Poor family mother and son

Chu Qing sent a letter to Xiaobao on the front foot, saying that this year's new year in Xinlunzhou, let him go back early, so that we can go to the border to pick up Huang Zhong, Master Lu and the others; Go to Beijing to celebrate the New Year with them.

The reason why the arrangements for this year's festival have been changed is all because of the emperor's decree: to require officials from all over the country to come to Beijing to report on their duties.

Last year, there were changes in officials from all over the country, but most of them were at the grassroots level, and some mid-level and high-level officials remained in their positions.

This year, the emperor is going to do it himself. Even the new officials last year have to meet. After all, they took office in a hurry last year, and the emperor is not familiar with them.

These are not important, what is important is that the emperor also needs to appease the officials, not to oppress them too much.

This year's rainfall is not sufficient, but it is much stronger than last year. Farming is also more active in various places, but the reproductive power of locusts is too strong, which still poses great pressure on agriculture.

The strings are too tight and easy to break, and it is not suitable for officials to blindly suppress and demand.

Huang Zhong once said that he would not return to Daxuan until the end of the year, and there are still a few days until the twelfth lunar month. Xiaobao will not wait, and is going to lead the team back to New Lunzhou. There are so many good things this year, so we have to make good arrangements.

The reason why Huang Zhong insisted on refusing to return to such a difficult place in Voss was because he felt that Chu Qing needed someone to endorse him.

When Chu Qing was about to leave in May, both Huang Zhong and Master Lu helped her arrange the things she wanted to bring back to Daxuan, but the two of them had no intention of packing her luggage at all.

Huang Zhong asked Master Lu: "Brother, why don't you clean up?"

Master Lu smiled back and asked, "Didn't you clean it up too?"

Huang Zhong said: "There is a reason why I didn't leave. The jade mine that Qing girl talked about this time is obviously a private transaction between her and the fourth prince, but who would think so?

He is the prince of Voss, Qing girl said he is a businessman, and he is carrying an official position on his back, who can treat it as a private business?
Moreover, there are many things that people can say more than buying and selling. For example, there are only three years of mining rights, which makes people ask why not five years, ten years or even more? "

Master Lu nodded, because people's hearts are not enough.

Huang Zhong said: "Why was that girl detained by the caravan? Is what she said just superficial reasons? We don't know if there are other things in it that we can't tell the outside world. Her position, we don't know." don't ask too much;

But since the negotiation lasted for three years, it was designated to do her best, right?

But if nothing is achieved in three years, will someone say that she is in collusion with the fourth prince to seek benefits for others? "

Master Lu agreed: "There must be twists and turns here, but I'm a big boss, I don't understand anything, and I dare not ask. I stayed to see if I could help her improve her tools and get more jade back;

It’s really impossible, there are few jade stones, so I try to make her look beautiful. Jade, less is more precious, as long as it is polished finely, less is less, so that she can make friends easily, and it won’t be too expensive. Too solid! "

Huang Zhong gave Master Lu a thumbs up, thinking of it together, even though Master Lu had never been an official, his experience made him understand that things are not that simple, so he is not at ease.

Huang Zhong said again: "I'm not boasting. As the saying goes, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Although I, Huang, am getting old, if I write a note for the emperor..."

Having said that, he waved his hand again, and his tone was not so sure: "Although it may not be possible to present it in front of the emperor, but after being an official for so many years, there are always a few old disciples who can help poke it, right?

With me here, I should give Qing girl a personal certificate, right? It proves that she has not cheated for personal gain, proves the difficulty of mining, and proves the output...

Especially Qing girl scraped a layer of land first this time, no matter whether it is jade or not, she got back so many stones, how many people may be jealous. "

Huang Zhong used his reputation and credibility to endorse Chu Qing, while Master Lu was using his skills to help Chu Qing produce high-quality goods. Their abilities were different, but their concerns were the same.

Master Lu and Huang Zhong are used to being together, and now they soak their feet together at night.

Chu Qing also took care of them. Others had dozens of people in a yurt and slept in large bunks; the two of them lived in a small yurt alone, equipped with a small stove, and extended the chimney to the skylight.

At this moment, Master Lu took the kettle from the stove, poured hot water for Huang Zhong and his own footbaths, and scooped some cold water into it, enough to soak the soles of the feet, it was not easy to get water, they just needed to be warm.

Master Lu felt the heat from the soles of his feet: "Oh... You said I never thought that there would be such a day, no matter what the conditions were, I could have hot water to soak my feet... To tell you the truth, this man Hey, you don’t necessarily have to marry a wife and have children to be happy, and you don’t necessarily have to raise children to prevent old age. Sometimes with the right person, you may have a better life... I’m content!"

Master Lu said this from the bottom of his heart.

Chu Qing had never been particularly close to anyone, and the only one who was a little close was Gan Lai, who still treated Gan Lai as a child, and made him eat and drink from time to time.

But her care for those around her is everywhere.

Master Lu and Huang Zhong came all the way to Voss to help her. She didn't say anything nice, but she would boil a pot of hot water outside and bring it over every night until the boys removed the iron fences of the two carriages to make into a chimney so that the two old ones could burn the stove in the yurt.

Regardless of the fact that it is May, it is not warm at night. Master Lu simply warmed the soles of his feet, then quickly wiped off the water and put on wool socks.

Fuel is not easy to come by, but they are never short of the two old ones, even if Chu Qing is not there, but Master Lu and the others can save as much as they can, and stop after soaking the soles of their feet.

After putting on the shoes and socks, Master Lu went over to lower the fire and said, "Oh, it's not easy for a girl, and I can't help you raise such a big family!"

Huang Zhong also wiped his feet, but he had a good attitude: "It's a little bit of help, let the girl know that someone is thinking about it, and she doesn't feel empty, does she?"

Master Lu laughed: "She still doesn't want us to call her a girl, she said, Xiaobao is so old, she is called a girl, what has become of Xiaobao?"

Huang Zhong blew his beard: "Hold it if you don't like it! What's wrong with calling her a girl? In front of us, it's not too much to call her a granddaughter. Calling a girl will give her a lift!"

Master Lu: "You can pull it off and give back your granddaughter... Hey, let me ask you, you just spend a year outside and don't go back, and your family doesn't miss you?
You are different from me. I eat enough for one person and the whole family is not hungry. Your family has a big business, and you don’t care about your wife and children? "

After wiping his feet, Huang Zhong tucked himself into the bed directly: "Do you want me to take care of it? Let me tell you, what kind of family has a big business, you take care of them, they still think you are annoying, think you restrain them, think you are old and out of date, I think you don't understand the officialdom when you are not in the position, so I fool you to rest where you are cool every day, I wish you would shut up and leave them alone!

You said, without Lao Tzu's hard work back then, how could they have the opportunity to study, read, study and become an official?I don't care too much and think you are annoying, no matter how much I complain about you, I am not being taken advantage of!

Take care of them, say that you take care of them a lot, it's good now, I don't care about them, I can't bother them!What do they love!
Sometimes I still envy you, how comfortable you are alone, let me tell you, this child must be poor and miserable, otherwise he doesn’t know how to cherish it!
You see the girl clearly, she is helpless, who cares about her?If we don't help her again, she will not be bullied to death! "

After a pause, he muttered again: "While I don't care about them, my people are still taking care of them. Hmph, I'm being taken advantage of!"

After all, men who have been married are different, there are a lot of complaints, Master Lu thought to himself, and took back the words by the way: "Brother, you just have to sell cheap and show off, how beautiful it is to have a wife and children! I If you want to be taken advantage of, you have spent your whole life, and you haven't been!"

Similar chats have never stopped. It's the end of the year, and the two old men are chatting while packing their bags.

Huang Zhong: "Tell me, my wife likes my bright red agate skewers, right? This is a natural water head, so pretty!"

Master Lu squinted: "Hmph, if you've been away for a whole year, just bring back such a string of stones. I'll see if you can get in!"