Chapter 81 A Qualified Leader! (Please Subscribe)

Mao Xiang took the order and left, disappearing into the night.

Zhu Yuanzhang sat behind the imperial desk, staring at the dark night outside the imperial study...

As a monarch, he controls the lives of the people in the world.

As a father, he has already planned the future of his children clearly and arranged everything for them.

Not like him.

As an omnipotent monarch and father, he suddenly felt that he could not see the future of his children clearly at this moment.

His children are related to the country.

A single move can affect the whole body.

The future of the Ming Dynasty is also unclear.

Just like, outside, the dark night.

This night that swallows everything makes him palpitate and fear!

...

After a long time, when Zhu Yuanzhang retracted his sight, his eyes trembled slightly, and his pupils shrank imperceptibly.

...

Under the same night.

The sound of horse hooves broke the tranquility of the village.

Two people and one horse, from far to near, galloped into the village.

Oh!

Outside the small courtyard with fences, Zhu Di reined in his horse and looked at the quiet courtyard with scattered stars. He smiled and said, "I'm back."

He dismounted first.

Then he helped Xu Miaoyun down.

Zhu Di went to settle Xiao Hei, and Xu Miaoyun went into the house first. Soon, the dark house lit up, and the soft light quietly slipped into the yard from the window and the door.

Zhu Di added grass to Xiao Hei while looking at the busy figures in the window.

Before leaving, he reached out and patted Xiao Hei, "You did a good job today."

After saying that, he turned around and walked into the house impatiently.

As soon as he closed the door and turned around, a shadow rushed over.

The next second, the fragrance was soft in his arms, his neck was tightly hooked by his hands, and his waist was tightly wrapped by the scissor legs.

"I miss you."

The shy but bold whisper sounded in his ears.

Zhu Di came back to his senses from the shock.

Oh! Oh oh!

Whistling in his heart with a smile, he tilted his head back slightly, looked sideways at the pretty face that was so close, blushing, and deliberately asked: "What did you say just now? I didn't hear it!"

The pretty face instantly turned red.

"I miss you!" Xu Miaoyun blushed, raised her voice slightly, and said it again. As soon as the voice fell, she opened her mouth with shyness and anger and bit Zhu Di's shoulder.

Zhu Di grinned and deliberately said softly: "I miss you too..."

Xu Miaoyun didn't hear it even though she was listening, so she stopped biting. She raised her head and looked at Zhu Di with a blushing face, "Say it again, louder..."

Before she finished her words, her mouth was blocked by Zhu Di's smile...

At the same time, she walked quickly to the bed.

"Zhu Silang, you are playing rogue..."

The courtyard was quiet. Da Huang and Xiao Hei, who were eating grass, suddenly heard the shy and angry voice and turned their heads together.

All they could see was that the lights and candles on the small window were swaying, and suddenly there was a shadow flashing.

Da Huang and Xiao Hei's eyes flashed with clear and foolish confusion. They shook their heads to drive away mosquitoes and continued to happily compete for chewing fresh grass.

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"Yao said..."

"A gentleman is generous but not wasteful, works hard but does not complain, desires but is not greedy, is calm but not arrogant, and is powerful but not fierce."

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The next morning, when the sky was slightly white, a tender and crisp child's voice came into the quiet hut.

Zhu Di and Xu Miaoyun opened their eyes slowly almost at the same time.

Listening to the child's voice outside.

Zhu Di smiled and turned around, asking: "How can these naughty monkeys get up so early? When did they start?"

Xu Miaoyun's hair was a little messy, curled up in Zhu Di's arms, listening to the recitation outside, and smiled: "After Miaoyin came, she took the children every day, set out from the village early, recited in the morning while walking, all the way to the west end of the village, walked around the fields of our village, and then recited in the morning and returned."

"After a few days, the children got used to it."

Zhu Di smiled and nodded, "She has a lot of quirky ideas, no wonder the children like her."

"They have this spirit of seriousness and hard work. Even if they don't take the imperial examination and go into official career in the future, they will not be bad at doing other things."

Xu Miaoyun smiled and nodded. With a serious master, the children naturally followed suit. She gently pushed and urged: "It's getting late, get up quickly."

"Don't talk, let me hold you for a while." As he spoke, Zhu Di hugged the beauty tightly with both hands.

Xu Miaoyun's pretty face turned slightly red, but she couldn't help but smile.

The two didn't get up until the childish morning recitation disappeared.

As usual.

Zhu Di cleaned the yard, cleaned the cowshed, and added grass to Xiao Hei and Da Huang.

Xu Miaoyun cooked and cleaned the house.

When the rich fragrance spread.

Zhu Di smiled as he walked into the house from outside. He asked while washing his hands: "When I was cleaning the yard just now, I saw a lot of dried apricots drying in the basket on the west shelf."

"Yeah."

Xu Miaoyun was busy at the stove and replied: "There are too many apricots. We can't eat them all. Every household in the village has an apricot tree, and there is nowhere to give them away."

"I asked my eighth aunt, and she said to steam the apricots when they are half dry, and then put them in a cool place and wait for them to dry naturally until they are about 80% dry."

"This way they can be stored for a long time and can be used as gossip in your spare time."

"When we build a big house, Huizu, Miaoyin, Miaojin, Miaoxiu and others will definitely come."

"By then, my eldest brother and sister-in-law may also bring Xiongying to visit, which is just right for the children to gossip about."

...

While Xu Miaoyun was talking, Zhu Di had quietly come behind her.

As soon as he finished speaking, he smiled and hugged her from behind, exclaiming in an exaggerated manner: "Oh, my wife is so virtuous."

Poof!

Xu Miaoyun blushed and laughed, "Stop it, I'm still cooking. Bring the pancakes over and wait at the table."

Perhaps it was because of the separation.

The feelings between the two seemed to be stronger than before.

Zhu Di smiled and took the pancakes away.

……

At the dinner table.

Xu Miaoyin picked up some kimchi for Zhu Di and asked, "What are you going to do next?"

"First, harvest the wheat..." Zhu Di pondered and said, "Then there will be a long period of free time. I will continue to teach the children about mathematics and design clothes for you. I promised, but I didn't forget."

Xu Miaoyun lowered her head and smiled.

Zhu Di continued, "Finally, we will go to the mountains to select some old trees, cut them down, and use them to build houses."

"Can we cut down trees in the mountains at will?" Xu Miaoyun raised her head and reminded, "It seems that only woodcutters are qualified to cut down trees."

"If it is the hills and forests of landlords and gentry, we can't do this, but the hills and forests to the east of Tuqiao Village belong to the court."

"That means the old man's."

Zhu Di smiled and joked, "We all know that there must be Jinyiwei planted by the old man in Tuqiao Village."

"He sent Jinyiwei to monitor us."

"We will fleece him."

"He won't bother us for such a small matter, but he will be very uncomfortable knowing that we secretly cut down his trees to build our own houses."

"Sons are all ghosts who want to collect debts. I just cut down a few of his trees, which is already very filial."

"This is called fatherly love and filial piety!"

Puff!

Xu Miaoyun was amused and glared, "Wait until you have a child yourself..."

As she spoke, she stopped talking and lowered her head with a red face.

Zhu Di looked at her with a smile and joked, "Let's keep working hard."

"Don't say that!"

...

A breakfast ended in laughter and relaxation.

Then Zhu Di began to rush to harvest wheat, and after the grains were stored in the warehouse.

The two began to go out and come back together again, teaching the children.

Managing the family.

Chopping wood, feeding horses, cooking...

The sun rises and sets, and the fulfilling and leisurely days pass quickly.

...

On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Gongci School.

Nearing dusk.

The children sat upright in front of the sand table, holding small wooden sticks in their hands, quietly doing their homework.

Zhu Di and Xu Miaoyin walked among the children.

Watching the children doing their homework, correcting their mistakes at any time, and understanding the children's mastery of knowledge points.

At a certain moment, the children put down their wooden sticks.

The two smiled at each other and nodded.

Papapapa!

Zhu Di clapped his hands, waited for the children to focus, and said with a smile: "Your homework was done very well today."

"Today is also the Mid-Autumn Festival."

"In order to reward your hard work during this period, your teacher's wife prepared some small gifts for you."

Hearing this, the eyes of a group of naughty children suddenly sparkled.

Xu Miaoyun walked to the podium with a smile, took out a bundle from the desk, and opened it.

In the bundle, there were small paper bags.

"Line up according to age, from young to old."

A group of naughty children looked around curiously, but lined up in an orderly manner.

Cai Lu was the youngest and was in the front. She looked at Xu Miaoyun with big eyes, "Master's wife, what gifts did you and Master prepare for us?"

Xu Miaoyun smiled, picked up a paper bag and handed it to Cai Lu, "Open it and have a look."

Cai Lu took the paper bag and opened it...

"Sugar! It's maltose!" The little girl shouted in surprise and joy. After calming down, she bowed solemnly, "Thank you, Master and Master's wife for the gift."

Xu Miaoyun smiled and touched Cai Lu's little head, asking, "Can you tell Master's wife how you will eat these maltose when you take them home for Mid-Autumn Festival?"

These maltose were brought back to her by Si Lang when he was doing corvée labor.

She was not greedy for these sweets.

So she kept them.

Every child had the same amount.

Each bag was guaranteed to be enough to share with the family. Of course, due to the different number of family members, the amount left after sharing would be different.

"Share with my parents, grandparents, elder sister, elder brother, sister-in-law, and nephew!" A group of children said one after another.

Zhu Di and Xu Miaoyun smiled at each other, very happy that these naughty kids learned knowledge and mastered the essence.

At least, now they remember: desire but not greed!

Soon, the maltose was distributed to each child.

The children bid farewell to their master and mistress, ran out of the ancestral hall with laughter and play, and ran home to share with their families.

Zhu Di and Xu Miaoyun followed behind with a smile and walked out of the ancestral hall.

"It seems that our guide is still qualified and has not led these naughty monkeys astray. I hope they can always remember the essence of these knowledge in their hearts."

Zhu Di turned his head and stretched out his hand, "Mr. Xu, let's go home for Mid-Autumn Festival too."

Xu Miaoyun put his hand on it with a smile.

Back to the outside of the courtyard.

Zhu Di said mysteriously: "You go back and prepare first, I will be back soon and bring you delicious food."

After that, without waiting for Xu Miaoyun to speak, he hurriedly ran towards the fields in the west of the village...

Xu Miaoyun opened her mouth, but Zhu Di had already walked away. Looking at Zhu Di's back, she couldn't help but feel a little suspicious.

...

At the same time.

The palace.

Decorated with lights.

The maid was full of joy and hurriedly trotted into Ma Xiuying's bedroom. When she saw Ma Xiuying, she reported from a distance: "My queen, I just got the news that His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin and His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin have returned and have entered the city!"

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