The Way of the Consort

Ji Zhao asked someone to throw the box of books into the woodshed, pretending he didn't see it, and continued to play as he wanted.

On the third day after he came to Zhuangzi, the sky finally cleared up, and he was finally able to take a dip in the open-air hot spring, but the hot spring was only at night.

During the day, under Wei's mother's instructions, he dressed thickly, wrapped in a cloak, and went out with someone.

He doesn't know how to ride a horse, so he sits in a carriage and goes down the mountain to look at the pigs at the farmer's house.

His Zhuangzi was originally Huangzhuang, and the Zhuangtou in the village used to be royal people, so they were very arrogant, but Ji Zhao's status was not bad, and the Zhuangtou were very respectful when they saw him.They didn't notify in advance before they came, and there was a bit of cautiousness and apprehension in the respectful heads of the village, so Ji Zhao didn't think much about it.

Hearing that he was here to see the pigs, Zhuangtou's mouth opened slightly, and then he quickly regained his composure and hurriedly arranged to go.

After drinking tea at Zhuangtou's house for half an hour, Zhuangtou came over with a nod and bowed his head, saying that he was ready.

Excitedly, Ji Zhao went out to the farmer's house to watch the pigs.

Zhuangtou has already found the cleanest one, and arranged for someone to clean it quickly, but the smell in the pigsty is still pungent.

However, Ji Zhao still held his nose, went in, looked at the pig up close for half an hour, and called the man from the house to ask some questions about the pig. He didn't speak again until he got into the carriage.

The villa heads were even more nervous, and they didn't dare to speak too much. They all knelt down to send the son-in-law away, hoping that the son-in-law would never come again!

"Lang Jun, what's wrong with you?" Chen Xing asked puzzled.

Ji Zhao still didn't speak. When he was looking at the pigs just now, the man from the farmer came over to talk to him. He spoke poorly and trembled from time to time, which he could understand.But he found that the clothes on that man were brand new, it wasn't that people were not allowed to wear new clothes, but the clothes were so new that they didn't look like the man's own at all, and they didn't fit at all.

After he came out after watching the pigs, when he got into the car, he saw some ragged children hiding in the corner and watching him secretly.

It would be too pretentious to say that "the wine and meat of the Zhumen stinks and the bones are frozen to death". He has been a child of a rich family for two lifetimes, and he has never said that because of himself, other people's lives will be easier, and he has never been able to save others. He still eats, drinks, and lives well.

He's just a little sad.

If the gap between the rich and the poor was acceptable in the era of his previous life, in this era, the poor are really pitiful.

Raising pigs is no longer as interesting as it is written in Xiaoyaozi's book.

For Xiaoyaozi, or for him, raising pigs is an interesting thing, but for more people, raising pigs is survival.

He never wanted to see pig raising again.

He didn't go on shopping that day, and went back to Zhuangzi directly.

Mother Wei was puzzled when she saw him go out happily and come back sullenly, and asked Yin Ming for a long time but couldn't find anything, so she finally had to come to ask in person.

Ji Zhao finally told Mother Wei these words from the bottom of his heart.

Mother Wei sighed: "Our brother Zhao is really like a girl, he is kind!"

This girl refers to Ji Zhao's mother-in-law, Yin Ying. Wei's mother does not recognize Ji Muzhi as a son-in-law, and always only calls her by Yin Ying's name before she got married.

Wei's mother explained: "When you go to see the pig, the head of the village must clean it up for you, otherwise it is disrespectful to you, and they are guilty. According to what you said, those clothes should be real It was used temporarily for them to wear."

"I'm just feeling sorry, I don't think I should go to see pigs..."

"What is there to be sorry for? This person, reincarnation is fate. The rich have their own way of life, and the poor have their own way of life. Take a look, they feel extremely honored!"

Ji Zhao can't fully understand the values ​​of the ancients, he has no class distinction.

He thought for a while and asked Wei's mother, "Mom, how much money do I have?"

"How much money..." Mother Wei frowned.

Ji Zhao was nervous, is it too little?This was the first time he asked about his own financial problems. Is he really poor... If he had known this, he would have taken the 1000 taels given by the prince's leader that day.

But Mother Wei started counting with her fingers: "There are three houses with five entrances in Jinling, five in Yangzhou, and three Zhuangzi, eighteen shops in Yangzhou, ten shops in Jinling, and a whole tea mountain in Liangzhe. Both Yangzhou and Suzhou have [-] mu of land, and Lin'an..."

Ji Zhao's eyes were dazzled, and he quickly stretched out his hand: "Okay, okay!"

"Land and shop. Mom can't remember how much there is. There is also the dowry left by the girl! Your mother also has a lot of land and houses. By the way, the Gu family, the richest man in Quanzhou, also relied on our family for their fortune. The fleet, there are still three shares of our family! The old man gave it all to you! In other words, there are two new shops in Jinling City where the Gu family specializes in imported goods, and there are also five shares of yours there."

"..." Why does Ji Zhao feel that he has more money in this life than in his previous life?

"And..." Mother Wei continued to say, and Ji Zhao stretched out his hand again: "Okay, mother, what do you think, I will give 50 taels of silver to each family in Zhuangtou at the end of each year from now on, how about it?"

When Mother Wei heard this, her eyes suddenly softened.

"What's wrong……"

Wei's mother smiled at him and said softly: "When my mother was young, she would accompany the girl to the Zhuangzi to play, and the girl did the same, saying that she would distribute 50 taels of silver to each Zhuangtou."

"Ah—" Ji Zhao really didn't expect it.

Speaking of which, he looks almost the same as Ji Zhao's ancestor. Could it be that their mother also looks alike?It's a pity that he won't be able to meet Lady Yin in this life.

"Brother Zhao, let's relax. My mother has always remembered this matter. Yin Ming's father is now in charge of this matter. He patrols around every year to ensure that the money goes to every family and does not get caught by Zhuang. This is our girl's wish. All the farmers in our village are living a very good life!"

"The farmer who went today..."

"After His Majesty bestowed this farm, my mother thought that we would not be short of it. She also thought that it was the Huangzhuang after all, so she didn't change people. The head of the farm and the household are still the original royal family. It's also my mother's fault. I’ve been busy forgetting about it for a while, tomorrow, I’ll ask Yin Ming to take care of it! I’ll distribute some clothes to each family, and I’ll give some clothes if there’s a few mouthfuls. From now on, this Zhuangzi will be arranged the same as other Zhuangzi!”

"Okay..." Ji Zhao just laughed, and the gloom from the afternoon until now finally disappeared.

Ji Zhaohuan happily went to the hot spring, while Chen Xing sat beside him, talking with him, and the two talked and laughed.

The fourth drinker was standing at the entrance of the hot spring yard and was worrying. Is there really nothing to send into the palace today?

The four of them were looking at each other with worry, when a servant came and called them: "Four brothers! Brother Yin Ming is calling you!"

"Do you know what it is?"

"I don't know either! Hurry up!"

They hurriedly followed, guessing secretly, were they going to send something back to the palace?

In the end, they were only called to work by Yin Ming, checking the number of households, weighing the money, and confirming the residences of each family, etc. They were busy until midnight, and they waited for dawn to distribute money everywhere.

Yin Ming and Chen Xing live together, and the four of them live together.

When they went back to rest, they originally went to their respective houses, but they all gathered in the Coke room and continued to worry.

Naturally, they came out this time with a mission. There are actually two groups of people monitoring the son-in-law, or in other words, they know of two groups.There were four of them in one group, but they didn't know who the other group was, they were secretly following the son-in-law.

However, they came to Zhuangzi this time. A place like Zhuangzi is too spacious to hide people. For the time being, only the four of them are in charge of keeping an eye on them.

But now they can't go back to the city, and they can't deliver the news.

In the end, Coke said: "Sleep first, let's sleep! Let's talk about it later!"

It's not that they are not sincere in their work, there is really no way, they can't go back!

The lights in the village were gradually extinguished, except for the night watchman's house, which was still lit.

Ji Zhao soaked in the hot spring all night, his whole body was soft, and he had already rolled into the fragrant and soft quilt to sleep, so he didn't know what eve it was.

In the city, the key to the palace gate had already been unlocked, and almost all the lights in the East Palace were extinguished.

Tonight is Baoqing's vigil, and Cheng Shen came over with his sleeves folded, Baoqing wondered, "What are you doing here?"

"Tsk, I can't sleep. Your Highness is asleep?"

Bao Qing glanced around, and whispered: "I went in to take a look a quarter of an hour ago, and His Highness is still turning over."

Cheng Shen looked in the direction outside the city: "Is there really nothing delivered today?"

Bao Qing leaned closer to his ear: "Your Highness didn't see a smile all night."

In fact, since the princess married the consort, their Highness has changed, they have long stopped laughing, but as personal attendants, they can still keenly sense that His Highness is in a very bad mood today.

Cheng Shen squinted at him: "Say less..."

Bao Qing said again: "Who can be happy when they see a box of books?"

Cheng Shen wanted to reprimand him a few words, but his Highness called him out.

The two of them rolled in immediately in fright, thinking that His Highness had heard their words.

Zong Zhen raised the curtain and asked, "What time is it?"

"Your Highness, it's Yinshi, you can sleep a little longer."

Zong Zhen smelled a few wisps of fragrance, looked at the plum blossoms on the high cabinet beside the bed, frowned, and said displeasedly: "Take this flower down, the fragrance is so annoying, I can't sleep because of it."

"Yes!" Bao Qing came forward, hugged the plum bottle and wanted to leave.

"Forget it, let it go."

"Okay..." Bao Qing put it back again.

Cheng Shen poured the tea over and said with a smile, "Your Highness, drink some water, lie down and sleep for a while."

Zong Zhen took a few sips from the teacup, and his brows frowned even tighter, so Cheng Shen could only whisper: "I drank up all the spring water sent by my son-in-law."

Zong Zhen looked up at him, his eyes could kill.

"... "

Zongzhen raised his head, drank a cup of tea, and praised: "This is better..."

After all, lie back and continue to sleep.

Bao Qing and Cheng Shen looked at each other, they tidied up the tent and retreated one after another.

"It's better to be like this," His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, afterward, he didn't sleep very well that night, and he couldn't even fall asleep.

The author has something to say: If you give too much, you will feel disgusted by others as a monster, and if you don’t give away, you will miss it again. Tsk tsk: It’s too difficult to deal with!