Tian An knew that Zhao Yiming might be very busy these days, but he didn't expect him to be so busy.
Ever since attending the Lu Ming Banquet organized by the imperial court, he has been missing all day. Don't ask him where he has been. If you ask, he is probably going to a social event or on his way to one.
This situation continued for about ten days before Tian An finally saw him.
This was the first time Zhao Yiming had dinner at home since the Mid-Autumn Festival.
After dinner, Zhao Yiming asked Tian An, "An An, do you have any plans for the day after tomorrow?"
"The day after tomorrow? Why, do you have something to do?" Tian An asked back.
She had already dealt with Zhao Yiming's gifts, so there was nothing important to do during this period.
"Then let's go to the farm and treat everyone to a feast! Didn't I promise everyone back in the village that I would hold a banquet after I passed the imperial examination?
Now that we have left the village, it is difficult to organize a buffet, but it is still possible to invite everyone to have a banquet together to make it lively.
It just so happened that Xiaokang and Xiaoqi were also on holiday that day. Kaikai and Zhuangzhuang hadn't been back to the village for a while, so let's go back together this time!"
Seeing Tian An say this, Zhao Yiming knew that she had time, so he directly expressed his thoughts.
"Okay!" Tian An agreed without thinking.
They didn't know many people in the capital, and half of the people in the village came from the same village. Zhao Yiming's success in the imperial examination was a happy event, and it should be shared with everyone.
After the two of them discussed it, Tian An asked Chun Xi to notify Chen Qiang to go down and make preparations.
Xiaokang, Xiaoqi, Zhuangzhuang, Kaikai, Caiping and Caihe knew that they were going back to the farm, so they happily went to make preparations.
When Tian An passed by the garden, he met Qiushan, Xiaofeng, Dashu, Gangzi and others who were patrolling the mansion. He simply called them over, as they had not been back for a long time.
Especially Gangzi, his wife had just given birth at the beginning of the year and they hadn't seen each other many times, so he must have been missing her very much.
When they knew they could go back to the village together, they almost jumped up on the spot.
He glanced guiltily at the leading soldier, then stood still properly.
A Bing scolded a few people before walking towards Tian An and started to plead with everyone.
"Miss, with so many of you going to the manor, we definitely need guards.
I would like to ask for a favor for everyone. This time, the brothers who haven't been home for a long time will form a team of guards to escort the young ladies to the farm! This will also allow them to go back and see their families. "
Except for a small number of people bought by Tian An, the rest of the guards in the general's mansion are either young people from the village or retired soldiers from the wounded village.
Only then did Tian An realize that since the guard team was established, few people went back, and some had never gone back once since entering the mansion.
She had been busy with other things and had ignored this matter.
He immediately agreed to Ah Bing's request and said, "You decide on the arrangements!"
After thinking for a moment, he said, "From now on, everyone will take three days off every month. If you have elderly or children at home, go back more often to visit them."
Ah Bing was startled, and immediately clasped his fists and thanked Tian An: "Thank you for your consideration, Miss."
The others followed closely behind, "Thank you for your consideration, Miss."
Tian An waved his hand and took Deng Xue and Xiang Tao back to the yard.
The soldiers and guards bowed their heads respectfully and continued their patrol in the mansion only after Tian An left.
The selection of the guards to escort Tian An and the others back to the village would still have to be made by Ah Bing that evening. However, now that everyone knew they would have three days off every month, they were no longer worried, as they would all get a turn anyway.
When Dashu and his friends thought about being able to go back to see their parents soon, they worked even harder, wishing they could catch as many mice as possible in the mansion.
After being trained by the soldiers for such a long time, they have learned a lot. However, everything in the mansion is peaceful. Apart from daily patrols, they have no other work to do. They feel like heroes without a place to use their skills.
They were all used to working, and they felt that hanging around the house like this every day was a bit idle, and they all felt guilty about taking Tian An's wages.
So after finishing their own work every day, they would go out to help out everywhere, running errands, moving things, helping the kitchen ladies clean up rotten vegetable leaves, catching mice, and so on.
The mice in the mansion had been chased by them several times and were more afraid of them than cats. This saved Tian An the money he would have spent on buying a cat.
On the day of returning to the village, Ah Bing personally brought the selected guards and waited at the door early in the morning with their horses.
After Tian An and the others got on the carriage, he led his own horse and escorted the carriage on its journey.
Don’t be fooled by Dashu and the others who seem to be smiling all day long. They are very serious when it comes to doing serious work.
They were keeping their eyes and ears open, always feeling that a bad guy would bump into them in the next second, so they were all on high alert.
They set out early and there weren't many pedestrians on the street, so they had a smooth journey to the city gate. After waiting in line for a while, they left the city.
But outside the city gate today, it seems to be a little noisier than usual.
When Tian An opened the curtain of the carriage, he found that not far from the city gate, a group of people with ragged clothes, dirty faces, and families had gathered.
This scene is so familiar, they were once part of it.
Tian An looked at Zhao Yiming in confusion, "Has there been another disaster recently? Why are there so many refugees?"
She hasn't been out much recently, so she hasn't heard about these things.
Zhao Yiming looked up at the refugees and said, "I heard that several provinces in the east are suffering from severe flooding. They must be coming from there."
He had been out for social events a lot recently and had heard a lot, but he hadn't expected the disaster to be so serious that refugees had all fled to the capital.
Tian An nodded. Disasters happen every year, either drought here or floods there. Once a disaster is serious, the people will flee to other places or to the capital. It is nothing new.
In the end, someone from the imperial court would be held responsible. Tian An was about to lower the curtain when he heard cries coming from the pile of refugees.
Tian An paused as he lifted the curtain and looked in the direction of the voice.
I saw a disheveled, dirty woman covered in yellow dust, protecting a little girl, kneeling on the ground and begging a skinny man who was also ragged and dirty, and an old woman who was dressed in bright clothes and had heavy makeup on, and was protected by several burly men.
"Uncle, please don't sell my daughter. Her father died trying to save your Heizi!
We've already reached the capital, and we're about to be rescued. How could you repay kindness with hatred?"
The man's face showed no emotion as he let the woman kneel on the ground and beg.
However, a woman who was equally dirty, thin, but had a mean look suddenly rushed out from the crowd on the side, pushed the woman who was protecting the child on the ground to the ground, and sat on her and beat her fiercely.
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