The beautiful pastoral field of Jiangmen girl

Chapter 717 Keeping a low profile (2)
The butler Gu stepped forward to help, took the rope brought by the little girl, tied it in twos and twos, and caught the two jars separately.In this way, the two small altars of salted fish were hung on the horse's back.

Knowing that Zhou Boyan was in a hurry to leave, Qing Shu didn't say anything else.She stood aside and watched with her own eyes Zhou Boyan led his subordinates to lead the horses out of the house, and then watched them get on the horses, and gradually drifted away, never to be seen again.

It was too late when Qingyang and the others believed it, and when they ran all the way over, they heard Qingshu ordering people to close the door of the house.

Qing Shu saw that the three of them were not wearing hats, and while explaining that Zhou Boyan had something urgent to do, he took them back.In order to make them happy, keep them busy, and stop worrying about Zhou Boyan's departure, she proposed to continue selling couplets this year.In fact, they had applied for this some time ago, but she didn't agree to it at that time, and she also agreed to take them to Jinyang City to play, so they willingly gave up this idea.Unexpectedly, in the end, she took the initiative to approve it.

This is in the hands of Qingyang and the three of them.So, the three of them immediately geared up and prepared to sell couplets.The first is to write couplets, and then sell couplets.They plan to write couplets every afternoon, and set up a stall to sell couplets in the morning, and the stall will open from tomorrow (Twenty-four) to Twenty-eight.

This time, Qingshu decided not to participate at all, let them decide everything by themselves, and let them play around by themselves.

The three of Qingyang and the others had no opinion at all about Qingshu's decision, and enthusiastically recruited their peers Gu Zhesan, Maizi and other little carrots to help.

Gu Zhesan, the third son of Zhenggu Dashu in Xiaogujia Village, studies in a private school in the town.He followed Qingyang and Luo Xiaorong to write couplets.

Ning Xiang and Ning Rui are the two sons of Maizi, Zhou Xing and Ning Si.These four people are directed by Qing Hao, who are responsible for drying the written couplets.

The three bookboys Mu Mu, Chu Yi and Mo Zi were responsible for sorting the dry couplets into categories.

About the stall staff.After discussing with Qing Hao, Qing Yang and Qing Hao decided that as long as the family members agree, everyone can go.So, their business of selling couplets started lively.

Qing Shu, on the other hand, was paying attention to their movements, and at the same time seized the time to finish the accounting at the end of the year.She went to the wasteland and the farm in person, and the arrangements for the New Year's Eve were properly arranged.This year, more than 30 pigs have been raised on the farm.A few years ago, I bought ten of them.Five pigs were pulled from the wasteland and slaughtered. The odds and ends were almost eaten, and the meat was frozen.The farmer killed six pigs, the meat of four pigs was delivered to the mansion, and the meat of two pigs was kept by the farmer himself.There is no need to buy pork from outside.Rice, flour, grain, oil, chicken, duck, fish, and wine have already been purchased in place, and there is no shortage of everything.

She only gave a standard for how to pack the red envelopes for the Chinese New Year.The specific standard of who gets the red envelope is determined by Zhang Guanshi on the wasteland side, and Wu Guanshi on the Tianzhuang side.

Although the former beggars who work on the wasteland have no wages to receive, she will not be stingy when it comes to rewarding them.She gave three standards, two taels of silver, one tael of silver, and eight taels of money.Those who work the hardest and have a certain influence among their peers get a red envelope of two taels of silver; those who work very hard get a red envelope of one tael of silver;The personnel in the farm are another three standards.As for Guanshi Zhang on the wasteland, Gu Yuanbao and Li Tie who are accountants, and Guanshi Wu on the farm, Qingshu has other arrangements for their New Year red envelopes.

In addition to arranging all kinds of affairs, Qingshu also took needle and thread to be a female celebrity when she had a little spare time.

In the mansion, the year-old cleaning has also begun.The cleaning work of the inner courtyard is arranged by Mother Su.The cleaning work of the Erdaoyuan and the front yard is arranged by the housekeeper Gu.The taste of the new year is getting closer and closer, and the smiles on everyone's faces have never stopped when they are busy.

Ying (pronounced ying) city, it takes about three days to go there by carriage from Kangxi Town, and it only takes one day to go there by horse.

At noon on the twenty-fourth day of the twelfth lunar month, Sanqi entered the city from the east gate of Ying City without haste.These three people were none other than Zhou Boyan, Gu Shitou and the guard Hong Wei who accompanied him.At the same time, six riders entered the city from the west gate, and four riders entered the city from the south gate.Needless to say, this is the ten members of the brocade guards entering the city separately.At this moment, what they were wearing was not the uniform of the royal guards.

This arrangement is naturally to deceive people.The court was full of wind and clouds, and there were too many people staring at Zhou Boyan's every move.Therefore, he has become more and more low-key in his work, especially when doing things that cannot be publicized.

Half an hour later, the three parties appeared one after another in the largest "Crane Lai Restaurant" in the city.They sat in the lobby on the first floor of the restaurant, and the three parties each occupied a table, ordering and eating.During this period, the three parties did not have any conversations, nor did they make any eye contact.

After finishing the hot meal and hot dishes, the team of four left "Crane Lai Restaurant" first.

Less than a quarter of an hour later, Zhou Boyan also left "Helai Restaurant" with Gu Shitou and Hong Wei.They rode unhurriedly through the city, and finally stopped in front of a closed gate with only the word "Joe" written on it in a regular manner.

Gu Shitou stepped forward and knocked on the door knocker.

An elderly man stooped his back and opened the small corner door next to him, squinted his eyes and looked at them for a moment, then asked feebly, "Who are you looking for?"

Gu Shitou grinned, "Old man, we are visiting relatives. My son's surname is Qiao, and he is a distant junior of the lord in the house. You have contacted your lord by letter, you just go in and report."

The old man answered twice, muttered something, closed the corner door, and disappeared.After waiting for half a stick of incense, the main door opened from the inside.The old man backed away with a hunched back, and said weakly, "Master, please."

Zhou Boyan dismounted and led the horse into Qiao's house.Strangely, except for the old man who opened the door, no one came to greet the guests, and after entering the door, there was no one in sight.

However, the moment the old man closed and bolted the door, a group of people suddenly appeared.The four stood up behind Zhou Boyan, and the others knelt on their knees, silently welcoming Zhou Boyan.These four people are none other than the four brocade-clothed guards who left "Helai Restaurant" first.Among the group of people kneeling on one knee, the one at the front is a middle-aged man dressed as a wealthy lord, and behind the middle-aged man are divided into four rows of more than [-] youths or teenagers dressed as servants.

Seeing such a scene, Zhou Boyan was not surprised at all.He accepted the gift calmly, and took a few steps forward. While helping the middle-aged man dressed as a rich man to stand up, he said in a calm voice, "Uncle Qiao, please get up. Although the younger generation has an official position, he is not wearing clothes at the moment." Official uniform, you don't have to salute."

The rich man, that is, Uncle Qiao in Zhou Boyan's mouth, was very happy.The title of uncle was just for other people to hear. Where did he not understand, he naturally bypassed this topic.Although he was placed outside by the emperor, he was far less majestic than the emperor's personal guards in brocade clothes, and even less arrogant than the spies around the emperor.Now, I am being supported by the popular young master Yan in front of the emperor, what a courtesy this is!In his opinion, this is a matter of great dignity.How could he be unhappy!Therefore, when he took advantage of the situation and got up, he said excitedly, "Don't dare, don't dare, thank you, my lord!" Then he said, "This is not a place to talk, my lord, please." He motioned the servants to get up.

(End of this chapter)