The sudden spring rain poured on an ancient road leading to the north.

At this time, it was still February, and the rain was so rapid and freezing that if it was poured on the body, there was a good chance that you would get sick.

Therefore, pedestrians on the road are holding all kinds of things, covering their heads, looking at the road pavilion in front of them.

Although the road pavilion is not big, it has just been repaired, and it is not a big problem to shelter from the wind and rain.

There is also a vendor in the pavilion, carrying a burden to sell tofu brains there. Passers-by who came to shelter from the rain saw that the rain was not small, so they bought a bowl of tofu brain to satisfy their cravings.

In the pavilion, Sun Chengzong and an entourage were also sheltering from the rain.

The entourage is named Sun Daqi, who came to him from Gaoyang's hometown after Sun Chengzong was moved, and there were more than a dozen people who came to Sun Chengzong, but then they all found excuses to leave.

At present, only Sun Daqi remains, and it is not that he is loyal, but that he is Sun Chengzong's clansman, and if he leaves, his face will not look good.

Sun Chengzong had recovered from his illness at this time, but after walking for a long time, he was still a little tired.

He sat in the pavilion and looked at the spring rain outside, his expression was relaxed, and the people in the pavilion had begun to leave one after another. He saw Sun Daqi staring at the stall selling tofu brains in the road pavilion, he couldn't stop it, and desperately swallowed saliva in his stomach.

Sun Chengzong said to Sun Daqi: "You will have a bowl of money, eat it and then go on the road." ”

Sun Daqi touched his flat stomach and said, "Master, a bowl of three dollars." The money on my body was all over yesterday. ”

"I have one more point." Sun Chengzong then took out the blanket and took out three pennies and gave it to Sun Daqi.

Sun Daqi put the money in his hand and said: "Master, forget it, there is still half a month's road from Gaoyang's hometown here, and our little money is not enough." ”

Sun Chengzong smiled when he heard this: "It's okay, when I used to study, I didn't have any skills left behind, and I couldn't starve us on the way." ”

Sun Daqi was surprised: "What kind of ability does the master have?" It can't be a begging skill. ”

Seeing the entourage ridiculed, Sun Chengzong was not angry and said: "Write letters, tell fortunes for others, there is a golden house in the book, and if you don't succeed in being a Xixi, I am a lifter anyway, if there is a big family with me, there will be dozens of taels of silver in the pavilion valley a year." ”

Sun Daqi was full of hatred and said loudly: "The master still remembers that he is a lifter, which lifter's family is not a good field and a beautiful house, brocade clothes and jade food, clothes to reach out and eat to open his mouth, who has such a downcast as you." ”

"Don't say anything else, the master was originally the master of the dignified prefect, but he offended others and was sent to any county master."

Hearing this, Sun Chengzong interrupted: "Futai, it is for me to go to the place to repair the river, so that I can practice my work, but it is not because I am offended. ”

Sun Daqi said: "Only the lord himself believes this, what kind of work, it sounds good, to put it bluntly, it is not to send you to an invisible place to repair the river." ”

But it's just a matter of repairing the river, tens of thousands of taels of river wages passed through your hand, and you didn't take a penny, and the shopkeeper of the money village took the silver and sent it to the door, and the result was returned to you. Let's not talk about this, in the end, the river workers had a deficit, and you still filled in this big hole with more than 100 taels of silver you have saved in the past few years. “

"I've never heard that the imperial court asks people to repair the river, and they have to let people pay for themselves, and the bitch takes the money to eat soft rice. Master, you don't say anything about the money, you begged your grandfather to tell your grandmother for the river work, you lived on the embankment for three days and three nights, and finally got a cold, so sick that you almost lost your life, but you didn't get any benefits, and you were driven home, and I still have to go with your hometown, others are returning home, what about us? ”

The number of people who were left behind for a long time has been replaced by someone else to teach you what is the division between master and slave.

Sun Chengzong sat there, and said after a long time: "With me Sun Chengzong, it really hurt you, I was sick for those days, you were by your side, day and night, I am grateful for this love in my heart." I won't say anything about getting rich in the future, and I don't know if there will be such a day. ”

Speaking of this, Sun Chengzong took out a silver ticket from his waist and said: "This is when I resigned to Futai, Futai gave me two silver tickets of fifty taels of silver, I was not going to use it, but now you still take fifty taels and go, although this silver is not much, but I can buy a few acres of thin fields in our hometown of Gaoyang and marry a daughter-in-law, I can repay you, that's all." ”

Sun Daqi held the silver ticket and thought to himself, good, this is fifty taels of silver.

Sun Daqi thought for a long time, returned the silver ticket and said angrily: "If I were a person who saw money, I would still follow you to this day, not for the sake of us being a grandfather, I am still older than you in terms of seniority." ”

"I'll tell you, I'm not pretending to be generous, and I am blind if I follow you, but although I am blind, one thing is that I understand that you are a lifter, in case you turn over and fall into the Jinshi one day, you will not treat me badly as a person."

Sun Chengzong said angrily and funny when he heard this: "You really don't want it? ”

Sun Daqi hesitated for a while, and then said, "Take it away, take it away, and don't bother me with that blockage." ”

Sun Chengzong put away the silver ticket and sighed: "I'll tell you the truth, I lost a lot of money in Zhexian County, this time I went back to Gaoyang's hometown, I was trying to get money, I didn't want to sell the land, and I didn't even have the entanglement to enter Beijing at that time. ”

Sun Daqi was dumbfounded for a long time, and then said, "What? You're going to put money in it? Repair the river like this, and post money, why is the lord so broad? ”

Seeing Sun Daqi stomping his feet all over the ground like this, Sun Chengzong looked up to the sky and laughed, his face full of halberds one by one.

Sun Daqi was puzzled and asked, "Master, you have arrived at this field, why can you still laugh?" ”

Sun Chengzong pinched his beard and said, "Why can't you laugh?" You think I'm in a miserable situation right now, yes, I'm really at the end of my rope right now, but it's the same no matter how bad it is. ”

"The biggest lesson for me this time is that doing things is either advancing or retreating, like entering a narrow alley with nowhere to turn around. When Sun found out that he was deceived by the officials, if he could stop for a while, he was not anxious about the progress of the river work, but slowed down, or reported the matter to the government, which was the solution. ”

"In the past, when I was around Futai, I saw that he acted like a light weight at first glance, but he was really good at taking precautions, thinking about retreat before advancing, leaving room for maneuver in everything, and never putting himself in an embarrassment, so no matter how dangerous the situation, he could also be a car. And after this incident, even if I was defeated, it is worth laughing at when I think about it. ”

Sun Daqi said disdainfully: "What's so funny about laughing? In the play, Cao Cao, who sang with a white face, was killed by the pursuers every time he laughed. ”

After Sun Daqi finished speaking, he saw the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and several horses came towards the road pavilion.

When Sun Daqi heard this, he immediately cried and said: "I just said that you can't laugh nonsense, look at my crow's mouth, how can I recruit the chasing soldiers, no, it is a debt collector." ”

But seeing that the number of horses came to the road pavilion and stopped, several people jumped off the horse, Sun Daqi saw that the horses were full of mud, obviously all the way to the dust, so anxious not to collect debts, or to do something.

But when these people jumped off their horses, the visitor asked, "Yes, Mr. Sun?" Finally found you. ”

Sun Chengzong said when he saw it: "Steward Chen, why are you here when you are not by Futai's side?" ”

The person who came was Chen Jichuan, and he said with a smile: "Futai asked me to tell Mr. Sun a good news, the matter of Zhexian is over." ”

"It's over?"

"Yes," Chen Jichuan said, "the new patrol press Yu Shi Wang patrol, he came to Zhexian to inspect, and he was full of praise for the river work silt field run by Mr. Sun. Therefore, he decided for the province that Zhexian would not be held accountable for the deficit this time, and also decided to protect Li Zhixian, who had made meritorious contributions to the imperial court. ”

Hearing Chen Jichuan's words, Sun Chengzong was stunned, and then asked, "Is this true?" ”

"Seriously, it's true!" Chen Jichuan opened his mouth and said, "Futai asked me to tell Mr. Sun that this time the deficit of Zhe County, the province has allowed Futai to use the balance of the government to make up for Zhe County, so Mr. Sun doesn't have to worry about this money." ”

Sun Chengzong was overjoyed when he heard this.

Chen Jichuan approached Sun Chengzong and said in a low voice: "In addition, Futai also learned that this time, in order to control the river, Mr. Sun not only did not ask for a penny, but also made up for his savings for many years. ”

After hearing about this, Futai said that Mr. Sun's move was really unwise, and if people knew about it, how would others think of him. Therefore, Futai asked Mr. Sun to accept the silver, and after returning to his hometown in Gaoyang, he took the money to buy dozens of acres of fertile land first, and then studied with peace of mind to prepare for next year's spring. ”

When Sun Chengzong heard this, he felt that Lin Yanchao was really delicate, and he arranged his affairs very thoughtfully.

Sun Chengzong said: "Futai is so kind and virtuous, Sun really doesn't know what to say......"

Chen Jichuan said with a smile: "Then don't say it, then wait for the good news of Mr. Sun's high school next year, Chen will say goodbye." ”

After speaking, Chen Jichuan and the others hurriedly got on their horses and left.

Sun Chengzong stood by the pavilion and watched Chen Jichuan before retracting his gaze after a long time.

Sun Daqi listened sincerely, and immediately said: "Master, hurry up, see how much silver Futai gives you?" ”

Sun Chengzong couldn't help laughing, he took it out and looked at it.

But it was a bill of exchange for five hundred taels of silver.

When did Sun Daqi on the side see so much money, his jaw dropped in surprise. Now what else could he say.

A few days later, Chen Jichuan returned to the Guide Mansion, and did not rest, but kept praying to Lin Yanchao.

Lin Yanchao asked, "Childish rope, have you accepted all the silver?" ”

Chen Jichuan said: "Yes, Mr. Sun didn't refuse this time, but if Futai told Mr. Sun that you secretly took 3,000 taels of silver to Wang Xun's master, I'm afraid Mr. Sun will definitely not accept it." ”

Lin Yanchao said with a smile: "Eh, you don't have to tell him about such a thing." ”