The maid of the red house

The Zhao family is very lively today, the happy event is held at Zhao Yun's house, fifty tables are opened, the classmates and friends who have friendship with Zhao Yun in the capital come seven or eight, Zhou Hong is the last one to arrive, and sits at the head, the town has a reputation Everyone came over, Mr. Zhao and Mrs. Zhao brought their three-bedroom son, granddaughter-in-law and others to Zhang Luo, and there were many people from Han Qingshan's family.

Zhao Yun had already gone to welcome his relatives but did not return. Mr. Zhao looked at Zhou Hong dressed in ordinary clothes, unable to hide his power. Looking at several of Zhao Yun's classmates, there was already a man named Huo Xiu who had been awarded a Jinshi, and he was a good scholar in the Imperial Academy. Noble and dignified, Mr. Zhao couldn't help but feel great pain in his heart. If Zhao Yun had no injuries on his face, with his talent, he must have been enlisted in the Imperial Academy by now. The only thing I hate is that the second son, Zhao Qi's family, is so confused that he did such vicious things. What happened, ruined the foundation of the Zhao family and cut off the hope of the Zhao family.

Thinking of this, Mr. Zhao wished he hadn't been able to drown Zhao Qi in the toilet when he was born, otherwise his family would definitely have produced an official now, and marrying a daughter-in-law would have a higher family status.

Han Qingshan is a goods merchant. He traveled all over the world and went to many places in the past. He is quite knowledgeable. In recent years, he stopped doing these things and only farmed at home for the elderly. He is also Zhao Yun's grandfather, so he and several elders of the Zhao family accompanied Zhou. Hong spoke.

Although Zhou Hong had a cold face and was taciturn, he had a good temperament, probably because everyone said he listened.

Mrs. Zhao, Mother Han and others entertained the female relatives from various families in the back. Some relatives and friends who did not come yesterday said after talking, "It is said that your daughter-in-law's dowry is very generous, and there are even gifts from saints. Call Let's go pay our respects." While speaking, he was full of envy, after all, how many officials and eunuchs have never been in the palace, met a saint, and received an imperial gift.

After hearing this, the old lady Zhao felt that her face was quite radiant, and hurriedly let her into the new house.

After paying homage to the imperial gift, everyone looked at the furnishings of the new house. There was a lot of red rosewood furniture in the new house. There were several beds, tables, chairs, and cabinets. The vases and tea bowls were all from official kilns. , very exquisite, especially a canopy bed placed in the bedroom, on which is hung a hundred sons and thousands of grandchildren's red satin curtain curtains, which are pulled up with copper hooks, revealing the mandarin duck pillows and brocade quilts on the bed. The dowry box is tightly locked with a copper lock, which is even more imaginative.

Because someone asked with a smile: "I heard that Yun'er's daughter-in-law has a dozen boxes of gold and pearl jewelry alone, not to mention silk and satin four-season clothes, but is it true? It's a pity that we didn't have time to come here yesterday, otherwise we will gain a lot of experience." .”

Everyone nodded and said: "Exactly, but unfortunately we didn't come yesterday."

Someone laughed and said: "It's really a pity, you didn't see the scene yesterday, I've never seen anything like this in my whole life."

Seeing that the last person to speak was her sister-in-law, Mrs. Zhao's brother-in-law Chang, Mrs. Zhao said humbly, "It's all the grace from the palace and the rewards from everywhere, as well as the makeup of her relatives and friends from her mother's family. With a little girl like her, who is only eighteen or nine years old, how can she accumulate these dowries?"

Chang said with a smile: "It can be seen that Yun'er has good luck. I have never seen an official as big as General Zhou in my whole life."

Mrs. Zhao narrowed her eyes, nodded slightly and smiled.

Changshi brought his little great-grandson Douzi over, ran around in the new house, pointed at the coral in the corner and exclaimed, "Grandma, this tree is red, so pretty, like the red jacket I'm wearing today."

Mrs. Chang looked over, hurriedly pulled him to her side, and said, "Don't point at random, I haven't seen what kind of tree this is?"

Mrs. Zhao heard the words before she could speak. The rich man Jiang's wife and the Zhao family are related by marriage. She first smiled and said, "This is coral. It comes out of the sea. It's so tall, so big, and so ingeniously bright. It's very expensive. It's a big family." It’s rare, our family managed to have a coral bonsai, and it cost thousands of silver, but it’s much smaller than this one.”

It made everyone chant Buddha's name non-stop, and said: "How expensive is it? It's just a decoration, you can't eat it, you can only look at it."

Mrs. Jiang said with a smile: "It's the things that you can't eat but can only look at that are expensive. The chicken, duck and fish we eat are only a few dozen dollars a catty? I saw that there are many rare things in the dowry of the eldest granddaughter-in-law of the Zhao family. There are rare things, and there are things I don’t even recognize.”

Chang's said: "We are at the feet of the Son of Heaven. Your family is first-class. There are countless good things. I didn't expect that even you would praise them."

Although Jiang's family is rich, they are merchants, but the old Mr. Zhao Er of the Chang's family is a scholar, so he speaks very freely.

Mrs. Jiang said: "Our family naturally has more money than Brother Yun's daughter-in-law's dowry, but there are not so many good things. If you take out any thing, it is high-end in our family. I can’t buy it. Look at the full-length mirror inlaid on this cabinet. It’s a Western product. Is it better than our big bronze mirror? I have a palm-sized one, and I keep it like a treasure.”

Everyone had noticed the mirror on the cabinet long ago, and they saw themselves when they looked at each other, and it was not blurry at all. Dou Zi and a few children were lying on the side of the mirror and making faces inside, they were all very surprised.

Fortunately, they lived in the town, and they were all wealthy families. Although they knew that these things were valuable, but because they had never seen the benefits of these things, they just thought they were beautiful, and they laughed and praised Zhao Yun for being blessed.

While she was admiring, she suddenly heard a commotion outside, Mrs. Zhao hurriedly asked what happened.

Mi Shi went out for a trip, because they were ordinary people's homes in the town, and they were not as shy as the rich ones. When they were young, they came back in a hurry, with panic on their faces, and said: "Old lady, it's the second uncle and the second aunt. They're here, the old man is pushing them out with a cane, but they don't obey and are making a fuss outside the door."

As soon as they heard the words of Second Uncle and Second Aunt, everyone in the room knew that it was Zhao Qi and his wife. Thinking of the past, their faces sank in unison, with anger raging in their chests, they gritted their teeth and said: "They still dare to come back!"

It is not easy for an ordinary family to produce a talented scholar. There are not ten scholars in their town, and there is only one Zhao Yun. Because the Zhao family has cultivated and studied for many years, they have produced the most scholars. The father who died was a scholar, the second son Zhao Qi who hurt Zhao Yun's face was also a scholar, and the third son Zhao Li's son Zhao Feng was also a scholar, so everyone respected the Zhao family very much. No matter how much the town hopes, it is hoped that this young man will go to high school in one fell swoop. Not only will Zhao Jiayue become a family of officials, but he will also be able to protect the whole town in the future, so that he will not have to endure the exploitation and bullying of small officials.

Their fields are all entrusted to Zhao Yun's name, and they don't have to pay taxes. They give Zhao Yun any food and drink. Unexpectedly, the year he won the exam, Zhao Qi went to the exam with him, and Zhao Yun came in second in high school. Named Luo Sun Shan, Zhao Qi thought to himself that he was over forty years old, and he hated Zhao Yun's youth and promise even more, so he developed malicious intentions, ruined Zhao Yun's face, and cut off Zhao Yun's future.

As soon as this happened, not only the members of the Zhao family hated Zhao Qi to death, but also every household in the town beat Zhao Qi's family to death. They ruined not only the future of the Zhao family, but also the people in the town. So in the end, the Zhao family expelled him from the clan, and the town expelled him from Bajing Town.

These years, no one wanted to bring up this matter. Fortunately, Zhao Yun is a capable person. As Zhou Hong's aide, he still protected not only the Zhao family, but also the people of the whole town. Some people who used to come to the town to search for money Officials have not dared to come in recent years.

The three members of Zhao Qi's family left without hearing from him for many years. They never expected that they would come back today when Zhao Yun got married.

The Chang family left the little great-grandson to play, and took out the red and green feather duster inserted in the big porcelain vase in the room, and said bitterly: "They dare to come back and ruin our family's Yun'er, look at me if I don't break them legs!"

With that said, he left the new house in a huff, and went outside the door.

Sure enough, he saw Zhao Qi running around under Mr. Zhao's crutches, Zhao Qi's wife, Chang Shi, dragged his son Zhao Rui, crying beside him, his clothes were shabby, his face was yellow and emaciated, Chang's stopped in his tracks, slightly surprised.

When the Zhao family split up, Mr. Zhao made it clear to the clan elders that he didn't feel sorry for his son to share [-]% of the family property with them, but because they had no money in their hands, and they didn't know what would happen again. If they would come to disturb their family, it would be better to spend money to avoid disaster, and tell them to get out with the money. Their family has also received thousands of silver, so why is it so desolate?

Before Chang could finish thinking, Zhao Qi dodged Mr. Zhao's crutches and shouted: "Father, you are my own father, how can you ignore your son? My nephew is married, why can't my son come to drink a cup of wedding wine?" ? How can anyone drive people out?"

Mr. Zhao was old after all, he rushed forward and beat Zhao Qi a few times and felt weak, he held Zhao Feng's hand to block the door, and said out of breath, "Our Zhao family doesn't have unworthy descendants like you, you didn't The Zhao family is gone, and Yun'er doesn't have an uncle like you, so get the hell out of here, far away!"

The old lady Zhao came out after Chang's. Seeing this and hearing the words, she turned her head away with tears in her eyes. No matter how bad her son is, she is the flesh of her mother's heart. It's a big crime to say that when they were divided into one family business, one is what Mr. Zhao said, and the other is that even if they leave the clan and leave the family, they can have enough food and clothing.

Niu supported her mother-in-law and comforted her in a low voice, a trace of hatred flashed in her eyes, if Zhao Yun had been selected as a Jinshi, their family would no longer be a farming and studying family but an official family, and her daughter would not have to marry the rich man Jiang and his family would not be able to take the imperial examination eldest son.

When Mi Shi married, Zhao Qi's family had already been kicked out, and he had never seen them before, seeing their sneering faces now, he felt disgusted.

Zhao Qi is less than fifty this year, and most of his hair has turned gray. He looked sad and his eyes flickered. He knelt on the ground and kowtowed a few times, then fell to the ground and cried loudly: "Father, let your son come back. He will definitely correct himself in the future." It’s wrong to be a good filial piety to you two old folks. Father, break the bones and connect the tendons, not to mention that we are father and son, how can we say that we are not?”

Mr. Zhao was furious, and said in a cold voice: "I'm afraid you came back after you ran out of money and had nowhere to go? Otherwise, why didn't you say you would come back in the past five or six years? Now that you know that Yun'er is married, and she is the daughter of a good family, Just rush to curry favor, think of me as an old fool, I don’t know what you think? Let me tell you, Zhao Qi, you are no longer my son, my son is now only Li’er, and the only grandsons are Yun’er and Feng’er , I don’t remember that there are still children and grandchildren in your house, get out of here seriously, if you don’t get out, I’ll call someone out!”

Before he finished speaking, the old patriarch Zhao came out, nodded and said: "That's the reason, our family must not tolerate such unworthy descendants. What are you guys doing in a daze? Hurry up and drive them all out, don't It ruined Yun'er's happy event!"

The old patriarch said this to the young and strong children of the same family. As soon as they heard this, they immediately stepped forward and wanted to take action.

Chang's face turned pale with shock, and immediately took a step forward, raised her chest and stood in front of Zhao Qi, saying: "I see whoever dares to step forward, and whoever steps forward, I will accuse him of molesting a woman!"

After saying this, Mrs. Chang smiled proudly and arrogantly. I heard that the dowry of Zhao Yun’s wife was as generous as that of a wealthy family’s daughter. She had everything that one could expect, such as silk, silk, satin, gold, silver and jewels. It's enough for them to chew for a few years, and today she has to stay in the family no matter what, she doesn't want to follow Zhao Qi and bring her son to live a life of eating the last meal without the next meal.

Seeing this, the members of the Zhao family couldn't help but take two steps back, with embarrassed expressions and a dilemma. Although they often talked dirty in private when they were farming and working in the fields, they didn't dare to touch the woman's body lightly, so as not to ruin the family tradition. The future of the children of the clan.

At this moment, Mrs. Chang came over, took a feather duster and beat Mrs. Chang's body, beat her, then hit Zhao Qi's head, and said angrily: "How dare you threaten our family's children, how brave! Hurry up, you ruined the future of our Zhao family, and you still want to come back to reap the benefits? It's a good idea, but it's a pity that we are not blind!"

Chang's complacency was momentary, she didn't guard against Chang's sudden attack, she was hit several times immediately, the pain caused her to dodge again and again, grinning her teeth and said: "Second Aunt, this is our family's business, why are you meddling?"

Mrs. Chang sneered and said, "This is about our Zhao family. What kind of Zhao are you? Our Zhao family doesn't have people like you!"

After finishing speaking, he turned his head and yelled loudly at the watching women in the clan: "Come here and drive this shrew away, my son can't touch her, can't our wives touch her? Don't wait for them to spoil Brother Yun's joy!"

As soon as the words fell, a few thick village women who often worked in the fields came over and dragged Mrs. Chang out.

Zhao Rui just watched his parents being beaten before, and picked his own teeth. He was afraid that he would also be beaten in the past, but he didn't expect that the Zhao family would turn their backs on anyone. He suddenly became flustered, leaving here, how could he fill his stomach? With a roll of his eyes, he fell down on his knees in front of Mrs. Zhao, crying: "Grandma, grandma, tell me to come back, we are suffering very much now, grandson I haven't married a wife yet, and my third brother's son is several years old!"

The old lady Zhao was wiping her tears. After hearing this, she looked up at him, and saw that he had a runny nose and tears, his expression was wretched, and his behavior was sloppy. How could Zhao Yunzhi be handsome and Zhao Fengzhi be elegant? Then he remembered what they had done together I can't help but feel disgusted with evil things, and then turned my head away, saying: "You can't live with your own sins, and you can suffer the sins you did yourself! The natural law is reincarnated, and the retribution is not good. It can't be because you have broken the children of the clan. future."

Hearing that the old wife did not appease them, Mr. Zhao felt slightly relieved, and waved his hands: "Get them all out!"

A few people came over immediately and dragged Zhao Rui out.

Mrs. Chang chased and beat her for a while, Fang Lue calmed down a little, and when he came back, he listened to Mr. Zhao's confession to relatives, friends and others who came today.

The old patriarch Zhao patted him on the shoulder and sighed: "There are a few unworthy descendants in every household, you just know it in your heart, let you beat the son yourself, I also know the pain in your heart."

After hearing this, Mr. Zhao smiled wryly.

Mrs. Chang and others all came to comfort Mrs. Zhao. Mother Han pointed to the feather duster in Mrs. Chang's hand and said, "You can't see it, and now you can see that it is red and green. Where did you get it? It's not from the new house." Dowry?"

Chang was startled, looking at the slightly curved feather duster, which seemed to lose a few chicken feathers during the chase, and couldn't help but blushed, and then said confidently: "Take Yun'er's wife's dowry to Yun'er to vent your anger, isn't it?" Yun’er’s daughter-in-law came in and still blame me?” After speaking, without talking to the others, he quickly entered the room and put the feather duster back to its original place.

Seeing Douzi looking up at him, Chang said, "What are you looking at me for?"

Douzi is four years old, and also today's bed-rolling boy, wearing a red coat and green trousers, very cute, holding his face and saying: "Grandma, you moved the new aunt's duster, when the new aunt comes, I will tell aunt, called Aunt gave me sweets."

Mrs. Chang couldn't hold back a smile, but when she heard the sound of firecrackers outside, she knew that the newcomer had arrived, and went out with Dou Zi in her arms, saying on the way: "Don't forget to call Auntie later, to please your Auntie, your Auntie has a gift for you."

Douzi nodded vigorously in agreement, beaming with joy.

Many people had already come out, as if Zhao Qi's trouble had never happened.

The capital is more than ten times farther away from Bajing Town, where Zhao's family lives, than Rongguo Mansion and Zhou's. Xueyan felt sore all over while sitting in the sedan chair, and finally waited until the sedan chair stopped, the sedan door was unloaded, and another little hand grabbed her own. The sleeves were twitched three times, similar to Daiyu's etiquette when she married, Xueyan's face became hot, and she hurriedly got off the sedan chair.

Everyone saw that she was wearing a phoenix crown and Xiapei, and the halo on the Xiapei made her look more graceful and graceful. Although they didn't see the appearance under the red hijab, but they saw her small hands as white as jade, they knew that she must have a good appearance.

Mrs. Zhao had seen Xueyan before, but Mother Han had heard her name for a long time, but had never seen her in person. Seeing that her behavior was very different from the people in the town, she secretly praised her.

The etiquette of worship is the same as that of Daiyu's marriage. After the ceremony, she is sent to the bridal chamber and the red hijab is uncovered. It is too complicated to describe.

There were many relatives, friends and family members in the room who came to watch the fun. Seeing the snow geese sitting upright on the bed with pink faces and peach cheeks like tender willows and flowers, they were startled, and then looked at the deep scars on Zhao Yun's face. The feeling of planting flowers on cow dung, if the scar on his face is removed, he is really a pair of people made in heaven, what a pity.

Xue Yan was looked at by everyone, she lowered her head slightly, and did not speak.

Chang first praised Douzi loudly, and asked Douzi, "Douzi, do you think the new aunt is pretty?"

Dou Zi opened his eyes wide, nodded and said, "It looks good."

Chang asked again: "Do you think your uncle is blessed?"

Douzi said: "Yes! Grandma, what is a blessing? I want it too."

Everyone laughed loudly when they heard this, and said: "You are such a three-inch little bean, you want to marry a wife so early? You have to wait ten years before your turn is lucky!"

Douzi blinked, puzzled.

Everyone laughed again, making fun of Zhao Yun and Xueyan, making Xueyan blush with embarrassment, adding to the charm.

When I was young, Zhao Yun urged me to change my makeup, and Zhao Yun and everyone went out. Only Mrs. Mi and Mrs. Li, the mother of Douzi, brought hot water. Xiaolan and Cui Liu hurriedly unpacked the clothes, opened the mirror box and dowry, and helped Xueyan to wash up.

Xueyan took off her phoenix crown, took off her xiapei, and put on new clothes. It was a small pine flower cotton gauze jacket, covered with a silver and red silk tapestry gown with a hundred skirts, and underneath was tied a gold hundred butterfly and a bright red crepe skirt with flowers. Xiaolan looked at her Before leaving the pavilion, he had already learned how to do a woman's hair in a bun, and she tied her hair in a bun carefully, and took out a pair of red gold and silk pearls that the empress dowager rewarded, and put it on with her.

Mi Shi and Doumu saw that the pearls on the head and face were the size of lotus seeds. On the front was a pair of single phoenix with five tails hanging pearl hairpins. The body of the phoenix was inlaid with several large beads, and there were two strings of small beads in its mouth, adorned with agate, swaying. Sheng Zi, although I have seen it yesterday, but wearing it on Xue Yan's head, it is even more oppressive, so I can't help applauding secretly.

Xueyan saw that although they were surprised but not greedy, they immediately had a good impression of them.

Mi's opened the door, brought back Tangguo, and whispered with a smile: "My sister-in-law will pad her stomach first, and then salute to the elders and relatives and friends at home. We have a large family, and we have to be busy for a long time. By then, we will definitely not be able to eat anything."

Xueyan hurriedly thanked him, and knew it was hard work, so he used some first.

When visiting relatives and friends, Mrs. Mi and Mrs. Dou accompanied her out, and came to meet Zhao Yun, like Mrs. Dou and Mrs. Mi nodding her head to express her gratitude. She helped Xueyan to the hall and kowtowed to Mrs. Zhao and Mrs. Zhao.

When Mr. Zhao saw Xueyan, his expression was very gratified, and he said to Zhao Yun: "Both start a family and start a business. You started a business first, and now you have a family. I finally let go of my heart. In the future, you two must support each other. Live a good life."

Zhao Yun nodded in agreement, and Xueyan agreed.

Mr. Zhao gave a red seal, but Mrs. Zhao gave a pair of red gold and white jade bracelets.

Because most of the people's fields in the town were entrusted to Zhao Yun's name, they were protected by Zhao Yun, so when relatives, friends and elders received gifts, they gave them a lot of red seals. The old man Zhao Er gave these silver ladles, each a pair, and the rest of the neighbors from the village were as much as a penny, and as little as a few hundred.

After paying respects to the relatives and friends of the elders, the younger generation of the same generation will come to pay respects to them next.

Dou Zi ran faster than Zhao Feng's son Wei Geer, kowtowed in front of Xueyan, raised his face and shouted loudly: "Auntie!"

Xueyan smiled, bent down to pull her up, and ordered Xiaolan and Cui Liu to take out the purses they had prepared, one for each of them, according to the thickness of the gift given by each family just now, according to the distance of relatives, the money in each person's purse Things are different, for example, Wei Geer is a nephew, and there is a yellow gold lock in his purse, and the bean is a small gold lock, and there are silver locks in the rest.

Everyone saw that she was not thin, and they all liked her very much. After all, favors come and go, so they collected the things in the purse for the child, leaving only the purse to be with them. On my brother's collar.

After the dinner, everything was finally over, and the husband and wife returned to the bridal chamber.

But this is not the time to rest, as some family members, relatives and children have long since come to make trouble in the bridal chamber, clapping their hands and laughing while they drink the wine, and some very narrow-minded nephews hang up the fruit on the bedside with silk thread, The two of them had to eat together, today is not big or small, the more lively it is, the more prosperous life will be in the future, so the elders, relatives and friends let them make trouble.

Until the third watch, someone outside urged the people making trouble in the bridal chamber to disperse, saying: "Don't disturb Brother Yun!"

After everyone went out, Xueyan's face was still flushed, and her head was slightly messy.

All of a sudden, the youngest girl in the family came in with noodles, and said with a smile, "please sister-in-law to eat noodles."

Seeing that she was only five or six years old, Xueyan remembered that she was the granddaughter of Mr. Zhao Er, her name was Fang'er, and she was standing in front of her unsteadily with a bowl in her hand. she.

Fang'er saw that the purse was made of bright red satin embroidered with flowers and tender willows, it was very delicate, and she liked it very much. When she opened it, she found a small golden locket in the shape of a plum blossom, which was the red seal she deserved. Xueyan bowed and said, "Sister-in-law eats noodles."

After Xueyan finished eating, she took the bowl and said, "I won't bother sister-in-law and elder brother." After speaking, she ran out.

Zhao Yun asked someone to bring water up to help Xue Yan rinse her mouth and freshen up, remove her make-up and change her clothes.

Xueyan never thought that someone would share the same room with her, but fortunately, although she has not experienced human affairs, she is older and understands better, her face blushed before, and she forced herself to calm down. Zhao Yun saw her like this under the light, but he could see it. Her eyes were flickering, and she couldn't help laughing lowly, which made Xue Yan become angry from embarrassment, and gave him a sideways glance, could it be that she was even inferior to the ancients?

Seeing her unspeakable cuteness, Zhao Yun burst into laughter instead, and was about to sleep with him, when he heard a sound outside the window, he walked over to open the window, and sure enough, he saw several pairs of eyes looking over at the same time, very embarrassed.

It was Fang'er's older brother Zhao Cheng who took the lead to listen to the bridal chamber. He scratched his head and said, "Brother, don't blame me. Everyone wants to come. We won't bother you and sister-in-law." Pulling left and right, a group of people ran out in a hurry. On the way, they kept looking back at the lights of the new house, secretly regretting that they didn't hear Big Brother Yun's sweet words.

Zhao Yun closed the window, turned around and saw Xueyan pursing her lips and smiling, she was really as beautiful as jade.

Zhao Yun was suddenly distracted, went over and lowered the curtains to hide the spring in the room, and even opened the box to look at the paintings, and took out a pair of porcelain figurines to observe for half a day, just to enjoy himself.

In the early morning of the second day, Xueyan woke up in Zhao Yun's arms, thinking of what happened yesterday, she was shy and funny at the same time.Although the two of them had to watch flowers and porcelain at night in their bridal chamber, and they were both nervous, but Xueyan was very satisfied, she was innocent, and it was better to find a clean man than a battle-hardened man.

Xueyan was born with a habit of being happy and clean. Daiyu could still accept the existence of a concubine because her father also had a concubine, but she couldn't, so she also took a fancy to Zhao Yun before she agreed to the marriage. She thought about it, and had inquired about it in detail.

Zhao Yun woke up earlier than Xueyan, but he didn't get up. He only looked at her sleeping face with his eyes open, and was very satisfied. Seeing her long eyelashes trembling slightly, he immediately opened a pair of clear autumn eyes, couldn't help smiling, and said : "There are no elders in our family, you don't have to get up too early, just go to say hello to the old man and the old lady today."

Xueyan put on her clothes and got up, stretched out her arms to hold the black hair that had been scattered all night, and said: "The plan for a day is in the morning. Even if you don't have to greet your parents and elders, you have to get up early, read and practice calligraphy and martial arts. You can't wait until the sun is up for anything." .”

Seeing that her wrists were as bright as jade, Zhao Yun immediately thought of her snowy skin last night, sat up too, and said, "Alright, you are said to be able to read and write, and your calligraphy is very good. I want to see you too."

After finishing speaking, the couple got up and asked someone to bring hot water in to freshen up.

After Zhao Yun finished washing and washing, he saw Xueyan letting Xiaolan comb her hair. When she finished combing her hair, she didn't wear much jewelry, except for the big phoenix hairpin with pearls on the front, she only wore two kinds of heart-picking and temple-pressing. They each wore a gold inlaid jade bracelet and a white jade bracelet given by Mrs. Zhao yesterday, and a red rattan circle was worn between the gold and jade bracelets. Zhao Yun walked over after seeing it, and said, "I'll give you a thrush."

Xueyan was startled, then pursed her lips into a smile, and turned her face up to let him make a move.

Holding a brush in one hand, Zhao Yun supported her face with the other, looked at her carefully, and then stroked lightly on her eyebrows. Her long eyebrows were like smoke, and her red lips were like cherry blossoms. She got up after tidying up, like a light flower in the sky. Clouds come out of Xiu.

Xiaolan watched from the side, tidied up the dowry, and said with a smile: "It is said that the thrush is opened. Today I saw my uncle thrush the girl. I guess the scene with the thrush opened is not as good as the one in front of me. It looks like a painting." Without that scar on Zhao Yun's face, the scene he saw just now was even more beautiful.

Xueyan smiled and said, "You guys are the only ones talking too much."

Zhao Yun asked his family to greet Xueyan. Xueyan only brought Xiaolan and Cuiliu as dowry girls. She is not like a rich and powerful family, so she also received the gift from the servants. She had met these two people before, and she laughed at this matter, and asked Xiaolan to give the purse to everyone.

Among them, Guanyue and Zhao Yun have been together for a long time, and Zhao Yun is the happiest. At the beginning, he thought that Xueyan was so good.

Zhao Yundao: "Let's go to the old house first, and have dinner with grandpa and grandmother in the old house for a while, and take care of the things at home when we come back."

Xueyan nodded slightly, and let him drag her out without Xiaolan and Cuiliu.

Zhao Yun nodded to the neighbors who greeted him on the side of the road, and then said to Xueyan: "The neighbors in the town are very simple, and their lives are not luxurious. Our family is only second to the rich man Jiang's family and my grandfather's family. Home, and our house is not very far from the old house, so it is good to walk there, if you drive, although it is light, it will inevitably cause some gossip, you must bear it."

Xueyan smiled and said, "Don't worry, how can I not know the truth of going to the countryside and doing as the Romans do?"

A flash of approval flashed in Zhao Yun's eyes, and he said again: "When I come back from the old house, I will give you all the things and keys in the house, excluding the cost of getting married, plus the gift money from various places, there are about 400 taels left , I will keep them all for you. Our family has a house in the capital city. It is not far from the Zhou family. It was rented out earlier. It has an income of 200 taels a year and ten hectares of fertile land. It is only near the capital. All the good land is occupied by the rich and powerful, so our family’s land is far away, three hundred miles away, and it is usually cultivated by tenants, and the rent is collected twice a year, which is about 600 taels of income.”

After hearing this, Xueyan was full of doubts. She remembered that she had collected 200 taels of silver a year for 300 mu of land because she had paid taxes. Two, how come Zhao Yun's income from 600 mu of land is only [-] taels?He doesn't have to pay taxes yet, but it looks like his own difference, so he asked the question unconsciously.

Zhao Yun sighed, and said: "The Rongguo Mansion is very cruel to the tenants. I have heard it all along, and the head of the village also wants to get benefits, so the rent is very high. Your sister's parents are both in charge of the Rongguo Mansion. Naturally, they act like the Rongguo Mansion, which shows that Lin Shuren is also a kind person. Our tenants are also living in hardship. Every year, one mu of land only collects a few stones of grain. When natural disasters happen, there is no food for subsistence. I didn't want to exploit too much, so I only charged them one liang of silver a year for an acre of land. At least they could live a prosperous life, because I bought all the land in that village, and they were smart and didn't dare Let outsiders know."

When Xueyan heard this, she felt a sense of admiration from the bottom of her heart. After all, the common people are the most miserable, so why not do it if they can help a little?This is a good deed, not for fame and fortune, not to mention that Zhao Yun is not an official, so what is the use of fame and fortune.

Zhao Yun said again: "Most of the fields in our town and neighbors are under my name, so they don't have to pay taxes, so they are richer than the people elsewhere. To be honest, I don't agree with such rules, because doing things like this will lead to high officials and dignitaries. It is the land that is widely purchased, more houses are purchased, the disciples do business, do not pay taxes, the treasury is getting more and more empty, and the people are getting more and more miserable. It is a pity that I alone cannot turn things around."

Speaking of this, Zhao Yun laughed at himself: "Right now, I've also gone against my will and accepted the entrustment of my neighbors. It's really ridiculous. What I said is so beautiful, and it's not like I don't have to pay taxes. With such benefits, I don't have backache when I stand and talk." .”

Xueyan agreed very much, and comforted: "I know what you mean. You are not doing justice to the people, but from the standpoint of the country. In fact, I also think it is best to treat everyone equally, because the richest people in the world are the high-ranking officials. The dignitaries, they have bought large tracts of fertile land, and the sporadic ones left for the people are not good. If the common people in the world get five, the dignitaries also get five, but how can the number of dignitaries be compared with the number of common people? If you pay taxes like the common people, there is absolutely no reason for the treasury to be empty. It is said that 'prosperity, the people suffer; death, the people suffer', you just can't bear the exploitation of your neighbors."

After hearing Xueyan's words, Zhao Yun suddenly felt pleasantly surprised, and said, "You also agree with me?"

Xueyan smiled slightly, and said: "What you say is reasonable, I naturally agree, if what you say is unreasonable, I will refute it."

Zhao Yun held her hand tightly and said: "At the beginning, when I said something like this, the teachers and classmates ridiculed me, saying that I was whimsical. If I study hard and become an official, I will not have these benefits. After all, everything is inferior. , only reading is good. Unexpectedly, after General Zhou, you will understand me."

Xueyan smiled and said, "Although your idea is good, I'm afraid it will not be easy to realize."

Zhao Yun sighed, and said: "Exactly, I can't be an official, and my words are just lip service. If I want to truly achieve great harmony in the world, it will be a day-to-day plan."

Xueyan nodded and said: "It's not a hundred or eighty years, I'm afraid it's impossible."

Zhao Yundao: "It turns out that you know this too. It's really a family tradition. With such knowledge, you can imagine what kind of person Lin Shuren is. It's my luck. I thought you knew a few words."

Xueyan shot him a sideways glance, since she planned to live a good life with Zhao Yun, she would naturally show her good points one by one.

Seeing that her eyes were watery, Zhao Yun's heart fluttered, but the Zhao family's old house was already in front of him, so he pulled her in and said, "Grandfather and grandmother are now living with the third uncle's family. You know, apart from the third uncle's family, there are only two A mother-in-law who does rough work and a few long-term workers outside, and many needlework are still taken care of by the third aunt with her younger brothers and sisters."

Xueyan nodded, remembering it in her heart.

When they got outside the upper room, someone had already informed them to come in. Niu and Mi's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law greeted them with smiles on their faces. Niu said, "The old man and the old lady were talking about it. It so happened that you came here."

The husband and wife went in to invite Ann, and they also ate with the two elders. Because Xueyan was a bride, they could serve the table without separation.

Just as he was using it, he suddenly heard a commotion outside. The old woman hurried in and said out of breath, "Old man, old lady, the family that caused trouble at Brother Yun's marriage yesterday is here again." She knew the Zhao family's affairs very well and hated Zhao Qi had a family, and they were expelled from the clan, so they could no longer be called the second master, so there was this saying.

Mr. Zhao slapped his chopsticks on the table and said angrily, "They still have the face to come here again? Didn't they get beaten enough yesterday?"

Zhao Yun knew yesterday that Zhao Qi's family was making trouble when he got married, so he immediately stood up and said, "Grandfather, let me take care of them."

Mr. Zhao waved his hands weakly, and said: "You just need to beat yourself up, don't lose your life, they have nothing to regret, but you can't make trouble. Tomorrow, I will tell the patriarch to tell the neighbors in the town Look at it, if they dare to take half a step into the town, their legs will be broken!"