When Geng Qiu returned home, he brought back a lot of gifts, these red eggs are indispensable, all kinds of gifts, filled with a big basket. I heard that the Zhou Mansion added a little young master, and the three uncles and three aunts were happy for them. Zhou Zhifu is over forty years old, and he has added another son-in-law, he is very happy, and he specially asked for leave and returned to the house to hold a full moon banquet for his youngest son. Ah Hao went home, just in time to attend the full moon banquet.

Ah Hao and Geng Qiu came to Zhou's Mansion to deliver a full moon gift, and on this day, there was a long queue at the gate of Zhou's Mansion, and there were many people who came. Geng Qiu and Ah Hao waited in line for half an hour before entering the door. Because there are few masters in the Zhou Mansion, Steward Zhou personally greeted guests at the door. As soon as Geng Qiu and Ah Hao came, Steward Zhou immediately arranged for them to go to Dr. Li's courtyard to rest. The small courtyard where Dr. Li lived was very secluded, and after Dr. Li took Ah Hao's pulse, he pricked the needle and prescribed a prescription. Now Ah Hao will not fall asleep with a needle.

"There will be no need to prick needles in the future, and this medicine will be stopped after half a month." Dr. Li said with satisfaction. Ah Hao's body has conditioned him very well. As for the problem of memory, everyone ignores it.

"I'm completely well?" Ah Hao asked happily.

"Yes. Your physique is already good, and you have been recuperating for almost half a year. Now this body is beating a dead tiger. Dr. Li smiled.

"That's good, thank you." Geng Qiu thanked him again and again.

The three of them drank tea and ate snacks in this quiet small courtyard, and Ah Hao also told some interesting stories about his going to the exam, and a few talked leisurely for a few quarters of an hour. Someone from the front yard invited them to take a seat.

The three of them and a few other unfamiliar people were arranged to sit in the corner, because most of the guests who came were colleagues from the Zhou Governor's Mansion or local families with heads and faces. The status of several of them can only sit at the last seat, but the three of them are not uncomfortable. Although it is a corner, the dishes on each table are no different, and no one pays attention to them, but the three of them can drink and eat quietly, which is cheap.

After the banquet, the master of Yi still asked the two of them to secretly call in and talk for a while, Geng Qiu and Ah Hao saw this kid named Ah Wan for the first time. gave a little meeting gift, but it was just the most ordinary longevity lock for children, but the master of Yi was very happy, this kind of thing should have been given by his grandfather's family, but the Yu family has no relatives, so he also regarded Ah Hao and Geng Qiu as members of the Yu family.

Almost all of the people who came to eat and drink today came for Master Zhou. The master of the ceremony was not interested in these people at all, but he just greeted a few people with heads and faces, and under the pretext of being unwell, he never went out to socialize. Fortunately, although the officials also brought their families, there were very few of them. Other ladies, he just said hello and was done, and he didn't have to entertain everyone to talk and drink tea. After all, there are still some differences in identity. And a few of them came with Xianggong, but they just said a few more words, he pretended to be weak, and others were also very eye-catching and didn't bother him.

Ah Hao did very well in the exam this time. Of course, Master Zhou knew that he had done well in the exam, and he just waited for him to pass the provincial exam and get Xiucai, and some things began to be arranged.

Ah Wan's full moon banquet, held a three-day flowing water banquet, as long as someone comes, the Zhou Mansion is entertained with good wine and food, like some beggars, etc., all rush to ask for rewards. Each person gets two meat buns and two red eggs.

Governor Zhou really wanted Ah Wan to follow his surname Zhou, after all, Mrs. Zhou only gave birth to a son, but now Yu Mingyi insisted very much on Ah Wan's surname Yu, and also took out the promise he made when he signed the marriage book, written clearly in black and white, and Yu Mingyi's eldest son was surnamed Yu. If this child was a father-in-law, Master Zhou would not be so insistent, but he was a boy. The two had a lot of trouble over this. Master Zhou doesn't have many sons, and besides, if he lets Ah Wan surnamed Yu, he will also slap him in the face. So the two did not give in to each other.

Later, Geng Qiu quietly built yì and asked Yu Mingyi to agree to Ah Wan's son in the future, leaving a reverse surname Zhou, and Zhou Zhifu reluctantly agreed. This can be regarded as a step back, and the Zhou Governor's Mansion does not dare to force Yu Mingyi too much, if he is pressed, he will not care about the face of the Zhou family, if he pokes out some of the inner mansion secrets, it will be enough for the Zhou Governor's Mansion to drink a pot.

What's more, it turned out that he was sorry for Yu Mingyi. You must know that he received a lot of help from the Yu family when he was young. I also studied with Mr. Yu for two years, but he didn't try to worship the teacher, because at that time, Mr. Yu had not yet started to accept students, and Mr. Yu was just teaching his children and grandchildren in the family, because Mr. Zhou's mother had some old feelings with the Yu family, so he asked Mr. Yu to come up. Old Man Yu also saw that Zhou Zhifu was a talent that could be created, so he agreed to take him with him to study for two years.

Later, before Old Man Yu left, Governor Zhou made a package ticket in front of everyone to take good care of Yu Mingyi, but in less than three years, he was unrecognizable. At that time, Yu Mingyi was only sixteen years old, but he was already famous, and there were many people who took a fancy to him. Among them is the younger brother of Mrs. Zhou's Fang family, but he has already married a wife, and the eldest son in the family is seven or eight years old. Yu Mingyi refused, and said that he was going to marry Zhengjun to support the Yu family, and he would not marry out.

However, although the Yu family has a clear name, he has no status, and he is the only one left in the entire Yu family, and he originally had a family affair that he had already said, but he was disturbed by the Fang family. Young Master Fang was still speaking outside, not allowing others to say goodbye to Yu Mingyi. Although these words were not put on the bright side, everyone who should know knew it was known, and some were even led by the Fang family to think crookedly, saying that Yu Mingyi was not thrifty, attracting the wind and butterflies, and ruining his reputation outside.

Yu Ming was half dead in a state of honor, so he planned to return to his hometown. Some people are upset with Yu Mingyi, saying that Master Zhou had to take care of Yu Mingyi when he played the package ticket, and he was the only one left in the Yu family, and it was normal for him to marry Zhengjun and enter the door to support the Yu family. The Zhou family's Fang family still wants to do this, and they don't remember the kindness of the Yu family at all. So not only Yu Mingyi's reputation is bad, but even the Zhou family's Fang family is also talked about.

Therefore, Mrs. Zhou had a great conflict with Yu Mingyi for the sake of her mother's brother. She said a lot of unpleasant things in the open, Yu Mingyi didn't like her very much, she thought she was hypocritical, and now the two of them have torn their faces.

Yu Mingyi insisted on leaving the Zhou Mansion, and Master Zhou's reputation was unpleasant, and everyone in the world would say that he did not remember Old Man Yu's teachings. Master Zhou had studied with Mr. Yu back then, although he was not the kind of serious apprentice, the two did not have the status of master and apprentice, but Mr. Yu had taught him in a real way, not only that, if it wasn't for Mr. Yu to support him, he might not be able to read this book.

If you don't respect the teacher, this crime can be severe, and if you don't do it well, you will be included in a book, and you can't even lose the official. After Mr. Zhou found out what his wife had done, he had a big quarrel with Mrs. Zhou when he returned home. Mrs. Zhou has been in charge of the Zhou family until she married Master Zhou, and Master Zhou has never blushed with her. Not only did Master Zhou not have a concubine, but he didn't even have a room around him. In addition, she gave birth to a son within two years of entering the door, and she is now ten years old. The Fang family also had a good hand in supporting Master Zhou at the beginning, so Master Zhou has always been very good to Mrs. Zhou. This is the first time that Master Zhou has lost his temper at her, not only did she not reflect on herself, but she hated Yu Mingyi even more.

The Fang family was a little pampered at a young age, and after getting married, Master Zhou had to rely on the Fang family at the beginning, so of course he would be very good to her. And there is no one in the Zhou family who can restrain her, her father-in-law and mother-in-law have died a long time ago, and neither have her uncles and sisters-in-law, so she has raised her temperament a little stubbornly and self-servingly. Her younger brother took the opportunity to design with her, wanting to get Yu Mingyi in his hands, first, to be angry for her, and secondly, to be angry for the Fang family, this time the sister and brother didn't want to marry Yu Mingyi back to Zhengjun, but also wanted to occupy his body, and it was great to be a side gentleman.

No, Yu Mingyi is not such a bully. He was drugged and couldn't get rid of it for a while, so he directly found Master Zhou who was found by Dexin, so the two had a head and tail. Master Zhou was simply disappointed in his wife and his wife's maiden family. In addition, he has this kind of relationship with Yu Mingyi, for the grandson of his teacher, it is impossible for him to accept him back as a side king, even if he is not afraid of being scolded to death by scholars all over the world, he is also afraid of being sued by the officials.

Master Zhou didn't do anything, he simply invited a matchmaker, and wanted to marry Yu Mingyi decently as a righteous monarch. Fang's family quarreled with Master Zhou, but Master Zhou took the evidence to Fang's house, and Master Fang was so stupid that his children almost died of anger. Not only did he not support his daughter and son, but he also came to apologize to Yu Mingyi in person, and also said cruel words to his daughter, so he would never give birth to this daughter in the future.

In fact, after the death of Fang's grandfather, the situation of the Fang family can be said to have deteriorated. First of all, Master Fang kept filial piety for his father, and within a year, Mrs. Fang also passed away, and Master Fang's recovery can be said to be far away. It took five years for Master Fang to slowly find a vacancy. During this period, Master Zhou also made a lot of efforts, and several brothers of the Fang family were not successful, and the family even had to rely on Master Zhou in recent years. Where did Master Fang dare to offend this son-in-law, plus the people had taken real evidence and really made trouble, and the Fang family didn't have to stay in the capital.

With the help of the Fang family, Master Zhou soon married Yu Mingyi as a monarch. But Yu Mingyi was originally reluctant to marry him, and put forward a lot of conditions, but Master Zhou was forced by him to sign some conditions. One of the most important is that the eldest son born to Yu Mingyi will be surnamed Yu, and Master Zhou will also help him support the Yu family in the future.

Mrs. Zhou lost her husband and broke her soldiers, hating Master Zhou and Yu Mingyi half to death. And Yu Mingyi also hated Mrs. Zhou for designing him, so after he married Mr. Zhou, he did his best to embarrass Mrs. Zhou, and made the Zhou Mansion a miasma, and the two were almost incompatible, and Mr. Zhou had a headache.

However, Yu Mingyi also suffered a lot because of this, and was aborted by Mrs. Zhou. Master Zhou was also a little unhappy with Yu Mingyi's behavior, so he didn't punish Mrs. Zhou severely when he got bored, after all, the sons she gave birth to were ten years old and sensible. Always give your son some face. Yu Mingyi was angry and sad, so she went back to her hometown.

Master Zhou had to send Steward Zhou to take care of him, this was the ancestral home of the Zhou Mansion at the beginning, after Yu Mingyi came back, he had to find a place to get out of his heart, so he demolished the old house of the Zhou family in one go, and Master Zhou also knew that he was a little sorry for him, and this was not only his ancestral home, but even the ancestral house of Yu Mingyi's family was not far from here. The Yu family is here, but it is quite famous. There are many people who know about his relationship with the Yu family, and he can't do anything in this situation, so he has to let Yu Mingyi toss.

However, Yu Mingyi is not a straw bale, and the current Zhoufu Courtyard covers an area of more than a dozen acres, which is more than a circle larger than the original. The annex is big enough, and the environment is good enough. Master Zhou took the opportunity to lock Yu Mingyi here. He is not allowed to go out, Yu Mingyi is married to him after all, how can the married husband walk around casually without the consent of his husband's family, besides, he lives here alone, and if he walks outside at will, it will cause some gossip.

After Yu Mingyi arrived here, the relationship between Master Zhou and the Fang family also reached a freezing point. Of course, his relationship with Yu Mingyi is even worse, and Master Zhou is also unpleasant. Yu Mingyi was too young at that time and suffered a big loss. This is a husband who is married to a person, and the status of a husband who is married to a righteous monarch is very different. Like Ahao, he can become an official in the examination, which is similar to the status of men. But Yu Mingyi can only be in the inner house, which is similar to the status of a woman. If Master Zhou was good to him, he could still walk around outside like a man, but Master Zhou locked him up here in order not to have an accident. made Yu Mingyi hate him even more.

In the following years, Master Zhou also tried to reconcile with Yu Mingyi, often sending people to send him things, writing to him, and even coming to see him in person. But Yu Mingyi has a clear attitude, every time they meet, they do their best to ridicule and ridicule, and they scold Master Zhou without a single dirty word, and they have no face. For a while, Master Zhou planned to ignore Yu Mingyi. Of course, he didn't have a good impression of Fang Shi anymore. Because the Fang clan has also intensified in the past few years, it has become more and more disrespectful. The most important thing is that after the death of Old Man Fang, Fang's younger brother became the family, and then somehow got involved with the original Liu Xianfei's mother's family. The status of the mother's family is high, and the arrogance of the Fang family is even better.

At this time, Master Zhou did not think that there was any benefit to the high status of his wife's mother's family, but secretly tabooed it, he completely relied on the imperial examination, even if he married a young lady of the Fang family, and got some support from the Fang family, but he himself was very good at management, and his political acumen was definitely not low, so in just ten years, he would be promoted from a seven-rank local minor official to a four-grade Beijing official. But at this time, he came to restrain the Fang family again, but it was too late, what made him most angry was that despite his repeated objections, the Fang family actually set his own niece as his only son as his daughter-in-law, and gave the only daughter to the Fang family's in-laws.

At this point, he was completely disappointed in the pair of children born to the Fang family and the Fang family. After Yu Mingyi left, he had a serious conversation with his children, how he married Yu Mingyi, and what the Fang family did. The eleven-year-old son and nine-year-old daughter were actually sensible. He thought that the children would understand that these things were not done by him, and the Fang clan had to take greater responsibility.

However, because he didn't have much foundation in the capital, the child had been studying in the Fang family, and due to the environment of the Fang family and the special teaching of the Fang family, the children were not close to the Fang family, and felt that he was wrong. When he found out that something was wrong and wanted to reverse it, the Fang clan drew money from the kettle and settled on the children's in-laws. The matter has come to this point, Master Zhou can't, but he has already begun to think about it in his heart. After his children got married, Master Zhou saw an opportunity and was transferred to Jianghuai to serve as the prefect.

This transfer, he deliberately avoided the power of the prince. So I'd rather not be promoted, in fact, the prince has been constantly wooing officials in recent years, for example, the Fang family is very happy and powerful, but Master Zhou doesn't think that the prince can get a big treasure in his heart. After all, the crown prince is young, and his skills are not outstanding, there are three elder brothers who have married and had children a long time ago and have a certain amount of power, and there are two younger brothers of the same size and the status of the maternal family is not low. What's more, he has always been neutral and does not follow the trend. Anyway, there are a lot of four-rank officials in Beijing, and he is really nothing without family support. So the prince's faction didn't care about him.

After arriving in Jianghuai, he felt more and more that Yu Mingyi hated him for being justified. After all, Yu Mingyi is the only descendant of his mentor, beautiful and smart, and famous. For so many years, I have locked him up here, and I can't go on like this. Master Zhou knew that he was young, and he hated him in his heart, so he made trouble, and he came to coax him whenever he had time, and slowly Yu Mingyi's attitude towards him was better, but in fact, Yu Mingyi also understood that he couldn't just end up in this Zhou Mansion courtyard.

As soon as Yu Mingyi's attitude softened, Master Zhou took the opportunity to use a little means and slept with Yu Mingyi. With the first time, there must be a second time, and if there are more times, Yu Mingyi will not refuse his pleas. The two have the appearance of a husband and wife who respect each other like guests. Having children is also a natural thing. This child not only brought hope to Yu Mingyi, but also brought hope to Master Zhou. So the two insisted on their opinions for the sake of Ah Wan's surname.

Although Geng Qiu gave them a temporary solution to the surname, in fact, after coming back, he said to Ah Hao: "I can't figure it out, Governor Zhou doesn't have sons and all of them are married, and they can't say that they have grandchildren." Why do you care so much about Ah Wan's surname Yu, besides, he originally agreed that the eldest son born by Master Yi was surnamed Yu. ”

"You, it's too easy to look at. Ah Wan should have been surnamed Zhou. The master of the ceremony was married. It's just that Master Zhou agreed at the beginning, and let Master Yu's eldest son be surnamed Yu because there was no one in the Yu family. However, the Yu family has a certain status among literati students. If Master Yu gave birth to his eldest son back then, he must have the surname Yu, and he is now ten years old. Over the years, you can also use the reputation of the Yu family to operate slowly, and you can't say that in ten years, you can still make some fame. It's a pity that the master of the instrument was misconceived that year. The eldest son did not fall to the ground. Then, in the past ten years, the master of Yi has been locked up in this courtyard, and the world is afraid that they will forget about the Yu family. Now that Ah Wan's surname is Yu, if he wants to make some fame and fortune, it is not as easy as his unborn brother in front of him. The Yu family has long been forgotten. Another point is that Governor Zhou is probably either disappointed in Mrs. Zhou's son, or this son can't stand up at all. He must cultivate Ah Wan well, otherwise, as soon as he retreats, the Zhou family will have no hope. Third, what man is willing to let his son take his mother's surname? This is actually a very slap in the face. Ah Hao rarely said such a long truth. It's really because Geng Qiu doesn't understand these things at all.

"But, will Master Yi obediently listen to him and let Ah Wan be surnamed Zhou?" Geng Qiu asked rhetorically.

"Master Yi is not obedient, but he also has to rely on Zhou Governor's Mansion, otherwise, what will Ah Wan do to get ahead. Just by virtue of the upbringing of the master, there may not be a big problem in taking the fame test, but the key is that even if he is in high school, there is no family to support him, and he alone is from the Hanlin Academy from the seven-rank compilation and cultivation, or is he put out to the local area to be a seven-grade magistrate. When he comes out, I'm afraid that Master Yu and Master Zhou will be gone. You know, how many poor students, even after high school, are just a low-grade petty official who does nothing for the rest of their lives, if they have no way, and they are not good at management, they can't even afford to raise a small family. You think everyone is like Zhou Zhifu. Ah Hao explained.

In fact, he still has a sentence in his heart that he hasn't said, and there are many petty officials who have passed the exam like this, and many of them are stepping stones for others, substitutes for the dead ghosts. Being an official is not so easy to be. There are so-called people in the DPRK who are good officials, but he has personal experience. It is not so easy for a person who has no foundation to be promoted. So Zhou Zhifu is a person who has a high opinion in his heart.

"Oh, it's annoying. I only ask you, will the master of Yi look at Ah Wan's surname Zhou? I don't think he'll give up lightly. ”

"Of course. Therefore, Master Zhou will negotiate conditions with him. I can't say that Master Zhou is playing the trick of letting Ah Wan's son be surnamed Yu in the future. It's a pity that you taught this trick to the master of the ceremony. Master Yi gave in first, and instead defeated Master Zhou's army, forcing Master Zhou to agree. ”

"Yo, this Ah Wan was just born, and he has so many burdens on his shoulders, it's pitiful." Geng Qiu sighed. This is more pitiful than modern children, who learn English at the age of three, practice piano at the age of five, and have to attend various specialty training classes.

"Talking nonsense again, everyone is not like this. Ah Niu has more responsibilities than Ah Wan. When he is three years old, I will teach him to practice martial arts, and at the age of five, he will have to be enlightened, and he must study both civil and military affairs. When I grow up, I will look at it from Wulai and from Wen. As for Brother Ning, he must be from the text, and when I have time, I will take him to start studying seriously. Neither child will have an easier day than Ah Wan. Ah Hao's words made Geng Qiu not know what else to say for a while.

"But if Ah Niu had my surname, wouldn't he have to have such a hard time?" Geng Qiu thought for a while and asked. He is completely distressed by Ah Niu, such a young child, he has been given a lot of important tasks by his father, and he can think of how hard Ah Niu's life will be in the future.

As a result, Ah Hao continued: "Ah Niu is our eldest son, and he must follow my surname, and the burden on his shoulders is heavier." Don't worry, in a few years, I will give you a son, follow your surname, and I will also carefully raise him, so that he can give you the glory of your ancestors and support the portal. Even if I can't be reborn, I won't leave your family without a successor. You have been wronged by me, and I have always been afraid that you will be uncomfortable. But I will always be good to you, and I will not calculate each other like Zhou Zhifu and Master Yi, we have to support each other and live a good life. Don't worry, I won't let you live a hard life with me all the time. "It turned out that Ah Hao thought that Geng Qiu was unhappy that Ah Niu didn't have his surname.

"I'm not feeling sick. I didn't fight for this surname. If you are the head of the house, the son of the future will have your surname. Geng Qiu said. He didn't care about the last name at all. He didn't feel much about how much influence Ah Hao had on him as the head of the family.

Ah Hao's words made Geng Qiu both moved and awkward, in fact, he didn't care at all whether he had a biological son with his surname, and he didn't care about the hard life now, because he and Ah Hao were very happy together, they could rely on each other and support each other to live. Ah Hao and Ah Niu, including Brother Ning's three uncles and three aunts, are all his family. Although we are not related by blood, we can care for each other and live in harmony. He thinks it's a very good little day.

But Ah Hao said seriously that he would follow me, wronged you, and would not let you live a hard life or anything, which made him want to laugh. He shouldn't have said that to a big man like him at all.

"What's the matter, I'm not happy, if you have anything to say, you can say it directly, I will promise you what I can do." Seeing that he hadn't spoken for a long time, Ah Hao asked him a little uneasily, and took the initiative to hold his hand, as if he was afraid that he would leave.

"Nothing. I'm counting on you, I'm going to eat and drink spicy food in the future, and I'm going to have a good car. Geng Qiu joked.

"Well, that's nature. I'll love you well. Ah Hao agreed to him very seriously.

"What do you mean to love me well, it should be that I love you well, didn't it hurt enough last night?" Geng Qiu hugged him with his backhand and secretly kissed him on the corner of the mouth. Such a serious Ah Hao has a unique style.

The topic of the two of them is crooked to the sky, and they are both hooked by each other at this time, and they have been separated for a month this time. Ah Hao grabbed him and drilled a cave on the side of the road. Anyway, it was getting late, and I didn't see half a figure along the way, so I could put out the fire and go home again.