Looking in the direction of Liu Jiangsheng, Li Yuan stared blankly at the woman with wrinkled skin but a loving face. At this time, she was looking at Liu Jiangsheng with tears in her eyes, and she also looked at him from time to time.
The memories of this life have long been integrated into Li Yuan's mind. At this time, his heart was like a flood that broke a bank. He could no longer suppress it. Like Liu Jiangsheng, he got off his horse and said in a voiceless voice: "Mother!" Then he caught up with Liu Jiangsheng. With footsteps, the two brothers rushed towards the woman who was trembling with excitement.
Mrs. Liu was just now in her dilapidated house, patiently and carefully sewing. Just as she was about to have lunch, she heard Li Zheng leading a few peasants to call around, saying that a high-ranking official had come to the village. Go and greet him.
Enduring the pain in her back and legs, Mrs. Liu stood up to the sun, but she caught a glimpse of her two sons riding on tall horses and the battle behind them. She felt a thump in her heart, and her worries and fears for the past few days disappeared in an instant!
I saw her hugging two big men tightly with both hands, who were in tears at this time, crying so hard that her voice became hoarse: "My son! Mom thought you were gone, thought you were all gone!"
The mother and son were reunited. Many people in Wangjiazhuang had watched Li Yuan and Liu Jiang grow up. They also knew how hard it had been for a foreign woman to raise two children alone for the past twenty years. At this time, almost everyone Tears filled my eyes. At the same time, I thought that there was a high-ranking official in this small village, and he was a foreigner. I felt extremely sad and sighing!
Liu Jiangsheng quickly stretched out his hand to wipe the corners of Mr. Liu's drooped eyes, pointed behind him and said: "Mother, my son is unfilial! He couldn't be by his side to protect her, but he didn't embarrass her after all! Look, brother Yuan He has a great future! He is now a high official! His son has also been taken care of by him and has become an official! "
Li Yuan just stared at the adoptive mother's hands, which were as withered as tree branches and had no look of a woman at all. How could she look like she was in her forties? ! I couldn't help holding my hands together, and said with tears: "Mother, you have suffered all these years! My son has been favored by Your Majesty this time and has become a high official in Jinling. This time I came back to pick up my mother and go to Jinling to enjoy the blessings together! Mother, we I won’t do needlework anymore!”
Afraid that the two of them would disappear again, Mrs. Liu hugged the two brothers tightly and didn't let go for a long time. She cried and said: "I won't do it, I won't do it! Mom won't do it! Mom will follow you two, as long as you are good , Mom will feel at ease!"
Seeing his eldest brother and second brother finally returning home in fine clothes and hugging their mother, Luo Erhu, a child without a father and a mother, tried hard to wipe away the unstoppable runny nose and tears with his hands, and then yelled loudly. Said: "The whole army listens to the order and says hello to the old lady!"
With an order, all the officers and soldiers of the Forbidden Army and Li Yuan's personal soldiers dismounted their horses and put down their signs. Luo Erhu followed Luo Erhu and knelt down on one knee to salute. They all shouted: "Hello, madam!" "
Like thunder resounding through the sky, these sergeants have never shouted so loudly during training, even during the ceremony, but today they used all their strength, because these soldiers are all flesh and blood, after all, they are all homesick sons!
Everyone in Wangjiazhuang was instantly restrained by the power of these sergeants, and they all took a deep breath. After such a battle and such a grand ceremony, the ancestral graves in the Liu family's family were smoking...
Lao Lizheng could no longer hold himself back and said excitedly: "The Liu family will be blessed from now on! My Wangjiazhuang will be blessed from now on!"
The small house in Liu's house was so crowded that even the roof had a lot of rubble broken into pieces. The place that no one usually visited was now crowded with people outside the house.
Luo Erhu was very sensible and ordered a battalion of soldiers to set up guard posts from the beginning of the village, and then asked Li Yuan's soldiers to surround the house like iron barrels on all sides. They are not allowed to pass. Don't disturb the peace of Li Yuhou, Liu Dushi and the old lady.
At this time, Liu Jiangsheng was sitting on the couch, holding Mrs. Liu's hand and kept talking about his experiences since joining the army. Mrs. Liu kept a loving smile, nodding her head even if she didn't understand.
Li Yuan walked around the house, seeing the same leaky roof, the same peeling earth walls, the same missing corners of the table, and the same small bowl placed on the table as he remembered. The bowl contained gruel that had already cooled down, but through the clear porridge water, only a handful of rice grains could be seen.
At this moment, he recalled what Liu Jiangsheng had said to him when he had just traveled to this era, and what he said about those entanglements, and he suddenly became worried.
Immediately walked outside the house and said to Luo Erhu: "Erhu, you take some money first and buy some good wine and food. We will buy them later and eat together. By the way, let the brothers rest where they are, everyone Two rewards. It’s a bit urgent to get back to Chuzhou. This is a private matter between Jiang Sheng and I, so it won’t be easy for them to follow us.”
Luo Erhu hesitated a little, but still nodded, and couldn't help but think in his heart, the eldest brother is so open to his soldiers, I am his brother, I can't embarrass him! So he replied with a serious face: "Yes, brother!"
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A group of villagers watching the excitement watched this fierce-looking black man walking back and forth in front of Li Yuan, so submissive. Even if some people don't know the characters at all, let alone what the official is, they still say that Brother Yuan is really doing a good job as an official!
I saw Luo Erhu raising his hands seriously and saying: "If there is anything else you may say to me, brother, just tell me!"
Li Yuan looked at the villagers who had been gathered outside for a long time and refused to leave. Not only did Lao Lizheng not stop him, he even put a big stone under his buttocks with a look of helplessness on his face. He suddenly understood and whispered. Asked: "Erhu, how much money do we have now?"
Luo Erhu said hesitantly: "Brother, you have scattered a lot for the brothers along the way. You will have to give them two sticks each, and there will not be much left..."
Li Yuan thought about it for a while. Although he had received rewards in Chu State and Jinling, the cost of buying a house and managing it in the past month, coupled with the rewards along the way, was indeed a bit expensive, and he suddenly felt a little sick. , swallowed his saliva and asked quickly: "How many more are there?"
Luo Erhu rolled his eyes and stuttered a little embarrassedly: "One, one..."
"A thousand strings?"
Seeing Luo Erhu shaking his head violently, Li Yuan felt very bad: "One hundred strings?"
Still no response, Li Yuan suddenly collapsed, holding the black man's arm and whispering: "Don't tell me that you only have a lot of money left, then we won't go back."
But Luo Erhu suddenly showed a malicious smile, patted Li Yuan's shoulder hard, and showed his big white teeth: "Brother, there are more than 12,000 guan left. This is not considered gold..."
This mood made the black guy as exciting as riding a roller coaster. Li Yuan almost couldn't stand still and couldn't help but said in a voice: "What?! Where did they come from so many!"
"Hehe, brother, you forgot that when we were in Yangzhou, those officials gave us a lot of gifts!"
Li Yuan immediately recalled that when he first arrived in Yangzhou, the officials ordered dozens of large and small boxes to be carried, but he still had an expression of disbelief on his face: "Nonsense, there can't be that many! I'm carrying Holding two jobs, the total monthly salary is fifteen guan, more than 12,000 guan, I have to work until I am eighty years old!"
Luo Erhu refused, opened his eyes wide, and stared at Li Yuan: "Brother, I didn't know there were so many! Weren't we in a hurry to see Mr. Zhou? When we came back, I would meet with my second brother After doing the math, we were both shocked. If we add more than two hundred large gold ingots..."
"No, please stop talking. I can't stand your brother..." Li Yuan suddenly turned into a nouveau riche. He grabbed his chest and tried to calm down. It wasn't that he had never seen the world, even if Haven't seen it before, haven't you seen it in books?
But through personal experience, I know that in this ancient society where officials were the standard, the level of corruption among these officials was beyond my imagination! No wonder they are all called "Master Guan". There are always a lot of maids and servants in the house. They really can't afford to support them with just those salaries...
Looking at Li Zheng, who was watching eagerly not far away, Li Yuan now had a solid foundation. He raised his hands calmly and said: "In this way, you can take more money and tell the leader here to give one to each household." Liang Guan, there are at most more than a hundred households in this village, you can do whatever you want!"
Luo Erhu tightened his grip on the sword at his waist, patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, brother! I'll let someone keep an eye on this place. If he dares to be greedy, I'll take his head!"
Li Yuan waved his hand, turned around and said: "Don't cause trouble, go ahead! Remember to buy wine and food, my mother is hungry!"
