Chapter 118 The old man came again last time

Count, count, count, count, look east after the west gate. In winter, there are many people in the bridge to the east, and the market to the east, and there are many people, quarrels and the New Year is coming. It is not too early to start. The merchant sells the load, sells New Year pictures, sells garlic seedlings, and sells rice cakes after selling them.

The wind is tight, and the snow is still floating, floating, floating, floating, floating to the head and feet. It floats to the beautiful pines and cypresses in the forest, and there are horses shouting in the distance. Horses shouting, horses shouting, horses... There are so many horses coming, who is this? It's almost the Chinese New Year and it's coming here?

Zhang Xiaobao was performing the number of Bao for Wang Juan. There were many horses and two cars there. Zhang Xiaobao stopped and stood there blankly and watched. Wang Juan was also stunned.

After a while, Wang Juan patted the snow on his head, stamped his feet, and said to Zhang Xiaobao: "Maybe it was because his family did not prepare New Year's goods, so it was too late to go to Shuiyun to eat, but Shuiyunji will be closed during the New Year. Xiaobao, are you right?"

"I think it's almost the same. Or they don't have a place to live in the family. They came here to rent a few houses at the market. When calculating the money, they asked Xu Si and Ergou to give them some cheaper. It's not easy to come here so far."

Zhang Xiaobao also followed Wang Juan's words and said that it was the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month. There were only a dozen wanderers who were far away from home in the water clouds. If they couldn't go back, they found a place to live in the yard behind. There were no one else left. The market was lively, and it was estimated that in two days, no one would come.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan stood on the side of the small bridge, wearing thick clothes, and their arms were not enough to fit on their bodies. They could only be spread there, just like penguins, round and furry, and worn on their heads. If they were changed from white to another color, from a distance, some people believed that they were two mushrooms, and they were penguins with mushroom hats.

Pomegranate, Cherry, Xiaohong, Erniu and Huzi were guarding the side. Just now, seeing what Zhang Xiaobao was talking about was fun. Just as he was about to listen more, someone came over there. Pomegranate quickly squatted down and hugged the two mushrooms in his arms, and said to Erniu next to him: "Go and have a look."

Erniu agreed and was about to run over, Zhang Xiaobao said, "No need to go, retreat. I guess I came here to come here. I am a tall and big man, so scary."

Erniu and Huzi immediately took one of them and ran back in their arms. The three pomegranates broke behind. The people over there also saw the situation here. An old man looked at it and laughed, saying to the person who got out of the car next to him: "The two funniest little guys are the little ancestors of the Zhang and Wang family."

Since it was still snowing, I could only see two children there being picked up and ran away. At this time, the two children were no longer visible. They were blocked by the people holding them. The person who got out of the other car frowned and said:

"Sir, his family doesn't know the rules. Let the two children be outside, not to get a car, and find more people to protect them. If something goes wrong, it's not enough to die a hundred times."

Hearing this sound, you will know that he is a woman. She should be quite old. Her clothes are neat and not so fancy. She only has a sable scarf around her neck.

The old man smiled and said to the man, "What can we do wrong? I heard that those two little guys are smart, sensible and obedient. Since they were one year old, they have never cried. Unlike other children, they always cause trouble for the servants who are caring for them without knowing the depth."

"Sir, if the people on our side are bad people, and rush over and tie the two children up, what's the use of being sensible?" The woman seemed a little disagreeing with the old man's words.

At this time, there was no need for the old man to speak, and a guard next to him said, "Aunt Wang, the young people can't rush over. Look at the house in the market. There is a small house-like place on the house. There are people inside and hunting bows aiming here. Look at the people in the market. Are there many people who have squeezed out of the crowd and walked to the side of the road?"

The woman listened to the guards' words and looked over there. As expected, she said, and said in confusion: "So what?"

"Aunt Wang, if the young people rushed down just now, they would be stopped by them. When the two children were picked up and turned around and ran away, the people in the market moved. They were all the farmers in the village. The farmers in Zhang and Wang families were different from ordinary farmers elsewhere. They would fight to protect each other."

The guard explained again.

"Just fight to the death? Even if you run to the main yard, you can still catch it and tie it up. There are so many of you who can't rush over?" The woman continued.

"Haha." The old man smiled and said, "If that's the case, it doesn't matter whether the child comes out to play. Let's go, don't go there first. When you go to the water and clouds, you are uncomfortable these days. It's the New Year here, and you are the one who doesn't understand the rules the most."

When the woman heard the old man's words, she realized that she had said something wrong, responded, followed everyone to Shuiyunjian, and two maids came to accompany her.

"Xiao Zao, look at the same clothes as those farmers. How could they think of making the same clothes? They look very neat when wearing them. They can tell which farmers and which one is from outside at once."

One of the two maids spoke quietly to the other next to him, and pointed at the other with his hand. The person named Xiaozao also saw it and said curiously:

"Really, it's true. Even the little kid is wearing it. I can't see what material it is. It shouldn't be coarse, otherwise it won't be that color."

The old man was not far away. When he heard the two maids talking, he put down his airs and said to the two maids: "This is why the Pi Guard said it was not easy to rush over just now."

The guard of the Pi immediately followed: "What the lord said is that the masters of the Zhang and Wang families specialize in making clothes for the merchants. Although it is not expensive, it is not cheap. This year, they also specially do clothes for work and clothes they usually wear. If the little kid goes to school, they have to change into another looser clothes.

He also built houses for the merchants, gave rice, flour and meat during the festival, and helped the merchants raise livestock and poultry to sell together. The merchants' lives are not worse than those of some smaller wealthy families. If someone wants to touch their little ancestors, how can the merchants not fight to the death?"

"Ah? It's so good to the merchants? Are the people in the yard better? Dazao, how much worse are the people in their yard than us?" Xiaozao opened his mouth in surprise.

Dazao didn't dare to ask the old man, so he could only ask the Pi Guard next to him, "Brother Pi, tell us about the things in his yard. Do you usually get a few penny rewards if you have nothing to do?"

"This... I don't know either." The escort shook his head and looked at the other person next to him. This person was not a escort, and he dressed like this student. Seeing the escort look over, he spoke:

"I know a little about this. I spent a lot of days to find out. The servants in their yards were divided into several different grades, similar to those in other mansions. All servants signed dead contracts, and they usually have monthly rules. According to the stars, the more people were not found out, and the fewer people were 100 documents a month.

There are a few special people I know, who just left with two young ancestors, one of them was named Cherry, who was responsible for hatching chicks and other things. Whenever I leave the farm and go out to do things, someone will follow me. The hairpin on my head is at least 70 stagnant.

There is also the one named Pomegranate who has two bracelets on his hand, and there is no three hundred taels to think about it. There is also a person who works outside but has not come back. She is also a juren, and she has not guessed her wealth. She talks about it with Xiao Luoshui that if you want to have a meal, countless merchants will take the initiative to invite him, if you want to have a trip, countless talents will follow you."

"Ah?" Not only Dazao and Xiaozao were surprised. The man who was called Aunt Wang just now turned his head and looked carefully at the place on the bridge, as if he wanted to see something from there.

"So much money, jujubes, we are not as good as others. A bracelet of 300 taels and a hairpin of 70 stakes. If we can do things in the yard of Zhang and Wang's house, based on what we know, then..."

"Hmm?" Before Xiaozao could finish her words, Aunt Wang turned her head back and glared at her.

"Aunt Wang, I'm talking nonsense." Xiao Zao then realized and said something he shouldn't have said.

"Hmph! I don't understand the rules, and the two families of Zhang and Wang don't understand the rules either. A servant has a hairpin and a bracelet. I think about these all day long, can I still do things? What kind of work is she going to do with a bracelet worth three hundred taels? Why did she do it with a white adopted son?"

Aunt Wang started to provoke this problem again. She didn't know that pomegranates didn't have to do much work. She just wanted to pay attention to the fungus and tremella. Compared with the goods stored in the warehouse, what do the two bracelets count?

The two maids didn't dare to speak anymore. They looked at Xiaoqiao with envious eyes, then quickly turned back, lowered their heads and walked. Xiaozao saw his bare wrist as he walked, and then looked up at the hairpin on Dazao's head worth five cents of money, which she had envied before, and the little mouth became higher and higher.

Just as he walked to the clouds and water, the skin guard came to the old man, "Sir, are you really going to celebrate the New Year here? What's going on at home..."

"I have also asked someone to pick me up at home. My health is getting worse and worse. I will celebrate the New Year there and welcome and see you off. After the busyness, I may no longer have to be busy. I will come here to have a leisure time. After the New Year, I will be ready to retire and return home."

The old man sighed, tried hard to straighten his waist, and said helplessly.

The Pi Guard naturally knew that the old man's health was really not good. Looking at the Shuiyunjian, he thought that the scenery here was better, and his food was not worse than that of any big restaurant in the capital. There was a special yard behind him, so he thought it was good, but he suddenly thought of something and asked again:

"Sir, it's the Chinese New Year, and when others come home, who will cook for adults? Could it be that the people who come to the family can still use the restaurant's kitchen?"
Chapter completed!