The husband's son-in-law

In August, Li Zhouzhou made his first shipment, and when he came back, he still brought a box of letters, but there were no letters from Xiping Village, only a reply letter from Zhu Juren.

The last time Li Guihua brought pickles over, she cried for a poor meal, the husband and wife naturally gave money and an old ginseng, and they didn't give much money. Grandma Gu lived with Uncle Gu, and those who respect grandma are also It should be given to Uncle Gu's family.

Therefore, 66 taels of silver were given away, Uncle Gu and Gu Si each got 30 taels of silver, and the remaining fractions were taken by the second and third fangs.The 30 taels from Uncle Gu’s house clearly stated that it was for Grandma Gu’s filial piety, while Gu Si’s was for Gu Chen’s education.Anyway, there is always a name.

Li Guihua never thought that she would really give her money - this stepson is so slippery, it is really cleaner than the water poured out by a married daughter, when a married daughter usually gets something good, she knows how to take it to her natal family , thinking about his parents, but Gu Zhao is not as good.

It's all about being good to the Li family.

Li Guihua said in front of Gu Si: "No matter how powerful and capable Zhao'er is, he just has the name Gu, but in my heart, I think it's all done by the Li family."

"It's not that I don't miss Zhao'er as a stepmother. When we grow old and lose our legs, who is the one who threw the pot in front of the grave? We must depend on Xiaochen for our good days in the future."

Whenever Gu Si thinks that Gu Chen spends money on studying, or Li Guihua spends energy and finds someone to write letters, and spends money to deliver letters to Tangzhou. In those few days, the meals are not cooked well, Gu Si comes back from the field to send Li Guihua was no longer afraid of Gu Si after all the fire, and with a few soft and hard words, she obeyed Gu Si's words.

Naturally, no money was spent.I was looking for Mr. Zhao to write the letter. Mr. Zhao got Gu Zhao's kindness, so what money do you want for the matter of moving your fingers?Li Guihua said two beautiful words, but didn't pay out a single copper coin.It didn't cost much to find someone to send a letter to Tangzhou with pickles.

Li Guihua brainstormed, and went to Xing Ge'er first. Xing Ge'er appointed to write a letter to Li Zhouzhou, and the travel expenses for sending letters out of Tangzhou were reduced by half. If you want to write, that's even better, and her delivery fee is also covered.

It should be said that she is Mrs. Gu's mother.

Take a look at what the master Juren said, this is the open-minded style.Li Guihua is proud of her actions for herself.Now the letter has come back, not only the reply letter has come back, but the eldest son of the Su family has also arrived.

Gu Chen's enlightenment was a little earlier, Li Guihua hoped that her son would become a dragon, and there was the elder brother who paid for it. It was Gu Chen who was five years old and sent Mr. Zhao to study and practice calligraphy. Now Gu Chen has studied for four years and can write letters. But Li Guihua I'm afraid that Gu Chen can't write well, so I don't want money.

Tongxin came back with two heavy purses.

Li Guihua's eyebrows were delighted, and she knew it was silver money at first hand, but the Su family boy said, "Auntie, here is a bag of silver money for Uncle Gu's family."

"What's the big brother? I, Li Guihua, did all the work." Li Guihua was unhappy, and she did her best, especially the two bulging money bags, watching the other one arrive. In the hands of the boss, can she not be in a hurry.

At a young age, Gu Chen was taught by Mrs. Zhao to be upright. It is reasonable not to talk about mother, but he still said: "Mother, grandma lives with uncle, and elder brother is filial. This money must be filial to grandma. Not ours."

Can Li Guihua not know!She knew it well, and she just wanted to make a fuss.

In the end, the money was sent to Uncle Gu's house, and the letter was opened in front of the four brothers of the Gu family and a large group of people—although Zhao'er was married into Li's family, she had the surname of Gu after all, and became a high-ranking official. When I come back home, it is natural that all uncles, aunts, brothers, younger sisters and sisters come to see and listen to it.

It was naturally Gu Chen who read the letter.

The letter was written by Gu Zhao and edited by Li Zhouzhou.After Gu Zhao took office in Zhaozhou, he got used to doing things concisely and speaking concisely. When he had something to say, he was not polite, so he finished writing in a few strokes.After Zhou Zhou read it, he felt that it was not right, it was too cold, so he continued a lot, and did not delete what Gu Zhao wrote, but kept it and just added it later.

Therefore, the beginning of the letter is like an outline, and the latter is expanded, which even Gu Zhao didn't expect-it seems that besides the uncle, there are also two uncles and three uncles, so this should also be mentioned.Li Zhouzhou first cared about Grandma’s health and said that everything was fine in Zhaozhou. Fubao started to learn to read and write at the age of six. How is the food and climate in Zhaozhou? Thanks to my mother-in-law for the pickles. Several other companies finally said that old ginseng is a great tonic, boil a little water and drink it as tea, take it slowly, and it will take a long time to get the effect.

The other two uncles haven't seen each other for many years, and each family has three taels of silver, so be careful not to miss them.In addition, Zhaozhou specialty streamer silk was given as a gift to the young girl at home...

The money for the second and third rooms is stored in Uncle Gu's purse, otherwise it would be difficult to get it out if it was left with Li Guihua.

After reading the letter, the four families were all happy, especially the second and third families, who didn't expect to have their money.

Three taels of silver, a year and a half of chewing.

As the eldest brother, Uncle Gu immediately opened his money bag, dumped it all on the table, picked up three taels of silver for the second and third brothers, and as for the streamer silk, there were only two pieces.Of the four brothers of the Gu family, Gu Si is lucky to have no daughters, not even a single daughter, while the other three families all have one.

"Take it all. This is Zhao'er and Zhou Zhou remembering you uncles." Grandma Gu spoke, her face becoming more kind. The official's grandson remembered her, missed her, and filially sent money and old ginseng. Grandma Gu was as beautiful as when she was celebrating her birthday.

"The cloth was also dismantled, and the daughters of the three families cut it to make clothes."

Li Guihua got 30 taels of silver for nothing, so she doesn't care about the rare cloth. What's the matter? With these 30 taels of silver, she can go to the prefecture to buy whatever fabric she likes.

As a result, once the oil paper wrapped outside was removed, there were only two pieces in total, pink and light yellow.Su Shiyi actually pulled six horses, but they were all wrapped tightly, and he didn’t remember what they were when they unloaded the goods. Dongping Village sent things, and he had to go to Xiping Village. They all arrived at the door, so naturally he had to go back. Home.

The shipment went smoothly and the time was not rushed. My cousin said, let's go to the village and don't worry.But Su Shiyi couldn't make Wang Jian in Tangzhou wait longer. Besides, Wang Jian lived in such a big house. If something happened, he'd better finish his work early and go back early.

So it was delivery, and I didn't have a drink and a drink, and I ran away as soon as I was in a hurry.

The color is random.

Regardless of whether it is pink, yellow, or green, the colors are all bright and beautiful, not to mention the texture.Among them, the goose yellow one still has weaving flowers.

Not to mention that the daughter of the Gu family couldn't move her eyes, even Li Guihua was in a hurry at this moment, with a blank face, she said that her family has no girls, and her family cannot be missed, so she also cut a piece——

"Take a look at this color, and then look at your age. Do you have the face to wear it when you cut it back? You won't feel ashamed when you walk in the village with this color." Grandma Gu said.

Li Guihua did not give up, saying that her family could not be left alone, as her natal family also had a niece.

"Stop it quickly. The letter said that this material is a gift for our young girl from the Gu family. Your niece is surnamed Gu? Is it from our old Gu family?" Grandma Gu went back fiercely.

I can’t use this as an example. The material in front of me is so good. The two horses are more or less, and the girls in their family have made clothes to wear. Seeing that they are rich, they can still make a suit with the little girl who just ran away. They are all like Li Guihua, still thinking about the children of her mother's family, no matter how crowded this material is, it will not be enough.

Grandma Gu finally said with a straight face, "I'm not just talking about Li Guihua, since the Zhaozhou letter has said about this material, then do it, don't feel bad, the second and third daughter-in-laws come to me during the day, the three families No matter how many daughters there are, as long as they have them, they are tailor-made, and they are not allowed to be stored away. Don’t be reluctant to use the good things. After a long time, who knows who has them. Do them all, and dress up our girls.”

At this moment, other small thoughts are blocked back, but the young girls of the Gu family are the happiest. When they are making clothes during the day, all hands and feet are busy at home, and they come to Grandma's place with Auntie, taking advantage of the good day head to make clothes.

But the material looks thin and slippery——

"This looks like Xia Yi, otherwise, mother, I will make it next year?"

Grandma Gu said directly: "Your family's third mother is sixteen years old, how long is it? You mother, don't you have a clue? You just don't. Just cut the skirt a little longer."

It can be shortened if it is long.

This time I'm completely out of words, let's do it.The jacket skirt that was finally made was so shocking that people dared not stand out. I had never seen such a beautiful material, and there were flowers under the skirt. Sanniang herself did not dare to try it on her body. She tried it on Grandma's request. Try, it's because of love, caressing the skirt carefully, lest it get dirty.

It was the most beautiful dress she had ever seen.

"The girls from our Gu family look good when they dress up." Grandma Gu was also satisfied.

The only one was Li Guihua—although she didn't get any material, she hurried over to watch the excitement, and she was naturally sour when she saw it.In the end, the clothes were finished, and even the two- or three-year-old granddaughter had a whole body. Grandma Gu sent a message for the leftover scraps. The family divided them up and took them back to make handkerchiefs, bellybands, etc. Naturally, Li Guihua also got some.

When I went back, I really made a bellyband. The upper body was silky and smooth, and it was still cold, and I didn’t think the material was cool. I was not willing to change it, so I wore it to sleep that day.It's cold in the countryside at night, and she had a stomachache the next day. Li Guihua could only reluctantly put away the apron, but just look at it when she has nothing to do.

Hey yo beautiful.

Li Er's family in Xiping Village also got two horses, the money was three taels, and one was for Brother Xing.Now Brother Xing has not come back from the prefecture, so he puts it with Liu Huaxiang first——

It is justifiable for the Li family to send things to Li Er, and it can be said that it is justifiable to send things to Xing Geer. Zhou Zhouji remembers his childhood friendship, and gave Wang Shitou to the Wang family. Explain it to Liu Huaxiang.

Su Shiyi ran to the village once and solved a lot of things. Things, even his Su family went back, but when he went back, his family asked him how his salary is now.Su Shiyi is the most honest and responsible person, but for some reason, the number of words is uncertain. It depends on how much work is done, and the journey is long. This time, he will get a little more, three taels of silver...

Naturally, the Su family wanted all of them.

The family urged him when he would get married, who girl in the village is good, do you want to make an appointment for you?

"Then I can't go out to earn money, and it's not good to let others stay at home. Wait a few more years." Su Shiyi said.

As soon as his father heard that he couldn't make money, he changed his words and said that there was no rush, and it would not be too late to wait for two or three years.His mother asked, "Do you have someone you like in Zhaozhou? If it's in Zhaozhou, it's better if it's farther away, as long as I can come back with you."

Su Shiyi let out a haha ​​and got lost, and hurried away.He didn't go home for many years, and he only stayed at home for one night. He got up and went out over the mountains before dawn the next day.

After leaving this time, he still doesn't know when he will come back again, but this time Su Shiyi doesn't have many worries in his heart.

Not to mention his family, the other two uncles have built new houses, and the cousin married a daughter-in-law, and his life is now stable and prosperous, so that's good.

After finishing the business, Su Shiyi took people back to Tangzhou first. When he saw Wang Jian, he asked him if anything else happened in the past few days?Wang Jian said: "No, the goods are all sold out and the doors are tight. We have so many people with us that thieves dare not come to the door. You can rest for a day and leave tomorrow. I have made arrangements. Don't make the boss wait. "

He didn't hear Su Shiyi's ambiguous concern for his safety at all.

Wang Jian made proper arrangements, and the convoy set off for Zhaozhou the next day.

Zhaozhou Li Mansion, at night.

Gu Zhao took out the letter Zhou Zhou brought back last time. What he read was the letter written to him by his senior brother. The elder brother also said fragmentary things, mostly about the yamen, while the second brother was exchanging articles, except for the last sentence. Off-duty is gone.

It's not that the second brother doesn't trust him, or he doesn't want to talk about government affairs with him, but the letter has gone through several hands, and the second brother is also a scholar of Zichen Palace and a close minister of the emperor, so naturally he has to be more cautious.Gu Zhao understood.

The brother's letter also wrote about the situation in the court, but it used more allusions and metaphors, and only a few words.

Last year, Huiguo came and attacked several times. They were not violent, but they rode horses and raided the villagers in Dali on the border. Naturally, they killed and looted, money and food were taken away, men and old people were killed, young women were taken away, even young Children are not spared.

In the first few times, of course, they didn't kill the whole village and slaughtered the whole village so fiercely and cruelly, they just robbed things.But Dali has been retreating, and has always been in a warning mode. At the beginning of this year, this country robbed eight villages and occupied a county town. At that time, the negotiating envoy sent by Dali had not yet arrived——

Because of the Chinese New Year, it is said that the New Year is over before leaving.

In the end, he just didn't go, and Fengzhou city sent the booklet urgently, and reported all kinds of things that Anguo had done.

Senior Brother Liang's pen was sharp with some sarcasm. Gu Zhao was startled and in a bad mood. He didn't tell Zhou Zhou about this. What Senior Brother Liang said in his letter probably meant that if the Kingdom of Hui only killed the people, the Holy Majesty I don't want to send troops, mainly to occupy the place of Dali.

Why not send troops? Gu Zhao can actually guess a thing or two if he thinks about it with the Holy Majesty's thoughts.

Fengzhou is the territory of the Zhao family of the Tiande Army. They have been stationed at the border all these years and have never returned to Beijing. When Emperor Kang Jing was young, the Zhao family made a lot of military achievements with Emperor Kang Jing in the Southern and Northern Wars, and now they are full of illustrious families.

With the degree to which Emperor Kang Jing loved the eldest prince, he suspected that it was the second prince's hand and did all kinds of tricks, but now that I think about it, it was all trivial things that didn't affect the second prince's muscles and bones, and the status of the second prince's mother, Concubine Duan .

It's just that Concubine Duan was left out in the cold for a few days, but her status has not been lowered, and she is still the head of the four concubines.Now the second prince is Prince Kang, the only prince among so many princes of Emperor Kang Jing, which is very eye-catching.

If they were to fight against the Hui Kingdom this time, then the Zhao family would naturally have made first-class meritorious service, so what else could they be awarded?

The second prince's family is too powerful.

Therefore, Emperor Kang Jing was reluctant to send troops to fight for a long time, and it was always a peace talk. Naturally, as soon as the Fengzhou expedited report came up this time, Emperor Kang Jing was furious, dismissed the envoy who had gone to the peace talks, and reprimanded him.

It means that if you go to the peace talks earlier, there will be no such thing.

As for going earlier and later, it doesn't actually affect the wolfish ambitions of the Hui Kingdom. They have repeatedly provoked them and have been waiting for the war.

At this time, Emperor Kang Jing was concerned about the way of balance. He never thought that Da Li would lose, and the loss would be miserable.

Because since the founding of Dali, Taizu has been famous for being good at fighting. When he came to Emperor Kang Jing, he was also brave and good at fighting. He fought against several small countries around him without hesitation. He knelt down and surrendered every year. It's Dali's younger brother and son.

With such a past and such achievements, the Chinese and military officials of the Dali Dynasty were confident and arrogant, and no one thought that they would lose.

Think about it, the Dali has been rich and peaceful for many years, with the accumulated food and money, the people live and work in peace and contentment, the population is also increasing rapidly, and there are many men. If it comes to war, it means that food, grass, soldiers and horses are not lost. ?What are you worried about?

Emperor Kang Jing had many concerns, and finally made a decision, let Prince Kang be the deputy general, and sent a son to go there. The son chose to choose, and finally decided on the twelve princes—his mother's position was low, and it was originally a summer farewell. Court maid.

Even after giving birth to a son, he was only made a nobleman.

Before Gu Zhao came to Zhaozhou, Emperor Kang Jing once sealed his son Yitong, like Prince Kang, the prince of the county, the fifth prince was named the king of Chengjun, and the eleventh prince was named the king of Shunjun because of the poisoning case. That is, six, twelve, fourteen, and some minors.

It can be seen that Emperor Kang Jing didn't care about Twelve's son. Now that I think about it, he just valued the weakness of Twelve's mother and wanted to restrain Prince Kang, but why didn't he think about it? Twelve went to Fengzhou, this is Zhao's family As one of the potential competitors, Twelve is one of the potential competitors, and it is dangerous to fight. If you find any excuse, Twelve Prince's fate can be 'justified' and explain where it is.

But Twelve was still sent.

When Gu Zhao saw this letter, his heart was heavy. Did he believe that Emperor Kang Jing, as his father, had forgotten this, or that the high-ranking sage only had the way of balancing power and not the affection between father and son.

"Master?" Li Zhouzhou woke up at night, put on his clothes and saw that his husband was reading letters outside.

Gu Zhao was afraid that the light from the oil lamp would affect Zhou Zhou's sleep, so he put away the letter paper, turned his head and said, "Why are you getting up? Are you going to wake up at night? Then, I'll go to bed after I'm done."

"I don't think it's right for you to mention Su Shiyi's return time today." Li Zhouzhou took the clothes in his hand and didn't look at the letter paper on the table. cold."

"My young man has strong firepower." Gu Zhao joked shamelessly, but just after reading the letter again, his heart was dull, and even after the joke was over, there was no smile in his eyes.

"I didn't want to hide it from you. We can't intervene in this matter and can't help. We can only watch and wait for the result."

Gu Zhao sighed, and Li Zhouzhou said, "Then Mr. Xiang will accompany me to relieve myself."

"Okay."

The couple put on their clothes and went out holding hands. They let go of the moonlight in Zhaozhou, and they were not in a hurry to go back. They just took a walk in the garden. Gu Zhao also talked to Zhou Zhou about the war between North Korea and China He didn't say that the villages and towns under Fengzhou were slaughtered, which made Zhou Zhou sad.

"Do you think this battle can't be won?"

It's not that Li Zhouzhou can understand the situation, but that Li Zhouzhou can understand his husband.If the war situation is good, Xianggong will not get up at night. He has read this letter over and over again.

Gu Zhao hummed.The worst thing is that Hui Kingdom has tasted the victory here in Dali, siege and plunder the city, the Fan Kingdom next to it will naturally not be honest, and Nanyi who is next to Zhaozhou——

In his previous life, the original body only lived until the fifth prince of the new emperor came to the throne. In the first two or three years of the war, he lost again and again. There were many wars, and then he died naturally. .

But according to speculation, it should have done it too.

Gu Zhao thought of the buried iron mine. He was thinking that it would be better to take precautions. It is better to hold back the soldiers for now. If it is opened to make a weapon and someone is discovered without paying attention, it will be charged as a crime of rebellion.

……hold on.

Gu Zhao thought about the lives of the whole family, but he hadn't reached this point yet.

Maybe Gu Zhao was thinking about the result, and within two days, the convoy that delivered the goods to Tangzhou for the second time came back.It was the first time Su Shiyi and Wang Jian took the lead, and all the people who had to come back brought money and goods, as well as the things Li Zhouzhou explained, and the people who picked them up also took them.

Oda is here.

Not only Xiaotian, but also the whole family came, and naturally there was Wang Ergou's mother. Wang Ergou's father died a year and a half earlier, which is also strange. He died in the same way as his son. The one who drowned in the paddy field was only Da Xia. can also drown.

Everyone in the village said that Wang Ergou was an animal, and he thought it boring to be alone when he died, so he took his father down.

This time Gu Zhao wrote a letter and wanted to invite Xiao Tian to Zhaozhou.But Xiaotian, who has been filial since he was a child, and who knows how to be grateful, agreed without even thinking about it.

When picking up the wind and washing the dust in Lifu.

Xiaotian said: "I originally thought that I would be able to come alone, but Caiyun didn't want me to be single, and Father didn't trust me, so they all came here."

Caiyun is Oda's wife.As for Wang Ergou's mother coming over, she was naturally afraid that the whole family would leave, leaving her as an old lady and no one would want her. It's snowing.

How could she dare to pick and choose at home? Now she lives by Wang Xue's face.

Oda naturally walked slowly on the road with his family and his family, and Wang Er's son of a bitch was so disturbed that he didn't bother to eat and drink when he arrived in Li's mansion-it was too uncomfortable, so he went directly to the front yard and went to bed first.

I met people one by one.

Hearing the familiar accent, Li Da was very enthusiastic towards the Xiaotian family and almost burst into tears.Oda has a son, who is now more than four years old. He has a thick head and a thick head, and is very round and cute.

When Fu Bao saw his younger brother after school, he immediately put on a show.

"Let's go, brother will take you to go paddling."

Gu Zhao: "You have to be watched by someone, you two can't go."

"Look at Wang Wang."

"...It's not that I discriminate against Wang Wang, is Wang Wang a human being?" Gu Zhao asked.

In the end, Li Da was happy to say that he took the two children to the backyard for boating.Gu Zhao looked emmmy and stopped talking, while Li Zhouzhou said: "Father, you are still rowing, did you forget that you will get dizzy when you get out of the water and get on the boat? Let me go and play with the two little ones for a while."

When Xiaotian came, he told his wife on the way, Brother Zhou Zhou is very kind and kind, don’t be afraid when we go to Zhaozhou, Uncle Zhou Zhou, Mr. Li and Mr. Gu’s family are all good people.Oda's wife, Caiyun, thought anxiously at the time, that was when she was in the village, and now that she is an official's wife, and she is still such a big official, they are poor relatives who can't be beat, they would kneel when they see someone, Naturally, he was afraid of having too many rules and offending people.

Unexpectedly, after entering Zhaozhou, they didn’t kneel when they arrived at Li’s Mansion—they wanted to kneel, Master Gu Li Fulang helped them up first, except that the house was very big and beautiful, but they were very enthusiastic when they talked and chatted. , I didn't look down on people at all.

This is the old man.

How kind.

After saying something, Wang Xue has raised her body in the past few years, but she is still the same thin. She really suffered too much when she was young. I am afraid that if you really want to live a long life, you will have to take care of it for ten or twenty years.

But the bumpy road, apart from being a little tired, the spirit is fine.

After resting for a day or two, Li Zhouzhou first took Xiaotian to the Chen Mansion to see the doctor and take the pulse of Chen Erniang. Weng Chen knew that this was a doctor invited by the Li family from outside. camaraderie.

Unexpectedly, this little doctor is really better than the fifty-year-old doctor in Zhaozhou City. After taking medicine, the weather is getting colder, but Chen Erniang's attacks are less frequent and not so fierce.

In fact, medicine is one aspect, and more of it is that Chen Erniang now has a career - an almshouse.

For a technical talent like Xiaotian, Gu Zhao of course arranged housing and a medical clinic. Naturally, it was not a gift of property rights, but Xiaotian's family was in Zhaozhou.

Li Da was still thinking about the frailty of Du Juren's grandson, so he accepted the job of sending Fubao to school, and went to school in person, and when he saw Du Juren, he simply said, "I said last time that Xiaotian is in good health. Oh, this Xiaotian is now in our Zhaozhou, I think the grandson of Mr. Du's family is also weak, how about Mr. Du ask him in person?"

Du Juren did not expect that he would politely talk about the family situation at the banquet in the backyard of the Li Mansion that day. The old man Li always remembered that the last time he gave him the food supplements to nourish his health, and today he made a special trip to say that Xiao Tian was here.

I never thought that an illiterate farmer, with a high status now, would run around for his family.

Du Juren was naturally moved, and also came up with the idea of ​​bringing the whole family to Zhaozhou...

While Gu Zhao was reading the letter, he purposely left his brother's letter at the end, and looked at other people's first.