Chapter 19: Hanjiazhuang


   Early the next morning, Li Zexuan took the calculated account books and went to the east courtyard.
   "Mother, the account book you gave yesterday morning has been calculated, mother, please take a look."
   After speaking, he handed over the account book in his hand.
   Mrs. Li took the account book and said with joy: "I heard your father say that Xuan'er is a superb student. I didn't expect you to finish it so quickly, but it saves you a lot of things for your mother."
  Li Zexuan smiled and said, "Mother, I want to go to Hanjiazhuang to have a look."
   Mrs. Li was a little curious, and asked: "It's so far from home, and the road is not easy to walk, Xuan'er, what are you going there?"
Li Zexuan thought for a while and said: "The boy wants to see how the dealers are doing. The boy has been studying arts in Longhu Mountain for eight years, but he doesn't know the sufferings of the world. Master he also wants the boy to do something for the people at the bottom of Datang. So I want to visit Hanjiazhuang today."
   Mrs. Li recalled what her son said, and said with some relief:
   "Since Xuan'er wants to go, let the steward Wang accompany you. Xuan'er, you bring some cakes. I guess you won't be back at noon, so don't be hungry."
   "Well, thank you mother, that kid has gone."
   Li Zexuan came to the front yard and found Wang Zhong, the housekeeper, and told him that he was going to Hanjiazhuang, and asked him to prepare horses first. Hanjiazhuang was almost thirty miles away from Li Mansion, so it was impossible to walk there.
   "Brother, where are you going?"
   Lan'er saw the steward Wang go to the stables to lead the horse, and knew that her brother was going out, so she ran over and asked.
   "Brother is going to visit Zhuangzi, Laner, wait for your brother to come back, OK?"
   Li Zexuan said helplessly, this sister is too clingy.
   "No, it's boring for Lan'er to be at home alone. Mother doesn't play with Lan'er. Lan'er wants to go to Zhuangzi with her brother."
   Lan'er's small head shook like a rattle.
   "Okay, okay, Xiaohe, Xiaoxi, you too, take care of the lady, Sambo you go get a carriage."
   These little girls certainly don't know how to ride a horse, so Li Zexuan asked Sambo to find a carriage.
   After a while, the group set off and rushed to Hanjiazhuang.
From Yanxingmen out of Chang'an City, all the way to the east, the road is getting harder and harder to walk. Li Zexuan and Wang Zhong are riding on horses without any feeling, but the carriage behind has been swaying, causing the three little girls inside. Bian exclaimed again and again.
   "Sambo, you can drive the carriage slowly, don't overturn it."
   I didn’t know if Sanbao was an old driver, and fearing that he would overturn the car, Li Zexuan had to slow down with the steward Wang and let Sanbao drive the car slowly.
   Just like that, for more than 30 miles, a few people just walked for more than an hour. At this time, I saw a village not far ahead, and there were still a few people working in the field.
   "Master, that is Hanjiazhuang in front." Wang Zhong stopped his horse and pointed to the village road in front of him.
   "Well, then go quickly. It's noon. Uncle Wang, find a family, give some money, and we will have lunch in the village."
   Li Zexuan instructed that Wang Zhong was more familiar with this place than him, and his family often sent him over to collect rent, and it was more appropriate for him to arrange.
   "Yes, Master, let's go to Hanlizheng's house at noon. Every time my wife sends me here to collect rent, Hanli is very cooperative." Wang Zhong suggested.
   "Okay, then Uncle Wang will lead the way."
   A group of people enters the village with a horse. It is the spring plowing season. At the entrance of the village, you can still see many people pulling cattle to plow in the farmland. There are also three or two children chasing and playing on the ridge. There are occasional and dog barks in the village. Traffic, chicken and dog hear each other.
Li Zexuan often saw this scene in his previous life. He was originally a native of the countryside, but Lan'er saw it very fresh. She said she was born as the little princess in the family. How could she have seen this scene of a farmhouse, got out of the carriage and took her brother by the hand. Look east and west as you walk.
   Li Zexuan left the horses and carriages at the entrance of the village and let Sambo take good care of him. He led a group of people into the village and walked straight to Han Lizheng's house under the leadership of Wang Zhong.
   "Master, here it is, this is Han Li Zhengjia."
   After a while, Wang Zhong pointed to a rundown farmyard in front of him.
   Li Zexuan was a little surprised. When he wanted to come, this place was in the next generation, and it was almost equivalent to a village head. Why did he live in such a shabby place? At this time, he didn't have much to say at the door of others, so he walked in with Wang Zhong now.
   "Yo, steward Wang, you are here!"
   A dark-skinned middle-aged man in the courtyard hurriedly greeted Li Zexuan and his party. It's just that Li Zexuan noticed that his right leg seemed to be somewhat disabled, and he walked limply. But from the thick muscles of his arms, he can still see that the middle-aged man's body contains great power.
   "Han Lizheng, these are my young master and young lady. The rent paid by your Zhuangzi this year has been calculated by my wife, and there is no problem. Today is my young master who wants to visit Hanjiazhuang." Wang Zhong introduced to Han Lizheng.
   Han Lizheng heard the words, and quickly respectfully bowed to Li Zexuan and Lan'er, saying: "I have seen the young master and the young lady!"
Li Zexuan hurriedly replied: "Uncle Han, please don't be so polite. UU reading www.uukanshu.com will disturb Uncle Han for a while. It seems that noon is coming, so I will bring this group of people to Uncle Han's house for lunch. Uncle Han can rest assured that we all bring our own ingredients and pastries. Just use the kitchen at Uncle Han’s to heat it up, and we will pay the corresponding remuneration."
Han Lizheng blushed immediately when he heard this, and said with a suffocating neck: "The young master said that is a shameless old man. My Hanjiazhuang harvest was not good last year. Mrs. Li not only reduced our rent by 10%, but also gave us a grace for nearly half a year. For the lease term, if it were not for the kindness of the wife, Hanjiazhuang, I don’t know how many people would starve to death.
   Now the young master comes to my house for a meal. How can we let the young master bring his own ingredients? How dare to collect the young master's money? If the villagers know about it, they don't poke my Han's backbone. The young master must never say such things again. Although I, Han Tianhu, is a crude person, I still know how to report. "
   Yes, this accidentally hurt people’s self-esteem, Li Zexuan quickly explained:
   "Uncle Han, don't get me wrong, I don't mean to give money. This is what you deserve. There is no reason to eat and not pay in this world."
   Seeing that Han Li was stubbing his neck and wanted to refuse, Li Zexuan hurriedly said:
"Since Uncle Han is not accepting it, I am not reluctant. I would like to thank Uncle Han for his hospitality today. If there is any difficulty in his Japanese and Korean family, I will try to solve it as much as I can. I will use the ingredients for lunch. Yes, after all, the ingredients we bring will definitely be broken if we don’t eat them. It will cost some firewood from Uncle Han’s house.

   Han Lizheng barely accepted this and waved his hand:
   "It's just a little firewood, it's not worth the money. Master, don't hesitate to use it. Once you've used it up, Han will go to the mountains to chop some. Master, Miss, come in and sit down!"
  The group of people entered the house.
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