West, Jiangzhou, Longmen, Xiucun.

In a dilapidated courtyard, a sturdy young man is wielding a large axe that is already very worn out in his home, and splitting sections of stakes that have been dragged from nowhere.

The appearance of the young man is not handsome, it can be described as simple, at first glance it is the kind of honest and honest person, wearing some coarse cloth, and several intricate patches on the short coat on the upper body, which is very eye-catching.

The young man's figure was very strong, and his arms, as well as his exposed belly, all showed that he contained great strength in his body.

"Is this it?" Ma Cheng stood at the door, raised his eyes and looked at this courtyard, the light was abrupt, empty, there was nothing else in the yard except for those broken trees, poor, even poorer than when he was a lowly citizen before.

The young master can't be mistaken, right?

After Ma Cheng's eyes swept around the courtyard, his two eyes finally aimed at the young man in the courtyard, and he sighed a little in his heart, not knowing what the meaning of their young master letting him run thousands of miles to this poor countryside just to find a farmer who couldn't be poorer anymore. If you want to recruit nurses, tenant farmers and domestic servants, in Sanyuan, there are countless people who want to enter Liufu, as for going to Shanxi to find it so hard?

Ma Cheng rubbed the ** that was a little painful from the bumps, and his heart was full of resentment, but he didn't dare to disobey the young master's orders, since the young master wanted it, then bring him back.

In fact, Ma Cheng's heart is also very puzzled, I heard that the young master has never been to Shanxi. Even there are few friends in Shanxi, how could they know that there would really be such a person in this remote Xiaoxiu village? Odd.

However, this young man's fancy chopping wood is not bad, Ma Cheng watched the action of the young man in the courtyard chopping wood, this is also the only place where the young man feels that there is still some use, and when the axe goes down, the log nearly a foot long is automatically split into four pieces and scattered aside. It's more than twice as fast as the average person.

It's just a pity that Ma Cheng shook his head slightly, their Liu family has already entered the coal age, and the family no longer needs to find someone to chop firewood. The only job that might be suitable for that young man was also vetoed by Ma Cheng.

"Hey! Is this gentleman looking for someone? At this time, the young man who was chopping wood also noticed Ma Cheng, who had been standing in front of their house, leading a horse and wearing a gorgeous and expensive dress. If you look at the style of the clothes that are inferior's clothes, the young man may come up and call the master.

Putting down the big axe in his hand, the young man strode to the door and looked Ma Cheng up and down. The face is tight, not like the locals.

"This little brother is invited," Ma Cheng arched his hand to the young man. He chuckled and said to the young man, "Passerby." Thirsty terribly. I want to ask this little brother for a drink, I wonder if the little brother can make it convenient? ”

"Oh? Sir, wait a minute. Seeing that Ma Cheng didn't look like a bad guy and had no malice, the young man opened the wooden gate and stretched out his hand to invite Ma Cheng to the courtyard.

The courtyard looked even more dilapidated than when Ma Cheng watched it outside, with uneven ground, mud and grass houses, and a simple hall with only one table and one bench, the only thing that surprised Ma Cheng was that there were dozens of skins of various animals hanging below the edge of those thatched houses.

"Sir, please sit down for a moment, and I'll go and fetch some water for him." The young man let Ma Cheng to the only wooden bench in the hall, said hello to Ma Cheng, and walked out again.

"It's not bad," Ma Cheng muttered in his heart, and then looked around the hall, a yellow portrait of an ancestor, a short-legged table that had obviously been repaired several times, well, and a huge iron-backed bow, and seven or eight short-feathered arrows, compared to the worn-out shaft of the arrow, the iron bones on the arrows glowed with a terrifying light.

It should still be a hunter, seeing the bow and arrows, and thinking about the animal furs hanging outside, it is not difficult for Ma Cheng to imagine that this young man has another occupation in addition to farming. It is no wonder that he could not live so strong in such poor conditions.

No wonder their young master used to tell them that they had a skill in hand, and they didn't have to worry about eating and drinking, their young master was very wise.

"Here comes the water, sir, please!" While thinking about it, the young man came to Ma Chengdi's side with a sea bowl full of gaps, and handed it to Ma Cheng with both hands.

"Thank you, little brother," it happened that Ma Cheng was also a little thirsty, so he took the sea bowl and drank it in one go, and he also drank it happily.

"Sir, where is this from?" The only stool was occupied by Ma Cheng, and the young man leaned against the door frame and asked Ma Cheng with a kind smile, it could be seen that he was very yearning for the outside and wanted to know more about the things outside.

"From Chang'an," Ma Chengxian's eyes lit up at once, he chuckled, put the sea bowl in his hand on the table, and said, "It took nearly half a month to get here."

On the orders of our young master, I came to find someone. ”

Glancing at the young man again, Ma Cheng continued: "I don't know where our young master got the news, saying that in this Longmen Village, there is a noble man surnamed Xue, so I have to find him no matter what, little brother, you have also seen it, I am also a newcomer to your land, and I am not familiar with the place, where can I find it?" ”

"The family surnamed Xue? That's really a coincidence," the young man glanced at Ma Cheng unexpectedly, and said: "In this Xiaoxiu Village, there is only one family surnamed Xue, isn't it that Mr. is looking for a kid?" ”

"What? Little brother's surname is Xue? Ma Cheng gave another transparent performance, and his two eyes looked at the young man with a little suspicion and asked, "Then your single name is for the word 'li'?" ”

"Xiao Ke is famous, the word is benevolent, doesn't Mr. know Xiao Ke?" Xue Rengui also opened his two big eyes, looking at Ma Cheng, looking at Ma Cheng's appearance, he didn't look like a liar, didn't he have any other plans?

Thinking too much, Xue Rengui shook his head slightly, and threw out the thoughts just now, their family itself is already very poor, what else is there to make people want?

"Xue Li, Xue Rengui, the little brother is really the person my young master is looking for! It seems that the heavens are blessing me, hahaha" Ma Cheng stood up excitedly, circled around Xue Rengui twice, remembered the instructions of their young master, and asked Xue Rengui: "Has Brother Xue ever practiced martial arts?" ”

"I've studied for a few years, and I've just been out of school for less than two years, but it's a pity that this martial arts is not very useful," Xue Rengui's expression was a little lonely, he had learned martial arts and the art of war from his master on the mountain for nearly fifteen years, but when he came down the mountain, he couldn't use any of them, if he didn't have a bow and arrow in hand, I was afraid that even making ends meet would have become a problem.

"Eh, you can't say that, since you've learned it, how can it be useless? I just didn't find the right place. Ma Cheng sat down on the bench again, and said to Xue Rengui with a smile: "I have a good job here that can be used by the little brother, I wonder if the little brother is willing to do it?" ”

"What?" Remembering Ma Cheng's words just now that he was looking for someone, Xue Rengui couldn't help but ask Ma Cheng.

"The head of the nursing home, the leader of the nursing home of the Sanyuan Liufu in Chang'an!" Although he was a little optimistic about Xue Rengui, Ma Cheng still said according to Liu Yiyi's instructions: "The regular money of two times a month is responsible for protecting the integrity of the next family in Liufu at the right time, and does not restrict your freedom, when you are tired of doing it, or if you have a better way, Liufu can't stop you, what does Brother Xue think?" ”

Ma Cheng didn't know whether he was jealous or envious, he glanced at Xue Rengui, twice a month, without restricting freedom, and the treatment was better than Liu Wuchen, the chief housekeeper of the Liu Mansion, and the young master of their family also took this Xue Rengui seriously. You must know that in the market, the best nursing home is only a month at most.

"Two runs?!" Xue Rengui also couldn't believe his ears, he was no longer the hairy boy who had just come down the mountain and didn't know what money was, two times the money, if he saved some money, he could live without worrying about food and clothing for almost half a year, or even longer, you must know that he hunted a wild boar before, and it was only sold for three hundred and fifty yuan at most.

This man can't be a liar, right? How can there be such a good thing in this world?

Xue Rengui glanced at Ma Cheng very suspiciously, and the experience of going out and being deceived several times in the past two years told him that most of the pies that fell from the sky were traps set by those liars, and he didn't believe Ma Cheng's words.

"That's right! Twice! Knowing that Xue Rengui was doubting himself, Ma Cheng stood up, went directly to the horse in the courtyard, and immediately took out four pieces of silver money from the cloth bag on the horse, handed it to Xue Rengui and said: "If the little brother agrees, this four pieces of money will be regarded as fixed money, and when we arrive in Sanyuan, if we have any regrets in Liufu, these little brothers can stay." ”

With the heavy weight in Ma Cheng's hand, and the four strings of silver coins were really struck, Xue Rengui was a little confused, could it be that this big good thing was true?

"Good! Xiao Ke took over this job! Xue Rengui stretched out his hand to take the money, what does it matter if the other party is a scam, he doesn't believe that anyone can snatch the money from his hands, Xue Rengui has always been very confident in his martial arts.

After putting the money away, Xue Rengui looked up at Ma Cheng and asked, "I don't know who the owner is?" ”

"Chang'an Sanyuan Liufu," Ma Cheng smiled and repeated to Xue Rengui: "The head of the family is Liu Yi. ”——

Khan, it's only now that the second chapter is completed, and the third is a little more difficult, let's see if it will work tomorrow, well, Lao Liu will try to make up for yesterday's chapter