Xu Guozhi and Chen Xiucai grew up together, his father followed Sister Yao when he was a child, his mother's body was weak and her eyes were not good, thanks to the help of Wen Xiu, she washed and sewed up, carried water and firewood, and helped Aunt Xu with housework under the scolding of Mrs. Chen.

In order to make money, she went to the mountains every day to chop firewood and sell it on the market.

Xu Guozhi was busy going in and out, all the water bandits were exterminated, and hundreds of miles were rushed to the court's commendation, and the credit on his head was recorded again. In the area of Yuhang, the river water is more on the river to make a living, not only merchants everywhere but also ordinary people who make a living by boats, those robbers not only rob merchants but also rob civilians, how many men were killed by sharp knives, how many innocent girls were damaged by water bandits, Governor Xu personally went to the river to capture the bandits and won a complete victory, the crowd along the river was full of celebrations, when the robber leader was executed in front of the city tower, the sound of artillery outside the city sounded.

As soon as the bandits were exterminated, Xu Guozhi asked his master to dress up Chen Xiucai and take him to various chambers of commerce. If Xu Guozhi can let him do business in the name of the governor, but he has always been an official and upright, even if he does, Chen Xiucai may not accept it. At this time, there are many traders who come to Yuhang to do business, each region has set up a chamber of commerce, all the local people, go out and encounter any trouble, if you can find the hometown chamber of commerce, you can always get help to return to your hometown safely, if you are lucky, climb the traders with thick waist poles, get the capital, and also make a small fortune.

Most of the chambers of commerce I went to started with silk, and there were even imperial merchants who specialized in the business of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. These people are thieves and thieves, and they have thousands of acres and acres of land at home, and they have a relationship with the government, and they have a lot of money and profits. The master has followed Xu Guozhi in office for many years, and the Beijing master is treacherous, and he has been able to follow Xu Guozhi for more than ten years, and he has developed a pair of intestines that can figure out people's minds. I understood what the Governor meant immediately.

Chen Xiucai relieved himself. Then the silk began to be retracted. The capital is borrowed from Xu Guozhi, although there is a lot of silk in Jiangnan, but there are few high-quality good silks. Not everyone can afford to wear that good silk. Small families can't afford to buy the whole silk ara, and those who are all over Qiluo are either large silkworm farmers or have a solid family background, and they look at the pattern brocade in the inferior silk. When it is shipped to the north, some people are willing to buy it back at a low price and give it to the girl as a wedding or gift. There are more such businesses, and they are no less profitable than those that specialize in large households.

Don't make a lot of money first, the most important thing is to make popularity.

Chen Xiucai settled down and sent letters home one after another. The first few letters were all about safety. How to sell silk and how to meet Xu Guozhi were handed to the family one by one. Not to mention the encounter with the water bandits, it is also because the Li family does not know the depth inside. Follow the worries.

Later, the trustee came, and in addition to the letter, there was a silver ticket in it. Li Shi shook it, because he was illiterate, and asked Xue Jiao to help him read it, saying that this piece of paper could be exchanged for one hundred taels of silver.

Although Chen Xiucai did not mention it in the letter, Li and his children knew that he had encountered water bandits in the river, and the bodies of those who were killed were transported to Xuzhou Mansion by official ships, and the merchants from the next village were inside, and the family cried at the door of the prefect's house.

Knowing that no one in the boatload escaped except Chen Xiucai, Li couldn't help but chant the Buddha with tears in his eyes. Jiangshang is so dangerous, he escaped without it, but it is not God's blessing. Li thought that it was all the dead mother-in-law and Wen Xiu watching in the dark, and planned to wait for the wheat in the field to be cut, so he went to embroider incense to his mother-in-law and Wen Xiu, and went to the temple to worship the Bodhisattva.

The silver ticket, the family thought it was given by Xu Guozhi, and the Li family discussed it with Chen Xuejiao, only to think that this silver was exchanged for Chen Xiucai's life, and he was reluctant to use it when he stuffed it into the dresser. Thinking that the ship sank, the goods were gone, and he couldn't always rely on Xu Guozhi, and wanted to exchange the silver ticket into silver for him to make the capital, the messenger waved his hand, saying that Chen Xiucai sold a boatload of silk to the north, and he didn't know where to float at this time. The Li family exchanged huàn into silver and put it in a row in a box, and let Xue Jiao lock it with a lock and keep it.

When the news of Chen Xiucai's death came, the Li family, the Han family, the Huang family, Wen Ying, and Qingyu all came to ask for the news, only thinking that since then, the Li family has been holding four children, and each family has sent money and food to comfort them.

When Chen Xiucai came to the second letter, the wheat in the field was ripe, and the Li family and the Xu family rushed to help cut the wheat, threshed it and put it into the warehouse.

Chen Xiucai sent silver, and the first thing was to send thank-you gifts to these houses. When she arrived at Li's house, Mrs. Li greeted her with her little feet, held Li's hand and shed a string of tears, welcomed several children into the house, and took melon seeds and dates and put them on the table.

"It's weird, it's still a son-in-law's fortune, and after this catastrophe, won't he be rich and expensive in the future." Mrs. Li picked up the dates, removed the kernel and handed it to Li.

Old man Li glanced at his wife, when the news of his son-in-law's death came, who complained at night that he gave his daughter to the Chen family, crying and scolding Chen Xiucai for a scholar to sit in the museum well, and when it was not good, he picked up a hoe and farmed, and only went out to do business when he was confused, and the daughter who was harmed became a lonely person.

Mrs. Li complained behind her back, and as soon as she turned around, her heart was like a knife, and she chanted Buddha with both hands every day. As soon as Chen Xiucai's letter arrived, she asked Danian to take her to Guanyin Temple to burn incense, and when she encountered water bandits, she was very dangerous, she prayed to God and worshiped Buddha, and worshiped the Bodhisattva all over the sky. Last time, I also sent the small statue of Guanyin offered at home to Li's family, and personally washed my hands and put them on her bedside, so as to ask the Bodhisattva to save the suffering.

The boatload was all lost by the water bandits' knives or were thrown into the water to feed the fish, and only the son-in-law escaped, who family could be as lucky as him. If the son-in-law did not escape, he would only suffer his daughter and four children.

Since then, Mrs. Li has been convinced that this is a bodhisattva with a spirit, so that her son-in-law escaped this catastrophe and kept him safe, and she was happy to put on incense overnight.

I heard Li say that Chen Xiucai met Xu Xiucai back then, but he didn't expect that it would be difficult to get a good fate. She washed her whole body, burned incense in the temple, and gave a sum of 100 yuan for sesame oil.

She was really afraid that something would happen to her son-in-law, so she wanted to prepare the net fruit and sesame oil money, and went to the temple of Tianmen Temple to invite a statue of Guanyin back.

Li and his mother thought of one place, took out the silver from their arms and handed it to Mrs. Li in front of their sister-in-law: "Everyone is worried, this idea of money was brought by Qi An's father." After a few days, let my mother and I go with me to invite Guanyin back. ”

Without waiting for Mrs. Li to speak, Qiao pushed over with a smile: "My brother-in-law is still outside, I brought this silver, you keep it first, and when my brother-in-law is developed, I will also receive thousands of gold." ”

Everyone laughed when they heard this, Xuejiao sat and drank honey water, listening to Li and Mrs. Li discuss the matter of inviting the Bodhisattva. She didn't believe in bodhisattvas in her soul. If she had to put it aside, she would definitely stop the Li family. can also bear a heart for Chen Xiucai's affairs, and it is not impossible to invite a bodhisattva to obtain psychological peace. After listening to it for a while, he smiled and said, "My sister and I will go with my mother." ”

Mrs. Li did not refuse, and said with a smile: "Go all." Go and say goodbye to your grandmother and aunt, they are all blessed. ”

Li Chanchan pulled Xuejiao out, and the impatiens planted in the yard bloomed. The two of them pinched off the flowers and dyed their nails. The second sister-in-law, Wen, saw the two children gathered together in new clothes, and shouted behind the door: "Don't let the juice dye the clothes." ”

Li and Mrs. Li and their two sisters-in-law were talking next to each other. Mrs. Li hugged Qi Ping and stuffed croissant honey into his mouth, seeing that her grandson was eating happily, the folds on her face gathered into a chrysanthemum: "Your mother-in-law can stop." ”

The news that Mrs. Chen piled up the funeral at the door of the north wing room reached the Li family, and Mrs. Li jumped to her feet angrily and scolded for a day.

The entire Baitu Town only said that Chen Xiu died. As soon as Mrs. Chen preached that the Li family was remarried, the matchmaker who had been with her several times actually entered the door of the Li family with a four-color ceremony.

It happened to be the day after Chen Xiucai's letter, and Mrs. Li poured a basin of water on the matchmaker's face and scolded: "Rotten heart and lungs." I'd rather demolish a temple than a marriage, my son-in-law is doing business well outside. How did you come to the door and say that the matchmaker is coming, this is not a curse on my son-in-law for something, a ruthless old man. ”

The matchmaker who has a lot of elves, after eating this scolding, went to Maoshan Village to inquire, and it turned out that Chen Xiucai was not dead. She stumbled and scolded Mrs. Chen for cheating her, doing her job relied on wind reviews and mouths, and she didn't even inquire about people's lives and deaths, so she rashly carried things to the door, who would dare to find her matchmaker in the future, this is not what it is to cut off her wealth.

Mrs. Chen let her suffer this loss, she was naturally angry in her heart, and went around Baitu Town to grow up and talk about the West Family, and the entire Baitu Town knew that Mrs. Chen was vicious, and her stepson forced her daughter-in-law to remarry before she died.

Sanfang has been divided into homes, Chen Zifu picked up the craft of grinding tofu, and picked up the burden to sell in the town every day, knowing that his old lady Chen's own son, the customers who had just accumulated were lost, and the angry Cai scolded more than once. This matter let Mrs. Cai know, she walked around the town, and everyone said that Mrs. Chen was not only bad for her stepson, but also for her own second son.

The widow is getting married, or being a stepfamily, which is not a big deal in Baitu Town. But there are few steprooms like Mrs. Chen who treat the original children harshly, and soon the whole town spread the things that Mrs. Chen did, forcing her stepdaughter to marry her nephew, and finally treating her to death, and grinding the stepson's family every day.

When Mrs. Chen heard that Chen Xiucai was still alive, she gritted her teeth and scolded: "The thousand-year-old Wang Ba is really forbidden to live." ”

Somehow the word came out, the matchmaker and Mrs. Cai preached every day in the town that she was black-hearted and a honey-coated arsenic. These words quickly reached the ears of Old Man Chen, who used to turn a blind eye to the things that Old Lady Chen did, but now her bad reputation has spread outside, which shows how vicious she is.

At dinner in the evening, Old Man Chen drooped his face, and Mrs. Chen thought that the words she said every day were passed on by Zhang's family, and pointed at her and scolded: "How can you make this rice, you have lived so big, you can't even cook rice, and you put so much salt in the dish and want to salten me?" ”

Old Man Chen knocked on the table: "I ate this dish just right, unlike the sugar-coated arsenic, which looks sweet but can poison people." ”

Mrs. Chen took a breath of cold air when she heard the sugar-coated arsenic, she didn't know these words that scolded her, but she didn't expect them to reach the old man's ears. The old thing looks like this, pointing to Sang scolding Huai and saying that she is no more embarrassing than scolding her to her face.

Zhang looked heartless and said with a smile: "Dad still knows how good I am." ”

Mrs. Chen looked at Zhang's stupidity and wanted to scold her, but she didn't know how to speak, and since then she has a heart disease, lying on the kang and humming, saying that her mouth is delicious, and her heart is on fire.

A few days later, Wen Yan came to the door. Mrs. Chen's rumors spread to the Duan family, and she had a dislike for the Duan family's sister-in-law, because of a little matter, she was stabbed by the sister-in-law by taking advantage of Mrs. Chen's notoriety, and she slept and came to the Chen family to ask for an explanation.

Wen Yan saw Mrs. Chen lying on the kang, crying and holding her mother's hand to complain, Mrs. Chen was angry and anxious, and howled: "I can't blame me for this, I blame the dead ghost in the big house." (To be continued)