Chapter 9 The Neighbor's Children
Li said to Gao Chong: "Dalang, you will be recuperating here today and don't do anything. I want to go to Zhending, Lord Cai Jing has come to take office; Liu Wei recommends that I get along well with him, and I won't show up at his welcome banquet."
Gao Chong sighed secretly and said, "It's all children who are incompetent, and they have to let their mothers suffer."
Li looked at him and said, "If you have this heart, I will be satisfied. Judging from your performance today, your ancestors' treasures are not busy for you. I will save them for you first, and it will not be too late to give them to you when you calm down.
Gao Baobao, Gao Wei, you two guard the young master for me. If he steps out of the room, I will ask you."
After Li finished the explanation, he took his maid Qiuyue away. Gao Chong breathed a sigh of relief. As soon as he was about to stand up, Gao Baobao and Gao Wei changed their faces: "Master, no! Madam has told you not to let you go out, otherwise we will not be able to afford to be guilty."
"Nonsense, I just sat up, who said I was going out? Besides, my mother said she would not let me leave this house, but she was not allowed to act? You two are so much nonsense.
Gao Baobao, Gao Wei, when I was practicing guns today, I always felt that someone was snooping, but in the end I couldn’t find anyone. Please pay more attention to who often enters my martial arts training ground.”
The two looked at each other and Gao Wei said, "Apart from Old Man Lu who cleans frequently, I have never seen anyone else come and go. But grandpa don't worry, we will definitely pay attention to it all the time."
"I was so idle today. Go and see what those guys in the kitchen are busy with? My mother went to Zhending to attend the banquet. She must have eaten a lot of wine and meat. Where can I feel safe in my stomach? I taught them some simple side dishes to clear my stomach and intestines!"
"You can still cook?" Although the two of them didn't believe it, they didn't dare to ignore it, and ran out.
It's still early now, except for Ding Zhou who went to Zhending for business, everyone else ran over, and even Xiao Yunniang followed him.
Li didn't come back until the evening. When he came back, his face looked very bad. The two of Gao Chong brothers who were greeting at the door were pounding.
"Look at other people's children? Look at you again! I will follow you if I don't study hard. I'm really angry. How can I be worthy of your father?" Li said, his eyes turned red, and he pushed them away and entered the hall.
Don’t you know what’s going on? Didn’t your mother attend the banquet? Why did you get into school again?
"Aunt Yue, what's wrong with my mother today?" Gao Chong quickly stopped Qiu Yue, the close maid behind her mother.
"Oh, today I met the magistrate Cai Jing, but this guy came with his son. His son is Cai Songnian. He passed the Jinshi just at the age of 16 this year. It is said that he is also the youngest Jinshi in the Song Dynasty.
Cai Jing has been praising his son for a whole day. Madam is so excited. It has caused you to suffer unrestrained disasters."
Gao Chong said in a deep voice: "It turns out that he met someone else's son. This person is just afraid of comparison. Without comparison, there will be no harm."
While he was thinking about it, Li's call came from it. Li also knew that this matter was unreproachable to his sons, but the whole family needed her a woman to take care of it, which was annoying enough every day. Now that the descendants lost again, they were inevitably a little impatient.
The few dishes on the table were both fragrant and delicious, which made her feel a little more appetite, and her heart suddenly became much weaker.
"No, no, no, this is also his own son, and they are still very filial." Li comforted himself and then called their brothers in. The two of them came to the room and sat down next to the table.
"Everyone hurry up and go to read the books after dinner."
"My books have been warmed up, so do you still need to warm up? I want to play for a while." Gao Qing was just playing, and replied unhappily when he heard this.
This sentence aroused Li's anger again, and she said with a straight eyebrows: "Play and play! You know how to play! He has become a child at your age, so do you still have the face to play?"
When Gao Qing heard this, he lowered his head and said silently, and tears fell down his face.
"Mother, my second brother is actually good at studying, so don't be too demanding." Gao Chong said righteously.
"He is studying well, what about you? Do you want to study too?"
Gao Chong did not expect that he would cause trouble and quickly shut up and stopped talking.
Li took out a hot gold-burned post and said, "It just so happened that it was Double Ninth Festival seven days later. Cai Songnian, the eldest son of the Cai family, invited young talents from all over the city to go to Changshan Garden to climb high and appreciate chrysanthemums, and hold a Double Ninth Festival poetry meeting. You can attend it on my behalf!"
"Double Ninth Festival?" Gao Chong was slightly stunned.
"It's just about making friends with poetry. Don't you often think about making friends with martial arts? You can participate in this Double Ninth Festival poetry meeting!"
Gao Chong quickly said, "Mother, Double Ninth Festival is the Elderly Day, a festival for respecting and respecting the elderly. How can I leave my mother to play alone? I'd better stay at home with my mother!"
"Old man's Day? There is no such rule. Besides, I'm not old yet? You just need to come back tonight. Our family will pass on several generations of singles. Now we are three, so there are no rules."
"I understand, mother, I will definitely get you a leader." Gao Chong said in his heart: "What else can you do when writing poems on Double Ninth Festival? It's nothing more than sad about autumn. Appreciating chrysanthemums is not a problem for me."
"Chief? As long as you don't get the last one, don't be punished by others." Li knew his son's level. Although he performed amazingly in the past two days, he still lacked confidence.
Li was very careful these two days, making Gao Chong unable to go to the martial arts training ground again, so he gave Gao Wei an order, asking him to find some bold and meticulous men for himself, and let them discuss with these people to form a village army and protect the safety of their hometown.
Gao Wei was very excited when he heard this, "Master, it should have been like this for a long time! A man who is a real man cannot do something, wouldn't he live for a lifetime in vain? This matter will be left to me."
Gao Chong smiled and said, "When I went back, I told Manager Ding in the cafeteria that I said that I would arrange special food for our fellow villagers. I would ask my mother to apply for the fee for this matter."
"Is there any meat every meal?" Gao Baobao's eyes lit up, "Master, let me participate too!"
Gao Chong laughed and said, "Stop talking nonsense, just recruit people for me, I want you to be my deputy. If you recruit ten people, you will be ten generals. If you recruit 50 people, you will be the chief officer, if you recruit a hundred people, you will be the chief officer, and 500 people will be the commander. In short, you will be given any position if you recruit."
"Yes! Master, don't worry! We know how to do it."
"Also, although we are a village army, our requirements must not be low. If you want to be promoted and make a fortune, don't enter this door. Being greedy for life and death will find another way. We have to work hard, and those who are afraid of death should not come in."
"Yes! Please don't worry." Gao Baobao and Gao Wei turned around and ran away excitedly. Gao Chong honestly went to report to his mother, Li, every day.
"Who will my mother talk to?" Gao Chong just walked outside the living room and was stopped by his old housekeeper Gao An. Gao An's family has been servants of the Gao family for generations, and his son Gao Wei is also Gao Chong's close friend.
"Little Prince, it's Lord Dong from the yamen who came to pay homage to his wife." Gao An quickly leaned over and answered.
"Mr. Dong? Dong Cai? What are he here to do? I'll go in and take a look." Gao Chong called out and entered the living room.
Li and his maid Qiuyue were discussing something with an official in green? Two big men stood behind the officials. They stood up and frowned, and suddenly stepped forward, and bursts of murderous aura came out of their bodies.
Li was obviously scared by his aura. Although he was still sitting there, his face changed color. Qiuyue took a step forward, as if she wanted to sacrifice herself to protect her master, but her little hand grasped Li's arm and felt innocence.
"Mom, our guest is here!" Gao Chong was furious when he saw this and took a step in. He walked over to the official with great strides.
The Gao family's marksmanship is the most powerful. As soon as they come in, they look like a tiger going down the mountain, and they suddenly suppress the opponent's momentum.
Gao Chong came to the official, who was more than six feet tall, and now he was more than 1.8 meters tall. He looked down at the thin literati with a arrogant look. The two great men quickly retreated to the official and protected him.
Only then did Li and Qiu Yue breathe a sigh of relief and feel a sense of peace in their hearts.
"Da Lang, don't be rude. This is Dong Wen, the director of the prefect Dong, who is the military officer. Our Gao family is etiquette and we cannot be rude." Li was angry and belittled Dong Wen openly and secretly.
Gao Chong glared suddenly, as if he wanted to choose someone to eat. Although his voice was not high, it made Dong Wen feel scared from the bottom of his heart.
"I thought it was Dong Cai? It turned out to be his slave! A small 7th-rank recorder dared to join the army and join the Gao family to be arrogant! He is truly a surrendered general from the Liao Kingdom and a barbarian; he doesn't understand the rules at all."
"Bold!" The two big men following behind were furious and pressed their hands on the hilt of the knife.
"Rareless!" Gao Chong took a step forward and grabbed their hands in an instant. The two felt like they were clamped by big pliers, and even their bones were about to break. They couldn't help but scream, and their hands shook and even their waist knife loosened.
Gao Chong took their waist knives all at once, and then said on the table with a bang: "Our family's second-rank honor king, don't say you are a small 7th-rank recorder to join the army, even if Dong Cai comes, he has to give me a good greeting. Who gave you the courage to be so arrogant?"
Chapter completed!