The husband's son-in-law

The east and west villages, as Gu Zhao just said when he came here, are fortunately the villages of the Central Plains.The two villages are surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the mountains are not steep and precipitous. The mountains are densely forested, and the wild animals inside are all small, and there are no dangerous big wild animals, mostly wild fruit trees.

The small river with gurgling water meanders down and diverges, and the two villages are both stained with water.

The weather is good, the rain is abundant, and rice, wheat, and grains can basically be planted in the fields. Even before Gu Zhao figured out the fertilizer, as long as every household is diligent and has no bad habits, they can get enough to eat and save for a few years. With a collection of scraps of silver, a house can be built and a happy event can be done.

Let alone now.

Even so, building ancestral halls and ethnology are unthinkable.

At that time, on the boat back to Beijing from Zhaozhou, talking about separate actions, Gu Zhao went to work, and Li Zhouzhou took people back to the village. The family sat together and talked about the people and things in the village before. Has it changed, how is the day?

Speaking of the old house at home, I don't know if the house can still be lived in.

Gu Zhao then said casually: "Then push and build one that dad likes. After I retire, our family will go back to the village and build a bigger and more comfortable one."

"It's still early." Li Dazhi didn't rush to repair it, wouldn't it be a waste if the yard was well built.

Li Zhouzhou thought for a while and said: "Father, what the gentleman said is reasonable. Our family is not short of money now, and it is not a waste to build a yard. It is not as far from Beijing to the village as it is to Zhaozhou. , if you want to come back and stay for a few days, that’s enough, otherwise you won’t be able to live there.”

Li Da originally wanted to say that you can say whatever Zhao'er says, but after listening to it, it really made sense, so he nodded. It will only take more than a month from Jingli to Xiping Village, and he can bring someone back by himself when the time comes.

"Since we want to build a yard, why not build another ancestral hall and ethnology, and build them all." Gu Zhao thought deeply about building the yard, and said, "The granary knows the etiquette, and the food and clothing are enough to know the honor and disgrace. The east and west villages are located in a favorable position, and the crops are plentiful. These years, the villagers must have spare money at home, so why not build an ethnology school and send their children to school, the elders have hope, and the newborn children understand right and wrong."

This mutual influence is positive.

Li Da couldn't understand the text, but he probably understood the meaning, so he nodded and said, "It's good to study, it's good for you to be the masters, it's a good thing."

As for the ancestral hall, in the villages of Zhaozhou, as long as there is an ancestral hall with a big surname, it will make the whole family unite as one. Everything has advantages and disadvantages, depending on how it is used.

Gu Zhao is thinking that the ancestral hall is not only a spiritual tablet to release the dead, but also a place to protect future generations-that is, the almshouse is covered with the skin of an ancestral hall.

Therefore, in terms of site selection, Li Da said that since the ancestral hall and the ethnology belong to two villages, we should choose a location in the middle of the two villages. The ancestral hall can be remote and quiet, and the school should be close to the roadside, so that it is convenient for the children of the two villages to go to school. .

Now that the wheat is about to be harvested, I have chosen a location and will not start construction until the harvest is over.

"Anyway, I will stay for several months this time." Li Da said happily, and said, "Second brother, your land will be collected later, and Fubao and I will help."

Li Er: "Brother, how dare you work hard, you are an old man."

"You think I can't do it, do you? Let me tell you, I used to open a vegetable garden in Zhaozhou Mansion, and the vegetables I grew were very good." Li Da was not convinced.

Li Er said: "It will be done, but forget about Fubao, don't spoil the doll."

"Let him play. It's not that he really expects him to finish harvesting the wheat." Li Tianran also felt sorry for his grandson, but Fubao had never seen harvesting wheat, so he asked Fubao to have a look.

Li's big courtyard.

Before Li Zhouzhou and Aunt Wang said a word, mother-in-law Li Guihua and second aunt Liu Huaxiang struggled to come in one after the other. Aunt Wang saw that these two people had come, so she didn't want to stay any longer. She laughed and said she went back first.

"Okay, Aunt Wang, go slowly." Li Zhouzhou said.

Aunt Wang went back with her basket in her hand. She just thought about it on the way. She had memorized it for so many years, but Zhou Zhou didn't take it to heart at all. She should be happy if she doesn't take it to her heart or bear grudges, but she just can't be happy.

"What did she say to you? I remember that when you went to the prefecture and county later, she always picked on you for nothing, but no one paid her any attention. Sometimes she asked Xiaotian to push back, and asked me to scold her when I heard it. "Liu Huaxiang's words are a show of merit, but they are not lying.

Li Zhouzhou didn't continue this topic, but diverted and said: "I didn't talk about it yesterday, I forgot to ask, how is the child studying at home? Yuan Yuan will be seventeen or eighteen this year, right?"

"Well, it's 22 or [-]." Liu Huaxiang said.

Li Zhouzhou: "I remember that Yuan Yuan is a stranger of Kang Jing 49..." He calculated, and according to his false age, he was also 20 years old, not as old as his second aunt said.

"Did you marry a wife?"

Liu Huaxiang was very worried, and said: "Brother Xing showed it to her. She said she was a girl from a private school in the prefecture and county. She was two years younger than Yuan Yuan, and she was engaged to be married. But the girl's father died. Shou Xiaosan The year has been delayed until now."

"Second aunt, Yuan Yuan's fiancée must be filial." Li Zhouzhou said casually.

Liu Huaxiang changed her words, "Yes, yes, filial, filial children."

Li Zhouzhou added tea to his mother-in-law and second aunt, and Liu Huaxiang took a sip, then said, "What did you ask just now? Oh, how did the exam go. Fortunately, Yuan Yuan was able to give his father a hard time. He passed the exam two years ago." Tong Sheng, you have lost your talent once."

"Jian'an is good at studying, but every time he takes the exam, he either has a stomachache or a fever. Tong Sheng didn't pass the exam, but he is still young and don't worry. Dongdong is not good at studying." Liu Huaxiang was also worried about her son and grandson. After so many years of repair fees, I didn't get anything.

Li Zhouzhou met the younger generation yesterday, and comforted him and said: "Jian'an and Dongdong are not very old, the second aunt is in a hurry, take your time." Healthy is 12 years old, and Dongdong is [-] years old.

Li Guihua next to him was able to interject, her eyebrows brightened, "Then our Chenchen is different from Yangyang, especially Yangyang is smart in reading, Master Zhao said that Yangyang is like his elder brother."

Gu Chen and Gu Yang are two brothers. Gu Chen is 16 years old this year, and Gu Yang is one year younger than Dongdong, who is ten years old this year.

Liu Huaxiang curled her lips when she heard Li Guihua's nonsense, "You are so good, what did you get in the exam? It's just that my mother-in-law talked about it, let Zhou Zhou listen."

"..." Li Guihua was angry, but he still smiled and said: "Yangyang is still young, his elder brother is [-] or [-] years old, my Yangyang is still two years away, why worry?"

"Then wait until you pass the exam in two or three years. Now let's inlay gold on your face." Liu Huaxiang was so close to pissing off, who would not know how to take her children and step on them to praise her.

Li Zhouzhou listened to his mother-in-law and second aunt quarreling, and wanted to laugh in his heart. He felt that he was going back to the time when he was pregnant with Fubao, noisy, doing everything he needed to do, and sewing clothes and shoe soles together. It was such a relationship. It hasn't changed for many years.

pretty good.

"When the wheat was harvested, Guangzong and his father went to the town to sell grain, and they happened to go to the prefecture with the Wang family, and sent a message to Brother Xing, saying that you are back, and bring Yuanyuan with you, you see Look, he's grown into a boy."

Li Zhouzhou: "Don't worry, don't delay Yuan Yuan's homework. The private school should have a farm holiday in July. When we come back, we will still be in the village."

"It's okay." Liu Huaxiang promised so, but she had a small calculation in her heart, so she decided to send a letter to Brother Xing early, pick up the child and come back early, while Zhou Zhou was still in the village, with her Brother Xing If there is any benefit in the relationship with Zhou Zhou, it should be tight, don't take advantage of it and go to Li Guihua.

Li Guihua said: "Zhou Zhou, I heard that your family is going to build a house? My natal family has many brothers, and when the busy farming is over, let them come to help. Our family does not charge wages."

"Why did you still want to collect money? Since you don't collect money, what are you doing out of order? It seems like you are picking up your family's wages every week."

"..."

Li Zhouzhou said with a smile: "My husband asked someone to draw the blueprints in my yard. The materials were first sent to the town and brought back, and the construction next to it was also started. Fortunately, after so many years, the side is still vacant. Originally, if I wanted to occupy it, I would have to wait for it later. Moved."

Next door to his yard is the Wang family, and the other side is vacant, and it has not been occupied for so many years.

"In the past, the village also wanted to stay here and enjoy your family's blessings, but there were too many people who thought about it, and they were about to fight. The village chief said that no one should be allowed to build next to your house, so it was vacant." Liu Huaxiang explain.She also wanted this land at that time, and when Jian An grew up, she built a yard for Jian An.

It's true that Liu Huaxiang loves Li Jian'an, the second child, but because the previous generation of Li's family favored the third child, they ended up making the family restless, turning their brothers against each other, and breaking off ties with their parents.Li Er kept this in mind, Li Jian'an went to school, Guangzong's son Dong Dong also went to school, Li Jian'an had a good meal, and his granddaughter Jiuyue also ate a bite.

There is always some eccentricity, but it is not bad. Even Guangzong's daughter-in-law said to her natal family: "I still hope that my mother-in-law is eccentric to my uncle. In this way, my family can also get some light in winter, winter and September." .”

The natal sister-in-law said: "If you can say this, even if your mother-in-law is not too partial, if you are really partial to your armpit, then you are full of pain and don't even think about it. You are still blessed. Who can For the two scholars, your father-in-law and mother-in-law are not bad."

No matter how good life is these days, he is also a farmer, and it is so expensive to buy paper for reading.

Guangzong's daughter-in-law thinks about it too. The mother-in-law didn't treat her so harshly. Even her daughter Jiuyue's family loves her. She used to celebrate the New Year when she was a child. How can she wear new clothes every year and buy handkerchiefs from time to time? Her daughter has a silver medal attached to her. Brand longevity locks are available.

The next day, Su Shiyi came with the Su family.

Greetings, misses, and conversations, Li Zhou and Zhou Zhou responded to each other one by one, and they were still the same, and they said the same things. Thanks to the blessing of the Li family, now that the house is built, the children have enough to eat and wear. As he talked, he asked if there was any shortage of waiters?There are many dolls in his family.

Su Shiyi stood aside with a serious face, "Uncle and Uncle, what did you say when you came here, cousin is not short of people now, the manpower is full."

"I'm just asking, let alone your cousin, not you, you just talk to your elders like that." Uncle Su said.

The auntie also ran aside and said: "You have been working with your cousin for several years, don't be so narrow-minded, and think about your younger brother."

It meant that Su Shiyi blocked it, but he was afraid that if other juniors of the Su family were used, Su Shiyi would have no work to do.

Li Zhouzhou's smile also subsided a bit, and he said: "Shi Yi is not an excuse to tell lies. I don't do any business now, and I hand it over to the partner in Zhaozhou. Shi Yi is also a servant, but the family If the juniors really don’t want to farm anymore, then they should go to Shi Yi to train for a few years.”

Now Su Da and Su Er's two families have a rest, especially the aunt who jumped out to run on Su Shiyi, her expression is changeable, she wants to send it, but she is afraid that Su Shiyi will make things difficult for her children.

Furthermore, according to Li Zhouzhou's words, Li Zhouzhou does not do business, and Su Shiyi also works for Zhaozhou. Since it is not an easy job for the boss to count money, why do business?The Su family's heart became colder, and they gave up the idea of ​​sending their children to work in front of Li Zhouzhou.

Not long after noon, the Su family drove back after eating.

There is no place to live here.

Li Zhouzhou took the time to ask Xiaotao, "How did the Su family treat you?" He saw that Xiaotao's eyes were a little swollen, and he must have cried the day before.

"Tell me the truth."

Liu Tao just opened her mouth, and when she heard the last sentence, she swallowed the word 'nothing', and said truthfully: "My aunt and my second aunt joked that I gave birth to a daughter, my mother-in-law heard it, and cursed back, but close the courtyard door Come and say something weird to my face."

"I know what to say about me, any hen lays an egg and knows the next brood..."

Liu Tao was jealous and couldn't continue studying.In front of Shi Yi, the mother-in-law and sister-in-law are very enthusiastic towards her and Yue Niang, but once Shi Yi is gone, what the mother-in-law said is ugly, the children of the Su family are not careful with girls, boys have eggs to eat, Yue Niang has nothing but I ate one on the first day, and then I didn't even touch the sugar water.

She wasn't angry because of this stuttering, but she was used to living in Zhaozhou. In the Su family and in the Su family village, everyone was like this. They despised and contemptuous girls, and everyone praised her. Su Shiyi married a daughter-in-law, and said that they are still young, and they will be able to have another child, and they can support them with a few more children.

Liu Tao also wanted to give birth to a boy in the past, instead of only Yueniang, who did not pass on the family line to Su Shiyi, but now that she returned to Sujia Village, she was deeply wronged by it, and recalling her previous thoughts, she only felt sorry for her daughter.

"The atmosphere in the village is like this. It can't be changed overnight. It's just a waste of time to correct the deep-rooted thoughts after going back." Li Zhouzhou knew that Xiaotao was wronged.

Nowadays in Dali, it is common to think like this, the words in the village are vulgar and straightforward, and the families of the rich and powerful are just adorned, and they are blessed with many children and grandchildren, and boys are always rare.

Zhaozhou is a special case.

Li Zhouzhou felt grateful in his heart, and then thought of his husband, "Take it easy, you will be fine later. You and Yue Niang should not go back today, you can't live here, and go to town with Su Shiyi, just in time to build a yard and transport materials , Su Shiyi can keep an eye on it."

"Okay." Liu Tao didn't want to live in Su's Village either.

From May to June, when the wheat in the field is ripe, it is harvested, dried, hulled, weighed, and then transported to the town to pay the grain tax. It is up to the family whether to sell or keep the rest.

Li Da took Fu Bao to the field to harvest wheat, and what he did was Li Er's family's field.

"Hey Uncle, did you really let Fubao go to the field? Don't pull Fubao's face." Guangzong didn't dare, this baby is from his hometown, and he was born with a golden nest and a silver nest, why should he go to the fields to suffer.

Li Zhaoxi was wearing a straw hat, ramie bunts, and cloth shoes on his feet. He looked decent, and he said boldly to the uncle, "Uncle, I can do it."

"Come on, you guys go to work, Fu Bao and I will cut this piece." Li Da chased people away.

Li Er and Li Guangzong's father and son were really worried, but there was nothing they could do. In the field were not only them, but also Li Jian'an and Dongdong who were studying. Dongdong was young and gleaned behind.

Of course, the boy Liu Huaxiang who was studying was reluctant to let his child go to the fields. After eating, Guangzong said: "Brother Gu was in the village, he harvested and went to work in the fields. Although he didn't do much, he was a scholar at that time. If you don't I would like to go to Jian'an, then go to Dongdong, I can't do anything else, and it will always be possible to pick up wheat ears and hold a bundle in the back."

"The money for one year's study is saved by hard work, not for nothing." Guangzong had to make his son suffer so that he knew how to study well.

Liu Huaxiang wanted to refute, but Li Er couldn't stop nodding, saying that Li Jian'an was also going to the fields together.

Gu Xiucai was so skinny at that time, and he went to the farms with hardships. He must have studied hard because he had suffered so much and didn't want to work in the fields. Now he is a high-ranking official.

That is to say, at this time, Li Zhaoxi got his grandfather's full stomach of harvesting wheat, and vowed to go to work in the fields. The soldiers guarding beside him felt sorry for him first. These soldiers were all from peasants. How could they have never worked in the fields? Bitterness, how could the little master Fubao bear it.

"Master, why don't we come?"

"No, I'll come first and give it a try." Li Zhaoxi felt that it was okay when he got off the ground. Grandpa didn't draw him much, so he should be able to complete the task.

After a stick of incense.

Li Zhaoxi was sweating profusely, his face was still itchy, the place where the ears of wheat passed by was also burning, and sweat rolled down like a bean, Li Zhaoxi was holding a sickle, looking at the end of the destination ahead.

"..."

The guarding guards could see that Young Master Fubao was tired, and someone mentioned that they were coming, and now they are busy, they finished cutting, and the old master appointed him not to know that they did it.

Li Zhaoxi shook his head, refused, and said: "Grandpa loves me so much, I won't cut it anymore, and I will definitely not blame me, but what I said is to go to the field to cut the wheat, and there is not much in this area. I can't cut it today and come back tomorrow, and I can't give up halfway." .”

When the weather got hotter, Li Dashi asked Fu Bao to go back to eat and rest, he was afraid that Fu Bao would be tired.

Fu Bao went back with his grandfather.

"I'm really old. I've only been doing this for an hour, but my waist is no longer good." Li Da thought that in those days, he could do it day and night.

Li Zhaoxi also imitated his grandfather, hammering his own waist, and said, "I've worked hard too~"

Li Da laughed, and Li Zhaoxi also laughed.

Later, Li Zhaoxi's scratched land was cut by someone. Li Zhaoxi took a nap after eating, and when it was cold in the afternoon, he saw that there was no wheat on the ground, and immediately: ...

The soldiers were very happy. Without the wheat, it was not so hard for Fubao to rest.

Who knew that Li Zhaoxi turned around and cut off the one next to him.

He has to finish his share, if he quits halfway after a little fatigue, then everything will be difficult and he will not be able to become a very handsome person.

Beijing.

It has been almost a week since Gu Zhao arrived in the capital.On the same day, I separated from Zhou Zhou and drove all the way to the middle of the capital. Without going anywhere else, I went straight to the side gate of the imperial city to install the gate——

He looked at the familiar Zhumen, it was this gate that he used to go in and out of the palace several times when he served in the Imperial Academy.

At this time, the security gate was open, and there were eunuchs waiting at the door. Seeing Mr. Gu who had fallen from his horse, he bowed and went, "Is it Mr. Gu Zhaogu who dare to ask?"

"Yes."

"The slave is Gou Gui, the head of the Taiji Hall, and he came here to welcome Mr. Gu into the palace at the order of His Majesty." Gou Gui waved his hand, asking Mr. Gu to go first, and said, "Mr. Mister Gu Nian has worked hard all the way. He has just arrived in Beijing and has not yet settled down. Your Excellency is authorized to enter the palace with your cronies to rest."

There are no rules, I have never seen any official enter the palace, and the servants of the family also enter the palace to rest. This is when Emperor Kang Jing was in the past, the favored Lin Taifu did not have this treatment.

Just...how should I put it.

From the name of Gou Gui, the chief eunuch, to Gu Zhao's demeanor this time, Gu Zhao felt that the new emperor Li Wubing seemed to be not a rule, and the most important thing was that Li Wubing didn't regard the imperial palace as any supreme place.

To this imperial palace, came with a bit of faint repulsion and dislike.