"Virtuous niece, bring me the wine with you, and the peach blossom wine, and you can also share the altar with me."

Zhong Mingpeng was drunk and smoky, and before leaving, he asked Li Luan'er for wine: "By the way, the pear blossom wine is good, bring me some too, and go back to your aunt to try it." ”

"I've already prepared it for my uncle." Li Luan'er handed the wine jar to the little servant who followed Zhong Mingpeng with a smile on her face: "In addition to the things that my uncle wanted, I also prepared some burning knives for my uncle, and my uncle will taste them when he goes back." ”

"Okay, okay." Zhong Mingpeng was very happy when he heard this, and stretched out his hand to pat Li Luan'er's shoulder, but only when he raised his hand did he think that this was not a rough old man in the army, but a delicate little lady, and he was also the sister-in-law of his niece, so he could only put down his hand in a sneer: "Don't blame the virtuous niece, your uncle and I don't have a hobby, just drink two sips of wine." ”

"It's all family, what's so weird." Li Luan'er smiled.

Zhong Mingpeng stretched out his hand and patted his brain: "Fortunately, I came to your house today, I really have a lot of knowledge, if it wasn't for the virtuous niece to tell me, I didn't know that drinking has so many particulars, and when I go back to learn it to your aunt, I will also let her see the world." ”

Zhong Mingpeng smiled for a while: "It's not too early, it's time to go home, and the virtuous niece will stay." ”

Li Luan'er sent him out of the gate before returning, and Zhong Mingpeng rode out of the door and galloped away with a few people.

Li Luan'er went back to Gu Da Niang to gossip for a while, went back to her house and called a few mothers-in-law, instructed the things to be prepared for washing, and sent these people away, and then sat on the bed to practice spiritual power.

Don't say how Li Luan'er is, just say that Zhong Mingpeng returned home after beating the horse, he was a foreign official who entered Beijing, and he originally said that he should prepare a house, but the ancestors of the Zhong family were also rich businessmen, and they had a foundation in the capital.

When Zhong Mingpeng joined the army, he didn't want to trouble Zhong and him to guard the house, so he rented the house, just before he came back, the lease period was also up, the family that rented the house was clean and tidy, and he was also very decent.

Zhong Mingpeng was in a hurry to see Mrs. Gu, and handed over the matter of cleaning up the house to his wife Ying.

This Ying family was originally a Lingnan lady, the Ying family has been in business for many years, his children and grandchildren have a set of men and women and business, and the same is true for Ying's, she is not only beautiful, but also cool and generous, married to Zhong Mingpeng for these years, not only the housekeeper director has children, but also runs the family business, and the life is also very good.

This time, Ying and Zhong Mingpeng returned to the capital, and prepared a lot of things before coming, after Zhong Mingpeng settled her and her children and left, Ying took a pair of children to watch the slaves clean the house, place things, and wait until it was late to clean up a few places where people could live.

She just said that she wanted to ask the cook who came with her to clean up some dinner, and then she heard the sound of horses' hooves, Ying quickly gathered her hair and took a pair of children to welcome her out, but saw Zhong Mingpeng's red face and jump off the horse, Ying went over to help him: "Brother Peng, where have you been?" How did you get drunk like this? ”

Zhong Mingpeng didn't need Ying's help, he stood steadily: "Where else can I go, go and see my niece and daughter." ”

Ying knew that Zhong Mingpeng had a sister who died early, so he left him a niece, and when he heard Zhong Mingpeng's words, he hurriedly asked, "Is Wan'er okay?" Calculate the time, why is she eighteen, is she married, is she in her mother-in-law's house? ”

Zhong Mingpeng took Ying's hand: "Go back to the house and tell you." ”

His son Zhong Qing and daughter Zhong Hong came to greet him, and Zhong Mingpeng smiled: "Good boy, you haven't eaten yet, go back to eat with your father." ”

A family of four talked and laughed and returned to the house, there was already a girl who put dinner on the table, Ying got up to give Zhong Mingpeng a meal, Zhong Mingpeng waved his hand: "I have used the meal, you can use it yourself." ”

Ying sent her children to dinner, but it was useless for her, so she sat down next to Zhong Mingpeng and asked about Mrs. Gu's situation.

Zhong Mingpeng took the wet towel handed by the girl and wiped his hands and face, threw the towel into the basin, took a glass of water and drank two sips: "Wan'er got married last year, she married the eldest man of the Li family, she just gave birth when I went, Wan'er is also a good fortune, she gave birth to three children at a time, so she can be regarded as a firm foothold in the Li family." ”

"That's a good thing." Ying Shi also laughed: "Sister Youling in the sky is relieved to see Wan'er so afraid." ”

"Alas!" Zhong Mingpeng sighed: "Then the Li family is a kind family, and it is good for Wan'er, Wan'er can marry in the past, it is considered that she has repaired it, but it is ......"

Zhong Mingpeng and his entourage sighed, and he was angry and talked to Ying about what kind of life Gu Da Niang had lived in the Gu family over the years, and in the end, Ying, who had a really strong temper, also became angry: "This Gu master is so rude, if it wasn't for his father-in-law and mother-in-law to help him, and marry Sister A to him, where can he be an official, now Sister is gone, but he can't be a cheap Wan'er, no matter what, Wan'er is his eldest daughter, his biological flesh and blood, where is he a father like this, that Fu Osmanthus is also a bastard, dare to bully Wan'er like this, No, this matter can't be counted like this, Wan'er said that if you don't find them to settle accounts, it is Wan'er's filial piety, we can't care about it, we have to give Sister Ah and Wan'er this evil breath. ”

As soon as Ying Shi finished speaking, he dragged Zhong Mingpeng and said loudly: "If a married girl is bullied in her mother-in-law's family, her mother's brother will be angry, and the Gu family's bullying of Wan'er is the same as bullying my sister, you, who are uncles, will inevitably have to get up, otherwise, wouldn't people say that our Zhong family is dead." ”

When she said this, she aroused the evil anger in Zhong Mingpeng's heart, and the angry Zhong Mingpeng slapped the table and stood up: "The Gu family is really deceiving people too much, what the lady said is right, we must let out this evil breath." ”

Zhong Mingpeng's eldest son, Zhong Qing, has the same temper as him, looking at the gentle face, but in fact he is the most ruthless, he is eavesdropping while eating, and meditating in his heart that he has a cousin, but I don't know how this cousin is, but no matter how this cousin is, he is also his closest relative, he can bully, but others can't bully.

Zhong Qing grew up in Lingnan, Zhong Mingpeng is an official there, and the Ying family is also a Lingnan family, such a background guides him to be a complete overlord in the Lingnan area, he has always acted unscrupulously, and he has done everything, he listened to Zhong Mingpeng's angry words, and also slapped his chopsticks at the moment: "Daddy is right, you can't let others bully your cousin, Daddy, my son will go to the Gu family with you and smash his house, so that they know that there are still people in our Zhong family." ”

"Eat your meal." Ying Shi took a piece of chopsticks and stuffed it into Zhong Qing's mouth: "I'm talking to your father, what are you talking about." ”

Turning his head, Ying asked Zhong Mingpeng again: "Brother Peng, you and I will talk carefully about Wan'er's situation over the years, and tell me about her days in the Li family, I will think about it." ”

Zhong Mingpeng nodded, and told him how the eldest lady Gu was treated badly in the Gu family, how she was changed to a relative, how she was stopped by Aunt Fu from being literate, and how she was not allowed to learn to knit female red, etc., and told him in detail what he had seen and heard in the Li family, and when it came to the Li family's sassy and frank Li lady, Zhong Mingpeng patted his head fiercely: "Oh, I actually forgot about this, before I came, Wan'er's sister-in-law and I prepared a few jars of good wine, lady, you have always loved wine, and you also tasted this good wine in the capital." ”

As he spoke, he asked someone to move the wine jar, waited for the next person to move the wine, and told Li Luan'er about the cup with a smile.

Ying's family, Zhong Qing, Zhong Hong and others grew up in Lingnan, although they lived a worry-free life, they were far from the prosperity of the capital, and they had never seen the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River full of talent, and where had they heard such an argument about drinking, and the three of them were dumbfounded for a while.

After Zhong Mingpeng finished speaking, Ying sighed: "This Mrs. Li is really a wonderful person, but it's a pity that I didn't have the opportunity to see it." ”

"I don't have a chance to see it." Zhong Mingpeng slapped his thigh: "I can tell Wan'er, you can go to see her when you have time, now this lady Li can live in the Li family to help Wan'er take care of the family business, if you go, you can naturally see her." ”

"Dare to do so." Ying laughed for a while: "We are from Lingnan, the folk customs there are very different from the capital, I am still thinking about how to find someone to take us to familiarize ourselves with the customs of the capital, and now there are ready-made candidates." ”

Zhong Hong ate less, and now she was full, put down the dishes and chopsticks and found Zhong Mingpeng coquettish, Zhong Mingpeng sat on her lap with Zhong Mingpeng, and looked at Ying with a pair of big black grape-like eyes: "Auntie, I also look at my cousin, and I also look at the good wine vessels of the Li family." ”

"Okay." Ying agreed with a smile and scratched Zhong Hong's nose: "A-Niang will take you there." ”

After a while, the slave brought up a few jars of wine, Zhong Mingpeng didn't dare to ask his wife and children to drink the strongest burning knife, so he picked up the wine and poured a glass for his wife and children to taste.

At one time, the four of them tasted the wine, Ying put down the wine glass and said: "When Ming'er and I clean up the house, I will take the gift we chose for Wan'er in Lingnan to visit the Li family, and the day after tomorrow, hmph, I will take someone to the Gu family, you said, when Sister Ah died, she left the dowry to Wan'er, we still have a dowry list, Wan'er got married, the Gu family is so simple, this is not possible, we are not in the capital, I don't know about it, forget it, but now I know, the side is not successful, we have to get the dowry back for Wan'er." ”

Zhong Mingpeng laughed when he heard this, took his daughter with one hand, and Ying with the other and said with a smile: "Good lady, what you said is from the bottom of your husband's heart." ”

Zhong Mingpeng praised Ying's intelligence very much in his heart, and at the same time, he became more and more convinced of his mother's cleverness.

He has been away from Beijing for many years, and he suddenly found the Gu family and said that the Gu family treated his niece harshly, which is unreasonable, so people can only say that he is deliberately looking for trouble, if he doesn't go, it is too cheap for the Gu family, and this evil breath in his heart does not come out, and he does not eat well.

Ying's hand is excellent.

Zhong Mingpeng could hear Li Luan'er say that the Gu family is not doing well now, and the family is poor, he thought, the Gu family probably lives on his sister's dowry, then Fu Osmanthus can't say that he still has to keep his sister's dowry to marry her son and give her daughter as compensation, if he goes to the Gu family to ask for a dowry, this is what he should do, no one can say anything.

The law of the Yong Dynasty, the dowry of the married woman is private property, no one can snatch it, if the woman dies, the dowry should be left for her children, when Zhong died, but found someone to do the insurance, only after so many years, Zhong Mingpeng did not have a message, those guarantors did not want to offend Gu Cheng, so they didn't care about it, now Zhong Mingpeng came back, took the letter of guarantee and the dowry list to ask for his mother's dowry for his niece, and the feelings and reason are tenable.

However, the Gu family is in a dilemma. R1152