After several contacts, Li Jinglan basically understood Ningxin's character.

He was loyal to Lu Bozhou and thought he had made great contributions.

Her mind is empty, but she wants to use her shallow knowledge of life to guide others.

If a man is smart, he will not be attracted to such a woman.

But the interesting thing is that she has been serving Lu Bozhou since she was a child.

After being sold to Mr. Zhang's house by the Lu family, he suffered a lot.

Lu Bozhou loved and doted on her.

"Let Xiaoyuer practice on this." Li Jinglan thought to herself.

on the way back.

Ningxin sat in the ox cart and shed tears silently.

If you didn't know, you would think she was kidnapped.

Lu Guanyu rolled his eyes.

He took out a piece of cake and held it in a handkerchief and handed it to Li Jinglan: "Sister-in-law, try this sweet-scented osmanthus cake."

Li Jinglan broke off a small piece and gave the rest to Lu Guanyu: "You can only eat this much today. Be careful not to damage your teeth."

Then he instructed Lu Guanyu on how to sit, "Keep your back straight, don't bend over, and stand against the wall for 60 counts every day."

Lu Guanyu straightened his back and pouted: "But it's tiring to sit like this."

"When there's no one around, you can take a break, but as long as there are other people around you, you have to stand up straight."

Li Jinglan looked at the Lu family's gate through the gauze curtain of the ox cart.

Brother Ping An was waiting at the door.

The ox cart entered the yard.

Brother Ping An closed the door.

Li Jinglan opened the curtain and asked: "Why are you waiting outside the door?"

Lu Ping smiled and replied: "To answer sister-in-law, no one answered the door at home, and I was afraid that no one would open the door when sister-in-law came back."

Li Jinglan was about to speak when Ning Xin suddenly said in surprise: "Lu Ping? You're still alive?"

It sounds like Ningxin’s voice?

Ningxin is back too?

Lu Ping was stunned for a moment, but still only spoke to Li Jinglan.

"I wonder if my sister-in-law has any other instructions?"

"Follow me to the main courtyard." Li Jinglan lowered the curtain and the ox cart continued to move forward.

Walk straight to the hanging flower gate and stop.

Lu Guanyu jumped down first, took over the coachman's job, and put the bench next to the ox cart.

Then he snatched Liu Ma's job and held out his hand: "Sister-in-law, let me help you."

Nanny Liu stood aside helplessly.

Li Jinglan glared at Lu Guanyu lovingly, then turned to look at Ningxin: "Ningxin, help me get out of the car."

Although Ningxin was unwilling, she knew that this job was for her as a servant.

He jumped off the ox cart first and reached out to support Li Jinglan.

After Li Jinglan got off the ox cart, she didn't even look at Ning Xin, but took Lu Guanyu's hand and walked into the main courtyard.

Nanny Liu took out a bundle from the ox cart and followed behind.

Brother Ping'an glanced at Ningxin out of the corner of his eye, and followed Li Jinglan into the yard.

Ningxin didn't even look at these people.

She was looking at the gate of the main courtyard.

The master and mistress used to live here.

Only four years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Things have changed.

If the master and mistress were still alive.

How could Dalang suffer so much?

Think of this.

Ningxin cried again.

"I bought two pieces of clothing for each of you brothers from the county's clothing shop." Li Jinglan pointed at the bundle in Madam Liu's hand.

"Thank you, sister-in-law, for the clothes." Lu Ping bent down and took the bundle.

"I have already made an agreement with Bozhou. Once the wound on your face is healed, you can go to the community school."

"Thank you, sister-in-law." Lu Ping was extremely excited.

"Tomorrow morning, you go to Shengji Pastry in the county to pick up some pastries, and then visit each family according to this address to express your gratitude." Li Jinglan took out a piece of paper.

The paper contained the names and addresses of the scholars.

Lu Ping took it very seriously: "We will go there early tomorrow morning."

"The oxcart at home will be yours to use tomorrow. If anyone asks you what happened to your face, tell the truth and don't hide anything."

Li Jinglan gave a reminder and let Brother Ping An go down.

At this time.

Ningxin was still at the gate of the courtyard, touching the door frame, wondering what she was doing.

Li Jinglan was too lazy to pay attention to her.

He ordered Lu Guanyu: "Ningxin will be yours from now on. You can tell her what she can do. She is not allowed to leave the second door, and she is not allowed to see any outsiders."

Afraid that Lu Guanyu didn't know the importance of the matter, he hinted a little.

"She is related to your brother's imperial examination. If she gets lost or dies or someone sees her face, your brother will most likely not be able to take the imperial examination."

Is it about Big Brother?

Lu Guanyu immediately put Ning Xin in a key monitoring position, "I promise to keep an eye on her."

Li Jinglan talked to Aunt Liu: "Sister Liu, please help me find some gossipy women."

Madam Liu was now very familiar with what Li Jinglan would suddenly ask her to do, "I'll send someone in a moment."

After giving these instructions.

Li Jinglan went into the inner room to change into casual clothes.

But I was thinking about Liu.

I don’t know whether Liu has gone to see the county magistrate’s wife at this time.

Is the county magistrate's wife willing to see her?

After some time, I will take back all the shops from Lu Xuande.

I have to find a way to get some new and interesting gadgets for Liu.

There is also the family’s land, and the taxes for the past four years must be paid.

After taking back the land, you have to find a few hardworking tenants.

We also need to buy some cattle.

The family also needs to find a servant.

There are so many things to do.

Li Jinglan changed her clothes and said, "Let's go to the warehouse to check the accounts."

Ningxin was heartbroken enough outside the hospital, so she went into the hospital.

Lu Guanyu was talking to a few little maids in the east wing.

Li Jinglan had gone somewhere and there was no one in the main room.

Ningxin didn't know what to do for a moment and wanted to walk out of the courtyard.

Qinglu came out of the house: "Sister Ningxin, the eldest lady wants you to come in and talk."

When I arrived at the east wing, I saw Lu Guanyu sitting at the top seat.

Holding a tea bowl in his hand, he scraped it gently.

When he saw her come in, he didn't say anything and just continued drinking tea.

Looks very much like Li Jinglan.

A long time passed.

Lu Guanyu then coughed softly: "What can you do? Tell me."

Ning Xin was stunned for a moment: "Shouldn't I serve the lady?"

How come it was Lu Guanyu's turn to arrange her?

Lu Guanyu raised his little eyebrow: "What can you do?"

Her sister-in-law taught her that when talking to people, she must always get to the point.

No matter what others say, as long as she doesn't lose sight of the main point, others have to follow her thinking.

really.

Ning Xin saw that Lu Guanyu kept asking questions, so she held her breath and said, "I used to only serve people, I don't know much else, I just know a little bit about needlework."

Know needlework?

That's good!

"Go to the sewing room, and you will be the one making the clothes for the family from now on."

Lu Guanyu looked down at his clothes and said, "Make one for me first."

Make clothes for the whole family?

Ning Xin was stunned.

Lu Guanyu didn't even look at her expression and told Qinglu:

"Go see where my sister-in-law is. Go get some cloth and let Ningxin make clothes for me."

Make one for her first and see Ningxin’s craftsmanship.

If Ningxin has good skills, let Ningxin make it for my sister-in-law.

The craft is not good!

Arrange to cook in the kitchen.

Find a job for Ningxin.

Lu Guanyu couldn't wait to tell her sister-in-law that she had already made arrangements for Ningxin.

My sister-in-law will definitely praise her!

Qinglu knelt and bowed: "I will go right away."

……

Early the next morning.

The Ping'an brothers put on new clothes and got on the ox cart and went to Shengji Pastry Shop in the county first.

The pastry shop heard Li Jinglan's words yesterday and had already packaged all the pastries.

The first family to whom the gift was sent was a scholar named Yuan.

Yuan Tongsheng had just finished morning reading with his friends by the river and went home for breakfast.

He saw two bruised and battered teenagers standing side by side outside his house.

My heart skipped a beat.

Could it be that I got into a fight with someone and injured him one day?

Are these two people here to seek justice?

Yuan Tongsheng's face turned pale when he thought of his grandfather's ruler.

"Excuse me, brother, is this Brother Yuan's home?" Lu Ping bowed.

There are many ways for ordinary people to call scholars.

But I would never call a scholar "brother".

Because this is the internal name for scholars.

Yuan Tongsheng's face turned even paler.

broken!

Which classmate was beaten up?

Stammering: "Who are you?"

Lu Ping said, "We are Lu Bozhou's cousins, and we are here to give you a thank you gift."

When he heard Lu Bozhou's name, Yuan Tongsheng's heart finally settled down.

"Oh, why didn't you tell me earlier?" Yuan Tongsheng stepped forward and said, "Let's go inside and talk."

Lu Ping smiled and shook his head: "We didn't bring a visiting card, so we didn't dare to enter the house. Thank you, Brother Yuan, for your generosity and saving my brother from the dire situation. Brother Yuan's act is so righteous."

This is a very nice thing to say!

Yuan Tongsheng nodded vigorously.

Then he looked at Lu Ping's face: "Your face?"

Lu Ping thought of Li Jinglan's teachings and told the truth: "That day, we tried to stop our uncle outside the courtyard, but he beat us up."

"You were beaten too?" Yuan Tongsheng laughed.

"Did you go to Brother He's house? Brother He was punched several times, his eyes are black and his mouth is swollen! Hahahaha. Brother He said that he was the only one who got beaten that day, and he was too embarrassed to go out."

Yuan Tongsheng stepped forward and put his arm around Lu Ping's shoulders: "Put your things at the door and I'll take you to Brother He's house."

"Let Brother He see that you are as unlucky as him, and he will feel better."

Yuan Tongsheng pulled Lu Ping forward.

Lu An hurriedly put the gift at the door of the Yuan family and greeted the Yuan family.

Following behind, pulling a bullock cart.

The Yuan family members took the cakes and brought them to the main room.

"Four pieces of fruit and a thank you letter."

Yuan Tongsheng’s grandfather took out a letter of thanks.

The letter briefly described Lu Bozhou's experience and thanked Yuan Tongsheng for his heroic act of rescuing Lu Bozhou.

Although he paid close attention to his grandson's studies, the great-grandfather still stroked his beard after reading the letter of thanks.

I feel very relieved.

"As scholars, how can we tolerate such a thing?"

Someone dared to bully Lu Bozhou today.

Tomorrow someone will dare to take advantage of his death to bully his grandson.

What is the purpose of reading?

It is to change one's family background and make a name for oneself.

It's not to be bullied.

on this matter.

His grandson did the right thing!

You don't have to be beaten today.

Within one day, the Ping An brothers delivered all the thank-you gifts from the scholars to their homes.

Each family received four pieces of fruit and a thank-you letter.

The thank-you letter was written by Lu Ping overnight yesterday.

Lu Bozhou's experience spread throughout the county along with the more than 30 letters of thanks.

at this time.

Lu Bozhou's thank-you letter was also delivered to Mr. Zhang's home in the next county by the Wang family's servants.

After reading the letter, Mr. Zhang tore it into pieces in two quick strokes.

"How dare you, a little boy, take in a runaway slave from my Zhang family?"

Mr. Zhang cursed angrily.

"Throw the silver in the messenger's face and tell his master that he must return my runaway slave, or he will be brought to justice."

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