Chapter 6: The Superfluous
"Talk to the dock, transfer a new boat to Miss Ruan, and everyone will pick and choose.
It will take nearly three months to go to Yangzhou by water, so don't go wrong. ”
After the order was finished, He Zong also stood up and walked out.
Zhao Sheng hurriedly followed, "Uncle wants to go in person?" ”
They all told him to go, where is the need for the uncle to come forward in person?
"I'll go back and explain to the old man, and I'll go out early tomorrow morning.
By the way, you make arrangements with Mingchang, and you follow me out. ”
"Where are we going?"
Zhao Sheng already had a conjecture in his heart, but he still had to ask clearly, and he could make arrangements.
"Yangzhou."
Seeing the uncle stepping out of the door without looking back, the word Yangzhou was even more sonorous, he didn't dare to say anything more, he had to hurry up and do things.
Just give him one night's schedule, and he can't do it if he doesn't hurry.
He knew the uncle's thoughts about Miss Ruan, but he never thought that it would be so deep, and he would chase after him.
It's the day Miss Ruan came to meet on the dock, it's been half a year, and I don't know if Miss Ruan still remembers who his uncle is?
In Zhao Sheng's opinion, most of them will not remember.
Without even saying a word, he glanced at it from a distance.
Miss Ruan's hat was returned by him, and Miss Ruan was afraid that no one even knew the name of her uncle.
He Zong rode home while there was no curfew, and he basically wouldn't go back to this home if he had nothing to do on weekdays, so no one would be happy.
The He family made a fortune by raising horses for King Yong, and when he was his father He Hongshun, he was even more appreciated by the old prince, and the He family gradually gained some fame in Yecheng, Yongzhou.
After He Hongshun's many years of drilling, he is now a little thin in front of the county.
But on the contrary, He Hongshun is a little thinner in terms of heirs.
After several years of marriage, he did not have a son and a half daughter, and he had to carry the concubines one after another to the house, even if Mrs. Liu had to swallow it in her heart.
He Zong was He Hongshun's first child, or his son, and He Hongshun was already twenty-six that year.
It's a pity that He Zong was born in the belly of the concubine, but the concubine took the title of the eldest son.
He Hongshun took a concubine in order to give birth to a child, but He Zong was raised by his mother-in-law from the time he was born, and the relationship between him and his biological mother was not thick.
In addition to this reason, there are many reasons why the relationship between mother and son is not deep.
His father's requirements for concubines are all to be healthy and good to have children, and his mother Li was born in a farmer's family, not to mention that she has a big skeleton like a man, and at first glance she is the kind that can do work.
Of course, the Li family knew what she was buying by the He family for, and she had been serving the old lady since she entered the door, and she didn't even dare to look at the old lady when necessary.
Compared with the master, she did her best when serving her wife, but she was afraid that she would annoy her and be kicked out of the house.
With her status, how can she live after leaving the He Mansion?
Even if she is a miscellaneous girl in the He Mansion, it is better than starving to death when she goes out, so she still has the credit for inheriting the family for her master.
Yes, when He Zong was born, she only glanced at it and stopped looking at it.
After her son was carried to the lady's room, she didn't even ask, for the sake of her son and for her life in Hefu to be better.
Especially after finding out that her son is more and more like her as she grows older, she is even more of a man with her tail between her legs, her son calls her mother, she doesn't dare to agree, and she only dares to lower her head to respond.
After a long time, He Zong really had feelings for this biological mother.
Maybe he started it, and then two aunts were also pregnant, and two girls were born in a row.
It's just that his wife Liu's stomach still doesn't move, but she eats a lot of bitter medicine soup.
After another three years, Li became pregnant again, and gave birth to a girl ten months later.
Although He Zong was raised by the Liu family since he was a child, he was not biological after all, and the Liu family didn't have much sincere love for him, but he didn't dare to treat him harshly.
Since he was a child, he has been raised with brocade clothes and jade food, and he wants to make trouble and follow the skin.
After all, she only had this one son, and she didn't dare to be careless.
He Hongshun dotes on this only son very much, for fear that he will not be able to raise him well.
Fortunately, He Zong not only followed his mother, but also followed his mother, and he could eat and grow.
When it was time to start reading, He Zong didn't like to read, but liked to roll in his horse farm.
He Hongshun saw that his son didn't look like he could read, so he specially invited Master Wu to teach at home, and he really found the right way.
He Zong has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and even Master Wu said that he is a martial arts wizard, and he can get started very quickly with swords, guns, fists and sticks, and the most refined is the knife technique.
He was born burly, and he has the ability to practice since he was a child, giving people a full sense of oppression and deterrence.
When he was sixteen or seventeen years old, the women and mothers-in-law of the family did not dare to look at him and speak.
In addition to his attractive appearance, it is also because He Zong has a rough temper.
It was also when he was seventeen years old that he moved out of the house on his own and set up another door.
In the first year, his mother-in-law, Lao Beng, gave birth to a son to his father.
With multiple sons, He Hongshun was naturally ecstatic.
But this made the atmosphere at home tense and weird, especially when Li had to remind him every time he saw him: "That's your own brother, the son of the old lady, and the young master of the family." ”
When his father didn't change him, he didn't think that he was a concubine and blocked the way of his sister-in-law, but his mother was very disgusted.
In this family, he has become a superfluous person.
After he left home, the atmosphere at home returned to normal, and occasionally he went back to meet his mother, and he could get a smile from his mother.
What he wanted when he was a child but couldn't get it, now he doesn't want much.
The Li family can be closer to his son because his wife has a son of her own and does not need his son anymore.
But the estrangement over the years has long left a gap between mother and son, which is not something that can be filled by her occasional greeting with a smile.
At the beginning, He Hongshun naturally did not agree with his son leaving home, and the father and son were locked in the study for a long time before coming out, and he agreed again, except for the father and son, no one knew what they said in the study.
When He Zong arrived home, it was already past dinner, and He Hongshun was also teasing his son in his wife's room.
As soon as he heard that the eldest son had returned, He Hongshun kissed the younger son again before coming out to meet someone.
"Zong'er must have something to do when he comes back at this time, you don't have to wait for me."
Liu now has a son, and she is full of her son, so she won't care so much.
In the study, He Hongshun looked at his eldest son's increasingly robust figure, in addition to peace of mind, there was also his father's love for his son.
"Why did you come back at this time?"
He Zong has a rough temperament, but he has always respected his father.
He saluted respectfully before he spoke, "My son is going to go on a long trip tomorrow, and the return date is uncertain, as short as half a year, or as long as one year." ”
"What's so important going for so long? Where to? He Hongshun frowned.
His eldest son is a little impatient in temper, but he has always been steady and moderate, and he suddenly has to leave home for so long, he still has to ask clearly before he can rest assured.
"Go to Yangzhou and ask for a daughter-in-law for you."