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Mr. Lang agreed not to increase the rent, and still exempted the rent for the past few years as promised before. The eight tenants of Bieyun Villa immediately felt relieved.

Now that the year is not good, the land property is not as good as every year, and it is a good thing for the tenants to pay less rent for one year.

They had already planned that if the new steward said that the rent increase was true, they would make a big fuss in the villa, bid farewell to the gentleman proudly, and go to work as tenants elsewhere.

Now everything is business as usual, and they can leave happily to take care of the dozens of acres of leased land.

Hearing Bai Shu's description of how the tenants looked happy after they returned home, Chu Heng raised his lips slightly, feeling a lot more relieved.

He studied science and engineering in his previous life, and farming was a thing of the past to him. If these people leave in a fit of anger, the more than 400 acres of land left by their predecessors will be in his hands. It's going to be deserted.

Fortunately, the tenants had better talk.As long as the conditions are met, he is naturally willing to stay in the familiar place and continue farming.

Anyway, Bieyun Mountain Villa is all the family business that was divided by the predecessor, not for prosperity, but for nothing.

Otherwise, when Chu Heng fell asleep, he would be afraid that his ex would fall asleep at night, and would pinch his neck and cry, "Give me back my life."

The former Chu Heng was a concubine, and his mother was a daughter of a good family. The small family was picked up by Chu Heng's father, Chu Dafu's head wife, and brought into the Chu family to become a concubine.

Chu Dafu's several concubines were all brought into the house by the principal himself. In Chu Heng's memory, all of them were delicate flowers, but without exception they had no children.

The predecessor's birth was an accident.

It was probably such an accident, and it was a little in the way of people's eyes.

When he was eight years old, he used to be in the Children's Department. If there was no obstruction from the Chu family, he should have been appointed an official.

The 14-year-old ex passed the test again, and was admitted all the way from Yangzhou to Yandu to take part in the palace examination. As a result, he was disrespectful in front of the palace and was reprimanded. Fortunately, he saved his life.

Wait until the age of 16 to take the exam...

Probably because this memory is too difficult to talk about, Chu Heng recalled it for a long time, but there are only some vague memories.

But he knew that this memory should be inseparable from the death of his predecessor.

But anyway.

Chu Heng yawned.He has plenty of time to find out what the cause of his ex's death is. After he has figured it out, he should plan how to live past the age of 20 and die until he is sixty.

So, Chu Heng ate and drank in the villa, while reviewing the heart method of Li Jing, and recuperating the body along the way. After a few days, he finally waited for Shao A Niu who came to pick up old Chen Tou.

Old Chen is an old man in Bieyun Villa.

When his predecessor Chu Dafu was in his 30s, he bought this villa and the surrounding fields and hills from others.Although Chu Dafu didn't have much affection for his youngest son, he was afraid that others would say that the Chu family treated the concubine badly. When the family was separated, he directly gave it to his youngest son.

Old Chen was already working here at that time.

It was the time when the sun was setting in the west, and when we came out of the inner courtyard, we could see that the sky was full of red and golden light without hesitation.Chu Heng stood on the spot, staring in a daze, until Bai Shu urged him a few more times before he came back to his senses in a daze.

Wuwei followed beside him, raised his neck and asked, "What is Sanlang looking at?"

"Looking at the red clouds in the sky."

"Does it look good?"

"It looks good." Chu Heng stretched out his hand and touched Wuwei's head, "Go ask the kitchen to prepare a table of dishes, and ask for a few jars of wine."

Wuwei heard the words, it seemed that he was afraid that he would drink too much after recovering from a serious illness, so his eyes widened.After Chu Heng repeatedly promised that he would only have a drink or two, he obediently ran to the kitchen.

As soon as the people left, Chu Heng looked back and followed behind, Bai Shu, who was holding back a smile, touched his nose in embarrassment.

Looking at the master who was trying to stay calm and strode forward with his hands behind his back, Bai Shu couldn't help laughing out loud after all.

Entering the middle hall, Chu Heng immediately saw Shao Aniu dancing and talking.Looking at the old man in front of him again, he twitched his eyebrows and pointed at Shao A Niu to teach him a few words.

This man is old Chen.

Chu Heng recognized him immediately.Old Chen is over 50 now, and the folds on his forehead are so many that they can kill mosquitoes.Unlike Zhu Fang, old Chen Tou had been the chief steward of Bieyun Villa for so many years, and he still wore those few sets of coarse clothes.

Chu Heng looked at Old Chen head calmly, and quickly made a judgment on his physical condition in his mind.

The age of more than 50 years old, in ancient times, has entered old age.But maybe it's because of working all the time, old Chen's foundation is not bad.

At least, he was much better than Chu Heng himself.

Chu Heng sighed, thinking that it would be impossible to win over Old Chen by helping him recuperate his body.

I only hope that this one will be easy to get along with.

Old Chen caught a glimpse of him entering the middle hall from the corner of his eye, raised his eyelids, and remained silent.On the other hand, Shao Aniu, when he heard the footsteps, looked back, he immediately became quiet, and stood in front of him with his hands down: "Lang Jun."

"En." Chu Heng nodded, and said, "Go back and find my little boy to receive the reward. Also, from tomorrow onwards, you will temporarily work with Chen Guanshi. If I want to find you, remember to be there on call. "

When Shao Aniu heard the words, a big smile burst into his face, he smiled and touched the back of his head twice, and walked out of the middle hall obediently.

Baizhu and Wuwei also retreated at this time.In the middle hall, only Chu Heng and Old Chen were left.

Old Chen stood still, without saying a word, until Chu Heng walked up to him, bent over and saluted, and then sighed: "Mr.

Chu Heng was ashamed: "A few days ago, I was sick in bed, but I didn't know that Manager Chen was driven away for a reason. I really feel guilty."

"You are a scholar, you have to straighten your back, how can you salute to me, a bad old man who has half of his body buried in the ground." Old Chen frowned, and waited for a while before he said, "Why do you have to ask someone to come back to me? With all the stewards in Yunshan Villa, you can rest easy, Mr. Lang.”

Chu Heng didn't believe that Shao Aniu didn't tell Old Chen about the rent increase along the way, and he just pretended not to know, so he explained it carefully from the beginning.At the end, he said: "If he can be more peaceful, I can keep him as a small steward in the Zhuangzi. Naturally, he will not be missing in terms of monthly salary. But now, I'm afraid this person is not small. Not him."

Old Chen listened silently, and finally responded: "Mr. Lang, have you made up your mind?"

He stopped for a while, raised his eyes and smiled at Chu Heng: "If Mr. Lang insists on asking me to come back, he will offend others."

It was Chu Heng's raised lips that responded to old Chen.

"Of course, I'm not afraid."

As soon as Old Chen returned to the villa, Zhu Fang got the news.

The tenants in the fields were all talking about his return.These tenants have known Old Chen for a long time, and they have a good relationship. They knew that when Old Chen was kicked out and a new steward came, some people spontaneously sent him for a while.

So as soon as he came back, the tenants became happy again, discussing when to invite Old Chen to their home for a drink or two.

But the tenants were happy, but Zhu Fang was so angry that he had nowhere to vent.

On the way to Bieyun Villa, he had already planned how he would trample Chu Heng under his feet in the future.But within a few days after taking over Zhuangzi, Chu Heng recovered from his illness. Not only that, but he gave him a resounding slap when he came.

Zhu Fang angrily returned to the side courtyard where he lived. As soon as he entered the courtyard gate, the concubine Xinna on the way to the villa greeted him alluringly.

"What's wrong, Aaron?"

Zhu Fang said angrily: "What's the matter? I was stepped on by a bastard with no eyes! He even brought back that old man surnamed Chen, and he's having a drink with someone in the middle hall right now!"

The concubine was taken aback: "Isn't Mr. Lang a scholar, how could he drink with this kind of farmer?"

"The book is stupid, but it's not that the brain is confused. I don't even look at the current situation of the Chu family. They have already kicked people to the countryside, and they don't even have a brain. Sooner or later, they will be played to death by themselves." Zhu Fang held back his breath, grabbed the concubine, and put her under a tree in the yard to rub her, regardless of the fact that it was still dark.

After venting his anger, Zhu Fang got up from the ground, shook his pants, and yelled at the little girl who hid in the firewood room when she heard the noise, "Go and call Guanshi Lin and Guanshi Zhu!"

After finishing speaking, he grabbed the concubine's chest and gritted his teeth: "I don't believe it, I can't take him down with such a bookworm! When he cries and begs me to take care of things tomorrow, I will give you a golden hairpin." .”

"Okay." The concubine smiled coquettishly and rubbed against Zhu Fang's body, "I want to be like the empress in the palace, with a crested head and agate emerald."

"Do it for you, do it for you."

When Chu Dafu gave the Bieyun Villa to Chu Heng, the Zhuangzi also assigned three or five small stewards.

Old Chen was the general manager, and under him were Steward Lin who was in charge of purchasing, Steward Zhu who was in charge of buying and selling grain, and others.

Back when old Chen was around, Lin and Zhu were the ones with the most lucrative positions, but they were the ones who were most watched.You can't spend much money in a year.

When old Chen was driven away, as soon as Zhu Fang entered Zhuangzi, he found out all the little stewards here, and even tried to win him overtly and secretly.

Lin and Zhu were quick-witted, and immediately followed Zhu Fang, and now they have become grasshoppers on a rope.Chu Heng refused to increase the rent, and wanted to exempt the tenants from rent, which to a certain extent also affected the money that these two people could get.

As soon as they heard that Zhu Fang was looking for them, they both put on their clothes and scrambled out of their respective houses, ignoring the fact that they were planning to get under the covers with their mother-in-law.

That night, candles were lit in Zhufang's courtyard.

Early the next morning, Chu Heng sat up from the couch.

The sun was just right outside, Wuwei and Baizhu were not outside, Chu Heng stood happily in the corridor stretching his muscles and bones.

The ex didn't know how to ruin the body.In the past few days, although the food was delicious and delicious, and Chu Heng relied on the golden finger to prescribe a few prescriptions for recuperating the body from the Valley of Ten Thousand Flowers, he finally adjusted his body better.

But in the final analysis, it is still a body that might fly away when the secondary wind blows.

Chu Heng clasped his fingers together, bent down and patted the corridor neatly.When he straightened up, he saw Wuwei standing there with a dazed expression on the other side of the corridor, holding a copper basin.

In his mind full of wild thoughts of "San Lang is evil", Wu Wei's eyes never left Chu Heng's face.

Really embarrassed by being stared at, Chu Heng coughed twice, and covered his face with the changed shirt.

"Where's your brother?"

"Brother went to the kitchen to get some medicine." Wu Wei grabbed his coat, folded it carefully and put it on the side of the couch, "Since he recovered from his illness, San Lang has changed."

Chu Heng paused, and smiled wryly in his heart: "What was Saburo like before?"

"Ah, it's not that Sanlang was bad before." Wuwei scratched his hair, a little at a loss, until he saw the slightly raised lips on Chu Heng's face seemed to be smiling, and then said, "Sanlang used to always like to I shut myself up in the room and made fuss day and night. Sanlang seldom talked in the past, and the most he talked to my elder brother and me every day was lighting lamps and grinding ink. Unlike... not like now, he is always smiling, still Touch my head often and give me delicious candy."

Hearing Wuwei's response, Chu Heng raised his hand and touched the corner of his lips, somewhat dumbfounded.

Isn't the ex's smiling lips natural? How come he always smiles when it's his turn?

As for candy.

Chu Heng lowered his eyes.The candies he feeds Wuwei and Baizhu are actually bone-building pills made from medicinal materials that he has bought in the past few days. The foundation of the two children is not much better than that of the predecessor, and they are better raised so that they can eat together and die Not always.

He coaxed Wu Wei to take another bone-building pill for today, and Bai Zhu also entered the room with the hot medicine.

Chu Heng took the medicine and was about to take it when he suddenly stopped.

He lowered his head, approached the medicine bowl, and smelled it.

"What's wrong with Saburo? Is this medicine fragrant?" Wuwei came to smell it curiously.

Chu Heng shook his head, and looked at Bai Shu with the medicine bowl in his hand: "Are you staring at the boil for today's medicine?"

Bai Shu nodded.

Looking at his appearance, Chu Heng knew that it probably had nothing to do with Bai Zhu: "Wuwei, go to the study and bring the medicine case. Bai Shu, go to Manager Chen and tell me that I want to see the person who is in charge of picking and boiling medicine."

Bai Shu is very smart, his eyes changed immediately: "Mr. Lang, could it be that there is something in this medicine?"

Chu Heng was very grateful for the adaptation during this period of time, which made him understand that in Dayan, apart from the Four Books and Five Classics, scholars also need to have a rough understanding of medical theory.In addition, the predecessor did keep a lot of medical books in the study, which also gave him a good excuse for his own golden finger.

He stretched out his hand, touched the melon seeds on Wuwei's head, and sighed to Baishu: "Someone added some good condiments to my medicine."