Cub Nursery

The carriage stopped slowly, and Yan Xun got off first.

"My lord, something happened in the village ahead." Cao Xianfeng showed up and said, "A child was carried out and placed at the entrance of the village. He doesn't know whether he is alive or dead."

"Go and have a look." Yan Xun turned around and carried the war rabbit cub down.Jing Fengye then got out of the carriage and followed behind.

The village is not big, and there are only a few dozen families.

There was a big rock at the entrance of the village, and a straw mat was placed beside it, on which lay a thin child with no flesh on his wrists and ankles, his eyes were half-open, and his breathing was very weak.

"Would you like to follow me from now on?" Yan Xun knelt down, touched the child's forehead, and said gently, "Follow me so that I can eat and dress warmly, and I won't suffer from such a serious illness. If you want to, just nod your head, if you don't, then Shake your head."

"Here." The war rabbit cub also squatted down, stretched out its paws, and slowly spread them out.

A piece of oiled paper, opened inside is glutinous rice paper, crystal clear, exuding sweet caramel.The smell made the child slowly widen his eyes, staring at the paws of the war rabbit cubs.

Like the war rabbit cub back then, he nodded slowly and slowly.

Yan Xun took off his cloak and covered the child, and carried him back to the carriage.

"My lord, will he be okay?" The war rabbit cub also climbed into the carriage and sat beside him, looking at the child. He was small and thin, and seemed to have exhausted all his strength in panting.

When the war rabbit cubs were at the seaside, although they were very thin, they were very strong.

"I'll give you candy." The little cub noticed that the child was always staring at the candy in his hand, so he quickly took it and licked it for the child.

The child's eyes brightened. He had never tasted such a good taste.

"Look at his appearance, he's sure to be fine." Yan Xun opened the wooden box, took out the needle and poked the child's arm, waited for about half an hour, saw that he didn't respond, then gave him an injection .

There is a charcoal stove in the carriage, and a small iron pot, in which soft, glutinous and sweet porridge is boiled, served in a small wooden bowl.

The war rabbit cubs are holding a small bowl and a small spoon, feeding porridge to the children.

"My lord, he has the strength to sit up now." The war rabbit cub was very happy.

Xiao Chun'er was even happier, he had never eaten such delicious candy, such fragrant porridge.The carriage is very gorgeous, there are all kinds of small wooden boxes, all of which hide delicious food, there is a warm charcoal stove, and even the quilt that covers the body is very warm.

He finally had the strength to sit up and carefully looked at the little cub in front of him who had been taking care of him for a long time.

The little cub has a beautiful pattern on its neck, which looks like a scar, and its arms and legs are fat. It has great strength and can easily lift the charcoal stove, even with a small paw.

None of the children in the village looked like this, and Xiao Chun'er knew that this was not a human being, but a monster.

It was a monster who took care of him.

"Your family members came to see you, and the adults gave them 20 taels of silver, and they stopped coming." The war rabbit cub whispered, "The adults said that your family is not good to you, and I don't want you to go to them .”

"En, your lord is right." Xiao Chun'er nodded.

He wasn't that badly ill at first, he just needed to rest for a few more days, or spend a lot of money to see the village doctor.But the stepmother didn't let him rest, and forced him to go outside to fetch water in the cold weather. He fell and was frozen outside for a long time. Obviously, the stepmother and his own father saw it, but they pretended not to see it on purpose.

It was the villagers who saw him and carried him back home.

As a result, that night, he was carried out by his stepmother and his own father, and waited to die at the entrance of the village.

"My lord is going to start building the railway, do you know who is a carpenter in the village?" asked the cub Zhantu, "My lord said, I want to know who is willing to work and who is the most sneaky and tricky, so I can get paid. "

"I know all about it." Xiao Chun'er said hastily.

Coming out of the carriage, Xiao Chun'er's eyes widened.

In just a few days, the village seems to have changed.

The Taoist soldiers formed a circle, and inside the circle was a large box of money, and a bunch of bags with grain in them.

Yan Xun and Jing Fengye stood at the front, holding hands.The dragon scale marks on Jing Fengye's face looked very majestic, and anyone with a discerning eye could tell that he was a monster at a glance, but no one was afraid.

The whole village gathered in front of Yan Xun, scrambling to show themselves.

"My lord." The war rabbit cub ran over, holding Yan Xun by the corner of his clothes, "Little Chun'er is here."

"En." Yan Xun turned his head, waited for Xiao Chun'er to come closer, and said with a smile, "Do you feel better?"

"Xiao Chun'er has met an adult." Xiao Chun'er didn't know how to salute, but only remembered that when a poor man came from the village occasionally, the village chief nodded and bowed, and he also learned how to bend, "Little Chun'er is fine. Yes, a little fatter."

Xiao Chun'er felt that she could remember all the good things she had eaten in the past few days.

"Okay, let's register now." Yan Xun said solemnly, "I know who your temperament is, don't try to cheat money and food from me, but if anyone works proactively and does a lot of work, I will also record it. In my heart, I will be promoted in the future."

"My lord, I'm Sun Zebao, Xiaochun'er's biological father, can you arrange easy and rich work for me?" Sun Zebao squeezed to the front, rubbed his hands vigorously, and gave Xiaochun'er a hard look.

Xiao Chun'er was a little scared, and hurriedly hid behind Yan Xun.

The war rabbit cub hurried over, blocked Xiao Chun'er completely, looked bravely at Sun Zebao, and said crisply, "You are so unreasonable, the adults gave your family 20 taels of silver, and you agreed at the time not to come again Looking for Xiaochuner."

"What's the matter? No matter what, Xiao Chun'er is my son, and I'm his father. What's the matter with him? If he wants to be unfilial, isn't he afraid of being arrested by the yamen servant?" Sun Zebao said confidently.

Then came out another woman, wearing silver earrings and half-new satin clothes, "Little Chun'er, don't forget that I, a mother, send home all my wages, and your brother still needs a piece of silver." Lock."

"You are unreasonable!" The war rabbit cub said loudly, he was a little angry.

The little cub was so angry that his cheeks bulged, and he stared at Sun Zebao and Wang, without any fear.

"My lord..." After staring for a while, he found that the two people on the opposite side were not afraid. Cub Zhantu felt aggrieved, and rubbed his face against Yan Xun's thigh with a look of aggrieved expression.

The war rabbit cubs are finally not afraid of meeting people, and they are much more courageous, Yan Xun is very pleased.

"It's okay, I'll come." Yan Xun touched the little cub's head, comforted him in a low voice, then raised his head, very majestic, "Don't just threaten with your mouth, you can go to the Yamen to sue me. Don't say anything Officials protect each other, what is my identity, everyone will know if you inquire. The yamen in the capital still has 1000 taels of silver that I took, whoever wants to sue me can still get 1000 taels of silver."

Sun Zebao and Wang looked at each other, and they both shut their mouths, not daring to speak.

"Okay, let's talk about this matter when you guys sue me." Yan Xun said with a straight face, "Otherwise, don't come to find Xiao Chun'er, and don't try to cheat his money. Also, your family Everyone, I will not recruit!"

Behind Yan Xun were piles of food and boxes of big money. When he said this, the expressions of Sun Zebao and Wang changed dramatically.

"Little Chun'er, who is the village head? You should ask him to help, otherwise if the adults are really angry and accommodate the people in the village, then everyone will not be able to earn money and food." The war rabbit cub suddenly made a loud voice That said, everyone present heard it.

Zhantu cub himself would not have thought of such words, but the little cub is not stupid, he thought of the snake body cub.

During the construction of the nursery school on weekdays, the snake-bodied cubs have the most spooky ideas and the most ideas.

The war rabbit cub remembers very clearly that the snake-body cub told a story similar to the scene before him one night before going to sleep. The snake-body cub said that if he encountered such a thing, he would definitely ask an adult to support him, and he would pretend to be a tiger. scare those people.

The village chief, who was standing at the back and had nothing to do with himself, hurried to the front when he heard this, nodded and bowed his head and said: "My lord, I don't care about the affairs of the village, I will arrange for someone to drive their family back." ..."

"Thank you." Yan Xun said lightly.

From this day on, there were several "booming" sounds in the mountains, and then a flat railway stretched out.

Lu Chengcai felt that his life was really good.

He is a carpenter in the village, and the men and brothers in the family are also carpenters. He usually helps the villagers make some cabinets, beds and so on.

The family's first income is a few eggs and a small half bag of food given by the village, and there are not many big money throughout the year.

A few days ago, Xiao Chun'er fell outside and couldn't get up. Lu Chengcai saw it and hurriedly carried him to Xiao Chun'er's house.Later, Xiao Chun'er's parents sent him to the entrance of the village and told Xiao Chun'er to wait to die. Lu Chengcai even secretly gave Xiao Chun'er hot water to drink.

For this matter, Wang often cursed Lu Chengcai at home.

It's just that Lu Chengcai was kind-hearted and helped Xiao Chun'er for a while.

As a result, an adult brought Xiao Chun'er to Lu Chengcai's house in person!

Lu Chengcai opened the door of the house in fear and asked Yan Xun to come in. He couldn't say anything when he was nervous.In his eyes, how could such a big shot like Yan Xun come to his house.

"Did you make all the furniture at home?" Yan Xun asked with a smile.

Lu Chengcai nodded quickly, "I hit those few, and the rest were hit by my father, my brother, and my uncle." While talking, he couldn't help looking at Yan Xun who was standing The master Jing behind him, and the well-behaved little cub standing beside Yan Xun.

That's a monster!

Different monsters!

Don't eat people, eat whole grains, just like people, wear clean clothes, look good, and know a lot of knowledge.

The little cub found that Lu Chengcai was peeking, and also looked over.

The cub's eyes were big and bright, and it seemed that he could see a lot of blood and blood in it, but Lu Chengcai didn't feel scared, because he knew that these two monsters listened to the adults.

"You played well." Yan Xun smiled, "Are you interested in becoming an engineer? It's an errand, you have to study first, then take the exam, and you'll be an engineer after you pass. Now Li Mushi is your general manager, and he's also in charge of the exam."

The brother of the Lu family brought sugar water, and specially brought a small bowl for the Zhantu cub.

"Thank you." The war rabbit cub said hastily.

"It's okay." Brother was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly smiled at the war rabbit cub and went out. When he saw the rest of the Lu family outside, he said in a low voice, "That little cub looks so pretty, and it's not too late." Will say thank you."

The little brother didn't know, but the war rabbit cub had excellent hearing, so he had heard it a long time ago.

The little cub hurriedly sat upright, as if I was obedient.

"My lord, that, that engineer..." Lu Chengcai knew that Li Mushi was a prominent craftsman in the Ministry of Industry, and almost all the craftsmen in Daqin knew about it.

"If you want, I will explain to you in detail. At that time, there will be special junior engineers to teach you. You are also responsible for building the railway. Whoever is responsible for the section will be engraved on the stone tablet and stood next to the railway. It's something that can receive great credit." Yan Xun said with a smile, "Think about it, I'll come back tomorrow."

After sending Yan Xun away, Lu Chengcai hurriedly called all the family members into the house to discuss the matter.

"Father, give me candy for that cub." Everyone was thinking, and the little brother of Lu Chengcai's family spoke crisply, and took out several pieces of caramel from his pocket.

"Brother Han, have you eaten this candy?" Lu Chengcai hurriedly asked.

The little brother nodded, "Sweet, very fragrant."

The almost non-existent worries of the people in the room about the monster disappeared in an instant. Old man Lu was five or sixty years old and still had the strength to do so. What dare not go? Our whole family will go."

"Father, are you going too?" Lu Chengcai was surprised. His father had stopped working as a carpenter for many years.

"That engineer, do you think he is similar to a servant of the imperial court?" Old man Lu laughed loudly, "I can still work for another 30 to [-] years with this old bone, no problem."

On the second day, Yan Xun came again.

The Lu family slaughtered a pig, and the whole family cooked together a table full of delicious dishes, inviting Yan Xun to sit down.

Cub Zhantu sat beside Yan Xun obediently, Jing Fengye sat next to Cub Zhantu, all three of them took the main seat, old man Lu and Lu Chengcai accompanied, brother Han ran over to whisper to Cub Zhantu .

"Daddy asked me to thank you, the candy is delicious." Brother Han took out a handful of grass, "I dug it up the mountain, eat the core inside, it tastes very sweet."

"Thank you." The war rabbit cub happily divided half of the grass.

Don't eat the grass leaves outside, only eat the core inside, it's really sweet, and the war rabbit cubs like it very much.

"My lord, eat vegetables, eat vegetables." Old Man Lu said cheerfully.

Yan Xun didn't come empty-handed, he took a jar of flower wine made from flowers produced by young flower trees, it smelled sweet, and if he was lucky, he could pour out a bright and beautiful flower.

The liquor was light pink, and when it was just poured out, everyone present gasped.

Yan Xun doesn't drink, let Jing Fengye replace it.

Old man Lu didn't dare to talk to Jing Fengye at first, this monster is so handsome and domineering, he has a more noble temperament than royal nobles, but the flower wine in the bowl is too sweet, I can't help it, Then he made a toast to Jing Fengye.

Jing Fengye didn't say a word, drinking was refreshing.

Old man Lu drank the flower wine in a sip, his eyes lit up immediately, he didn't care about anything else, he just talked to Jing Fengye, drank a few more cups, he was going to call Brother Jing Fengye, or Lu Chengcai saw it, Hurriedly asked old man Lu to go down to rest, he had long been greedy for flower wine, so he happened to go up to drink with Jing Fengye.

In the end, all the men of the Lu family drank a round, their eyes were blurred, and Jing Fengye was still conscious, drinking as if they were all water.

"It's getting late." Yan Xun smiled and got up to leave.

Brothers from the Lu family were overjoyed when they were delivered to the door, because Yan Xun said that as long as he becomes that kind of engineer, not only will he be paid a lot in the future, but if he has real skills, he will have a lot of money. I settled down there under the construction of the Conservation Hall, and it is said that it is very good there.

Yan Xun walked slowly while holding the little paw of the war rabbit, and asked, "How do you feel today?"

"That's the banquet, very good." The war rabbit cub nodded seriously, "Pork is delicious, but the braised pork made by adults is even more delicious. I think the pork they cook is boiled, not fried."

"Yo, I'll still give my opinion." Yan Xun couldn't help laughing.

When the war rabbit cub was recovering from his wounds, he felt delicious in everything he ate, and he couldn’t stop talking every day. The other cubs felt sorry for him, but he was fed vigorously. A normal pup.

Yan Xun also has a residence in the village, but it's too remote here, and there is no kang in every household.

Before the railway was built, Yan Xun arranged for many cement slabs to be made, so that every household would have a kang, otherwise they would not freeze to death at night in the cold weather.

At night, the war rabbit cub ran to sleep in another room with Xiao Chun'er, wanting to whisper.

The door was closed here, the oil lamp was blown out, just as Yan Xun lay down, he noticed Jing Fengye approaching, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?"

"My lord, help me." Jing Fengye whispered.

The kang was very hot, the room was very warm, and the bed was even warmer, Yan Xun was still sweating a little.

There is a baby in his belly, which is hard to touch, so he can't do that kind of thing for the time being.Suddenly thinking of Jing Fengye holding his feet last time... Yan Xun felt awkward, and hurriedly said: "I use my hands, can I do it with my hands?"

"I heard there are people with legs." Jing Fengye stretched his hands under the quilt.

Yan Xun was very clever, "Who did you listen to? Why haven't I heard of it?"

"My ears are good, and I can hear things that adults can't hear." Jing Fengye said, seeing that Yan Xun did not refuse, he quickly took out the rouge, and dug a big lump to prepare.

The moonlight was bright outside.

Yan Xun fell asleep in a daze, feeling a burning pain in his thigh, and the rouge on it was worn away.

"My lord." Jing Fengye saw more clearly, and hurriedly dug out the rouge again.

His legs felt much better, Yan Xun was relieved, otherwise he would not be able to walk and see people normally tomorrow.

After the arrangement here, when the artisan arranged by Li Mushi arrived, Yan Xun handed over all the work to him, and left behind a small group of Taoist soldiers to return home.

In the carriage, the war rabbit cub said happily: "The Nursery Hall is very good, you will definitely like it there after you go there."

Xiao Chun'er nodded heavily.

Even in days like this, he already liked it very much, and felt that this was the only thing he had seen in his life, and that nursery school was even better than the present day, so he would definitely like it more.

In front of the city gate, the carriage stopped slowly, and the man who drove the carriage said: "My lord, we have to wait in line for inspection."

"En." Yan Xun nodded, "No hurry."

The inspection of people entering the city is simple, and the inspection of people going out of the city is strict. There are many people queuing up inside and outside the city.

"What is this investigation for? I didn't see a notice posted at the gate of the city."

"I heard it's Cha monster."

"Huh? There are still monsters in the capital who dare to come? It hasn't happened in hundreds of years."

"who knows……"

In the carriage, Xiao Chun'er heard the commotion outside, and hurriedly looked at Yan Xun, a little worried.

"Don't be afraid." Yan Xun remained calm.

When it was time for the inspection, the car curtain was lifted, inside Yan Xun and Jing Fengye were sitting side by side, and Xiao Chun'er and Zhantu Cub were sitting side by side facing each other.The dragon scale marks on Jing Fengye's face are very obvious, and the war rabbit cub can also be seen at a glance, which is different from ordinary children.

The city guard outside the carriage looked at Yan Xun again, seeing that he looked very good-looking, he immediately confirmed his identity in his heart.

"Master Yan." He cupped his hands and let him go.

There are monsters in the carriage, which can be seen at a glance, but they cannot be stopped, and they dare not stop them.

The city guards reported it layer by layer, and the people above knew it, but they were just relieved. It was enough to know that Yan Xun was back, so what else do you want to do?Of course nothing can be done.

The same is true before going to the Danxin Bridge.

The lieutenant general guarding the bridge didn't even dare to say the word "bridge crossing fee", so he hurriedly let Yan Xun pass.

Someone around me asked, "General, why don't you charge bridge tolls?"

These days, except for Wang Zhener’s family’s coal transport team, which doesn’t charge bridge tolls, basically anyone who crosses the bridge has to pay, and the amount is quite considerable, because there are too many people who want to go to the other side of the river.

I heard that there is a delicious flower wine on the other side of the river. It tastes very fragrant and can prolong life after drinking it. When this wine comes out, more people go to the other side of the river.

"That's Mr. Yan, even if he gives you the bridge toll, you have to be strong enough to take it." The lieutenant said deeply, "I'd rather not charge the bridge toll than take the bridge toll from Mr. Yan. You say the same Bing, you should know that some monsters are very strange... I heard that anyone who treats Lord Yan badly will be unlucky, why do you think this is?"

And the people who are favored by Yan Xun basically don't talk about rising to the top, at least their lives are getting better and better. Even Ye Xianglang, who was hated by the whole capital, has now become the admiration of the brothers and sisters in the capital. handsome man.

On the other side of the river, the cubs were waiting outside early.

"My lord." Seeing Yan Xun get off the carriage, the cubs hurriedly shouted.

"Is everything okay?" Yan Xun hurriedly looked at the cubs carefully one by one, pinched their faces, picked them up and weighed them, to see if they were thinner or fatter, and if they had grown taller.

After seeing them outside, Yan Xun took the cubs into the house and put them on the kang.

The cub with the body of a snake hurried over, "Sir, flower wine is selling very well. It's in such a small glass bottle, and a small bottle costs a tael of gold. There are still many people who come to buy it."

"Who came up with this idea?" Yan Xun asked with a smile.

The snake-body cub quickly puffed up his chest, and proudly said: "I came up with it all. Our flower wine is really good, and it is indeed good to drink. It is not expensive at all. Those rich merchants don't know how rich they are. They are not afraid of me when they see me for Huajiu."

The tip of the little tail flicked, it turned out that the snake cub also knew that he would scare people.

"I did the cost budget and profit planning." The Thunder Cub hurried forward, "Everyone has an idea."

"Yeah!" The snake-body cub nodded, "We made a lot of gold."

This is the task that Yan Xun left for the little cubs before leaving. Now it's time to check and accept the results, but it seems that the little cubs have completed it very well.