My son, how could you be Lü Bu?!

Chapter 26 Showing Kindness to Neighbors

Just then, Lü Ping also noticed the noisy noise outside the courtyard.

He turned his head and looked out of the courtyard.

Seeing that it was this group of villagers, he pondered for a moment, gave Lü Bu some instructions, and then walked towards the villagers.

Lü Ping left the courtyard.

His official robes and the bronze seal and yellow ribbon symbolizing his status as a high-ranking official suddenly became clear to the villagers.

The villagers, who were gathered not far from the courtyard and looking inside, froze when they saw this scene.

"Damn it! Uncle Lu has spotted us! Should we run?"

"We're not thieves, what's the panic?"

"Go up and greet them!"

"By the way, Uncle Lü is an official now, should we kowtow to him?"

"It seems like you have to kowtow? Or maybe you don't? Just a simple bow is enough? I don't know, I've never seen an official before in my life!"

"Uncle Li, what do you think?"

"Didn't you meet Lord Wang? What did you do back then?!"

As they said this, they seemed to have thought of something and all looked at the old man Li, who claimed to have met the prefect of the two thousand shi county while working.

"I...I forgot too, it's been too long..."

Uncle Li, a farmer who had toiled in the fields all his life, was slightly flustered, but he quickly calmed himself down. He stroked his beard and spoke uncertainly.

"How about... we kowtow together?"

This statement came out.

The villagers all nodded slightly, seemingly approving of this approach.

Lu Ping walked at a leisurely pace, and soon arrived in front of the villagers with a smile on his face.

Before he could speak.

The old farmer, Li, who had been chatting with him a few days earlier when he killed the Xianbei cavalry, gritted his teeth and suddenly lunged at the ground in front of him.

In the past, the villagers who were somewhat familiar with him would follow suit and, imitating Old Man Li, would fall to the ground.

This happened suddenly.

Lü Ping was completely stunned.

He reacted quickly, and before all the villagers could fall to the ground, he rushed forward and knelt down beside Old Man Li.

This action startled the villagers, who, filled with doubt, stopped kneeling.

He saw that the villagers no longer kowtowed and knelt before him.

Lu Ping finally breathed a sigh of relief, but before he knew it, a cold sweat had broken out on his back.

Are you kidding me!

Among this group of villagers were many elderly men in their fifties and sixties!

In our great Han Dynasty, we govern the world with filial piety and respect the elderly! An old man like this doesn't even need to kneel before the emperor, let alone before me, a martial and fierce official who relies on the governorship of Bingzhou and bullies others!

If you really want to teach these sixty-something old men to kowtow to you.

He had barely finished kowtowing when Wang Yun found out, and he would most likely be dismissed! All his planning over the past few days would have been for nothing! He was just a minor official in a prefecture, and he was already trying to act arrogantly as soon as he took office?

Lu Ping helped the old man Li up and, after asking him a lot of questions, finally learned what these villagers, who had never seen anything like this before, were thinking.

He could only manage a wry smile.

"Even if Ping is appointed as an official in the prefecture, he still needs to live in the village and often bothers the villagers. How can he teach the villagers to show him proper respect?"

"Even... fellow villagers, Ping hasn't thanked them yet for helping him with the aftermath a while back!"

He said.

Holding a small amount of valuables in his hands, Lü Bu jogged from the courtyard and stood beside Lü Ping.

Lu Ping accepted the goods from his hands.

"I'm very grateful to all the villagers for what happened a while ago."

"If it weren't for the timely appearance of the villagers, who scared away the Xianbei people, Ping might have died at their hands."

That's all.

He then distributed the money and goods to the villagers present. Even those who were not present, he asked their names and planned to personally deliver them later.

Look at all this money and goods.

The villagers, who relied on the fields for their livelihood and barely earned any money in a year, stared wide-eyed. Only with their remaining sense of shame did they manage to utter a few words of refusal.

After all... everyone knows what happened a few days ago. It was clearly the Lü family father and son who drove back the Xianbei people. Where did their family get any credit?

Lu Bo is kind-hearted; it's one thing for him to flatter himself, but we can't take it seriously.

only...

Shame ultimately couldn't withstand the allure of shiny money and goods.

Under Lu Bo's half-forced approach, the villagers reluctantly and somewhat embarrassedly accepted the money and goods offered by Lu Ping.

Followed by.

Lu Ping offered some words of comfort and reassurance.

Hearing this, the villagers beamed with joy, their noses almost crooked to their eyes. They took their money and goods and dispersed to their homes, muttering to themselves as they went.

"It has to be Uncle Lü! He's become an official now, but he's still the same as before! Does Uncle Lü's family need a heated kang (a traditional heated bed)? I'll call my daughter who works in the city back tomorrow and give it to Uncle Lü."

"Sister Lin, didn't your daughters all get married early?" someone who knew about her family asked curiously.

"She got married, but that boy was unlucky. He was killed by a wild boar while hunting, and now he's a person again."

"She's already a widow, and you still want to introduce her to Uncle Lü?!" The old farmer, Li, stared wide-eyed.

"What?!" The middle-aged woman glared at him.

"Isn't Lü Bo a widower too? A widower and a widow, aren't they a perfect match?!"

Upon hearing this, Old Man Li sneered. He was about to open his mouth again to say a few more sarcastic remarks, but before he could speak, he was glared at by the middle-aged woman, so he just smiled awkwardly.

"I can't even be bothered to talk to a woman like you!"

"....."

The villagers have always been very loud and never tried to hide it.

Even though they had traveled a long way, the words still reached the ears of Lü Bu and his father, causing Lü Bu to look at his father with a look of astonishment.

"Father, are you...going to remarry?"

Lu Ping, whose face was already dark, didn't want to pay any attention to his eldest son's foolish words. He snorted coldly and strode towards his own courtyard.

He noticed his father's reaction.

Lu Bu was unaware of what he had said wrong, and his face showed even more confusion as he hurried to catch up with his father.

The two of them entered the courtyard one after the other.

......

The next morning.

After a long period of busy work and not having had a good night's sleep, Lü Ping finally got to sleep in.

From the courtyard came the sound of horses neighing.

Followed by.

Once again, the voices of his eldest son and Cheng Lian could be heard talking.

This upset him.

Lu Ping tossed and turned, trying to cover his ears and pretend he couldn't hear, but the sounds outside were getting louder and louder.

even...

Then came the slightly excited exclamation of his own adopted son, Lü Bu.

Lu Bu already had a loud voice, and his shouts only made him more dangerous.

This completely dispelled Lü Ping's sleepiness. He could only take a deep breath, feel the malice in his heart towards the brat, and then sit up and put on his clothes.

I'm too lazy to even put on shoes.

He was carrying wooden clogs.

He gave a cold laugh and hurriedly headed out the door.