Chapter Seventy-Two: Meeting
When Chang Cuilian was young, she knew that she was not the biological daughter of the Chang family.
The Chang family is a big family in Xiawan Village, and Chang Xiucai has a strong family background, and he fell in Xiucai when he was young. Originally, he wanted to continue to take the exam, but because he had no children and no successors, he lost his hard work.
I don't even have a son, so I don't have the pursuit of life, and I start to enjoy life instead.
The Chang family has 40 acres of land, most of which is subleased to the clansmen for farming, and only a vegetable garden is left for their own family.
In Xiawan Village, he set up a private school, specializing in teaching children and Mengxue, and his income was much better than that of scavenging in the field.
He adopted a nephew and heir of his younger brother's family at the beginning, but he still wanted a daughter, which could be regarded as marrying a child daughter-in-law for this son.
Mao was beautiful and literate at the beginning, but he was exiled to Shanyang Village due to the war and married Liu Yiyi.
Because she is a good housekeeper, the Liu family's small life was prosperous.
Liu Wanchang is a talent, and his sister Cuilian has also been a beauty since she was a child. The patriarch of the Liu clan was still young at that time, and knew that Chang Xiucai wanted to adopt a daughter, and after sinking the Mao family into the pig cage, he sold Cuilian to Chang Xiucai for five taels of silver.
Chang Xiucai is still a good person, he treats Cuilian as his own, he has never treated her badly since she was a child, and taught her to read and write.
Cuilian was called by her brother's little daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law when she was a child, and naturally she knew that she was not biological.
It's just that the elder brother is a blessed man, and when he was nine years old, he had smallpox and didn't survive it.
Chang Xiucai later inherited a nephew from his younger brother's family, this nephew was seven or eight years younger than Cuilian, and he didn't mention this marriage again, but only raised a daughter.
Cuilian is also a well-behaved person, she has been loved since she was a child, and she is extremely diligent, and she is very loved by Chang Xiucai and a wife and a concubine.
Chang Xiucai has a friend, that is, the merchant Fan's family, although the status of the merchant is not as good as that of the farmer, but there is a thin family capital.
Several sons of the Fan family have been reading and writing with Chang Xiucai since they were children, and their sons have also known Cuilian since childhood.
When he arrived at Cuilian Cardamom, he proposed marriage to Chang Xiucai, Chang Xiucai was reluctant, and raised it for another two years, and only then did he settle the family affairs when he arrived at Cuilian and Lu.
Cuilian and the second child of the Fan family are also childhood sweethearts, but they still persevered until they were eighteen years old, and their younger brothers were sensible, so they got married.
After marriage, the couple Qin Se and Ming, less than five years after marriage, gave birth to two daughters and a son, and lived a harmonious and beautiful life.
Over the years, she occasionally wanted to inquire about her life experience, but she was afraid that she would make Chang Xiucai sad, after all, Chang Xiucai regarded her as her own and didn't want to upset her adoptive parents.
On this day, as usual, she sent her husband out in the morning, let the little maid take care of the children, and began to make shoes for the family.
Chang Xiu is a noble person, since he wore shoes made of Cuilian, he can no longer wear shoes made by others.
Although Cuilian is now married to the Fan family, she makes the shoes of her parents, her younger brother, her husband and children.
It was nearly noon, and the restaurant had not delivered food today, and Cuilian was still going to go out to see what was going on, but she didn't expect her husband Fan Xuewu to come back at this time.
"What do you want to take?"
Fan Xuewu shook his head, he squatted down, picked up his son who flew over, and then stared at her and asked, "Cuilian still remember when she was a child?" ”
Cuilian was ashamed, thinking that her husband was laughing at her when she was a child, so she didn't follow: "What are you doing with those cold?" Xianggong was like a bandit when he was a child, but now he is much more elegant. ”
Fan Xuewu looked at her with concern, stretched out his hand and grabbed her hand and said, "I also mentioned to you yesterday evening that the minister came to Linzhou, saying that he was returning to his hometown to visit relatives, but he didn't expect that this noble person was actually your relatives and mine." ”
Cuilian sighed, and seeing that her husband didn't seem to be joking, she asked suspiciously: "This has no head and no tail, how did it get to the concubine again?" ”
Fan Xuewu handed his son to the little maid next to him, asked her to take the children out to play, and then led his wife into the house and sat down.
"Although the lady has endured it all these years and has never asked, but your background is known as a husband......"
Fan Xuewu told Cuilian's life experience, her father was bitten to death by a tiger, and her mother was sunk in a pig cage. Finally, he said: "You had an older brother, who was four or five years older than you, and after your mother was drowned, your brother ran away. At the beginning of the war, there were bandits everywhere, I originally thought that your brother was young, and he was afraid that he would encounter accidents, but he never thought that he would be blessed with a great life, and now he has become a minister. ”
When Cuilian heard her life experience, she burst into tears, and at this time she couldn't help but exclaim: "You also said yesterday that the minister of the Qin mission is the father-in-law of the palace, isn't my brother ......?"
"Being able to serve the emperor is naturally not all human. But, anyway, that's your own brother. ”
"How can Xiang Gong understand so clearly?"
"The minister went to Shanyang Village today to worship his ancestors, and then arrested all the clansmen who occupied your house and land. Then inquire about your news. I also just received a message from Wu Dian Stor, and I just learned the news. The minister is about to return to the city, and he has made it clear that he is coming to see you. ”
Cuilian sat on the edge of the bed, like she was stupid. Suddenly knowing her life experience, these news made her a little unacceptable for a while.
Fan Xuewu reminded: "Don't be stunned, dress up quickly, and you can see your brother in a while, but you can't let him think that I have treated you badly." ”
Cuilian panicked, reached out and grabbed Fan Xuewu's hand, and said tremblingly: "Xianggong, I'm afraid of ......"
"Don't be afraid, that's your own brother, not an enemy. Those things have passed, and now our husband and wife live in harmony and beauty, which is the right thing. ”
Cuilian was still trembling all over, hugging her husband's waist and bursting into tears.
Liu Wan didn't expect that after turning around, it turned out that the restaurant he lived in yesterday was his sister-in-law's house.
can have a big restaurant in the county seat and many shops, this Fan family's family background is good.
He now wants to see his sister as soon as possible, to know what she looks like now, and whether she is doing well.
He, a person without roots, has long stopped treating the Liu family as a relative, and his sister is now his only relative.
"Xiaoshanzi."
"The slave is here."
"You ride back to the county seat first, go and load the gifts I have prepared into the car, and send them to Fan's house in the east of the city in a while. My sister is also a blessed one, and now she has three children, so you can go to the market and pick up the best things for the children to eat, use, and play with, and choose the best ones for me to buy. ”
Liu Wan has accumulated a lot of belongings over the years, and after following Zhu Zhanji, he basically has no place to spend money, and he has no other hobbies, so he has saved all his money.
When he came back to look for his sister this time, he had already prepared all kinds of gifts, and he had prepared several boxes of fine gold and silver jewelry produced by the internal supervisor.
Xiao Shanzi is his apprentice, although he is only seventeen years old, but he is also a clever person, these things are left to him, he can rest assured.
When the convoy returned to the county seat, it was already time for dinner. Xu Gang, the magistrate of the county, was waiting at the West City Gate in person, and beside him, there was Fan Zhengyi, who had already met yesterday.
Fan Zhengyi's original name was Fan Zhengyuan, but in order to avoid Zhu Yuanzhang's Yuan, he changed his name to Fan Zhengyi.
Yesterday, he received the minister of the Qincha, and as the owner of the restaurant, he also mixed a position at the reception banquet. However, he is just a businessman, although he has money, he has no status, and he cannot sit as chairman at all.
But he never thought that the identities of the two of them had changed fundamentally today, and this minister of the Imperial Mission had become his relative.
As soon as Xu Gang met, he congratulated him and said: "Congratulations to Young Eunuch Liu, but I never thought that Ling Mei would find it so easily, and she was still a familiar person with the lower officials."
"Thank you Xu's parents for their hard work, and it is thanks to you that I was able to find my sister so smoothly. This Uncle Fan Shi, the kid Liu Wan is polite. ”
Fan Zhengyi's face smiled with a flower, Cuilian he also grew up watching and grew up, and he has always liked it. Although there was a marriage contract earlier, the children were still young at that time.
So he didn't have any taboos and insisted on asking for his son's marriage.
Now that she has been married for five years, she has given birth to two granddaughters and a grandson.
The young couple has a good relationship and is close to the family, although they are now separated from each other, but every few days, they always have to bring their children back to be close to their elders.
Now, a relative suddenly fell from the sky, and he was still the person waiting by the grandson's side.
Who is Taisun? The current grandson of the prison country, the future emperor!
Moreover, this relative is still a highly used, just because he is less than thirty years old, he can become a minister, you know that he is now highly used.
Through Xu Gang, he also knew that Liu Wan was a young eunuch, who was already a middle- and upper-level official in the ranks of the inner servants, and the family would not be afraid of being bullied in the future with such a strong support.
Hearing Liu Wan call him uncle, of course he was extremely happy, the big man who couldn't get up to him yesterday has become a junior today.
"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, the adult is high and powerful, and the contemptible person is just a merchant ......"
Liu Wan said with a smile: "Today, regardless of official position, only relatives." The little sister married into the Fan family, and I hope to take care of it more. ”
"It should. What's more, Cuilian is already lovely, she and Xuewu have known each other since childhood, and the two are childhood sweethearts, and they are very satisfied with this daughter-in-law. ”
Liu Wan invited the two to get into the carriage together, and the carriage started again, this time, going straight to Fan Xuewu's house in the east of the city.
Fan Zhengyi is a shrewd person, and he knows what Liu Wan wants to hear now. Along the way, just picked up some interesting things about Cuilian when she was a child, and now she is in charge of the house, and she has children.
Other people definitely don't care about these things, but for Liu Wan, they like to listen to it the most.
Hearing that the girl has not suffered since she was a child, and now she is living a good life, Liu Wan is naturally happy.
It wasn't until he arrived at the door of Fan's house that when he got out of the car, Xu Gang asked: "Young Eunuch Liu, since my sister is well, how should the case of the Liu family be tried, and I hope that the young eunuch will give me a letter." ”
Liu Wan shook his head and said: "This matter is not in a hurry, now make a noise, how to judge, how to judge, still have to wait for His Highness's instructions." ”
Xu Gang was dumbfounded. How could such a case alarm His Highness! Your Highness still has time to care about such a?
But at this time, Liu Wan couldn't take care of him anymore, and his eyes had long been attracted by a young woman at the gate.
There is no need to look at the birthmark behind her ear, Liu Wan can be sure that this is his sister, because the two look too similar, and they are brother and sister at first glance.
And when Cuilian looked at Liu Wan, she could be sure that this was her brother, and she couldn't wipe away her tears.
Liu Wan looked at his sister, his eyes were a little hazy, but he had a bright smile on his face.
He looked at Fan Xuewu beside her again, as well as the two children in front of them, and bowed to Fan Xuewu to the end. "Thank you brother-in-law for taking care of my little sister, so that I can see my relatives one day."
Fan Xuewu hurriedly replied: "Don't dare to be a ...... Cuilian is my wife, so she should take care of her. ”
Liu Wan said to Cuilian at this time: "After nearly 20 years, my little sister was about the same age as the child in your arms, but now she is the mother of three children. I can see my little sister live well, and I die without regrets. ”
Cuilian was a little silent, and hugged the child Yingying and bowed. "Cuilian is not filial, I only know my life experience today, I haven't been to my father's grave for all these years, and I know that there is a brother like you."
Liu Wan laughed with tears in his eyes. "You can live well, you don't care about everything. Tell me, what's the name of the three children? I'm also an uncle. ”
At this time, Xiao Shanzi also rushed over with a few carriages, and bought a lot of food, use, and play.
Since Zhu Zhanji built a playground for his younger brothers and sisters in the palace, some toys of later generations have spread hundreds of years in advance.
Xiao Shanzi knew that the master was a person who didn't care about money, and was willing to give the best things to his sister and nephew, so he bought some of the fine toys produced by the internal supervisor.
Seeing these toys, the two older children were immediately bought by this uncle, and Liu Wan was very happy when he called his uncle.
In the afternoon of the same day, two chamberlains and guards set off from Linzhou, and they rushed to Puyang with Liu Wan's letters, and then got on a communication ship of the inner supervisor, and rushed back to the capital day and night.
Although Liu Wan didn't know what kind of attitude Zhu Zhanji would have, he knew very well that His Royal Highness would definitely take the opportunity to play a game.
Although this matter is his own family matter, it involves the old forces of the clan and the dispute between the national law, if he does not report it, it will be his dereliction of duty.
After arranging this matter, Liu Wan simply did not return to Zhangde Mansion, and enjoyed the joy of family in Linzhou that he had never had.
His sister's family is doing well, the relationship between husband and wife is good, and the child is innocent and smart, all of which makes him extremely satisfied.
In the face of Chang Xiucai, who raised his sister as an adult, he was also grateful and treated him with a younger courtesy.
Then, he proposed that his sister's family move to the capital so that he could have a home in the capital.
Fan Xuewu is the second son, and he originally separated from his parents and shared a grocery store business.
Nowadays, most of the world's business is controlled by internal supervisors, and Liu Wan just arranges a little thing for them casually, which can also make them make a lot of money.
Fan Zhengyi was overjoyed, and it was naturally much better to go to the capital to develop than to stay in the small Linzhou. He collected the floating wealth of his family, and decided to sell a few properties to add a little principal to Fan Xuewu.
Cuilian and Fan Xuewu are also indispensable, after all, it is the capital!
Seeing that his sister and brother-in-law were willing to go to Beijing with him, Liu Wan was extremely happy, and arranged for Xiaoshanzi to return to the capital first to help him buy a house in the capital and settle his sister's family.
(I'm sorry, but I broke my trust again today.) I owe you 4,000 words, I remember them all, and I will try to pay them back tomorrow. )