Chapter 584: Can I choose one for you?
The door creaked and opened from the inside.
"Sir, he was shocked by thunder and is awake. Please come in, village chief." The groom opened the door and saw the village chief of Gaojia Village. He hurriedly turned to greet the man with a smile and invited the man into the house.
"Are you awake? It's a coincidence that I came here, old man."
With the sound of voices, there was a figure on the window quickly, and the room seemed to be filled with oil. I turned on the wick and looked outside, it seemed much brighter.
The big yellow dog who was guarding the home and nursing home roared in the sky for a long time and found that nothing had changed. He went back to his nest and lay on his front legs. His eyelids were opened by thunder every now and then, and he gradually became too lazy to move.
The villagers in Gaojia Village soon turned off the lights one by one and continued to sleep.
The villagers of the Gao family, who had already encountered big scenes, did not care about such a trivial matter.
Soon, the night became calm again.
The thunder and lightning were like a dragon swimming in the sky, swirling around in the sky before dissipating. Soon the sky was filled with stars, and the deafening scene just now seemed as if it had never happened.
Gaojia Village at the foot of the mountain almost blends into the night, with only two adjacent lights on the east and west lit.
After Li Shaoqing finished chatting in the house and sent the village chief out, he happened to see the house with lights on in the dark night in the distance. He couldn't help but curiously asked: "It seems that some villagers were also awakened at night by the thunder and lightning. "
The village chief looked at it and smiled, no. To explain, he just said: "I'll leave it to Mr. Li for tomorrow. It's getting late. Mr. Li, please go to bed early."
"Okay, village chief, walk slowly."
After village chief Gao left , Li Shaoqing looked at the illuminated village house over there for a while, then turned around and returned to the room.
The groom was packing the things that the village chief had given him when he came. When he saw his master returning, he couldn't help but happily showed it to Li Shaoqing with a bag of food: "Sir! Look! This is enough dry food for several days. You don't have to worry about not finding it on the way tomorrow." We're at the food stall."
As he spoke, he opened one side and showed it to Li Shaoqing.
Li Shaoqing glanced at it, nodded, and said in a calm tone: "Since it is the sincerity of the village, please keep it well."
"Don't worry, sir." The groom was very happy and put the things in his bag. Among them, we will load it into the car when we set off tomorrow.
The master is in bed, and the servant is sleeping in the next room.
They were staying in a foreign country and were lucky enough to be able to borrow an entire house and the money was affordable.
The hot kang is not big and can accommodate three or two people. After Li Shaoqing entered the village, he buried himself in his pile of papers and fell asleep. If it hadn't been for the thunder tonight, he would have been able to Feel the dawn.
After eating something in his stomach and drinking hot water, Li Shaoqing was a little distracted while sitting on the edge of the kang.
The groom had packed up and was about to say something and then go to the next door. However, he saw that his master was not sleeping yet, just sitting there in a daze. He couldn't help but be surprised and walked forward.
“Sir, can’t you sleep?”
Li Shaoqing was brought back to his senses by his call. He calmed down and looked up at him, "You go and have a rest first."
The groom wanted to go to sleep, but looking at Li Shaoqing's appearance, As if he had something on his mind, the master hadn't rested yet, so he thought he'd better stay on guard.
Li Shaoqing didn't want to overwork others, but he really didn't feel sleepy at the moment. Seeing that his servant was resolute, he didn't force him to do anything. He just said: "If you are tired, just go and rest yourself. Don't worry."
The groom smiled and said: "Sir, there is no need to hang around with the villain. You can do your work while I fix things beside you." Li Shaoqing saw that he had taken something and there was indeed work to do, so he said no more and turned around to continue picking up the things beside him. The stack of drawing papers was spread out on the kang table and read through.
Occasionally, I would pick up the pen and leave a few important notes on the spare paper aside.
The room was quiet for a while, except for the sound of the driver's hands tapping and the sound of pen and ink writing.
Li Shaoqing opened it for a while and when he raised his head, he happened to see the groom at work.
From time to time there were shadows shaking under the light on the ground. Li Shaoqing observed silently for a while and suddenly asked: "Brother Ma, what is your real name?"
The groom was stunned and raised his head.
"Is Mr. the villain's name?"
Li Shaoqing nodded, smiled slightly and said: "Exactly, I have been taking care of you all the way. I only know that your surname is Ma, but I don't know what your given name is."
Hearing this, the groom scratched his head in embarrassment and said with a smile: "To be honest, sir, my surname is not Ma either."
Li Shaoqing was surprised: "Oh? Then why..."
"It was taken by the officials casually in order to serve the ancestors in the stable, because they were picked together. There were a total of eighteen people going, and I was the ninth in line, so I kept shouting like "horse nine, horse nine."
When Li Shaoqing heard what he said, he put down the things in his hands, turned around and asked curiously: "The Ruan family took it?"
Ma Jiu shook his head and smiled: "That's not true. There was a disaster in Hexi back then. , we have no way to survive in our hometown, with We fled to the capital with the villagers, and almost starved to death outside. Later, I don’t know how the nobles in the city figured it out. Many officials came to pick people, and our family fled to the capital city, and only one old woman was left by our side. .”
< br>"The official was selecting people. I was young and strong, so I went to apply for the job with my mother on my back. Later I was assigned to raise horses, but at first I couldn't touch the horses, so I just did some chores. Later, my mother got sick and had no money to get medicine. , when asking for help from the steward, Fortunately, I met Mr. Ruan. He was kind-hearted and healed my mother. He also bought us two to live in the Ruan Mansion, and we have been serving the masters of the manor. "
It turned out to be. In this way, Li Shaoqing nodded.
He himself is a little strange. For some reason, he is more interested in talking tonight. Although the person he is chatting with is different from the previous friends, it makes him very talkative.
He asked curiously: "Then you didn't change your name or surname when you entered the Ruan Mansion?"
Ma Jiu shook his head and laughed twice: "I never thought about it. The masters are used to calling me Ma Jiu. .”
Li Shao Seeing that he was open-minded, Qing couldn't help but ask: "Then you always have your original surname at home, right?"
Unexpectedly, Ma Jiu still smiled and shook his head: "Yes, it is, but my father was He also fled to Erhegou , my father adopted the popular surname in that village and lost the surname Gou. I don’t know which family my ancestors belonged to. I just went to the capital and survived, and all the names and surnames were adopted. "
Speaking, Ma Jiu Instead, he said with emotion: "A person as talented as Mr. has a valuable status and a name. A life like that of a villain is not worth a lot of money. If he has a name to call his servant, even if it is What a blessing.”
Li Shaoqing was born in a scholarly family since he was a child. He was surrounded by people with names and surnames, but he never thought that one day, someone around him would have a name like this.
I couldn’t help but sigh in my heart, things are different in the world.
He also asked on a whim, but Ma Jiu didn't take it seriously. Seeing that he had finished asking, he picked up a few parts in his hand to repair.
I had just repaired a corner when I suddenly heard Li Shaoqing ask: "If you are willing, can I help you choose a name?"
(End of this chapter)