The little girl of the landlord's house

Chapter 99

It turned out that Qinglongshan refugee gathering place was about an hour's carriage ride away from Xie's house. Although there was a warehouse there, Tao Laixi said that it was really unsafe for those refugees to store their food there.Therefore, every one or two days, the young men in the family were asked to fetch food and send it over.

Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, so Tao Laixi planned to arrange everything today, so that tomorrow he could steal some free time and stay at home with his wife and children.Unexpectedly, the carts and horses transporting grain stopped at the gate of Xie's granary, and saw the second old man leading a group of people coming here in a mighty manner.

Although Tao Laixi was a servant of the Xie family, seeing that the second old man was the patriarch of the Xie family after all, he did not dare to disrespect, so he hurriedly sent a young man to the Xie family to send word to see how this matter could be resolved.

Mrs. Xu didn't know about this at first, but when she heard what Mrs. Zheng said, she just asked, "What do you mean by that? Why did the second old man block Xie's granary? Does our family owe them anything?" Today Xu Yu went early in the morning Went to the county government office to give the New Year's gift, and it happened that he was not at home at the moment. After hearing this, Mrs. Xu became a little anxious.

Xie Yujiao heard the words, and just said: "Mother, don't worry, go in and play with Chaozong. What can we owe the clan? I'm afraid it's too much! Mother doesn't even think about it. We have given the clan every year for so many years. Uncles who have no income in the family will pay their annual salary, when will it be too short?"

Mrs. Xu was not at ease, and said: "Then why are they doing this? Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, and they have to go to the ancestral hall to pay respect to their ancestors. If the common people see this, it will not look good."

Xie Yujiao said, "It's nothing. At the end of the year, more refugees came, and the price of rice and flour went up. There was food in the warehouse, but it hadn't been pounded into rice. It was too late to produce so much, so I asked Housekeeper Tao gave the share to the clan to the refugees first."

When Mrs. Xu heard what Xie Yujiao said, she finally understood, and said, "That's right, what should I think?" Mrs. Xu felt upset when she thought of these things, so she said, "These people have been here since your father When it was time, I wished that your father would confess, your father is kind-hearted, so he let them do it, but it was just spending a few silver coins, I didn't expect to do such a thing."

Xie Yujiao didn't tell Xu Shi about this at first, because she was afraid that she would be upset, but now that she frowned, she knew that she was going to be unhappy.

Xie Yujiao only comforted: "Mother, don't worry, I'll come back after I go out to have a look, and if I can't do it, just send a few coins."

When Mrs. Xu heard the words, she just said, "Don't argue with them for those who celebrate the new year. Tomorrow, when you enter the ancestral hall, you'll be bored again, so just give away a few silver coins."

Although Xie Yujiao said the same thing, she didn't want to give money away at all in her heart.Firstly, it fueled their arrogance, and secondly, if it works, they will use this trick every now and then, and the Xie family is not enough to blackmail them like this.So Xie Yujiao felt that if she hadn't taken advantage of this day to explain everything clearly, then there would be no future troubles forever.

"Mother, don't worry, I will care about it myself." After Xie Yujiao finished speaking, she just followed Mrs. Zheng and went out.

Xie's house has hundreds of households, and it is the largest village nearby. Xie's granary is not far from the entrance of the village. There is also a private school there, and there are a few casual shops along the road, doing some early food business , Or mending umbrellas, mending shoes, or selling sugar.Now that the second old man blocked Tao Laixi's way, people who watched the excitement from around here also rushed over.

Mrs. Zheng introduced Xie Yujiao to the door, and then asked: "Miss, please wait first, I will call a sedan chair to come over."

Xie Yujiao just waved her hands and said, "Mother Zheng, don't be busy, I can still walk these few steps."

When Mrs. Zheng heard this, she just smiled and said, "Miss Jingui, as a rule, you don't step out of the gate, so how can you just walk around on the road casually!"

Xie Yujiao then smiled and said, "What kind of rich man am I? I've worked so hard." Xie Yujiao held up her skirt and was about to go out when she saw a few spectators walking back from there, still muttering. He murmured: "When did Xie's family have this rich relative again? It's really generous, and the 100 tael silver ticket was taken out at random."

Xie Yujiao's face immediately changed when she heard the words, and she gave Mrs. Zheng a wink. Mrs. Zheng understood, and only stopped the two of them, and asked, "What did you say just now that the relatives of the Xie family are not relatives? Relatives, how come we don’t know about it?”

Those two people were walking with their heads full just now, and they didn't see who was coming. When they raised their heads, they found that the eldest daughter of the Xie family was standing at the door. They hurriedly knelt down and saluted, "Why did the eldest daughter come out in person? Over there The two old masters are gone..."

Xie Yujiao didn't wait for them to finish talking, she just asked, "Tell me, why didn't I know the rich relatives you mentioned just now?"

Xie Yujiao was asking these two people, when Zhou Tianhao cleared his throat not far away and said, "Sister Jiaojiao, why doesn't she know me? I just came to visit your house... Big Cousin."

Xie Yujiao looked up and saw Zhou Tianhao coming back with a smile, and Tao Laixi who was hunched over beside him.Seeing Xie Yujiao walking to the door, Tao Laixi just came over with a smile and saluted, "I alarmed the eldest lady, the slave really deserves to die, but luckily this Mr. Yang has already helped solve the problem, and the second old master also brought someone back. "

solve?How to deal with it?Xie Yujiao only gave Zhou Tianhao a disgusted look, resisted the urge to punch him, turned around and took a step towards the door, then turned her head, gritted her teeth and said, "Big cousin, please come inside!"

When Zhou Tianhao heard Xie Yujiao's "big cousin", he really felt that his bones were crisp, so he followed in with a smile on his face.

When Zhou Tianhao showed his face like this, everyone in the Xie family's house knew that a wealthy relative from the capital had come to the Xie family. This person was the eldest cousin of the eldest daughter of the Xie family, and should be a relative of the Xu family on the face of it.

Although the imperial court has moved to the south, for the people of Jiangning, it is a big deal to have a relative who is an official.No matter how violent the second old man was, it was just bullying in his nest. If it really broke out, he would not take it seriously, so Zhou Tianhao gave 100 taels of silver with a wave of his hand, and calmed down the group of people.

During dinner, Mrs. Xu heard that it was Zhou Tianhao who dismissed the second old man and his group during the day, so she kept boasting: "It's different to have a man in the family. Everything is easy to handle, and you don't need to personally Come out and save yourself a lot of trouble."

Xie Yujiao glanced at Xu's side, and said disdainfully, "Who wouldn't buy Taiping for 100 taels of silver? I still feel sorry for the silver!" It's so frustrating.Thinking of how rich and powerful Zhou Tianhao is this time, she also lost the 1 taels of silver at that time.

Seeing Xie Yujiao's uneasy face, Mrs. Xu just smiled and gave her another dish with chopsticks, and said, "Your uncle just came back, and you were taking a nap at that time. I asked him to accompany you outside. Let Mr. Yang have dinner, you can go over to see him in a while, and ask him if he is in the county office today, does the magistrate have any orders?"

Usually at night, Xie Yujiao would not go to the outer court, but this time Mrs. Xu specifically instructed her, and Xie Yujiao knew what she had in mind, so she said casually, "It's the same if I ask again tomorrow morning, and it's not a big deal."

Mrs. Xu said: "Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, so I have to go to the ancestral hall early in the morning to pay my respects to my ancestors. Besides, do you want your uncle to accompany you to discuss common affairs?"

Xie Yujiao felt depressed in her heart. Tomorrow is New Year's Eve but today is still New Year's Eve... Why should we talk about business on New Year's Eve...

But Xie Yujiao didn't want to mess with Xu Shi, otherwise, she would be nagging her for a long time again.

Seeing that Xie Yujiao shook her head, Mrs. Xu just smiled and said, "That's just right, I'll let Bai Ling follow you over there later, and I warmed a cup of ginseng soup in the waiter, and you bring it to Mr. Yang to drink."

When Xie Yujiao heard this, she couldn't help but rolled her eyes, thinking that the Xu family really didn't have good intentions.

Because Xu Yuxing knew Zhou Tianhao's real identity, he lived in the same courtyard with him for a while, and felt a little embarrassed.Now that they are eating at the same table again, they are more cautious in their speech than before.

Zhou Tianhao was a casual person, seeing Xu Yuxing being respectful everywhere, he felt uncomfortable, so he just said, "Uncle doesn't have to take care of me everywhere, I can do it myself."

How could Xu Yuxing dare to be Zhou Tianhao's uncle, but he called him so enthusiastically that Xu Yuxing was too embarrassed to refuse.Don't let people call him uncle, doesn't it mean that they don't want Jiaojiao to marry him? This makes people call him... It's really weird. It's the first time Xu Yuxing meets such a person who doesn't follow the rules. My usually smart brain is not enough.

"If it weren't for your injury, I would have had a few more drinks with you. There are very few guests in the Xie family. Usually, when you are free, drinking by yourself is quite boring."

"Of course, as the saying goes, a thousand cups of wine is rare when you meet a bosom friend, and drinking depends on the person." Zhou Tianhao said, glanced around, and only asked: "I heard that my uncle is also from a family, but now he is like this." Indifferent to fame and wealth, the Xie family is rich and noble, but far away from power disputes, it is really a paradise."

Xu Yuxing was indeed the young master of the government when he was young, but because he tasted wealth and experienced changes, he looked down on the officialdom and simply became a merchant full of copper stink.

"Since Mr. Yang knows that this is the Peach Blossom Spring, will he keep this clean place for Xie's family?" Xu Yuxing couldn't help asking, this was also what he was worried about. Xie Yujiao is the only lady in Xie's family, but once After leaving Xie's house, what kind of test will she face?Xu Yuxing was born in a noble family, how could he not know how many insidious activities there are, as the royal family, I'm afraid it's even better.

Zhou Tianhao lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then raised his head and replied, "Now I'm here, but I don't know if this Taohuayuan accepts me as an outsider."

Xie Yujiao stood outside the curtain and listened for a while, only to feel the heat in her eyes, and Bai Ling, who was holding the ginseng soup, reminded behind her: "Girl, if you don't go in, the ginseng soup will be cold."

Xie Yujiao then pressed the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, took the ginseng soup from Bai Ling's hand, and said, "Go back, I'll just send it in."

Bai Ling responded immediately, and Xie Yujiao opened the curtain, and went in with a tea tray in one hand, seeing that neither of them was moving their chopsticks, she asked, "Why, the cook who dislikes our Xie family is not as good as the imperial cook in the palace?" ?”

Zhou Tianhao hurriedly said he didn't dare, and randomly picked up a chopstick of vegetables from the dish in front of him and stuffed them into his mouth.Seeing his appearance, Xie Yujiao couldn't help laughing, put the tea tray in her hand on the table, handed it over and said, "Your reward."

"What is this?" Zhou Tianhao looked at the blue and white porcelain cup, feeling scared in his heart. He didn't know how many strange things were poured by the imperial doctors when he was so injured. Now he saw this porcelain cup. I was very scared in my heart, deeply afraid that there would be some unknown animal or plant corpse.

"Don't worry, the good old mountain ginseng soup is for your body."

Seeing Xie Yujiao coming in, Xu Yuxing only put down his chopsticks and said, "Oh...by the way, we've almost finished eating. I still have something to discuss with your mother, so I'll go there first."

"Hey..." Before Xie Yujiao could stop her, Xu Yuxing had already lifted the curtain and left.

Xie Yujiao really convinced Xu's siblings, no matter what, they couldn't push themselves out like this, so lonely men and widows, wouldn't they be afraid of being bullied?
"Stop it, everyone is leaving." Zhou Tianhao just smiled, stood up himself, and poured a cup of tea for Xie Yujiao.Xie Yujiao didn't drink it, and brought out the ginseng soup from the tea tray, and personally supervised: "Drink it quickly, I can go back to work after drinking it."

"Isn't this what you rewarded me? What else is there to do?" Zhou Tianhao asked in confusion.

Xie Yujiao curled her lips and said, "I'm too lazy to reward you! My mother rewarded you!"

Zhou Tianhao only smiled when he heard that, "So it was rewarded by the mother-in-law, so I must drink it."

Zhou Tianhao was about to drink the teacup, but Xie Yujiao snatched it over and said, "What nonsense are you talking about! There are no rules, and you also know that the ancient folk customs are tough, and if things go wrong, they will be soaked in pig cages! "

Zhou Tianhao simply wrapped Xie Yujiao in his arms, bowed his head and pecked her on the face, and said, "Who dares to let Prince Rui soak in a pig cage, I will trample down their ancestral graves."

Xie Yujiao let out a burst of laughter, turned around and brought the teacup to him and said, "Drink it, although I don't know the effect, it's better than nothing."

Zhou Tianhao took two sips from Xie Yujiao's hand. He was still not used to the taste of this ginseng soup since he was a child.Seeing that he didn't drink well, Xie Yujiao urged him a few more words, and Zhou Tianhao drank it with his head covered in a gulp, smacking his lips and saying: "Drink up all the scum, it's okay."

Xie Yujiao glanced into the teacup, and seeing that the bottom had really come to an end, she smiled and said, "You're smart." She packed the teacup and was about to leave when Zhou Tianhao hugged her from behind. Living.

Xie Yujiao pinched his fingers, but seeing no movement, she said, "You also said, this place is just a paradise, you can come and stay for a few days by chance, but after all, you are a mortal in the world, you are always I want to go back. Tomorrow is New Year’s Eve, the emperor’s first New Year’s Eve in the south, don’t you want to go back?”

Zhou Tianhao originally thought of this as well, but he just ran out, and Xie Yujiao got a good look for two days, so he really didn't want to leave, but if he really didn't go back, it would be really unreasonable.

Zhou Tianhao hugged Xie Yujiao and sat on his lap, bit her ear and said, "Then I'll come back when I go?" Xie Yujiao struggled for a long time, but couldn't bear to touch his wound, so she sat down half-pushed and listened to his words Then he said casually: "Will love come or not!"

Zhou Tianhao laughed more and more, bit her ear and rubbed all the way to Xie Yujiao's cheek, and kissed her lips.The two had already had an affair with each other, and neither of them were locals, so the patriarchal ethics and etiquette were all thrown away, and they kissed for a long time, and their bodies were hot and sweaty.Zhou Tianhao's hand had already landed on Xie Yujiao's chest at some point, and he squeezed it fiercely through the jacket, causing Xie Yujiao's body to bow like a shrimp, and the corner of his mouth couldn't help but hum.

"Don't... don't touch anything." Xie Yujiao was an innocent girl who graduated from university in her previous life. She never had a romantic relationship. It's really embarrassing to do such a thing.

"If you don't touch it, then let me take a bite?" Zhou Tianhao suppressed his throat and sniffed along Xie Yujiao's soft and savory neck, rubbing it twice through the neckline, Xie Yujiao turned his head away in shock.

After a while, he didn't see any aggressive actions from him, except that the thing below hadn't died down yet. Seeing Xie Yujiao's overly surprised expression, Zhou Tianhao just lowered his head and kissed her on the cheek, "Don't worry, I won't touch you, let's Go to the country and do as the Romans do, save it for the night of the bridal chamber."

After hearing this, Xie Yujiao's cheeks turned red to the base of her ears. She pushed Zhou Tianhao's hand away and said, "Whoever is going to marry you is going to have a bridal chamber with you." He ran out and walked all the way to the second gate, feeling his cheeks burning hot.Xie Yujiao just put the tea tray on the bench in the verandah, and icy her cheeks with her cool hands.

But she said that Mrs. Xu asked Xie Yujiao to send ginseng soup, and after a while, she saw Xu Yuxing coming over, and asked curiously: "I deliberately found a reason to let Jiaojiao take a look at Young Master Yang when she went to find you. Are you here?"

Xu Yuxing just smiled and said: "Their young people are talking about love over there, and it's not convenient for me to be there." Seeing this, Mrs. Xu only smiled, and then told the servant girl, "Go and call the eldest aunt over there."

When Xu Yuxing heard the words, his cheeks blushed immediately, and he just said, "What are you asking her for, it's already getting late."

Mrs. Xu only smiled and said: "I just had dinner, why is it over, let her come over and have a sit and sit. It's boring to go to bed early in the morning."

Xu Yuxing knew what Xu Shi meant, he didn't say anything, but smiled on his face, and went with her.

After a while, the eldest aunt really came. She was wearing a homely lake green make-up and plain jacket, and she looked clean, with a faint smile on her face.

Seeing her, Xu Yuxing became a little embarrassed, got up and watched her sit down, and then sat down again, and said: "I still have a few pieces of material for the gadgets I bought for the children two days ago, but I still like them." ?”

The eldest aunt lowered her head, her cheeks were flushed, she twisted the handkerchief with her fingers, and said, "The children all like it, but it's too expensive. The necklace inlaid with gold and jade looks quite expensive."

Xu Yuxing smiled and said: "I made it for Huiru, and I thought that the two of them probably didn't have it, so I asked the craftsman at home to beat it by the way. It was not worth anything, so I did it at the jewelry shop at home. Only one person was charged. wages."

Seeing that they were chatting happily, Mrs. Xu went into the inner room to see Xie Chaozong.

The aunt asked again: "The shoes and socks I asked my wife to bring to you a few days ago, have you tried them? If they don't fit, just bring them over and I'll change them."

"No, no, no...it fits very well. It's the first time I've worn shoes that fit like this." Xu Yuxing hurried back, then raised his head to look at his aunt and grandma, and the two of them were speechless.

Seeing that it was quiet outside again, Mrs. Xu didn't think it was strange, so she came out and saw one drinking tea from a cup, the other twisting a handkerchief with her head bowed, and the two were sitting two feet away, which was really hard to see. .Mrs. Xu then said: "After the Qingming Festival this year, the Xie family will be filial piety. I heard that there are a few good days in March. Someday you will go to the temple with me and ask the old monk."

The aunt knew that Xu Shi was talking to her, so she nodded in a hurry, and said: "On the first day of the day after tomorrow, my aunt said that she wanted to go to the Earth Temple on Qinglong Mountain to offer incense."

When mentioning the Earth Temple on Qinglong Mountain, Xu also remembered that last time she was rescued by Zhou Tianhao, she fled to the Earth Temple. Fortunately, the temple helped her out of danger.When Mrs. Xu heard the words, she hurriedly said: "Then I will go with you, and I have to donate some incense money. Thank you to the temple."

After talking here for a long time, Xie Yujiao had already returned with a tea tray, saw Xu Yuxing and the eldest aunt sitting at the opposite end of the day, and remembered that they were sitting on the same chair with Zhou Tianhao just now, and he touched their bodies It's clean, but I feel that the atmosphere is a bit more, as expected, this ancient man is more honest.

Mrs. Xu saw Xie Yujiao blushing for a while, and felt a little happy in her heart. She was thinking about whether Zhou Tianhao could be invited to the reunion dinner tomorrow, but she heard Xie Yujiao tell Zhang's mother: "Zhang's mother, tomorrow is New Year's Eve, it shouldn't be logical." No matter how troublesome the Second Steward is, it's just that Mr. Yang is going back, and I don't worry about others, so I can only let the Second Steward Liu accompany him."

When Mrs. Xu heard that Zhou Tianhao was going to leave, she suddenly felt sad, and hurriedly said: "Why do you have to leave after only staying for two days? Could it be you who gave him..." Mrs. Xu was so anxious that she stopped talking for a while. She didn't think it over very much, and when she came to her senses, Xie Yujiao just pouted and said, "What mother said is that the feet grow on him, and he wants to go. Do I really let him walk back by himself?"

Mrs. Xu only hurriedly smiled and said, "Okay, okay, let the carriage take you tomorrow." After Xu finished speaking, seeing Xie Yujiao still playing petty temper, she asked again, "Did you say when he will come back?"

Xie Yujiao deliberately pointed at Qiao and said, "Mother wants to know so much, why don't you ask yourself?"

(End of this chapter)