The husband's son-in-law

Gu Zhao had just entered the mansion, and heard from Zhou Zhou that the Shunyun Bodyguard came today, went to Ningping County and Xiping Village, and brought a lot of things.

Today's dinner at home is pickled vegetables, millet porridge, and some meat pies.

"The pickled vegetables sent by the stepmother?" Gu Zhao was not surprised, he always had a picture, and the picture was not beyond his ability, which was nothing.

Li Zhouzhou said: "I told the kitchen, try it tonight, dad hasn't tasted anything from the village for a long time."

Fu Bao was sitting and writing big characters in the study, while Wang Wang squatted at the door of the study and watched.Now Wang Wang has grown in size, with sleek black fur and bright eyes, he is an energetic young puppy.

"I'll still write it now, I'll definitely play it when I come back." Gu Zhao knew it after reading it, but it didn't matter, as long as he could finish writing it before dark.Now in school, there is not much homework, so Fubao began to 'procrastinate'.

In the past when I was in government school, I had a lot of homework, and I had to recite it. After school, I would do my homework first, and play after I finished it.When I moved to school, it took me two days. I made sure of my homework and time, and played first when I came back. I spent about the same time doing my homework and had dinner after I finished.

Gu Zhao sat in the side hall and read the letter, which was from Master Zhao and Zhu Xiucai.He heard from Zhou Zhou that Zhu Xiucai won the Juren, and his ranking was at the bottom, and he has been waiting for a transfer.When I opened it, I found that Zhu Xiucai's letter was very respectful, starting with the word "Bai Qi".

The letter is just like Zhu Xiucai himself, with a little twist.

I wanted him to help me clear up again, but I also knew that this argument was unreasonable, so I was embarrassed, but I also revealed that I wanted his help, so I went back and forth, really entangled.Gu Zhao roughly read it and put it aside, and I will talk about it later.

Mrs. Zhao wrote a few greetings and nothing else.

"Grandma has a bad appetite." Li Zhouzhou mentioned it.

Gu Zhao said: "The next time I deliver coconuts, please take a trip and send some money and tonics."

"I think so too. My mother-in-law is thinking about money and wants us to subsidize some money, but it's a fact that Grandma is getting older. We don't need these things now. The distance between the two places is far away. I gave some money. Lao mother-in-law and father-in-law You should take care of it more.”

There is nothing to say about this.

How much money is all up to Zhou Zhou to decide.Not too much, give some old ginseng and the like.

Gossiping, barking twice, Gu Zhaotong and Zhou Zhou looked at each other, both of them laughed, Li Zhouzhou said: "Pack up the letters, let's eat."

"Okay." Gu Zhao packed up the letters on the table and put them in the box.

As soon as I finished speaking, the footsteps of Wang Wang and Fu Bao, a dog and a dog, sounded. Before they arrived, the voices also came, "Wang Wang.", "Daddy Fufu finished his homework~"

Set up a meal for dinner.

Nowadays, when eating at home, a family of four, at least two meat and two vegetarian meals, comes with a soup, and sometimes there is a plate of desserts with sweet fillings after the meal.The same is true for this one.

But the chopsticks of an adult family frequently went to the plate of unremarkable pickles.

Fu Bao felt very curious, looked at his grandfather and father, dug a mouthful with a small spoon, and imitated his grandfather, took a big mouthful of it mixed with millet porridge, and licked his mouth after eating.

"Is it delicious?" Li Da asked.

Fu Bao nodded and shook his head.

"It's a little delicious, but not a lot."

Fu Bao couldn't figure out why grandpa and dad loved this dish so much.Li Da laughed and said: "This is the pickled vegetable from Xiping Village. You can see that this root is all red. After pickling, it tastes crunchy. Before Fu Bao was born, grandpa and your father Live together in a small house, your dad will pickle this, eating it will last autumn and winter."

Li Dayi was bitter and sweet. He used to eat this kind of meat, the fatter the better, but now he doesn't use his chopsticks much because he thinks it is delicious.

"No dad?" Fu Bao still didn't like pickled vegetables very much, but he was curious about what grandpa said.

Li Da said: "Your father came after, your father is going to get married when he grows up, so your father came here."

The grandfather and grandson were talking and eating.

Li Chun hurried in suddenly and said, "My lord, Mr. Chen's family is here."

"Is the whole family here?" Gu Zhao listened to the main point. If it was something else, like playing chess and drinking tea, it shouldn't be a meal, and there was no need for a sudden family visit.

Li Zhouzhou remembered, "In the afternoon, Shun Yun came to our house alone, and went to the Chen Mansion alone. Earlier, he went north with the caravan, and the Chen Mansion even gave something to the second lady who married in the Central Plains..."

The grown-ups have already guessed something, if Second Miss Chen's life goes smoothly, that's a good thing, and the Chen family won't come to visit at this time, if it's not a good thing, it's a bad thing.

"Please go to the main hall." Gu Zhao put down his chopsticks, and said to his father, "Chen Weng came here in a hurry, I'm afraid there is something to do, so I won't eat for now, father and Fubao will continue to eat."

"I'll go with you." Li Zhouzhou also put down his chopsticks and got up.

Li Da was afraid to scare Fu Bao, nodded, stayed to see Fu Bao, and talked about the things in the village to distract Fu Bao, but fortunately he ate half of it, and took Fu Bao to the back garden after eating baa baa.

Lanterns have been lit in the main hall.

Chen Weng, Mrs. Chen, and Chen Dalang, Sanlang, Wulang and Qilang are all here.The first Dalang Saburo was born to Mrs. Chen, and Goro Qilang was born to a concubine from Zhaozhou. The four sons are all grown-up young men.

The younger one didn't follow.

When Gu Zhao saw the Chen family's mobilization, he knew that his guess was probably right.All the male members of the Chen family looked resentful, especially Dalang Saburo, and Mrs. Chen's eyes were red and swollen, and it was obvious that she had cried.Chen Weng is okay, he is quite calm.

Seeing this, Gu Zhao didn't have much polite greetings, and asked Chen Weng and Mrs. Chen to sit down and talk.

Li Zhouzhou poured hot tea and handed it to Mrs. Chen.After Mrs. Chen took it, she felt sad again, talked about Erniang's affairs, and said what she wanted...

"...Master Gu has been in the imperial court in Beijing, and he has an official he knows. He still wants Mr. Gu's help, so he begged the officer to give this bastard a severe punishment and order the back house to be strict." Mrs. Chen cried.

Gu Zhao didn't answer, but looked at Chen Weng.Chen Weng has a round face, and he eats well. He has seen him so many times, he is easy-going and cheerful, and has the rustic look of a nouveau riche, but now half of his body is sunk in the dim light, and his expression is dim and difficult to distinguish.

But Gu Zhao felt that Chen Weng didn't mean that.

"Mrs. Chen, why don't you want Erniang to reconcile and leave, and take the child back to Zhaozhou?" Li Zhouzhou asked.

"This, this——" Mrs. Chen was stunned and flustered by the question, she wanted to subconsciously say 'how can this be done', but when she thought of the hardships her second mother had endured in the past few years, she couldn't help it, she couldn't wait for it The beast was struck to death by lightning.

Li Zhouzhou said: "Why can't it work? If Erniang still has feelings for her husband, she won't believe that she is disheartened and lifeless. Since she is not afraid of death, why can't she make up?"

"If it is said that the other women and Li are afraid of gossip, and the natal family doesn't love or accept them, they think their daughter will be ashamed, have nowhere to go, and don't have the skills to live by themselves. Death. But here in Zhaozhou, what are we afraid of?"

Li Zhouzhou thought of Mrs. Ma in Ningping prefecture. At first, Mrs. Ma would rather hang herself than think about reconciling with Li. That means that reconciling and leaving cannot survive. It is because of rumors that Xingzi can kill people. Dead end, dead clean.But Chen Erniang is different.

As soon as Mrs. Chen heard it, she began to think about what Boss Li said.

The second mother is the flesh that fell from her body. After being separated from her for so many years, why doesn't she want to?

She is such a daughter.

Gu Zhaotong said to Chen Weng: "As Mrs. Chen said, I can help, but let me put it bluntly. There are many petty officials like the second lady's husband-in-law in the world. Those who spoil their concubines and kill their wives, let us take care of the county. Ling also married a flat wife, these local officials have no real power or great ability, so what if the officials are involved in one copy? The Holy One probably doesn't think it's a big deal."

Isn't it just a trivial matter of sesame and mung bean in the back house of the Qipin county magistrate, is the serious wife dead?Oh, the person is not dead yet, and if he is not dead, he will sue for an impeachment.You said that the son of a serious wife was killed, what is the evidence?It was obvious that the boy was playful and fell into the flower pond.

These trivial matters are still brought to the court to justify Qingming?

The speaker himself might not even be able to open his mouth, and he's not a Beijing official.

"Whether Shen Yi can be fined or not, if he is really punished, let's go to the official, who can this person hold grudges on? Second Miss lives under the eaves of others, and her life will only be more difficult."

Gu Zhao knew that Chen Weng was probably not willing to do this, so he followed what Mrs. Chen said later, "It's not my entrustment, I am in Zhaozhou with Mrs. Chen, Chen Weng is in command, and I am the deputy. We are in Zhaozhou. , Second Miss is back, that is, back home, what are you afraid of?"

Mrs. Chen was moved, mainly because if she sued the Holy Majesty, it would indeed be like Mr. Gu said, and she was afraid that her second mother would be tortured even more.

"Then Master Gu said what should we do?"

"What if the beast doesn't get along?"

"Or Dalang Saburo going to beg for someone together?"

Gu Zhaoze said: "Naturally, it is better to have a large number of people. To give the second miss a strong and dignified reputation is also to tell the second miss that there are still people in her natal family who welcome her back."

"But Dalang Saburo is white, if you meet that person, if you are shameless and use your official rank to overwhelm—"

Chen Dalang and Saburo were all ashamed. If they could study hard and get their grades, how could Erniang suffer so much now?

Mrs. Chen is also anxious, how could that bastard be able to use his official position to oppress others by torturing Erniang like this?

"I'll go there and ask for someone in person." Master Chen said.

Gu Zhao felt that Master Chen should not go there in person unless it was a last resort. Compared with Qipin county magistrate, Zhizhou is the top leader of a prefecture no matter what, and it is easy to be accused of leaving without authorization.He thought about the relationship, and finally said: "When I was studying in Ningping, I had a good relationship with the current Wannan Zhizhou. Otherwise, I would write a book and send some gifts to take care of it. It was originally a family matter and a small matter. Zhizhou's deterrence should be a matter of course."

Second Miss Chen just reconciled, and she didn't want to sue for impeachment. She was afraid that her husband-in-law would be frightened, and she wished that Second Miss Chen would take her daughter out of the house.In the beginning, it may be a little bit more aggressive.

"Ziqing, Chen—"

"Chen Weng, don't be polite. Saying these words offends the officials." Gu Zhaoxian said.

He had Fubao in his family, and he didn't even want to put Fubao and Erniang in the same place. Gu Zhao thought about it and thought it was unlucky and felt distressed. As both parents, he naturally understood.

That night, Gu Zhao thought about it and wrote a letter to Mr. Mo, the magistrate of Wannan.

If it goes well, it won't work.Then a set of glass cups and drinking utensils were prepared and presented.

This matter does not wait for anyone, according to Chen Erniang's letter and the bodyguard's reply, Chen Erniang is not in good health, she is afraid that she is suffering from a long illness, it is better to go early, naturally she cannot go with the coconut goods.

Sent by the bodyguard, Dalang Saburo of the Chen family, and——Gu Zhao thought for a while, and the only one who can be used now is Meng Jianyun who is still smart. He just said to let him study. God gave an errand.

Looks like it's time to buy someone.

"This errand is entrusted to you. The most important thing is to take Miss Chen and her daughter back to Zhaozhou. Those hatreds are not your business. It is not at this time, let alone your means, to deal with them." An official."

Gu Zhao said seriously, "If another incident happens this time, I won't be able to keep you, and the deed of selling myself will be returned to you. You can go wherever you like." These words are serious.

Meng Jianyun glanced at the adults, took the letter, and said, "I see."

"Go."

However, within three or two days, Shun Yun led the way, and the Chen family left Zhaozhou City with Meng Jianyun.The factory outside Zhaozhou is constantly busy. Li Zhouzhou is going to Jiting Rongguan to take a look at the factory, especially Rongguan built a factory imitating Jiting this year, and also produces coconut products.

Naturally, you have to seize the time to watch.

Li Zhouzhou was going to Jiting Rongguan, Gu Zhao was going to Minzhang, the husband and wife had met in the mansion for less than a month, and they had to get busy again.

Fu Bao naturally has to go to school.

"June is over, and July is a month off. Then I will pick you up and send you to Jiting to find your father." Gu Zhao promised.

Fu Bao is smart now, and asked: "Then what if Dad comes back?"

"Your father came back early, wouldn't it be better, Ji Ting Shutan is still at our house?"

"Of course it's home." Fu Bao thought about it, and his father was right.

Gu Zhao: "That's the decision, you study hard."

It took a while for Fu Bao to realize why he continued to study. He clearly thought that he would not go to school, but go to Jiting with his father. Why did nothing change in the end?

Gu Zhao: ...The brat still wants to play tricks on him.

Before Li Zhouzhou went to Kiting, he asked Wang Jian and Brother Lin if they would go, especially Brother Lin. Ji Ting is Brother Lin's home, and they have been out with him for half a year.When he asked, Brother Lin hadn't said anything, Wang Jian urged Brother Lin to go back together.

"Boss, I want to learn to swim." Wang Jian said honestly.

Brother Lin remembered it, and immediately agreed to go back. When he went back this time, he begged Grandpa to take them to sea.

"If you don't feel uncomfortable, then let's go together."

There are various managers in the factory, and now they are on the right track, and Wang Jian can also rest for a while.In the early days, Li Zhouzhou did everything by himself, but later he learned from Xianggong. When Xianggong arrived in Zhaozhou, he managed five prefectures and counties in a state. If he had to do everything by himself.

"That's because I have been busy with my legs for ten years, so that Zhaozhou can get better." Gu Zhao said to his wife while squeezing his shoulders.This is also a relief to Zhou Zhou. When he first started to set up the factory, Zhou Zhou wanted to relieve his worries, but in the end, he was also busy and tired.

How can this be done.

The days are still long, and the body is important.

Later, Li Zhouzhou learned how to employ people, and he took control of the general direction. The dyeing workshop method and the price of the goods were controlled. The other aspects were handed over to other shareholders to manage the people. They were all on the same boat. Who wouldn't want to make money?

After going to Jiting, Wang Jian and brother Lin returned to Li's house.

The coconut factory is busy.

Time passed quickly, and it was July in a blink of an eye.At the end of June, Gu Zhao fulfilled his promise and asked Fubao to pack his luggage and go to Jiting.He even asked his father to play together.

"Zhou Zhou still has to wait for the shipment in Jiting. It will take at least a month and a half. Otherwise, our family will go and stay in Jiting for a few more days. The weather is much cooler along the coast, not as muggy as Zhaozhou. "

It was Gu Zhao who finished talking, Fu Bao acted coquettishly and sticky.

"Grandpa, let's go, let's go as a family."

"Otherwise, Fufu will go to Jiting, and grandpa is in Zhaozhou. Fufu will miss grandpa very much."

How could Li Da stand up to Fubao's coquettishness? He couldn't help but smile deeply, and said with a loving face: "Go, go, grandpa will go with Fubao. If Fubao goes to Jiting, what's the matter with grandpa alone?" mean."

The masters of the mansion have all gone, and if they stay for a few more days, they will have more luggage.

Naturally, Fu Bao took barking wherever he went.

There were three carriages, with Gu Zhao riding a horse in front. The road was good, and the journey went smoothly. They arrived in Jiting in two days.The house is still Mr. Liu's house, Li Dayi came in and said with a smile: "I am used to living in Zhaozhou's courtyard, now this house is much smaller."

Li Da walked around, and the more he looked at it, the more he recalled the past, "Actually, it's not small, it's bigger than our house in Beijing. It's okay."

After settling in, the first meal is naturally a seafood feast.

There are many kinds of seafood here. Even Gu Zhao, who is an inlander, has never seen a variety. The arm-long shrimp, steamed and peeled off the shell, does not need to be dipped in anything. It is very fresh and sweet.

Fubao loves to eat this.

The family changed into bunts at home, which are summer clothes made of silk and linen.When the first batch of trial models came out, there was a little joke that wasn't a joke.At the beginning, the first batch was dyed according to the Qian family's method, because it was sold to women, girls, and brothers. Brother Lin participated in the coloring.

After dyeing, we have to weave it out to see how the finished product looks like.

To be honest, when Gu Zhao saw the first batch of color swatches, he thought it was pretty good. From his aesthetic point of view, the colors are very fresh and spring and summer, the kind of light green, light pink, light yellow——

In the eyes of the man of science and technology, all the tender green goose yellow velvet powders are finished with a light word.

This first batch will not be perfect, although Gu Zhao didn't see any flaws, but Zhou Zhou said that this batch of goods could not be sold, so it happened to be sent to the school to make school uniforms for the students.

The students in the school are very happy. The material is cool and the color is so beautiful. I have never seen it before. The main thing is free new clothes, which is a pity.The style is also a bunt type, with suspenders on top, a blouse with a round neck and narrow cuffs, and skirt pants on the bottom.

Gu Zhao saw that they were wide-leg pants.

Girls are pleated skirts, which reach the top of their feet.

When I arrived at the official school, the style of painting was a little bit wrong.The masters looked weird, maybe they wanted to say that this color is too delicate, but free things, Mr. Gu does not make money when he starts an official school, so naturally he can't refuse.

Later, the masters thought, anyway, they are not wearing——

It has only been a few months since entering the official school, and all the young pupils there have serious faces, but they have changed into this light green and light yellow Confucian gown school uniform, but pink is useless, Mr. Gu has given the masters some face.

At that time, when I arrived in the classroom, Qi Shushu sat like a primary school chicken-literally.It looks like a tender chick just hatched, the color is so fresh and lively.

Most of these little boys are the young masters of wealthy and wealthy families, and they can be selected by their families to study in government schools. They are loved and praised by the elders in the family. Fancy, embroidered with flowers, so girly, he doesn't want it.

That day, I took a new school uniform and went back.

When I got home, the mother at home asked curiously what it was. When she heard it was a school uniform, she opened it and looked at it. The elder sister next to her covered her mouth and laughed. If you have two petals, you don’t love them, and you won’t carry them even if you beat them to death, but look at the color of the clothes now, will you still wear the colors we girls wear tomorrow?”

"..."

The boy is embarrassing, but everyone wears it. This is a school uniform!

The female relatives in the family joked a few times, and then gave up, fearing to offend the son/brother, but after the joke was over, and then carefully looked at the color of the material, it was sister again, and compared it to herself, how good it looked.

The father next to him said: "This is from the Lijia factory. I heard that the first batch was spoiled, and it will be sent to the Central Plains later. Take a look at the color. I have never seen such a color in Zhaozhou."

"It's so beautiful. It would be great if we could sell it to Zhaozhou." My sister also wanted it, how beautiful this fabric is for her to make clothes.

……

Now in Ji Ting's house.

Except for Li Da, he is so hot that he doesn't wear such gaudy colors, how old is he, what does he look like.Fubao has three-quarter sleeves with velvet powder buttons on the upper body, and light yellow nine-point wide-leg pants on the bottom.The same color as Gu Zhao, large version.

There is no way, there is a lot of pink material left.

Li Zhouzhou didn't wear pink, he wore light yellow and light green.Now that Mr. Gu has changed into a pink shirt, and the face on it——Li Zhouzhou couldn't help his heart beating a few times when he saw it, he moved his face away, and pretended to be serious: "There is still a lot of pink material left, I will give it to Mr. Make another round-neck gown, the fabric is really cool, don’t get too hot when you go out.”

If it wasn't for his father's presence, Gu Zhao would have to go up to him and ask his decent wife if he would like to dress like this on the bed and do immoral things!

Zhou Zhou just likes him in pink, and thinks he looks good in pink!

Gu Zhaoke knew everything.

A pink shirt can arouse some passion, hey.

"What is this, Dad?" Fu Bao was hungry and sat at the table looking at the dishes on the table.

Gu Zhao also looked away, and moved to what Fu Bao said, "Coconut chicken?"

"That's right, Chef Ji Ting made it. The chicken is cooked in coconut milk. The chicken is tender and sweet, and it's even more delicious with some dipping sauce." Li Zhouzhou thinks it's good, "Drink the soup first after eating the chicken, this soup is delicious and not greasy. "

Gu Zhao asked about it last year, but he hadn't seen this dish, but he ate it this year. Before he wore it, he went to university in the north, so he didn't eat it. I don't know if it's authentic or not. Anyway, this coconut chicken is delicious now.

He drank two bowls of soup and used half a chicken.

"This coconut chicken is delicious."

Li Da doesn't like sweet food very much, but now he thinks it's good. He doesn't like to eat any seafood, but he thinks it smells like fishy fish in the sea. Coconut chicken is good.

This coconut chicken dish was served on the dinner table every now and then. After a few days, Li Zhouzhou was almost busy with his work. The family of four went to live in a small coastal town for a few days - Brother Lin's home.

When you get here, it's even more delicious seafood.Gu Zhao was afraid that his father would not be used to it, so he said to eat coconut chicken. Why is this chicken fried or stewed?

Li's cook was stunned, she didn't know how to cook coconut chicken, she had never heard of it before.

Gu Zhaocai came to his senses, could it be because of what he said last year that the cooks in the house were punished?There is no way to eat coconut chicken here?

Later, of course, the cook was rewarded with a month's money, and the recipe of coconut chicken spread.

Mr. Gu loves to eat, and after eating, he becomes as smart as Mr. Gu.

Gu Zhao thought to himself, it's a good thing it didn't say that Mr. Gu grew up eating coconut chicken from snacks, that's why he was so smart and became an official.

Around mid-July, the four coconut factories in Jiting and Rongguan delivered the first batch of goods.The silk and hemp factory in Zhaozhou City has also run out of goods, and the bundles are tightly packed in the warehouse. Now I can only gather people and go to Tangzhou.

And because the two batches of goods, especially the coconut goods, were more than last year, they were divided into [-] yuan each.

Unify the price of forty Wen.

It is naturally impossible to sell it to the people of Zhaozhou at a high price.There are also some silk and linen fabrics left, which are in short supply, and only [-] pieces are sold in Zhaozhou, priced at one and a half dollars.

The merchants in Zhaozhou City thought, why is it so expensive? There is hemp thread mixed in it. This thing is not expensive. Why does Boss Li lie to Zhaozhou people in Zhaozhou territory?

"That's right, that coconut can be discounted to [-] cents, why is silk so expensive."

"You can't use the word cheating, maybe you delayed work a few days ago, and you're afraid you won't be able to sell it?"

All the merchants were chattering, Boss Wang just sneered in his heart, looked at the person who said Boss Li was lying, and remembered it.In less time than a cup of tea, a servant of the Wang family arrived with a bundle of silk linen.

The silk linen was wrapped in oiled paper.

"It's such an expensive thing, it's still wrapped in paper, it's not necessary, it's just a piece of hemp." Some people joked that Boss Wang was too much, because it was not worthwhile to use a box to hold stones.

But Boss Wang didn't say much, and opened it in front of everyone.

"Pull it up." Boss Chen also said, with a smile on his face.

The servants who washed their hands held the cloth one by one, and the other pulled the other end. It was a piece of velvet-pink silk linen. As it slowly unfolded, the whole room looked straight at it, and no one spoke.

Earlier I said that Boss Li was a liar, but now his eyes are wide open, his tongue is stumped and he can't speak, let alone one or two halves, this money is really worth it, the texture, the color, the pattern... …

Yes.

This batch of silk and linen goods is divided into two batches, one batch is pure color without pattern, and the other batch is patterned.Brother Lin got the method from the makeup satin. Naturally, this weaving method takes a lot of effort. The patterns are not densely packed on a piece of cloth, but are woven around a circle at a certain distance.

The weaving area is naturally slightly thicker.

It was originally woven by Brother Lin, and he showed it to the boss, saying: "This thick part can be cut directly to make cuffs, skirt openings, and necklines, so there is no need for embroidery. It is also beautiful and has a good drape." , especially under the skirt, when you walk, the circle of petals is swaying beautifully."

Some people say that lotus grows every step of the way, and now it can be counted as clothes made of this material.

The powdery ones are woven into shallow petals, the tender green ones are thin leaves, and the light yellow ones are water ripples.

When this product comes out, Li Zhouzhou can think of it, and Zhaozhou Sima can make a name for himself.