When Deng Haonan left the Li Mansion, it was already evening. It was already dark, pedestrians were barely visible, and the shops and shops lining the streets were closed.

Closed so early? Deng Haonan, who was walking on the road, shook his head in disappointment. He had thought of buying something on the way home to give to his mother and wife. At this time, seeing that all the stores were closed, I could only shake my head and smile bitterly.

A gust of evening wind blew, rolling up a puff of sand and dust on the streets, but the town of Beiyu after sunset was particularly lonely. In ancient times, there was little entertainment at night, except for brothels that were full of red lights and opened at night, and the small town of Beitan obviously did not have the level to allow a brothel to settle here.

Of course, there is a more important reason, that is, there are often pirates in this coastal area, and the night is not very peaceful, so people close their doors early and dare not come out at night!

Along the way, Deng Haonan kept thinking about today's encounter. If it weren't for Yan Siyu and the others, Deng Haonan really didn't know how to make up the money to deal with the people in the Li Mansion! Besides, the most terrible thing is that Deng Haonan didn't hold back, and hit the two guards of the Li Mansion! As the saying goes, beating a dog depends on the owner, Deng Haonan offended the people of the Li Mansion, and it is even more difficult to get involved in the Li Mansion!

Thinking that this Yan Siyu turned out to be the sister of Yan Siqi, the general leader of the Twenty-Eight Brothers Alliance, then Yan Siqi has Zheng Zhilong, Yang Tiansheng and other fierce generals under him, and the sea power cannot be underestimated! If you can bring them under your command, and add your superb ability to cast cannons and make gunpowder, wouldn't you be invincible in the world?

However, Deng Haonan quickly dispelled this unrealistic and naïve idea. Because Deng Haonan now has no money, no power, and no connections, it is undoubtedly a fool's dream to make these historical NPCs surrender.

Deng Haonan walked and thought at the same time. Then Yan Siyu can take advantage of it, after all, if she gets her help, she can get close to the top and give full play to her greater talents. Deng Haonan thought that Yan Siyu's gaze at him was more or less ambiguous, but if he wanted to climb up with this woman, did he have to sacrifice his hue?

Deng Haonan shook his head, although he knew that if he sacrificed his hue, he could save twenty years of struggle! There is also a gentle and virtuous little wife at home, thinking of her graceful and lovely appearance, and the fact that Yan Siyu has been positioned as an ugly woman in her heart, Deng Haonan immediately gave up this idea.

That Yang Hu can take advantage of it! Deng Haonan thought that Yang Hu's joy, anger, sorrow and happiness were all expressed on his face, such a scheming city is not deep, and it is easy to get along. Moreover, although this Yang Tiansheng is not as strong as Yan Siyu, he is also the best among the twenty-eight maritime merchants. If you can use Yang Hu to climb up from Yang Tiansheng's line, it won't take much time.

Well! That's a good idea! Deng Haonan nodded secretly in his heart. As for Li Ping, Deng Haonan never saw through him. This old man was able to get Yan Siyu's personal visit, and he must not be weak! When he goes to work in his "private enterprise" tomorrow, by the way, he will find out first!

At this time, Deng Haonan suddenly thought of the 1,000 taels of silver tickets given to Li Ping for his birthday, and his heart felt a pain in his heart.

One thousand taels! Don't go adrift! Deng Haonan thought so.

However, when Deng Haonan was leaving, Yang Hu gave himself a hundred taels of silver as a wedding gift. And Li Ping gave himself the position of chief engineer of the gunpowder workshop, with a monthly salary of 60 taels and ten horses of fine silk, which was worth a thousand taels of silver. However, Yan Siyu only gave himself twenty loads of rice noodles, was it because he saw his own appearance? Deng Haonan shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Unconsciously, Deng Haonan had come to the street corner of his house.

It's summer, and the evening along the coast is cloudy, and it doesn't take long for it to drizzle, making the town even more lonely at night.

Turning the corner, I looked up, and saw a petite figure standing there at the door of the somewhat dim house, looking left and right from time to time. For Deng Haonan, this figure is the most familiar figure he is in this world.

It is Wanshu, Deng Haonan's little wife.

looked at Wanshu standing at the door of the house, looking left and right. Of course, Deng Haonan understood that she was waiting for her, and there was a warmth in her heart for no reason, and a trace of coldness brought by the drizzle was suddenly dispelled.

If a wife is like this, what more can a husband ask for! For a while, Deng Haonan stayed there and let the rain hit his face.

"Xianggong!" Far away, Wanshu saw Deng Haonan.

Deng Haonan's thoughts flew back, and when he saw his little wife running over quickly, he hurriedly greeted him with a "lady".

Embracing each other, Deng Haonan hugged Wanshu and turned around twice, and he was very happy for a while, like a little lover who had been reunited after a long absence.

"Xianggong is greedy for cups, and the tired lady is waiting!" Putting down Wangshu, Deng Haonan smiled all over his face.

"It's okay!" Wanshu hurriedly shook her head and said, "The concubine also came out to take a look just now, and it happened that the husband came back!" ”

That's thoughtful! Deng Haonan reached out and pulled her into his arms again and kissed her on the forehead.

Wanshu looked left and right, saw that there was no one around, and peeked at Deng Haonan again, before hugging him shyly.

The two relied on each other in the rain and were a little romantic. However, soon the rain began to fall heavily, and if it was romantic, there would be a problem in the brain.

At that moment, Deng Haonan took Wanshu's hand, and the two ran home quickly.

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A pot of tea has been brewed for a long time, and the contents may have been brewed for a long time, and it looks strong. The strong tea is a little bitter, but Deng Haonan drinks it with relish. Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, just as every family has tea with different aromas and astringencies! A pot of tea is the epitome of a family's ups and downs. In Deng Haonan's opinion, no matter how good the tea outside is, it is not as good as the virtuous lady at home, because it contains Wanshu's strong attachment to him, fragrant in the mouth, sweet in the heart.

"I see!" Wanshu kept pouring tea for Deng Haonan, cup after cup. While listening to Deng Haonan adding fuel and vinegar to his deeds today. At every critical moment, she suddenly slapped happily, and her eyes were even more adoring Deng Haonan.

Then when Wanshu asked how to deal with the congratulatory gifts sent by the Li Mansion, Deng Haonan just shrugged his shoulders and said that he didn't know, and then handed them all over to Wanshu to deal with.

At the beginning, the people from the Li Mansion suddenly came to the door, startling Wanshu, thinking that Li Ping's subordinates came to rob people! Unexpectedly, the people from Li Mansion were sending silver, cloth and rice and noodles, Wanshu asked them, and they didn't say anything, just said that they would know when Deng Haonan came back.

Wanshu didn't know the origin of these things, and she didn't dare to act rashly. At this time, after getting Deng Haonan's explanation, he opened the boxes one by one. In the first box was a hundred taels of silver, which was of good finery, and it was pure silver. There are two silver bills of one hundred taels next to them, but they are not Daming treasure banknotes, but bills issued by Baolitong Money Bank, which is under the Twenty-Eight Brothers Alliance, which shows that these maritime merchants have their own "banks", and it is convenient to do things. The remaining boxes were filled with silk of various colors, and Wanshu suddenly exclaimed happily, looking very happy.

Deng Haonan smiled faintly, after all, she is still a girl's heart, and gold and silver treasures may not be eye-catching, but this dazzling silk is different, and it can be seen that Wanshu likes it very much.

I saw Wanshu happily look at all the fabrics one by one, then turned to Deng Haonan and said, "You can make a few more decent new clothes for Xianggong!" ”

Deng Haonan exhaled lightly, and secretly said that this little girl was thinking about him all the time, so much so that Deng Haonan felt more and more ashamed, because the first thing he did was thinking about himself.

Gently grabbing Wanshu's delicate body, Deng Haonan smiled: "You can do whatever you want!" As long as it's my lady's clothes, I like them! However, I want to see how the lady looks in her new clothes! ”

Wanshu smiled very shyly, and the two small dimples were extremely cute. Suddenly, Wanshu seemed to remember something, and her expression became a little uneasy.

Seeing this, Deng Haonan hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Wanshu lowered her forehead like a child who had done something wrong, and replied: "The concubine took the concubine's mother over without the permission of the minister!" ”

Deng Haonan smiled and said, "What should I do?" That's it? Seeing Wanshu nodded, Deng Haonan continued: "It's better to take it, you have to run at both ends in order to take care of the two old people!" ”

Wanshu looked very happy, but she peeked at Deng Haonan carefully, and said: "Thank you for the love of the concubine, but the concubine has pawned the two acres of land of the princess and the house and land of the concubine's mother!" ”

Deng Haonan nodded subconsciously, then shook his head, and asked in surprise: "You mean that you pawned our family's land and your mother's property?" ”

Wanshu nodded a little uneasily, her eyes were fixed on Deng Haonan, for fear that her husband would be angry. At the moment, he whispered: "Isn't Xianggong going to Li Ping's gunpowder workshop on an errand?" The concubine thought that the threshold of the Li family was very high, and she had to pay for it with silver. Therefore, the concubine made her own decision and pawned the family's two acres of land. However, two acres of land are only worth eight taels of silver, which is far from enough. In the end, the concubine had no choice but to persuade her mother to move in, and then sold her mother's house and land for herself, so that she could make up a total of fifty taels of silver. ”

Deng Haonan was moved in his heart, his little wife even sold all of her mother's property for herself, how much faith and courage does this take! The status of women in the Ming Dynasty is extremely low, especially women who are married, for their mother's family, it is the water that is spilled. Marry a chicken and a dog and marry a dog, even if you are beaten to death by your in-laws, you don't care anymore. Under the influence of patriarchal thinking, now that Wanshu can convince her mother, Deng Haonan knows in his heart that the sadness and grievances are difficult to describe.

At that moment, he pulled Wanshu back into his arms again, hugged her tightly, and asked lovingly, "Has your mother ever embarrassed you?" ”

"N-no!" Wanshu's body trembled suddenly, and Deng Haonan suddenly felt it. At the moment, I secretly scolded myself for being stupid, and the questions I asked didn't have any gold at all! Since Wan Shu can sacrifice a qiē for herself, how can she tell the truth and worry about him?

"It's good if you don't have it!" Deng Haonan gently kissed her on the cheek, and all the words were swallowed back to his heart at that moment. He also said, "We are husband and wife, and we should never leave each other." No matter what happens in the future, we have to take it on together, you know? ”

Wanshu was moved for a while, tears rolled in her eyes, for fear of being seen by Deng Haonan, and hurriedly said: "It's not early, the concubine should wait for the princess to rest early!" ”

said, without waiting for Deng Haonan to answer, he hurried out. After a while, Wanshu called a basin of warm water, and despite Deng Haonan's repeated refusals, she gently washed his feet. Deng Haonan refused, seeing Wanshu's eyes shining, he immediately understood that in ancient times, if a husband did not let his wife take care of him, he would be dissatisfied with his wife, and in turn, the wife thought that washing her husband's feet was a pleasure. Thinking of Wanshu's words when she dressed herself during the day, Deng Haonan felt a burst of happiness and was relieved. Since he came to ancient times, he was at peace with what he encountered.

"I'll wash my lady's feet later!" Deng Haonan's sudden words startled Wanshu, only to see that her face was flushed, all the way to the root of her neck, and she said shyly: "The concubine's body has been washed, so she won't work hard!" ”

Deng Haonan grinned and looked at Wanshu in disbelief, which made her very embarrassed, and the girl was quite shy in her heart. Knowing that in this era, even between husband and wife, there are many rules and regulations to be followed, so I simply don't ask questions.

Meimei enjoyed the taste of his little wife washing his feet, which was a service that he never dared to think of, which made Deng Haonan feel a different feeling in his heart.

After about a quarter of an hour, when Wanshu washed Deng Haonan's feet and was about to serve Deng Haonan to sleep, Deng Haonan suddenly remembered that he hadn't gone to see his mother-in-law yet! He immediately asked, "Shouldn't I go over and visit my mother-in-law?" ”

Wan Shu sneered and said, "After my mother came over, I learned that the Li Mansion had sent so many delicious foods to our family, and my mother was very happy, and she ate more with her mother-in-law, and she had already rested!" ”

Deng Haonan nodded and lay down slowly, also with a wooden pillow, putting people to death. But today Deng Haonan is in a good mood, and after washing his feet just now, his body and mind are comfortable, and he doesn't feel anything!

At this time, Wanshu closed the door and said, "If Xianggong is fine, let's rest early!" ”

"Uh-" Deng Haonan was stunned, but Wanshu took care of blowing out the oil lamp.

The room was suddenly dark, and the summer in ancient times was so dark so early? For Deng Haonan, a night owl, what should he do for a long night?