A month has finally passed, and Yuan Yaohui is like blowing air, and in a blink of an eye, he has changed from a red hairless monkey to a white and chubby round ball. The old lady who watched was rare, twelve hours a day, except for the five hours in the evening, let Ning Nianzhi go, and the rest of the time, she was hugged by her side.

Of course, Ning Nianzhi has no objection to this, the old lady is not the kind of evil mother-in-law who takes away her grandson to raise, in order to achieve the relationship between her biological mother and son, and uses her grandson to torture her daughter-in-law, plus Xiao Tuanzi is now not only eating or sleeping, either pulling or crying, the old lady can take care of it herself, it is simply to see Xiao Tuanzi as a sweetheart, otherwise, there is no time to take care of a crying bag that can't even speak.

Moreover, during the day, there were only the old lady and Ning Nianzhi left in this house, and now with the small group, it was originally to eat together, and they had to go to the garden together when they were free, and the children were placed in the old lady's place, which was no different from Ning Nianzhi's place.

Ning Nianzhi took a bath, called Chunhua in, and changed the water again, only then did he feel that his body was not so dirty. While letting Tingxue wait to wipe her hair, she brought up the old matter again: "What I said before, how did you and your sister Yingxue think about it?" ”

Tingxue was a little shy, but she also knew that Ning Nianzhi was for the good of their sisters, and hurriedly said: "I have this temperament, the young lady also knows, if I go out, I don't know how I will be coaxed, so I don't want to go out, the young lady will pick one for me in the house, and I don't want to be handsome and chic, as long as the person is good, in the future, I will be the same as the eldest young master, and I will be wholeheartedly on me." ”

After a pause, he said: "Sister Yingxue, hehe, the young lady is asking the right person, if you go to ask Sister Yingxue in person, Sister Yingxue may not be embarrassed to say, it is the Liu Tiezhu next to the eldest young master, have you seen it?" ”

Ning Nianzhi thought for a moment and couldn't help but be stunned: "Yingxue actually took a fancy to him?" ”

Yuan Dongliang himself is not in the mansion, but he often takes pictures of people around him coming to the mansion to deliver a letter, or take something or something. He doesn't like to use small servants very much, the scholars that Old Man Ning and Ning Zhen gave him in the past, when he got old, he sent people directly to the barracks. Now that no one is in charge, there is no longer a scholar around except for the pro-soldiers.

This Liu Tiezhu is one of Yuan Dongliang's personal guards, don't look at it now that he is just a personal guard, it is also of a grade. After making meritorious contributions in the future, aren't the five or six grades still hand-to-hand? It's a pity that this Liu Tiezhu looks a little bit bad, everyone in the world thinks that whiteness is beauty, this Liu Tiezhu is not only long black, but also five big and three thick, that person stood forward, just like there was suddenly an extra pillar in front of him, not to mention the things in front of him, even the things on the hypotenuse, they may not be visible.

Therefore, I have not been able to marry a daughter-in-law so far.

"Really fancied?" Ning Nianzhi asked again, Tingxue nodded: "Last time, I saw Sister Yingxue send you a snack to Liu Tiezhu." "Purses and stuff are easy to fall into the mouth, so there is no obstacle to eating. While it doesn't get in the way, it doesn't mean much. Therefore, it is not possible to do so.

Ning Nianzhi was a little hesitant: "What if you read it wrong?" ”

Tingxue was also a little unsure: "Then the young lady will go back and ask Sister Yingxue?" ”

"Cheng, I know what happened to you, so I'll just wait to prepare the wedding dress." Ning Nianzhi said with a smile, changed his clothes, and brought Tingxue out, Yingxue was waiting with a box of ointment in her hand: "This is sent by Madame from the capital, rub it on your stomach, and the scar will disappear soon." ”

Ning Nianzhi was lying on the bed, the ointment was rubbed on his stomach, it was cool and cool, this winter, it was still a little cold, Ning Nianzhi held back his laughter, closed his eyes and asked while enjoying it: "Yingxue, what do you think, how is Liu Tiezhu?" If you say you're pro, you don't know what kind of person you'll look at. ”

said that he had his eyes closed, but he still looked at it secretly, and when he saw that Yingxue blushed at first, he was a little at a loss, and he knew it in his heart. I can see this thought of my own maid, so what does Liu Tiezhu mean?

"Slave maid, slave maid doesn't know." Yingxue's voice was the same as that of a mosquito, and Ning Nianzhi quipped: "If you don't look down on it, I'll ask someone else when I turn around." ”

"No, no, slave maid ......" Yingxue was a little panicked, if it wasn't for the fact that she was busy with her hands, she would have almost thrown away the ointment in her hand, and then found a crack in the ground to get into. In the end, he still mustered up the courage: "But it's up to the young lady to decide." ”

Ning Nianzhi was even more aware in his heart, just waiting for Yuan Dongliang to come back and ask.

Dinner was served in the old lady's yard, and now the child couldn't leave it, so Yuan Dongliang personally hugged it, and when he entered the door, he couldn't wait to stuff it to Mama Tang in the back, and then closed the door. The corners of Mama Tang's mouth twitched, and she went to the warm house with the child in her arms, young people, you can understand.

Ning Nianzhi was kissed before he could speak, and he couldn't ask if he wanted to ask, so he could only lean his neck to bear the fierce kiss, and when he came back to his senses, the person was already lying on the bed, and his clothes were also peeled off, Ning Nianzhi instantly remembered the marks on his stomach, and quickly raised his hand to cover it: "Don't, it's ugly." ”

"It's not ugly, it's good-looking." Yuan Dongliang opened his eyes and said nonsense, but this is also seventy or eighty percent sincere, not good-looking, but not ugly. Even if Ning Nianzhi is disfigured, as long as he is still this person, he feels that everything on her body is good, but it is not beautiful, and it is also cute. In order to comfort Ning Nianzhi, he lowered his head and kissed him twice, and said with a smile: "I don't lie to you, it's really not ugly." ”

Then, he didn't give Ning Nianzhi a chance to speak.

The young couple became fathers and mothers for the first time, and the old lady strictly ordered the room to be separated, so Yuan Dongliang really followed the old lady's words and banned meat for a year, but now he can finally taste it, and he can't wait to swallow Ning Nianzhi alive.

It's a pity that he wants to be a seven-time-a-night man, but there is still a heart-warming baby, only twice, Mama Tang began to knock on the door, accompanied by her son's cry, Ning Nianzhi pushed him aside, draped his clothes indiscriminately, and wrapped the person with a quilt, so he called Mama Tang in.

didn't dare to meet Mama Tang's gaze, and held the child to breastfeed with a crimson face.

Waiting for Mama Tang to leave with the child, Yuan Dongliang still wanted to continue, but Ning Nianzhi was a little tired, and coaxed Yuan Dongliang to lie down: "Ming'er again, I'm very tired today, by the way, I still have something to ask you, don't come again, otherwise I'll be angry." ”

Yuan Dongliang's head arched at Ning Nianzhi's shoulder, and he snorted twice reluctantly, Ning Nianzhi yawned and asked, "That Liu Tiezhu next to you, has you ever been married?" You go back and ask him, Yingxue next to me is also of age. ”

"You still have the strength to ask other people's questions, so let's do it again?" Yuan Dongliang raised his hand to hug Ning Nianzhi again, turned over and pressed the person, blocking Ning Nianzhi's words of tiredness, and finally showed his majesty as a man in charge.

Ning Nianzhi was very tired, and in the second half of the night, Mama Tang came over to feed the child again, she didn't open her eyes, and let Yuan Dongliang stuff the child into her arms.

The next day, it was almost noon before I got up. happened to be crying, Ning Nianzhi hurriedly hugged and fed, and coaxed again, so he took the child to the old lady. The old lady could see it just by looking at her face, and couldn't help but quip: "I know that you are young, but you have to take it easy, it is not worth it to hurt your body." ”

Ning Nianzhi's face turned red: "Grandmother! ”

The old lady hurriedly waved her hand: "Okay, okay, I know that you are thin-skinned, so I won't talk about it." By the way, you are also out of confinement, when do you plan to solve the matter in Zhuangzi? Ledger or something, but it's already optimistic? ”

"The account book has been read, and the problems have been taken out separately, and now, only a village head is missing, I fancy the Changfu in the front yard, his father was with his grandfather when he was young, and then when he was older, he went home to recuperate. Changfu is now Chinese New Year's Eve, his daughter-in-law is a good hand at planting flowers, and she takes care of the flowers and plants in our garden. ”

The old lady smiled and said, "That kind of flower is not the same thing as growing food. ”

"Grandmother, I mean, the Changfu family is reliable, so it doesn't matter whether the head of the farm can grow crops or not, the important thing is whether he is honest or not. If you don't know how to plant yourself, can't you ask the tenants on the Zhuangzi? Ning Nianzhi said with a smile: "The key is not to change your mind. ”

"As for me, I'm going to set a rule for Changfu, I've read a lot of books about Zhuangzi, basically what you will earn, and there are numbers." Ning Nianzhi said with a smile, and explained his thoughts: "If the new Zhuangtou goes, let's set a standard, how many things to send to the house every year, and then how much silver is the profit on the Zhuangzi, if it exceeds this standard, the more will go to the Zhuangtou, and it will be regarded as a reward." If it does not exceed this standard, it will have to be subsidized by the head of the bank. ”

The old lady frowned: "Do you want the head of the village to subsidize it yourself?" What if there is a natural or man-made disaster? ”

"Within three or five years, it can't be a natural disaster every year, it's really going to happen, we're not that unreasonable, right?" Ning Nianzhi hurriedly said: "Even if you lose one year, as long as the remaining two years are earned, don't you add up to a profit?" Besides, I don't set the bar too high. ”

The old lady thought for a moment and nodded decisively: "Okay, you have the final say in this matter, anyway, I'm old, so I'll eat and drink and be an old feudal king, I have to be empty to coax the children, and I have nothing to do in the garden, you can just make your own decisions about the things inside and outside here." ”

Ning Nianzhi got the order, and when he turned around, he asked Yuan Dongliang to borrow someone. The original Zhuangtou has been entrenched in Zhuangzi for more than ten years, and last year she went with the old lady, and the Zhuangtou could even let the people on Zhuangzi play with him, and it didn't leak for more than a month, which shows how far this power has come. Ning Nianzhi was afraid that the family members in the house would not work, and the borrowed ones were all more capable soldiers under Yuan Dongliang.

Among them, that Liu Tiezhu is also included. It was about Yuan Dongliang who had already said about Yingxue, a person like the Black Iron Tower, standing in front of Ning Nianzhi, was still red-faced, and from time to time he peeked at Yingxue, grinning and holding his white teeth and smirking: "The young lady doesn't have to get down when she sits in the carriage, if there is anything, please just tell me, we, our brothers, will definitely not live up to the young general's entrustment, and we will definitely be able to protect the young lady." ”

Ning Nianzhi couldn't help laughing: "But you have to do what you say, it's not too early, then let's go quickly, if we go too late, I'm afraid it's not easy to do things." ”

Now there is no need to be too scrupulous about hurrying, the carriage is running and is about to fly, and it has just gotten dark to the Zhuangzi. The letter was not delivered in advance, and the tenants all went home separately, and when they arrived at the gate of the courtyard on the Zhuangzi, the gate was also closed.

Ning Nianzhi didn't get out of the car, but Liu Tiezhu stepped forward directly and smashed the door, and soon a little guy shouted out: "Who, who, do you know whose Zhuangzi this is?" If you dare to slam the door again, you won't be able to eat and walk around when you turn around! ”

When he opened the door and saw the clothes of Liu Tiezhu and others, he was surprised and disdainful: "Where did the bald soldiers come from?" I don't know where this is, do you? Let me tell you, this is the Zhuangzi of the former general's mansion! No matter who you are, as long as you are a soldier, you have to listen to General Yuan! You dare to spread wild on this Zhuangzi, and you don't know how you died when you look back and don't see the king of Hades! Who smashed the door just now? ”

Liu Tiezhu laughed twice, and didn't talk to this little guy, just waved his hand, and the two brothers behind him rushed over directly, pressed the person to the ground and tied him, and blocked his mouth with the little guy's own clothes by the way.

Then, go straight in. The house on this Zhuangzi is also a big house with four entrances, and when Ning Nianzhi and the old lady came before, they lived in three entrances. As soon as I entered the front, it was the head of the village who led a family to live. Under the command of Ning Nianzhi, a group of soldiers didn't even take a detour, and rushed directly to the small courtyard of Zhuangtou, for fear that they would see the female dependents not being able to figure it out, so they stood in the courtyard and shouted twice, and when a man came out, he tied up the person directly without saying a word.

At the beginning, it was just a small house, and it wasn't until the sixth that the head of the village came out, and when he saw the situation in the yard, he was shocked and frightened, and he had to hold on to his face: "Who are you?" Any idea what this place is? Dare to come nonsense, don't you want to die? ”

Liu Tiezhu laughed: "You don't look very smart, don't you see the clothes on our bodies?" How many clothes can the soldiers in Cloud City have? Except for the prefect's yamen, which is under the command of the former general, we all broke in like this, do you think we don't know what kind of place this is? Tell you, it's you who caught it! Tie it up, tie it up, we still have to search the yard, don't waste time, brothers, go! The general said, this gold and silver jewelry, our brothers can get 30% today! With the general's words, you have to look carefully at what you can and can't take. ”

This kind of thing is also thick oil and water, and they are all ruffians, and when they see what they like, they naturally have to put it into their arms first. Liu Tiezhu's words are a few more reminders, but don't forget whose Zhuangzi this is, don't go back and delay your future for a few money.

Ning Nianzhi couldn't help nodding in the carriage, this Liu Tiezhu doesn't look at this bear-like look, his mind is quite delicate, he is a talent, and when he looks at Yingxue again, he sees that her face is slightly red. Seeing Ning Nianzhi looking at her, she was ashamed and embarrassed, but she couldn't help but explain a few words: "The slave maid grew up with the girl since she was a child, and I don't think there is anything good about those scholars and literati, of course, except for the eldest young master of our family, but in the end, I think it is more kind to be a soldier." ”

"Okay, okay, I didn't say anything, what about your vision, it's still pretty good, this Liu Tiezhu has a strong physique and a delicate mind, maybe in a few years, he can earn you a life." Ning Nianzhi lowered his voice and joked, but he didn't escape Liu Tiezhu's ears outside, and the face of the Black Iron Tower was even redder, but first, his face was black, and secondly, it was dark, and no one could see it.

Seeing that Liu Tiezhu was already busy here, Ning Nianzhi didn't stay long, and directly took the maid to get out of the carriage to rest.

The next morning, when I had slept and eaten, I went outside. Liu Tiezhu took a stack of things over, and replied with a smile: "I found 20,000 taels of silver tickets alone, as well as other gold, silver and jewelry, and I didn't move it, they were all placed outside, and the young lady just had to let people register and make a book, so what should I do if I have a family in Zhuangtou?" Last night they kept saying they wanted to meet the young lady, you see? ”

Ning Nianzhi frowned slightly, as the master, he could naturally be a little willful, and he would be sent away if he didn't see it, but in the end, it was the old lady's companion, and he couldn't be killed. If this person is put outside, if he wants to talk nonsense, won't he still ruin his reputation?

After thinking about it, he nodded: "Then bring someone over." ”

Zhuangtou's family, more than a dozen people, old and young, as soon as they entered the door, they cried and pleaded, and the messy ones were messy, Ning Nianzhi felt that there were hundreds of flies in his ears, and he couldn't beat them all to death. Without waiting for her to act, Tingxue slapped the table and shouted, "Shut up!" Otherwise, they will all be sold to the northwest to dig coal mines! ”

It was quiet in an instant, and the brothers behind Liu Tiezhu couldn't help but widen their eyes to look at the snow, looking at the delicate little girl, who was not very big, this momentum was really enough. Immediately, some people were moved, marrying such a powerful mother-in-law, even if she had an accident on the battlefield in the future, this mother-in-law would be able to keep her home, but she was unwilling to keep it, and she would not be wronged.

"Young lady, the little ones don't know what mistake they made, but they let you do such a ruthless act." Zhuang Tou cried with a handful of snot and tears: "The little one has been honest all his life, concentrating on guarding the old lady's Zhuangzi, eating for fear of delay, you are just waiting to use the Zhuangzi, and you have to let the little one know what mistake he has made." ”

The corners of Ning Nianzhi's mouth hooked, this Zhuang Tou can speak well, and in two sentences, he pointed out even his own backer and his own merits, and said that Ning Nianzhi was out of selfishness, and he really confirmed this name, and Ning Nianzhi became a poisonous woman who attacked the people around her elders for the sake of family property.

It's just that Ning Nianzhi didn't bother to talk to such a person, beckoned, and Yingxue came out with a stack of account books. The Zhuang Tou's face couldn't help but change. Ning Nianzhi smiled, reached out and took a copy and patted it in his hand: "Originally, I didn't want to say more, just like you said, after all, your family is the old lady's companion, and there is no merit and hard work, if you leave honestly, I will also leave you a little affection, but since you asked, I don't want you to be the ghost who died unjustly!" ”

"Looking at the old lady's lack of care in the past few years, your account book is a little careless." Ning Nianzhi said with a smile, and picked two random ones and read them out: "In just this year, I earned almost eight thousand taels of silver, right?" And five years ago, the snow disaster? Your reason, but it's so sad, I asked a circle of people, within ten years, no one has seen what this snow looks like, God prefers this Zhuangzi, and specially gave a snow disaster? ”

Reading out one by one, Zhuang Tou's face became more and more pale, and the voice of begging for mercy became smaller and smaller. Ning Nianzhi stretched out his hand and nodded to the things piled up outside the courtyard: "If you don't recognize the things in this account book, then let's talk about your property, the monthly example of the head of the village must be higher than that of ordinary people, but if you reach the sky, that is, thirty or fifty taels of silver, even if you live in the Zhuangzi, you don't need to spend extra money on food and clothing, it will be five hundred taels a year, five thousand taels in ten years, your family is old and young, ten years is even 30,000 taels, of course, you can also open a piece of land on the Zhuangzi by yourself, grow something by yourself to sell, according to what you said in the account book, You can earn a thousand taels a year, right? Ten years is 10,000 taels, and 20 years, even if you can earn 80,000 taels, okay, just make up a whole number, 100,000 taels. ”

"Do the math yourself, how much silver is in this pile of things?" Ning Nianzhi raised his eyebrows and asked, doubling up. Ning Nianzhi felt that he was afraid that in the treasury of the former mansion and the middle school, he would probably not be able to come up with such things.

Not to mention gold and silverware, jade and porcelain are all good things, not cheap.

In addition, there is a house deed, in the right area of Cloud City, a three-entry yard can cost tens of thousands of taels of silver.

"What else do you have to say?" Ning Nianzhi raised his eyebrows and asked, Zhuang Tou became more and more speechless, only hit his head on the ground, and only after a long time did he plead hoarsely: "The little one is insatiable, no matter what the young lady does, the little one has no face to beg for mercy, just begging the young lady, for the sake of the little grandson who is still young, open the net and ......."

"Don't worry, I'm not that vicious, no matter what, I won't part your family." Ning Nianzhi doesn't want to raise an enemy, maybe when he grows up in the future, he won't be grateful, so he won't say it, if he holds a grudge, it will be bad. Moreover, she didn't like this villager, so she wouldn't accept his scheming, so she didn't wait for anyone to speak, so she waved her hand directly: "For the sake of your servicing the old lady, these properties can just fill the harvest of the Zhuangzi over the years, so I returned your deed of sale, and you left Cloud City today, and this matter is over." ”

"Young lady, isn't this disposition too light?" Waiting for Liu Tiezhu to drive people out, Tingxue frowned and asked, his face full of unhappiness: "If it is treated like this, I am afraid that it will be difficult to convince the public in the future, and more people will ......"

Anyway, don't you want to die, aren't you just greedy for some money? If you don't get caught, you will be caught, at most you will leave Cloud City.

Ning Nianzhi nodded her forehead: "You stupid, everyone knows that their family was driven away because they were greedy for money and things on the Zhuangzi, this is out of Cloud City, the nearest town has to travel for two days and one night, who knows what will happen on this road?" ”

Who would believe that they have not hidden any money from them?