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Chapter 35 Accidentally Became the Master!

Seeing this, Dong Rong was slightly disappointed, wondering if she should go to Ren Yazi to ask, but she didn't want to quietly walk out of the corner, an old man and a young man.The old man's beard and hair were half white, his figure was thin and his clothes were worn out, he was clearly a poor man.The little boy behind him is only eight or nine years old, although he is also pale and skinny, but he is rarely dressed neatly and cleanly.The two walked up to Dong Rong's sister and brother, the old man glanced at Dong Ping's long gown, and saluted very respectfully.

Dong Ping hastily moved aside, bowed his hands and asked in return, "You can say whatever you want, old man, you don't need to salute, Zhesha is born late."

A look of gratitude flashed in the old man's eyes. He grinned and showed his few remaining teeth, and said, "Young master, madam, the old man is from the Niujiazhuang outside the city. This boy is called Xizi, and he belongs to the old man's neighbor's family." The only son. This poor child lost his father within a month of his birth. His mother died of illness a few days ago. The family property was exchanged for money to buy soup and medicine. Now he has no food and clothing. I beg the old man to take him to find a way to survive. If the young master sees This kid is pleasing to the eye, why don't you just buy him and go back."

Dong Ping heard that the little boy was so pitiful, and he liked him even more when he saw that his facial features were correct, his eyes were clear and energetic, but his sister didn't speak, and he couldn't speak first, so he stood quietly by the side and remained silent.

Dong Rong was worried that his younger brother would answer indiscriminately without asking the details, but now he is very happy to see him so calm.She bent down and took the little boy's hand to look carefully, and found that there were calluses on his thumb, index finger and middle finger, so she asked, "Xizi, can you read?"

The child raised his head, his eyes were full of surprise, he obviously didn't expect Dong Rong to ask such a question, he nodded slowly and replied, "My mother taught my father half a copy of the Three Character Classic when she was alive, and my father has no money to give it to you." When I went to a private school, I spread a sand table at home and taught me to write with branches."

Dong Rong nodded in satisfaction, then squatted down and asked him again, "Then would you like to come to my house? I usually follow my brother to the academy to study and take care of his daily life. He will also teach you to read and write, okay?"

The little boy turned his head to look at the old man, the old man had already looked carefully at the Dong family siblings from top to bottom.It is said that people become mature with age. Although he has never seen anything big in his life, he still has the ability to distinguish people.The Dong family brothers and sisters don't wear extravagant and delicate clothes, but the clothes are also made of fine cotton, and they have gentle expressions and clear eyes, and they are not vicious people at first glance.If Xiaotong left with them, even if he could not enjoy the blessings, at least he would not be mistreated and suffered.

Thinking this way, the old man gently pushed the little boy, and said in a low voice, "Silly boy, what are you doing in a daze, why don't you hurry up and kowtow to this young master and his wife."

The little boy obviously trusted the old man very much, and when he heard this, he knelt down with a "plop".Dong Rong hurriedly pulled him up, patted the dust off his legs and said with a smile, "Since you have no relatives alive, please invite this old man to be a witness. I will buy out your life with eight taels of silver. If you One day in the future, I want to get rid of my nationality, allowing you to redeem yourself."

A strong laborer only needs ten taels to buy out the death contract, and five taels is enough for a child like Xizi.Dong Rong's mouth was eight taels, which was extremely generous.The old man was genuinely happy for Xizi, and pulled him to salute the Dong family siblings.Dong Rong saw that the men, women and children at the side were planning to pester them again, so she hurriedly dragged the old and the young to the county government office.

The clerks in the county yamen are very familiar with writing paperwork. They collected [-] Wen for their hard work with a stretch of hand, and wrote the paperwork with a swipe of a pen. Xizi signed his name, and Dong Ping's little book boy was freshly released.

The old man repeatedly told Xizi to keep the money for selling herself, and then went home with a sigh, leaving Xizi holding back tears and going to take the big and small packages in Dong Ping's hand.

Dong Ping had never used a servant since he was a child, but was used as a servant by Niu every day.Now that he was suddenly promoted to be the master, he was still a little uncomfortable. Seeing that Xizi was struggling to hold the package, he wanted to reach out and take back half of it.

Dong Rong, however, stretched out her hand to stop her younger brother. It is fine to treat the servants kindly, but one must act with discretion, otherwise the servants are so spoiled that they forget their duties, but they have done bad things with good intentions.

Dong Ping is also smart, so he naturally guessed what his sister was up to, so Hanhan smiled and stopped talking.Dong Rong felt that there was not much money left in her purse, and she felt that she was addicted to shopping and went back home.

When the two masters and servants hurried back to the small courtyard, Sha Zhu was standing outside the courtyard gate looking around, the orange sunset light stretched his shadow very long.Seeing the three of them appear on Qingshi Road, he greeted them with big strides.

Dong Rong felt happy for no reason, reached out and took a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and said angrily, "Why don't you just wait in the yard and come out to dry?"

Silly Zhu smiled and didn't answer, but Dong Rong felt more and more distressed, and dragged him along while talking about what delicious food he bought.Xizi's face was flushed with exhaustion, seeing the two of them like this, she couldn't hide the curiosity in her eyes.Dong Ping thought about it, and realized that in the future, he should get along with him more often, and he needed to tell the child a few things, so he patted his head and said in a low voice, "Xizi, this is my sister's husband, and also your master. His mind is weaker than ordinary people, you must not be negligent in your words and deeds on weekdays. Do you understand?"

Xizi hurriedly retracted her eyes and nodded vigorously, her little face turned even redder.Seeing this, Dong Ping was satisfied, and took him to put his things in his wing room, and then pointed to the side room next to him as his future residence.There was a sudden increase in the number of people in the family, so it was inevitable that things would be lacking, but fortunately, it was midsummer at this time, and the weather was very hot. A new straw mat was spread on the earthen kang, and people could sleep with a pillow.What's more, I don't live here for long, and the academy will start classes in two days.

Dong Rong felt that she had treated Sha Zhu badly, and went into the kitchen while wearing an apron without even taking a sip of tea.Seeing this, Xizi didn't dare to rest, so she followed in to help light the fire and fetch water.He was born in a farmer's family, and these tasks are easy to do. Dong Rong praised him a few times, and when the braised pork came out of the pot, he filled a large bowl for him to fill his stomach.

Xizi was holding the big pottery bowl, staring at the oily and fragrant pieces of meat inside, he didn't know what to do, he was stunned for a long time before he carefully picked up a piece and put it into his mouth, then tears burst down his face.

It happened that when Dong Ping came in and saw him like this, he was about to go forward to comfort him, but Dong Rong waved him out.Some wounds can only be healed by licking the mansion slowly by yourself, without anyone's help.

Sure enough, when the dinner table was set, Xizi ran out with a greasy grin on her mouth. Although her eyes were still a little red and swollen, the fear and unwillingness that had been on her face disappeared completely.Dong Rong asked him to eat at the table with him, but he kept his status as a servant and refused.Dong Rong smiled and filled a big bowl of polished round-grained rice, and picked up some of each dish, piled the bowl full and handed it to him.

Xizi bowed to thank her, then took the bowl and sat on the stool to eat happily.

Dong Ping saw all this in his eyes, lowered his head and ate slowly, feeling that he had learned a lot of truths that were not in books today.It turns out that it is just like what my sister said, life is full of knowledge.

Everyone had just picked up their rice bowls and ate a few mouthfuls when someone knocked on the two doors of the small courtyard.Xizi trotted forward and opened the door, and cousin Wang Lu and sister-in-law Du Juan walked in with sweat on their faces.The two of them carried a basket of green vegetables and the other half a bag of Baogu noodles, obviously they rushed back from Huaishu village.

Dong Rong went to the kitchen to get two sets of bowls and chopsticks, pulled the two of them to sit at the table to eat together, and finally asked about Aunt Cao's health.

Wang Lu and Du Juan were probably very hungry, and after eating two bowls of rice in one go, they faltered and said that their mother's high fever had not subsided, but they had already taken the medicinal soup, and maybe it would be better if they sweated at night.

Dong Rong thought that Aunt Cao would be 50 years old this year, if she was half a young person at this age in her previous life.But in this time and space, with the heavy work and the lack of food and clothing, the physique of the peasants is not good, and there are quite a few people who have been killed by minor diseases such as wind and cold.

She remembered so much in her heart, she rummaged through today's piles of loot after hastily eating, and finally chose two boxes of softer snacks, a pack of icing sugar, and scooped five or six scoops of round-grained rice in the rice jar in the kitchen, and moved a Altar corn wine.

After finishing all this work, Du Juan and his wife also finished their meal, she stuffed things into their arms and drove them back to Huaishu Village.

Wang Lu waved his hands desperately, and said anxiously, "There is nothing at home, we rushed back here because we are afraid that business will be too busy tomorrow."

Du Juan heard her man talking nonsensically, so she hurriedly chimed in, "Sister Rong, don't worry about home, my mother... well, she's getting better soon. She was lying on the bed and scolded us for being lazy and delaying the business. We'll be back early."

Dong Rong insisted on stuffing the things, and said, "My aunt is not in good health. It stands to reason that Shazhu and I should go to take care of her illness. But the business here is really inseparable from people, so I took some food to make up for my aunt. Make up your body. Besides, there is no work to be busy this night, you go back and watch over your aunt, and Zhuzi and I can feel at ease."

Du Juan thought about it for the same reason, so he picked up the things and said with a smile, "Sure, then we'll go back and stay for another night, and we'll be here tomorrow morning."

"Okay, if it's late, I'll deduct wages." Dong Rong put on a vicious face, making everyone laugh.

Cousin Wang Lu wanted to say something, but Dong Rong pushed them out, and finally told Du Juan how to help Aunt Cao wipe the wine to cool down.

Du Juan has a quick temper, and after careful memorization, he hurriedly dragged his man into the night.To be honest, there are only clumsy father-in-law, uncle, and two children left in the family, and she is really worried that they will not be able to take care of her mother-in-law.

Aunt Cao was dizzy from the fever, but occasionally she opened her eyes and saw her son and daughter-in-law rushing back, and they brought filial food from their nephews and daughter-in-law.

Du Juan found a piece of new cotton, dipped it in wine, and wiped the old lady's chest, back, forehead and underarms all over, then boiled two bowls of thick japonica rice porridge, added half a spoonful of icing sugar, smelling sweet and sweet It tastes great.The old lady ate everything in one go, and her complexion became better. She dragged the old man to talk about herself for a long time, and she didn't lie down again until she was really tired.

Du Juan watched for half an hour, and saw that the old lady was sweating profusely again, and her forehead was no longer hot, so she was relieved.

(End of this chapter)