The Prodigal Son’s Happy Life - Chapter 403

[Chapter 403 Letter from the Capital]

After an unknown amount of time, Qian Zheng stood up and glanced at the guys who had just spoken. The expression on his face was still very indifferent, without any change.

“It’s time to eat!”

At this time, a fat cook brought a big wooden barrel from the backyard.

Several waiters picked up their bowls and lined up to serve their meals.

Now is the peak season. At noon, many people don’t even have time to go home for dinner.

The shopkeeper asked them to stay in Buzhuang to eat. They only needed a few copper coins, enough rice, and side dishes made of pickled cabbage and radish.

Seeing this, Qian Zheng also picked up a small bowl and lined up behind him.

When everyone saw him, the disgust on their faces was undisguised.

Qian Zheng didn’t care at all.

During the period from the time he left the capital to Gusu City, he had endured countless words and looks that were thousands of times more vicious.

What does this mean?

What’s more, what they said was actually not wrong. The work they did was indeed much less than that of them.

It’s not a big deal if you let them curse a few words.

It was Qian who had fled to the capital from the Central Plains. He had seen so many human tragedies and had a different kind of emotion towards food.

So much so that in the eyes of others, he cherishes food in a perverted way.

Even if he accidentally dropped the rice on the ground, he would pick it up and eat it without leaving a grain of rice.

Every time he finished eating, his bowl didn’t need to be cleaned at all, and it was still cleaner than most people’s bowls.

Of course, when the guys saw him, they cursed him behind his back: “Reincarnation of a starving ghost!”

After eating, they still had a few minutes to rest as usual.

The guys next to me were lying on the table, taking a nap.

Qian Zheng was different. He walked to his sweet potato and sat down next to it.

It seems that if I leave for a moment, something unexpected will happen to this sweet potato.

“Qian Zheng.”

At this time, a voice sounded in his ears.

Qian Zheng opened his eyes, looked up, got up from the ground, and replied: “It’s from the shopkeeper.”

The shopkeeper of Buzhuang glanced at the sweet potato and hesitated to speak.

After thinking about it, I finally didn’t say anything.

Although he didn’t know what this weed was, he really regarded the money as a treasure.

Even a few words of advice would probably be of little use.

Sighing secretly, he took out a letter from his arms and said: “The young master asked me to give this to you. He said it was a letter from the capital. It should be from your family. It arrived a few days ago. The manager will sort it out today. I only saw it when I wrote the letter.”

The shopkeeper actually didn’t want to explain so much to him, but this was also the young master’s order.

Even if you don’t like it, you still have to listen to the young master’s instructions.

Qian Zheng looked at the letter and was slightly startled.

Immediately, as if he remembered something, his face showed joy, and he hurriedly reached out to take the letter.

After saying ‘thank you’, I couldn’t wait to open the letter.

During this time, in his free time, he has been reading.

In addition to The Romance of the Three Kingdoms and The Three Character Classic, I recently read Journey to the West and Water Margin.

Of course, he saw these two books when he was in Tang Mansion, and he took them with Tang Hao’s permission.

For him, literacy has long been no problem.

He no longer had to go to Manager Liu to read a letter to him as before.

After opening the letter and taking a glance at it, the smile on his face became even brighter, and his whole person became a little excited and excited.

He guessed correctly, it was indeed a letter from the young master!

“Qian Zheng, you have done a good job in the tasks assigned to you. The young master was very moved after hearing your deeds during this period.”

The first half of the letter was written in Bai Xiaochun’s voice, and the second half was the young master’s instructions. Some of my own words.

It contains a deep sense of concern.

Especially when I saw the sentence “You can’t force sweet potatoes. If you don’t have a way to grow them, don’t be too persistent. Keeping yourself safe when you go out is the first priority.”

Qian Zheng’s tears immediately fell down.

After experiencing so many hardships and suffering so much, Qian Zheng never frowned or blinked. At this moment, when he saw this letter, he cried like a child.

The word “tears like rain” is not an exaggeration at all when used here.

On the side, the shopkeeper was also touched when he saw this scene.

He was not a native of Jiangnan. His ancestors followed Emperor Taizu on his expeditions to the north and south, and he was eventually injured while in Jiangnan.

Therefore, their lineage stayed in Jiangnan.

Even after so many generations, he is still a person without roots. His roots are in the northwest, among the yellow sand.

Therefore, when he saw this scene, his eyes became a little red.

She took a step forward, reached out and patted his shoulder, opened her mouth, and wanted to say something, but felt her voice was a little hoarse, so she turned around and left without speaking.

Qian Zheng was left alone, reading the letter word by word, wiping his tears.

I don’t know how long it took, but the tears finally stopped, but my eyes became a little red.

The young master said that he would send a guard to Gusu City to help him, and he would also bring a lot of money and necessary things.

This letter arrived at Tang Mansion a few days ago. Counting the days, the guard from Fang Mansion should have arrived at Gusu City.

Thinking of this, he cheered up and trotted to the shopkeeper. After explaining the situation, he hugged his sweet potato plant and left Buzhuang.

In addition to him, the group of people who left the capital originally included Manager Liu and three other guards.

Now they are in different places, working and taking care of their sweet potato plant.

In order to prevent any accidents, they did this when they left the capital.

Each person takes care of one sweet potato plant, so that even if one sweet potato plant is destroyed in an accident, there will still be several remaining sweet potato plants.

After visiting several shops, five people gathered together.

“Is it true? The young master has sent people to Gusu City?”

Liu Dong’s injury has recovered.

Even after going through so many things, his character is still the same as before, carefree.

The other people also acted a little suspicious.

It’s not that they don’t trust the young master, it’s just that they all came from the capital and know how difficult it is to leave the capital and travel through the Central Plains to reach Gusu City in this current situation.

Although during these times, the imperial court has been trying its best to relieve the victims of the Central Plains, but hunger is a very terrible thing, and it is still inevitable that many people will turn into bandits, or even occupy the mountains and become kings.

Unless it is a heavily armed pro-military guard, it will be difficult to safely and efficiently pass through the Central Plains area, which is now rampant with bandits.

When Qian Zheng heard this, he was a little unhappy. He looked at Liu Dong and asked loudly: “How come you have never done what the young master said?”

(End of Chapter)