The husband's son-in-law

The silk and hemp thread in the silk and hemp factory has a backlog of three warehouses, the color is not dyed correctly, and the workers in the textile factory cannot go to work. After learning the skills proficiently, they wait at home to listen to orders, so they look forward to it every day.

After looking forward to it for a long time, fear was born in my heart.

"Don't you want us?"

"Could it be that you don't want to do this fabric business?"

Hua Niang is a worker who twists hemp thread. Her hands are thick and she can't go to the textile factory. After practicing for a while, she is also proficient in workmanship and can get started quickly. Unfortunately, the leader who taught them said: "Your hands are not too rough. It’s okay to use hemp thread now, but when it’s mixed with silk thread, it’s easy to scratch the material.”

People in the same village spoke for her, how would they know if they didn't give it a try?

In the end, the team leader let him try, and he gave up after trying.Hua Niang was put on the shelf to try, but she was very worried, fearing that the material would be scratched, and she couldn't do it well with all her hands and feet tied up.

Everyone naturally thinks that the textile factory is good, they sit down, and the work is clean, and they are assigned to the silk and hemp factory. Poor Hua Niang, she was arranged there.

But after I finished my studies, after more than half a month, the textile factory was slow to start, but the hemp thread factory kept running. Hua Niang thought she was lucky at that time, and she didn't stop. People in the same village also praised her, saying that they would go if they knew about it. The silk factory.

Every time this happened, Hua Niang would silently say: "We have not stopped rubbing hemp, if we don't do it, it will be wasted."

This is true.

Others are relieved to hear it.

Except for a one-month break during Chinese New Year, Hua Niang has been working back and forth for almost five months, taking three days off every month, and has accumulated more than 700 essays in total.This is the wealth and wealth that the family has never seen since she got married. Men are lazy and lazy, and she can support the family by herself. There is also some hope on the originally dull face.

Originally, I should have saved more money, but the aunt Lao Neighbor's aunt watched her, and initially confiscated her money.Later, the textile factory in the village stopped working, and her silk and hemp factory didn't stop every day. Although Hua Niang was a little dull, she knew what was going on.

Every tenth day of rest, I bought meat and eggs, gave half to my aunt next door, and kept half at her house.Or help to be more diligent, to sew and wash the aunt's house,

Four pairs of straw sandals are worn out.

Walking back and forth, getting up early and staying late, returning home to sew, wash and cook, and make rice balls for men and aunts for the next day, so don’t be hungry.Even on holidays.

In the past, Hua Niang was numb and the house was poor and pitiful, and she couldn't clean it up, but now it's different.

She looked at the small pot of saving money and the number of coins increased one by one, as if she saw that in the future, when the pot was full, she could build a house, and when the old lady was eight years old, she could send the old lady to school.

When she came back from the factory that day, Hua Niang didn't go back to her house, but went to other houses in the same village, and didn't go in. She stood at the gate of the yard calling her name, and soon a girl from the [-]th National Congress ran out of the house.

"What happened to Mrs. Hua?"

"I heard from the factory that Boss Li came back yesterday, and today our factory sent hemp thread to the dyeing workshop." Hua Niang reported the good news.

The girl was delighted when she heard that, "Really?! Isn't it time to go to work? Thank God, Boss Li is finally back. Sister-in-law, you are so kind."

"I'll go back if nothing happens," Hua Niang said.

"well."

On the way back, Hua Niang also had a faint smile in her eyes.Everyone is getting better.

The girl went home and told the good news, and the elders, parents and grandparents of the family were naturally happy to agree, but the younger brother might not open the factory after saying something.Naturally, he was trained.

Within a day, someone came to send a letter saying that the textile factory had started work.

The weaver girls on the short and long distances all heard the good news, and packed up before dawn the next day, and Lu Yuan and his companions went to the factory together.The girl calls Erniang and walks with Huaniang.

It's getting hotter.

The four factories outside the city of Zhaozhou are busy again. The textile factories that have been idle for two or three months now have looms that don’t stop. The factory also provides sheep oil hand guards for the female workers, and the looms click and click. It's ringing non-stop.

The dyeing workshop did not stop.

Men and women workers are busy.

Seeing this, the eight merchants at the silk and hemp factory in Zhaozhou City completely let go of their suspended hearts. As soon as Boss Li comes back, this solution will solve it.very nice.

Li Zhouzhou ran around Zhaozhou City for a few days.

In fact, the method of Qian's family is not much different from that of Wang's family in Zhaozhou City. There is an extra plant of grass that can be seen everywhere, boiled out of water, and mixed in according to the proportion to fix the color.There are also sub-steps, and one step is reversed.

Whether it is silk or linen, the dyed color is bright and cannot be washed off in water—of course, it cannot be washed in the sun for many years, which will fade slowly.

The dyeing method should be kept confidential.Li Zhouzhou handed over the matter to Wang Jian.

And Brother Lin originally cut the clothes out of the satin he bought, and the last cut went down, and he stared at the satin material for a long time. When Wang Jian came back, he found that Brother Lin was sitting there motionless, and the table It was full of cloth heads.

A look, can not help but surprised.

"This is your precious satin, how did it get cut so shredded? Who told you?" Wang Jian raised his eyebrows in the back to vent his anger on Brother Lin.It shouldn't be, the servants in Li's mansion are very strict, Sister Li Chun treats them very well, no servant will gossip.

Brother Lin thought about something, and when he heard Elder Wang Jian's voice, he came back to his senses, his face was shining brightly, he pulled Elder Wang Jian to sit down, and said: "No one bullied me, I was originally going to make clothes , but after cutting it, I found that it was not embroidered, but woven."

"Aren't you stupid? You don't weave satin and satin." Wang Jian tapped Brother Xia Lin on the forehead, just startled him, "Sitting still in a daze, I thought someone bullied you .”

"No, no." Brother Lin's face was happy, knowing that Brother Wang Jian was protecting him.He focused his eyes on the fabric on the table again, and touched it with his hand, "The name is nice, too. It's decorated with flowers and birds. I don't know how to make it—"

"Do you want to try?" Wang Jian saw it at a glance, and before Brother Lin could speak, he said decisively: "Tomorrow I will go to the dyeing workshop to call you, and find you an empty loom, so you can practice. "

"Don't be afraid and don't reject me. The dyeing workshop is behind the textile factory. I go to work during the day, and you stay in the mansion alone. It's not just a place to make clothes and jewelry. It's not that it's not good, but the boss values ​​you. Always makes sense."

In the past, Wang Jian didn't understand the fun of swinging clothes and jewelry, but the boss said, everyone has their own preferences, brother Lin loves these things, and it doesn't bother him.

"Besides, the boss took you to the store this time and bought a novel tape material. Brother Lin, you are not stupid. You should know the boss's intentions. Don't be afraid. The boss is not the kind who insists on you Figure out something, even if you don't figure it out, the boss won't blame you."

"But if you have a chance, you always have to seize it and try."

"Don't you want to try it yourself? Think about it?"

Brother Lin bit his lip, nodded, and decided to go with Brother Wang Jian tomorrow.

"That's good, let's go and eat." Wang Jian stroked Brother Lin's hair as if loving his younger brother.

Gu Zhao returned to Zhaozhou in early June. He didn't go back to the Yamen just after entering the city gate, but went straight to the mansion. He thought that no matter how late Zhou Zhou was, he should be back in June, but when he entered The door was empty.

"Father, where's Zhou Zhou?" Gu Zhao asked his father.

Li Daxian laughed, "You father and son really talk in the same way, and Fu Bao also went to see his father first after school." After the joke was over, he said: "In the factory outside the city, I went early in the morning and said I would come back around noon. , don’t run away, just wait.”

"Well, I won't run away, don't miss out again."

After Gu Zhao finished speaking, he went into the house, took a shower, changed his clothes, and sat in the side hall to eat in a bunt. He rode all the way back and had no appetite to eat. Now that he is home, he is hungry.

A bowl of mung bean soup, some cold dishes, and a few pancakes.

Gu Zhao was halfway through eating, and Li Zhouzhou came back. The husband and wife had a lot to say when they saw each other, but they were all waiting, not in a hurry.After Li Zhouzhou washed up, he also sat down to eat. He was not hungry, he used it in the factory, so he will eat with his husband for a while.

The factory manages one meal at noon.

"Stuffed multigrain rice, steamed taro, fried shredded pork with pickles, scrambled eggs with courgettes." Li Zhouzhou said.It's not too rich, the staple food is a bowl of stewed rice with mixed grains, plus two taro per person, to keep you full.

Gu Zhao: "The rice in the big pot is delicious."

"It is."

After chatting a few words about food, Li Da would be bored, so he went to take a nap.As soon as Li Da left, the husband and wife began to talk about business.

"But what went wrong on the road? You don't even have to tell me if Dad is here, just talk about the good ones." Gu Zhao stopped the chopsticks in his hand.

Li Zhouzhou: "It's not too bad, it's a blessing in disguise." Then he told about what happened with Boss Qian in Liangzhe.

"Meng Jianyun, boy." Gu Zhao frowned, "I was at the age of rebellion in the second year of middle school, and I went through that kind of thing again. When I bought him that day, there was a light in his eyes for survival, but now his life is stable. It looks good, but when something happens, it will be ruthless."

"There's nothing to tie you up."

Gu Zhao sighed.

Meng Jianyun was also struggling. The whole family died, and the day was so difficult, so he managed to survive with a single breath, but the comforting days were long, and he stabbed him from time to time. When something happened, he wanted to die ', 'If you die, you can see your relatives'.

"I'll take care of him, he has to be punished." Gu Zhao decided to send Meng Jianyun to the government school for a few days.Go study hard, save time, and be full of cynical thoughts.

Li Zhouzhou heard Xianggong say this, "Then Su Shiyi will go together."

The two of them were partners, and they happened to commit the crime together.

After this matter is over, let's talk about the other side.Gu Zhao said that the rubber factory run by Minzhang and the crock factories in various places also need to be scaled up. Every prefecture and county should set up one. He will go to Jiting to take care of it for a few days, but there is no rush.

The factory has just been built, and these canned fruits can be packed by the end of this year, which is considered fast.

"It's time to start construction on the coconut factory in Jiting Rongguan."

"Busy all the time." Gu Zhao said with a smile on his face.It's okay to be busy. When I first arrived in Zhaozhou, the people were idle and idle, and there was no place to use all their strength. The whole city of Zhaozhou exuded a stale atmosphere.

It's different now.

In the evening of that day, Su Shiyi and Meng Jianyun went back to the front yard. Just after eating, Li Chun sent a message in the backyard, saying that the Lord wanted to see the two of them.Su Shiyi was quite happy, "My lord is back!"

Meng Jianyun glanced at Su Shiyi and didn't speak.

"But why are we called? Is there something else to do?"

Meng Jianyun didn't say a word, he decided whether to fight or kneel, he would do as he pleases, without any expression of fear on his face.Su Shiyi was still foolishly following behind, but when he got to the main hall of the backyard, he felt something was wrong, and suddenly remembered why Mr. Gu called them.

During the Liangzhe period, he went out privately and was disobedient.

Cousin said that I will talk about it when I come back, but when I returned to Zhaozhou, the adults were not there, and they often went out to work. Su Shiyi had long forgotten about this, and now thinking of it——

Su Shiyi was scared.

For some reason, he was also considered to be a relative, and Master Gu treated him kindly on weekdays, and he never punished him or scolded him loudly—except for the time when he first came to Bolin.But every time he saw Mr. Gu, Su Shiyi still felt scared and scared.

Not to mention that it will punish them.

Su Shiyi walked slowly, and said to Meng Jianyun: "Do you think the adults will punish us for hitting the board? If we really hit the board, I will take a few more hits for you. You are still young so don't break it."

"You don't need to replace me." Meng Jianyun coldly refused.

"Hey man."

When we reached the entrance of the main hall while speaking, Su Shiyi saw Mr. Gu sitting in the hall, and immediately dared not speak any more.Two people went in, one was not talkative, and the other was afraid of Mr. Gu, so he didn't dare to beg for mercy with Mr. Gu.

"Boss Li is the leader of the team when you are doing business outside. The two of you did not follow orders and acted in private." Gu Zhao didn't ask the two of them if they knew they were wrong, and said directly: "Go back and pack your bags—"

Before he finished speaking, Meng Jianyun knelt down first, and Su Shiyi also knelt down when he saw it, saying that he knew they were wrong and didn't drive them away.

Gu Zhao: ...

"Pack up your bags and go to government school."

Su Shiyi: Huh?

Go to official school.

Meng Jianyun was also stunned for a while, but he was still kneeling, with a sigh of relief on his expressionless face.

It turned out that he was going to the government to study, not to drive him away.

"During this time, the two of you don't bother with other things, just go to the government school and study hard. If you fail in your studies, then continue studying. I can afford it."

"What are you still kneeling on, go back and pack your bags, and go to government school tomorrow."

The two stood up obediently, not daring to say another word, and quickly rolled out of the backyard. When they got out of the backyard, Su Shiyi patted his chest and heaved a sigh of relief, "Fortunately, fortunately, I was scared to death just now." Meng, "You move very fast, did you get scared just now?"

"I want you to take care of it." After Meng Jianyun finished speaking, he went back to the house to tidy up.

Going to a government school to study was even more painful for Meng Jianyun than playing with a board. He was confined in one place and sat in the morning and afternoon every day. The whole class was full of young masters from rich families who looked sideways at him. There are also those who are courteous.

Meng Jianyun said coldly to the person who came, "I am a slave of the Li family, and I have found the wrong person."

The classmate who originally wanted to get close was stunned, not knowing what to say.Su Shiyi came over to smooth things over and said, "We were punished to study here. That's his nature. Don't take it to heart."

"No, no." The classmate waved his hand and left.

It's just that, all the merchants in Zhaozhou City knew that the manager Xiaomeng was a slave of the Li family, so they naturally underestimated him for a while, no matter how much the Li family valued him, he was just a slave.On the contrary, Mr. Gu is kind and kind. His servant did something wrong and punished him to study.

...I really don't know how to say it.

The two went to government schools, and Fu Bao went to school in June, which happened to be a diversion.When Fubao arrived at school, he was very happy every day. He felt that June was so happy. He knew Aji and Brother Mu in the class.

There is no light reading in school, and there are other classes. His favorite thing is to weed in the field behind.

When I came home from school, I could still see Dad, who hugged him and listened to what he learned and did today.Li Da was listening, praising Fubao for his good work, and teaching Fubao how to weed, sow seeds, and water.

"Grandpa is so amazing." Fu Bao admired him.

Li Dale touched Fubao's head, "Your grandfather spent most of his life digging in the fields, what's that?"

But I said I sent Fubao to learn how to read and write, so why do I have to do farm work?Forget about doing farm work, no matter what happens in the future, I won’t be hungry.

In mid-June, Shunyun's bodyguard arrived.

The two bodyguards pulled a load of things, most of which belonged to the Chen family.One was sent to Chen Mansion, and the other was sent to Li Mansion.Li Da was busy going out to meet people, and when he saw the bodyguard, he called his little brother, asked him to serve tea and sit down to talk.

The escort handed over his hands and called the old man, knowing that the old man of Li's mansion was a warm-hearted person, so he was not very polite, and said: "Stop sitting down now, the old man will check and check things, this one is smooth, my list is over, let's have a good time together The old man will talk."

"Success." Li Da also said simply.He couldn't read, so he asked Zhou Zhou to come over and read together.

The gift to Li's family was a small wooden box, which contained letters and pickled vegetables. The weather was hot and there was not much to eat. There were only two jars of pickled vegetables that were spilled along the way. Fortunately, no other things were dirty.

The two jars of pickles were given by Li Guihua, the stepmother of Dongping Village.

Li Zhouzhou suppressed the letter to Mr. Xianggong, and looking back, Mr. Xing came back to read. He picked up Brother Xing's letter, and there was a letter for his father, which was written by Xiao Tian.

"It should be a prescription for warming and tonic." Li Zhouzhou said.

Take it apart and see it is true.

Oda said in the letter that congenital infirmities are also divided, because he has never seen anyone, and he can’t do anything. Now he can only give some food warming and tonic methods. They are all mild-tempered and have no medicinal properties. Add in some exercise...

"Send this to Du Juren."

Li Zhouzhou said: "Tomorrow I will send Fubao to school, and it happens to be there."

Brother Xing's letter is much more simple and straightforward, unlike before, the handwriting is neat and childish, "It should be written by Yuan Yuan."

Good news, Yuan Yuan passed the Tongsheng exam, it happened in March last year.Brother Xing came to announce the good news.

Li Tianran was very happy, "This is a good thing, Yuan Yuan passed the exam at such a young age." After careful calculation, "How old is Yuan Yuan?"

"Born in 49." Li Zhouzhou replied.

"Yuan Yuan is 12 years old in a blink of an eye. It's okay." Li Da lamented that the time is fast, but he was born a child at the age of 12. "Yuan Yuan is the material for studying."

Li Zhouzhou nodded, thinking so.

Brother Xing was very happy in the letter, and said a lot. Yuan Yuan won the Tongsheng, and went back to the village to set up a banquet, because the son of the sister-in-law's family was studying a year later, and took the exam together last year, but the son of the sister-in-law failed. It's sour and not in love, Xing Ge'er said that he couldn't help but let his nephew come to study in the prefecture and county, and he had sex with Yuan Yuan, and the sister-in-law was happy, and she became more enthusiastic with him...

And said a lot of trivial things.

Now Li Zhouzhou looked at the little things between the sisters-in-law on the letter paper, and felt a little strange.

The stepmother's letter was for him, and she said a lot, saying that grandma is getting old, she doesn't have much appetite for meals now, and her appetite has decreased a lot, and she keeps talking about Zhao'er all day long. Mention, I think Zhaoer is filial, so I must want to know, I invited Xiaotian to come and see, Xiaotian said that there is nothing important to rest more, eat more nutritious...

The letter was ghostwritten by Zhao Ze. At the end, Zhao Ze said that he was selected as a scholar last year, and Zhu Xiucai was selected as a candidate the year before last.

Chen House.

After the bodyguard announced his name, the concierge went to pass it on. Just as he finished speaking, he saw the third master running out.When Chen Dalang Saburo saw the bodyguard, he looked at the box behind him, his eyes turned red.

"Did you find someone?" Chen Sanlang was extremely disappointed when he saw that this box was the one he sent over.

The escort hurriedly said: "The letter has been delivered, it was sent back by the second lady of your mansion."

As soon as the words were finished, the two brothers were both surprised and happy, and one of them was crying, weeping with joy, raised his arms and sleeves and wiped them carelessly, and said, "I'm going to call my father and mother."

There is no news for ten years.

Chen Dalang is the guest of the bodyguard, he is full of words, but he doesn't know how to confide and how to ask.The two brothers were so overjoyed that they didn't even think about why the bodyguard was called "Second Miss of Your Mansion" instead of Mrs. Fu Zun.

The escort was full of hesitation, and finally reminded Uncle Chen: "Second Miss is not doing well."

"What, what?" Chen Dalang recovered from the celebration, and seeing the escort's expression, his heart sank, "What's wrong with my second sister?"

Now that Mr. Chen is still in the future, the bodyguard wants to let the uncle know first.

"When we were lucky enough to find Wannan's brother, we didn't see anyone several times, and the concierge's servants closed the door to see no visitors." The escort handed the letter written by Wannan's brother to the uncle.

After several rounds of turnarounds, the matter was finally delivered to Miss Chen Er.

Chen Dalang received the letter, only read a few lines, and was furious, gnashing his teeth, wishing he could go to Guyuan prefecture——

"How dare this bastard abuse Er Niang like this."

The bodyguard didn't know how to speak, it was difficult to deliver letters, and it was even more troublesome to deliver things. If it wasn't for Miss Chen worrying about her only daughter, she might have been tortured to death.

"What happened to Erniang?"

At some point, Master Chen and Mrs. Chen arrived, and it was too late for Chen Dalang to hide the letter, so his father snatched it away. Chen Dalang was afraid that his father would be angry, so he wanted to say something, but when he thought of what happened to his second mother, he could only hate.

Yaoji's last communication, Erniang said that everything went well, she had a aunt in front of her, and a son was born in the next three years, both sons and daughters, and the husband was also transferred to the Central Plains, and became a magistrate of a prefecture, and everything was settled. .

After hearing the letter, the Chen family breathed a sigh of relief, and settled down.

Especially Mr. Chen, he himself has no connections, background and money. He has struggled in the officialdom and settled down to Zhaozhou. , and her daughter can live in peace.

But she never expected that with such a settlement, everything was fine, but within two years, Chen Erniang's life became more difficult. At first, her husband wanted to take a concubine.

It is said that it was stuffed by a squire outside, and he offended the squire's daughter after drinking, so it is not good to tarnish her reputation, otherwise the woman will hang herself, and it will also hinder his reputation.

Although Chen Erniang was a bit appetizing, she could only do so. In this world, it is common for men to take concubines, and the husband cherishes and respects her. The past few years have been clean and self-disciplined, which is already very good.

If there is one, there are naturally two.

Chen Erniang's natal family is in Zhaozhou. Even if her father becomes an official, what if he gets promoted in the future?Not able to communicate with letters, unable to quench thirst from far away, no one to support, Chen Erniang gradually became isolated and helpless in Guyuan County.

The concubine's room is not mentioned.

The husband wants to marry a flat wife.

Chen Erniang couldn't save anything, and she looked disheartened step by step, until Ping's wife gave birth to a son, and not long after, her son Erlang stumbled and fell into the lotus pond in the yard...

There are only a few numbers in the letter, but every word weeps blood.

Chen Erniang was broken, knowing that she would not live long, she wanted to beg her father to pick up her daughter, in such a place of tigers and wolves, if she left, the end of the aunt would be to be sent to some Shangguan as her stepmother.