Chapter 13 Suspicion and Heart-wrenching ()

It has been almost a month since we arrived in this strange era, but after all, there is a 500-year gap, so Xu Xun is still not used to completely different days. Just like at dinner, Jin Liusao smiled and delivered food in a food box. It seemed that there was a dazzling array of tables, but when she saw the dishes inside, he really didn't have much appetite.

The only meat dish is mixed with white radish, fried with carrots, fried with bean sprouts, shredded potatoes, and tofu soup. The only meat dish is a plate of marinated pork head meat. It is obviously bought from a restaurant outside. It is definitely not Jin Liusao's skill. Because these days, he has eaten only three meat dishes - stewed meat, steamed fish, and stewed eggs. Even if these three dishes are delicious, they can be eaten without any taste, not to mention that the Jin Liu family's cooking level is terrible, and people have no appetite when they see it. He forced himself to move chopsticks.

"Young Master, have you finished eating?"

Seeing Xu Xun pulling the food and putting down the chopsticks and standing up, Ruisheng asked from the side as usual. Seeing Xu Xun nodding, he immediately packed up the dishes and went aside to eat. He was eating sweetly, but suddenly he felt something was moving behind him. He turned his head and saw that Xu Xun was standing behind him, and almost turned over the bowl in panic. The next moment, he quickly stood up timidly, and before he could say anything, Xu Xun sat down.

Xu Xun never noticed that Ruisheng was eating like this. He did two major things today and felt relaxed. After dinner, he didn't go for a walk in the yard immediately. Instead, he took the pleasure of going to the east room and wrote a few words. When he walked out and was about to walk around the yard, he heard the sound of eating here. As a result, he couldn't tell what he saw, and it was amazing when he saw it.

The three plates of vegetarian dishes were left with only the leftover soup, and the marinated pork head was mixed in most of the remaining rice bowls. The sauce dyed the white rice in an extremely rich color. Ruisheng, who was standing there, hung his head uneasily, and the corners of his mouth were sauce and rice grains, which looked extremely embarrassed. Xu Xun originally wanted to make a joke, but looking at his thin body, the words he said to the side of his mouth turned into another scene.

"Eat slowly, don't be so anxious. If it's not enough, let Jin Liusao make more in the future and ensure that it's enough."

"Young master... no... I... I can eat enough..." Ruisheng stuttered for a while but couldn't say a complete sentence. Finally, he shook his head vigorously. He spoke quickly. "My mother has been teaching me a lesson. Eating faster than working, and if he dares to waste a grain of rice, he will be hungry for a day. I am used to it... Young master, don't tell Jin Liusao, you have to buy more if you do more, don't spend money!"

Seeing Ruisheng's nervous face flushed, Xu Xun couldn't help but laugh: "This is not your family, but your father is too, why are you so unkind? By the way, your mother has passed away? Why do you still remember the lesson? Speaking of which, on your mother's day of worship, you can also worship. After all, the grace of birth and raising is as heavy as Mount Tai..."

Before he finished speaking, Ruisheng's eyes turned red and he suddenly interrupted in a low voice: "This is not what my mother taught me a lesson, it is my stepmother! My mother died three years ago... The stepmother gave birth to a sister for her father, and the family became more and more tight... She said all day long that I ate... Dad had no choice but to send me here..."

Ruisheng started sobbing as he spoke. Xu Xun had never dealt with the crying situation of the half-grown boy. He was stunned. After a while, he reacted and hurriedly handed over a handkerchief and then ran out of the house as if he ran away. Standing outside for a while, he couldn't help but look back, and suddenly a hint of suspicion arose in his heart.

If the country people prefer boys over girls, even if Ruisheng's father married his stepmother and gave birth to a daughter, he would never send his eldest son who could work in the fields to Nanjing City to command him. If the stepmother could not give birth to a son in the future, who would support him in his old age? It would be fine if he was a master, but the "he" used to be a traitor who had given up a can!

Whether Xu Xun went to Yingtian Prefecture to meet Xu Tiao's housekeeper Zhu Sihai or the Shen family's housekeeper Lu Quan came to meet Xu Xun, the Xu clan was not aware of it. After all, no one thought that a helpless prodigal son could make a name for himself, so he would not stare at this side. The Xu Tiao and Shen Guang families were only stewards, and the big men in the clan would not pay attention to it. Therefore, the only two families were difficult to decide because of Xu Xun's actions.

Although the Yingtian Prefecture Yai occupied most of the block west of Fudong Street, in addition to the two and three halls of the main halls, there were also a number of places where officials worked. Therefore, although the Houya official hall occupied a large area, it was a cent of a large number of officials, so there were not many houses left. Although more than a hundred years have passed since the time of Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, many officials did not live in the official hall, but the Yingtian Prefecture Yu Wu Xiong, who was in the position of the third rank of the main hall, was in that small place with his family, let alone other officials?

So, Xu Tiao's family also lived in that narrow yard. However, since the news of his promotion came out, the ancestral house occupied by someone was immediately vacated, and the clan even sent someone to clean and renovate it, saying that he could move in at any time. Although Xu Tiao didn't want to move, he planned to let his wife move out with his two sons and one daughter. However, this night was originally going to discuss moving the house, but because of the letter from the housekeeper Zhu Sihai, he immediately left the relocation behind.

At this moment, he sat on the Taishi chair behind the desk, his brows frowned, spreading and frowned. Zhu Sihai, who was standing beside him, did not dare to make a sound, but he was too tired to stand there with a little bent down. He could only change the center of gravity to another foot for a while. It was not until Xu Tiao coughed a few times that he hurriedly brought the tea to him.

"Do you think what he said is credible?"

"Of course, it's trustworthy!" Xu Tiao spoke, and Zhu Sihai naturally breathed a sigh of relief, "Master, what's the situation now? How dare he lie to lie to lie to the master? I saw that he was listless when he spoke today, and obviously was discouraged, so after sending him away, I went to the doctor's place for a while. It is said that he was almost exhausted when he carried it back. Later, he tossed in the water for a while, and even if he didn't die, he would be seriously injured. Besides, the rest of the clan thought of driving him out, and he must have hated those guys. Apart from the master, who else can he trust?"

Xu Tiao did not respond and pondered for a moment and said, "Although I have found this seemingly glorious position, there are too many people in the clan who are coveting the second house. Let's take a look at this matter for the time being."

Zhu Sihai was quite dissatisfied with this. Xu Tiao was the master, and even if he really agreed to come down, he was the one who actually came forward to take care of it. He had already inquired about the hundreds of acres of land. It is said that they are all high-quality fat fields. He didn't know how many benefits he had once he passed it. So, he refused to give up and lowered his head and said softly: "Master, I'll say something that shouldn't be said. This time you are promoted, the clan said it was a compliment for celebration and compliment for celebration, but how much is the real benefit? What is the bonus? At most, dozens of taels of silver a year, but how much is the rent for hundreds of acres of paddy fields in the south of the Yangtze River?"

"Enough!"

Xu Tiao drank Zhu Sihai in one sip, but his eyes became deeper. After a while, he said lightly: "Besides saying that he wanted to break off the engagement with the Shen family, did he also say something else?"

"Nothing else. Four days later, the children of the clan should come, and he said he wanted to come to Mr. He."

Xu Tiao remembered that there was no Xu Xun on the list sent by Master Xu. After thinking for a while, he finally nodded: "Well, let him come."

Seeing Xu Tiao say something, Zhu Sihai nodded with understanding, and then tiptoed out of the study. When he reached the bottom of the steps, he immediately reached out to call Tao Hong.

"Tomorrow you go to Xu Xun's house and send a post here." Seeing Tao Hong a little surprised, Zhu Sihai slapped him on the head angrily, "It's the one I've been here today, not far from the Dazhong Bridge. Remember to tell him that he will hold a banquet in Kuiyuan Building in four days to celebrate the master's success, and let him prepare well!"
Chapter completed!