novelden Chapter 277 Meeting the Standard
Chapter 277 Meeting the Standard
Magistrate Chen and Master were very familiar with Huo Yunchao and had a close relationship.
County Magistrate Chen poured a cup of herbal tea without him asking, and drank it in one gulp: "Herbal tea is bitter yet sweet, refreshing and delicious. It really quenches your thirst! Have another cup!"
Both the envoy and the historian were older than Magistrate Chen, but they did not dare to show off in front of the heirs of the Chen family, and they were also very thirsty.
Before the messenger took the tea cup, he subconsciously glanced at the porcelain white tea cup. It was clean and free of any unnecessary impurities, and he drank it with confidence.
The historian came up to the master and asked him in a low voice: "What's going on with you two, master and servant? Why did you come to this secluded corner of the mountain?"
He really couldn't understand why his old friend abandoned his career in the capital and came to stay in such a remote and impoverished mountainous area. He couldn't be here specifically to help the poor, right?
The master looked at Huo Yunchao, who had his back to the two of them, and said with a pun: "The scenery here is infinitely beautiful, with abundant resources, outstanding people, and beautiful bells and souls."
The historian followed the master's gaze and frowned, taking a sip of the sweet and refreshing mung bean soup. After all, he was soft-spoken and didn't say anything too unpleasant.
His impression of Huo Yunchao was not good, it could even be said to be very bad.
Because the historian came from a standard family and had been disciplined by poetry, calligraphy, etiquette and trade since he was a child, he could not understand Huo Yunchao's behavior of recommending himself as a wife for Xu Ning and Qiancheng. He believed that this was a very third-rate stupidity and that he was tearing off his face and letting others trample on him. act!
In the eyes of historians, Huo Yunchao's act of self-recommendation is a foolish act that does not abide by honor and integrity, and is tantamount to destroying his own future!
A man should be self-reliant and self-reliant, not opportunistic!
The master knew that the historian had a very bad impression of Huo Yunchao, so he had no intention of defending Huo Yunchao, so he smiled and drank mung bean soup leisurely.
Right and wrong are in the heart of the people.
The envoy drank two cups of herbal tea in a row. The sweet and bitter taste made him frown. As the tea drank, he successfully dispelled the irritation in his body, and he felt the charm of herbal tea in a very short time.
"Good tea! Good tea!" the messenger praised repeatedly.
The envoy came here after a long journey from the capital. After resting at the county government office yesterday, he could not really recover. Two cups of herbal tea made him feel refreshed.
Huo Yunchao did not let the envoy continue to drink herbal tea, but poured a bowl of mung bean soup: "Sir envoy, although the herbal tea is good, it is not advisable to drink too much. Please try the mung bean soup."
The messenger didn't hesitate this time and started drinking it. Mung bean soup had a different taste from herbal tea.
The messenger's eyes were full of surprise: "This mung bean soup... tastes ice cold. Could it be that it was cooled in well water?"
Huo Yunchao shook his head and said, "Mr. Messenger, my well is not deep enough, and the mung bean soup is made with homemade ice cubes."
The messenger was shocked: "Homemade ice cubes? Dalang, you can actually make your own ice cubes?"
He is a nobleman who can afford to use ice. In his impression, ice is taken out from the ice cellar for use. The price of ice cubes purchased by ordinary people is more expensive, but his family has one that can be used by hundreds of people in the family. An ice cellar all summer long.
When Huo Yunchao talked about the reason for making his own ice cubes, he looked gentle and joyful: "Sir, my wife is about to give birth. The weather is too hot, so I need to use some ice cubes to cool down. There are no ice cubes for sale around, so I can only rack my brains to make my own. "
The messenger was stunned.
Actually he
Like the historian, his impression of Huo Yunchao was not very good at first.
After all, he was assuming the image of Xu Butcher, who recruited a son-in-law. It was difficult for him to like a son-in-law like Huo Yunchao.
If Huo Yunchao had not made so many achievements and now discovered and promoted the cultivation of new grain varieties, the envoy would not have even looked at Huo Yunchao in the rest of the time except for work needs.
At this moment, the envoy looked at Huo Yunchao, who was talking about his wife, children, and children, as if he was a different person, and sighed in his heart: "Da Lang, I have something to say, I don't know whether to say it or not."
The gentle smile in Huo Yunchao's eyes was still there: "My lord, please speak."
The messenger hesitated for a moment and then asked: "If you miss the opportunity to be awarded an official title because of your status as a son-in-law, will you regret it?"
Huo Yunchao shook his head in denial without thinking: "No, I won't! Lord Messenger, I know that many people look down upon me and think that as a scholar, I am self-destructive when I recommend myself as a wife. In fact, this is not the case. Whenever anyone asks people in my village, They will know how much of a jerk I was before I got married. After I got married, I was fortunate to have the help and support of my wonderful wife and loving father. Only then did I truly realize the responsibilities and responsibilities of being a son, a husband, and a husband. Only then did I truly Understand what it means to be an upright man."
The messenger was the best at reading people's faces. He could see at a glance that Huo Yunchao really thought so and spoke his heart without any hesitation.
Looking at County Magistrate Chen who was calmly drinking tea on the side, and Xu Tutu, Huo Tianxiang and others not far away, the messenger hesitated and asked him: "Da Lang, your father doesn't object to your marriage?"
As soon as he asked the question, he added: "Da Lang, if it is not convenient
Then he said forget it. I don't mean to hurt you. "
Huo Yunchao behaved very generously and said with a smile: "I lost my mother at a young age. My father regarded me as the treasure of his family and would never scold me loudly. When I said that I wanted to introduce myself as my wife, my father was very angry, but he It’s not that I’m embarrassing him, but that I’m afraid that I’ll be laughed at and humiliated by others, that my father Xu and my wife will kick me out if I make a fool of myself... I’m obsessed with getting married, and I threaten my father with death if he doesn’t agree, but my father doesn’t dare to gamble. I agreed.”
Having said this, Huo Yunchao paused and continued: "Your Majesty, my father and Father Xu are now closer than real brothers. They are so old that they are running around for me. I really I am very grateful to them and feel very lucky at the same time.”
It took the messenger some time to figure it out. He patted Huo Yunchao on the shoulder and said, "Dalang, it seems that you have made a very clear plan for your future. Not bad! This is the case for any choice a person makes. have to."
Magistrate Chen, who was originally serving as the backdrop, suddenly said: "Yun Chao's achievements are enough to earn him an official title, right?"
The messenger looked helpless and said, "You and I don't have anything to say about this matter."
County Magistrate Chen raised his eyebrows and did not continue to embarrass the envoy.
After resting for half an hour, everyone worked together and spent an hour weighing the remaining 30% of the sweet potatoes and calculating the yield per mu!
"Lord Messenger, the results are out! The yield of sweet potatoes per acre is as high as twenty-one stones! Twenty-one stones!"
The envoy was so excited that he knelt down in the direction of the capital and shouted loudly: "God has given us new grains! God bless us for a great victory! God bless our emperor!"
County Magistrate Chen and Huo Yunchao looked at each other
Eyes, they knelt down and worshiped along with the envoy, and shouted in unison:
"God has given us new grains! God bless us for a great victory! God bless our emperor!"
"God has given us new grains! God bless us for a great victory! God bless our emperor!"
"God has given us new grains! God bless us for a great victory! God bless our emperor!"
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