Idle courtiers

Chapter 140

After Xun Fangyu entered the house, she didn't go to eat, but went into the courtyard of the back house, holding the small bundle in her hand, sitting on a stool, looking at the sky with bewildered eyes.

Zhou Nan didn't bother to persuade her, so he just said: "Miss Liu, it's fine if you don't eat, but you can rest at my house for the night and leave early tomorrow morning. As for the matter between you and me, I have explained it clearly before. Your mother It is not true that you promised me to be a concubine, the body deed has been returned to you, you and I have nothing to do with each other, don't bother me anymore."

Hearing this, Wang Er smiled in his heart: Sure enough, these six girls are indeed the uncle's lover outside, or concubines.Haha, uncle is really hard-hearted, he wants to drive this ugly woman away.

Zhou Nan didn't bother to pay any attention to these two people. Instead of talking nonsense, he went back to the house and lit the lamp to read a book. He was going to rest after reading the story of "Journey to the West" three-tone plantain fan.

Outside, Wang Er sat at the table and drank a good amount of wine. When it was slightly smoked, he directly opened a guest room, made the bed, and boiled water to wash his feet. It seemed that he was going to sleep.

Zhou Nan was annoyed in his heart, but this guy didn't recognize his life.

Wang Er greeted Xun Fangyu outside: "Then six girls, can you do me a favor and wash the dishes... Hey, why don't you talk, are you dumb?"

"Miss Liu, the house has been tidied up. Go in and sleep. After all, it's a girl's house. It's not a good idea to sit like this. Just let me sit in this patio overnight. When I was wandering outside, I have slept in the bridge hole, on the side of the road, and in the grass, and I don’t pay that much attention.”

It's true that this person is a bum, and his character is not too bad, Zhou Nan thought to himself.

Xun Fangyu just sat and ignored.

After reading the book for about two hours, I just felt tired and was about to sleep.

But Wang Er opened the door, holding a quilt and throwing it to Xun Fangyu: "Here is the quilt, don't get cold."

The night in early summer was very cold, Xun Fangyu trembled slightly, nodded slightly to Wang Er, took the quilt and wrapped it around his body, and returned to the appearance of a stone man looking up at the sky.

Seen through the gap in the window, she was sitting alone in the patio, silhouetted by the night light, like a lonely thin soul.

She didn't feel pity, but when the moonlight shone on her face, Zhou Nan's heart skipped a beat, and her drowsiness disappeared immediately.

The next day, it was already noon when Zhou Nan woke up, and he didn't want to get up because he didn't sleep well.

I still have three days of vacation, so it's not bad to just lie on the bed and read a book.

"Master, uncle, lunch is ready, and my nephew has brought it to you." Wang Er carried a food box, entered the room respectfully, and handed everything to Zhou Nan like a servant, which made Zhou Nan very upset. It is useful.

Zhou Nan's heart moved unknowingly: In ancient times, if you have money and power, you will enjoy it!

He looked up, and Xun Fangyu was still sitting in the courtyard blankly: "Miss Six, have you eaten yet?"

"If you go back to uncle, that girl is just in a daze, she won't eat, and she won't answer."

"Never mind her!"

"Uncle, my matter...you see..."

"Go back, I can't do this."

"Uncle, think about it again...don't drive me away...well, my little nephew washes the dishes first, and we'll talk after we clean up the house."

There are two and a half days of vacation left, and it is too late to go back to Anton to visit relatives.Zhou Nan remembered that he hadn't been to many places since he arrived in Huai'an. Hearing that the scenery of Hongze Lake was beautiful, he became interested in traveling and decided to go there for fun.

He put on his clothes, ignored Wang Er's Xun Fang's words, and hired a boat to go west.

After playing for a day, Zhou Nan went home at dusk the next day.However, Wang Er and Xun Fangyu were still at home.

Wang Er was standing on a chair and was using a long feather duster to sweep the dust off the beams, while Xun Fangyu was shouting from below: "Be gentle, don't sweep the dust everywhere."

Wang Er's head was full of dust, he was so tired that he was dissatisfied: "Miss Liu, what's the use of sweeping the dust on the beams of this house, and no one saw it, so it's possible that the gentlemen on the beams will stain their clothes. eventful."

Miss Xunliu said softly: "Others can't see it, but we know it in our hearts. The official family and the scholarly family should not be sloppy in everything. Governor Zhou has a reputation as a scholar, and he is born as a scholar. Naturally, he loves cleanliness."

Zhou Nan was taken aback, this girl Xunliu was finally willing to speak, why hasn't she left yet, why is Wang Er here?

Wang Er: "It's really annoying, you are right no matter what... Ah, you are back, uncle, but you are tired, have you eaten yet?"

"I've already eaten, why haven't you left yet?" Zhou Nan frowned: "Miss Xun, what are you doing, you have to plan for the future, it's no fun to rely on me."

Xun Fangyu sat back on the bench in the patio, looked up at the sky, and resumed petrification.

"Uncle, about my matter...you have pity on Xiaolan and me. Our family is really poor, and we can't solve the problem unless we find something to do." Wang Er changed his mind and began to call him poor.Then he took out a slip from his sleeve and smiled apologetically, "Uncle, this is the meal money for Miss Xun Liu and I for the past two days. The total is one or two yuan, and it will be recorded in Xiaodeyuelou's account for your old man."

"It's just the two of you who ate one or two dollars in a day or two. Did Miss Xun eat?" Zhou Nan couldn't even get angry.

In the Ming Dynasty, the price of silver was strong and the price of goods was low. When he was an official in Anton, his monthly salary was only two taels.These two people can really eat, isn't this a rice bucket?
Wang Er: "Uncle, what is your identity? Sixth Miss and I are your nephew, and the other is the wife of the family. If the diet is too poor, wouldn't it be a joke for the common people, and you will lose face? Sixth Miss opened her mouth to eat. , you don’t have to worry, old man. Uncle, what do you think about me?”

Zhou Nan understands that these two people are attached to him, and it is impossible to drive them away.Take Miss Xunliu as an example. She is a little girl and has no relatives here. How will she make a living in the future, and what will she do if she meets bad people?If something really happened, I couldn't bear it on my own conscience.Although I really don't have a conscience, I still have a bottom line in being a human being.

As for Wang Er, he is also his relative after all.According to the feudal ethics of this era, if I am an official now, if the younger relatives encounter something and ignore it, I will be criticized by the public opinion alone.

He waved his hand weakly: "Let me think about it, it is impossible for you to be a pawn, maybe you can find an errand for you."

Wang Er was overjoyed and paid homage to the ground: "I knew it was impossible for my uncle to ignore my nephew. As long as I can find a job in the yamen that can make a living, my nephew will be satisfied. I knew what our uncle and lord are." Man, this little thing is just a little effort."

Zhou Nan planned to say hello to Zhanzhi County and ask Wang Er to work as a servant in Andong County, but at this time his eyes fell on Miss Xunliu in the courtyard.

Xun Fangyu still sat on the stool stupidly.

After being away for two days, the house is indeed much cleaner.Miss Xunliu washed Zhou Nan's clothes and bedding and hung them all over the yard, even his underwear.

The size of underwear is related to the size of a man's majesty, it is the privacy of privacy, Zhou Nan feels very embarrassed.Can't help but compose a poem:
In the city of Huai'an, the sheets are floating,
Miss Xiaoliu was too arrogant.

Zhou's son couldn't bear it,
It's just because the Xun family put eggs and grass.

It's not that the heart is as hard as iron,
But the idea is not clear.

Thinking of Ding Qiguang forcing his niece to be his concubine, Zhou Nan was upset.Very good, Dingzhi County, you saved the family property for your sister, and the matter of Wang Er will fall on you.

After Zhou Nan finished reading the poem, he stopped Wang Er's hypocritical compliments, and said, "I have another poem, go down and find someone, and bring me back the money."

After finishing speaking, he wrote on the paper with a brush: "Eight thousand miles of clouds and moons, don't wait for nothing, the boy's head is white, empty and sad..." He told him to take it to Hao Miaozhu.

The meaning of this poem is, 80 taels of silver, I will help you settle the matter of registration, and you should stop haggling.If you annoy me and don't care about your affairs, even if you wait until your hair turns gray, you will never want to settle in my residence.

Wang Er was quick to handle affairs, and he brought back a large bag of silver, which happened to be 80 taels after leaving the house.

On the second day, Zhou Nan asked him to take his letter to find Ding magistrate.

In the evening, Wang Er was wearing a long gown with cut arrow sleeves and a hat with chicken feathers on his head. He was dressed as a yamen servant and came back with his chest out.He told Zhou Nan that he had taken Hao Quaizi to the county government to settle down.Knowing the support of the county magistrate, now he has taken up the post of deputy head of the fast class.

He was originally a bum, but now he has transformed into the deputy of the county criminal police brigade, and he is so proud that he wants to fly to the sky.

Hastily bowed to the ground and flattered Zhou Nan.

Zhou Nan was also taken aback. He originally asked Ding Qiguang to take the post of Yamen servant.Unexpectedly, the magistrate of Ding directly asked him to be the deputy head of the squad. This person surnamed Ding is quite interesting!

He was in a bad mood, and told Wang Er that since you are now the deputy team leader, and you are recommended by me, you should do your job well, so don't make me feel bad.If you do something illegal, I will be the first to forgive you.From tomorrow onwards, find a place to live by yourself, don't be an eyesore to me, get out!

You really have nothing to do with such a thick-skinned relative.However, relatives are a lifetime thing, and they cannot be ignored.

(End of this chapter)