After the big fool gets married

There is only one month left before Wu Wenshou and Liu Zhaodi get married.

Wu Datian's family stopped making tofu and became busy with their marriage.

The house needs to be refurbished, and the doors, windows and furniture should be repainted with a layer of paulownia paint.The two houses on the west side are new houses, and the furniture was ordered from the woodworking shop in the county town, and it will be delivered in ten days.Bedding and bed curtains are all ready. Aunt Tian went to the county cloth shop to buy fabrics and cotton and planned to make them herself.

Wu Xuan and Doudouben also came to help, but they were driven back by Aunt Tian.Ever since she knew that the two of them were going to take the county exam at the beginning of the year, Aunt Tian confessed to them as scholars, and urged them to go to study if they had nothing to do.

Since she couldn't help with the work, Doudou had no choice but to draw a few versions of mandarin ducks playing in the water, and planned to send it to Aunt Tian.

In the middle of the afternoon, Doudou had already finished her homework for the day ahead of schedule.Taking advantage of their free time, the two walked to the next door with tricks.

Aunt Tian couldn't put it down as soon as she saw it, and praised Doudou's talent again and again, "This is the most beautiful pattern I have ever seen, and it must look good when embroidered."

Doudou picked out two of them, and said, "These two colors are simpler and can save a lot of time."

"That's a good feeling, I'm worried that I won't be able to finish the embroidery!" Aunt Tian picked it up and looked at it carefully, and praised: "It looks good, the color matching is simple, and it's so practical!"

The two were talking, when suddenly someone shouted at the door: "Is Aunt Tian at home?"

"Yes, yes!" Aunt Tian happily replied, leaving Doudou behind and went to the gate.

Wu Xuan looked at Doudou suspiciously, and wrote with bright eyes: Isn't Aunt Tian the most fond of chatting about tricks with you?Why did you leave you and go find someone else?

Doudou lightly bumped him with her arm, and said, "It's Liu Zhaodi."

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While speaking, Aunt Tian and Liu Zhaodi had already walked over.

Aunt Tian asked Liu Zhaodi to choose her in a fancy way, after all, it will be used by their young couple in the future, so naturally she likes it.

Liu Zhaodi chose one of the two simple color schemes that Doudou mentioned, and said, "This is very pretty."

Aunt Tian put it away happily, "I'll embroider this for you."

Liu Zhaodi looked at Aunt Tian, ​​then at Wu Xuan and the two, and said, "I have something to say."

Wu Xuan and Doudou hurriedly said: "Then let's go back first."

"No, let's listen together, I'm afraid I'll scare Aunt Tian." Liu Zhaodi said.

"Hahaha, what can scare me, tell me!" Aunt Tian laughed.

Standing in front of Aunt Tian, ​​Liu Zhaodi said seriously, "Auntie, I am very happy to be married to the Wu family. However, there are some problems with my life experience. I think I should tell you in advance, if you mind, you can reconsider This marriage."

Liu Zhaodi did mental training for several days before she dared to come here.

Seeing Liu Zhaodi's serious expression, Aunt Tian also became serious, took Liu Zhaodi's hand and sat on the bench, and said, "Speak, I'll listen."

Wu Xuan and Doudou squeezed together on another bench, serving as the background board.

Aunt Tian's gently patted hands gave Liu Zhaodi a great sense of security, and gave her enough courage to recall the past in her memory.

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Liu Zhaodi's hometown is in Fuzhong County, Jiangyuan Province.Jiangyuan Province is located where several rivers converge, with fertile paddy fields and a large population. It is a very rich place.In addition, many aristocratic families from the previous dynasty have lived here for generations, making this place rich in heritage and prosperous in style of writing, and a champion can be produced every few years.

Fuzhong County, located in the east of Jiangyuan Province, is a famous grain-producing county.

The Liu family can be considered a modest family in Fuzhong County, with a thousand acres of fertile land under their name.

Liu Zhaodi's grandfather had only one son, her father, so he married his son a wife early.She married the eldest daughter of the Duan family in this county. Although her family background is slightly worse than that of the Liu family, as the saying goes, a high family marry a daughter and a low family marry a daughter-in-law, and the two are considered a good match.

But after three years of marriage, the Duan family has not been pregnant, and the old lady of the Liu family is not happy, and starts to pick on her daughter-in-law at every turn.Fortunately, Liu Zhaodi's father is a good husband who loves his daughter-in-law and often helps persuade the old lady, so Duan's family is not too wronged.

Then, two years later, Duan finally became pregnant with a child.Only then did the old lady's attitude change, and she was looking forward to the fat grandson wholeheartedly.

However, ten months later, Duan gave birth to a daughter.Disappointed, the old lady changed her attitude all of a sudden, and even named the child Liu Zhaodi.

When Duan woke up and heard the name, she cried and passed out.

Some poor families have little education and knowledge, and hope that their sons will name their daughters "Zhaodi" eagerly.But the Liu family can be regarded as a respectable family in Fuzhong County after all, and it is embarrassing to say such a name to their daughter.

But Mrs. Liu has a stubborn temper, so she used this name to register her household registration. In her words: "Use this name to show your sincerity, and only with sincerity can you look forward to your grandson."

Because Mrs. Liu was too blatantly patriarchal, Liu Zhaodi had a bad relationship with her grandmother as long as she could remember.

Grandma was lukewarm to her, and she was not close to her.

However, my grandfather and father were very busy and often did not come home for several days, and my mother was always seeking medical treatment and offering incense.At this time, only she and her grandmother are left in the family.

On the day of the accident, it happened to be like this again.

Grandfather and father hadn't come back for several days, and mother went out early in the morning again, saying to go to the Qiuzi Temple in the suburbs.She and her nanny played in the garden all morning, and when it was time to eat lunch, she lingered and refused to leave. She didn't want to have dinner with her grandmother.

In the past, she didn't care if she didn't go to her grandmother, she would ask her mother-in-law to bring the food to her house.

But one day, she was acting like a spoiled child hugging the nanny's thigh in the garden, when the grandmother suddenly came over and asked the nanny to go to the front yard with a very ugly face.

She was so frightened by her grandmother's fierce appearance that she burst into tears, hugging the nurse's leg and not letting go.The grandmother said something to the nanny in a low voice, and the nanny's expression suddenly changed, and for the first time she forcefully broke away from her hand and threw her to the grandmother.

"Don't cry!" Grandma picked her up who was crying and went straight to the main house.

First he took off the little skirt she was wearing, then changed her into neat clothes, and said to her seriously: "Listen carefully to the following, I'll just say it once."

"The sky of Liu's family has collapsed, and everything is gone. From today on, you have to learn to live on your own!" Grandma said.

She blinked her eyes ignorantly, and there were still big tears in her eyes.

"Your grandfather and your father are gone, and your mother is gone. As for your grandmother and me, I will be gone tonight." The grandmother took out a dagger from her sleeve, gestured at her neck, and said: " It's all gone, only you are left, understand?"

"The Du family occupied my Liu family's land by force. Your grandfather and father wrote a pleading paper and went to the government office to sue, but they were intercepted and killed by the Du family on the way. The entire Fuzhong County was controlled by the Du family, and all families who resisted were punished by them."

The grandmother patted her on the head with a dagger, and said: "Remember, the enemy of my Liu family is Du Ru, who is the elder of the court. However, I don't expect you, a little girl, to take revenge. Just remind you, if you If you can survive, remember to stay away from people surnamed Du, and never go back to Jiangyuan Province."

She was completely stunned and had no idea what her grandmother was talking about.

The grandmother hit her on the head again with the dagger and shouted, "Listen carefully!"

"Do you still remember your aunt? The thin, sallow one you saw two years ago. Now I will send you to find her. You will be her child from now on."

After finishing this sentence, the grandmother murmured to herself in a low voice: "Your aunt ran away with a coachman surnamed Wei two years ago. At that time, the Duan family searched for a long time but failed to find anyone, which means they hid it well. Last time Yue sent a letter to your mother, telling her her current address. Only your mother and I know this place, and it is the safest place I can think of."

The grandmother patted her on the head, "When you arrive at your aunt's house, you will be her daughter. You can change your surname to Duan after her or Wei to her man." At this point, the grandmother paused, "Changed your name too. , let your aunt give you a nice girl name. The name 'Zhaodi' is too much for me."

After explaining everything that should be explained, the grandmother picked her up, stuffed a bundle in her hand, and said: "You take this bundle yourself, no one can trust it, and you can't give it to me! If you can get to your aunt's house safely, the things will be fine." To her. Of course—”

Grandma laughed at herself when she said this, "If I don't know people well, the matchmaker I arranged really sold you out. Or if your aunt dare not take you in and even kills people to steal money, then it's your own fate."

"I've done what I have to do, let's go!" Grandma carried her to the back door and stuffed her into an old donkey cart.

Most of the time later, she was locked up with a group of girls who were about her age, and the prostitute said that she would sell them to a wealthy family in the capital to be servant girls and sign a 60-year contract.

But after walking for more than a month, when she was approaching the capital, the matchmaker suddenly took her out of the car and sent her to Wujia Village.

She was too young back then to understand anything.When I was on the road, I always thought that my grandmother really sold her.Later, when I saw my aunt in Wujia Village, I was still dubious.

Later, when she was older, her aunt asked someone to inquire about what happened back then, and she realized how tragic the situation was then!

In August of the third year of Jingyuan, a natural disaster occurred in Fuzhong County, Jiangyuan Province. It rained for many days, causing the mountain to collapse and the sediment to roll down. Hundreds of people were buried alive.

Coincidentally, after these two "natural disasters", almost all the direct descendants of the three families in Fuzhong County and the Du family who were at odds were wiped out.

Subsequently, more than [-]% of the land in Fuzhong County was "bought" by the Du family at a very low price.

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After hearing this story, Aunt Tian stopped gently patting Liu Zhaodi's hands, not knowing how to comfort her.

Liu Zhaodi said: "Auntie, my enemy, the Du clan, is still firmly in control of Fuzhong County. Not only that, they have infiltrated more than half of the nearby counties. And Du Ru, the biggest backer of the Du clan, is still in power. He is the elder of the court. Although Mrs. Du may not remember me as a little fish that slipped through the net, there is still a risk in marrying me as a daughter-in-law. If you mind, we can call off the marriage—”

"You silly child, what are you talking about!" Aunt Tian hugged her and said distressedly, "You have suffered so much at such a young age. When you come to my house in the future, Auntie will treat you well and won't let you Eat a little more bitterness!"