After dinner, Aunt Song was sent home. The three of them sat together and talked, testing Xiao Yu's reading results for the day.
"Brother, let's buy a carriage." Xiao Ming said her plan.
"Buy a carriage?" Xiao Han was surprised, and then said: "But we don't have a driver." He had this idea for a long time, but he was suffering from the lack of a driver.
"I met a man on the road today. He is willing to come to work at our house. I will give him a salary of two taels of silver per month, and he will drive you to the town to study." Xiao Ming said to Xia Xiaoba After she got out, she would let Xia Xiaoba be the coachman and follow her to study to protect the safety of Xiao Han and Xiao Yu, so that she could do her own thing with peace of mind.
Poor Xia Xiaoba still doesn't know that he has become a coachman and bodyguard.
"Hiring people to do work costs two taels of silver." Xiao Han said in surprise. This salary is too high.
"Yes." Xiao Ming nodded, "He is a little brother who can also do martial arts. From now on, I will let him take you to study in the town to protect you." Xiao Ming was quite satisfied with the two taels of silver. In modern times, it is equivalent to two thousand yuan. Two thousand yuan cannot hire a driver who knows martial arts.
However, Xiao Han still felt it was expensive.
"In the future, when the vegetables grow in the field, just the few of us are still too busy. It would be good to have more people help look at the vegetable fields. When he comes tomorrow, you can go to the town and buy a carriage." Xiao Ming arranged .
Now the supply of vegetables at home has been restored, but the previous piece of land was too small and new vegetables have not grown yet. There is only half a carriage's supply every day, which is far from meeting Kong Lin's needs.
She would put space water in the well every once in a while. Now the vegetables in the field are growing well after being irrigated by space water. They can be picked in a few days. She has no worries about selling them. She has already made an agreement with Kong Lin. As soon as the vegetables are cooked, Kong Lin will send a carriage to pull them. A small part will be left in the Pingcheng branch and the majority will be sent back to Beijing in a steady stream.
However, the three fields of vegetables have to be picked and watered every day. This workload is too heavy, and it is not enough for just a few of them.
"Okay." Xiao Han thought for a while and agreed. Having a carriage is indeed much more convenient and faster.
"Roar" Maomao, who was lying on the ground, suddenly stood up and jumped out of the house. Seeing that something was wrong, Xiao Ming and his brother also ran out, and Xiao Han even took a stick.
"There are actually wolves."
Outside the gate, Xia Xiaoba screamed in surprise. He was about to knock on the door when a wolf suddenly jumped out. His body was almost as big as a lion cub. His dark green eyes exuded a dangerous aura. He leaned forward and prepared to knock on the door. Attack at any time.
Xia Xiaoba immediately stood still and did not dare to move. This was the first time he had seen such a big wolf dog.
"Who is it?" Xiao Han stood at the door holding a lantern. Twenty steps away from the door, he could only see a vague figure, confronting Maomao.
"It's me, Xia Xiaoba." Xia Xiaoba shouted.
"He's the one who's here to help us, let him in." Xiao Ming explained.
Xiao Han led Xia Xiaoba into the house and looked at the person at close range, only to realize that the person was seventeen or eighteen years old, only a few years older than herself.
"Sit down, didn't I ask you to come tomorrow? Why did you come all night?" Xiao Ming asked. She wanted to know how the Su family dealt with Mrs. Hua, but she couldn't ask with Xiao Ming and Xiao Yu present.
"I sent the person back, Su Cheng'an..." Xia Xiaoba was about to tell Xiao Ming what happened after he sent the person back today, but was interrupted by Xiao Ming.
"Ahem." Xiao Ming winked at Xia Xiaoba. Seeing Xiao Ming's appearance, Xia Xiaoba knew that she must not have told her family, so she immediately stopped and kept silent about the matter.
Xiao Ming introduced both parties: "This is Xia Xiaoba. He will live in our house from now on. Please get to know him."
"Hello, Bage." Xiao Han and Xiao Yu said hello at the same time.
Xiao Ming·········
Myna! ! Please forgive her for thinking of an animal with wings, that picture~~.
"Cough! Cough!" Xia Xiaoba choked on his tea. Why did he sound so awkward? "You can just call me Brother Xia, no need to be so polite."
Xia Xiaoba looked at the fruit on the table and picked up an apple to eat. He arrived at starry night and hadn't had dinner yet?
As soon as the apple was in his mouth, a familiar and sweet taste filled his mouth, making Xia Xiaoba intoxicated.
"This is the taste." Xia Xiaoba was secretly surprised. He ate this apple when he was injured. The sweet taste was unforgettable in his life. After he recovered from the illness, he tasted countless apples just to relive the feeling at that time, but nothing happened. Tasted it, didn't expect it here.
"This apple is so delicious, where did you buy it?" Xia Xiaoba asked pretending to be careless.
This apple is the first fruit seedling that Xiao Ming transplanted out, and it is now mature.
"It's our own." Xiao Yu said, he kept looking at Xia Xiaoba, full of curiosity about him.
"Really? It's delicious."
Xia Xiaoba once found out that the person who saved lives by suturing in Guangji Hall was a little girl. Coupled with the current apple, he was sure that Xiao Ming was his savior. He was instantly convinced that Xiao Ming was his benefactor, and he felt extremely sad. So excited, it seems that today’s decision was the right one.
"Brother, you and Yu'er go and clean up the west wing and make the bed. Brother Xia will live in the west wing from now on." Xiao Ming arranged. In order to save trouble when repairing the room, Xiao Ming bought a lot of sheets and bedding at one time. , a set is prepared for each room.
After Xiao Han and Xiao Yu went out, Xia Xiaoba told Xiao Ming what happened next.
"You don't know, when I escorted Mrs. Hua back, Su Cheng'an and Mrs. Lin were very surprised. It seemed that they didn't know about it. I heard that Mrs. Hua and the coachman Wu Da were planning to kill you, and they both She was so shocked that Mrs. Lin even beat Mrs. Hua twenty times on the spot, right in the yard, until Mrs. Hua was bloody and bloody."
At that scene, Mrs. Hua could beg for mercy at first, but then her voice was gone and she lay motionless, wondering if she was dead.
Xia Xiaoba took another apple to eat and continued: "After beating Mrs. Hua, Mrs. Lin called Aunt Wu to confront her. But I don't know what happened next. Mother Li invited me out. , let me tell you that her wife will definitely give you an explanation for this matter."
Since ancient times, internal battles have been compared to marching battles.
Xiao Ming understood that there were many things going on in the house, and the fight between the mistress and the concubine had affected her little fish.
"Do you think Mrs. Lin and Magistrate Su really don't know or pretend they don't know." Xiao Ming asked.
"I'm afraid they don't know. They were very surprised and angry at the time." Xia Xiaoba recalled the expressions on the two people's faces when they knew what happened.
"Has the coachman Wu Da gone back?" Xiao Ming asked.
"No. People from Su Mansion said that Father Wu was ill and rushed back to the capital two days ago."
Xiao Ming secretly wondered what went wrong and why people who had returned to Beijing for two days appeared here. The water in Su Mansion was really deep. Now that Su Waner is cured, she should move around less and have less trouble in the future.
