Chapter 16: Seon Loses His Horse
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the new emperor ascended the throne, set the year name Yuanhe, and the new year was the first year of Yuanhe.
Emperor Yuanhe is 50 years old this year, and the evaluation given to him by the first emperor and the ministers of the court is filial piety, loyalty, and friendship, and he also relied on this evaluation to be the crown prince for 40 years.
In the forty years of the crown prince's career, Emperor Yuanhe had no other achievements, the only achievement was to add more than 20 imperial grandsons to the royal family, and none of these imperial grandchildren were fuel-efficient lamps.
Therefore, as soon as the new emperor ascended the throne, the competition for the new crown prince kicked off under the seemingly calm water.
Of course, these have nothing to do with Sister Li Yue, as ordinary poor people, Sister Li Yue's family is still struggling below the food and clothing line, and is struggling for a day of food and clothing.
As long as it takes more than ten days, scholars from all over the country will gather in the capital, and the canal wharf of Liuwa is the first stop.
The money-making plan that Sister Li Yue was looking forward to has finally kicked off.
Of course, she ran the ready-to-wear store not to buy clothes, but to buy a quilt for rent, rent a house, you can't do without a bedding for people, and the new one, Sister Yue can't afford it, some big families in the capital have to deal with some bedding every year, buy some back, wash it is the same, and save money.
"Sister Yue, you can pull back this cart of bedding." In Yao's garment shop, Mrs. Yao pulled Sister Li Yue to the backyard, and a wheelwheel was placed in the backyard, and two bundles of high quilts were tied on both sides of the car.
Sister Li Yue turned over with her hands, the bedding in this car was actually seventy percent new, and when she reached out and touched it, she found that it was all cotton, and occasionally some rags were pressed, but the quality was quite good, at least warmer than the quilt at her home, and she was very satisfied, but she also played a small drum in her heart.
She now only has six taels of silver in her hand, if she buys all the quilts, then the house in the family will have to be tidied up, plus the food on weekdays, this kind of rental is all for food, and it is precisely because of this that the house price will be higher.
The scholars did not listen to what was going on outside the window, and they only read the books of the sages.
Thinking about it, Sister Li Yue gritted her teeth in the end: "Aunt Yao, I only need half of it, how much is it?" ”
Although with Yao Niangzi's personality, she can definitely give her credit, but she still owes Aunt Yao silver, where is it good to give credit again.
Mrs. Yao can open a shop, and she is also a person with excellent eyesight, and she can't see Sister Li Yue's scarcity, so she patted Sister Li Yue's arm and said with a smile: "You're welcome, these quilts are for your family, two taels of silver are enough, and there are a few sets of new ones when you have enough money, and then take me here to renovate them, and they can also be used as dowry." Yao Niangzi also teased Sister Li Yue a few words while talking.
"Two taels of silver?" Sister Li Yue looked suspicious and a little unconvinced.
"I can still lie to you, a few years ago, when I went to the city to enter the white linen, I heard that a family sold a house to return to the hometown, just you asked me to collect some half-old quilts, I found the door, that person is also anxious to return to the hometown for the New Year, so it is worthless to sell, these are two taels, I don't want you a penny, of course, I can't earn your silver, just a news from you, I have made a lot of silver these days, look, the goods in the shop are sold out, I really want to earn your silver? Then I won't be nagged to death by my family. Speaking of a dead son, Yao Niangzi snorted twice again.
"Look at my mouth, it's a big New Year, don't say it's unlucky, Sister Yue'er, you're polite." Yao Niangzi said very cheerfully.
"Okay, you're welcome, thank you Aunt Yao." Seeing that Yao Niangzi said this, Sister Li Yue was not a person who was awkward, so she responded refreshedly and paid two taels of silver, and the good of others was kept in mind.
Thinking about it, I looked around the backyard of the Yao family's shop, the two houses are mostly used to store goods, these days, the goods are sold out, and the two rooms are also empty.
So Sister Li Yue said again, "Aunt Yao, I see that if you don't buy a large number of goods during this time, just vacate these two houses, a few days ago the new emperor ascended the throne, announced the news that he wanted to open Enke, now, officials and relatives of the emperor and the new country have come to the capital to mourn and congratulate the new emperor on his accession to the throne, the major inns in the capital have already been crowded, we are close to the capital, and it is on the wharf, it is convenient to come and go. ”
"Okay, then I'll take a look, and if it's not available for the time being, I'll sort it out." Yao Niangzi didn't care about renting a house, she responded casually, in the past, when the imperial examination was held, there were also scholars who came to rent, and they couldn't make a lot of money.
Seeing that Yao Niangzi didn't care too much, Sister Li Yue didn't persuade much, this year is not as good as in previous years, anyway, as soon as the house price comes up, it is not too late for Yao Niangzi to sort out and rent it out.
Then Sister Li Yue called the second brother Mo Yi and the fourth sister Yuejiao, borrowed the wheelbarrow from Aunt Yao's house, and pushed the cart of quilts back to the house.
It's just that this wheelbarrow, the three sisters and brothers can't push it, they fall crookedly, and finally get to the door of the house, but they fall to the ground, and the three sisters also hold their knees and pant for breath, and they have no strength.
"Sister Li Yue, it's okay, or I'll let someone help you push home." At this time, a male voice came, and Sister Li Yue looked up, but it was Zhou Dongyuan, the eldest young master of the Zhou family, who came out of the east house next door, and Second Uncle Li was accompanying him diligently.
"No need, thank you Gongzi Zhou." Sister Li Yue replied with a smile, although because of the relationship in her previous life, she didn't want to see Zhou Dongyuan,
This week, Dongyuan doesn't look gentle and elegant on the surface, but in fact, it is for others to see.
To get a good reputation, in fact, it is the most prodigal, Sister Li Yue looked down on it in her previous life, and she has even less affection in this life.
Of course, if people are kind to talk at this time, she naturally has to be kind to talk, and the Zhou family is not something she can offend.
Then beckoned a few younger siblings to directly unbundle and carry them back to the house one by one.
"Then don't bother." Zhou Dongyuan pulled his mouth, he didn't smile, he was originally a kind word, it was for the Li family to see, in fact, for the marriage that happened a year ago, Zhou Dongyuan was also deflated, originally asked him to marry Sister Li Yue as his wife, he was a little depressed, fortunately, Sister Li Yue is a flower in Liuwa Town, Li Xianggong is a talent, and the monk of Lingshui Temple even said that Sister Li Yue has the blessing of the Wang family, plus the grandfather said that the gentleman Ze V was killed, so he pinched his nose and confessed, depressed, he went to the city to spend two days drinking, I didn't want to come back only to find out that this marriage was yellow again, so that he was teased by a group of friends, it was bearable, which was unbearable, if it weren't for the fact that this marriage was yellow under the noses of the whole town, and now it is a sensitive period, he is not good to do too ugly, otherwise, he would have made the Li family look good.
After speaking, Zhou Dongyuan bowed his hand to Second Uncle Li again, and then rode on the horse with two entourages, whipping away, raising countless dust.
"You big girl, Zhou Gongzi is kind-hearted, why don't you know it." Second Uncle Li glared at Sister Li Yue.
"Second uncle, what kind of family are we, and what kind of family is Zhou Gongzi, such a trivial matter, people are polite, how can we really let people help." Sister Li Yue explained casually. It doesn't matter if she meant it or not, in short, this must be what the second uncle likes to hear.
As for Zhou Dongyuan, in this life, Sister Li Yue didn't plan to have any intersection with him, the two had no relationship in the previous life, and within two days of her marriage, Old Lady Zhou died, and she was confined in the backyard with the name of a woman, and Zhou Dongyuan had no love for her at all without a wife for a hundred days, and she never looked at her since she was imprisoned.
"Well, you're still sensible." Second Uncle Li nodded, but he was still standing there, looking at the back of Long Street in the distance.
Sister Li Yue was thinking about her thoughts while carrying things, wondering what Dongyuan was doing at her second uncle's house this week?
Besides, in the previous life, this time was the time when the old lady Zhou passed away, how could the eldest young master of the Zhou family have time to run around here.
Thinking of the death of Mrs. Zhou, Sister Li Yue found that something was wrong, it was obvious that Zhou Dongyuan was just wearing plain clothes just now, not filial piety clothes, which means that Mrs. Zhou should not be dead, this is different from the previous life?
"Second uncle, what are you doing this week, I heard from the people in the town that Mrs. Zhou is getting sick, how can I have time to walk outside?" Sister Li Yue pretended to be pure and asked the second uncle who was still standing by the door.
"Nonsense, although the old lady Zhou is still sick, the third master of his family invited the imperial doctor, although his body has not recovered, but it is much better than before, who is chewing the root of the tongue in the town?" Second Uncle Li said with an unhappy face, and then glared at Sister Li Yue: "Whatever the people in the town say, don't talk nonsense." ”
"I know, I'll ask." Sister Li Yue replied. I continued to cover myself with the quilt again and again.
It's weird, the body is still getting better? Sister Li Yue thought back to her previous life, she clearly remembered that in her previous life, Mrs. Zhou passed away on the second day of the Lunar New Year, at that time, the third master of the Zhou family relied on his identity in the court to help Mrs. Zhou invite the imperial doctor, but the imperial doctor said that the old lady Zhou was already weak, and he was affected by the wind, and he dispersed the last bit of yang energy, and he was not saved.
Thinking of this, Sister Li Yue suddenly slapped her forehead and understood, in her previous life, it was precisely because Mrs. Zhou was affected by the wind, and Mrs. Zhou was affected by the wind because she was happy that day, and Mrs. Zhou was very happy, and insisted on presiding over the marriage of the eldest grandson, which was the wind.
The relationship is really what she overcome...... No, it's not that she died, it was Chong Xi who died, suddenly, Sister Li Yue had an unbelievable feeling, everyone wanted to be happy for the sick people, but they didn't know that the patient should be quiet and recuperate, any annoyance may bring harm to the patient, in this life, she refused to be happy, but saved the life of the old man Zhou, of course, maybe it is not enough to save a life, but at least the old lady Zhou lived longer than in the previous life.
Thinking of this, Sister Li Yue shook her head, what's the matter...... Could it be that this is what Daddy said about Sai Weng losing his horse, Sister Li Yue is not highly educated, and she thinks that this is almost the meaning.
When Sister Li Yue was thinking about it, she saw a commotion in front of her: "Hit someone, Young Master Zhou hit and injured someone." ”
Hit someone? Bumped into whom?
Sister Li Yue and Second Uncle Li looked over there at the same time, and at this time, a mother-in-law hurriedly came over and said to Second Uncle Li: "You go over quickly, your Jinfeng called Young Master Zhou to hit the horse."