Chapter 111: Three Families Divided
After a few days of hard work, yesterday's wind and cold finally allowed her to have a free time and sleep peacefully all night.
Zhixia didn't go back to the room to sleep, and lay on her bedside all night, and there was nothing to do, only to help her tuck the quilt and the like.
I woke up once in the middle of the review, and when I saw that it was almost dawn, I urged Zhixia to go to sleep. She sweated all night, her body felt much more refreshed, and she felt really lazy, so she fell asleep again.
So when Zheng Tong came to visit, the master and servant were still asleep.
Zheng Tong had to wait in the hall, and after half an hour, he finally waited for someone who could speak.
"It's time to call Zheng Langjun now." Zheng Tong saw that it was Zheng Peng who came, and got up with a smile to greet him.
Zheng Peng still behaved in a regular manner, but he was not as close as he was that day, and his expression was much more indifferent: "Master Zheng, don't call it that, Zheng Peng can't afford it." ”
After saying a word, he handed the used soup bowl to the maid on the side, and then sat directly opposite Zheng Tong.
Zheng Peng had already prepared for his attitude, and the smile on his face did not fade, and he only asked: "Is Mrs. Liu better?" ”
"I just drank the decoction, and I should be able to raise it for two days." Zheng Peng replied politely, "Master Zheng came to see it, and I will definitely convey Master Zheng's thoughts to the eldest lady." ”
Zheng Tong did not give up, he still greeted his aunt Taishou, and waited until the rest of the people who were not in the middle went down, and only the two people surnamed Zheng were left in the hall, and Master Zheng finally recovered the attitude of the elders and said some serious words.
"After all, you are a member of the Zheng family, since Mrs. Liu wants you to serve the decoction now, it means that she values you." Zheng Peng's expression was quite friendly, and he said carefully, "You must understand your identity and take good care of it, so that you can have a good future." ”
"Master Zheng bothered, I know how to deal with myself." Zheng Peng's attitude remained unchanged, and he said in a low voice, "I just want my mother to be safe." ”
Zheng Tong really couldn't find fault in his attitude, so he was satisfied. Then asked about the illness again, Zheng Peng truthfully said that it was just a cold, but Liu Niangzi was weak, and she was tired after playing a lot recently, and her recovery was slower than ordinary people.
Zheng Tong's trip was originally because of the Wang family's historian's abnormal attitude in public inspection, but now he also knows in his heart that he should not be able to see his aunt Taishou today.
But it's not all without gains.
Serving the sick is often one of the best shortcuts to change the distance between relatives and relatives. The slender man of the Wang family and the swordsman of the Li family definitely don't understand this, and they can't do it.
And as soon as Zheng Peng was sent in, he caught up with this little lady and fell ill. This is really a good illness, a good illness.
Zheng Tong gave him another careful advice, which was nothing more than asking him to take good care of his aunt Taishou, and by the way, he secretly reminded him that this opportunity was unavoidable, and he couldn't let the stonemasons from Qianlong County and the drunkards in Nanshi who had hit the big luck pick up the loopholes.
Then he said that he had nothing to say, so he had to leave.
Zheng Peng sent him out, and asked when they could let their mother and son meet, Zheng Tong only said that he should not always think about it, Tian Niangzi was entertained by good students in the house, and only waited for Aunt Taishou to get better, so he made arrangements.
When Zheng Peng heard this, of course he wouldn't do much entanglement, sent Zheng Tong away, and went back to his old days one by one.
At noon on the same day, several ladies who came yesterday coincidentally got together in the house, of course, this one invariably refers to the Zheng family, the Wang family historian is now tied together, with his back to the aunt Taishou, and made up his mind to entangle with the Zheng family.
However, these people were all blocked back by Zhixia with the excuse that "the eldest lady is getting worse and the wind is getting worse and is still resting", and no one saw them.
Since everyone is the same, there is nothing new to say. It's just that after that, there were a lot of people from various families who didn't lose their minds outside, and they didn't listen to the news inside, but to see who had a move in private.
Interestingly, the three largest families are a two-to-one situation on the surface, but in fact, the people sent by the Wang family's historians often end up together one by one, and they cooperate with each other a little, and they also have some meaning of being wary of each other.
Wen deliberately asked Wen Liang to leave them alone, and let them toss each other.
In the next two days, Wen didn't even go out of his small courtyard, saying that it was a spirit of recuperation, but in fact it was indeed a spirit of recuperation.
During this period, the three families of Zheng, Wang, and Shi were at the city gates, almost dispersing the friendship that had been gathered under Yang Wantang's suppression for so many years.
The public inspection of this opening, saying that small is small, and saying big is big, is by no means easy to put down. Now, who knows when Tongcheng will be stable, and when there will be no more homeless people.
Aunt Taishou only said that the public inspection could be opened, but it was not decided which place to open to which family, which meant that they were only asked to distribute it themselves.
In this way, the four city gates are divided into three families, and it is impossible to calculate an average.
Moreover, due to the convenience of the two gates in the east and south, most of the displaced people entered the city from these two places. The proximity to Beiyu in the west and north is originally a congenital disadvantage. Adding that in, it's a bit more complicated.
Originally, the two families were divided, and they clearly understood, but after the Zheng family got involved, the situation was completely different.
The middle three families also got rid of the sick and weak aunt Taishou and the Taishou Liu, who was once again set aside, and sat down to talk about it.
Zheng Tong wanted to monopolize the two places, and the two masters, Wang and Shi, naturally refused to give up. However, it is not appropriate to discuss who will be in charge of the most important southern gate.
Although these three masters in charge of the house also knew that Aunt Taishou might have avoided this situation, she didn't say it so clearly.
Of course, this situation may also have been deliberately facilitated by her, but as long as the three families divide it, the situation will become like this sooner or later. But at this time, the Wang and Shi families took advantage first, and although the Zheng family was later, they did not lose the opportunity. No one can say anything unfair to Aunt Taishou.
In the end, Zheng Tong snatched the West City Gate, and then Wang and Shi did the distribution of the other three places. The two of them didn't know exactly how they talked, and they didn't have a good face when they broke up.
The two families are not much different from each other, who should suffer again?
On the second day of Aunt Taishou's illness, there was a team of the Sun family escorting a whole box of silver out of the city at each of the four city gates.
Due to Aunt Taishou's explanation in advance, in order to make room for the convenience of the three lords at the city gate, they have been a lot lax in the past few days. While laughing at these three stupid fools who didn't know how to change, Master Sun also quietly bought the grain in the city.
(End of chapter)