The husband's son-in-law

Sun Mu and Bai Yin stayed in Zhaozhou to celebrate the New Year this year, and Chuzhou wrote a letter more than a month ago. Their sons wrote to say hello, and asked the two elders to go back.

The husband and wife wrote back, writing that everything is fine, and they will not go back this year, and we will talk about it in the future.

The letter was sent back to the Sun family in Chuzhou, without mentioning how surprised the grandchildren of the Sun family were. The eldest son cried when he read the letter, saying that he was not filial, while the daughter-in-law was terrified, fearing that something was wrong with her, which made the mother-in-law and father-in-law unwilling. Come back for the New Year.

... So I wrote another letter later, and every word and every sentence was like rain.

The letter was delivered urgently. When Sun Mu saw the letter of "Please return home and reunite your parents safely", he was not moved at all, only——

"Da Lang is just an idiot. He thought I was speaking politely, and wanted him to ask him to take me back?"

Bai Yin knew her son's disposition, and said, "He must be afraid."

When she came back and lived in another old house, her husband traveled all over the world to give lectures. He has been away for more than ten years. Now that I think about it, I owe my son a lot.

Now Sun Mu felt guilty, so he didn't say a few words, and his tone was gentler, and said, "I'll make it clear with him."

"Ah."

In this reply, the old couple wrote bluntly. The meaning is not that you did not do well, nor are you angry with you, but that Zhaozhou is fun. This year, your mother and I will celebrate the New Year in Zhaozhou. You don’t have to worry about it. , Naturally, what should be done.

As a result, when the letter was sent back, Sun Dalang cried even worse. He said to his wife, "Father has never spoken to me in such a tone. He must be angry with me. I haven't done a good job..."

The whole family was even more terrified. In the end, they didn't reply to the letter. They rented a car and went directly to Zhaozhou to apologize to their parents.

Letters came back and forth and time wasted. The children of the Sun family spent their New Year's Eve on the road, and they didn't enter Zhaozhou City until the second year of junior high school.

On the second day of junior high school, Li Mansion was very lively.

Because there are many descendants of the Sun family, and there are also female relatives, the Li Mansion can live there, but if they all live in the front yard—there is still an empty yard in the front yard, which is slightly smaller, then you have to trouble Rong Yeteng, or Sun The women and children of the family lived in the backyard, but they were separated in this way.

Bai Yin first said: "I don't want to trouble Mr. Rong." It means that the family should be separated.

Unexpectedly, Rong Ye from the next courtyard came in person and said that he would move to the teacher's dormitory at the school.Li Zhouzhou hurriedly said: "It's Chinese New Year, the teachers in the dormitory have all gone back, there are cold pots and stoves over there, and nothing is prepared. If you do this, the teacher and wife must be embarrassed. Go to the back, next to Fubao's courtyard There is also a small yard, not as big as yours."

"Okay." Rong Ye nodded after thinking about it.

The front yard was moved to the back yard very quickly, and Rong Ye didn't have many things, so he settled down quickly.The first three courtyards are freed up for the entire family of the Sun family.

Li Zhouzhou was still entertaining guests today, he was in such a hurry as if he was in a hurry.When Bai Yin saw her, she asked Zhou Zhou to ignore the front. Gu Zhao also said, "We are all in the same family. Zhou Zhou and I will greet the guests first. If you need anything, Master, just tell me, don't be polite to me." .”

"I know, I'm not being polite to you." Sun Mu said.

Gu Zhao and Zhou Zhou went to greet other guests.

Originally, the descendants of the Sun family thought it was impolite to bother them when they came here rashly, but it turned out that the owner of the Li Mansion was so busy that he didn't touch the ground. Everyone was busy with enthusiasm, but there was less politeness and embarrassment. Naturally, Sun Dalang was still afraid that his parents would blame him, so he didn't Those who have a good New Year's Eve come here directly, and they have already figured out how to kneel down and be punished.

As a result, the old couple is rare and pleasant-Sun Mu is actually extremely strict with his son, and his son is not as talented as him, so since Sun Dalang was young and enlightened, the father and son were ordinary father and son, majestic and obedient, and the son treated his father With respect and worship.

Sun Dalang has never received some tender care from his father - he has felt it this year, but how can he say that he is flattered and scared when facing his amiable father at the beginning.

In other people's land, it's not easy to pay attention to etiquette, so this year is very incredible for the descendants of the Sun family. When all the red tape is simplified, the child's nature is stimulated, not to mention that Li Zhaoxi is playing with him. .

Groups of people went shopping on the street, watched the excitement, and bought snacks with red envelopes.These are all experiences that I have never had before.

Rong Ye also saw how the Li Mansion celebrated the New Year. Facing the New Year guests, Li Manor's reception was so frank that it was a bit 'rough' for those in the capital, but it was very warm and lively.

It was not easy to rest for two days, and it was after the tenth day of the lunar new year.

"Did it bother you the day before?"

Li Zhouzhou came to chat with Rong Ye.Rong Ye said, "I think it's lively."

"You still like to be lively?" Li Zhouzhou was surprised.

"do not like."

"Let me just say, you don't look like you like to be lively, but you can't tell. People change. I used to like fat meat, but now I like fat and thin meat." I was too poor before, There is a lack of oil and water in the stomach, so the fatter and more fragrant it is.

This is small talk.

Rong Ye liked to talk about family affairs with Li Zhouzhou very much. He said: "I like the excitement of Zhaozhou. Even if you are entertaining guests and greeting guests politely, you can still tell the truth."

In Beijing, the whole family talked lively with their own flesh and blood, most of them were polite.

"Zhaozhou is not like Beijing, which has a lot of power and interests, and offends people as soon as things fail, or offends people around corners. My family visits here during the Chinese New Year, and they are businessmen who cooperate. It is a trivial matter to say something. "Li Zhouzhou said.

Beijing is still complicated.

Li Zhouzhou remembers it most vividly. In the first year his family lived in Beijing to celebrate the New Year, the Eighth Prince sent many New Year's gifts, and the New Year's gift alone could reveal a lot later on.

"There will be a Lantern Festival during the [-]th Five-Year Plan. You like the excitement of Zhaozhou, so go and have fun at that time, and our family will also go, but I won't invite you. This Lantern Festival has its own excitement and fun."

It was rare for Rong Ye to make a joke, "Are you afraid that Master Gu will be sour?"

Li Zhouzhou: "..."

"That's how I love him." Li Zhouzhou smiled, protecting his father-in-law's face outside, "He made a joke, but it wasn't actually aimed at you. Maybe it was there earlier, but it's gone now."

"I know."

After talking about the conversation, Li Zhouzhou went back. He felt that Rong Ye looked cold, but in fact, there was still some cold humor in his bones?

The Zhaozhou Lantern Festival on Ten 45 was quite lively.

Children love to visit lanterns, even the grandchildren of the grandson family, who were raised upright, ran away with Li Zhaoxi like a child seller, and naturally he was also a child.

But no matter how big or small, everyone loves to play with Li Zhaoxi. The big one is called Fubao, who takes care of him more. Where shall we go today', 'Brother Fubao, let's ride a horse', 'Brother Fubao is not interested in riding a horse, let's climb a tree'...

It was almost time for the house to be exposed.

Sun Dalang also had a face of embarrassment and told Mr. Gu that the child was naughty and had nothing to do with forgiveness. Gu Zhao said bluntly: "Children, it's normal to like to climb up and down. It’s just a tree, just be careful not to drop your arms and legs.”

He also asked the servants to play on cushions under the tree.

The children of the Sun family looked at Li Zhaoxi's eyes with envy - Li Zhaoxi's father actually let Li Zhaoxi climb a tree to play, not only did not scold him, but also put a cushion on him!

"Brother Fubao, didn't your father beat you?"

Li Zhaoxi didn't understand, "Why did you beat me?"

The teachers and teachers at the school didn't beat him - naturally he had finished his homework, if he made a mistake, he would be fined to stand, and he wouldn't be beaten.

"I just climbed a tree and didn't get on the roof. If you beat me up, my father is not my father." Li Zhaoxi said righteously.

Those little kids below all looked envious.

"Did your father beat you?" Li Zhaoxi was curious, "Why?"

"I haven't recited it."

"Break the vase."

"I lost Aniang's beloved hairpin."

“你丢了你阿娘喜欢的发簪，竟是你爹揍得你，你爹肯定很爱护你阿娘，我要是丢了阿爹心爱的东西——”黎照曦想了下，“我爹可能Will you beat me too?" He wasn't sure either.

Turning around, Li Zhaoxi asked, "Father, if I break something dear to Father, will you beat me up?"

"It can't be broken." Gu Zhao replied in one breath, and said happily, "Your father loves me the most. What do you think, you little brat?"

Li Zhaoxi: "..." Just pretend I haven't been here.

After the Chinese New Year, Gu Zhao was going to Zhaozhou. The Li Mansion in Zhaozhou was in charge of Zhou Zhou, each doing their own work. The whole family of the Sun family lived for half a month. Finally, the adults packed up their bags and left, leaving behind The children and grandchildren of school-age officials and schools are detained by their grandparents to go to school.

"Go back, be careful on the road."

Sun Mu told his son that he also hired a bodyguard from Fengyun to escort him.

Sun Dalang: ...He actually wanted to stay here too. He was so happy during this time.I'm happier than when he was a child. Come back next year.

"Go back, next year your mother and I will go back to celebrate the New Year."

Sun Dalang: ...

"Okay, father and mother, the child will go..."

After seeing off the children, Sun Mu and Bai Yin got busy.

In March of the second year of Tianshun, Li Zhouzhou received a letter from Fengyun all the way from Beijing. It was written to Xiaoshu years ago, explaining the marriage between Liu Tao and Su Shiyi.Xiaoshu replied this time, writing about Jiaying and Su Shilei's marriage.

About Su Shilei, Li Zhouzhou heard that Su Shiyi came back to talk about it, but it was not as detailed as Xiaoshu's letter. Xiaoshu said that Li's daughter looked very good to him.

Being able to bear the word 'very good' for Xiaoshu shows that the daughter of the Li family has an appetite for Xiaoshu.

[I haven’t seen much of the world like I used to, and I can’t read, but I can’t be biased if I’m upright. When I went to Beijing and met me, I brought a big jar of pickles that I pickled myself. The jar was heavy, and I thanked me After taking care of Su Shilei for so many years, there are only three rings. 】

[I didn't praise her because of her three heads, but I didn't bring anyone with me along the way, and she was the only one who was thinking about me. It wasn't about me, it was about Su Shilei. The villagers are simple and don't know how to behave. I know, but I still know that women protect men. 】

[Su Shilei has such a daughter-in-law, I think it's pretty good, she works quickly, she knows how to repay her kindness, she has a single-minded mind and nothing else, she has a strong temper, she won't suffer, it's pretty good.As for whether Su Shilei loves this daughter-in-law or not, I don't like it, so it's hard to say. 】

【...Jiaying is married, and the marriage is considered smooth. 】

When Li Zhouzhou saw the word 'also considered', he knew that there must be twists and turns. He thought that Shi Yi came back and said that he had picked up Jiaying's parents. Could it be that he disliked Jiaying's husband-in-law at the end?But Xiaoshu didn't write it down in detail, it must be because he was afraid that he would worry about it, and it was also Xiaoshu who dealt with it, and the marriage went smoothly.

The fact is not what Li Zhouzhou guessed, Jiaying's parents dislike her brother-in-law, but Jiaying's parents are quite satisfied with seeing her brother-in-law's house and fields, but seeing Jiaying's clothing, purchases, and expenses in Beijing , felt that Su Jiaying secretly hid money behind their backs, and wanted money.

Marrying, of course there is a dowry.Su Jiayu's parents wanted this.

The money was given, and Su Jiaying gave some, but the parents still thought that the child would still keep it in their hands, and wanted more, but they said that you are now living here as a young grandmother and enjoying the blessings, and the village is still suffering.

Su Jiaying was so angry that she burst into tears.

"What are you talking about? Am I here as a young mistress? I don't work and I don't support my family anymore? I have paid out money for so many years. Which one of my brothers and sisters has not touched my money? The house in the village is built. Woke up, and now I still want my three melons and two dates, are you my real parents?"

Naturally, Jiayingniang also cried, crying pitifully, but what she said chilled Su Jiaying's heart.

"You were born by mother, how can mother not think about you? You have been away for so long, and I think you can't sleep and cry every year. If you don't believe me, you can ask your father. It's just Jiaying, our family depends on you." It costs ten taels of silver a year, and there are many people. The house is built, but there are many children. The children of your elder brother and second brother's family all squeeze into a kang. After you marry someone, they will belong to them, not the Su family. If it’s not good with your father, I’ll ask you for money again..."

All in all, it was just the water thrown by the married brother. In the future, all the money Su Jiaying earned would go into the pocket of her husband's family, and the Su family would scrape as much money as they had before they got married.

"I dragged you so big, is it a waste of time to raise you?"

Su Jiaying finally gave the money, but the amount was small, and he had to use the money. Unexpectedly, his parents would ask and inquire in different ways.After Liu Shu found out, he didn't give any money, not even a copper coin, and frightened the parents directly, and then became obedient.

[...The family will treat my sister as gone, Zhou Zhou, you can take care of everything for her, Su Shiyi, I know Su Shiyi is a bit honest, but he looks fine...]

Along with this letter, there is also a silver note of 1000 taels.This is the willow tree for the girl.

【The distance between the two places is far away, and I don't have time to buy any dowry. It's not as real as silver. Brother Zhou Zhou wants to ask you to exchange some, give her some change, and let her keep the rest at the bottom of the box. 】

Later, Li Zhouzhou showed the letter to Liu Tao, but he did not cash the 1000 taels of silver, and gave Liu Tao another 200 taels of silver as pocket money on weekdays.

"The nearest bank for banknotes is in Mozhou. If you don't want to run around, I'll exchange them into Zhaozhou's bank or silver for you."

Liu Tao looked at the letter and cried, shaking her head and saying no.Later, Liu Tao sealed up the 1000 taels of silver note and kept it untouched. Only when she really missed her brother did she take it out to have a look.

Not to mention this.

In April, everything went as usual in Zhaozhou, but there were two pieces of news in Jingli, both of which were considered good news. Aiguo sent out a petition for peace first, asking Emperor Tianshun to send an envoy to discuss it in detail.Following the peace petition issued by the Hui Kingdom, the Fan Kingdom also hung the flag of a truce.

When Gu Zhao heard people talking about it in Manzhou, it was natural that the Fan Kingdom hung the flag of stopping the war. They were closer to the Fan Kingdom, and the news here was clearer than Fengzhou's inquiring from above.

After listening to Zhongliu's reply, Gu Zhao showed a little joy, thinking it was a good thing.

There are two happy events in Zhaozhou in May. The Chen family married their daughter on May [-]th, and Liu Tao and Su Shiyi's on May [-]th. They are all good days.At the end of May, Zhaozhou will hold the second Cuju Competition.

So the whole month of May is lively and beaming.

The people in Zhaozhou first ate the wedding cakes from Mrs. Chen’s family, and then ate the wedding cakes from Li’s Mansion a few days later. They were full of joy and said, “This year is going to be very prosperous.”

you do not say.

As far as the capital city in the north, and Fengzhou, the situation that was originally happy and stable in April changed in an instant.This is to be said at the initiative of Hui Guo.

In fact, at the end of March, the Kingdom of Hui sent envoys to submit a peace agreement before the battle between the two armies, but was suppressed by the first-class auxiliary king—that is, the second prince, and did not let the report go to the capital.

Because the second prince fought against Hui Guo several times, he deeply felt that it was impossible for Hui Guo to be beaten like this. Wei Guo was treacherous, and he must have a bad fart in his heart, so he didn't let go.

I really caught some unusual ones, such as the food and grass back camp caught fire for no reason, and I caught someone, but it was a logistics pawn in Dali, and I didn't ask for anything after using severe torture, only that I was drunk and made a mistake.

The second prince didn't believe it, and thought it must be a conspiracy by the country, so he chopped off this group of people for dereliction of duty.

For some unknown reason, this matter reached the ears of Emperor Tianshun in Beijing—there were certainly people from Emperor Tianshun in the barracks, who either didn't like the Zhao family, or wanted to become trusted and capable ministers of Emperor Tianshun.

Anyone with a discerning eye in Beijing knows that Emperor Tianshun has been afraid of the Zhao family and the first-class auxiliary king for a long time, and he will clean up sooner or later.

Naturally, there was also the news of the peace negotiation between Anguo and Guo.

Seeing this, Emperor Tianshun became suspicious of his second brother, in fact, he already had it, and his close courtiers made more speculations and advices - now that the Kingdom of Hui has negotiated peace, what is the intention of the first-class assistant king to suppress it and not report it?

If it is reported, the two parties have negotiated a peace, and there is no more war to fight. The assistant king wants to hand over the military power. Without the power of soldiers and horses, naturally there is no way to threaten the Holy One. Some, when the time comes, the soldiers and horses will become more powerful, and if they return to Beijing inadvertently, then the Holy Spirit will be in danger——

These words reached Emperor Tianshun's heart, and he thought so too.

So at the beginning of April, the imperial decree to expedite the [-] miles in Beijing reached Fengzhou. The words were soft, meaning that the assistant king had worked hard. , the assistant king can return to Beijing as a teacher.

It's nothing more than to unload the mill and kill the donkey.

But now the life is not over yet, so let’s kill the donkey——

The second prince angrily smashed the imperial decree in the camp, scolded the idiot, and then stood still, with no intention of returning to Beijing.The negotiating envoys sent by Beijing had just arrived, but they were locked up by the second prince.

There was no penalty, but they were locked up and not allowed to go out, and they were given food and drink.

Jingli lost the news about Fengzhou. After the assistant king came to the imperial edict in Beijing, he found out that the people around him were not on his side, and those who had two hearts towards him were killed by the leader.

Fengzhou has become an iron barrel, and it is completely the territory of the assistant king.

Emperor Tianshun was naturally furious. He scolded his second son at his fifth elder brother. He must have some disobedience. It is better to be the fifth elder brother. We are brothers of the same mother, and I trust the fifth elder brother. It's a pity that Fifth Brother's arm was injured...

The fifth prince's throne, which was easy to get at a distance, was taken away by the second prince, and he became a useless person. Of course, the fifth prince hated the second prince the most.

Emperor Tianshun scolded the second prince in front of the fifth prince, knowing that the fifth prince must have the same hatred with him and could not be the second prince's person, but Emperor Tianshun forgot that his fifth brother also hated him.

... If Gu Zhao knew, he would say: The future is ruined and hopeless, and the wings are broken. If the bones are straight, he must be a kind person. Maybe he will strengthen his rehabilitation and return to life sooner or later with another goal.

But for the fifth prince, who took the throne as his goal, and his methods and thoughts were not considered kind and righteous, his hope was cut off, and only monstrous hatred was left. In short, he was abnormal.

Since he can't sit on the throne, he will die with the people who harmed him.

Emperor Tianshun thought that his fifth brother had no hope, so he would be a waste and rely on him to live, but the fifth prince didn't want to live anymore. Fight to the death.

Let them both lose, and the country is in chaos, so let them all die.

Bury him with him.

This is how people think.

Therefore, Emperor Tianshun and the second prince are picking things up at both ends, and the fifth prince is picking on the weak point of the younger brother's emotions from the sidelines. Originally, Emperor Tianshun could be tolerant to the assistant king, and wait for the world to be peaceful before killing the donkey, but now I don't think it's right, it seems that the second prince can't sit still and wants to rebel.

... Emperor Tianshun issued another imperial decree to Fengzhou. This time, the first imperial decree just left the capital, and another imperial decree was issued on the back foot.

The tone of the previous words softened, and the more Emperor Tianshun thought about it, the more angry he became, and the tone of the words on the back foot became a bit more serious.

Taifu Lin learned that he didn't have time to stop him, he was admonishing him, and was interrupted impatiently by the Holy Majesty to let him go back to rest, and don't get angry when he is old, so as not to be ill.

"Confused."

Taifu Lin arrived at home, looked towards the direction of Jingli and let out a long sigh.

"This is forcing people to rebel."

Moreover, the co-administrator's methods are cruel and his temper is moody. He doesn't seem like someone who will swallow his anger and take care of the overall situation. The Prince Cheng who has a broken arm next to the Holy One——

Taifu Lin shook his head, and the next day he handed over his papers and resigned on the grounds that he was not in good health.

Emperor Tianshun didn't approve, thinking that it must be the few words he said in anger yesterday, which made Taifu Lin play his temper, threatened him with resignation, and asked me to coax him?Stretch first.

Toyosu.

The second prince thought about it for about half a month. Under the counselor's persuasion, he suppressed his temper and anger, and covered up the useless idea of ​​killing the sixth son in Beijing. This is a report from a spies, and a small group of people from Huiguo came here. Offend——

Mid-May.

The second prince killed the little prince and envoys of Hui Kingdom.

This is messed up.

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The envoys sent by Jingli to Fengzhou are: Zheng Hui.

Brother Zheng was locked up when he first arrived in Fengzhou. He only ate, slept and walked around every day without doing anything serious. When he wanted to swear, he ate three bowls of rice in anger.