Tongzhuang Shili Rice Flower Fragrance

In the few days after Mingrou's birthday, she and Zhong Tiantian had been rushing for a batch of goods in the workshop at home.

Fushuiyao has already found a shop in a busy street in the county town, and is currently inviting craftsmen to complete the interior woodwork, and it will be ready to open in about half a month.

At this time, there was a knock on the door of the courtyard. Zhong Tiantian and Ming Rou were boiling a large pot of beeswax. Originally, A Tao had said it today, but something was delayed, so the two of them made it by themselves. Who knows At this time, someone came uninvited.

Ming Rou approached the door and went straight to open it, only to see a tall, handsome young man in his twenties standing outside the door, wearing a simple brown gown with a humble appearance.

When he saw Mingrou, his eyes froze for a moment.

Seeing Mingrou open the door on the fifth day of the lunar new year, she galloped up quack-quacking, and pecked at it in one go.

The man was startled and quickly took a few steps back, waving his hands and said: "Miss, I am one of my own. I am the butler of the house, and I was sent by the master to take you home."

Mingrou instantly understood who was coming, and said to the big goose: "On the fifth day of the lunar new year, peck him."

After receiving the order on the fifth day of the lunar new year, Quacka chased after him, and Mingrou closed the door behind him.

The man wasn't afraid at first, but when the big goose pecked his leg a few times, he grinned his teeth in pain, and didn't dare to confront it head-on, so he had to spread his long legs and run. How could Chu Wu let him go? Run it chases more and more fiercely.

The man was sweating in the cold after being chased, and even ran to the gate of the yard, slapped the door and shouted, "Miss—Miss—quickly open the door and let me in, this big goose is really fierce."

Ming Rou remained indifferent and continued to burn her beeswax.

After a while, I heard the chickens and dogs jumping outside, and then I heard a man lying on the door pleading: "Miss, please open the door, Madam actually has something for you."

When Ming Rou heard this, she stood up abruptly and opened the door. The man didn't expect her to open the door so quickly, he couldn't keep his feet, and almost fell to the ground.

At this moment, Zhong Lin and his son rushed over when they heard the sound of Chu Wu thumping just now. Seeing Ming Rou, he hurriedly asked if there were any bad guys. Ming Rou glanced at the young man, then looked at The carriage and three or four entourages parked outside the door. From the beginning to now, the man was chased so badly, and he didn't let these entourages come forward to help, so he shook his head and said, "Uncle Zhong, he is an acquaintance from the past."

Hearing this, Father Zhong glanced at the man, hesitated for a moment, and then took Zhong Lin down again.

Ming Rou closed the door again with a slap, and said angrily to the man: "Who are you, what do you want my mother to tell you, if you have something to say, if you want to fart, let it go."

The man didn't expect Mingrou to be such a pungent little girl. Seeing that the beeswax in the cauldron was about to melt, it seemed that she wanted to hurry to the next step, so she hurriedly said, "My name is Mu Jianian, and I'm the new recruit from the Du Mansion. Housekeeper—I’ll help you stir it first, it’s time to paste it later.”

Now that the beeswax melts and needs to be mixed with pollen, this opportunity cannot be delayed. In the past, Atao did the stirring work. The two girls were not strong enough, so it would be difficult to mix, and standing on the back of the cauldron, they were always smoked. It's not good either.

Unexpectedly, this person volunteered to help them mix the oatmeal.

Zhong Tiantian hesitated for a moment, and Ming Rou said to her, "Let him stir."

Only then did Zhong Tiantian hand over the wooden paddle to Mu Jianian.

As soon as Mu Jianian got the wooden paddle, he began to stir it vigorously. Zhong Tiantian added the previously prepared flower paste to the side. Because of Mu Jianian's joining, Mingrou had nothing to do at this time, and helped watch the fire.

While watching, he sized up the butler Du Xianxin had invited.

Looking at the white and clean appearance, but since he was working for Du Xian, why did he help his mother secretly bring those gold and silver jewelry to Huazi and bring them to himself.

The three of them worked together for a long time, and finally mixed the slurry, and the rest was just waiting for the slurry to cool down and pack it into a box.

Mu Jianian, who survived such a busy life in the cold weather, broke out in a sweat. Seeing that Mingrou was in a better mood, he didn't care to wipe off his sweat, and bowed to her, "The eldest lady ran out in a fit of anger earlier, The master misses it very much, now that the eldest lady is here in Tongzhuang, he specially sent me to take the eldest lady back to the residence."

Ming Rou said coldly: "Don't go, this is my home."

"Miss, please think twice. It has been two years since Miss left the house. The master and madam miss you very much and talk about it every day." Mu Jianian lowered his head, trying to convince the little girl in front of him.

"Didn't Du Xian already have another daughter, he would talk about me every day, what a joke." Ming Rou naturally didn't listen to his words.

"Ma'am, there is not a single day that does not miss the eldest lady." Mu Jianian said.

"Are you helping Du Xianlai as a lobbyist or helping my mother to ask me to go back?"

As soon as these words came out, Mu Jianian's eyes flickered for a moment, he turned his head to look at the door, and replied: "Of course I was ordered by the master to pick up the young miss."

"Then you go, I can't go back with you."

Mu Jianian seemed to have expected such a result a long time ago, hesitated for a moment and said: "In this case, the servant has to go back first, but if the master returns home together without seeing the size, I'm afraid it won't be so relaxed and kind next time. The young lady has thought of a perfect plan so that it will not be difficult to end in time."

After finishing speaking, she lowered her head and walked out the door, only to hear Mingrou's voice behind her: "My mother... is she okay?"

Mu Jianian turned around, with a smile on his face, and said: "My lady is fine now, I just miss Missy very much, but if she knows that Missy can live well, she will be happier."

Mingrou's nose was sore, but her mouth was slightly raised, and finally said with some reluctance: "Okay, you go back and tell her that I am fine, and one day I will pick her up."

Mu Jianian looked at Mingrou's appearance as a little daughter's family in front of him, and inexplicably felt pity in his heart, but master and servant were different, so he bowed his waist and said: "I will definitely bring the words of the eldest lady, but For Madam, only when the young lady is doing well can her heart be at ease."

"Well, I see. Tell her that I'm doing well, so she can rest assured."

Only then did Mu Jianian bow and exit.

When Ye Qiuniang came back at night, Mingrou told her about Mu Jianian's visit during the day.

Ye Qiuniang was startled, she knew that sooner or later she and Ming Rou would not be able to hide the matter in Tongzhuang, but when it really happened, she still felt very uneasy.

"I don't know who this Mu Jianian is. Last time, he secretly helped your mother once. Although he came here at Du Xian's order this time, he behaved mildly and politely without being violent."

"Well, I also find it strange. If he helped us for a while, he brought a few strong men over, but he kept them outside the yard and was not allowed to enter, let alone use violence."

Ye Qiuniang thought for a while and said, "Even so, if I didn't invite you back this time, there will be a next time, starting tomorrow, you and I will go to Zhuangzi together."

Ming Rou shook her head without even thinking about it: "The shipment volume is huge these few days, and the shops in the city are about to open, so they have to prepare a batch of goods for storage. No one knows when they will come, so we can't just hide from them every day." let's go."

"But I'm really worried."

"This is Tongzhuang, and our people are everywhere. If someone really comes, we are afraid that he will fail."

Ye Qiuniang still frowned, but did not continue this topic.

It's just that from the next day, Atao accompanied Ming and Zhong Tiantian to work in the workshop every day, and stopped going to Zhuangzi.

Ming Rou knew that this was Ye Qiuniang's arrangement, she felt warm in her heart, and directed A Tao up and down with peace of mind.

On the fourth day, what was supposed to come still came.

Six or seven horses and three or four carriages galloped from the direction of the county seat. The door of Mingrou Ye Qiuniang's small courtyard was knocked loudly, and the big geese in the courtyard were disturbed and irritated, quacking and screaming, wishing to have a look. Open the door and peck through the group of people outside.

The big man in the lead was vicious, and he slapped his huge palm on the door panel, and said in a buzzing voice: "Miss Du, I am waiting for Master Du's order to pick you up, please open the door quickly, so as not to harm innocent people." .”

As soon as Ming Rou heard the words Miss Du, her face turned frosty, her fists clenched into balls, and her nails sank deep into her flesh.

A Tao blocked the door and said loudly: "There is no Miss Du that you want here, only the little master of the Ming family here, you have found the wrong person, please leave quickly."

"The one we are looking for is your little master. No matter your surname is Du or Ming, we just need to bring him here. If you don't open the door again, don't blame me for waiting for unscrupulous methods."

As soon as the words fell, the door was knocked open with great force, and more than a dozen big men blocked the door, looking very scary.

On the fifth day of the lunar new year, he didn't have stage fright at all. The moment the door opened, he rushed forward with flapping wings.

But the big man didn't expect such a thing to fly out suddenly, it would peck at anyone it caught, and there was no way to organize it. The originally neat team was thrown into a mess with the crazy goose on its back.

How can the big Han family bear this anger, some people are even more resentful: "Brother let the brothers catch this big goose, and stew it in a big iron pot for a meal, wouldn't it be wonderful."

The big guy in the lead was also pecked a few times by accident just now, the root of his thigh was still aching, his face was twisted into a ball, he waved his hands for them to catch.

A big man rushed towards Chu Wu immediately. He had never seen such a scene before, he yelled loudly, flapped his wings, flew and jumped, and made the whole scene into a mess.

A Tao protected Ming Rou behind him, staring at the dozen or so big men in front of him, as long as they made any moves, he would immediately go forward and fight desperately.

In the workshop, Tiantian also rang the gong that had been prepared. As soon as the gong sounded, the whole Tongzhuang immediately boiled.

Now it is the time of planting rice seedlings in spring, and it is the time when the farming is busy. The village also hired many long-term workers to help. These people have been told by Tong Guanshi that once the gong sounds in the small courtyard, they must go to help. There must be a lot of rewards afterwards!

Seeing movement here, they all put down their cubs and ran towards the small courtyard at once. At first glance, hundreds of people came rushing from all directions, surrounding the small courtyard.

This group of big men was originally hired to rob people, relying on their own strength, but they never expected that so many people would come from nowhere in the blink of an eye. The fat and thin are uneven, but they are all peasants, all of them are strong and strong, and their strength must not be small. If hundreds of people face a dozen of them, it goes without saying what the result will be.

The ones rushing to the front were all impulsive young men, and the few men were not serious people at all, and the two groups immediately started fighting when they disagreed. When Ye Qiuniang arrived, more than a dozen men were lying on the ground in a disorderly manner , chirping and humming in his mouth, he didn't dare to swear at others, whoever opened his mouth to swear, A Tao would just swear when he led the people up.

Ye Qiuniang hurried into the yard, seeing that the gate was destroyed, her heart immediately hung up, and she was slightly relieved when she saw Mingrou standing in the crowd safe and sound.

There was nothing serious about the rest, and the villagers didn't suffer any injuries, except that a bunch of hair on Chu Wu's neck was stripped off, but it didn't affect it, proudly patrolling around the group of men.

Glancing at Mingrou, although she was a little frightened, her overall condition was fine. Ye Qiuniang stepped forward to wrap her arms around her shoulders, squeezed her hands to comfort her, and then stood in front of the crowd and glanced coldly at her. He glanced at the group of big men lying on the ground.

"Who is the leader? Come out and speak!"

A man with black eyes from the beating got up tremblingly from the ground.

"Girl, it's none of our business, we just collect money to do things for others."

"Then you go back and tell Du Xian that he is just a son-in-law who came to the door. If he wants to take the young master of the Ming family back, he should first replace the door plaque on the house, and then he will kneel down in front of the young master and ask her to go back. , otherwise let him roll as far away as possible."

The leading man was originally the most arrogant, but he was beaten to the ground at this time, so he had to say tremblingly: "I don't know who the girl is. If Master Du asks, I can answer."

When Ye Qiuniang heard this, she turned her head and looked at Ming Rou, and then the corners of her mouth curled up, but what she said made the noise in the scene instantly quiet down.

"Go back and tell him that I am Ye Qiuniang, the owner of Tongzhuang and Dafeng grain shops."