Looking at the old man's puzzled gaze, Zheng Peng knew that he was doubting himself, dressed brightly, with a beautiful maid, but he ran to this small dilapidated house, thought for a moment, and quickly said: "Don't hide it from the old man, I am a distant relative of the Zheng family in Yuancheng, and when I heard that I came here to study, the Zheng family gave this house as a place to live." ”

Say that you are also a foreigner, for fear that the people here will be bullied, so you will first pull the banner of the Zheng family, and spread it to make people jealous, and if you say that you are a distant relative, you can also explain why you live in such a small broken house.

Guixiang County produced Guo Yuanzhen, a high-ranking official of the imperial court, the Guo Academy that Guo Shangshu had studied without paying for his ambition followed the rising tide, and it was also one of the best in the entire Weizhou, and many scholars admired him to study here, one thing is very important, Guo Shangshu was wrongly beheaded, and the Guo family was appeased afterwards, which had no impact on Guo's Academy.

When the old man heard this, he immediately lost his doubts, and said politely: "The old man is different when he sees his son, it turns out that he is a child of a big family, and he is disrespectful." ”

Zheng Peng politely said a few words, and stuffed a few more articles for the old man to pay for his hard work, and then sent him away.

Lu Shu looked at Zheng Peng, who was entangled, and said cautiously, "Young Master, what now?"

Zheng Peng covered his face with both hands, wiped it vigorously, and then let out a long sigh: "Forget it, if you come here, you will be safe, clean it up, and you will do it first, Lu Shu, are you used to living in this dilapidated house?"

"The slave family is fine, when I was wandering with my father before, I lived in everything, sometimes I couldn't find a cave, a broken temple, I climbed a tree and tied myself to a tree with a rope and slept until dawn, and now I have tiles to cover my head, which is good."

Looking at Zheng Peng, who was a little indignant, the corners of Lu Shu's mouth showed a smile that was not easy to detect: This young master of his own family has no shelf, treats himself very well, and does not treat himself as a person, he is gentle and elegant on weekdays, but sometimes he is a little childish, and when he sees that the house is a little broken, his mouth is cocked.

"Young master, you're tired, it's better to sit and rest for a while, and Lu Shu will clean up before going in."

Zheng Peng also didn't know how to do hygiene, so he nodded and said, "It's okay, you can clean up the sleeping place at will, I want to find a way to move out of here as soon as possible." ”

"Got it, young master."

Lu Shu gently pulled the straw rope with her hand, and the straw rope broke as soon as she pulled it, and gently pushed the bamboo gate, which immediately raised a puff of dust, and Zheng Peng covered his nose and coughed on the spot.

"Young master, it's dirty here, you stay away from here."

"Forget it, let people make this money" Zheng Peng pulled Lu Shu, who wanted to clean up, shook his head and said.

In later generations, Lu Shu was still a little girl in the first year of junior high school, sitting upright by herself, letting a little girl do this kind of heavy work and dirty work, she didn't want to go for so long, and she didn't know if there were mice and snakes, such a beautiful and cute little Lori, Zheng Peng couldn't bear to hurt her.

Regardless of Lu Shu's opposition, he asked three aunts who were watching the excitement to help clean up with twenty yuan alone.

Twenty is a lot, this house is not big, a few aunts agreed on the spot, and they didn't need to be instructed, they went home to get tools and started cleaning, and it didn't take half an hour to clean up.

As I guessed before, there are four walls of the house, there is nothing to clean, and the cleaning speed is also fast.

After cleaning, Zheng Peng spent another fifty yuan to ask someone to clean the well in the small courtyard, so long without it, the water in the well has become stagnant water, and I don't know if any small animals have fallen into it, they can't drink it, they need to be hung out, and the debris and silt at the bottom of the well can be cleaned up before it can be reused.

After cleaning the well, looking at the holes in the roof and the broken windows, gritting his teeth, asking the craftsman to simply repair it, and placing the quilt mat, etc., while tossing for three days, this dilapidated house finally has a little bit of a home appearance.

However, the price is not small, and when the cost of the craftsman is settled, Zheng Peng was surprised to find a terrible thing: there is no money.

was kicked out of the house by the old man, only the title deed of this broken house and a few changes of clothes, the father and the old lady secretly put some gold in the clothes, and were searched by Zheng Cheng, but fortunately, he did not suffer a loss, and avenged with an arrow, and took away more than 30 yuan with interest.

More than 30 times is not less, but I met Lu Shu, who lost her father halfway, in order not to let the lewd man spoil it, I spent 33 times before and after, hiring cars, food and lodging along the way, and then repairing the house and spending all the money.

When settling the wages, the money was not enough, Zheng Peng gritted his teeth and asked Lu Shu to secretly go to the pawnshop and sell a set of robes made of silk, so as to settle the wages.

Feeling through his pockets, Zheng Peng found that he had nothing to say except for a dilapidated house, a maidservant and a change of clothes, and he had no money for dinner.

Looking at the empty purse, Zheng Peng didn't speak for a long time.

I remember when I went out, I "blackened" Zheng Cheng's ten guan money, dozens of pounds of copper coins, and it was difficult to carry it, on the carriage, stepping on the money bag containing ten guan money, holding the gold leaf in one hand, and waving the title deed of No. 18 Guiyu Street in the other hand, what a high-spirited person, I was still thinking about how to spend so much money, but I didn't expect that it would be less than half a month, and the gold and copper coins had wings and left themselves.

I knew that it would be better to save some of the funeral affairs for Lu Shu when he died, but I thought that the house had a lot of belongings, and maybe there was a large amount of rental income.

I used to be lavish, anyway, I asked my family for it after spending it, even if I didn't have money, I could take credit, and I had no concept of money and silver, and it wasn't until this time that I found out that the once good days were gone.

"Alas," Zheng Peng sighed and threw his fluttering purse on the ground.

"Goo... Gurgling"

In some empty houses, strange voices suddenly sounded.

Lu Shu, who was making the bed, was startled, and hurriedly said, "Less... Master, there is a strange noise. ”

It was getting dark, the empty house was a little scary, the two had no money to buy lamp oil and candles, and suddenly a strange voice startled Lu Shu, after all, she was still a little girl.

"Don't be afraid, it's the sound of my stomach" Zheng Peng said with some embarrassment: "Lushu, where do you still have money?"

Half-sized, eating poor Lao Tzu, Zheng Peng is in the development period of the long body, digestion is very fast, he is hungry if he doesn't eat a meal, Datang is not used to eating breakfast in the morning, and at noon, he only eats a steamed cake while taking care of the house, and now he is so hungry that his back is sticking to his back.

"No, it's gone, it's all settled to Uncle Chen." Lu Shu said a little timidly.

After speaking, Lu Shu took out a steamed bun and said, "Young master, you are hungry, there is still a steamed bun here." ”

And food?

Zheng Peng's eyes lit up, and without saying a word, Lu Shu handed over the steamed buns, and was pleasantly surprised to find that they were still warm, smelling the faint fragrance of the food, and the saliva flowed, and he saw that the steamed buns were a little dirty, so he definitely threw it away before, and now he doesn't care if he is hungry, he tears off the skin, and swallows all the steamed buns in a few bites.

"Young master, drink water, don't choke." Lu Shu hurriedly handed over a bowl of water.

After eating steamed buns and pouring a big bowl of water, his stomach finally stopped ringing, Zheng Cheng remembered that Lu Shu hadn't eaten it, and hurriedly asked, "Lu Shu, have you eaten it?"

"I ate it, it's the slave family who is not good, I thought the young master was going to drink mutton soup, and I had one leftover from a few steamed buns, so I asked the young master to punish him."

Zheng Peng waved his hand and said: "What is the punishment, I spent the money without moderation, and the money was overused, but it doesn't matter, I'll go find an errand to make money tomorrow." ”

Lu Shu replied and said nothing very obediently.

Even Zheng Peng didn't say that she also knew that most of the money was spent on herself, the more this was the case, the more guilty Lu Shu felt in her heart, and when she was blaming herself, when she saw Zheng Peng walking out, Lu Shu hurriedly asked: "Young master, it's so late, where are you going?"

"It's okay, go to the hut." I drank too much water just now, and after a while, Zheng Peng had the urge to "release water".

"Young master, I'll go with you."

"No, it's in the yard, just sit for a while." Zheng Peng refused again and again.

This little maid is still too young and has not yet begun to develop, Zheng Peng is not that particularly secluded, the two of them sleep in separate beds on weekdays, and she doesn't need to serve her for baths, she is all alone, so as not to feel guilty.

Lori, it's better to be simple-minded.

The thatched house is in the yard, the weather is a little cold, Zheng Peng hurriedly solved it, and when he was about to go home, he suddenly remembered that Lu Shu was scared just now, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help showing a naughty smile: scare her, will she be frightened, and then quickly throw herself into her arms?

It's not bad to tease little Lori, Zheng Peng thought, couldn't help but light his steps, quietly walked to the window, ready to scare Lu Shu, walked to the window to take a look inside, and couldn't help but be stunned: I saw Lu Shu while watching the movement of the door, while quickly picking up the steamed buns on the ground and putting them in his mouth, maybe he was afraid that Zheng Peng would find out, or maybe he was too hungry, he didn't look at it when he picked it up, and he didn't care if it was dirty or not, he quickly stuffed it into his mouth, and after eating, he still stretched out his little tongue and licked a little steamed bun dandruff from the corner of his mouth into his mouth.