Chapter 3 Expectations
Huang Laifu turned around and looked, but two people dressed as servants came over in a shrinking way. From Huang Laifu's memories before, Huang Laifu knew that these were the two people who guarded him on a trip a few days ago. One was Jiang Dazhong and the other was Yang Xiaolu.
Jiang Dazhong is 19 years old this year. As his name suggests, he is dark and stubborn and honest. Yang Xiaolu is 20 years old this year. He is white and quiet and has a more agile temperament.
One of them is the son of Jiang Baihu from the headquarters of the Sucheng of Wuzhai Fort, and the other is the son of Yang Baihu from the headquarters of the Sucheng of Wuzhai Fort. Both were selected as Huang Sihao's servants since childhood. After Huang Laifu was determined to be a sacrificial servant a few years ago, Huang Sihao classified the two as Huang Laifu's personal entourage.
The two knew that Huang Laifu would be the one who took over the position of Qianhuhuo, Wuzhaibao. If they did well, they would become Huang Laifu's confidant. Their future was under the control of Huang Laifu. Naturally, they served Huang Laifu with all their heart and did not dare to neglect them.
Huang Laifu's courage also made them afraid and admire him. Although Huang Laifu is younger than both of them, they dare not underestimate him. They usually serve him in front of each other, for fear that Huang Laifu would be dissatisfied with him.
When Huang Laifu went out for a trip at the beginning of the year, both of them worked hard as personal entourage guards, which made Huang Laifu very satisfied. The journey went smoothly. Both of them wanted to return to Wuzhaibao, not only would the young master not be more polite to him, but the master would also commend him.
Unexpectedly, something happened to Huang Laifu. Huang Sihao couldn't help but be furious and punished the two. If Jiang Baihu and Yang Baihu had not been shameless and had pleaded for their son, they would have been expelled from the monks.
However, the final result depends on Huang Laifu's recovery. Huang Laifu can be said to be Huang Sihao's greatest hope. If Huang Laifu is a little bit too bad, Huang Sihao will never give Jiang Baihu and Yang Baihu a good look.
Jiang Dazhong and Yang Xiaolu are sons of hundreds of households, but they are not as hungry and cold as ordinary military households. They join Huang Sihao's servant team, not to eat enough. However, in the garrison, if they are not the trusted servants of the chief general, they generally have no future in the garrison.
So the two have been praying that Huang Laifu is fine these days. Although they were both killed by Huang Sihao's 20-army sticks and were a little inconvenient to move, they still insisted on coming to inquire about Huang Laifu every day. Otherwise, if something happened to Huang Laifu, the prospects of the two would be dimmed from now on.
Huang Laifu asked Huang Lingbin to leave first, and stopped himself. The two boys came over with shrinkage. Seeing Huang Laifu alive and full of recovery, both of them showed joy in their eyes.
Yang Xiaolu walked up to Huang Laifu sneakily, looked at Huang Laifu carefully for a while, and then whispered in disbelief: "Young Master, are you...you are really fine?"
Huang Laifu nodded, "I'm fine, don't worry." He still has a good impression of these two boys. In Huang Laifu's previous memory, they have always been very dedicated in their work and deserve their own attention. This time, it's not a big deal that they didn't blame them. Besides, when they came to the Ming Dynasty, they still need some confidants, and they just used it.
Yang Xiaolu exhaled with relief, patted her chest and said, "That's good, that's good, the young master doesn't know that these days, I've been so anxious to death."
Jiang Dazhong opened his mouth and smiled, "I said a long time ago, don't worry, the young master has his own appearance, and it will be fine. The little donkey just doesn't believe me."
Yang Xiaolu gave him annoyed look: "I understand, you are amazing, okay?"
Jiang Dazhong was even more proud, and he opened his mouth and smiled so hard that he could not see his eyes.
Huang Laifu stood taller than Jiang Dazhong. Seeing that the two seemed to be inconvenient in their movements, he said, "I heard that you two were punished by my father. You are fine."
Jiang Dazhong smiled and said, "It's okay, young master, don't worry. With the 20th military stick, Dazhong will walk freely that day. As long as the young master doesn't have any trouble, what's the point of even if Dazhong is beaten by the master to a few military sticks?"
Yang Xiaolu was also busy confessing her love.
Huang Laifu patted the two of them on their shoulders, making them grin. He said, "You two guys, finally have a conscience. Okay, go to have a meal first. After that, I have to go out to do something." He left.
Jiang Dazhong and Yang Xiaolu were busy following.
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The Huang family’s house is no different from the ordinary courtyard houses in Shanxi. If it is placed in Taiyuan and other places, it is only considered the house of an ordinary landlord at that time, but in this Wuzhai Fortress city, it is already the best house here.
Among the nine borders, Shanxi Town has always been poor, and Wuzhai Fort is not a big place in Yamamoto Town, and there are even fewer ways to get money, so naturally the entire Wuzhai Fort is not much brighter.
However, Huang Sihao is also a thousand households in Wuzhai Fort, and has been hereditary from generation to generation. For a hundred years, most of the fertile land here has been occupied by the Huang family. In addition, the general custom of deducting military personnel's food and salary in the garrison at that time. Therefore, the Huang family still has a life of ordinary landlords. The family can eat some fish from time to time, as for ordinary military households...
When I walked into the main hall of the North Room, there were people in the house, and all the families of the Thousand Houses were here. A large table was filled with wine and food, and a few children were already clamoring there. Unlike later generations, although northern families generally used fire kangs in the Ming Dynasty, they still placed their meals on the large table in the main hall, unlike later generations who narrowed the dining table and moved it to the kang.
Huang Laifu looked at it and there were large plates of roast pork, fat chicken and other meat dishes on the big table. There were some vegetarian dishes, and there were wine pots and glasses. A large table was filled with it. There were also large buckets of hot noodle soup on a short table next to it.
Huang Xiurou had long been staring at the plate of big fat chicken. When she saw Huang Laifu coming, she shouted crisply: "Brother, come quickly, you're waiting for you!"
Huang Laifu smiled and said, "Okay, okay, brother is here, you little greedy cat."
He came from a later generation with great material wealth, and he was also a successful businessman in later generations. He was tired of socializing every day and was tired of eating wine and meat, so he naturally didn't catch a cold with these big fish and meat. However, everyone in the house was all intent, let alone those mouth-watering children. I know that these dishes are not often eaten in Qianhu's house.
Huang Sihao and Yang naturally sat in the main seat. When they saw Huang Laifu coming, Yang greeted, "Fu'er, come, sit next to you." Huang Laifu sat down next to her with a smile.
Yang said to the children: "Okay, you little greedy cats can start eating."
The children cheered and fought and snatched up. Huang Xiurou's hand-snap-Piao Tianwenxue had already grabbed a chicken leg, but the other one was snatched away by Qian Niuer.
Huang Laifu smiled slightly. This kind of homely atmosphere made him feel very warm. The fear of the past few days had already flown to somewhere. He told himself that in the future, this will be his home, and these people will be his family.
He picked up the wine pot, poured a glass of wine for Huang Sihao and Yang, and raised the glass and said, "Dad, mom, you have worked hard to raise your children for so many years. I'll give you a cup."
"Okay, my son is really sensible."
Huang Sihao and Yang looked at each other, with a look of relief in their eyes. Both elders raised their cups and drank them all in one go.
Yang picked up food for Huang Laifu repeatedly: "Come on, Fu'er, you're just in good health, eat more." The three sisters were so jealous. However, their younger brother has always been favored at home, and they have long been used to it, and they feel that the arrogant younger brother has become sensible.
Huang Sihao also nodded in his heart. He didn't talk much, but he usually had no less pampering and caring for his son than Yang. His son had a headache before, but he didn't expect that after going out for a trip and having some incidents, he became more sensible than before. This may be the so-called misfortune that is relied on by good fortune, and good fortune is conquered by bad fortune.
Huang Laifu was very satisfied with this meal. He ate a lot of dishes and a few bowls of noodles. The only disadvantage was that the taste of the dishes was lighter, which was because there was no chili.
As the meal was coming to an end, the children had long since left, and Huang Sihao had almost drunk it. His wrinkled face was flushed and he was quite drunk. He said to Huang Laifu: "My son, you will be a father next year. You need to calm down and practice your archery and horse skills well. Don't mess around anymore, do you know?"
Huang Laifu looked at his white-bearded face and thought to himself that his father was really old. He replied: "Yes, dad, the child knows."
He stood up and said to Huang Sihao and Yang: "Dad, mom, the child has been bored in the mansion for a few days. I want to go out for a walk. Please forgive me!"
It has been a few days in Qianhu's house. Huang Laifu really wants to go out for a walk and learn more about the outside environment to determine what the future will be like. Although Huang Laifu's previous memories know the surrounding environment of Wuzhaibao, how can he see it with his own eyes? Moreover, Huang Laifu has one thing in his mind that needs to be checked. This is how people are. Once the survival problem is solved, they will care about their future problems.
The eldest sister smiled and said, "I am the only one with my brother. I have been at home for a few days and can't sit still."
Huang Sihao and the two elders of the Yang family knew that Huang Laifu was unable to sit still. In the past, they would never say hello. Today's performance has made the two very satisfied and happy. Anyway, as long as Huang Laifu does not travel far as before, they are still relieved. No matter what, the Huang family has a history of nearly a hundred years in this Wuzhai Fort area, and there will definitely be no problem in this fort.
Huang Sihao nodded, and Yang said, "My son, you are just right, you should be careful when you go out."
Huang Laifu responded. Yang called out, "Da Zhong, little donkey!"
Jiang Dazhong and Yang Xiaolu came over and said respectfully: "Young man is here, please give me instructions."
Just now, when Huang Laifu and others were having dinner at the small table not far away, there were enough dishes and noodle soup, so naturally it could not be compared with what Huang Laifu and others had eaten. However, this kind of meal had already made the military households outside very envious.
Yang said: "You two need to take good care of the young master, do you know? If something happens to the young master, I will not spare you."
The two almost patted their chests and sweared to the sky. Only then did Yang feel relieved.
The three of them came out a few steps, and Huang Laifu said to the two: "Boys, did you eat well just now?"
The two responded in unison: "Eat it!"
Huang Laifu said boldly: "That's good, come with me." He was a decisive person in later generations, but others were often confused by his businessman's slippery appearance. When he possessed Huang Laifu's body, he absorbed some of his strong temper.
He took the lead and walked out, Jiang Dazhong and Yang Xiaolu hurriedly followed.
Huang Laifu, who was far away, heard Yang complaining behind him: "Look at you, drink less if you can't drink, look at you like this."
Huang Sihao responded vaguely: "You are happy..."
Chapter completed!