Chapter 180: Borrowing Money to Get Married
Huang Liren is the old rival of Liu Chengdong and Li Xiang, the son-in-law of Weng, almost from beginning to end, watching Liu Chengdong Zhao'an, and watching Li Xiang step by step turn the poor and white Mingyue Village into the rich and rich Mingyue Village.
Huang Liren is the Confucian disciple who knows Mingyuezhuang the most, and there is no one.
However, whenever I think of Wu Xiaoling, a woman and a workshop owner, the decisiveness and violence when she rose up to resist, as well as the sobriety hidden in extreme anger, Huang Liren, a former high-ranking official in Bianjing, shuddered.
There is a certain power hidden in Wu Xiaoling, a power that makes the children of a saint like Huang Liren disgusted and fearful.
Huang Liren couldn't figure out what that power was. To a certain extent, he did not hesitate to risk the retaliation of his own family after forcing against Mingyuezhuang, and he also tried his best to suppress and eliminate Mingyuezhuang, just to find out what Li Xiang was doing in the mountains.
Now his heart itched even more, as if he was being stabbed back and forth by some kind of vineman. Every time he dreamed of this kind of scene, Huang Liren used the strength of the palace examination to squeeze forward, wanting to penetrate the barrier formed by the vine man, and take a look at the blurred scene, just one glance.
There is no chance for the time being, no chance for a long time.
Huang Liren could only sit and watch Li Xiang continue to grow, seeing that there were more and more small people like Wu Xiaoling.
After such a serious incident as the rebellion of the displaced people, Huang Liren knew that the plan had completely failed. The big clans and high-ranking officials who supported him in the past will no longer pay attention to him, and will only hide far away according to their way of survival. Those people in Jiangnan didn't see much of what they were interested in, and they wouldn't stop Li Gang and Yu Yunwen in the court.
This is the process of failure that Huang Liren recalls. There were a lot of things in there, and he couldn't see them clearly.
Huang Liren looked at He Ruifeng.
Although he was wary of this kid, Huang Liren still admired He Ruifeng very much. Although the Huang family is prosperous today, they can compare with He Ruifeng's young people, and they are less than a handful of them.
"Seeing that Li Xiang pulled his heart to his own Zhuang people to the north bank, he reminded Na Xunyang to hurry up, Ruifeng is wise." Huang Liren said in the tone of a junior who was admitted to the school, "The houses in the clan are not clean, and there are many insults to your family, do you have hatred in your heart?" ”
He Ruifeng was not frightened by Huang Liren's sharp eyes, thus revealing his true emotions. He was just stunned for a moment, and then calmly said, "My He family of three left Mingyue Village, and I didn't care if I was in trouble, and the people who came out of the village were more miserable than my He family." ”
"A few of them settled in Qingshan Town, and the family was ruined when the workshop was built. In comparison, what is the slight embarrassment suffered by the He family? ”
After He Lishi and He Ruifeng and his son took refuge in the Huang family, they helped the Huang family's oil mill, mill and blacksmith to improve the equipment process, and introduced assembly lines and standardized production......
After the value was squeezed dry, the He family was thrown aside.
The big and small families of the Huang clan, especially those who are not very valued, have all kinds of bullying, scolding, and blackmailing of the He family's father and son. He Ruifeng's mother was also molested a few times, and she was almost killed by that.
The Huang family is not as good as before.
Huang Liren wants to envelop He Ruifeng, a manufacturable material, of course, he has to observe, don't end up raising a Huang family gravedigger, it would be ridiculous.
Seeing that He Ruifeng's expression did not seem to be fake, Huang Liren did not delve into He Ruifeng's more ideas. He took out two letters, "Since it is a manufacturable material, it is a pity to only stay in Huangjiameng, go to Nanyang Mansion to learn." Two letters, one to the mountain master of the school, and the other to the master of the Nanyang Mansion. ”
He Ruifeng was really excited. He made a junior salute, took the letter in Liu Xiadu's resentful eyes, and left with Huang Chengen's housekeeper.
Liu Xiadu still had a bandage on his head. The guy who knocked him out was really powerful, and he didn't knock him stupid.
After fainting for five hours, Liu Xia woke up and looked at the seven Liu families who were crippled, and wanted to cry without tears. He was afraid that Li Xiang would directly cut the grass and eradicate the roots, so he took the Liu family to leave the fire-filled Mingyue Village, and joined his grandfather and several other old people who were waiting in Xunyang Mansion City, so he went directly to the Huang family.
Huang Liren originally planned to use the seven Liu families, so he united with other officials and gentry to eat them and wipe them out. Now that the matter has failed, for the next step of planning, Huang Liren has no choice but to continue to help the seven Liu families, and he can't let them be torn apart for the time being.
"The local officials, the big and small merchants in Mingyueji, and the county lieutenants of Xiangjun Township are inspecting, and the representatives of these people are still negotiating in Mingyuezhuang, and the old man will propose to some people......"
Looking at Liu Xiadu's excited and ecstatic expression, Huang Liren secretly said that Liu Xia was impatient, there was no city government, and he was far inferior to He Ruifeng, "Some people must also want to leave nails in Mingyuezhuang, and look at Li Xiang firmly, the old man doesn't believe that they have no doubts." The big men in Bianjing will not let the Huang family and the seven Liu families fall completely. ”
The situation of the Huang family has changed drastically, but Huang Liren is not worried that he will not survive. In addition to the fact that he had already prepared a scapegoat, the high-ranking officials of the court would not let the Huang family completely fall. Keeping the Huang family in Shiyan Prefecture and looking at Mingyuezhuang firmly, this is the way to check and balance, and the long-term strategy.
On the way back to the place where he stayed, Liu Xiadu's grandfather thought to himself: From today onwards, the seven Liu families will be completely separated from Liu Chengdong, Liu Yuan, and Liu Shengsheng. I can't imagine that after working for so long, I didn't get any benefits, not to mention, I was robbed of most of my family property by officials and officers, and I had to be completely reduced to a puppet tool. It's a pity that my grandson, who boasts of his talent and is not aware of it, has become a tool, so complacent......
He Ruifeng's pace was a little faster, but he was still calm. Liu Xia was overjoyed and high-spirited. Liu Xiadu's grandfather looked melancholy, bowed his head and said nothing? After Huang Liren drank the medicine, he listened to the change in his expression after the departure of several people, and stroked his beard and smiled.
"He Ruifeng is young and has no foundation, but he is deep in mind and has a grudge against the Huang family. As long as he participates in the scientific examination and follows the rules of the Great Zhou, he will no longer be able to break free from the palm of my Huang family. ”
"Keeping the seven Liu families is just a step of leisure, so that the old man can observe Mingyuezhuang at close range. Liu Xiadu, a young man, is ambitious and talented, impatient, and very easy to master. ”
"But Liu Xiadu's grandfather is a little interesting. I thought it was a lot of clever tricks that Liu Xiadu's kid came up with, but now it seems that it will fall on his grandfather. ”
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Mingyuezhuang west to more than 100 miles, abduction pass.
Liu Decheng and Ding Shihang told several subordinates in the square wooden house to guard the camp, not to attack in case of provocation, and to wait for Qin Zhong and Yang Jianchuan to come and take over.
When the resources of Gongzhong were never abundant, Liu Decheng and Ding Shihang, as the two company commanders who controlled the important places, were equivalent to the heads of the Xiang army, and they received only ...... Room for two. Whether it is the elder battalion or the guards, there are more than a dozen people living in the Chase Shop, and only the two of them live in a single room, which can be regarded as the welfare of leading soldiers outside.
Li Xiang considered that it was too arrogant to take three hundred people, so he planned to set off first with his personal guards. Liu Decheng and Ding Shihang took the remaining 200 people and set off in batches to meet at Danjiangkou.
Liu Ding and the others handed over their official affairs, feeling relaxed, and were busy packing up their things in the room. Wooden plates, bamboo kettles, change of clothes...... There was a mess in the room.
Liu Decheng rummaged around for something, and the whole bed was messy, "There should be three pairs of shorts, why is there one missing, there is no reason." ”
The lengthened new boxer briefs are especially popular with all the villagers of Mingyuezhuang, especially the elder battalion and the guard group. Wearing large soft pants in winter is a comfortable and reassuring feeling...... Ahem, men understand.
Seeing Ding Shihang pretending to pack his things there, Liu Decheng didn't understand what was going on, and scolded: "You have two caravans, there is no shortage of copper coins, if you buy one more, you will die?!" ”
Ding Shihang dodged Liu Decheng's fist while explaining with a dead face: "Ahem, they are all brothers, and now they are brothers who wear a pair of pants." ”
"You know the situation of the caravan. It costs money to raise those people, and it costs even more money to buy ordnance, and the master asks for a major rectification, and the mountain is closed in winter and confiscated, and the money is tight. ”
"Besides, Wang Xiaochen's father and mother are like selling their daughters, opening their mouths to ask for so many dowries, and my brother is too nervous here...... Brother Liu, why don't you borrow more brothers? ”
Liu Decheng has a hard body, but he can't grasp the flexible Ding Shihang. Seeing that Ding Shihang was extremely obscene, he just walked and wore shorts, but he actually had the face to borrow money, and he was angry. But when he heard Ding Shihang's last sentence and thought of the tragic death of Ding Shihang's parents, he carefully stopped his pace and made an appearance of not being able to continue.
"How much to borrow?"
"A thousand, uh, eight hundred."
"I ...... You're robbing money! Liu Decheng's eyes widened, "Six hundred at most, no more." Isn't it, the girl in the village knows it, but the Wang family is too ruthless, right? ”
Liu Decheng spent about 500 yuan when he got married. He also gritted his teeth and endured it at that time, very curious about the cost of getting married in the village now.
Ding Shihang also sat on his bed, and poured bitter water when he heard the words, "Who said it wasn't?" Counting the purchase of a table at the restaurant in the village, 2,000 times can't be beaten! It's okay to give 600 guan, and I'll borrow some from Yang Jianchuan, Xiong Chengwu, and Four-Eyed Boy. They have money. ”
"But my mother-in-law also has difficulties, not specifically for me. Otherwise, how could Xiaochen, the top woman in the village, marry me? ”
Liu Decheng took out a package of salted jerky, opened it, grabbed it to Ding Shihang, and listened to the play with wide eyes.
Ding Shihang took a bite of pork jerky, tasted the salty fragrance, and said depressedly: "The guys in the village with better conditions than me can't beat ten." The mother-in-law estimated that the cost of marriage was getting higher and higher, so that Xiaochen's younger brother could marry a woman in the village as a daughter-in-law, she had to ask me for more. ”
"Lao Tzu originally planned to marry after two years, when the caravan made more money and the workshop was built. Anyway, the master and son have not officially married, so it is not too late. Ding Shihang automatically ignored Liu Decheng's bright eyes, drank the hot water in the bamboo tube, and said sadly: "But Lao Tzu is desperate outside, and those people in the village who are not particular about it always pry their sons over, wanting to snatch Wang Xiaochen, mother!" ”
"Hmmmm~~~"
Liu Decheng couldn't stand it, hugged his stomach and laughed, and patted the bed board with his hand.
Ding Shihang gritted his teeth and continued: "Xiaochen, Cao Wenwen, Liu Zhangyuan, Zhang Yanwang, and Liu Shenyi, the group of finished medicine workshops they jointly established is about to be completed. Lao Tzu is afraid that after a while, the mother-in-law is estimated to stop Wang Xiaochen and let her pass through the door in a few years. ”
Liu Decheng wiped the tears of laughter and said with emotion: "A few years ago, I was poor and white, and the dowry at that time was at most two catties of meat. Nowadays, many families have workshops and caravans, but the dowry is so high. In addition, building houses, buying clothes, buying carriages, and sending workshops to the workshop cost a lot of money on the top floor! ”
"Not really. Brothers who know each other well must be reminded that they should marry as soon as possible, and the cost will go up too fast. By the way, now the full set of jewelry of the housewife is becoming popular in the village. You see, after half a year at most, everyone who has the conditions will have to buy a set. ”
"Poof! Those boys won't be exhausted to death by then, hahaha......"