Mrs. Zhang's craftsmanship is indeed good, although it is just some home-cooked food, it is the taste of Liao Town outside the Guan, but it is very rare in Fengyang, plus a variety of vegetables that are extremely rare in winter, it is really appetizing.

According to folk customs, female dependents are not allowed to serve guests, so the Zhang brothers and Hong Fatzi and others are accompanying Zhu Ping'an and Wang Pin to dine. Although Wang Pin is an internal official, his open-mindedness and heroism have been spread in the army, and at his invitation, Hong Fatzi, Yue Jinfeng, Qiu Ze and others also sat at the same table.

After three rounds of drinking, Zhu Ping'an confessed to a crime, and then got up with Zhang Dagou and left the table. After all, today is Mrs. Zhang's appointment, and it is really unreasonable to always drink in front and not go to visit. Besides, the situation where the Zhang brothers wanted to speak and stopped really made Zhu Ping'an unable to sit down. Since coming to Fengyang, Mrs. Zhang has been in charge of Zhu Ping'an and Cao Wuxian's daily life, in Zhu Ping'an's heart, it is to treat the old man as his own elder, now she has something, how can she not be in a hurry to ask clearly?

When I arrived in the backyard, as soon as I entered the door, I saw that Mrs. Zhang and her two servants were sitting in the sun in the courtyard doing needlework. Hearing the sound of footsteps, the servant saw Zhu Ping'an coming in, immediately got up and saluted, and packed her things to avoid. Mrs. Zhang stood up with a smile, and when she was about to salute, she was stopped by Zhu Ping'an.

"Auntie, is this going to kill peace? I haven't come to visit my aunt for a few days, and I don't want to go, and I haven't said hello to my aunt, how can I ask you to salute me? ”

Zhu Ping'an and Zhang Dagou helped the old woman sit down with one left and one right, and the old lady Zhang sighed, "I don't want to alarm adults because of these little things, but it's really ......, alas! ”

Seeing his mother sigh, Zhang Dagou fell to his knees with a plop, "It's all the child's fault, the mother must not be angry because of this, whether it is a beating or a punishment, it is all up to the mother, as long as you can feel comfortable!" ”

This can make Zhu Ping'an a little confused, the Zhang family, the mother and son are famous, the two brothers of the Zhang family are honest and simple, and the mother is filial, why did they make such a show today?

Mrs. Zhang told the story, which solved the doubts in Zhu Ping'an's heart.

It turned out that there were two brothers in the Zhang family, and the eldest Zhang Ergou was twenty years old this year, and he had already reached the age of marriage. The Zhang family was born in a military household, and fled from outside the border to the border in the early years, because of the identity of fleeing from the military household on his back, the marriage of the child naturally could not be discussed. But since Zhu Ping'an came to the high wall guard, the days of the hundred households have become more and more prosperous, and the reputation of the rich grange has gradually spread to the neighboring villages.

As for the two Zhang brothers, one is awarded the official position of a hundred households, and the other is the leader of Zhu Ping'an's own soldiers, and they see that the future is also very good. As a result, there was an endless stream of people from these ten miles and eight villages who came to propose relatives to the Zhang brothers, and they narrowly broke through the threshold of the Zhang family.

His son became wealthy, and more and more people came to the door to propose marriage, not only the nearby military families, but even the well-off families in Fengyang City, and the relatives of some military officers also came to explore the possibility of marriage. Mrs. Zhang saw it in her eyes and was happy in her heart, and she became more and more selective and careful, wanting to see a good family affair for her two sons.

Just a few days ago, the old woman fell in love with the daughter of a thousand households of the new army of Fengyang Guarding the Tomb. This Qianhu adult is almost fifty years old this year, but he only has such a daughter under his knees. To say that it can be regarded as fate, the last time he went out of the city to face the thieves, in the entire Fengyang City, only this Qianhu Lord went out of the city to kill the enemy with the Zhang brothers and Duan Xinian, and it can be regarded as a friend in distress. That Qianhu fell in love with Zhang Ergou at a glance, and he had already moved his mind to recruit a son-in-law, and not long ago he sent someone to inquire about the news, but he hit it off with the Zhang family.

Mrs. Zhang had already inquired carefully, but the daughters of the thousands of families were well-known virtuous women. Mother has been lingering on the sickbed, but she has been serving in front of the bed since she was a child, this is seven years, and she made a wish in front of the Buddha, as long as her mother is healthy, she would rather not eat meat for the rest of her life. Perhaps it was his filial piety that touched the gods and Buddhas, and his mother gradually got better, and when she was sixteen years old, the family was in a hurry to arrange a marriage for her.

Originally, what the two families were willing to do was a match made in heaven, but there was an annoying thing in front of them that couldn't be avoided. That's Zhang Dagou's marriage.

Zhang Dagou had a marriage match, and since he was a child, his parents were in charge of the family, and he recruited a child daughter-in-law in the family. It's just that on the way to escape from the customs, the woman died of a sudden illness, and Zhang Dagou had a deep relationship with him, and he has not renewed the strings to this day, and the marriage has been put on hold.

But now it's different, the marriage of the second brother has been decided, but he, the elder brother, is still alone. Mrs. Zhang read the customs of the countryside, this brother's marriage was before the brother, no matter what, it was always unreasonable, so she asked the matchmaker to say goodbye to Zhang Dagou, but this Zhang Dagou was a stubborn temper, thinking of his deceased wife in his heart, and said that he would not marry again.

Mrs. Zhang had no choice but to invite Zhu Ping'an to persuade Zhang Dagou.

Listening to the reason for this, Zhu Ping'an also had a headache, although Zhang Dagou is straightforward, but he is a guy with a backbone, over the years, not only have there been many people who have found the Zhang family to propose marriage, but even Duan Xinian and Zhu Ping'an have not seen many Chinese people who proposed marriage for him.

Although the two have not officially married and entered the cave house, in Zhang Dagou's heart, the woman who grew up with him since childhood is his only wife.

More than once, after getting drunk, Zhang Dagou would raise a finger with tears on his face, "As long as there is another bite to eat, really!" If I could find a mouthful of rice porridge that day, the young lady would never have lost her life like this! The most sorry thing in my life is the young lady, in order to let our brother have a way to live, do you know, she actually used a knife to cut off the meat on her leg for us to eat, it's ridiculous that our brothers thought it was vole meat, hahaha! ”

Whenever Zhang Dagou talks about these things, Zhu Ping'an and Cao Wuxian always feel the sadness and sadness they feel. Everyone has experienced the pain of life and death, after a long time, maybe it is not pain, and it has slowly become their most precious memory, although every time I think of it, there will always be a knife like uncomfortable, but the pain makes the memory last.

These things, until now, Zhang Dagou has not said to his mother and Ergou, maybe he thinks that it is enough for him to have his own silent memories of these things, but now, Zhu Ping'an wants to persuade him to discard these memories, is it possible?

Zhang Dagou kowtowed to his mother three times, "Mother, don't be embarrassed by Lord Zhu, the child only has a young mother and a wife in this life, which cannot be changed." The child owes a lot to the young lady and can't repay it, and marrying a new person into the door is nothing more than making both of them uncomfortable. Please mother, don't force the child anymore, it's a big deal that my brother will die alone as a widower! ”

After saying that, he got up and went out.

Zhu Ping'an was stunned for a moment, and then wanted to comfort Mrs. Zhang, but Mrs. Zhang seemed to be mentally prepared for this, and just sighed again, "The adult doesn't need to persuade again, the old woman also understands what this child thinks in her heart, please come over today, I thought that even if the adult came in person, he might not be able to persuade this stubborn donkey, but there was something else, so I invited the adult to come over in the name of this, and the old woman had something to tell her." ”

One sentence made Zhu Ping'an even more surprised, he didn't expect that Mrs. Zhang had already known that she couldn't persuade her son, but she invited herself over because of something else.

"Auntie has something, sending someone here will only be a word, how can there be a reason why peace can't come, why bother so much?"

Old Madam Zhang looked at Zhu Ping'an carefully, a trace of embarrassment slowly appeared on her face, and after thinking about it for a while, she spoke, "The old woman has never thought of what it has to do with the adults in this matter, but after thinking about it, I think it is better to tell the adults!" ”

After speaking, the old lady raised her voice, "Big dog, you rebel, don't go far, just stand at the door, and have a few important words to say for my mother and adults!" ”

Zhang Dagou outside the door was also very surprised, but he didn't dare to disobey his mother's order, and stood obediently in the yard.

"In the evening of the day before yesterday, Lord Duan suddenly sent someone to find the old body......!" The old lady said slowly.

"Duan Xinian?" Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but be stunned, what was the reason why he was looking for Mrs. Zhang.

"Lord Duan is very serious about this matter, and after seeing the old man, he didn't say anything, so he invited me to get into the carriage, just took two servants, and set off lightly."

I don't know how long I walked, but then I stopped, and I asked the old man to get out of the car and enter a large mansion. The mansion was so big, like a palace! ”

Zhu Ping'an listened to it in a fog, and he didn't know what the old lady was talking about.

"Although the yard is big, there is no one to live in, and I stopped after walking a few yards. An old man with a white beard but no beard led the old man into a side room. There were only two people in the room, a man in his mid-thirties, and a woman of the same age on the bed, apparently pregnant. The old woman had been delivering babies in the countryside, so a few diagnoses revealed that the woman had been pregnant for more than five months. ”

"Auntie, ......?"

"Don't say much, just listen to the old man!" Old Madam Zhang's expression was extremely solemn.

The old man did not say much, but only inquired about the woman's condition. After the diagnosis of the old body, the woman only occasionally felt cold, but it was pregnant, so they didn't dare to ignore it, maybe even more unavoidable, and asked for the eyes of Lord Duan, in order to keep it secret, so he asked the old man to come over the house! ”

"Speaking of which, adults should be able to guess who those three are, right?" Old Madam Zhang raised her head violently, and a pair of bright eyes stared at Zhu Ping'an.

"It's not a secret, the relationship between adults and them, the old body has also heard a little. The old body has the courage to say, the old body has lived dozens of years more than adults in the world, and he naturally has more insight into human affairs, and the old body doesn't know if this has anything to do with adults, but after all, it is more or less involved with adults, so this is the decision, invite the adults over, and tell the truth! ”

Zhu Ping'an was stunned on the spot.