The Peerless Servant

Qingming Festival, also known as the Outing Festival, the Qingming Festival, the March Festival, the Ancestor Worship Festival, etc., is held at the turn of mid-spring and late spring. It has both natural and humanistic connotations. It is not only a natural solar term point, but also a traditional festival. Tomb sweeping and ancestor worship and outing are the two major ritual themes of Qingming Festival.

This year's Qingming Festival coincides with the birthday of King Wu, and there are many more princes and nobles in Jinling City. They also like to go outings like ordinary people, so there are many more carriages in and out of the city.

At this time, Huo Chenan was a little helpless. Today, there was a long queue of carriages leaving the city. He didn't expect to encounter traffic jams in this era without cars.

However, this had no effect on Su Ruyi. She hadn't gone out for a long time, mainly because of illness. The doctor told her not to overwork, so her life seemed to be imprisoned.

At this time, she was observing everything on the road with interest through the carriage.

It took the carriage half an incense stick of time to leave the city. Today's plan is to take the little girl to Qixia Mountain to see the waterwheel, and then go outing on Qixia Mountain to enjoy the spring. In the evening, the Su family's painted boat is also arranged to cruise the Qinhuai River at night.

When the three of them arrived at the river beach where the waterwheel was located, the scene in front of them really scared the three of them.

I saw that the river beach was full of people inside and outside, and the waterwheel was surrounded tightly. Everyone was talking about the novelty.

"What is this? How can it be so huge?"

"I don't know, I haven't seen it."

"Look, look, it can still flow out of the top!"

"Yes, it's amazing!" Everyone who looked up exclaimed.

At this time, an insider in the crowd revealed: "Tu Lao Mao, this thing is called a waterwheel, which can draw water from low places to high places to help irrigate farmland."

Everyone's eyes were attracted by this person's words. I saw that this insider was dressed as a servant in a green hat.

This person is none other than Zhang San, the servant of the Su family.

Feeling the admiration of the crowd, Zhang San held his head high and walked through the crowd, answering questions for these confused people.

"My dear brother!" A voice called Zhang San.

Zhang San turned around and saw a handsome young man bowing to him and said, "May I ask which master crafted this waterwheel?"

"Of course it was me..." Zhang San said in a long tone.

"You?" The young man was obviously a little unbelievable.

"Our Su family's chief steward Huo Chenan designed it, and the Su family, Wang family, and Li family worked together to build it." Zhang San spoke with a heavy breath, which really made the young man speechless.

"Huo Chenan? I haven't heard of it, but the Wang family is the Protector of the Country, Wang Siqi." The handsome young man asked.

"That's right. Huo Chenan is my eldest brother, and we are as close as brothers. If he designed this waterwheel, I also contributed a lot."

"Oh?" Hearing this, the young man became interested.

"Of course not. I am responsible for washing and cooking, three meals a day, and even his underwear and socks are washed by me, and his toilet is also emptied by me. Do you think I am easy?" Zhang San was passionately recounting his glorious achievements, but when he looked up, he found that the young man had already walked away.

"Young Master, Young Master, I haven't finished yet! Huo Chenan doesn't like to wash his feet... I am the one who makes the water for him to wash his feet."

The young man quickened his pace and fled away from Zhang San.

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At this time, Huo Chenan brought the little girl to a high slope, which is a great place to observe the waterwheel. Looking down from above, the crowd below is like ants against the backdrop of the huge waterwheel.

"Brother Chenan, you are amazing." Su Ruyi praised sincerely.

"Normally, third in the country!" Huo Chenan said politely.

"Who said that? I think Brother Chenan is the smartest person in the country." Su Ruyi said.

"Who is so arrogant?" A discordant voice sounded.

The two looked back and saw a group of students dressed as students standing behind them. The one who spoke was one of them, a typical weak scholar who could not even tie a chicken.

When the students saw Su Ruyi's appearance, they were all like hungry wolves with chicken blood, and their eyes were full of green light.

The man before hurriedly stepped forward to introduce: "Miss, we are students of Jinling Academy. I, Zhang Rulong, am the top three in the academy's competition."

He would not miss any opportunity to show off himself, let alone the beauty in front of him.

Other students also stepped forward to greet them, such as Li Si, Wang Wu, Zhang Ermaizi, and scholars, Tanhua, and eunuchs' godsons.

Su Ruyi greeted everyone politely, looking like a lady from a noble family.

"May I know your name, Miss?" Zhang Rulong asked what everyone was thinking.

Huo Chenan was in a bad mood at the moment. If a group of flies were surrounding your cake, would you feel happy? Huo Chenan immediately stepped forward and stood in front of Su Ruyi. He was originally a handsome young man with a slender figure, but he was a little tanned from supervising the construction of the waterwheel on the river beach these two days. Compared with these weak scholars who were powerless, he was really incomparable. Su Ruyi looked at the tall and majestic back in front of her, and suddenly felt a sense of security in her heart. The group of scholars took a step back under Huo Chenan's terrifying momentum. "My lady likes quietness, you should find a place to stand an egg." Huo Chenan said lightly. "Hey, you servant, how can you stand an egg upright?" Someone in the crowd really took over. "That's right, you have to roll all over the floor..." Someone else echoed. Everyone suddenly realized that the black-faced servant was asking them to get out.