Honesty is the foundation and business is prosperous

Fate to men and women in pairs

Du Youde said so much in one breath, and Li Renxin brought him tea. Said to him, big brother, what you said is too useful to us, Jinjin is in trouble with domestic and foreign relations, and the strong enemy is on the side, and he is unable to invade the south, which is good for everyone. Brother Qing Yuan once promised Uncle Seven that he would report the situation of the Jin Kingdom to him in a timely manner. This seventh uncle is the number one minister in my Great Song Dynasty, and he must be happy to know it. Do you want to pay you some more?

That's not necessary, this matter is still due to Fan Xianggong, and the money he gave is enough.

Big brother, let me ask you, do you know the situation of Shuozhou Jinbing? For example, how many soldiers, how many horses, what weapons are there, whether there are earth cannons, what are the movements, who is the general who leads the troops, what characteristics this person has in battle, and try to figure it out as much as possible.

Ouch, I only know a rough idea, not so detailed.

However, don't worry, people are familiar with it, and master it slowly. Fan Xianggong said that first of all, we must protect ourselves and not leak the stuffing. Just pay attention. Find a way to tell me, and I'll report it to Uncle Seven.

Big brother, tell me about my sister-in-law.

Du Youde was originally from Neihuang County, Xiangzhou, and later moved to Xiao County, Xuzhou. There are dozens of acres in the family, and the third brother Du Youli was also admitted to the Jinshi and was the magistrate of Xiao County. His wife, Shang, was hardworking and virtuous, giving birth to two boys and two daughters for him, and since more than ten years ago, after going out to do business, the two elders and the family have been taken care of by Shang. In recent years, the life of the family has become richer, and there are more servants, and some people persuade him to marry a concubine, but he never agrees.

In the autumn of the year before last, something happened that made him think.

That night, he made a big deal and happily accompanied a few business partners to drink. Perhaps because he was in a good mood, he drank a lot of wine, but as a result, he and his buddy were drunk, and they returned to the rented house in the middle of the night, without taking off their clothes, and fell asleep on the bed.

Thanks to his buddies, he got up to urinate, and when he saw that his house was not closed, there was a snoring sound. When I came in, the room was full of unpleasant smells, and Du Youde was on the side of the bed, his face buried in the food he vomited, and he couldn't breathe.

The guy pushed him, motionless, and didn't know what was going on, so he couldn't take care of a lot, and went to Lang Zhong behind his back. Lang Zhong said that it is a loss to find it in time, otherwise he will be choked to death by the filth he spits out. Because of a cold, I lay in bed for five days.

After the old lady found out, she immediately asked her daughter-in-law Shang to leave the affairs of the family, follow her son, and take care of her son's life sooner or later. But Shang followed him for less than a month, and he couldn't stand it. There is no fixed place, always running around, and secondly, mainly because there is nothing to do, due to the voice barrier, except for Du Youde, there is not even a person to talk to, and I miss my children.

Shang specifically talked to him about it. First of all, ask your husband to stop doing business, the family has land, money, food, and a large group of children and grandchildren, why should you suffer this crime outside?

Du Youde shook his head, do you know that a large group of children and grandchildren are smiling and giggling all day long, eating and drinking, where does the money come from? Relying on those 200 acres of land, can you feed dozens of people? As long as I don't go out to earn money for two years, life at home won't be so good. You like to be at home, take care of the old, and then look at the small ones, and you won't get used to it when you leave, but I'm used to running outside, so I can't stand it when I nest in that big yard all day.

So what to do?

You go home, I can take care of myself, besides, isn't there still a buddy?

Man, no, you are old, the child's father, you are the pillar of our family, and you really need someone who knows the pain and heat to take care of you, otherwise, not only my mother is not at ease, but I am also not at ease.

Listening to these two sentences, Du Youde's heart was warm. the kid, just have your words, it's okay, I'll pay more attention, and I won't do it in a few years.

Shang thought about it all night and decided to let her husband marry a concubine and let her take care of Du Youde. The two also set several conditions: they must not be too beautiful, they must be diligent and kind, they must be over thirty years old, and they must be willing.

I thought that such a woman was difficult to find, but I met it in less than three months.

That happened in Liaoyang, Tokyo. Because he wanted to buy timber for Jinan Mansion, Du Youde sent his wife Shang home and went to the Northeast with his buddies.

The guy's name is Song Zhen, twenty-six or seventeen years old, with a good body, more funnier, some martial arts, but his family is poor. After saving him, Du Youde contributed money to help him build a house in his hometown, and Shang also married a distant niece to him.

That day in Haicheng, Du Youde and Song Zhen finished dinner and left the mansion, ready to buy some gifts. After walking a short distance, I heard a commotion on the right, and when I got closer, a Jurchen man in his thirties pulled a woman and beat and scolded. When I inquired, I found out that the woman borrowed the man's money because of her father, and because she had no money to pay it back, she wanted to sell the woman to a brothel.

Du Youde saw that the woman's clothes were shabby, tears flowed down his face, and he moved his heart to detect and hide, and stepped forward to stop: let go, let go, it's okay to repay debts, don't bully women.

The man said angrily: Just bully, what the fuck are you doing?

Song Zhen stepped forward and dragged him over: You fucking clean mouth, otherwise, Lao Tzu's fist will not recognize people. With that, he threw the man to a big horse.

That man, seeing that he was majestic and well-dressed, knew that he was not a mortal. The tone softened: If you want to meddle in your business, you will pay back the money she owes, and I will release her.

In this way, it cost five taels of silver to save the woman.

Unknowingly, the woman's leg was injured and she couldn't walk if she wanted to, so Du Youde had to ask Song Zhen to send her back.

When I arrived at the woman's house, I realized that this was a hard-working woman.

The woman's surname is Wang, originally from Weizhou, Shandong, and when her grandfather was young, she fled to Haicheng to escape the war. When he was twenty years old, he married a man named Li Lun. However, soon after getting married, he was arrested and sent to serve as a soldier. After a few years, he died in battle. In Dajin, even the poor people were hierarchical, the highest class was the Jurchens, followed by the Khitans, Bohai people, and Mongols, and the Han people were the lowest, and most of them were servants to the Jurchens. The Wang family is also Han, and when they saw that their son was dead and their daughter-in-law had no children, they asked her to go back to her parents' house and remarry herself.

There is no one in the Wang family, two years ago, my mother died, and my father was sick and couldn't move, so I relied on her and my sister to work as servants for others to make a living, and a few days ago, my old father also died.

After settling the Wang sisters, Du Youde and Song Zhen prepared to hurry. The Wang sisters fell to their knees:

Shopkeeper Du, you are a good person, and our sisters have no home, so they will follow you, and they can endure any hardship and do any work.

Du Youde was embarrassed: It's no problem to feed you, but it's inconvenient for us to go south and north, and it's inconvenient to bring a woman.

You treat us as servants, and we will follow you wherever we go, and we will do your laundry, cook and serve you, and if you are not satisfied, you will drive us away.

When I arrived at the Tieshan Ridge of the Taizi River, I found Shuhu Yongchang, and it didn't take a few days to select the goods. Seeing that Shuhu Yongchang was interested in the sister of the Wang family, Du Youde came forward to say yes and married the younger sister to him.

Northeast people are still generous, dare to do it. After her sister got married, the sister of the Wang family took the initiative to find Du Youde to express her love, even if she was a concubine, she was willing to marry him.

As the saying goes, men chase women across mountains, and women chase men across the veil. As soon as this veil is lifted, men and women become pairs, and there are more couples in the world.