The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

Li Fu ate the most exquisite breakfast, not because of how exquisite and varied the breakfast was, but because of the speed at which he ate, chewing slowly.

As we all know, after waking up, the body wakes up first, then the brain, and finally sits at the table. The stomach has not woken up yet, so naturally the appetite is not that good, and the eating is slow.

Li Fu watched several people working in the kitchen yard slowly while eating zongzi.

Xiao Tao was bored and sat aside to enjoy the cool.

If Li Fu was not there, she would go to the kitchen to help.

But Li Fu was sitting here, and even if Xiao Tao was idle, she had to take care of Li Fu as her first priority. This is the difference between a personal maid and other servants.

A personal maid has special duties. She can only do things outside of her duties if the master says she can do it.

Otherwise, if she delays serving the master, then this personal maid is not qualified.

After eating the zongzi, Li Fu washed his hands, put the bowls and chopsticks on the millstone, and handed them over to others to clean up.

He wanted to go outside to see the villagers making zongzi.

In the open space not far from the house, under the shed, the women in the village were busy back and forth, with a clear division of labor. Some were sending the wrapped zongzi to the stove to cook, while others were preparing the ingredients.

Most of them sat on both sides, guarding the chopping board and making zongzi.

A pot of zongzi had already been cooked here and was placed in a basket next to it to dry.

"My dear."

"My dear."

When everyone saw Li Fu coming over, they greeted him.

Li Fu smiled, nodded, raised his hand, greeted him, and responded.

"Everyone is busy. How is it? Can it be finished in two days?" Li Fu asked with a smile.

"My dear, you underestimate us. With so many people, we can finish it in one day."

"Yes, if there are a thousand dumplings, it will only take half a day." Another woman said, "As long as there are enough materials, we can finish it before dark."

"It's just that there are not enough stoves, and we can't cook them after wrapping them."

"Yes, yes."

After hearing this, Li Fu thought for a while, and then said, "That's it. I will arrange people to send some of these wrapped dumplings to the kitchen in the house to cook."

Liu Niang is busy making two pots of dumplings in the kitchen today, which are also wrapped by these people outside. Two pots are needed to distribute dumplings to the servants in the house.

Everyone wants to celebrate the festival.

"Xiao Tao, after Liu Niang is done with her work, let the people in the house go back and forth a few more times to borrow the kitchen in our house. You can help arrange it then." Li Fu said.

"Yes." Xiao Tao responded: "Then Liu Niang and the others will have to work hard all day."

"It's a good time to celebrate the festival. There will be rewards after the festival." Li Fu said with a smile.

"Hehe, now they will be more motivated to work." Xiao Tao said happily: "Then I will thank you on behalf of Liu Niang and the others."

"You." Li Fu smiled helplessly: "Why are you thinking of asking for rewards for Liu Niang? Why, the last time Tiezhu became her apprentice, she emptied her family's funds."

Xiao Tao shook her head.

"That's not the case. It's not just about apprenticeship. Liu Niang spent a lot of money to give Tiezhu better conditions for his studies. Especially after he became Mr. Lu's apprentice, Liu Niang became even more frugal.

She would say that Mr. Lu was a great scholar with countless disciples. Tiezhu often followed Mr. Lu, so he naturally couldn't lose face for him. Therefore, Liu Niang bought several new clothes for Tiezhu."

"Tiezhu thought it was a waste and unnecessary. Clothes can be worn after washing. Liu Niang stubbornly believed that face should not be lost. Therefore, the mother and daughter quarreled for a while."

"Tiezhu is a good child. He knows how to be considerate of Liu Niang." Li Fu smiled and said, "Liu Niang is very concerned about Tiezhu's study and schooling. , I care a lot. I don't blame her for thinking this way. However, it's not shameful to be with Old Man Lu. If you have a chance, you can talk to Liu Niang about it. This has nothing to do with Tiezhu.

If Old Man Lu really has such a big face in the eyes of others, even if Tiezhu wears rags, others dare not look down on Old Man Lu and his disciples.

If Old Man Lu is not so important in the eyes of others, then even if Tiezhu wears silk and satin, people will still not look at him. This is Old Man Lu's problem, not Tiezhu's problem.

In the future, let Old Man Lu work hard and earn more face for his students. "

Xiao Tao stood aside, opened her mouth in surprise, and couldn't make any sound.

Is... is that the case?

Li Fu has lived two lives, can he still waste his energy on such an issue?

Instead of wasting his energy, it's better to go crazy and torture others.

Give Old Man Lu a CPU, do you think this great scholar is confused?I was just confused.

After inspecting the whole place, Li Fu went back home and went to the study to continue to deal with the things that he had not finished last night.

The rice dumplings will be ready today, and they will be distributed tomorrow. The day after tomorrow, they will set off for Chang'an early in the morning.

The day after tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival.

The more Li Fu thought about it, the more he felt that Li Erfeng might be here to take revenge on him.

To take revenge on him, he asked Shitou to deliver a letter to him and asked him to go to Jingyang County.

Then during this festival, he also asked someone to deliver a letter and asked him to go to Chang'an City.

This Li Erfeng is really narrow-minded, like a mother's fly leg.

The whole house was filled with the fragrance of rice dumplings.

Li Fu didn't want to eat rice dumplings because of the fragrance. He wanted to eat some barbecue.

When it's hot, you have to have barbecue with wine. The more you drink, the better.

It would be great if we could make beer. I would have a good chat with the workers in the brewing workshop when I have time.

This Wude wine... is not suitable for a young man like him.

"Shuangxi." Li Fu shouted outside the study.

Shuangxi stood at the door of the study and bowed.

"What do you want, sir?"

"Let someone clean up the grill. I want to eat some grilled skewers tonight." Li Fu said, "Get some rice wine."

"Yes." Shuangxi responded.

In the evening, in Li Fu's yard, the grill was set up, with charcoal blocks burned in the kitchen, and the stone table in the yard was filled with skewered ingredients.

Li Fu sat in the yard to enjoy the cool, grilled some skewers, and drank some wine.

Life is like a long dream~~

Sighing in the dream...

Enjoy.

People have to learn to enjoy loneliness.

If they can't learn, then people like me will be depressed and get depression or something.

After all, there are many things that can't be discussed with others, and they can only be suppressed in their hearts.

Over time, the mentality is different.

That's why I have to toss and turn, let these messy things occupy my mind, to toss myself, and toss the people under my command.

Make myself and the surrounding environment look very busy.

This way I won't have time to think about other things.

In addition, when I first came here, I had lived a poor life, which was really enough.

I have to make money and live a good life!

After eating and drinking, I can leave, and someone will naturally pick up the rest.

Although it was rice wine, Li Fu drank a lot with the barbecue skewers. When he returned to the house, he took off his coat and fell asleep.

Even in a daze, he had to pull the corner of the quilt on one side and cover his belly.

It's hot, but the belly needs to be covered.

Even if there is only one leaf left in the world, he has to cover his belly button when he sleeps.

When he opened his eyes again, the yard had been cleaned up.

Xiao Tao was waiting outside, and only went into the room when she heard Li Fu calling her.

"We worked until the evening yesterday, and the rice dumplings are ready. We have to distribute them to everyone today." Xiao Tao said.

It's hot, and things can't be stored. It's best to use them up today, otherwise it will be a waste if they go bad.

"Okay, let Lao Zhao arrange people to distribute rice dumplings to everyone today." Li Fu said.

"Uncle Zhao prepared it yesterday." Xiao Tao responded: "Some people have been gathered in the house to distribute them to the people in the village first. They worked yesterday, so we distributed them to them first."

"Yes, that's fine." Li Fu responded.

"Uncle Zhao plans to ask the women in the farm to help carry the zongzi to the construction site."

"What to carry? Harness the horse carriage and pull the cart over. Wouldn't that save effort?" Li Fu said, "Use the ready-made tools. There are so many ox carts and horse carts in the house. Use what you can use. Don't let others waste their energy.

You have endless energy every day. Do something serious."

Li Fu was speechless. Carry these zongzi over? How tiring is it?

"These are not the carriages and horses in the house. Without your order, others dare not use them without permission. If you want to use them, and we don't have them, then we will be guilty. Even if Uncle Zhao can mobilize them, he can only mobilize one carriage and horse." Xiao Tao pouted and retorted.

Li Fu smiled.

"Yes, yes, yes, you are thinking about me, and you are thinking well! You deserve praise, and you will all be rewarded after the festival!

By the way, have you distributed the rice dumplings to the people in the house today?"

"Waiting for your words." Xiao Tao replied.

"Send them immediately!" Li Fu waved his hand.

"Shuangxi." Xiao Tao fiddled with her two short legs and ran to the door.

"I'm here, sister Xiao Tao." Shuangxi replied.

"Go to the kitchen and tell them that the young master gave the rice dumplings to everyone in the house." Xiao Tao said.

"Well, I'll go right away." Shuangxi turned and went out.

The rest should be sent to the manor and the construction site.Li Fu led them to deliver the rice dumplings.

Most of the day was spent on this.

There was no other way. He was the one who brought up the matter. Lao Zhao also meant that the limelight should be given to the host family, and the praise should also be enjoyed by the host family.

So, after breakfast in the morning, Li Fu set out from the house with Lao Zhao and the guards.

First, they went to the farm and asked the old village head to call out the people who stayed at home and collect the rice dumplings according to the number of people in the family. They said that each person should get one, no more, no less.

There was no need to worry about who took more or less. They were all from the same farm. Isn't it clear how many people there were in each family?

Lao Zhao stood aside with the old village head.

Li Fu was guarding a basket and handing out rice dumplings to everyone personally.

"My dear, have a happy Dragon Boat Festival."

"Happy Dragon Boat Festival." Li Fu smiled, took out the rice dumplings from the basket and handed them to the person opposite.

"After you put the zongzi back home, you still need to help. There are many people on the construction site, so you can help distribute them together and count them." Li Fu said, "There are four construction sites, which is not a small number."

"Okay, as long as there is anything, you can call us and we will definitely help."

Li Fu looked at the smiles on the faces of the people in the village and couldn't help but think of the time when he was a child in the village.

The people in the village were also so simple and kind. At that time, if anyone had something to do, they would help.

Go to weddings and funerals.

Whether it is weddings or funerals, or making big pot meals, the female comrades in the village help wash vegetables, pick vegetables and carry plates, and the male comrades are strong, so they work harder and do heavier work.

Soon, all the zongzi on this side of the village were collected.

The people in the house lifted the remaining zongzi onto the cart and started to pull it to the construction site.

The first place to go was the construction site of the academy, where there were the most people.

The villagers also hurriedly put down their things and followed the carriage to the construction site.

When they arrived, baskets of zongzi were unloaded.

There was a cook on the construction site.

"How many people are there on the construction site now?" Li Fu asked, "Tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival, and the village has prepared zongzi for them to eat."

"To be specific, there are a total of 1,036 people." The cook said.

"Okay, weigh them out, leave a few people here, and wait until noon, a dozen people will distribute them together, and each person will guard a basket, which is also fast." Li Fu said.

There are already more zongzi, so there is no need to keep a specific number, and it is also difficult to count. Just keep a rough number, how many are there in a basket, and how many baskets are left.

The main thing is to distribute them to more than a thousand people, and it will take a lot of people, so that everyone can catch up with the meal.

Li Fu gathered people in the village to do this.

After the four construction sites were divided, it was almost noon.

Li Fu planned to go to the construction site to see the situation.

It was lunch time, and dozens of cooks on the construction site prepared meals. The workers stopped their work and started to eat.

A row of baskets filled with zongzi were placed on the table.

"Everyone, after you finish your meals, you can come here and get a zongzi each. Tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival. His Royal Highness Prince Jingyang and fellow villagers in the village have prepared zongzi for us, so that we can also celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival!"

"Come here, come here."

"Line up, one for each person."

"You can also get it here, come here."

Everyone greeted.

The workers heard it.

There is such a good thing?

His Royal Highness Prince Jingyang is really a good person!

"Thank you, His Royal Highness Prince Jingyang!"

Everyone praised.

Just at this time, Li Fu also came to inspect.

Then he heard the noise.

"The prince is coming."

Someone in the crowd shouted.

Now, the voices thanking Li Fu were even louder.

"Thank you, Your Highness, King Jingyang!"

Li Fu came to the place where the rice dumplings were distributed.

"You're welcome. You've worked hard on the farm these days. The conditions are limited. Let's celebrate the festival together." Li Fu said, "The weather is getting hotter and hotter. You should be more careful in the future. Don't get heatstroke. Drink more soup."