Chen Xiaoer had been hungry for the whole day.
Ever since his mother passed away, he has been living a lonely life.
I wandered around the streets but didn't pick up a single penny.
After asking several shops, no one would accept a child who falsely claimed to be ten years old but was actually only eight and looked only six or seven as an apprentice: "Come on, come on, come back when you grow up."
As he has no food to eat, I'm afraid he won't be able to wait until he grows up.
In desperation, he could only go to the pawnshop to see if he could be sold to a rich family as a temporary worker to earn a living, which was better than going hungry like this.
His mother always told him that his father and elder brother were fighting outside and would come to take them back to their hometown sooner or later. Before she died, she asked him to swear that he would wait here until his biological father came to find him.
He could only believe for the time being that what his mother said was true.
Several servants dressed in black brocade uniforms who looked like imperial guards shouted loudly, waving wooden sticks to clear the way: "Get out of the way, get out of the way, don't bump into the noble man!"
Chen Xiaoer was so hungry that he felt dizzy and his limbs were weak. He could hear but could not run. He was unable to avoid the wooden stick and was hit in the corner of his eye. Blood spurted out immediately and he fell to the ground with a cry of pain.
Uncle Wu, who was selling pancakes nearby, was shocked: "Move away, throw the blood aside, don't dirty my pancakes, you can't afford to pay for it!"
"Stop the sedan!" A clear voice rang out, and the small curtain on the sedan opened a crack. "Tingyu, give him some silver so he can see a doctor and bandage his wound."
Chen Xiaoer suddenly turned over and knelt down: "I don't want money, please be kind and take me as your servant!"
Such a beautiful sedan chair obviously belongs to the family of Lord Jiang, the prefect. I just don’t know whether the eldest daughter or the second daughter is sitting in the sedan chair.
The gap in the sedan curtain opened a little wider: "How old are you?"
Chen Xiaoer was very clear-headed: "By the twelfth lunar month, I will be seven years old!"
If you want to please a rich lady, you must say that you are young.
"Tingyu, take him to the pharmacy in front and apply medicine to his wound." The curtain of the sedan chair was lowered. "Take him back to the mansion and give it to the housekeeper. Tell him that it's what I wanted."
Tingyu did not dare to neglect: "Yes!"
Uncle Wu looked at the retreating team and tutted, "You little brat, this is actually a blessing in disguise!"
Everyone knows that the servants of the Jiang family live a good life. They have full meals every day, wear fine cloth clothes, and earn enough monthly salary to marry a wife in a year.
…
Chen Xiaoer entered the Jiang Mansion nervously and followed Tingyu to meet his master.
The new owner was not in the boudoir, but in the martial arts training ground in the prefectural compound.
Tingyu stepped forward to report: "Miss, Chen Xiaoer is here!"
Jiang Yuehui, the daughter of the prefect, dressed as a boy, put down her spear and walked over. "Your name is Chen Xiaoer? Do you have another name? Does the wound on your face still hurt?"
Chen Xiaoer stared blankly at the young lady who was only a head taller than him: "It doesn't hurt!"
The prefect dotes on the eldest daughter so much that she is already a teenager, but she still dresses up as a boy all day long, raising horses, racing and hunting.
Jiang Yuehui smiled and said, "It's good that it doesn't hurt. Xiaoer doesn't sound nice. I'll give you a new name."
Chen Xiaoer said, "Miss, I told the housekeeper that I won't sell myself. As long as my father and brother come back to look for me, I will redeem me."
Since the time is uncertain, there is no need to give it a name. Just call him Chen Xiaoer, it doesn’t matter.
Jiang Yuehui waved his hand: "You will be my stable boy from now on, feeding and washing my horses. My horses are famous horses, they are destined to be the first. How can I call you waiter all day long? How about this, I will call you Xiangyun."
The horse is stepping on auspicious clouds, it is flying. How fast must the horse be running!
Chen Xiaoer said, "I heard the storyteller in the teahouse on the street telling the story of Sun Wukong and Bimawen..."
Jiang Yuehui laughed: "You still want to be the Monkey King? You are as thin as a little monkey, but you can't fly. If you like Sun Wukong so much, then I will give you the name Fei, Chen Fei!"
It was such a happy decision.
…
Winter comes and summer goes, winter goes and spring comes.
Chen Fei stayed in Jiang Mansion for seven years.
He has grown from a young stable boy who could only lead and feed horses to a Jiang family guard who is proficient in all kinds of martial arts.
The guards around Jiang Yuehui have been replaced several times, but only Chen Fei has remained the same.
It was simply because he was low-key and introverted, never showing off, and never competing for credit, that he always made mistakes when learning and practicing martial arts with other martial arts guards.
If he develops too many abilities, he will be the first to be transferred.
In order to stay by the young lady's side and obey her orders, he even ate less and slept less, just to prevent himself from growing too tall.
In fact, he has a skill that others don’t know about. He has a good memory and can remember all the books he has read and the words he has recognized.
Lord Jiang was particularly fond of his eldest daughter and raised her as a boy. He not only taught her the Six Arts, but also taught her to read the Four Books and Five Classics.
So, strictly speaking, Chen Fei is also a self-taught all-rounder in both literature and martial arts.
He was so patient and kept his true self hidden just to show his loyalty and to prove how grateful he was to Miss Jiang for taking him in.
Of course, Jiang Yuehui was very nice to him: "Fade Chen, when I get married in the future, if your father doesn't come to find you, I will take you away!"
She has been cultivating a confidant for many years, who knows how to raise horses and martial arts. The most important thing is that she only needs a glance or a gesture, without saying a word, and Chen Fei knows what she is going to do, and the cooperation is absolutely seamless.
I’m afraid I’ll never be able to train another follower as good as this one.
The second young lady, Jiang Yueying, laughed and said, "Big sister, you're always wielding weapons and clubs. I'm afraid that if you get engaged again, your future husband will still be killed by you before you get married."
Jiang Yuehui's first fiancé died of an acute illness on the third day after they exchanged engagement letters.
So this year, at the age of seventeen, she is still unmarried.
Jiang Yuehui didn't care: "Hmph, it's just as well that I'm not getting married. Dad is reluctant to let me leave home! Chen Fei, prepare the horses and go to the farm to check the harvest."
In fact, it means going to the village to race horses, row boats and fish.
Jiang Yueying said anxiously, "Sister, if mother knew that you fell into the water, she would definitely ground you."
In fact, the eldest sister is not young anymore, and it is not suitable for her to show up in public and play in the countryside. If her reputation gets out, it will have a bad influence on her younger sister who is currently discussing marriage.
Jiang Yuehui threw in the towel and feigned anger, "If you don't tell me, no one will know! If you want to eat fish and shrimp, just stay home and wait!"
The last time she fell into the water, it was Chen Fei who saved her. Fortunately, Chen Fei was smart enough to get her ashore and then quickly hid. The maid thought that the young lady had climbed ashore by herself.
Jiang Yueying swallowed her saliva and said, "Okay!"
Who makes Jiang Yuehui always bring back fish and shrimps that are so fresh and lively? Chen Fei is good at cutting, so he slices them thinly, grills them over charcoal, and sprinkles them with chili powder and cumin powder. It's so delicious!
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