Chapter 29 Chapter Eighty-ninth Broken Letter

Ding Chengzong wandered around the village, and returned to Ding's mansion in a dispirited manner. As soon as he entered the gate, he saw a man standing there with a face full of embarrassment and bowed to Yan Jiu. He waved his hand, motioning for the bearers to come over. When he got close, Ding Chengzong asked, "what's the matter?" When Yan Jiu saw it was him, he rushed forward to greet him with crossed hands and saluted, "Young master, this man is sent by the Ye family's car dealership. He is a new traveler, and he doesn't know the rules, so he dare not bother you, young master."

Ding Chengzong smiled lightly, but still asked: What's the matter?This time the tone was a little harsh. Yan Jiu suffocated, not daring to prevaricate any more.Ding Chengzong often walked outside, but the man recognized him, so he stepped forward and sang a fat song: "I have met Mr. Ding. I am a traveler of the Ye family's car dealership. I am sending a few letters to your mansion."In one of them, the guest officer specifically specified that it should be handed over to himself, so the villain dared not violate the regulations and hand it over to the steward of Yanda. Ding Chengzong frowned. Ye's car dealership has many branches in the northwest region, transporting people and goods, and sending letters for the people, which are all their business scope.Those who can communicate with the Ding family are either close relatives or friends or business partners. The correspondence has always been handled by Yanjiu. I don't know who wrote this letter and specified who to hand it to.

He opened his mouth and asked, "Where is the letter, and who should I give it to?" The clerk of Ye's car dealer said: "I don't know who the guest officer is. This letter was delivered from the Guangyuan branch of the car dealership. I specially paid extra postage and declared that it must be delivered to Ding Hao himself in your mansion."But the villain doesn't know, who is this Ding Hao from your mansion? Ding Chengzong was a little surprised, he was slightly stunned, and then he smiled and said: Oh, Ding Hao, that is also a steward of this mansion.He has been ordered by the state government to take people to dig rivers and repair canals. Can you give this letter to me?I'll have someone send it to him.

Young Master Ding's words had a different weight from Yan Jiu's. Besides, Young Master Ding made promises in the business world. After hesitating, the man smiled and said: "This is originally against the rules, but can Mr. Ding still believe it?" He glanced at Yan Jiu, not wanting to offend him, and said: In fact, Master Yan Jiu is trustworthy as a villain, but he specified that he would hand it over to me, and the villain dare not make decisions recklessly.Since this Steward Ding is not in the house, there must be Mr. Lao. Ding Chengzong accepted the letter with a smile, signed his signature on the receipt book, then waved his hand, the sedan chair went straight to the inner house, Yan Jiu stood beside him with a smile, and only slowly raised his head when Ding Chengzong's sedan chair went away, He spat hard.

Ding Chengzong returned to his room, put the letter on the table, stared at it blankly, reached out to touch it from time to time, with a thoughtful expression on his face. Lu Xiangwu called someone to make hot tea, put the cup on the desk, poured a cup for him, and said softly: "Officer, why are you making such troubles?" She glanced at the letter lightly, pursed her lips and said with a light smile: Why don't you just send that shameful pig to Ding Hao? Ding Chengzong nodded, shook his head again, stretched out his hand to touch the tea, but suddenly retracted, pondered for a moment, then picked up the letter, and slowly tore open the seal.Lu Xiangwu's charming eyes suddenly opened wide, she covered her small cherry-like mouth with her hand, and looked at her husband in surprise.

Ding Chengzong didn't lift his eyelids, but slowly tore open the envelope, carefully placed the signature on the table, and opened the letter paper to read. Lu Xiangwu couldn't help being curious, and wanted to go over to see the content, but didn't dare, just Sitting across from her, she looked at her husband's face. But Ding Chengzong has the air of being a father, the city is deep, and his emotions and anger are invisible. From his face, how can we see any clues.After Ding Chengzong read the letter hastily, he covered the letter paper, closed his eyes, and began to meditate deeply.Lu Xiangwu didn't dare to disturb her, so she just sat quietly aside.

After pondering for a while, Ding Chengzong opened the letter, read it again from beginning to end, and suddenly ordered: "Bring a candle." Lu Xiangwu said in surprise: "Officer." Bring a candle!Ding Chengzong gave her a stern look, Lu Xiangwu didn't dare to say any more, got up obediently, lit a candle and held it on the case, and Ding Chengzong lit the letter with the candle. The official Lu Xiangwu called out, but didn't know what to say. Ding Chengzong shook off the ashes in his hands, with a wry smile on his face, he said shyly: Wuer, this is the first time in my life that my husband has lost to others.

The official Lu Xiangwu wanted to comfort her, but it was hard to say what she said. Ding Chengzong's eyes became moist, and he whispered to himself: Only when the roots are deep can a tree grow luxuriantly. If one root rots and there is no other vigorous root to support it, no matter how prosperous the tree is, it will collapse when the wind blows.I did this for my husband, not for myself, I just wanted to leave a life for this big tree, I hope he can understand my painstaking efforts Lu Xiangwu couldn't help but said: "Officer, who wrote the letter and what did it say?"

Ding Chengzong shook his head, lay down sideways on the bamboo pillow, and said wearily: "Don't ask too many questions, I'm tired and I need to rest." yes!Lu Xiangwu bowed her head gracefully, then raised it again and forced a smile at her husband, Yingying stood up, put a thin blanket on him, and quietly backed out The river built by Bazhou Prefecture is 20 miles away from Dingjiazhuang, just passing through Dingjia's fields, and connecting with several small rivers that often dry up in the criss-crossing fields.With this big river, unless there is a severe drought that happens every ten years, it can generally guarantee the irrigation of the nearby fields. The farmers know the importance of water sources, especially those in the northwest, so the young men of these farmers are very interested in repairing this river. The enthusiasm of Dahe, which is closely related to his own interests, is still very high.

When they arrived at the place, the water conservancy officials of the state capital led a group of small officials to inspect the upstream of the delineated canal route, and showed them the delineation of the canal route.The section of the river that Dingjiazhuang is responsible for is not short. Based on the labor force of more than a hundred people, it will take about a month or so to complete the section of the river. In the northwest region, there are many marching tents in the official warehouses, and a group is dispatched, and the officials from the government teach them to bury piles and brackets, and set up tents on the ground.As for the grain, they brought two carts from Ding's family, and they withheld it when handing over the grain and tax.

On this first day, it was a busy day of setting up tents, digging stoves and burying pots, and surveying routes.They brought vegetables, and the cooks picked some wild vegetables from the nearby low hillside to match them, but the food was not bad. There is also a dilapidated mountain temple on the low hillside. After seeing it, Zhen Baozheng said to Ding Hao that since there will be a big river here in the future, it is better to renovate this mountain temple and turn it into a Dragon King Temple to bless the town with good weather and abundant water. Zhen Baozheng proposed to build a mountain temple, naturally he wanted to gain benefits from it. Ding Hao was in charge of Ding's residence, and he was also a celebrity in front of Mr. Ding. He told him that he wanted him to encourage Mrs. Ding to nod.Ding Hao thought that after finishing the construction of the canal, he would go far away in about a month, so he would not care about this matter, so he only smiled and agreed, and said vaguely that he would talk to the master later, if the master agreed , it was unavoidable to trouble Zhen Baozheng to take the lead. Zhen Baozheng was elated after hearing this, and showed some affection for Ding Hao again. Coaxing Zhen Baozheng to leave, Ding Hao subconsciously went to look for Luo Donger's figure again. He looked up and saw that another stove pit had just been dug in the evening, and Luo Donger was squatting there busy cooking just now. I don't know where to go. Ding Hao couldn't help wondering: "It was still there just now, where is the person?"