"Hmm..." Prefect Hu nodded, and asked again, "I heard that these two boys went to the nursing home for a long distance in the past two years, and helped the children in the nursing home make a living?"

"Yes." Uncle Liu looked straighter. He is not an old man who has never seen the world, and he knows that this statement has a lot to do with the future of the two children. "They both said that they both survived the disaster. If you two can help, please help."

Uncle Liu didn't say the specifics. He knew that Prefect Hu had asked this question, so he must have already known it.

——Gu Cijiu and Duan Shaobo have a general history and a theory, but the livelihood they both want to make a living for these children is not a lofty business. Last year, they sold fermented glutinous rice in summer and chestnuts in winter.This year, we bought graphite, so we sell soy milk early and tofu later.These children keep themselves and their business burdens clean and tidy, and they are not short on catties and short on two things, and they are not greedy for petty gains.

Tofu is not difficult to make in this era, but there are still not many people who do it. Without him, making tofu is too hard.When there is still slack in farming, there is no day off for grinding beans.

"To tell you the truth, Uncle Liu, someone once told me that those two children were messing around. The imperial court set up a nursing home to raise these children with state money, and then let them go into business on their own. That is a disgrace to the imperial court face."

"My lord, this..." Uncle Liu's face changed, thinking that he had misunderstood the matter, and the prefect Hu asked at this time to blame the two.

Prefect Hu raised his hand and didn't let Uncle Liu speak: "How about the nursery, can I not know? It is true that those children can't die, but that's all. When they reach the age, They were driven out like pigs and dogs, and even ran away before they reached the age, no matter what, most of their fate is that women are women and men are robbers."

Golden phoenixes can still fly out of modern orphanages, but it is impossible to think of such similar nursing homes in ancient times.

After sighing, Prefect Hu continued: "I heard that they fought in the nursery?"

"Yes." Uncle Liu's eyes lit up again, and when he talked about this passage, he was more proud than when he single-handedly slaughtered five tartars in his early years, "The children who went to the catastrophe were pretty obedient, but originally in the courtyard, They were quite lazy, so the two boys first used their fists to make them obey. But after selling things and earning income, some people stopped working hard. Also, I met kind people outside and knew that they were nursery schools. Yes, I gave money on purpose and didn’t want things, and the latter gave more money. Some children like to take advantage of small things, and the two boys can’t explain it when they find out. It’s fine if they are honest. cut off from them."

"Oh... I have also heard about the matter of giving money and not having things, or having too much money. I heard that he came to the door one after another to pay back the money. Why is this so? Wouldn't it be a good idea? Chilling?"

"The villain also asked the two boys about this matter, and they said, 'If you take more money from these people, will people who come to buy goods in the future also have to pay more? Now many people still deliberately choose Our goods are bought because we are poor. They bought what we needed and took care of our business. This is the best of both worlds. But if you ask others to give you more money, if you don’t give money, you are not kind, then buy later There are fewer and fewer people.'”

Now it has a little reputation in Si'an City, and ordinary people are willing to buy the soy milk, tofu and dried tofu that are burdening the children.

"This is the principle of Zi Gong's redemption." Taishou Hu smiled more and more cordially, "These two children not only learned the principles in the book, but also applied what they learned. They are indeed good children. Are they going to join?"

"Yes, although these two boys are not very old, but their Master Wen should let the two boys enter the arena to try, it doesn't matter if they are right or not."

"It makes sense." Prefect Hu didn't ask any more questions, and ordered someone to take out two sets of the Four Treasures of the Study, saying that they were gifts for the two teenagers.

At this time, Gu Cijiu and Duan Shaobo were also in the nursing home that Eunuch Hu and Uncle Liu were talking about just now, and a group of children were happily surrounding a donkey.They bought it with their savings. Naturally, Uncle Liu also contributed to the purchase of the donkey, otherwise such a good donkey would not be available to children like them.

"This donkey is also the last thing we will do for you. From today onwards, both of us will bury our heads in our studies, and we will focus on our studies these years." Gu Cijiu saw that their voices were a little softer, Just said.

The faces of these happy children changed drastically: "Brother Gu! Second Brother Duan! Don't you want us?!"

Duan Shaobo shook his head: "It was agreed at the beginning, we just pointed out a clear road for you, and helped you walk through the initial section. Now that the road has come, it's time for us to retire."

"Two brothers, how, how can this happen?"

Gu Cijiu raised his eyebrows: "Why not? Do we owe you money, or have we eaten your rice?"

"No, no, don't misunderstand the two brothers!" A group of children hurriedly shook their heads. Obviously, these two were very powerful, but some young ones couldn't help crying, "Then what shall we do in the future?"

"What to do now, what to do in the future." Gu Cijiu spread his hands, "Okay, let's go."

As soon as the two of them left, the children in the yard started making noise again.After thinking for such a short period of time, it's not that everyone is unhappy. On the contrary, some people moved their minds: "The two elder brothers are now children, and I think they have already arrived, and they feel that there is no need to talk to them." Let's be together. Don't think about calling people back, think about yourself now."

"How are you talking?"

"Isn't it right for me to speak?"

"It's weird! Let me ask you, the two elder brothers brought us to this point, can they get a penny?"

"This..." He became dumb. When it comes to money matters, Gu Cijiu and Duan Shaobo have never touched each other. Even if it is troublesome, at least half of them should be present to watch the calculation and distribution. The things are also recognized by themselves, "The money is not wanted, but the reputation is not wanted?"

"Not only didn't we get any money, but we bought a lot of things with our own money. You just think about other people's reputation, and you don't want to replace it with you. Can you do it? If people don't care about it, you and I will pay for it." Enduring hunger and starvation in this nursing home!"

"It's better to go hungry than to bring someone out at night and then kick him back! What kind of a man is he if he just walks away? What shall we do in the future? Should we continue to sell tofu? Besides, you and I are both young I'm old enough to leave the nursing home, what will happen to me after I leave?!"

"Are you still cheating on others? The two elder brothers are not your real parents, so they have to care about you for the rest of your life?"

These two people come and go, and the children, no matter how old they are, are divided into two factions, and they are noisy together.But apart from these people, there were two children named Niu Er and Hu Liu who sneaked out and went directly to Gu Cijiu and Duan Shaobo's house.

They ran all the way, but they caught up with Gu Cijiu and Duan Shaobo before they got home.After catching up, Niu Er saluted the two of them: "Do the two brothers need servants?"

"Ok?"

Niu Erdao: "Thanks to the two elder brothers who taught me how to count, and gave me a good reputation for selling goods on the street, I can be a mistress or a buddy even if I leave the nursing home, and it's not impossible to marry even if I tighten my belt. My wife gave birth to a child and bought a house and land, but... I followed my brother before and learned the principles of how to behave, and I always feel that if I continue to follow my brother, I can learn more principles. Therefore, I am willing to be a slave and follow my brother!"

Hu Liu also said: "I'm not as good at speaking as Niu Er, but I'm born stupid, so I can be at ease with my two older brothers."

Both of them were orphans from the original nursing home. Niu and Hu were the years when they were picked up, and February and Six were the months. These two were the heads of children that Gu Cijiu and Duan Shaobo beat.Two years ago, although these two were children's heads, they were only a little taller and stronger than the children in the nursing home. If they were compared with ordinary children, they would be very thin and thin, but now they have grown not only a head, but also a skeleton. Also saw the meat.

Niu Er has small eyes, a flat nose, and almost no chin. He is just an ordinary ugly person.Hu Liu is quite handsome, and his eye sockets are deeper than ordinary people, so he may be of barbarian blood.

What these two have in common is that they are not stupid. Before Gu Cijiu and Duan Shaobo appeared, they fought against each other in the nursery. Later, when Gu Cijiu came, they also made a fuss. He is more involved than his little brother.

Today, when Gu Cijiu said he was going to leave, the two of them wanted to check the situation, but who knew that the group of children would make a fuss.In fact, the two leading ones used the remaining tricks they played, and the two of them don't care whether they said that Gu Cijiu and Duan Shaobo were bad or that they were good, in fact, they meant both inside and outside. One—they were left alone, which made the rest of the children have to shift their minds from hoping that Duan Shaobo and Gu Cijiu would come back, and instead began to seek to join a new small group.

But what would it be like to be king and hegemony in the nursery?Even if the nursing home is much better now, everyone can earn a little money, and even save a little money before leaving the nursing home.But Niu Er and Hu Liu can see clearly that relying on themselves is to maintain the current situation, as long as any of them is a little slack and can't convince the public, the nursing home will soon be beaten to its original shape .

However, those people have already started to fight for power and profit, so the nursery school might return to the situation it was two years ago before long.

The two of them don't want to go back to the days when they don't have enough to eat and don't wear warm clothes. They don't agree with the two people who jumped out just now, and they don't think they have that ability, so they come to Gu Cijiu and give it a try no matter what. try.

"Okay."

The two of them were very nervous after finishing what they wanted to say, but they didn't expect Gu Cijiu's answer to come so quickly and so easily.

"Huh? Two, two brothers?"

"What? It's not good if we agreed?" Duan Shaobo raised his eyebrows.

"No, no!" Niu Er grinned until the corners of his mouth reached below his ears, looking silly.Hu Liu didn't show that much, but he still smiled so much that his eyes curled up.

Gu Cijiu: "There's no need to sell yourself into slavery. You two can be my family's helpers. That's the time limit. Do you want to write paperwork after two days, or wait a few years until you are 15 years old and leave the nursing home?" Say more?"

"Two days/today! I'll go write the paperwork!" Niu Er felt that he had already agreed to it simply enough, but who knew that Hu Liu was more anxious than him.

Duan Shaobo: "You guys go home with us first, and you have to wait for Master to arrive when you write the paperwork."

The system [(;Д`) only two people came here, it's a bit uncomfortable. 】

After all, the map needs to be changed, and Gu Cijiu and Duan Shaobo need more and more reliable manpower.Giving up this time is a test for them. If there are enough people who pass the test, it is actually okay not to give up the nursing home.

Duan Shaobo [There will not be only two people, but the rest of the people are probably a little confused, and there should be more people looking for it in a few days. 】

System [It's okay, it's okay! 】

Gu Cijiu【→_→Are you sure?They may not end well if they follow us, we are going to assassinate the prince. 】

System【It's useless to scare me!I know that the host and the junior brother are good people, and those who follow you will be fine! 】

Gu Cijiu【When did you have so much confidence in us? 】The system used to issue good person cards to juniors, but now it is given to him along with him. Gu Cijiu felt strange, because he always felt that he should be a big villain holding high the banner of "cutting off" in the system.

System [Actually, it's not that you have confidence in the host, it's mainly that you have confidence in the little junior...]

The system's tone of "you are just a gift" made Gu Cijiu roll his eyes and didn't bother to pay attention to it.

Uncle Liu came back happily, and shouted as soon as he entered the door: "Boss! Second child! Look at what good things Taishou Hu gave you!"

"Master!" As soon as the two came out, Duan Shaobo couldn't help complaining, "Didn't we agree to call you a car?"

The official gift from Taishou Hu was only two sets of the Four Treasures of the Study, but in addition, there were clothes, shoes and socks inside and out, a few books, two cuts of meat, two pairs of chickens and ducks, and so on.Some are for the two children, and some are for Uncle Liu.There are so many things that a rented cart can be filled to the brim, and Liu Bolen picked them all up with a heavy load.

Uncle Liu is still one-armed. It is more difficult for ordinary people to master balance than ordinary people, and he is also very old.

"Not far, not far." Liu Bo said with a smile, the more the two children complained to him, the happier he was, "Yo? What are these two young men doing here?"

"This is Niu Er, and this is Hu Liu. They both want to be employed by my family." Gu Cijiu said.

Uncle Liu glanced at the two children, and seeing their calm expressions, he knew that they had agreed to hire them. Uncle Liu thought about it again, and in the future, the two children would indeed be accompanied by someone, even a poor family. It is also time to follow a book boy.

"Okay, let's go now!" Uncle Liu was about to stand up, but Duan Shaobo stopped him.

"Master, don't be in a hurry, just take a break first." Duan Shaobo dragged Uncle Liu and walked towards the room, while Gu Cijiu had already called Niu Er and Hu Liu to fetch firewood for the fire.

Uncle Liu asked Duan Shaobo to forcefully press him on the bed, and pressed his shoulders and legs.Uncle Liu has lost his arms for many years, and his left and right shoulders have become different in width and width. Today he came back with a load, and there was a deep mark on his shoulders.

Back from carrying the burden all the way, probably because he was high-spirited, Uncle Liu didn't feel tired at all, but after this trip, after being pressed again, the soreness and weary energy immediately flooded from his bones.Before he knew it, Uncle Liu fell asleep.I don't know how long it took, Uncle Liu heard someone calling him in a low voice, he answered twice in a daze, his face was covered with a wet and warm towel, Uncle Liu quickly opened his eyes, and he wiped himself twice with the towel , and the mental head is completely back.

"Master, let's get up and eat."

"Good! Good!"

Duan Shaobo has already prepared four dishes and one soup. The dishes are served in pots instead of plates, and the rice is brown rice.When Uncle Liu took his seat, he saw Niu Er and Hu Liu holding a rice bowl with mixed food on the side, and nodded in his heart: he was worried that these two children would not care about others, but now he is relieved.

——Uncle Liu was serving as a soldier for Taishou Hu. In fact, most of the soldiers were slaves or clansmen. Uncle Liu was one of the few special cases around Taishou Hu.Although he is not a servant, he has seen a lot of things between masters and slaves. Although the Hu family is a big family, they are just small families, but the reason is the same.

Don't care about whether they had friendship in the nursery before, when these two people came to their house in the future, they would be servants, whether they were hired or not, it was already because the two children had a good heart.If there is still no distinction between top and bottom in daily life, if the hearts of these two people are raised, it will be a disaster for them, and it will be a disaster for the two children.

"You child, don't put your mind on cooking in the future." Sitting down and eating, Uncle Liu put a mouthful of food, first with a smile on his face, and then he couldn't help complaining with a straight face, which made him His expression is extremely strange.

The dishes that Gu Cijiu made were obviously soft and rotten, but they didn't taste like watery sacs in his mouth, but they weren't chewy, and every bite had a distinct taste, and it wasn't heavy on oil or salt.

Uncle Liu really thought about whether he should recommend this child to Taishou Hu directly as a cook, but his thoughts disappeared as soon as he got up.To be the cook of a rich family, one must sell one's body, just to make the master feel at ease.The boss of their family has become more and more outstanding in appearance in the past two years, and then he was brought into the mansion by cooking...

Even if the master's family is Taishou Hu, Uncle Liu can't feel at ease. Fortunately, the two children are up to date, and they will have their own way out in the future.

While happily looking at his family's big and second treasures, Uncle Liu didn't take his eyes off Niu Er and Hu Liu, who were eating at the small table next to them.From Uncle Liu's point of view, he didn't see that they were not happy, but they were very happy.

Even if the two of them have passed this test, after eating, Gu Cijiu and Duan Shaobo pressed them to rest for half an hour before Liu Bo left with Niu Er and Hu Liu, went to find the middleman, and signed the contract. receipt.

The two went back to the nursing home and talked, and took some of their own rags, then went back to Uncle Liu's house, where they also stayed.

They should have been reminded by the two of them, and some people came up after another day, but these people came for different reasons, some out of loyalty, thinking that they are living a good life now because of Gu Cijiu and Duan Shao Park helped, and felt that he should repay.Others are out of face, and feel that they should show an attitude to show that they are not ungrateful.Others have the same reason as Niu Er and Hutou, that is, the reaction is slow, but those two are slower.

Most of these people were persuaded to go back, and only two girls and a boy were accepted. The girls were named Huangdou and Zhao Dahua, and the boy was called Wang Hudan.However, there were sixty or seventy children and teenagers in Si'an's nursing home, and less than one-third of them came to look for them first, and after half a month, no one came at all.

"Master, I heard that Uncle Sun has a Zhuangzi in the countryside?" Two months later, while eating, Gu Cijiu suddenly asked.

Old brothers like Uncle Liu, don’t think they are living an ordinary or even poor life, but they are not short of money and land. Uncle Liu also has Zhuangzi, but his land is not in Si’an, but in his hometown.

"Yes, why, you..." Uncle Liu was about to ask carefully, but suddenly his expression changed, "The weather is also hot, and you have worked hard every day studying and practicing martial arts. I will tell them tomorrow that you can go to Zhuangzi to study. .”

"Thank you Master."

After the meal, there were only three of them, and Uncle Liu asked: "The tofu business for the children in the nursing home was started with your support. Now this business is going to fail, and those children are about to return. In the past, I must have come back to look for you, but they are just troublesome, I am not worried, I am just afraid that it will affect your reputation."

It turned out that ever since Gu Cijiu and Duan Shaobo said to ignore the matter, the children in the nursery were divided into two factions.At the beginning, it was no different from the past, but gradually, the children carrying burdens on the street began to work hard. Uncle Liu had seen several times that children put their burdens at the entrance of the alley, and they found a shady place by themselves. Go to sleep.

Naturally, no one patronizes this kind of business. There are only a very small number of well-meaning old customers who keep money after taking the tofu and dried tofu they want to buy, but of course there are also thieves and people who love to take advantage of small things.

After a while, the old customers and even the thieves stopped visiting, because the tofu and dried tofu picked by these children began to have problems such as dirty things in them, bad taste and so on.

Originally, selling tofu was hard work, and what I earned was hard money from a small business.In this way, let alone making money, it is impossible to get back the capital.

From this look, it is clear that there is something wrong with these children.When they can't play on their own, they will definitely go back and look for Gu Cijiu and Duan Shaobo again, but as Liu Bo said, he is not afraid of these children.The two children of his family went to help them just out of kindness, but later the stall was set up and all the belongings were given to the children in the nursing home. Could it be that something went wrong?

But having said that, not everything in this world can be explained clearly with reason, for fear that some people will listen and believe.After all, Prefect Hu's compliment two months ago was not so much a compliment for them being a child, but a compliment for helping the children in the nursery to find jobs to support themselves.But with such a fuss, their past efforts will be in vain.

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