Clam Pearl

The summer is booming, and there is still no rain. In the first few days, the queen mother in the palace donated thousands of money from the private treasury to the Fayuan Temple in Biluo Mountain to pray for rain. .

The weather is cold and hot, but Gu Zhao is not afraid. The south side suffers more than Beijing. He has long been used to it. This is not the case. In the early morning, he dragged his brother out for a walk and brought him to Gu Maochang to get married. Yard to see works.

Today, the courtyard where Gu Maochang got married is not far from Gu Maode’s courtyard. After walking out of his eldest brother’s courtyard for about half a stick of incense, there is a spacious lane. There are only two gardens in the lane. On the right is Gu Maode's residence, and on the left is a place called "Xiaotian Xingbu", which is a garden prepared for Gu Maochang.

Gu Zhao seldom wanders around at home, especially the younger generation’s residence. The reason is very simple, as an elder, you don’t have anything to do every day, and if you have something to do, just ask someone to call the younger generation for questioning. , Going to someone else's house, it's still a generation away.

Now that he has a reputation, Gu Zhao didn't want to let go of the opportunity, so regardless of the heat, he took his elder brother and walked with him to Gu Maochang's Xingyuan.

As soon as he entered Xiaotianxing's gate, Gu Zhao let go of his brother's hand. He had already used it up, so he didn't plan to talk to him anymore, and just played around by himself.

Gu Yan couldn't help laughing, fearing that some of the sharp objects would hurt him during the construction in the yard, so he hurriedly called someone to follow.

With his hands behind his back, Gu Zhao climbed from the screen wall at the entrance all the way to the high place of the rockery, carefully observing all the landscape in the yard.Look, there are three mountains in one pool.The scenery in the garden is centered on the flower pond, surrounded by rockery and stacked stones. It not only has the majestic and steep style of Pingzhou, but also has the deep and flat style prevailing in Beijing.

The only inappropriate thing is that whether it is Maode, Maochang, or even Gu Zhao's own yard, there is always a hard field with stone locks and stone rollers on the edge, and three weapon racks lined up, full of knives, guns and sticks.

That's right, if Maochang is disobedient, you don't have to look for a guy everywhere to beat him in the future, any one will be a big murder weapon!

In the garden, the maids in green clothes, the slaves in green clothes, moving the utensils back and forth, according to the size of the frame outside the garden, a group of sitting on the porch collapsed the big shed to embroider the bed curtain, probably, the slaves of the whole family , it's all here now.

Gu Zhao wandered around for a while, feeling a little hungry, turned around and came back to look for his elder brother. He searched all the way, but saw that Gu Maode came back at some time, and there was a Mrs. Su standing beside him. It's under Su's control, and she should be there for the questioning.

There is no more thing in this world to arrange marriages for children and make parents more happy. Gu Yan himself took a walk around, and the more he strolled, the more he liked it. Now he has set up everything for his youngest son. You Look at the new carved bed in the yard where the paint is drying. It was prepared for his two sons when he got good wood ten years ago.It has been painted a long time ago, and now is the last new paint.

Gu Yan turned his head, saw Gu Zhao coming, and waved with a smile: "Come on brother, take a look at this nice couch."

Gu Zhao came over, looked around at the new bed that had been assembled, and nodded: "Blessed is Maochang, this bed is really good."

Gu Yan was proud: "You can see what you can see by hand, the key is the wood, do you know what it is called?"

Gu Zhao saw that the bed was black and smooth like a mirror, and he knew something about it in his heart, but he asked without revealing it, "What is it?"

Satisfied, Gu Yan patted the bed board and said: "This is ebony. 23 years ago, I went out to patrol the border with your third brother. It was raining heavily that day, and we happened to be sheltering from the rain in a temple under the mountain. When we were chatting with the temple, The Miaozhu told us that there was an old yellow cypress in the back mountain, and five children couldn't hold it together. When the rain stopped, we went up the mountain to have a look. It was really a big old tree. At that time, my brother and I were moved. Coincidentally, the war broke out that year, and that was an unowned mountain. So, I found a logger, and it took a month to fell down. Hey, once the tree fell, a miracle happened, and the heart of the tree unexpectedly Wu. In the past, when you were elsewhere, all the ebony furniture you saw were small pieces, so it’s the first time you’ve seen such a big one?”

Gu Zhao looked curious and looked at it again, expressing his curiosity.

Gu Yan sighed and knocked on the bed board: "It took half a year to bring the tree back, and it has been dried in the shade for five years. It is a coincidence that our family has good luck, and there is no crack at all. At that time, your sister-in-law and I If you add up, don’t make small pieces, I’ll give you two nephews, one for each, and two big beds for each! Look at how magnificent they are!”

According to the rules of entering Beijing, all other furniture and things should be bought by the woman, and this big bed alone is really the most important thing.

Hearing her father-in-law talk about this bed a hundred times, Mrs. Su was also very proud, so she joked on the sidelines: "No, last year, my cousin married the Tongliang dealer, and the dealer must have been in the family for 500 years. His family Let’s go and see if the son-in-law gets married, it’s just an old nanmu bed.”

Gu Yan expressed his contempt, "Che, what is a banker? It has been sitting on nothing for hundreds of years, but now it has long since ceased to be."

The Su family flattered her father-in-law again, making her father-in-law as happy as peppercorns. The group circled around the yard a few more times, pointing out a bunch of mistakes, but Tao Ruo, the big housekeeper, was too busy. Holding a tube of pen is to write down again and again.

Gu Zhao sighed in his heart, the happiest thing was Gu Maochang, he got married by himself, he didn't care about it, he just waited until the day came, and went to pick up the bride when he came back. .In the world, there is no happier thing to be the youngest in this age.

Not to mention the hustle and bustle at home, but to say that Gu Maochang has gone there, and this guy has nothing to do. After sitting at home thinking about life all morning, he suddenly felt that he was unfilial.They were about to get married soon, but they hadn't bought anything for their parents, so they took a bunch of young men to the market once, and spent [-] pennies. His whole month's pocket money found Lu Shi a pitch-black one. , Jiu Gong, who can speak auspicious words, is back.

After the bird was bought back, he didn't do anything. He just taught the bird to say a few things at home every day: All blessings, mother, what's the hard work, mother.

In the twinkling of an eye, the days passed by, and in the blink of an eye, Fei Yanzi Houbai became his brother-in-law, and in the blink of an eye, relatives of Su'e's family came to measure the house.Blinking again, the family held a crown ceremony for him in advance, and Gu Maochang had his own name, Xuan Zai.

On this day, the weather was still as clear as yesterday. Early in the morning, Gu Maobing, Gu Yunjing, and a group of young children from the Gu family, all dressed in fancy attire, arrived at Xiushui Garden in good spirits and called Gu Maochang together.

Gu Maochang put on the uniform of the groom's official, and led a group of servants in fine attire, behind him were still a bunch of people carrying things and carrying food boxes... Following a large group, there was no doubt that he was a playboy.

Gu Maochang came to the Baochun Hall with the bird cage in his hand. As soon as he entered the door, his parents, brother, sister-in-law, and elder brothers were all waiting for him there.

Gu Maochang knelt down in a regular manner, first thanked his parents for their kindness in nurturing, then got up, and dedicated the Jiugong to his mother: "Mother, I found you a good bird a few days ago."

Lu laughed and scolded: "You child, remember to give me this after all the days!" After that, he took over the bird cage and cherished it.

Gu Maochang walked up to Gu Yan, and didn't know what to say. He scratched his head, held back for a long time, and said to his father with a serious look: "Daddy, I'm going to marry you a daughter-in-law! Next year you will marry me!" Waiting to hold grandchildren."

Gu Yan liked it in his heart, stretched out his hand and patted him: "Get out of here, you're so wordy!"

Gu Maochang was beaten by his father, and his nervous heart suddenly felt at ease. He shook his head, blinked at his little uncle, and jumped out of the room, causing everyone in the room to laugh at him.

He hadn't been walking for long, when the Nine Palace Birds in that room suddenly called out: "Mother is working hard, mother is blessed, mother is happy..."

Lu's tears flew out in a flash, and he cried and cursed: "Damn child, the happy day made me cry!"

Gu Yan also wanted to cry, but he was reluctant to scold. He just looked at the back of his grown son in the distance and muttered: "Don't say you're dead today, you old lady! Brat, I only remember your mother, and I won't give you anything. Dad bought..."

It was the Mid-Autumn Festival, and God, who had never rained all this time, finally opened his eyes. As soon as he opened his eyes, it was more than ten days of clattering. Yan beat it again and broke it into pieces.

Today, I can take good care of my body, and after only half a month, I was caught by disasters in various places, so I vomited a mouthful of blood in front of the hall.

Immediately, only gray, white and black remained in the entire capital, and the workshops by the South Lake no longer dared to play music for entertainment every day.

From the beginning of October to November, all the officials who went to the court in Beijing were worried every day. The superior was not a good-tempered one. He had no money in his hand and encountered bad things. .

Those above make trouble for those above, and the people live for the people.Those who are up and down, Gu's family and those who are taking care of the family, are in a depressed mood, but it doesn't affect Gu Yan.

Ever since he married his second son a daughter-in-law, Gu Yan's life has turned a new page. He has good plans every day, for example, build a school at home, one left and one right, and invite famous teachers in Beijing, Come to the house to sit for the dolls.

Taking his little granddaughter to feed Lu Shi's new Nine Palace Bird randomly every day, Mr. Gu would not admit that he was jealous.

In the second month after Gu Maochang married his daughter-in-law, Guozixue started classes. This time, Gu Maochang really calmed down, and got up early every day to greet his parents.After asking for safety, he called his nephew Gu Yunjing, and Gu Maobing, whom he despised the most, and the three of them went to Guozi School together.

After school in the morning, Gu Maochang went home to have lunch with his little wife.In the afternoon, I plunged headlong into the small school grounds, leading the children at home to dance with guns and sticks, and practiced with great joy.

The new daughter-in-law, Su'e, is round and round, with delicate eyebrows, can write well, and can make all kinds of snacks.Although their husband and wife didn't live out any marital flavor, they were able to play together.

Hou Su'e loves to play, for example, playing on the swing is even smoother than her brother's.Gu Maochang was used to his little daughter-in-law, and seeing that she liked it, he built a big swing for her in the garden. Every day after school, he would sit in his garden and play with his daughter-in-law after serving tea.He even gave his wife a nickname, isn't her brother called Feiyanzi!Then, his wife is called Moth.

Su'e refused to obey, and she shed two tears in anger, which made Gu Maochang coax her for a long time.

This person, who came out of the same place, came and went, but the pair became more and more deep.However, Su'e didn't know that there was a place in her husband's heart that she could never enter.

After the wedding day, in the blink of an eye, time flies, Bi Liangli and Mr. Yu Geng finally came back before the heavy snowfall in Shangjing.

On the surface, the family is indifferent, but those who are in charge of the affairs are full of joy in their hearts, which is a clever arrangement.

At the end of December, Gu Zhao's foot was itchy again. He was afraid of freezing, so he stayed at home and dared not go out.

Early in the morning of this day, sporadic snow fell, and in the Shuize Hall of Qiyuan Palace, Emperor Tianshou was secretly receiving his spy Yu Geng.

When Yu Geng came back from the south, he spent more than 20 days preparing the materials for the south, and then secretly went to the palace to report.

"You mean, it's not the right time to develop the Southland?" Emperor Tianshou coughed while looking at Yu Geng's secret report while carrying his sick body.This secret report has about [-] pages, from grain production per mu, to forest tree species in the mountains, the species of people in the south, and the distribution of small households. It is very detailed and memorized very carefully.

The Southland is rich in water and soil, and the yield per mu is naturally much higher than that in the Northland. Especially in some places, there are two crops in a year.Seeing this, Emperor Tianshou was really moved. If Nandi could be used well, that would be the best news.

However, Yu Geng said that it is not the right time to develop the Southland?Emperor Tianshou was a little unhappy immediately.

Yu Geng's face turned pale, and he knelt on the ground to report: "Reporting to Your Majesty, now is really not the time. Our group traveled from Shangjing to Qingzhou County in half a month. Dinghu was extinct, and the road was difficult. OK, as soon as I entered the junction of Qingzhou and the south, there was no road at all. For fifteen days, I just walked around the mountain. Not to mention how difficult the road was, there were only small trails in some places. Later, the minister ate a lot on the road Jiezhishui couldn't afford to be ill, and almost didn't die.

Seeing that we were walking too slowly, the butler of the Gu residence let us go slowly, and he led the people there first.The subject and the slave were in a wild temple, and they were raised for seven or eight days before they could stand up and continue walking. The villain was cured, but one of the slaves brought by the villain died of illness first. It was really...unacceptable.Today, Qingzhou is not stable, and it is really difficult to develop the southern land. "

But Yu Geng didn't know that the road he took was a detour deliberately taken by Bi Liangli. It was as steep as it could be. Along the way, Bi Liangli only took the mountain road for cattle and sheep.Naturally, his serious illness was also planned.

Emperor Tianshou was extremely disappointed, and nodded slightly after a while, saying: "You have worked hard this trip."

After hearing this, Yu Geng was moved to tears, kowtowed on the ground a few times and said: "I only hate myself for not being up to date, and not being able to relieve your majesty's urgent needs. Your majesty, the southern land sounds like spring all the year round, but, The mountains are steep, not to mention living in the mountains in the south, most of them are wild mountain people with hairy drinking blood and tattooed faces. The younger one took two slaves to go, but unfortunately one died when he arrived in Qingzhou. Zhuangzi of the land, another one died of miasma. Your Majesty..." Yu Geng looked at the emaciated Tianshoudi, and couldn't help but shed tears.

"Your Majesty, if Xiaxia is safe today, I will never be able to afford the money for road construction."

Emperor Tianshou sighed slightly, not to mention how disappointed he was, he opened his mouth to ask, but someone behind him reported something softly.

Emperor Tianshou's expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly sent Yu Geng away.

How do you say?But it was an old eunuch who was originally imprisoned in Bainaisi, and today he was talking nonsense like a madman, saying that he knew where the treasure was hidden in the previous dynasty, and begged His Majesty to see him, and only begged His Majesty to forgive his poor child.

A treasure that fell from the sky, no matter it was true or not, would bring a tinge of joy to the Tianshoudi who was roasting on the fire.