Chapter 87: Another Gambling Covenant
Xiao An was originally named Zhou An. When his mother was born, she died of labor and depended on her father for life. Her father was a tenant farmer of the country gentry Zhou He. A few years ago, she was beaten by Zhou He's slave who could not afford to pay the lease. She died in less than a month. After leaving, Xiao An became an orphan. That's it. Zhou He refused to let him go, saying that the debt of a person will not be broken, and the father will pay the debt of his son. She asked Xiao An to do ten years of free work for him.
In this way, Xiao An worked as a long-term worker in the Zhou family. He worked for eight years and is not yet free.
Zhou He is stingy and treats Xiao An who doesn't need money. He beats Xiao An and scolds him from morning to night. He eats leftovers and does tiring and dirty work. It just fits the saying: Get up earlier than a chicken, sleeps later than a dog, eats worse than a pig, and does tiring than a donkey. Xiao An usually has hunger and sounds louder than a drum, and his pocket is cleaner than a face. Fortunately, Xiao An is an optimistic school, and he doesn't care and accepts it.
In fact, it's not his turn to care about it.
The two days ago, Xiao An was a little worried. The reason for his trouble was that he had no money, because he was used to the days when he had no money. The reason for his troubles was that he was afraid of being exposed when he had money, and he did not dare to spend it casually, for fear that the Zhou family would find out that the process of having money was a bit bizarre. A few days ago, a stranger suddenly told him that as long as he cut off the broken bamboo at the door, he would give him a tael of silver.
The broken bamboo was a small bamboo, which was not valuable at all and was useless. At first, Xiao An thought that the man was spending his time, but when the stranger took out a piece of silver, hesitated to cut off the bamboo with a knife. It didn't take much effort anyway. Unexpectedly, the man really gave the piece of silver to him.
Silver, Xiao An was so excited that he didn't fall asleep all night, and he was holding the piece of silver in his arms, afraid that it would be fake, so he bit it several times with his teeth, and then he confirmed that it was nothing wrong. Unexpectedly, two days later, the stranger came to him again, and Xiao An felt that he had started dreaming again:
He moved the flower tray in the yard, got five taels, secretly dropped Zhou He's dry clothes on the ground, and got another ten taels. With one tael of bamboo cut in front, there were as much as sixteen taels, and the silver for the snowflakes in his life, Xiao An never saw so much in his life. He was so excited that he found a reason to leave the county town, drank three big bowls of mutton noodles alone, bought a few snacks that he had always been greedy, and even sneaked into the kiln to find a woman to experience the taste of being a man, so happy that his mouth was slim.
It feels great to have money. Although it cost three taels of silver as soon as he got it, Xiao An felt it was worth it. What he hopes most now is to continue to meet that stranger. No, it is the God of Wealth.
"Xiao An, go to the silk shop and see if the sushi I want has arrived?" Xiao An was sweeping the floor, and a woman who was dancing in a slutty dance suddenly appeared in front of Xiao An and said proudly.
In the Zhou family, the only one who can buy silk and Zhou He is willing to pay for money is this newly acquired concubine, the third wife of the Zhou family. Xiao An doesn’t have to look up and knows that the third wife is here. She only likes rouge and water powder in the whole Zhou family, and she still uses a lot of them, and she can smell a strong fragrance from afar.
"Yes, the third lady." Xiao An answered immediately.
Buying things is much easier than doing a family job. Xiao An immediately responded when he heard this, handed over the work to another servant, walked out quickly, walked out of the gate of the Zhou family before walking a few steps, suddenly his eyes lit up: one was wearing a black robe and a bamboo hat, which was pressed down, covering most of his face.
Isn't this his God of Wealth? Xiao An was shocked in his heart, and immediately ran up and smiled and said, "Sir."
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Long'an Mansion has a special geographical location. It is said that there are more than 30 ethnic minorities, such as Qiang, **, Lisu, Naxi, Bai, Miao, Dai, Tujia, Tibetan, etc., so people don't think it's strange to see ethnic minority beauties wearing different clothes on the street, they are used to it.
However, today is an exception. Many people frequently look at a woman dressed in Qiang on the street. She has a beautiful face and a tall figure. She is originally a stunning beauty. After being dressed up, she is even more beautiful. The beauty has a bit of the spiritual energy of ethnic minorities. It is a fresh and natural beauty, giving people the feeling of a beautiful and kind elves in the mountains.
This person is Rida Muzi from the Qiang Hutou Village. This time she came to pay off her debts. A few days ago, she bought a white tiger skin here and paid half of the money. Lu Haoshan asked her to take away the white tiger skin. This time she came to return the remaining fifty taels.
Although there was no contract between the two, they just made verbal promises, the Qiang people kept their promises with great importance, and Lu Haoshan never urged them. However, Rida Muzi still came to pay back the remaining silver.
Rida Muzi came straight to the county government with two guards, and asked a yamen runner guarding in front of the gate, "Hey, where is your official?"
Seeing this beautiful Qiang woman talking to her, the yamen runner's eyes were straightened. It took him a long time to come back to his senses and stammered: "Big... Master... Go to the school to watch the training."
Not here? Rida Muko frowned her cute little brow, pouted her beautiful little mouth and said, "Where is the school ground for training troops?"
After the yamen runner pointed out the direction, Rida Muko walked straight to the schoolyard with her guard.
I am a person who believes in my words, so I naturally have to return the money to myself and thank him in person. Besides, that Han official is quite interesting.
Jiangyou is a small town. It arrived shortly after the county government office arrived at the schoolyard. Ridamuzi quickly arrived at the training camp. Without much effort, he found Lu Haoshan who was inspecting. In fact, it was easy to find. The blue official uniform seemed to stand out among the crowd. Besides, there were a few yamen who were following him, so it was difficult to not attract attention.
"Han people's senior official" Rida Muzi smiled at Lu Haoshan Zhanyan and took the initiative to leave.
Lu Haoshan heard the voice a little familiar. He turned his head and saw a beautiful girl dressed in Qiang coming towards him. He was stunned for a moment and soon said with a smile: "Miss Yun'er, what wind has blown you? I won't see you some days."
After Lu Haoshan defeated Chen Gui, he met Yuan San selling white tiger skin on the street and accidentally met this beautiful and generous Qiang girl. However, it was before the taxation was imposed. It had been more than two months in a flash and was busy and cramped recently. If she hadn't appeared suddenly, Lu Haoshan would have almost couldn't remember it.
"Do you still remember my name?" Hidamuko said in surprise.
"Of course I remember," Lu Haoshan said with a smile: "Your name is so special and so beautiful, it's hard to remember it if you don't want to."
If it were an ordinary Han woman, she probably regarded this sentence as ** words, but for the open-minded Qiang girl, it was just a word of praise. This sentence came from the mouth of the Han official in Rida Muzi's eyes, and it seemed even more true and credible. He smiled and said to Lu Haoshan with a smile: "You speak so nicely, I like to talk to you."
It was really straightforward. Lu Haoshan was stunned for a moment when he said the word "like" from a woman's mouth. However, he had a lot of experience in dating before, so he felt relieved. He did not accept her words again, but smiled and said, "Miss Yun'er is a rare guest. I wonder what's wrong with me?"
Rida Muzi said seriously: "Last time I bought the White Tiger Skin, I owe you fifty taels of silver. Today I will give you silver."
"I'm here to give the money? Actually, you don't have to be so anxious. I'm not in a hurry to use this money."
"That won't work. It's been so long now. I'm really sorry. I've wanted to pay back what I've been going to give you, but I didn't expect to pay the taxes for a year. In order to help those tribe members who can't afford the taxes, I took all the money for emergency response. I'm sorry to pay your money for this night." Rida Muzi said Qian while stuffing a bag of silver into Lu Haoshan's arms.
The Ming Dynasty implemented the chieftain system for ethnic minorities, and they also had to pay taxes. They provided military forces according to the imperial levy orders. There were no preferential policies for later generations. This taxation not only caused a heavy burden on the Han people, but also had a huge impact on ethnic minorities. This is how Rida Muzi just returned the money to pay back the money.
Lu Haoshan gently threw the silver in his hand, looked at Rida Muzi's relieved face, and then looked at the two guards beside her who were showing a fierce look. These two guards who protected Rida Muzi last time, were covered in dark flesh and bright eyes. You could tell at a glance that they were not ordinary people.
After rolling his eyes a few times, Lu Haoshan quickly got an idea and pointed at the two guards of Rida Muzi and said with a smile: "Miss Yun'er, these two are your guards, you are small and thin. Can you protect you by bringing such a person out?"
"Mr. County Master, Ada and Amao are very good at fighting. They can go into the mountains to hunt wolves alone. It's like playing with you three or five Han people. This is Abi's guard for me, it's very powerful. Don't underestimate them." Rida Muzi quickly cleared her guard's name.
"Is that true?" Lu Haoshan shook his head and said, "I don't believe it. Look, your guards are much smaller than my hometown hero. It's probably difficult to pick one of them. You want to beat three of them. You're kidding."
Rida Muzi had long seen the so-called local heroes' performances. He heard this and curled his lips with some disdain, "Just they? They were all weak in punching, unstable in the lower plate, like a soft-legged crab. What should I say? By the way, it's not useful."
Lu Haoshan said with an indignant look: "Miss Yunhua, what's wrong with you? Let's do this, how about we bet?"
"bet?"
"Let my fellow villager compete with your guard to see if it's really useless as you say."
Hida Muzi smiled and said cunningly: "Yes, there is no lottery ticket. If there is no lottery ticket, I won't do it."
Lu Haoshan threw the bag of silver in his hand and said, "This is how it is. If your guard wins, these fifty taels will be yours."
"What if I lose?"
"Then you play the Qiang flute for me again, but this time I will play three songs."
Chapter completed!