Farming with Taobao - C67

Chapter 67 – Nameless Dining Hall (17)

Li Yannian fed Gu Mingyuan some food and picked up his chopsticks: “I’m from a poor family, there’s nothing to treat me with. Third Young Master, please forgive me.”

Gu Mingyuan looked at the three dishes on the table. Although they were ordinary vegetables, what was different from a real poor person’s dishes was that they were glossy green, green and green. Even if he didn’t see any meat at all, he still had the urge to use his chopsticks.

“If you siblings continue to be so polite, as a guest, I will blush. Speaking of which, I was rude. I shouldn’t have come to your house at this time.”

Li Yannian thought, so you actually knew about it yourself. However, she did not reveal any dissatisfaction on her face as she quietly listened to Black Bean’s greetings with him.

Black Bean took a peek at the atmosphere of the table, and hesitated: “Third Young Master, there is actually something we have been meaning to ask you this whole time …”

Gu Mingyuan gave a clear glance at Zhao Xu, and the smile that had been hanging on the corner of his mouth finally disappeared. “A straightforward person should not speak of secrets, and I will tell you the truth about what you want to ask. Regarding this matter, I also do not know what plans the higher ups have.”

Black Bean was shocked, he turned and looked at Li Yannian, then looked at the confused Zhao Xu, and subconsciously lowered his voice: “Could it be, that he wants to stay in our family for the rest of his life? How does this look like the appearance of a father? ”

Gu Mingyuan secretly cursed in his heart. Forget about being a father, he had never seen anyone acting like this as a prince. Who was Manager Lu? He originally thought that it was someone under the command of Yi Wangfei Madam Tu, but after some more detailed inquiries, he realized that even the most trusted person in the King Yi Palace would only listen to one of his orders. Even if Yi Wangfei was powerful, her hands could not grow any longer. In other words, it was not Yi Wangfei’s idea to throw a dignified Young Prince into the countryside to recuperate. It was King Yi’s idea.

But what was he after?

Something that even Gu Mingyuan himself could not understand, naturally, he could not explain it to Li siblings.

Therefore, at the dinner table, he could only vaguely reply, “Who knows? Maybe after his father misses his son, he’ll call someone to bring him back.”

After saying these words, Black Bean was fine, but Li Yannian understood what she meant. In other words, the reason she had thrown Zhao Xu into their home was entirely because of Prince Yi’s own intentions.

Li Yannian looked at Zhao Xu with some pity. There was actually such a father in this world, it was really an eye-opener.

Zhao Xu himself, on the other hand, was fine with it. He had long since gotten used to Madam Tu’s unhappiness, so Royal Father didn’t care about him at all. Compared to the days he had spent in the Prince Yi’s Mansion, his days in the Li Family were much more comfortable. Other than eating, in terms of living and using the Li family’s items, he might not be even close to being able to compare to the items produced in the Wang family’s residence. However, in their home, even if he played the fool, no one would look down on him and instead be constantly concerned about whether he was cold, hungry, or tired.

To Zhao Xu, the Li Family looked even more like a home. From the bottom of his heart, he truly hoped that Prince Yi’s Mansion would forget about him. Not only did he have a free and easy life, it was also convenient for him to avoid communication with his master.

Zhao Xu’s master was from the northwest. It was said that he had received kindness from his grandfather before, and had always sought to repay it. However, in the battle outside the pass, aside from a young girl who had gone to school at the beginning of her life, the rest of the family was wiped out. At that time, the war in the Northwest was chaotic and the population was numerous. That person also experienced a few ups and downs before finally finding out that his benefactor’s legacy was sent to Prince Yi’s Mansion as a concubine.

But when he came to visit, Auntie Xue had already been dead for three months, spitting blood. Her corpse had long since been buried in the ground, and her scent had long since died.

From then on, that person would frequently help Zhao Xu in the dark. It was a pity that Zhao Xu still did not know the background of this master of his, and what his name was. Every time that person came, they would only hear about how he lived in the mansion. After instructing him on how to use half a move, he would disappear without a trace. However, Master Zhao Xu still left him a letter from the homologous bank, saying that in an emergency, he could take this letter to the bank and find a person called Master Xiao San.

Zhao Xu had originally planned to be the champion safely in Prince Yi’s Mansion, so he decided to pursue his master’s lead. But he never expected that Madam Tu would hate him to such an extent, even he who had invited himself out of the mansion would actually plan to sell him to such a disreputable place! With old grudges added together, Zhao Xu didn’t care about other things in his life anymore. There would definitely be a day when this old demon woman, Madam Tu, would receive his due retribution.

And before he could do that, he needed a lot of help.

Zhao Xu lowered his head and focused on eating, pretending that he did not notice the gaze that Gu Mingyuan intentionally or unintentionally gave him.

With an extra stranger in the family, Zhao Xu was very unhappy. It was as if the territory of a ferocious beast had suddenly become filled with the annoying smell of urine of another male beast. However, he thought that this displeasure was mostly due to his contempt. The dignified third young master of the Gu family, yet he had deliberately come here for a little girl who still hadn’t grown up. It was truly ridiculous and laughable.

Li Yannian felt that this meal would be extremely long, luckily she had Black Bean to accompany him at all times so he didn’t need to trouble herself to call his over.

But no matter how long it took, Gu Mingyuan still did not have a second stomach. After eating two big bowls of rice and chatting with Black Bean for a while, Gu Mingyuan got up and bid farewell tactfully.

When Black Bean sent them to their living quarters, Gu Mingyuan did not lie at all. A few servants and coachmen were eating at the Li Zheng, when they saw that the main house had returned, they immediately went to welcome them.

“Young Master, are you ready to go back?” one of them asked loudly, wiping his mouth.

Black Bean did not wait for Gu Mingyuan’s reply, and cupped his hands towards him: “Then I won’t stop Third Young Master, I’ll go back first.”

Gu Mingyuan nodded without interest. Seeing that they had walked far away, he turned to look at Zhao Cai and the others. “Have you eaten your fill?”

Zhao Cai was bold, and fought to be the first to speak: “Young master, I’m not full yet, the noodles I just served were served, and when they were served, they were beaten up for half a day …”

Jin Bao used his strength to poke his waist, and interrupted: “Young Master, we brothers are not lacking in words, we will listen to Young Master’s orders.”

Gu Mingyuan looked at the two of them in amusement and waved his hand impatiently. “I’ve spent a lot of time and effort to make noodles, don’t leave any for me. It is not easy for the peasants to get some food. ”

Only with the permission of the main house did the people below dare to pick up the bowls again. Jin Bao’s elbow just now was firm, but Zhao Cai still felt a faint pain from his waist, and he could not help but roll his eyes at Jin Bao: “Are you stupid? If you don’t eat now, how will you be able to eat when we go back?”

Jin Bao lowered his voice, “I think you’re the fool. Don’t you see that your young master is in a bad mood?

Zhao Cai was puzzled. Why was it that when Jin Bao looked back at him, he could see from his young master’s face that he was not happy today. No matter how he looked at it, he felt that his young master was the same as usual.

Jin Bao could not help but be somewhat proud: “Learn a little, your martial arts are still far off.”

Fortunately, Jin Bao still remembered that the young master was not in a good mood today and did not make any more noise. Boss, you are indeed generous. If you drag things out any longer, you will be shaming yourself.

The group quickly finished their lunch, got on their cars, and slowly drove out of Li Village. Gu Mingyuan did not use this as an excuse to make a trip to the Li Village. The taxes in the nearby towns were all collected by the officials together with the Gu and Du Families. Last year, when the food production was greatly reduced, the Li Village in charge of the Gu family did not hand over enough rice. In the end, they had to hand over quite a bit of cloth in order to pay for it.

Gu Mingyuan came today to help his father prepare the formation, and ask him about the situation of sowing seeds this year. According to Li Zheng’s reply, the situation was pleasurable and worrisome.

After the matter of paying taxes last year, every household in Li Village had given their free time to grow grain this year. They even gave up on vegetable fields. If the winds and rain were calm, the imperial government’s taxes would not be a problem, and the villagers could use the money to sell the surplus rice in exchange for some grains to fill their stomachs.

But if this year is the same as last year… Gu Mingyuan didn’t dare to think further. If there was no way out, the imperial government would definitely collect all the taxes it wanted. However, it wasn’t as simple as starving these villagers to death.

Gu Mingyuan thoughtfully looked out of the window. The carriage had passed a field of rice and the green seedlings were being blown by the breeze. The leaves were rustling in the wind, making them look extremely pleasing to the eyes.

I hope this year will be a good one.

Gu Mingyuan no longer had any intentions to go to the shop, so he let the carriage driver head straight home. Just as he arrived at the door of his house, the carriage keeper ran up to report hurriedly with a pale face: “Third Young Master, you’re back. The young miss has been here for a long time already and is currently in the courtyard throwing a tantrum. Go and have a look at her; she is so soft, and so good-natured, that she has gone back to the yard in a rage. I was thinking about whether or not I should send someone to the Du Family to invite my uncle over. ”

Gu Mingyuan turned pale with fright, “What? What the hell is she doing in our house? How is my mother? Did you invite the doctor over to take a look? ”

The gatekeeper had a bitter expression on his face. “I don’t know the specifics, but when Miss Biao started making a ruckus, Madame had a few senior servants seal the courtyard door, but after a while, Madame came out first, her face was pale with anger. She only allowed the yard guards to not let the random people near, and also did not allow Miss Biao to come out to make trouble.

“It’s better for you to quickly go in and take a look.” It’s better for you to quickly go in and take a look. Third Young Master, say something, do you want this lowly one to go to the Du Family and get someone to bring Young Miss Biao back? ”

Gu Mingyuan’s heart skipped a beat, since his mother had made people guard the entrance of the courtyard to not let anyone in, and also to not let anyone out, it was possible that this cousin of his who was worried about nothing had caused some kind of trouble. If he were to call the Du Family now, things would only get worse.

So he shook his head, Gu Mingyuan stared at the man and ordered: “No need. Tell someone to send word to Big Brother and Father that there’s something at home and they need to hurry back. ”

In fact, the gatekeeper saw that he already had a backbone, so he nodded and replied, “Rest assured, Young Master. I will have the servants report to him now.”

He turned around and instructed the attendants below.

Gu Mingyuan was worried, he turned and instructed Zhao Cai: “Zhao Cai, keep the guard door. Jin Bao, follow me in.

Zhao Cai was still unhappy, but he glared at him instead. Heh, this brat, did he really think that the young master would have such a soft temper and not be able to teach him a lesson? Wasn’t it easy for Master to seriously find the fault of the servants?

Gu Mingyuan was currently preoccupied with Du Mumei, he did not care about the lawsuit between the servants, and quickly walked into the courtyard. From afar, he saw that there were many senior servants closely guarding the doors of the parlour, he hesitated, the reason for his cousin’s disturbance was most likely because of him. If he went this time, wouldn’t he be left alone, and wouldn’t he be unable to say for sure even if he had a mouth?

Thus, he turned around and headed to the main yard where his mother’s Du’s lived.