Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

Coming out of the county yamen, the sunset had already dyed the sky red. In retrospect, it has been almost ten hours since time travel.During this period of time, I didn't stop for a moment to rest.Now that I have done that, I suddenly relax, feeling tired and hungry.

The sky gradually dimmed, and when I returned to the small courtyard where I lived, it was so dark inside that I couldn't see clearly.

Compared with the brightly lit other courtyards of the Su family, this place looks deserted.

He was so hungry that he couldn't bear it, remembering that his three meals a day were brought by Xiaodie, so he yelled, but no one answered.

Walking into Xiaodie's room, as soon as she entered Xiaodie lay on her desk and dozed off, revealing a clear and slender silhouette in the dark.

Su Mu shook his head, it is early spring, and he is not afraid of catching a cold even if he sleeps on the table.

He took a coat from the bed and gently draped it over her shoulders.

But not wanting to wake her up, Xiaodie stood up in a daze, rubbed her eyes with her hand, she was a little happy to see that it was her young master.But there is still complaints on the expression: "Why are you coming back now? I told you a long time ago that the young master is just an ordinary person, and he speaks lightly. I'm afraid he can't even enter the county government office. No, it's a waste of time. Have you eaten?"

Su Mu: "Never, it's okay if you don't say it. I can't stand this question. By the way, have you eaten yet?" After speaking, there was a rumbling sound in my stomach.

This sound was so clear in the night, Su Mu couldn't help laughing awkwardly, even Xiao Die didn't realize it Wan'er: "I've been waiting for you, there is no young master who hasn't eaten, I, as a servant, fill my stomach first reason?"

Not caring about complaining, Xiaodie hurriedly stood up and lit the oil lamp with a flint: "Master, the food is on the table, hurry up and eat. You have always been in poor health, and you are very hungry."

In the light, there were two small bowls of brown rice on the table, which looked yellowish and white, probably mixed with a lot of coarse grains. In addition, there was a small dish of pickles, and there was no trace of oil.

"Ah, it's getting cold, I'll go to the kitchen to warm it up." As she spoke, Xiaodie stood up and was about to go out with a bowl.

"No, no, it's so troublesome." Su Mu could see clearly in the afternoon that this small courtyard happened to be next to the kitchen of the fourth room of the Su family, and they would have dinner there on weekdays.

"It's not troublesome, eating cold rice will hurt your stomach." Regardless of Su Mu's obstruction, Xiaodie picked up the food and went out quickly.

Su Mu sat down helplessly, but he was a little puzzled in his heart, the Su family is a big family after all, so why the food is so poor, it doesn't make sense.

While wondering, there was a quarrel outside.

The voice of a middle-aged woman seemed very impatient: "What time is it, the fire is all out, let's talk about it tomorrow."

Xiaodie said angrily: "The fire has been turned off, don't think I don't know, it's cold at night, and the kangs are still burning in the four rooms, I'll heat up the food, and I won't bother you, old man, to do it yourself. My young master did it today. I have something to go out, so I'm delayed, I'm going to the kitchen, what's bothering you?"

The middle-aged woman sneered: "What's the difference between the young master and the many young masters, Xiao Die, you little hoof, who bites every young master, who can win you? You really think of yourself as a big maid, and you don't serve a basin of water to look like yourself?"

Hearing that the two were arguing fiercely, Su Mu frowned and went to the window to look out.

I saw Xiaodie standing at the side door connecting the small courtyard with the fourth room, trembling with anger. In front of her was a big fat woman with arms crossed, blocking the door with a domineering expression, with a look of disdain on her face. .

"you you you……"

"What me?" The fat woman stared round her eyes, cursing in her mouth: "There is no reason in the world. If your wife joins us here, naturally you have to follow our rules and eat three meals a day. There is a pause, but you can eat it whenever you want. If you are afraid of trouble and start your own cooking, why bother to come here to beg for it?"

Xiaodie cried out in grief and anger: "So what if you join a team, I can't write two Su characters in one stroke, and besides, we will give you a penny for the meal money?"

"Huh, really, is it true that you don't have a penny missing?" The big fat lady sneered, "I really thought that you have sixty acres of land, and you get six or seven taels of silver every year, so you want to eat delicacies from mountains and seas, I am! But I know it clearly. The drought in Baoding last year, after a year, not only did you have no income, but you paid two taels of royal grain and national tax. Also, your stupid young master has no fame, and the government sent him to serve in corvee , the little ground rent you got last year was used to hire people to replace it. It’s been two months this year, have you paid for your meals?”

Xiaodie was swallowed up all of a sudden, and couldn't speak anymore.

It was only then that Su Mu realized that his family's financial situation had completely deteriorated. If it was true what the fat woman said, even though he had [-] mu of land, he hadn't had any income in the past three years, so he had spent a lot of land with him for nothing.Among them, corvée is indeed a big problem. In ancient times, ordinary people without fame had to serve, but if they were sent out, given their previous physical condition and stupid temperament, they might not be able to return.

Therefore, it is a last resort to hire someone to replace them with money, and it is also a major item of their own expenses.

"The fourth master of my family didn't say anything because we are all relatives, but other people in our fourth room have complained a lot." Seeing that Xiaodie was caught with words, the woman's voice became proud; "Xiao Die Butterfly, you little brat, don’t think I don’t know why you were willing to go to the big house to hug him. You just wanted to climb up to the master of the mansion, and he would take the house and become a phoenix in the future. Hehe, I didn’t expect this big The young master is a fool, he is not good at what he likes, and you will also suffer if you are implicated. You are also clever but you are misunderstood by your cleverness. I didn't expect it, regret it!"

Xiaodie was furious at what the woman said, and yelled: "A dog's mouth can't spit out ivory, it's just to let you cook hot food, if you don't want to, forget it, spray some shit with your mouth, at worst you will be hungry!"

After finishing speaking, he slammed the two bowls of rice on the ground.

"What petty temper do you have, show it to someone, if you are really ambitious, come here tomorrow to beg!" The woman sneered and slammed the door hard.

The sound of the door slamming was very loud in the dark night. For a long time, Xiaodie paused slowly, stretching out her hand to pick up the rice grains on the ground into the bowl.While picking, weeping, probably because he was afraid of disturbing his young master, so he forced himself to suppress it.

At this moment, a foot stretched out and stepped on the rice grains on the ground.

Xiaodie raised her head and found that her young master was looking at her with pity: "Xiaodie, I have worked hard for you in the past three years, and it is my fault for making you suffer so much."

"Master, wow!" Xiaodie finally couldn't help crying loudly: "Master, move your feet away, I'll clean up the rice, and I can still eat, I can't let you go hungry."

Su Mu helped her up from the ground: "Don't worry, I don't feel hungry, I have something to tell you. Let me ask you, how much money do you have at home?"

Xiaodie wiped away her tears: "It's not much. When the master passed away, he only left ten taels, and the land rent for the past three years was also used up. Up to now, I still have three taels on hand."

Seeing Xiaodie crying so much that the pear blossoms were raining, her body trembling slightly in his hands, Su Mu felt distressed for a while.

Not wanting to make her so sad, she deliberately smiled and asked: "Xiaodie, to be honest, you were handsome and handsome, who did you fall in love with, and why did you come to me, a silly young master?"

When Xiaodie heard the young master praise her beauty, she was both happy and shy in her heart. She didn't care about being sad, so she blushed and whispered: "The young masters in other rooms also thought about asking me to be a maid in the past. But the wives at home But Xiaodie said that my waist is too thin, that... that is really too small, no... not a person who can..."

Hearing her hesitation, Su Mu was amazed: "Isn't she someone who can do something?"

Embarrassed, Xiaodie said in a low voice, "Isn't someone who can...be fertile..."

After finishing speaking, her face turned even redder, and she fled back to her room like a frightened bird without caring about cleaning up the rice bowl on the ground. ]

There was loud laughter from behind.

When Xiaodie left, Su Mu's face turned cold.He also didn't expect that Xiaodie, a little beauty, would not be willing to be taken by other houses. It is probably because others think that she has a thin waist and a small butt, so she doesn't look fertile.

The aesthetic taste of the Ming Dynasty people is really speechless.

From the current point of view, my own is really not very good!

Su Mu originally thought that even if he was the young master of the Su family, even if he was regarded as a fool, and he had [-] mu of land, he should have no worries about eating and drinking, but he didn't want to be embarrassed like this.

Not only did the landlord's family have no surplus food, but they were going to starve. It was ridiculous!

The scene just now made him really angry, and Sifang was too bullying.A real man was born in this world, how could he allow the people around him to be bullied like this.

The most important thing right now is to make some money in a short period of time. As long as you have the money, you can start your own business, so as not to make Xiaodie look down upon.

Let's wait for tomorrow.