The so-called few families are happy and a few are sad.

When almost the entire Tianchang County, especially the squires of Tianchang County, were smiling and discussing with their families how to hold a feast to celebrate this great event, Jiang Guangda, the most famous squire in Tianchang County, was gloomy.

"Master, is this really the only way to go?" asked Mrs. Jiang, whose eyes were red and swollen from crying, and her voice was broken.

"Besides, do you think I have any other way to go?" Master Jiang had a loveless expression on his face, "I said a long time ago, this county master is not easy to mess with, you have to listen." Jiu Niangzi finished framing him, and Erlang went again. And you really bought the jailer to kill Jiang's mother's son back then, didn't the county magistrate know? He knew everything, but he didn't say anything. The first is for the sake of the thousands, the second is that he doesn't want to have any more incidents during the New Year, and the third is that he deliberately indulges and wants to see what else he can do! As a result, Erlang really lived up to his expectations, and actually came up with the idea of spreading rumors everywhere to smear the county master! He actually wrote a letter to the Yangzhou prefect and the Yangzhou assassin to frame him. Do you think the county magistrate may let him go again?"

"However, this matter is not done by Jiro alone, and there is not another person who does more-"

"Do you think the county magistrate doesn't know? He understands it very well in his heart! It's just that compared to that person, Erlang is better to clean up, he naturally has to finish Erlang first, and then deal with that person wholeheartedly. Just wait and see, and in a short time, that person will not have any good fruit to eat. ”

"But Erlang, he's too pitiful—"

"Don't mention Erlang to me anymore! What does he pity? He is all self-inflicted! He will become like this, and it is all your habit!" Old Man Jiang couldn't help but shout angrily.

Madame Chiang was so frightened by his sudden outburst of anger that she immediately stopped talking.

Seeing this, Master Jiang sighed again: "Hey, you are used to him, but I am not used to him? Today's fruit is the cause we planted yesterday." The bitter fruit that I grew by myself will be swallowed by myself, and I admit it! It's a big deal, in the future, our Jiang family will flow into the bottom rank among the squires of Tianchang County, and this is not a big deal. Take it as a warning, and educate future generations well in the future, so that they can behave in a down-to-earth manner, and there will definitely be a day when our Jiang family will emerge in the future!"

"When will we have to wait until this day?" asked Madame Jiang in a choked voice.

"I don't know. Master Jiang replied, his voice full of exhaustion and regret.

The Gu family, who was far away in Chang'an, was also filled with an oppressive atmosphere.

"Wow Wow Wow ......"

A burst of baby crying suddenly sounded, and the cicadas outside the window formed a duet, which made people upset. Mu Wanwan shouted out the window: "Why are you crying? If you don't sleep all day long, you know how to cry, take her out for me, and then hug her back when you don't cry!"

"Be quiet!That's your own daughter, are you so impatient with her?" Gu Wenhua whispered to her.

"What's wrong with me being impatient with her? That's better than you not caring about her at all! When the child grows so big, have you ever looked at her, have you ever teased her for a day? Now you know that you have come to accuse me, do you have the qualifications to do so?" Mu Xuanxuan immediately sneered.

Gu Wenhua stiffened his face: "Forget it, I won't tell you." Then he got up and walked out.

"Where are you going? and you're going to see those fox spirits, aren't you?" Mu Xuanxuan hurriedly chased after him.

Gu Wenhua paused: "What nonsense are you talking about?

"Heh, so far, do you still want to hide it? Your Gu family has been passed down for several generations, and you are the only male left in this generation, and I didn't give birth to a son for you, and now I can't even give birth to a son, will your family not want to find another woman for you to have a son?" Mu Xuanxuan sneered, "It's a pity, if that incident didn't happen, you must have accepted several concubines into the door one after another, right? This is an official position conferred by a saint, and I have also become an official lady. You ordinary merchants, how dare you offend our Mu family? So now, you can only secretly raise people outside, and when you give birth to a son and cook raw rice, I can only accept their mother and son. Do you think so?"

As she spoke, she laughed even colder: "You just dream about you! I tell you, I will not allow another woman to enter the house and take my place." I will never allow you to give your property to the son of another woman! If you dare to do it, I will go to my father and let him cure you!"

"You are simply unreasonable!" Gu Wenhua glared at her coldly, then shook his hand and left.

Walking out of the courtyard, he rushed forward dozens of steps in one breath before slowly stopping.

Raised his head again, looked at the blue sky and white clouds above his head, slowly closed his eyes, and said in his mouth: "The white horse is in the valley of the sky, and its people are like jade." ”

"You'd better forget about her!"

A deep voice came from behind, Gu Wenhua was startled, and quickly turned around, only to find that the person who came was Gu Yuan, the head of the Gu family.

He hurriedly lowered his head: "Daddy." ”

"You quarreled with your daughter-in-law again?" Gu Yuan asked.

"Where is the quarrel between me and her? It's clear that she is making trouble unreasonably. Gu Wenhua whispered.

"Isn't it normal for a woman to have a small temperament? And she didn't have such a temperament before, but why were you able to tolerate her and care for her before, but now you are so impatient that you refuse to stay with her for more?"

"I ......," Gu Wenhua sighed, "I've been feeling bad these days." ”

"Is it because the Mu family was given an official?" Gu Yuan asked.

Gu Wenhua's body stiffened.

Gu Yuan said again: "This time, Cui Liulang Jun has made a great contribution, the Mu family and the Wei family are all heroes, and it is common sense for the saint to be rewarded. It's just that you are not angry in your heart, obviously they are all relatives, why are the Mu family and the Wei family supported by them, and now the scenery is infinite, but only our family is ignored and left far behind by them, isn't it?"

"Son...... Be. Gu Wenhua gritted his teeth and nodded.

"You don't want to think about what you all did to them before!" Gu Yuan snorted, "It's not like you haven't seen the careful eyes of that couple. If it weren't for the sake of your daughter-in-law and the Mu family, would you still be able to live a peaceful life now? The Jiang family, the most famous squire in Tianchang County, you know what happened to them, right? Obviously, they have made the most money and made the greatest contributions, and even the saint's reward has already been issued, but they want to grit their teeth and return the reward, and use this in exchange for the life of their son, and in the blink of an eye, they will be demoted from the leader among the squires in Tianchang County to the bottom. Forced them to willingly give back the glory they have received, how do you think that family feels now?"

"Life is better than death. Gu Wenhua whispered.

"And how do you think you are in a state compared to them?"

"Slightly better than them. ”

"They can choose to ignore you and ignore our family, then it is already the greatest kindness to our family!" Gu Yuan said angrily, "You beg yourself now not to fall into the eyes of that couple again! Once you enter, then your fate will be miserable!"

"But, I ......"

"Don't. Since you chose to give up on her and marry Mu Erniang instead, you have to be responsible for your choice. In the future, you husband and wife should live a good life together! As long as your daughter-in-law is in our house for a day, then they will turn a blind eye to us. As for the succession...... I am already discussing with your father-in-law, and in another year or two, when they return to Chang'an at the end of their term, and after obtaining her consent, I will give you a serious concubine, and sell him after giving birth to a son. ”

"Daddy!" Gu Wenhua exclaimed in disbelief.

Gu Yuan looked at him coldly: "Otherwise, what do you want? Do you think you can still get rid of her in this life? You will die of this heart! Live a life in peace, do what you have to do, and live a smooth life for the rest of your life." As for that person, you don't have to be delusional anymore, she's not someone you're qualified to think about. ”

Gu Wenhua's face was full of pain.

"Daddy, you said I didn't-"

"Not at the beginning. You've made your choice, so follow the path you've chosen. There is no if, if you go wrong, you make a mistake, and you can't turn back. Gu Yuan said coldly, "By the way, little lady, I will ask someone to take you to your mother-in-law, and let your mother-in-law raise her in the future! Why should you be so cold between husband and wife? I think they are also looking forward to seeing your love and harmony. ”

Is love and harmony still possible?

Gu Wenhua thought about it, his legs suddenly weakened, and he couldn't lean against a big tree next to him.

Raising his head, looking at the blue sky and the white clouds, he didn't know if it was his illusion or what, he saw a flower-like smile slowly blooming in the sky, beautiful.

"Bright ......," he whispered, and couldn't help but reach out.

And the red lips on that smiling face also opened slightly, and spit out two words to him - "brother-in-law." ”

His movements immediately stopped, and the whole person withered.

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Master Jiang's exchange of his official position for his son's life caused a lot of waves in Tianchang County.

And under the gaze of everyone, after Jiang Erlang was taken back to Tianchang County in disgrace, the Jiang family packed up their salutes and moved their family to the countryside to reunite with Jiang Xiaoniang.

Since then, there is no longer the surname Jiang among the famous squires in Tianchang County.

And Cui Pu has long had no energy to care about these small things as big as sesame mung beans.

He's dying.

After the news of the sweet potato harvest came, not only the squires from Tianchang County took turns to visit him, cheekily begging him to develop sweet potatoes to other towns as well. Even the county magistrates in other nearby counties came to the door in person, and while eating sweet potatoes, they also wanted to enrich the grain production of their own county.

Cui Pu was so entangled that he could only tell the truth - now that the planting technology of sweet potatoes is not mature enough, the sage has also come to the will, so that they can plant another season with the assistance of the people sent by the Ministry of Household Industry, and then start large-scale promotion after the technology is completely mature.

However, the scope of the test this time will be expanded, but it will be limited to Tianchang County, and it will not be transmitted to other counties within the year.

The other magistrates, especially Huang Zhixian, who rejected Cui Pu last time, were extremely frustrated in their hearts, but they could only hang their heads and leave.

Cui Pu was in full swing and devoted himself to the planting of sweet potatoes in the new season. And because the planting scope has expanded to the entire Tianchang County this time, he has more things at hand, almost running out of the sky, and Mr. Wu and Mr. Zhang are almost tired and paralyzed, and there is almost no chance of going home.

As I ran like this, time flew by, and soon it was early August.

Mu Jiaojiao got up early in the morning, and Hongdou sent a bowl of fish fillet porridge: "Lady, this is the fish they just caught in the river in the morning, it's fresh! If you like it, I'll make it for you tomorrow. ”

"It's been a long time since I've eaten fish fillet porridge. Mu Jiaojiao smiled and took the bowl. It's just that when the faint fishy smell in the bowl penetrated into her nostrils, her stomach suddenly churned, and she immediately turned her head and vomited.

Red Bean hurriedly grabbed the spittoon and gave it to her.

Mu Jiaojiao spit viciously, until she could only vomit sour water, and finally stopped moving.

Hongdou was frightened and turned white: "Lady, what's wrong with you? Okay, why did you vomit? Haven't you been in good shape these days?"

"I don't know. Mu Jiaojiao shook her head weakly.

Hongdou helped her to sit down on the chaise longue and brought water to rinse her mouth. When she felt more comfortable, Hongdou looked at the fish fillet porridge over there: "Lady, do you still eat this?"

"I don't eat it. Somehow, I smell this fishy smell very unpleasantly today. Mu Jiaojiao waved her hand.

"Oh, then go and make something else! Now that the autumn crab is fat, why don't I go and steam one for you? Cook a bowl of white fungus and red date soup, and you won't be afraid of the cold." ”

Hearing her talk about autumn crabs, Mu Jiaojiao seemed to smell a fishy smell into her nostrils again, and immediately leaned over and vomited again.

"What's wrong with you, lady!, even those pregnant women who are pregnant, and I haven't seen a few of them vomit like you!" Hongdou was almost stupid, crying out.

Mu Jiaojiao's body stiffened.

She quickly straightened up her upper body and put two fingers on her right hand vein. Immediately, her face turned pale.

"Lady!" Hongdou's mind was blank now, and she immediately knelt down in front of her, "Lady, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me, okay?"

At this time, Cui Pule walked in. Seeing this, he stepped forward with a look of concern: "What are you doing here?"

Mu Jiaojiao slowly turned her gaze to him, and suddenly raised her hand, and listened-

Syllable!

A frightening crisp sound came, and five bright red fingerprints appeared on Cui Puruyu's face.