The husband's son-in-law

The letters from the village were picked up, and after school in Fubao, the family sat together to read the letters after dinner, which was considered a family activity.Regarding the news about Jingli, especially the letter from the senior brother, Gu Zhao just kept these for himself to read.

"Last time Zhu Li sent a letter, although he didn't say it clearly, but the implication was that he wanted me to recommend him one or two, and see if he could be ranked early to receive the transfer letter." Gu Zhao opened Zhu Juren's letter.

Li Zhouzhou nodded.Gu Zhao continued: "When I was in the village, he helped me, so I naturally remembered, but to be honest, I don't know Zhu Juren the same way, especially after being separated for so long, I don't know what he is like, so I wrote back, If Zhu Juren is willing to come to Zhaozhou, I can write a letter to arrange it, and the prefectures and counties in Zhaozhou can be transferred."

Gu Zhaozao, the county magistrate of Rongguan, didn't like it anymore.

As Zhu Li's identity, the official is also a nine-rank sesame official. Zhu Li also wants to find a better location, preferably in the Central Plains. Gu Zhao is not a high-ranking official. He can cover the sky with one hand. Don't be awkward, you have a face on your face, but the letter paper means 'I'm so miserable, I'm so pitiful, I'm waiting for the scheduling, can you help me arrange it'.

"If he comes to Zhaozhou to take care of him, if I recommend him, he will be a seventh-rank county magistrate." Gu Zhao is also useful, but in Zhaozhou, he is not afraid of being tricked by acquaintances.

Li Zhouzhou knew without asking, "But Zhu Juren doesn't want to come?"

"Zhou Zhou is really smart, that's true." Gu Zhao handed Zhu Juren's letter to Zhou Zhou, "I can write a perfect reply, that's all I can do, I can't get in other places, if he If you come, I’ll help, if you don’t come, it’s his own problem, if you don’t like us, don’t make decisions about me in the future.”

Nowadays, it is no problem to open a private school in the name of Juren, and it is not a problem for three or forty taels of silver a year to repair. It is not that the family has not lived in the prefecture and county. With such an annual income, the small life is rich and nourishing.

It's just that there is no official to do, maybe it's less like a gentleman.

But whatever happened to Gu Zhao, Gu Zhao was not Zhu Li's father.

Li Zhouzhou read Zhu Juren's letter. He was not used to reading the embroidered articles throughout. In Zhu Juren's letter, he thanked his father-in-law for his kindness. Get Lin'er.

"Zhu Juren's wife has given birth to a child? I should have added a gift earlier."

Gu Zhao: "It's better if you don't add it. If you add it, it will make the heart unhappy in front of you."

"This is—?" Li Zhouzhou didn't go on, but after understanding what Mr. Zhu meant, Zhu Juren took a concubine, and this child is a concubine's son.

"Zhu Juren's official wife is older than you and me. It's not that I look down on Zhu Juren. When he was studying in the prefecture and county, Zhu Juren didn't show any pity for his wife. If he really had pity, he wouldn't just watch his wife die at home. Days of toil and suffering have made my face look much older.”

"At this age, I got a newborn again. The letter seems to be quite affectionate. It is called 'Lin'er', which shows that it is very important and has high hopes." Worrying about Zhu Juren's wife, he paused and said, "If it was before, I might not be able to say, but Zhu Juren came back from the prefecture and county government school and lived in the village for a few years. I read Mr. Zhao's letter, and Zhu Juren also changed a thing or two. He can respect and treat his wretched wife well."

Taking concubines is a common and common business for officials nowadays, as long as they treat their regular wives seriously, doting on their concubines and destroying their wives will do.

Gu Zhao can't take care of other people's family affairs, he just needs to set an example and be ashamed of his heart.

"I hope." Li Zhouzhou said.He can't do anything.

When Fubao came back from school in the afternoon, Gu Zhao and Li Zhouzhou were talking, and when they heard barking and running outside, they knew their son was back.

Wang Wang is more sensitive than the two of them, so he is very punctual.

Sure enough, within a minute, I remembered Fu Bao's voice: "Daddy, Daddy, Fufu is back from school~ Weekend, can I play with Brother Pingan?"

This is what you want is 'Fu Fu'.

Xiaotian and Caiyun's child is named Ping'an, Xiaotian studied under the Zheng family in Ping'an Town, and Caiyun's mother's family is a distant relative of the Zheng family, and they were also in Ping'an Town when she was conceived, so the word Ping'an was simply used.

It's simple and sweet, and the meaning is also good.

"My younger brother will definitely not get used to it for a while when he just arrived. When you play with him, you'd better not get tired from running around." Li Zhouzhou agreed.

Gu Zhao said at the side: "Yes, you are the big brother, let's have a good style, bring your little brother Wang Wang, and Aji, introduce your brother's playmates."

"It's a pity that Brother Chen has to study." Fu Bao's face was full of regret.

When Gu Zhao heard the name 'Brother Chen', he was disgusted at first, and stared at Fu Bao very warily. Fu Bao didn't know what his father was thinking, so he put away his schoolbag and started playing with Wang Wang in the yard.Gu Zhao thought that Fu Bao was fine, so maybe he had some preference for the little grandson of the Chen family?

"Li Zhaoxi."

"What are you doing, Dad?"

Fu Bao was playing ball with Wang Wang, and when his father called him his name, he trembled in fright. The ball in his hand fell to the ground first, and Wang Wang put his nose on the ball to Fu Bao's leg, intending to pick it up, this time it was short Some, the master quickly throw away a little farther.

"You're the big brother, how can you call the Chen family kid Brother Zichen? It's too embarrassing." Gu Zhao babbled nonsense to fool the child.

When Fu Bao heard it was yes, he rubbed his bark immediately, meaning to wait a moment, went into the hall with the ball in his arms, and asked his father what should he call it to be majestic and handsome?

"He's older than you, so if you're old or young, you should be called Brother, then Brother Chen."

"But the Chen family has many elder brothers who are older than Fu Fu, and Chen Ge is always messing around."

"Then Brother Chen, or which grandson is Chen Chen?" Gu Zhao asked Zhou Zhou.

Zhou Zhou suppressed a smile as he watched his husband fool Fu Bao, and said: "The Chen family is mixed regardless of gender, and Chen Chen is the seventeenth of the grandchildren."

"...Big family, no wonder I can't remember it all the time." Gu Zhaoxian didn't mutter something seriously, and was thumped by his family Zhou Zhou before he said to Fu Bao seriously: "Then you call him Brother Seventeen."

Fu Bao wrote it down and thought it was troublesome, but for the sake of the boss's style, he changed his words.

"Let's play, Wang Wang is in a hurry." Li Zhouzhou coaxed Fu Bao to go out to play. Once Fu Bao went to school, Wang Wang was bored at home, and only Fu Bao could play and run every day after school.

Fu Bao put away these names, and went to the backyard with Wang Wang with the ball in his arms. The place is big, and Wang Wang likes to throw the ball far away and pick it up again.

As soon as the child left, Li Zhouzhou said: "Master, Fu Bao was originally a brother. If you mess around like this and call him a brat, the boss or something, the other boys who scare you will only treat Fu Bao as a boy." gone."

"What do you call Brother Chen?" Gu Zhao squinted his eyes halfway, wondering if Chen Shiqi of the Chen family was hiding some small thoughts, and said to Zhou Zhou, "Brother Zhou Zhou, do you want to punish Brother Zhaozhao?" ?”

Li Zhouzhou: ...

"Look, it's the love of husband and wife." Gu Zhao's fallacy has become the truth, "Besides, there are thousands of people in this world, if everyone's personality is roughly the same, it would be too boring. Don't worry about Zhou Zhou, there will always be people who like Ai Fubao, just because he is Fubao, it has nothing to do with his male identity."

Li Zhouzhou thought of himself, he is also "different" and "like a man" in the village population, and he has found such a good husband, so let's just listen to him.The main reason is that he can't refute it. Whenever Xianggong acts coquettishly or shows weakness, he will have nothing to do.

Besides, it's a bit weird to be called Brother Chen.

After dinner, the family read the letters from the village. Wang Wang and Fubao ran away to vent some energy, and now he is lying at Fubao's feet and listening to the letters.

"It belongs to the Gu family." Li Zhouzhou broke down his beliefs. It was nothing more than the concerns and greetings of some grandmothers and elders. He also said that the girls in the family like streamer silk very much. Grandma said that she made clothes so don't waste her mind how how.

The letter was not written by Mrs. Zhao this time, and the font was small, like Gu Chen's.

The more Gu Zhao heard it, the more wrong it became. Turning his head to look, he smiled immediately and said, "It must be Gu Chen's mother who wanted him to write something that praised him. He will say that Gu Chen has good grades and Mr. Zhao will praise him, but he will say that he does not dare to be number one and needs to work harder."

"The child's bones are not crooked." He also wrote to thank his eldest brother and sister-in-law for sending money to help him study.

Li Guihua favors Gu Chen so much, and she can raise Gu Chen's humble, hard-working and down-to-earth character, it's a good bamboo shoot.

"Where's Li Er? Where's the letter from Li's family?"

After reading Gu's family, Li Da also missed Li Er.Maybe people are getting older and living a prosperous life now, but they don't remember the past grievances vaguely, but remember the friendship of brothers.

After all, in this world, Li Er is the only relative who can be a younger brother.

Gu Zhao read Li Er's letter, and Zhou Zhou drank some hot tea to moisten his throat.

"Everything is fine at Second Uncle's house—"

Li Da said, "Zhao'er read carefully."

Gu Zhao smiled and said yes, followed by reading the letter, and sometimes stopped to chat with his father about things in the village before. For example, the second uncle said that the old scalper in the family was getting old, and now he couldn't move and couldn't do the food. Tired.

Li Tianran thought of his own mule, his old buddy, who was now chained to the backyard and didn't dare to toss and work. He had to go and look at it every day. Hearing what Li Er said, he naturally said, "Oh, I've worked so hard all my life. Don't slaughter them if you can get by, let them grow old and die and be buried in the ground."

There is so much shortage of meat nowadays. The animals working in the fields, such as cows and mules, are bought to work for a lifetime. If they are too old to work, they will be killed in advance—they can’t be slaughtered when they are really sick and dead. This meat is worthless and cannot be sold.

This kind of meat is old and firewood, not tasty and not oily, but it is also next to the word "meat". It is a meat, and the people in the village are naturally rare, especially beef, which is rare at this time.

"Second Uncle said in the letter that he would not kill him, but find a place to bury him at that time." Gu Zhao felt that the Second Uncle was genuinely kind-hearted or intended to flatter his father. This move was considered a good one, and it is not necessary to analyze the reasons behind it in detail.

That day, the milk goat of Li’s milk Fubao, when Li’s family went to Beijing, they took both sheep with them. The last time they went back to Xiping Village from Beijing, they said they were going to Zhaozhou, but in the end, the mules could still be said to be carrying them. , but the two sheep were brought with them, so they haven't been killed for meat yet?

At that time, the villagers said, some said that the Li family was kind and benevolent, and some said that the Li family was prosperous, and it was a good life to be the livestock of the Li family, and there was no such thing as killing donkeys.

When Li Da heard this, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief and felt at ease.

"Well, animals are also spiritual. After working at home for a lifetime, they must die in a good way."

"...Guangzong's daughter-in-law was born. It happened the year before last. She was a kid. My second uncle liked it very much. He was born on the winter day of the twelfth lunar month. His nickname was Layue. He followed his elder sister in September. His name wanted me to help get one." Gu trillion:……

Why do you come to him for a name!

"Then you help get one." Li Da said.It doesn't cost much.

Gu Zhao: "I remember that Guangzong had a younger brother named Li Jianyang who was more than ten years old. This child was born in Dongri, with the word "Kangkang" added in the middle, followed by the word "Kangkang" on the back of his little uncle. That is Li Kangdong."

The homophony is quite frost-resistant.

Good.

"It's not easy to lose sight of the other, patriarchal, and give him the name of Sister Jiuyue." Gu Zhao also became interested, thinking that taking one or two is also taking two, "Li Kangqiu."

It's autumn in September.

Live together.

Li Da: ...

Li Zhouzhou laughed beside him, Xianggong is sometimes very childlike.

"You, you made trouble with him." Li Da didn't talk about Gu Zhao, but Zhou Zhou.

Gu Zhao defended his wife in a serious way, "Father, I didn't mess around. The name is so nice and poetic. I wrote a letter to my second uncle now, trying to get my second uncle's family to have four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter. The population is booming."

Li Da was at a loss for words, he couldn't argue with Zhao'er.If this letter came back, his second brother would be overjoyed. It would be nice to have more children. The family will prosper and there will be many children and grandchildren. Maybe there will be four seasons in the future.

"Guangzong's younger brother, Jianyang, has also entered the school to study and was enlightened. If he sends a letter back next year, he should also bring some study money, so that he can study hard." Gu Zhaodao.Since Gu Chen was sent away, Li Jianyang couldn't be less.

The boys of Gu and Li's family always want to study, and it's best if they can get ahead.

Li Da had no objection and settled down.

Faith is over, it is dark, wash up and go back to the room.After Li Zhouzhou and Xianggong finished coaxing Fubao to sleep, the couple walked into the house. Li Zhouzhou said, "Haven't you read Brother Liang's letter?"

"Well, I'll put it last, I'm afraid it's just a few words." Gu Zhaoyan.

After returning to the house and tearing it down, there are only two sentences: the first battle was defeated, and the people suffered.

Another sentence is: the two Zhejiang waterways are open to business.

It can be seen that the senior brother was very angry, heartbroken and disappointed by the result, and didn't want to talk about it anymore - the letter Zhou Zhou brought back had already said a lot, this time he just mentioned the result.

Gu Zhao let out a long sigh, this is where it is.

"Zhou Zhou, I will burn another batch of glass and sell it at a time. Let's buy some people around."

I bought more from other provinces, and when I was displaced to Zhaozhou, I could only rely on their Li family.Gu Zhao made up his mind, and kept talking about buying someone, but never made a real move. Now he really can't delay.

"This time the young men will be fine, pick the ones who are loyal and can be raised, brothers and women are not needed for now. Don't show your face, let Meng Jianyun handle this matter, if he finds someone, you can take care of it later."

Gu Zhao thought about the iron mine and said.

Li Zhouzhou hummed, but didn't ask why.

There was only one sentence in the letter, but the lives of tens of thousands of people, the blood of the people in the villages and towns under Anhui and Fengzhou, is it worth a few words?If Dali wants to start a war against the Kingdom of Hui, he must be full of momentum, and the Kingdom of Hui, who is destined to fight in the first battle, will never dare to do it again.

Therefore, the Zhao family of the Tiande Army pulled 3 soldiers and horses to fight against the [-] soldiers and horses of the Hui Kingdom.

It failed miserably.

Of course, Gu Zhao didn’t know the number of casualties. Emperor Kang Jing of Jingli saw the military newsletter that came back in a hurry, spurted out a mouthful of blood in anger, and fainted immediately. This happened in the Zichen Palace, not in the imperial court , the entire Zichen Palace was in chaos.

Although the chief manager Wang Zetian was flustered, he tried his best to calm down the situation, and invited the imperial doctor to come, and locked up the maid and eunuch who was on duty at the Zichen Palace first, so as not to leak the news——

Facing Mr. Yan, a scholar of Zichen Palace, he naturally dare not do this.

Strictly said: "Please trouble Eunuch Wang to prepare a bedding."

Wang Zetian heaved a sigh of relief, and did not really prepare a quilt for Mr. Yan to make a bed on the floor, but prepared a side room. Everything will be discussed after the Holy Majesty wakes up. If the news leaks out at this time, it is difficult to guarantee that some little ghosts will move their minds at this moment. .

The palace is going to be chaotic.

When wars are fought in this peaceful and prosperous age, the holy majesty is old and weak, and all his brains are tied together. No matter which prince ascends the throne, there will always be shocks.Wang Zetian let out a long breath in his heart, but he is so old and a rootless person, what else do he care about, he will just go up with the saint.

Yan Jinxin stayed in the palace for two days. Because it was not the morning time for the two days, the cabinet and the six ministries were still operating as usual. Few people knew what happened in the Zichen Palace that day - it was common for Master Yan to stay in the Zichen Palace.

Shengshang is getting old, and his eyes are not very good-it is said that old eyes are dim, which is a problem of old people.Because Master Yan wrote good articles, after he was promoted to a bachelor's degree, he was highly valued by the Holy One, and it was common for him to write things for his clumsy pen.

Naturally, there are people in the officialdom, and the old fox smells something wrong.

On that day, the eight-hundred-mile rushing battle report rode the horse all the way without stopping, and entered the palace from the gate of the capital. It stands to reason that whether it is good or bad, the Holy One should always recruit the six cabinets. Good news is naturally rewarded, happy, and bad is accountability. , but it's not common to be so motionless without any news.

The elders in the cabinet have different ideas.

The fifth prince and the sixth prince also thought about it. The sixth prince went to the palace to greet his mother and concubine Xian. He wanted to inquire about some news. The Xian concubine didn't know anything about Zichen Palace. , and also reprimanded his son, asking him to learn more from Lao Wu.

The sixth prince is still not convinced. Ever since the fifth brother became the king of the county, and he was still a bald prince, the sixth prince has felt uncomfortable, and he is no longer close to the fifth brother. He left the palace without staying.

As everyone knows, although the Holy Majesty fell ill, there were many concealed eyeliners.

The fifth prince could sit still, and as usual, the sixth prince went into the harem to inquire.

At this moment in the Zichen Hall, the Holy Majesty had already woken up, and Wang Zetian was standing beside him, bowing his waist and talking softly, explaining in detail all the things that happened after the Holy Majesty passed out, including the fact that Mr. Yan wanted a bedding and planned to make a bed on the floor.

Emperor Kang Jing closed his eyes and hummed.

Wang Zetian backed away, and the hidden clothes on the kneeling ground reported the movements of the adult princes staying in Beijing. Everything was as usual, except——

"Lao Liu, this is a big heart."

But now that there are external worries and internal troubles, Emperor Kang Jing is also weaker than before.On the day Kang Jingdi woke up, Yan Jinxin left the palace and went back to the mansion. Just like going to and from get off work in the past, when he got home, Liu Shu was naturally anxious. When he saw the man coming back, he was completely relieved. Went to the police.

The rigorous letter was as solemn as usual, and he said: "Recently, there have been a lot of things. I am young and have a low official position. Several elders asked me to copy things, so I was in a hurry."

Yan Jingxin is the first time to lie to Liushu, pretending to be a bad face in the past, but the reason he said is full of loopholes, but how can the Yan family know this, Liushu can read and write a daily letter, and he has been worried about it for two days. It's fine when you come back, and you don't care about your business.

He didn't ask any further questions right away, and said that the elders in the pavilion were not authentic, even if they did farm work for the landlord's family, they would have to come back to rest...

Didn't he know that the words spoken by Liu Shu in Yan's mansion were originally handwritten and put on the table of the Holy One.When Kang Jingdi saw him, he was not angry, and even smiled, saying that Yan Qing is available, and the family has a bit of wild fun.

Wang Zetian knew the Holy Will. The second prince, the Zhao family, was too powerful. There were too many powerful families in Beijing, and the influence was constantly involved. Now that the Holy One is old, these powerful families are constantly thinking carefully, but Mr. Yan, the farmer who has no family, has no power. With no background, I can only rely on the Holy Majesty.

This is the courtier of the Holy Majesty, a loyal one.

Everyone wants to follow the dragon's work, but the person sitting in that position has not gone yet.

Zhaozhou.

The first batch of canned food, after various experiments, was finally successful.In the current season, there are few lychees, some are late, and there are more pineapples, and there are canned sea shrimp and fish.

These cans are made of pottery. The short and pier jars need to pay attention to the sealing on the top, especially the spiral pattern on the inner layer. This wastes a lot of time and procedures, plus rubber gaskets, and high-temperature sterilization and sealing. After several failures and tossing, it became the appearance of being able to ship.

A jar of canned food, minus the weight of its own pottery, with fruit pulp and juice inside, is at least three catties full, and sugar water accounts for one catty.The cost is here, and there is no way to make it too small.

The fruit that was rotten in the ground now has a place to go and can be sold for money. Why don't the local people love it?Especially the fishermen who go out to sea to salvage by the sea, they had some complaints about Mr. Gu at the top—to put it simply, some people scolded Gu Zhao behind their backs.

why.

Gu Zhao came to Ji Ting Rongguan, and Li Zhouzhou set up a coconut factory and started a coconut business. This had nothing to do with the interests of the villagers who rely on salvage and fishing by the sea.

And scolding Mr. Gu means that the coconut factory has started. In the past, the Li family in these two prefectures and counties was very powerful, and the people all listened to the words of the Li family, which was quite prestigious, but now——

Originally, I fished and fished separately, but now I am thinking of picking coconuts and planting coconuts. I have a fight with the Li family. What is good with your Li family? How much does your Li family charge for fish? Let’s look at Boss Li It's a black heart to charge too much for coconuts!

To be honest, the money is not much different, but the Li family can't eat so much fish, and there are not so many channels, so sometimes they are picky about collecting fish, with many excuses, some unsightly ones that are too thin and those that are broken.

Most of the people who scolded Gu Zhao were powerful people with the surname Li.

While envious of coconut goods, while his own power is reduced, can he not scold him?But in July and August of this year, when the site was selected to build a factory, the fishermen heard that a canning factory was to be built. Naturally, they didn't know what the canned food was, and they couldn't even ask. How could the factory builder know.

But looking at the address, the one chosen is very close to the fishing villages.

Later, at the China Merchants Association, it was said that they were engaged in marine production business. After the word got out, the fishermen were very happy. Even the people from the Li family who scolded Gu Zhao before were stunned and couldn't believe it, but they were faintly happy in their hearts.

If it weren't for the difficult life and the difficulty of going on, they had to be twisted together. These village heads and patriarchs are actually under great pressure. They collect the fish from the fishermen, but they can't get much money by selling them, and they are complained by the fishermen. , this is also suffering.

Naturally, there are also real underworld forces who are not happy or happy, and feel that the officials have touched their business and stood on their heads to grab their business.

Gu Zhao is not too polite, I am an official, if I don't look into the past, I am generous and kind, but now I am playing tricks in front of him, and I have no chance to rectify these black forces, so I immediately found a reason. .

Killing chickens to make an example to monkeys, the Li clan of the two prefectures suddenly stopped.

A part of the power was already divided by Yehuo's other surnames, and if the beating continues like this, the local snakes will be beaten to pieces and become a small part.The well-behaved, honest, and benevolent Li family forces, Gu Zhao didn't do anything, and kept them all.

This is a good influence.

Nowadays, the concept of clan power has been influenced too deeply for too long. A good patriarch and village head is one who corrects the atmosphere of a village and can take the lead.

Still have to rely on clan restraint management.

Let’s just talk about canned seafood. The shrimp meat is the selected sea shrimp, the kind that Fu Bao likes to eat. Anyway, Gu Zhao has never seen it in modern times. It tastes meaty and chewy, and after steaming, it is sweet and has a slightly salty taste.

Because of the salt in the sea.

The prawns in the canned prawns are decapitated, and only the back ends are left. After a little steaming, the rows are neatly arranged. Such a box of canned prawns is naturally expensive to sell inland, at least a hundred dollars.Canned fish is also picked with fewer fish bones, the kind with only one row of fish bones, the fish meat is white, and it tastes strong fishy, ​​without any fishy smell.

The first time I made canned seafood, I naturally picked up the ones that are easy to salvage, large in quantity and high in quality.

Zhaozhou's brand is still going to be launched.

This time, the ship is the Li family's—Brother Lin's family.The Li family had foresight, and when the coconut factory was established that day, the grandfather of the Li family's patriarch, Brother Lin, knew that Mr. Gu thought their Li family was too powerful, and this was to support other surnames.

Among them, most of the Li family's children were a little upset, but Brother Lin's grandpa thought quickly.

"Since ancient times, what can the people do if they don't fight with the officials and accept their fate? I think the new Mr. Gu and his wife are kind-hearted people who are easy to get along with. They shouldn't be wiped out. Our Li family didn't do anything to bully the market and seize other people's things. What are you afraid of doing?"

It can be said that, in fact, Brother Lin's grandfather is also betting, betting that Mr. Gu really cares about the people and is not a ruthless greedy person, otherwise what would they do?A businessman really got into a fight with the official?Don't die.

After that, he sent brother Lin to Mrs. Gu, and also submitted a certificate of honor to be subdued.

Our Li family is not the same as those other evil Li families.

... This time he set up a canning factory and shipped goods by sea, using the boat of Brother Lin's family. Master Li's brows finally stretched and he smiled happily.

"I said that day, Mr. Gu is kind and will definitely show compassion to us common people."

"No, good times are coming."