Red House Farm Stay

"Don't look, as long as people are still alive, it's better than anything else." Jia Zhuo dragged Qing'er back.

When they got to the door of the house, sure enough, the door of Wang's house was gone, and the lock of the kitchen had already been picked. There was nothing in it, only some dry firewood piled up.Now, even the dry firewood is gone, and the pot on the stove is gone.

Not to mention the inside of the house, almost all the quilts that could not be taken away were gone.The bed boards and furniture were almost destroyed.

On the contrary, Mrs. Liu calmed down, looked at Wang Gou'er's arm wrapped in gauze, and kept saying, "It's good to be safe, good to be safe."

Seeing the white flags at the door of several houses in the alley, and seeing the neat family, no matter how much she felt sorry for the things at home, she couldn't express it.

To clean up the house, many things have to be re-purchased, and people who have lost their loved ones in the alleys have to go to pay homage to them.

The family who usually has a good relationship saw the Wang family coming to the door, and looked at Wang Gou'er resentfully, "Do you know something, why did you leave the city at such a coincidence and hide in the countryside?"

Wang Gou'er was startled, screamed for injustice, and pulled up his sleeves to show, "I almost broke my arm when I cut it with a knife. There are still four rebel corpses lying in the backyard of my house. If there is a slight mistake, our family will die." None of you will be able to come back. It’s just one night for you, just get through it. We’ve had more than 20 days, and we have to face those soldiers and ruffians who come to ask for food and money every day. Up to now, Baner’s mother is in a trance, Can't sleep at night."

As he was talking, tears were about to fall, and this person realized that he had spoken too harshly, so he quickly apologized, "Little common people, what do you know, it can only be said that it was a coincidence, I was talking nonsense, brother Qian Don’t be as familiar with me.”

"That's right, Brother Wang, my brother was also scared and lost his mind for a while, please don't blame him." The younger brother of this family came over to smooth things over.

A tactful person like Wang Gou'er naturally wouldn't care about him, and besides, the dead son of his family was an adult son, whoever he put it on could not be upset.

"Speaking of which, we are quite lucky. If the people who came to Andu Mansion were besieged by the Tartars, how could we keep you alive? The massacre of the city will take three days." One of them also came to pay homage. When the neighbors talked about the things outside, they couldn't help but say a few more words.

"How do you know?" After the worship, several people gathered outside to talk.

"Didn't my son go out to sell leather goods once with the man named Ma Meng? I just heard from the locals that the people there are resisting foreigners, and they will kill Han people when they see them. No matter how miserable our place is, those rebels will always want to In the future, we will enslave the common people to farm the land and pay rent, those foreigners can rob as much as they can, and kill and burn those who can’t be taken away, alas..."

"Otherwise, as the old saying goes, it is better to be a dog of peace than to be a chaotic person." Another neighbor sighed and said the last word, and the group dispersed.

Yoko followed them to live in the county town for the time being, and the courtyard gate of Xiaodongshan was locked, and he would go back when it was peaceful outside.

The woman packed up her things at home, and Wang Gou'er and Ban'er each went to acquaintance's house to see the situation.Ban'er first went to the school to see his former master, then went to the county school, and came back and said, fortunately, those soldiers also knew that the school was poor, and they would not have much money to scrape, but they escaped unharmed.

On the contrary, most of the big families in the city were affected by the disaster, and two or three families were exterminated. It is really unbearable to hear.

"Don't worry, when I came back, I went to the Zhao's house on purpose. The Zhao's family spent money to eliminate the disaster, and it was still safe. The third girl in their family knew that I had gone, so she asked the maid to come out and tell me, thank you for sending her sesame seeds." Glutinous rice flour." Seeing Qing'er looking at him eagerly, Ban'er said quickly.

"How can you spend money to eliminate disasters?" Jia Zhuo was also relieved when he heard that the Zhao family was fine.

"It is said that Mr. Zhao put all the cash in the house in the yard and handed it over to the soldiers to use. He just wanted to save the lives of their family. Those people got the silver and rushed to grab the next family. It's not too difficult."

"As long as people are fine, money can always be earned slowly." Mrs. Liu listened to a sentence, and finally said a word.That day, she was guarding grandma and Qing'er in the house, leaning on the window to watch the situation outside, her heart almost jumped out.These days, as soon as she closed her eyes, a mass of bloody figures dangled in front of her eyes, scaring her so much that she couldn't sleep peacefully.

Wang Gou'er recognized many people, and sighed when he came back. Although he didn't say anything, he knew that the situation must be not good.

The family was almost in order, and only then did I know that Prince Zhongshun had been escorted to Beijing, where he and the eldest son were bestowed with sex and died.

The prince who had been honored all his life, the shadow that had plagued Jia Zhuo for several years, just disappeared. Jia Zhuo felt that this matter had a sense of unreality until now.

"Master Shi has been commended. Everyone said that after the term of office expires, he will definitely be promoted." Wang Gou'er came back to tell the latest news, and also said that the imperial court issued a notice to Anmin that people around Jinling would be exempted from paying taxes for three years.

"But it's not a foolish account." Ban'er snorted coldly, the court said that it would not send troops if it didn't send troops, and in the end, it was not that there was no explanation at all.

Wang Gou'er looked at his son and shook his head. After all, he was a young man, full of vigor. Before he could speak, someone knocked on the door of Wang's house.

It turned out that Jia Lian had arrived.

"Are you all right?" Jia Lian looked haggard, obviously these days are not light.

Without waiting for Jia Zhuo to reply, he continued, "It would have been nice to have taken you all into Jinling at the beginning. Who knew it would turn into such a situation."

Jia Lian also thought that he had the chance to win, but who would have thought that Jinling would still be in chaos.

Although his Jinling City was not surrounded by large armies like Wannian County, the gates were tightly guarded. Except for people’s livelihood, nothing else was allowed to enter the city. Many caravans were stopped outside. day.

Prices in the city also skyrocketed, and many people could only go to the porridge shop to get the porridge boiled in the yamen to survive.For how to rush to help Wannian County, whether it is a trick to lure the enemy, and whether Prince Zhongshun is in cahoots with Su Qing, there are endless quarrels in the government.

Jia Lian thought of the founding battle of Dai Viet recorded by his ancestors, compared with today, it is simply a joke.If these ancestors were still alive, seeing the timid, frightened, and suspicious emperor, they would definitely spit on him.Seeing that Prince Zhongshun colluded with outsiders to harm the common people, he would definitely strangle him to death with his own hands.

It's a pity that the heroic spirit has gone away, and the legend can only be a legend.

But these, he can't say a word, he can only rejoice that they are all alive.

"Yeah, no one thought that since it's all over, don't mention it again. Are the others okay?" Jia Zhuo pursed his lips and asked proactively.

"All good, all good. Speaking of which, I really want to thank Ban'er for the cornmeal and rice that was sent over. You don't know how scary the increase in food was in those days." Jia Lian sighed, feeling more and more guilty. He had nothing Being able to help their daughter, it turned out that the Wang family helped them again.

"It's nothing, it's just a coincidence." Ban'er brought tea to Jia Lian and kept looking at Jia Zhuo.Those days in Xiaodongshan were extremely tense, and I didn't have time to ask her if she really wanted to go back to Jia's house.

Most importantly, what about their marriage.

Sure enough, after a few words, Jia Lian asked Wang Gou'er again to take Jia Zhuo home.

Wang Gou'er pondered for a moment, then looked at Jia Zhuo, "Our family has no opinion on this matter, as long as sister Qiao is willing. There is only one thing that I was in a hurry before and didn't make it clear to the second master."

After finishing speaking, Wang Gou'er smiled shyly, "Sister Qiao and Ban'er have already engaged. The circumstances were special at that time, and the second master was not notified. Look..."

Jia Lian looked shocked, looked at Jia Zhuo, and saw her daughter and Ban'er looked at each other and smiled, one with a smile on his lips, and the other with a smirk.He knew that his daughter was willing.

After being shocked, he stabilized his mind, "Since this is the case, sister Qiao should go to my house. There is no way to prepare for marriage. She is not at her mother's house, but at her husband's house. Where should the sedan chair be greeted, and where should we go when we return. If there was nothing we could do before For the sake of safety, I can only wrong sister Qiao, but everything is different now, of course we are going according to the etiquette."

All the Wang family laughed foolishly, only Sister Qiao frowned slightly, took a deep look at Jia Lian, and agreed, "In this case, I will go back with you."

Jia Lian wished she could pick up her daughter on the same day, saying that everything was ready at home, just go back with her.

"Tomorrow, I always have to say goodbye to grandma, and Uncle and Aunt Wang."

"If the second master doesn't dislike it, why don't you let it go..." Before Wang Gou'er finished speaking, Jia Zhuo interrupted him.

"Uncle Wang, the family has just been in trouble, and everything is not ready yet, so where can I ask someone to stay here." Looking at Jia Lian, he said with a slight blessing: "I am wronged that you can stay at the inn for one night, may I?"

Jia Lian nodded with a wry smile, knowing that his daughter was wary of him, and his biological daughter was wary of him as a father, but took the Wang family as her closest relatives. He knew there was a reason for all this, but he still couldn't help feeling a little jealous.

As soon as Jia Lian left, Qing'er rushed in, pouted while hugging Jia Zhuo's aggrieved mouth, "Sister, do you really want to leave?"

"Fool, sister Qiao is just going back to her natal family to prepare for marriage, and she will be a member of our family when she comes back, and she will never be separated again." Liu Shi was very happy, and she explained the marriage clearly to Jia Lian, and she finally let go of the big stone in her heart.

"Is it true?" Qing'er looked up at her.

"Of course it's true." Jia Zhuo stroked her hair lightly and asked, "Where's grandma?"

"I'm waiting for you in the room. I have something to tell you." Liu replied.

Jia Zhuo went into Grandma Liu's house. After this incident, grandma's complexion became even worse, and her blood color gradually faded. When she came back, she basically had to lie in bed for half of the day.

"Sister Qiao, you have to go back." Grandma's voice was already very weak, which made Jia Zhuo feel sore.

"Yes, there are a few things that I need to go back and find out." Jia Zhuo never thought of hiding it from his grandma.

"You child, everything is over, so don't take it too seriously." Grandma squinted her eyes and spoke very slowly.

"Grandma, no matter who it is, if you do something wrong, you must pay the price."

"Oh, grandma won't persuade you anymore. You, like your mother, have a plan in mind. Grandma just wants to say that no matter what time you are, you should keep your eyes wide open and look at the road ahead. Don't let yourself go. In order to take a short-cut for a while, the result was farther and farther.”

"Grandma is afraid that I will be like my mother. Don't worry, I don't worry that much. Who cares about how other people's family is doing? I just care about Ban'er and Qing'er. Would you like me?" Every time she thought of Sister Feng, she felt complicated.

In another time and space, Sister Feng is just a name, a symbol, who can laugh at her wantonly, so what if she is aggressive, but what if she can't control her husband, so what if she is so strong, and no one can say hello to her even if she carries the whole family.

Whether all this is worth it, everyone has their own calculations in their hearts.But she, Jia Zhuo, would never do such a stupid thing, never be blinded, lose herself, and forget her original intention.

"Okay, okay." Grandma said, snoring slightly, and fell asleep.

When she came out of her grandma's house, she walked to the backyard unconsciously, and when she raised her eyes, she saw Ban'er waiting for her.

Jia Zhuo took a deep breath, "I have a lot of things to entrust to you. Suyunfang is not open, and I don't know if it will not open in the future. You are responsible for raising Doro. If Suyunfang is not open, Let's change to a partner, or simply open our own shop and let Uncle Wang be the owner, so we don't have to go outside to be exposed to the sun. And..."

Ban'er hugged her fiercely, "Your father..."

"Never mind what he said, you just need to know what I think." Jia Zhuo quickly sealed his lips with his fingers, not allowing him to continue talking.

Jia Lian said that everything should be done according to etiquette, such as marriage, parents' order, matchmaker's words, and the exchange of Geng's invitations are all indispensable.But Jia Lian didn't know about this matter at all, and he didn't even take Geng Tie from him. If he wanted to argue, this matter would be unethical and completely invalid.

"I made it difficult for you." Ban'er sighed, but unfortunately he is only a scholar now, and he is nothing in Jinling where rich and powerful people gather.If it was a juren, maybe Jia Lian's attitude would be different.

"But before that, I've made your family difficult for a long time, haven't I? Don't tell me, you want to take advantage of this moment to discuss with me who owes whom, and who doesn't deserve whom. "

Jia Zhuo nestled in his arms and slowly closed his eyes.

"Little Zhuo..." Ban'er's breath was getting closer and closer, and the scorching breath burned Jia Zhuo's face, and a slight blush appeared on his fair face.

When the soft and warm lips touched together, it seemed as if the fire of thunder had been stirred up, and thunder and lightning resounded in their minds, exploding brilliant fireworks one after another.

Jia Zhuo could feel that they were sucking strength from each other.A little crazy, too crazy to be like their nature.This kiss took away all their rationality and calmness in front of others, leaving only this endless confusion.

The soul is rippling, can't help being attracted, seductive, unable to stop.

Jia Zhuo never knew that a kiss can make people unable to extricate themselves to such an extent, a kiss can also feel all the thoughts and emotions of the other party.

Because they are lovers, they have the same mind, and because they are lovers, no matter what they do, they are happy.

"Ban'er, I'll be back soon, if..."

"I will pick you up, no matter where you are, no matter what obstacles you encounter, there is no way to stop me."

"Yes, nothing can stop it."

The two hearts were tightly attached, and the sound of heartbeats gradually merged together, becoming one.

Jia Lian's house in Jinling has been changed. Although the location is good, the place is not big, it's just a small courtyard with two entrances.

After entering the gate of the house, there is the hanging flower gate within a few steps. An oval-faced woman is holding a little boy in red in her arms. Looking at her, she obviously wants to laugh, but her eyes are red first.

Jia Zhuofu saluted, and Jia Lian said, "You should recognize her. She is your stepmother. She was always by your side when you were young."

She opened her mouth, but she still couldn't cry out.Ping'er hurriedly stopped Jia Lian, "The child has just come back, and he is unfamiliar, so why worry..."

Holding the child in his arms, he said to Jia Zhuo: "This is your younger brother, whose nickname is Brother An. Come on, we, Brother An, have met our eldest sister."

Jia Zhuo saw this chubby doll who grinned and opened his mouth as soon as he was teased, and couldn't help touching his face. The child's skin was smooth and soft, and it smelled of a delicious milky fragrance. , there is really no way to resist.

Seeing Jia Zhuo smiled, Ping'er heaved a sigh of relief, and led her to go forward. After the hanging flower gate was the courtyard.In a small courtyard with two entrances, there is only such a place where you can walk around.

At a glance, I saw two large vats placed in the courtyard, with lotus flowers planted in them. In this season, the flowers have been tuned early, and the fruits have also been produced. There are only a few lotus leaves that are curled up and about to wither.

Seeing Jia Zhuo looking over, Ping'er said, "In winter, you can enjoy the remnants of the snow-covered lotus. It's a special mood."

"Did it work out?"

"Ah... oh, these are lotus flowers specially for viewing, and the fruits they bear are all empty." Ping'er did not expect that the first thing Jia Zhuo said when he entered the door was to ask if the lotus flowers were fruiting.

There are wing rooms on the east and west sides of the courtyard, and the main room is directly opposite. Two banana trees are planted at the entrance of the main room. The huge banana trees hang down broad leaves, and they are green, which makes people feel peaceful.

"When the rain hits the banana leaves, you feel sad, and your heart is ashamed as the crescent moon. From now on, when it rains, you can sit in your room and listen to the sound of the rain hitting the banana leaves. It was your favorite when you were young." Ping'er thought to himself, you I will never continue to ask the banana tree if it bears fruit.

"It's better to plant two sweet-scented osmanthus trees, and you can smell the fragrance, and you can pick them and dry them to make snacks and tea." Jia Zhuo couldn't imagine the artistic conception of rain hitting plantains, so he replied casually.

Jia Lian pretended to cough twice, and Wen Yan helped Ping'er out, "Okay, didn't you see that the child is tired?"

"That's right, look at me, I cleaned up the west wing, sister Qiao, see if you like it, if you don't like it, I'll change it for you right away." Ping'er led her to the west wing.

Entering the door is a warm pavilion, with a kang near the window, covered with blankets, a kang table in the middle, and a small table next to it.There is an aromatherapy burner on the small table, and the aroma of roses is burning inside.

The big magenta welcome pillows are packed densely and piled up on the kang, just looking at them makes one's heart warm.

The warm pavilion also has tables and chairs for meeting guests. During the day, when meeting guests for dinner or reading and doing needlework, all of them are thoughtful.Ping'er then opened the bead curtain on one side, and the bedroom was inside.

Huanghuali furniture, a large carved bed, and a dressing table next to the window, with a dowry on it, and a complete set of dressing things, neatly placed.

"It's troublesome for you." Jia Zhuo looked at the carefully furnished rooms and sighed in his heart. Maybe they really wanted to treat Qiao Jie well.

Ping'er smiled, couldn't help but shed two lines of tears, and quickly wiped them away, "It would be great if my sister could see you like this."

"Don't make the child sad, the guests will come later, let Qiao sister rest for a while." Jia Lian patted Ping'er, turned to Jia Zhuo and said, "They are all relatives of our own family, and the rest of our lives will not be easy after the catastrophe. Everyone wants to come and see you."

"Yes." Jia Zhuo nodded, and soon two women brought Jia Zhuo's things in.Another little girl came and stood behind Ping'er with her hands tied.

"You give this girl a name, and I will serve you in your house from now on." Ping'er asked the little girl to kowtow to Jia Zhuo.

Jia Zhuo twitched the corners of his mouth and said irrefutably, "What was your name?"

"The little one used to be called Da Niu, but when I got here, grandma changed her name to Fu'er." Fu'er has yellow hair, and judging by her stature, she might be a few years younger than Jia Zhuo.

"Then your name is Fu'er." Jia Zhuo didn't want to bother changing her name, as she wasn't sure how long she would stay in Jia's house.

Jia Zhuo was indeed tired, so he squinted on the kang for a while, and Ren Fu'er organized the things she had brought.

Ping'er hugged An Ge and Jia Lian back to the main room, the two of them looked at each other, Ping'er looked worried, "This child, how much hardship has she endured, she would never ask if the lotus will bear fruit before. Yes."

"Our family has suffered enough, and we won't eat any more in the future. Have you packed the things for the nunnery? There are a few more to send over," Jia Lian said.

"It's ready." Ping'er thought of those who were sent back to the family because of the empress's words. The man said that everything can be started again.A woman who has lost her innocence can only be sent to a nunnery, and the ancient Buddha who cleared the lamp has passed away.

"Is it really the only way to do this?" Ping'er put down the sleeping brother An with a look of annoyance.

"This is a decision made by everyone." Jia Lian looked at Ping'er, "I know you have a good heart, but other than that, what can they do?"

"Yes, I see. You look at Brother An. When she wakes up, she asks Mama Zhang to come in and hug her. I'll go to the kitchen to see how the preparations are going. I'll remind you of the dishes. It's time for you to change into your clothes and prepare to meet the guests. "Ping'er went to the kitchen, and a servant came back yesterday to report that the second master would stay in Wannian County for one night, and that he would bring the young lady home tomorrow and ask her to send out all the invitations.