Chapter 43: Return
Compared with Tu Lichun, Tu Hu was a little smaller. Tu Lichun was the type of domineering and standing there, he was not angry and powerful. Tu Hu's name was much more domineering, but in fact, the first feeling it gave people is that it was more round. There was always a gentle smile on his face, and his beard was neatly trimmed, and he didn't look aggressive.
But this is just appearance. In fact, Tuhu's mind is much more meticulous than Tu Lichun, and his methods are much more ruthless. Otherwise, Li Ze would not dare to leave all the big business outside to Tuhu to manage. In this era, it is not easy to lead a caravan outside to travel outside. Not only do he have to deal with the government, but also with local tyrants. As for bandits, there are more.
In a few years, Tuhu opened up under the rule of the Henghai Army and achieved leapfrog development based on the originally small sales channel of Yixingtang, which shows how powerful his ability is. To put it bluntly, that caravan is another armed force.
"I've seen the young master!" Seeing Li Ze standing at the door looking forward, Tuhu walked a few quick steps, clasped his fists with his hands, and bowed deeply to the ground.
He grabbed Tu Hu's hand and lifted it up. Li Ze looked at the other party's chapped hands and said with some distress: "Why did it look like this? Is there any medicine?"
Tu Hu smiled and said, "Young Master Lao is worried. This is nothing and there is no need for medicine. When the weather is warm, it will be better naturally. Lu Long's side is much colder than ours. After leaving, it is actually much better."
While holding Tu Hu's hand, he shouted, "Xia He, Xia He, find out the lard and honey ointment, but Tu Erye's hand is nothing like that."
"Thank you, young master!" Tu Hu looked at Li Ze with gratitude.
"Come on the kang, let's sit and say, is it hot on the kang?" Li Ze said with a smile.
Tuhu looked at the fire kang in the house, and there was already a thin old man entrenching on it, picking up a few rat whiskers and looking at him with a smile. When his mind turned around, he knew that it was Gongsun Changming. This time he went to Lu Long, one of the tasks was to check this Gongsun Changming.
"Young Master, I still won't go to the kang anymore!" Tu Hu said. "Actually, the room is warm!"
"I have asked the kitchen to prepare some wine and food. Let's eat while talking. Go to the kang, go to the kang, this is Mr. Gongsun, you can get to know each other." Li Ze pulled Tu Hu onto the kang without saying anything.
Tu Hu looked at Gongsun Changming with a smile: "Hello Mr. Gongsun."
"Hello, Master Tu." Gongsun Changming smiled and clasped his fists and returned the salute.
The two of them had their eyes in the air and sparks flew everywhere. Of course, Gongsun Changming knew what Tu Hu was doing. At this moment, his son might have already found out about his glorious deeds in Lu Long, and he was not sure how he despised himself!
"Mr. Tu is back! Our master is thinking about you every day!" Xia He, holding a box of lard and honey cream in his hand, hurried over from the inside and said with a smile. "I feel at ease now. Even I look forward to Mr. Er to come back every day. Every time Mr. Er comes back from a distance, there are always gifts for me. Mr. Er, I will apply ointment to you."
Li Ze smiled and snatched the ointment from Xia He: "You girl, you want to knock on the slaughter of the tiger again. Every time you do this, go and go, give me the medicine, I'll give him medicine."
He stretched out his hand and pulled up the hands of Tuhu's Hu on the kang table, opened the ointment box, reached out to dig a large piece, and spread the smear on Tuhu's face with wide eyes.
Gongsun Changming, on the side, smiled and looked at Li Ze where he was winning the hearts of the people. Li Ze used the tricks that were very shallow, but they were as breathless as flowing water. Everything seemed natural. This made Gongsun Changming admire him very much. The little girl was also a wonderful person, making jokes and intertwining them, making the atmosphere of a warm big family appear completely. Looking at the tiger-slaying, his eyes were red.
"Second Master has forgotten this time?" Xia He opened his eyes wide and pretended to hide his disappointed expression: "Yes, it's so cold there, and Second Master is coming and going again this time."
"Miss Xia He, no matter how busy she is, she dare not forget to bring you a gift." Tu Hu smiled and said, "I have collected a few good ginseng for the young master. The real good things are all human-shaped, at least for a hundred years. Miss Xia He has found you a white mink coat, which is so rare."
"Oh, I can't enjoy such a good thing, so I'll give it to my wife!" Xia He said.
"Stop pretending, how could Tu Hu not bring things to his wife?" Li Ze rolled his eyes and said to Xia He. "Looking at your eyes, I wish I could pick it out and put it on now. After applying it, your hands will move around. Wait for a while and the ointment will be absorbed. This ointment is specially matched by the master, and it will be effective!"
"Thank you, young master." Tu Hu said gratefully.
Li Ze patted Tu Hu on the shoulder: "A family, don't talk about two families. Like you just said that you had just bought me a few old ginseng, but I don't thank you."
"How can this be the same?" Tu Hu said naively.
Li Ze laughed and said to Xia He: "Girl, stop standing here and thinking about your mink coat. Go and bring the wine and food first! It's yours and you won't fly anymore."
Xia He happily went out to greet the food for the table.
After a cup of hot rice wine, rinse the thin mutton into the hot pot made of brass, then dip the seasonings into the dish in front of you, stuff it into the mouth and chew it for a few times, swallow it, and then add a few more portions of blood on your face.
"The food at home is delicious. I can't get used to it when I'm outside. Every time I go out, what I miss the most is the food at home." Tu Hu said with emotion.
Because of Li Ze's existence, the food in the village has always been extremely particular. After eating in the village for a long time, it will be irrelevant to eat anything. Just like Gongsun Changming, his appetite is now getting worse day by day. Even though he was a guest at high-ranking officials and nobles in the past, there would be more food, and more expensive, but in terms of making fine and eating carefully, it is not as good as this small village.
"If you eat more, eat more. Second Master can't come back a few times a year." Xia He, who was standing under the kang, diligently gave the tiger-slaughtered cloth dishes, which made Li Ze laugh.
"This little girl has just gone out and must have secretly visited her mink coat. She must have been very satisfied, so she has come to show her attention now."
"No!" Xia He blushed, "I just took a look, but didn't even touch her!"
Everyone laughed.
After drinking a few glasses of wine, my body was warm and there were some sweat beads on my forehead. Tuhu put down his chopsticks and looked at Li Ze and said, "Young Master, the situation on Lu Long is indeed as the young master predicted. It seems that it will be in the past or two years, and it will be next year or the next year at the latest."
Chapter completed!