The sedan chair carried Xiuniang into the courtyard and left, the newly appointed Menzi Lao Lin developed the sedan chair money, and the sedan chair drivers dispersed in a hurry, and they were still discussing today's incident while walking.

Shizi, Xiuniang, drunkard husband, gambling ghost father, these topics are enough for these palanquin men to talk about for a while.

Xiuniang got off the sedan chair outside the second gate, she didn't bother to pay attention to the sedan chair drivers, just looked at the house in front of her.

The two doors in front of the eyes are six with the wall door, with wood as the bone, cut the bamboo vertically, the two sides of the door are planted with whitebark pine, the steps are all made of stone, the heavy eaves laneway in the wall door, the middle hall of the backyard, the left and right sides of the south and the north are the north building of the south building, there are still pavilions, platforms, Xuan, pavilions, large gardens, the hall is deep, not to mention the village cottage, look carefully, those big business houses in the town, the rich households are deep houses, and they can not be compared with the Houfu Courtyard.

It's just that after a long time, the wooden buildings are easy to peel off the paint, dilapidated, and there are weeds growing everywhere, which adds a bit of bleakness.

Xiuniang didn't know when the prince would marry the eldest woman, but the prince had no intention of taking care of the house, and the little sister was small, so she was full of gratitude and wanted to take good care of the mansion.

Bypassing the north hall from the west side and passing through the north building, the rocks and ponds in the back garden are revealed, and several slightly dilapidated pavilions are scattered between the rocks and the pool.

Xiuniang stood on the edge of the pool, the water reflected her face, she subconsciously touched it, used some strength, and only withdrew her hand after feeling the pain.

Today's mood is really up and down. What happened at the right time was the most exciting moment in her life in less than 20 years, and it still seems like a dream. She still can't fully believe that her fantasies and dreams at night have come true...... Get rid of that rotten home and stand here.

But she was also a little sad in her heart, after all, she was not the real hostess, fortunately she was a concubine with a contract, which was stronger than those concubines bought from the hook bar, but that's all.

Xiuniang misses her father at all, and she doesn't sympathize or pity her, on the contrary, her father's rotten gambler appearance disgusts her.

But when standing by this pool, she couldn't help but think of her parents, especially her mother, her mother's wrinkled face, slightly curved back, and rough hands, once her mother was also a famous beauty, or her father who was Xiucai would not have married, and she tortured a young girl into an old woman in thirty years, and Xiuniang was very sentimental in her heart.

If possible, she wants to bring her parents to live in the town, her father doesn't care, but her mother can't do without her father.

At this time, Xu Zi passed by the pond first, and he saw a woman with a slightly sad face, Xiuniang was not tall, her body was very well-proportioned, her hair was black and beautiful, and she was standing by the pond with a slight frown on her face, and she looked a little sad.

Xu Zixian said: "How do you feel, are you tired?" ”

Xiuniang shook her head and said, "I'm not tired, I'm used to doing work......"

Xu Zixian had a feeling of pity and love in his heart, he looked down, Xiuniang's hands were really a little rough, fortunately, as long as the girl's skin was slightly maintained, it would recover quickly.

Xiuniang took the initiative to put her hand in Xu Zixian's hand and said: "From today onwards, I am the son of the world, so I just hope for one sentence, if the prince doesn't like me one day and is tired of me, please tell me and tell me to go to the break." ”

Xiuniang said in a resolute tone: "I don't want to be sold again, the third time, I can't bear it." ”

The woman in front of her exuded a faint fragrance, and her hands were also held by herself, Xu Zixian had an impulse in his heart, of course, he wanted to carry the woman in front of him to the bed immediately...... And then there's a sense of love and pampering.

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At dinner in the evening, Xiuniang shared the table with Xu Zixian and Xiaomei, and temporarily transferred a servant woman and a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl from the nearby official village to come over, the former was a stove woman and was responsible for the work of Xiuniang in the past, and the latter served Xiuniang, and then changed it after forty days.

It is the first time for a family to eat in the West Chamber with this identity, the little sister is in a very good mood with a smile, the eldest brother has not married the eldest woman, and there is no need to rush this matter, because if you want to find the right lady, it depends on how far the eldest brother develops.

Raid the knight, organize the family business, enrich the treasury, have the confidence to have money, and find a suitable marriage partner with the title.

Xu Zixian mentioned this matter to his little sister a few months ago, and at that time, his little sister thought that the eldest brother was perfunctory, and he couldn't be angry. In the past few months, Xu Zixian's style of acting has changed greatly, and the little sister has believed her brother's words.

The fact is also the case, the Hou Mansion is so poor, if you want to turn over, it is best to marry the daughter of a rich businessman, and the dowry must start with 100,000 yuan, and it will not be poor all of a sudden, and it is enough to squander it for many years.

If you can successfully attack the lord and revive the family business, it is best to marry the daughter of a marquis or a local civil official family, which is beneficial, and can smoothly turn into a civil official gentry family when the clan is removed in the future.

When Xiaomei and Xu Zixian said this, they were quite serious, and Xu Zixian laughed at her for worrying a lot......

Xiaomei also likes Xiuniang very much, although it is a defect to marry twice, but Xiuniang is sensible and obedient, not like the kind of tricky and mean woman who likes to cause trouble in the back house, Xiaomei has always been worried that her brother will be confused, afraid that Xu Zi will bring back those charming and troublesome goods first, and now she can be regarded as a little relieved.

Xiuniang also abides by her duty, although she eats at one table, she stands up for Xiaomei and Xu Zi when she picks up the dishes, and then sits down to eat by herself, Xu Zixian understands in a trance that under this kind of etiquette, it is the recognition of identity and the observance of the rules of being a concubine.

After the meal, Xiuniang left first, and there seemed to be people's congratulations outside the house, and the little sister whispered: "I still feel a little wronged, I can't wear red and green, I can't enter the house in a sedan chair, and I can't set off fireworks, and I ...... feast on guests and friends."

"There's no way around it." Xu Zixian said helplessly: "If I dare to do this, tomorrow morning the Fujian Road Patrol will write the memora for impeachment according to the imperial history." ”

The little sister nodded slightly, her eyes rolled, and she smiled: "Big brother, are you very short of money?" ”

"Of course it's missing." Xu Zixian said angrily: "The benefits are in front of you, but you still have to invest a lot of money...... I'm going to borrow some from Wei Yanke, he always has a few hundred guan of body, no, and Xu Zizhang, these two goods will make me five hundred yuan, which is almost enough. ”

"It's better to ask for someone than to ask for it." The little sister said: "Why do you want to find someone to borrow money?" Our Hou Mansion always borrowed money, and later relatives and friends were afraid of us, but Daddy said on his deathbed that no matter what, he was not allowed to borrow money again. ”

Xu Yingbin really said this, Xu Zixian was a gentleman at that time, and Xu Yingbin was also quite helpless......

"The time is also, the momentum is also." Xu Zixian said in a deep voice: "No matter what, I will always open up a path, for me, for you, little sister, and the reputation of our Nan'an Hou Mansion." ”

"I understand." The little sister smiled, but got up, walked to the cabinet in the side room, opened the cabinet with the key she carried, and took out a gorgeous box inlaid with luodian.

Xu Zixian knew that this was Xiaomei's jewelry box, maybe girls were the same, even Xiaomei was still young, and she liked to fiddle with those shiny things.

He looked at his sister thoughtfully, thirteen years old is not enough, but in the ancients, he could get married within two or three years, but Xu Zi first planned to delay until the younger sister was about eighteen or nineteen years old, and at that time, marrying and having a baby would not cause much damage to the body.

Thinking of this, Xu Zixian was a little sad, just like his father, watching other pigs take away the cabbage in their own fields, it was impossible not to be sad.

Xiaomei is his only relative in this world, a kind of emotional and bloodline sustenance.

"Big brother, open it and take a look."

The little sister put the box on the table, but she didn't open it, but pursed her lips and smiled.

Xu Zixian said: "What else can you hide?" It's just little girl's stuff...... Oh, are you going to give a show girl a gift? I thank you for her, little sister. ”

The little sister said weakly: "Big brother, didn't you notice the necklace around Xiuniang's neck?" ”

Xu Zi felt slightly embarrassed first, it seemed that his observation needed to be strengthened, he lifted the lid of the box easily, and then his eyes immediately froze.

Since the little sister was sitting opposite, Xu Zi first suppressed his urge to scold foul language, and stared at the contents of the box.

"Won't the eldest brother think that his father really has nothing left? In addition to this one, there are four boxes underneath. The little sister smiled and said: "My father has been an official for a few years, and the minister's money is more than 1,000 yuan a year, which is the biggest income, my father is not greedy, but for the sake of my brother and sister, I should not be soft." ”

Xu Zixian glared and said, "But it's really not soft......"

Inside the box is a neat stack of gold cakes, in the shape of a horseshoe, which is the universal form of Da Wei gold cakes, and Xu Zixian doesn't know why.

In addition to horseshoe gold, there are really cakes in the form of cakes, and there are also willow leaf shapes, Xu Zixian saw it when he was a child, and it was also at the party in King Zhao's mansion, watching King Zhao give it to his henchmen with a plate, and his eyes were not only envious or envious.

He really didn't expect that there was so much gold hidden in his house.

The little sister smiled and said: "A hundred pieces of horseshoe gold, worth less than two thousand, now it is all borrowed from you, eldest brother." ”

"Why?" Xu Zixian straightened his eyes and said, "Why is Dad hiding it from me?" ”

"One," the little sister said with a slightly red face: "Father said that the official village, the Hou Mansion, and the other courtyards are all the eldest brother's, and if the eldest brother does not change his habits, these hardcore crops can also keep the eldest brother from starving." The eldest brother has to be intentional to cheer up, these foundations are enough, and there are many heroes who started from scratch. ”

"My dad really has a big heart." Xu Zixian smiled bitterly, but in his mind, he remembered the image of Xu Yingbin when he was alive.

Shaking a fan in the shade of a tree, drinking, and playing chess seemed to be the first impression.

But if you think about it carefully, my father who was still reading military books in the study after dark, my father who was reading maps and studying hydrology and geography in my room, and my father who discussed military affairs and government affairs with those well-known soldiers and miscellaneous families.

Chic and calm, but unconsciously made people feel like a spring breeze, and the father who quickly made the three armies support him when he arrived at the Qizhou Military Village.

Well, and the father who emptied the minister's money......

Xu Zi looked at the little sister first and asked, "What about the second one?" ”

"Well......" The little sister was quite embarrassed, but she still said loudly: "Daddy said, except for some gold and silver jewelry, this money is for my dowry." ”

"Ah, that's right."

Xu Zixian suddenly realized.

At this time, the world is different from the later generations, the marriage of the later generations, except for a few high-level interest exchanges, generally buy a house is a man, the car is also a man, and the bride price must be paid, this is because of the obvious more men and fewer women in later generations, and the state caused by the imbalance between supply and demand. In the current Great Wei, a man has to give a bride price when he marries a wife, but because the woman arrives at her husband's house, she is basically cut off from her mother's family, not that she can't go back to her mother's house, but that she is an outsider when she returns to her mother's house, and her parents' pension has nothing to do with the married daughter, and the most important one, the woman's status in her husband's family depends on the amount of her dowry.

If the dowry is more, the woman's status is high, and the in-laws will not be easily offended, and if the dowry is less, the husband and children may have to endure ridicule and ridicule at the same time.

It may be normal for a woman to be dissatisfied with the dowry, the mother-in-law, and the husband to be dissatisfied with each other, and the status of women in ancient times was very low, and it could not be compared with modern times.

Xu Zixian was moved in his heart, no wonder his father, who had always had a good conduct, actually took all the minister's money. This thing is considered gray income, and the prime minister's annual minister's money is more than 10,000 yuan, which is much higher than the superficial Yulu, if you talk about ethics, you will use it, but you won't take it home.

If you really want to take it home and use it, others won't say anything, but the reputation is definitely not very good, and the official can't do it for long.

For the sake of the little sister's dowry, the father must have been quite sad at the beginning, if the dowry was not enough, the little sister would definitely be treated coldly and harshly when she arrived at her husband's house.

Especially when her father died, her husband's family had no relatives, and her brother was a peripheral nobleman who was unwilling, the situation of the younger sister in her husband's family must be very unsatisfactory.

The little sister finally married Chen Jingzhong, the son of the Marquis of Jingyuan, and died of depression within a few years. At that time, Xu Zixian also lamented that the little sister's life was not good, and now it seems that it is estimated that most of the little sister's dowry is not rich enough, and a few thousand yuan is the money that the people can't earn in a lifetime.

The most important thing is that Xu Zixian is not angry, he has always been excluded in the clan circle and aristocratic circle, and was suppressed by Xu Gongda and Chen Jingfu, and became a clown-like character, and it is strange that the little sister is not angry in the Jingyuan Marquis Mansion.

Xu Zixian's eyes were moved, but also vaguely murderous, buying oranges was just a harmless joke, and sooner or later he would make the two clowns pay enough price......

"Little sister," Xu Zi first closed the lid of the box and said in a deep voice: "Since it is your dowry, I can't take this gold." ”

The price of the little sister is about the same, the current price of gold and silver is 1 to 15, the silver ratio is 1 to 1,000, and the gold in front of her should be about 2,000 yuan.

Xu Zi looked at his little sister first, and it seemed that it was the first time he had seen his own sister.

At a young age, he is really bold and careful, so much gold is locked in a cabinet like this.

But after thinking about it, the people who can enter the back house in the other courtyard are basically the servants and maids, all of whom are innocent and well-known people who come to serve in the official village, and there are men and villages in the front yard and the periphery, and the idle people can't get in, but it's not just locked up.

It's the little sister who really has the pride and atmosphere of a man in her character, and she doesn't act cowardly when she talks about the dowry, well, it seems that she has always underestimated her little sister.

"It's a loan." The little sister showed the kind of mentally retarded eyes again, and she said: "I believe that the eldest brother will earn the money back, and you can't ask me to marry Chen Jingzhong empty-handed?" ”

"Chen Jingzhong is almost twenty years old today, more than six years older than you." Xu Zixian said: "Little sister, do you fancy your future husband's family background, or his conduct, personality, and whether you love and get along well?" ”

"Of course, character is the most important thing." The little sister's face turned red, but the answer was quite positive.

"That's fine, I'll take the gold first. I'll arrange your marriage. Chen Jingzhong is not a good match! Xu Zixian is not hypocritical, he doesn't need his original backup plans, but he also knows that this is the last wealth in the family, if he squandered it, it would be difficult for the little sister to really marry.

He gently patted the head of the little girl in front of him, this is his own sister, extremely dependent on him, he must do everything well, not to live up to the little sister, not to live up to Xiuniang, nor to Li Yi and Qin Dongyang's subordinates, as well as Wei Yi, Xu Xingwei and other friends......

There are more and more involvements in this world, Xu Zixian is also at a loss at the beginning, often with headaches, and has become full of confidence and fighting spirit, maybe people are like this, the more responsibilities, the stronger the sense of responsibility, and vice versa.

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Parents are short, children are long, not what I'm good at, but I don't want to be too serious at the beginning of this book, and I try to add some.

The pace of this book will be relatively fast, so please feel free to collect it.