Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 14 My Room, My Maid
Xuzhuang is separated from a piece of saline-alkali land by a small hill. Now there are seven households with 45 people, including more than a dozen children. It has taken root here, and more than 100 mu of arable land has been planted around it.

A few days ago, an order was issued, and their land was given to an official named Xu Qing by the court. If the rent in the future is not handed over to the court, it will be regarded as Xu Qing's.

Xu Qing approached Zhuangzi from the small road, heard some information from the porter's words, and rewarded him,
He asked again: "Where is my house? It can't be those thatched huts, tsk tsk tsk, I'll be wronged."

"Hey hey hey, the officials were joking, you are a nobleman, how can you live like us mud legs." The porter smiled unpretentiously, he then went around Zhuangzi and walked for more than a mile, a quaint house As soon as I saw it, there were two dignified characters of Xu's Mansion on the gate. I don't know who mentioned it. There is a brick wall with a person's height, and the blue bricks and gray tiles exposed inside are neat and tidy.

"There used to be a rich man who got good luck, so he heard Feng Shui and donated a small temple here. A few years ago, there was an old monk who had no incense, and the old monk couldn't pass on the mantle, so it was abandoned."

"The magistrate of the county asked people to enshrine the Buddha statue here, and after resting for a few days, it became a new house..." Xu Qing rewarded the porter with some money, and the porter respectfully left.

"Beep...beep...beep..." Xu Qing let Xu Qi lead the donkey and knocked on the door alone
"anyone there?"

"Tuk tuk...is no one home?"

After knocking for a long time, there was a trot from behind the door, and a female voice came back inside: "The master is not here, I have something to do and wait for the master to come back..."

"Master? Hehe..." Xu Qing was delighted: "Your master is back, hurry up and greet..."

"Stop talking nonsense, my master is an official, and you will be punished if you are offended."

Xu Qing wanted to see these two maids more and more in his heart.

"With official documents as evidence, it cannot be faked..."

There was another chatter behind the door.

"Then...you...you throw it in from the wall, I have to see it before opening the door..."

Xu Qing signaled Xu Qi to take the document, rolled up a volume and projected it in.After a while, the door slowly opened halfway, and a round face and head poked out from inside, and he timidly peeked at it.Then he came out with another maidservant and bowed directly in front of Xu Qing. It seemed that they had already seen the outside clearly through the crack of the door.

"Welcome master to return home..." the two girls said crisply.

Xu Qing couldn't help being disappointed when he saw the two maidservants. Different from the little girl he imagined, one of the two maidservants was slightly fat, and she was the first girl with a round face to come out just now.The other one is thinner, looks like Xu Qi, only a lot taller.

"Brother Chu Liu, will this be our home from now on?" Xu Qi ran behind Xu Qing's quilt and asked quietly.

"Hello Miss..." The two maidservants shouted together again. They thought Xu Qi was Xu Qing's younger sister. In fact, Xu Qing did treat Xu Qi like this, but Xu Qi shrank back in fright.

"Get up, take us in, where is this donkey?" The two maidservants carefully agreed, and took the initiative to lead the donkey.

Walking into the gate, there is another wall, five or six meters away from the gate, like something in the front yard, with two sweet-scented osmanthus trees planted there.

There is a small gap on the left, leading to another place, and the round-faced maid led the donkey through.

Passing through this wall is the inner house, with a row of houses on the left and right and a small two-story attic in the middle surrounding a courtyard. The courtyard is spotless, and there are some flowers and plants, which caused the little girl Xu Qi to cheer.It seemed that the yard was well taken care of, Xu Qing wanted to reward the two maids.

When you enter the Siyuan, you will feel relaxed and happy, forget all favors and disgraces, and treat your sister to the wind, and you will be elated.

Entering the small attic, it is an empty room, and there is also a kitchen, a bedroom, and a living room. There are simply tables, chairs, cabinets and beds in the house, which are also neat and spotless.

There is a door behind the kitchen, which leads to the backyard. There are some vegetables in the backyard. If you look closely, they are all white radishes.

Going up from the back of the empty room is the second floor. There is nothing there, and it is empty.

Generally speaking, Xu Qing is very satisfied, and swept away the frustration when he first arrived in Xuzhuang.Xu Qi was also dizzy with joy, she had never seen such a big house since she was a child, in fact, Xu Qing had never seen such a big house, it must be several hundred square meters, tsk tsk tsk, corruption...

Xu Qing sat and rested for a while, and when the round-faced maid came back from tying the donkey, she happily asked about their life experiences.

The chubby one is called Xiaoru, and the thin one is called Xiaoyue. They are both court ladies of the former Sui Dynasty. Both of them are 16 years old. Hearing this, Xu Qing feels guilty for no reason, but it is very wonderful, hehehe.The air was quiet for a while:
"Master, would you like some tea?"

"Yes" and "No" Xu Qi and Xu Qing returned at the same time, and Xu Qing then said: "Give it to Xu Qi, I don't want it, by the way, don't call me Master in the future, just call... um... Young Master..."

"Yes," the two of them answered honestly and went out, leaving only two happy people.

"Brother Chu Liu, will we really live here in the future?"

"Yeah, I'll live here if nothing happens..."

After a while, the two came back, holding two porcelain bowls. Although Xu Qing said no to drinking, they also soaked.There was a cloudy bowl of tea soup in the porcelain bowl, and Xu Qing brought it over without drinking it. He looked at Xu Qi as if he was watching a good show, with a smirk on his face.

But Xu Qing was disappointed, Xu Qimei took a sip, smacked her lips, and drank it all in one gulp.

No, isn't the tea in the Tang Dynasty a bunch of green onions, ginger and garlic? How could Xu Qi eat it?

Xu Qing picked it up for no reason, took a sip, and then secretly spit it back into the bowl, thinking in his heart, Xu Qi is indeed a native of the Tang Dynasty.

Seeing that Xu Qing was fine, the two maids retreated quietly and went to clean up the room with Xu Qing. Xu Qing only went to Xuzhuang after noon. Logically speaking, with the system of two meals a day, the meal should be finished in more than an hour up.The two maidservants are still busy making dinner, usually there is no food at home, and now they are busy shopping.

Seeing the two of them busily busy, Xu Qing was very comfortable, thinking about giving them the remaining piece of silk to cut clothes, and cutting another piece for Xu Qi by the way.Xu Qing found the cart and removed the things on it. There were more than 60 catties of copper coins, which was enough for him for a year.But what was strange to him was that he didn't see a horse when he walked to the stable. There was only a donkey chewing hay in the stable. Didn't he say that there was a carriage.Do you have to send it over again?Wouldn't it be necessary to give a tip, Xu Qing frowned, looking like an iron rooster.

Xiaoyue Xiaoru helped Xu Qing tidy up a bedroom, and vacated a room where the two of them used to sleep for Xu Qi, and they squeezed into one room.Xiaoyue told Xu Qing that she must thank County Magistrate Zou these days. He left some money, rice and some daily necessities for the two girls so that they would not wait for Xu Qing hungry.

Seeing that the bedroom is in order, not only do I admire the two maids, but they are so efficient, they are indeed from the palace.So Xu Qing generously gave the silk cloth to the two of them.

(End of this chapter)