The husband's son-in-law

One month before the Chinese New Year, there are New Year's greeting posts. The county magistrates, squires, shareholders who do business with the Li family, etc., all these posts are suppressed, and there is a lot of boxes. It is almost ten days before the New Year. Only then did Li Zhouzhou begin to stroke.

Now that the road has been repaired, there is still plenty of time to send the reply.

Half a month ago, the Li family sent Brother Lin to Li's Mansion in Zhaozhou. The people who sent them off were Brother Lin's sister-in-law and elder brother. Everyone was here. Li Zhouzhou naturally wanted to meet someone, so why didn't he let Lin go? Brothers will be reunited for a few more days.

"He's bored at home, thinking about his wife's place." Brother Lin said.

Now in Zhaozhou, there are Mrs. Li Zhouzhou, and there are also bosses. Those who are called bosses mean that there are many people doing business outside.Li Zhouzhou accepted these two titles very much.

Li Zhouzhou talked a few words with Brother Lin's family, entertained them for a lunch, and kept the two of them to stay for one night. Now it's not suitable to go back to Jiting, so naturally the eldest brother and sister-in-law of the Li family declined, but they were also moved. In the end it stayed.

The husband and wife live in the small courtyard on the side of the front, which is the courtyard next door where the escorts lived before.Butler Zhou arranged it, and he did things in a reasonable manner.

This small courtyard has a small path leading to the backyard of the guest room. Naturally, there is a gourd door, which is locked on weekdays. When Steward Zhou reported to the boss, it was convenient for the Li family to visit Master Lin.

Brother Lin shared the yard with Wang Jian. After the gourd gate was opened, Brother Lin first told Brother Wang Jian that his eldest brother and sister-in-law came to see him off, and stayed for a day by the way. .

"They're all here. Of course I want to see you. Say hello. I've bothered you when I stayed at your house before. I knew it was unreasonable and I avoided seeing you." Wang Jian said.

The eldest brother of the Li family knew that only brother Lin and Wang Jian lived in this yard, so he avoided coming over for a while. After all, Wang Jian is an unmarried brother, and his reputation is a bit mixed, so it is better not to communicate, so he just let The wife went over to see Brother Lin's residence, so that he could go back and talk to his family.

Every time Brother Lin said that everything was good in Li Mansion, the servants did not dare to neglect him, but after a long time under the fence, it was inevitable that he would be inconsiderate. Can't see it.

The sister-in-law of the Li family passed by.The courtyard where brother Lin Wang Jian lives is no different from the small courtyard at home. There are flowers and trees planted in the corner, but there is no color and scenery in winter. When you enter the main hall, the stove is burning warmly inside, and there is a place next to the window with good light. Embroidery frame.

"I usually think about embroidery and work here." Brother Lin said to his sister-in-law.

Not long after, Wang Jian came, chatted with Li's sister-in-law, had a conversation, the three of them had dinner together, and talked about a cup of tea before the sister-in-law left.Returning to the front yard by the same route, her husband also ate food, Mr. Gu came back after getting off duty, said hello and asked a few words, but nothing else happened.

"How about Brother Lin?"

Sister-in-law told her husband to just rest assured that no one bullied Brother Lin, and Brother Lin's life was not difficult, on the contrary, he lived a comfortable and happy life. The eldest brother felt that this was too much, could it be that being in Li's mansion is better than being at home?

"The layout of the house is naturally not as beautiful and expensive as our Brother Lin's house."

"Let me just say, how can you compare yourself to being a guest when you are away from home." The eldest brother believed it, "They are both husband and wife, and they are talking behind closed doors. Why are you still hiding it from me? Just pick the good ones."

The sister-in-law said: "I'm not fooling you. I went to the main hall to chat for a while, and then I went to Lin Ge'er's room to look. I just said that the place with the best light in the main hall is where Lin Geer's daily activities are, and the stove is also close to Lin Geer's room." , then Wang Jian took care of Brother Lin everywhere, and exchanged heat for Brother Lin when the tea was warm. Next to it was a handkerchief for cleaning hands, and Brother Lin's favorite snacks, which were meals made in the small kitchen, which were also Brother Lin. Taste of..."

She is a woman with a careful heart. At first, she thought that both of them were unmarried brothers. Living together, it was inevitable that they would compete for the limelight. Especially since Wang Jian was a concubine, he might look down on Brother Lin, but she didn't think so. Wang Jian didn't have the slightest intention to say so, he really loved Brother Lin like a younger brother.

"You don't understand. Before my daughter got married, I could have a handkerchief in the house, and we could live together and talk and chat every day without worrying about other things. I can live happily these days." Before leaving the cabinet.

This is more unforgettable than wearing silk and satin or gold and silver jewelry.

The couple left on the second day, and when they went back, the sister-in-law told her the truth. Auntie Li and mother-in-law didn't like Wang Jian's style before, but they were all selfish. Hearing that Wang Jian took care of Brother Lin everywhere, they naturally took a few. Very biased.

Without mentioning this, let’s just say that when I write a reply now, Li Zhouzhou has called Wang Jian and Brother Lin up. They can read and write, especially Brother Lin who is careful and can help him fill in the relationship.

Li Zhouzhou took out the form scroll that Xianggong made last year.

Brother Lin was taken aback, he had never seen it before.But after reading it carefully, and looking at this year's post again, I quickly understood, said this is good, and then stroked it.

Li Zhouzhou saw that brother Lin was doing well, "You also do this at home?"

"Almost, my family is doing business. Every year, the shopkeeper will come to pay New Year's greetings, and there are some other relatives. There are too many people who come. Grandma mother asked me to learn to watch. When I get married, I will become the mistress. , it’s also good to host China Feed.”

Wang Jian didn't know this, his aunt had never taught him, nor did he want to.

"At that time, I also said that there were so many people in my family that I couldn't recognize them all and it would be easy to mess up. Look at it now, how is my family doing?" Brother Lin laughed at the list.

Li Zhouzhou asked Brother Lin and Wang Jian to do it, and he would do it after going through it.Brother Lin was a little flustered when he heard it, and felt that he could not do well, what if he offended someone, but the boss had already left.

Wang Jian said: "Would you be afraid of offending the family members who come to your house every year to pay New Year's greetings because you wrote a wrong sentence in the reply or didn't write it perfectly?"

Naturally not.

These people all depend on Brother Lin's family to live.

"I'm not saying this to mean that your family and your boss are unkind, but that these are trivial matters, and the consequences of making a mistake are not that serious. Besides, the boss will read it again if he says so, so don't worry about it."

Brother Lin thought for a while after listening, and said with a look of admiration: "Brother, you are really amazing."

"I haven't done it before, but I have experience in doing business with the boss. I just need to grasp the big head and make no mistakes. The boss's business is increasing, and the number of people under his management is also increasing. How can it be a trivial matter?" I know too."

Brother Lin thinks it's right, but it's also not right, "If you don't care about small things, wouldn't it be a big thing if you save slowly?"

"You're right, so you need someone the boss trusts to investigate."

Wang Jian knew that the boss bought someone, and it must be for this reason.

Li Zhouzhou didn't know that the two were chatting while working, and he went to find Fubao after talking about it.

"I've been writing all morning, take a break, Wang Wang is bored, don't you want to play with Wang Wang for a while?" Li Zhouzhou coaxed Fu Bao to put down his pen, and said, "Daddy hasn't walked Wang Wang for a long time, let's go together."

Fu Bao was naturally happy, put away his pen and washed his hands, and went to play in the back garden with Dad and Wang Wang.

"Father, are you worried about Fubao?"

"It's about caring. It's been two months since daddy left the store, so I miss Fubao." Li Zhouzhou touched the child's head, he was really smart.

Fu Bao: "I miss daddy too." The adult seemed serious and said, "Daddy, you and dad don't have to worry about me, Li Zhaoxi is amazing."

"No matter how powerful Li Zhaoxi is, he is still my father's child." Li Zhouxue pinched Fufu's face.

Fufu is so cute to daddy, facing the pinched cheek, he murmured, "Daddy, are you swollen like daddy?" But he didn't stretch out his hand to scratch, if Gu Zhao did this, both father and son would have scratched opened.

Li Zhouzhou stopped bullying Fubao, let go, and said, "Your father and I are husband and wife. We eat, sleep and talk together. It's been a long time."

The father and son took a walk and played with each other for a long time.At noon, Gu Zhao came back from duty early, and asked his servants that the father and son were playing in the back, and they also became interested, so they didn't change their clothes, so they put on an old quilted robe and went to the back - Mr. Gu doesn't like to wear official clothes when he goes to work. Clothes.

Random, no one cares.

The family of three had a quarrel, and Fu Bao couldn't laugh. Li Da was afraid of hurting his throat when he listened to it in the room. When he sat down for lunch, he said, "Why are you laughing so loudly? Does your throat hurt?"

"Grandpa doesn't hurt." Fu Bao said it didn't hurt, but his voice was a little hoarse.

Gu Zhao touched his nose, took the pot and said, "I've played with him before."

Li Da didn't know what to say, but when he thought that Fubao seemed to be a grown-up man before, and he was much more stable, he was frightened by how he looked like a child. It's a sign.

"You should protect your throat next time you play," Li Da told Fu Bao.

Fu Bao nodded his head heavily, hummed, and smiled happily.

Everyone in the family loves Fufu very much.

Later, Fu Bao asked Dad, is the little brother in the poorhouse okay?Can you go and see the little brother, he plays with the little brother.Li Zhouzhou was stunned for a moment, then smiled softly, and said, "My brother is still young and has not confinement yet. When the weather is warmer after confinement, father will take Fubao to see my little brother."

The little brother is weak, malnourished in the mother's womb and was squeezed a lot. The mother can't keep up with the nutrition and has to do physical work. It didn't grow well in the stomach, and it came out like a kitten. I heard it only weighed less than four catties.

After the birth, his mother did not sit well during the confinement period, and was angry all day long. The Lin family also thought that she had a baby boy, and her mother-in-law was too lazy to take care of her, and even scolded Lin Qiaoniang for being hypocritical and lazy, and asked Lin Qiaoniang to get up and cook. The child had no milk to drink, so he was given some rice soup, and his crying was pitifully weak.

If it wasn't for Li Chun passing quickly, I'm afraid this little brother would be dead before confinement - the Lin family didn't want it, they wanted to drown this child, but Lin Qiaoniang was protecting him, so there were a hundred ways A little baby died in the process of grinding.

Who has nothing else to say, after all, he is the seed of the Lin family, so he can do whatever he wants.

Li Zhouzhou packed two boxes of clothes and toys, 100 taels of silver, and even invited Xiaotian to go over to look at it. Xiaotian came back and said that both children and adults should take care of them, especially adults who have suffered a lot.

The matter of Lin Qiaoniang reminded Xiaotian of his father, and later Li Zhouzhou didn't need to tell him, he ran a lot for free.

After that came the new year. The Li family first went to the Chen Mansion to pay New Year's greetings. Compared with the previous two years, the two families were also cordial and warm, but after all, they were separated by social politeness. This year was different. It was as if they were best friends. , getting angry, he couldn't help holding Gu Zhao's hand, and said, "If Xiao Gu doesn't dislike it, what is his name Chen Weng, he can be called a big brother."

"We made friends in previous years."

Gu Zhao: ...he didn't mind, he looked at Chen Dalang who was almost forty.

If this is called, Chen Dalang will be his nephew.

"What do you see him doing, do you think I'm too old?"

Gu Zhao: ...Tears took advantage.

"Big brother, hello, little brother, happy new year." Master Gu's voice was full of joy.

Chen Weng's voice was also thick and hearty, hahaha laughed, and said yes, let's have another drink.After Chen Weng finished drinking, he still waved his hands and told his elder son, "Don't treat you, Uncle Gu..."

Gu Zhao bared his teeth and smiled happily, "Children, I don't care about being an adult, and there is nothing to be slow or slow." It really climbed smoothly.

Li Zhouzhou held back his laughter, and the women of the Chen family beside him didn't know what to do.

Finally, it was getting late, and the Chen family saw off the guests.Chen Dalang was embarrassed, but when he was sent outside the gate of his house, he bowed solemnly and said, "Uncle Gu, go slowly, go well."

"Sure, Xiao Chen, go back." Uncle Gu waved his hand and left.

On the way back, Gu Zhao also said to Zhou Zhou: "I've passed my mouth addiction today, and I don't know why Chen Weng will be upset when he wakes up tomorrow."

Li Zhouzhou saw that Xianggong's cheeks were flushed, and his eyes were full of alcohol, and he knew that he was drinking because he was in a good mood, so he started to play. When he first came to Zhaozhou, Xianggong did not dare to be like this today.This is a good thing.

"Student Fufu, your father gave you a seniority today. What will you call him Brother Seventeen? Nephew Seventeen? He has to call you Uncle Fubao."

Li Zhaoxi's eyes were also sparkling, "Really, Dad?"

Fufu has elder sisters, younger brothers, older brothers, and uncles and grandpas, but no nephews.

Li Zhouzhou laughed out loud, Mr. Chen still remembered Chen Chen, the youngest grandson of the Chen family.At the same time, he said to Fu Bao: "Your father is joking, Chen Chen is older than you, so he still needs to be called brother."

Li Da didn't speak all the way, but now he shook his head and said: "Zhou Zhou, what you said is wrong. Since Mr. Chen is the same as Zhao'er, he is a brother. Our Fubao is Chen Chen's little uncle."

"Yes, Dad is right."

Li Zhou saw on Monday that his father also drank a little too much. Although he was not drunk, he was just like a gentleman, but his mind was a little confused. He didn't argue, and he would know when he woke up tomorrow.

Fu Bao, on the other hand, didn't speak when he saw his father, and his eyes immediately glowed with joy. He was walking with wind and jumping all the way back. He was going to be Shi Qi's little uncle! ! !

Li Zhaoxi is an adult now.

When Gu Zhaoren woke up the next day, he didn't reach the level of fragmentation. Remembering drinking and chatting with Chen Weng yesterday, he couldn't help smiling and didn't care about it. After all, Chen Weng was much older than him, so he didn't take advantage of it. up.

"I chatted with Chen Erniang yesterday, about Lin Qiaoniang in the relief home." Li Zhouzhou also changed the subject, and took a rest yesterday when he came back to wash up, and didn't have time to talk about it.

Gu Zhao took a sip of tea and listened.

"Lin Qiaoniang and the little brother are all safe now."

"That's why Wu Heli wants me to beat her ex-husband?"

Li Zhouzhou: "I didn't say that, but I just learned from Lin Qiaoniang that Ji Ting is used to being poor. It's not without precedent that Lin Qiaoniang's mother-in-law drowned her little brother. It has happened in almost every village. If it is a girl or brother, it will drown."

Gu Zhao couldn't even drink his tea, knowing that Zhou Zhou was talking about it now, not at the breakfast table in the morning, so of course Fu Bao couldn't let Fu Bao hear this topic.

"If you do such a thing, you only say to outsiders that you were born a dead baby, and the weak fetus will live soon. I also asked, why not throw it away, at least I can survive, but after I asked, I knew I was stupid. Let's Before coming to Zhaozhou, how could the people of Jiting have spare money and rations to feed other people’s children.”

Gu Zhao hummed.

"Chen Erniang discussed with Li Chun, and asked me to ask if it could be published in the mansion newspaper. If the unwanted children don't drown, they will have one life, and they will feed them at the gate of the poorhouse."

Gu Zhao thought for a while, and said: "It's okay to report to the residence, but you can't say that. If you say that, some people are cunning and throw all the children at the gate of the asylum. When they are raised, these people will go back, girl. No matter what you say, brother, you can exchange for a gift money..."

"Let me do it. When the time comes, I will definitely write more. If the child goes to the poorhouse and is raised by the poorhouse, then he is a child of the poorhouse."

Li Zhouzhou thought for a while, "Why don't you change your surname to Gu."

"..." Gu Zhao stopped what he wanted to say.

Li Zhouzhou said: "You are an official, follow your surname, and this relief home is run by the government. To put it bluntly, these unwanted children belong to the official family. Those parents who lost their children want to find their children back to exchange money." , then you have to think about it, can you fight with an official like you?"

"You really convinced me with your reasoning." Gu Zhao actually didn't value these things, and it wasn't his family's surname, so let the surname be Gu, and it would be good to give these children some protection.

This matter has been settled, and it will only be explained in the residence newspaper after the next year.

After that, there are so many people who come to visit for New Year’s greetings, and they are divided into batches as last year. The official masters are in the first place, and those with official ranks above the ninth rank are in line. It is the merchants who do business with the squires.

As a result, they came to the house for the first time on the first day of the Lunar New Year. In addition to the county magistrates of Bolin and Wan'an and their families, Chen Dalang and his brothers brought their wives, children and relatives, as well as their children—although they are all direct descendants, the Chen family has a large population. .

All of a sudden, Gu Zhao almost lost his mind.

In previous years, on New Year's Eve, his family would go to pay New Year's greetings to Weng Chen. After that, Chen Dalang, the representative of the Chen family, would just pick one day to come, and there would not be so many, just Chen Dalang's family members.

The more stupid ones are yet to come, the brothers of the Chen family held the ceremony, and when they met Gu Zhao they called Uncle Gu, and the female relatives called Uncle Li Zhou Zhou.Regardless of whether it was the county magistrates who hosted the banquet in the front, or the county magistrate's family members who were entertained by Li Zhouzhou later, they were all dumbfounded.

In such an atmosphere, only Fubao accepted it the fastest and best—it should be said that he didn’t even have a buffer for being dumbfounded, as if he knew it a long time ago, he was very happy and smiled and said: "Nephew Seventeen, You all come, I have a meeting gift for you."

Fu Bao is an adult with his head held high!

Li Zhouzhou: ...

The boys and girls of the Chen family really caught up. Although some of the children showed some embarrassment on their faces, they should have been scolded by his father at home, so they were all well-behaved. They are only six years old. Seven-year-old Li Zhaoxi's 'nephew' and 'niece'.

Later, Fubao really took it out, but he didn't expect that there were too many people, his beloved toys were not enough, and the nieces didn't seem to like balls——

"I'm not a little uncle, I'll send you off in a few days, don't be sad." Master Li Zhaoxi seemed to comfort the nieces who didn't get the gift.

These little girls are all older than Fubao, and now they are deliberately teasing Fubao, so they just say yes, then our little niece will wait for my little uncle's gift and so on.

...Anyway, after seeing off the guests at the end of the day, the magistrates of the two prefectures in Luyuan arranged to live in the small courtyard of the guest room in the front yard.

The Chen family went back and learned from their father honestly. They really recognized each other when they saw each other, and none of them refused to admit it. The granddaughters also said that Uncle Fubao was going to give them a meeting gift, which is so cute.Weng Chen smiled and stroked his beard, "You deserve it."

I don't feel like I'm at a disadvantage either.

Chen's man Ding, a grandson who is older than Fubao, actually felt a little embarrassed by being called Uncle Fubao, but now he heard what his grandfather said, and he didn't seem to be ashamed.Among them, Chen Chen was not very happy, he didn't want to be Fu Bao's nephew, Fu Bao called him brother, why did he change.

"He's your uncle. If there is anything in the future, whoever can help you will naturally help you." The "he" in Chen Weng's mouth is naturally not Fu Bao, but Gu Zhao.

In Loei.

The whole family was still sitting and chatting together, especially Fubao, who was in a hurry, and asked Dad, "What do little girls like? As an elder, I can't give it wrong."

Gu Zhao: ...you really treat yourself like a dish.

Li Zhouzhou had already finished buffering, but he couldn't speak at this moment, but looked at Mr. Xiang, did he really agree and take over the Chen family's seniority?

Gu Zhao also came to his senses at this time, he really couldn't tell who was taking advantage of it, he didn't look at his Jiafubao's toys being hollowed out today, and he happily voluntarily picked up——

Old Chen is really a slippery old man! ! !

Older gingers are more spicy.

At this moment, Xiao Gu suspected that Weng Chen wasn't drunk at all, was he?

"Our Li Zhaoxi is a dish—"

"Huh? Dad"

Gu Zhao bald, and said foolishly, "I mean, when you grow up, you have suddenly changed from the youngest at the baby's table to the most senior one."

Li Zhaoxi happily showed rows of neat shell teeth, and coquettishly begged Dad, "Daddy, Fufu is now an uncle, I need to buy some gifts for the children."

Gu Zhao: ...

Li Zhouzhou: ...

Li Da realized that something was wrong now, but his family Fubao was so happy, so let's buy it, and now the family is not without conditions, buy some hairband handkerchiefs or something.

"I remember that I burned more zodiac signs before burning colored glaze, so I simply made a list, one for each of Li Zhaoxi's nieces." Gu Zhao said.

Li Zhouzhou: "Let's add another square handkerchief. There are Liuguang silk handkerchiefs in the house. It's a new pattern that Brother Lin has figured out. It's up to you to choose."

The two fathers have finished worrying about Li Zhaoxi's nieces, so Li Zhaoxi can just be a rich boy uncle.

"Nephews, don't forget, I was still missing a few..." Li Zhaoxi counted with his fingers.

Gu Zhao looked at it, and just wanted to say, whoever saw it, should not praise Li Zhaoxi as a good uncle.

Naturally, the news that Mr. Chen’s son is called Mr. Gu Uncle Gu has also spread. Gu Zhao’s previous methods have helped Yiran gain a firm foothold in Zhaozhou. Mr. Chen and Mr. Gu, the second in command, are brothers who have worshiped the master.

This Zhaozhou's surname is Gu - because Mr. Chen doesn't care about things.

Mr. Gu's life is hot again.Gu Zhao knows the rumors outside, but he doesn’t care, he can do whatever he wants. Although he didn’t say anything, but in action, he wants to be the head of the local emperor of Zhaozhou and control the real power, but what he does will only make Zhaozhou’s economy more prosperous and the people’s lives better. That's all.

For the sake of Zhou Zhou's child's happy and free life.

That's all.

On the ninth day of the lunar new year, they received big merchants and squires.This Li Mansion welcomes guests, not to mention the ranking of the officials in the first place, but the hospitality on the first day is also particular—the merchants in Zhaozhou City are all thinking about it.

In the past, there were three major merchants plus one Li family, but now the pattern has changed.

The Wang family took the lead, and the Chen family seemed less prosperous than before.The carriage of the Wang family was even more grand than last year. Mr. Wang was wearing a satin robe, and Mrs. Wang was in the back of the carriage. This time, he not only brought his own daughter, Qiniang, but also Wang Jian's sister, Liuniang.

Auntie can't get on the stage.

Mrs. Wang brought Liuniang here, trying to flatter her in a different way, which can be regarded as echoing the master's wishes.

The side hall of Li's Mansion is still so big, but it can't stand the excitement of the crowd. These female family members brought three or four girls, and they didn't dare to shout loudly here.

Wang Jian wore silk and satin today, and the color was not as old as before. It was just that he was uncomfortable sitting on the beautiful round stool in the same row as the girls, but the girls of these families looked at him curiously and wanted to get close to him. He even talked about my elder brother.

This is showing off.Wang Jian knew.

In fact, although he and his sister were born by the same mother, it can be said that the former aunt loved her, he was a brother, and his temper was not very good. The sister was really not close to him before, and she still cared about the elder brothers born to her first mother. attentive.

This Wang Jian was bitter and complained before, but now he doesn't, not because he has the confidence, but because he sees it more clearly.Liu Niang's status is low, and she flatters and flatters a few big brothers. The trivial things are being able to go out and go shopping in the street.

Now that a woman is married, her natal family has an older brother, and if she cares about being close and has someone to rely on, her husband's family does not dare to underestimate her.

Wang Jian could see it clearly, and felt pitiful. The daughter's elder brother was married, and lived behind closed doors. He swallowed all the pain on his own. In his husband's family, he relied on the love and affection of men.

Why is he a brother.

How nice to be a man.Wang Jian sometimes asked God.

"Is this Liuniang? I see that the eyebrows look a little like Wang Jian, with a bit of handsomeness in her beauty." Li Zhouzhou praised Wang Liuniang in order to show off Wang Jian's face, gave a red envelope, and asked again After a few words, as soon as I heard that I didn't go to school, I said to Mrs. Wang: "It's better to learn some words. What do you think, Mrs. Wang?"

Mrs. Wang then smiled and said, "Liu Niang will be fifteen after Chinese New Year. I'm afraid I won't be able to find someone after school."

"In your family's situation, Liu Niang is not limited to studying for four years, and learning to read for two years is also very good." Li Zhouzhou said.

Mrs. Wang can only say that what she said is that she will report Yunyun to Liu Niang when the spring begins.

After seeing the younger generation, Li Zhouzhou asked Wang Jian and Fu Bao to take the older sisters for a stroll, instead of staying here to chat and sit with them, just go and play.

The group of people went to play in the back garden just like last year.

The author has something to say:

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