Chapter 569: Not a bachelor

What’s even more surprising is that he is actually wearing wooden clogs under his feet. The wooden clogs are made with fine craftsmanship. When worn, they don't look like the rough and rough peasants in the countryside. Instead, they look free and uninhibited.

Luo Huiniang was caught saying bad things about the house. She quickly explained: "Uncle, don't be angry. This is what people in the town said. I don't know if it is true... I didn't mean to say that your house is unlucky."

In my hometown, if you dare to say that someone else’s house is haunted, you will be beaten.

Mr. Xia raised his head and smiled and said: "The little girl is simple and cute, not bad."

He looked at Gu Jinli again and looked her over: "You're not bad either."

Her brows are steady and determined, and her eyes are lively and lively. She has the stability of an adult but the cleverness of a little girl.

"Hello, Mr. Xia." Gu Jinli greeted Luo Huiniang and Mr. Xia.

Mr. Xia waved his hands with a smile and said to them: "Come in and sit down. We just arrived. The house is in chaos and there is no one to entertain you. You can just play by yourself."

After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the front yard of the house.

"Okay." Luo Huiniang responded happily, pulling Gu Jinli to follow Mr. Xia.

Gu Jinan closed the back door and followed.

Gu Jinli asked him: "Where is Uncle Shang?"

Shang Xiucai accompanied Gu Jinan to Jinling Mansion to find the Zheng family and Shangguan family. They should have returned together, but there was no sign of Shang Xiucai.

Gu Jinan said: "At Wei's house in Jiang County, Aunt Shang and Yuanyuan are living at the Jiang's house. My husband has just come back. The Jiang's are keeping him here for two days. He probably won't be able to come back until tomorrow or the day after."

The Jiang family had no sons, only one daughter, Yuanyuan, and Shang Xiucai was not at home. Mrs. Jiang was worried that her daughter would not be safe living in the countryside, so she took them back to the Jiang family.

After hearing this, Gu Jinli nodded, looked at Mr. Xia’s back with his sleeves flying, and asked, “This Mr. Xia?”

Gu Jinan knew that she would ask, so he told her Mr. Xia's origin.

Mr. Xia's name was Xia Gu, with the courtesy name Changyuan and Ding Gong. He worked as a retainer for both the Zheng family and the Shangguan family. Later he left both families and moved to Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Jinling Prefecture. After living there for nearly ten years, he got tired of it.

After getting to know Gu Jinan through the Zheng family and Shangguan family, I found out that he lived in the countryside of Qingfu Town, so I followed him to settle here, planning to stay there for three to five years.

Gu Jinli frowned and asked, "You decide to stay here for a few years so rashly?"

Gu Jinan smiled and said: "Mr. I just go wherever I want. I moved to Qingfu Town for a few years and blended in with the locals. It’s nothing unusual.”

but…

“Mr. Xia doesn’t want outsiders to know his identity. Just know it yourself and don’t tell others about Mr.

Mr. Xia came to the country to live a normal life and didn't want to attract too much attention. Although he had put away his madness and started living in seclusion thirty years ago, the things he did when he was young were so famous that if others Knowing that, it is inevitable that students will come in droves.

Mr. Xia is a perverse person. He doesn't like to be an official, but he likes to take the imperial examination. All the way from the scholar examination to the palace examination, when everyone was optimistic that he would become the number one scholar in the new subject, he turned in a blank paper in the palace examination, which made the Emperor of Chu furious.

At that time, he was still the first emperor of Dachu. When he saw the most popular scholar handing in a blank test in the palace examination, he felt that Mr. Xia was deliberately slapping him in the face. He was so angry that he almost killed Mr. Xia. But the first emperor of Da Chu was born in troubled times. The style of madmen was prevalent in the previous dynasty, and everyone had a bad temper and was not afraid of death. He scolded the first emperor of Da Chu bloody, saying that he had stolen money as a minister. The master's country is a thief, and he deserves to have his skin ripped off and then die with three thousand knives!

If you continue to scold him because he was born in the army, he is a bloodthirsty and reckless man, a rough soldier. If he becomes the master of the country, he will definitely ignore the lives of the people and let the blood of Chu flow into rivers.

The first emperor of Da Chu was scolded every day. He killed many literati and madmen to no avail. When it was time to scold your eighteenth generation ancestors, you should still scold your eighteenth generation ancestors. The more you killed, the more scolded they became. vigorously.

Later, some civil servants advised the emperor of Chu, saying that conquering a country requires iron-blooded tactics, but that cannot be done in order to govern a country. It requires winning over literati and crazy people.

These literati and crazy people, it is better for you to treat them politely than to kill them. Moreover, these people are all highly educated, and they can help run the country if they are kept.

The first emperor of Da Chu did not want anything to go wrong in the country he had worked so hard to build, so he issued an order to treat all literati preferentially. Da Chu would not kill any literati who had not committed murder.

Mr. Xia escaped death because of this early imperial edict and was not beheaded by the first emperor of Chu. However, his Huiyuan honors were deprived, leaving only the title of Juren.

Mr. Xia didn't care at all. When he left the capital, he said without fear of death: "Official positions are shackles. Xia only wants to be a person with free hands and feet. He doesn't care about being trapped in shackles."

The first emperor of Da Chu was so angry that he almost vomited blood and wanted to send someone to assassinate him. But after Mr. The first emperor passed away.

After Gu Jinan said this, he added: "Mr. Xia came here to repair the house first. When the house is repaired, Mrs. Xia will come over."

Gu Jinli was shocked: "Mr. Xia actually has a wife?"

This kind of person who starts looking for death after eating enough can actually get a wife? What kind of woman would marry him?

Mr. Xia paused, turned back and glared at Gu Jinli: "Xia is so talented, how could he not get a wife? Little girl, you are too underestimated."

Gu Jinli quickly apologized and said with a smile: "Sir, you are right. It would be unforgivable for you to remain a bachelor with such talent and appearance."

Mr. Xia glanced at her, snorted, turned and left.

Mr. Xia brought not many servants, only ten of them, but they were all in excellent shape and behaved in a well-mannered manner, which was no worse than the masters of wealthy families.

Some of the bottom plates are extremely stable, and you can tell they are good at punching and kicking at a glance.

They moved very quickly, constantly moving the boxes and cages brought by Mr. Xia.

Mr. Xia was sitting in the yard, instructing the servants: "Move these boxes of books to the study; put the scrolls in the room next to the study. Don't open the boxes. Check the roof twice first to avoid unnecessary damage." If the autumn rain falls and damages my paintings, I will be very angry."

Then he pointed to Wan's yard and said: "The scholar's yard is actually planted like this. The bamboo outside the window almost blocks the window. What's with the stone pier in the middle? It really doesn't have any garden beauty. .”

The layout of gardens has always been about stacking mountains, managing water, planting and building camps, but Wanjia's yard is not occupied at all. It really hurts the eyes to look at it more.

Gu Jinli heard the words: "Mr.

With such pretentious work, wouldn’t it be nice to make money?

What about the promised literati and crazy people who don’t stick to trivial matters? They don’t care that the house is unlucky, but they despise the poor garden layout. When a countryman builds a house, why should he hire a master gardener to decorate it? Wake up, this is not the capital!

(End of this chapter)