Poverty is a topic that can never be avoided in the land of China, and there are many reasons that can lead to poverty, and the villagers of Majia Village are very unlucky to be the cause of the war.

Before Tang Ning came here, their two meals a day were just pickled vegetables and gruel, without any oil and water, and they couldn't even barely eat and dress after two meals. Regardless of men, women and children, they are all the same with yellow faces and thin muscles.

After moving here, Downing found out about it when he went to meet his new neighbors and planned to help them.

As the saying goes, it is better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish, and the poorer the person, the less money should be given to them directly. So Downing began to build roads, and at the same time he was thinking of ways to help them make money.

By chance, he found that the pickles here taste quite good, although they are not particularly delicious, but they can also make some money as a commodity.

So he began to mobilize the villagers, who funded the establishment of shops and provided raw materials, and the villagers exchanged the finished pickles for money with him after processing.

To be honest, Downing lost money on this deal, opening a pickle shop in Tokyo City, and only making money with pickles, and this investment will take decades to earn back.

But who cares? There are fewer and fewer people with thin yellow faces, and that's enough.

The eyes of the masses are bright, and the honest and kind people also know how to be grateful. Therefore, whenever an outsider comes to the village and mentions Danyang Hou, there will be villagers in Majia Village, who have been following behind the ass for a long time, jumping out to say two good words for Tang Ning.

Who wouldn't want to speak for Downing? There is such a victorious general living in the village, and he is kind and friendly, even his own children play with their young masters and nobles, they just look at it with a smile and never say anything.

Such a noble may really be unique in the Great Song Dynasty.

Not long after entering the village and leaving, Lu Xiu said with great emotion: "Danyang Hou's influence here is really not low, and the people are all thinking about his goodness." ”

Wu Sheng raised his eyebrows and glanced at Lu Xiu. He said something slightly, but Wu Sheng would not answer it.

It seems that Lu Xiu's enthusiasm for work is still very great, even the idol he has always admired can make him think this way.

After a while, the two came to the door of the Danyang Hou Mansion, and the grass shed opposite was now a tea shed.

Recently, a lot of people have come to Majia Village to build houses, and many people who come to supervise the work like to drink tea in the tea shed at the entrance of the Hou Mansion in Danyang, while watching the gatehouse of the Hou Mansion play cards with the two nursing homes.

Fifty steps before the Hou Mansion, the two of them dismounted, and after approaching, Lu Xiu looked at the two stone lions at the door and grinned, and Wu Sheng said loudly: "I am tired of the porter and the Marquis of Danyang, so I said that the officials of the imperial city, Wu Sheng and Lu Xiu ask to see them." ”

The porter craned his neck and looked out, opened the half-hidden door and said, "Come in directly, Master Hou has already ordered." ”

Wu Sheng arched his hand at him and said, "Thank you!" ”

Then the porter came to take over the horses of the two men, and tied them to the bolted horse post not far in front of the door.

He was not worried about losing it at all, and dared to steal the horse of the Danyang Hou family.

Don't want your legs?

The first time he came to the Danyang Hou Mansion, Lu Xiu was very excited. It's not that he hasn't been to the homes of dignitaries, just the deep mansion compound where he is responsible for raiding the house, he has been to no less than five.

However, the first feeling that the Marquis of Danyang gave him here was novelty. All the layout, the design, is different from what he had in mind.

At first, it seemed a little nondescript, but slowly he found that there was something special in it.

"Two messengers, Master Hou is waiting for you in the study." Guan Ze shook his fan and greeted the two with a smile.

"This is the housekeeper of the Danyang Hou Mansion." Wu Sheng often came, and he was very familiar with the people in Tang Ning's family, and they were also very familiar with Wu Sheng, so he began to help the two sides introduce: "This is Lu Xiu, the official of the Imperial City." ”

"Look up for a long time, look up for a long time."

"I'm glad I will."

After being polite, Lu Xiu raised his chin at Guan Ze's fan and said, "The fan is good, where did you buy it?" ”

"Does the Servant Lu like it? If you like it, you just want to send it. Guan Ze said as he closed the folding fan and handed it over.

Lu Xiu waved his hand again and again: "Oh, how can this be done?" I can't do it, I can't do it. ”

"Make, must make." One by one, he stuffed the folding fan into Lu Xiu's arms: "It's not a valuable thing, Guan Mou has several in addition to this one." ”

Lu Xiu accepted it happily, hugged his fists and said, "Thank you Steward Guan." ”

Guan Ze said excitedly: "What is this, a trivial matter, it is worth thanking." ”

The three of them laughed and went to the study.

Standing at the door of the study, I heard a woman's angry roar coming from inside.

"Little bunny! If you dare to stick the rice paper together with the paste, you see if I can beat your ass! Do you know how much this piece of rice paper costs?! Well?! ”

"Wow! Daddy! Mother murders me! ”

"Don't be angry, Sister Yi'er, Wen'er just thinks it's fun......"

"You're used to him!" The woman said angrily, "You'll know what fun is when he sticks your beard to your lips!"

What does it mean to be injured and not shaved at all? So sloppy, I don't know how I fell in love with your ...... in the first place."

"Hey, you took the initiative to say ......"

"Are you going to say these things now?" The woman was visibly annoyed: "Are you sure you want to say these things now?" ”

"Okay, okay, I won't fight with you. Don't be angry, you're pregnant, you're an ancestor......"

"Don't be in that yin and yang weirdness, I'll tell you that the surname is Tang, and the matter of the first two days is not over."

“……”

"Don't talk, do you? Started using your best trick of playing dead again? ”

“…… If you have something to say, the two of us will say in private, if you want to quarrel, let's find one

I can quarrel with you for three days and three nights. Can you stop arguing in front of your children? ”

"Huh."

A cold snort was followed by the sound of thumping footsteps.

Immediately afterwards, the door of the study was vigorously pushed open, and a gust of wind came, and the three people outside the study were in a row, their backs pressed against the wall and silent.

A beautiful young woman's face was like frost, she walked outside and glanced at the three of them, and asked coldly, "What are you doing?" ”

Guan Ze replied tremblingly: "Back to ...... Second Mrs. Hui, these two are officials of the imperial city, and it was the Hou Ye who asked them to come over to discuss things. ”

The young woman went back into the house.

"That's Hou Ye's second wife." Wu Sheng lowered his voice and said in Lu Xiu's ear like a thief.

“……”

Tang Ning in the house waited for Liu Yi'er to walk out, so he rubbed his face vigorously, rubbed his helpless expression, and said to Tang Wen, who was trembling: "Your mother has early menopause now, didn't I say that you don't want to provoke her, be honest for a while?"

You have to listen, now it's okay, even your old son is being scolded together, isn't it comfortable? ”

Tang Wen hurriedly shook his head.

"You said that if you stick ordinary rice paper, forget it, these rice papers are all good rice paper, not cheap." Tang Ning said this, and sighed deeply: "Child, next time you want to bring disaster to something as cheap as possible, so that I can keep your ass from blooming."

If your mother beats you in a while, don't resist, you also saw the situation just now, she just wants to beat me, I can only admit it, who told her to have a small one in her belly?

Let's try not to make her angry, can we succeed? ”

Before Tang Wen could nod, Liu Yi'er came in from outside again.

"Tang Wen, come with me."

Tang Wen's eyes widened in horror as he looked at Tang Ning and shook his head vigorously. Tang Ning turned his head away, child, this is your destined catastrophe, you can't avoid it.

Seeing that his father was so ruthless, Tang Wen had no choice but to walk out dejectedly.

"Hurry up! Rub what! Your daddy's guests are still waiting outside! ”

“……”

……………………

The rain didn't fall, but the atmosphere was still not harmonious.

On a June day, with the scorching sun overhead and the sultry air around him, Tang Ning drank tea and didn't want to say a word.

Wu Sheng and Lu Xiu were uneasy, especially Lu Xiu.

In his mind, Tang Ning is a great general who stands up to the sky, he dominates the wind and clouds, and scolds Fang Xuan. As long as he gives the order, it won't be long before it will be another victory.

But he never expected that Tang Ning, who was at home, would be given a concubine......

A gust of wind through the hall faintly brought a few screams, and the three people in the study sighed in unison, picked up the teacup and drank tea......