The sixth master thought for a while and said: "This house with blue bricks and tiles is one of the best houses in our Chengjiazhuang, and it can't even get a hundred or ten taels of silver." Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info even a hundred taels. ”

The father nodded, but did not speak.

The sixth master began to count the heads. The two adults and two children on the father's side are clear at a glance. Cheng Linghui is in some trouble here. First of all, the mother is divorced and does not count. Moreover, Cheng Linghui is a daughter who has gone out, and it can't be counted according to the rules. But if she doesn't count, where did Lu Xiaoxiao come from? Therefore, the sixth master opened one eye, closed one eye, and counted her as one. Lu Xiaoxiao counted one. Grandma counts as one. In this way, there are three people on Cheng Linghui's side.

Three to four, Erniang's side takes advantage. The woman was dissatisfied, but remained silent.

The house and the land were divided in a three-to-four ratio.

Thirty acres of land, erase the odds, Cheng Linghui gets twelve acres. Erniang picked the house first, and Cheng Linghui picked the land first. Cheng Linghui will naturally not be polite, and will do her best to pick a good place. Erniang quit, and it was another trouble.

The sixth master came forward and exchanged two acres of thin land for Cheng Linghui. That's it.

Erniang asked for a house, and she should give Cheng Linghui forty-two taels of silver. More than forty taels of silver is not a decimal number. With Erniang's character of only entering and not leaving, she doesn't give it. The sixth master saw that she would make trouble, and the family would not be able to divide it at dawn. took the initiative to set aside two acres of good land from his father's field, and converted it into a house price and gave it to Cheng Linghui.

Cheng Linghui had calmed down at this time, and she only felt disheartened when she saw the family in front of her who had worked so hard to maintain fall apart. There is no longer any argument for the result. I knew in my heart that I would suffer a loss by dividing myself like this, but I didn't say anything more.

wrote the paperwork at the moment, and Cheng Linghui and his father each pressed their fingerprints. As an intermediary, the sixth master also pressed his fingerprints. This instrument is considered to be in full force.

Erniang didn't wait for the neighbors to disperse, and immediately asked Cheng Linghui to move away. Cheng Linghui didn't say a word, asked people to pack up their things and moved to the stage in the village overnight. The fourth sister sat among a lot of miscellaneous things, looking in the direction of the house and crying. When Cheng Linghui arrived at this time, her eyes were sour and she couldn't shed tears.

The next day, the second sister and the fifth sister also rushed over when they heard the news. The sisters cried again on the stage. Chang Jiwen wants to take this family to Zhuanshui City. Cheng Linghui stubbornly refused. She had an idea of her own. If she hadn't raised her eyebrows and exhaled for her mother, she wouldn't be called Cheng Linghui.

She took off her skirt and put on her old clothes. The child in the womb is still young, and she has a slender figure, so it is not obvious. Not to mention that Lu Xiaoxiao's eyes sparkled when she looked at her, it was the little daughters-in-law in the village who married in later couldn't help blushing when they saw her on the stage.

Flowers are like smoke, and they look at the gap and dip it on her. For this reason, Lu Xiaoxiao was very jealous. Chang Jiwen was even more sour. He is now unofficial and light, and some of them are idle. The Chang family has separated early. He got a big mansion and sat on 100,000 taels of silver left by his father. Even if there is no reward from the emperor, it is more than enough to be a rich idler in this small place of Zhuanshui City in this life.

Therefore, this Chang Sanye entrusted his eldest son to his sister-in-law, moved to the stage of Chengjiazhuang, and lived with Cheng Linghui's family.

In July and August, it's not cold to live on the stage. It's just that there are many people, and it is a little inconvenient for Chang Jiwen to get close to his wife. Cheng Linghui didn't have that mind at this time.

The fourth sister was awkward from the first time she saw Cheng Linghui. After moving to the stage, she didn't leave either. Instead, he stayed behind to take care of his mother and grandmother. Cheng Linghui was a little puzzled, Sun Xinglong could still be said if he didn't come. After all, men have to support their families, so they are not available. But the fourth sister is now the mother of three children, why can't she miss her children?

But the fourth sister ignored her, and grandma couldn't say clearly. It is only said that the sisters take turns to take care of the two old people. Now it's the turn of the fourth sister. Cheng Linghui felt that there was something strange in it, but she didn't have the heart to think about it for the time being. The main thing right now is to build a house.

Cheng Linghui had some savings before marrying Chang Jiwen. She didn't bring another dowry to Chang Jiwen, so those savings were still stored in the silver number of Zhuanshui City.

At that time, whoever wanted to build a house in the village had to say to the village chief if there was a good vacant land. The village people help to lay foundations and build walls and houses, and they don't need to be paid, just take care of the food.

Cheng Linghui has entered the palace and lived in the county government. More knowledgeable than the average person. She held her breath to raise her mother's eyebrows. Naturally, the house will not be shabby. She asked the sixth master for a piece of land. It's just east of the village, not far from Donggou.

Shaxi County is a hilly landform, and Chengjiazhuang is no exception. Surrounded on all sides by a hill bag. The difference is that inside these mountain packs are deep ditches. If the ditch were filled with water, it would be a wide moat. It also serves the same purpose as a moat. Drain water normally, in case there is a bad time, you can isolate external threats. The raised flat land in this deep ditch is where Chengjiazhuang is located.

Because of the special terrain of Chengjiazhuang, the village has not been flooded since the establishment of the village. At best, the rain was so heavy that it collapsed the house. Flooding is not possible here.

Chengjiazhuang is also rarely threatened by foreign forces. Because no matter how tough the bandits look at this terrain, coupled with the walls around the village and the skills of Chengjiazhuang, who would not bring their brains to pull teeth out of the tiger's mouth?

However, it is precisely because of this that it is very inconvenient for Chengjiazhuang people to travel. Go south first through the South Ditch, and then go up to the Ridge. To the north, first cross the North Ditch, then pass the Jinma Ridge, there is the West Ditch to the west, and there is the East Ditch to the east.

More than ten miles east of Donggou, it is Zhuanshui City. There are many people who usually come in and out of the village, too.

There is an old sycamore tree growing at the south gate of the village. And there is an old locust tree growing on the side of the east ditch. The branches were knotted, and some of them were almost touching the ground. No one can tell how many years this old locust tree has grown.

Don't think that Chengjiazhuang is on a high platform that rises abruptly in the middle of the basin-shaped terrain, and there is no water in the village. Although the water resources in Shaxi County are not as abundant as those in Kaizhou, there are still several springs in Chengjiazhuang.

The spring water meandered along the waterway under the house and gathered in the village into two small pools. One to the north and one to the east, right next to the old locust tree. When the water of the pond on the north side was full, it flowed westward, until it reached the west ditch, and then flowed south into the south stream. The water of this pond in the east is full, and it flows southward until it reaches Nanxi.

The water veins of Chengjiazhuang are divided into two channels, one in the north is bitter, and the other in the east is sweet and sweet. Moreover, I don't know why, Chengjiazhuang is located in the wrong direction. People are accustomed to saying that the south side is actually biased towards the southwest. Therefore, the pond on the east side is not due east, it is actually located further south. That's why the elders call it the South Puddle. For this name, the people of the outer village did not find it strange.

The piece of land chosen by Cheng Linghui is on the edge of the South Water Hole, not far from the old locust tree. It's the size of an acre.

At that time there was no shortage of land. There was a shortage of masonry and timber to build the house. The stones are generally opened by themselves, and the bricks and tiles are mostly burned by themselves. Shaxi County does not produce timber, and the wood needed for house beams, purlins, doors and windows needs to be bought with real money. This is a lot of money in people's homes. But Cheng Linghui held her breath, she put the old bottom on the line. So, I picked a piece of land with one acre.

There are not enough people in this village, and many people from other villages have been invited to help. Stones, bricks and tiles are all bought ready-made. Before the farm was busy, all the foundations were lined up.

As soon as the farm was over, the wall began to be erected. Anyone who has built a house on his own knows it. As long as the materials are sufficient. The wall is very fast.

There is a wall on this side, and the carpenter is not idle on the other side. Tighten the door and window frames, especially the door frames, and build them before you start the wall. Generally, when the wall is out of the ground, you have to put the door frame on the first layer of bricks, and then you have to put the window frame on the top.

Cheng Linghui has made a lot of money. This house was built with walls of two feet and four inches, and it was full of blue bricks inside and out. The town objects in the corner of the house are all specially made to be the size of a child's palm, and the sky is round and the place is eight treasures. In the courtyard of the third entrance, the main house has a lot of corners. For the villagers, the town money alone is an astronomical amount.

Beams, purlins, and rafters are the best red pines from the north. A girder alone was placed on the ground, and an adult could not hold it.

Erniang's eyes were red, and she regretted that she easily separated Cheng Linghui. clamoring to split up again. I also went to mess with the sixth master a few times. No one paid attention to her, so she went to the stage every day to scold Sang Huai. The rider is not prepared to go back with something. Cheng Linghui didn't bother to bother with her. Just let the people who do the work be alert.

Her body was a little heavy. I can't wear the clothes I used to wear at home. Now I wear Chang Jiwen's clothes every day. What made Cheng Linghui not know whether to cry or laugh was that Lu Xiaoxiao's stomach quietly bulged when everyone didn't pay attention. looks even more clumsy than Cheng Linghui.

Mother was in a good mood for this.

She is confused and often confuses the past with the present. I thought that Lu Xiaoxiao was Xiuwen, Lu Xiaoxiao was not born yet, so she chattered every day, dogs, dogs. The body is also better than before.

'Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law' two confused people get together, which is really sour and gratifying.

The house has not yet been built, and it is already cold. Cheng Linghui is no longer stubborn. They took their mother and grandmother back to their home in Zhuanshui City. The house, which was still a little empty, was filled with many people living in it suddenly.

During this period, Sun Xinglong came. He is much more stable than when he was younger. I met my grandmother and mother, talked to Chang Jiwen in the outer courtyard for a while, and then went back with my fourth sister.

Cheng Linghui still lives in the original house. She has not forgotten Lu Xiaoxiao's true identity. I was going to put her next door to me. But Lu Xiaoxiao didn't do it, she thought that she came to Chang's house to live with relatives temporarily. Moreover, she has a good relationship with her mother. The 'mother-in-law and daughter-in-law' are reluctant to separate. I lived in the backyard with my mother and grandmother.

Chang Jiwen's four concubines still lived in the side courtyard and did not move.

I haven't seen him for almost a year, and Chang Zhizhou seems to have grown into a big child overnight. It's just that Guan Ju, who has been taken care of by his biological mother, is estranged from Cheng Linghui. The little girl looked at Cheng Linghui's appearance, with a smile on her face, but there was a little alienation in her eyes.

Cheng Linghui is finally back, and the happiest person is Chang Jiwen. Although he has been helping out in Chengjiazhuang, there are many people there, and he lives on the stage. It's very inconvenient.

After dinner, he lay down on the bed and breathed a long sigh of relief: "It's good to be home." "He wasn't there when the Chang family separated. He didn't feel a little bit about this home until now.

Chang Zhizhou poked his head in from outside the door, looked at Cheng Linghui in the house, and shouted: "Mother." Seeing that Cheng Linghui noticed herself, she squeezed in from the curtain. walked up to Cheng Linghui and stared at her stomach.

Cheng Linghui asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Chang Zhizhou said: "The second aunt said that you have a little brother in your belly." When he comes out, you and Dad won't like me. ”

The child's unintentional words couldn't help but arouse the pain in Cheng Linghui's heart. She reached out and hugged Chang Zhizhou into her arms: "That's to tease you." You'll be in the school tomorrow and ask your classmates. See which one doesn't have a sibling in the family? Don't their parents like them anymore? ”

Chang Zhizhou smiled happily: "I know they are teasing me." The eldest aunt always said that a few of us were picked up from the dung heap. Adults always think that children are so foolish, but in fact, we don't believe it. I just wanted to ask. The child's short arms hugged Cheng Linghui's somewhat thick waist and put his head on Cheng Linghui's belly. After listening carefully for a while, he said, "Mother, my brother is talking to me." ”

Cheng Linghui smiled: "How do you know it's a younger brother, if it's a younger sister?" ”

"I like my sister too." Chang Zhizhou looked at Cheng Linghui: "If it were my sister, I would put her around my neck, and on the fifteenth day of the first month, I would take her to see the lanterns." Give her my New Year's money to buy sugar gourds. ”

Cheng Linghui teased him: "Brother, you don't care?" ”

"Tube. What's the matter? Chang Zhizhou said seriously: "Boys can't be petted, otherwise they will grow up and have no interest." If it's my brother, I'll ask him to go to school. If I can't read it well, I'll spank him. ”

Cheng Linghui didn't think that a child would have such a thought, and asked, "Who taught you?" ”

Chang Zhizhou set his sights on the back room.

Chang Jiwen came out of the back room: "I taught." "It's frank.

Cheng Linghui smiled slightly: "I am a hard-working child, before I have a mother's womb, I have a father and brother waiting for a lesson." ”

Chang Jiwen couldn't help laughing, and slipped Chang Zhizhou out of Cheng Linghui's arms: "It's not early, go back to sleep." I'm going to school tomorrow. ”

Chang Zhizhou reluctantly left. Chang Jiwen closed the door, walked in front of Cheng Linghui, leaned over and said, "Let's rest." ”

Cheng Linghui wanted to get up, but Chang Jiwen hurriedly reached out to support her. The husband and wife looked at each other and smiled, and Cheng Linghui said, "Don't you dare to work Chang Sanye." I'm too heavy to serve you, so why don't you go to the side yard? "It's a joke, but it's sour to say.

The smile on Chang Jiwen's face immediately collapsed: "You can't do anything to you now, don't you?" ”

Cheng Linghui lowered her head and hid the bitterness that suddenly surged up in her heart: "I'm not giving you words." I've thought about it seriously. The crown princess is right. The first thing this woman can't want is jealousy. Speaking of which, your little wives followed you first, and I came later. I can't take the name of this big wife, and even men have to occupy it, right? That's not fair to them. I can't get over this in my heart. ”

Chang Jiwen's face was cold.

Cheng Linghui knew that he was angry, so she shrunk her neck and didn't dare to look at him.

Chang Jiwen suddenly turned around and went out.

Cheng Linghui quietly raised her eyes and found that he was no longer in the house. patted his chest and spit out secretly. She is afraid of Chang Jiwen's problem, and it is estimated that she will not get better in her life. Thinking that Chang Jiwen went to the side courtyard to find those concubines, he couldn't help but feel sad.

She forced herself not to think nonsense and went to close the door. Who knows, as soon as his hand touched the door, Chang Jiwen lifted the curtain and came back: "You want to close me out again?" ”

"No ......" Cheng Linghui retracted his hand.

Chang Jiwen turned around, closed the door again, and latched it. Facing Cheng Linghui, he said: "I advise you to die, don't want to drive me away in this life." He stretched out his arm, wrapped his arms around Cheng Linghui's stiff waist and walked towards the back room. While helping Cheng Linghui to widen his clothes, he said with a sense of resentment: "Calculate carefully, the two of us are even." I don't care about the people you provoked, and in the future, you are not allowed to talk about my previous foolish accounts. (To be continued.) )