With the sound of clanging and the rising of dust, carts of wood and stones shuttled through the village, and every villager's face was filled with a joyful smile.
In the past, they thought that the young master of the Zhang family was a weirdo, so they forced a group of children to recite poems and the Nine-Nine Song, taught those patient children to learn to read, and picked Deng Xiaodai and Qi Liang to study together; that's why they messed up the land they had cultivated all their lives, changing it to planting rice and cotton, and even planting trees and raising silkworms.
But if those things gradually showed results, then now, they are saying every day that Zhang Xiaolangjun is a good person.
Just because he is about to become the son-in-law of Duke Zhao's mansion in the capital, and he also persuaded that kind-hearted young lady to fund their house renovation and to repay the principal in ten years, he is a first-class good man!
So, at this time, when Zhang Shou walked in the village, he received endless thanks.
No one complained because Zhu Ying did not donate the money for free but instead lent it at no interest. This also made Zhang Shou believe that these neighbors here were indeed carefully selected.
There are so many examples of gratitude for a little bit of rice and hatred for a little bit of rice. So, Duke Zhao really took the trouble.
Regardless of whether the engagement was true or false, Duke Zhao should be considered the benefactor who allowed the mother and son to live in peace until now.
By chatting with fellow villagers along the way, Zhang Shou easily got the information he wanted to know.
"Mr. Lu and his followers were brought to Cuiyun Palace by Miss Liuyin. The three young men surnamed Zhang, or the noble sons who came later, and their followers all found the place after asking the villagers."
While talking, Mr. Yang emphasized a detail: "When I asked the villagers, they were all very arrogant. They just threw down some money and walked away. As for the details of the old celebrity in Cuiyun Room, they didn't even ask."
"With Miss Zhu accompanying me personally, who wouldn't believe it?"
The oldest and most cunning old man in the village winked at Zhang Shou and said with a beaming face, "Don't worry, sir. I'm keeping an eye on everything and won't let anyone talk nonsense! Besides, who would be so stupid as to flatter a bunch of outsiders instead of the sir?"
Zhang Shou couldn't help but laugh and cry. Although he was sure that the news had not leaked out yet, he never hesitated to speculate on things with the worst possibility and the greatest malice, so after resigning from Yang Laoguan, he couldn't help but quickly consider various possibilities.
He turned two corners and finally arrived at the door of Deng Xiaodai's house. Like other places in the village, the roof was being repaired. He stood in this noisy and dirty environment for less than two breaths before he heard a startled cry.
"Oh, why is my uncle here?"
Ever since Yang Laoguan called him that in public, the word "guye" became popular in the whole village. If it were normal, Zhang Shou might have corrected him seriously, but at this moment, seeing the man jump down from the ladder and walk towards him quickly, he didn't even have the heart to correct him. He coughed lightly and asked directly: "Uncle Deng, did Xiaodai bring back any letter?"