The husband's son-in-law

"You shouldn't have said what the second brother said."

After hearing what Zheng Hui said, Gu Zhao's first sentence was this, and then he said: "The three of us, brothers, have known each other since we were officials and students. Not to mention how hard the journey was, it can be regarded as encouraging each other. These words hurt people."

How could Zheng Hui not know?He regretted it after he finished speaking.

"I'm afraid to see you."

"I know I'm ashamed." Zheng Hui took a sip of wine, was silent for a while, and said what was in his heart, "It will be messy, I had fun before the war, and I am ashamed of my country. Later, Rou Niang will replace me Taking care of the family and raising children, worrying about my safety, and being ashamed of my family."

"At that time, I went to Fengzhou for peace talks, and the letter was sent to me. We had a chat over wine. Although he had nothing to say, I was still the one who babbled. At that time, I was full of energy, and I enjoyed a lot. Persuading and persuading him to quit is also a good show. All these years are not a waste of dormancy. I made a big ambition in front of him, but I didn't expect to meet him again. What I said before, the ambition I made was to slap myself in the face. I am ashamed of him..."

"I'm not worthy to be your brother."

Zheng Hui simply held the jug and drank it, with a degenerate expression of 'he is so bad and hopeless'.

"If you really want to be depraved, why did you come to my house today? Why do you have to analyze your thoughts? Don't say that you are greedy for power and come to flatter me, the chief assistant. No matter how stupid you are, you won't make it this far .” Gu Zhao said.

Isn't it just that while sober, deep down, I still want to reform.

Zheng Hui was stunned on the spot holding the flagon.

"Since you know your mistakes and want to repent, don't die," Gu Zhao said.

Friends and close friends for so many years, from young to now, the three of them have their own different ecology in officialdom. He and the second brother can be regarded as ups and downs, but the eldest brother is mediocre.

"If you still want to hang out as always, then our brotherhood will get farther and farther from now on." Gu Zhao said plainly, "I know Zheng Hui who is willing to be called Big Brother, because he has a big heart and can understand others. Sincerity, mistakes can be corrected."

Zheng Hui's eyes were red, with tears in his eyes, rolled down, and wiped them away with the back of his hand. At this time, it was like many years ago, when they were in the prefectural and county government schools, Zhaodi still gave him a big blow, and spread out his words in an ugly way——

If you are still like this, then we will not be able to have a deep friendship, and we can only be ordinary classmates.

We have different paths, we cannot come together.

At that time, Yan Jingxin was also taciturn, standing aside without talking or asking. In the long years later, he occasionally thought that Yan Jingxin was better than him in learning. In fact, Yan Jingxin was in the official school because of Zhaodi. It's not because of the temperament of his older brother that he makes friends well.

But at this moment, he looked at Yan Jingxin, this man is very stubborn, stick to one way, if he really despised him and didn't want to make friends anymore, he wouldn't have listened to him complaining and complaining for so many years, sent him off and wished him all the best, He would not let Liu Fulang take more care of his wife and children.

Zheng Hui regrets, regrets thoroughly.

"I can't help but be strict."

Yan Jinxin didn't speak, nor did he support Zheng Hui who was kneeling on the ground, and let Zheng Hui kneel, but turned sideways to avoid it.Gu Zhao heard the news, and didn't intervene to say anything for forgiveness——

This is a matter for two people.

The study in the front yard is like this, and the atmosphere in the back yard is also a bit awkward.

Liu Shu has a straight-talking personality towards his own people. It is not for nothing to be an official wife these years, nor is his age for nothing. He can still bluff people outside.

Before Yan Jinxin became a celebrity in the cabinet, the noble ladies in the officialdom rushed to make friends with Liu Shu and wanted to move around, but the result was that they flattered you with a smile on their faces, but in fact they were full of jokes and ridiculed you as an upstart bumpkin with no background Don't know the rules.

Liu Shu doesn't know those corners, but anyone who is not kind to him can feel it, so he turned back at that time and swept the faces of several companies.Afterwards, it spread behind the scenes, saying that Willow was "a shrew who lost the lady's rules".

After a long time, Liu Shu endured it and learned some yin and yang tricks.

Now it's all on Tang Rou.

Tang Rou arrived with Yingniang and Erlang, Li Zhouzhou greeted them, first of all he was polite, he didn't see her body for a long time, so she turned to look at Yingniang and Erlang.

"I haven't seen you in the past ten years. Xiao Yingniang has grown up, she looks slim and beautiful."

Yingniang is seventeen now, she is really a big girl, she looks like her mother with a bit of southern beauty, her eyes are still bright, but her temperament is more stable and dignified, not as lively and agile as the little girl before.

"Hello Madam Gu." Yingniang saluted.

Li Zhouzhou: "That's too polite. You used to come to my house to play when you were young. Your name is Uncle."

"Hi Uncle." Yingniang changed her words.

See Jiro.This child was born in about September and October when Li's family arrived in Zhaozhou, so Li Zhouzhou had never seen him before. At this time, the child looked about eleven or twelve years old. He was a little round and not too tall, but he looked She is timid and afraid of strangers.

Li Zhouzhou can also think about it.

Zheng Hui had been in Fengzhou for four or five years. Tang Rou was a steady and well-behaved man. He closed the door to thank guests, and rarely took the children out for a walk. Anyway, Erlang looked less lively and courageous than his sister when she was a child.

"What's your name?" Li Zhouzhou asked the child lovingly.

Tang Rou stepped forward and said, "The big name is Guang, Zheng Guang."

"It's a good name. It's the same as his elder sister. It's shining brightly—" Li Zhouzhou didn't finish his sentence, and the willow tree beside him who had been acting as an air person said yin and yang: "That's very good. The ready-made Mang character is not someone. received."

The dancer gave birth to a son, who was only two years old.

Hearing this, Tang Rou didn't seem to have anything on her face, she just held the handkerchief tightly, pursed her lips, and forced a smile.Of course, Li Zhouzhou couldn't let Xiaoshu come here. At his house, the guests invited by his house couldn't let Tang Rou suffer from harsh words, and it was not appropriate for the children to be present.

"Sister-in-law and two children are enough. I made up a good word, and I just wait for the blessing of the children." Li Zhouzhou said haha, and then patted Xiaoshu's arm, "Don't stand outside and say, let's go in chat."

"Yingniang, go to Fubao's yard to play with your younger brother. Dabai and Xiaohei are here. They came early, and they are childhood friends. Fubao will remember sister Yingniang when he is in Zhaozhou. Don't be restrained at his uncle's house." You're welcome, let's go play."

After Li Zhouzhou finished speaking, a servant girl stepped forward to lead the way.

As soon as the child left, the scene became awkward and cold.Liu Shu responded with a stern face, Tang Rou was fidgeting, Li Zhouzhou: ...

"Otherwise, I'd better go and see the child?" Tang Rou wanted to get up.

Li Zhouzhou said: "The children have a topic of children's play, and we haven't seen each other for a long time." He saw that his sister-in-law was uncomfortable, so he stopped saying polite words, "Xiao Shu was just angry with you for talking too much that day, and he was fighting for you. I sympathize with your situation, and you turn around and say that he is nosy."

"Sister-in-law, if you don't want us to intervene to say these things for you, we won't mention them in the future, and we'll just be polite."

After so many years of friendship, Xiaoshu would not be against each other because of this, but if it really cools people's hearts, then the relationship will weaken, and the two families will be far away.

When Tang Rou heard Li Zhouzhou's words, she said softly, "I know Xiaoshu was thinking of me, but it has already happened. It wasn't a big deal. He was outside for four or five years, and there were people around him. I'm not surprised by a waiter."

"It's been more than ten years since our husband and wife. Before, the house was clean and there was no one else. I was lucky. But now that someone is here, I can think of it. On the contrary, I'm relieved. Yingniang is old, and it's time to discuss marriage. I can’t get into trouble because of this quarrel, what else can I do?”

Even though she said that, how can Tang Rou not be wronged? If it is true that she is generous and doesn't mind being relaxed, why are her eyes flushed?It's just that it's already arrived, the world is like this, it's not uncommon for an official to take a concubine, if she asks Liu Shuyan's family to fight for her because of this, it will be bad for the Yan family and bad for Liu Shu's reputation.

Besides, Zheng Hui would be pushed to that woman's side.

"We have been married for more than ten years. He may have been confused for a while, so he won't embarrass me." Tang Rou and Zheng Hui have shared the same bed for so many years, and Tang Rou actually knows the temperament of the couple.

Willow coaxed: "If you say that, then my family deserves it. I'm the one who stands up for you with my talkativeness. It's my man who deserves Zheng Hui to poke his spine. It's all my fault."

"It's done. From now on, you go your own way and I go mine. Let's take it as nothing."

When Tang Rou heard it, she burst into tears immediately, like a dumb person eating coptis, it's all bitterness in her stomach, and it's all her fault.

For so many years, especially when Zheng Hui went to Fengzhou for four or five years, the Yan family helped her a lot. How could Tang Rou not know what to do? It was just that when Zheng Hui came back with a bruised face, she looked ashamed and turned around not daring to enter her room. courtyard.

Tang Rou was terrified, afraid of going back to the past, back to the time when she lived alone in the courtyard of the old house.Later I found out that Zheng Hui didn't go to the courtyard of the concubine's room, but went to the study, Tang Rou didn't relax either.

She knew that Zheng Hui was ashamed of her, and he would be ashamed of the concubine's dancer, and in the end, he didn't go to anyone's yard at all, and just went on like this.She didn't want to.

"Sometimes I envy you all." Tang Rou said in a low voice.

Willow immediately became angry and said, "Are you envious that men like Brother Zhou and I don't take concubines? Or do you envy us being the masters at home and talking to men? Who doesn't have two books and no shit?"

"Yes, I thought about it a long time ago when I was in the village. I strictly believed that he became an official in high school and took a concubine to have a series of children, so he divorced me. Divorce him."

"At that time, the Zheng family was doing business and the conditions were good. You said that you are a woman who is not healthy enough to show her face. Okay, then I went to Beijing. After Brother Zhou Zhou went to Zhaozhou, I said that your child is old, don't lie around all day long. In the back house, come out to do business with me, and you will be laughed at if you say you are unruly."

"Don't talk about the present, just talk about the past. Have you ever given Zheng Hui a concubine for him? He just doesn't have the heart. You give him something to make him feel good or bad, knowing that you can handle it well. If you take a concubine, you will be confused."

"I'm going to say this today. If you still behave like this, you will regret and feel wronged in the future."

"It's useless for you to cry in front of me. Close the door. I live my life as a bully. I'm a shrew and I don't have rules. I'll do it right away. You're magnanimous, you're virtuous, just cry slowly. .”

Li Zhouzhou angrily called Xiaoshu to sit down, and handed him a cup of tea.

Xiaoshu said so much, and getting angry like this was not because Tang Rou said he was nosy, but because Tang Rou was soft and obedient.

"Sister-in-law, don't cry—"

"Yeah, keep your tears, there will be plenty of places to cry in the future, don't cry now." Liu Shu said in a strange tone.

Li Zhouzhou: ...

"Forget it, you two quarrel, the quarrel is over, let's have dinner."

After Li Zhouzhou finished speaking, Liu Shu, who was just angry, froze, "Brother Zhou Zhou, are you angry?"

"No." Li Zhouzhou said calmly, and he glanced at his sister-in-law, "We were in Zhaozhou at that time, and we saw many women who were living in hardship, and they had to do housework, cook and serve the whole family, and they had to wait for the whole family from time to time. After being beaten, sister-in-law's situation is naturally not as good as this, and those women were unwilling to reconcile at first, and they were terrified."

"Is this not reconciliation?" Liu Shu wanted to get angry.

Li Zhouzhou said: "He and Li were sentenced by the yamen. Those women who were afraid at first were afraid of this or that and would not move forward, but they were not so afraid after leaving. All men study, boys and girls go to school. It’s a shocking move, every parent is scruples, thinking about things and being afraid, afraid of something unknown, afraid of something that hasn’t happened yet, but after reading it, it’s like that, there’s nothing strange about it.”

"There are some things that cannot be explained in a few words, and you have to take that step by yourself."

"It's done, it's getting late, let's have dinner, we haven't seen each other for a long time, it's very lively."

Li Zhouzhou asked the butler to prepare the dishes for the table, and asked someone to go to Fubao's courtyard to remind him that it was time to eat.

Liu Shu's mouth was round and closed for a long time, but his eyes were bright, and he adored Brother Zhou Zhou even more.He thought to himself, he is a shrew in the circle of noble ladies in Beijing, he is a tiger to death, and sometimes he doubts himself, wondering if he is really a nouveau riche country bumpkin who can't get on the stage?

But looking at Brother Zhou Zhou's actions and words, Brother Zhou Zhou didn't care about these, he did the right thing.

So he let go of Tang Rou's anger a lot, and he didn't care about the other family's business.Only Tang Rou sat where she was, and she felt out of place. Could it be that she followed the rules or was she wrong?

The maid next to her reminded Madam to go to the banquet. Tang Rou was walking in the corridor of the capital and auxiliary mansion. This direction was to the front yard. How could the women in the back house go to the front yard for dinner?Out of order.

Just as Tang Rou had this thought, she stopped.

"What's the matter, ma'am?" the maid asked.

The frolicking laughter in the distance is because Li Zhaoxi and the group just met a little bit awkwardly, but now the old friends who have played together, Li Zhaoxi took the lead and said: "...the flavor of Zhaozhou, you have to taste Try it, but try it first when eating shrimp and crab, and don’t eat it if you are allergic.”

"Sister, you look good dressed like this. We Zhaozhou girls all wear like this. We'll have a good event after we finish eating."

"I forgot, but there is no way you are too young. I haven't played football when I was your age. I promise you to make a body for you later. Don't make trouble with me. I will beat you up again." Li Zhaoxi and Xiao Hei explain.

Xiao Hei's voice was full of joy, and said cheaply: "Brother Fubao, let's practice in a while."

"You are still young, you will definitely be beaten." Dabai said.

"Haha, Dabai still knows about me, and I didn't mean to scare you."

The voice was so lively that Tang Rou also forgot what she was doing. She took a few steps to look, and saw that Yingniang of her family had changed into another outfit. It was not the dress with red hairpins when she came here, but a round-neck shirt with narrow cuffs. It turned out to be trousers, and the red hairpin on the head was removed, and it became a single bun, just like a man's attire.

Tang Rou just stared at the place and didn't know what to say, how could this, how could this be possible, how could a girl be a guest outside, change her clothes, and still dress like this——

Yingniang also saw Aniang, her hands and feet were restrained and she felt uneasy, wishing she could get into the ground.Dabai quietly stood in front of Yingniang, and Li Zhaoxi also took the lead to say: "Hello, uncle."

"It's my fault that I was having so much fun, I forgot the time for a moment. Originally, sister changed her clothes to play football. My father said that the meal is ready and we are going to eat. It's not good for the elders to wait for our juniors for a long time. I just said it's okay My family, sister looks good in this, I brought sister a gift, I didn't expect the clothes to be suitable."

Li Zhaoxi also changed into a Cuju suit. He was afraid that his elder sister would not be ashamed to wear it alone. Once he wore it, other younger brothers would clamor for it, but Li Zhaoxi forgot to prepare so many, so he took out all his Cuju suits and left it to the big guys pick.

So in fact, not only Yingniang, but the others all changed into 'unruly' and 'strange' clothes - Xiao Hei didn't change, Xiao Hei was too small, and Fu Bao's old clothes didn't bring such small ones.

Tang Rou was attracted by Yingniang's attire just now, only now did she notice the other people's attire, what was she wearing? It wasn't even a robe——

"Father, Father, Brother Fu Bao said he would make me a set later." When Xiao Hei saw Father coming over, he longed for the suit his elder brother was wearing, why is he so small.

Li Zhaoxi expressed his apology and took the initiative to say: "I'll finish eating later, I'll let you have three balls."

"You just said that I can join your Cuju team, regardless of whether I play well or not. Of course, I can't play badly. I'm still smart." Xiao Hei turned his head and reminded Brother Fu Bao.

Li Zhaoxi just laughed, "I haven't forgotten, you're taking advantage of it, my Cuju team is very good at it."

Seeing the novelty of the big guys' outfits, Liu Shu praised each of them for their good looks, but he didn't expect Dabai to be able to change into this outfit, after all, he still has half of his blood.

"It looks good, I didn't expect the clothes to be just right." Li Zhouzhou also praised.

Yingniang's face was flushed, and she was still ashamed and uneasy, but it was actually just a piece of clothing, not showing her arms and legs - on the one hand, the weather was cold, and Fu Bao wanted to be considerate.

The climate of Zhaozhou is different from that of Jingli, which is more conservative and traditional.Gu Zhao told Fu Bao on the way.

Yingniang can change clothes, but it's not easy to say that she has a docile personality, and she has fun and everyone changes, but Li Zhouzhou sees that Yingniang is not completely like a lamb in her bones, she is soft and obedient, she should also like to be with everyone Playing so noisy together.

"What's the matter, your mother came to my house to play and ate in the stove." Li Zhouzhou said deliberately, "at Uncle's house, not outside, you see Li Zhaoxi and the others are also dressed like this, little Black hasn't worn it yet."

Yingniang's distressed expression gradually became more at ease when she heard about it.

Tang Rou was in a daze, until a voice came from the front yard: "Fubao, you guys want to play football? Then add uncle."

"Brother, I'm with you, we are one, two, three, four, five, it's not bullying a child."

Later Gu Zhao wanted to scold Li Wubing for being shameless, just come to my house for dinner, you two adults kicked a few novice children, dare you say that it is not bullying children!

"I think, Li Zhaoxi and I will lead the novice team, and we will see each other later." Lord Gu upheld justice without changing his expression.

Li Wubing was very confident and agreed without hesitation.