Civil servants of the Tang Dynasty

"Mom, is this something precious? Since you like to eat, just eat it. Let's buy it when my sister and the others come tomorrow. One box for each child, can two boxes be enough?" Tang Cheng said, He grabbed a handful from the snack box and stuffed it into Tang Shuan's hand.

"It's enough to try something new." Tang Shuan put it back again, and said to Tang Cheng with a serious face: "Success, since we have arrived here, and the daughter-in-law is not here, we will discuss the matter of your two sisters." It also happened to be said."

Tang Cheng has two older sisters. Women in this era don't have proper names, they only have nicknames they are used to at home, the eldest sister is Lanhuaer, and the second sister is Xinghuaer.

When Tang Cheng crossed over, both Lanhua and Xinghua had already married as wives, and the married family was also a farmer in a village near their hometown. They said they were married close, but the farmer’s daily affairs are really too much. On the slope, at home, hello Cooking chicken, coupled with the children's troubles, the number of times these two elder sisters come back is really small. Even if they come back, as rural women, they don't have much to say, they just help silently. Tang and Zhang's work, so far, has seen little and lacked communication. Naturally, Tang Cheng doesn't have much impression of these two sisters, and he doesn't have much affection.

After mentioning the tea pot and pouring water for the Tang and Zhang couples, Tang Cheng also sat down, "Well, father, just tell me if you have anything to do."

"Mother, tell me," Tang Shuan opened his mouth, and finally came up with such a sentence.

"You can't say, isn't that your daughter?" After Tang Zhang rolled her eyes at Tang Shuan, she looked at Tang Cheng and said, "Cheng, it's not because of your parents' preference. You are promising now, and your parents are thinking about it." Let's see if you can help your two elder sisters. Your elder sister has three children, the eldest is a son, not to mention the second and third daughters, the eldest son and the others also intend to let him go to school, but it costs... As for you Second sister, let alone, her man Chen Huagui is a bastard, Xing Huaer is having a difficult life now."

Speaking of this, Tang and Zhang's couple looked sad.

"Father, mother, don't make troubles. If there is anything your son can't say, just say what the rules are."

"Your eldest brother-in-law is Baocheng. When you had a strange illness, you lent us a lot of money! Before we came this time, the two of them went to the house together. I heard that your sister wanted Baocheng to be his wife. In my son’s tung oil shop, I learned some economics to earn a living. If I want my children to go to school, they will not be able to rely solely on digging food when they grow old.”

"Studying economics to make a living is different from farming, so I don't know my brother-in-law...".

"Your brother-in-law can do it. He is a claw-swiper. He has a good brain and enough thought. Last month, my daughter-in-law went back to collect tung oil. Baocheng is in charge of our place. The cooking is good, and the price is better than other places. It was a penny cheaper. It was after this incident that Baocheng came up with the idea of ​​learning tung oil to make a living."

"Since this is the case," Tang Cheng pondered for a while, then nodded and said, "Let him go after that year. As for the salary, let's compare Mr. Da's example first. If he can learn well in the future, that shop will Let him take care of it."

That's the biggest tung oil shop in Yunxi city, how much salary does Mr. Da have a month?The couple of Tang and Zhang were not happy when they heard Tang Cheng's words? "That's a good relationship! But it's okay, you should discuss it with your wife first, this is his property after all."

"Well, I'll tell her at night, but don't worry, parents, I'll let it go." It's not that Tang Cheng's head is hot for a while, it's actually something he's been thinking about for a long time.

According to current requirements, officials are not allowed to do business. Firstly, there are requirements from the imperial court, and secondly, merchants are cheap businesses. If you want to mix in the officialdom and directly intervene in this matter, it will really have a bad impact.Although the tung oil shop in Yunxi is said to be Li Yingwan's property, but now that the two are married, at least in the eyes of outsiders, the shop's surname is Tang.

Tang Cheng is still a foreign official, not an official, so he can barely be vague, but it's not a problem to be so vague all the time. Now that Baocheng is here, let's try him for a while first. If it's reliable, you might as well have a name transfer, which is also a good way to deal with this matter.

After talking about this, it is natural to talk about the second sister Xinghuaer, she is really a hard-working person, married to a man, Chen Huagui is a bastard, does not work hard in the fields, and likes to gamble, such a person is pure He's just a useless person. When talking about him, Tang Zhang's face was full of resentment, and he kept complaining about Tang Shuan.

"His father had such a good reputation back then, who knew he would give birth to such a son." Speaking of this, Tang Shuan began to scratch his head with his hands like a rake, feeling very regretful.

After listening to Tang Zhang's nagging complaints, Tang Cheng replied directly: "This Chen Huagui can't help."

"Success, your second sister..."

"He has been around for so many years, and he has long been oily. He can't work hard, and he likes to gamble. How can he help? He has to lose as much as he has. The second sister and the child are afraid that they won't be able to spend half a penny. We here Why bother?" At this point, Tang Cheng pondered for a while and said: "Why don't we just 'reconcile and leave'?".

"How can this be done? Do you still want your sister's reputation?" Tang Shuan and his wife said in unison when they heard this.

"He Li" means divorce in later generations, and it is the procedure for the dissolution of the relationship between husband and wife stipulated in the Tang Law.Tang Cheng saw that their reaction was so strong, so he asked again, "Father and mother, think about it, is the second sister's name important, or is it important for her to live a good life?".

Hearing this, Tang Shuan scratched his head vigorously with his hand, and then said in a deep voice, "No, 'He Li' will ruin your reputation, and it will be difficult for your second sister to remarry."

"Second sister is only 21 this year, isn't she? She is hardworking, good-natured, and upright. Parents, don't worry, leave this matter to me. After the second sister reconciles, I will find her a better one." .

After saying this, seeing that Tang and Zhang were still silent, Tang Cheng said with a smile: "Okay, let's not talk about it for now, anyway, I will ask the second sister what she means when she arrives tomorrow, and we will look at it later." Looking at Chen Huagui, maybe he can still save his son."

Hearing this, the Tang and Zhang surnames looked at each other, then nodded and said: "Well, yes, maybe he can still save his son."

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That night, Tang Cheng told Li Yingwan about Baocheng. After Li Yingwan heard about it, he writhed in Tang Cheng's arms and said, "Ah Cheng, you can just make up your own mind. If you want to say, I met this eldest brother-in-law last month." Yes, but it is a reliable one.”

"Well, with your words, I feel more at ease." Tang Cheng's hand slid over Li Yingwan's body tensely and slowly.

After the love affair just now, the redness on Li Yingwan's body hadn't faded away, and she was lying on Tang Cheng's body at this time, and she really didn't want to move a little finger. After a long time, she suddenly remembered something, and she reluctantly stood up and said, "Ah Cheng, All the money is ours?"

"Who else could it be if it's not ours?" Tang Cheng tightened his hands with a smirk, and Li Yingwan snorted "hmm".

With this coquettish moan, she climbed down again, and said in a blurred voice: "Ah Cheng, you only went to Yangzhou twice, and you earned so much money, so much! It's like a dream!".

"You don't like being rich, but I live a poor enough life." Speaking of Yangzhou, Tang Cheng naturally thought of Zheng Lingyi, and wondered if she was doing well now?Thinking of this, he lost interest, "You've been running all day, you should be tired, go to sleep."

Chapter 143 Brother-in-law beats brother-in-law

When he got up the next morning, Tang Cheng packed up the half-carload of New Year's goods that he had prepared in advance, and after seeing off Old Master Yan who was going home for the New Year, he called Tang Shuan and his wife, took Li Yingwan and Lancao, and the family of five went shopping went.

This was the first time the whole family went shopping together since time travel. Tang Chengcheng was looking forward to such a scene when he was in Yangzhou that day, so today he is in a good mood, and everyone else is also full of joy.

Going shopping and buying new year's goods, everyone went to the store to buy two new clothes. During the period, Tang Cheng also specially took Tang and Zhang's couple to the old man's roadside stall to eat Sanhe soup and Physalis noodles. What is amazing is that the old man can still recognize him.

Shopping this morning was really enjoyable, the reunion was round and lively, the feeling and atmosphere were exactly the same as Tang Cheng imagined in Yangzhou that day.

True happiness is fully experienced and felt when shared with family, with those who are most important in your life.These people are the meaning of life and the source of motivation for struggle.

Tang Cheng thought that his parents rarely came to Jinzhou, and there were not many such opportunities on weekdays, so he wanted to go shopping with them as much as possible, and wanted to find delicious, fun, and places to go in the city of Jinzhou. Take them around; the Tang and Zhang couples, Li Yingwan, and Lancao thought that Tang Cheng was busy and tired on weekdays, and it was rare for him to have such a relaxing time, so he was in a good mood, so he followed his temperament, he said Go there and go there.

Exchange your heart for mine, and then you will know deeply!You think of me, I think of you, it takes a long time to walk around this street, and when they go out in the morning, when they come home with big bags and small bags, it is already afternoon.

When they got home, when they put their things away and sat down, they breathed a sigh of relief almost unanimously, and then, while looking at each other, the five of them laughed together.

Tang Zhang said with a smile while beating his legs: "Oh! This state city is too big. It's more tiring to walk around the state city than go uphill and hoe at home."

"Mother, you should tell me when you're tired, we can come back as soon as possible", while Tang Cheng said with a smile, he got up from his seat and arrived in front of Mrs. Tang and Zhang, and pulled a wooden stool next to him to hold Tang and Zhang away. Shi's legs were crossed.

"Boss, it's really cool to fight like this, why don't you try it too." Right at this point, Mrs. Tang Zhang suddenly turned her head, "Cheng...you are...".

After putting Tang Zhang's leg rest on the stool, Tang Cheng sat down by the way, stretched out his hand and squeezed Tang Zhang's calf slowly and gradually, "If you walk a lot, your calf will hurt easily, I will give you pinch pinch".

"What does this look like?" Tang Zhang writhed and was about to take his leg off.

"What's the matter, that's fine, mother, just sit down and have a rest." Tang Cheng held down Tang Zhang's calf, and his men continued to massage and beat.

"This... the head of the family..." Tang Zhang grew up in the village since he was a child, and the villagers express their feelings in an extremely simple way. In this situation, not to mention his own experience, Tang Zhang has never Thinking about it, she was a little flustered for a moment, unable to hold back her son, and a little at a loss, she turned to look at Tang Shuan, who was in charge.

"My son is full of filial piety, so you can take it easy." Looking at Tang Cheng who was pinching his mother's legs meticulously, Tang Shuan, who was quiet and taciturn, also felt a little hot in his heart.

Recalling the difficulties at home and his own suffering when he was sick, Tang Shuan felt that the bitterness that was once unbearable turned into sweetness, and he aimed at such a son. With such a son, no matter how much suffering he suffered, he suffered again Big sins are worth it...

Because of working all year round, the knuckles on Tang Zhang's calf were thick, and when he pinched and pressed them carefully, Tang Cheng, who was originally acting unconsciously, slowly felt a little bit of indescribable feeling in his heart.

In later generations, whenever he saw the public service announcement on TV where the daughter washed her mother's feet and the daughter's daughter brought water to wash her mother's feet, he couldn't help but feel his eyes warm; For the first time, I imagined that I could beat the legs and rub the shoulders of the busy and tired parents just like in the TV.How much he hopes that his parents will not be so busy, more ordinary, and more ordinary, but the family can live together beautifully.

However, this wish did not come true in the end. Even when he bid farewell to that world and traveled back to the time and space 300 years ago, he still had indifference to his parents, and even a trace of resentment.

Day by day, as I spent more and more time with the Tang and Zhang couples, I witnessed their difficulties in raising their children, and heard with my own ears that they would sell themselves to treat their son's illness. After the exhaustion of supporting a family, Tang Cheng, who was born in the [-]s, gradually and sincerely understood the hardships and greatness of his parents.

His parents in later generations were a little negligent towards him, but in the face of their kindness of raising him up and the good learning and living conditions they created for himself, this negligence is really as big as he thought before. is it serious?

Traveling through the life of the past two years, there are difficulties and hardships, but it is these hardships and hardships that make Tang Cheng's mind truly mature, and he begins to think and see problems from other angles.

In later life, the relationship with parents is so stiff, is it only their fault?I almost never took the initiative to call them after I went to college or even went to work, and even now I still can't remember their birthdays... I'm stumped, I really didn't even make a mistake in this?

Unfortunately, when Tang Cheng was finally able to think outside of himself and reflect on these issues, it was too late, too late... The tree wants to be quiet but the wind keeps blowing, the child wants to support but the relative is absent...the greatest sorrow in life, the greatest regret is this ...

Massaging Tang Zhang's legs, Tang Cheng is fulfilling the wish in his heart that has traveled through 300 years and has been brought from later generations to today. Along with the two lines of tears that cannot be shown in his heart, he said quietly in his heart: "Dad, Mom, take care!".

Perhaps emotions can really be contagious. Looking at the scene in front of them, Li Yingwan and Lancao who was sitting on the side felt a little astringent, and Lancao's eyes were even slightly reddened.

At this moment, Li Yingwan finally understood how important family and relatives are to Tang Cheng; while understanding this, her heart was filled with indescribable happiness.

What happened to the first four engagements?What happened to others calling her a poisonous widow?God treats her kindly, her life is not bitter, for giving her such a man who regards his family as his life, no matter how much pain he suffers, no matter how much he suffers, it is worth it, really worth it!

There was warmth in the house, and no one wanted to talk for a while, and didn't know what to say. At this moment, the girl came to report that the two aunts and family members had arrived.

Lanhua, Xinghua and his younger brother Tang Cheng have a four-point similarity in appearance, plus they are tall and young, so they look decent, but compared with their sister Lanhua, although Xinghua is still younger, On the contrary, he looks older, the invisible sadness emanating from his body is stronger, and the clothes he wears are much older.

Lanhua's husband Baocheng has the appearance of a typical shrewd farmer. He looks very simple and honest when he smiles, but his eyes are full of intelligence; compared with Baocheng, Chen Huagui looks better and wears more clothes. Well, his bright clothes formed a huge contrast with the clothes of his wife and children around him.

At this moment, these four people and the five children they brought with them were sitting in the concierge drinking tea, resting their feet and warming up, and while drinking tea, they occasionally glanced at the concierge.

"Head of the house", Lan Hua quietly reached out and tugged Baocheng's sleeve, and said in a low voice: "Young brother, this is really promising, look, this is just a concierge, and it is more grand than our main house."

"It goes without saying that my brother-in-law is now an official, and he is in charge of all the land in Jinzhou." Baocheng looked away from the house layout and furnishings, and said in a low voice, "Hey! I don't know what happened to me, mother! Has Cheng said it? What kind of charter is he?"

This said, Lan Hua didn't know what to say. As she got older and got married, the conversations between her siblings were less in the past few years, not to mention that Tang Cheng had been away from home for nearly a year, and his status was With such a big change, who knows what he is thinking now.

"Look at you, I usually tell you to go home and have a look, but you just don't listen, you should be caught blind now."

Upon hearing Baocheng's complaints, Lanhua quit, and pinched Baocheng's sleeve with the hand, "Go back, that's my natal home, is there anything I don't want to go back to? You heartless, I'll go." What to do at home, it’s chickens and children, you can take care of it, you can cook, if I don’t cook, you’ll be hungry, and you’ll be fine if you starve to death!”.

Whispering here, Chen Huagui was not idle over there, and kept telling Xinghua to ask her to say more good things in front of Tang Cheng, "At least find us an errand in the yamen, even if the state yamen can't make it, Yun Xi County Yali is also fine."

"Mother said that my brother has just arrived in the state government for a short time, and his job is not secure!" Xinghua's voice was very low, and she had a sense of fear from the bottom of her heart towards Chen Huagui.

"Your mother is partial." Chen Huagui raised his eyes indignantly and scanned the concierge again, "Just a concierge can be treated like this, my brother-in-law is living a very prosperous life today! Look, this is the only tea container You can exchange everything from the pawnshop for regular money, and the two lanterns in the corner over there are still made of gold! What have they all been burnt to, will he have a hard time?".

At this point, Chen Huagui withdrew his gaze and stared at Xinghua fiercely, "If he doesn't agree, you'll cry, if you dare not say it, let's see how I deal with you when I go back."

Lanhua has three children, and Xinghua has two children. Usually, these five children are noisy in the village, but now they enter Zhoucheng, and the gatehouse looks different. At this time, the five children are caught by the new environment. , sat there obediently, without speaking or moving.

At this moment, Tang Cheng stepped in from the outside. Seeing him coming in, Lan Hua and Xing Hua stood up. They were a little embarrassed and didn't know what to say, so they patted the children beside them and said, "Quick, this It's uncle, called uncle."

Lanhua's three children were a little strange when they met Tang Cheng. The more their parents greeted them, the more they shrank behind Lanhua. On the contrary, Xinghua's three-year-old son was not afraid of people, and called "Uncle" in a childish voice.

"Okay", although Xinghua's youngest son is not well dressed, he has inherited the advantages of his parents in appearance. He looks very cute. Hearing his name, Tang Cheng felt a little warm in his heart. He picked up the puppy immediately, and greeted several people with a smile: "It's not close from home to Zhoucheng, you're tired after driving this day! Let's talk inside."

"I'm not tired, I'm not tired", the couple Tang and Zhang came in afterward, seeing them, the faces of the four of Lanhua became much more lively, and they said not tired, while calling the child Aunt Li Yingwan, it's just that At that time, those children rushed to Tang and Zhang's side scrambling to be the first.

"Okay, okay, it's good to be here, it's good to be here", Tang Zhang touched this, touched that, and said with a smile: "Your aunt and uncle have prepared a lot of snacks today, so I have to put your mouth You can't eat oil."

The whole family headed for the backyard in a mighty way, and Lancao went to the kitchen to order meals.

When we arrived in the inner courtyard, as soon as the snacks were brought out, the children still couldn't let go, looking at this and that, they dared not stretch out their hands, and when one made a move, the others immediately rushed like little wolves. Climb up, even the puppy in Tang Cheng's arms is eager to crawl down.

Naturally, nothing serious could be said at this time, it was nothing more than the crops at home, the purchase of new year's goods, etc. Tang Cheng looked at Xinghua, who couldn't hide the sadness between his brows and eyes even though he forced a smile, and then looked at Chen Huagui's glamorous body He didn't show his anger because of his clothes, and since they met, he hasn't given him a good face, let alone said a word.

When Chen Huagui first saw Tang Cheng kissing a hot dog, he was still secretly happy, but now when he saw him, he was always looking for Baocheng to talk, and he couldn't get along with him, so his face was a little stingy.

Sitting here and talking for a while, after eating some snacks, Lancao came to report that the meal was ready.

Everyone moved to the flower hall, a few children gathered together, and the adults opened another table. Before the table opened, following Tang Cheng's wink, Li Yingwan took out the wedding money that had been prepared for the children a long time ago. The red rope was strung around the child's neck, which looked very festive.

Seeing these two happy money, Chen Huagui's eyes lit up, and the sullenness just now dissipated a lot.

After the happy money was given, everyone formally took their seats, and after drinking three cups, the family banquet officially began.

"Sister, brother-in-law, come, let's have a drink together. Brother and sister welcome you to come and have a look at the house, and you are welcome to come more often in the future." After the three of them had a drink together, Tang Cheng put down the wine cup and looked around with a smile. Li Yingwan.

After drinking these few cups of wine, Li Yingwan's face flushed twice, and she looked more and more beautiful. At the age of 29, she is bigger than Lanhua and Xinghua, but at this moment, it seems that her younger brother and sister are bigger than sister-in-law Much younger.

Receiving Tang Cheng's signal, Li Yingwan put down the wine cup in his hand, coughed lightly, looked at Baocheng and Lanhua and said, "Yesterday Ah Cheng said that brother-in-law is going to help me at my tung oil shop. It's a good thing. Kissing, family! With my brother-in-law helping to watch in the shop, Ah Cheng and I can only feel more at ease. After the Shangyuan is over in the next year, my brother-in-law will go to the shop and learn from the beginning. As for the salary, Let’s take the example of Mr. Da first.”

Hearing this, Baocheng and Lanhua were really overjoyed, "How did this work? It's high, it's high."

"Family, why are you being polite?" Li Yingwan smiled and waved his hands, "Ah Cheng also said yesterday that if he learns quickly and works well, the tung oil shop will be handed over to his brother-in-law in the future. Ah Cheng is a family My lord, he has nothing to say about this matter. It’s not good for me, a woman, to show my face outside all the time.”

This was a pleasant surprise for Lanhua and Baocheng. When they enter the shop, they will get Mr. Da's salary, and in the future they will be expected to be the shopkeeper. What else is there to say? Let's drink!And how is it enough to be grateful for a glass of wine?

Baocheng is happy that his wish has been fulfilled.In addition to these, for Lanhua, her younger brother and younger siblings gave her such a big face in front of men, which made her even more happy. With today's incident, she will be able to tie her back even harder at her husband's house in the future .

Seeing Baocheng and Lanhua like this, Chen Huagui felt envious and jealous in his heart, but his brother-in-law just accompanied him and drank a glass of wine with Xinghua, without saying anything.As for the accompanying wine, Tang Cheng's smiling face was still only for Xinghua, but it was not salty or bland for him.

These setbacks made Chen Huagui feel extremely uncomfortable, but at this time, as the son-in-law of the Tang family, he really couldn't talk, so he could only kick Xinghua'er's feet in front of the banquet.

Xinghua looked at Tang Cheng and Li Yingwan, then at Tang and Zhang's couple, finally bit her lips and said nothing, Chen Huagui was her man, and she knew the virtues best.Not to mention whether he can go or not, if he is really allowed to go to the Yamen, he can only do bad things to the younger brother.She couldn't say it if she begged like this.

If she couldn't say anything, Chen Huagui became more anxious. By the time the family banquet was over, his face was already gloomy.

Regarding this, Tang Cheng just ignored it, and after eating and sitting around for a while, he arranged for them to take a bath and rest.The Tang and Zhang couples were busy bathing their grandchildren.

"Ah Cheng, the second brother-in-law doesn't look right," Li Yingwan said after seeing several people follow the girl out of the house.

"Well, I know." Tang Cheng looked outside the house, shook his head and said, "I gave him a cold face on purpose today, just to see his character. Now it seems that this is a pussy, he is a man anyway. , What does he want, even if his wife doesn't tell him, he can't say it openly? Even if he dare not say such a thing, how dare you point at him to support the family? ".

"That……".

"Wait, wait, wait."

The two were gossiping, and when the girl outside came to report that the second aunt and grandma had finished their bath and went to the inn to rest, Tang Cheng stood up suddenly, pulled Li Yingwan and said, "Let's go, take a look."

"Going there? What are you doing?".

"Go to the inn, as for what to do", Tang Cheng paused before saying: "Listen to the wall".

The guest house is the East Wing outside the inner courtyard, and the girl pointed out the room where Xinghua and the two lived, and then walked quietly.

"Keep your voice down," Tang Cheng whispered, and then led Li Yingwan to the door of the guest house with light steps.

Before getting so close, Chen Huagui's furious voice could already be heard clearly, "I told you to tell me why you didn't tell me, you bastard...".

Chen Huagui's anger was suffocating for a while, there were too many people in front, and the shower was separated just now, so he didn't have a chance to get angry at Xinghua until now, and his footsteps were extremely loud as he walked around the room in a rage. Heavy, I could hear clearly outside the door, as I walked, I kept cursing anxiously, "Eat things crawling inside and out, don't forget, you are the Chen family now! It's annoying, women from other families are looking at me Good man, you bitch wish I could be poor for the rest of my life."

Chen Huagui's scolding made Li Yingwan outside frown, and when he looked to the side, Tang Cheng's face was already pale.

Inside the inn, Xing Hua'er's voice was not heard, Chen Huagui was so excited to vent his anger, he was not satisfied after scolding his wife, even Tang Cheng, who was about to give him a cold face, scolded in, "What's so great, no Even a sesame mung bean official dared to throw face in front of Lao Tzu, he was a descendant of blood for eight lifetimes, so many people died of illness, why didn’t Lord Hades take him away last year.”

Hearing this sentence, Li Yingwan's mind suddenly exploded outside the house. Based on her experience, this is the most unheard word. She can't hear people say that Tang Cheng is a dead word. Even when the husband and wife are teasing in the boudoir, Tang Cheng If you say you can't do it yourself.

Li Yingwan's head exploded, and Li Yingwan, who was suddenly filled with great anger, was about to walk in, but Tang Cheng grabbed his hand tightly, "Wait", Tang Cheng's pale face has turned ashen by now.