Chapter 4 "Cinnabar Mole" Encounters "White Moonlight"

"Saburo is back. Novel "The crowd gives way." It's reasonable to look at the excitement, and I also said hello to the host's house by the way, and the one over there chatted.

A: Orange, why did you go? Brothers and sisters are out together. (The heart said: Maybe there is some way to get money.) ）

Zheng Qingju: Pick up some firewood and sell it. (The heart said, "Sell it to the devil, and there will be firewood everywhere.") You can pick up enough for a meal by bending over. ）

Already: I see that there is still one on the car, but it is not sold out?(Schadenfreude thinks: I didn't sell one yesterday, you can still do it better than me.) ）

Zheng Qingju: It's sold out, it was picked up on the way back, and it can cook two meals. (I thought: If you gloat first, don't blame me for blocking you.) ）

C: I heard that your uncle is going to send your cousin to be a mother, and the three of you don't know who to choose, so you quarreled, do you want to go? ）

Zheng Qingju: My uncle still has this ability? Can he count the affairs of the emperor's family? (I thought: You have to be stupid to believe those words.) He didn't even say anything about the family, but it was also a royal matter?)

Ding: I said that I was choosing a concubine for the prince!) (I thought: My message is very specific, you should always believe a little bit and feel uncomfortable.) ）

Zheng Qingju: This is to be in-laws with the emperor and his old man. The emperor sees that it is for the sake of his in-laws, so he can always let my uncle be a showman. (I thought: One to two goods! After 20 years of exams, I am still a child, and I can't even pass the exam.) I believed the uncle's words when my head was caught by the door. ）

A: Yes! Boss Zheng wants to say that in order to be a showman, I believe it.

B: Yes, those adults gave their daughters as concubines in order to get promoted.

C: It's all crazy to want to be promoted.

Ding: Isn't this the same as us poor people selling our sons and daughters?

Two minutes later, the rumors in the crowd were like this: Boss Zheng has gone crazy, and in order to be a showman, he wants to give his daughter to the eldest lord as a concubine, which is not much better than those who sell their sons and daughters.

Five minutes later,

A: Did you hear that? Boss Zheng is a little crazy.

B: I said that I was worried about not being able to get into Xiucai.

C: I still believe him when he says that he wants his daughter to be a mother, but now I think it's crazy!

Ding: I heard that when you are a princess, you said that you will give your daughter to Lao Tzu and your son at the same time, which is really crazy.

Zheng Qingju: -- (What did I say??) I didn't say anything. This is what the three of them actually meant. Let's slip away while people are not paying attention. ）

If you want to say that this Zheng boss, Zheng Dajin, in the eyes of the ordinary people in the countryside, he is really a celebrity. At the age of fifteen, he was admitted to the middle school child, which is not uncommon, but what is rare is that he has married three wives and accepted a beautiful concubine. In the eyes of countrymen who can't afford to marry a daughter-in-law, it is really a blessing for the emperor. The original wife is the daughter of the old lady's cousin, one year older than Zheng Dajin, gave birth to Zheng Qingyang Zheng Dalang, postpartum disease, and went after two years. After a year of filial piety, Mrs. Zhao hired her niece Zhao Sanniang to fill the house, the Zhao family is happy, Zheng Dajin is nineteen years old this year, young children can always make people see hope, plus a height of one meter eight, handsome appearance, polite temperament, golden future, the marriage of the two families is very smooth. And this year, Zheng Shuangmu, the second Zheng, was seventeen years old, and it was the time to say that he was married, and he fell in love with the girl of the Liu family in the village, and the bride price was less than half of the Zhao family, but the old couple had made up their minds and insisted on marrying the eldest to the stepfamily first, and the girl of the Liu family married someone else. This Zheng Shuangmu is not a girl from the Liu family who does not marry, but he feels that his parents' actions are chilling. After all, the boss has married a wife and even has a son, which is a queen in everyone's eyes. This is a very careless thing. Zheng Lao Er is a bit of a charlatan, so he really ran away from home and never came back. There were only two letters to the patriarch, the first was to his wife Mei Sanduo and eldest son Zheng Qinghuai on the family tree, and the second was for the daughter Zheng Qingman on the family tree. According to the Zheng family, it is Zheng Erlang and the fifth girl.

The eldest girl Zheng Qingzhi is the daughter of Zheng Dajin and his second wife Zhao Sanniang, and Zhao Sanniang gave birth to her daughter. After another year of filial piety, Zheng Dajin went to Fucheng to participate in the township test, and Mrs. Zhao ordered her cousin Zhao Wuniang to Zheng Laoda, perhaps because she was afraid that Zheng Lao's second thing would happen again, and at the same time set a family affair for the third and fourth children, Zheng Sanshui hired Qian Chun'e, and Zheng Shihuo set Song Lanshan. The third and fourth are twins, but they are very easy to distinguish, the fourth has a black mole on the center of his eyebrows, and the third does not. At this time, Zheng Dajin came back with a ten-□□ girl, white and beautiful, soft and delicate, and the most important is a pair of three-inch golden lotus, swaying and swaying, like willows in the wind. This is the concubine Xue Niang. Zheng Dajin spent fifty taels of silver to buy the play!

So the old couple of the Zheng family did something that made them despise for more than ten years and still remember - marrying the eldest and filling the house, taking concubines by the way, and then piggybacking on the marriages of the third and fourth children by the way. And it was hidden from the Qian family and the Song family, only saying that this was an auspicious day for our two families, but the three brides arrived at the door almost at the same time, and Mrs. Zhao was very tough, and there was a kind of you who would take your daughter back. What can the Qian family and the Song family do, the sedan chair is on, and if you bring it back, you will never be able to marry again. This also made the Qian family and the Song family hate Zheng Manchu and Mrs. Zhao very much. Even Zheng Laosan and Zheng Laosi were kept in the dark, and they became relatives in a daze, and the brothers couldn't stand up in front of their daughter-in-law all their lives, and they were completely dead to their parents.

Two months later, Zhao Wuniang and Xue Niang were diagnosed with more than three months of pregnancy, while Qian and Song were diagnosed with more than a month of pregnancy. It's a lot of fun now, needless to say, Zhao Wuniang and Zheng Dajin secretly tasted the forbidden fruit before marriage. This made Zheng Dajin's reputation completely stinky. You are a scholar, you don't even keep the etiquette, if you have fame, you will be □□ naked! Mrs. Zhao thinks that Zhao Wuniang is a fox and spoils her son's future, but she is very good to Xue Niang, and she rubs Zhao Wuniang. Half a year later, on the same day, Zhao Wuniang gave birth to the second girl Zheng Qingmei, and after a cup of tea, Xue Niang gave birth to the third girl Zheng Qingxing. Two months later, Qian Chun'e gave birth to four girls, Zheng Qingju and San Lang Zheng Qingsong, dragon and phoenix twins, and the next evening, Song gave birth to Shilang Zheng Qingzhang.

Qian stuffed the small basket into Zheng Qingluan's hand, "Send it to your fourth aunt." "Inside is half a roast chicken and six buns, a bowl of braised pork and stewed potatoes.

Zheng Qingluan took it with a grin, the two houses are separated by a half-person-high flower wall, and you don't need to come to the door to send things, just hand them over. When she saw that there was no one in the courtyard, she first put the basket from this side of the wall under the wall next door, and the two families kept handing things like this, which was very tacit. "Brother Shiro, are you at home?"

The meal in the fourth room had just been served, and the Song family was serving the soup, when he heard Zheng Qingluan call Shilang, "Go and see what Luan'er told you to do." ”

"Hey, this girl's loud voice can be heard for two miles!" Shiro smiled helplessly, stood up and walked out, "When I was cooking just now, I smelled the smell of stewed meat, I'm afraid that my third aunt asked Luan'er to deliver the food." "The two families have delicious food and give each other away, and they don't see each other.

I saw Zheng Qingluan lying on the flower wall, saw him come out, pointed to the bottom of the wall, and ran away with a smile.

Zheng Shilang carried the basket back to the house and handed it to his mother. Song lifted the cloth covering it and saw these things, "His father, the third brother's family has made a fortune." As he spoke, he brought out all the meat, "The buns will be hot tomorrow morning." ”

The third brother copied books all day long, and he didn't even have a spare house, and you and your third sister-in-law did needlework all day long, and you didn't know what was going on in his family. I'm afraid that Saburo and a few people went up the mountain and down the river to find some wild things and earned some money to buy it. "Zheng Laosi is not good at reading, but he is skillful, he is a good person, he is stunned to learn the craft of a carpenter and a carpenter, and he usually does some needles and threads in the merchant business, and the days are better than the three rooms, and there are only two sons of Shilang and Liulang Zheng Qinggui, there are few children, the burden is light, and the people who have counted are good, and they always think about the children of the third room.

"Saburo is bitter. Also sensible!" Song nodded in agreement. Shiro and Rokuro read little, and can write, draw, and settle accounts, but that's all. The two followed Zheng Laosi to learn carpentry and contempt craftsman, Zheng Laosi usually worked as a merchant for half a day, and came back in the afternoon to do some carpentry work, Shilang Liulang picked up pigweed in the morning, cleaned up the vegetable garden, and gave Zheng Laosi a hand in the afternoon. The Song family also made needlework and served pigs, chickens and ducks. Both sons have crafts, are responsible, and diligent, and they don't have to worry about marrying a daughter-in-law. In the entire Shannan Village, there are few comfortable days like the Song family. She is a spicy person again, and her mother-in-law, Mrs. Zhao, is a little scared of her, and she doesn't dare to provoke her when she is idle.

"I got up to pee this morning, it was still dark, and I saw Brother San Lang and Luan'er going out with a basket on their backs, as if they came back after lunch. It seems that he didn't rest for the second half of the day, even Xiaoba took it with him. Liulang is one year older than Zheng Qingluan, twelve this year, and he is also half a young man, listening to him sigh: "Really capable." ”

Your uncle is the eldest son and has to be provided for him to study, Dalang is the eldest grandson, he has to be provided for him to study, your fifth uncle is the youngest son, it hurts a lot, and he has studied for a few more years, this has been more than ten years, Qilang is nine years old, and he has not even been admitted as a child. Purify your father and your third uncle, and give two taels of grain every year, in exchange for ten taels of eggs and meat. The needlework we make can only be regarded as filial piety to the old couple in exchange for money. The more Song said, the more angry he became, "It's still your second uncle who is smart! You don't have to work long hours for your parents, it's very good to think about it." ”

In this courtyard, Mrs. Zhao sat cross-legged on the kang, no longer the appearance of a flower back then, the water and apricot eyes were bright back then, but now they have become a hanging triangle, and the peach blossom-like powder is now with high cheekbones, showing a little meanness. Looking at Zhao Wuniang and Xiao Zhao who were kneeling on the ground of the hall, the old lady's scolding foamed at the mouth: "The prostitute who made the next work, she gave birth to a money-losing goods after more than ten years of entering the door, and the black heart and liver rotted the miscellaneous pieces of the water, which ruined my son's reputation, and ruined your good future!"

Seeing Xiao Zhao "rub" and stand up, he ran to the door, shouting as he ran: "Neighbors, come and see what this evil mother-in-law has done!" The voice was tactful and melodious, poignant and lingering, and could be transmitted for two miles. I saw a petite woman running out of the door, dressed in white, kneeling, although she was over thirty years old, she was delicate and did not change, adding some mature woman's style. Most of the onlookers were rough men in the village, and the sound of swallowing saliva came and went. The mother-in-law around me pinched it hard.

saw Xiao Zhao's tears before speaking, and sobbed: "The little woman is not a shameless person. The mother-in-law said that the slave family had ruined the future of the minister, and the slave family did not dare to admit it. Before I got married, my grandmother had a birthday, and my husband drank more wine, and my aunt, that is, my mother-in-law, asked me to serve my father-in-law, but I was only married, and I hadn't married yet, so how could I be-" said, with a little shame on her face, "My mother-in-law was going to be annoyed at that time, and the slave family was scared, and she offended her mother-in-law before she passed the door, but how could she be good?" Outside there are many guests, who will notice that the back seat is locked. The slave family did not dare to shout, "his face turned pale, as if he remembered the unbearable past," and after that, the slave family was puzzled and did not understand why the mother-in-law did this? After getting married, when she returned to the door, she realized that the mother-in-law asked for 20 taels of dowry silver on the grounds of premarital misconduct, and asked her father and mother to compensate her with another 10 taels of silver. After saying that, he cried a lot.

The crowd was in an uproar. She even framed her daughter-in-law in order to get back the dowry! This is simply a wicked woman!

The slave family thought that it was better to carry the name of the fox than to tell the husband to know that there would be a discord between the mother and the son. Tomorrow, because the prime minister wants to go to the county seat to congratulate the old lady of the Zhang family on her birthday, her mother-in-law wants her concubine Xue Niang to follow. The slave family is not a jealous person, just for the sake of justice. If it is really according to the old lady's meaning, the Xianggong brought the concubine to the door, and the people who knew said that the old lady in the family was confused, and those who didn't know only regarded the Xianggong as a concubine to kill his wife, and took the concubine as his wife! The old lady of the Zhang family was only in our eyes, and she brought the concubine to the door to humiliate the Zhang family. I heard that the county magistrate and his wife are also going, so let a concubine from a drama and the lady of the order get up and sit together, what kind of sin is this?" After speaking, he stood up resolutely: "Today, I am willing to die and apologize for my mother-in-law, but I hope that the prime minister can understand my intentions." So he went to the tree behind a group of mothers-in-law.

Naturally, a group of women stopped them and persuaded them with all their mouths. At this time, Zheng Dajin also came out, his face full of emotion, "My husband misunderstood you." ”

The ending is naturally happy, and the husband and wife both return home, but the old lady Zhao is angry upside down! Looking at the old man with a blue face, and the eldest son who glared at him angrily, Zhao felt that he couldn't tell clearly. She did ask for twenty taels of bride price back, but she definitely didn't ask for ten taels of silver in compensation.

"Give the eldest thirty taels of silver, and let him give it to his daughter-in-law. "Zheng Manchu cares most about his reputation, and the future of his son and grandson, and the eldest son's future is almost ruined by this foolish fool

, I just can't wait to slap her to death.

The old lady Zhao shook her hand and took thirty taels of silver and handed it to her eldest son. She wanted to say something, but she didn't say anything in the end, she probably understood in her heart, and the old lady felt that it really hurt to even gasp.

Zheng Qingju in the third room was doing needlework, and his eyebrows were dancing to Zheng Laosan and Qian's elm money and how to get food, Xiaoba ran in from outside, and said with a grin: "Qilang and I heard that grandma gave the uncle thirty taels of silver, and the uncle himself took twenty taels for the literary meeting, and divided the eldest aunt six taels and Aunt Xue four taels." ”

The family looked at each other and were dumbfounded! This is really wonderful! The wife and concubine of the big house have been acting in a drama for more than ten years! No wonder every time after the trouble, Boss Zheng looks like he is going to die or live, and the old lady will always give him some money to go out and dissipate and dissipate.

The Zheng family has been a fool for more than ten years!

Qian stood up and walked out: "I'll talk to his fourth aunt." ”

As soon as the curtain was lifted, I saw Song carrying a basket into the courtyard, which was a bowl for vegetables, "What are you talking to me about?" Zheng Qingju took it with a smile, and he was not polite.

"Oh, brother and sister, everybody says we're smart people. Who knew that he had been a fool for more than ten years. He took Song's hand and learned what Xiaoba had just said.

Song slapped the table, his eyes glared, "Look for her! If you want eggs and pork again, and sell them with our needles and threads, you can't do it." "I learned Xiao Zhao's singing and chanting just now.

These Zheng Laosan and his family really don't know, they are used to being noisy, who will pay attention. Besides, the food is sumptuous, and no matter how fierce the trouble is, it is not as attractive as meat!

"Talent!" Zheng Qingluan sighed, "My eldest aunt is blaming the old lady for all the sins." The little mistake made before marriage can be regarded as whitewashing. Uncle is right, he is drunk and misses his deceased wife. The eldest aunt is not wrong, she didn't have her own aunt and mother-in-law to frame her. Speaking of which, everyone should sympathize with the uncle, and when such a foolish girl is misunderstood for more than ten years, she has silently endured it, this is a great filial son! My aunt endured the rubbing of the evil mother-in-law, endured humiliation, was deeply affectionate to her husband, and was tolerant and generous to the concubine, this is a model of women! Even Aunt Xue's troubles in the past, my aunt said that she was ordered by her mother-in-law. Why is it revealed again now, this is because I am afraid that my mother-in-law will make a bigger mistake and affect her husband. ”

After speaking, he looked at the Qian Song family and Zheng Qingju, "Mother, fourth aunt, sister, learn to learn! You all learn! What is a shrewd person? This is a shrewd person! This is not the end of this matter, my uncle still doesn't know what he plans to do! And wait and see, if you don't make trouble, someone will make trouble." ”

"This stinky mother-in-law!" Song scolded hatefully, thinking that he had only been a joke about watching the big house for more than ten years, and it turned out that in the eyes of Zhao Wuniang's slut, he was a fool who could only watch the show.

"Alas, this is digging into the heart of the old lady. Zheng Laosan sighed, his face gloomy. "The old lady is really good to the boss. Wait!

If the boss is the heart of the old lady, then the fifth is the liver of the old lady