When Zhao Ze reappeared in the Zhao family's mansion the next day, his complexion was much better, he put on clean, tidy, warm and decent clothes, his hair was neatly combed, his shoulders were hung around his neck with a cloth, and his body exuded a faint smell of medicine, and it could be seen that he was obviously well taken care of. But his spirit is not very good, with a wooden and sad expression on his slightly pale face, which is almost like Zhao Ze, who was dressed plainly but energetically in the past.

As soon as Zhang saw him like this, he couldn't help but redden: "Good boy, how can your grandmother be so ruthless?" Although you are not like your sister, she raised you with her own hands, and you have called her grandmother for more than ten years. Since your parents are gone, what have you been careless about her in the past six months? What is not filial? I'd rather starve and suffer yourself than feed her chicken, duck and fish, she is unreasonable, and you silently bear her beating and scolding. A filial grandson like you, she still dislikes you and wants to put you to death! I'll sell you for a hundred taels of silver......" As she spoke, she couldn't hold back her tears.

Zhao Ze also cried silently when he heard it, but he didn't say anything. His face was full of indifference, and he had probably been hit to the extreme, and no matter how sad things he encountered, he was already numb.

Zhao Wei comforted the Zhang family on the side: "Grandmother, don't be sad, Brother Qixuan took the one hundred taels of silver out to buy Zhao Ze, and he also wanted to save his life." From now on, Zhao Ze has nothing to do with the Niu family and those bastards who don't care about sibling affection at all, and he won't have to be tortured by them anymore. Isn't that a good thing? ”

Zhang choked up and said: "Having said that, he is also a good boy from a decent family." It's the great-grandson of the old county prince, and he was sold to someone else by his own grandmother......"

Zhao Xiu said with a smile: "The one hundred taels of silver are just to plug the Niu family's mouth, Zhao Ze is here." Could it be that Brother Qixuan can really treat him as a slave? This is not a matter of selling good for cheap. Knowing the law and breaking the law, Brother Qixuan won't do it. Isn't it written in the contract? This is an adopted son, not a small house. ”

Zhang calmed down a little, thought about it carefully, and figured it out, this is indeed a good way to get rid of Niu's, Zhao Xiang, Zhao Yan and other superb relatives. But she still felt a little regretful: "If I knew this, I should have remembered Ze Ge'er under our name." He was also a descendant of our second room. ”

Zhao Xiu said disapprerovingly: "Then it won't be done." Doesn't grandmother understand who Niu is? She can sit back and watch her disgusted grandson become the descendant of Jiannan Houfu again. Is she still an expellee? As soon as she said this, she would know that we had pity for Zhao Ze, and she would definitely take advantage of this lion to open her mouth. Maybe they will ask to return to the family. They are the relatives of the great rebel sinners, and this identity cannot be changed in any way, does the grandmother really plan to let the grandfather be said to be the ancestor of the great rebel sinners? ”

Zhang's face changed, of course she didn't want her deceased husband's reputation to be tarnished.

Zhao Xiu persuaded again: "Grandmother." Now Zhao Ze is Brother Qixuan's adopted son. But it's not on the Zhao family tree, it's already a very ideal situation. You don't have to worry about him being offended, Brother Qixuan won't treat him badly, and outsiders can't say that our family has anything to do with the great rebel. Although the identity of the adopted son is not very decent, Zhao Ze is the son of a criminal official, where can he be decent? He didn't expect to study for the imperial examination or anything. Follow Brother Qixuan, learn some business skills, and take charge of a shop independently in the future. Don't worry about food and clothing, and find him a daughter-in-law in a few years. Isn't it a good thing for him to have children and live a peaceful and stable life all his life? ”

Zhang's was slightly moved, if Zhao Ze can really live the stable life that his granddaughter said from now on, it is indeed nothing if he adopts a son or not. Now she has also figured out that Zhao Qixuan's approach is the most suitable, and it can even be said that it is better than every method she originally thought. If there is any shortcoming, it is that this method separates Zhao Ze from his blood relatives, which is a little ruthless. can think of Niu's ruthlessness, this approach is nothing.

She sighed and said to Zhao Ze, who was kneeling in front of her, "Did you hear your aunt's words?" Although I can't let you go back to the second room, the sixth room is also the Zhao family. You just have to live with your Uncle Qixuan, as for your grandmother and younger siblings...... You'll forget about it! ”

Zhao Ze choked up and said: "Although I can't forget them, I can't live up to the kindness of my uncles." Great-grandmother rest assured, I ...... It's going to be fine. When it came to that, I couldn't cry anymore.

Zhang's heart was sad when she heard it, tears came out again, and she took Zhao Ze's hand: "How is the injury?" Your grandmother tossed you again the night before, right? Can you touch a wound? ”

Zhao Wei whispered to Zhang: "Grandmother, Zhao Ze is not Zhao Jue's son now, and his grandmother is no longer Niu's." ”

Zhang was stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted, thinking of Niu's ruthlessness, she snorted coldly and did not refute her grandson's words.

Zhao Ze was a little at a loss. Zhao Wei's words made him sad, but he also knew that it was the truth. Even if he is still bent on being Niu's grandson, Niu's will not wait to draw a line with him, right? As soon as he thought about it, he felt sad, and he didn't want to think about it, so he only focused on Zhang's problem. But this is a question he also finds difficult to answer. Although he felt that his injuries had been much better, but he had told the truth to his grandmother before, but he was regarded as lying, and he was a little uncertain, could it be that the doctor and Lao Zhangtou said that his injuries were lighter in order to comfort him? If it weren't for the fact that the injury was really serious and difficult to treat, Niu would not have sold him lightly. But Zhao Qixuan and his wife both said that his injuries were not serious, and they didn't look like they were coaxing him. Therefore, he himself did not know how far his injuries had healed.

Zhao Qixuan stood aside with a smile, and then stepped forward and said: "Uncle and grandmother, Brother Ze'er's injury is fine, and he has been well raised at first, but this child is too heavy-minded, and he always rests badly, and the injury is a little recurrent." The nephew has already asked a doctor to show him, and he has also taken good medicine. As long as he is willing to let go of his worries and honestly recuperate for two months, the injury will be able to heal, and he will not have any future troubles, and he can still use it as freely as before. ”

Zhao Ze was pleasantly surprised, and Zhang was relieved when he heard this. A smile appeared on his face: "In this case, let him recuperate in our house, right?" Wait until you're done and move back? We don't lack anything at home, and it's much warmer than outside. The yard he rented was too shabby. There is a possibility that they will meet Zhao Yan again, so don't go back in the future. ”

Zhao Xiu interjected again and said: "That courtyard can't be lived in anymore, but if the Niu family and Zhao Yan know that Zhao Ze is here, maybe they will come to make trouble again." Although we are not afraid of them, we will be upset when we see this kind of person too much. Besides, this house is not spacious, and the noisy people coming and going are not conducive to Zhao Ze's recovery, so why don't you let him go to Zhuangzi? ”

Zhao Wei also nodded in agreement: "Exactly." It happened to be the Zhuangzi that I bought in Xishan earlier. The house has been repaired, and there are two courtyards and more than a dozen rooms. The grandson has sent Wang Fu to see it. said that it was cleaned up quite cleanly, so let Zhao Ze go over and live there. His old servants followed him to take care of him, and I asked the village to choose a tenant farmer with good hands and feet to help with some chores. It was a newly bought Zhuangzi, and neither Niu nor Aunt Xiaoqian knew about it. Even if you want to find someone. I couldn't find it either. ”

The Zhang family originally wanted to arrange Zhao Ze to go to that hot spring small Zhuangzi, thinking that it would be more beneficial for recuperating from injuries, but Zhao Wei's mention was not bad. Xishan Zhuangzi is newly bought, but the hot spring small Zhuangzi is known to the Niu family, which place is safer, it goes without saying. She won't be entangled.

Zhao Ze kowtowed to the Zhang family again, and said with tears in his eyes: "Great-grandson...... The great-nephew and great-grandson went, and waited until the wounds were healed. Kowtow to my great-uncle and grandmother again. Great-uncle and grandmother, great-nephew and great-grandson will never dare to forget! I just hope that I can serve my great-uncle and grandmother in the future. I also hope that my great-uncle and grandmother will not dislike Zhao Ze for being useless. ”

Zhang said with red eyes: "Silly boy, as long as you are well, I will be at ease." Go ahead, just listen to your Uncle Qixuan's words, so that you can recuperate and recuperate, don't think nonsense. Whatever you want to do in the future, you must first have a good body. ”

Zhao Ze kowtowed, and then followed Zhao Qixuan away. According to the results of Zhao Wei's discussion with Zhao Qixuan, he will temporarily go to live in a small village in Xishan for a period of time, and the New Year is destined to be spent alone, at most, with a few old servants. After he recovers from his injury, he will also be assigned to work elsewhere according to Zhao Wei's wishes. And he still doesn't know anything about this.

He just numbly accepted the arrangement of the newly baked adoptive father, thinking to himself: There is nothing wrong with following the sixth room, since his grandmother has already disliked him, he should not appear in front of her and hinder her eyes. The great kindness of the Hou Mansion and the Six Rooms, he will do his best to repay it. As for the grandmother and the siblings, if they can live well in the future, it is not in vain that they exchanged him for a hundred taels of silver. He'll hide away from them and keep them upset. But if they don't have a good life in the future and their lives are unsustainable, then if he can do it, he will take it a little bit, and he is also a blood relative of his own family. But don't expect him to give everything to them without regrets as before, who will be the same as before after being completely abandoned......

Zhao Ze didn't know that as soon as he left with his front foot, Zhao Wei and Zhao Xiu sued Zhang with his back foot, intending to let him leave the capital after he recovered from his injury.

Zhang was a little puzzled: "Why is that?" Are you afraid that the Niu family will entangle them again? But they have received a hundred taels of silver, and if they really come to the door and spread the word, they will not take care of it. ”

Zhao Xiu disagreed: "No matter whether Zhao Ze helps us take care of our business or helps Liufang take care of business, it is impossible to be poor in the future anyway." Since there is oil and water to fish, does grandmother think that Niu and Zhao Yan will not come to fish? What is cheekiness? Have they ever had? Even if we reason with the one hundred taels of silver and the contract, they may cry in public and say that Zhao Ze is not filial, because he will not care about his grandmother and siblings because he is sold. How do we make sense? ”

Zhao Wei also thought so: "One more thing, grandmother, do you know what Zhao Ze thinks in his heart?" What if he is still thinking about blood relatives? What if he makes the same mistake again and uses his own money to help the Niu family? We went to such great lengths to save him, but it wasn't for the sake of cheap Niu's ancestors. ”

Zhang was silent for a while, and suddenly asked, "You tell me honestly, this matter ...... Bought Ze Ge'er with silver, didn't you calculate it a long time ago? Did you design the Niu family to sell their grandson? ”

Zhao Wei was silent, but Zhao Xiu said, "Where did grandmother go?" Selling his grandson is Niu's own idea, what does it have to do with us? However, my brother and I heard that the Niu family was making a fuss about expelling Zhao Ze from the house, so we did have some ideas. If the Niu family really doesn't want this grandson. What if we take over? Let Brother Qixuan come forward to accept Zhao Ze, and we will take care of him in secret to ensure his food and clothing are stable. That's what my grandmother has always expected, right? My brother and I did this for my grandmother's sake. But that day, we were just thinking about taking in Zhao Ze who was kicked out, where did we think that the Niu family would do such a desperate job? ”

Zhang's expression softened: "I misunderstood." I should have thought that you are both good boys, how could you do such a sinister trick? She sighed again: "Niu's heart is ruthless, it really lives up to its name, it is like this for us, and it is also true for our own grandson." How is she doing in the future? You don't need to pay attention, let her fend for herself! ”

Leaving Zhang's house, Zhao Wei saluted Zhao Xiu: "Thank you sister." "It was his own carelessness. I almost missed my mouth.

Zhao Xiu smiled: "What is my brother polite to me?" And I'm not lying. The idea was indeed Niu Shi herself, and we didn't expect her to be ruthless to this point. However, if the plan can be successful, the details are not important. ”

Zhao Wei nodded. Then he lowered his voice and said, "It is done." Zhao Yan's silver should also be paid. My sister is now in charge of the house, and I have to ask my sister to take care of it in the accounting room, so don't let my grandmother know. ”

Zhao Xiu readily agreed, but rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Even if my grandmother really knows, it doesn't matter, we just say that the silver is used to arrange Zhao Ze's life." Just because Zhao Ze is nominally not the grandson of the second house. So this account can't be put on the table. Actually, strictly speaking, I'm not lying. ”

Zhao Wei smiled and pinched her nose again.

The money was quickly delivered to Zhao Yan's hands. It's cash silver. Zhao Yan has tested the quality. I found that the amount of silver was abundant, and I was very satisfied. Zhao Qixuan lowered his voice and said to him: "The boat company has a boat back to the south every month, but in the middle of winter, the canal is not easy to walk. If you're in a hurry, you can take a sea boat. ”

Zhao Yan rolled his eyes and said, "Don't be busy first, I still have to arrange some chores in the capital, and it's not too late to leave after the New Year." It's time for the ice in the canals to melt in February, right? You won't have a problem sailing, right? ”

"It's hard to say. This winter is cold, the ice has formed earlier than usual, and it may melt later than usual. Zhao Qixuan looked at Zhao Yan, "If you really can't go through the canal, the sea boat is also good." If you can't put your mind at ease, it's a big deal to go to Tongzhou or Tianjin first, and then it's not too late to take a boat from the canal south until the spring is warm and the ice melts. Don't worry where to live, we have shops in all the big cities, so it's not a problem to lend you two rooms. How about you help us get a few big deals, and I don't charge you for rent? ”

Zhao Yan smiled when he heard this: "Uncle is really a good person. Then a qiē please. ”

After breaking up with Zhao Qixuan, Zhao Yan deposited the silver in a big money village that he trusted, leaving only ten taels for pocket money, and the rest was exchanged for silver tickets, so that it was easy to carry, and then went to meet the Niu family with the lease of Niu's old mansion.

He asked Niu to look at the lease and said, "You can see clearly, the rent has been paid, and it has been paid for three months." The grandson only had enough money to rent for so long, so he had to sign it first. ”

Niu Shizai carefully read the lease, and was still a little dissatisfied: "You said it earlier, I would have given you a little more silver, why should I rent it for a year." ”

Zhao Yan smiled: "Don't worry, this is only temporary. The grandson said that it was a single transaction, and he could earn twenty taels of commission afterwards, and when the time came, the grandson went to find the steward of the emperor's business, and continued for more than half a year, ensuring that the grandmother lived comfortably. ”

Niu's suddenly felt that this grandson was really good, too filial, and he didn't plan to ask her for money to pay the rent, and he would earn silver, which was really a hundred times stronger than Zhao Ze!

But Zhao Yan then changed his words: "It's just one thing, my grandson is worried about how to clean up the house now." The furniture inside, the good ones have been taken away, and the rest are all old things, and there is no furnishings, how can this live in people? At the very least, the main courtyard must be cleaned up. ”

The main courtyard on the west road of Niu's old house is the former residence of Niu's, and she hurriedly said: "Don't clean up indiscriminately, wait for me to tell you how to arrange, you can buy some similar furniture and replace it according to my words." ”

Of course, Zhao Yan agreed, but he was shy in his pocket, so he could only buy some of the cheapest furniture, the one that was used by the poor at most. How can Niu's picky Cheng dù endure such goods? She gritted her teeth, took out thirty taels of silver, and handed it to her grandson to decorate the house. These thirty taels of silver seem like a lot, but in fact, they are not much at all. Zhao Yan not only has to use it to arrange the entire house, but also to complete a task assigned by the Niu family.

Niu Shi instructed so and so, so carefully, and asked, "Do you understand?" This medicine can not be used for business trips! You go and catch it yourself, study it yourself, don't let people see it, even your mother and younger siblings are not allowed to know! ”

Zhao Yan only felt that his grandmother was even more shameless than himself, and couldn't help but question: "The eldest sister is only thirteen years old......

Niu Shi snorted: "Who are you and me?" What can Sister Xiang do at this age? It's just for show. ”

Zhao Yan understood, but he didn't think so. Even if things can really be done, Zhao Xiang has no face to see people, can the Wang family really treat her as a serious daughter-in-law? But this has nothing to do with him, he was still happy to see Zhao Xiang unlucky, so he said with a sneer: "Don't worry, this matter is on your grandson!" He also seemed to remind Niu, intentionally or unintentionally: "It would be good for grandmother to get better as soon as possible, even if the thing is done, the eldest sister will not be able to come forward to fight for herself, and there will always be an elder who will avenge her grievances." ”

Niu fell into deep thought. After a while, she gritted her teeth: "It's okay." I have a prescription here, I have used it before, but after using it, it hurts my body a little, and I need to take care of it for a few months, and I can't use it until I have to, but the medicine is very effective, and after drinking two doses, no matter how bad my body is, I can look like I'm fine. You take the recipe and take two pairs of medicines. When I drink it, I can last two days. When the marriage is done, are you afraid that you won't have the money to hire a good doctor to treat me? (To be continued......)

PS: Happy winter solstice~~~ It's so cold......