Raiders of the Empress: My Empress is Too Small

Chapter 520
Getting up in a daze, Liu Xiaxia opened the door and brought hot water to wash her face. While wiping her hands with a handkerchief, she happened to see the longevity lock on her neck. The pattern was very unique, different from the world.

So he said, "Xia Xia, is your longevity lock a family heirloom?"

Liu Xiaxia took off the things around her neck to show her, and said, "What kind of heirloom do we ordinary people have? This is the tuition fee handed over by the family members of the students when my elder brother first became a teacher. When my elder brother took it back, he kept giving it to her." The servant is wearing it."

Tuantuan looked around, and Mingyou inquired carefully again, "Where is the master who made this longevity lock? Is this craftsmanship still there?"

"Yes, it's in Shili Village where the elder brother of the servant girl teaches. It takes about half a day to walk east from the imperial city. There is a Mr. Xu in the village."

After a bit of calculation, if you ride a horse or a carriage, it will take about two hours to go back and forth.So I prepared some refreshments, went out to search around, but couldn't find a suitable horse, so I simply took her to a carriage.

Shili Village is not very big, with only seventy or eighty households scattered around, and there are several villages around it.

The coachman parked the carriage at the door and said, "Don't worry, my lord, just go, I'll wait here."

Mingyou brought tea and got out of the carriage, while the coachman fed the horses some fodder and water, and stopped under a tree to rest.

After groping for the way, I found Mr. Xu after asking two families.

Xu's house is the worst in the village. There are only two and a half dilapidated thatched huts for the grandfather and grandson, and the poor ones don't even have a fence.

Mingyou yelled twice, in between an old man in his fifties wearing a navy blue torn padded jacket, holding an earthenware bowl in his hand, standing at the door of the house, glanced at Mingyou and said, "Young master is Are you here to ask for directions or for water?"

After walking a little further inside, "Excuse me, are you Mr. Xu?"

"Young master is Mr. Liu's friend?"

"Liuzhou?" Mingyou thought for a while, that was the name of his brother in Liu Xiaxia's file.Old Mr. Xu nodded, "Yes, only Mr. Liu is an educated person in these eight villages. He doesn't dislike me as a poor old man, and he politely calls me Old Mister."

"Yes, I started talking about you from Liuzhou's younger sister, Liu Xiaxia. She said that you have a craft of making silverware?"

Reach out and don't hit the smiling person, not to mention that Mingyou has always been polite, Mr. Xu was too embarrassed to drive her away, so he said, "Young master, if you don't mind, you can just call me Mr. Xu, please sit inside."

After talking about his future intentions, old man Xu hesitated and said, "Young Master, if you want to hire some skilled craftsmen, there are countless skilled craftsmen in the imperial city. I'm very old and my hands and feet are not good. I'm afraid I can't accept your kindness. .”

Mingyou pretended not to understand the meaning of refusal, looked around and said, "I heard from Xia Xia that the old man has a grandson, who is only seven years old now, and has been raised by the old man.

If the old man is willing to go to the imperial city, I can find a small courtyard for the old man nearby. Five taels of silver per month is enough for the old man and his grandson. "

When he heard the five taels of silver, the old man Xu couldn't help but move his eyelids. Xu's heart was moved, and he didn't refuse or agree.Mingyou continued, "It's not a lot of work. As for your grandson, I will only find a way to let him study in the imperial city. You can also take care of each other. If the old man can bring out apprentices in the future, I will pay you five taels of silver." How about giving it to you as your pension money?"

(End of this chapter)