When the wine in the pot was completely drained, Zhang Yubo called the shop owner Song Wusao to pay the bill. Song Wusao said, "It's a total of 300 yuan. Lai Wu helped Mr. Zhang settle the bill..."
"Why should I ask him to settle the bill? I don't have any friendship with him. Return the money to him." Zhang Yubo asked the accompanying servant to count 300 yuan from the bag to pay for the wine to Song Wusao. Lin Fu and Lin Mengde walked out of the wine room with their arms.
In the pavilion, Chen Laiwu and a few of his men were still guarding the courtyard. They probably heard Zhang Yubo's words in the wine pavilion. Their expressions were stern. They stood there and wanted to come over and say hello, but were afraid of causing trouble.
The servants hitched up the carriage in the yard. In the quiet night, the sound of horses snoring was particularly loud. Lin Fu, Zhang Yubo, and Lin Mengde got into the carriage respectively. The shop assistant helped open the door and saw Qian Xiao.
Wu was squatting outside the courtyard door, his clothes were thin, and his body was curled up and shaking. When he saw the carriage coming out of the courtyard, he ran in and knelt down and kowtowed: "Xiao Wu was dizzy just now. I forgot to kowtow to the young master when I left.
Say thank you, Xiao Wu doesn’t dare to take advantage of others, as long as Mr. Lai Wu doesn’t force me to pawn off Yun Niang and gives me some grace, I will pay him back the money even if I die..."
"How big of an event can it be that you should stay outside the yard for half the night?" Lin Fu got out of the car and helped Qian Xiaowu up from the cold brick floor. He held his arm and felt that what he was wearing was really thin. On a cold night,
, there were only a few taels of cotton in the interlayer of the robe, and his body was shaking with coldness, so he hurriedly took off his open fur cloak and put it on him.
Chen Laiwu was finally caught nearby and had something to say. He glared at Qian Xiaowu and said, "You want money. Do you think what I, Chen Laiwu, said in front of the young master was bullshit?"
"Okay," Lin Fu said, "Xiao Wu was beaten by you in Dongshi, and it took him a few days to recover from his injuries. The interest on this money will be waived. I will repay the eight hundred money he owes you first.
Come on, you'll be cleared." He asked Lin Jingzhong to count eight hundred dollars to Chen Laiwu, and then said to Qian Xiaowu, "I want you to run errands for me from now on; besides, my house lacks a kitchen to do odd jobs.
It's not a heavy job to be Miss Liu's helper. If you and your wife don't feel aggrieved, come to Dustpan Alley tomorrow morning..." Then he said to Song Wusao, "Please give Qian Xiaowu warm half a pot of wine and boil it.
Bring him back a pound of mutton." He asked Lin Jingzhong to give Song Wuniang the wine and meat money.
Qian Xiaowu was about to kneel down again, Lin Fu supported him and said: "You have also been studying for a few years, and I am also studying. We don't want to have such broken rules between us..." Looking at Qian Xiaowu's face, there were tears.
Zongheng sighed softly, and Lin Mengde cupped his hands with Zhang Yubo who was waiting in their respective carriages and said, "Let's go." He got on the carriage first, then gave Lin Jingzhong a hand and pulled him up.
Lin Mengde watched all this and sighed in his heart. Although he didn't know Qian Xiaowu's details or his talents, thinking about the situation tonight, he thought that Qian Xiaowu wouldn't sell his life to
Lin Fu was weird, and he thought to himself that winning people's hearts is something that most people in high positions know, but it's easier said than done. He really hasn't seen anyone who can do it as meticulously as Lin Fu. It's him.
The cold-eyed onlookers who thought they had seen through the world also felt slightly moved.
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Back at Jiyun Residence, it was already late at night. Except for Zhao Hu and Chen Enze who were still guarding the door, everyone else had gone to bed. Lin Jingzhong was still drunk and excitedly asked Zhao Hu to talk about what happened tonight. Lin Fu went back to the room and sat down.
, carefully thought about whether there was anything wrong with his actions tonight, and took out a book to read. After a while, Liu Yue'er came in with a basin of hot water: "What happened at night? The Zhao brothers gave me a few ingots of silver and said
If he sees a fire in the city, he wants me to lead his brother to hide in the Gu family..."
"Nothing happened," Lin Fu said with a smile, thinking that Zhao Hu probably knew what happened tonight from the Fourth Lady and went to watch outside the feudal tower for half the night. After seeing that there was no movement in the feudal tower, he returned to Jiyunju, feeling in his heart
I thought it was very late at this time, so I would ask Zhao Hu about this matter tomorrow. Normally, when I was doing something outside, it would be easier to deal with it both in the light and in the dark, but there were too few available manpower around me. I watched Liu Yue'er wake up.
As he got up, he took the hot water basin and said, "You shouldn't do these things. Go back and rest quickly..."
"You men are too lazy to heat up hot water. Most of the time you go to bed without washing your feet. After a few days, the bed will smell like something. Washing the bed in the winter will make it even worse." Liu Yue'er yawned, a little embarrassed.
She covered her lips with her hands and looked at the books on the desk. She also knew a few words, and thought: instead of reading serious scientific examination books at night, how could she be interested in reading "Da Yue Law * Prison Edict" late at night?
"By the way, weren't you thinking about asking Qian Xiaowu and his wife to come over to help you a few days ago? I met Qian Xiaowu at night and asked him and his wife to come over tomorrow morning. If there is anything in the house, you should ask them to do it first..." Lin
Fu told Liu Yuer about this matter.
"Hmm." Liu Yue'er felt strange: she saw how badly she was being bullied a few days ago. Unlike her lover's family, tonight she ran into a man and his wife who asked him to come over to help. I really don't know what he thought? She watched Lin Fu wash his face.
I carried the water with my feet before going to bed.
The next day, Lin Fu didn't have the habit of getting up early. He listened to the chickens crowing in the alley, and the green light coming through the window paper was still very faint. He wondered: All the people living in Dustpan Alley were wealthy people, how come there were still people there?
Does the family only have a crowing rooster? Liu Yue'er, Zhao Hu, Lin Jingzhong, Zhou Pu, Chen Enze all have the habit of getting up when they hear the rooster. However, when they passed the main courtyard, they all tiptoed, and Lin Fu fell asleep again.
He went to bed until he heard Liu Yue'er talking to Qian Xiaowu and his wife in the yard, so he got dressed and got up.
Qian Xiaowu was wearing thin clothes and standing in the yard with his shoulders hunched up. He saw Lin Fu walking out of the room and pulling his wife over to greet him: "Master, Xiaowu and Yun Niang will be at your disposal after they come over..." Yesterday
He neatly folded the fur cloak that Lin Fu gave him to wear, held it in his arms, and handed it over, "This is the fur robe of the young master..."
"It's not good clothes, you can keep them," Lin Fu said, "You haven't had breakfast, right? Eat breakfast first, and then talk about other things..." Let Liu Yue'er take them to the backyard to have breakfast first, and watch Qian Xiao
The clothes of the fifth couple were really thin, so they took Zhao Hu and asked him to quickly go to the clothing store on the street to buy two pairs of thick cotton clothes for Qian Xiaowu and his wife.
Lin Fu used a soft bow to practice his strength in the yard, and practiced swordsmanship again. He did not deliberately learn swordsmanship from Zhou Pu. For him, learning swordsmanship no longer required any pretensions. Although there were many hacking and stabbing techniques
There are incompatible areas, but the principles of martial arts are always the same. As long as the knife is in your hand and you are familiar with it, it will be a sharp weapon for killing people.
After sweating, Lin Fu walked to the front yard and saw Chen Enze and Zhao Hu's brother Zhao Mengxiong sparring. Don't look at it. Zhao Mengxiong is only twelve years old, more than three years younger than Chen Enze, but he is only half a head shorter and has a taller body.
He was strong and strong. He and Zhao Hu had practiced some basic boxing and kicking, and Chen Enze had not been practicing boxing and kicking for a long time. The two of them were equally matched in the yard.
Lin Jingzhong squatted aside and said with a smile: "Zhao Hu and his three brothers are all reincarnations of overlords. I heard from my mother that Aunt Zhao raised the three brothers and went to other people's homes to buy ewes that had just given birth and feed them goat milk..."
Lin Fu waved to Chen Enze and Zhao Mengxiong to come over and rest. Fearing that Chen Enze would be frustrated because he could not beat Zhao Mengxiong, who was three years younger than him, he pointed to his head and said to them: "A man who relies on force to be brave is no more than a general of ten men.
This is where the real power of a person is." He then followed Chen Enze and said, "After you finish your homework every day, you can follow your brother Jing Zhong to do things... Remember, it is better to do less things and not to miss the homework you should do every day."
"Yes." Chen Enze nodded in agreement. He had experienced more hardships than Lin Jingzhong and the others could imagine, so naturally he would not be easily depressed.
Lin Fu smiled and told Lin Jingzhong that he should help Zhao Mengxiong find a private school near Dustpan Lane. At this moment, Qian Xiaowu and his wife changed into thick cotton clothes after breakfast and came out, standing aside waiting for Lin Fu to tell Lin Jingzhong
After finishing the matter, Liu Yue'er came over and said, "Xiao Wu and Yun Niang lived in a dilapidated kiln house in the west end of the city earlier. There was air leakage from the four walls, and there was an empty house in the backyard. Wasn't it..."
Only maids and mothers-in-law would live in the backyard of a truly wealthy family. Couples would not be allowed to live there. Naturally, Lin Fu was not particular about that. He thought that maybe Liu Yue'er was afraid of living alone in the backyard, so she nodded and agreed: "Okay, it's empty anyway."
It's empty," he said to Qian Xiaowu, "you and Yun Niang are helping out in the house first, running errands, washing and rinsing in the winter, so don't let them do it, you have to work harder.
...You and your wife are here to help, so you don’t have to worry about food, clothing, housing and transportation. In addition, I will give you and your wife 800 yuan a month to save, what do you think?"
Qian Xiaowu plucked up the courage and said: "Xiaowu has been studying for a few years and knows a few rudimentary words. If the young master and Brother Mengxiong don't dislike it, I can take the time to teach him..."
"Oh," Lin Fu only knew that Qian Xiaowu was literate and had an excellent memory. He didn't expect that he had the confidence to be a teacher. He asked strangely, "Why don't you get a meritorious exam, even if you earn a kilo of rice every month from the government school?"
Money is better than running errands for people on the street, right?"
"My late father was a pig butcher," Qian Xiaowu said with a wry smile, "My late mother, Zhou Ruren, was of a lighter origin..."
Qian Xiaowu/ did not deny that his late father was a pig butcher by birth, but he denied that his mother was born. Lin Fu naturally did not ask too much and said: "Then Meng Xiong will ask you to take more trouble. In addition to literacy,
"The Great Learning" and "The Doctrine of the Mean" should be taught less. You might as well start with historical books such as "Spring and Autumn Tongjian"... In addition to Yue Yin, I will give you another teacher."
"I don't dare to ask for more. Mr. Meng has taken in a cheap couple. Xiao Wu and Yun Niang will have nothing to pay back in the next life." Qian Xiao Wu said sincerely.
"What are you talking about? I'll pay you to come and help. It's enough for you to do your best..." Lin Fu said with a smile. At this time, there was the sound of horse hooves outside the door. They stopped when they reached the door. He didn't know what was going on.
Someone came to the door at that moment. Qian Xiaowu was very clever and ran to open the door. He saw Gu Wuchen's retinue, Yang Pu's son Yang Shi, standing in front of the door leading his horse.
"It turns out it's brother Yang Shi. What's the matter with coming here so early in the morning?" Lin Fu asked.
"Master Gu invites you to come over. Master Gu also said that if you haven't had breakfast, you should go over and have breakfast together." Yang Shi said.
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ps: On my weekend, I only dare to ask for a few more red tickets from my brothers.