Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 275 The People Are Waiting
From waking up to sitting on the table for breakfast, Xu Qingshi changed four or five times, and almost masturbated in the bathtub, but masturbating by himself is called having yang but not yin, and if it is not harmonious, it is not good for the body, so Xu Qing chose nothing .

For breakfast, I only saw two tables of food, only one steamed bun, and there were three pots!The servant explained that at first every maid wanted to show her hand, but later the servants had nothing to do, so they showed their hand too.
So I reorganized two tables, which were only put up, and some left in the back kitchen, so I could set up two more tables.

How could Xu Qing eat so much, so he asked all the servants in the family to eat.The servants were reluctant at first, how can the master and servants eat at the same table?Later Xu Qing said, you have a table, and I have a table alone, so the servants reluctantly agreed to Xu Qing.But they still had to watch Xu Qing take a bite before they sat down.

There were a lot of servants in the house, men, women, old and young, hundreds of people, and they took out the back kitchen, and everyone was half full, of course Xu Qing was full.

A bowl of millet porridge, two soft steamed buns, a few dishes of side dishes, and even sweets from Hongshan Town.However, in terms of color and taste, these candies are better than what Xu Qing ate at Liu San's place.Although both are high-quality products, but Liu San's is a big pot of rice, and Xu Qing's is a small stove, so it is naturally different.

After taking down the bowls and chopsticks, all the servants left to go to work, only a few beautiful maidservants remained, an old man bent over and said, "Uncle, please be respected by the little old man..."

Xu Qing was startled, and asked, "You are?"

"The little old man's name is Ni Bai, and it was arranged by Steward Yang to take care of the affairs of the county magistrate's mansion. Uncle, the little old man is guilty!" The old man kowtowed.

"Uh, Ni, Nibai? Get up," Xu Qing looked at him and asked, "What's wrong with us meeting for the first time?"

Ni Bai bent over and said: "Master, those scholars last night, it was the little old man who had bad eyesight, so he asked them to fool around and accept them as housekeepers."

Xu Qing also thought of this, and he asked: "Where are they now, won't they die?"

The little old man said: "No, they stayed in the woodshed all night, and now they are all pulling their long noses. When they saw me, they all kowtowed and begged the master for mercy."

When Xu Qing heard this, he was also afraid of killing people. Luonan is no better than Liaodong. The king here can rule him.So Xu Qing nodded and said: "Bring them here, no, just let them pack their personal things, and get out of Luonan from now on."

Xu Qing tilted his head and thought about it again, and then ordered: "Send someone to squat down, in case they go to grab something."

Old Man Ni walked out and arranged for 7 other servants to do it, but he still stood in front of Xu Qing with a face full of fear.It seems that Xu Qing will not feel good if he doesn't say "forgive you not guilty".Xu Qing thought, the old man Ni Bai dared to accept his customers because Yang Wen nodded his head, and Yang Wen's nod was authorized by himself, and he must also be nodding from the perspective of Xu Qing's good.So, Xu Qingwen said softly: "Ni, Nibai, I don't blame you, besides, you did a good job in breakfast and bathing this morning..."

Ni Bai said embarrassingly: "Master, these things this morning were not arranged by me, they did it spontaneously."

Xu Qing couldn't help being moved, looking at the few beautiful maidservants left behind, they also nodded shyly.

Seeing this, old man Ni Bai laughed, and then said: "Master, not only are the people at home so spontaneously boiling water and cooking for the master, but there are also many people outside the door carrying things to see the master, and they have been standing for an hour..."

Xu Qing stood up suddenly after hearing this, and said in disbelief: "What did you say? There are many people standing outside the door waiting for me?"

Old man Ni Bai didn't expect Xu Qing's reaction to be so strong, he hesitated and said: "Master, there must be hundreds of people."

Xu Qing said in a deep voice: "I said Ni Bai, this is your fault!"

Immediately, Xu Qing stepped on the door and went out. After going out three doors, three people greeted him.The three of them said to Xu Qing with bitter faces: "Master, these women won't let us in!"

Xu Qing turned his head and saw five bucket-waisted shrews standing at the door of the third gate, holding maces. When they saw Xu Qing coming, they only saluted slightly.This shrew is stronger than what Xu Qing saw in Luotou Village.Xu Qing shook his head, no wonder he only saw eight or nine men when he was eating just now.

The cattle grazing and the others spent the night outside. As soon as the gate was opened, they went out to take a look, and they almost died of fright.Several people crowded around and sat on the ground empty, as if they had been waiting for a long time, there were men and women, old and young.They knew that Xu Qing cared more about the feelings of the people, so they rushed in to inform Xu Qing, but they were stopped by these five shrews.

Xu Qing was also speechless for a while when he heard about this situation, but there was nothing to delay, he and the others immediately went out to meet the people.

Outside Luonan County's Bo Mansion, all the people are looking forward to it, with a letter of bacon, a jar of lard, a bottle of honey, and a mention of eggs in their hands. Food is the most important thing for the people, not only reflected in the indispensability of food.When food is plentiful, food is still the most valuable and polite gift.Don't you see, the most favored by the emperor are not those courtiers who bestow high officials and titles, that only shows that the emperor relies on them very much, and those courtiers and concubines who can eat with the emperor are the most simple people in the emperor's heart.This ceremony is called "sharing food". In ancient times, there was not enough food, and food sharing is life sharing...

As soon as Xu Qing went out, he saw the common people carrying these simple gifts, and couldn't help but feel very grateful.Seeing Xu Qing coming, the people finally dared to walk up the steps. Before, they only dared to stomp their feet three steps away from the bottom of the steps.

Xu Qing casually helped an old man, picked up a female doll, and wiped her frozen snot.Then he said to everyone: "Fathers and folks, how can I, Xu Qinghe De, be loved so much by everyone?"

After hearing this, the people were even more moved. I don't know who took the lead, they all knelt down, and then shouted in a low voice: "Caomin wait, welcome the county uncle back to the mansion!"

Xu Qing put down the doll, helped everyone up again, and said: "Everyone, come in, you have waited for me for so long, drink some hot water and ginger soup to warm your body?"

The servant who was standing at the door heard Xu Qing's words, and he was also clever, and went back to make ginger soup with a cat's head.The people asked excitedly: "Can we people also go in and sit?"

Xu Qing sighed, and said with a smile: "Everyone from the village, why can't you come in? Come in, it's cold outside..." Not only did Xu Qing say that, he also dragged a farmer into the mansion.

Only then did the common people clear their doubts, adjusted their sleeves, patted their trouser legs, shook their shoes, and stepped into the gate—looking at everything with the inferiority and excited eyes unique to the low-level people.

Xu Qing watched with tears in his eyes. He didn't feel sorry for the suffering of the people, but he thought of the parents of later generations when he saw the expressions of the people.His parents are also farmers, and his developed relatives who once went to a distant place looked around with this kind of eyes.

(End of this chapter)