There was a sound of footsteps on the stairs, and Yang Gendi stumbled down from the upstairs. She was a country woman and didn't have her feet bound, but she had been in the county for more than half a month and was still not used to walking the stairs. When she reached the last level, she almost tripped. Su Hao walked forward with wise eyes and helped her.

"Mom, I'm back." Su Hao said.

Yang Gendi pulled her son, looked up and down for a long time, and muttered, "Why is it so dark? There is a little flesh on her face, and she seems to be much better in her spirit."

After Su Hao went to the countryside, he thought that Lu Xiuer was alone in the county town and living in a big house, which was not safe, so he sent someone to Longkou Village to ask Yang Gendi to come to the city as well. Yang Gendi handed over all the work in her own fields to Su Xiaohu's family to help take care of her. He agreed to take out a few percent of the harvest as a reward, and then moved to the city with her luggage.

These days, Yang Gendi and Lu Xiuer are looking forward to Su Hao coming back early every day, but when Su Hao gets busy, he doesn't care about asking someone to send a message. As a result, he suddenly comes back, which catches his mother and sister off guard.

After checking carefully, confirming that his son was not sick, injured, and was not bullied. Yang Gendi felt relieved. Then she noticed Deng Kui and Hao Tong, who were standing at the door like two door gods, and asked strangely: "Haoer, these two big brothers are..."

Su Hao quickly introduced: "Oh, these are two friends I met in the countryside. They came to the city to do something with me. If I want to ask them to live in the wing room behind our house, Mom, do you think it's okay?"

"Of course, of course." Yang Gendi said repeatedly: "Two guys, come in and sit down, why are you doing standing?"

Yang Gendi always regretted that she had not given birth to a few more children, which made Su Hao look alone. When she was in the village, Su Hao was devoted to reading the books of sages and did not have much contact with the young people around her. This made Yang Gendi very worried that when something happened in the future, Su Hao would be bullied without a helper. Now seeing Su Hao bringing back two friends, and seeing that they were both powerful men of Kong Wu, she couldn't help but be overjoyed.

The country people are somewhat different from the city people. The city people have some resistance to their relatives and friends from other places, worried that others will disturb their lives. The country people are different. They like lively, and the more people there are at home, the happier they are. This is the case with Yang Gendi. I heard that Deng Kui and Hao Tong are going to live in their own homes, and she is as enthusiastic as she welcomes her children and nephews.

"The villain gave a greeting to the old lady and the eldest lady."

Deng Kui and Hao Tong saluted Yang Gendi and Lu Xiu'er together. They were both personal soldiers and had received strict training in etiquette. Although they were reluctant to be a worker for Su Hao, they still had to do a good job when they met Su Hao's family.

"Oh, two guys, don't call me like this. What an old lady, I am an old woman in the countryside. Since you are friends with my Hao'er, just call me aunt. If you call me Xiu'er, call me sister." Yang Gendi corrected the names of Deng Kui and Hao Tong with a smile on her face.

"How dare..." the two said.

"There is nothing to dare or not, it's decided." Su Hao said, "You two, Mr. Tu's explanation cannot be completed in one or two days. I guess you have to trouble you to live in my house for a longer time. Since you live together, it's better to order whatever you want. So, in the future, you can call my mother an aunt, and your sister an name, and her name is Xiu'er."

Speaking of this, he turned his head to his mother and sister and said, "Mom, this brother is called Deng Kui, and that brother is called Hao Tong. They are all good men who have killed the enemy on the border. You can call them their names in the future. Xiu'er, do you understand if you call them Brother Deng, Brother Hao?"

"I understand." Lu Xiu'er said with a smile. She was a little shy when she first met a new person, but she was very happy that there were more people at home.

Deng Kui and Hao Tong persisted for a long time, and finally accepted Su Hao's arrangement. They were also rural children before joining the army. They followed Deng Zilong out at the age of thirteen or fourteen. They have been soldiers for almost ten years and have almost forgotten about rural life. Seeing Yang Gendi's simple smile, they seemed to have returned to their youth, and they suddenly felt close to Su Hao's family.

Yang Gendi went out to buy vegetables with a basket. When her son came back, she brought two more friends. Naturally, she had to prepare a large table of dishes to greet her. Su Hao asked Lu Xiuer to help clean the back room and let Deng Kui and Hao Tong live there. The two were originally from soldiers, and as long as they had a hard bed, they would be satisfied.

After a simple settlement, Su Hao asked Deng Kui and Hao Tong to take the initiative, and to go out to play or practice martial arts and fight in the yard behind the house. He returned to his room upstairs and fell head-on onto the bed, refusing to move.

"Brother, why are you lying on the bed without washing your face?" Lu Xiuer followed Su Hao, looking at Su Hao lying on the bed with a dirty look, and couldn't help but frown.

"Xiu'er, brother, I'm exhausted this trip." Su Hao lay there and replied weakly. This is how people are. They can still hold on when they are busy. Once they stop, all their fatigue will arise. He now has only one idea, which is to cover himself with a quilt and sleep for three days and three nights.

Lu Xiu'er couldn't help feeling a little sad when she looked at Su Hao's appearance. She walked up and helped Su Hao take off her coat and shoes, then poured hot water into the kitchen, cleaned the towel and washed Su Hao's face and feet. She had never served Su Hao like this in the past, but now she felt that Su Hao was like an adult, and what she did was praised by the magistrate. It seemed that it was natural for her to take care of Su Hao.

Su Hao let his sister play with him like a dead pig. When Lu Xiu'er washed his face, the breath exhaled from her nose sprayed on his face, with a bit of a girlish fragrance. Su Hao sighed comfortably: "Oh, if you have a girl like this, what else can you ask for?"

"What did you say?" Lu Xiuer didn't understand.

Su Hao opened his eyes a crack, looked at Lu Xiu'er, and said with a smile: "I mean, my sister is the best sister in the world."

"Bah!" Lu Xiu'er's face was slightly red. The fifteen-year-old girl had a little ignorant understanding of men and women. She also knew that her identity was Su Hao's child bride and would marry Su Hao in the future. When she heard Su Hao's praise, she felt a little beautiful and a little embarrassed.

"Brother Hao, I heard that when the officials go to the countryside, the village chief will arrange for young women to warm the quilts. If you go to the countryside for a month, are there people helping to warm the quilts every day?" Lu Xiuer asked half-jokingly.

"Is there something wrong? Who did you hear?" Su Hao asked.

"I heard what Mrs. Wu said." Lu Xiu'er said. The wife she mentioned was Wu Da's wife Feng. When the woman got together, she liked to spread such gossip. In fact, Lu Xiu'er herself didn't believe it. She couldn't imagine what kind of scene someone would give Su Haonuan.

"I lost it, I lost it." Su Hao said repeatedly, with a look of regret on his face.

"What's wrong?" Lu Xiu'er asked in surprise. She thought Su Hao had done something wrong.

Su Hao said: "Why didn't you say it earlier? If you say it earlier, I'll arrange the inner-girls and heads below. Don't say it, when I was in Dashun Township, I really saw a beautiful girl, that beautiful..."

Bang! Lu Xiuer slapped Su Hao's body and said seriously: "You really want someone to warm you up! I tell you, Sister Wu told me that you are an official now, and I have to control you more strictly and not let you touch those bad women who are not bad."

"Are you wrong?" Su Hao shouted, "Wu Da doesn't care about his wife, and instills some bad ideas in my sister all day long!"

"It's not a bad idea!" Lu Xiu'er argued, "Sister Wu said that some people learn bad things when they become officials, and I don't allow you to learn bad things."

Speaking of learning bad things, Su Hao suddenly remembered it. He pointed to the bag he placed on the table and said to Lu Xiuer: "Xiuer, open the bag and take a look."

Lu Xiuer took the bag for no reason and asked in surprise when she held it in her hand: "What, why is it so heavy?"

"You'll know when you open it." Su Hao said.

Lu Xiu'er opened the bag and saw that there were more than a dozen pieces of silver of different sizes in the middle of a pile of clothes. She was so scared that she covered her mouth and asked in a low voice: "Where did you get so much money!"

Su Hao said: "Don't ask, anyway... the origin is not bad. You should keep it all. I'll leave it to my mother when she comes back."

"I'm afraid there are so many dozen taels of money, right?" Lu Xiu'er asked.

"It's a full hundred taels." Su Hao said, "It's all given by the heads of the villages in each village."

Lu Xiuer hesitated and said, "Did you collect money from the people? Isn't this not good?"

Su Hao shook his head and said, "These are all hidden rules. It is not appropriate to not accept them. If I don't accept them, it will also make it cheaper for the clerks. Besides, I can only consider it to be a benefit for the people. I will be willing to collect this money."

"It turns out that being an official makes so much money." Lu Xiuer sighed, "Brother, will our family no longer have to farm in the future?"

"Well, there is no need to farm. I will be responsible for making money in the future. You will be responsible for spending money. It's good." Su Hao smiled.

"I'm not!" Lu Xiu'er said with a pout, "I don't know how to spend money. In the past half month, I have earned one or two or three cents of silver."

"What? You can still make money when you stay in the city? Tell me quickly." Su Hao said with interest.
Chapter completed!