"Haha, during dinner tonight, I was bragging to others that I had discovered a young prodigy! Not only did those bastards not believe it, they dared to laugh at me! So I came to you to go to the city and let them take a good look at it. He’s a young prodigy!”
The fat man grinned and smiled at the little boy, with a rather proud look on his face! After all, this doll was the seed that he dug out with his own hands.
"No, no, those are just some little tricks of mine..." At this time, the little boy blushed at the fat man's praise, and he lowered his head in embarrassment.
"Hey? How can this be a trivial skill that can be praised so much by Lao Wang?" Hearing this, the fat man straightened his face and pretended to be displeased and said: "Remember, when you get there, you can do whatever you want! I'll stop those old bastards! How dare you laugh at me, these bastards! Let's see how they will laugh at me in the future if they can't even compare to a child!"
After saying this, the fat man suddenly saw the woman following him out of the house, and he quickly bowed his hands to her and said, "Sister-in-law, do you mind if you bother me so late?"
It stands to reason that if the little boy calls the fat man his brother, then the fat man has to call the woman aunt, an elder at the level of aunt, but at this time, no one will be entangled in this title.
"My dear friend, you're welcome. You are our savior. If anything happens, just give me your orders."
Seeing the fat man salute to him, the woman who had just followed him out also hurriedly returned the favor to the fat man.
"Haha, there, there!" The fat man was still a little embarrassed about women. He scratched his head in embarrassment and said: "We will go to the city for a while and we will be back soon. You don't need to keep him for dinner. We will have some in the city together later. That’s it.”
"No, I'll prepare a meal and wait until my benefactor comes back to eat." The woman whispered, and then without waiting for the fat man to speak, she said a few words to the little boy, such as: You must listen to your benefactor and handle the matter. Be nice, come back quickly after finishing your work, don't run around outside, and so on.
"Mom, I know! I'm not a child anymore!" When the little boy heard that the fat man was taking him to the city, his heart had already flown far away! Seeing that her mother was nagging her again, she quickly took the fat man's arm and dragged him out.
"Let's go, let's go! Mom, don't worry, my fat brother is here, everything will be fine!"
"Ahem, um, sister-in-law, you can eat at home! The two of us ate in the city!"
"Slow down, you guys, slow down, I'll wait for you at home!"
Seeing her son dragging the fat man towards Ningcheng, the woman still had a worried look on her face, but she still didn't say anything to stop him.
Ningcheng
In just a few days, this small town looked completely different from the outside.
The originally low city wall has now been raised by more than three feet by craftsmen, and it has not yet been completed. I heard that according to the requirements, it will be completed by one foot.
Because of this, under the current Ning City Wall, there are mud, stones, and countless other debris everywhere.
Tiptoeing across a road full of mud and water, the fat man led the little boy into the city through the east gate that had not yet been completely closed.
Different from the chaos outside the city, the city is still the same as before, and there seems to be no change. If there is a change, it is that the people in the city seem to be more energetic than before.
No wonder.
It turned out that, looking at the large area of land that was deserted outside, they had already prepared for no harvest this year. Unexpectedly, the young marquis gave an order, and tens of thousands of refugees outside became their tenants, helping them. Then they reclaimed all the land!
Although these people's work is not in vain, compared to getting nothing, let alone part of the harvest, even half of it, they are absolutely willing!
Therefore, in just a few days, the young Marquis has transformed into a Buddha-like being for thousands of families in the city! No matter who it is, whenever they mention him, they all give him a thumbs up and praise him!
"Fat brother, is your Lord Marquis really that powerful?" Walking on the long street that was gradually darkening, the little boy listened to the gossip on the roadside and the people's comments about Xiao Han. He couldn't help but curiously asked the fat man,
"Our Lord Marquis?" When he heard the little boy's question, the fat man's chest involuntarily straightened up, and he said proudly: "That's right! I have never seen anyone more powerful than him in this world." people!"
"Ah? So what does he look like? I've been hearing people talk about him these past two days, but I've never seen him with my own eyes." The little boy's eyes widened, his face full of longing.
"It's easy. I'll take you to see him later!" The fat man laughed and agreed, patting his chest!
"Really?" The little boy was delighted when he heard this, but soon, as if he remembered something, he shook his head and said, "Let's forget it. Don't cause any more trouble to you."
The fat man glared: "What's the trouble? We are the famous people in front of the Marquis! Believe it or not, I can take you to have a glass of wine in front of the Marquis?"
"Well……"
At this time, the little boy suddenly stopped talking, but his eyes clearly said: "I don't believe it!"
"You don't believe it?! Come on, let's go now." Seeing the little boy's appearance, the fat man's face turned red instantly! At this moment, he didn't care about bragging in front of his friends. He turned around and walked to the county government office in the city with the little boy in his arms.
Today he insisted on opening the little boy's eyes and letting him see how much our fat man can eat!
Ningcheng County Government
This place has completely become Xiao Han's residence and office, and for his safety, Gou Zi and others all live here and protect him.
Therefore, the poor fat county magistrate had no choice but to move out of the county government office with his family and children, and went to stay temporarily in an inn not far away.
Fortunately, in order to please the county magistrate, the innkeeper did not charge for the room. Otherwise, the fat magistrate would have had to experience the feeling of being stabbed to his heart again.
"Hey? Fatty, why are you here?"
At the gate of the county government office, as soon as the fat man led the little boy here, he met Xiaodong who came back from nowhere.
When Xiaodong saw the sneaky look of the fat man and the fact that he had an outsider with him, he subconsciously asked.
"Ahem, it's okay! I just haven't seen Mr. Hou for many days and I miss him very much, so I came here to see him!"
Even though the fat man was so boastful in front of the little boy, when he met the popular Xiaodong in front of Xiao Han, the fat man still habitually bent over and looked like he was trying to please.
There was nothing he could do. His boss had to be polite when he saw Xiaodong, let alone those little bastards.
