Xu Lao's body looks very thin, and his face is not good, so he thinks that he has lived a hard life for a while. But it shouldn't be that way.

For example, the former county lieutenant of Wu County, a junior official of Zhengjiupin Sesame, this one was even dismissed and never hired, but he was lucky not to have his property confiscated.

That's it, since he took office, he didn't make less property, and even the Zhuangzi that the Zhou family just bought was bought from him. Not to mention that you have lived a lifetime, even if you have a big family, it will be no problem, and no matter how you don't eat, you won't have anything to eat.

This old man surnamed Xu is still the kind of beggar who returns to his hometown, and he doesn't even have to pay all kinds of taxes, so he won't be so miserable anyway, besides, this world is still based on filial piety, and he is so old, gray-haired, his descendants must have them, no one is filial?

The doubts on Zhou Shaoyu's face were obvious, of course, he deliberately put them out for others to see, after all, if he asked directly, it was easy to embarrass people. Xu Lao pondered for a moment, sighed, and then spoke slowly.

This old man's real name is Xu Qin, decades ago in the imperial examination, he was born as a Jinshi, his ranking was very low, and he almost didn't get on the imperial examination, because he didn't know how to drill the camp, and offended Shangguan, he directly did most of his life in charge of the Yu Department and the Ministry of Water under the Ministry of Industry.

The smallest of the eighteen-level officials, and the lowest status of the six ministries. However, Zhou Shaoyu was very pleasantly surprised, although he is not a craftsman, but this kind of grassroots official position, and he has been doing it all his life, can he not be familiar with some techniques? That is, if you are a little older, you will definitely not be able to do it yourself.

Of course, although the official position is small, it is also an official, and it is not bad for the family, the Ministry of Industry, once there is any project, assuming that the budget is 100,000 taels, it may be 80,000 taels from the Ministry of Households, and then the Ministry of Industry is allocated layer by layer, and if it is really used for the project, there is 20,000 or 30,000 is not less.

Don't think about taking a big head, but you can pick a little bit, the size is also hung with grades, small days are still okay, and then when you get older, you return to your hometown, if you want to say that you are rich and expensive, it is impossible, but there is no problem with food and clothing.

The problem lies in the uprising, the rebellion in Tanzhou has not been long in the past, Xu Qin's hometown is considered the key area of the rebellion, for ordinary people, Xu Qin's family is also a big family, so it is natural to rob it, so the Xu family is miserable.

It's nothing, there are always some people left, and there is always something hidden to live, Tanzhou Mansion sent troops to quell the rebellion, but then it was not peaceful, too many people died, there was a plague, the Xu family suffered again, and most of the people died.

It happened that the rebellion had just passed, and the officials everywhere had not yet taken office, even if the officials were appointed, those people would see that the plague was going on, and the fool would hurry to take office, so it directly became a three-regardless zone, Xu Qin, a retired official, couldn't go to the yamen for help, no one, the yamen had already stopped.

The Xu family became homeless and fled like everyone else, but they were blocked before they went far, on the grounds that to prevent the spread of the plague, there was gruel for disaster relief, but it was almost the same as water, that is, it was a human life, so it would not starve to death completely.

As for Xu Qin, he looked down, and he didn't even see any officials for disaster relief, and after the plague passed, the disaster relief ended directly, and when he returned to his hometown, there was still no one in the yamen.

Xu Qin had no choice, and took the rest of the Xu family to other counties, but he couldn't come up with evidence to prove that he was once an official.

Along the way, most of the Xu family starved to death, and finally arrived in Wu County again, but Huang Renjie raised people to rebel, and then there was chaos in Wu County, but it will definitely not work like Yamen asking for help, or that sentence, no one.

Xu Qin was completely disappointed when he went to the Yamen, the rest of the people were either old or young, and there was only one woman left, a total of five people, and they couldn't walk anywhere else, so the days were not too miserable, especially in winter, not to mention. Fortunately, Huang Renjie's heart is okay, at least the porridge shop outside the city has never been broken, maybe the porridge is not thick enough, but at least it will not starve to death, but the last two little men of the Xu family still died of illness, leaving only a woman and a great-granddaughter.

However, it happened that Huang Renjie began to clean up the law and order and comb the streets for the Shangyuan Festival, and the displaced people who had already entered the city were all driven out of the city and were not allowed to live in the city.

In the process of driving away, Xu Qin and the other two were scattered, Xu Qin was an old man, his legs and feet were inconvenient, and the order of the porridge shop was not very good, and he fainted from hunger after a few days.

Fortunately, at this time, Li Qingzhao and the women went out of the city to prepare soup porridge in the name of Shanhuai Pavilion, and saw that Xu Qin was so pitiful for such an old man, so they were saved, but a group of women, even if Xu Qin was an old man, but in the end he was a man, and finally lived on the side of the four tigers of the Zhou family.

"Xu has worked hard for the court all his life, but his family is ruined, hey, don't talk about it, pity my granddaughter and great-granddaughter......" Xu Qin said sadly, and the old tears were rampant.

"Elder Xu, don't worry, I have asked my subordinates to search, and once they find it, they will be brought into the city immediately." Wednesday Mountain hurriedly comforted.

Zhou Shaoyu's eyes were empty, the image of this old man was definitely not as simple as he said, he crossed to Daming this time, and did not stay full, Daliang Chao has only been here for a few days, a few days, so that the four tigers of the Zhou family are so respectful, they must not only have some ability.

However, the technology in his experience and head is what Zhou Shaoyu needs, although he is a little older, he is indeed a talent, and when he encounters such a big difficulty, he is disappointed in the court of the Great Liang Dynasty, and he can use it with confidence to a certain extent.

Touching his chin, Zhou Shaoyu said, "I don't know how old Xu Lao's granddaughter is?" ”

"Seven out of twenty, a humble person, widowed at an early age, left his in-laws and widowed family, and did not have children." Xu Lao wiped his old tears and said.

Zhou Shaoyu glanced at Zhou Sanshan, the other three didn't quite understand their thoughts, but Zhou Sanshan was so respectful that he was even willing to be a righteous son and change his surname, so much so that he could figure it out.

Even if Zhou Shan changes his surname, but in the end, it is the blood of the Zhou family, breaking the bones and connecting the tendons, Xu Qin's Xu family is gone, even if he recognizes his father-in-law, he still lives in the Zhou family, there is not much change, and the relationship with the Zhou family will not change.

Zhou Zhou Shan is ambitious, but from a humble background, don't look at the current leader of the yamen, but in the eyes of ordinary readers, he is not eye-catching at all, Zhou Zhou Shan has no place to go if he wants to find someone to study, people don't look down on him, he doesn't accept it, and he won't teach. Now that there is a knowledgeable Xu Qin, Wednesday Mountain is considered to be out of the way, as long as he is willing to teach, he can do anything.

Thinking of this, Zhou Shaoyu was a little more vigilant in his heart, and he was even willing to change his surname, this ambition is not ordinarily big, but he is not afraid, Zhou Shaoyu still has this bit of self-confidence, if he can't even control Wednesday Mountain in the future, let alone anything else.

Besides, if he really changed his surname, he would not be the Zhou family in name, unless the Zhou family died, including Zhou Shaoyu, otherwise he had nothing to do.

Thinking like this, Zhou Shaoyu had an idea.