Chapter 24 The New Year's Celebration
On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, the stars are vast, and the hazy starlight sprinkles on the white snow on the ground, reflecting a mercury-like light. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
The guards and household servants in the courtyard did not sleep, and they were keeping the New Year, spending Chinese New Year's Eve, and bidding farewell to the Spring Festival.
Luo Zhaoyun and Mu He left the house excitedly, went to the yard to make a fire, and waited for the last New Year's Eve moment while roasting the fire and watching the stars.
In the afternoon, they drank some rice wine, and their cheeks were still a little rosy, and they were roasted by the fire, and their faces were even more red and shining.
The upper and lower skirts worn by Mu He are all blue water green, a narrow and short cotton jacket, the skirt is embroidered with pomegranate flowers, and a pair of small boots are all exquisitely cut and fitted, showing a slender waist, and the petite and beautiful breasts also appear bulging, which makes the girl's original beautiful and pure appearance add a little softness.
After several months of practicing martial arts and literacy, reading and etiquette, Xiao Muhe's whole temperament is completely different, no longer the simple mind and developed limbs when she was a maidservant, and she has read more poetry and Han Fu, and the woman's sentimental tenderness has been stimulated, adding a bit of everyone's beautiful charm.
"I'm going to be a year older soon." Luo Zhaoyun sighed lightly, it has been ten months since he came to the Sui Dynasty, from walking on thin ice for the first few months, to worry-free for the time being, as long as he gives himself a few more years, he will be able to protect himself at the age of fourteen or fifteen.
In ancient times, it was very common for young people to start a family and become wives at the age of fourteen or fifteen, whether it was a noble lady, a daughter, or a girl from a common family.
In the official history, you can also see the records of many fourteen or fifteen-year-old boys who have joined the army and gone to the battlefield, killing people like hemp, making meritorious contributions, and becoming strong generals.
Luo Zhaoyun sometimes thinks that if he has the opportunity, he will also go to the frontier to take a look at how cruel and ruthless the war scenes are in the era of cold weapons, which makes people's blood gush.
Mu He's expression was full of joy, and the corners of his mouth pursed from time to time, revealing a beautiful arc, which was very cute.
"What are you thinking, smiling rather than smiling?" Luo Zhaoyun turned his head and asked casually.
Mu He smiled a little embarrassedly: "The maid never thought that she could live such a comfortable life, Ah Lang didn't treat me as a slave, and let me read and write, practice martial arts and swords, and usually follow Steward Feng to learn to take care of the affairs of the mansion, how to settle accounts, and use plate beads, in the past few months, the maid feels so fulfilled, as if she is no longer her former self." ”
Luo Zhaoyun nodded, she could understand her careful thinking at this time, when a person has knowledge, his thinking will change imperceptibly, transforming from the old self to the new self, although this person seems to have not changed on the surface, in fact, the inner show, vision, thinking, temperament, speech and behavior, mental state, etc. have changed, and can even affect a person's heart.
The importance of reading and learning knowledge has been a top priority since ancient times, and if a nation does not have the habit of reading, upward thinking, etiquette and cohesion, it will not be far from decline and extinction.
Luo Zhaoyun smiled slightly: "Knowledge changes fate, it's not false at all, now your changes are just the beginning, in the future, Mu He will be even better and outstanding, not inferior to those noble daughters of the gatekeepers." ”
When Mu He heard this, he couldn't help laughing, and said sincerely to Luo Zhaoyun: "Ah Lang, thank you, all this is given to me by you, and the servant will use the rest of his life to repay him, as long as Ah Lang you don't dislike me useless." ”
Luo Zhaoyun listened to what she said solemnly, and felt a little, in fact, the reason why he focused on cultivating Mu He so much and treated her as a servant and maid at all was because Mu He had taken care of him meticulously, regardless of the danger, every time he tried poison and tasted food, etc., he was grateful, and wanted to repay some of his original kindness.
On the other hand, he doesn't have any cronies, Mu He is a person he can trust, so he wants to train her and do more property for him in the future, because Luo Zhaoyun will not be willing to be trapped in this remote village on the border, nor will he always be willing to be a small rich man, he has a man's dream, but whether he goes to join the army in the future, or defects to the princes, and participates in history, he must leave a way out for himself.
Therefore, Luo Zhaoyun has been thinking about whether he can use the last period of peace in the Great Sui Dynasty to make some small inventions and create profits in more than ten years, and build his own consortium and huge industry?
For example, brewing high-quality wine, opening some restaurants to make money, or opening workshops, making mechanical clocks, toothbrushes, glass, etc., developing commercial houses and accumulating wealth.
In the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Wen adopted the policy of persuading farmers and mulberry and lightly dispensing with small endowments, so the Yanchi wineries were open to business, and the ban on mountains, forests and Heze was not strict, and the gate valve forces, local counties and counties, etc., all took the opportunity to send people to do business, accumulate property for the family, rich materials, and accelerate market flow, which promoted the rapid development of the economy of the Great Sui.
Of course, the people of the whole society, roughly divided into four categories of agriculture and industry, since the Qin and Han dynasties, inevitably discriminate against industry and commerce, they are usually not allowed to enter the office, after the unification of Emperor Wen of Sui, in June of the 16th year of the emperor's reign, the edict was issued to clearly stipulate: "The industry and commerce shall not enter", but many wealthy families run businesses, are not clearly under the banner of the family, self-falling 'virtuous name' and identity, but select some family members who do not like to study and learn martial arts, the children of the side sect, let their group of people secretly do business, develop financial resources.
"Ah Lang, what are you thinking?" Mu He saw Luo Zhaoyun in a daze, and couldn't help but ask.
Luo Zhaoyun came back to his senses and smiled faintly, what he was thinking about just now was just a momentary inspiration, and if he really had to take action, it was not something that could be done overnight.
First of all, he must have credible henchmen and manpower, know how to do business, and be able to assist him secretly, while Luo Zhaoyun is hidden behind the scenes; Secondly, there needs to be business opportunities, because the current situation is weak, the property is limited, can not withstand the toss, the surrounding fertile fields and orchards, etc., the profits, in addition to the current expenses of the sergeant and servant remuneration, etc., the accumulation is not very much, it is necessary to take another way, can open up the market of profiteering goods, these aspects must be solved.
"It's nothing, Muhe, who gave your name, do you know your last name?"
Mu He's expression was a little gloomy, and he shook his head and said: "The name of the maid was given by Mrs. Liu, and when she was at home after an hour, she was just called Sang Niu by Daddy and Auntie, because Niang is an expert in planting mulberry, and many girls in the countryside have no names, and they don't know the surname of the family.
"Soon, the grain was eaten, and it was impossible to survive until the spring of the next year, and even the winter was going to be starved to death, so the population of Guanzhong County went into exile to the east, along the way, mourning everywhere, people cannibalized, and the dead pillowed on the road, and later, Daddy died of illness on the way, and my two younger brothers also died of cold, and Auntie really couldn't, so she left me under the barren mountains and mountains, and went to find a place to remarry, I was hungry for a few days, fainted in front of a mountain forest, and was rescued by Mrs. Liu's vehicle, and took the name of Muhe......"
After Mu He said this, tears rolled in his eyes, and he was illuminated by the firelight, flashing with crystal light.
Luo Zhaoyun's heart trembled slightly, stared at her gaze, his lips moved a few times, and said comfortingly: "It's all over, this will be your home in the future, and I will be your relative." ”
Mu He's body trembled slightly, and he let out a long breath, faintly: "Thank you, Ah Lang, you don't treat me as a servant at all, or even as a relative, as long as you don't drive me away in the future, the servant will always follow you." ”
"Hehe, then you won't marry in the future?" Luo Zhaoyun asked with a smile.
Mu He was asked about such a daughter's family, her cheeks suddenly flushed, and she shook her head shyly: "The maid has a low status, and I don't want to get married, as long as I can be a deacon in your house and can take care of the village for you, I will be satisfied." ”
Luo Zhaoyun didn't treat her as a servant girl in his heart, and even had some family factors, as a little sister, pondered for a while, and said: "It's better for you to be surnamed Ning, take the meaning of peace in the world, after keeping the New Year, it will be the new year, you will be called Ning Muhe, no longer a mulberry girl, I have many things in the future, and I need your help." ”
"Ning Muhe?" Xiao Nizi's eyes lit up, nodded slightly, and said with a smile like a flower: "Cheng, from now on my surname is Ning, and I finally have a surname." ”
After thinking about it, Luo Zhaoyun felt that in the future, with the name 'Ning Zeyu', he would quietly rise from the border place, spread out the business house, accumulate wealth, and forge an identity, but his real body was hidden behind the scenes, and he could be regarded as secretly accumulating a strength, he said to Mu He: "In a few years, I will ask someone to change a household registration for you, that is, the people of Huairong County, we will grow up from here and start a new life." ”
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