house slave heavy five

There was the sound of getting dressed beside him, it should be that Twelve, who has always been diligent, got up.Chong Wu, who had listened to the snoring all night, struggled to sit up, and after dawdling for a while, he picked up the clothes he used as a pillow and put them on.There are no pillows on the big bunks that the servants sleep on.

To be honest, this dress is a bit inconvenient.The trousers are all tied up with a belt, and the clothes are not close to the body. In this early spring weather, there are gusts of cold wind rushing into the chest from time to time.Thinking of this, Chong Wu couldn't help shivering.Speed ​​up and put on your pants, pick up the tub and run outside.

After fetching a big basin of water, I washed my face with cold water heartily by the well.Feel refreshed!There is a little twilight in the east, and a new day has begun.

The kitchen was already busy, and when Chong Wu entered with a copper basin, Shi Hu was boiling water.Chong Wu talked to him while scooping hot water into the copper basin with a ladle: "It's rare that you woke up so early today!"

"Don't you really say that I said it," he leaned close to Chong Wu's ear mysteriously, "We have to be careful today, I heard that a noble person came to the mansion, there are many rules, if one is not careful You have to be punished!"

"Who did you hear?"

"That's what everyone says!"

"I only heard that you will be boarded in the yamen, but I haven't heard that you will be boarded in the mansion." Chong Wu was a little disbelieving, picked up the copper basin and left.

Passing through the corridor, Chong Wu was surprised to find that Xiao Wu was not there, and there were two strangers standing at the door of Third Young Master Shen Yunxi's room.One on the left and one on the left, with uniform clothes, serious expressions, and the posture of a door god.It seems that this distinguished guest stayed in the third young master's room last night.Although there are not many guest rooms and vacant rooms in Fuchu, there are quite a few.Presumably this distinguished guest has an unusual relationship with the third young master.

Chong Wuzheng secretly guessed that one of the door gods said: "Get lost!"

So, he rolled away in a hurry.

Back in the servant's room, the water in the copper basin was still hot, so he simply soaked the dirty clothes that everyone had changed into the wooden basin, poured hot water on it, picked up a piece of tea dry and scrubbed it.Fortunately, everyone was away. If he hadn't seen him wash his clothes in hot water, he would have made a fuss and blamed him for wasting his clothes.

When he finished drying his clothes and walked back to the kitchen happily, Camellia ran over panting and grabbed his sleeve. "Three, the third young master let you go."

Camellia is the maid serving tea in the front hall, Chong Wu doesn't know why she came to call him, what about Xiao Wu?

Don't think about things that you can't figure out, Chong Wu habitually put this question behind him, fetched another pot of hot water and walked to the east courtyard.

With a basin in his hand, Chong Wu came to the door of the third young master's room with his head down.

"Third Young Master." Chong Wu tentatively called out.

"Come in." An unfamiliar voice carried an irresistible force.

One of the door gods opened the door for him. Chongwu looked at the basin intently, walked in, put the basin down, watched the toes intently, and exited. The door god closed the door.

Only then did he raise his head and take a deep breath of the fresh morning air. The weather is really nice today!After twisting his slightly sore neck, he was ready to go to the kitchen to enjoy his own breakfast.

"Heavy five, wait." It was the third young master's voice, a little hoarse.

"Yes." Chong Wu stopped in his tracks.

"Go get a cup of tea."

"Yes."

Chongwu walked quickly to the kitchen.He took a set of blue and white porcelain teapots and teacups, scalded them with water, poured in boiled mountain spring water, and covered the cups.After thinking about it, I twisted a little bit of sugar and added it.The third young master's room smelled of alcohol, his voice was hoarse, his mouth must have been dry and bitter, adding a little sugar would make him feel better.

"Three young masters."

"Come in." It was the third young master's voice.

Chong Wu pushed the door open and entered. A stranger was sitting at the table, casually wearing a black robe with dark red patterns. He didn't dare to look at it. He only noticed the man's eyebrows, cold and sharp like a sharp sword.

The third young master is combing his hair, but he can't tie it up, usually this is Xiao Wu's job.Chong Wu had no choice but to put down the tea tray, walked behind the third young master and began to help him tie his hair.The third young master's hair was very smooth, and Chong Wu was clumsy and couldn't keep his hair crown steady, so he had to pull a silver-gray hairband from the case, gather all the hair together and tie it loosely, and was about to leave.

"You added sugar to the water?" the man began.

"Yes." Chongwu replied respectfully, not daring to look at his face, but lowered his head to study the pattern on the robe carefully.

"..." The man seemed to want to say something else.

"This is the king of Wei." The third young master spoke in a very calm tone.

"Cao Min kowtowed to King Wei." Chong Wu bowed his head and knelt down in fear.

"Go down." The man waved his hand.

Chong Wu stood up quite flusteredly, and almost fell when he crossed the threshold, looking like a slave who had never seen the world.

Well, the air outside is still fresh!

Xiao Wu would do the rest, so he continued towards his breakfast.

Breakfast consisted of two steamed buns and only pickles, and a bowl of porridge from the fat aunt, which made him satisfied.The kitchen gradually became busy. Master Shi Hushi yelled "add fire, add fire!" while chopping fish heads, Chong Wu saw that there seemed to be little firewood, so he found an ax and went to the backyard to chop firewood.

The breath of early spring brought strong vitality, and a little bit of emerald green appeared on the wooden pile that was damp a few days ago.This scene is often seen even in Chong Wu's hometown. No matter how many years have passed, some things remain the same forever.Chong Wu was in a good mood, breathed a sigh of relief on his hands, rubbed his callused palms, and swung the axe.

It didn't take long for beads of sweat to drip from his forehead and drip into his eyes, which was a little itchy.Chong Wu stopped, sat on the handle of the axe, and wiped his eyes with his sleeve.

"Chong Wu" was the voice of the third young master. He did not know when he came to the backyard of the kitchen. "Xiao Wu was sent to the countryside, and his leg was broken by that man."

Although Xiao Wu is very selfish and likes to play some tricks to bully his subordinates, but he is not a stupid slave. On the contrary, he is very clever and will never make unforgivable mistakes.Even his legs were broken, which can only explain one thing: this king of Wei regards slaves as worthless.

"Come here," said the young master, "be careful yourself."

"Yeah." Zhong Wu nodded.

Go back to your room to pack your things.It seems that there are only a few clothes to take, and they are wrapped in a bag, which seems to be weightless in the hand.

No relatives, no friends, like a kite without an owner, there is no thread that will pull him home, let alone a responsibility to bear.There is emptiness behind me, and emptiness in my heart.

While thinking wildly, he walked to the east courtyard, and the two door gods at the door disappeared.

That person is gone.

The young master went to the master's place.

Chong Wu put down the burden, and had nothing to do, so he planned to clean up the flower beds in the courtyard.

This small flower garden was created by Xiao Wu, and some flowers and plants that are said to be very precious were planted, but they were obviously not taken care of well. After a winter, they were already dead and withered.

"Now," Chong Wu rolled up his sleeves and said to himself, "I'm going to start working!"

First, clean up the weeds and dead branches.Then rearranged the fence that was less than one foot high around it.Looking at the empty flower garden, Chong Wu seriously thought about what to plant.Finally, it was decided to plant foxtail in the middle and orchids around, which is both beautiful and easy to raise.Back then, some people praised him as a person who appreciated both refined and popular tastes. It seems that this sentence is still applicable until now.

The lunch of the third young master's first-class servant was delivered from the kitchen.There are a lot of meat dishes, but Chong Wu doesn't eat meat dishes, so he can eat less.

I went to clean the pond in the afternoon, and finally stopped until the water surface was green and without any blemishes.

He went to the kitchen to eat dinner by himself, and even helped them split half a pile of firewood.

Until the evening, the third young master neither appeared nor summoned him.

Without the repeated snoring on the Datong bunk, Chong Wu slept well, until the sound of cock crowing came from a distance, and he woke up leisurely.Now that he was no longer sleepy, he straightened his sleeping position and began to meditate.Start from the toes and work your way up to the ends of your hair.When I opened my eyes, there seemed to be a little light by the window, and I had to wait a little longer before I could get up.Chong Wu began to imagine himself sitting on a boat, floating alone on the calm sea...

When he opened his eyes again, he could already see things in the room.

There was no trace of sleeping on the third young master's bed, so he could only be in one place.

ancestral hall.

The third young master is inside.Kneeling straight, barefoot, looking at the tablet on the shrine.

"Third young master." Chong Wu knelt down beside him.

"Three days," he said.

"En." He had nothing to say, the master's mind was always unpredictable.He seemed to love the third young master the most, but he would often make him kneel in the ancestral hall, at least for a day, and at most for three to five days. He was only allowed to drink water, not to eat, and no one was allowed to visit.

Chong Wu studied the shape of the window lattice in a bored manner.

"Sometimes I think, your name is really strange." The third young master suddenly turned his head to talk to him, his lips were purple from the cold.

"What's strange."

"The servants in the family are only ranked 27th, but the eldest brother said that your name is 'heavy five'."

"Huh?" He still didn't understand what was so strange.

"The number of yang is odd, and one, three, five, seven, and nine belong to the sky, which is "the number of heaven and five". The number of yin is even, and the number of two, four, six and eighty belongs to the earth, which is "the number of five on the earth". The two are combined into one, a total of 55, which is the number of heaven and earth." number."

"What do you mean?" Chongwu didn't understand.

"55 is the number of heaven and earth." The third young master looked at him.

He smiled and said, "All the numbers are the numbers of heaven and earth."

"What's your last name?" The third young master didn't give up.

"I'll get you a glass of water." Chong Wu got up and left the ancestral hall.

He drank a cup of slightly hot water cooperatively, and Chong Wu even took a cloak for him to put on.

"Not good." He commented.

"Hehe." Chong Wu chuckled, of course it wouldn't taste good, he added sugar and salt.

Then continue to sit still.Of course, the seat was heavy five, and the third young master was still kneeling, with his waist straight.

"Aunt Fat, do you still have the medicinal wine from last time?" Early the next morning, Chong Wu went to the kitchen to find Aunt Fat.

"Why do you always hang out in the kitchen, kid?" Shi Hu talked to him while he was busy.

"Yesterday I was punished by family law, today I'm here to ask fat aunt for some medicinal wine." Chongwu said.

"You look quite honest, why do you always do this kind of trickery?" Fat aunt came over with an earthen pot containing medicinal wine. "The last time I beat up a guest scholar for no reason, and the last time I drove the carriage into the river. Why this time?"

"It's true that I was wrong about the carriage, but I was absolutely wronged about that time when the scholar was wronged. He sneakily tried to steal from me." In fact, it was the scholar who sneaked into the lady's yard and was discovered by him.In order to protect Miss's reputation, he had no other choice.He had no choice but to yell that Xiucai wanted to steal the fifty copper coins he had just saved.

Everyone naturally doesn't believe it, and the family law will naturally come to the fore.

There was nothing inside about the carriage, it was just that he occasionally wanted to challenge himself, but failed in the challenge.If Shen Hong, the young master of the Shen family, hadn't left a sentence "Everything will be discussed when I come back.", I am afraid that he would have been kicked out of the Shen residence long ago.

After the fat aunt's fat palm dipped in the medicinal wine and rubbed Chong Wu's back and forth several times, the pain seemed to have eased a lot.

Breakfast was steamed stuffed buns with vegetarian stuffing. Zhongwu ate three big ones in a row, and then poured another bowl of porridge before stopping.Before leaving, he took out a big sweet potato from the cellar and carried it in his arms.The sweet potatoes in the pit are sweet and crunchy, delicious, and most importantly, they are rich in sugar and starch.

"Third Young Master," Chong Wu flattered and handed the cleaned sweet potatoes in front of him.

Shen Yunxi cast a sideways glance at Chong Wu and ignored him.

Chongwu took the sweet potato back to the kitchen in a desperate manner, peeled it carefully, put it on a plate and handed it to him.

Still ignore him.

Chongwu took the plate back, cut the sweet potatoes into small pieces, made a few toothpicks and stuck them on, and handed them over.

Still ignore the heavy five.

Chong Wu had to eat by himself.

"It's really hard to be a slave. Once you enter the ancestral hall, you have to be punished with ten sticks." Chong Wu chattered while eating, "So, when you can treat yourself well, treat yourself well." Chong Wu sent a piece of sweet potato to He said, "You say yes, third young master."

He finally ate it mercifully.

"Third Young Master, the flowers in the small flower garden are all withered, and it doesn't look like it." Chong Wu kept clapping his hands, "But don't worry, I've cleaned everything up."

"Cleaned up?" The third young master had a strange expression on his face.

"Ah."

"Where are those withered flower branches?"

"It can be used as fertilizer after being burned in situ." It saves labor and fertilizes, killing two birds with one stone.

"To make fertilizer? What are you going to plant?" The third young master frowned.

"Plant horsetail grass in the middle, and plant a circle of orchids around it. In spring, the middle is light green, and the surroundings are green. In autumn, the horsetail grass grows taller, the horsetail hangs down, and the orchids bloom. How seductive, hahahaha."

"Sounds good," said the third young master, gritting his teeth, "Then do you know that those withered flower branches that were burnt to ashes will sprout and bloom again in spring?"

Chongwu felt that this challenge seemed to have failed again.

"I don't think you know that when you buy those flowers, the cheapest pot costs ten taels of silver, and you can buy another five taels for two pots."

Chong Wu has confirmed that he is not talented in driving a carriage and gardening. Well, in this case, he should be talented in other areas, and he can continue to challenge, hahahaha.

Day three.

"Chongwu, what's your real name?" The third young master still couldn't forget his name.

"Chong Wu, that's my real name." Chong Wu's answer was calm.

"Brother brought you who was injured to the mansion, and left in a hurry without explaining anything. After you woke up, you only said that you had been walking with your brother, and that you voluntarily stayed in the mansion as a slave in order to repay his life-saving grace."

"Yes."

"But you were wounded by an arrow, the kind only used in the army. And you were wearing clothes that were not made of a traveling merchant."

"so?"

"You are no ordinary traveling merchant."

"You're right, I'm not a traveling merchant." He paused, then continued, "I'm a traveling monk. You know, I never eat meat."

"You!" The third young master was furious. "What I said is that you are not an ordinary person!"

"Well, I often feel as if I have a heavy responsibility to save the common people, but I don't know how to do it yet." He continued.

"Go out." The third young master didn't want to listen to his nonsense anymore.

"Maybe one day I will suddenly find that I have great power, and then I will know what to do."

"Get out!" The third young master was really angry.

"Okay, okay, okay, let's get out, get out." He obediently went out.

Maybe the third young master didn't know, but in fact, what he said was the truth.