Chapter 13: Winning the Battle

In the Qingcang courtyard, Li Rui buried his head in the quilt in shame and annoyance.

Today he met Heng. It's just that the group of people didn't open their eyes, and they started without saying a word. The shopkeeper in Songtao Building and the runner were very frightened at that time, and hurriedly stepped forward to pull the rack, but they were also beaten together.

Li Rui studied at home in the morning and taught the old lady to read in the afternoon during this time, and he had long felt breathless. finally got through the rest, and prepared to go to the Songtao Building at the front door to listen to a book. Probably because he hadn't been here for a while, and when he went, there was already someone sitting in the window seat where he usually sits.

Seeing him coming, the shopkeeper's face was not very natural. The position by the window has always been a few noble families often sitting, the young master of the Xinguo Mansion loves to listen to and hear stories, and the shopkeeper has kept a seat by the window for it, and usually does not let people sit. The prince who came today had a lot of pomp, and this Li Gongzi from the Xinguo Mansion had not been here for a long time, and the shopkeeper made him have more than one thing at that time.

Who knew that less became more.

As soon as he saw the familiar 'burly' body at the main entrance, he knew it was going to break.

The shopkeeper of Songtao Building asked Li Rui to sit in the private seat for a while in a low voice, and then ran to the position by the window to ask someone to move.

Li Rui didn't want to trouble others, so he just found a seat outside and listened. Helplessly, people are diligent, and there are not enough people around him when he comes out today, there is indeed a lack of people to serve, and the shopkeeper's diligence also has a light on his face. Since people took the initiative to discuss, Li Rui instructed "If you can, it's okay to sit together", and didn't think much about the rest.

For a family like his family, it is enough for any son to give up his seat in Beijing, not to mention that he just asks for a seat. Even if you don't let it, that is, you will be embarrassed on your face, but there will be no embarrassment.

Unexpectedly, before Li Rui finished drinking a cup of tea, the group of people entered the private room, each looking fierce and vicious. His little servant was cleaned up because of the last time he contradicted his grandmother, and there was only one companion named Liu Dong who was reading to him. Liu Dong saw that the situation was not good, so he immediately opened the window and asked the family members guarding downstairs to go back and call people, and what happened later was ......

Those guys who look down on people!

"I'll believe you look like a pig? The son of the Xinguo Mansion is only seven years old, and he studies behind closed doors every day, so how can he have spare time to come out and wander around the streets! Dare to pretend to be the young master of the Guogong Mansion? Call me! ”

Thinking of the other party's disdainful eyes, Li Rui unwillingly slammed the pillow.

"What's the use of hitting a pillow? With this spirit, why didn't you know how to beat it back hard at that time? As soon as Gu Qing entered the door, he saw Li Rui poking the pillow violently, and he made an angry sound.

"Grandma!"

"What about Cangshu Cangyi? Just let you lie here like this? Gu Qing looked around, and there was no one in the room.

"I sent them down."

"Yo, do you know shame? Usually eat less, practice more body bones, and you won't suffer like this today! ”

Gu Qing looked at the "paint shop" on Li Rui's face with a smile. There is everything from green to red. What's all this called? The whole joke of "the second generation of the Beijing officials disagreed with each other and fought a lot". If you don't bring any people when you go out, you don't have enough toughness, and you don't blame others for seeing people cooking.

"From this day onwards, you will move to my north garden and live in the field. That's where your grandfather used to live, and you can live with your stuff packed. ”

Li Rui showed a reluctant look.

"Your girl is only allowed to take one Cangshu, and I'll go back and give you a few laundry and sweeping mothers-in-law. The old lady of the Wang family in your courtyard told her to go back and enjoy happiness for a while, and there is nothing to worry about with me. Don't go into the garden anymore, he's ten years old, and the yard is full of little girls, which is not suitable. From tomorrow, you are only allowed to do it yourself. There are a few acres of land in Guitianju, and you help me collect the things I planted, and that land will be under your control in the future. ”

After speaking, he didn't look at Li Rui's face, and directly called the girl mother-in-law of Qingcang Courtyard, and asked Grandma Sun to go to the East Garden to talk to the Fang family in person.

"Move it for me!"

Gu Qing almost wanted to praise his wit. Asking Li Rui to grow vegetables can not only exercise and lose weight by the way, but also solve the problem of giving her a headache, killing multiple birds with one stone.

Speaking of this topic, Gu Qing had a bitter stomach.

This old lady of the Guogong Mansion used to grow vegetables and spin yarn as a pastime. A few days ago, the mother-in-law in charge of the vegetable field reported that the crops in the field were ripe, and asked when she would go to harvest the cabbage, beans and other vegetables in the field.

Where did Gu Qing farm the land? Not to mention planting cabbage or harvesting cabbage, except for cabbage, it is estimated that several other dishes cannot be named. It's fine to eat the above-ground part of the vegetables, but if it's the underground part, she really doesn't know whether to harvest the stems or the leaves.

When the time comes, I'm afraid there will be another big mess.

Gu Qing has thought about it recently, even if he wants to seek death, he has to figure it out slowly, not to mention that the life of this country mansion is too comfortable, there are people to serve him wherever he goes, and his life is no worse than that of modern times. Except for being bored and in poor health, it's not very difficult.

But she wants to play the identity of Mrs. Qiu, it is not enough to inherit the old lady's memory, many things still need her to adapt to herself, and she has to slowly find a way to adjust it.

For example, she has no interest in this kind of dish and does not want to make it. Helplessly, people always feel that she hasn't been to the vegetable field for many days, is she depressed again, or dissatisfied with the people in the vegetable field, and she is also depressed and tight every day.

Also, there is the problem of this old lady's diet.

Gu Qing's health was a little better, and he was scared for the first meal after starting to get out of bed normally.

Wanfu meat, Babao Qiankun cloth bag chicken, and a bunch of dishes that can't be named, a table full of them.

She finally found the reason why this old lady would have a stroke due to blood clots!

Is it okay to be too greasy?

The Wanfu meat is very delicious, the color is bright and fragrant, but the thick fat meat makes her move the chopsticks and she doesn't want to move. There are also other big meat dishes that are bubbling with oil, which seem to be full of color, flavor and flavor, and they are uncomfortable when you eat them.

This old lady probably has a heavy taste, and she uses a lot of salt and sauce, but Gu Qing is a southerner, and her taste is light, and after eating a few bites, she ate some vegetarian dishes and drank some chicken soup during that meal, and she didn't even move much.

She moved some vegetarian dishes every day, and the people in the small kitchen were not stupid, so she gradually made the dishes a little lighter, and Gu Qing's desire to die faded again.

Later, Gu Qing recalled the old lady's experience, and probably knew that this was a problem left by her hunger during the previous disaster year. In the early years, there was a great drought in the Central Plains, thousands of miles of red land, but the taxes became heavier and heavier, and the old lady rebelled with several big clans in the same township, and left home with the clansmen for two years.

If she is bitter, she has the money that her husband brought back later, and it stands to reason that she should not worry about food and clothing.

But she didn't dare to spend it indiscriminately, in the troubled times, it was really dangerous for a woman's family to be generous, and it was a time when money couldn't buy food, she and her three children guarded the silver mountain empty, and they could only maintain not starving to death.

After that period of time passed, the old man took his wife and children to his side, and Qiu only liked to eat big meat, and he also liked to eat fatty meat. The old man Li Shuo is not particular about eating, and he has always eaten with his wife when he is at home. When the two of them were young, they exercised a lot, and they couldn't see the problem eating like this, but when they got old, the situation came.

As soon as the news of Li Meng's death came, the old man collapsed, and then he was paralyzed in bed and died after less than a year. If Gu Qing hadn't worn it on Old Taijun Qiu's body, Old Taijun Qiu would have died of a sudden cerebral infarction by now. It can be said that the poor eating habits of the two elderly people are one of the important reasons for their lives.

If Mrs. Qiu was really angry with Li Rui, Li Rui estimated that she would really be "skinned and grassed" as Mama Hua said. Most of the court in the previous dynasty were Hu people, and this dynasty regarded itself as orthodox and attached more importance to etiquette and etiquette, and it absolutely could not tolerate such a disobedient crime as "forcing grandmother to death".

Thinking about it this way, Gu Qing felt that it was not too much to toss Li Xiaofatzi.

Sister, I sacrificed myself to save your life!

Qingcang Courtyard moved mightily, and after receiving the news, the Fang clan took a trip to Zhiyun Courtyard.

However, no matter how hard she persuaded the old lady not to work too hard, Gu Qing insisted that Li Rui move.

What Mama Hua said is right, she is the person with the highest status in the Xinguo Mansion, even if she believes in the Guogong, she is not as big as her as a super-first-class lady. Coupled with a big brand of "filial piety", it can really crush people. At this point, the Fang Clan was useless even if he tried all kinds of means.

This Fang clan is gentle, and he speaks softly, but he is not annoying, but when Gu Qing thinks of what Mama Hua said, he doesn't have a good impression of her. The Fang family had been staying in Zhiyun Courtyard and refused to leave, Gu Qing was really annoyed by Fang's entanglement, so he simply called Li Mao in the front yard over and "invited" the husband and wife to the main hall to scold together.

"I said you can't raise a child! Even if you are now a prince of the country, you still have to fight a few sets of punches every morning, and ordinary people can't get close to them easily; Your father picked eighteen generals with a silver spear, although he said that he was not allowed to re-enter the army by leaving a reprimand, but the children in the family should not lose their martial arts! went out and hit a Shangshu's concubine?! Our family is from Wuxun! If you still get it and send it back, do you still want to be embarrassed? You don't have to be ashamed, I still want it! ”

Gu Qing felt that she was quite into the play, because she was really wronged for the old lady when she said it, and her voice became louder and louder.

"And Ming'er......"

Fang was shocked when he heard Old Taijun Qiu mention his son. Could it be that the old lady is in charge of Li Rui's excitement, and she still wants to take Li Ming into Zhiyun Courtyard to raise? That's not going to work! The old lady doesn't even have a decent book in this courtyard!

The family study of the Guogong Mansion was established to allow those old generals and the widows of the former robes to study, and the Fang family was worried that Li Ming would learn badly in it, so he usually sent him to study in his mother's home school. Her maiden family "Taiyuan Fang" is a prosperous family of poetry and books, and there are some old Fang family veterans in the family study. Li Mao is also very supportive of her approach.

Hearing Mrs. Qiu's words, Li Mao was also worried that the old lady would take Li Ming into the garden to raise him. He wasn't worried that the old lady wouldn't be able to teach the child well, but the old lady had too many girls here, and he was afraid that his son would stay here and move his sex, and it would be difficult to get it back in the future.

Thinking of this, Li Mao hurriedly stepped forward to appease the old lady, admitting that it was not his own and Fang's fault, and at the same time highly agreed with the old lady's wise measures, and said that it was enough for Li Rui to let the old lady worry about it, and he didn't dare to send Li Ming in to disturb Yunyun together, so Gu Qing put away the money of the "old lady".

Seeing that Gu Qing no longer mentioned Li Ming's entry into the garden, the Fang family breathed a sigh of relief, and instead proposed to pick a few more girls for Li Rui. Li Rui entered the old lady's garden, and it was not easy to bring the companion and the little maid, but the young children could find a few, and they had to send someone to do it as soon as possible.

Gu Qing was not at all at ease about the person sent by the Fang clan, how did the copper chips in the gold sore medicine in the Qingcang Courtyard get in, and when she thought about it, she felt that this woman was terrible. Gu Qing almost didn't mark a "femme fatale" on her face when she saw Fang now.

Seeing that the Fang clan wanted to speak again, Gu Qing used her ability to "choke people to death without paying for their lives" in modern times.

She only used one sentence to make Fang's face blue and white for a while, which made Li Mao uncomfortable.

"I like to buy a little girl for the junior so much, you can hurry up and have a few more."

Seeing that Fang and Li Mao's faces were not good, Gu Qing was very happy in his heart, and continued to talk non-stop.

"You have been married for ten years, only Ming'er has one bone and blood, and the heirs are still too thin. When I was married for so long, I had four children. I think about it, I'm afraid that I don't care about my family, and you usually work too hard. I think it's not just the girl and the mother-in-law who should be added......"

Gu Qing looked at Fang Clan meaningfully.