Mr. Xiang teases her husband every day

Chapter 80

Wheels, an ox cart without a carriage was driving on a wide and flat road.It was late spring at this time, and there were green crops in the fields on both sides of the road.Driving through the official road into the city gate, I saw the majestic city gate, bustling people blocking the road for half a mile, almost all of them were carrying things in their hands, such as chicken, duck, goose, roasted suckling pig, freshly fried Fruits, all kinds of mountain mushroom medicinal materials, beautifully packaged pastry boxes, etc., and those who are more particular, the servants behind are holding some precious clothing, fur, treasures and antiques.In the middle, in a carriage surrounded by the crowd, someone was persuading them to go back, but unfortunately, they didn't listen to the persuasion, and kept passing things forward without saying anything.

"Which adult is resigning, and there is such a big movement."

Before the driver who was driving the car could speak, another man with a straight back and a stern face sitting in the car snorted coldly, and said in a tone of condemnation: "The atmosphere in the officialdom is so bad now! Whenever someone leaves office, they have to make trouble. Everyone knows it. Ten days and a half months earlier, the people will be appointed as umbrellas for the people, otherwise they will have to go to the gate of the city to see them off. They all seem to be honest and good officials, but they don’t know that they don’t do anything for the people at all with a vegetarian meal and a full stomach!”

"Yes, the atmosphere in the officialdom is really bad now."

"I think when I left office, I was afraid of disturbing the people. I went on the road quietly a few days in advance. Unlike today's officials, the people at the gate of the city hold umbrellas to say goodbye every now and then. Hmph, I'm not afraid that the wind will flash their tongues."

The driver who drove the car in front endured and endured, and finally couldn't bear it anymore, so he turned his head and said, "Masters, do you know that the outgoing lord is

who? "

"I don't know, who is it? Is it famous?"

Hearing this, the coachman excitedly said: "Of course it's famous, that's Mr. Xiang, the magistrate of our Tongping Prefecture! The two masters look at this road, isn't it very spacious and flat? It was repaired by Mr. Xiang! Look at the roadside The crops are all Xianyao rice! Although the Xianyao rice in our Tongping Mansion was good back then, it was a pity that it couldn’t be sold at a good price, and there were few people who planted it. Not only are they expensive, but they are said to be paid as tribute to the emperor every year!"

"Xianyao rice? So much? Doesn't it mean that Xianyao rice is not easy to grow?"

The coachman was even more excited, and said in a loud voice: "No matter how difficult it is to plant, we have Mr. Xiang! Mr. Xiang said that if anyone can figure out how to grow Xianyao rice well, the yamen will give a big reward and exempt from taxes for three years , exempted from corvee, and returned the money. You said such a good thing, don’t the people below have to cut their heads to find a way?! Hey, sure enough, within a few months, some people said that he had figured out a way, Mr. Xiang deliberately I tried it in the yamen, and sure enough, the rice planted according to the method is not only good, but also has a large yield per mu, haha, the person who contributed the method will get a big reward, and everyone is jealous."

The coachman spoke up, straightened up and pointed to the distant mountains, official roads, post stations, teahouses, etc., and said, "Look, gentlemen, our Tongping Mansion is surrounded by mountains, and there are no merchants or shopkeepers who carry burdens." People who dare to travel at night are afraid of being robbed of money by bandits. But now, Mr. Xiang, together with General Wei Suohe, has handed over all the bandit dens in the nearby cottages. This is peace, and businessmen will no longer be afraid Encounter bandits, counties and counties where no one dared to go to trade easily before, now all have opened trade routes, and the big guys are trying their best to find things that can be exchanged for silver, and everyone's life is easier. Also, the two The master doesn't know, the ox cart driven by the little old man is also an idea from the yamen, to encourage the big guys to come out when they are looking for slack in the fields, firstly to earn some tea money, and secondly, it is convenient for businessmen, it is this bullshit horse Those who urinate, don’t want to pick up and go home, so they shovel them into the fields along the road, that’s also very fat.”

Seeing that the coachman wanted to continue, that Master Cui hastily stretched out his hand to interrupt him, with a gloomy expression on his face, and he said indifferently: "Well, let's go on our way. No matter how good the master is, it's so laborious to ask the people to see him off, and what's more... It's wrong to accept gifts!"

"My lord, you are wrong to blame Mr. Xiang. Mr. Xiang never told us when he will leave! In fact, everyone knows the news that Mr. Xiang is leaving, but no one knows when he will leave. In order not to Missing Mr. Xiang's departure, the big guys have discussed it in private. They will take turns to go to the gate of the yamen to watch every day, and those who have relatives in the yamen will secretly ask you to keep an eye on Mr. Xiang. You can't miss the time when he left. Mr. Xiang has done so many things for our Tongping Mansion, but you can't ask him to leave quietly like this, and you have to go to see off everyone!"

Seeing that Mr. Cui's face became more and more ugly, the coachman kept boasting, and the people next to him hurriedly interrupted the coachman, telling him to hurry on his way.

The coachman's talk was interrupted, he sat up reluctantly, raised his whip, whistled crisply, and muttered: "Okay, the two masters can do a good job, after seeing you off, The little old man has to rush back to send Master Xiang off."

After sending people to the city of Tongpingfu, the coachman couldn't wait to turn the car around and ran towards the gate of the city.The two of them looked at the city again, the huge Tongping Mansion, the streets were quiet and quiet, many shops and restaurants were closed, and occasionally one or two were open, and the gatekeepers were also elderly women and old men. The matter, the topic is still inseparable from the matter of their Master Xiang's resignation, repeating it over and over again, it is all Master Xiang's good.It made the two of them quite uncomfortable, and Master Cui looked even more gloomy.

"Bozhi, follow me to the gate of the city."

"Cui Zhengtang?"

This Cui Zhengtang, unfortunately, was Cui Jinxue who had worked in Quzhou for six years, and had a relationship with Xiang Yuan before he left.It's just that now he passed by Quzhou on the way, seeing the dilapidated and desolate Quzhou in a county that was so different from when he was in office, his heart was always agitated, so he decided to come to Tongping to have a look, but he didn't want Unexpectedly, Xiang Yuan resigned from office, and Wanmin saw him off with tears in his eyes.Reminiscent of how he was alone when he left Ren Quzhou and walked alone, compared with the scene in front of him, it is extremely pitiful and lamentable.

The two rushed to the gate of the city, and happened to meet Master Xiang, whom the coachman was talking about, coming out to persuade the people to go back and not to send each other off, and sternly refused to accept their Cheng Yi.Inside the carriage, a child with a thick head and a thick head, with bright eyes and bright eyes, poked his head out, and smiled at the crowd so that a few small deciduous teeth like rice grains in his mouth were clearly visible.

"Oh, Mr. Xiang, even if you don't accept it, you have to accept it for our young master. We are all for the young master, so you can't decide not to accept it yourself. See, the young master likes it."

The toddler grabbed the roast chicken that was carried by the person closest to him, and said, "Daddy, there is a roast chicken. It's delicious. Let's eat roast chicken. Father, come out and eat roast chicken."

The children's words made the big guy couldn't help but let out a good-natured laugh.The young man who was caught by the grilled chicken blushed excitedly and had a thick neck. He couldn't say anything when he finished his mouth. He just stuffed the grilled chicken into the arms of the young boy, and said in a stammering voice: "Here, here you are, I'll give you everything. tasty!"

Cui Jinxue looked at the happy farewell scene ahead with a complicated expression, wondering why he was also sincerely doing things for the common people to seek profit, how could he never get such treatment?Could it be that the big guy is actually so enthusiastic because Xiang Yuan is a disciple of Lin Gongguan, the chief assistant of the dynasty?

If it was said that Cui Jinxue was only in a complicated state of mind, then the man named Bo Zhi who followed him to Tongping Mansion didn't know how to describe his state of mind.

Lin Bozhi stared blankly at Xiang Yuan who was surrounded by people not far away, and couldn't help but recall that on the mountain road outside Puji Temple, he and Zhang Yan helped Xiang Yuan, who had been knocked on the back of the head, Then I thought about concentrating on social gatherings, showing a different Xiang Yuan for the first time, and then, two years ago, Xiang Yuan, who was already a fourth-rank local official at that time, still had a natural attitude when facing them.He thought, not only him, but perhaps the entire Qianxin Club members, no one would have thought that one day, Xiang Yuan, who was secretly ridiculed by the big guys among them, would stand in such a high position, so high that they would look up to him, are hard to come by.

"Let's go, I'm convinced of this trip. No matter what, it's good and honest officials to win the sincere support of the people."

Lin Hong followed Cui Jinxue and walked towards the city.He knew that Cui Zhengtang had passed by Quzhou before, and seeing how the people in Quzhou were living a prosperous and happy life, he couldn't help but want to come and see Mr. Xiang whom the people always talked about.After all, it is said that Cui Zhengtang had been in Quzhou for six full years before, and he devoted himself to Quzhou during the six years, which can be considered broken.Unexpectedly, after the situation of Sansi Niang, the Qingtian master in the mouths of Quzhou people has become someone else, and there are very few people who remember him. It's a pity that they can't make them live a good life." Such a heart-warming comment made Cui Jinxue toss and turn all night, and he had to come and see for himself what he said, otherwise, he would always be unwilling in his heart.

Now, but willing.However, the blow was a little bit bigger.

Lin Hong came and went, but Xiang Yuan didn't notice anything.He managed to break out from the people who were seeing him off. His hair crown was crooked, his robe was torn loose, and his newly made satin shoes were accidentally stepped on a few times.What was even more frightening was that the sachet that had been hanging from the robe was torn off by someone.Xiang Yuan still remembers the old woman who pulled his sachet, while tearing it with joy, she said apologetically: "Master Xiang, the old woman will take a sachet and give it back to my little grandson, and I will protect him from now on." Just like Mr. Xiang, he won the first prize, he will be a great official, and he will be a good official!"

Good guy, when she said this, the people next to him seemed to be enlightened. Several big hands stretched out towards him. Xiang Yuan had no time to stop him. It was all ripped away.Those who got the letter but didn't grab it at the back looked at him with green eyes, and they wanted to pull off all the robes, trousers and shoes on him.Xiang Yuan shuddered, and suddenly he didn't care about anything, he ran back to the carriage as if fleeing, and told Song Da to leave quickly.

The big guy laughed kindly from behind, until he walked half a mile, suddenly, there was a tsunami-like shout from behind: "Master Xiang, you are a good official, the big guy will miss you!"

Inside the carriage, Xiang Yuan couldn't help but wet his eyes.Facing the eyes of his daughter-in-law and baby, Mr. Xiang was a little embarrassed, and said in a disguised way: "The wind is strong, my eyes are blinded."

"Well, I'm lost too."

Xiang Yuan took a closer look, sure enough, Zhao Shen's eye sockets were also red.

The couple looked at each other for a while and couldn't help laughing.

"Sometimes I feel tired, and I really want to leave it alone, so I will take you and Da Zhuang to play in the mountains and rivers, and have a good time. But I always persevere. Looking at it now, it's not bad."

Zhao Shen leaned over, hugged Xiang Yuan, rubbed his hands tightly together, and said, "Do you know a private word passed down by the people of Tongping Mansion?"

"Huh? I don't know, which sentence?"

Zhao Shen held Xiang Yuan in his arms, and smiled with crooked eyes.

"If you eat rice, you have to eat Xianyao rice, and when you marry a man, you have to marry Xiang Congzi." After finishing speaking, Zhao Shen let go of Xiang Yuan, and pressed his forehead face to face with him, with a tender tone: "You said, I ate Xianyao rice again, and married again." If you lose Xiang Congzi, will you use up all your blessings in two lifetimes?"

Xiang Yuan's heart skipped a beat when he said the two lifetimes, he stretched out his hand and rubbed his cheek vigorously, and smiled softly: "Fool!"

"fool!"

Suddenly, a crisp and crisp sentence came out like a scene.The couple looked down, and Xiang Dazhuang stepped in unwilling to be lonely, and nestled between the two of them, with his head raised, with an innocent expression on his face.

"Fool father, fool father."

"Little bastard, if you want to talk about a smart dad, you can just say whatever you want."

"Smart dad."

Zhao Shen burst out laughing, picked up Xiang Dazhuang, and laughed happily: "Well, daddy is smart, daddy is just casual."

Xiang Yuan reached out and pinched Xiang Dazhuang's little nose, teasing him: "Pig, pig, Zhuang Zhuang is a pig."

"Daddy is the pig."

"But Daddy doesn't have a pig's nose, but Zhuang Zhuang has a pig's nose, so Zhuang Zhuang is a pig."

"No, Daddy is a pig!"

"Then who has a pig's nose?"

Xiang Dazhuang blinked his eyes, thought for a while, and said, "Strong"

"Yes, then who is the pig?"

"Daddy!"

Hahahaha, Zhao Shen fell happily beside him.No matter how eloquent Master Xiang is, if you meet Zhuang Zhuang, you will be blinded.

Listening to the laughter coming from the car, Song Da, who was driving outside, couldn't help grinning.Looking back at the other carriage that was following them, the driver gestured to indicate that everything was fine, Song Da turned his head, flicked his whip, and the carriage rattled up the official road.

At the same time, a black-painted carriage quietly came out of the capital, and also came towards Hejian Mansion.

Inside the car, a young man with a soft complexion looked like a boy, and said bitterly to another handsomely dressed young man with a detached demeanor: "My lord, you have to speak up for the little one at that time, otherwise the little one will have ten lives. Not enough to chop."

"Whispering, if I knew you were such a pustule, I might as well bring Wenxi out."

"Young master, it's not that you are timid, it's that you are really bold this time, and you are afraid of the young."

When the young master heard the words, he ignored him.Instead, he lifted the curtain and carefully looked at the scenery outside.

It's rare to come out, he has to take a good look before going back.