Relief

The uncles in the village always said that it was Xu Tao and his gang who led the young master into trouble. In fact, there was nothing wrong with it. Xie Zhixu's mother was a boudoir lady from a scholarly family, well-educated, gentle and virtuous.According to his mother's teaching method, Xie Zhixu would not sneak out to Huajie Liuxiang to eat rouge at night no matter what.

Yanzhi didn't eat, and was caught by his second uncle on the spot, and brought back to the manor to be held in court.

His father's beard was crooked with anger: "You are the only son of my Xie family, how did you end up in such a dishonest manner!"

His mother is very sensible, and she doesn't know how to get angry, she just looks at a group of young and old people in the hall.Xie Zhixu was actually more afraid of his mother than his father, his father was easy to fool, and it was over with a few soft words, but his mother was very shrewd.

"I know my son. He lives on the mountain all day long. When did he pretend to be a man and a woman?" His mother said, "Who taught him these things and drove him to those dirty places? , explain clearly to yourself."

The second uncle kicked Xu Tao who was kneeling next to him, and cursed: "You're the only fucking worthless!"

Zhang San Li Si Wang Wu was still kneeling in the hall. The reason why they haven't been approved yet is entirely thanks to their parents not being present.

Xu Tao was very wronged: "It's not me!"

"It's not who you can be!"

Zhang San Li Si Wang Wu trembled.They are different from Xu Tao and Xie Zhixu. If one fails, the whole family may be expelled from Yizhuang.

Xie Zhixu yelled, "I'm going there myself!"

"Shut up," his mother said, "what's the matter with you."

"It's nothing to do with him!" His father also said, "If a man dares to do something, he must dare to be a man."

Xie Zhixu was already fifteen at the time, and it would be impossible to say that he didn't understand at all. Xu Tao didn't know how many copies of Erotic Night Painting Xu Tao gave him.At this moment, he realized that his mother hadn't always been able to maintain reason. In this matter, she was obviously favoring her son.

If the village wants to fight for parents, he has never lost to Xie Zhixu.Xie Zhixu sneaked a glance at Xu Tao, unexpectedly Xu Tao was also looking at him, aggrieved, with resentment in his eyes.

It seems that Xu Tao also realized that he and Zhang Liwang must be responsible for today's incident.

You complain fart.Xie Zhixu lip-synced to him: You were the one who insisted on going!

Someone in the hall laughed twice, the meaning of humor was beyond words, and it seemed very abrupt among the people who had their own ghosts.

"The young man is full of anger, what's the point of going to the flower street? When I was fifteen, I already had girls. What can Xiao Jing do? Does he dare to touch a girl's hand?"

His father sighed and touched his forehead, his mother smiled a little.

He jumped up from the ground and shouted as if he was saved: "Brother!"

The only ones who dared to speak out in front of the owner and mistress of the villa were his father and adopted son, his brother Xie Zhixu, and Wu Tao, who was jokingly called Young Master Wu in the village.

Dressed in duck egg green plain brocade clothes, wearing a pair of moccasin boots, his figure is as tall and straight as a bamboo, with a tender face, often full of youthful vigor, more like a direct descendant of Xie's family than Xie Zhixu.A handsome and lively young man.

"Kneel well." Xie Wen made a sharp look, and Xie Zhixu had no choice but to kneel back.

"Xiaotao, don't try to excuse your brother from the crime."

Wu Tao put his hands behind his back, turned the silver bell around his waist, and said relaxedly: "Then I will ask Second Uncle Xu first, did you catch these boys in disheveled clothes from the bed of some lady in Huajie?"

Xu Hui was about to speak, but was interrupted by Wu Tao, "Or was he interrupted unreasonably by Second Uncle, who was about to do something good?"

Xu Hui was about to speak again, but Wu Tao said sternly, "Since he didn't go to bed, and didn't kiss and touch hands, how can you say that my younger brother is going to court prostitutes, not to sing the wind and the moon with beautiful women, and sing songs with wine?"

Xu Hui didn't want to talk anymore, Xu Hui's face was as dark as a stove.

Wu Tao showed everyone a harmless and sure victory smile.

"Deacon Wu's words are wrong."

At this time, there was another voice from the hall.

"As the saying goes, there is a melon field with plums. The melon field does not hold shoes, and the plums do not have a crown. If you want to sing the wind and the moon, and sing to the wine, you can go to the Qingguan Tea House. The Huajie Liuxiang is not a serious place. The young masters walk outside, representing the villa. Face, how do you not avoid suspicion?"

As soon as he heard this voice, Xie Zhixu felt very headache.If Zhuangli wants to say that the person who can speak the words of the sage best is his father Xie Wen, and the other is this person.His father was illiterate, and he admired scholars the most in his life. He held a chicken feather as an arrow, and read a few words to show off if he had nothing to do.

And the person who spoke was a true scholar, who was taken in by the villa five years ago, and Xie Wen ordered him to be Xie Zhixu's teacher. fault.

However, this person is not the usual image of a teacher with white beard and hair and a big beard. He is an out-and-out handsome man. When he first arrived in Guiyizhuang, he was only in his early twenties, about the same age as Wu Tao, but his knowledge was very low. It was as deep as the sea, and even the documents in the village were willing to bow down, bluntly saying that this person is the number one scholar.

This person is Hou Daizhao.

Xie Zhixu turned his head secretly, and saw Hou Dai Zhao and Wu Tao facing each other, one left and one right facing each other, like the tip of a needle, each refusing to give way, complaining endlessly in his heart - these two people always look down on each other for some reason, but everything If they met, they would have to fight. Normally, he could grab melon seeds and watch a show, but today the two of them are fighting against him.Amitabha, I really hope that I will not be torn apart in court.

Today Hou Daizhao is full of firepower. He came up with a lecture about "a gentleman's three precepts, abstain from sex when he is young", "love virtue as much as sex", and "stop rituals in heat", which made everyone in the hall drowsy.

Xie Zhixu has no desire to live anymore, he wished he could kowtow to his father immediately, and ask himself to go to the ancestral hall to be clean and clean... No, to reflect on himself.

In the end, it was his mother who asked coldly, asking Mr. Hou if he wanted these boys to commit suicide and apologize, so that the torment of the magic sound was over.

His mother had always disliked Hou Daizhao, and felt that such a young and talented person, but with unknown ambitions, who was willing to stay in the villa for a half-retirement, was tricky no matter how you looked at it.

Although he can't say that he likes this old-fashioned teacher, he feels that his mother is thinking too much.Except for his mother, everyone in the village felt that the mistress thought too much.

After leaving the high hall, Xie Zhixu was about to look for Wu Tao, but he saw that Wu Tao had already gone in the direction of Hou Daizhao.

Mr. Hou still kept his good-looking face, like an old-fashioned old man, and Wu Tao approached him with a playful smile: "Sir, you have such a temper today."

Hou Daizhao said indifferently: "It's not as shocking as Young Master Wu Fifteen's sex with prostitutes."

Seeing that they were about to quarrel again, Wu Tao smiled even more happily: "Hey, so sir is jealous?"

Xie Zhixu was about to eavesdrop, but Xu Tao grabbed his arm and said, "Let's go." There was a little inexplicable meaning in that expression, and he didn't want to take another look at those two people.

It wasn't until one day later that Xie Zhixu understood the meaning of that expression.

That day was the second year Wu Tao bought the cherry orchard owned by landlord Liu at the bottom of the mountain. The fruit produced in the first year was sour and astringent, and could only be seen and could not be eaten. Wu Tao racked his brains and asked the tenants for lime fertilizer. The orchard was too big and not enough, and the orchard was purchased from Dali all the way.

The fruit of the second year was finally plump and sweet, and Xie Zhixu only tasted two before he was beat up by Wu Tao, and proudly took it elsewhere to show off.

Xie Zhixu was so hooked that his mouth was watering, he secretly followed Wu Tao, and saw him enter the courtyard where he would feel sleepy and roll his eyes if he couldn't stay for a while - Hou Daizhao's residence.

Hou Daizhao clothed his head with a scarf and sat with his back in the gazebo, looking at the familiar posture Xie Zhixu knew, Mr. was holding a book and reading again.

Wu Tao walked lightly behind him with a bright red fruit plate, his steps were so happy that he was about to jump up.

"Hey, do you want some cherries?"

The figure of Hou Daizhao reading did not move at all.

Brother Tao is going to be scolded, Xie Zhixu is sneaking behind the courtyard gate, Mr. Hou is most annoyed when others disturb him when he is reading.

However, within a short while, Hou Daizhao put down the book, turned around, and stared at Wu Tao first with cold eyes: "Can I eat it?"

Wu Tao lifted his robe with a smile, and sat opposite him, his voice was full of the sweetness of eating too many cherries: "You can eat it, why can't you eat it, you can try it."

"How considerate I am, who else in the whole villa will plant cherries for you except me."

"Don't you like to eat?"

"Me? I'm not willing to eat such a delicate thing. It tastes like hard work in my mouth. Oh, you are as difficult to serve as cherries. It's me."

"Don't put gold on your face."

"Am I giving money to myself? I'm praising you. The most educated person in our village, the delicate-skinned and tender-skinned scholar, can't you take good care of him?"

Hou Daizhao couldn't bear it any longer, and twisted a cherry in the fruit plate to stop that eloquent mouth.Wu Tao smiled and sucked the red fruit, bit his teeth, and the bright juice stained his lips thinly.

When had Xie Zhixu seen his brother tilt his head towards someone so flattering, it was too late for other people in the village to flatter Young Master Wu.

Hou Daizhao still had no expression on his face, with a noble literati posture, but he pressed his thumb on Wu Tao's lips and wiped it lightly.

Xie Zhixu retracted his head behind the courtyard wall.

"Sir, what book are you reading today?"

"Strange news."

"What kind of book is this? Who wrote it? What's the point? Is it good? Do you think if it were me, should I read it in the morning, at noon, or in the afternoon when I have the most energy?"

"For you, read it when you can't sleep at night."

"Don't be like this, Mr. Xiao, if you don't understand, I'll ask you!"

"This is the diary of old Mr. Mike's travels around the world. Come here and read this caption..."

Xie Zhixu had never seen Mr. Hou so patient and easy to talk.

In his impression, Brother Xiaotao and Mr. Hou did not get along in front of people.At that time, Mr. Hou had just arrived in the village. Xie Wen liked his well-spoken knowledge and took him in, but other people in the village were somewhat xenophobic and didn't like the newcomers very much.

Wu Tao is also one of them. When discussing matters, everyone always likes to find Mr. Hou unhappy.

When Xie Zhixu and Xu Tao eavesdropped behind a screen, everyone was discussing how to manage and effectively utilize the growing population of the village.

Qin Zemu suggested that the extra population should be driven out of the house, since the village can't support so many people anyway.

Of course, what the uncle said is enough to listen to, no one will seriously explain the stakes and interests to this mentally handicapped man.

The second uncle Xu Hui suggested to establish a branch village elsewhere, and transfer the excess population to the branch village for independent management.

"Then who will manage the branch?" Xie Wen asked.

Xu Hui said: "If the elder brother trusts the younger brother, the younger brother is willing to open up a branch for the elder brother."

So obvious!Even Xie Zhixu was so embarrassed that he scratched the ground with his toes, it's too obvious that you want to stand on your own, right, uncle!

Wu Tao laughed, and leaned on the back of the chair with his legs crossed, "Come on."

There was a moment of silence in the hall.

After a long time, Xie Wen's eyes fell on a certain position: "What's your opinion, sir?"

Everyone looked over, and there was a scholar in plain clothes sitting on the last chair, quietly and without interjection, but his brows were very calm.

"These populations can neither be driven away, nor can they be raised for nothing. It is better to use them as labor and transport them to places in the city that lack short-term labor, such as docks, workshops, or escort agencies."

Xu Hui frowned: "You mean selling people to work elsewhere?"

"Of course it's not selling," Hou Daizhao said with ease. "It's just that the villa signs contracts with customers who need labor. We send people, and they pay. The proceeds are shared with the laborers."

Everyone was thinking about the feasibility of the plan, only Wu Tao smiled: "You are really talking about it on paper. How can anyone be willing to work for others to make money? Why don't you get the full share of your own efforts? Once these laborers are exported, they can't be paid. came back."

These words also made sense, and everyone began to think about Wu Tao's speech again.

Hou Daizhao said calmly: "I think that Gui Yizhuang is different from ordinary merchants. It is a sect in Jianghu. The disciples in the sect are more expensive than many. Loyalty should be the first priority. It is useless to force a disciple who has no sense of belonging."

"Hey, according to Mr. Xiao's standards, isn't it true that most of the people in the village are not worth keeping?"

"Master Wu is exaggerating. Most of them are not, and a small part of the dross will be eliminated. There is nothing to regret."

"Heh, he really is a scholar who doesn't know the five grains."

"Miao Zan, this scholar doesn't know the five grains, but knows a clever plan. Scattering the population of the villa into the city to work is not only to increase income, but more importantly, to set up eyes and ears. Gui Yizhuang hides in the suburbs and deep forests all year round, and knows nothing about the news in the city. , with these ubiquitous workers, it is very easy to sniff out news."

Xie Zhixu shrank behind the screen and listened with relish, and praised Xu Tao: "It's amazing!"

Xie Wengao sat in the hall, cast a look, and got a grimace from his son in return.

"It's amazing," Wu Tao said, "Mr. Xiao is really good at it."

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