I'm a pirate at the end of Ming Dynasty

Silently taking out a cigar and lighting it, Zheng Zhipeng began to look at the cabin carefully.

The house is small and not particularly clean, but after all, it is the boudoir of his daughter's house. Things are arranged neatly. There is a cabinet with half of the door broken and a lock missing. It is full of women's clothes. Zheng Zhipeng even I could clearly see the bellybands on the pile of clothes.

The bed was a bit small, and it seemed to have a corner missing. It was padded with something, so it was a bit wobbly when I lay on it, and I couldn't stretch my legs.

I really regret, why are you hiding here? The Xu family is not a local force in Hangzhou, so there is no need to be so careful. Besides, even if it is necessary to hide, is there no place to hide?Why are you so obsessed with hiding here?

After a while, there was a knock on the door. Zheng Zhipeng shouted to come in, but it was Yang Xu who came with a huge package behind him. He said, "I knew that Fourth Master would not be used to living here, so I bought it specially for Fourth Master." I bought some daily necessities, they are all brand new, I don’t know what they are for you to use.”

Having said that, he opened the package and found that it was full of brand new necessities, such as urinals and the like. It was really inappropriate to use other people's small items like this. Seeing Zheng Zhipeng smoking a cigar, he quickly took out a clean new spittoon. , placed at Zheng Zhipeng's feet as an ashtray.

Seeing that he seemed a little reserved standing on the edge, Zheng Zhipeng smiled and asked him to sit down, and started chatting with him casually: "I haven't paid much attention to you recently. What are you responsible for for your sister now? Are you still helping others?" "

Yang Xu said: "No, I am currently focusing on expansion and decoration, and my sister is responsible for the specific operations. My third brother is also [-] years old this year, so he can help my sister with some things like running a church. Recently, I have been hiring people, but Not many people can be trusted these days.”

Zheng Zhipeng said: "Repair the houses you live in no matter what."

"Who knew you were coming? Thanks to you, although we dare not touch the money you invested in us, at least the business has been much better in the past two months. It's just that each of the six of us brothers and sisters changed their clothes. For clothes, my sister bought some hairpins and jewelry to show off her appearance, so naturally she didn’t spend any money on the house. We are all used to living here, so naturally good steel should be used on the edge of a knife. Let’s talk about the appearance first, and then talk about the lining. We will definitely build a new house in a few months, but this old house has not been touched."

Zheng Zhipeng nodded to express his understanding, but then asked: "You six children, even if you grew up crowded into two rooms like this, it's quite pitiful."

"A house is just a place to sleep. It's just a bed. I don't feel miserable at all. In fact, there are many people in Hangzhou who don't have a brick in the city. I'm quite content. It's just that when I was a child, I always felt angry and wronged. It’s a bit hard to swallow.”

As he said that, a fierce light flashed in Xiao Yang Xu's eyes, and there seemed to be some tears.

Then he smiled and said: "But it's better now. Fourth Master, you are supporting us. Those who once bullied us are now as afraid of us as dogs. Growing up, I have the impression that my sister has become more and more mature in the past few years." I haven’t laughed as much as I have in the past two months. I mean the kind of laughter that comes from the bottom of my heart, not the kind that’s just for fun.”

Zheng Zhipeng was also bored, so he asked, "Can you still handle things like decoration and expansion?"

"It's not bad. I was deceived a few times when I first started working. However, I am diligent and do all the work myself. I can almost understand the secrets. You don't know that things like expansion can't be done for a moment. I can’t even keep an eye on the scene, not only won’t I work for you, but I’ll always lose some consumables for no reason.”

The two chatted for a while, and Yang Xu said a little uneasily: "Fourth Master, is this kind of cigarette you smoke... easy to smoke?"

"What for? Want to smoke?"

“Want to try it”

"How old are you? Give it a few years. In fact, this thing is not good for the body."

"Oh……"

After a while, the fellow asked tentatively with wide eyes: "Fourth Master, are these cigarettes sold in Hangzhou? I haven't seen them anywhere I looked."

"What are you doing?"

"Hey, just ask."

"It seems that there really isn't. This thing was introduced by the gang of red-haired devils. In fact, there are not many of them who smoke this thing. They have not formed a large-scale trade with our Ming Dynasty. Very few of them reach the shore, and most of them are used as companions. What flows in, my Zheng family does this after all, so there are some, but from other places, there are really not many."

"Oh~"

Seeing that Yang Xu's eyes were rolling around, and it seemed that he was having some evil thoughts, Zheng Zhipeng smiled and tapped his head with his finger and said, "What are you thinking about? Do you still want to sell this thing?" .”

Yang Xu buried his head and said stupidly: "The Fourth Master is the Fourth Master, and I can't hide anything from the Fourth Master."

"Go away, I don't even have enough for myself. How can I have any extra for you? You have to sell yourself and find a way to do it."

"Oh~"

"Okay, go and supervise the work. I don't need you to accompany me."

"Oh, by the way, Fourth Master, let me bring some materials back from the construction site. I know that for the sake of confidentiality, it is best for you not to see outsiders during this period, but the six of us brothers and sisters can always lend a hand to at least repair the leaky wall. superior."

Zheng Zhipeng thought about it and felt that it should be like this. He was also worried that if it rained or something, the shabby house would leak, so he nodded.

Sure enough, after a while, Yang Xu brought large buckets and small buckets of yellow mud and several large bundles of thatch, greeted his younger brothers and sisters and started working.

Zheng Zhipeng was smoking a cigar in the room with peace of mind, but after a while he felt a little uncomfortable. After all, Yang Xu was only thirteen or fourteen years old this year. How old could his younger siblings be?The eight or nine-year-old girl was working outside with her tender hands, while he was smoking inside. This... was a bit unreasonable.

After all, the time he traveled back in time was still short, and he was still a modern person subjectively. In addition, he had nothing to do now, so he went out, took over a job from the children, and started working with them. .

At the beginning, Yang Xu and the others naturally refused in every possible way, but they couldn't get Zheng Zhipeng to insist, so they had no choice but to let him go. Gradually, Zheng Zhipeng actually became familiar with several of his younger brothers and sisters, at least a few of them. Zai Zi is no longer afraid of him.

Of course, Zheng Zhipeng has never done this kind of work in his entire life. If he did something wrong, no one dared to criticize him. As a result, the house was repaired even more slowly. It was obviously a job that could be completed in an hour, but he was stunned. After working until night, he was so tired that his back ached, but he was still a little complacent.

Mrs. Yang came back and said with a smile: "Fourth Master, your gown is covered with mud. Please take it off and let me help you wash it."

Zheng Zhipeng said without thinking, "Okay."

Then he took it off after three strokes, five divided by two, and then, not only Mrs. Yang was stunned, but Zheng Zhipeng himself was also stunned, because he was not wearing any underwear and was shirtless.

After all, although the weather is getting cooler now, it is still early autumn at most. Although Zheng Zhipeng knew that people in the Ming Dynasty usually wore undershirts, he really found it too hot, so...

It's not like Mrs. Yang has never seen shirtless men before, but when Zheng Zhipeng took off his clothes like this, she felt that the white flowers were piercing her eyes, and her face turned red in embarrassment.