fisherwoman

The guard Xu who was called Xu Erleng was originally named Xu Quanyou, and Erleng was just his nickname when he was a child. Everyone has always called him Erleng Xu. After a long time, he became Xu Erleng.

Last time he was besieged, the new wife of the magistrate actually came to help. He was very grateful for this. Hearing that the madam of the magistrate wanted to rebuild the backyard, he rushed to help. The house is still out of the question.

Seeing his sincere help, Lin Xueman was also very moved, so she simply handed over the construction of the backyard to him.

Without further ado, Xu Quan took over this civil engineering project, which was huge for the yamen, and assumed the role of commander-in-chief with style.

The blueprint for building the house was designed by Lin Xueman and Xiao Chengyu after discussing it. The house in the backyard was so bad that it was impossible to repair it. It was simply torn down and rebuilt. It was like a blank sheet of paper with room for imagination. This made Lin Xueman very excited.

Naturally, there must be a bathroom. In addition, she insisted on designing a nursery room. As a mother, she wanted to give her children all the wonderful things she could think of, so that In such a remote yamen, children have their own paradise and grow up colorfully.

Xiao Chengyu naturally didn't have any objections. Anyway, the place is so big, she can do whatever she wants, because when he really can't care about the backyard, he has more things to deal with.

Master Liu's old couple expressed silence about the new young couple's rebuilding of the backyard. They paid for it themselves, so they naturally had nothing to say.Anyway, they live as they please, without being affected in the slightest.

Although the people of Bingzhou are tough, their hearts are simple and they work hard. They work hard when they have money.

In just half a month, a beautiful backyard stood up, grand and unassuming.

People in the yamen also came to watch the new courtyard full of praise.

Xu Quanyou was very proud of this.After working in disgrace for more than half a month, I finally handed over the work smoothly, and it can be considered as a favor to the magistrate's wife!

But Mr. Liu and his wife remained indifferent. Although Lin Xueman and Xiao Chengyu warmly invited them, they refused to move into the new yard. They said they were used to living in the old house.unwilling to change places.

Lin Xueman said that she was very helpless about this, and she would not move if she didn't move, anyway, her family couldn't live in that reception room and study all the time.

All the necessities in the house were quickly bought and decorated, and the prices in Bingzhou were lower than those in Yuzhou and even lower than in Longtan Town.Do the math, along with building a house and buying a mess of furniture to decorate.Lin Xueman was surprised that he didn't even spend 100 taels of silver. Remoteness also has its benefits.

Lin Xueman looked at the brand new bathroom with satisfaction, and then thought about taking a shower in the bathroom. Obviously, there were no hanging bathing utensils except for the bathtub.

After thinking about it, she decided to go out by herself.Ask the tub makers if they can order her a hanging tub.

Lin Xueman hadn't gone out since coming here.

Xiao Chengyu kept saying that he would go out with her when he was free.But he didn't seem to have any free time, except for practicing the newly recruited guards and staying in the yamen for a while when someone came to visit, most of the time he ran away without a trace.

When this person gets busy, he often turns around and can't take care of anything!

In modern terms, a workaholic!

Especially in the past two days, he has not been seen at night and came back very late. I really don't know what he is busy with!

The location of Bingzhou Yamen is not far away. You can walk a few steps to the main city. The shops along the street are not as prosperous as Yuzhou, not even Longtan Town. There are few people on the street, and many shops are still closed. , even if the door was opened, there were not many people coming in and out, and it looked very depressed.

Lin Xueman walked around, but didn't see anyone selling bathtubs on the street, and she didn't know where Xiao Chengyu bought the two bathtubs yesterday.

Seeing a grocery store with its door open, Lin Xueman strolled in. The shopkeeper was sitting listlessly on the counter and dozing off. Teacup, snorting to drink water.

The light in the grocery store was a little dim, and there were some agricultural tools such as hoes, iron pots, and shovels piled up messily on the ground. Lin Xueman picked up a small hoe and looked at it in his hand. It was quite strong, although it was a bit small. , but hoeing a vegetable field is still not a problem, so he asked: "Shopkeeper, how much is this hoe?"

"Two copper coins!" There was a smile on the shopkeeper's face, "This kind of small hoe is very easy to use, and all the farmers around buy it, but if it is used by men, there are big ones, which are more expensive, five copper coins .” As he spoke, he pointed to the big hoes standing in the corner.

"Two copper coins?" Lin Xueman was very surprised, so cheap?In other words, it is equivalent to six cents. In Longtan Town, such a hoe costs six copper coins!

"Why do you think it's expensive?" The shopkeeper walked over without knowing it, and the woman in front of her was very well dressed, she didn't look like a local peasant woman, why is it too expensive for two cents?But he still pointed to another small hook on the ground, and said, "If you think it's expensive, take this one, a copper coin."

"Then I want this!" Lin Xueman took out two copper coins and put them on the counter.

"Listen to the accent, isn't the young lady a local?" the shopkeeper asked as he put away the copper coins.

"I'm from Yuzhou!" Lin Xueman replied.

"Yuzhou is a good place, why did you come to Bingzhou?" The shopkeeper was a little surprised.

Lin Xueman smiled, but did not answer. She looked back outside and asked again, "Shopkeeper, how is your business? I think the street is a bit deserted."

"Well, the place is poor, so it's not easy to do business. It's barely enough to make ends meet. Now it's the busy season of farming, and no one comes out to hang out, so there are no people on the street." The shopkeeper sighed, looked at her, and said , "The little lady came to Bingzhou to do business with her husband, right?"

"Exactly, not long ago!" Lin Xueman responded casually.

"I guess it is." The shopkeeper looked around quietly, and said mysteriously. "Little lady, it's a little deserted here, but we still have a place in Bingzhou, which is not deserted. It's not that I talk too much, you must not know it!"

"Where?" Lin Xueman looked at him suspiciously, "Isn't this the main city of Bingzhou?"

The shopkeeper smiled meaningfully: "It's true that this is the main city, but it's not prosperous. The real prosperous place is in the mining area. Just go and see it!"

"Thank you." Lin Xueman smiled. She didn't want to chat with this talkative shopkeeper, so she took a hoe and walked out of the shop.

Two guards came over from a distance and said, "Madam, go back! My lord ordered that Madam not be allowed to move around. At most, I can only walk around nearby."

"Besides this street, where else are there shops?" Lin Xueman asked.

"No, this street is only lively when there is a market, but it is not there today, so it is a bit deserted." The guard replied.

"When is the meeting?"

"Every five days, every Monday. Every Saturday."

"Understood!" Lin Xueman turned and walked back, and asked again. "Where did your lord go today?"

"This subordinate doesn't know!" The two looked at each other, and one of them said expressionlessly, "Madam, go back!"

Lin Xueman had just returned to the yamen when she saw a carriage parked at the door.

She thought someone was visiting, so she didn't care, and went into the backyard on her own.Suddenly a woman in brown clothes ran over without saying a word.Kneeling in front of her, weeping: "Madam, please save us, save us!"

A young man beside the woman hurriedly bowed and said, "I've seen Mrs. Xiao!"

"You all get up, talk slowly if you have something to say!" Lin Xueman hurriedly picked up the woman, and looked at her in bewilderment. She looked about 50 or [-] years old, and she was very well-dressed, but she didn't remember knowing this woman!

"Ma'am, this is Mrs. Hua and Young Master Hua from Yuzhou. They have been waiting here for a long time!" A Li walked over with the child in her arms and reminded, "Hua Tuan Jin, the Hua family!"

"Mrs. Hua, Mr. Hua, please come inside!" Lin Xueman suddenly realized, and asked again, "Why are you in such a hurry?"

"Ma'am, my master and my son have been arrested by Prince Rong!" Madam Hua said urgently, "I don't know when Master Xiao will come back, but I hope Mrs. Madam will help, otherwise they will die!"

"Talk slowly." Lin Xueman was confused.

"Ma'am." Hua Tianyao saw that his mother was incoherent in a hurry, so he stepped forward and bowed, "Prince Rong asked my father to go to the capital to teach the craftsmanship of fine flower brocade a few days ago, and wanted to expand the production of flower brocade, but for some reason, All the fabrics weaved and dyed there were useless, so Prince Rong was furious, and arrested my father and second brother, and threatened to arrest our whole family for questioning."

"Mrs. Xiao." Mrs. Hua cried, "except for my master, no one knows the craft formula of Huatuanjin. Now it seems that the master is not willing to hand over the craftsmanship that caused the catastrophe. We really have no other way , I also ask Master Xiao to protect my family. The women are willing to go to the capital and persuade my master to hand over the craft formula!"

"Craft formula?" Lin Xueman immediately understood that the flower worker had a premonition that something would happen to her, so she handed the craft formula to her. In other words, except for the flower worker, only she and Xiao Chengyu knew the flower family's craft formula.

But Hua Yuanwai went to the capital with the heart of mortal death...

"Mother, don't worry, Master Xiao is righteous and will not sit idly by." Hua Tianyao held his mother's hand and comforted him, "I will go to the capital with you, as long as Daddy is willing to hand over the real formula, we will The family will be safe and sound."

It turned out that Hua Tianyao was also willing to hand over the formula!

No wonder Huayuan said that his family was unlucky, not to mention Hua Tianrong, who had already leaked the ordinary brocade craft.

Now the flower family only has the craftsmanship formula of this fine brocade to support the appearance....

Should he hand over the formula to save his life, or should he sacrifice his life to save the formula?

Lin Xueman looked at the mother and son in front of her, her heart was in a mess, she sighed, and said: "Mrs. Hua, let's wait for Lord Xiao to come back to make a decision on this matter!"

The mother and son openly came to seek asylum. It was difficult for Nalan Yunxuan to know, maybe the person he sent was already on the way... (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)

ps: Thanks to sunflower889 for the safety symbol, thank you dear!