Chapter 1 The Chen Family
The sound of the door opening woke up Mrs. Chen, no, she can't be called Mrs. Chen now, she is Chen Ah Li, her husband's surname is Chen, her mother's surname is Li, the woman who wears sin, and she is known as a common name.
The couch around him was empty, the charcoal fire had long been extinguished, and the tentacles were cold.
Chen Ah Li stood up suddenly.
"Danniang." She shouted, a little frightened in her voice.
When the three clans were convicted of raiding their homes, some women in the clan couldn't bear this change and hanged themselves, although Danniang has been quietly following herself, but she is still afraid, afraid that Danniang will also ......
She looked up at the wall.
A bow hangs on a gray earthen wall.
"Mother."
There was a crisp sound outside the door.
Someone leaned out of the door, bringing a chill.
Chen Danniang, who was wearing a coarse cloth jacket, smiled with her eyebrows.
"It's snowing."
The sound of the lala quickly woke up the people in the other rooms in the large courtyard.
A family came out and watched Chen Ah Li and Chen Danniang clearing snow in the yard.
The snow was thick, and a layer of sweat was already on the heads of the mother and daughter.
"Third sister-in-law, I'll come." A man said, just as he was about to take a step, he was stopped by the woman next to him.
"The firewood at home hasn't been chopped yet." The woman looked displeased and said, "Go and chop wood." ”
The man's face was embarrassed.
"There's no rush for this time." He said.
The woman stared.
"A moment of evil, this firewood will cost us a lifetime." She said, with resentment.
The man lowered his head and stopped talking.
The people from the various houses in the large courtyard came out, looked at it, and went their separate ways, and no one came forward to help clear the snow.
Chen Ali's mother and daughter didn't seem to see it, and they were still seriously clearing the snow in front of the door. In the yard, not even the chicken coop in the corner has not been missed.
"Danniang, take a break when you're tired." Chen Ah Li said.
Chen Danniang shook her head. He piled up the snow under the tree, and then thought of something and ran away.
"Danniang?" Chen Ah Li called. "Don't play with the snow with your hands, it'll freeze."
"It's fine." Chen Danniang said, rolling the snow into a ball.
"Nineteenth sister."
There was a shout outside the door.
Chen Ah Li turned his head to look and saw a young man walking in quickly, still holding a shovel in his hand.
"Sixteen." She exclaimed with a slight smile.
Chen Shilang first saluted Chen Ah Li, and then straightened the shovel in his hand.
"Aunt, sister, rest and rest. I'll clear the snow. He said.
Chen Ah Li was not polite and stood aside.
"You're done sweeping your house?" She asked, "Is your mother's illness better?" ”
Chen Shiliulang answered them one by one, and skillfully swept away the residual snow in front of the courtyard door.
"Brother Sixteen, help me make up some snow." Chen Danniang shouted on the other side.
"Don't mess with your brother, it's so cold." Chen Ah Li said busily.
Chen Shiliulang had already smiled and passed, and quickly helped Chen Danniang build a big Ah Fu Lai in the yard, and the brother and sister found radish roots and branches to decorate.
"It's so pretty." Chen Danniang smiled and clapped her hands and said.
"Alright, let's get inside." Chen Liulang looked at her frozen red face and hands and said distressedly.
Chen Danniang smiled and nodded.
Someone walked outside the courtyard gate and pouted when he saw the pile of big Ah Fu in the courtyard.
"It's so happy to hurt everyone like this. It's heartless. She said.
A trace of annoyance flashed on Chen Liulang's face, and he wanted to step forward to theorize, but was stopped by Chen Danniang.
"Brother. This is chilblain cream. She said, stuffing Chen Sixteen Lang with something, "It's from Yichun Hall in the capital." ”
Yichun Tang's chilblain cream is exclusively for the northwest military camp, and the price is extremely high, even in the capital, it is difficult to buy.
Chen Shiliulang was slightly surprised, but immediately relieved.
"Someone sent it to me." Chen Danniang explained to him, but did not say who it was.
Chen Shiliulang didn't ask, and stuffed it back for Chen Danniang.
"Brother is not afraid of freezing, you can use it." He said.
"Cousins will freeze their hands when they wash up every day, you can use it for your sisters." Chen Danniang said.
Chen Sixteen Lang did not refuse. smiled at Chen Ah Li Shili.
"Auntie, I'll go back first." He said.
Chen Ah Li nodded.
"Sixteenth brother, you tell your grandfather that I went to him for archery practice after dinner." Chen Danniang said.
Chen Sixteen Lang said hello, and then walked out with a shovel.
Because there are not many people in the cold castle. But a few still walked out with their bodies curled.
"It's really a crime to go to see the fields in this hellish weather." They said. When he saw Chen Sixteen Lang, he stopped, "Sixteen Lang, what do you care about them?" ”
"They are the ones who have caused us where we are now." More popular.
Chen Sixteen Lang looked at them.
"The clan and the clan are all honorable, and all the losses are lost, and when they are honored, they don't complain, and when they are lost, what is the grievance?" He said.
Several people immediately looked displeased.
"Is it still unthinkable that he has done evil deeds and harmed the clan? Chen's glory was not raised by him alone, but it was destroyed in his hands. ”
"Because of this sinful body, the future of the children of the clan has been ruined, should we still be grateful to him?"
"Don't say anything else, Sixteen Lang, your marriage has been withdrawn, and your hands with pens and books are now working in the fields with shovels, and the books are all in vain."
Everyone said hatefully.
Chen Liulang lowered his eyes.
"Studying is not for the imperial examination." He said, "How can you say that it is read in vain." ”
As he spoke, he raised his head again.
"What's more, what my uncle does is my uncle's business, how can I resent my aunt and Danniang."
"Forget it, we can't compare to Sixteen You are kind." The men waved their hands and said.
Chen Shiliulang raised his feet and took a step, walked over and stopped.
"What's more, if it weren't for Aunt and Danniang, how would we be here now."
Chen Shao committed the great crime of rebellion, the crime and the three clans, they should be sent to Lingnan or Northwest to wait for death, just like Gao Lingbo's family.
Although for the sake of the Queen Mother's face, the Gao family did not punish the three clans, but only punished the Gao Lingbo clan, but that clan can be said to have been dug up and completely destroyed.
And the Chen clan was just confiscated of their property and sent to Tuntian. And the place of distribution is near Quzhou, and everyone's wives and children are together, but they just moved out of the big house. Lost the shop and took off the brocade and jade crown. But in this tuntian, you can still eat and clothe warmly, compared to those who can die half of them on the way to distribution, it can be said that it is heaven and earth.
To put it this way, things are really a great luck in misfortune, and a few people were stunned, is this because of Chen Shao's wife and daughter?
Chen Shiliulang didn't speak again, lowered his head and walked away.
The yard in front of Chen Shiliulang's house has been swept up, and Mrs. Chen is boxing in the yard.
"Your father went to the mountains to see the bamboo." He said.
Chen Shiliulang hurriedly responded while putting down the shovel.
"I'll go." He said.
"Let's go back after dinner." Mrs. Chen Si came out and said.
Several of his daughters came out to set him the meal.
"Mother. This is the chilblain cream given by Danniang. Chen Sixteen Lang said, handed the plaster to Mrs. Chen Si, and picked up a piece of cooking cake, "I'll go and replace my father and come back." ”
Mrs. Chen Si shouted a few times, and Chen Shiliulang had already walked out quickly, so she had to give up.
"Where did you get the chilblain cream?" She said, looking at the plaster in her hand.
"Mother, it's from Yichun Hall." A daughter stepped forward and said, her eyebrows and eyes were a little happy, "I'm not afraid of freezing this time." ”
Everyone who used to have ten fingers that did not touch the spring water now has to wash their hands and make soup. Sewing clothes and dismantling quilts, the hands that have been carefully cared for for more than ten years are rough in just over a month, and they are even more red, swollen and frozen with the cold.
The three words of Yichun Hall made Mrs. Chen Si look stunned. gave the chilblain cream to the daughters, and walked to Mrs. Chen's side by himself.
"Father, what do you mean by that?" She asked in a low voice.
Although Yichun Hall is said to be the property of the Cheng family in Jiangzhou, no one knows that it once belonged to the queen's mother.
The plaster, which was difficult to buy, was delivered in time in winter, and it was absolutely impossible to say that without the permission of the queen's mother.
"Good intentions." Old Lady Chen said, "She has always treated your third sister-in-law and Danniang like this. ”
"The third brother's room can be regarded as reassuring." Mrs. Chen said.
Old Lady Chen gathered up and got up, and Fourth Lady Chen hurriedly handed over the hand towel.
"Your third brother can die resolutely." He said, "In my heart, I know that there is someone behind me. ”
Mrs. Chen nodded. He sighed softly.
"Grandfather!"
A voice called outside the door.
Mrs. Chen Si raised her eyes and saw Chen Danniang smiling outside the door.
"Danniang, come on. Today, your sister boiled mutton soup and came to drink a bowl of warmth. She hurriedly waved and smiled.
Now other families are jealous and ignore Chen Shao's wife and daughter. As an uncle and aunt, it was Chen Shao who was resentful in his heart, and he did not snub his wives and daughters.
Chen Danniang shook her head.
"Thank you, Auntie." She said, "I've eaten it, and I'm here to find my grandfather." ”
She shook the longbow in her hand as she spoke.
Old Lady Chen nodded with a smile, took off the coat and put it on.
"..... Danniang is really good, she persevered day by day." He praised, and walked out.
"That's nature, I do what I say." Chen Danniang said.
"There is a veteran general in the next village, I asked someone to talk to him, and let him point you out."
"That's great, thank you grandpa."
The old and the young laughed happily and faded away.
"I really didn't expect Danniang to change at all." The daughter of the Chen family said.
Mrs. Chen Si turned her head and looked at the daughters of the family looking out.
yes, I didn't expect that.
's father murdered the prince and died, and she used to be the crown princess, and after such a big change, some women in the clan couldn't stand hanging themselves, but she, the most direct culprit, was calm and quiet, eating and drinking, talking and laughing, as before.
"The bitterness in the heart does not have to be seen." She said.
"But you can't hide it from a forced smile." The daughters said, "Danniang is like this, she is really okay in her heart." ”
"How can it be okay?" Fourth Mrs. Chen sighed and said, "A lifetime is ruined." ”
Speaking of this, the expression is even sadder.
It was not only Danniang who was ruined, their family, and her children were also ruined.
Even if you have the queen's kindness, life is not just about eating and drinking.
Not only children but also children and grandchildren, thinking of children and grandchildren is even more sad, daughters and sons have been withdrawn, and relatives can't get married, where are the children and grandchildren.
Mrs. Chen couldn't help but hide her face and want to cry. As soon as he raised his hand, someone coughed outside the door.
"It's Chen Shilang's house, right?"
Mrs. Chen looked up and saw two women and two men standing outside the door. When he saw her, he smiled and saluted.
"We belong to the Liu family in Taizhou."
Taizhou Liu family?
Mrs. Chen Si was a little surprised, which one is it? What do you want them to do?
"That's right. Our family is specially here to say goodbye to your family Chen Liulang. The man said with a smile.
Propose!
Mrs. Chen Si was stunned.
Now everyone avoids their Chen family, and someone actually took the initiative to come to the door to propose marriage, and looking at the dress and conversation of this person, it is definitely not an ordinary family.
This, what's going on?
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"Taizhou Liu family?"
Old Master Chen, who was called back from the mountain, frowned slightly.
"It's the home of the military generals, and now Liu Nianchun, the garrison of Qinzhou Road, is their family."
"That door is not low." Mrs. Chen Si said in surprise.
Even when Chen Shao was still in the past, although he could not discuss marriage with the children of Chen Shao's family, the four rooms with them were the right door.
And now it's a place they can't climb.
"It's about the daughter of a person named Liu Kui of the Liu family, and this Liu Kui is the governor of the Northwest Road of Xinti." Mrs. Chen said. While looking at the name card in his hand.
Old Master Chen Si looked surprised.
"His daughter is blind?"
Mrs. Chen shook her head.
"Deaf?"
"Fools?"
"Or is there a loss of character?"
Fourth Master Chen asked in one breath, and Fourth Lady Chen shook her head and smiled.
"No, no, he said that he was seventeen years old this year, capable of writing and martial arts, and brought a portrait." She said, looking at the scroll on the other side.
"The portrait is not credible." Fourth Master Chen said.
Mrs. Chen looked at him.
"But this portrait has the signature of everyone in Jingzhong Fan." She said.
Fourth Master Chen's eyes widened suddenly.
Fan everyone! That's a famous painter of beauties.,Such a famous artist is not something that anyone can invite.,And it's never a person who hides the game with anyone.。
What's going on?
So bothered to say goodbye to their family? It was a matter of course in the past, but now .....
The Liu family said. When their lord saw his son in the capital, he had the heart to say goodbye, but his status was low and he didn't dare to climb high. I have been thinking about it, and I heard that Sixteen Lang had withdrawn from his family, so he was busy proposing. Mrs. Chen said.
Is this, so? How does it sound like it's on the stage?
Master Chen Si was stunned.
"I always thought it was weird." He said, standing up, "I'll go ask my father." ”
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In winter, there are few people outside the village after the snow, and a long arrow flies by, causing the birds gathered on the branches to fly.
Chen Danniang's laughter rang out.
She looked back and saw that Old Lady Chen was talking to Fourth Master Chen. Then he stuck out his tongue and held his bow and arrows. aimed at the grass target in the clearing, and seriously drew the bow and shot the arrow.
On the side, Old Lady Chen suddenly burst into laughter.
"Shiro. This is a strange thing. ”
Old Lady Chen said, smiling and twisting her beard.
Fourth Master Chen was suddenly nervous.
"I'm going to refuse the Liu family." "They're just living in the town and waiting." ”
"Wait, you go to the town to meet them, but not to refuse, but to agree to this family business." Old Lady Chen said.
Master Chen Si was stunned.
"Shiro." Old Lady Chen looked at him with a solemn expression, but her eyes could not hide a little excitement, "In the future, the Chen family will rely on Sixteen Lang." ”
Can this family business make Sixteen Lang's future better? But after all, after he is a criminal minister, even if he marries an official eunuch, he has no chance of recovering the Chen family.
"Shiro, do you know who this Liu Kui is?" Old Lady Chen said.
"Taizhou ....." Fourth Master Chen said, and was interrupted before he finished speaking.
"When your brother was there, when he was fighting with Gao Lingbo for military power in the northwest, do you remember the case of desertion in the northwest?" Old Lady Chen said.
Fourth Master Chen nodded, his expression was a little gloomy, the person who had fought with each other finally fought to the death.
"That deserter is the queen's brother-in-law." He said.
"Then Liu Kui is the one who caught the queen's mother-in-law and caused this desertion case." Old Lady Chen took his words and said.
It's him!
Fourth Master Chen was shocked!
"That Liu Kui is also the one who led people to testify in the Maoyuanshan incident and avenged the grievances of the Maoyuanshan brothers." Old Lady Chen continued.
Such!
Fourth Master Chen was stunned.
"That, that's him, ..... with the queen's mother" He stammered, already having a vague thought in his mind.
The queen mother knows how much she values these righteous brothers, and she is a person who has a lot to do with these righteous brothers. Nature also....
Could this be .....
Looking at the silent Old Lady Chen, Old Master Chen's expression finally became excited.
I see, marry the Liu family. not only has the support of his father-in-law's family, but also the support of the queen's mother. Even if Sixteen Lang doesn't have a chance, the children born to him and the daughter of the Liu family will definitely have a chance.
This is to give them a chance for the Chen family to recover!
The three-room Chen Shao was convicted of rebellion and could no longer turn over, but the Chen family still had four rooms, and a four-room could also be raised to make the Chen family prosperous again.
It turns out that the scapegostaking body can be fed and clothed is not considered care, the real care is here!
Fourth Master Chen couldn't help but burst into tears.
"She, why is she like this...," he said in a trembling voice.
She has always been the benefactor of their Chen family and saved the old lady. Even in court affairs, they intentionally or unintentionally helped Chen Shaokang against Gao Lingbo, but their Chen family did not repay her kindness, but blocked her several times.
Desertion, and the prevention of the relay in the first place.
His Chen family has never stood with this woman, but can be said to be opposite.
But why....
"In the future, just treat your third sister-in-law's family well." Old Lady Chen said, stopped talking, raised her feet and walked to the side, with a smile, "Danniang." ”
Chen Danniang looked back at him and smiled.
"Grandpa." She said. Holding the bow in his hand, he smiled brightly on his face that was a little rough from the wind, "I can shoot the bull's-eye." ”
Fourth Master Chen looked at Chen Danniang with a complicated expression and nodded with emotion.
Chen Liulang's family affairs were quickly decided. Asking the name of Najib six times, when the second snow fell, the bride came in the door.
When the wedding procession appeared in Tunpu, the entire vicinity of Tunpu was in a sensation.
"Let's go and see!" Someone shouted loudly, "The Chen family is marrying a daughter-in-law." ”
The townsfolk shook their heads in disdain.
"What's so nice about the Chen family's daughter-in-law, where did you buy the daughter-in-law?"
"What, I married a very rich daughter-in-law." The man shouted, "The dowry has circled the fort!" ”
Take a walk around Tunpu!
That's a dowry!
"It's estimated that it's 100,000!" Someone shouted.
100,000!
My dear mother, this is crazy!
A person who can afford a dowry of 100,000 yuan. Even the prefect's family can marry in, who can afford to marry his daughter to a criminal minister!
Immediately, the crowd rushed to the tunpu.
Gongs and drums are noisy. The sheng flag fluttered, and the fireworks continued to explode. Gorgeous clouds formed in the air, causing adults and children to look up with sore necks, but reluctant to look away.
"Mother, you see, Sister Cheng ..... the same fireworks as the capital."
Standing in front of Master Chen Si's house, Chen Danniang said happily.
Someone squeezed over and made their mother and daughter shake.
"Let's let the newcomers enter the door later, and the third sister-in-law will avoid it." The woman said.
Chen Ah Li smiled and didn't speak, pulling Danniang out of the way.
The newcomer here entered the door, and everyone flocked to Master Chen's house to see the dowry piled up in the courtyard.
"Danniang, let's go back." Chen Ah Li pulled Chen Danniang and said.
Chen Danniang nodded.
As soon as the two of them turned around, they were stopped.
"Third sister-in-law, come quickly, come quickly."
Looking at Mrs. Chen Si, Chen Ah Li was a little puzzled.
Mrs. Chen couldn't help but stop her, squeezed through the crowd and entered the door.
The people in the courtyard looked at Chen Ah Li who was pulled in in surprise.
Mrs. Chen didn't speak, and tearfully pushed her to the mountain of dowry.
"Third sister-in-law, look, look at these." She choked up and whispered.
These?
Chen Ali looked over with some puzzlement, the red cage was draped with ribbons and colored balls, her eyes widened suddenly, she took a step forward, and stretched out her hand to cover her mouth.
These... These are.....
"The dowry originally prepared for Danniang will be sent to Cheng's family tomorrow."
"I must let her marry in a beautiful way."
The cage with the Chen family's mark, which seemed to have never been opened, made Chen Ah Li's vision blurred.
Why go so hard to give back!
What a point!
What a stupid girl!
"Third sister-in-law, you saved our entire Chen family."
In my ears was the choked voice of Mrs. Chen.
The grace of dripping water gives you spring water gushing, and the kindness of a thought returns you to the dead tree in spring.
Chen Ah Li stretched out his hand to cover his mouth, and it seemed that all the tears he had accumulated since leaving the capital poured out.
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The noisy and lively sound of firecrackers made the people in a small Taoist temple at the foot of the mountain stop their thoughts.
"What's the matter, so noisy?" She asked.
A little Taoist boy turned his head from outside the door.
"Eighteen ladies, it's your family's happy event, don't you know?" She said.
As soon as these words came out, the expression of Dao Gu Mu Ran in front of him fluctuated slightly.
"Home?" "I don't have a home," she said. ”
Dao Tong pouted.
In order to escape responsibility, the daughter of the Chen family was divorced by her husband's family, but the Chen family did not accept it, and gave her dowry to the Taoist temple and let her live here.
I don't know what kind of unlucky person he is, but he ended up in a situation where no one wants him.
"Where is the home, the country is gone, the sky is gone, who still has a home, no one has a home!"
The woman in front of her said, her expression excited.
"The sky is gone, the sky is gone!"
Here we go again, here we go again.
Xiao Daotong jumped out in one step, closed the door and locked it, and as soon as he had done all this, he heard a loud laugh inside, followed by a loud cry, crying and laughing and laughing crazy.
"Heaven is unfair! Heaven is unfair! ”
"I'm not reconciled! I'm not reconciled! ”
There are many unwilling things in this world, if anyone can do everything well, wouldn't it be a fairy, Xiao Daotong shrugged his shoulders and put his hands together, ignoring the madman here, and continued to look up at the fireworks blooming in the distance.
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I wrote the Chen family first, and then Qin Arc in the next chapter.
In addition, who do you want to see, who do you want to know, and if you have any questions, leave me a message in the book review area, and I will intersperse it with explanations.
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I haven't seen you for a day, like every three autumns, I miss you. (To be continued)