The sky is bright, Yuanqing returns to the northwest gate of Yang's house, the west outer courtyard is the place where the Yang clan people live, divided into two parts of the north and south, a piece of about five acres of land in the south is the clan study, there are more than 200 children of the Yang family and relatives to study here, Yuanqing stayed for three days at the age of five and was dropped out.

In the north, there are dozens of distant families of the Yang family, all of whom are small families, and the Yang Mansion gives subsidies according to the standard of ten yuan per month, but ten yuan is obviously not enough for daily expenses, and they have found their own ways to make a living.

Some drive carriages, some do business, but at most they still participate in the management of the grange, and the Yang Mansion has several large granges near the capital, covering an area of one hundred and thirty hectares, which are all taken care of by the children of the Yang family.

Yuanqing's family is the poorest in the West Outer Courtyard, not only is the Zhengfang lady Zheng deliberately deducting his monthly money, but also there is no man in their family, a widow with two children, life is really difficult.

Passing through an alley, in front of him is the courtyard where he lives, Yuan Qing met a person running with a smile, it was the horse steward who had just been promoted to the head of the account, Yuan Qing didn't like him, and he didn't like his wife, his wife was the owl housekeeper who was very smelly.

This horse steward is extremely lustful, because most of the servants in the Yang Mansion have a bit of a posture, every time he sees a beautiful woman, this horse steward will show a look of lust, the people in the house are very disgusted with him, and Yuan Qing is also very disgusted with him, especially recently Niuniu told him that this horse steward has something wrong with his aunt's eyes, which makes Yuan Qing vigilant.

"Steward Ma, what's the matter?" Yuan Qing stopped him.

Steward Ma was thin and small, he was a little afraid of Yuanqing, and hurriedly laughed: "I'll send you monthly money." ”

"Give it to me!" Yuan Qing stretched out his hand.

Steward Ma had no choice but to hand over the five hanging money to Yuan Qing, he wanted to take a sneak peek at the courtyard, but he was short and couldn't see the situation in the courtyard, a trace of annoyance flashed in his eyes, and he turned around and left.

Yuan Qing looked at him and walked away, and snorted coldly, "The toad wants to eat swan meat, dream!" ”

He turned back to the courtyard, and as soon as he reached the gate of the courtyard, he only heard 'Whoosh!' With a bang, a black shadow shot towards him, and then came Niuniu's scream, "Get out of the way!" ”

As soon as Yuan Qing raised his hand, he gently and skillfully grabbed the object shot at him in front of him, which was a dart made of broken scissor heads.

Niuniu practiced Shen Qiuniang's martial arts, which is indeed not suitable for Yuan Qing, they are all small martial arts, such as light skills, hidden weapons and swordsmanship, but Yuan Qing learned the martial arts of battlefield battle.

"Brother Yuanqing, I'm sorry, I didn't know it was you."

Niuniu ran over to apologize to him, Niuniu was eight years old like him, her skin was as white as jade, her eyebrows were picturesque, her eyes were as black as grapes in her big bright eyes, her nose and small mouth were delicate and abnormal, and the appearance of a little beauty had come out.

Yuan Qing smiled, "I know, that leper dog has been sent away by me." ”

"Humph! Cheap him. ”

Niuniu hated and said: "If he dares to have bad intentions, see how I clean him up." ”

"His small figure, even if he is given a hundred guts, he will not dare!"

"Yuanqing, go have breakfast."

Shen Qiuniang hurriedly came out of the room with a cloth bag, the cloth bag was the thirty Diamond Sutras she copied, she wanted to rush to the bookstore to exchange money, and when she saw Yuan Qing coming back, she urged him, "The taro porridge has been cooked, you and Niuniu go to the kitchen to serve it by yourself, I am going to go outside the city to collect medicine today, I may come back later, if I don't come back at noon, you have your own hot meals, and there are ready-made ones in the cupboard, Niuniu, did you hear that?" ”

"Mother, I heard you."

Niuniu heard that her mother would not come back at noon, so she was so happy that she secretly winked at Yuan Qing, and Yuan Qing hurriedly handed Shen Qiuniang five hanging money, "Auntie, this is this month's monthly money." ”

"Hmmm! You put it in the cupboard, I'm in a hurry. ”

Shen Qiuniang was in a hurry to hand in the book, and told the two of them a few words, and left in a hurry.

Seeing her mother leave, Niuniu immediately opened her eyes and smiled: "Brother Yuanqing, didn't you say that you would teach me archery when you have time?" We just had time today, so we went out and practiced archery. ”

Yuan Qing scratched his head and said, "I'm afraid I don't have time today, I heard that there is a clan sacrifice?" ”

"Don't you hate sacrifices the most? They don't pay attention to you anyway, so it's okay if you don't participate. ”

As soon as Niuniu's words fell, Second Uncle Liu appeared at the gate of the courtyard with a smile, "Yuanqing, help me hang the lantern!" I'm struggling a little bit by myself. ”

Second Uncle Liu is the old housekeeper when Yuan Qing first entered the Yang Mansion, in fact, he is old-looking, he is only over forty years old, he is the fourth housekeeper of the Yang Mansion, and he and his wife Aunt Liu have always taken care of Yuan Qing all these years.

"Good!"

Yuan Qing agreed, and left with Second Uncle Liu.

Niuniu saw that Yuanqing refused to accompany her to shoot arrows, she pursed her lips and was unhappy, and after a while, she stomped her feet, "You don't accompany me, I'll go by myself." ”

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At the main entrance, Second Uncle Liu and Yuan Qing are installing lanterns, during the New Year, four big red lanterns have been installed at the gate, but today there is a family sacrifice, according to the rules of the Yang Mansion, eighteen red lanterns must be installed, the lanterns are quite large, each lantern is like the size of a millstone.

Second Uncle Liu held the wooden ladder, and Yuan Qing stood on the top of the ladder and hung the lanterns on the iron hook.

"Attention! The hook on the right side is a little loose, so be careful. Second Uncle Liu reminded below.

'Ahem! ’

Someone coughed twice in the gate, and walked out of two young sons, the two of them looked somewhat similar, both looked like crowned jade, and their spirits were flying, they were Yang Xuangan's two sons-in-law, the eldest son Yang Jun, thirteen years old this year, studied in the capital Guozi, and the second son Yang Rong, eleven years old, followed his parents to study in Songzhou, and was ready to enter the country after he turned twelve next year.

Today is the third day of the first lunar month, and the two brothers each got a reward of ten yuan and planned to go out to buy books.

The two brothers are dressed in brocade robes, wearing gold crowns, handsome and handsome, and have good appearances, especially Yang Jun is the eldest grandson, and is deeply loved by his grandfather Yang Su.

Although Yuanqing is also valued by Yang Su, this kind of weight is not the same as Yang Su's love for Yang Jun, the weight of Yuanqing is an occasional phenomenon, not systematic, mainly dominated by Yang Su's emotions, when Yang Su is in a good mood, he will attach great importance to Wujin, and when he is in a bad mood, he will be left behind.

Yang Jun is different, he is the eldest grandson, is the third generation of Yang Su's legal successor, Yang Su has always been concerned about him, give him the best education, since he was five years old, he asked a famous teacher to train him, and now he is studying under the son of the country to learn the great Confucian Wang Long, is already full of economy, and is deeply favored by Yang Su.

Perhaps due to the influence of their mother Zheng, the two brothers don't like Yuanqing, the half-brother, very much, Yang Jun is knowledgeable and reasonable, and he doesn't show his face, but Yang Rong's contempt for Yuanqing can't be concealed at all.

Yang Rong glanced at Yuan Qing on the ladder, pouted and said to his brother: "Big brother, I found that some people are born cheap and are willing to do things for others, no wonder others look down on him." ”

Yang Jun snorted, "Second brother, there is a clan sacrifice in the afternoon, we have to go and go back quickly." ”

Yuan Qing installed a lamp above their heads, he didn't hear Yang Rong's ridicule, he didn't have a good impression of these two brothers, he usually didn't communicate with each other, and he didn't pay attention to it, if Yang Rong ridiculed him in the past, he would definitely sneer at each other and scold who was farting?

But since he practiced martial arts, his restraint ability has been greatly strengthened, and he is not shocked by the ridicule of this kind of clansmen, as long as he does not violate his bottom line, he will be indifferent in his heart and laugh at it.

Next to him, Liu Si's housekeeper secretly praised Yuan Qing for his self-cultivation, he watched Yuan Qing grow up, knowing that he was a person who could not be provoked when he was a child, with a strong temperament, who dared to insult him like this in the past, he would have beaten him with a stick, but now he can laugh at it, he knows that this child is not weak, but has grown up.

In contrast, although the Yang brothers read a lot of books, they did not have the open-mindedness of Yuan Qing.

Butler Liu Si smiled and greeted the two brothers, "The eldest son, the second son, you go out!" ”

Yang Rong raised his head arrogantly and ignored him, Yang Jun was a little better, nodded to him, and responded.

At this moment, a carriage inlaid with silver wire came galloping, surrounded by more than a dozen Yang Mansion guards, and the carriage rattled and stopped in front of the steps of the mansion gate.

Yang Rong's face changed, and he said in horror: "It's grandmother who is here!" ”

Yuan Qing stood high on the ladder, and he had already recognized the carriage, which was the carriage of He Ruoyunniang, the mother of the Yang Mansion, that is, Yang Su's wife.

He Ruoyun Niang is the sister of He Ruobi of Shangzhu State, five years after the emperor's reign, Yang Su's ex-wife Zheng died of illness, and He Ruoyun Niang was only twenty-nine years old, and was widowed at home, led by Queen Dugu, He Ruoyun Niang remarried Yang Su as a continuation of the string, and has been in Yang's mansion for 12 years.

The status of women in the Sui Dynasty has always been very high, which is a continuation of the influence of the Northern Dynasty, in the Northern Dynasty, because of the 'will be a princess, the prince married the descendants, so there are no concubines and no concubines, it is customary. 'From the beginning of the Northern Wei Dynasty, it was formed in the Northern Qi Dynasty, so that 'the dynasty has no concubines, and all the people in the world have one wife.' ’

Of course, there is no shortage of wives and concubines, but marrying only one wife has been a common social trend, and the root cause is that this is the legacy of the Heng Dynasty, which is influenced by the social customs of the Xianbei Tuoba people.

In the Southern Dynasty, on the other hand, women were at the bottom of society, married to each other, and they had not known each other for decades, but they were married by faith.

And the women of the Northern Dynasties, seeking officials for their sons, complaining for their husbands, handing over to the downstream, their husbands singing with their wives, inside and out, all rely on 'strong women', so, how dare husbands argue with their wives, so the fear of the wind of the inside is flourishing, so it is extremely normal for Yang Jian's family to have jealous wives and Yang Su's family to have fierce women.

Although the establishment of the Sui Dynasty marked the emergence of a unified dynasty, the essence of the Sui Dynasty was still the continuation of the Xianbei Dynasty, and the strong legacy of Hu women was far from extinction, and even continued until Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty.

He Ruoyun Niang has Hu blood, she is very tall, fat and fat, giving people the feeling of a meat tower, it is said that she was very beautiful when she was young, but Yuan Qing didn't believe it very much, a woman with broom eyebrows and triangular eyes, no matter how young she is, she can't be beautiful?

However, if He Ruoyun Niang is irritable, he believes that He Ruoyun Niang's arrogance and temper are well-known throughout the Yang Mansion, and she does not know how to be a low-key person, which has always been the tradition of He Ruo's family.

The carriage stopped, and He Ruoyun Niang, with the support of the two maids, got out of the carriage.

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Wu Dong Qiankun 81zw