Clam Pearl

Now that Lu Shi is getting older, he has acquired a lot of habits.Now she is the big baby in the family, so she follows the baby's route, leaving everything in the house to Su Shi to take care of, when she is free every day, she goes out to have private meetings with old sisters, listen to operas, etc. Occasionally go for a walk in Zhuangzi in the suburbs.

With a lot of free time, the old lady started to find something to do to survive. As long as there is excitement in this city that meets her status, the old lady will never fail, every time.Recently, she has developed a lot of problems. She is especially fond of helping mediators, scolding the old man, reminiscing about the suffering years, finding trouble for the younger generation, etc. She has everything.

It has been snowing heavily for the past few days, and the old lady is stuck at home, unable to go out, feeling listless and panicked.Su Shi was afraid that she would be lonely, so she would inevitably bring the younger generation of her family to have fun in front of the old man and gossip. Now that Gu Minghui is 12 years old, women in ancient times were precocious, so Su Shi brought her here early. Manage housework by your side and teach some inner house skills.

My girl, she has the bearing of being well-clothed and well-fed. Although Gu Minghui is not as good-looking as she was when she was a child, she has grown up beside the old ladies, and her temperament is superior. Because she was brought up by herself, the Lu family and the Su family naturally look at her. Nothing is wrong with her.

Gu Minghui held up the flower frame and took the newly embroidered cat butterfly (meaning old man, longevity) coquettishly: "Grandma, is this one better than the last one?"

Su Shi pursed her lips and said happily: "Oh, grandma is good at everything, everything is decent! Don't stay up late at night, you will damage your eyes if you are careful."

This is four generations in a row. Now that Mrs. Lu looks at Minghui, who is getting older day by day, it is inevitable that she will talk about the difficulties at home in the early years. Mrs. Su has to endure the pain, and has always been with her smiling face , dare not show the slightest impatience.They all acted as if they were listening to these gossips for the first time. Occasionally, the old lady would feel itchy, so they would inevitably speak and ask, which made the old lady very happy.

The mothers were talking lively, but they didn't want Gu Yan to enter the house from the outside, and they didn't look at the younger generation who was saluting to them when they entered the door, they just walked up to the old lady with their hands behind their backs and said, "Old woman? It's strange today, little girl." Seven invited us to come over, saying that he was going to live there for a few days. The snow scene there was good? He used to be the most annoying to be disturbed by others. I don’t think it’s just because of this, right? You... haven't done anything lately, have you?"

Lu Shi thought about it seriously and shook his head: "What can I do? Grandpa's question is interesting. Since Xiaoqi invites you, let's go together. Now I'm bored too. It's good to go out for a walk, I see Seeing that the snow is getting lighter today. I have long wanted to live in his home for a few days, but you are stingy and don’t want me to disturb him. Xiaoqi is not an outsider. I think he has a foot problem this year, so I feel panic It's like looking for someone to gossip!"

Gu Yan thought about it carefully, and it was the same reason.So he nodded, and said to Su who was standing aside: "Make arrangements, don't fool your mother, she has old arms and legs..."

Mrs. Lu spat at him: "Bah! Now you are the only one with a walking stick in the family!"

Gu Yan retorted: "You know what a fart, I am the grace bestowed by the emperor, the old man just takes it, I will not lean on it!"

The younger generation has seen them quarreling frequently in the past two years, so they covered their mouths and watched happily. "

When Gu Minghui heard that she was going to Grandpa Seven's house, she was very excited. Among the girls in the family, Grandpa Seven was closest to her. She hadn't seen Grandpa Seven since winter, so she couldn't imagine it. She looked at her mother Mrs. Jiao plucked up her courage and said to her great-grandfather, "Grandpa, can I go together? It's been a long time since I saw Grandpa Qi, so it's strange. This year, Grandpa Qi is sick, so I should also go to pay his respects. A few days ago, I even made a pair of shoes for the Seventh Grandfather, and it just so happened that I could take them with me."

Gu Yan has always raised the fourth generation of his family like sheep, especially the female dolls, so when his great-granddaughter begged, he waved his hand and said, "It's poor to be bored every day. You can go as soon as you want." go."

Gu Minghui cheered, then covered her mouth with her grandmother, and her great-grandmother was blessed, laughed a few times, turned around and ran away.

This family went out in such a mighty way in the snowy weather, and they came to Gu Zhao's house in a blink of an eye. Bi Liangli had thought carefully, and the ground at the beginning of the house was sprinkled with salty salt to melt snow. Now salty salt is precious. Gu Zhao's county government did this for such an extravagant trip to Beijing. Because they were afraid that people would talk too much, the family also melted salt water and splashed snow, trying not to show the dew.

After the snow melted, Bi Liangli ordered people to pave the important roads with straw mats, so when Lu got off the car, he praised Bi Liangli and said: "Liang Li is becoming more and more good at housekeeping now, you are a hundred times better than Tao Ruo's family." times."

Bi Liangli smiled, and went up to help Gu Yan himself, but Gu Yan waved his hand and refused to let him help him. Now this old guy is most afraid of being called old.

Lu family, Su family, Jiao family, Ming Hui, as well as Gu Gongye and Gu Maochang, as soon as this group of people entered the mansion, the quiet county mansion was immediately infected with popularity. Take a look along the way, except The old man didn't allow anyone to help him, which made the people around him terrified, but the others had a great time walking around in the soft pockets.

When it was dark, Gu Zhaocai met with his elder brother and sister-in-law in the side room of his home. In the evening, they used fish hot pot. Everyone surrounded him and felt warm.

I haven't seen my old sister-in-law for many days, and the old lady also nagged and talked about many parents. Gu Zhao didn't dare to ask directly if he had something on his mind, for fear that the old lady would lose face.Now that the people were gone, he smiled, first looked at his elder brother, and then carefully asked his sister-in-law: "I heard them say in a daze, sister-in-law told Fu Ji a relative?"

When Mrs. Lu heard this, she looked at her uncle in surprise: "Hey, it's been two days since I said this, why did it blow into your ears? Could it be that you didn't come here specially to invite my sister-in-law to enjoy the snow?"

Gu Zhao suddenly explained awkwardly: "That can't be done! Where is my sister-in-law going? I'm inconvenient now, and I can't go out the door. I'm missing you guys."

Lu didn't believe it. Seeing that Gu Zhao didn't admit it, she teased him and said some useless gossip, but she didn't mention this matter. During this period, Gu Zhao saw his elder brother asking for help many times. Boss, once the meal is full, he must fall asleep to meet the occasion, and now he is snoring while lying on the recliner.

"Xiaozi, go and bring a new quilt. It doesn't need to be too thick. It will save my brother from going out and taking pictures of him."

Looking at Xizai's back, Lu Shi smiled and said, "The people around you are all grown up now, is this Xizai a grown-up?"

Gu Zhao was taken aback: "No?"

Lu smiled and said: "It's not that my sister-in-law is talking about you, it's just that you are wrong. You are also very perceptive, why don't you have a heart in your heart? They have followed you for so many years, and now they are guarding over there. The flowers in the courtyard of Suyun Courtyard are endless, every year, the stamens and flowers are beautiful, and the flowering period is almost over.

And this little boy, new boy.You are the master and don't worry about it, and your nanny is serving you alone, and you don't make the decision to find him a lady who warms the bed.If things go on like this, you won't even know if you're distracted with the subordinates. "

It's not this reason, I've been following him for so many years, and I'm not too young now, ahem... the warm quilt of grandma, forget it, I'll give him ten Tang Pozi tomorrow!Warm him to death!

Seeing that Gu Zhao listened to it, Mrs. Lu smiled and half-lyed on the couch and continued to chatter: "I know what you think, brother is not satisfied with Mrs. Bai?"

Gu Zhao's face turned red, it's not something!Originally, his family, Fu Ji, is now a fifth-rank official. If he wants to have a good appearance and a promising future, Gu Zhao is not willing to come from a second-rank family.He asked people to inquire, and now the Bai family and Miss Bai's family are not in contact with each other, and they had separated in the early years.

This white girl is called Bai Xu, and her father was a sixth-rank parent at the time.Later, Miss Bai's parents passed away, and she lived with her nanny at home, because her family only had one frontage, so it was no problem to make ends meet.Because she is a relative of the Bai family, there is no one else to plan her family's meager wealth.How can a girl from such a family be worthy of her good apprentice?

No matter what Gu Zhao thinks, Mrs. Lu just started nagging on his own: "Brother, my sister-in-law doesn't understand important national affairs, and dare not ask. But when it comes to judging people, you are not as good as me."

"That is, that is." Gu Zhao replied with a smile.

Lu Shi said: "Let's not talk about our family's Fu Ji in the past, just say that these years, you pitied him, took care of him, and treated him like your own child. That child is also promising, and he is wholeheartedly devoted to you. I know your thoughts. This was raised as a son.

Now that the son has reached his age, he must be married.It's not big in Beijing, your sister-in-law who has a threshold, I know a little bit about it, although I dare not say that I understand it completely, but family marriage, family marriage, this family has been restricted since ancient times, whoever marries whoever, then There are rules!Our family's new family has accumulated less than a hundred years, and it is still not considered a family! "

Gu Zhao was in a dilemma, and explained: "But it's not necessary to find a family for Fu Ji. The family has a big reputation, so we don't hesitate to post it."

Lu Shi pointed at him and blamed him: "You seem to be born to be at odds with the aristocratic family. In the past few years, your uncle's family has treated you well, and there is always a lot of you during the festivals. Just don’t come to the door. The early years are the early years. Your uncle has not done you any harm in the past few years, right? I heard that the old lady in the country also wants to see you. If you don’t go, it’s not right. The old man can breathe How old are you? Don't regret it then!"

Gu Zhao refused to accept, spread his hands and said, "I'll return the gift!"

Mrs. Lu scolded him: "Have you gone to visit the elders?"

Gu Zhaodao: "He's a scholar. I'm a rough person and I can't speak, so I went to make trouble... Oh, sister-in-law, let's not mention his family, let's talk about Fu Jiha."

Lu smiled and shook his head: "It's easy to find someone from a wealthy family for Fu Ji! With our Pingzhou Gu's name, we don't need to find someone who can climb high and look far. But have you ever thought about it?" No? There are so many relationships and relatives behind those families. From their point of view, Fu Ji is really high-ranking."

When Gu Zhao heard this, his expression suddenly became gloomy.Whether he admits it or not, this is a society that looks at family status, background, and relationships.

Mrs. Lu patted his aging leg and chattered: "Our family, Fu Xiaolang, was born in a poor family, and he is a promising young man. He needs to be careful when he just emerges. I'm afraid people will think that he is taking advantage of others by marrying him forcibly." Don't talk about other people, let's talk about our family! You know how Minghui's girl grew up. After she was born, she had two wet nurses and four big girls. You don't know much about those trivial things.

Other people's family, even if the door is lower, they are also pampered and raised.If you tell the eldest lady to turn around and go back to get along with Fu Ji's family, I'm afraid there will be entanglements after a long time.Let's not talk about how the young lady's tutor is.We always have to be on guard, right? "

Gu Zhao was really convinced at this moment, so he nodded and said, "That's the truth."

Mrs. Lu was very happy, so she said in a high tone: "Fu Ji is worthless, and people will treat Fu Ji as attached to their family and beg for their family. Even if you eat a piece of food from her family, you will never end your life." Human favor, one vegetable can be said to be a basket, and finally it becomes a vegetable garden, do you think Xiao Lang is pitiful?"

Sophisticated people are like this, and my sister-in-law is wise, Gu Zhao nodded.

Mrs. Lu continued: "If... Fu Ji is promising, why would everyone marry you? It's no good for others to look at you? Because of your humble background in Wukang Village? No! That's not the case behind them The mesh of the relationship network is full of eyes. I don't know what kind of grasshopper is tied behind that line.

oh!You said, your daughter-in-law's relatives begged to come, do you care or not?It doesn't matter if the relationship between the couple is broken, or if it breaks the uncle's plan.Didn't the good apprentices who have been taught by hand over the years become raised by others?We do things just in case, that's a low-end method, and it's the upper-class to close the door before troubles come, isn't it the truth? "

Gu Zhao can't get off the kang at the moment, otherwise he will give big gifts to his sister-in-law.

Seeing that her brother-in-law was convinced, Mrs. Lu explained why she wanted Bai Xu: "I don't know, my brother, that Bai Xu's mother is a descendant of Gaotuo Webster, although Webster's decline is now, huh! In the previous dynasty, it was not as good as Webster's little finger. Now those private schools teach lessons, and two of the three enlightenment books are compiled by Webster. Based on this, your uncle's is considered a What?

Calculated in this way, the Bai family can be considered to be from an aristocratic family, and her father, although he is a concubine, is also from the Bai family of Meishan.In this way, Bai Xu is also from a great family, and also a scholar.The most precious thing is that back then, Bai Xu's father had a personal grudge with Bai Xuelu, Master Bai, so they didn't have any contact with each other.In this way, this girl must be single-minded when she comes to our house, and she will be ours after marrying her. If it wasn't for that idea of ​​dowry, she wouldn't leave it to you now that she is so good.Her grandmother had friendship with me in the early years, and I also wanted to take her to my house these years. The girl was afraid that the Bai family would have trouble with our family, so she didn't come, how sensible...you dare to blame me for being good to you ! "

When Gu Zhao heard this, he was overjoyed and understood a heart problem, so he thanked him again and again, and his uncle and sister-in-law chattered about the new boy and their marriage at home. At the end of the chat, Gu Zhao made the decision to ration Hua Rui to Xi Zai and Huali to Xi Zai. new boy.Because Mianmian came from the south every year, Gu Zhao made the decision to send them back to the south to return to their hometown, and marry the two children of the eldest family in the village at the other end. Gu Zhao has also met those two people, they are real people, and they live in the same place. Can't go wrong either.

They were talking happily, but Gu Yan over there fell asleep and dreamed about his childhood.Candles exploded on the case, Gu Yan sat up abruptly, opened his mouth and shouted: "Change! Change! I got up late today, why don't you call me, I missed the morning... Hurry up..."

Lu Shi looked at Gu Zhao in astonishment, and then they both covered their mouths and laughed.

In the early morning of the second day, as soon as Fu Ji came down from the court, he was called into the room by Gu Zhao for questioning.

Fu Ji and Gu Zhao stayed for a long time, and when they entered the door, they said: "Men, I'm busy outside the city now, there are a lot of things in Dacang, and the tooth shop just came to sign up yesterday..."

Gu Zhao interrupted him with a smile: "Why, are those who dislike being a teacher bothering you? Stop nagging, there is business."

Hearing this, Fu Ji quickly gathered his expression, stood up and said, "Please tell me, my teacher."

Gu Zhao nodded: "Who cleans the house on the edge of your city now?"

Fu Ji replied: "I sold it a long time ago. What happened four years ago shocked my family. When I came here, the master took me to live in the house. I thought that the house was empty and it was empty. It happened that my grandmother wanted to repair the ancestral grave. I So I sold the house and took the money back? What? The master wants to drive me away?"

Gu Zhao Yile: "What? You still want to stay at my house for the rest of your life?"

Fu Ji thought for a while in embarrassment and said: "How dare you in your life, but now I don't have a lot of money. The master has allowed me for a few years. If I save enough, I will buy another house. It's just that the melon officer is still young, and now I'm in Elder Master's attached school..."

Gu Zhao snorted: "Shut up, wait until you save enough, I don't know you yet, I'm afraid the few in your hand are all filled in the hometown and given to your grandmother, right?"

Fu Ji said solemnly: "Your apprentice can't be filial to your ancestors, you should spend some money."

Gu Zhao sighed: "It's not me talking about you, you are not a grandson in your family, and now you are going to start a family, and your wife will take care of all the expenses in the future. I don't care how you spend the salary in your hand, but I The property purchased for you is for you to support your family, this cannot be moved..."

Fu Ji's face turned red immediately: "Then... how can I have a wife, I'm so busy now that I wish I could have a few more clones, how about... daughter-in-law, this matter... teacher... that..."

There was a sound of sneering outside the door, and then Bi Liangli opened the curtain and entered the room with a smile, and brought a wooden box in front of Gu Zhao.

Gu Zhao didn't look at the red-faced Fu Ji, but just opened the box, touched a few bamboo deeds inside and sighed: "In a blink of an eye... eight years, how fast, you are not young now, my sister-in-law I weighed you, and told you a good marriage. I agreed to this matter, and didn't ask you..."

Fu Ji hurriedly saluted and said: "A teacher for a day, a father for life, the teacher can arrange it however he wants, but he doesn't know..." He stuttered and said: "I don't know whose girl it is... ah?"

Gu Zhao ignored him, and just arranged there: "I bought these bamboo deeds for you in the past few years. You have a record of selling houses to subsidize. Now I won't give you this deed. I will give it to your wife." .”

Fu Ji was still stuttering and chattering there: "But I don't know, is that girl... is she virtuous? Which family's lady is she...that...benefactor?"

Gu Zhaodao: "My sister-in-law has taken care of the knitting at home, so let's take care of the wood work for our house. After a while, you will finish your work in the big warehouse, and go to the craftsman's place to have a look. Now there are a lot of odds and ends in the house. , enough for you..."

"Yes, teacher, that girl, Fangling..."

"I can't bear to let you live far away. It's a coincidence that there happened to be a Mr. Chen from the Ministry of Rites who became an official in the alley on the north side of our house. He became an official with four grades. Now his home is also a big courtyard with three entrances and three exits. There is also a small courtyard. There are quite a lot of vacant spaces in the garden, you can take it easy, I asked Xizai to have someone clean that end this morning. After a while, you go down to the big warehouse and go to have a look, the paint water that should be painted, Ask your Uncle Bi to pay for the additional purchases, this is the only time in a lifetime, don't save the master..."

Gu Zhao nagged for a long time, and finally said that he was very sad, he didn't want to be seen by others, so he flicked his sleeves and sent them out.

Fu Ji went out the door in a daze, and after a long time he looked up to the sky and screamed: "Men Master! Who is this apprentice marrying!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!"

On this day, the girl Baixu from Xiuguoli in the city was cleaning at home.A few days ago, the old lady of the Duke's Mansion made her a relative. The girl Baixu, who thought she would be lonely and hopeless all her life, was dizzy from being hit by a big pie.The other party's age is about the same as his own, and the most rare thing is that he is now an official lord of the fifth rank of Qianding Sizheng.How can I keep this good marriage to myself?

Sitting at home, Bai Xu took out the dowry box her mother had left for her, and turned it over to find the unsalable rough hairpins.In the past few years, the family has been in a difficult situation, and the family is also struggling to make ends meet.If she was looking for ordinary people, she would be easy to marry with the reputation of the house in the courtyard.

But, anyway, she is also the descendant of Meishan Bai Clan, this person cannot afford to be lost.

Now that he has his ancestor Yu Ze, who will be depended on for life, Bai Xu is both joyful and fearful.Fortunately, such a good marriage may not be possible for the direct sisters from the ancestral house.What is terrifying is that now she has no money to get a good dowry, and if she marries in the past, she is afraid that her husband will dislike her.

Bai Xu was thinking about something, but the gate of the courtyard was slapped and banged. She wiped away her tears, stood up in the courtyard and asked who?

But the outside said: "Girl, I'm the one who came back."

Outside the door is Bai Xu's nanny Tong Shi, and the old lady has helped Bai Xu a lot these years.Her family is complete with children, and the old lady insists on benevolence and righteousness, and has never left her.

Bai Xu opened the door and looked at the vegetable basket carried by her nanny, in which there was only a big turnip that didn't look very good.

"Nurse went out early today, how did you come back, I was worried that something happened to you, you can't sit still now." Bai Xu took the vegetable basket and said.

Mrs. Tong entered the yard, went to the kitchen to get a gourd ladle, drank cold water on a winter day, wiped her mouth, and then entered Baixu's room, and said happily, "Girl, guess where I went today?"

Baixu shook her head.

Mrs. Tong reached out her hand to touch Baixu's face pitifully and sighed: "My girl, she is proficient in everything from piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and she looks good, so why is her life bad? In the past, the old woman also resented the injustice of heaven, but now she seems to be I have wronged my grandpa, tomorrow I will go to the temple and burn a stick of incense! He has prepared something for the girl!"

Bai Xu blushed and said angrily, "What did the nanny say!"

Tong patted her thigh and said, "Girl, today the old lady gritted her teeth and spent ten yuan to hire a donkey cart to go out of the city. Guess where I went?"

Baixu shook her head.

Tong said very proudly: "I am in a big warehouse! I went to see your son-in-law, haha... Our son-in-law is really good-looking, surrounded by front and back... hey, it is better than your master. It was much more majestic back then!"