Chapter 35: Master Chu is a Good Person
Chu Xun patted his head and said, "Good child, your name is Ah Qiao, right?"
Because his grandfather was once a woodcutter (qiao fu) and later died of illness while fleeing the famine, he was named Ah Qiao.
The thin and dark tenant farmer beside him said in pleasant surprise, "The boss still remembers his name!"
Chu Xun smiled and said, "I've paid you New Year's visits more than once or twice, how could I not remember. When you first came to the town, he was still in swaddling clothes, as thin as a little monkey."
The tall and thin tenant farmer said embarrassedly, "We couldn't even afford to eat, and his mother didn't have much milk, so he was indeed a bit thin."
Chu Xun looked at Ah Qiao again and said, "As the saying goes, food is the heaven of the people. Although farming is good, it is not the best."
"If you can fill your stomach, you should still read more books. Reading ten thousand volumes of books is like traveling ten thousand miles."
The thin and dark tenant farmer was so excited he wanted to shed tears. People like them were despised like wild dogs wherever they went.
It was only because the County Magistrate of Zhangnan County took pity on them and gave them a glimmer of hope, and then they met a kind-hearted boss like Chu Xun, that after several years of hard work, they finally managed to gain a slight foothold.