The story of a noble girl

Chapter 73 The Noble Dog Rhubarb

Lin Xiaoning's return to Taocun is like a fish jumping into the river, a bird flying into the sky, and a tiger returning to the mountains, feeling refreshed and free!

Meizi brewed a pot of hot fragrant tea and brought it to Lin Xiaoning's table. She smiled and said, "Miss, you are now the lady of the fourth-rank official family."

Although Lin Xiaoning was puzzled, he didn't make a sound. He sat in the hall and sipped hot tea carefully and happily. Seeing Fu Guanyue and Zhang Nian rushing around with a group of maids and clerks, his heart was full of indescribable feelings. It's down-to-earth, this is home!

After two cups of hot tea, I felt very comfortable. I saw Mr. Lin striding in quickly like a gust of wind, pulling Lin Xiaoning to look left and right: "Oh, my girl Ning has lost weight!"

Lin Xiaoning asked again: "Grandpa, where is the elder brother, what happened to the elder brother's promotion?"

Mr. Lin said: "Didn't you mention it in the letter you wrote to Mr. Hu? By donating bricks and donating mud, your eldest brother will become Mr. Antong from the fourth rank. This Mr. Antong is no longer a nominal official position. It is a major political matter to take care of border defense. Your eldest brother is still in the brick kiln, but now the brick kiln is very busy, working day and night."

"What about border defense? I didn't mention it to Mr. Hu."

"Huh, you didn't mention it? Lord Su said it must be you who mentioned it. Now Jiadong is under Lord Hu's subordinates, and he is said to be an official of the Beijing General Administration Department."

Lin Xiaoning sighed: "Donate bricks, donate mud, take care of the border defense, grandpa, old man Hu put me in the same place again, we have suffered a lot."

Mr. Lin said seriously: "How can you say that you are at a disadvantage, girl, this is a great joy, from the fourth rank, what a great official, my Lin family is really glorious, and the salary is also the same as that of Beijing officials from the fourth rank. It’s the same, instead of an annual salary of 30 taels of silver, we will wait for you to come back and the whole family will be together to worship the ancestors.”

Lin Xiaoning smiled and said: "Okay, grandpa thinks it's a happy event, so it's a happy event. We don't suffer. We get officials, others get bricks and mud. The defense of a country's borders is in charge of the big brother. This solves the biggest government affairs. Anyway, the village There are so many Outer Barren Mountains, all in one piece, and it won’t be used up in 100 years, so let’s use it up.”

Mr. Lin said happily: "Yes, yes, girl, grandpa, I am blessed. I really didn't expect our Lin family to have such a life. I will go to grandpa in the future, and I will be honorable to my ancestors. I'm sorry The ancestors of the Lin family, it's really great, girl, go and have a good rest, in a few days our family will go to the mountains to worship our ancestors."

Lin Xiaoning looked at his grandpa's happy face, and thought to himself: This silly grandpa has suffered such a big loss, how much bricks and mud will be spent on a country's border defense, the mud does not cost money, but the labor cost of burning bricks is money, grandpa, big brother Ah, I have no economic sense at all, and I have to suffer such a big loss when I am not at home.Lin Xiaoning secretly sighed helplessly.

Mr. Lin said beamingly again: "Girl, after you left, Taocun is full of happy events. Not to mention your elder brother's promotion, but the mother of a dog is happy again. Old man Zheng is very happy. Today I heard that the mother of a dog vomited. Old man Zheng didn't come to play cards. Ah, Xiaolan, go to the school to say hello to Xiaoxiang and Xiaobao, and go home immediately after school. Also, go to the brick kiln to call Young Master and Qing Fan, and then go to the winery to call Master Wei and Xiao Bao. Qingling, when it's over, ask Mrs. Xin in the kitchen to make more delicious food for the girl."

"What about Mr. Fang, won't he play cards with you?"

"Isn't it just that there are many happy events? Old man Fang is busy making mud. The mud requires a large amount, and he insists on mixing it himself. Old man Fang said that he handed over the formula to the court and used the formula to ask his son to be an official. Then The nobleman said it’s okay, and I will keep it for a fifth-rank official, and then I will send down the document, but the salary is not much, and it is the same as before Jiadong. The annual salary is only a few dozen taels of silver, but how can an official rarity for money? Ah. Did you say that there are many happy events? It’s really great. Taocun is a treasure land. When people come here, there will be happy events. Also, the Wei family’s Qingquan wine is brewed. It’s really delicious. It’s more satisfying than Immortal Wine, but the time is shorter and the wine is a little weaker, but once you drink it, it’s refreshing, and the whole body feels very comfortable, ah, it’s really comfortable! The nobleman in the capital even brought a jar with him when he transported bricks and mud, saying It’s for his elder brother to taste.”

"Ah, by the way, girl." Elder Lin lowered his head and said softly, "That nobleman is probably the one you said you ate rhubarb milk! But Jiadong and I didn't dare to talk too much. , Don’t dare to talk nonsense about such things. The nobleman only said that he was lost, and it was Da Huang who led him out of the deep mountains and forests. He didn’t expect that Da Huang turned out to be the dog of our Lin family. It’s really fate.”

Lin Xiaoning stared dumbfounded at his grandfather's straightforward remark.Dazed, he turned around and asked, "Grandpa, you mean rhubarb is here?"

"Yeah, Dahuang has come to Taocun. Dahuang is so majestic now. He is on par with Xiaobai. He is also very affectionate with Xiaobai. He sleeps together every day. Dahuang is too lazy. Dahuang wakes up." He even knows how to go up the mountain to play, while Xiaobai only knows how to sleep! Rhubarb now has a servant to take care of him, oh my god, this rhubarb is really good at saving people, he saved such an expensive and heavy Qing Yi is very kind to Da Huang. I heard from the guard that he is away from home, so he only deserves one servant. When he was in the capital, there were two servants and one cook. Alas, seeing Rhubarb now That’s what makes me so happy.”

"This rhubarb is lucky. I said at the beginning that he knows how to earn a future for himself, but now he has become a noble dog."

Hearing this, Mr. Lin laughed heartily: "That's right, you gave the rhubarb right back then. This is fate. Rhubarb is a good dog and a good fate. The nobleman said it was fate, and I also said it was." Fate, girl, what kind of fate do you think this is? At the beginning when Rhubarb saved that nobleman, you gave Rhubarb to him, and then circled around. , It's a pity that you didn't see that noble man. He is really a handsome young man, noble and heroic. Compared with Master Su, he is not the same handsome. I think Master Su is also very respectful to him, and he is just a gentleman. It looks like Mr. Su is about [-] years old. Mr. Su said that the nobleman has a higher official position than Mr. Hu, how expensive, it is really rare to have such a high official position at such a young age."

"Also, we have also selected the thousand-pitched land, and the nobleman helped to choose it. Now that the weather is cold, let's open the thousand-pitched land after spring farming is over, and you said that behind the barren hills There is no way to open the land, there are so many lands at once, and there is not enough manpower, Mr. Su said that in the spring of next year, he will introduce some men who will go to the city to find work to open land for us."

"Well, grandpa, don't be in a hurry beforehand. Let's talk about it after the spring is busy. Rhubarb is now conscious, isn't he, and he doesn't look for living things to feed?"

"Don't search randomly. The nobleman said that he found two puppies and let Rhubarb feed them until weaned. Rhubarb's illness will be cured."

Lin Xiaoning smiled: "This nobleman is really smart. I still have a headache and the disease of rhubarb is not curable. That nobleman is better at debating the disease than I am. A simple trick cured the rhubarb, and even cut off the root."

"That nobleman is a man of talent. The guards he brings are all heroic and respectful to him. The nobleman only said that he came to Taocun to work on errands. During his stay in Taocun, we three old men still took them I went up to the mountain to hunt. That noble man is really skilled. His movements of drawing the bow and archery are amazing. I have never seen such a beautiful young man. I thought that the martial arts practitioners would only marry you if they had a handsome and handsome family. Sister-in-law is such a good-looking girl, I didn’t expect him to move more beautifully than Jiadong. Those guards are also ruthless and accurate in hunting, comparable to mine back then! We shot two big boars together, your sister-in-law And Xiaoxiang pickled a hind leg for you."

"Grandpa, that noble man should be a prince, maybe some kind of son like Uncle Wang. Back then I heard him call himself the prince."

"Girl, you have misunderstood, the nobleman's surname is Wang, Master Su calls him Zixuan, and his name is Master Su Zhihuai, but his guard calls him Lord, hahaha, this name is good, he is a young and good man, and his surname is Wang, It’s not what the prince is!”

Lin Xiaoning laughed out loud: "Grandpa, it's really good to have the Wang surname. In the future, Wang Gang can be called Wang Ye by someone."

"That's not the case," Mr. Lin said cheerfully, "But Wang Gang has no official position, so he doesn't dare to call him that. He is a high-ranking official in the capital, so he dares to call him that. Hey, that's right, Wang Gang, why didn't he come together? back?"

"Oh, he went to the capital to find Mr. Hu to do something. I asked him to go. After finishing the work, he will go back to Taocun directly. It is estimated that he will arrive in a few days later."

"Oh, let's talk to Qing Ling later, girl, you should rest first, and I'll go to the kitchen to have a look." Mr. Lin was really refreshed on happy occasions, so he happily went to the kitchen with his hands behind his back.

At this time, Fu Guanyue and Zhang Nian had already arranged the driver and goods, Zhang Nian agreed to come for dinner in the evening, and went back to his brick house to rest.Fu Guanyue entered the living room and said happily: "Xiao Ning, Mrs. Zheng is happy, did Grandpa tell you?"

"Grandpa said that she vomited today, do you want to go and have a look?"

Fu Guanyue smiled and said: "I went to see it early in the morning before returning. In fact, Mrs. Xiao Zheng's vomit is really not a bad experience, but isn't it a little older? Everyone is worried, so I invited the doctor to come and say It's all right, I prescribed a few medicines, the doctor said that Mrs. Zheng's health is good, I don't know which doctor transferred it, Xiao Ning, Mr. Zheng said that I would like to thank you, and said that when you come back, I will take it with you. Mrs. Xiao Zheng came to thank you personally."

Lin Xiaoning said: "Madam Zheng is polite, I'm a girl, I don't need it, let the dog and his mother rest well."

Fu Guanyue smiled and said: "But I heard from the doctor that it would be better for Mrs. Xiao Zheng to walk around properly at this time. It will be spread all over Taocun, and everyone knows that you are back. Notified, come to eat at noon tomorrow, Madam Xiaozheng said today that she wants to eat the mixed rice made by Xiaoxiang, her mouth is watering just thinking about it, this is not coming tomorrow, it’s just right for you to eat.”

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