Under this year's New Year, Liu Chengxu celebrated the New Year at home, and many of his in-laws also came to the door. The first one to come was Aunt Ding's brother with his family, because Xiao Fu had just come back, the family was temporarily in charge of the family, and she couldn't ask for the housekeeping right at once, but she just wanted to teach her daughter to know the family relationship.

It is true that her daughter is good with Mrs. Liu, but the old lady will not teach her so carefully, and most of them will flatter her daughters.

"This Ding family was originally a county Cheng, and the county Cheng was born as a official, and Aunt Ding's father died, because of the marriage with our Liu family, this county Cheng fell to his family. That year, your father served as a magistrate in Jiujiang, and the Ding family came to your father again to take money to donate to the prison, and it was only two years to cross many people, and a colleague of your father happened to be in the Department of Literature and Selection, so he opened up the relationship and let him be released as a county magistrate. The three-year term of office has expired, and I want to operate it again. Xiao Fu quickly explained the relationship between the prison and the officials very clearly.

Lishu was puzzled: "Then why does Daddy want to help the Ding family operate?" To be honest, Daddy doesn't seem to like Aunt Ding very much. ”

Xiao Fu said: "Just because I don't like it very much, your father will try to help him in terms of money, of course, the brother who helped her at the beginning also felt that he was honest and not a person from the township of such disasters, so he agreed." ”

Probably this is also a kind of compensation, Lishu knows that her father is really not very, Aunt Su was originally a girl in the room, Aunt Ding is the old lady Liu who is the master for him, and in addition to this, there are two wives. He sent money and goods to Aunt Su's brother, so that he could go south to do business and compensate the family, although he didn't like Aunt Ding either, but Liu Chengxu in her family also contributed money and used his connections.

"Then will Daddy still help Aunt Ding this time? The county order can generally only be done by those who have been elected to the imperial examination. Lishu didn't think it was appropriate.

Xiao Fu smiled: "Yes, your father shouldn't be able to, because he originally thought that the old man of the Ding family taught by word and deed, and he was also a local sage in Macheng, but he didn't expect Aunt Ding to ......."

After that, Xiao Fu intercepted Aunt Ding by hoarding food to prepare for a big windfall in the disaster year when she was pregnant, and she thought she was doing something hidden, which was intercepted by Xiao Fu and Liu Chengxu.

"So, your father thinks that there is no big festival in their family, so let them take care of someone by themselves, and your father will not help."

It turned out that this was the case, Lishu nodded: "Daddy and mother did the right thing, the money is good, but the most important thing for an official is how to serve the court and benefit the people." In a year of great disaster, even if it is useless for officials to cut back on food and clothing, they can still express their attitude. Even if it is too hidden, after all, paper can't contain the fire. ”

Xiao Fu agreed: "What you said is very good, people can't be too greedy, although such people often have a good life." ”

"This is also what I want to say to my mother, last time Mrs. Chi wanted to ask me to bring the portrait over, I said that I accidentally lost it. Mother, of course, you are for my good, but you can't take advantage of Chi Nuguan. Lishu still said this sentence.

Xiao Fu laughed: "Silly girl, you think I did it in private, to please and sell well, naturally it is Chi Nuguan who benefits." She asked me to paint her and her fiancé together, and then I didn't know how to thank me, so she asked me to draw a picture of her danqing, so that I could have something to do with Earl Chi's family. This also means that I want to borrow from Chi's family. ”

Lishu was embarrassed: "Mother, it's me who is self-righteous." ”

Xiao Fu shook his head: "It's nothing, you don't rely on these, you still live well." ”

"It's not going to be very good, it's just that I think who in the world will be more reliable than my mother, I will make a contract with Mrs. Chi again, and I will slap her again, she will not do her best for me after all." Lishu said.

Xiao Fu was completely impressed by his daughter: "I didn't expect you to understand things very well." ”

I understand everything, but I've seen too many people's warmth and coldness.

At that time, Aunt Ding was talking to her sister-in-law, Mrs. Ding had been an official wife for three years, but it was different, the gold lilacs on her ears before were replaced by pearl earrings.

Mrs. Ding complained about Aunt Ding: "That little maid has been holding you adults all the time, and she won't step through your door." Is it also instigated by her, look at your house, such a cold day, just use this charcoal, catch Ming'er and I will ask your brother to send you a car of good charcoal, now your brother is diligent, Shangfeng is really praise for him, if he goes further, what is Sister Rou afraid of. ”

When she knew that Aunt Ding hadn't slept with a man all these years, she really felt cruel.

Aunt Ding said: "That's it, my brother can be a good official, and I am relieved." As for myself, that's all there is to it. "Competing for favor is this kind of thing, men like that kind of flattering person, she can't do it, that damages her dignity, only people with no bottom line will do this.

Mrs. Ding said again: "Sister-in-law, you are too honest, I heard that a few years ago, your wife raised such a big son and died, but she is pregnant, so there is nothing boring about it?" Maybe she poisoned her. ”

Of course, Aunt Ding suspected this kind of thing, but she was just an aunt, and she couldn't open Liu Shuzhao's coffin to see the corpse. But now there is no proof of death, and no one knows.

"But now that the master loves her, I can't help it." In fact, in Aunt Ding's heart, she felt that she was the same as Xiao Fu, but she was unlucky.

If she had married a year later, she would have been the wife of the main house now.

Now the status of the little Fu family is not the same, maybe in the capital, but also scruple about the Fu family, what the second room does for the time being is managed by the Fu family, but the greed of the little Fu family will definitely be taken into the hands again.

The two sisters-in-law were talking, and the outside said that Lirou was coming.

Mrs. Ding saw that there were several servants around Lirou, hugged her back and forth, and saw that she was so bright that she was so happy, she pulled out the hairpin on her head, and said: "Sister is really born very well, like a fairy, forgive my aunt and mother's clumsiness, I have never seen such a good-looking girl." ”

Lirou also likes the Ding family's aunt very much, these concubines are treated a lot coldly when they go to the real uncle's Fu family, and she can feel the enthusiasm of Ding's aunt and aunt to treat her.

"Auntie." Lirou was very happy.

The Ding family has never been very rich, but now Uncle Ding has given her everything, gave her two sets of golden heads, and said abruptly: "We don't have anything to give to my sister." ”

In the past few years, by Mrs. Liu's side, Lirou is also considered to have a lot of private property, originally a month, two or two months, Mrs. Tai will make up some in private, and then there are clothes for four hours and eight festivals, rewards everywhere, she has accumulated it, and the private house is quite rich, and she is not like Lishu who buys all the money to buy books or buy so expensive paper, it is said that she used up all the money in the private house, not to mention, but also used up the silver money that Xiao Fu gave her.

Therefore, Lirou took out a wooden box instead, with a pair of butterflies and two golden hairpins in it, and she smiled: "My aunt is already very good to me, this is a gift from me to my cousin." ”

Aunt Ding praised Lirou again and again, and Aunt Ding and Lirou talked to her a lot of private things.

When she left, Li Rou smiled and said, "My aunt said that my uncle's evaluation was excellent, can I make up for a good shortage?" ”

Aunt Ding nodded: "Officialdom is not only about ability, but also about connections, if there is no one on it, no matter how powerful you are, you can't do it." ”

Lirou thought that her aunt had always kept to herself, and her aunt's family was still an official eunuch, if it weren't for her grandfather's early death, the family business withered back then, and the position of the county almost fell to someone else, and she would not marry her aunt. My aunt once said that although her father did not love her, he was a loving and righteous person who took good care of the people around him.

Of course, the facts are the opposite, not only did the Ding family not serve as officials, but when they returned to their hometown, even the former county prince was replaced by others.

This is also a later story, but it is said that Mrs. Ding came out of Aunt Ding's place, and happened to meet a girl, her hair bun wings are as black as lacquer, her appearance is as bright as a spring flower, as bright as the autumn moon, her temperament is extremely unique, and she smiled slightly, like Luo Shen came into the world.

Aunt Ding was shocked by the beauty of this little girl, and couldn't help but ask Mingyue: "Who is this?" How did you look so good. ”

Mingyue said: "This is the third girl in our family. ”

"Oh, it's her." Mrs. Ding immediately understood that she was the daughter of Xiao Fu, and she was really good-looking, and her sister-in-law was very good-looking and outstanding in ten miles and eight towns, but in this house, there were shortcomings.

After Liu Chengxu took office, Xiao Fu went back to her parents' house alone, although she looked faint and came back in less than half a day, which was completely different from Fu's treatment of staying in Fu's house for a month, and the Fu family's desperate stay.

Lishu thought that if it weren't for filial piety, she might not even go back.

The more this embarrassment and contempt, the more it makes Xiao Fu stronger, of course Lishu knows this situation, but she knows very well that her mother doesn't want others to see her being ridiculed, so she never takes herself and her younger brothers back.

But people can be ruthless, how others ridicule her, no matter how strong she is outside, she will be lost and depressed. This is probably the difference between Xiao Fu and Lishu, Xiao Fu is still a little humble in his heart, and it is easy to be sentimental, but Lishu is the kind of person I can't like alone, but I will let a hundred people like me to make up for it.

"Mother, is Mama Zhu going home?" Lishu only needs to interrupt with something else.

Xiao Fu saw her daughter coming over and asked, and hurriedly said: "Yes, she has been by your side for three years, and she has taught you very well, just after this time, she will be able to go home to care for the elderly." ”

"There is no banquet in the world, my daughter understands." Lishu said.

I heard Lishu say again: "Mother, the second sister has already exchanged tokens, this time the Zeng family also took our family as a family, so why didn't the eldest sister's marriage be decided sooner?" ”

Xiao Fu didn't know these because he wasn't at home: "Maybe your aunt didn't find a suitable candidate, if it weren't for the Zeng family, I wouldn't recommend saying goodbye so early, there have been too many accidents." ”

Lishu suddenly looked up at Xiao Fu, she knew that her mother felt that there were many changes in early marriage, so it fully showed that her marriage with Zheng Hao was definitely controlled by Xiao Fu.

So, Lishu said: "Mother, no, I guess I want to marry my eldest sister to Cousin Minglun?" None of them had heard of it, but I thought it was a bit true. ”

"What? Minglun wants to marry Lijia? It's no wonder that when I went back a few days ago, my second sister-in-law was angry with me, I thought it was because of other things. "Xiao Fu can't go back to Fu's house if he can, and he doesn't bother to inquire on weekdays.

Lishu bowed: "Although it's not exactly like this, but it's always a little true, every time Cousin Minglun sends the eldest mother and the eldest sister back, the eldest sister looks at Cousin Fu differently than others." But why not get married? The eldest sister is thirteen years old, and she is not young. ”

Xiao Fu didn't know what he thought, and muttered: "It turns out that you all know about her, on the surface you are in charge of her, but in fact you dislike her like a shoe, you people are much more unbearable than me." ”

Lishu was confused.

……

This year, with Liu Chengxu coming back to take office, the Liu family gathered together, and the old lady Liu even reactivated, although it was not as powerful as before, but it returned to the official career, and the Liu family was very happy.

In addition to Aunt Su, who is very desolate here, Liwan also has to persuade her: "Don't remember this, uncle asked aunt to ask a famous doctor to take care of it, or go back to her hometown to recuperate." In the future, the second brother will be adopted, and the third brother will be valued by his father, no matter who is out, it is not easy to help his uncle, why do you want to show it like this now, be careful that your father does not like it. ”

Aunt Su was extremely angry and scolded the tassel angrily: "Little slut, little prostitute, if she hadn't done it, how could such a thing happen?" ”

In Aunt Su's opinion, the tassel is a little girl, relying on a bit of posture, she is not very polite to herself on weekdays, relying on the Fu family to act as a tiger, maybe she saw the master coming back, and deliberately came to such a show. The old man too, this kind of thing has to be broken in the elbow and has to be folded in, he is good, he actually sent his younger brother to Shuntian Mansion, and he hit one hundred and seventy boards solidly.

But she's just an aunt, and she can't send someone out at this moment.

Li Wan saw that Aunt Su was full of foul language, so she hid out, and after a while, Aunt Su heard one more thing, this tassel was actually Grape's own sister.

The tassel is here for revenge!

Back then, my younger brother came here, and also lived in Zhuangzi, and saw that the grapes were a little colorful, and the grapes were not a good thing, and I often looked at my brother, but the girl was really bad, and I just wanted to hang my brother, and I didn't take anything less, but people pretended to be pure, and then ......

It was also the younger brother who drank some wine, so he took the opportunity to □□ with her, and she also pretended to be a chaste saint.

She swore that she didn't want to do anything to her, it was she who had to tell the master, and she had the intention to kill.

No, she can't let Tassel talk like that anymore, her brother has been disabled, she has to get this evil spirit away, otherwise, with Tassel's character, I'm afraid the next one will be to deal with herself.

Aunt Su has never put a girl in her eyes, even Fu's, if she doesn't solve the tassel as soon as possible, it will definitely affect her son's future.

This has to be done quickly.

Thinking of this, Aunt Su also took a lot of effort, she personally went to Fu Shi to admit her mistake, her words were sincere, and she said to the tassel: "Tassel girl, it's all my brother's, I apologize to you, I really don't know this, this beast is really not a pity to die." ”

Tassel turned her head and said nothing, because she knew very well in her heart that it was not Su Daquan who killed her sister, but his sister Aunt Su.

Aunt Su has long known what the hell her brother looks like, but now she is just pretending. Seeing that the tassel was silent, Fu Shi knew that the tassel was frightened, so he said to Aunt Su: "You go back first, your brother has also learned a lesson from there, let him be a good man in the future." ”

Aunt Su replied yes, and left a lot of gifts, and Fu sighed slightly when she saw this.

"I know you're not convinced, but your master has already sent people to Shuntianfu, and he almost wants to be killed, so this matter will end here, you have to spare people and spare people. I'll let you go back and rest in a few days, and come back to me in a few days. Fu Shi said.

The tassel should be.

Fu thought that the matter was over, and he breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn't expect that it would be a storm after that.

There was another heavy snowfall before, and Lishu was doing needlework with Xiao Fu, drinking a cup of hot tea, warming her hands for a while, and then continuing to do it. Shurui took Shulin to play in Lishu's room, Lishu put a lot of things here, pastries and tea, and the earth dragon in the whole house was burning very strongly.

"Mother, what do you think of my locking here?" Lishu took the needle and thread to show her mother.

Xiao Fu glanced at it and couldn't help nodding: "You learn from Mother Hu, people can embroider a hundred flower skirts in one night, and your current hem stitches are very dense." ”

Lishu looked at the needlework made by her mother, and the color matching was extremely good, and she said enviously: "I can't be the same as you, mother, why am I not very ingenious in painting, and I have no talent?" ”

Xiao Fu thought for a while: "I don't know, for example, I don't have to learn how to draw what I see, when I was a child, I observed insects when I had nothing to do, and I would draw them." ”

It means that this is a talent that cannot be envied.

"Mother~ My daughter is so envious of you." Lishu is coquettish.

Xiao Fu was embarrassed by what his daughter said, his pretty face turned red, and he said: "Hurry up and do needlework, you will know how to play when you see the sky." ”

Although the mother and daughter do needlework together, they often talk and forget it, Shurui and her sister don't get along much, and Lishu will talk and play with him. Probably because Xiao Fu's teaching is very strict, the two younger brothers are not noisy at all, and even if there is occasional fighting, they will not cry loudly.

After all, she is here with the old lady, and it will not be good if she makes noise with the old lady.

I don't know why Lishu likes her mother very much, she is shy and gentle and very talented, and she will talk to herself about everything, and she will not put on the shelf of her elders at all.

After doing half an hour of needlework, Lishu accompanied Shulin to play nine rings, compared with her mother's natural ability to draw, Lishu is very good at playing these, and she can open the nine links Luban lock and even the nine palace spells soon.

Shulin clapped his hands: "Sister, sister, one more, one more." ”

"Okay, what is this, sister?" Shurui found a small box next to it, the box contained a strange thing, picked it up and looked at it, it was actually changing flowers, very magical.

Lishu didn't care and said: "That time there was a strong wind, and a piece of glass in my grandmother's house was broken, so I picked up a few pieces and made it myself, do you like it?" Take it if you like. ”

Shurui showed it to Xiao Fu again, Xiao Fu liked it more than Shurui, because she saw that the flowers in it were constantly changing, and they were very gorgeous, she was fascinated by it, and she hid the vibration in her heart and asked Lishu: "Is this really what you did?" ”

Lishu nodded: "Yes, it's just that I do it casually when I have nothing to do, isn't it very rough, I sometimes think it's funny and just take a look." ”

Xiao Fu shook his head: "No, you are too powerful." ”

Now it's Lishu's turn to be embarrassed.

Xiao Fu wanted it very much, but she couldn't snatch her son's things, so she had to say, "When will the next strong wind blow?" It's snowing heavily these days, and the wind hasn't blown anymore? ”

Lishu laughed when she heard this: "Mother, it's good if I make a flower pool for you, I picked up a lot of those glasses last time and put them in the cabinet." ”

"I didn't say anything." Xiao Fu turned her face away, she was embarrassed to say what she wanted her daughter to make.

There was a lot of giggling inside, and Lishu heard again that Danhong came in and said that Mrs. Ding was coming, this time Lishu was a little puzzled: "Even if she is the county lady, but Aunt Ding is just an aunt after all, can she come to the door so often?" The Ding family and our Liu family have a hometown friendship, and it's not good to see it, but when you do, it's not appropriate to see it. ”

You must know that the Liu family still has very strict rules, even if she was as favored as Aunt Ying in her previous life, she did not correct it.

Don't say that Aunt Ding can't often meet with her mother's family, even Fu and Xiao Fu can't go back frequently, every time Fu takes Lijia back, she goes back with Mrs. Fu's headache, at most, Lijia stays at her grandfather's house for some time, and Fu still has to stay in Liu's house.

Xiao Fu smiled again: "You don't have to worry about this." ”

Mrs. Ding came to the door this time, her attitude was very different from the last time, she said to Aunt Ding: "Sister-in-law, what did you tell your uncle, your brother looked for your master, but he said that it was already good to donate to the prison to be a county order, and also said that although we are in-laws, we can't treat the officials of the court as our own." Your brother is honest, so he doesn't dare to say anything, sister, you can ask your uncle, we don't make a county order, but when you go back to Macheng, let your brother be a county official, that's just a clerk? Isn't it a gesture for their Liu family? ”

Aunt Ding shook her head: "Sister-in-law, didn't you say that my brother's evaluation is excellent, why can't you wait for the official department to schedule?" ”

Mrs. Ding originally thought that this matter was nine out of ten, and there was not much money left, so she said: "If we wait like this, where will we still have money." ”

"But I don't want to beg the master for this, it's not good." Aunt Ding said so, and she gave some of the money in her hand to her mother's family.

Mrs. Ding saw less than twenty taels of silver, but she didn't ask for it: "Sister, let's keep it for self-defense." Okay, you also go and beg your master, your niece's daughter's marriage is because your brother became an official, so she got married, if you don't have an official position now, this family business will not be done. And you, when you entered the Liu family, your father gave you a dowry, and even my dowry was given to you. You said that you don't want to compete for favor, we don't blame you, but you can't let our Ding family have no way to live? When we go back to Macheng, do we want to be ordinary people? ? ”

……

In the end, Aunt Ding was still ready to see Liu Chengxu, when she came in, Liu Chengxu was watching the flower tube made by Lishu with Xiao Fu, and Liu Chengxu's hand was on Xiao Fu's shoulder very casually. Aunt Ding had never seen them get along privately before, but now when she looked at it, her throat choked.

When Xiao Fu saw her coming, he stopped talking and left first.

As soon as she left, Liu Chengxu also seemed to know what she was going to say: "I did your brother's donation to prison back then, and then there happened to be someone I knew in the ministry, if there is someone to fill the vacancy, it would be good if he could make up for it, but as for his official career in the future, it is not something I can predict." ”

In fact, it's like Liu Chengxu once gave money to Su Daquan to do business, only gave the capital, introduced one or two, and then ran by himself.

It's okay to help, but you can't trade money and power, not to mention that his brother's talent is mediocre, and he is always ambitious, which is not good.

Aunt Ding said empathetically: "My brother has no ambitions, and I don't understand things outside. It's just that my nephew said that if my brother doesn't have this official position, he will ......."

"Then don't always want what you can't want, I can't be an official and protect each other, your brother has been a one-term, and I can't be an official at all without me? Even being an official still needs the help of our Liu family, which is not a long-term way to be a relative. Don't say that we are either serious in-laws, or serious, and I won't help like this often. Liu Chengxu shook his head.

At present, he values hometown friendship, in-laws and even fellow families, but Liu Chengxu can help normally, but if it passes, he will categorically refuse.

ran into a wall here in Liu Chengxu, Mrs. Ding came again a few days later, she pointed to Aunt Ding's nose and scolded: "Just because of you, your niece was divorced, and your brother's county order is gone, and the county doesn't agree to your man." After your niece was dismissed, she couldn't think of committing suicide......"

When Aunt Ding was at home, she also took her niece for a few years, and the relationship between the aunt and nephew was very good.

I didn't think that the person was gone.

Mrs. Ding pointed at her nose and scolded: "You are high, you pretend to be a good person, you always abide by your duty, but look at what fate you get, we will no longer ask you, we will help your nephew's coffin back to your hometown." ”

Liu Chengxu explained this matter to Mrs. Liu in private: "Qiujun is pregnant, she recommended the Ding family to let her take care of the house, but she didn't expect to hoard Juqi, all she talked about was interests, and she wanted to make such a windfall." It was Qiu Jun who opened the grain and put it in the cabin, took out the belongings, and saved many people as the jewelry for her marriage, and the matter subsided. She is so bold, how can I still promote her brother, and now that's it, when the time comes, she will do things under me, and she doesn't know how to do great things. So, the son didn't think about it that much. ”

Mrs. Liu is also from the daughter of an official eunuch, and when she saw that she understood, she said: "That's not right, her niece's death has nothing to do with us, if it weren't for our family, how did her brother do it for so many years, and dare to blame you." ”

"It's not that this is true, it's just that Qiu Jun is too kind-hearted, so I can comfort Aunt Ding." Liu Chengxu said.

Mrs. Liu waved her hand: "A woman's family is always kind-hearted, but this is not a trivial matter, and there is no need to mention it in the future." I don't know how recently, these aunts' families have had accidents, you don't have to care about it in the future, just an aunt, you have been wronged when you come to our house, every day you either ask for money or ask for officials, or you are too good. ”

Liu Chengxu was silent.

However, all this was heard clearly by Lirou, who was standing outside, she didn't understand Sun Tzu's Art of War, but she knew what it meant to want to capture and indulge. It seems that there is no Xiao Fu's hand in this, but there are her means everywhere, she deliberately let her mother take care of the house, and then said that the family's income is too small, and her mother naturally found business opportunities in order to make a career.

She asked her mother at the beginning, and her mother said that not only did she do this, but also a wife from Zhizhou did this, and she made a lot of money, and she didn't want others to ask for this money, and Mrs. Zhizhou sold it a hundred times, and she only sold it fifty times, which is already very considerate of the people.

was reported by Xiao Fu in advance, so that his uncle lost his official and his cousin committed suicide...... ：，，