The road of the farmer's fortune and the imperial examination

Chapter 160 Subduing Paralyzed Yu

Gu Chengyu took a closer look at the woman, and saw that she was wearing a brownish-colored coarse cloth with a collar and a belt tied around her waist. She was about forty years old, with a long face and wrinkles with the word Sichuan between her eyebrows. She seemed to be a serious woman. woman.The gesture of saluting is in place, and it seems to be smooth and smooth. She should be the wife of an official family in the past, and ordinary merchants can't teach such a well-mannered woman.

This woman can be kept by her side for reuse. His family is a farmer, and there are so many nieces in the family. If there is more family business in the future, then such a woman who knows the rules must be needed.

"Get up! What was your last name?"

The old lady knew that this was her question, she stood up politely, looked only at the ground in front of her, and replied respectfully: "The slave girl's original master's family name was Yan, and I gave her the surname Yan, her husband's family name is Liang, and now I follow the master's family name." , and ask the master to give you a new name."

Gu Chengyu thought about it for a while, and felt that it was inappropriate to use the original surname, but her husband's surname could be used instead.

"Then you should follow your husband's family name! I'll call you Mama Liang! It's just your husband's family." Since Gu Chengyu intends to bring her back home, it's better to understand her original affairs.

"The head of the servant girl has gone, and there are no children, only the slave girl is left." When Mother Liang said this, she must have thought of something sad, and her words were a little suffocated. At the same time, she was also uneasy in her heart. She could see that these children They are all living here temporarily. She is afraid that if she teaches them the rules, if these children are gone, wouldn't she be useless?The little master in front of him seemed to have a good idea, and he wondered if he could keep her.

"Oh! That's a poor man! From now on, just work here with peace of mind."

I don't know if what Liang's mother said is true or not, there are so many secret affairs in the big family, who knows how her man and child died?Or maybe not dead at all?However, this doesn't prevent him from just using her. As for whether he will get into trouble in the future, that's a matter for the future. He doesn't want to worry about it.

"Manager Yu!" Gu Chengyu signaled Tanzi Yu to get down to business. In front of outsiders, he still saved some face for Tanzi Yu and didn't call him by his name directly.

This time, Gu Chengyu chose two boys among the twenty children. These two will be his future servants, his personal attendants. This selection is very important. He chose the two most clever and skilled in martial arts. Their names are Ding Qi and Ding Shisan. The two of them also learned internal strength; the other two older ones were selected to learn how to work with Yu Tanzi. The rest of the children have not made any arrangements for now. However, he already had a general understanding of their progress, and he also paid attention to some of them who were particularly serious about their work.As for Ding Yi, he followed Yu Tanzi.

He didn't take away the two young men he chose for the time being. He had to wait until he was admitted as a scholar.The Gu family is living a prosperous life now, and sooner or later they need to buy maids and servants, and servants are also necessary, because there are some things he can't do, and he has to send his subordinates to do them.Anyway, when the time comes, he will just pick the one he buys himself.

Gu Chengyu followed Yu Tanzi into the main room, and looked around. Although there were no expensive furnishings, the room was clean and tidy, and the layout was not empty. On the contrary, it looked grand.

"You know how to decorate the house, this house is not bad compared to a rich family!" Gu Chengyu glanced at Yu Tanzi, who did not expect this Yu Tanzi to have some taste.

"I didn't arrange this! It was arranged by the dumb mother-in-law. What's the matter? Doesn't it look good?" Seeing that Gu Chengyu didn't show dissatisfaction with the dumb mother-in-law, Yu Tanzi thought that Gu Chengyu was also very satisfied with the dumb mother-in-law. The dumb mother-in-law was pitiful, it reminded him of his old mother, and he was afraid that Gu Chengyu would be dissatisfied. After all, she was dumb and couldn't speak, so it was always inconvenient.

Gu Chengyu turned around and looked at a picture of pines and cypresses on the wall, and there was a poem beside it. This painting may have been drawn by a beginner, who was weak in writing and didn't even have a good grasp of the shape, but the poem has some artistic conception.

"This painting was also hung by the dumb mother-in-law?"

"That's right! She pointed to this poem and insisted on hanging it up, and even pointed fingers, maybe because she thought it was beautiful. The person who rented this yard didn't want this painting. At that time, she threw it on the kangqin in the inner room. I thought about throwing it away." It’s a pity that it’s gone, it’s better to hang it up.”

"Did you just say that the dumb mother-in-law is illiterate? This painting is just average. Since the original owner didn't want to take it away, it must not be a good painting. The only thing worth mentioning about this painting is this poem. The dumb mother-in-law is illiterate. She pointed What are poems for? Why would she want to hang this up?"

Gu Chengyu can also understand, after all, it is just a good poem, and the luggage must be full when moving, so it is only natural that this painting was abandoned.He didn't believe that an illiterate old woman could appreciate this painting?Or did she think of hanging up the poem because she thought it was well written?
"This? Could it be that she thinks it's a pity to lose it?" Yu Tanzi asked Gu Chengyu, sweating on his forehead. He also thought that if the dumb mother-in-law could read, why would she lie?
"We are just a small family now, and we have nothing to ask for. We are just afraid that if we accept such a person, we will cause some trouble in the future. This dumb mother-in-law, you should pay attention. In the future, you should think more about it." , don’t be reckless. You have to walk outside for me, and you will meet many people. A simple person like you will be eaten by others, and there will be no bones left. Humph!"

Gu Chengyu also wanted to make Yu Tanzi more vigilant. He has no useable people right now. If he buys someone, he won't be able to buy someone he likes in a while. Anyway, Yu Tanzi has worked for him for two years, which is pretty smooth, but Now he plans to start buying private property. He is afraid that Yu Tanzi will be able to stand up to small things, but he will suffer when he encounters big things.There is no other reason, it is too easy to deceive.

"That's true! I will definitely pay attention to it in the future!" Yu Tanzi also began to face up to this question. He didn't ask anything at that time, and he bought the person directly.He can be regarded as a manager when he goes out now, and he can't do anything arbitrarily in the future.

His mother told him a few days ago that he should follow the current master's family well, not to make his own decisions in everything, and to ask the master's family more.Isn't he making his own way when he buys the dumb mother-in-law?Originally, Gu Chengyu asked him to buy a strong woman, and when he brought it back, he would wash and cook first, and then bring it back home to do some rough work.

"Don't worry! As long as you do things well, I will naturally not treat you badly. After your five-year period expires, if you still want to work by my side after taking the antidote, I will naturally keep you. I'm afraid your monthly payment will be gone soon." If it rises, isn’t it better than you going back to planing food in the field?”

Giving a sweet date with a slap in the face is a common method used by superiors, and Gu Chengyu has already treated Yu Tanzi as a subordinate.

Yu Tanzi saw that Gu Chengyu was still willing to use him when the five-year period expired, but he couldn't find him when he went back, so he might as well follow Gu Chengyu to do things.Besides, if you need to understand the medicine, you don't have to worry about it anymore, so you might as well stay.With an idea in my heart, I became more respectful towards Gu Chengyu, after all, I will follow Gu Chengyu from now on.

(End of this chapter)