Chapter 19 Hanjiazhuang
Early the next morning, Li Zexuan went to the East Courtyard with the calculated account book.
"Mother, the account book you gave yesterday morning has been calculated, mother, take a look at it first." With that, he handed over the account book in his hand.
Mrs. Li took the account book and said happily: "I heard your father say that Xuan'er is a superb student, but I didn't expect you to finish it so quickly, but it saves a lot of things for your mother." ”
Li Zexuan smiled and said, "Mother, the child wants to go to Hanjiazhuang to have a look." ”
Mrs. Li was a little curious and asked, "It's so far from home, and the road is not easy to walk, Xuan'er, what are you going to do there?" ”
Li Zexuan thought for a while and said: "The child wants to see how the farmers are doing, the child has been studying art in Longhu Mountain for eight years, but he doesn't know the suffering of the world, and the master also wants the child to do something for the people at the bottom of the Tang Dynasty." So the child wants to go to Hanjiazhuang today. ”
Mrs. Li recalled her son's words, and said with some relief: "Since Xuan'er wants to go, then let Steward Wang accompany you, Xuan'er, you bring some pastries, my mother estimates that you won't be able to come back at noon, don't be hungry." ”
"Well, thank you, mother, the boy went."
Li Zexuan came to the front yard and found the housekeeper Wang Zhong, and told him that he was going to Hanjiazhuang, and asked him to prepare the horse first, Hanjiazhuang was almost more than thirty miles away from Li's house, and it was not okay to walk over.
"Brother, where are you going?" Lan'er saw Steward Wang going to the stable to lead the horses, and knew that her brother was going out, so she ran over and asked.
"Brother is going to Zhuangzi to have a look, Lan'er, you are at home and waiting for your brother to come back, okay?" Li Zexuan said helplessly, this sister is too clingy.
"Don't, Lan'er is so boring to be at home alone, and my mother doesn't play with Lan'er, Lan'er wants to go to Zhuangzi with her brother." Lan'er's little head shook like a rattle.
"Okay, okay, Xiaohe, Xiaoxi, you can also come along, take care of Miss, Sanbao, you go get a carriage." These little girls definitely don't know how to ride horses, so Li Zexuan asked Sanbao to find a carriage.
After a while, the group set off and rushed to Hanjiazhuang.
From Yanxing Gate out of Chang'an City, all the way to the east, the road is getting more and more difficult to walk, Li Zexuan and Wang Zhong riding horses did not feel anything, but the carriage behind kept shaking, making the three little girls inside exclaim again and again.
"Sanbao, you slow down and catch the carriage, don't overturn." I don't know if Sanbao is an old driver, I am afraid that he will overturn, Li Zexuan and Steward Wang have to slow down the horse and let Sanbao slow down.
In this way, more than 30 miles away, several people walked for more than an hour. At this time, I saw a village not far ahead, and I could vaguely see a few people working in the fields.
"Young master, that's Hanjiazhuang in front." Wang Zhong stopped his horse and pointed to the village road in front of him.
"Well, then let's go quickly, it's noon soon, Uncle Wang, you find a family, give some money, and we'll have lunch in the village." Li Zexuan instructed that Wang Zhong was more familiar with this place than him, and his family often sent him over to collect rent, so it was appropriate for him to arrange it.
"Yes, young master, why don't you go to Han Lizheng's house at noon, every time Madam sends me here to collect rent, Han Lizheng is very cooperative." Wang Zhong suggested.
"Okay, then Uncle Wang, you can lead the way."
The group entered the village on horseback. Now is the spring ploughing season, at the entrance of the village can still see a lot of people pulling ploughing cattle in the farmland, there are three or two children are chasing and playing on the ridge, there are occasionally a few chickens and dogs barking in the village, it is really a strange traffic, chickens and dogs smell each other.
Li Zexuan had often seen this scene in his previous life, he was born and raised in the countryside, Lan'er was very fresh, she was born as a little princess in the family, where had she seen this farm scene, got out of the carriage and took her brother's hand, and looked east and west while walking.
Li Zexuan left the horses and carriages at the entrance of the village, let Sanbao Haosheng take care of them, took the group into the village, and walked straight to Han Lizheng's house under the leadership of Wang Zhong.
"Young master, here, this is Han Lizheng's house." After a while, Wang Zhong pointed to a dilapidated farmhouse courtyard in front of him.
Li Zexuan was a little surprised, in his mind, this place is being placed in the future generations, and it is almost equivalent to a village head, why is the place where he lives so dilapidated, and it is not good to say much at the door of the house at this time, so he walked in with Wang Zhong immediately.
"Yo, Steward Wang, you're here!" A dark-skinned middle-aged man in the courtyard hurriedly stepped forward to greet Li Zexuan and his party when he saw him. It's just that Li Zexuan noticed that his right leg seemed to be a little disabled, and he walked with a limp. But from the thick muscles of his arms, it could still be seen that this middle-aged man contained great strength in his body.
"Han Lizheng, this is my young master and young lady, my wife has calculated the rent paid by your Zhuangzi this year, and there is no problem. Today is my young master who wants to come to Hanjiazhuang to have a look. Wang Zhong introduced Han Lizheng.
When Han Li heard this, he hurriedly respectfully saluted Li Zexuan and Lan'er, and said, "I've seen the young master and the young lady!" ”
Li Zexuan hurriedly returned the salute and said, "Uncle Han, don't be so polite, you will still bother Uncle Han for a while." It was almost noon, so I took this group of people to Uncle Han's house for lunch. Uncle Han rest assured, we bring our own ingredients and pastries, just borrow Uncle Han's kitchen to heat up, and we will pay the corresponding remuneration. ”
Han Lizheng's face immediately turned red when he heard this, and he stiffened his neck and said, "The young master is torturing the old man when he says this." My Hanjiazhuang had a bad harvest last year, and Mrs. Li not only reduced our rent, but also forgave us a rent payment period of nearly half a year.
Now that the young master has come to my house for a meal, how can the young master bring his own ingredients, how dare he collect the young master's money, if the people in this village know, they won't poke my Han's backbone, and the young master must never say such things again. Although I, Han Tianhu, am a rough person, I still know how to repay my kindness. ”
Yes, this accidentally hurt people's self-esteem, Li Zexuan hurriedly explained: "Uncle Han, don't get me wrong, I don't mean anything else when I give money, this is what you deserve, how can there be a reason in this world not to give money for dinner." ”
Seeing that Han Li was holding his neck and wanting to excuse himself, Li Zexuan hurriedly said again: "Since Uncle Han doesn't accept it, I won't force it, then thank Uncle Han for his hospitality today, if he has any difficulties in Hanjiazhuang, Uncle Han can find Steward Wang, and I will try my best to solve it." The ingredients for lunch are ours, after all, the ingredients we brought will definitely be bad if we don't eat them, and it will cost some firewood from Uncle Han's house. ”
Han Lizheng reluctantly accepted it, waved his hand and said: "It's just a little firewood, it's not worth some money, even if the young master uses it, Han will go to the mountains to chop some when he runs out." Young master, young lady, come in and sit down! ”
The group then entered the house.