Chapter 97 97 Liu's Farmhouse on the Outskirts of the City

As the New Year was approaching, An Xin wanted to give them something as a New Year gift to thank the two elders for taking care of them after they came to the capital.

After much thought, An Xin decided to go out of town and take a walk in the mountains since both elders loved eating game.

An Xin suggested going hunting, which made An Rui and Liu Boxing, who had been stuck at home for a long time, very happy.

The next day, it was just dawn.

Regardless of the snowflakes still falling from the sky, Liu Boxing took his headmaster and several fellow disciples to his own farm in the suburbs.

I plan to stay there for a few days to have some fun and go hunting in the mountains.

After leaving the city, Liu Boxing, An Rui, Jiang Zhou, Zhu Shijing and others started to have fun and rode out on their horses.

An Xin looked around at Li Ziyu and Leng Xiangbai and said, "Let's go. They will soon leave us behind and we won't be able to find the Liu family's manor."

Li Ziyu and Leng Xiangbai, one was cold and the other indifferent, looked at each other.

At the same time, he raised the whip and whipped the horse's buttocks from behind. The horse under him shot out like an arrow, and a cloud of snow splashed under its hooves.

"You little brat, the snow and water are all over me."

An Xin also rode his horse to catch up, and the royal blue cloak on his body fluttered behind him like butterfly wings, blown by the wind.

On the empty wilderness, there was only piled white snow and the sound of galloping horses, which scared away the crows on the dead trees and the sparrows foraging in the snow.

Before noon, An Xin and his group, led by Liu Boxing, arrived at his family's farm in the suburbs.

The farm is not big, with only about a hundred acres of land.

The village head heard someone reporting and hurried out.

Seeing An Xin riding on a horse, they were startled. They stepped forward with an unnatural look on their faces and asked, "Where are you from? What are you doing here?"

An Xin saw that Zhuangtou had a long face and small eyes, with a cunning look on his face, and he couldn't help but narrow his eyes.

Except for the carefree An Rui and Liu Boxing, the others all saw a hint of panic in the village head's expression.

The reason why Zhuangtou was a little nervous was that he had also heard the news that the Liu family's grandfather and grandson had returned to Beijing.

However, Liu Boxing and Old General Liu never sent those who were in charge of the farm over, so the head of the farm thought that Old General Liu and his grandson had just come back for some business and would leave after they were done.

As a servant whose master was far away, he could still be a local tyrant in the farm, embezzle the harvest of the farm, and live a free and happy life.

"Boss, the food and wine have already been served on the table. If you don't come back to eat, it will get cold. Yet you are still hanging around with a few passers-by. What are you wasting time on?"

Just when Liu Boxing was about to say that his master was going to come to this manor and stay for a few days.

A woman with her hands in her rabbit fur sleeves, like the mistress of the house, walked out of the village and stood on the steps at the door, calling the head of the village to go back for lunch.

An Xin smiled calmly, and said in front of Liu Boxing: "Uncle Manager, we are candidates who will take part in the imperial examination next year.

Thinking of worshipping a master in the capital, I don't know what gift to give, so I want to go to the mountains to hunt some wild game and give it to the master I want to visit. "

Liu Boxing looked at his own farm owner in surprise, but he was not stupid after all. He also felt that there seemed to be something wrong with the farm his mother left him.

The others were even wiser. After An Xin said this, they chose to remain silent and cooperated with their own headmaster, acting like polite scholars.

An Xin smiled kindly and continued, "Since we are new here, we want to spend money to find a place to stay for a few days. Once we have hunted enough game for gifts, we will leave."

The village head looked at them carefully and saw that there were indeed calluses on their hands left by scholars practicing calligraphy.

He was carrying a hunting knife and a bow and arrow, and his clothes were of very good material. He must be a scholar from a wealthy family from another place.

Come to Beijing early to participate in the imperial examination next spring.

I have nothing to do, so I want to go hunting and give it to others.

It's freezing and snowy, and it's amazing that they could come up with this idea.

The head of the village thought that these young men from wealthy families were very generous in their gifts, and the money they gave as rewards was many times more than what he had embezzled in this poor village.

When An Xin saw the village head's expression, he knew that he was moved, so he was not stingy and threw him a silver ingot.

"This is our accommodation fee for the next few days. If we eat here, the money will be charged separately."

An Xinhao said inhumanely.

The woman with heavy makeup who had been standing at the door waiting impatiently immediately ran over when she saw An Xin throwing the silver to the head of the village.

The village head said: "I will find someone to clean the room and put a stove in to warm it up. I will make sure you gentlemen live comfortably."

The head of the village grinned and greeted him with a flattering smile, completely forgetting that he could not let strangers stay overnight on his farm without the owner's permission.

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Even if Liu Boxing was carefree, he knew this truth from the rules he had been taught since he was a child. His face immediately darkened.

Zhu Shijing secretly patted his shoulder, silently urging him to be patient.

An Xin and his companions were cordially invited into the manor by the head of the village. None of them noticed the burning look in the eyes of the charming woman following behind them when she looked at Li Ziyu and his companions.

This woman's name was Cao Zhi. She was originally a young widow who ran a secret business. The village head Hu Yongshou used to be her patron.

Hu Yongshou's original wife was a second-class maid serving Liu Boxing's mother.

When Liu Boxing's mother was alive, Hu Yongshou did not dare to be too presumptuous for the sake of his wife's former master.

But after Liu Boxing's mother died of complications during childbirth due to her husband's death in battle, Liu Boxing and his grandson left the capital out of grief.

The emperor was far away and there was no one to supervise him, so Hu Yongshou gradually let himself go and brought this charming secret door back to Zhuangzi.

He also drove out his wife, who had given birth to a daughter for him, and made her an ordinary servant on the farm.

Hu Zhuangtou is already over forty years old and is ugly.

The young widow was only in her twenties. She was greedy for the good life that Hu Zhuangtou gave her, so she was willing to serve him.

This woman had done that too many times and her nature had become lustful. When she saw Li Ziyu and the others, she stared at them without any concealment, with desire in her young and handsome eyes.

An Xin seemed to sense something and turned around just in time to see the woman's lustful eyes which she had not yet retracted.

"What's wrong?" Li Ziyu noticed An Xin turned around, his expression darkened, and asked,

An Xin looked at the village head who was leading them inside and said reluctantly, "Nothing."

The houses in this farm have become dilapidated and worn because the master has been away from the capital for many years and the farm slaves have not maintained or repaired them.

An Xin acted like an arrogant rich man and just said that he was rich and wanted to live in a room alone.

Because of limited room and charcoal fire, Li Ziyu and his companions could only stay in a room with two people.

(End of this chapter)