The two families of Wang Lu on Lijiazhuang in Daxing had no news about the industrial personnel under the name of Houfu, so they immediately sent a letter back to Beijing and asked relatives and friends to inquire about the details. And on the other hand, Shi'er

My father was also preparing to take over the affairs of the village.

The news came from a servant of the waiting house, he was not a child of the family, and he only worked in the outer courtyard, Wang Lu's two families were not familiar with him, only Wang Er had gambled with him. he

This time, he came not only to deliver the message, but also to escort the Cao family back to Houfu. This time there was a big change in personnel, and several of the people under Mrs. An's were kicked out of the house by Hou Ye.

Several of them were tragically imprisoned. Originally, Cao was not a big mistake, but because his wife was his wife's dowry, he was remembered by Mu Chen again, and the steward failed to increase Zhuang for several years

was beaten incompetently and swept out of the house together.

As soon as Lu Yougui heard the news, he pulled the Wang brothers to discuss, and then borrowed a carriage and enthusiastically accompanied the messenger to the town's restaurant for dinner, saying that it was for him to catch the wind and wash the dust.

Wang Da also secretly stuffed a silver ingot. Where did the servant think that such a good thing would happen? Immediately, the guest followed the host, got into the carriage and left, and the Wang brothers accompanied him personally.

Lu Yougui stayed, ran to Steward Cao's house, and saw that his family was sad and miserable, the children were sitting on the steps, some were in a daze and some were crying, and Cao Niangzi scolded in the yard and said something

"The good thing is not the turn, the disadvantage is that we carry it", compared with the usual gentle and amiable appearance, it is like two people, and there is no good face when I see him enter the door, and the servants at home are even more panicked.

Lu Yougui hurriedly said to Steward Cao: "What are you doing here?" The messenger was sent to the town by the Wang brothers, and he took advantage of this effort to quickly pack up the fine and soft, and the large furniture was not taken care of

Come, make a few old clothes, and when the messenger returns, he can send him away, and it will be done. The people who know about the village are their own people, and they won't talk much! ”

Steward Cao looked surprised: "Old Lu, what are you。。。。。。 Cao Niangzi was also so surprised that she couldn't care about scolding.

Lu Yougui sighed: "We are all the same children, don't I know your suffering?" Our two families have been here since they called, and thanks to my brother and sister-in-law taking care of us, life is comfortable

If those who obey go elsewhere, how can they be so blessed? Now that you are unlucky, I can't persuade the master to change his mind, just forget it, I know that you have been wronged, and still stand by and watch, what has become of you?

Steward Cao was greatly moved by this, and patted Lu Yougui on the shoulder: "Good brother, I really didn't misunderstand you!" He immediately turned his head and called his wife: "Go and clean up!" Don't forget

Leave something of value to fool the messenger, or he will be suspicious! ”

Cao Niangzi hurriedly summoned her children and maid servants to work together, and all the clothes of gold and silver, precious medicinal materials and good materials at home were all packed, leaving only a few old cloth clothes and cotton jackets

In addition, a package of more valuable furnishings, vases and other items at home, as well as Cao Niangzi's private room, were also packed in boxes, leaving only a few pieces of porcelain vases and pottery horses that were not very valuable and left on Duobaoge

。 Cao Niangzi gritted her teeth, took off all the jewelry on her and her daughter's heads, put them in an old mirror box, placed them on the dressing table, and added two jade pendants of medium texture, so that she carried the burden

Come out. By this time it was past noon.

Lu Yougui borrowed two carriages and asked them to carry their things up, and said: "You have a lot of children, so the messenger may not know everything, let the two older children follow the car, the girl is delicate, too."

Follow, so as not to be wronged, and send an old family member to accompany him, and send him directly to the town, careful to avoid people. I know that your family has a house in the town, and I will get out in a few days, remember

The date of the deed was changed in the official office, so that no one would find out. ”

When Steward Cao heard what he said, all the suspicions caused by the carriage dissipated, and he felt very ashamed: "Old Lu, I will never forget your kindness for the rest of my life!" "The road is expensive

just urged him: "Don't say these words, hurry up, the messenger is a living person, and the brothers of the Wang family don't know how long it can be delayed, in case he bumps into it, it will be over!" When the Cao family heard this, they immediately got busy

Mess up.

By the time the messenger had eaten and drunk enough and returned to the village, the Cao family had already packed two or three big burdens, and the couple took two young sons and a little boy who kept wiping his nose, miserable

Ground standing in the middle of the courtyard. Steward Cao sighed and handed over the account book and other things to Wang Da, and handed over the affairs of the village one by one, and sighed when he said a word.

The messenger listened proudly for a while, paced in front of the Cao family, picked up the baggage, and saw that it was full of old homely clothes, so he paced into the house again, and turned around, and saw that there was gold on the dressing table in the inner room

Silver jewelry, hurriedly grabbed it and put it in his arms, circled around the multi-treasure shelf a few times, held a bottle and looked at it, and knocked on the bottle to listen to the sound.

The husband and wife of the Cao family stared at him a little nervously, and the ambassador of the Lu Yougui Dynasty glanced at him, and Wang Da hurriedly stepped forward with a smile and whispered: "This house still needs to be cleaned before it can be inhabited, and I will squeeze in that small courtyard."

It's been a month, I've been impatient for a long time, so I'll move in tonight, and if my brother likes these things, I'll take them! Based on our explanation, what are these? ”

The messenger laughed dryly, put the bottle back, and snorted, "It's not too early, I'll take the people away." I have to go back to the house before dark to pay the general manager, and then I can be regarded as handing over the errand. past

Later, when I am free, I will come to find my eldest brother to eat and drink! ”

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say." The king sent the man out affectionately, personally pulled out the well-fed horse, handed the reins back to the messenger, and asked someone to hire an old carriage for the Cao family

Sit, add a mule cart, load some "local products" for the messenger to take home, and then send the person away in a meticulous and thoughtful manner.

As soon as the people left, the two families of Wang Lu were liberated. Wang Da immediately went to greet Zhao Zeng's two families, and with Lu Yougui's reminder, he behaved very modestly and sincerely, and repeatedly said that he was just suffering

After waiting for the dispatch of the master, those who came to take care of it temporarily, all the affairs on the Zhuangzi still have to be decided by the people of the second master's family. Zhao San and Zeng Si were embarrassed to put on a face, so they had to be polite

Echoed a few times angrily, saying that they would get along well in the future. In the evening, Wang Da sent a cart of things to each of the two families, and they were a little dissatisfied because they were parachuted into the supervisor again

was pressed down.

Wang Da took his wife and children, served his father and lived in the house of Zhuangtou, the original small courtyard belonged to the brothers, and the Lu family quickly moved to a new house, and the three families got their own place and were all satisfied

Contentment.

A few days later, the original steward Cao and his family personally came back with their children to thank them. When they returned home earlier, they saw with their own eyes that several family members who were favored by their wife before were not even allowed to take their luggage, but only wore them

Dressed in cotton clothes and still with wounds on his body, he was handed over to the people, and the family was separated; And the few families who were able to leave the house with their whole body were escorted with all the gold and silver jewelry in their luggage

The servant mother-in-law searched it out and swallowed it privately. The family was poorly dressed and their luggage was completely turned over before they escaped. Later, it was the eldest and youngest grandmother who was in charge of the matter with a kind heart, so each of them was rewarded

Old cotton clothes and half-hanging money, let them go to make a living.

They were driven out of the back door in the winter, because the Houfu was afraid of being gossiped, they were still expelled in batches, and those who had relatives and friends to vote for were scattered, and the foundation of the Cao family was in Daxing, so they could only go far

When he came back, his parents were still clever, and they had already hired a carriage to wait nearby, so he took his parents and younger brother home. The little guy was detained by Houfu.

Steward Cao sighed: "I think if it wasn't for the help of the three brothers that day, I would not be much better than others, I have been in the house for decades, and I have been here as a village leader for a few years, all of them."

Home is here. If they were to be taken away, would I not be better off alive than dead? Cao Niangzi also wiped her tears on the side: "We adults have suffered a little, and it's enough, but a few children are innocent."

Tight, although they are slaves, they have never been wronged since they were children. Now in the cold weather, if there are three long and two short, it can make me feel distressed to death! ”

Lu Yougui and others were busy comforting Cao Steward, while Lu's mother, Aunt Wang, and others went to persuade Cao Niangzi, and only after both of them calmed down did they get to the point.

It turned out that when Cao was in charge, the prey breeding business with Zhao Zeng and the two families privately fell into a deadlock because of his departure

The family is new and doesn't know the "truth", and the Zhao Zeng family is a little taboo, afraid that the Wang family has a close relationship with the capital Houfu and will leak the news, so they don't dare to let go.

Steward Cao came back to break the deadlock and offered to involve both the Luwang family. Although he himself has lost the identity of the head of the village, his negotiations with the Admiral of Nanyuan have always been

He came forward, and now that his family has settled in the town, he simply continues to be the spokesman, and the specific operation is handed over to the four families of Zhao Zengwang Lu, and he will pay dividends every year.

The Zhao Zeng family was a little reluctant at first, but later heard that the Wang Lu family accounted for two-thirds of the Cao family's original share, and it would not affect their income, so they reluctantly nodded. Wang Dayan smiled Yan Yan

Di took the wine out and said that he wished everyone a happy cooperation in the future, Lu Yougui smiled silently, but Steward Cao had already planned to buy some other industries and increase income, and he didn't want to rely on Lijiazhuang alone.

Not to mention that these families are harmonious, and they secretly have their own thoughts, Chunying heard about it afterwards, so she immediately asked her father: "The Cao family came out like this?" Is it really out of citizenship? Ah! I still

I thought that his family would be sold, thinking that my father would help that day, because I wanted his family to redeem his family in disguise, but I didn't expect it to be a naturalization! I knew we were part of it too! ”

Lu Yougui said with a smile: "We were demoted to the village by our wife, and we can't be considered in the wife's cronies anyway, and we don't have the ability to lose thousands of taels of silver in a month, let's."

Who is eligible to participate in the previous one? ”

Mother Lu scolded on the side: "This is a clean house!" You see that the Cao family doesn't seem to have hurt their muscles and bones, but what losses they actually suffered, who knows? If you're lucky, just release the person

, but it's okay, I'm afraid that they will see that you look good and sell it to an unclean place, no matter how fast your sister and brother-in-law are, they may not have time! We have been in the courtyard of the deep house since we were children

People who grow up spend the night in the hands of those who don't care, and their reputation is ruined! Even if your sister can catch up with us to save us, people will inevitably sit on the ground and raise the price, so she can't be angry

, nature is not subject to good! ”

Chunying pouted: "On weekdays, which family do you deal with, don't you know?" Ask someone to say hello in advance, stuff some silver, and naturally be safe and robe. As for purification

The problem of the house, the Cao family is not close to each other, they can keep the family property, we have a sister and brother-in-law, and a second uncle, what are you afraid of? No matter how bad it is, there are still 。。。。。。 And Little Feige! ”

Mother Lu was silent, she recently listened to her husband's whispers, and always felt that Hu Fei was more and more pleasing to the eye, and she couldn't wait to be her son-in-law immediately, so she naturally knew that he was extraordinary.

Lu Yougui glared at his daughter and said, "If you really let Brother Hu come forward to redeem you, your reputation in the future will not be much better!" ”

Chunying didn't think so, but she didn't want to argue with her father on this issue, so she said: "It's a pity that it's a little late now, I don't know if there are people in the house?" I don't understand, we are

The family has children, and others are also family children, why do others go out of the house one by one, it seems to be easy, but our family is so difficult? ”

Mother Lu sneered: "You don't look at it, who are the people who left the house?" Those who were convicted and kicked out, although they had no masters, were not considered good families because they were not officially freed slaves

son, in the future, he will always be looked down upon in terms of identity. The daughter of the Cao family will marry in the future, and she may not be as decent as the girl in the house! And it is the old lady, the grandfather and the wife who are open

Those who go out of the house are all great stewards or their children, or they are decent big girls in front of the master, all of whom have been waiting for many years and have worked hard, and when outsiders hear that they are used by the masters,

Just take a look at it, and there will naturally be a good life in the future. After that, he sighed, "You were originally a second-class girl in front of Miss Cousin, which is not bad, but unfortunately you were stirred up by your wife and wanted to rely on merit."

House, but it is difficult. ”

Chunying hurriedly said: "Dad is also a steward?" Since the Wang family can become the head of the village, why doesn't my father have a serious errand? Although it can occupy a share of the breeding business now, it is not a long-term problem after all

Road. If Dad can have a good errand, it will be easier for us to ask to leave the house, right? "Didn't you say that you have to work hard and work hard?

Lu Yougui sighed: "Girl, are you confused? Let's just do this now, why do we go back and be in charge? I had already thought about it, and it would be okay to stay here, so that I would not have to worry about food and clothing, and I would be able to keep it private

Do some small business, stay away from the Hou Mansion, and wait for the old lady, the Hou Ye and the wife, and the young master and the young lady to forget about us, and we can live a peaceful life! Now it is Wang Da who is in charge,

Won't embarrass us. ”

Chunying stomped her feet: "Dad! You think so again, have you forgotten that not long ago we said that we were going to leave the country! ”

"There's no need to rush this!" Hu Fei interjected loudly outside the door, Chunying hurriedly opened the door to welcome him in, Hu Fei asked the Lu family and his wife to say goodbye, and then took the hot tea handed by Chunying and warmed her

Smile warmly.

Lu Yougui coughed: "What did you just say that you don't need to hurry?" ”

Hu Fei hurriedly said: "Ming'er, I went back to the capital to do business, and I met the eldest prince again, and I inquired about the changes in the house, so I persuaded him, since he is a chaser, in order not to let people gossip, wait for the spring locusts."

, and then give grace to let some idle family members out of the house, it should be regarded as praying for the old lady, right? Finish? He immediately agreed. ”

Chunying was pleasantly surprised: "Really? Did he really promise you? Seeing Hu Fei nodding with a smile, the joy in his heart suddenly doubled: "Great!" When the time comes, let's think of dredged up, let's just

I was able to get rid of this skin in a formal manner! ”

The husband and wife of the Lu family were full of joy on their faces, and Lu's mother immediately discussed with her husband that she wanted to send a letter to her daughter, and wanted to ask who was in charge of personnel in Houfu now, and prepare early, Hu Fei was in one

Drinking tea quietly, while the couple was not paying attention, he quietly said to Chunying: "Let's talk in private, I have good news to tell you." ”

Chunying blinked, smiled and nodded, but thought in her heart: What good news will it be?