Red House Farm Stay

"Mr. Guiyi has released a new painting." In the palace, Song happily rushed towards her husband.

"Here, take a look." Mu Mu pulled out a scroll from behind and handed it to the woman in front of him.

Song's face was pleasantly surprised, she just got the news and wanted to tell her husband, but unexpectedly, the painting had already arrived in her hands.

"Open it quickly and have a look." Mu Mu patted her forehead affectionately, and the two went back to the house hand in hand, unfolded the scroll, and a scene beyond the Great Wall was displayed in front of them.Desert, yellow sand, cacti and the Yumen Pass faintly visible in the distance.

In such an instant, the painting seemed to bring them to the Yumen Pass, and Song even reached out to touch her cheek, as if a wind was blowing, and the wind and sand hurt her face, so real.

"Wu Mu, who exactly is Mr. Gui Yi? No one has found out his origin after so many years." How could such a famous person be so unknown? Song didn't believe it.

"I'm afraid he's a hermit." Mu Mu also knew that this Mr. Guiyi, who has amazing painting skills, only produced a painting in a few years, and the competition was fierce. If his father hadn't stepped forward, this painting would never have reached his hands anyway. .

Mr. Guiyi's whereabouts are erratic, sometimes appearing in the desert, sometimes overseas, and sometimes appearing in the deep mountains.It is said that he is unparalleled in style and is a learned man.

"What are you looking at? You're so preoccupied." Jia Zhuo came over from a distance, and at a glance, he knew that they were mad again.He shook his head and stepped forward, looked at the seal, frowned, and said softly: "Return to one."

"That's right, it's Mr. Guiyi's new painting, mother, take a look..." Song explained the scroll, getting more and more excited as she talked.

Only Mu Mu could see that although his mother was nodding with a light smile, the smile didn't reach her eyes, and she seemed to be slightly worried.He hurried forward to stop his wife's chatter, "Mother, it's sunny outside, son, let's go for a walk with you."

"Okay." Jia Zhuo smiled slightly, helped his son out by the hand, and Mrs. Song accompanied him for a walk. After all, the painting was still hanging in her heart, so Jia Zhuo let her go down first.

When only the mother and son were left, Jia Zhuo frowned and said, "When did Mr. Guiyi's paintings first appear?"

"It can be traced back to the time when my son was born. He became famous as soon as he appeared. Although many people paid a lot of money to ask him to paint, he never appeared in front of people. Occasionally, he only entrusted the painting workshop to resell the paintings. "

Jia Zhuo nodded, "In a few days, you can accompany me to Xiaodongshan."

"Why does mother suddenly want to go to Xiaodongshan?"

"It's nothing, I haven't been there for a long time, I just want to see it." Jia Zhuo didn't explain anything, and Mu Mu didn't ask much, and nodded obediently.

The mother and son actually made the trip. Three days later, Ban'er was suffering from busy government affairs, so he urged his son and daughter-in-law to take good care of his mother, and then sent them out of the city.

On Xiaodong Mountain, Jia Zhuo held his son's hand and turned the mountain to the other side. At the foot of the mountain was a big house with green tiles. There was a field of red peppers in front of the house, and a corn field behind the house.

"When did someone live in here? Wasn't it deserted before?" Mu Mu remembered very clearly that the house behind Xiaodongshan had never been inhabited, but judging by the current appearance, there must be people living in it.

After a while, smoke was rising from the kitchen, and a little girl went outside to pick peppers and vegetables, and then turned back into the house.

"Knock on the door, we are tired from walking, begging for a drink." Jia Zhuo was suspicious and found an excuse to go down.

"But Mrs. Song is still at home waiting for us to go back for dinner." Mu Mu mentioned, seeing that his mother was unmoved, she still knocked on the door.

The little girl picking vegetables opened the door, understood what they were coming for, and readily invited them to sit in the yard.Turn around and go to the kitchen to pour water and tell them to wait.

A middle-aged man in Tsing Yi stood behind the window, listening to the voices in the yard, wondering whether he should come out or not, and stood still at the door for a moment, not knowing what to do.

After drinking the water, Jia Zhuo nodded his thanks and returned with his son after staying for two days.

As soon as he came back, he sighed to Ban'er, "Master Jiu is back."

"The Cha family?" Ban'er hadn't heard this name for a long time, but when he heard it now, he reacted quickly.He frowned slightly, not knowing what he meant.

"If you are not of my race, your heart must be different." When he knew that Guiyi was the ninth son, Ban'er became even more disgusted, and he must have no good intentions to play tricks.

"You can meet him some other day and see what he wants to do?" The reason why Jia Zhuo cared so much about this person was also because of his status.As for the little affection they had when they were young, they already owe each other nothing, so they can skip it.

Ban'er sent someone to invite them, and when they met in the study, they almost smiled at the same time.

Jiu Gongzi recalled that when they first met, Wang Tianzuo was just a farmer's son.He is tall and swarthy, strong and powerful, with shiny dark eyes, not ignorant and stupid like other farmers, and even a little smart, but that's all.

Their status was very different at that time, and 20 years later, their status is still very different, but they are completely reversed.

One is a high-ranking official of the imperial court, and the other is a foreigner who bleeds the blood of a foreign race.

"Ninth Young Master, please come here safe and sound." Ban'er cupped his fists and saluted.

"Thank you, Mr. Wang, for your concern. So there is no Ninth Young Master. I will return to Yi, a person who is waiting to die." Ninth Young Master's lips turned white.

The Wang family only knew that the master had received a scribe, and they had a good talk, and the meals were served together in the study.No one knew that the famous Mr. Gui Yi was in Jinling, in the study of the Wang family, crying while eating a plate of chili sauce.

"Now these things are everywhere, but it has broken the contract with you that day." Ban'er saw that he hid his face, and said with words.

Jiu Gongzi smiled wryly, is it a contract? He thought it was a matter of his previous life.

"Master Ninth is dead long ago, and the contract is null and void. It is justified for Madam to do so. I heard that corn is widely promoted in the world today. Many people live on corn in arid and food-deficient land. There is also pepper, which is promoted to Everywhere, especially in the north in winter, eating chili peppers has become a common practice, and it has become a scene.

He ate a plate of chili sauce in one go, but he didn't find it spicy at all, only sweet, so sweet to his heart's content.It's like going back to the time when I was young, when I was eating chili sauce and wondering if this thing was profitable.Unfortunately, those days can never go back.

Ban'er breathed a sigh of relief, and took out a bank note, "This is the profit from the chili pepper. Xiaozhuo has been saving it all the time. He said that if there is a day when we meet, these will belong to you."

"Madam is a trustworthy person." The ninth son did not refuse, but took it with both hands.

"She has always been." Ban'er breathed a sigh of relief, as if letting go of a big burden.

"One more thing." Ban'er thought for a while, and simply told him about Xiaocai's adoption of a daughter. Although the whole Cha family died, his sister left him a niece. Not without care.

As expected, Young Master Jiu didn't know about this, he raised his head abruptly, his eyes were bright, he stood up suddenly, bowed and said: "Everyone says that you don't say thank you for your kindness, Gui Yi really doesn't know how to repay it."

"We don't need your repayment. Sometimes it's just a kind thought. People should always have kind thoughts in their hearts when they are alive. This is what they should have. If you have the heart and often help others with kind thoughts in your heart, it is repayment." said softly.

Master Jiu smiled wryly, "Master Wang, I know what you are suspicious of. To be honest, I really went to Wa Island to take a look."

The two chatted very late, and when Ban'er returned to the house, the lamp was still burning, and Jia Zhuo was turning the pages of the book under the lamp.See Ban'er coming back, hurry up to meet him.

"He really went back?" Jia Zhuo was just guessing. After all, it was rumored that Mr. Guiyi had gone out to sea and even drew a picture of sailing at sea, so he was worried whether he would go back and recognize his ancestors.If he really recognizes his ancestors and won't come back, that's fine, but if he still wants to come back, why is it very suspicious.

"Well, he said that he couldn't help but want to see what kind of blood is flowing in his body, and what kind of people are those." Japanese pirates are hateful, but they are thieves after all. What does it look like, Jiu Gongzi also has some curiosity.

As a result, he went there for several years, and he even learned the language of Wajima.

"Then he..." Jia Zhuo frowned, not knowing what to do.

"He said that he was also very distressed, whether a person should be responsible for his blood or his heart. In the end, he said that he found the answer. My heart is my hometown, which made him feel recognized. It was always Dai Viet that made him feel at ease, where he belonged, and not anywhere else."

"Is this the so-called cultural identity?" Jia Zhuo calmed down, but felt that his previous worries were a bit overwhelmed.

"Cultural identity, it should be. The so-called enlightenment is what it means." Ban'er quickly understood Jia Zhuo's meaning, and lightly embraced his wife's shoulders.

Fanwai Haiyue

Haiyue helped Jin Buyao on the bun. Although she had been in this world for many years, she still couldn't get used to wearing so many jewelry in her hair.Especially the swaying Jinbuyao, she always felt that she would fall off at any time.

The matchmaker covered his mouth with a smile, "This is really close family. The Wu family has a simple population. There is only one daughter from the front. As long as you go, you will be the head of the house. Daughter, once you get married, you will be from someone else's family. , if you give birth to another big fat boy for the Wu family, everything in the Wu family will be yours."

"This..." Haiyue opened her mouth several times, trying to interrupt the matchmaker, but she tried several times without success.

"The Wu family owes a foreign debt of 5000 taels of silver, and the family property is being repaid. I'm afraid they won't be able to eat. Didn't the daughter of the Wu family laugh at Haiyue for being a slave and not worthy of being the mistress of the Wu family? Why do you want to swallow people now? When the dowry is paid off, it will be worthy." A person came in from outside with a loud voice, which made the matchmaker feel ashamed to death.

He quickly jumped up and shouted that he was wronged, "There is no such thing. The Wu family has land and a shop, so there is no foreign debt."

"Please go back, I don't care about the Wu family's affairs." Haiyue gave the visitor a glare, and politely sent the matchmaker away.

"Master Cai, I beg you, can you not disturb my life." Haiyue manages well, has a lot of money in her hands, and adopted a few orphans, living a happy life.

In the eyes of outsiders, the unmarried Haiyue lived alone and miserable.Matchmakers came to the door every few days, either the widower whose wife had died in this family, or the poor tinkling scholar in that family.Haiyue is not a masochist, so she is naturally thankful.

But no matter how she refuses, others will only think that she has low self-esteem, yes, a woman who was once a slave, and has ambiguity with the young master of the Cai family, but the Cai family refuses to take her into the family, how can she not have low self-esteem.

Hai Yueming knew that these were all misunderstandings, she was the one who rejected Cai Yan, and she would never feel inferior because of her background, but she couldn't explain it, so she could only enjoy the sympathy of poor people while wearing gold and silver.

"I didn't bother you. If you want to marry someone, I won't stop you, but you can't marry this person."

Haiyue rolled her eyes and pushed him out, "Whether you can marry me or not is up to you, so don't worry about it."

Fast-forward five years, Cai Yan's wife once personally went to Haiyue's home, willing to marry her back home as a noble concubine.Haiyue looked at Mrs. Cai, although she hadn't done anything wrong, she was still embarrassed to meet Mrs. Cai's gaze.

Haiyue sent Madam Cai away, and suddenly sat down. Over the years, everyone she knew advised her to follow Cai Yan.It seems that only the former master didn't persuade her, and even admired what she said about being a couple for life.

That's right, isn't she and Mrs. Wang just a couple for life?

Cai Yan went to Wang Tianzuo for a drink, "Tell me, why is she so stubborn? If I had known that she was so stubborn, I shouldn't have married in the first place, and I should have been waiting for her."

Wang Tianzuo looked at Cai Yan, threw the wine glass in his hand, refused to drink with him, and said lightly, "Your heart is happy with Haiyue, but since you didn't wait for her with the position of wife, it means that in your heart, She is only worthy of the status of a concubine. Don’t you find it ridiculous that after getting married, she still hates to be married? Did your wife do something wrong? Did Haiyue do something wrong? They were all right , the only fault is that I met you, a fool."

"You..." Cai Yanru was struck by lightning and stood there in a daze.He used to drink and chat with many people, everyone said he was the seed of infatuation, only Wang Tianzuo seriously accused him.

However, he has nothing to say, because every sentence Wang Tianzuo said is correct, and it directly hits the indescribable part of his heart.

Haiyue is cute, but her family background is too low, so she should be content to accept her as a noble concubine.The main wife should be of similar background, manage the backyard for him, and even take Haiyue home for him.

Every word and every sentence is pointing out his filthiness, the false affection hidden behind the deep affection.

Cai Yan, who left in a daze, was like a wandering soul, and stood outside Haiyue's house for a whole night.

In the morning, before the servant opened the door, he resolutely left.

"Mother, the young master of the Cai family seems to have not been here for a long time." Haiyue's adopted daughter, the oldest is seven or eight years old, and she knows something.

"Probably figured it out, he thought I was playing hard to get, and found out that I was playing for real, so he didn't bother to insist." Although Haiyue didn't know what happened to the Wang family, she was very lucky that Cai Yan didn't come. .

"Oh." There was a hint of disappointment in the adoptive daughter's eyes, but it didn't escape Haiyue's eyes.

She couldn't help but smiled wryly in her heart, and said softly: "I adopted another daughter. When you get home today, you must take good care of my sister."

The daughter widened her eyes and said eagerly, "Mother, is it because the daughter is not good?"

"Why do you think so? Mother likes to be lively. Since she doesn't plan to get married, of course she has to adopt a few more children to make the house lively. Why, don't you like it?" Haiyue asked her daughter with a puzzled expression.

"No, no, my daughter likes it." The eldest daughter restrained her expression of fear, and no longer dared to envy the wealth of the Cai family, because if she was not careful, her current status might not be maintained.

For several years, Haiyue adopted five daughters and two sons at one go before giving up.Because she had adopted too many children, those matchmakers who tried to protect her matchmaking finally stopped visiting her house.

The life of the seven children also filled Haiyue's remaining time, and she no longer had to think about other things.

"Boss, the shopkeeper is here." Even at home, the servants are used to calling her boss, as for the shopkeeper, he is the most popular guest at home.

"Thank you for your hard work, the big shopkeeper." Haiyue came out of the house with her youngest son in her arms. It was inconvenient for her to go out as a woman, so all the work outside was done by the big shopkeeper. Naturally, she had to be well surrounded.

"It's not hard to do things for the boss." The shopkeeper smiled slightly and asked someone to carry a box.

"I bought some small gadgets for my boss to play with." They were all local specialties that he bought outside, from food and clothing to entertainment, there were no expensive things, but everything was thoughtful.

"Hey, how do you know that I like to eat this..." Haiyue gave the baby to the nanny, picked up a box of sesame crisp candies, and smiled like a child.

The big shopkeeper watched her smile, and smiled himself, the corners of his lips were slightly raised, with an indescribable tenderness hanging on his lips.

"The shopkeeper is really good-looking, why don't you get married?" As soon as the shopkeeper left, the little girls began to discuss.

"He has been married three times, and every time the bride died before she got through the door, the clan said that he kept his wife, so he ran out in a fit of anger." Someone who knew the inside story came over to show off.

"Ah..." The little girls lowered their heads, with indescribable pity in their expressions.

"Keep my wife, what kind of wife?" Haiyue asked curiously when she heard this sentence when she went out.

Everyone didn't dare to hide it from her. Haiyue laughed out loud after talking in a hurry, "What's the matter with restraining your wife? There's no such thing in the world. It's fake."

Haiyue's words rolled into the shopkeeper's ears like flying.Looking at the informant boy, the shopkeeper slightly pursed his lips, unable to see any emotion, and only said calmly, "Really?"

But when he tipped the buddy, his fingers trembled slightly, revealing his true emotions.

Haiyue is giving gifts to Wang's family. The young master of Wang's family got married and married the talented and famous Song family. Haiyue has been thinking about this gift list for at least a few months.

When Jia Zhuo asked her about the Cai family, Haiyue waved her hands again and again, "He hasn't come to me for a long time. I despise a man with a wife."

"The few children you raised are very good. It will be very hard to raise so many children and manage the business well."

"I haven't done much business for half a year. It's all under the management of the shopkeeper. He's amazing. Let me tell you..."

Looking at the light in Haiyue's eyes, Jia Zhuo couldn't help but smiled knowingly.This silly girl, I'm afraid I didn't realize it?This big shopkeeper should ask Li Hong to inquire about it, if he is really reliable, she will let go and watch the show.If it is unreliable, eradicating it early will save Haiyue from being sad.

"What, a scholar?" Jia Zhuo really didn't expect that the shopkeeper who nestled in Haiyue's shop and took care of her was a scholar with a reputation.Because his parents died when he was born, the clan disliked him and felt that he was cloistered.Later, when three marriages were arranged and three brides died, the restraint of his parents and wives became the shackles on his body, making the clansmen even more unable to get close to him.

Later, he ran out by himself and got injured halfway, met Haiyue who was going out, and carried him back.Later, he became a clerk in Haiyue's shop, then the shopkeeper, and now the big shopkeeper.

"Hands and feet are very clean. Haiyue is a careless girl. He has many opportunities but has never touched the money and accounts in the shop." Qing'er has the deepest affection for the first batch of girls in Suyunfang. After marrying a reliable person, she always pays attention to Haiyue in the end.Hearing Jia Zhuo's message, he quickly sent someone to investigate.

"Besides, the person who investigated said that this person is very smart. I am afraid that he is not annoyed when he realizes that we are investigating him. He seems quite happy."

Hearing Qing'er's words, Jia Zhuo covered his mouth and smiled, "It can be seen that he is a smart man. Knowing that we investigate him, he is happy to see the success."

"Then what should we do?" Qing'er became excited.

"Wait, such a smart person, still need us to show up?" Jia Zhuo nodded Qing'er's forehead, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

Qing'er laughed when she figured it out, and suddenly hugged Jia Zhuo, "Haiyue, a silly girl, finally kept the clouds open to see the moon."

"She can stick to her heart and not be confused by external things. Everything she deserves today is what she deserves." Jia Zhuo sighed, if she was moved by Cai Yan and stepped into the door of Cai's family, where would the good life now be? .The wives, wives, and concubines in the gate of the mansion really went in, and even the deepest affection was wiped out.

Where is the status of the main wife? As for the concubine's room, there is really nothing but affection.If one day, the love is gone, how can I live this day.

"Fortunately, she thought clearly, and I almost went to persuade her, fortunately, fortunately." Qing'er patted her chest, feeling scared.

The shopkeeper waited for a few days, but when there was no movement, he thought about the cause and effect, and brought an ancestral jade pendant to propose marriage.

"What? What did you say?" Haiyue didn't understand at all, she wanted to dig her ears, it must be her servant, it must be.

"I am pleased with you, and I want to marry you." No matter how calm the shopkeeper was, his face was flushed at this moment, and the hand holding the jade pendant trembled slightly.

"You're crazy, me, do you know how old I am? Do you know that I adopted seven children?" Haiyue couldn't believe it. The shopkeeper didn't look stupid, why did she suddenly lose her mind and go crazy.

"Of course I know, and I also know that Mrs. Wang is very kind to you. If I cheat and do any bad things, I will fall into a place of eternal doom."

"Then you're not afraid?" Haiyue realized, yes, if it was to plot against her shop, Mrs. Wang would have nothing but a word.

"But I won't lie to you, I won't lie to you, and I won't do bad things. I just like you, if you're afraid of me..."

"No, no, no, I'm not afraid." Haiyue immediately knew that he was mentioning his wife's feud, and she was indeed not afraid of such a matter, so she quickly clarified.

"Then the boss has agreed." A jade pendant, still with the residual warmth of his palm, was just stuffed into her hand.

"Madam, you said, that's what happened. He ran away after stuffing the jade pendant, and I couldn't even catch up with him, so what should I do?" Haiyue cried to Jia Zhuo with a bitter face.

"It's not easy. If you break his leg and drive him out of Jinling City, he won't bother you anymore." Jia Zhuo became serious, with a straight face, looking very majestic.

Haiyue waved her hands again and again, "No, no, I don't mean that."

It wasn't until Jia Zhuo couldn't help laughing that Haiyue knew she had been fooled.

"Madam laughed at me." Haiyue twitched a bit, got up and ran away.

Less than a month later, Haiyue personally delivered the happy stickers.

Jia Zhuo covered his mouth and laughed happily. It seems that the speed of the two of them is very fast.

On the day of their marriage, Cai Yan slept alone in the study, looking at the bright red wedding stickers on the table, unable to fall asleep for a long time.

"Master, young mistress said that she made soup for you for supper." The servant outside the study reported softly.

"Hurry up and ask the young lady to come in."

Cai Yan took the chicken soup and drank it spoonful by spoonful.After drinking the soup, he suddenly felt that the knot in his heart seemed to be untied.

He wiped his mouth and stood up, "Let's go."

"Yeah." The young lady of the Cai family snuggled up carefully, but unexpectedly, Cai Yan directly grabbed her shoulders and hugged him into his arms, "It's late at night, be careful of the cold."

Haiyue sat on the bed, sneezed several times in a row, looked at the starry sky, put her hands together, and said silently in her heart: "Dad, Mom, I know you must be missing my daughter. Don't worry, my daughter is living a very good life here. , will always be fine.”

"Lady." The shopkeeper, who was drunk and smoked, hugged Haiyue as soon as he came in, and murmured: "Lady, lady..."

Every time he yelled, Haiyue responded, her brows and eyes were curved, and her eyes were as bright as stars.

"Tell her to come to Wang's house when she returns home in three days. Her little sisters are waiting to tease her." Jia Zhuo called someone to communicate, and three days later, Jia Zhuo held a small banquet.

Qing'er rushed over to join in the fun, shaking her handkerchief while laughing, "It's better here, I don't need those wives to fight each other, I'm exhausted."

"You're still tired, isn't it that other people are exhausted? You can live with peace of mind, and when others are fighting to the death, it's like watching a play." Jia Zhuo sat down next to her, and Qing'er took advantage of the situation Leaning his head on her shoulder, he laughed out loud.