Beloved Plantation King

In the kitchen, Wen Yi and Zhao Xiu'e had already prepared breakfast and told them to eat.

The three of them walked back, just in time Kang Ming came out with Cong'er.

"Daddy!" Cong'er rushed over as soon as he saw Daddy.

Min Yan also took a few quick steps, knelt down and hugged his son, and stretched out his hand to touch Cong'er's forehead, and the fever disappeared.He asked: "Cong'er got up, does his head still hurt?"

Cong'er hugged her father's neck and shook her head: "Cong'er doesn't hurt, does daddy hurt?"

"Daddy doesn't hurt either." Min Yan shook his head and replied, and then said, "Cong'er was sick last night, thanks to uncle and the others who invited a doctor to take care of you, Cong'er's illness was cured. What should Cong'er do?"

"Thank you uncle." Cong'er replied, then let go of her father's neck, walked up to Yin Peinan and Zuo An, bent down and bowed to them.

"Cong'er thanks Uncle Yin and Uncle An An for saving their lives and taking care of them."

Cong'er was originally Yuxue and cute. Although he was wearing Ning Ge'er's old clothes, he was sick and his face was a little pale, but he couldn't hide his well-educated temperament.

Especially now, the appearance of the little man saluting solemnly is not to mention how cute it is, it immediately hit the heart of Zuo An, the father-to-be.

He stepped forward and pulled Cong'er up, and said with a smile, "You don't have to thank me, it's good that Cong'er is fine. Is Cong'er hungry? Uncle will take you to wash up and have breakfast, okay?"

Cong'er had a good impression of this handsome uncle, but she still turned her head to look at her father, saw her father nodding, then turned her head and gave Zuo An a sweet smile, and said to him: "Okay, thank you Uncle An An."

"Then let's go." Zuo An took Cong'er to the well to wash up.

Yin Peinan saw Kang Ming behind him and asked, "How is Brother Kang Ming?"

Kang Ming already knew what happened yesterday from his master, and he immediately clasped his fists and replied, "Master Lao Yin is worried about it, and he is already much better. Thanks to you, Master Yin, for saving me yesterday, I am very grateful."

Yin Peinan waved his hands and said, "Brother Kang, you don't have to be polite. As long as you are in good health. Brother Yan, brother Kang, come and have breakfast."

"Okay, thank you."

Yin Peinan went to wash his hands first.

Kang Ming looked at Yin Peinan's back, and asked Min Yan in a low voice, "Master, do we really want to stay here?"

Min Yan replied: "Well. The people here are not that complicated. They may not have expected us to be here. The couple are smart people. They have already guessed that we are in trouble but are still willing to take us in. They are not like simple villagers. You have some insight and courage. You should be careful when you talk to them in the future. I just told them that I will stay here for a few days to recuperate. By the way, how is your injury?"

Kang Ming raised his arm and moved his shoulders, and said, "It's much better. Master, the doctor they hired is very good. My wound festered yesterday, and I also had a high fever and dizziness. Later, I hit my head and got drenched in the rain. I woke up today. I didn’t feel dizzy anymore, I didn’t have a fever anymore, and the wound on my back didn’t hurt like it did yesterday.”

"You too?" Speaking of this, Min Yan also felt a little strange.

He remembered that yesterday he was pierced into his back by a tree branch thicker than Cong'er's arm, and it was so deep that he couldn't pull it out by himself, and then he lost too much blood and passed out.

Generally speaking, such a large wound should be very painful.But when he woke up yesterday, the wound on his back was not as painful as he had imagined, just like he had accidentally made a deeper cut while practicing sword.He also asked Cong'er, and Cong'er said that he didn't see anything strange.

And later he saw them bandaging themselves, they were all common herbs, nothing special about them.

And last night, Cong'er had a high fever, and he didn't sweat after drinking the medicine. Later, Yin Peinan and his wife massaged Cong'er for about a quarter of an hour, and Cong'er sweated, and the high fever subsided.

Now I can't think of Kang Ming doing the same.

But no matter what, now they are the ones who have been favored by others, and they are friends rather than enemies, and he has no intention of exploring these things.

Husband and wife are not happy.

Min Yan thought for a while, and said: "It's indeed a bit strange, but it is beneficial and harmless to us. There are many capable people and strange people in the world, and many of them are hidden in the countryside. Let's not deliberately explore it, in case we violate the taboo It’s not good. Moreover, you may not know it when you just wake up, but it just so happens that they are still people who have made great contributions to the court and the people.”

"Great contribution?" Kang Ming was really surprised and asked, "Master, who are they?"

Min Yan said with a smile: "The couple, one is Yin Peinan and the other is Zuo An. Are these two names familiar? Look at the bean curd sticks hanging in the yard, do you remember anything?"

Kang Ming looked at the bean curd sticks drying on the bamboo poles in the yard, thought for a while, remembered what he had heard before, and then opened his eyes wide in surprise and said: "Master, it's them?! That one made the columbine cart and planted new grain seeds , the person who made the yuba?"

Min Yan nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, it's their house. It's a coincidence that we were rescued by them. Did you see that you were in a coma yesterday, and you will be surprised later."

Kang Ming asked, "What's the matter?"

Min Yan: "You will know later."

"Brother Yan, brother Kang, come quickly, have breakfast." Over there, Wen Yi was calling them.

"Okay Uncle, we'll come." Min Yan responded, and said to Kang Ming, "Let's go and try the legendary new rice variety."

Because of the large number of people, the table was replaced with a round table top, and the breakfast on it was very rich, including buns, steamed buns, egg pancakes, rice porridge, vegetables and pickles, and a plate of half-cut salted duck eggs.

It is really rare to see such a rich breakfast in ordinary villagers' homes. It is usually pickled vegetables and rice porridge, and some rice porridge can't be eaten.Kang Ming was secretly surprised.

"Brother Yan, Brother Kang, come and sit down." Yin Peinan greeted them.

Min Yan sat down next to Cong'er, but Kang Ming waved his hands and said, "No, no, I can eat standing up with two steamed buns." He didn't have the guts to eat at the same table with his master.

"Ah? How can you eat standing up? Sit down and eat, there is enough space." Zhao Xiu'e thought it was because he was afraid of not having enough space, and said, "Our round table can seat twelve adults."

Kang Ming wanted to refuse at first, but he heard Min Yan say, "Sit down."

Kang Ming paused, bent slightly and said, "Yes."

Only then did Kang Ming sit down next to Min Yan, his back straightened, and he seemed a little restrained and uncomfortable.

Zuo An and Yin Peinan looked at each other and smiled.

Just at this time, Wen Yi cut a plate of watermelon and brought it in and put it on the table, "Okay, it's all ready, let's eat."

When Kang Ming saw the plate of watermelon on the table, his eyes widened: "This, is this watermelon?"

Zhao Xiu'e nodded and smiled, "It's watermelon. When Ah Nan came back in the morning, he just picked it and put it in the well water. It's just right to eat now."

Kang Ming was very surprised. Remembering what his master said, he pretended to be casual and said: "I didn't expect to see watermelons here. I heard that there are very few in the capital."

"That's right, but we got the seeds from the west and planted them ourselves. Brother Kang, please try it." Zhao Xiu'e replied, and then enthusiastically took a piece for Kang Ming.

Kang Ming took it over and thanked, "Thank you, auntie."

Cong'er saw it and said to Min Yan: "Daddy, I also want to eat a piece of watermelon first, but I can't reach it, can you help me get it?"

Min Yan didn't give it to him, but took him a steamed stuffed bun, broke it open, put it on a plate to cool, and said, "You just recovered from your illness, you have to eat a steamed stuffed bun and a bowl of porridge before you can eat watermelon. "

Cong'er frowned and thought for a while before compromising: "That's fine."

As he said that, he picked up half of the buns and sipped the buns while drinking the porridge, and from time to time he picked up chopsticks to eat a dish that his father picked up.

He ate very politely, he didn't say a word while eating, he was very focused, just like Min Yan next to him, he looked like a father and son.

Kang Ming drank the rice porridge, and he also noticed the difference in the rice, the taste was not only a little better,

Coupled with the legendary high yield, he is even more impressed by this family.

Yin Peinan and Zuo An looked at each other, like a mirror in their hearts.

They found out at dinner last night that Min Yan and Cong'er must have unusual identities.

After dinner yesterday, watermelon was served on the table as an after-dinner fruit. When Cong'er and Min Yan saw the watermelon on the table, they were a little surprised.

Cong'er recognized it at the first sight, and was very surprised, but it was not the kind of surprise when he saw it for the first time, but the kind of surprise that he had eaten before but didn't expect to be able to eat here.

At that time, after he ate it, he also said, "It's more delicious than what I ate before."

Of course, this freshly picked watermelon is better than the watermelon after long-distance transportation.

Later, when they ate it, they didn't have the reaction of eating it for the first time, indicating that they had eaten it before.

With a capital accent, a wide range of knowledge, and behaviors that are not like ordinary people, these three must be noble people from the capital.It's just that they don't know what their identities are, and they still encounter such danger.Many thoughts flashed through Zuo An's mind instantly.

After dinner, Ning Ge'er and Zuo Baoying went to school.

Before leaving, Ning Ge'er took Cong'er's hand and said: "Cong'er, I heard that your mother said that you were sick last night, you should have a good rest, and when we come back from school at noon, I will play with you."

Cong'er nodded and said, "Okay, brother Ningning and sister Yingying, goodbye."

After sending Ning Geer and Zuo Baoying to go out, Cong'er went back and drank the medicine, then sat and played with the toys that Ning Geer gave him, such as bamboo dragonflies, small wooden horses, and playing Frisbee with the dog.

After a while, Ji Yuebai and Xiaobao came to drag watermelons.Yin Peinan took them to pick watermelons, and went to the doctor's house to explain the confidentiality.

Zhao Xiu'e was at home, helping Min Yan and the others to take out the wet clothes from yesterday and the wet clothes in the luggage, wash them and hang them to dry.

Zuo An was worried, and stayed here just in case. After all, he also has supernatural powers, and he can protect his family at critical moments.

They didn't go out to the river to wash, but they dug well water at home and chatted while cleaning.

Zhao Xiu'e took out the clothes they changed yesterday and prepared to wash them, Min Yan hurriedly took them over and said, "Auntie, I'll come, I don't want these clothes, they are all torn and stained with blood, I'll burn them when they're dry. "

Zhao Xiu'e was used to frugality, so she said, "The clothes are torn and stained with blood, but the trousers are okay, they can be worn after washing, it doesn't matter."

"...Well, that's fine." Min Yan looked at it for a while, picked out the pants, and threw away the other ragged clothes.

After Kang Ming finished washing his clothes, he was responsible for fetching water, but Zhao Xiu'e refused to ask him to rest.

Zhao Xiu'e looked a little worried: "Kang Ming, you are still injured, don't open the wound, go to rest and let us come."

Kang Ming shook his head and said, "It's okay, auntie, just get some water, it doesn't take much effort."

Zhao Xiu'e said to Min Yan: "Brother Yan, look, the injury on his back yesterday is so scary, you tell him to go to rest, don't the wound open again. You are also injured, go to rest, this Do some work, we'll be done in a minute."

Min Yan glanced at Kang Ming and saw that he was doing things with his uninjured hand, and said: "It's nothing, since he said it's nothing, then it's nothing, let him go. He has practiced martial arts since he was a child, and he has a good body. He did it, but he was awkward. I'm fine, the wound doesn't hurt much."

Kang Ming is his personal bodyguard, and now he is the only bodyguard by his side, and Kang Ming will not leave him to rest.

When Zhao Xiu'e heard the words, she stopped persuading her.

A few people were washing clothes for days, chatting and chatting, and they talked about food. Min Yan praised their vegetables and rice as delicious.

Speaking of this, Zhao Xiu'e beamed and said, "Really, you also think our vegetables and rice are delicious? These are all new varieties. The seeds my family Anan got from a merchant have a better taste than ours. The vegetables and rice used to be delicious, and ah, high yield.

Let me tell you, the current yield of this type of rice is tens to hundreds of catties more than the previous rice yield.Now our whole county is planting this kind of rice, and next year, several surrounding counties will also plant it, so that so many people will not go hungry. "

Min Yan heard the words and said, "I've heard of a new variety of rice before. Did you produce it?"

"That's right, that's right, it's from our place, and our rice has been named as a tribute to the court!" Zhao Xiu'e said happily: "Not only this rice, but also our family's bean curd sticks and salted duck eggs. Let's eat it in the morning." The salted duck egg I bought was also conferred as a tribute."

Min Yan also smiled and said, "That's great! If you are awarded the title of court tribute, will the business of your shop be much better?"

"Indeed, it's much better, after all, it's famous." Zhao Xiu'e smiled, but she changed the topic and sighed again, and said, "But there are troubles, and an accident almost happened."

Min Yan asked curiously, "What's the trouble?"

Zhao Xiu'e sighed, and complained to Min Yan: "You don't know, brother Yan, it's not all a good thing to be named a tribute."

Min Yan frowned and asked, "How?"

Zuo An glanced at Zhao Xiu'e and Min Yan, and did not interrupt Zhao Xiu'e, but observed Min Yan's expression from time to time.

Zhao Xiu'e said: "Oh, you don't know, our bean curd sticks and salted duck eggs were conferred as tributes last year, and a few months ago, in March, wouldn't the imperial merchants come over to buy them?

Ouch, let me tell you, the imperial merchants are so domineering, they lowered our prices to the lowest level as soon as they came, which is equivalent to the prices we charged the villagers.The salted duck eggs were at a loss. We bought duck eggs from the villagers for two pennies and had to marinate them. Originally we sold them for four pennies each, but we sold them one for the imperial money.Are you saying this is not bullying? ! "

"Oh? What's the matter?" Min Yan frowned and said, "Isn't the price negotiable when it comes to business? You should bargain."

"Talk about it!" Zhao Xiu'e got angry when she remembered what happened at that time, slapped her thigh, and said angrily: "The emperor didn't give us a chance to talk at all. Did you know that he brought a man from the capital with him?" , that person was originally in the yuba business with us, and he bought a lot of yuba from us and returned to the capital during the Chinese New Year. When he returned, he hadn’t sold much before he was forced by the imperial merchant to sell them all. them.

The boss didn't want to sell it at first, so the emperor sent someone to burn down the boss's shop and threatened his family.The boss had no choice but to sell it to them.What do you think is the difference between this and a robber? ! "

Min Yan frowned even deeper, "Is there such a thing? Then how do you deal with it here?"

"How else can we deal with it? The emperor called the boss to talk to us, and he was threatening. My family, Anan and An Geer, were unwilling to sell at a low price at a loss. Then one night, in our shop A thief has entered Hegongfang. Fortunately, we were prepared to arrest the thief and send him to the government. Do you know who the thief is?"

There is no need to guess at all, Min Yan said: "The emperor sent it?"

"Yes, isn't it the wicked one! I guess he wants to use the trick he used against Boss Li and the others to deal with us again." Zhao Xiu'e was furious, cursed a curse word, and then said: "But later, he got retribution for being wicked. .”

Min Yan asked curiously, "How?"

Zhao Xiu'e whispered: "He went to the flower house to drink flower wine, and got drunk and slept with the girl. Somehow, an accident happened on the way. His mouth was crooked, as if he had a stroke. It was also because he had an accident and hurried back. Beijing, and his subordinates bought our bean curd sticks and salted duck eggs at normal wholesale prices.

If it weren't for this accident, we really don't know what to do in the end. Their family is powerful, a famous imperial merchant in the capital, what can we poor people do.well! "

When Min Yan heard this, he remained silent for a long time.Even Kang Ming frowned for a long time.

Seeing that his expression was not very good, Zhao Xiu'e said quickly: "Hey, look at me, why are you telling me this. Brother Yan, just listen and don't take it to heart.

go. "

Min Yan shook his head and said, "It's okay, I just didn't expect those imperial merchants to be so bold as to use the money from the palace to harm the common people. As far as I know, the imperial merchants are given enough silver to purchase the items for the palace."

Zhao Xiu'e sighed, and said: "Well, the palace may have given enough silver taels, so they can't buy it according to the money given by the palace. They will definitely try their best to put the money in their pockets, and there is only so much money, but Don’t squeeze the common people. Like us, salted duck eggs are sold for four yuan a piece, and for wholesale, they are sold for ten yuan and three yuan. The imperial merchants are actually middlemen. Who knows how much they quoted to the palace, right? ?”

Min Yan fell silent upon hearing this.

Zhao Xiu'e said again: "Before I heard that there were two places where a lot of people died because of the tribute. Well, these things, in fact, the people who suffer are the common people, but we have no power or power , What can I do? I don’t even have a place to file a complaint, maybe I’ll be stopped before I reach the capital, and maybe I’ll lose my life.”

Seeing Min Yan's contemplative expression of frowning, Zuo An lowered his eyes and said to Zhao Xiu'e, "Mother, let's not talk about this. Let's think about what to have for lunch, so I can go to the vegetable garden to pick some vegetables later. "

Zhao Xiu'e replied: "Oh, yes, yes, look at me, I only talk about unpleasant things. By the way, brother, what do you want to eat at noon? I will do it. You three are injured, injured, sick, and sick. You have to eat well." It’s just for tonic. Let me see what kind of soup to make for you to make a tonic, go buy a fish and make crucian carp soup, or get a bone soup..."

Min Yan came back to his senses, and quickly said: "Auntie doesn't need to make special preparations for us, just follow your usual routine, it's already troublesome for you, I'm very sorry."

"It's okay, it's okay, we cook soup every day, just make more, it's okay..."

Seeing that they were talking about other things, Zuo An glanced at Min Yan again, seeing that his expression was still calm and his attitude towards them hadn't changed much, so he relaxed a little and chatted with them casually.

The author has something to say: Sorry for the lateness, I will try to make it earlier tomorrow.