"Thank you, General Liu, and thank you, Captain Wu."

After receiving the gift from Zhuge Liang, the two ladies were ladies who knew etiquette. Naturally, they would not open it to check it in front of Wu Liang and others. They just bowed and thanked them quickly.

But the little girl named "Huan'er" couldn't bear her curiosity and immediately opened the outer layer of silk cloth after receiving the gift.

"Father, mother, what do you think this is?"

Huan'er raised a small golden ornament above his head, but there was a disappointed expression on his face.

In the eyes of a little girl of this age, delicious and fun things are the things she cares about most. It is difficult for a small gold ornament like this to arouse her interest.

Of course, the main reason is that the Huang family is now in a state of decline. This little girl has never seen gold since she became sensible, let alone has the opportunity to use gold, so she does not know the true value of gold.

It's also this moment.

Only then did Huang Chengyan and the two ladies finally understand what Wu Liang's gift was. They were a little frightened for a moment and said quickly: "I can't do it, Colonel Wu. You have done your best to be ordered to visit us, and now you are sending it to us again."

How can we afford such an expensive gift?"

For them, this is like giving timely help.

Ever since Taiwei Zhang Wen was killed by Dong Zhuo and the Huang family lost their support, they were marginalized by the noble families in Xiangyang City, and their lives were worse than ever.

Over the years, Huang Chengyan had to dismiss his servants, and his property had to be sold off one by one at a low price, so that he could maintain his livelihood.

At present, almost all the family property that can be sold has been sold.

It can be said that at present, the Huang family only has this house left, which can barely maintain its appearance. This house really cannot be sold anymore. If it is sold again, the family will be homeless.

In order to maintain his life, Huang Chengyan had to rely on the remaining ten acres of land at home this spring. Unfortunately, there are still many obstacles, because Huang Chengyan gave birth to two daughters, there are no other boys in the family, and he has no money to rent.

He basically has to do all the farm work for other families' livestock, which is really a bit too much to handle.

The gold sent by Wu Liang solved the urgent need of the Huang family. Not only could it catch up with spring plowing and sowing, it would also allow them to live a comfortable life for a period of time.

In this way, as long as we wait until the autumn harvest season, we can still survive even if life is a little harder.

"This is General Liu's wish. Mr. Huang and the two ladies do not need to refuse."

Wu Liang said with a smile.

"I didn't expect that after we haven't seen each other for many years, my little sister still remembers me as a sister, and she is also interested."

One of the slightly fat ladies said with red eyes.

If her guess is correct, this lady should be Cai Xi's eldest daughter, and the "little sister" she refers to is naturally Cai Xi's youngest daughter who married Liu Biao.

Huang Chengyan and Liu Biao were brothers-in-law as recorded in history.

After saying that, the lady said to Huang Chengyan with some complaints: "I have long advised you to go to General Liu. He is also my brother-in-law after all. With my little sister's kindness, General Liu will definitely arrange an official position for you."

Half-time job, this way our family can live a good life for a few days, so why suffer from this?"

"What do you, a woman, know..."

Huang Chengyan's expression changed slightly, probably because Wu Liang's identity made him inconvenient to say more. He did not continue, but turned to Wu Liang and said heroically, "Please Captain Wu turn around and tell General Liu, Liu

The general's generous gift... I accepted it shamelessly. I will never forget today's kindness, and I will definitely repay it in full after the Huang family gets through this difficult time."

"Mr. Huang's words are serious."

Wu Liang could tell that Huang Chengyan had some secrets and was unwilling to have anything to do with Liu Biao. He was forced to accept the gold because of the situation.

As for the reason?

Then it's all over the place. It may be because of different political stances, it may be that you don't want to get involved in the war, or it may be that you have other plans...

Wu Liang was not too interested in this, and naturally he did not get entangled in this issue that Huang Chengyan was obviously inconvenient to talk to him about.

And on the other side.

The slightly fat lady had already come to the girl named "Huan'er" and said with a smile on her face: "Huan'er, this gift is very expensive. It's better for your mother to save it for you first, and wait for you to get married.

Then I will give it back to you as your dowry."

This scene immediately reminded Wu Liang of the time when his mother defrauded him of new year's money when he was a child.

"Mother, I like this gift very much now. I can keep it myself."

The lady didn't want to be merciful. As soon as she came to ask for it, she immediately aroused Huan'er's vigilance and hurriedly hid the small gold ornament behind her back.

"If you give this gift to mother for safekeeping, mother will make you a new set of clothes tomorrow."

Madam followed the good guidance again.

"real?"

Huan'er suddenly looked forward to it.

"When has mother ever deceived you? Huan'er is obedient."

The lady smiled.

"Mother must keep her word!"

Huan'er then handed over the small golden ornament with great joy.

It's simply too real.

On the other side, after this little episode, Zhuge Liang also waited for a while and finally came to Huang Yueying with the gift.

"Hand it, leave it to mother for safekeeping..."

After all, Huang Yueying was older and more sensible, or she knew that the gift would definitely not fall into her hands in the end. Without waiting for Zhuge Liang to present the gift, she slightly raised her head and said in a low voice like a mosquito.

He also raised his head slightly.

"why you?"

Zhuge Liang was stunned for a moment, with a look of surprise on his face.

"You, you are..."

Huang Yueying was puzzled as to why Zhuge Liang reacted like this, and she raised her head again with some curiosity. Only then did she finally see Zhuge Liang's face clearly, and then she was slightly stunned and said in surprise, "Is it you?"

Zhuge Liang was already overjoyed and laughed: "Haha, I have been looking for you since that day and wanted to express my gratitude to you in person. Unfortunately, I have been looking for you for several months and have never seen you again. I told you that you were just passing through Xiangyang.

I’m a passer-by, I didn’t expect to meet you here today!”

"I, I rarely go out. That day, that day was just a coincidence..."

Huang Yueying was a little embarrassed, and lowered her head slightly and whispered.

Ouch?!

Wu Liang was surprised. It seemed that these two people had met before and had experienced some things together.

Isn't this a coincidence?

If this is the case, in history, Huang Chengyan introduced the "ugly girl" Huang Yueying to Zhuge Liang. It is not surprising that a very ambitious person like Zhuge Liang agreed wholeheartedly. It turns out that these two people have a basis for emotion!

"Hun'er, have you met this young master?"

Huang Chengyan and the two ladies also looked over with surprised expressions.

Although Zhuge Liang is now "notorious", because he is still young, the only people he interacts with all day long are brats from various noble clans. Adults of Huang Chengyan's age will generally not have contact with Zhuge Liang, so it would be natural if they don't know him.

This is also a reasonable thing.

"Only met once..."

Huang Yueying is not the kind of person who likes to talk, so what she says is very brief and vague.

"Brother Zhuge, what on earth is going on?"

Wu Liang knew that it would take some effort to get Huang Yueying to explain clearly, so he did not ask her, but asked Zhuge Liang directly.

"Brother Youcai, we have to start talking about this matter last year."

Zhuge Liang said generously, "I still remember that on the Mid-Autumn Festival last year, I came to Xiangyang City to play, and I met some young men playing Liubo chess and gambling in the city. I watched for a while and saw that their chess skills were really not good.

I couldn't help but give them some advice, but they not only didn't thank me for giving me a drink, but they also said that I was a true gentleman watching chess without saying anything. I argued with them for a few words, and they ganged up to beat me."

"Of course I couldn't bear this disadvantage, so I ran away. But they were so outnumbered that I couldn't escape no matter what."

"Just when I was desperate, a person suddenly grabbed me and dragged me into a haystack to hide. Only then did I finally escape. And the person who pulled me was the person in front of me. Do you think she was

My benefactor, should I thank her profusely... It's a pity that I never saw her again after that day, and I didn't expect that she was here."

"I see."

Wu Liang finally understood the whole story, nodded and said with a smile, "You really deserve a beating for ruining someone else's gambling game."

"It's not my fault, it's just that those young men are so bad at chess. They have the nerve to use their poor chess skills to gamble and drink. If they play chess with me, I can win and they will never dare to mention Liubo chess again."

."

Zhuge Liang said with a stinking look on his face.

"You are everywhere!"

Wu Liang rolled his eyes at him, turned around and said to Huang Chengyan deliberately, "Mr. Huang, I never thought that my virtuous brother and your daughter Ling would have such a past. This can be considered a kind of fate."

"That's true, but this young master's surname is Zhuge... As far as I know, there seems to be only one family with the surname Zhuge living in Xiangyang. Is this the young master?"
To be continued...