After feeding the exiled criminals, she was forced to reveal herself

Chapter 585 Auspicious snow heralds a good harvest

There was a clang.

Ma Jiu lost hold of the thing in his hand and accidentally dropped it to the ground.

He looked at Li Shaoqing, who was sitting beside him on the kang, with a confused and cautious look.

The corners of his cracked and dark lips twitched twice, but he still didn't react to what he had just heard.

What did you say just now, sir?
Do you mean to give him a name?

Did he hear it correctly?
"gentlemen?"

Ma Jiu hesitated and was a little afraid to ask.

But what if he heard it right?

When Ma Jiu thought that Li Shaoqing was willing to give a servant like him a name, his heart couldn't help but start jumping in his chest, and he couldn't stop it.

Li Shaoqing smiled and said, "If you don't need it, then don't think too much about it. Just treat it as something you've heard. No need to..."

"need!"

Before Ma Jiu could react, he stood up and shouted excitedly.

The sudden loud noise startled Li Shaoqing.

“I’m sorry to scare you, sir. It’s my fault! It’s not me…” Ma Jiu stuttered and didn’t know how to explain for a moment.

Li Shaoqing raised his hand to comfort her twice, and smiled warmly, "It's okay, it's okay, don't panic, sit down and talk."

Ma Jiu hurriedly sat down obediently. After a while, his face and neck turned red. He didn't know what to do with his hands and feet after sitting down. He looked down and saw something dropped on the ground. He quickly bent down to pick it up. He also used this opportunity to calm down his excitement.

When Li Shaoqing saw his look, he knew what was going on.

It seems that Ma Jiu doesn't mind him giving him a name.

Li Shaoqing was also chatting just now, and he was excited when he heard Ma Jiu talking about the past, but as soon as he finished speaking, he felt regretful for a moment.

Since ancient times, surnames have been inherited from family ancestors or bestowed by the king. He is a half-time master, so I don’t know whether it is good or not.

Thinking of this concern, Li Shaoqing asked Ma Jiu what he was thinking.

Surname and name are important matters in life.

At least in Li Shaoqing's opinion, this matter concerns future generations and cannot be taken lightly.

However, to his surprise, after hearing his concerns, Ma Jiu not only did not show the slightest bit of unhappiness, but instead burst into laughter.

"Sir, you are very kind. For servants like us, how can nobles take the taboo of names so seriously? For a humble person like me, if I can be taken care of by you today and have a proper name, it will be a great blessing for me. How can I mind this matter?"

As Ma Jiu said this, he put down the things he was repairing, stood up and knelt in front of Li Shaoqing to thank him.

"Sir, you gave me a name. Please allow me to kowtow to you. Thank you for your kindness!"

Li Shaoqing hurriedly helped him up.

"Get up, get up! It's not worth it."

After the master and servant sat down again, Ma Jiu couldn't help but move his stool forward and lean forward in anticipation of having a proper name soon.

Seeing him so excited, Li Shaoqing, who was originally calm, couldn't help but become serious as well.

"Let me think about it for a moment." Li Shaoqing said seriously.

"No hurry, no hurry, sir. I'll get you some water."

Ma Jiu brought another glass of water and placed it carefully next to Li Shaoqing's hand.

On the table on the kang, there was a piece of writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone. Ma Jiu was waiting beside them, his eyes fixed eagerly on the empty paper.

When he thought about waiting for the teacher to think of a name for him and write it on the white paper, he couldn't help but feel excited.

His teacher is a disciple of a famous school and is respected by Lord Ruan and others. Although he is young, he is very talented. Ma Jiu feels that it is such a blessing to have such a great person like the teacher take the trouble to choose a name for him. Today he has encountered such a great person.

Following the master out, the journey was a bit bitter, but at this moment, Ma Jiu couldn't help feeling sweet in his heart.

I am full of expectations for the name that has not yet been born.

Although he had been called the name Ma Jiu for a long time and was used to it, he was still not completely indifferent when others laughed at him occasionally. Ma Jiu, also known as "Ma Ju", was also called "Ma Jiu".

Li Shaoqing was thinking and didn't pay attention to Ma Jiu's thoughts.

He picked up the pen, dipped it in ink, and stared at the paper in deep thought.

Ma Jiu rubbed his hands secretly.

There were occasional thunder rumbling outside the window, but it was much weaker than before.

Li Shaoqing turned his head to look out the window and listened quietly for a moment.

Ma Jiu didn't understand what was going on, so he turned to look at the window like him.

What are you looking at sir?
Li Shaoqing's eyes moved slightly, and a light flashed in his mind!
Got it!

Li Shaoqing got an inspiration, turned around, picked up the pen and wrote three words neatly on the paper.

Ma Jiu could not read. During the years he spent in Ruan's mansion, he only knew his own name, "Ma Jiu". And that was what he had to pay for wine and hire someone to teach him.

Now, seeing Li Shaoqing writing three big characters on the precious paper in a row, and it seemed that there were quite a few strokes, Ma Jiu felt his head buzzing. He didn't know how he felt at the moment. Should he be happy or worried that he was so stupid and how he would be recognized in the future?

Li Shaoqing was young after all, and he was happy because he had thought of a good name to give to the servant beside him. After he finished writing, he looked at it for a while.

No matter how I look at it, I feel that this name is extremely consistent with Ma Jiu's image.

He put down his pen, picked up the paper with his new name on it, turned around and showed it to Ma Jiu.

He pointed out the window, and with a slightly raised tone, he explained to Ma Jiu: "Although you are a groom, life is unpredictable, and who can predict the future? Since the surname Ma was taken according to the job in the past, and now you and I have changed directions, I think I will help you change your surname to a new one."

"That's right, sir." Ma Jiu listened carefully, not daring to be distracted for even a moment.

Today's matter concerns a major event in his life, and he is extremely excited.

Although he didn't recognize any of the three words on the paper, he liked them more and more the more he looked at them.

Li Shaoqing said, "It was just a coincidence tonight. There was a strange phenomenon in the sky, with thunder and lightning. I thought about it and thought, why not borrow a bit of luck from heaven to help you borrow a surname, so you can take the surname Lei. How do you think?"

"thunder?!"

Ma Jiu was stunned and pointed outside the window: "Sir, is that the thunder rumbling in the sky outside?"

"That's right." Li Shaoqing smiled. "The thunder of that day was originally powerful and had the power to exorcise demons. The loud noise in the sky today could be used as your surname. That would be the best."

Ma Jiu stared at the first character with burning eyes. It turned out that the square character was the word "Thunder".

From now on, he changed his name to Lei!

His heart was pounding with emotion and he could not calm down. He hurriedly asked Li Shaoqing what the last two words meant. Those two words should be his name.

"Sir, how do you pronounce these two words?"

Li Shaoqing said, "We met in winter, and the official road was covered with snow. We are going to the north for a way to make a living. The end of winter and the coming of spring are the best signs. As the saying goes: Auspicious snow indicates a good harvest. I will take the two words Zhaonian as your name, Lei Zhaonian, what do you think?"

"Thunder Zhaonian." Ma Jiu repeated with slightly red eyes.

(End of this chapter)