Zhao Wei laughed when he heard this: "You narrow girl, why do you talk about this matter?" My aunt's grandson, Shiying, is the same age as me, but he is only two months older than me, and he is very thin, and he doesn't look as old as me. It's just that he wanted to call my cousin to me, and he was probably unconvinced, but he didn't dare to say anything in front of his grandmother and father. When you see him in the future, don't laugh at him about it. ”

Zhao Xiu saw that he had shifted his attention, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and said with a smile: "I don't need to laugh at him, he wants to call you, a cousin who is younger than him, doesn't he need to call me a cousin aunt who is younger?" If he really cares, he will be depressed for the rest of his life. ”

Zhao Wei laughed, in fact, he also thought it was quite interesting in this matter, because his grandmother was a stepfamily, although she was young, she was a big generation, and her brothers and sisters also had a large group of older juniors. On weekdays, relatives of the clan greet each other, and many middle-aged people in their thirties and forties will politely call them "uncle" and "aunt" to their two children, and some older people with gray hair call them younger brothers and sisters. To outsiders, it's really funny.

After laughing, Zhao Wei introduced his sister to the members of his aunt's family. The eldest aunt Xu Zhao, whose maiden name is Yuan Niang, is the only biological daughter of the Lao Jun Gong Dynasty and the Qin family, and she is three years older than the Zhang family, and when the Zhang family entered the door, she had been married for several years. The two sons and one daughter of the old county princess, in fact, this eldest daughter has the most confidence and the hardest heart, whether it is Zhao Jiong, the eldest son, or Zhao Zhuo, the son-in-law from the stepfamily, in front of her. None of them dared to speak loudly. The old county prince is ashamed of his wife, and he loves his eldest daughter very much, no matter what his daughter says. As long as it is not a rebellion, he will accept it. When she was still in the boudoir, she heard that Zhao Jiong was going to walk around when she saw her, and the old Aunt Qian once wanted to spoil her face, and as soon as she sued the old county princess, the old Aunt Qian was banned for three months.

Her husband, Xu Chonglun, is a famous scholar. When he was young, he was only eighteen years old and won the second list of Jinshi, and he entered the Hanlin Academy. looks like a talent, and he is in the limelight for a while. The old county prince took a fancy to this son-in-law at a glance, and quickly booked the person, and the happy event was done in less than half a year. Zhao Yuanniang got married that year. It can really be regarded as ten miles of red makeup. The old county prince and the old lady of the Qin family almost didn't accompany her half of the Jiannan Hou Mansion, she gave birth to grandchildren, and Aunt Qian's grandmother was still talking about the property she took away, but she was talking in private, and she didn't dare to say a word in front of the old county prince, so that he heard it, and it must be another three-month grounding.

Zhao Yuanniang has only one son, named Xu Peizhao. I also won the lift at a young age, and I am only in my early thirties this year. I am preparing for the exam. His wife is the daughter of the famous Bian family in Jiangyin, and she also gave birth to a son, Xu Shiying, who has also been smart since childhood. The descendants of the Xu family are not luxuriant, but they are all dragons and phoenixes. When his uncle Xu Chonglun was appointed as the prefect of Yanzhou, he heard that the official reputation was very good and his political achievements were clear. My aunt is blessed to have a full life now.

But maybe she is too blessed, she can't be busy just with her mother-in-law's affairs, and since her parents died, she has become much more estranged from her mother's family. Zhao Xiu still remembers that when her parents were killed, although this aunt stood on the side of their little second room and accused Zhao Jiong of being vicious and vicious, she really never came to Fengxian to visit her stepmother and nephews and nieces, even if her husband was a fellow acquaintance in a neighboring province at that time, she just sent someone over. Maybe in her opinion, whether it is Zhao Jiong or Zhao Zhuo, they are both half-brothers, and no one is more noble than the other, right? It's just that the relationship between the Zhang family and the old lady of the Qin family is better, and she is also decent, so Zhao Yuanniang respects it. Xiao Changfang's family is not a good thing, and she is even more cold. Anyway, she will send someone to the small second room to give gifts and greetings during the New Year's holidays. She didn't care about Xiao Changfang at all.

Thinking of this, Zhao Xiu's resentment towards this aunt was reduced. Forget it, anyway, they are not very close relatives, and they look better on each other's faces, as long as the other party's three views are slightly correct, she doesn't need to think too much.

Zhao Wei wrote a letter to his cousin Xu Peizhao, greeting them for the safety of their family, and thanking him for his hospitality a few days ago, and then mentioned that the outer six rooms wanted to buy Doumai, and he didn't say anything in detail. After writing the letter, he personally went to the outer sixth room, and received a thousand thanks from the owner of the outer sixth room, and politely sent him out.

With such a thing, there was more contact between the second room and the outer six rooms, and in the eyes of the sect room, Zhao Yu felt very uncomfortable, and he was still a little suspicious: "The outer six rooms are usually silent, but they always like to get in my way, could it be that they were instructed by the second room?" ”

Zhao Jing reluctantly persuaded him: "Why should my father be careless? It is also common for clansmen to have contacts with each other, besides, Zhao Qixuan's father and son in the outer sixth room have often gone to the second room for half a year, didn't you say anything at that time? ”

Zhao Yu glanced at him: "Idiot! What is Zhao Qixuan? His father and son are just going to go to the second room to fight the autumn breeze, at most they are helping to run errands, what can I say? But Zhao Hui is different, he is the head of the Outer Sixth Room, and his every move represents the will of the entire Outer Sixth Room. In the past, he only cared about his own business, and occasionally competed for the limelight in the clan, and I didn't care about him, but he was just a businessman, with a humble status, and he couldn't get on the stage no matter how much he jumped. But if he climbed to the second room, it would be different. The second room has the right, and the outer six rooms have wealth, if the two of them join forces, will our sect still have a place to stand? ”

Zhao Jing said: "Father is really careful, the outer sixth room may be interested in climbing the second room, but what are the pictures of the second room?" Wealth? The second room is only afraid that it is richer than the outer sixth room, and if you want to find a vassal, then you don't need it. We have two rooms in the family and nine rooms outside, who doesn't look at the face of the second room? If the second room wants to squeeze the zongfang, do you still need to spend that amount of thought? ”

When Zhao Yu heard this, he was annoyed, but he had to admit that his son's words were reasonable. But no matter how reasonable he is, he is still unhappy in his heart. Now that his son has taken over the position of patriarch, although he is still filial, he is no longer as obedient as before, and he often doesn't take what he says to him, or he should inherit it back then, but then he found the eighth old lady to teach him a lesson and forced him to take back his previous life. It's so depressing.

Liu Ying once again got the opportunity to slander: "The second room didn't compete with the sect house in the past, it was the old county prince who was benevolent and respectful of the name of the head of the sect. But now that the second room is in charge, it is no longer the old county prince, who knows what she thinks now? If you really have no intention of wooing the clansmen to crowd out the clan, why do you do so many things to buy people's hearts? It's a pity that his family wants to buy people's hearts, and they are not sincere enough. said that most of the land returned by Xiao Changfang belonged to the clan, but his family got the 4,000 mu of clan land, so he didn't mention it anymore, but let the clansmen fight with Xiao Changfang. It's clear that you've got the benefits, so you don't care about the lives of others, where is the old man, you think about your clansmen? How is it that the people of the tribe do not know what is good and what is bad? ”

Zhao Yu listened. is even more unfair, and when he talks to his clansmen, he reveals this meaning intentionally or unintentionally.

The tribesmen were not yet confused, and they were not impressed by what he said. That's when it happened. Zhang didn't know if he had a letter. Suddenly called them to say, don't get entangled with Xiao Changfang, Xiao Changfang has an official anyway, if they are angry and look for their bad luck, where can the clansmen stop it? She is willing to take out the 4,000 acres of clan land and rent it to the clansmen for farming, and the rent is slightly lower than the general level. But the fields are all good and good, and they produce more grain than ordinary fields. Because it is rented, it does not have to pay so many taxes.

The clansmen were moved again, knowing that this was the second room deliberately giving preferential treatment to the clansmen, and they came to thank them, so they held a clan meeting again to discuss how to distribute the 4,000 acres of clan land. As for chasing the family property to Xiao Changfang, they temporarily left it behind. Zhao Yu wanted to say anything, but they also refuted him one after another, treating him as a clown who likes to chew his tongue and pick right and wrong.

Even the people closest to Zhao Yu in the past persuaded him in private: "Brother Jing is doing very well, you are enjoying Qingfu at home, why bother thinking about all these things, and fighting with the second room?" How many years have been peaceful, and the old lady in the second room is also generous, and you suddenly made a fuss, could it be that you listened to your slanderous rumors? She came out of the small long house, so she naturally helped the old master speak. It's just a girl, don't take her too seriously. If you love her color, you should have more gold beads with her, she is sensible, you spoil her, if she is not sensible, and she has to speak for the old master, she is not familiar. You also have silver at home, and you take it out for eight hundred dollars, what beauty can't buy it? Don't call a room girl to coax a few words, and even forget what your identity is. ”

Zhao Yu's face was very ugly, and then he looked at the eyes of other clansmen, all of them hated iron and steel, or treated him as if he was a fool, thinking about it carefully, although he was not very popular in the clan in the past, but the clansmen also respected him, at most they had some complaints, when did everyone's attitude towards him change? It seems that he took Zhao Ze back and went straight to the ancestral hall......

Niu gave him five hundred taels of silver, promised an official position, and gave a beautiful girl, he was really dizzy, and he had old grievances with Xiao Changfang, but he seemed to have forgotten all about it, and he couldn't get along with Xiao Changfang and Xiao Erfang. No wonder the nephews of the clan who went to Beijing with him at that time looked at him so strangely......

If you think about it, what is five hundred taels of silver? Zongfang's annual income is more than this number, and it is even more of a drop in the bucket for Xiao Changfang, as for the official position, even Zhao Jue himself is only a sixth-grade military attaché, when will it be his turn to say that Xu Ren will definitely be able to do it as an official? Even if his family really climbed into any palace, they can't compare with the emperor! and Liu Ying's girl, although she is lovely, but she is just a girl after all, even if she misses the love of the old master, now he is her husband......

Forget it, the second room and the small long room are fighting back and forth, isn't it a housework? Now that the second room is ignored, what is it for him to insert it? The two families are officials, each has its own reliance, he stirs up peace in the middle, and the two ends are not pleased, and the clansmen still dislike him and give him the position of patriarch. What's the point of him fighting?

Zhao Yu was a little disheartened for a while.

The Zongfang stopped, and the clansmen who were originally clamoring to go to the capital again to talk to the Niu clan of Xiaochangfang also returned to their hometowns one after another because the New Year was approaching. With the land promised by the Zhang family, they have no intention of making trouble with Xiao Changfang anymore, but they still have to report to the government, even if Xiao Changfang refuses to return the family property, they are not members of the Zhao clan, let alone the descendants of the county grandfather!

The Zhang family will rent the land to the clansmen, not because she has relented to Xiao Changfang again, nor because she is preparing for Zhao Yu's gossip, but because some news she has heard recently has made her uneasy. The granges that were suspected to be the property of the Ying Wangfu have changed hands, and the people who were in charge of the affairs have all disappeared in a short period of time, and several merchants who have dealt with them many times have had fires in their homes, or the whole family has encountered bandits, I don't know if they have noticed that someone is probing, so they are so ruthless. The Zhang family believed that the King of Guangping would have a way to deal with the Ying Wangfu, but she didn't know the details, in order to protect the safety of the people, she could only let them restrain a little, in case the little Changfang dog jumped off the wall in a hurry.

Zhao Wei and Zhao Xiu brothers and sisters didn't know anything about their grandmother's worries, the former was still immersed in the endless sea of learning, while the latter happily welcomed back Wang Fulai, he had already bought ten houses near Nanhui Port, the place is not big, but it is very suitable to rent to passing merchants to stay or store goods, just clean up the place, there are already four merchants living in it, it is really a good start.

Within two days, the second uncle Zhang Chaoyi sent a letter that he had found a house that could be used as a workshop, bought a batch of looms, and hired more than a dozen weavers. Immediately afterwards, the tea makers Zhao Qixuan was looking for also landed. (To be continued......)