At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 238 Parting Is Always In Autumn

Gao Bufan and Dou Xianniang came to Han Xiaoyun's house accompanied by Li Chang Liu Dapeng. This is a thatched house, the thatched roof is newly paved, obviously it has been repaired recently.

"There was a strong wind last month, and the roof was blown away. The kid Xiaoyun didn't make any noise, and he re-paved it himself." Liu Dapeng sighed: "This kid is sensible and stubborn, and doesn't want to trouble others."

Dou Xianniang lovingly rubbed Han Xiaoyun's little head, and praised: "Xiaoyun, you are really capable, you are really a sensible child."

Han Xiaoyun's waist straightened even more, and he pushed open the chai gate and ran into the yard, shouting, "Mother, Mr. Gao and the head of the village are here, and a sister Xianniang is also here."

Following several coughs from inside the room, I saw a slender woman walking out from inside. Although she was dressed in a thorn hairpin cloth, she couldn't hide her beauty, but she looked too weak, and she was angry after taking two steps. Panting, obviously suffering from illness.

"Ah, it's Mr. Gao who's here. The woman has met Mr. Gao and Mr. Lizheng." The woman hurriedly bowed her body, her voice was soft and polite, her demeanor was not like that of an ordinary peasant woman.

Gao Bufan smiled and said, "Aunt Han doesn't need to be too polite."

Dou Xianniang was a little surprised, and said with a sweet smile, "Hello, Aunt Han, you are so pretty, Aunt Liu."

The woman smiled calmly: "The girl can really talk, and you are also very good-looking, like a little fairy. When did you marry Mr. Gao?"

Dou Xianniang touched Xiafei's cheeks, shook her head and said, "Aunt Han, you misunderstood, Xianniang is not Brother Gao's wife."

The woman was slightly embarrassed, and quickly said: "I'm sorry, the woman's eyesight is poor, I misunderstood."

Liu Dapeng put a bag of copper coins at the woman's feet, and said with a smile: "Mr. Han Bai, this is a reward that your husband received in Liaodong. I asked Mr. Gao to bring it back to you."

The woman opened the bag, took a look, and said in surprise, "So much?"

Gao Bufan smiled and said: "Not much, not much, Uncle Han earned it back with his life, and there will definitely be more in the future."

Han Bai's eyes were reddish and he said, "Master Gao, how is Xiaoyun's father? When will he be able to go home?"

"Well, the four limbs are healthy, you can eat and drink, and you will be back soon. Take care of your health." Gao Bufan comforted.

Han Baishi's pale face turned bloody when he heard the words, and said softly: "Master Gao and Mr. Lichang, please come in and sit down and drink a bowl of water."

Gao Bufan hurriedly said: "Don't bother me, Aunt Liu, you can rest well, Xiaoyun, take good care of your mother."

Han Xiaoyun nodded, and sent Gao Bufan and the others out, all the way away, with a look of hesitation.

"Master Han, what's the matter? Talk if you have something to say, fart if you have something to say, can't a man have a better time?" Gao Bufan teased.

Hearing this, Han Xiaoyun plucked up his courage and said, "Brother Han, will you come again next time?"

Gao Bufan frowned and said, "Why do you ask this?"

Han Xiaoyun rubbed his little hands and said in a low voice: "I want to make money, follow Brother Gao to make big money."

"Why?" Gao Bufan asked back.

"Because I can't afford the medicine if I don't have money, my mother will have no medicine. If I want to earn a lot of money, then my mother will not have to worry about no medicine." Han Xiaoyun said firmly.

Gao Bufan was moved in his heart, nodded and said: "Filial piety is commendable, but what can you do? Brother Gao doesn't support idlers."

Han Xiaoyun proudly said: "What my father can do, I can do."

Gao Bufan said with a smile: "Your father is a good fisherman and hunter, he can ride a horse and shoot an arrow, can you?"

"Yes!" Han Xiaoyun patted his chest and said, but his eyes flickered.

"It's not good to talk big." Gao Bufan said calmly.

Han Xiaoyun lowered his head and said in a loud voice: "I can learn what I don't know. When I grow up, I will definitely not be worse than my father."

Dou Xianniang looked at Gao Bufan beggingly, she really felt sorry for such a sensible and filial little brother.

Gao Bufan nodded and said: "Okay, then you can ask your mother if she agrees, and if she agrees, come to Feiying Racecourse to find me tomorrow."

Han Xiaoyun was overjoyed and blurted out: "Mother needs someone to take care of her, can I take mother along?"

"Yes, but your mother's expenses will be deducted from your salary every month." Gao Bufan said seriously.

Han Xiaoyun immediately patted his chest and said happily: "No problem, brother Gao, don't worry, don't look at my young age, but I'm definitely the same when it comes to work."

Gao Bufan said with a stern face: "Don't brag, let's talk about it after passing Steward Xia's test. Try it out for a month. If Steward Xia says you can't do it, then you mother and son will still have to leave."

Han Xiaoyun said confidently: "I can definitely pass the test."

Li Chang Liu Dapeng couldn't help being happy for Han Xiaoyun, and even a little envious. Gao Bufan is no longer what he used to be. Even the emperor summoned him in person, and even made him a seventh-rank Shepherd Supervisor of Zhuo County, only one rank lower than the county lord. Now He is a majestic court official.

It is said that Liu Dapeng wanted to recruit Gao Bufan as his son-in-law at the beginning, but since it was rumored that Gao Bufan was the Langya King of the Northern Qi Dynasty, he wisely dismissed this idea, and now he is even more afraid to think about it, the difference in family status is too great.

Let's talk about Gao Bufan and Dou Xianniang leaving Liu'anli, riding back to Feiying Ranch, and after walking for a distance, Dou Xianniang finally couldn't help asking: "Brother Gao, do you think this Han Baishi and Is there something similar to the Guanyin sister we met in Huaiyuan City?"

Gao Bufan nodded and said, "It's a bit similar, but it's not surprising that there are thousands of similar people in the world."

Dou Xianniang muttered, "That's too similar."

Gao Bufan glanced at the vast Gaojibo, the leaves of the reeds had turned slightly yellow, and he couldn't help sighing: "Autumn is coming."

Dou Xianniang immediately became sentimental when she heard the words, remembering that Brother Gao was about to leave Yuxian County to take up his post, she was even more depressed, reluctant to part, and said pitifully, "Can Brother Gao not leave? My father said Yang Guang Erzheng Goryeo is asking for its own destruction, the Sui Dynasty is exhausted, and there is nothing to be an official in the Sui Dynasty."

Gao Bufan held Dou Xianniang's catkin, smiled and said: "Xianniang, you know that I am not interested in being an official, but as long as your father has the appetite, brother Gao will work hard to earn a family business, what will happen in the future?" Do you have the confidence to marry you? If you can't come up with a dowry, what will your father do if he marry you to someone else?"

Dou Xianniang was stunned for a moment, then her pretty face flushed, she was both happy and ashamed, and said angrily: "Brother Gao, you are talking nonsense, my father is not such a person."

Gao Bufan laughed and said: "Even if your father is not such a person, Brother Gao still has to lose face, and the dowry shouldn't be cold."

Dou Xianniang felt as if she had eaten honey, and she took a sweet look at Brother Gao.

The next day, Han Xiaoyun really pushed his mother to Feiying Racecourse with a cart. Gao Bufan asked Housekeeper Xia to arrange for the mother and son to stay. For the time being, on the tenth day of July, Gao Bufan finally left Xing County and set foot on the road. I went to the official department of Luoyang, the eastern capital, to report.

It was another autumn. Last autumn, he bid farewell to Changsun Sheng, Changsun Wugou and others with a song "Li Li Yuan Shangcao" at the racecourse. This autumn, he himself embarked on the road to Luoyang.

Parting is always in autumn!
(End of this chapter)