Chapter 179: A Strange Old Woman

Seeing that it was almost noon, Kangxi Ye sat on horseback all morning, and his body was a little tired at this time, looking at the tea shed in front of him was quite complete, but he also forgot to pay attention to the emperor's pomp, and ordered the guards to bring firewood and other things nearby, and put a few lamb legs pickled by the fourth master yesterday on the fire, and let the fourth master, who has been quite skillful recently, make a mutton soup, eat dried steamed buns, and the father and son sat around a fairly smooth marble, and used lunch like this.

The fourth master looked at the oily corners of Lao Thirteen's mouth, pulled the handkerchief in Su Peisheng's hand with a smile, carefully wiped the oil stains on Lao Thirteen's mouth, and then scooped a bowl of mutton soup that had been boiled into the flavor and sent it to Lao Thirteen, "Drink some soup, eat carefully!"

"It's still the fourth brother who loves me!" Blowing the steaming soup bowl, the thirteenth man took two sips, like a child, and said slightly vaguely.

After listening to it from the side, the prince frowned as if he was a little unhappy, and said in a deep voice: "Your fourth brother loves you, and my second brother doesn't hurt you, right?"

"Hahaha, the second brother also hurts, the second brother is the best brother!" The thirteenth directly stuffed the soup bowl into the hands of the eunuch behind him, and put his oily hand on the prince's shoulder, said with a smile, turned his head and winked at the fourth master who seemed to be about to fire, "Fourth brother, don't mind, these second brothers are jealous!"

"The second brother loves you, if you are jealous, I should also eat the vinegar that the second brother loves you too much!" The fourth master ran all morning, and his stomach was still a little uncomfortable, but he ate a small piece of dry dumplings with hot soup, and then took a wet handkerchief to wipe his mouth.

Kangxi Ye sat on the right seat and took a sip of hot soup, looked at the three brothers who had already made a mess below, and shook his head with a smile, and opened his mouth with some feelings, "Look at your brothers so happy, I finally found the feeling of my children and grandchildren around my knees!"

The prince and the fourth master heard this, and they all felt more or less guilty in their hearts, in order to be more valued and trusted by the emperor in recent years, there were constant frictions between several brothers, just saying that the prince was sick on the southern tour last year, and the old thirteen sacrificed to the emperor for the emperor, which more or less caused the prince's unhappiness.

Although the crown prince knew that it was impossible for Huang Ama to hand over the throne to the thirteenth brother, he was somewhat unhappy in his heart, and he secretly gave a lot of stumbling blocks to the thirteenth brother who had just lost his mother and concubine for a long time.

The same is true for the fourth master, in the past two years, the eighth has taken over the errand from his own hands several times, and the suffering and tiring work is carried on his shoulders, but the good name and popularity have fallen on the eighth master, and the fourth master is mostly unhappy in his heart, and he has also stumbled with Dai Duo several times, which has caused a lot of gaps between the eighth and the prince.

Now that I think about it, the fourth master feels that he is really wrong, on the one hand, he took advantage of the second brother who trusted him, and on the other hand, he hurt his younger brother, and he lived up to Kangxi's reliance on him.

The two eldest ones both showed remorse and lowered their heads, the old thirteen is not capable of calculating people, plus he is in a really good mood during this time, he is very arrogant, he really didn't see that someone stumbled on him, and some wondered why the two brothers stopped chopsticks, looked up, and saw that the second and fourth were both blushing.

(Now the crown prince is twenty-nine years old, and the fourth master is twenty-five years old, and even the thirteenth master is seventeen years old, so naturally he is not a child.) )

Seeing that the old thirteen was still stunned, the prince laughed out loud, only felt that his careful eyes some time ago were meaningless, and it was a little bad for the love between the brothers, he raised his hand to hammer the chest of the old thirteen, and said loudly: "You foodie, if you eat again, you are not afraid that your horse will not move you!"

"No, I'm still stretching my body now, besides, I'm running outside every day, not eating more, how can I have the strength to survive, is it possible to make me as thin as the fourth brother looked like he was before!"

The fourth master raised his eyes, looked at the old thirteen, and said word by word through gritted teeth: "When did I lose so much weight as if I was skinny, you should tell the fourth brother about it!"

"......" Lao Thirteen then remembered the sentence of the Guerjia clan of Fang Fujin that many words must be lost, look at this is not a hornet's nest, think about the actions of the fourth master when he tossed those old officials of the Criminal Department, I am afraid that the future will not be easy.

The fourth master also lived up to the guess of the old thirteen, and really smiled gloomily, looked at the emperor who was watching the three brothers fight, bowed his hand slightly, and said loudly: "Huang Ama, Erchen thinks that the thirteenth brother is not too young, and in two years, I am afraid that my son will be able to play soy sauce, so I can't still study with the masters in the study all day long, it is better to let the thirteenth master go to the sixth department to practice his hands!"

Kangxi Ye had a feeling that someone had scratched the itch, smiled and patted his thigh, nodded and said: "I see that what the fourth brother said is reasonable, several of you have been in the sixth division once before, and these small ones should also go out to practice, and when they go back this time, let them follow you and feel the majesty of sitting in the hall!"

The prince didn't feel that his status was shaken at all this time, but he felt like he had a lot of help, not to mention, just the old thirteen in front of him, this is a very good helper, stupid look, it is suitable to go to the camp for a walk, and it can be regarded as worthy of his efforts. It's just that among the brothers now, only the eldest brother is in the army, and I'm afraid this road is not easy to follow, but this is a small problem, and the prince wants to do something for the old thirteen to make up for what he did wrong before!

Lao Thirteen's original grinning face immediately turned into a bitter gourd face, looking at Kangxi Ye, who was quite complacent, he could only swallow the knocked out teeth mixed with blood into his stomach, thinking that he wanted to start and find a place where it was easier to mix to make a living.

It's really not that the old thirteen is not angry, he just married the little thirteen of the side Fujin, and he is also immersed in the private affairs of his children at this time, but this southern tour has already made him miss his side Fujin a little.

After a simple lunch, the sun had crawled past the middle of the sky, moving to the west little by little, and the southwest wind, which was originally a bit of spring, also turned into a cold north wind, blowing so that the father and son, who had just eaten and drunk enough, shrank their necks.

The Minister of the Interior, Ural, was already eating at Kangxi, leading the two guards to run forward, and found a good place to stay, and at this time he happened to meet Kangxi who walked out of the tea shed, and hurriedly put the cloak held by the eunuch on Kangxi's shoulder, and said loudly: "Shengshang, the slave just found a village in front of me, just for Shengshang and a few masters to rest!"

"How far is it from the place where the honor guard rests now?" Kangxi Ye asked while taking the reins of the horse in the guard's hand.

"If you go back to the Holy Heavens, it will be a hundred and ten miles away!" said Ural Mari.

Kangxi Ye bowed slightly, glanced at the three brothers who were in the dust, and then looked at the guards who had been running for two days, and ordered loudly: "Let's run a little further on, and when we get to the village, we will rest for a night, and we will all go to the foot of Mount Tai to meet everyone tomorrow!"

"Yes, son/servant obeys!" replied loudly as everyone knelt on one knee.

Turning over and getting on the horse again, the prince and the fourth master and the thirteenth master all felt a lot more relaxed in their hearts, and they seemed to be having a good time, but they never forgot that there was still Banzai with them, and they were always on guard against possible murder or something, and when they heard that they were going to join the big team, the burden on their shoulders suddenly became a lot lighter, but they forgot the importance of the last trembling.

As Ural said, just after running out for more than half an hour, a faint outline of the mountain villa appeared in the eyes of the fourth master, looking at the slowly upward cooking smoke and the sound of people, unconsciously urging the horse.

The behavior of several other people is not much different from that of the fourth master, don't look at the big guy who has no restraints in the past, but this kind of eating and sleeping in the open is definitely not a pleasant thing. The most terrible thing is that you have to do it yourself to even eat and drink, not to mention any smell on this body, the smell of mutton, fishy, dusty...... If it weren't for the fact that the temperature in the wilderness was so low, they would have been eager to take a cool bath in the wilderness.

Ural has long figured out Kangxi's temperament, and as early as when he was exploring the road, he found a house for Kangxi to settle down......

It was a courtyard of the son of a very kind and simple old farmer, the son and daughter-in-law went to the city to work for the rich and noble, so they locked the yard and handed over the key to the old farmer, so that the old farmer could help burn the kang and sweep the dust on weekdays, which was just right for Kangxi and his party to live.

This village is not big, so this house is very spacious, although it is not as good as the palace, the palace like the carved dragon and the phoenix, but it is also better than the old peasant diligent, clean up very clean, there is not even a grass in the yard, the main house has five rooms, out of a bright hall, the left and right two are opposite the kang, the top is covered with grass felt, and there is a kang cabinet on the wall.

Although the bedding or something is made of coarse cotton, it is also packed up before the two of them are going to leave after the year, the lining is not dyed home weaving, rinsed snow white, the quilt is dark blue dyed with small white flowers, and it is also very clean to look at, plus the group also carries a few masters' bedding, but it will not freeze people.

In addition, the old farmer saw that the people who came were all men, worried that they were not good at housework, and specially called his wife to come over to help boil water and cook rice, and do some inconspicuous little things, which made the eunuchs and guards who were originally a little too busy to breathe a sigh of relief.

Kangxi lived in the innermost main room in the west, covered with brocade bedding, and distributed the things of the original family to a few guards who were guarding outside, while the three brothers lived in the innermost room in the east, and there were also a few guards and two little eunuchs waiting outside, and the rest of the others lived in the east and west wings, and the horses and other things were handed over to a dumb slave around the Urals to serve.

After arranging a place to stay, Kangxi Ye beckoned the three brothers to come over and talk, sent a few guards who had nothing to do to help with firewood, hay and other work, and asked Ural to arrange people to go to the village to buy some poultry, meat, eggs and other things, and the most important thing is to buy some beans, so that more than ten horses can improve their lives and be more energetic.

To say that this Ural is also capable, he has not slept well since he came out, but at this time he is still energetic and arranging all kinds of trivial matters, and even the problem that the back horse shed may not be enough to live in has been solved by himself.

The old farmer's wife boiled the four large pots of hot water on the left and right stoves, and hurriedly beckoned the two guards who were chopping wood outside to bring water into the room, saying that she was afraid of offending the nobles who came to stay there.

"Auntie, take a break, just leave this rough work to a rough man like me!" The reckless man who won the thirteenth master before happened to come in with hay outside, and hurriedly walked to the old woman's side, and took the wooden barrel that the old woman hadn't pulled up for a long time, and said angrily.

The old woman was not polite, she just let go, wiped her hands with the apron around her waist, smiled like a blooming chrysanthemum with a wrinkled face, and said with a slight accent: "In the end, I am old, this body is not angry, and the rough hands and feet can't help!"

"How can you, aunt, you are about the same age as my mother, it is time for me to serve you, how can you still let you work for us, besides, you are not rude and can't help, if it weren't for you, we wouldn't be able to figure out this fire!"

The loss in the old woman's eyes relaxed a lot, and she nodded with a smile, "This shouldn't be what you guys do, just when you just fetched water, the old woman helped you cook the white rice too, so that you can have a mouthful of hot rice for a while!"

As she spoke, the old woman followed the tower into the kitchen again, opened the rice jar by herself, revealing the small half jar of rice inside, and put it in the big iron pot one by one, and told the tower to work.

After a while, the large vat that was full of two people hugged together was filled again, and several pots were filled with water, ready to wait for the masters to rest, and told the brothers to wash and rest their bodies, even if they were waiting in the room, they could soak their feet and relieve their fatigue.

The old woman filled the other pot with rice and water, and pointed out the oil, salt, sauce and vinegar in the cabinet to the iron tower to look at it, and then said that there was still work at home, and hurriedly walked outside.

Before the tower could figure out what was going on, the old woman had already walked out of the small backyard and disappeared in front of everyone's eyes.

"This old woman is really weird!" Iron Tower muttered, scratching his head. R1152