"Press the gourd and the ladle will float!" Chen Hua sighed to Xu He while scalding his feet covered with blood blisters in the back office.
"Finally, the salt farm is in peace, but I still need your help here. I really can't bear it, but I have no one to help me. Although you are young, you are calm, reliable, resourceful, and can do anything. I can rest assured if I leave it to you!"
When Xu He heard this, he wanted to complain, but when he saw him grinning from the hot water, his face was covered with wrinkles like dried bacon.
Forget it, the county magistrate has done a harder job than the cook who made tea in the past two days.
Xu He said: "I'll do my best, the county still needs to mobilize those grain merchants and big households!"
Not mentioning these people, Chen Hua immediately exploded when he mentioned it: "They, they all should be beheaded, beheaded!"
Seeing the veins in Magistrate Hei's neck popping up, Xu He realized how deeply Chen Hua resented those people these days.
"Liangsheng, I'm not afraid of you making fun of me. I hold grudges and they will wait for me. As long as I can pass the test this time, I will make these people miserable!"
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After coming out of the county government office, Xu He couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart when he thought about the way Chen Hua gritted his teeth just now.
Although Lao Chen is a seventh-grade county magistrate, how do you say this?
"The magistrate who broke his family!"
He really couldn't figure out what was going on in those people's minds?
Gambling?
Annoying the county magistrate, he wanted to take away the good fields in the county.
The idea is good and feasible, but they don't think about what if, if the food allotment arrives, Chen Hua's official title is guaranteed, and the first thing he will do is to settle the accounts with them.
Returning to her home on Shisheng Street, Ms. Xie led Gu Hengbo out.
As soon as she saw Xu He, Mrs. Xie stroked her son's face and said with tears, "He is dark and thin. Have you suffered a lot these past two days?"
Xu He glanced at Sister Gu, looking at her with a deep sense of shame, and then smiled and said: "It's not hard, but my second uncle helped me a lot with his great efforts."
So he told Xu Dai's performance recently.
Hearing this, Mrs. Xie chanted sutras together, and finally sighed: "There are countless living people, your second uncle has done a good deed, and your Xu family has finally accumulated virtue and done good deeds!"
The three of them talked, and Xie and Ding Ze's mother went to prepare dinner.
Only Xu He and Sister Gu were left in the backyard.
When there was no one around, Xu He took Sister Gu's hand and said, "Sister, my brother went out recently, did you miss me?"
Gu Hengbo's pretty face turned red, and he quickly broke away from his hand and said, "You are not a good person. You treat me lightly as soon as you come back!"
These days, this is the most relaxed time for Xu He. He laughed loudly and said: "How can this be called frivolous? Will you still be mine sooner or later?"
When Gu Hengbo heard this, he simply turned his head and pretended to be angry and ignored him.
However, when she heard that Xu He had to go to the Caodu Yamen of Huai'an Prefecture for business not long after he came back, she turned around and frowned: "Why are you going again? Is there no one in the county?"
Xu He explained to her.
Unexpectedly, after Gu Hengbo heard about this, he frowned and thought for a moment: "Shall I go with you this time?"
Xu He was startled: "What are you going for? Although the distance is not far, but..."
Gu Hengbo pursed his cherry lips and became displeased: "What's the point? Do you really think of me as a boudoir lady who never leaves the house?"
"Besides, I'm not here to play. I was sold to an academy in Songjiang by my parents. I had a sister who was good at playing when I was a child. When she grew up, she was sold by the academy to a general of the 12th General of the Cao Division as a concubine. It just happened. If you have any difficulties, you have many options!" Gu Hengbo said.
The so-called Twelve Generals of Caosi were established after the imperial court established the Governor of Water Transport in Huai'an, based on the training of the Twelve Battalions in the capital, and established the Twelve Generals to maintain security, escort transportation, and suppress bandits along the canal, with a total of 120,000 troops.
The leader is the commander-in-chief, and he has two generals. It can be said that Gu Hengbo's approach is quite tough.
In view of this, Xu He nodded generously and agreed to take Sister Gu with him.
When Sister Gu heard this, she was as excited as a bird about to be released from its cage.
In future generations, she will definitely be a career-oriented strong woman. She has been extremely bored staying in the Xu family's backyard during this period.
When she said this, she originally wanted to test Xu He's attitude towards women going out.
Unexpectedly, Xu He agreed so generously.
Immediately, she was moved to tears and hugged Xu He with a cry.
Xu He was immediately surprised by her move. He didn't expect Sister Gu's reaction to be so great just by taking her out.
In fact, women in this era, at least those from middle-class families and above, will not easily let their women show up.
But Xu He came from a later generation, so naturally he would not tie up women in the backyard and raise them as his captives.
That is a kind of blasphemy against women and a kind of lack of confidence in oneself.
As long as a grown man has the ability to attract a woman, what if he lets her go?
Xu He has such confidence!
Well, it is still necessary for women to disguise themselves as men. Ability is ability, but don’t go head-to-head with secular ethics, at least not for now!
When the two of them took the opportunity to express their feelings about each other after not seeing each other for many days, Wu Decao from the outer courtyard suddenly said: "Liangsheng, please come out!"
Xu He struggled to let go of Sister Gu's waist, and reluctantly came to the outer courtyard.
Unexpectedly, the visitor was Lu Heng, whom he hadn't seen for a few days.
Seeing Xu He, Lu Heng happily took a few steps forward. When she was almost in front of Xu He, a slight cough suddenly made her stop suddenly.
Xu He looked over there and realized that a middle-aged man with fair face, beardless face and delicate skin was looking at him indifferently at the gate of the courtyard.
Xu He immediately felt an awkward feminine temperament from that person.
He then thought about it and heard that the nobles in Beijing had the habit of raising "yin people", who must be dead eunuchs from the British government.
Lu Heng explained: "Uncle Zheng is the steward of our house. Although he is cruel, he has treated us well since childhood!"
Xu He laughed dryly and said nothing.
After exchanging pleasantries, the two people, who had a life-long friendship, suddenly seemed to have lost the ability to speak and didn't know what to say.
After a while, Lu Heng suddenly said with tears in his eyes: "Xu He, I'm leaving!"
Although Xu He knew that this daughter of a distinguished relative would leave one day, he did not expect that when he arrived at this stall, he would be somewhat reluctant to leave her.
"When you arrive in Beijing, remember to write to me to say you are safe!" Xu He smiled!
Lu Heng said: "I heard from Wu Decao that Hailing is in trouble and you are going to Huai'an Mansion soon?"
Xu He glanced at Wu Decao. He had a big tongue and said everything.
But he nodded: "The Water Transport Yamen refuses to release food for disaster relief. It's a bit troublesome. I'll take care of it!"
Lu Heng stared at Xu He for a long time and then said: "You are a good person. These things are not what you, a scholar, should do!"
Xu He smiled and said: "There is no way, I am super capable!"
This joke suddenly broke the sorrow of separation!
Lu Heng smiled with tears in his eyes: "You are always so annoying!"
Xu He didn't speak, just smiled!
Seeing this, Lu Heng said disappointedly: "I'm leaving. Remember, write me a letter. I also want to read those ghost stories you wrote!"
Xu He nodded: "Don't worry!"
Seeing this, Lu Heng hesitated to speak, but in the end it was time to say goodbye. She turned back three times and reached the door. When she was about to get on the sedan, she opened the sedan curtain and suddenly said: "Xu He, do you know? I will remember it for the rest of my life. That story you told me that night by the lake!”
After saying that, his face turned red and he got into the sedan as if running for his life.
Seeing this, the beardless father-in-law took a deep look at Xu He and shouted: "Get up the sedan!"
When the sedan turned the corner, Wu Decao looked in the distance in the direction where the sedan disappeared and asked: "Liangsheng, what story did you tell that night!"
Xu He smiled and said: "Oh, yes..."
Suddenly, a flash of lightning flashed through his mind. He clearly remembered that night when he talked about the painting skin and the scary part, Lu Heng and Sister Gu suddenly got into his arms.
"Fuck, you can't, right?"
