Drive the RV back to Datang

Chapter 14: Chapter 14: It's time to go down the mountain
Du Hong saw that he was talking about it all the time, so he leaned over and asked curiously: "My little master, what are you talking about?"

"It's nothing." Li Hao replied blankly, and then said, "Don't call me the little master from now on, call me the young master."

"Yes! Young master."

Li Hao turned his head and stared at him for a long time, then suddenly asked curiously: "Your name is Du Hong? Have you been here for 20 years?"

"22 years." Du Hong replied respectfully.

"22 years." Li Hao couldn't help sighing, "What's so good about this dilapidated house."

Du Hong sighed helplessly: "This house was originally very good, but it has been in disrepair for a long time, so it has become like this."

Li Hao felt sorry for him: "22 years, all dedicated to this dilapidated house, how many 22 years can there be in one's life."

Du Hong was touched by his words, and his expression turned mournful: "The old servant is in slavery and has nowhere to go. It is a great favor to have such a place to settle down."

Li Hao nodded, and suddenly remembered that the Tang Dynasty had not yet been established 22 years ago, so he couldn't help asking: "Is this house left in the former Sui Dynasty?"

Du Hong nodded: "Yes, the original owner's surname is Ding, and he is the largest household in Shanghe Village. All the villagers in Shanghe Village are his tenant farmers and farmers. The owner Ding Mian has more than a dozen silk and satin shops in Chang'an and Lantian City. , this house is just one of the properties. The old slave came here when he was 28 years old and almost starved to death. Fortunately, he was favored by the original owner and recruited into the mansion as a groom, so he saved his life. Unexpectedly, it was only two years later. Emperor Yang heard that Ding Kou, a daughter of the Ding family, was born beautiful, so he ordered Ding Kou to enter the palace. All the family members were taken into prison and sent to various places. The servants in the mansion also fled one after another. The old slaves had no relatives and reasons, and had nowhere to go. Thinking of the kindness of the old master, they stayed here to guard the house. Unexpectedly, this happened. That's 22 years."

After hearing this, Li Hao couldn't help sighing. Du Hong is still very loyal. At the same time, he thought to himself: "If you want to do well in Datang, you must have someone willing to do things for you. It is impossible to do everything yourself, and you have too many secrets. The people under him must be loyal and reliable, Du Hong in front of him is a good candidate, although he is a bit old, but he is just old enough to be a housekeeper."

With this in mind, he stretched out his hand and patted Du Hong's shoulder, and said slowly: "You have worked hard all these years, but sometimes you have kept the clouds open to see the moon. Now that I am here, you are free. From now on, you will be my housekeeper." Come on, take good care of this house."

"Guan... Butler!" Du Hong trembled with excitement when he heard the words. The only possibility of being a housekeeper is to be a servant. Li Hao asked him to be a housekeeper, which is definitely a special promotion.

"This old slave is willing to do the work of a dog and horse for the young master." Du Hong was so excited that he burst into tears, and was about to kneel down and kowtow to Li Hao.

Li Hao supported him, and said with a playful smile: "Don't kneel, it's so uncomfortable to chat while kneeling, and you can still use idioms? Have you ever studied?"

Du Hong blushed: "I read it for two years when I was young. Alas, I was too playful at that time. I let my temper go. In the end, my parents also knew that this old slave is not suitable for studying, so they didn't let this old slave read it."

Li Hao smiled and waved his hands: "It's okay, you are right, you should be self-willed when you are young, and the most important thing is a good childhood."

"After the old slave left the school, he went home to farm with his father."

Li Hao suddenly felt that old man Du liked to choke himself. Before he said, "Is this house a place for people to live in?", he came out of the house. Now he said that childhood is the most important thing, and he said that his childhood was only books and books. Farming, what kind of trouble, can chat!

Seeing that Li Hao was suddenly admiring the sky in embarrassment, Du Hong felt that he had said something wrong, so he hurriedly made amends: "I'm sorry, young master, this old slave is not good at talking, did I say something wrong?"

Li Hao turned his head to look at him, and blinked his eyes for a while: "Why don't you be a groom, but the position of housekeeper is not suitable for you."

Du Hong: ...

In the end, Li Hao asked Du Hong to be his housekeeper. For Li Hao, loyalty is the first element. If ability is not enough, it can be cultivated slowly.

Du Hong lived in a hut in the west courtyard, next to the stables, and this hut was the only room for people to live in the whole house. Li Hao had no choice but to stay here with him for one night. Early the next morning, he gave the thousand The money was thrown to Du Hong, asking him to hire people to repair the house, at least to make the house habitable, and he pretended to say: "It's not short of money!"

Du Hong had never seen so much money in his life, and was so excited that he burst into tears again. He vowed to die for Li Hao. Li Hao patted him on the shoulder and said, "As long as you live, help me do things well. If you don't move, you will die." Live, we will have more and more money in the future, don’t worry, it’s not short of money!”

After he finished speaking, he left and rode the donkey egg back to Nantuo Mountain. It has been nearly 20 days since he brought the donkey egg down the mountain for breeding. Including the way back, it would be one month. Master must miss him very much. Li Hao is Think so.

When Li Hao returned to Jingyun Temple, it was noon, and Zhiyuan Zhenren and Pei Miao were eating in the courtyard. Li Hao watched in surprise from outside the door, and could hardly believe his eyes. Influenced by himself, Daoist has developed a good habit of eating lunch, but he has never seen Zhiyuan Daoist come to the front yard to eat. People in Tang Dynasty eat differently from modern people. Modern people eat as a family around a big table. He eats warmly, but people in the Tang Dynasty didn't use a table to eat, they used a table, and each person had a table, and they ate separately. Pei Miao was infected by himself and had already developed the habit of eating at a table. But he never accepted it. He didn't expect that he had only left for a month, and he changed his normal behavior and joined Pei Miao to eat at the table. This surprised Li Hao so much.

"Pei Miao, today's fried mushrooms are good." Zhi Yuan was obviously in a good mood, and praised Pei Miao's delicious dishes.

Pei Miao said happily: "Then master, eat more. This is what my junior taught me to cook. If my junior cooks it myself, it will definitely taste better."

"Don't mention that little bastard." Daoist Zhiyuan said angrily, "Going down the mountain to breed a donkey, he actually went to Chang'an to receive the reward. This time he didn't bring back a few thousand coins for his meal. See if I don't beat him to death. "

Li Hao's eyebrows twitched when he heard that, they all knew that he had gone to Chang'an to receive the reward, no wonder, the plague was so loud, as long as he went down the mountain to inquire about his deeds.

However, Zhiyuan’s words made Li Hao very sad. It’s fine if this guy doesn’t worry about himself. He needs thousands of meals for a mouthful. The knife is used as a trail-scissor robber, so maybe a few thousand can be collected, alas, this old guy is more greedy than I am.

"Master, don't say that." Pei Miaoweng said in a low voice, "Junior Brother quelled the plague and saved many people. This is a great merit. He is not doing it for money."

"Hey, senior brother is reliable, true love." Li Hao was so moved.

However, Pei Miao went on to say: "It would be great if the younger brother really brought back a few thousand guan, then I won't have to collect herbs anymore."

Li Hao fell to the ground with a thud, not an exaggeration, he really fell to the ground.

"Hey, it's Junior Brother, Master, Junior Brother is back!" Pei Miao cried out happily when she found Li Hao lying on the door.

Daoist Zhi Yuan rolled his eyes, and said calmly, "I'm not blind, I can see it myself."

Li Hao got up from the ground, patted the dust on his body, and led the donkey into the yard, with an embarrassed smile on his face: "Ah, where is master and brother eating?"

"If you don't eat, do you eat shit?" Zhiyuan Daoist didn't give him a good face.

Li Hao curled his lips. It's been a month since he last seen him. This old man can't chat anymore, he can't even speak. It's not disgusting to say such things while eating.

Li Hao was choked by him, and he didn't know how to start a conversation, so he could only stand there in embarrassment.

Pei Miao hurried up to make a rescue, and asked with a smile, "Junior Brother, have you eaten yet?"

"not yet."

"Come, let's eat together." Pei Miao pulled Li Hao to sit down. Li Hao was surprised to find that there were three sets of bowls and chopsticks on the table, and the extra bowl was filled with rice. He couldn't help asking curiously: "How do you set up three sets of bowls and chopsticks for the two of you to eat?"

Pei Miao explained with a smile: "Master let it go, he said that you might come back anytime, and it will be ready for you at any time."

A simple sentence almost moved Li Hao to tears. In his impression, the only people who could do this were his parents, who experienced the feeling of home for the first time after they came to this world.

Before he was moved enough, Zhiyuan Daoist asked coldly: "Stinky boy, how much reward did you get for going to Chang'an this time?"

"Reward money?" Li Hao suddenly lost his memory selectively, "How can there be reward money?"

"Pei Miao, go and get the rattan for the master..."

"One thousand strings!" Li Hao suddenly regained his memory.

Daoist Zhiyuan didn't say much, and stretched out his left hand in front of Li Hao to pick it up. The meaning couldn't be clearer, two words - "bring it".

Li Hao said very unhappy: "Master, this is my reward."

"Master, I know." Master Zhi Yuan raised his eyebrows, "Don't worry, I'm just keeping it for you temporarily, lest you spend money indiscriminately."

"Wait, why are these lines so familiar?" Li Hao suddenly remembered that when he was a child, his mother cheated him of the New Year's money in this way, so he never saved a single cent of the New Year's money from the time he could remember until he graduated from junior high school. Mom's pocket, and then... It seems that there is no more.

"Master." Li Hao asked with black lines on his face, "Do you believe what you say?"

"Why don't you believe it?" Daoist Zhiyuan didn't know what shame was, and raised his hand again, "Bring it here."

"I didn't bring it!" Li Hao stood up, turned around, and said with a bachelor's face, "Do you think I look like I have brought a thousand coins?"

"Well, it really doesn't look like it." Zhiyuan Daoist was not angry, and asked suddenly, "Did Li Shimin reward your house?"

Li Hao was shocked when he heard the words, this guy actually dared to call Li Shimin's name directly, how brave he is!Surprised again and again, because he guessed that Li Shimin rewarded his house, and stared in surprise: "How do you know?"

"Guess." Zhi Yuan took a sip of the wild vegetable soup, slowly got up, and suddenly looked at Li Hao solemnly, and said, "Li Hao, it's time for you to go down the mountain."

(End of this chapter)