The husband's son-in-law

In the back garden of Li Mansion.

A group of business ladies had a verbal quarrel, it was not a big deal, when they were having fun and drinking tea, Wang Jian lived in Li Mansion and was in charge of the boss, and with his status as a brother, he wanted to take care of these visitors. After talking with the maid about desserts and fruits, he invited everyone to sit down.

Qiniang of the Wang family took Wang Jian's behavior as a matter of course—meaning that Wang Jian should serve and take care of her.Wang Jian didn't care about it, he didn't care about these small thoughts, you came and I played tricks in the back house, and besides, what's the point of being the elder brother's take care of the sister?

But he has something to leave the meeting for a while.

Qiniang asked Liuniang to peel the fruit for her, and after a while poured tea again.Liu Niang did it.When the daughters of other families saw it, they began to fight eyebrows and lawsuits, covered their mouths and whispered jokes, saying how Liu Niang was doing such a small job like her elder brother, why did she do it herself when she was surrounded by servants.

"She is like this at home, serving my mother and taking care of me." Qiniang said with a smile.

Everyone who spoke laughed.Qiniang still doesn't understand why this is so funny, but she also knows that everyone laughs at Liuniang, not her, and eats her own fruit.

In fact, these words were a question of concern on the surface, but they actually scolded Liu Niang and Wang Jian, implying that the two brothers and sisters have come to visit as guests, and they are acting like servants and servants.

Liu Niang's face turned red, and she was a little annoyed, Qiniang was quite happy not to take it seriously, she was obviously the serious daughter of the Wang family, why did Madam Gu praise Liu Niang but not her in front of everyone?It is also said that Liu Niang is like Wang Jian, which is indeed like, that is, he was born to serve others.

"I also want crispy walnuts. Sixth sister, peel them for me. I'm done eating." Qiniang reached out for it after she finished eating.

The girls from other families looked at Liu Niang jokingly, wondering if it was stripping or not.

Liu Niang didn't want to be stripped, everyone saw her jokes, and was full of grievances, but she was a concubine, and her aunt came to Li Mansion to take her. The aunt will find a good marriage for her...

Qiniang is coddled, and it's the same in the mansion, Liuniang avoids everywhere.

"Do you want walnuts? I'll peel them for you." Fu Bao made a sound, and took the walnuts from the plate.

Qiniang was startled, and hurriedly said: "How can I let the young master peel it for me."

Fu Bao held the walnuts and didn't answer, looked at the big guy, and said, "You were making fun of Brother Wang Jian's sisters just now, that's not good, I also serve tea and water for grandpa and father at home, as children should , this is filial piety."

As soon as these words came out, some of the present were clever, and immediately rounded up with a smile and said, "That's right, being a child's filial parent, being a sister's loving sister, this is what you should do."

"As a younger sister, you should also respect your elder sister." Fu Bao stuffed the crispy walnut into his mouth and bit it, handed the unsaliva half to Qiniang, and said, "You can eat this without my saliva. If it’s not enough, I’ll bite you again.”

Qiniang felt so embarrassed and ashamed, she felt that if the young master Fubao talked about her, he would not be able to eat the walnuts, but this was peeled by the young master Fubao himself, so he had to take it over. Say don't eat don't eat.

You don't need to peel off the little master Fubao.

When Wang Jian came back, he saw Fu Bao Ka Ka biting a walnut first. He was stunned for a moment, and said, "The skin of this walnut is brittle, but don't bite your teeth if you have small teeth."

"I know Elder Brother, I just grind my teeth, I can hear the sound of crackling." Fu Bao happily sat on the chair and ate the walnut he bit, and gave Elder Brother a handful.

Wang Jian: Why does he think that Young Master Fubao bit the walnut on purpose and frightened people with the rattling sound?

Just now he left, what happened?

Later, Wang Jian asked the servants who served him to know what was going on. He was a little angry in his heart. The angry Qiniang was an idiot. They came out. Aren't they also stepping on the faces of the Wang family?Qiniang is still happy, how many families have helped her?

Fortunately, Fu Bao made the face, and Liu Niang took care of Qiniang everywhere, who was the sister who took care of the elder sister.

This matter was revealed in this way, Fu Bao did so just right, if it broke out, it would be embarrassing for the Wang family, Qiniang was stupid and trampled on her elder brother and sister, and there was no way to be a guest in Li's mansion. Swallow in the stomach.

Li Zhouzhou in front was talking to Mrs. Chen.

Naturally, he was talking about the emerald business in Liangzhe and Liangfu.

When Li Zhouzhou first came back, he was busy with Jiting’s business. When he was free in Zhaozhou, he called the Chen family and told about the situation of the order. The box of beads is not valuable, so let young master Fubao play with them as marbles.

Gu Zhao looked at the box of emeralds, they were of different sizes, but the beads were rounded and the water head was excellent, really top-grade, but the Chen family has learned how to give gifts now.

The materials are good and expensive, but the beads are of different sizes and colors. If the current aesthetics, the emerald green ones are neatly strung together into a string of bracelets. Even top-quality beads are not beautiful and cannot be used.

Play it as marbles for Fubao.

Then take it.

Now Li Zhouzhou asked about the progress of the Chen family. He called Aunt Liang for the job he was taking on, and naturally he had to take care of it. I heard Mrs. Chen said that the stone materials were selected, and God blessed them with a few good ones, just waiting for the carving.

"I don't need this thing in a hurry. Madam Liang's family and young ladies are precious. I saw a lot of good things, and slowly polished them. In terms of patterns, if they are opened in a few years, Wang Jian will take Brother Lin to help see each other. .”

"I was a guest at the Liang Mansion before, and the two of you met the young wives, and you know a little bit about their preferences. After discussing it like this, nothing will go wrong, and your family's materials should not be wasted."

Mrs. Chen was naturally overjoyed, thanking Mrs. Gu for her kindness in a hurry, and always thinking about their Chen family. She talked too much about being beautiful and flattering. , Said Mrs. Wang taught well.

They are housewives, so they know how to read people's faces. Although Mrs. Gu is polite and kind, she has never made things difficult for them, but she can see that Mrs. Gu doesn't like to listen to a lot of flattery. Just stop, otherwise this flattery will be tiresome.

The wives started chatting, and they were not talking about business. They praised their children and talked about going to school. Among them, the daughters of the Lin family and the Huang family went to school. I will do what I like, and the topic will also be brought here.

"... Speaking of farming class, I brought a foot of mud when I came back. I said to wash the dirt, but she was very happy, and hurriedly followed me, saying that Li Zhaoxi planted the best."

"Similarly, go to the vegetable field every day before going to school. There is a small sign in each field, which class grows the seedlings well, and which class is sparse. I heard that Li Zhaoxi's class is the best."

Li Zhouzhou: ...Although he knew that these wives wanted to praise Fubao, he was still happy to hear it as his father.

He laughed and said: "He came back and told me that Shangguan didn't like school very much. He couldn't finish talking every day at school. He learned characters in the morning, and after dinner in the afternoon, he had to go to PE class, playing ball, skipping rope, and farming. , When he came back, he asked his grandfather how to plant seedlings to grow taller."

Other families whose children didn't go to school naturally couldn't get into this topic.Mrs. Wang was sour when she met the Lin family, the Huang family and Mrs. Gu talking so much about it. She thought about sending Qiniang of her family to school as well.

A day of New Year's greetings ends with eating, drinking, talking and laughing.

Send guests out.

Wang Jian also went back with his aunt and sisters. Qiniang was in a car with her mother, and she was restless in the car, fearing that her mother would know that she had caused trouble and be taught a lesson by Master Fubao. No lesson.

But Qiniang has recollected it since Master Fubao said it. She seems to have done something wrong?

Mrs. Wang was thinking about the children going to school, but she actually didn't want Qiniang to go, even though she went there during the day and came back in the evening, but after all, the young man and the girl brother mixed together to study and go to class. Being a concubine is not afraid of anything, Qiniang's darling, or forget it?

In another car, Wang Jian and Liu Niang were in the same car.

"If she deliberately makes things difficult for you, you don't want to do it if you don't like it." Wang Jian told Liu Niang.

It's okay if I don't mention it, but when I mentioned it, Liu Niang remembered that everyone laughed at her in the afternoon, her eyes flushed with grievance, and her voice was choked with sobs: "She was born by my aunt, how dare I, turning around, my wife will shame my aunt." , I'm caught in the middle, I don't like left and right."

Wang Jian clenched his fists and really wanted to say "what are you afraid of and me", but he didn't say the words in the end, what is he?A brother is still born of a concubine, so he is not as reliable as a man for Liu Niang.

What is he.

In Loei.

Fu Bao went to find his grandfather and asked him, "Brother Wang Jian's sixth and seventh sisters are having trouble."

"Children of the Wang family?" Li Da remembered, and said, "The two of them were not born by the same mother, Wang Jian and Liu Niang were born by the same aunt."

Fu Bao: "Auntie?"

Li Da felt that something was wrong, so he hurriedly said: "Go and ask your father, grandpa doesn't know anything."

Fu Bao then went to ask Dad. He actually knew that some students in school would talk about their mother and then their aunt. When they talked about their mother, they were more serious.

Li Zhouzhou heard Fu Bao's question, but he didn't know how to open his mouth to explain.Gu Zhao heard it, and said it directly, as if talking about popular science, "His father in Wang Jian's family married a wife, and took several concubines, and the concubines gave birth to children, Wang Jian and Liu Niang. The house wife is the mother, and their biological mother is called Yi Niang."

"Nowadays, the rule is that people marry one wife, and taking concubines depends on their status and pockets, and whether they can support themselves."

Fu Bao's eyes widened, why is his house different from other people's?

"Because your father and father are more affectionate than Jin Jian, and they insist on the monogamy system. No one should think about taking concubines, and come here randomly." Seeing the bright question on the child's face, Gu Zhao said firmly, "You will grow up in the future." Take a look when you grow up, you have to polish your eyes, don't fall into the den of some dog man, the back of the house is a mess—”

"Sanggong, I've said too much, Fubao is still young." Li Zhouzhou hurriedly interrupted.Why does he think that it will be difficult for his own Fubao to marry in the future, but what the husband said is right, if Fubao gets married, there will be a lot of concubines in the man's room, and the life will be aggrieved. It is better not to marry.

It's not that their family can't afford it.

Fu Bao was shocked by what he heard, and couldn't close his small mouth for a long time.

Gu Zhao decided to strike again, taking advantage of the child's little Sanguan to shape up, "Think about it, if your daddy has another—ah bah bah bah, you can't give an example like this, you just think about yourself, if one day comes Your father and I love that child even more, and all your toys and bedtime stories are given to other children, are you willing?"

Fubao rattle shook his head, naturally he didn't like it.

Father and father are blessed!

"A person's heart is very small, and he can't pretend to be too many people. If he pretends to be a family, and then pretends to be a dream career, he will almost live a very fulfilling life. If there are more messy people to distract his energy, then he will do everything. It's not good." Gu Zhao fooled the child.

Fu Bao made sense, and nodded his head, but he had a question: "Father, if there are several children here who like Fu Fu very much, give Fu Fu their toys, and give Fu Fu food and drink. Yes, so Fufu can only have one child?"

"Wouldn't it be better to play together?"

How lively.

Gu Zhao: ...

If Fubao marries someone and the other party takes a concubine, Gu Zhao will be so furious that he will kill this doggy man, but he never imagined that his family Fubao will take in several men, all of whom are good to Fubao——

"You dare to think about it." Gu Zhao muttered, but said seriously: "When you grow up, you can have several friends, but you can't have many true loves."

Fu Bao didn't understand, but Li Zhaoxi should know when he is eight years old!

After coaxing Fu Bao to play with Wang Wang, Li Zhouzhou called the servant who was serving in the flower hall of the garden to come forward and asked what happened, and the servant explained clearly.

"It's smart." Gu Zhao praised Fubao.

Li Zhouzhou said: "I wanted to make face for Wang Jian, but I didn't think about—"

"It's nothing to do with you, it's the illegitimate daughter of the Wang family who is not sensible." Gu Zhao said.

Li Zhouzhou didn't speak, but just wrote it down. Wang Jian was the one who watched him walk out step by step. From the cowardly and shy fourth brother who didn't dare to show his face behind Master Wang to now walking firmly, he Taught the fourth brother out of Wang Jian.

He has to protect, and has the responsibility to protect Wang Jian.

"What's the matter? My face became sad for a while." Gu Zhao saw it.

Li Zhouzhou said, "...I don't understand either, but I'm afraid that Wang Jian will become the fourth brother again. He does business with me. I'm married and follow you. On the surface, I'm an official wife. Don't dare to say anything about me, but he is a concubine, if he is old enough and the family arranges a marriage and gets married, I'm afraid it will ruin his life."

Gu Zhao understood what Zhou Zhou meant.In the eyes of the two of them, Wang Jian is a good boy, self-reliant and self-reliant, and has a sense of equal rights, but under the rules of this society, Wang Jian's current situation is indeed——

It looks loud from the outside, and Boss Li appreciates and trusts it.

But in fact, a concubine with a bad reputation, and my mother-in-law probably remember it, so what can happen to a marriage after two years?It's better, for Zhou Zhou's face, choose a concubine who is also a merchant to be his regular wife.

But this kind of arrangement, at this time, is how women and brothers live.

"Ask Wang Jian what he means. Look at him. If there is someone you like, let's intervene and inquire more about it. If you don't like it, you don't want to marry. If the Wang family arranges a marriage, you also ask. Just say that you want to use Wang Jian. Let's not talk about it." No, people are not good, anyway, we bully others, and I am here." Gu Zhao felt that people have double standards, and since Zhou Zhou loves Wang Jian as a nephew, he will do it to the end.

Li Zhouzhou: "How can this be true? His reputation is even worse, and he is unfilial."

"Father is kind and son is filial. I don't think Master Wang has much love and love for Wang Jian." Gu Zhao said casually, and then said: "Don't think too much, Wang Jian has to think about this important matter. We outsiders don't care about it." So that I can control his life for his own good."

Li Zhouzhou could only put it aside for the time being, and turn around to ask about Su Shiyi's marriage.

Once the year is over, Fu Bao is seven years old, Wang Jian is sixteen, and Su Shiyi is eighteen.The Su family was thousands of miles away, so he was the one to take care of it.And Xiaoshu's girl, she doesn't know what's going on now.

"Second brother was promoted and became a celebrity, so Liu Fulang's own sister might not have a husband-in-law to choose from?"

On the 15th Lantern Festival, there is a Lantern Festival in Zhaozhou City, which started on the thirteenth day.In the past two years, Zhaozhou was too poor, Mr. Gu devoted all his attention to people's livelihood, economic development, and production increase. This year, he can slow down and focus on entertainment.

So the Zhaozhou Lantern Festival was held.

This event is naturally organized by the government, and private merchant sponsors are recruited to co-organize it. Gu Zhao approved some basic money, not much, such as hemp ropes, lanyards, and booths. Team—he learned from the Jinwu Guard in the capital.

Don't make a stampede, there are things like children lost.

From 14th to 15th is warm-up, and there is no curfew, that is, there are small vendors on the main streets of Baishan Street, toys for eating and drinking, hanging lanterns, and there are various riddles to win small gifts, NO.[-] It is big full-scale lantern Festival.

There are floats going out.

Gu Zhao told the bottom of this idea, these merchants volunteered to pay money, and some took jobs, saying that floats were good, Gu Zhao saw the merchant with a round stomach looking excited, his eyes were shining, so he took the first step said.

"The Lantern Festival is an event suitable for all people, old and young, and those who are not popular will be accepted."

The merchant originally wanted to parade a float through the streets and choose some beautiful dancers to dance on it.

"You can't be offensive, as long as you can dance artistically, you can't dance striptease—" Gu Zhao said halfway, and saw the merchant look at him with a shocked face, with a look of "Master Gu originally thought of this".

Gu Zhao: ...Fame! !His reputation! ! !

"My lord, it's just that I want to spend money to let the girls from the Red Mansion Chu Pavilion dance, but there are so many people, they don't dare to do it. If I dance, I will be beaten to death." The merchant looked aggrieved, and thought again. After splitting, he leaned forward and said in a low voice, "But I know a place. If you want to see it, you can come here secretly."

Gu Zhao: "I want to see a fart, stop talking nonsense to me, and ruin my reputation."

The merchant nodded timidly.

"And today's words, you are not allowed to spread it, especially don't let Boss Li hear it, or you will wait for me to peel off your skin." Gu Zhao threatened fiercely.

He really didn't have such dirty thoughts, why did he do the same now!

Wronged.

The merchant nodded, and instantly understood, and hurriedly agreed, almost swearing.But when he turned back to drink with some friends, he didn't say these words, but said with a smile: "Master Gu is not lustful, he is afraid of guilt, there is a tiger in the family, he has the heart and no guts."

"How come you started talking nonsense after a few drinks, and dare to arrange Master Gu?"

"I don't dare to make arrangements, just to say, Mr. Gu came to marry, can you not be afraid of Boss Li? Outside, it's a rule to call each other by Boss Li. If you say it's sex, don't you have to say hello..."

The big guy laughed, so naturally he stopped talking, but after thinking about it in his heart, it really is, what's the use of being an official, no matter how powerful and majestic he is?You can't even hug a warm and fragrant soft jade, and you have to say hello when you go to bed, hey, what's the taste of being an official.

"Boss Li is really amazing."

"Can't you be strong, and subdue Mr. Gu."

"Boss Li is a good planner, he has a big business, and he recruited a son-in-law to manage him strictly."

Everyone was even more respectful to Boss Li, even to the point of awe.

Li Zhouzhou also found out later, why after a year, when he was doing business and dealing with people, sometimes he met and chatted with other merchants, why did those people treat him more respectfully and politely?

Let’s just say that the Lantern Festival is coming as scheduled.

The people outside the city know that the gates of the city will be closed two hours late in the past three days, and some people in the surrounding area have made an agreement, and they are not afraid of walking at night—carrying oil lamps, a group of people have the courage to be afraid of anything.

There are also those who have mule carts or ox carts at home. They also negotiated a few days in advance and went to the city to watch the excitement.

"I heard that there are all kinds of lanterns in the city, and they are well done."

"I've also heard that there are fireworks at night, which costs a lot of money."

"Then when will it be released? Don't let us go back after the city gate is closed?"

"No, no, I heard from the yamen servant that the gate of the city was closed at the end of Xushi, and the fireworks were around three or four quarters of Xushi. After watching it, walk faster and go out of the city gate."

The city gate is closed for three days at nine o'clock in the evening, and the fireworks start at about seven forty and end at eight o'clock.After watching the fireworks and firecrackers, leave time for friends from far away from the city to return before the city gate closes.

The first and second days of the Lantern Festival are also lively, with everything for sale, just like going to a market, and there are many guards on patrol. When passing by, they knock on the gong to remind: "There are many people with lanterns, watch the children and be careful not to lose them."

The parents, uncles and nephews who originally watched the excitement wished they could have a pair of eyes to see more, and when they heard the sound of the gong, they suddenly became excited, yes, baby!I was busy looking back, but fortunately I was still following or holding hands.

Don't dare to forget.

There are lanterns hanging above every small vendor, some of which are made of rabbits, goldfish, and sugar figurines. Fu Bao loved sugar figurines when he was a child, but now that he is in Zhaozhou, he has not tasted sugar paintings for a long time.When Gu Zhao talked about making lanterns, he thought of the sugar figurines painted with syrup that are commonly seen in Beijing.

The sugar painting booth was arranged by Mr. Gu, who provided the raw materials and said, "I don't charge for the stall money or sugar money for the sugar figurines sold at the Lantern Festival. You just charge a manual fee, and it's all yours."

It can be regarded as a New Year's gift to the people in Zhaozhou's parents and officials in disguise.

People from the village saw a queue lined up at the stall, surrounded by a lot of children watching eagerly, so they went up to have a look, and they were shocked when they saw it. This candy can also draw pictures, and the rabbits are really beautiful, so it shouldn’t be cheap. ?

The children in the village also stretched their necks and stretched their bodies to look at it. When they saw that it was candy, their eyes drool all over the place. It's delicious, let's not eat it."

"Sugar, sweet, grandma wants to eat."

The man thought, "I've all come out to play, and I haven't been idle all year round. I have saved a lot of money for road construction, crops, and factory construction, so I went all out and bought a piece for the New Year's Eve."

"How much, how much?" the man asked.I thought I wouldn't buy it if I had twenty or thirty pennies.

The little apprentice was too busy, so he said without raising his head, "One penny."

What? !penny?

Isn't this sugar not sugar?Why is it so cheap?

The little apprentice seemed to know what the other party was thinking, and said: "The sugar is provided by Mr. Gu, we just earn a lot of hard work, and we don't dare to ask for more, but there is less sugar, so we can only make simple tricks."

"Then give me three." The man was proud now.

"You line up, there are still about ten people ahead." The little apprentice was in a hurry, he had to arrest his senior brother for a while.

The man's family is not in a hurry, there is nothing to wait for.There were other people waiting for the sugar man like him, and they couldn't help talking. This man was from Zhaozhou City, and he pointed the way and said: "There are rings in Dongtou, and there are prizes in them, such as coconut soap, coconut sugar, etc. , A piece of streamer silk, a penny and a ring, if you catch it, it's yours."

"Anything like this?"

"What he told you was the grand prize. This coconut product and three treasures cost thirty or forty pennies to sell outside, let alone streamer silk, but other things are okay, and a penny can always be drawn, such as headbands and hair bands. , It’s all girls like it.”

"Let's go and see later."

"And those who guess riddles can get lanterns."

"Will the money be distributed at the entrance of the Huang's shop?"

"Huh? Send money back?"

"No, you have to be right. If you hit the right pair, you will have a lantern and ten coins."

Now the villagers are stumped, they are ignorant and illiterate, so how can they know what is right.When the sugar figurine got it, it cost me a penny. This sugar painting is a little rabbit with a small bamboo stick stuck on it. It's really not very big, but it's only a penny.

cost-effective.

The man's family started shopping, and they really hit the trap.

"Congratulations, a piece of coconut soap." The ring stall owner wrapped up the coconut soap and handed it over.

The whole family couldn't be more happy, this coconut soap can be exchanged for a lot of money.When it came to guessing riddles, they failed to guess correctly, and walked to the door of Huang's shop, where there were lanterns hanging brightly, and there were some people around to watch the fun, and someone said: "Hey, this girl is so good, she is really right." up."

"What? The girl doll is right?"

"The other girl went to school. I saw that she was not in vain. She is even better than that big boy just now. She won ten coins with just one word."

"It's better to study, this school is not in vain."

The man listened, he was tall, and sure enough, he saw a ten-year-old girl in front of the crowd, carrying a lantern, and took a ten-cent red envelope, and then looked at his boy who was still licking candy in his arms.

"When our baby reaches the age, he can't be sent to the official school, so he will also be sent to the school to study." The man said.

The wife is naturally good.

If I didn't even dare to think about it before, but now that life is better, I can save money and have enough food. When my child grows up, I will be able to save money for school and literacy.

Such a good day, thanks to Master Gu and Boss Li coming to Zhaozhou.