Chapter 139 I really don’t like red tape

Author: Potato Sweet Potato Pie

Chapter 139 I really don’t like red tape

"Eunuch Xiao is targeting the master?"

"Isn't that right? He threatened with a smile and said he would come to my house tomorrow to meet me. It's so obvious. This is definitely not a good thing. This is a threat, absolutely."

Thinking of the sinister face of the middle-aged eunuch named Xiao, Xia Yuan couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart. This special lady was worthy of being the governor of the East Factory, especially with that smile, she even believed it when she said he ate children.

What appeared in Zhu Houzhao's mind was the image of a kind-hearted old man, threatening and intimidating. This did not seem to be something Xiao Jing could do.

However, he knew that all these eunuchs had two faces. One face faced their masters, and the other face faced others.

The two chatted for a while, but no one found any problems, so they quickly opened the page. Zhu Houzhao wanted to beat his chest so loudly that he told Xia Yuan that he could solve the problem in a few moments.

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Xia Yuan believed in this guy's strength. Although it was unremarkable, his identity was there, and once the prince's name was revealed, he could blind many people's eyes.

A mere governor of the East Factory, he had a great reputation, but compared to the prince, the quasi-emperor, he was nothing.

Xia Yuan looked around in the courtyard. He discovered a problem at this moment. He had been back for a while, but he didn't see his daughter-in-law coming out to greet her.

"Master, what are you looking at?"

"It's nothing, you continue to sleep, I'll go to the house and take a look."

With that said, Xia Yuan went to the side room with the fire bed, but saw no one. He looked around in other rooms, and finally found the person in the main room near the backyard.

There is an offering table in the middle of the hall. On the offering table are naturally the tablets of Xia Yuan's parents, but the tablets are not placed on it at the moment. Zhao Yuerong is wiping the offering table with a rag, and the mute woman is holding a tray with a

There were various tributes waiting nearby.

Outsiders must not touch such an altar table with a spiritual altar, and the servants are naturally outsiders, so the mute woman can only stand by and cannot participate in the cleaning.

In order to prevent the memorial tablet from getting dusty when they returned to their hometown for the Chinese New Year for half a month, the two of them took the memorial tablet with them when they returned home.

Now that I want to place the memorial tablet up again, I naturally need to wipe the memorial table clean.

Zhao Yuerong's face was solemn and she was so focused that she obviously didn't notice Xia Yuan's arrival. After wiping the altar table clean, she breathed out slightly and was about to get the tablet placed aside. As soon as she turned around, she bumped into Xia Yuan's head.

on the chest.

This really frightened the little girl, and she subconsciously wanted to scream in surprise. Then she realized that she was in the hall where the memorial tablet was located, so she quickly covered her mouth with her hands.

When she saw this look, she felt as if she was so frightened that she covered her mouth. Xia Yuan said, "Don't be afraid, it's me."

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Zhao Yuerong opened his mouth slightly and took a few breaths, then asked in a low voice: "When did your husband come back?"

"Not long after I came back, I chatted with the prince for a while in the courtyard."

"The prince is here too?"

This question is very provoking. Xia Yuan said: "You didn't know he was coming?"

"have no idea."

"He almost fell asleep in the courtyard. You didn't even know this?"

"have no idea."

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How should I put it, this prince really didn't regard himself as an outsider and even brought out a deck chair to lie down in the courtyard.

The disadvantage of a larger yard and more houses is that unless you keep an eye on them at all times, you can't keep an eye on them. No wonder those high-ranking families always have a lot of maids and servants.

It seems that we need to hire a few more servants, at least a servant. Once Wu Ma goes to cook, no one will know that there is a burglar in the house.

When we came out of the hall and passed through the moon gate in the middle to the main courtyard, there were already two deck chairs in the courtyard. In addition to Zhu Houzhao, Wang Shouren was also lying on them.

Well, this is a person who regards himself as an outsider, which is normal.

Hearing the footsteps, Wang Shouren looked back, then stood up from his chair and bowed deeply to Xia Yuan, "Teacher."

After all, they hadn't seen each other for more than a month. Not to mention, Xia Yuan really missed him a little bit. When he got closer, he reached out and patted the other person on the shoulder, "Bo'an, how was your New Year?"

"It's okay to reply to my mentor."

People these days are not very honest. If you want to let others go, Shang Ke may mean that it is very good, but it cannot mean that it is not very good. But Wang Shouren has a rather strange personality. When he says Shang Ke, he definitely means Shang Ke, without any discount.

, I can barely survive the new year and still make ends meet.

As for the reason, Xia Yuan thought about it and quickly guessed it. Wang Shouren's hometown, Yuyao, does not have high-speed trains these days. It takes at least half a month to go from the capital to Yuyao. At this time, the Ming Dynasty's New Year's holiday is only half a month.

It looks like there are less than twenty days in a month.

This is not bad. If it were Lao Zhu's time, he would only be given one day off during the Chinese New Year.

Whether it is a day or half a month, it is impossible for Wang Shouren to return to his hometown to celebrate the New Year. He can only celebrate the New Year in the capital.

Not being able to return home during the Chinese New Year and reunite with relatives will make people feel uncomfortable in future generations, let alone in this era.

Xia Yuan can understand this feeling quite well, but there are some etiquettes that cannot be forgotten, right?

He looked around the recliner again and saw that he didn't see any gifts. "Is that how you came here?"

Wang Shouren didn't quite understand, "What does the teacher mean?"

"It's like this. When I went back to my hometown for the Chinese New Year this year, there was a teacher in our village. He received a lot of gifts from students during the Chinese New Year this year. Then I remembered that I seem to have disciples too."

Now Wang Shouren understood, so he explained: "To be honest with the teacher, during the Chinese New Year, the student did think about coming to the teacher's house to pay homage to him, but the student knew that the teacher was a person who disliked red tape, so he couldn't help but feel a little worried.

hesitate.

Later, the student thought about it and decided not to go, so as not to displease his teacher, so he gave up the idea."

I don’t like red tape?

Xia Yuan was a little stunned. What kind of image did he have in this guy's mind?

Okay, I really don’t like red tape, and I even dislike many of the rules and etiquette of this world, but who doesn’t like to receive this gift?

"Yes, I really don't like these red tapes. You did the right thing, haha."

Xia Yuan smiled dryly and patted him on the shoulder again. That's all he said. If he said anything about accepting gifts, it would be like asking for a bribe, and it would easily damage his tall image in this guy's mind.

After taking two pictures, Zhu Houzhao on the sidelines echoed: "I didn't expect that the master is the same as me. I also hate these red tapes."

".I know."

Xia Yuan paused for a while and said this, but couldn't help but sigh silently in his heart. He nominally accepted two apprentices, but he did not enjoy the treatment of the master at all.

It seems that this cannot be said. Not to mention Wang Shouren, at least he stole a lot of money from Zhu Houzhao.

It’s just that you’ve almost spent it, and there doesn’t seem to be much money left at home, right?

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