The son crosses every night

It's not that the situation suddenly became tense this year. The situation was also tense before, but it was just that Zhang Hua had no power and power at that time, so he didn't feel it.

At this time, he was already a fourth-rank official, and he was a mid-level official in the imperial court. He also had some experience in the general situation in the imperial court, so he could easily see it.

Tang Hua knew that he could not interfere with such a big event, he just talked to his husband casually to relieve the pressure.

After clearing the negative emotions in his heart, he returned to the Agricultural Research Institute and began to work diligently and responsibly.

At the end of October, Tanghua's father, King Jingning, finally came back from the frontier. The palace sent a letter asking Tanghua to go back and meet him.

When Tanghua received the letter, his heart was very complicated, he was stunned for a long time, and finally asked his subordinates to pack their bags and plan to meet his father.

King Jingning has been away from home for more than ten years, and Tang Hua rarely saw him when he was young, otherwise he would not have such a difficult life in the palace, and had to hide carefully to live.

King Jingning wasn't a good father, but he couldn't be called a bad father either. At least he gave Tanghua some basic protection, and the rewards and punishments were clear. At the beginning of the year, Tanghua got him a Zhuangzi worth more than 3 taels.

The wealth of the Wang family is not considered rich, such a Zhuangzi can already be called a large sum of money, no matter what, Tang Hua still remembers this feeling.

Tang Hua's carriage returned to the palace, but the servants did not dare to stop him, so they went in directly to meet him.

Jing Yi and Rui Zhi hurriedly lead the way, then quickly went back to clean the courtyard and greet the master.

Tang Hua raised his feet and walked behind, and told He Hua, "Go and tell Gu Ende that I'm back, and after I wash up, I'll go greet my father, queen, mother, and concubine."

He Hua responded respectfully.

When people coming and going on the road saw Tang Hua, they all knelt down and saluted respectfully. Compared with the previous appearance of ignoring him, it was a hundred times better.

Power is like this, even if you have no power or power in your own family, you have to be bullied.

Tang Hua sighed silently and returned to the small courtyard.

The weather was a bit cold, he put on a jacket and leather boots under the service of Jing Yi and Rui Zhi, and walked towards the main courtyard with his maid.

When King Jingning received the news, he waited for him in the study.

As soon as Tanghua came in, Jing Xun who was outside exchanged glances with him, and then someone went in to report.

A faint middle-aged man's voice came from inside, which sounded a little strange.

Tang Hua was in a trance for a moment, and immediately restrained his mind, went in and bowed first, "I pay my respects to my father."

"Why do you need to be polite at home, sit down."

Tang Hua raised his head and saw a middle-aged man, the face on it was his father's face that was somewhat unfamiliar to him.

His father was not as tall and majestic as he had imagined, and his face was not as handsome as he remembered. Instead, he was a little thinner, his skin and flesh seemed a little loose, and his temples had turned white, making him look very haggard.

Tang Hua often looked in the mirror, and he could still see the shadow of his father from himself. The two seemed to lose weight, the father shrank into a bush, and he stood tall like a green pine.

King Jingning's eyes were also very complicated, looking at Tang Hua with relief and guilt, and there were many things that Tang Hua couldn't understand.

After many years, the father and son met again. It seemed that they didn't know where to start.

It was King Jingning who spoke first, "I haven't seen you for many years, you have grown so big."

Tang Hua smiled, "You have never changed, you are as brave and handsome as before."

King Jingning shook his head, "Where is this talking? You have grown up, and I am old too. I have become an old man. Looking at the mirror you gave your mother and concubine earlier, I didn't expect that the white hair on my head would be as lush as before. Spring grass, so many wrinkles."

Since ancient times, beauties have lamented their twilight, and heroes have not been allowed to see their gray hair.Tang Hua felt strange.

King Jingning was quite open-minded, and asked with a smile: "Aren't you going to tell Father about your current affairs?"

Tanghua had already written to him and told him that, seeing that he still wanted to hear it, and he was not lazy, he repeated it to him again, including the achievements he had made at this time, and the ambitions he had in his heart.

Tanghua didn't go into too much depth, but he roughly explained what he was doing now.

King Jingning nodded again and again, "It's very good of you to do this, for the sake of the country and the people, it's not considered a disappointment to what you've learned."

Tang Hua let out a sigh of relief, "Yes, do your best if you can, and shine as much as you can. When you get old, you won't live up to your life."

King Jingning laughed when he heard the words, "What do you mean you are old when you are young? I heard Brother Huang said that you don't want to get married, is there such a thing?"

As soon as Tanghua heard it, he knew the important point, and his face was very serious, "Yes, I don't want to just find a well-matched girl to marry, and hastily hand over the rest of my life."

King Jingning scolded him, his voice was not harsh, "Nonsense, if you don't look for a girl of the right family, who else can you look for?"

Yanhua pursed her lips, "No matter who it is, I don't want to get married at this time. If you want to hold a grandson, I have already asked Uncle Huang to grant a marriage to Brother Han. There will be news soon."

King Jingning moved his hands on his knees, paused for a while and then said: "Your uncle also told me about this matter, I am very pleased that you can remember your brother, you also need to pay close attention to your own affairs. If you don't get married for two years, you have to explain to your family in three or five years."

Seeing his concession, Tang Hua responded in a low voice, "Yes."

At noon, the family eats together.

It has been a long time since Tanghua sat at the same table with the princess and Gu Tanghan, and it felt a little strange for a while.

After King Jingning came back, the whole palace unknowingly became deep and solemn.

Tang Hua also couldn't explain why he felt this way, but he always felt that he couldn't let go in the mansion, and when he went to his husband's place at night, he was also worried, afraid that something might go wrong and someone would find out, so this For several days, he hurried past and came back again, which made him feel very unhappy.

The time he can get along with his husband is already very little, and if it is reduced like this, he is like a miser who finds out that his money has been stolen every night. King Ning went back to his Huangzhuang.

Ruan Shi laughed at him, "Is that an exaggeration?"

Tanghua grabbed a pillow from the sofa, held it in his arms and sighed heavily, "You don't understand, this feeling is like being used to being at home, and suddenly a person comes over your head to be the master of the house, it makes people feel uncomfortable. If I've been living in the mansion, so maybe the gap won't be so big, I feel uncomfortable when I go out to live and then come back."

"Suddenly dropped from number one to number two?"

"Almost." Tang Hua picked the pillow in his hand and said: "Before my father came back, I still thought it was my territory. Once he came back, I knew very clearly in my heart that Gu Wang's mansion is my father's mansion." No matter how bad it is, it will be my elder brother's palace, anyway, it will definitely not be my palace."

"If you are really so uncomfortable, think of a way to build another mansion in the future, and don't nest in your father's mansion."

"I know." Tang Hua closed his eyes, "I haven't accumulated meritorious service yet, so it's not easy to say this. After two years, my agricultural research institute has made some achievements, so I can mention it to Uncle Huang. gone."

Thinking of this, Tang Hua couldn't help looking at Ruan Shi and smiled, "At that time, the mansion was my territory, and I could come over whenever I wanted. We each go to work during the day and come back to rest at night. What do you think? Will it work?"

Ruan Shijie just wanted to say that he hadn't agreed to him yet, but he was afraid that he would get angry, so he said, "Let's talk about it when the time comes."

"Then we've made a deal. I'll work harder and move out earlier."

Ruan Shijie was so stared at by his straight eyes that he could hardly hold back the look on his face, no one could hold back when he was stared at by such straightforward and sincere eyes.

Ruan Shijie's voice softened unknowingly, he looked at him and said, "Okay, after you move out, you will come here every day, and it's time to go to class."

When it came to class, Tanghua suddenly remembered, "Sir, is D University a little far away from us? We go back and forth every day, can we make it in time?"

Ruan Shijie said lightly, "I have a house over there, we can just move there and live there."

Hearing that he had planned long ago, Tanghua felt warm in his heart, and then remembered something, with a smile on his face, he looked at Ruan Shijie, and asked furtively in a low voice: "Sir, do I count as your support?" your little boy?"

Ruan Shijie was very calm, "It doesn't count, the little boy will sleep."

Tang Hua was not good enough, lost the battle, his face was on the verge of burning, the tips of his ears were red, and Nana didn't know what to say.

Ruan Shijie looked at him and smiled, "Okay, let's read the book quickly."

"……Oh."

With such a failure, Tang Hua had no face to fight again, so he had to honestly put all his mind on the book and read it wholeheartedly.

There is a golden house in the book. For others, this is just a maxim to encourage oneself, but it is true for Tanghua. All the things he has learned can be converted into money or other benefits more or less, so he Study harder and harder.

Tanghua's Huangzhuang is gradually on the track, and it is enough to follow up the records step by step every day.

The weather gradually cooled down, and it began to snow in early November.

First there were small ice particles, and then heavy snow fell. The road outside was paved with a thick layer. When Jiang Hua stepped on it when he went out, the snow could reach his ankles.

Going out to work in this kind of weather is a very painful thing, especially the field servants in the fields mostly don't have boots, some only have cloth shoes, which don't keep warm in this kind of weather, they just need to walk back and forth in the snow.

Tanghua is somewhat benevolent, they are hardly allowed to work in this kind of weather, anyway, the radishes and cabbages in the fields have almost grown, so it’s okay not to go to see them for two or three days, we’ll wait until the snow melts.

In the autumn, Tanghua asked Jiang Pingyuan to prepare the Yuyingtang and other charitable halls, and to treat some children in winter, so that the homeless children would not freeze to death in winter.

The imperial court is also doing this kind of thing, but the allocation of funds from above is small, and some of them have been corrupted by layers of officials. There is not much money that can actually go to the charity hall, and the number of children adopted is even rarer.

A privately funded shantang like Tanghua is much better. Those who handle the matter are his confidantes, supervised by the intelligence department, and basically every cent of the money can be used for practical purposes.

In the first year he did such a thing, the number of children he adopted was not too many, only more than 120. This number may increase or decrease every day.

Jiang Pingyuan was worried that some poor families would deliberately throw away the children after they found out that the Shantang had adopted children. Therefore, the conditions in the Shantang were not good, and the daily food was mediocre, and the children had to do some small chores.

This kind of life is not easy, but it is much better than their wandering in the streets and alleys.

Children who are more wary are gradually willing to come over after they inquire about the situation on their side.

Tanghua has earned a lot of money this year, but the Shantang's investment in this aspect has not been controlled much.

When the street children outside saw that they were willing to accept them, when it snowed, dozens of them rushed over.

In addition to children, some women, old people and even refugees came to beg. Seeing that they would not chase them away, they slowly slept under the eaves outside the shantang.

On this day, Jiang Hua took Jiang Pingyuan to inspect, and saw dozens of people sleeping in a mess under the eaves outside the Shantang, men, women, and children, and his expression turned ugly.

Jiang Pingyuan also saw it, and felt a little helpless, "It's too cold when it snows, and they have nowhere to go so they rest here for a few days. I have notified the steward of Shantang, and let them leave when the snow melts."

Tang Hua looked at these people and asked, "Who are these people?"

Jiang Pingyuan said: "There are people whose families have been hit by a disaster and can't survive to beg for a living. There are people who are old and have nothing to support. There are also women who can't stand the beatings of their husbands and run away desperately. They are all poor people."

Tang Hua looked at them for a long time, let out a long breath, and said, "Later, you can find someone to ask them if they would like to come to work in Huangzhuang, and if they are willing, they will be accepted."

Jiang Pingyuan didn't immediately agree. He hesitated and asked, "My lord, would it be inappropriate to find such a group of people to go to Huangzhuang?"

"What's inappropriate? They're all poor people who are going to work." Tang Hua said: "Didn't I tell them to start building the reservoir earlier? There is a shortage of people, so it would be appropriate for them to go."

"The old man and the girl also want?"

"Everything, we have so much work, it will always be useful for them."

Jiang Pingyuan still wanted to persuade, "Why don't we give porridge? These people also spent a lot of money. It seems that it is not suitable to go to Huangzhuang. It is a place for His Majesty to work."

"No, there's nothing inappropriate. Porridge can support them for a day or two, but it can't support them for a lifetime. Let them go to work in Huangzhuang so that they can have enough food and save some savings to tide them over."

For charity, cash for work is the best way.

Seeing that he had made up his mind, Jiang Pingyuan stopped persuading him.

Tang Hua turned his face and told him earnestly: "If some people don't want to go later, there is no need to force them, but if they don't want to go, they can't be allowed to sleep here anymore. It doesn't look good to let them sleep here all the time."

Tang Hua also has no sympathy for the kind of person who doesn't pull the life-saving rope when it hangs down.

Jiang Pingyuan responded and turned around to ask someone to make arrangements.

Ninety percent of these people are willing to work in exchange for a full meal, and there are also those who are lazy and prefer to sleep and beg on the street, some eat when they eat, and sleep when they have nothing to eat.

The people in Shantang were merciless and drove away these lazy people and lazy women.

Tang Hua received more people than he had imagined this time. After he entered, many people came out from the corner and begged to sign up. Finally, according to the statistics of the servants, there were a total of about two hundred people.

Among this group of people, men aged ten to sixty accounted for the vast majority, there were seventeen women aged ten to sixty and seven elderly men and women over sixty.

After arriving at Huangzhuang, these people washed themselves, shaved off their hair that harbored lice, put on new clothes, and prepared to work.

Seven old people were sent to the kitchen to wash and pick vegetables, while the rest went to repair the reservoir.

Those who have the strength do more, those who have no strength do less, work more and earn more, and those who work less earn less. Huangzhuang under the management of Tanghua is very fair, and the atmosphere in the village is very good.

However, when all this was on the right track, Tang Hua found out that he had been recruited.