Zhao Ze's injury is actually not very serious, although the Niu family beat him to get angry, but he didn't forget that now the whole family still counts on him to make money, even if he wants him to go to the second room to fight the autumn breeze, he can't beat people too badly, right? Before, he was lying on the bed and couldn't move, because the flesh and blood on the surface were blurred, and because he had missed the healing. Now that he has a quiet place to recuperate, the doctor's medical skills are good, the medicines are all good medicinal materials, and there are people waiting for him with good soup and water, and after seven or eight days, his injuries are almost healed, although his body is still a little weak, but at least his movement is no longer hindered.

As soon as Zhao Ze saw that his injuries were healed, he immediately left the rented house with the old servant and his sister Zhao Man, and returned to the yard rented by his family. He also sent back the subordinate sent by the second room to guard the door, and wrote a letter for the other party to bring back to Zhang.

The letter said that thanks to the kindness of the nobleman - he did not dare to call his great-grandmother anymore - and now that his injuries had healed, he did not dare to covet comfort any longer, so he took his leave and went home. He will work hard to earn money to repay the medical money he owes, and please don't have to worry about his life anymore. He is the son of a sinner, and if the nobles have a lot of dealings with him, they are afraid that their reputation will be damaged.

Zhang read the letter, sighed, and only felt that this child really understood the righteousness, and those bastard things in the past were all due to the relationship between his parents who had not been taught, and he cherished Zhao Ze more and more in his heart. Zhao Xiu listened to it, and also felt that Zhao Ze was not bad, but unfortunately, he wanted to live with the Niu family, with such a grandmother here, who would dare to reach out to help him? This time, he once again declined the help of the second room, but he was afraid that the Niu family would be even more angry, right?

Niu was indeed very angry, and she saw that Zhao Ze had come back with someone. Before he had time to be happy, he heard that he refused to help the second room, and even the silver that the second room spent for him this time. He also counted himself as a debt, which was too far from her original expectation, and she directly pointed at Zhao Ze's nose and scolded: "Are you a fool?" First of all, the people in the second room wanted to carry you away to treat your injuries, but I didn't let you, but then I figured it out, and I didn't go to make trouble with you, just hoping that after you got better, I climbed up to his house. So I can get money for my family. Now you're back directly, and you don't want any benefit, are you stupid?! My son was a shrewd son. Why did he give birth to such an idiot as you? Eighty percent of them were spoiled by your mother's slut! You know that there is not much money left at home, and more than a dozen people, large and small, are waiting for the silver in the second room to go to the pot, not only do you refuse to accept the money, but you also count the used silver as a debt? You just want our whole family to starve to death?! ”

Zhao Ze lowered his head and did not speak. Niu pulled his eldest granddaughter Zhao Xiang: "You go and tell your brother." Let him know what good things he's done! Am I doing it for my own pleasure? Not for your brothers and sisters? He is such a big person, he doesn't rely on the second room, where can he find a good errand? Do you really expect him to work as a coolie and earn a few pennies a day? You are also twelve years old, you should get married in a few years, there is no money at home, no dowry, is it possible to marry a peddler pawn? Really...... Don't worry about any of them! ”

Niu Shi threw his sleeves and went back to the room. Zhao Xiang looked at his brother, and hated iron for not making steel: "Grandmother's words are not unreasonable. The eldest brother is just thin-skinned, but what is our family like now? What else do you want to be cheeky about? ”

Zhao Ze said calmly: "Ming'er, I'll look for a job, as long as there is a job to do, I can always earn silver." ”

Zhao Xiang was so anxious that he stomped his feet: "It's up to you?" What kind of work can you find? Even if you wait for the clansmen to enter Beijing and open a shop and ask you to be a buddy, it is not a decent errand. You might as well go out with your grandmother and me and visit a few adults. You have injuries on your body now, and you only said that your employer beat you earlier, and you just pretended to be pitiful in front of those imperial histories. As long as we can fight for some property from the second room, we will not have to fight the autumn wind everywhere in the future. I know that my eldest brother is thin-skinned, so I don't have to worry about it in the future. ”

Zhao Ze said categorically: "I'm not going." We were originally the family members of the criminals, and it was with the help of the second room that we were able to avoid the suffering of exile. Now I don't want to repay the favor, but I have to calculate others, I can't do such a thing. You'd better not go, what's going on in our house? In order to fight the autumn breeze before, relatives and friends who had a harmonious relationship were about to become enemies, and if you toss it again, what good can you do? You are a girl, when you are idle, you just read at home, do some needlework, and rarely show your face outside. If we walk around the inner city too much, and attract any adults to look sideways and blame it, our family will become more and more unable to turn over. ”

Zhao Xiang only regarded him as a stubborn dead eye, and he didn't take his words to heart at all, but angrily went to his grandmother to complain, saying that he refused to go out with them to visit. Niu Shi stretched his face and said, "What's the use of wanting this grandson?" I don't know if filial piety is not to be said, it is always a bad old lady's business! I knew this earlier, when he just killed his cousin and fell ill, he should have let him die of illness, and your mother would not have caused such a big incident in order to hide this secret, causing our family to lose even the title. ”

Seeing Zhao Xiang looking at her with a shocked face, she reacted, she had always denied that Zhao Ze had killed her brother in the past, but today she forgot about it, and said busily: "Okay, okay, let's ignore the evil obstacle." Ming'er, you go to Huo's house with me. According to the day, Feng Yushi's wife Ming'er should go to the Huo family to see her sister-in-law, while Mrs. Huo likes you now and is willing to help us, we can get things done as soon as possible. ”

Zhao Xiang was a little shy when he heard this, lowered his head and stirred his handkerchief and said, "Grandmother, do you really want to give your granddaughter to the son of the Huo family?" "It's not that she dislikes it, it's really that the Huo family and her family are both guilty of official crimes, my father was beheaded because of the rebellion, and the Huo family is even more unlucky, his family is older, and he has a reputation for fame, but he was sentenced to exile for his crime, was escorted to the northwest, and died of illness on the way. Mrs. Huo is now living with her thirteen-year-old son, and all her family property has been confiscated, and she can live in a small courtyard house in a place close to the bustling city like Zhangshanjia Hutong, and she does not have to worry about food and clothing, all thanks to the help of her mother's family. Her two maiden sisters both married into the families of officials, and gave birth to sons, their status is stable, and they have not been affected by the rebellion case, so they can still help her from time to time.

Although the husbands of Mrs. Huo's two sisters have low official positions, one is the governor of a small place, and the other is the imperial history of the court, but they are still powerful. In order to achieve the goal of the Niu family and make friends with the Huo family, Zhao Xiang did not object, but if she wanted to marry Mrs. Huo's youngest son, she would not be happy. They are all children of criminal officials, and their family backgrounds are not good, even if they have good relatives, they are not as rich and powerful as their own families. How could she be inferior to such a person?

Niu's gave her a blank look: "Grandmother is not confused, what does the Huo family want, why should you marry our family?" When his Lao Tzu didn't die in the past, he was just a sixth-grade official, and our family was still a sixth-grade family. If it is the son of the Yushi family, or the young master of the Zhizhou family, then you can still consider it, and the son of the Huo family will forget it. Now Mrs. Huo is delusional, but we still have a place to use her, and we can deal with it, and when the big things are done, who will pay attention to her? If it's really urgent, it's a big deal to marry Zhao Man, and it's almost over. ”

Zhao Xiang nodded with satisfaction, but he didn't know that Zhao Man, who had just returned home, was standing outside the window, gritting his teeth when he heard it, glaring at the house hatefully, and turned to leave.

Zhao Xiu's family still doesn't know that the ancestors and grandchildren of the Niu family are eyeing their family, and they have just ushered in Gao Zhen, the prince of Guangping, and his party. Gao Zhen came to the door today to bring ice cubes to their house. A few days ago, Zhao Xiu went to see him, and when he came back, he personally sent people all the way home, and immediately "discovered" that the Zhao family's small house seemed to be quite stuffy, and today he sent two cars of ice over, only saying that it was saved in the winter of the palace, but now it can be used, there are many surpluses, and it will be whitened without use, so it is better to give some to the Hou family in Jiannan.

Zhang felt that he was careful and thoughtful, and he didn't refuse, so he accepted it with a smile, and said: "After Sister Xiu'er was governor, it was the first time to spend the summer in Beijing, and I didn't know the climate here, so I didn't prepare ice cubes in advance. Since the beginning of summer, the weather is getting hotter and hotter day by day, the family boils the summer soup all day long, the fan is fanned from morning to night, and people wash the floor with water every day, all of which have no effect, and they still have to rely on ice cubes. Our family also bought some outside, but the ice cubes are very expensive now, and I can't buy much if I want to, so the two children use them for me first. Now with these two cars of ice, our family can spend this summer comfortably. ”

Gao Zhen smiled lightly, and didn't seem to think it was a big deal: "It's good if you can help, if you run out, you can send someone to tell me, I still have it there." ”

Zhang's was naturally amazed again.

Zhao Xiu stood by the ice basin that had just been prepared, shook the fan and fanned some cool breeze to his face, and suddenly felt that the heat was completely gone. She had to admit that she was really wrong, she should have prepared the ice earlier, if she had known that the summer in the capital would be so hot. But then again, even if you buy ice beforehand, there's nowhere to store it, because this little house doesn't have an ice cellar. If you find a random room to put it, the ice will melt in a few days.

The two carts of ice sent by Gao Zhen are different, they were originally placed in special wooden boxes, as long as they are put into a sealed room and stored properly, they can be kept for at least a month, and after a month, it is already July, and the fire flows in July, when the weather has turned cold, and there is nothing without ice.

Zhao Xiu realized Gao Zhen's carefulness, and was even more grateful, and found an opportunity that neither Zhang nor Zhao Wei noticed, so he whispered to Gao Zhen: "Thank you for your ice cubes, you have helped my family a lot." ”

Gao Zhen glanced at her and asked as if inadvertently, "Are you really thanking me?" How can you thank you? ”

Zhao Xiu was stunned: "What? ”

Gao Zhen looked at the roof with both eyes: "If it's just talking, then it's not necessary." ”

Zhao Xiu stared at him a few times, straightened his waist: "It's not just talking, I really thank you." As for how to thank you, I can't think of it for a while. Why don't you tell me what you want me to do for you? As long as I can do it, I will do it for you! ”

Gao Zhen curled the corners of his mouth slightly: "Is this true?" ”

"Pearls aren't that real!" Zhao Xiu is categorical. (To be continued......)