Chapter Eighty-Five: Marriage

helped Erkui's family move, and the Lin family went back to get busy step by step.

The regular and busy days passed very quickly, and in a blink of an eye, another market day passed.

On April 16, Qiu Chen went to Qingshui Town, took Junwen and bought a two-year-old horse for fourteen taels of silver. Naturally, this horse is not comparable to rouge, but it is also born with tall bones, well-proportioned body, brown and yellow fur, and docile and agile eyes, which is very good for pulling a cart.

It's a pity that there is still no news of the caravan on this trip back and forth to the Spring Hall. Qiu Chen counted the days with his fingers, the second brother and Lin Xujunshu had been gone for ten days, and at the normal speed, it was almost time to arrive......

Not long after being depressed, Qiu Chen slapped him on the head. She only counted the one-way time, why did she forget that it would take time for the news to come back! At this time, there is no telegram or phone for Lin Xu and his party!

Putting aside this matter for the time being, Qiu Chen remembered that the eldest daughter of the Qinghe family was close at hand and married, and the Wang family always gave her a feeling of untruthfulness, so she asked about the shopkeeper Chen like a casual chatter. Shopkeeper Chen is a native of Qingshui Town, and he has been a shopkeeper in Huichun Hall for more than ten years, so he should also know some about the people in Chengjiadian.

"Shopkeeper Chen, there is a Wang family who runs a grocery store in Cheng's store, do you recognize it?"

Shopkeeper Chen and Qiu Chen are also familiar with each other, and they speak a lot more casually, and they answered, and glanced at Qiu Chen a little strangely, and said, "Mrs. Lin asked about the Wang family, but because of the marriage of the young master of the Wang family?" ”

Qiu Chen nodded.

Shopkeeper Chen spoke again this time, he was not so casual, and he pondered for a moment and said: "If you say that this Wang family is also a solid family, and Young Master Wang is also an only son, in the future, the property of this Wang family will have to go to this young master of the Wang family......"

As soon as he heard this, Qiu Chen knew that there must be something strange in it, so he didn't answer, just looked at the shopkeeper Chen, and waited for him to continue.

"This young master Wang's character is good, but there is a point, preference...... Well, it's heavier on the female color, although the parents are pressing, there are no concubines, but there are two or three girls in the house, and in the county, it is said that there are also one or two pink confidants...... Hehe, speaking of which, it's not a big deal, whether it's that girl or a pink beauty, it's just a few things, and when you marry a wife and have children, Young Master Wang is older and calmer, and this greedy and lustful problem will gradually disappear......"

Shopkeeper Chen said sentence by sentence, Qiu Chen's heart cooled down a little. Chunhong has such a simple temperament, and her appearance is not outstanding, and she doesn't look like she has a scheming mind to compete for favor and calculate, can she really hold the heart of the young master of the Wang family? I'm afraid it's not easy!

After a moment of silence, Qiu Chen asked in a deep voice: "Shopkeeper Chen, I just asked about this, don't worry, it won't be passed around...... I want to ask, was the wife before Young Master Wang really had a difficult birth? ”

The question was too straight and too sharp, Shopkeeper Chen secretly took a breath and said vaguely: "Mrs. Lin, I only know that Mrs. Wang went half a month after giving birth." As for whether it was a difficult birth, because the Wang family did not use our Rejuvenation Hall people at that time...... Yes, the specific situation is not very clear below! ”

There are several types of dystocia, one is that you did not survive the delivery process, and the other is that you die from postpartum hemorrhage, puerperal fever and other diseases, all of which can barely be regarded as dystocia. But according to Qiu Chen's understanding, not to mention that he didn't survive the delivery process, it is impossible to survive postpartum hemorrhage for half a month...... Or puerperal fever, which has many causes...... True or false, I'm afraid the parties can't tell clearly.

Qiu Chen asked again: "Could it be that the maiden family of Wang Gongzi's first wife doesn't want anything to say?" ”

Shopkeeper Chen smiled and shook his head: "It is not uncommon for women to lose their puerperiums, and the maiden family of the first one is just a small rich family of Cheng's shop, and there is only one underage brother in the family...... It is...... I'm afraid that I can't fight for anything. ”

Qiu Chen's mouth was full of bitterness. I can't ask anything in my heart, and I don't need to ask. The Wang family has some money, and the young master of the Wang family is indeed not a weapon, in the eyes of the world, this lust is not a big evil, but it is just that the young man is impetuous and greedy for flowers. Only this one may not be harmful to others, but it is not good for Chunhong, who is about to marry into the Wang family. She can even imagine what kind of life Chunhong will live after she really marries the lustful young master of the Wang family, there is no harmony between husband and wife, and there is deep love for flounder, only the grievances and coldness of watching her husband linger in the flowers every day......

The life of a woman in this era in her mother-in-law's family can all depend on her husband's attitude, if the husband doesn't care, how can the wife's status in the eyes of her in-laws be good?

After thanking the shopkeeper Chen and saying goodbye, Qiu Chen sat on the back of the newly bought brown and yellow horse, and Junwen took the reins of the horse, walked slowly all the way, and returned to Liujiaao. All the way, she pondered about it.

Today is April 16th, and in two days, the Wang family will come to give a dowry gift on April 18th. Does she want to go back to find Qinghe's family and talk about the lustful young master of the Wang family?

When I was about to leave Qingshui Town, I caught up with three carriages from behind, these three carriages were all loaded with sheds pasted with brocade satin, and there were a number of entourages in front of and behind the car, except for the coachman, there was a little boy in Tsing Yi sitting on the wheel, but I didn't see the girl's mother-in-law, and I knew at a glance that it must be the young master of a big family who traveled.

Hearing the neighing of the horses, Junwen hurriedly took the reins of the horses and avoided the roadside, only waiting for the three carriages to gallop away, and the aunt and nephew covered their mouths and noses and waited for the dust to fall, and then set off again.

"Who is this, why do I look like I'm going to Liujiaao?" Junwen wondered.

Qiu Chen shook his head, and was about to speak, when he suddenly remembered something, and said: "Didn't that Mrs. Chang say that the third son of the Liu family climbed up to the same knowing son, and the same knowing son is going to the Liu family to shoot hunting and drinking banquets?" Isn't it them? ”

Junwen frowned and thought for a while, and said, "The dust just now was too choking, and I didn't see the ...... I knew."

Qiu Chen said with a smile: "We have nothing to do with the Liu family, and the third son of Liu is studying in the county all the year round, where can we recognize it...... Forget it, don't waste that mind, what about those people, anyway, it has nothing to do with us. ”

Saying this, Junwen also smiled. But no, although the Liu family and the Lin family both live in Liujiaao, the Lin family lives in the east of the village, and the Liu family lives in the west of the village. They really don't care what people do.

The aunt and nephew laughed, Qiu Chen thought about it for most of the way, Qiu Chen was not sure whether to talk to the Qinghe family about the young master of the Wang family, at this time he laughed with Junwen, and his depressed mood was much better, so he simply stopped thinking about it himself, but jumped off the horse, and together with Lin Xu, talked about the various operation essentials of stir-frying medicine, and slowly walked home.

As soon as she entered the door, Lan Ying and several women came up to help unload some of the items on the horse's back. Junyan Junzhang ran up and gathered around the newly bought horse. Fu'er Man'er flew over, screaming and throwing herself into Qiu Chen's arms, Qiu Chen wiped the sweat beads on the tips of the noses of the two little guys, smiled and touched out a few apricots that were not yet yellow, and a few little guys took it happily, beckoning Shanzi and other boys, Hulala ran to eat apricots.

Seeing that it was almost noon, Lan Ying and the others had also finished their morning work and were preparing to make lunch.

Qiu Chen smiled and took out a bundle of celery and a piece of pork of about three catties, and said with a smile: "It's rare to buy some fresh celery today, let's wrap celery dumplings at noon today!" ”

As soon as they heard about eating dumplings, the group of little naughty people who had just run away ran back again, asked again and again, and immediately jumped up and cheered. This cheer also spread to the backyard, Liu Zhanxiang was fine, Lin Zi, Da Zhuang and Brother Quan grinned happily.

Said to make dumplings and started to do it, several women automatically divided the work, Yuxiang picked celery, washed it and chopped it, and grabbed the excess water, Qingshan's family and Lan Ying chopped the piece of meat, Qiu Chen and Hao noodles woke up, and a few people on the other side also chopped the filling, Qiu Chen adjusted the taste, and then moved the panel and began to make dumplings.

The women were doing their work, their movements were swift, and their mouths were idle, giggling and chatting about the parents in the village. At this time, Qiu Chen generally listens with a smile and rarely talks.

Today, she opened her mouth to tell a little story, and she said the origin of the word 'jealousy': "...... Emperor Taizong gave a pot of 'wine', saying that if Mrs. Fang didn't give Fang Xiang a concubine, she would drink this pot of wine and kill herself...... Mrs. Fang didn't say a word, she just picked up the wine jug and drank it, and when she drank it in her mouth, she only felt a strong sour taste, and then she knew that the pot was filled with vinegar, not poisonous wine......"

The story is not long, but it can also be called ups and downs. When the women heard that Mrs. Fang was given poisoned wine, their faces were nervous, and when they heard that the pot was filled with vinegar, they were all stunned, and then they were relieved, and they were all upset.

Qingshan wiped his tears with a smile and said, "It turns out that this is how vinegar comes from...... I just said it before, I really didn't know there was such an allusion! ”

Lan Ying also rubbed her stomach with a smile: "Haha, I said, is this choreographed by Begonia to make you laugh?" The prime minister of the house is such a big official, in addition to the emperor in the world, there are only a few officials who are big, such a big official, can he not accept a few concubines? Look at it, the landlord Liu in our village is just a rich family in the village, and he also accepted two concubines, the younger one is two years younger than his eldest son! ”

As soon as she mentioned this, Yuxiang, who had always been shy, also lowered her voice and said: "I heard that Landlord Liu has taken a fancy to another one and is ready to be promoted to the third aunt......

After Qiu Chen threw out the story, he listened attentively to everyone's reactions, but only heard the women enthusiastically discussing how the concubines of the Liu family were, and no one mentioned the original partner of the Liu landlord, so he couldn't help but say: "This Liu landlord is so old, and he has three sons, and he is still begging for children one by one, doesn't his family and sons care?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Qingshan's family, Yuxiang, and even Lan Ying stopped talking, only staring at her with strange eyes, and Qiu Chen felt uncomfortable for a while.

Touching his face, Qiu Chen smiled: "What's the matter, why are you looking at me like this?" ”

Lan Ying let out a sigh, raised her hand and touched Qiu Chen's forehead with the back of her hand, and said with a smile: "I'll just say, if you have a fever, why don't you talk nonsense!" ”

The Aoyama family also laughed: "That's it...... You said it, Landlord Liu is old, his three sons have also become people, and the youngest third child has also set a daughter-in-law in the county, saying that he will marry in the winter moon. Since his sons are all older, and his family property has been calculated by those little goblins, what does Landlord Liu's family care about whether he is small or not? Those three sons can't take care of it, you say, how can a son take care of things in Lao Tzu's room? ”

Even the youngest Yuxiang pursed her lips and smiled: "Yes, those concubines begging to enter the door, that is, the name is better, no different from those slaves and maids, if the wife of the Liu family is not happy, she can sell it by raising her hand, the reason why she doesn't care about it is that she is too lazy to pay attention to it!" ”

Qiu Chen was stunned when he heard this, and he couldn't make up his mind whether to tell the Qinghe family about the situation of the Wang family, but after hearing this, he was completely dispelled.

It turns out that at this time, whether it is a man or a woman, it is normal to marry a concubine. If she told the Qinghe family about the young master of the Wang family's greed for flowers and lust, she might really become a 'fever' and 'talking nonsense'.

It's just, so...... Qiu Chen was still a little unwilling, and couldn't help but smile and ask Lan Yingdao: "Sister Lan Ying, what you said is so generous, if Brother Manchu marries a young ......"

"Hmph, he dares!" Without waiting for Qiu Chen to finish speaking, Lan Ying raised her eyebrows and said fiercely, feeling a little too much, and blushing to hide it, "Hehe, just the day of our family, we just made a big mouth for the family, where is the spare money to marry a small one!" ”

That's the end of this, Qiu Chen looked at the Qingshan family's He Yuxiang, and the three of them couldn't help it, laughed sneeringly, and slapped Lan Ying's face red, and slapped them one by one, but she couldn't stop laughing, zuihou, but she herself laughed too.

In what should have been a joyful laughter, Qiu Chen's heart was cold.

The betrayal of a husband and wife who should be in love with each other is a place where they should be despised and scolded and disgraced in modern times, but in the thinking form and moral concept of this society, it has become a matter of course and righteousness. As long as there is that condition in the family, the wife who prevents her husband from taking a concubine is not virtuous, that is, she is jealous, and she has committed the 'seven outs' rule, and the husband's family can rely on this to abandon his wife! There is nothing wrong with the men who are cold and cold, but the woman who is rejected because of her 'jealousy' will be spurned by everyone!

Qiu Chen was secretly glad in his heart, fortunately, she fell into such a poor family! …… Or, she should be glad - fortunately, Begonia is a dead man?!

The next day, on the day of Chunhong, the eldest daughter of the Qinghe family, the Wang family carried twenty-four dowry gifts as agreed.

Because of Qiu Chen's status as a widow, he can't come forward for such a wedding event. One day in advance, the Qinghe family came over to ask for leave for Lan Ying and the Qingshan family, and when it came to the day of hiring and marrying a daughter, these two people were asked to help Zhang Luo and Zhang Luo. Qiu Chen agreed without hesitation.

The recruitment process was very fast, and before noon, Lan Ying and Qingshan's family, who went to Qinghe's house to help, returned to Lin's house.

When they entered the door, the two of them were busy washing their hands and came to work, and while working, they smiled and said that the dowry gift given by the Wang family was really decent.

“…… Don't talk about the gold head and silver head of the red gold and sterling silver, and don't talk about the bright clothes and skirts, just say that the first time to lift the ten ingots, tsk, a full hundred taels of gold! The girl who married out of our village has never received such a high dowry! The eyes of the Qingshan family lit up, as if Chunhong had won such a dowry, and even her face was brightened.

Lan Ying also smiled and said: "Yes, yes, it was the daughter of Landlord Liu's family who married a few years ago, and the dowry was nothing more than that, this dowry is really no worse than Landlord Liu's daughter!" ”

The Qingshan family smiled again: "This Hui Chunhong can marry this good family, thanks to the ...... Begonia"

Qiu Chen listened to it for a while, and somehow suddenly pulled it on her, and said in surprise: "What does this have to do with me?" ”

Yuxiang pursed her lips and answered next to her: "Hehe, it's really such a reason." If not, Qinghe's sister-in-law followed Haitang's sister-in-law to work, and her life would get better, but I am afraid that the Wang family would not look down on our villager......"

After Qiu Chen was stunned, he shook his head with a smile, and turned away from the conversation about the wheat holiday.

This batch of medicinal materials was raised according to the amount of the previous month, mainly because the farmers were about to face the heaviest wheat autumn. At this time, there were no coarse grains such as corn and sweet potatoes, and the crops had almost a year's ration on this season's harvest, so no one could ignore it. Qiu Chen had already calculated, the wheat autumn was about the end of April and the beginning of May, as the saying goes, 'three days to see wheat stubble', which means that after two or three days of mango planting, it will enter the wheat harvest.

Another characteristic of wheat harvest is that the wheat ripening time is concentrated, and the time is tight, and it must be cut back at the best time to ripen and dry in the field. And because at the end of April and the beginning of May, most of the areas where wheat is planted have entered the rainy season, and the rain is ready to come at any time, and the farmers have worked hard for half a year to harvest and harvest, one has to grab the season and the maturity and fullness of the wheat, and the other has to grab the weather, take advantage of the sunny weather, the wheat is dried, the field is played, the wheat is milled out of the ears, and the harvest is put into the warehouse, which is the real harvest is completed. If there is an accident in any of these links, a gust of wind or a heavy rain, it may make the sweat of the farmers for half a year go to waste. What's even more hateful is that the wheat harvest season is rainy, and the wheat cannot be harvested in the ground, and after being stained with rain, it will sprout on the ears of wheat. The wheat was withdrawn in the field, but it was not played, it was not put into the warehouse, and it could not withstand the rain, and it would sprout and mold if it was stained with rain...... Even if it was fought, it was not dried, and it was rushed into storage, and after encountering even rain, the wheat that was not dried would also heat up, mold and deteriorate.

Therefore, the wheat harvest is also known as the harvest, and the most prominent thing is the word "grab".

Qiu Chen followed his grandmother when he was a child, and he didn't really experience the life of a farmer, but he also knew more or less.

Now that it is April 13, and the mango seeds will be planted in 16 days, Qiu Chen thought about it and decided to stop work on April 25, give the workers ten days off, and go home to help harvest the wheat.

Qiu Chen told Lan Ying and the Qingshan family about this plan: "What do you think? The holiday starts on the 25th, and it lasts for 10 days, and when the work resumes on the fifth day of the new year, can the wheat harvest be completed? Do you want to add a few more days? ”

Lan Ying shook her head with a smile: "Where did it take so many days!" Among us, Brother Quan's family grows the most wheat, with more than 20 acres of wheat fields, but his family has a lot of hands, Brother Quan's six brothers, plus Uncle Man Yin, Uncle Man Jin, and Uncle Man Zhen, three old brothers, more than a dozen laborers, and big livestock, 20 acres of wheat will not take three or five days to be busy. The other families, my family and the Qingshan family, are all more than ten acres, and it takes about five days, while most of the other families only have four or five acres of wheat fields, and the two strong laborers can clean up neatly in just two days...... I think most of us are drawn out at home, and we don't have a lot of labor, so we can't use it for ten days, and it's enough to put one episode at most. ”

Lan Ying's words fell, and the Qingshan family's He Yuxiang, and even Liu Zhanxiang, Lin Zi, and Da Zhuang, who came out of the work, followed one after another.

Qiu Chen smiled and said, "You don't have to be afraid of delaying the work here. Let's set it for the twenty-fifth to the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, you are busy here all day long, wheat autumn is a big event, you go back even if it is not yet the day to cut the wheat, but also help the family to prepare...... If there is any change in the weather, we will adjust it temporarily! ”

Lan Ying opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but she was held down by the Qingshan family, and laughed with everyone.

After lunch, Junwen took Junyan Junzhang to collect Luo Buma, Qiu Chen called Lan Ying to the house by packing up his things, and explained to her in a whisper: "Sister Lan Ying, I know that you let me take a few days off for my good, but you didn't expect that a few of us will be repaid, and there are a lot of people in the family, but there are only two brothers in the Da Zhuang family, and his sister-in-law is also Ai Pan; There is also Yuxiang, who has just been married for half a year, this year's Mai Qiu is still the first time she has entered the door for the autumn, if she is really stuck and goes home to only deal with the two days of wheat cutting, maybe the family will cause some idleness, and it will be difficult to panic, and it is not good to talk to us about anything......"

Just now, Qiu Chen refuted her words in front of everyone, Lan Ying was a little embarrassed, but she was an open-minded person, but sometimes she was more thoughtful, and some things were unthinkable, as soon as Qiu Chen explained this, she also thought about it, and hurriedly smiled and said: "If you don't say that, I really don't want to be so careful...... Hehe, you don't know me yet, what's the matter, you don't have a bend in the heart. Don't worry, you said to let me know, in the future, I will think more before I speak, and I won't embarrass you again! ”

Qiu Chen smiled and nodded, but he didn't think that Lan Ying would be able to become more careful in the future. This person's temperament is innate, and he can change it if he says it.

Another day later, the spring red of Qinghe's family, wearing an embroidered wedding dress of red brocade, in the blessings of many elders, relatives and friends, and in the envy of countless big girls and little daughters-in-law, got on the sedan chair and married the Wang family of Cheng's shop. This time, Lan Ying and the Qingshan family went to send the dowry in advance as the mother's family, set up a bed and made a tent, from the dawn of the day, the wedding team did not enter the village, so the second kui drove the Lin family's carriage to the Cheng family shop, until the time came, and returned to Liu Jiaao after eating noodles at the Wang family, and it was already dark when he arrived home. At this point, the Wang family's welcoming team picked up Chunhong and almost arrived at Cheng's store.

Qiu Chen took the rest of the people to be busy at home for a day, and he didn't even go out of the door, but listened to the gang of Tao boys who came back for a while, and the Wang family's welcoming team came to the door, and the young master of the Wang family rode a tall horse, and the horse was not good at all, not to mention rouge, even today's big yellow horse is far behind...... The young master of the Wang family married Chunhong and got on the sedan chair, and the big red sedan chair was dressed in a red silk sedan chair and tied with red silk flowers, which was still very beautiful...... The Wang family's welcoming team left, and more than 20 drums and suona players opened the way in front, which was really lively and festive......

The Tao boys ran back to report once in a while, which was comparable to the same broadcast, Qiu Chen did not stop them, but only told them to be careful of the flow of cars and horses, and not to bump into the bolt Erhu, who was a little older than the children, smiled and agreed, and ran away again.

Because of the lack of manpower, Junyan and Junzhang are helping in the backyard, and after Afu Aman ran with him twice, he didn't like to go, saying that it was very noisy, and the brothers and sisters took care of the chickens and ducklings in the backyard, as well as Xiangxiang's family, and occasionally went to play for a while, and played quietly with Lingzhi.

Everyone in the Lin family was busy in an orderly manner, because there was no Lan Ying and Qingshan who could talk and laugh, and occasionally laughed, and the volume was much lower, only the sound of the stone mill and the jingle of the pounding tube kept ringing, making the whole courtyard look particularly harmonious and quiet in this jingling sound.

At this moment, a group of people slowly walked from the big mansion of the landlord Liu's family in the west of Liujiaao's village. Led by four or five boys in brocade clothes, all of them are brocade clothes and jade belts, holding folding fans, and they have a beautiful appearance. Liu Bingshan, the landlord of Liu, also followed behind, and when he sent it to the gate with a sneer, he stopped.

"Heh, if Brother Yuzhang is interested, I might as well accompany Brother Yuzhang and walk slowly...... Brother Yuzhang has seen it here, but it is the east head of the village, with pink walls, ponds and streams, although it is a wild thing in a mountain village, but it is also quite simple and unpretentious. Liu Yongye said a little proudly.

Yuzhang is the cousin of Gao Lanfang, the son of Tongzhi. At today's banquet, Gao Lanfang, the son of Tongzhi, is particularly approachable, and Liu Yongye calls each other by words. Liu Yongye is deeply honored to be able to climb the same son, and now he is allowed to call each other the words, and he is even more conscious of his identity.

"What's so beautiful in the village, ...... with broken houses and walls" The boss of the Liu family doesn't like to study, and he went to private school for a few years, but he didn't achieve anything, so he will know a few words. As soon as he opened his mouth, he showed timidity.

Liu Jiye and Liu Yongye hurriedly smiled and rounded the field. Fortunately, that Gao Lanfang didn't care, glanced at the other two sons in Chinese clothes, nodded with a smile, folded the fan in his hand, and said, "Then there is Brother Lao Linquan to lead the way." ”

Linquan is Liu Yongye's table, because the home Liujiaao is close to Qingshui River, so Liu Yongye gave himself such a table. I think the word Xi is not elegant enough, and it was deliberately changed to 'spring', and I feel very elegant, so I don't care if it's appropriate or not, and it doesn't match the truth.

Tongzhi Gongzi said 'Linquan Virtuous Brother', and lightened Liu Yongye's happy bones by two taels. In the eyes of the second Liu Jiye and the old man Liu Bingshan, they all showed a trace of smugness.

Tongzhi is the deputy of the prefect, who is in charge of local salt, grain, piracy, river defense, sea frontier, river engineering, water conservancy, as well as cleaning up military registration, and pacifying the people.

Although Anyang Mansion is still some distance away from the border pass, it is the necessary and transit place for the whole country to mobilize grain and grass to supply the border pass, only the military grain and grass warehouse Anyang is two, one is grain and grass, and the other is weapons and armor, etc., and the Anyang Mansion in charge of this piece of Tongzhi Gao Xiupu, has also become a powerful figure, although the level is two levels lower than the Anyang prefect, but in fact, they all know that they are not the emperor's confidants, and they will never be able to do this position.

People are often like this, after holding a high position and holding a lot of power, they may still think of responsibilities and obligations at first, be conscientious and fulfill their duties, but after a long time, it is inevitable that they will slack off, and then give birth to some other thoughts. Even if he has no other thoughts on his own, his relatives and family members often have someone in mind for him.

This is the case with Gao Xiupu, the same governor of Anyang Mansion, who has been the governor of Anyang Mansion for more than five years, but because he has always been deeply trusted by the emperor, he was not promoted at the end of his term of office, and he still stayed here.

Anyang Mansion is just an ordinary state capital in the north, not to mention the capital at the foot of the Son of Heaven, even if it is a land rich in fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River, there is no way to compare. Ren Tongzhi here has no commercial projects such as salt, river defense, sea frontier, river engineering, and water conservancy, and there is no affairs such as cleaning up military registration and supporting the people...... Speaking of which, the most important and important duty is the management and mobilization of military supplies, grain, and grass.

The common people pay attention to relying on the mountains to eat the mountains and the sea to eat the sea, and the same is true for officials. Unlike the common people, they rely on the power in their hands and make profits by virtue of the power in their hands. Gao Xiupu, the governor of Anyang Prefecture, gradually paid attention to military supplies. But because the generals of the border pass are all strong and shrewd, it is not so easy for Gao Xiupu to pay attention to military supplies. Greedy for cards, Gao Xiupu gathered a few businesses and gradually infiltrated into the supply business of military supplies.

Previously, Gao Xiupu only took over part of the supply of grain and grass. Later, he found that his second son, Gao Lanfang, had some ability to take care of business, so he handed over these properties to Gao Lanfang to take care of.

After Gao Lanfang took over the industry created by her father and straightened it out, she gradually became a little dissatisfied with just keeping it up, and always wanted to open up her own field. After a period of pondering and exploring, he soon set his sights on the supply business of military medicinal materials.

Since she had moved her mind to win the supply of military medicinal materials, Gao Lanfang naturally paid attention to several major medicinal material merchants in Anyang Mansion. This attention found that the Liao family, a century-old medical family, has been gaining momentum recently, and it was originally on par with the other Li and Zhao families, but in just over two months, it suddenly became the leader in the medical industry of Anyang Prefecture.

Such a sudden and rapid momentum can't help but be a little abnormal, after Gao Lanfang noticed it, he sent people to investigate, and Zuihou finally let him find out the Lin Niangzi in Qingshui Town, a little-known mountain village, and it was precisely because she sent a prescription and a new medicine to the Liao family that the Liao family suddenly exerted its strength. So, Gao Lanfang remembered this Lin lady.

At first, he was just trying to find a way to win over, but if he couldn't win over, he didn't reject tough methods. So, he found an opportunity to meet Liu Yongye, who was studying in the county, and hoped to indirectly achieve the goal of understanding and winning over the Lin family through the Liu family. For this reason, he even put down his body and went to Liu's house as a guest.

It was also a coincidence that I saw the legendary Lin Niangzi when I entered Liujiaao the day before yesterday.

He had already known about this Lin lady's new widow before, and when he saw the woman's rather beautiful appearance and generous and dignified demeanor that day, Gao Lanfang's mind changed, and he changed his attention.

A helpless widow wants nothing more than to have something to rely on for the rest of her life. Then, he gave her a support, took her into the house, and when she became his, her prescriptions and new medicines would naturally become his Gao Lanfang's bag!

Gao Lanfang was full of confidence in calculating properly, but she didn't consider the opinion of Lin Niangzi, the object of his calculations. In his mind, his high-ranking fellow acquaintance, Kenna, a country widow, was a great almsgiving. For that widow, she should wake up laughing when she can dream with him, where will there be anyone who is unwilling to do so!

The young people walked around to take a look, but Liu Bingshan didn't follow suit, and only the three brothers of the Liu family accompanied Gao Lanfang and the other two sons of the county all the way to the village.

The people in the village are dressed in coarse linen clothes and straw shoes on weekdays, and it is good to be able to cover their bodies. At first glance, seeing such a group of brightly dressed young men with jade bands and heads can attract the attention of the people in the village more than the team of marrying relatives.

Everyone is talking about the origin of this line, three of them in the village people recognize, it is the three sons of Liu Bingshan, the landlord of Liu in the west of the village, as for the other three more outstanding, they can't say the history, just look at the three young masters of the Liu family to the three people with a look of flattery, they know that it is not they can be disturbed, they are all cautious to avoid a little away, but it is rare to see such a person, reluctant to leave, only gathered around from a distance to watch, whispering.

"Look, these people are no worse than the bridegroom......

"Well, according to me, these guys are better looking than the bridegroom, you look at the one in front of you in a green shirt, that's called um...... The meter is extraordinary! "This one used a 'literary word' for himself, and looked up at the neighbors proudly, while pointing at the green-clothed man in the middle of the leader.

Those big girls and little daughters-in-law, all of them were red-faced, and they were reluctant to look at it, they lowered their heads and twisted them, and their eyes flew over, and they had a different kind of moving.

It's just that the flying eyes of these village girls and village women are not all people who know how to appreciate them, the eldest son of the Liu family frowned, glanced at those villagers and village women very contemptuously, and muttered in a low voice: "This group of hillbillies who have never seen the world is really ashamed!" I don't look in the mirror to see what kind of goods I have, and I hook up with a thick face...... Hum! ”

Several other brocade-clothed sons were obviously more willing to enjoy this feeling of attention than him, the second and third sons of the Liu family smiled silently, and the green-shirted boy who was praised was Gao Lanfang, who also shook the folding fan and smiled: "That's it, the ...... I met that day Well, the one on horseback ......"

Liu Jiye, the second son of the Liu family, and Liu Yongye, the third son, glanced at each other, and Liu Jiye smiled: "Brother Yuzhang really has vision, that one ...... What a strange woman! ”

The son of a blue silk bamboo shirt next to him was Qian Yushu, the son of the county prince, and raised his eyebrows proudly and said, "Oh? This strange woman is not just saying it! ”

Liu Yongye smiled and patted Qian Yushu with a folding fan and said: "It is said that it is a strange woman, and naturally there is something 'strange'. The little lady who was originally just a family surnamed Lin in the east of the village is slightly different from ordinary village women, but she cherishes her reputation and refuses to go out to meet people easily......"

"What's so strange about that? Not to mention other places, aren't all the women in our family like this? Qian Yushu interrupted disapprehantly.

The fan in Gao Lanfang's hand was horizontal, and said with a smile: "Don't be in a hurry to interrupt him, just listen to him!" ”

As he spoke, he raised his hand again and motioned for Liu Yongye to continue.

"Yes, the younger brother also said that there was nothing surprising before. Two years ago, the husband of the little lady was conscripted to go to the border pass, and a year later the news came, saying that he died at the border pass, and he didn't even see the body, and the lady of the Lin family took a pair ......of children and uncles, sold the family property to set up a tomb for the husband, and went home and couldn't afford to get sick."

Qian Yushu was about to speak again, but was stopped by Gao Lanfang raising his hand, so he heard Liu Yongye laugh and said: "This illness has been straight for more than half a month, and the woman's thin shape is erect, but she came back to life unexpectedly." Moreover, after coming back to life, she changed her previous Anshou family, first went to the mountains to collect medicine and sell it for money, and then fried a medicine called 'Luo Bu Ma', and got into a relationship with the Liao family in the town, and the Luo Bu Ma she made was sent by Huichun Hall every ten days to collect it...... This is just the beginning, and later, the woman not only fried Luo Buma, but also made other medicines, and the Lin family, who had almost run out of food, watched their lives become more prosperous day by day. However, in January, I bought land, built the courtyard wall, built the west wing, and I didn't know where to buy a basket of lotus vegetables, dug a pond in front of the door, and planted it...... Now, seeing that the Lin family is becoming more and more prosperous day by day, my father has said that according to the Lin family's Xingteng method, it will not take a few years, not to mention our village, even in Anping City, I am afraid that it can be counted! ”

Hearing Liu Yongye say this, not only other people could listen attentively, but even the blue-shirted boy also showed a look of surprise and contemplation.

Gao Lanfang's eyes turned slightly, a subtle hint of sarcasm flashed at the corner of her mouth, she knocked her palm with a folding fan, smiled her chin, and said, "What a strange woman!" Her husband is gone, but she is a weak woman who has learned to fry medicine, and she has single-handedly supported the Lin family, not only living a prosperous life, but also building a house...... It's really embarrassing for us five-foot men! ”

On a spring day, the scenery is just right, the hut fences are hidden in a cluster of thick or light green, and occasionally there are one or two late-blooming pear blossoms, or unknown flower branches that bloom prettyly, flashing out from the side of the bamboo fence huts, blooming a beautiful smile, adding a touch of fire and natural beauty to this ancient mountain village.

These sons are all dressed in brocade clothes, or tied a square scarf, or wore a crown, holding a folding fan in their hands, and walked in the remote mountain village of Liujiaao with a graceful and suave appearance.

At this time, it has passed, the crowd of people selling Luo Buma has also dispersed, everyone in the Lin family is busy, and the gate is also covered, and when Gao Lanfang and his party arrive at the door of the Lin family, they can see a tall blue brick courtyard wall and a neat gatehouse, not to mention the shadow of people, and they don't even see the corners of their clothes. I couldn't help but be a little disappointed.

Seeing that Gao Lanfang's face was not safe, Liu Yongye salivated and leaned up, approached Gao Lanfang's ear and whispered: "If Yuzhang has a heart, how about handing over this matter to the younger brother?" ”

Gao Lanfang raised her eyebrows, glanced at Liu Yongye, nodded as if inadvertently, and said in a low voice: "This matter should not be delayed!" ”

Liu Yongye thought that he had understood Gao Lanfang's thoughts, sneered, and nodded again and again: "Little brother does things, brother Xian can rest assured!" ”

While talking, Gao Lanfang still circled around the door of the Lin family for most of the time, and also had another estimate of the Lin family's momentum in her heart. It turned out that I only heard that the Lin family was just an ordinary farmer, and it was a new widow, and I didn't know how to be shabby and dilapidated, but I saw with my own eyes the brand-new and tall courtyard wall gatehouse, as well as the wide pond in front of the door, the neat and beautiful bluestone pond embankment, and a few rows of weeping willow and peach trees that had just been planted. It is conceivable that over time, the embankment reflects the green willows, coupled with the peach blossoms like clouds, what a beautiful picture it should be!

Gao Lanfang couldn't help but be more interested in the lady Lin who had a glimpse of her. Looking at the layout and scenery, maybe that person not only knows how to make medicine, although he has the intention of being included in the house for the sake of the medicinal material business, maybe he really gets a treasure!

A few children in Shanzi stone, after seeing enough of the excitement in Qinghe's house, they reluctantly walked back, and met this group of peacock-like sons and daughters halfway through, and the children were curious, so they followed behind this group of sons and brothers together with a group of naughty children in the village, and walked all the way back. But after watching it for a while, I saw this group of people walking around the pond at the door of Lin's house, and it was not interesting, the Tao boy ran thirsty and hungry, so he lost the interest of following him, you shouted at me, I greeted you, left the large group of brocade boys, and ran into the gate of the Lin family.

Shanzi didn't notice it, but his younger brother Shi was left behind alone, with his fingers in his mouth, and the corners of his mouth were drooling, looking at a Ruyi jade pendant on Gao Lanfang's waist a little stupidly, and he couldn't move. The jade pendant was golden yellow, and the shape and color were quite similar to a kind of candy that Aunt Begonia gave him two days ago. The sugar was fragrant and sweet, the best he had ever tasted.

"Little Hanako, get away, these sons are also for you!" A little dog scolded the stone in a threatening manner, and when he saw that the stone was still staring at the jade pendant on Gao Lanfang's waist with all his might, he couldn't help but get angry, and kicked his foot when he raised his foot. Although this little guy is only a teenager, but the stone is even smaller, just two years old, where can I eat the little guy's hard kick, and he fell backwards and flew out.

As far as I could see, the place where the stone fell was the embankment paved with blue stones......

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This chapter is so astringent...... It's really difficult for the heroine, the most difficult thing is not material life, money trading, it's rare to have different consciousness and different concepts......