Chapter 3: The Secret
Why did my mother die? According to Hagi Niang's quiet inquiry in the past few years, her mother did not have any fatal disease or chronic disease, otherwise she would not have died in the Zang family, and according to the old practice, even if she was seriously ill, she would have to move to Zhuangzi to recuperate. The Zang family was very secretive about Ruan's death, and the insiders were almost sent away, and the new little girl was trained to talk about it.
The most important thing is that Hagi Niang was four years old when her mother died, and a child of this age has a certain ability to remember, but the problem is that Hagi Niang does not have this memory, and she was already an orphan girl when the Zang family woke up, Zang Jun and Zheng both thought that she should know something inside, but she actually didn't know anything at all, so even if others knocked on her side, they were ignorant, and it was inevitable that Zheng would think that she was deep in mind - this is the most dangerous.
Thinking of this, Hagi Niang cherished her bow and said solemnly: "Please also ask your mother to inform me of the situation inside, Hagi Niang is no longer a child, and she must know the stakes." “
Li's mother was very pleased, quite a kind of "my family has a girl who has just grown up", she helped Hagi Niang and said "I don't dare", sat on the couch with Hagi Niang, and whispered about the love affair when she got closer.
It turned out that when Ruan Youniang was pregnant with Haginiang's younger brother Xi'er, Zang Jun was being guarded by the new boss Danyang County, and he was so busy that he had no time to go home. In the early years, this Danyang County was the younger brother of the Sun family of the Eastern Wu Dynasty, Wu Jing's family, who served as the county guard for generations, and the Wu family had deep roots in Danyang County. After the northern scholars moved south, the distribution of power in the counties around the new capital Jiankang changed greatly. If you think about it carefully, the capital city is in Beijing, and the real estate around Beijing is valuable, and the real estate around Jiankang in Jiankang is valued, no wonder you robbed me of it. They can't participate in the upper-class royal family and scholars, but the final result is that Wu Meng, the former Taishou of Danyang County, was driven to the south to be a school captain, although the title has increased by half a level, but from a party member to an idle military attaché, Ming Shengshi is too straightforward.
The new Danyang County Shou surnamed Chen, was the younger brother of Chen Shuyuan, who was the most favored back then.
Throughout the ages, officials from relatives have a common characteristic, that is, they do not learn and have no skills, but only love to make money.
Chen Taishou is no exception.
Danyang County has been occupied by the Wu clan for generations, and it can be said that it is a small kingdom without city walls of the Wu clan.
Chen Taishou's master gave him a "good" idea.
Under the pretext that the current situation is chaotic and the people should strive for self-improvement, Danyang County began to forcibly recruit young adults over the age of 20 and under the age of 40 in various places, claiming to be military training, but in fact using free labor.
Even if the people's grievances are monstrous, the key is that the conditions for recruiting people are too excessive, according to how much land each family has, one person will be produced for every ten acres of land, and less than ten acres will be counted as ten acres.
The ordinary people are just a strong man as long as they have land, and the landlords of the scholar clan who occupy a large area of land in Zhuangzi are even more miserable.
Chen Taishou's idea was simple.
Okay, you have all carved up the real estate shops, you can't lock up the big living people at home, everyone has to eat, if you don't give the uncle money, the uncle can only break the jar and break it.
The big landlords in Danyang County didn't expect the new Taishou to be so faceless and skinless, but he was the younger brother of the imperial concubine, and Chen Shuyuan was being favored, who dared to poke the basket without that look? You don't see the direct ministers and loyal ministers die quickly, only the villain will be in trouble for ten thousand years.
It is absolutely impossible to resist directly, then you can only use the word "drag", that is, what can you do if you don't give it to people?
So Zang Jun, who is the younger brother of Chen Taishou, can only run around in front of the saddle and behind the horse, persuading and appeasing all families and ethnic groups, and completely becomes a bag of anger.
Hagi Niang can't help but admire her father's temperament, if she is sure to pick a child.
Although in the end, the landlords of the major scholar clans paid money to solve the matter, and Danyang County once again gained peace, but Ruan Youniang had a difficult birth.
First of all, it was premature, more than ten days early, and the Wen Po who was originally scheduled to go to Jiankang has not yet been picked up, so she can only find the famous local Wen Po Huang Po in Jingkou.
Mrs. Huang has delivered babies for more than 20 years, which is completely sufficient in terms of proficiency, but Mrs. has a difficult birth, and she can't give birth to her, according to Mrs. Huang's experience, if she doesn't give birth, she will live and die, so she can only send someone to ask Master Zang's classic question, "Protect the big or the small"?
Master Zang also waited for a long time in the study, he wanted to have a son-in-law so much, and finally waited for this sentence, although he was sorry for Ruan, Zang Jun still said a word tremblingly.
"Small".
What happened after that was very bloody, Li's mother was afraid when she remembered the blood on the bed all over the floor at that time, and she didn't tell Haginiang in detail, only that the child was born in the end, and Ruan's family did not die but her body was defeated, and she lay down for more than 3 months before she could get off the ground after confinement.
No one went to tell Ruan's about the old man's choice, and Li's mother was tight-lipped. But Ruan and Zang Jun finally separated as husband and wife, and the two never had the same room again.
For Zang Jun, when he decided to keep the child, Ruan was already a dead man in his heart.
But Ruan's didn't die, which made him feel guilty and ashamed, and he couldn't face Ruan.
Ruan's body is no longer suitable for raising children, and she knows very well that her husband's guilt is even more clear in her eyes.
The son's name was taken by Nguyen, Xi.
Realize the past and know that the future can be traced.
Ask the husband the way forward, hate the morning light.
In this delicate atmosphere between husband and wife, Zheng appeared.
Every October, Zang Jun would personally go to the village to collect rent. Zhuanghu's family, fat chicken and wine, enjoy it to the fullest. That year, he went to live for a few more days, but Ruan naturally didn't go with him, and Zang Jun was also happy to relax outside. One day, there was nothing to do in the afternoon, striding around the village and watching the wild scenery.
Suddenly, a rider and a man galloped over, the horse seemed to be a woman dressed in red, stepping on the grass from a distance, a little red in the green bushes, it was so good-looking, Zang Jun couldn't help but be stunned.
When the horse ran closer, Zang Jun found that the woman was riding a very strange horse, clutching the reins with both hands, and her hair and clothes were all messed up.
I didn't have time to think about Zang Jun flying over to stop the horse, and the horse was tired after running for a long time, so he was actually able to be stopped, so that Zang Jun could save the beauty.
Although the woman looked flustered, she was also quite a bit of a posture, her hair was pitch black, her eyes were bright, Qianqian took out a green embroidered sweat towel with twigs to cover her face, and her face turned slightly but she glanced at Zang Jun's appearance from time to time. After straightening her clothes a little, the woman thanked her, asked Zang Jun's name, and left with the servant.
After more than ten days, the matchmaker came to the door, saying that it was a side branch of the Zheng family in Xingyang, the seventh son-in-law of Shi Zhenghe, the governor of Rongman Mansion in Danyang County, although she was a concubine, but she was pampered by her mother's side since she was a child, and she was very favored by her parents and the old lady of Zheng Mansion. Xu wanted not to irritate Ruan, but Zang Jun did not agree.
During the Chinese New Year, Zang Fu received a New Year's gift, and it was Zheng He who gave the gift, thanking Zang Jun for saving his own girl Zheng Qiniang in October, and Zang Jun realized that the beauty was Zheng Qiniang.
Speaking of which, Zheng Changshi's official rank is two or three levels higher than Zang Gongcao, and Zheng Qiniang is a rare beauty who has passed her palm, so she will definitely agree to such a good thing without thinking about it.
The amorous and gentle Zang Jun still went to discuss with his wife Ruan, and Ruan only asked one sentence: "When you enter the door, do you still count if you promise me to have a concubine and not take a concubine?"
Master Zang didn't expect that the generous wife still had this hand, how could the sweet words of the newlywed be counted, and shouted angrily: "Since you are married to your husband, your Ruan family's tutor is too poor." ”
Nguyen's face immediately turned white.
Zang Jun also regretted his words a little, but he couldn't pull his face to apologize, so he could only flick his sleeves and leave.
It was the last time he saw the living Nguyen and his eldest son.
The seemingly weak Ruan family left Li's mother to take care of Haginiang, who lived in Xiyuan, and asked Li's mother's man, Ren An, to take Brother Xi and the nurse back to Liyang overnight and hand them over to Mrs. Tai.
Ruan hung himself on the beam of Zang's house with a sweat towel.
Hagi Niang listened to it angrily and ridiculously, but the angry thing is that her father is not upright enough, and she doesn't say what she should say and shouldn't say a bunch of things, and it's ridiculous that her own mother hanged herself for her father's words, and left behind an ignorant female doll and a milk doll who can't speak, how irresponsible and any kind of psychological quality is too poor.
The son doesn't think the mother is ugly, and the son doesn't say anything about the father's fault, but this father and mother are really unreliable.
Mother Li knew what she was thinking when she saw her expression, and hurriedly attached it to Haginiang's ear in a lower voice: "The slave suspects that Madame may not have committed suicide. ”
Hagi Niang was really stunned this time.