The old aconitum and the Wu Pozi husband and wife completed the task brilliantly and returned to the Zhao family's two-bedroom house. Zhao Wei personally greeted him in the front yard and bowed to the second elder: "The second elder has worked hard, Zhao Wei has thanked him here!" ”

The old black head showed a slight smile, and helped Zhao Wei up with a cane, while Wu Pozi said beside him: "The little marquis is serious. What credit can we have for not dying? The little marquis gave us the opportunity to scold the poisonous woman, and let us out of the evil anger that has accumulated in our hearts for ten years, and we have to thank the little marquis! ”

Zhao Wei smiled slightly, turned his head and said to the few grandsons of the Wu family who were waiting behind him, "Why don't you help your grandfather and grandmother back?" In the future, if there is anything lacking, just talk about it. ”

The grandchildren of the Wu family were all elated, they had received the reward from the master's family to their grandparents, and the Zhang family sent their family's house back to them in the back street of the Hou Mansion again, and even gave the land deed, and they had land and silver, and those who were willing to work as errands in the Hou Mansion also got the promise that they would arrange ideal posts, and they were satisfied, and immediately happily helped their grandfather and grandmother back to their former home.

Zhao Wei turned around and went to return to Zhang's life. Zhao Xiu also accompanied Zhang's side to wait for the news, and heard that Wu Pozi lived up to expectations and scolded Niu's fiercely and uncovered her skin, and suddenly felt happy, and said with a smile: "Great! She should have been scolded a long time ago. It's just because I have to take into account the image of my daughter of the Hou Mansion, and it's inconvenient to do things, but now someone finally breathes a sigh of relief for us. ”

Although Zhang's heart also felt refreshed, he was still a little worried: "Although Niu's is guilty, he deserves it. Just send someone to the door to scold ...... Now that we are gaining power, Niu's power is weak, I am afraid that some people will criticize it. Say that we bully the weak. ”

Zhao Xiu said disappreciatively: "In the past, when their family bullied the weak, I didn't see what happened to them by public opinion. Now we are still in charge, even if the strong bully the weak? There are many people in the world, and everyone speaks differently, so if we want to take care of everyone's mouth, how can we live? Besides, if we really want to fight a war of public opinion, we may not necessarily lose. If you are worried that there are people who are full of food and support, they will sympathize with Niu and Zhao Xiang. Instead, blame us, then we will condemn Niu's deeds to death, so that she will never be able to turn over again. See who else is going to be nosy. Blaze your eyes on this poisonous woman! ”

Zhao Wei nodded and said, "Grandmother, my sister is right. Blindly retreating, although the purifiers are self-purifying, it also gives their ancestors and grandchildren the opportunity to ruin our family's reputation again. Grandmother is obviously a kind-hearted person. My father and mother were obviously killed. But some people have repeatedly listened to the lies of the Niu family and others, and they only think that our ancestors and grandchildren are greedy for money and give the people of Xiaochangfang a bad name. Don't you feel aggrieved? Even if you don't care yourself, please think about your father and mother, your grandfather's name, and my sister's and my reputation. ”

Zhang's heart was sour: "Why don't I feel wronged? It's just that I think that no matter how bad the Niu clan is, Zhao Jiong's collusion is indispensable, he is the heir valued by your grandfather......"

Zhao Xiu interrupted her: "That's because he pretended to be a clever man when his grandfather was alive." Deceived grandfather. My grandfather used to fight outside for many years, and he might not be able to see Zhao Jiong once a year. It is also normal to not understand the character of the eldest son. Later, when his grandfather came home, Zhao Jiong had grown up, and he was old and treacherous enough, so he deceived his grandfather by pretending to be obedient. It's not my grandfather's fault, it's just that Zhao Jiong and the Niu family are too cunning. Whether it's Zhao Jiong or Zhao Jue, they violated the law of the country, killed people and rebelled, it was all their own fault, not what their grandfather taught them to do. The grandfather tried his best to protect the throne of the first emperor, but Zhao Jiong and Zhao Jue, who were grandfathers and grandchildren, supported King Ying's rebellion, which was unfilial enough. What else is there to say about unfilial descendants? If you really don't want your grandfather to be criticized in the slightest, you can scold the Qian family and the Niu family for not teaching their daughters well, so after their daughters got married, they taught their sons badly. Or you may admit to others that you are also at fault, because as a mother-in-law, you did not discipline your stepson and stepson and daughter-in-law well. ”

The look of shame on Zhang's face flashed, but his mood was better than Fang Cai: "Good boy, you are right, it is the Qian family and the Niu family who are not the goddaughters. The county grandfather is fighting outside, and Zhao Jiong's upbringing is all in charge of Aunt Qian's grandmother, and she is the culprit in teaching the child to be so disloyal and unfilial. The Niu family was an accomplice and taught Zhao Jue badly. They made the decision for Zhao Jue's daughter-in-law Jiang, who also had improper upbringing, fortunately, the child was still young, although she was taught badly when she was a child, but now she can still get lost. ”

Zhao Xiu and Zhao Wei glanced at each other, and they were a little helpless in their hearts. In fact, their grandfather was responsible for the death of their parents, if he could have discovered Zhao Jiong's true face earlier and changed the choice of the son of the world when he was alive, the Zhao family would never have fallen into the fate of withering people today. As a general who has won all battles, he was deceived by the methods of the back house, which is also a dereliction of duty. However, Zhang will never accept this kind of words, she is not only his grandfather's wife, but also his brainless fan.

There is nothing wrong with what the county grandfather does.

If the decision made by the county grandfather is wrong, it must be someone else's fault.

If someone else is not wrong, please refer to the two items above.

This is Zhang's logic. Therefore, Zhao Wei and Zhao Xiu both gave up their plans to change their grandmother's mind, and they mentioned the matter of the law very tacitly.

The festival day of the old county prince is in May, and if you want to do the event 100 days in advance, then the spring of February will begin. For the temples that do things, the Zhang family tends to choose the Guanghua Temple, which is more familiar and closer to home. But Zhao Xiu considered that after the beginning of spring, after the old mansion of Jiannanhou Mansion was repaired, their ancestors and grandchildren would move back to live, and Guanghua Temple would be a little farther away. If you consider the convenience of transportation, the Fahua Temple in Leopard Fang Hutong and the Longfu Temple near the East Fourth Archway are good choices, and they are both big temples. Zhang felt that his granddaughter's construction was also reasonable, but it was difficult to choose, so he decided to ask Mrs. Cao Tai of the General Mansion of Zhuguo about the Dharma affairs of the two temples, which one did better, and then make a decision when the time came.

Zhao Xiu has nothing to do with this. The first month is a good time for relatives and friends to come and go, except for the Cao family, the Zhang family has nowhere else to visit, and by the way, the gossip of the ancestors and grandchildren of the Niu family can be spread to see if they can get through the daughters of the Cao family. Spread out to the circle of generals. It would be even better if Cao Taihe and the general were more powerful and passed on to the forbidden army. Even if Zhang doesn't like to gossip, it doesn't matter. Zhao Xiu had already signaled to Mother Lu to give face-to-face lectures to the male and female servant women below, and they would talk to the Cao family's subordinates.

Zhao Xiu herself mentioned this in a letter to Miss Fang Wu. Of course, she didn't forget to express that she really didn't want to embarrass the old and weak women and children, but the Niu family and Zhao Xiang were so hateful that they directly bullied the door and almost made her grandmother angry. That's why she couldn't help but fight back, and the counterattack was very soft, and she didn't make up nonsense in front of people to ruin the reputation of their ancestors and grandchildren. It's just to send an old family member to reprimand them a few words - as for the onlookers, it was the people themselves who followed, and it was definitely not her intention! However, this technique is too "understated", and the anger in her heart has not been fully vented. I can't help but complain to my good friend again in the letter. Zhao Xiu also explained the past events one by one. What is to fight is to start with the fifth girl Fang and spread the gossip to the civil officials and the ladies from the civil official family.

When Miss Fang Wu saw the letter, she was also surprised that there was such a wicked person as Niu in the world. She didn't like Zhao Xiang very much in the past, and she was always estranged, but there were quite a few sisters who had a relationship with Zhao Xiang, so she had also heard some rumors. Now that she found that the rumors on Zhao Xiang's side were completely inconsistent with Zhao Xiu's statement, and she trusted Zhao Xiu's conduct even more, the balance naturally tilted to Zhao Xiu's side. She's not a tongue-chewing girl. But he couldn't tolerate the good sisters to continue to be deceived by Zhao Xiang, so he solemnly invited the Liu family, the Feng family, and the Cao family to come. Tell them the truth.

Cao Luo had already learned about this from her grandmother and mother, and she also echoed it, which was equivalent to indirectly confirming what Miss Fang Wu said. Feng Xiuqin was directly deceived by Zhao Xiang for a few hundred taels of silver, she felt embarrassed in the past, and she was embarrassed to mention more, but now what else is there to hide? As soon as she said this, the girls were immediately filled with righteous indignation, only to feel that they were blind in the past, and they actually regarded a girl with poor conduct like Zhao Xiang as a friend, and listened to her words.

Some girls drove Zhao Xiang, who came to the door to fight the autumn breeze, because their parents and family came forward that day, and they still felt guilty in their hearts.

Miss Fang Wu and Cao Luo both heard from Zhao Xiu that Zhao Xiang left her seriously ill grandmother at home and ran out to fight the autumn breeze by herself, but in fact, she was reluctant to pawn the clothes and jewelry in her hands, so she hurriedly informed others about it. The girls were again disdainful.

When the girls returned home and talked to their grandmothers, mothers, and sisters-in-law about the harvest of today's small gathering, the wives and grandmothers recalled the dispute between the concubines of the Jiannan Hou Mansion that year. Zhao Jun Gongyuan's temperament, how is the character of the stepfamily, they have all seen it in social occasions, and know that these two are dignified women, and the latter also has some of the high and sour and rotten temperament that girls from literati families often have, but they can be called all the way. As for the biological mother of the former Jiannanhou, Aunt Qian, and his wife Niu, they all have the atmosphere of nouveau riche, and they are the most disdainful of such people. Niu's so-called elopement rumors were indeed circulated in private back then. The wives and grandmothers felt that such words should not be heard by the girls, and they ordered them not to mention it again, but when the juniors left, they communicated again, and they were even more disdainful of Niu.

Niu's has to recuperate and take care of his granddaughter; Zhao Xiang was detained by his grandmother and couldn't go out; The girl Pei'er occasionally went out to buy, but she only walked around the market; The doctor sent by the Hou Mansion never gossiped, so the three of them didn't know that the gossip rumors about the Niu family, Zhao Xiang, and the Zhao family's small long house to which they belonged in the past had spread quickly and quietly throughout the capital. Even the people who lived with them in the alley of Yongji Temple had heard about it, and occasionally they would spit foam at the mouth of their house when they passed by them. The landlord put on a face, even if the lease period has not yet arrived, he urged their grandparents to move out as much as possible.

Zhao Xiang had already been informed by the people who built the Nanhou Mansion that they had rented a small courtyard in the nearby Mianhua Jiutiao Hutong, so that their grandchildren could move in. But she sent Pei'er to see the small courtyard, which was much smaller than the courtyard she lived in now, and the environment was poor. She was reluctant in her heart, thinking that the Hou Mansion would not be able to force them out of the current courtyard no matter what, as long as she didn't leave, they would definitely help renew the rent, so she ignored it. But now that the landlord has spoken, and has brought several tall sons and nephews to help, she is so frightened that she can only cry while packing her luggage.

Zhao Xiang and Niu took the girl Pei'er and moved to Mianhua Jiutiao. I thought that with a new environment, those gossips would no longer haunt them. It's a pity that things are not so cheap. The distance between the two alleys is not too far, and the scolding of Wu Pozi in front of their ancestors and grandchildren is really the most shocking gossip in the nearby area recently, so rumors have also spread. The residents of the nine alleys heard that the protagonist of the gossip had become their neighbors, and whether they were disdainful or curious, they always pointed fingers at their doorstep.

There were also some men in the vicinity, from sixty to sixteen, of all ages. They like to gather in the streets and alleys on weekdays, and when they see the big girls and little daughters-in-law passing by, they have to say a few words of teasing. The peach-colored rumors of the Niu family loomed, which made them itch in their hearts, and occasionally saw the posture of Zhao Xiang and Pei'er a few times, and they were even more haunted, so they couldn't help but say a few words with color outside the wall of their courtyard to tease and take advantage of their mouths. If you see Pei'er going out, the whistle and laughter are all on, and Pei'er is scared. If it weren't for Niu's close attention, she was not allowed to wear an extra piece of clothing and bring an extra penny when she went out, but I was afraid that she would not be able to help but run.

Where can Niu recuperate in this environment? But the doctor invited by Jiannanhou Mansion really had two brushes, and after a few doses of medicine, her illness improved, but it was only improved. The doctor privately lamented that his level was not enough, but Niu felt that he deliberately did not cure himself, and his mouth was not clean. The doctor has a straight temper, he already looks down on her as a person, and when he hears her scolding, he doesn't have a good face, and the daily routine consultation is changed to once every three days, and the medicine prescribed can keep Niu in his current half-dead state, neither getting better nor getting worse, but it is enough for her to be sober enough to face the rumors outside. Niu's spirit is suffering every day, and his temper is getting more and more irritable.

Her irritability will only make two people suffer, one is the girl Pei'er, and the other is her own granddaughter Zhao Xiang. Zhao Xiang felt that he hadn't done anything, and he treated his grandmother as respectful and submissive as before (she thought), but he was suspicious and abused by his grandmother every day, and he couldn't help but feel haggard, and his resentment towards her deepened.

Zhao Xiang realized more and more clearly day by day that Wu Pozi's words were really reasonable. If she continues like this, let alone marry a good husband and enjoy glory and wealth again, I am afraid that her life will be buried in the hands of her grandmother. She had to find a way to deal with this burden. (To be continued......)

PS: Happy New Year!! I wish you all the best in 2015