentionally next made him stunned.

Lu Chunsheng said with some emotion: "Last night, I got up in the middle of the night to relieve myself, and I saw that the lights were still on in the young master's room, I didn't want you to get up so early, so I remembered the past." At that time, the lord was also like this, he was very diligent, he dealt with business last night, no matter how late he stayed up, he must get up early the next day. ”

Zhou Ang was stunned for a moment, and asked with a smile: "My father was ...... back then." Do you like to stay up late?"

Lu Chunsheng said: "I don't like it, right? It's just that every time I urge food, how many account books are there, I have to go through them from the master's hands, and the master himself said that in the account books, not only the grain, but also the thoughts of many people up and down." ”

He sighed, as if he was caught up in his memories, and began to chatter-

"What do the officials think, what do the colleagues think, what do the rich people think, what do the tenants think? What is this year's harvest like? Will the tenants still survive after handing over this grain?"

"Which people and which places are easier to collect? How much fire should be collected? Which places are so poor that they insist on apportioning too much, and I am afraid that either they will not be able to collect them at all, or several families will be ruined. ”

"The acres of land are dead, and the grain that should be harvested is dead, and no one can change it. If the grain harvest is not enough and the officials are not satisfied, you will not be able to do your errand. If the fire is not enough, the officials working under your command will not have enough oil and water, and they will not be willing to work for you. If you collect too much, it is not easy to collect, and it is easy to rush things. ”

"Besides, the master is not willing to do the things that break the family and collect money, he said that there is a harm to the peace of the heavens, and there is also a hurt to the people's hopes, so what to do? You have to take a little bit of the account book and figure out the best way, the beating that should be beaten, the compassion of the compassion, the hard bones that should be gnawed, and you have to go around the bend to find a way to suppress the ......."

"So, every time it's time to collect grain, the master has to polish it all night after night, and in his heart, he doesn't know how many people and how many things are turning all the time!"

"Alas...... In retrospect, I think that the old man said that he died of illness, but in fact, he was tired!"

At this point, the master and the servant all fell silent.

Zhou Ang's sudden sense of exploration just now also disappeared completely with this emotion, and at the same time, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart - although all of this has been heard and never witnessed, but through his own experience, he can still imagine that it is not easy for a young man who has no foundation in officialdom for himself and his family to rise in a few years.

Because this is a world that values the family and the accumulation of the family.

Of course, unlike his dead father, he took a different path - but this road seems to be strong, is it really easy?

Not really.

The danger is even more than that.

After a while, Zhou Ang waved his hand, as if he wanted to wave away the noise that suddenly appeared in his mind, and at this time, Lu Chunsheng was also embarrassed and said: "Look at me, it's early in the morning, why did you talk about this, make the young master sad, right?" It's all my fault......

Zhou Ang waved his hand again and said with a smile: "Uncle Lu, don't worry, I won't follow in my father's footsteps!"

Lu Chunsheng was suddenly distracted, and his honest face showed a moment of embarrassment, and he quickly explained: "Young master, I didn't mean that, I didn't curse you early...... I ......"

Yes, it's okay if he doesn't explain, but when he explains, it's even more embarrassing.

Zhou Ang couldn't help laughing - no wonder when his father left, he was quickly taken out by others, and he had to give up all his family wealth before he reluctantly retreated.

Not to mention that compared to his father, even compared to Guo Yuan's passer-by, Lu Chunsheng's cultivation in this area is really too far behind.

However, the more this is the case, the more reassuring Zhou Ang is about him.

Because he doesn't need Lu Chunsheng to do anything else, he just needs his honesty and loyalty, and it is enough to help him guard the back road when he does more dangerous things.

Thinking of this, Zhou Ang couldn't help but smile and comfort him a few words.

While the two were talking, Aunt Lu came over again, but she informed Zhou Ang that the backyard was going to be eaten.

Zhou Ang agreed, subconsciously glanced at Aunt Lu, but his heart suddenly moved, thought about it, stopped her, and said: "Aunt Lu, let's go out with our family later, seeing that the autumn weather is approaching, it's time to buy a few clothes, and we will go together later, and buy a few clothes for you and Uncle Lu." ”

............

While eating, Zhou Zihe proudly took out a word he had written in the morning and showed it to Zhou Ang.

Zhou Ang took it, first praised a few words, then pointed out a few bad points, and finally praised a few words in a summary manner, Zhou Zihe listened to it with a happy and rewarding look.

When he returned the things to her and picked up the chopsticks to eat, Zhou Ang smiled: "The more Zihe's characters are written, the better, it can be seen that he has worked hard." Mother, I told Aunt Lu just now, today is Xiumu, let's go out with our family, go shopping for clothes, it's going to change seasons! For the sake of Zihe, who has been practicing calligraphy and reading so diligently recently, what do you think I should reward her? Buy more skirts? Or ......?"

"Ahhh

Both Zhou Ang and Zhou Cai couldn't help laughing.

Zhou Caishi glared at her with love and disgust, "Look at you! Yesterday, I praised you for being more and more like a big girl, but this is completely revealed? As soon as you say that you want to buy clothes, it won't be you, sit down and eat!"

Zhou Zihe stuck out his tongue, obediently sat down and picked up his chopsticks, but kept glancing at Zhou Ang with his eyes.

Zhou Ang didn't look at her, but still said to his mother: "Then ...... Give her a pair of earrings!Mother, what do you think?"

"yes, yes, yes, yes

Before Zhou Caishi could speak, Zhou Zihe was already screaming again, making her cry and laugh.

After reprimanding her a few words, and finally letting her start eating honestly, Zhou Caishi couldn't help but smile and said to Zhou Ang: "Don't spoil her too much, be careful that you will be spoiled in the future, marry someone else, and become a bad woman!"

Zhou Ang smiled and said: "A bad woman is a bad woman! I don't care what others think! My sister, I know that she will never be the kind of person who is unreasonable and messing around! Not to mention that people pick her, I will pick her husband's family in the future! I will not marry my sister to be angry!"

"That's it!" Zhou Zihe whispered.

Zhou Caishi felt happy and a little funny, so he couldn't help glaring at Zhou Zihe again, but he reprimanded with a smile: "Eat your meal!"

............

Just go.

After breakfast, the family cleaned up, Lu Chunsheng set up the carriage, and the family went out.

The three women sat in the car, Lu Chunsheng drove, Zhou Ang sat beside him, and when they arrived at Sogo Fang, Lu Chunsheng was responsible for guarding the carriage and horses outside, and the family soon wandered around.

Although the clothing and fashion of the Tang Dynasty, and even the folk customs, are not the same as those of the Han Kingdom, they are also quite similar, for example, at least Zhou Ang found here in Lingzhou that the rules that he had heard about when he knew little about history in his previous life were that women should not go out of the door and not step out, basically do not exist here, not to mention that in the "Book of Han", there are even many records of women as officials.

Therefore, when women go shopping, although they are sure that modern society is far behind, at least they are prohibited, especially when it comes to selling clothes, fabrics, jewelry, and of course, especially in shops that sell rouge gouache, there are a lot of women who go shopping and buy things.

And when buying these things, it seems that women are indeed more adept.

So, when the family went shopping, Zhou Ang was only responsible for providing some praise most of the time.

The current Zhou family, including the master and the servant, is a total of six people, and the clothes that the master and the servant want to buy, of course, cannot be the same, but one person buys two sets of clothes, and then buys two pieces of jewelry for his mother and sister, which is not a small amount. It's just that Zhou Ang has been rich recently and seems to be extraordinarily generous, so he let them all choose by themselves.

When the fabric was selected, cut, and paid, the group went to a rouge gouache shop not far away, and bought some for Zhou Cai's and Zhou Zihe, Zhou Ang paid the bill, and the family was about to go out to continue shopping, and when he turned his head, Zhou Ang's eyes suddenly caught a slightly familiar shadow, and he was subconsciously stunned for a moment before coming back to his senses, and couldn't help but turn his head to look at the group of people who were entering the door.

It was obviously a pattern of one master and one servant, the young lady who walked in front wore a hood, and a soft veil hung down, covering her face, but the maid walking beside her was not wearing a veil.

Although he had only met her once, Zhou Ang quickly remembered who she was.

If you remember who she is, then of course you know who the other one is.

It's the last few hours, and I want to find a home for those who have nowhere to go!

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