The husband's son-in-law

Master Gu and Boss Li accepted Meng Jianyun's adopted son, among whom Su Shiyi was quite happy.

"Call me cousin from now on!"

This joy is because everyone is happy to see everyone, including this time to pick up the relatives, Su Shiyi, as Xiaomeng's cousin, also laughs the loudest, is the most cheerful, and is not afraid of being tired, and is willing to run an escort for this eldest nephew.

... just the smile on his face is too proud.

If it was normal, Su Shiyi would not dare to laugh so loudly in front of Meng Jianyun, for fear that Meng Jianyun would beat him up, but now it is different. Meng Jianyun will definitely not beat him up on this happy day, plus he is Uncle.

Meng Jianyun really turned a deaf ear to Su Shiyi's smile, got on his horse, and looked in Ji Ting's direction with an irresistible softness and smile in his eyes.

Departing from Zhaozhou City, the pick-up team moved quickly. They set off early in the morning and arrived in Jiting in a day and a half. They didn't go directly to pick up the people. Instead, they settled down in the small yard that they had rented early and repaired for a long time. Early the next morning, the gong and drum team played and played, and then went to Li's house.

The door of Li's house was decorated with lanterns and festoons, and the servants at the door were dressed in joyful clothes and distributed wedding cakes and money.

Hearing the sound of beating, he said, "My uncle from Zhaozhou is here."

In the backyard, all the guests at the banquet congratulated and said to the old lady: "You are blessed, you have found such a good marriage."

"Isn't that right, Mr. Gu is the adopted son of Boss Li, the eldest and young master, and Mr. Gu should value him. Who can have such a blessing, especially a single brother." The last sentence was vague but the meaning was revealed.

Although he is an adopted son, this adopted son will be indispensable in all aspects of Li Manor in the future.

Nowadays, there are rich masters with weak heirs who only have a girl. For the sake of the family's ancestral property, they adopt a boy. The purpose is to inherit the family business, and they can also give the original girl some protection—after all, the parents will be gone in a hundred years. You have to count on this brother and brother.

But this is rarely the case.

Mrs. Li's face was slightly stern, and she said: "I heard that Xiao Meng is a good boy and not that kind of person, and our Li family didn't marry my brother for such reasons."

What would happen if this word got out?Their Li family married their elder brother because they wanted to seek Mr. Li's family property, and their Li family has also become a family of climbers, so it is impossible.

"That's right, look at my mouth, it's a good relationship between Jie's two surnames."

"That's right, the Li family is also a respectable family in our Ji Ting. Just the dowry prepared for brother Lin is so eye-opening, and I don't know what the man's family prepared."

When they got engaged, the betrothal gift for the next engagement had already been delivered, otherwise the two places would be far away to go there on the day of their marriage and it would definitely be delayed.The betrothal gift given during the Chinese New Year has not been removed, and it is placed in front of the main courtyard at the moment, but the gift list is available in the front and back courtyards.

When the servants said that my aunt had arrived, the female relatives sat in the backyard, waiting for the girl next to me to run errands to talk about the progress, and some uncle stopped her-this was a big surprise, I heard that many people came, either sedan chairs or carriages, But the carriage is beautifully decorated.

The carriage is specially made to order, the roof is the same as the eaves of the sedan chair, the four corners are slightly upturned, not to mention the red lacquered wooden frame with auspicious patterns carved on the whole body, and auspicious wishful knots are hung on the four upturned corners, The tassels are hung with jade beads, which are very beautiful when the wind blows.

The jade beads were all sent by the Chen family in Zhaozhou.

In the early years of the Chen family’s jadeite business, the business was mediocre. Later, Boss Li set up a route, and the jadeite was sold to the noble lady in the north. Now that the price of jadeite has been raised, naturally the jadeite sent to the noble lady in the north is of excellent quality. For the remaining leftovers, the Chen family made beads as soon as they could, and saved a few boxes here and there, knowing that Mr. Gu would not accept expensive ones, so they gave them away every Chinese New Year.

Fubao loved to play when he was a child, so he used this as a marble.

Nowadays, there are many excellent and high-quality beads in Lifu, and they are used to make beads for the bride's car cover.This carriage is beautiful, it is hung with red silk, the doors and windows are carved with wood, painted with red paint, and hung with jade beads. It walked all the way from Zhaozhou City, attracting many people.

No one dared to make a bad idea, and the wedding reception team were all strong and strong men.

Yesterday, when the wedding reception team entered Jiting, the people of Jiting discussed it, saying: "Whoever picks up the bride, this beautiful carriage is even more beautiful than the one that picks up the princess in the drama."

Of course, everyone who picks up the princess in the drama has never seen it.

"I heard that the young master of Mr. Gu's family in Zhaozhou married Li's elder brother."

"Hey, this is a happy event, no wonder it's so lively."

"When the Li family came back from Zhaozhou during the Chinese New Year, there was a team presenting the dowry, so it would be nice to see the crowd."

"It turns out that the carload of betrothal gifts is from this marriage, no wonder."

At this time, in the backyard of the Li family, the women heard how lively the servants were, and looked at the betrothal gift list. When they opened it, they were secretly speechless. Just now, they thought that the little brother of the Li family would give so much dowry, but now they read the betrothal gift list. Not too much in comparison.

A adopted son is so well prepared.

Not to mention emeralds, pearls, silver, silk, etc., there is even a colored glaze whose name has never been seen before. I heard that this colored glaze can be exchanged for gold when it is a little smaller, but the betrothal gift given by Li Mansion is a set of four seasons wine cups .

This is precious.

When the servants came back to study, they said that the carriage for receiving the marriage was beautiful, and there were gems and beads hanging all around, so all the women couldn't sit still and wanted to take a look-they were all married and married. When there are many people, I don't care about these restrictions, and I can show up to watch the fun while there are more people.

Fei Niang, who has not left the pavilion of the Li family, was very curious when she heard this, but she was at the age of negotiating marriage, and the family prevented her from going out.

"Is it more beautiful than that sedan chair?"

"I see, it costs more money and effort than a sedan chair."

"The main reason is that no one has done this before, and the first item is so rare."

"Seeing that the car clothes are made of embroidered satin, I don't worry about getting wet when it rains."

The embroidered satin was brought back by Wang Jian. When he was making the sedan chair roof, Wang Jian said: "Embroidered satin is a good thing, but it is worthless if you don't need it. Now that Brother Lin is married, he loves beauty." , the journey by car is naturally going to be scenic, use it.”

I really don't feel bad.

Later, the carpenter felt sorry for the silk and satin material, and thought about the bridal sedan chair for the wedding, so he made a synthesis, and there was this carriage carriage cornice roof, with the four corners slightly extended, so that it does not need to fall directly on the silk and satin when it rains, and there is naturally an oilcloth reinforcement inside. up.

From just one carriage, it can be seen that the Li family attaches great importance to this marriage.

Under the envious eyes of the crowd, Li Lin was carried out by Meng Jianyun wearing the wedding dress he made himself.

"Ah! Why aren't you wearing a skirt?"

"Not even a hijab."

"But it's pretty."

He didn't use the family's traditional jacket and skirt to cover his head. When Li Lin sewed the wedding dress for Brother Yu, he thought about his wedding dress. The gown with a slanted collar, a big shirt on the outside, a bun, and a cloud brocade crown. It is a cloud, with beads hanging from the hair crown.

The makeup on his face was originally light and light, but he couldn't stop Brother Lin from being teased. He blushed with embarrassment, and the corners of his eyebrows and eyes were flushed, but he looked a little more beautiful. He covered his face with a fan in his hand, crawled On Meng Jianyun's back.

Meng Jianyun's whole body was muscular, obviously the person on his back was petite and light, but he was carrying a heavy weight on his back, he didn't know how to get up and where to put his hands and feet.

Brother Lin lay on his back obediently covering his mouth with a fan, and whispered, "Am I too heavy?"

"No, no."

The tone of the voice pierced Meng Jianyun's neck, and Meng Jianyun stood up with a troubled face and pretended to be normal, and then walked away, a little stunned, and laughter came from his back, and said in a small voice : "You are as nervous as I am."

"I didn't fall asleep last night."

Meng Jianyun's heart pounded, and he hummed, "I didn't fall asleep either."

Brother Lin didn't speak anymore, because the matchmaker said that she was going out and she couldn't talk any more. It's not a rule to make people laugh, but Brother Lin laughed, and Meng Jianyun heard it, and the stiffness and nervousness disappeared, and he was at ease. He really went out with Brother Lin on his back.

Two days later, the chariots and horses arrived in Zhaozhou City——Meng Jianyun didn't let him go too fast.

Marriage worship hall, sent to the bridal chamber.

The two children's yard was expanded from two small yards into one, and it wasn't very big—although Zhaozhou's winter is not as cold as the snow in the Central Plains, and the soil is so hard that it is impossible to start construction.But it is really time-consuming, and there is no way to make a big adjustment, so it can only be expanded in the original yard.

There used to be a yard near the lake, connected to a boat house on the lake—after the boat house was built, there were hardly any people living there, because Li Da was old and didn’t like living by the lake and was sick, and he didn’t have time to enjoy the flowers and the moon. Li Zhaoxi was even more He likes to play in the woods on the hillside behind his yard, and he can go to Jiting Beach every year to play in the water.

Master Gu and Boss Li will not mention it, they are very busy.

At this time, the two small courtyards were expanded together, and the space suddenly became much larger. Li Zhouzhou said that after the marriage was completed in a few years, they would be built according to Brother Lin's preference, and now they would be arranged first.

As for the two courtyards where Brother Lin Wang Jian and Liu Tao Su Jiayu lived before, Li Zhouzhou never thought about this place. When the child comes back, he wants to have a home and a place to live, even if he doesn’t come back. That said, the married Liu Tao and Jia Yu also knew that Li Mansion had their place, and Li Manor was their backing.

Even if Wang Jian himself had a house, Li Mansion also had a house.

Li Zhouzhou's attitude was shown, and he was still very firm.

This time, the Li Manor took care of the wedding, big and small, and Li Zhouzhou was worried about it. Fortunately, Wang Jian and the others were there to help, and the wedding was lively and lively. There are all kinds of things, but there is always a sigh: it is really the young master getting married.

The wedding is over.

In the early morning of the next day, Li Zhouzhou first said to Steward Zhou: "I told brother Lin that there is no need to get up early to serve tea. This kid behaves properly. I don't say that he must get up early."

Gu Zhao next to him heard this, and said: "Zhou Zhou, if you say that, Brother Lin must come here early. If you want me to tell you, just say that Mr. Gu got drunk yesterday and made a fuss all night, but Boss Li didn't Sleep well, Mr. Gu, don't come and disturb him before he wakes up." The latter explained to Butler Zhou.

Steward Zhou: Ah, look at Boss Li.

"Go as your lord said." Li Zhouzhou smiled, and seeing Steward Zhou left, he said, "Where is someone smearing my face?"

"It's not too dark, Mr. Gu is drunk and crazy." Gu Zhao joked and made trouble with Zhou Zhou.

Early in the morning, the old couple really started to play around, making Li Zhaoxi, who was nine years old this year, cover his eyes and scream, but his fingers were wide and his face was smiling, which made his father ashamed ashamed.

Gu Zhao: ...Happy education can also be explained by being a happy father and beating up his son.

Li Zhaoxi ran out first, and said, "Brother and sister-in-law, I'll come over after lunch."

"...This kid runs fast." Master Gu put away his fists.

Li Zhouzhou laughed and fell to the side, the excitement of the chickens and dogs is so good.

Sure enough, Steward Zhou spread the word to the uncle's yard, and the mother-in-law who followed the Li family said the original words. ?”

After calling Li Mu over, he said it again.

"You have stayed in the mansion before, and you know that the boss's words are not meant to be polite, but to really love the eldest lady, so don't make yourself think that you are thinking of the eldest lady." Zhou Steward said in front of Li's mother-in-law.

Just after he finished speaking, the woman didn't listen.

Li Mushi should be honest, saying that he knows.

Seeing Li Muzhen's appearance, Housekeeper Zhou was relieved, and then he walked out.He doesn't care about the servants in the uncle's yard. The eldest lady obviously values ​​Li Mu, but the new woman is sent by the Li family. Naturally, the argument is that she is older and more experienced, so she can restrain the servants and take care of the courtyard. It's like being the housekeeper of this courtyard, but Li's mansion is different from ordinary mansions, don't use the Li family's method to come here to fight against him.

The people in the house woke up early.

Seeing Li Lin woke up, Meng Jianyun didn't know where to look with his eyes tightly covered, and asked, "Does it hurt?"

Brother Lin opened his mouth, but his voice was hoarse, his brows and eyes were full of shame, he shook his head and said no.

Meng Jianyun was silent for a while, and covered it with one hand. Brother Lin couldn't stand it anymore, but he thought that if Meng Jianyun wanted him, he would do it too. The strength is heavier, and it hurts a little.

"Heavy." Brother Lin said softly.

This time the force is lighter.

After kneading for a while, the atmosphere of the two people in the room was not right, sticky and shy, Li Lin saw that it was dawn outside, and then he remembered a little annoyed and anxiously said: "I got up late, it's time to serve tea to the boss. "

Meng Jianyun actually felt sorry for Li Lin, but he wanted to serve tea, so he wanted to dress Li Lin himself, and let Li Lin rely on him for a while.

Call someone to serve.

Li Mu stood at the door and learned the housekeeper Zhou's words. The woman next to him knocked on the door and let the girl in. After seeing the ceremony from a distance, she called the uncle and madam, and said, "Madam, it's better to go there, after all, the first day the daughter-in-law Tea, how can you be late and have no rules."

"It's better not to go, there are messages from the main courtyard." Li Mu said to Brother Lin while facing Mother Li's eyes.

Li Lin and Meng Jianyun made up their minds.

"not going."

"Don't go."

The couple said in unison, but Brother Lin's voice was softer. He looked at Mama Li and said, "It's okay, the boss will definitely not be angry."

The mother-in-law wanted to talk and persuade, but Meng Jianyun called her out with a cold face.

The two of them didn't really go up three poles before going over, dawdled for a while to rest, changed their clothes, and passed by unhurriedly.When Li Zhouzhou and Gu Zhao saw the two of them approaching, they all had elder smiles on their faces, and then they drank tea.

Brother Lin is called Mr. Boss.

"Did you coax me yesterday? You changed your words, why did you call me back again?" Li Zhouzhou asked Brother Xiaolin.

Brother Lin looked at Meng Jianyun.

Gu Zhao said: "Fubao called you elder brothers and sisters-in-law. We recognized the child. He is a stubborn donkey. Don't imitate him. You are used to his problems."

Meng Jianyun was not unhappy when he was scolded as a donkey, so Brother Lin changed his words seriously: "Daddy, Daddy."

"Hey, that's good."

Li Zhaoxi applauded and said, "I'm going to call my brother."

"younger brother."

But Li Zhaoxi's beauty was spoiled, so he called his eldest brother and sister-in-law, and accepted the red envelope.

The family talked at lunch, and Gu Zhao said at the dinner table: "Tomorrow I'm leaving for Xinzhou, so don't go, stay in the mansion for a while, and let you take care of Bolin Annan." The latter naturally told Meng Jianyun.

Gu Zhao wanted to let Xiao Mengcai get married and stay at home to spend more time with Brother Lin, the newlywed Yan Er, so what's the matter with going out to work with him.But asking Meng Jianyun to visit the two villages of Bolin Annan more was not aimless, just an excuse.

During the Chinese New Year, the Nanyi came to commit crimes twice, but they were small-scale harassment, not a big one. At that time, Gu Zhaoren was in Zhaozhou, and he had a relationship between the civil and military systems of Dali. His news was very late. It's not working, so I didn't know until after the year.

As soon as I heard that there was no serious incident and that the casualties were not serious, it was all harassed by thousands of people.

Gu Zhao didn't take it to heart, and thought it was okay—compared to the large-scale war with countless casualties, this kind of harassment is really a small fight.Moreover, when Zhaozhou merchants came back a few years ago, the letters Wang Jian brought with him were fiercely fought by Fengzhou and Huiguo in Beijing.

There are wins and losses, anxious for a period of time, and initiate a few battles.

Under such circumstances, the south of them seems to be relatively stable?As a result, as soon as he received a small harassment letter on his front foot, there was an attack from Fan Kingdom on his back foot——

This time, [-] soldiers and horses came to attack.

The little general sent by the imperial court in Rongzhou last year had won a few times before, but this time he lost completely. I heard that there were countless casualties. Gu Zhao couldn’t find out the specifics. As the chief secretary, it is not easy for him to interfere.

I can't get involved in this kind of thing and can't help. Hearing about it just makes me feel more uncomfortable.Gu Zhao didn't tell Zhou Zhou about it, and since the fight was over, Meng saw Yunlin's brother's wedding, so he ignored it.

Now that everything is settled, there is a letter from Xinzhou, and Nanyi launched a few more times. This time, the battle was big, with a number of [-] to [-]. They fought, won once, and then lost. How is Xinzhou now? I don't know if I can't find out.

He felt something was wrong.

Since the death of the old king, Nanyi's war with Dali has been unstable. It is said that the new king is the youngest son. As for the details, we can learn a little bit from the old merchants who go to the business——

Cruel and cruel.

Gu Zhao couldn't sit still at home, even if he went to Xinzhou, he wouldn't be able to go to the battlefield—of course, he would be in trouble if he went to war, and he really couldn't do that, but in the past it was better to watch some people messing up logistics than in Zhaozhou.

Nanyi's attitude is different. Gu Zhao is afraid that the two places in Zhaozhou will be affected. It is better to keep Meng Jianyun for others. technology.

This can be regarded as both public and private.

"Yes." Meng Jianyun should be.

Gu Zhao nodded and stopped talking, "Let's eat."

After the luggage was packed, Master Gu took people out of the city in the afternoon after lunch.Li Zhouzhou is someone close to him. They have been sleeping in the same bed for more than ten years. How could they not know that Xianggong has the people in Xinzhou in front of him in his heart? Xianggong didn't say anything, but he could guess how much it was. He didn't stop him and packed his luggage. Just let take care of yourself.

After Mr. Gu left, the Li Mansion remained the same.

Meng Jianyun stayed in the mansion for one day, and said on the second day that he would go to visit Lin Annan. After hearing this, Li Lin nodded and said yes, saying that I will pack your luggage for you.

"No need." Meng Jianyun said forcefully, then said softly, "Thank you."

Brother Lin smiled and said, "Meng Jianyun, you're welcome."

After packing up and having breakfast, Meng Jianyun is going to the main courtyard to talk to the boss, Brother Lin will go with him, Li Zhouzhou listened, and seeing Meng Jianyun, "I'm not telling you to go right away, maybe a day or two later." nothing."

Xianggong also meant the same thing. There is no rush to go back and forth to inspect.

"It's not good to delay business because of me." Meng Jianyun said.

Brother Lin said beside him, "Father, I have packed all my luggage."

"Are you going too?" Li Zhouzhou was surprised, it's not fashionable to go together.

Brother Lin shook his head, "I won't go." He knew that he was weaker, so he went to delay Meng Jianyun's work.

Li Zhouzhou breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the words, seeing that the young couple meant the same thing and could only agree, he just said: "It's not that you are asked to stay there all the time, after the inspection is over, see if there are any slack and dereliction of duty, strengthen Patrol will be back."

"Go."

"Brother Lin, send Xiaomeng off and have a good conversation."

Brother Lin sent Meng Jianyun to the gate, but Meng Jianyun didn't go out with his burden on his back, but said, "It'll be fine."

"I'll wait for you at home."

"Ah."

Having nothing to say, Meng Jianyun hurried out and got on his horse. He just looked back at Li Lin who was watching the door, and then drove away.Brother Lin stood there for a while, then went back, and was invited to the main courtyard by his servants, saying that his father called him.

Li Zhouzhou thought that once Meng Jianyun left, on the second day of the wedding, he was afraid that brother Lin would feel uncomfortable, so he called him over to talk and find a job for the child to get busy.

"Look at the etiquette of returning home in three dynasties, and you have to learn to take over the housekeeper's affairs." Li Zhouzhou said.

Jiting and Zhaozhou are so far away, and it is impossible to go back to the door in three dynasties in three days-it takes a lot of hard work on the road.In addition, Meng Jianyun has something to do now, but etiquette cannot be neglected.

Generally speaking, returning home within seven days is fine.

"Father, I want to wait for Meng Jianyun to come back, let's go back together." Brother Lin said, "I wrote a letter to my family first to make it clear."

Li Zhouzhou nodded and said: "Alright, but you have to add courtesy to your letter, which is indispensable, but Brother Xiaolin, you are already married, why are you still calling Meng Jianyun one by one."

Brother Lin blushed and said, "His name is nice, I like to call him that."

"...Chengcheng, call me whatever you like." Li Zhouzhou saw the child blushing and shy, and couldn't help but think of his former self. People in the village would actually call me a man, just like Xiaoshu called Master Yan.

He thought that my husband was skinny and fair and beautiful at that time, and the villagers laughed at him and said: I really welcome a little husband back, so I have to confess it, and it will be broken when I touch it.

On the first night of marriage, I really had to hug and coax.

Li Zhouzhou also laughed when he thought of this.

Xinzhou.

As soon as Gu Zhaokuai arrived, he got the news: the fourteenth prince was taken away by Nanyi in the last battle. Yesterday Nanyi just sent a message, asking Dali to exchange a city for Fourteenth.

"..."

For a while, I didn’t know what to say. It seemed like a trick to say that the asking price for this city’s replacement was too low, or whether it was the relationship between Shisi and Nanyi, whether the captivity was true or not, and whether there was a conspiracy in it.

But if he can't find out, it depends on what the court says.

When Emperor Tianshun received the news, he ignored it and even uttered obscenities.

This bastard is also worthy of a city?

Compared with being taken into captivity on the [-]th, Emperor Tianshun was more annoyed and angry at Rong's defeat in World War II. The useless son of the Rong family lost so many soldiers, horses and food.