fifth form

Chapter 2564 Killing two birds with one stone

"Everyone, do your best!"

"We can buy lots of meat with the money we get for asking for favors!"

"If you can resist the urge to eat meat and want to learn martial arts from me with a real sword, let's go buy a sword!"

In the mansion, Huo Qubing was like a supervisor, constantly directing many older children to work.

The mess in the mansion was caused by Huo Qubing's practice. Huo Qubing knew exactly where to clean and he did not seem slow at work.
The children were not as good at working as adults, but the advantage in numbers made everything even out, and the messy mansion was at least a lot cleaner.

"This baby is great. I want to give birth to one like this in the future!"

Rong Tianding and Zhang Xuezhou stood on the second floor of the mansion and looked down. They saw the group of children cleaning in an orderly manner. Rong Tianding was amazed and felt that he was far inferior to the commander Huo Qubing when he was a child.

"Aren't you afraid that this little guy will cause trouble?" Zhang Xuezhou complained.

"That's right!"

Not to mention barging around in the official residences in the imperial city area, even rummaging around in ordinary people's homes would cause all sorts of trouble.

Rong Tianding just thought that Huo Qubing was a good person, but when Zhang Xuezhou added a sentence, his little thoughts disappeared without a trace.

It’s okay to get into trouble when you are young, but it’s hard to say what will happen when you grow up. Even if your parents want to, it’s hard to clean up the mess.

"Whose child is he?" Rong Tianding asked suspiciously.

"You have seen that woman. She was born to Old Zheng, who lives opposite our house. She is now singing in Silanfang," Zhang Xuezhou replied.

"It turns out to be her!"

Rong Tianding nodded thoughtfully.

Time flies, and the baby's swaddling clothes have grown to the waist height of an adult.

Wei Shaoer was so bold that he went to the palace to steal. Huo Qubing obviously inherited this character perfectly, even showing this kind of mentality at the age of four or five.

Chen Zhang was working as a secretary in the palace and was not allowed to go out, Wei Shaoer was performing in Silanfang, and Huo Qubing was almost free.

The other party can form cliques and gangs one moment, and then be polite and likable the next. The transition is flexible and natural.

Rong Tianding looked at Huo Qubing with great interest, and felt that there was something familiar about Huo Qubing no matter how he looked at him.

After a while, he turned his head and looked at Zhang Xuezhou.

Although Zhang Xuezhou disliked Huo Qubing very much, Rong Tianding felt that the two were similar.

If we were to talk about the difference between the two, it might be the strength of their cultivation, or perhaps their age, or the degree of maturity of their thoughts, but other than that, their personalities are very similar.

Zhang Xuezhou complained that Huo Qubing brought disaster and trouble upon himself, but Rong Tianding felt that Zhang Xuezhou repeatedly crossed the line between life and death and often did things that would take advantage of the situation.

It’s just that Zhang Xuezhou has become completely accustomed to his behavior, and Rong Tianding also has a high degree of acceptance of it, so the two of them have become accustomed to it.

But if it was a friend he just met, Rong Tianding felt that few people could adapt to Zhang Xuezhou's rhythm.

If Zhang Xuezhou didn't feel that he might get into trouble, Rong Tianding felt that this mansion would definitely not be home to only Zhang Xuezhou and Aqiao.

"Master Dongfang, we have finished cleaning. Your mansion is too messy and chaotic. We brothers are exhausted. Can you give us more money for moving in?"

Nearly an hour passed before the busy little figures in the distance put away their cleaning tools.

Many young people did not dare to step forward, but Huo Qubing ran over and even wanted to ask Zhang Xuezhou for more half an ounce of money.

"Do you want to eat meat?" Zhang Xuezhou asked.

"Of course he misses it very much," Huo Qubing wiped his mouth and said, "We have been eating grass recently. Our throats are almost smoking and we have no strength. We think about meat every day!" During the funeral of the Empress Dowager, people were forbidden to eat fish and meat. The shops selling meat were closed and the market suspended the sale of live pigs, game and other meats. Even if one had money, one could not buy meat through normal channels.

The emperor in the palace was eating sunflower vegetables, and so were many officials, not to mention the younger ones like Huo Qubing.

Many people are waiting for the end of the mourning period to see the lifting of the ban on retaliatory consumption, and children are saving their pocket money, waiting to go on shopping trips after the ban is lifted.

"Do you still want to buy a sword?" Zhang Xuezhou asked with a smile.

"I've thought about it, even dreamed about it, but my father and mother don't agree to buy me a sword. My uncle's sword is too heavy, I can't even lift it. My adoptive father said he would give me a sword when I am fifteen, but I really want to buy a sword suitable for us children now," Huo Qubing expressed very fluently.

"Wooden swords are just right for children," said Zhang Xuezhou.

"It's too light, too light!" Huo Qubing shook his head repeatedly and said, "The sword floats easily, and the dance is gaudy, it looks good but is useless!"

"As long as you are strong, it doesn't matter what weapon you use. If you think that weapons are more important than people, then you will rely on magic weapons in the future and ignore the growth of your own strength!"

Zhang Xuezhou gave earnest instructions.

He said a lot of nonsense not because he meant well to teach him, but because he was a little worried that Huo Qubing would use the money to buy the sword and injure someone without careful consideration.

Officials from the Imperial City District are everywhere, and officials of all ranks are crowded in this area. He obviously doesn't want to attract any extra trouble.

"I'll give you a hundred and a half coins. You can use these coins to buy beans. I'll treat you to as much meat as you buy beans. I'll treat you to as much meat as you can eat until you can't eat anymore!"

Zhang Xuezhou felt his pocket and saw that Rong Tianding had already thrown the half-ounce of money folded into a small package downstairs.

"Are you serious?" Huo Qubing took the small package and called downstairs.

"real!"

“Can we eat it today?”

"can!"

"Good boy!"

Huo Qubing shouted loudly, realizing that he had seen someone even more daring.

Huo Qubing thought he was quite brave, but he had never seen anyone eat meat during the mourning period.

Many people have the desire but not the courage. Even those who are greedy will eat secretly. No one would do something like Zhang Xuezhou did, inviting the children to eat to their heart's content.

"You keep your word!"

Huo Qubing opened the small bag, grabbed a handful of half a tael of money and gestured, then stood on tiptoe and looked back and forth several times in the direction where Zhang Xuezhou and others were. Finally, he left a word and ran out.

"Are we really going to cook meat?" Rong Tianding asked curiously, "Isn't it a bit too arrogant to do this during a funeral?"

"It's just playing with the alchemy technique!"

Zhang Xuezhou shook his head.

No matter how delicious the white meat is, it is still a vegetarian dish and does not violate the ban of the Empress Dowager during the mourning period.

Gypsum ore is ground into soy milk to become white meat. This kind of food needs to be accepted. The emperor will not unconditionally believe what Zhang Xuezhou says, and he will take a high risk to play against the King of Huainan.

The appearance of children such as Huo Qubing provided Zhang Xuezhou with a group of testers.

He had hired people to conduct tests in the laboratory too many times, and he was very accustomed to grabbing the most suitable men for testing.

This also prevented Huo Qubing and others from using money to buy swords to commit crimes and cause trouble. Zhang Xuezhou felt that this was a great way to kill two birds with one stone.