"Alright, let's go over now." Du Xiancheng nodded to Xiao Shihe, turned around and hugged Du Hengshuang to leave.

Fang Yuniang hurriedly grabbed Du Xiancheng's arm and said angrily: "What is the master anxious about? Frost was just sleeping, still wearing sleeping clothes, and she had to ask me to change her clothes before she went. ”

These words reminded Du Xiancheng. He held the little fat boy in his arms with one hand, freed up his other hand, took out a crystal flawless, tentacle slightly warm mutton fat jade plate from his sleeve pocket, and handed it to Fang Yuniang, "This is the name charm for Shuang'er in the Jokhang Temple, the senior monk of the Jokhang Temple has recited the light, you go to find a soft ribbon, tie it to Shuang'er, and take it with you, you can bless her with everything in her life, and she will be lucky in death." ”

Fang Yuniang's eyes lit up, and a pair of watery eyes almost emitted light, illuminating the whole stunning face even more dazzling, "The master has a heart." After speaking, there were some tears in his eyes, and he said softly: "I'm sorry master, I only gave birth to a daughter in my first child." ”

Du Xiancheng was originally four brothers, and there were two brothers-in-law on the top, who were much older than him, and a younger brother who was three years younger than him. When the first emperor conscripted the sons of the Liang family to join the army, the three eldest sons of their Du family were conscripted into the army together, leaving only the youngest fourth brother to guard his father. Who knew that when the three of them were in Goguryeo, Wang Zhongwen, the general of the Right Yiwei, was not properly commanded, causing them to fall for the enemy's tricks and almost wipe out their entire army. With the help of Xiao Xiangsheng, Du Xiancheng was rescued by Qi Boshi, the Duke of Qi who was in charge of grain, grass and ordnance at that time, and avoided the doom of being killed.

And those who died did not have the good fortune of both of them. Not only were all these people slaughtered by the Goguryeo general Ulji Rakwen, but their heads were cut off and stacked into a tall pagoda.

The pagoda made of the heads of 100,000 Great Zhou soldiers was deeply imprinted in the hearts of Du Xiancheng and Xiao Xiangsheng. Although they have been retired for many years, they can never forget for a moment the shame of being killed and captured, and the sinister and cunning Goguryeo people.

Du Xiancheng and Xiao Xiangsheng, the brothers of the two people, both died in that battle.

Five years ago, when the first emperor died, the crown prince of the prison state ascended the throne as Emperor Dezhen, and the first holy decree was to withdraw all the Great Zhou troops that were fighting against Goguryeo in Liaodong, and only sent a civilian delegation to Goguryeo to negotiate.

The ancestral home of Du Xiancheng and Xiao Xiangsheng is not in Chang'an, but in Luoyang City, which is more than 800 miles east of Chang'an.

The Du and Xiao families were originally considered Wang in Luoyang City, because they had many sons. But on this trip, the sons of both families died almost dead. Of the three or four sons who conquered Goguryeo, only one came back alive. The younger brother of the two who stayed at home, Du Xiancheng's younger brother had already died of illness, and Xiao Xiangsheng's younger brother was still alive.

Du and Xiao's parents also passed away a few years ago, and the originally prosperous well-off family has been a complete failure.

Du Xiancheng's two elder brothers had a family long ago before they set out on the expedition, and they also gave birth to sons to inherit the lineage.

When Du Xiancheng returned to his hometown in Luoyang five years ago, he faced such a tragic situation. My father and mother passed away, my younger brother died young, and the two sisters-in-law guarded their nephews and nieces, and they almost sold the family's land and property, so they barely survived.

As the only adult male in the family, Du Xiancheng not only has to think about how to survive himself, but also how to make the eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law survive, and live better, better than his father, mother, eldest brother, and second brother when they were alive.

Xiao Xiangsheng's situation was slightly better than Du Xiancheng's, because he only had one sister-in-law, and after hearing that his eldest brother died in battle, his sister-in-law remarried. Moreover, his younger brother is still young, his father and mother are still alive, and the family has a small amount of land.

Knowing Du Xiancheng's predicament, Xiao Xiangsheng took the initiative to come to the door and invited Du Xiancheng to be a salt merchant together.

At that time, the Great Zhou Dynasty implemented lenient government, and the imperial court opened up the salt tea industry to reputable merchants.

In order to accommodate these retired soldiers from Liaodong, the imperial court opened the door to give them more preferential treatment for salt tea.

Du Xiancheng and Xiao Xiangsheng took a small amount of capital and went to Chang'an, Kyoto to make a living together, starting from running errands for the big salt merchants, it took only five years to become the largest salt merchants in Chang'an City.

They are not smugglers, but government-run salt merchants who have made a stall in the government.

It was also in Chang'an City that the two got married and started a family respectively, and they have today's good situation.

Du Xiancheng has such a big net worth, and he can even marry those noble daughters of the family who have fallen apart. It's just that although there is no shortage of beautiful ladies in the family, Qi Da is not a coincidence, these women are from different backgrounds from him, and they also look down on people in the market. He didn't want to be the eldest son with his feet folded, to climb up to those women who were not of the same class as him, and then live his life watching that woman look at her with contempt.

He just wants to marry a stunning woman, who can be spicy and capable, take care of family affairs, and just be from a daughter family like him. Of course, you must also be innocent, have good character, and know how to respect the old and love the young. Forget about the strange woman in the dust, it is absolutely impossible to marry home and be a wife.

In general, he is more picky than Xiao Xiangsheng, so he got married later than him, and he didn't get married until the beginning of last year. conceived in October, and was born with a daughter. It's all the meat that fell from her body, of course Fang Yuniang is in the same pain, but she has always been worried that Du Xiancheng will be unhappy.

What man doesn't want a son? To pass on the lineage, to discuss the inheritance of property with the clan, and to divide the land, all of them need men to count.

Du Xiancheng didn't like it at all. Besides, it was originally the first child, and there were many things that bloomed first and then fruited, but Du Xiancheng often comforted Fang Yuniang and persuaded her not to worry, both of them are still young and will give birth to many children in the future. But Shuang'er is his eldest daughter, the first child, and no one can replace her position in his heart.

Now seeing Du Xiancheng's cautious attitude towards Shuang'er and Zhou, Fang Yuniang really put her mind at ease, took her daughter from Du Xiancheng's arms, and said with a smile: "You take your brother out to entertain guests, I'll change Shuang'er's clothes and come out." ”

Du Xiancheng smiled at Xiao Shiji and said, "Let's go out to see your father, okay?" ”

Xiao Shihe nodded again and again, and followed Du Xiancheng out.

As soon as I arrived at the door, I smelled a strong fragrant wind.

Xiao Shiji couldn't help it, and sneezed two or three times in succession.

"Uncle Du, what does this smell like?"

Du Xiancheng looked up and saw that it was his two sisters-in-law, Tian and Sun, who were coming, and hurriedly saluted respectfully: "Sister-in-law, second sister-in-law." ”

His two sisters-in-law heard that his eldest brother and second brother were killed in battle, and they did not remarry like other women, but stayed in the Du family to observe the festival. Most of the money earned over the years was sent to the families of the two sisters-in-law. It wasn't until he got married that the quota in Luoyang was reduced. However, because he was a great salt merchant, countless pieces of silver flowed through his hands, and even if it decreased, it would be close to 10,000 pieces of silver a year, and it would be delivered to the homes of his two sisters-in-law.

Tian and Sun walked one after the other, each covering their mouths with a pair of brocade handkerchiefs that were happy with their eyebrows, and giggled: "The third brother and the third brother and sister are really in love, they just came back from this thousands of miles, and they didn't even see us, so they rushed to see the third brother and sister." - Tsk, it's really not what it used to be. ”

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