Farmer’s Blessed Girl

Bai Erlang ran upstairs from downstairs, "We've seen it later, it's almost the same as here, not to mention the bedding, some rooms don't even have tables and chairs, and there are several chairs in the main room that are missing. With a broken arm and a leg, I said how long has it been since your inn has no people?"

Ren Ergou could only please smile, Bai Shan pointed to the inn diagonally opposite and asked, "Is that inn opened by your postmaster?"

"Yes," Ren Ergou said slyly: "Sir, there has been no one in this inn for many years, and most of the officials who come here live in the inn opposite."

Bai Shan asked, "I see there is an inn next door. Who runs it?"

Ren Ergou scratched his head and shook his head, "I don't know, but it's the shopkeeper Zhang next door."

Bai Shan just arrived, how could he know who the shopkeeper Zhang is?

Man Bao asked directly, "Who is Shopkeeper Zhang?"

Ren Ergou, "Manager Zhang is the shopkeeper Zhang. He is quite nice, and sometimes he will greet me when he sees me cleaning the door, so I will clean it together with his house."

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Bai Shan was silent for a while and then asked: "You cleaned the front door for him, aren't your couriers angry?"

"Don't be angry, I also swept the front of the inn opposite."

Man Bao looked at Ren Ergou, who had an honest face, and couldn't help but burst out laughing.

They don't lack bedding, they already have it, but what about the soldiers and guards?

Moreover, there is only one guy in the whole store, let alone eating, I am afraid that there is not enough hot water to burn.

Bai Shan thought about it for a while, and called Steward Lai Li, "Go to the next door and ask, what is the relationship between their inn and the guards of the city gate."

Manager Li was taken aback for a moment, "Ask directly?"

"Ask directly. Those of us who are not familiar with each other and don't have time to be polite with them, just ask directly."

Steward Li responded, turned around and went out.

Bai Shan and Man Bao looked up at the inn again and asked Ren Ergou curiously, "When did your inn stop doing business?"

Ren Ergou shook his head, indicating he didn't know, and added, "I thought I was busy before I came in, but when I came in, I realized that I was alone in the entire store, cleaning and scrubbing things every day, and the rest of the people were not there, okay? The employer never owes wages, and he also gives me food, so I am happy."

Man Bao saw that the stones on the steps were fairly clean, mainly because no one had left for too long, and they had been cleaned all the time. She simply sat down on the ground and beckoned him to sit down and talk.

Ren Ergou declined and let them sit, while he squatted aside and said happily, "We chatter like squatting."

Man Bao said: "We don't like it, our feet will numb when squatting."

"That's because you can't squat. People in our village like to squat."

Seeing that he was so stupid and not very old, Bai Shan smiled and asked, "How old are you this year?"

"Nineteen."

Bai Shan: "I'm not older than me, you haven't married a wife?"

He shook his head and said cheerfully: "My third brother just married a daughter-in-law, and the family has no money. My mother told me to wait for another two years. When I save some money, the family can call me a daughter-in-law if I give it a little more. already."

"Then is your home far from here? Will you feel homesick if you don't go back for a long time?"

"Yes," Ren Ergou said, "my house is far away from here, and I have to walk for a day. Usually I don't want to, but after I finish my work, I think about it. No one speaks to me here, only Only when you can go out and sweep the ground will you have a word with me."

"But the wages here are high, and food and housing are also included. The owner treats me well. They never ask me to work. They also say that these rooms are empty, but I can't be idle if I take the money, my mother said. , I have to be diligent when working outside, so that the boss likes it, I have always been diligent." Ren Ergou vaguely knew that they were officials, so he racked his brains to praise himself, "Go to the room and see, I even The dust in the corners has been wiped away."

Man Bao nodded, what can be wiped clean is clean, but he forgot to ventilate, so there is a musty smell inside.

Ren Ergou was very happy when he saw that they listened carefully and could answer a word or two to him from time to time. He hadn't talked to anyone so much for a long time. Even his brothers came to see him and said nothing. It's like "be good and obedient, be diligent, don't spend money indiscriminately, save your money to marry a wife".

But now these few guests won't tell these, but are very interested in his daily work, so in just a while, Bai Shan and the others not only know that he has four brothers and three sisters in his family, but also know that he has four brothers and three sisters. The errand was obtained by his mother entrusting the second son of his third uncle's sister's family to leave the post.

To this end, their family also paid two sheep and two feet of good cloth.

He had to pay back the sheep and cloth at home before he could save his own money to marry a wife.

Bai Shan and the others also know that his boss, oh, the Yicheng usually doesn't come here. It will only take a few days for them to meet at the door, and then the Yicheng will say a few words to him and then enter the opposite door. Inn.

Of course, most of the time, Yicheng wouldn't talk to him, but just nodded with him and went in, so the shopkeeper Zhang next door could talk to him, and Ren Ergou was so happy to clear the road in front of the door for others. Sweep.

Bai Erlang endured it, but couldn't hold back, and said to him: "Yicheng is not your boss, your boss is the imperial court, no, it should be said that it is the county government, it is the prefectural government, you know?"

Ren Ergou shook his head blankly, and said to him, "I was invited by the postmaster, and the wages were also given by the postmaster."

Bai Erlang shouted "Oops", "So what? The yamen hasn't counted him as a dereliction of duty."

Ren Ergou's heart tightened, and he looked at them anxiously, "You, are you going to arrest our boss?"

Although he is not very smart, he also knows that if the courier is gone, then he probably won't be able to work in the courier anymore.

Bai Shan paused and asked, "Do you know the emperor?"

Ren Ergou nodded, "Who doesn't know this?"

"It's good to know," Bai Shan said with a serious face, "This inn belongs to the emperor."

Ren Ergou widened his eyes.

"The emperor is your boss, and the courier is just hired by the emperor to manage the inn, just like the shopkeeper Zhang next door, he's just a shopkeeper." Bai Shandao: "So your wages are given by the emperor to the courier, and he will act on his behalf. Everything that is given to you, including the food you eat, is also given by the emperor."

Ren Ergou was so excited that his mouth trembled, "I, my boss is the emperor?"

Man Bao and Bai Erlang turned their heads to look at Bai Shan together, and saw him nodding without changing his face, "Yes, it's the emperor!"

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