My husband Zhuge Kongming

Chapter 47 45. Is there a benevolent person who cares for the aged? (Seeking monthly pass recommendation for further reading)

It's getting dark.

Zhuangzi, which was bustling during the day, is much quieter now, only the Chu paper workshop is still brightly lit and has human voices.

Pang Shanmin was very tired... He didn't expect that he would be arrested before he even went to the manor, but he didn't feel that he was at a disadvantage when he really got through this.

He is not a scholar who does not know the sufferings of the people. On the contrary, the more he knows, the more he admires Huang Yueying's sincerity.

The classics and righteousness books he learned since he was a child taught him to be benevolent, trustworthy, polite, loyal to the king, and kind to the people.

But this world is in chaos... the king is also imprisoned, and the people are suffering unspeakably.

Even if the king is not imprisoned, the people suffer.

Compared with other prefectures, Jingzhou Taiping is actually much better, but... the people are still suffering.

The people I visited today all had no food left and were sick for a long time.

Most of the illnesses are not serious illnesses, but they have dragged on for too long before they got here.

But, why procrastinate?
Is it because they don't want to see a doctor?

Is it that they don't want to alleviate the suffering?

Of course not.

Because, poor.

The white robe was also covered with a lot of dust today, but Pang Shanmin didn't think there was anything, on the contrary...he felt at ease, yes, he had never been so at ease.

"I didn't think about it, but it's the right time." Pang Shanmin smiled and shook his head to himself. When he walked outside Huang's village, he and Zhou Yang were stopped.

"This is Lord Pang's family." Zhou Yang introduced.

"You two, please come in, the lady has an explanation."

"Thank you brother."

Pang Shanmin looked at it and asked, "The village has recruited guards?"

"That's right, now the village has wealth worth tens of millions of gold, so it must be coveted." Zhou Yang nodded, "That's why, my lady hired Gan Ning from Ba to be the guard general."

"Gan Ning." Pang Shanmin then remembered something, and frowned, "Has Chu considered it carefully?"

"Yes."

Seeing this, Pang Shanmin didn't say anything more.

If Gan Ning could really become Huang's Zhuangzi's guard, he must have passed the test of Cheng Yangong.

……

Huang Yueying counted today's time, looked at the old father who was still quietly copying books in the study, and then looked at the shelf beside the old father with several sabers...

The old father obviously has a lot of sabers.

He also said that there are three handles missing, and after the three handles, there must be three more handles.

"Did you offend Ah Chu today?" Cai asked her husband.

"No." Huang Chengyan thought for a while and shook his head.

"Then why does Ah Chu keep looking at you?"

"Probably, you think her father has a handsome beard?"

"You..." Cai couldn't help but blushed a lot. She and Huang Chengyan hadn't joked like this for a long time.

Huang Chengyan also laughed, thinking that he could have three sabers made of refined steel, he felt very happy.

These years, the family has not had much savings, so if they want to cast three hundred-steel sabers at once, they have to think about it.

Now, I am quite satisfied.

Although he didn't know why Ah Chu knew how to pour steel, but Ah Chu was his daughter, and that was enough.

While thinking about it, Zhou Yang came to report that Pang Shanmin had returned.

When Huang Yueying heard this, she immediately stood up and went out of the study. To be honest, she felt that Huang Chengyan was bullying the younger, but Pang Shanmin... is really an honest person.

When she saw Pang Shanmin, Zhuge was greeting him, and she felt embarrassed to disturb him for a while.

It was Pang Shanmin who noticed her and thought of something, and then took out the Chu paper booklet for registering medical records, "Ah Chu wants to read this?"

"Yes, today, brother Shanmin, you have worked hard." Huang Yueying nodded and took it, bowing and saluting very solemnly.

Pang Shanmin was slightly taken aback, and then returned the salute, "Ah Chu's words are serious."

"Speaking of which, Brother Shanmin came this time to..."

"I would like to be Achu's disciple." Pang Shanmin was not embarrassed at this time.It's normal for Huang Yueying to be granted a title by the emperor and to keep some followers.

This time, it was Huang Yueying's turn to be stunned, and then she was overjoyed, "Brother Shanmin doesn't have to be like this, brother is willing to help, Ah Chu is already very grateful, you must not call yourself a diner."

"Ah Chu is already Lord Chu An, so there should be rules for this matter." Huang Chengyan came out and said, "If not, would you make those brothers of yours work for nothing?"

"That's absolutely impossible!" Huang Yueying didn't think about prostitution, so she immediately said, "Ah Chu would like to offer two thousand dollars a month and twenty shi of corn to ask the elder brother of the mountain people to do some chores, I hope elder brother will not refuse. "

The treatment she gave Gan Ning and Huang Yin was also the same.This treatment is considered high for ordinary people, but for the gentry, it is just the treatment of a petty official.

"So you wish." Pang Shanmin agreed with a smile, this is another form of official career.

He didn't care about the so-called monthly payment, as long as it was enough for him and Zhuge Rui's family to live on. As for the family affairs, he had already explained it.

"Okay." Huang Chengyan interrupted again, "Mountain people, it's been a hard day, take a rest earlier."

"Although I am a little tired, I feel stable in my heart." Pang Shanmin smiled and said, "I also want to thank my uncle for his teaching today."

Huang Chengyan: ... What did I teach you?

"You're welcome, let's rest earlier."

Listening to what the old father said, Huang Yueying also agreed. Pang Shanmin came from Xiangyang and worked hard all the way, but before he entered her house, he was pulled by her old father... She is also very embarrassed, okay?

Seeing Pang Shanmin nodding his head, he and Zhuge Rui went to the wing.

But suddenly, Pang Shanmin stopped, turned around, and stared at Huang Yueying seriously, "Shanmin has doubts in his heart. If he doesn't understand, he may not be able to sleep tonight."

"Brother Shanmin, sister-in-law, please enter the study." Seeing this, Huang Yueying also became serious.

Now, she and Pang Shanmin have signed a contract, but the two parties are still in the stage of further understanding. It is also necessary for Pang Shanmin to understand the core purpose, corporate culture and development direction of the company.

As for inviting Zhuge to come in with her, of course she has other plans, after all...she has to catch that big fish that is still guarding filial piety in Nanyang.

She has thought about it, some things in the future are unavoidable, and in this case, she needs to take more initiative.

Besides, catch a Zhisheng to help... Don't be too happy!

……

In the study, Mrs. Cai and Mrs. Zhuge prepared tea for the other three.

Huang Yueying and Pang Shanmin sat face to face.

Huang Chengyan stared at his daughter, his eyes were full of complacency. As far as he was concerned, it didn't matter what Ah Chu could do in the future.Of course, he also prepared pen and paper.

Some things have to be remembered.

There is nothing wrong with being a scribe.

Pang Shanmin adjusted his breathing and understood that he could start asking questions, but he heard Huang Yueying speak,
"What doubts do you have in your mind, brother?"

"Ah Chu, what is his intention?"

Hearing this question, Huang Yueying smiled easily and explained, "Originally, I just wanted to make my own life better, later, I wanted to make the lives of the clansmen better, and now, I also want to make the workers' lives better. "

This answer disrupted Pang Shanmin's rhythm because...it was too straightforward.

Of course Huang Yueying also knew that this answer was indeed straightforward, but it was indeed her original intention, to benefit others.

Also, she has to control the rhythm of this puzzle-solving process, otherwise... I'm afraid she will be asked by Pang Shanmin that it is inevitable.

So, she followed up and asked, "Brother asked the doctor to diagnose the patients in the workers' homes today, how do you feel?"

"I feel at peace." Pang Shanmin answered truthfully.

"Brother, what kind of life should the common people have?"

"There are clothes to wear, food to eat, fields to cultivate, work at sunrise and rest at sunset."

"Then what is the life of the people today?"

"Hunger, sickness, sleepiness, suffering."

"What does brother want to do?"

"It's not what brother wants to do, it's what Ah Chu wants to do." After all, Pang Shanmin is much older and was not involved by Huang Yueying. He clearly knows what problem he wants to solve today.

Huang Yueying was a little surprised. She thought that Pang Shanmin could keep walking according to her rhythm, but she didn't expect the other party to come out. Then she laughed,
"Mencius said:

Boyi, who ruled Zhou, lived on the shore of the North Sea. Hearing of King Wen's writings, Xing said: "He is coming back. I heard that Xibo is good at taking care of the elderly."

The Taigong ruled Zhou and lived on the shore of the East Sea. Hearing of King Wen's writings, Xing said: "It's time to come back. I heard that Xibo is good at taking care of the elderly."

If there is good old-age care in the world, the benevolent people think that they have returned home.

In a five-acre house, if there are mulberry trees under the walls, and horses, women, and silkworms, the old people will be able to wear silk.Five hens and two hens will not lose their season, and the old man will not lose their meat.A field of one hundred mu can be plowed by a single man, and a family of eight is enough to live without hunger.

The so-called Xibo is good at taking care of the elderly, he controls his fields, teaches them to grow animals, and guides his wives to take care of them.Fifty is not warm without silk, and seventy is not full without meat.Not being warm or full is called freezing and starvation.King Wen's people had no old people who were cold and starved, this is what is said. "

Mencius said that Boyi and Jiang Taigong were hiding from King Zhou. When they heard that King Wen was good at caring for the elderly, he said, why not go to him?

There are people in the world who are good at caring for the elderly, and people with lofty ideals regard him as the person they want to go to.

If you plant mulberry trees under the walls of five mu of residential land, you can raise silkworms, five hens, and two sows, so that you don’t miss their breeding season. If you have a hundred mu of cultivated land, cultivate it by men, the elderly will not be short of food or clothing. , There will be no hunger for a family of eight.

The so-called Xibo is good at caring for the elderly, (this is because he) stipulated the fields and houses of the people, educated them to plant mulberry and raise livestock, and guided his wives and children to serve the elderly.

"Elder brother, knowing the hunger, illness, poverty, and suffering of the people today, can you see that there are benevolent people who care for the elderly?"

Pang Shanmin was silent, and then he let out a long breath, "May Ah Chu clear up the confusion."

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