This is the most prosperous section of Yangzhou City, Linhe East Street, three rooms and four pillars of the big archway on the imperial gift "four worlds and one product" plaque lacquer gold depiction, the tall wall encloses a deep house compound with its own pattern. The shadow wall carved in front of the door is decorated with Fu Lu Shou to isolate the noise outside.

At this moment, the Wu family is bustling, the sedan chair is blocking the alley, and the housekeeper holding a stack of vermilion paper and gold stickers stopped everyone outside the gate, and kept saying, "I'm sorry everyone, please go back, my lord is inconvenient to see guests today." ”

What does that mean? Steward Zhu, we drove dozens of miles to Yangzhou, just to see the master! ”

"Yes, seeing that the new salt is about to come out, but Master Wu has been slow to speak, and we merchants are about to run out of life!"

"Steward Zhu, it's convenient for you, go in and pass the word, we will wait outside, and we will not embarrass you."

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry everyone, so let's do it, it's not easy for you to come from afar, please stay in the city with peace of mind, and in a few days, I will definitely give you a word."

Finally sent away the swarm of merchants, Zhu San was about to go back to the side courtyard, only to see the maid from the second gate rushing to the middle gate, "Steward Zhu, hurry, please Langzhong, Mrs. is going to give birth!" ”

Zhu San, who heard this, didn't care so much, and hurriedly sent the little servant to find the eldest master of the Wu family and return home.

When Wu Boyong returned to the Wu family compound, he only heard a loud cry, and hurriedly quickened his pace, ran to the inner courtyard, and asked, "How is it?" ”

The midwife pushed open the door, smiled happily and hurriedly said, "Congratulations to the master, happy daughter!" ”

Wu Boyong heard that the corners of his mouth turned up, and he waved his big hand, "Okay!" Good! Good! Reward! Reward! Each room is sealed in red! "With that, I pushed the door open and entered the delivery room.

The mother-in-law on the side hurriedly stopped, "Master, the room where this woman gave birth is heavy and bloody, so it is not suitable to enter." With that, he closed the door.

Seeing this, the midwife secretly said in her heart that this lady is really a blessing, which salt merchant has such a festive scenery when she gives birth to a girl! Hurriedly hugged the tightly wrapped baby and pleased Wu Boyong, "Congratulations to Master Wu for getting a daughter, the little daughter is white and tender, she doesn't cry or make trouble, she looks blessed!" ”

Wu Boyong looked at the baby in the hands of the midwife and wanted to take it over, but he was afraid that he would hurt his daughter with his rough hands and feet, and before he could think about how to hold it, he was already hugged by the person next to him.

"If you give birth to a girl, you have to have a feast! Our salt merchant heirlooms, not to mention that our Wu family is the fourth generation of the first emperor, this is the rule set by the ancestors, boss, you have to remember the responsibility of the eldest son of the long house! The old lady of the Wu family looked at the wrinkled granddaughter while training her son.

Wu Boyong didn't dare to contradict the old lady's words, the salt merchant did have this unwritten rule, the family business must be inherited by the son, and the woman's business was ominous, which would ruin the luck of the salt merchant. Wu Boyong didn't care, in his early years, when he went south and north to do business, he dealt with foreigners, and his mind became much more enlightened.

The Zhuang family, who had just given birth in the house, heard this, and couldn't help but get angry, but there was nothing to do, who let the child give birth to a daughter, hey, now I have to arrange for Wu Boyong to marry Mrs. Fang, thinking that it is not as good as giving birth to a son after entering the door for three years.

On the second day, the eldest lady of the Wu family became famous, Wu Boyong rummaged through the scriptures in the flower hall, and was bent on giving his daughter a good name.

In the end, the Zhuang family couldn't stand it anymore, and it was past noon, and he didn't see Wu Boyong come out to eat, so he sent the maid to the flower hall to invite.

As soon as he entered the door, Zhuang looked at Wu Boyong and almost laughed, Wu Boyong was still wondering what was wrong with his wife, and subconsciously touched his chin only to find that both hands were filled with ink, and couldn't help laughing, Zhuang glared at Wu Boyong with disgust, and called the girl, "Quickly fetch water for the master to clean." ”

"If you want me to say, let's call it Yuan Niang, it's catchy and easy to remember." Zhuang took the handkerchief and handed it to Wu Boyong, Wu Boyong wiped his hands, "Yuan Niang...... Okay, the name of the milk is called Yuan Niang. "In the end, it was decided to call Wu Yuan, whose name is Yuan Niang.

The nurse hugged Yuan Niang and blessed Wu Boyong with a blessing, which was regarded as a name from the old man, and the infant Yuan Niang squinted and looked around, then yawned and fell asleep again.

The wife of the second room, Cui, came to say goodbye, and when she walked, the whole body of the golden hairpin and jade bracelet was ringing, and she heard Cui's laughter from afar, "Sister-in-law, I'm here to say hello to you!" Cui Shi looked at the layout of the house, "The eldest brother really doesn't have to say that he is good to the sister-in-law, look at the decoration in this house, it can't cost thousands of taels of silver." ”

Zhuang hurriedly invited the second wife to sit, "How can you be blessed, the firstborn is a son, and the old lady is so preferred!" ”

Cui Shi was slightly proud, and raised his little thumb, "How do you know that the kid tosses a lot, Guangsheng has made trouble for me for two days and two nights, and now that I'm older, I'm running around the yard, I can't look at it, no, I went up the tree yesterday, which scared me!" After trying Zhuang's nail staining cream, seeing that Zhuang's was silent, Cui raised his hand and looked at the nail color and continued, "Sister-in-law, don't worry, you are still young, and your son will always have it." ”

Zhuang sighed, a little jealous of the good luck of the second room, even giving birth to two children is a son, of course she is proud! Where did Cui's come to say goodbye, it was clear that he was here to show off, and the third wife on the side saw that the atmosphere was not right, and hurriedly said, "Sister-in-law, look, I was saying that there was a lack of people to play leaf cards in the afternoon, and the second sister-in-law was sent to the door!" We won't disturb my sister-in-law's rest, tomorrow Yen Niang washes the three, we must come early to talk to you. ”

Cui's was not very happy when he was pushed out of the room by the third wife, but no matter how unhappy he was, he couldn't show it, after all, if he couldn't even understand the third wife's overture, then there was no need to mix in this mansion, the people who grew up in this mansion were all human spirits!

Zhuang's was woken up by Cui's commotion, no, she had to hurry up to carry the aunt to the master, but this kind of thing to her husband really made her unable to pass this hurdle in her heart!

In the evening, Zhuang tried to give Wu Boyong some breath, Wu Boyong didn't say anything, Wu just comforted Zhuang not to think too much.

has been in business for so many years, Wu Boyong can be regarded as a veteran, he does not resist and accepts this fragrant concoction of his aunt, but not now. Now is not a good time to raise my aunt, and if I don't get it right, it will attract the dissatisfaction of the banker. It is not a wise choice to offend the dealer, not to mention, he and Zhuang's childhood sweetheart have no guesses.

For family and business, Wu Boyong has always known how to choose.