Chen shi was staring at the portrait in a trance. Hearing the words, his first reaction was: "Huh? What's wrong?"
After answering, she and Gu Yin were both slightly stunned.
Gu Yin immediately said, "Your nickname is this, right?"
Chen shi closed his eyes and tried to recall, "It seems to be, but it doesn't seem to be. Sorry, I really can't remember."
囡囡 is a common nickname for girls in dialects.
This alone couldn't prove anything, so Gu Yin continued: "Aunt Ge's family is at the best location on the wharf, selling oil cakes and noodles... Well, his family also has a generous nephew named Ge Dalong..."
Suddenly, a fragment appeared in Chen's mind.
On the bustling pier, she helped her parents when she was young.
A boy about her age slipped over to look through her money box.
With her parents busy beside her, she took the little boy's hand and scolded him angrily: "You are not allowed to take my family's money!"
The boy shoved her to the ground in a dignified manner, "What's your family's mine? Grandma said that I'm the only male in the family, and everything is mine!"
She sat on the ground and cried, and the boy slipped away with a guilty conscience.
Her mother hurried over to pick her up, and said warmly, "Mother's good girl, what's wrong?"
She whimpered about what had happened before.
Her mother coaxed her a lot, and even complained about her father, "Dalong is a boy anyway, so what's the matter with bullying us?"
Her father also looked distressed, and said helplessly: "Dalong was arrogantly raised by his milk, but it's not a problem to bully Nannan. When the stall is closed, I will go to Dalong's parents and talk about it."
Chen Shi came back to his senses, nodded again and again, and burst into tears: "I'm ashamed to say that, over the years, my impression of my parents has become more and more shallow, but I remember a cousin named 'Dalong', who was born when I was a child. Relying on your strength, bully me..."
The wharf, the food stalls, and the cousins who are not stingy are all aligned, and this is inseparable.
Saying that, Mrs. Chen got up and moved towards Gu Yin with deep blessings, "This time, I have accepted my wife's love. No matter what my wife wants me to do in the future, I will be ruthless and dare not complain."
Gu Yin helped her up, "Madam doesn't have to be so polite, it's just not for you, for the uncle and aunt of the Ge family, they took care of me before, and this is what I should do."
Chen turned his back and wiped his eyes, then asked, "Where are they? I'll..."
Speaking of which, Mrs. Chen paused. Although she sounded as the lady of the country, she actually had no real power in the mansion. Even now she knew that the old couple of the Ge family should be her parents, but they even went to pick them up. No confidant.
Not to mention that Qin shi is now in a fit of anger. She came out this time by fluke, and she has to go back to the small yard where she lives to be grounded when she returns.
Qin Shi was afraid that he didn't want Feng Yu to have such a foreign family. It would be good if he didn't interfere, don't say anything to help.
Feng Yu said, "Don't worry, mother, I'll find a way, I'll pick up my grandfather and them."
Both of these mothers are working under the Qin family to make a living, and it is not easy, and Feng Yu is still a ten-year-old child, so Gu Yin said: "Don't worry, I will handle this matter, and take over the Ge family's uncle and aunt. It's not difficult to come here. My mother has a handkerchief to give, and my son is going to take the Beijing Science Examination in the beginning of the year, and he will leave soon. We will send a letter and ask them to bring Uncle and Aunt Ge with him."
Chen shi became more and more embarrassed, "This kind of thing has to bother your family."
Gu Yin said it was fine, she wiped her tears with the veil again, and winked slyly at her, "The debt is too much to bear, anyway, since you have accepted my love, let me be a good person to the end. I'm not a good man for nothing..."
Chen Shi was waiting to hear what kind of reward she wanted, when Gu Yin continued with a smile: "Aunt Ge's stewed pork ribs has a unique flavor, and I haven't eaten it for a while, so why don't I have a good meal with her?"
Chen shi followed and laughed, and the sadness between his brows was swept away when he entered the room.
After the show and the full set, Mrs. Chen led Feng Yu out of the British mansion, and Gu Yin followed him out. At the door, she ordered the servants with a livid face: "Be alert, and then let someone call the door and take care of your skin! "
Everyone Nuonuo said yes, and Wu Qingyi came back after a while.
Hearing her reprimanding the servant, he immediately got off his horse, swept his majestic eyes over everyone, and asked, "What happened?"
He has led soldiers for many years, and the coercion on his body is very comparable. Although the concierge knows that Gu Yin is acting, he is still shocked by him.
Gu Yin gave him a hand, "Go into the house and talk."
After entering the house, Gu Yin laughed, "It's something, but it's a good thing!"
Later, she told him that Chen Shiying was the lost daughter of the old Ge family couple.
Only then did the expression on Wu Qingyi's face loosen, and he shook his head and smiled: "I thought someone was bullying you."
Mrs Wang was beside her and asked Wu An to write to Mrs Xu.
Half a year apart, she and Xu often corresponded.
And it was not the usual way to send letters by people at the post station, but the flying pigeons that Wu Qingyi raised when he was in the army.
Biography of flying pigeons is the most convenient way of communication nowadays, especially those flying pigeons are specially trained and raised, and they are one in a hundred. You can fly thousands of miles in a day.
Wu Qingyi kept someone in Hanshan Town to supervise the cousins of the Wang family, for fear that they would do something wrong after they got the news of their own prosperity.
Later, the old department in the town helped with the communication, not only Xu and Wang, but also Gu Yin and Xu Cook.
A few years ago, I heard that Xu Qingchuan had been admitted to the Juren in the Enke Examination, and he will go to Beijing to participate in the General Examination in February this year.
Originally, Mrs. Xu thought that she had been on the road every year and went to Beijing ahead of time, for fear that she would not be able to find a place to stay when she was unfamiliar with the capital.
This also means that Xu Qingchuan's time to study at home will be reduced. After all, he has changed to a new environment and traveled a long distance, which will definitely have an impact on the students.
The Wang family reassured her, saying that her family had already established a firm foothold in the capital, and that they had arranged for them to take care of it, and their mother and son only needed to come over before the scientific examination.
In the past, although Hanshan Town had access to waterways, the transportation of water in the old dynasties was monopolized by power and officials, and the cost of traveling by boat was quite high.
At present, the new dynasty has a new atmosphere. Although many places still follow the old system of the previous dynasty, the people's clothing, food, housing and transportation are much better than before. This boat trip is one of them.
It is much faster to travel by water than by land, and in about ten days, they will be able to come to Beijing.
But in the middle of the first month, when the canal is completely thawed, it is not possible to sail.
Xu Shi was hesitant between the water and land routes, but after getting Wang Shi's words, he would not be in a hurry, saying that he would come by boat in mid-January.
In this way, they can go to the capital in late January and leave twenty days for Xu Qingchuan to adapt.
Now that I have received the letter, although I don't know if it will be too late, if they can't get together, I will ask Wu Qingyi to send someone to pick it up.
Hearing Wu Qingyi's words, Mrs Wang raised her head and smiled and said, "With me here, I can let our eldest girl be bullied? Does the stinky boy underestimate your mother?"
Wu Qingyi looked at his mother helplessly.
His mother always disliked him for not understanding the style, but he didn't think about it. He rarely wanted to show his diligence, but his mother always put his daughter-in-law first in the family affairs. Is it his turn
After dinner, Wu Qingyi went to Gu Yin's side.
Gu Yin had just removed her hair and was about to go to the clean room to take a shower. When she saw him coming over, she asked, "Is something wrong?"
She has recently made friends with Mrs. Lu and the others, and she will dress up more maturely.
At this time, her hair was loose, and the black satin-like hair was scattered behind her head, looking a few years younger than before, and more in line with her early twenties.
Wu Qingyi looked at her with some grievances and asked softly, "Can't I find you if I have nothing to do?"
He has two faces outside and in private, Gu Yin is used to it, and hurriedly smiled: "Hey, if you can find it, you can find it. It's me who said the wrong thing, it's just that you have been leaving early and returning late these days, more than usual. I'm busy, it's rare to come back earlier today, and I didn't go to rest, so I asked."
Wu Qingyi stopped teasing him now, curved his lips and said, "It's a good thing, and it's a good thing. I have something good for you."
As he said his hand stretched into his arms, Gu Yin's eyes became crescents with a smile, and hurriedly waved his hands: "No, no, I have enough money."
It's really enough. In the past, when there were only the first and second floors, I could earn about 500 taels a month.
The business of Yashe on the third floor at the back was booming, and the profit doubled directly.
With more than a thousand taels in money a month, Gu Yin saved it all without spending money on food and lodging.
Not to mention that the family's salary has been sent out at the beginning of the year, and the Wang family has a large sum of money and has nowhere to spend, so she has to subsidize her.
Wu Qingyi looked at her helplessly, "It's not money."
As he spoke, he took out what was in his arms - it was an overseas shipping document issued by the imperial court.
With this document, the ships representing Gu's shipping line will be able to go to sea immediately!
"The crew has been trained, and the leader is an old-fashioned style that I have tried my best to find, and has a lot of experience in sailing." Wu Qingyi explained, "In addition, my mother and I have withdrawn a part of the silver, which has been purchased these days. Tea, silk, porcelain and other goods. Choose an auspicious day, and our family's ship will set off this month."
Gu Yin said in surprise: "So you've been busy with this for a while! This is indeed better than giving money directly!"
Wu Qingyi raised her chin.
Seeing her so happy, he felt that it was worthwhile to be busy day and night during this time.
"You know a lot, write down what you want, and I'll let people find it."
Gu Yin nodded as if pecking at the rice, "Okay, I'll think about it for the past few days. When the time comes, I'll make a list, but I don't know what's going on overseas."
Wu Qingyi didn't understand overseas knowledge in the past, but he has been learning since he took over the shipping line.
Now that he has learned, he can also talk to Gu Yin.
The two talked about going to sea, and before they knew it, it was the time when the moon reached the middle of the sky.
Until Gu Ye, who lived in the wing, woke up at night and found that the lights were still on in his mother's yard, he came over dressed like a little adult, and said old-fashioned: "If you don't sleep at night, why do you wake up during the day? You are such a big person. , how can one or two make people worry?"
Gu Yin and Wu Qingyi were "trained" to laugh by him, and then they each rested.
…
The words were divided into two parts. Chen brought Feng Yu back to the Duke of Lu. Although the mother and son were both emotional, they also knew that this emotion could not be revealed to Qin at the moment, so they both pretended to be dejected.
Qin Shi was still half lying on the bed. After letting them in, she had a rare smile on her face and asked Feng Yu: "Tell your grandmother, did you really beat the children of the British government?"
Feng Yu lowered his eyes and said apologetically, "The grandson was too impulsive, and he got the grandson back because the mother came to lead people."
Qin Shi waved his hand indifferently, "You did a good job! Your mother is going to lead people, but it's not worth taking a little face. My Feng family's men are bloody men, dare to act! I look at the British in the future. How dare you be arrogant in front of our family, that idiot in the manor?!"
Feng Yu's eyes darkened again, Qin Shi didn't notice the difference, and waved him back to his yard to rest.
When he left, the smile on Qin's face faded, and he waved to Chen's hand and said, "Go back and rest. Don't run around without my order."
In other words, although Chen shi helped to do a shameless errand. But Qin Shi was still not ready to lift her grounding.
Chen shi smiled bitterly, but because she thought of her parents who were going to come to Beijing, her heart was hot and she didn't care about this kind of thing anymore.
Later, she returned to her yard, and Feng Yuan came over later.
After ten years of husband and wife, Chen Shi and Feng Yuan have always had a good relationship.
Of course, since the opening of the Mansion of the Duke of Lu, the relationship between the two has become worse and worse.
Chen shi thought about it, but still didn't want to hide it from him.
Just like before she got married, she didn't choose to hide her life experience, she was going to tell him this time.
However, before he could open his mouth, Feng Yuan said first: "Mother is not in good health, she has a big temper, and you have been wronged. The rumors outside are really ugly, and they are not good for our family. The source is you. You are staying at home now. In a few days, when the limelight passes, I will naturally help you to persuade, and naturally it will be fine."
The words were like cold water poured over the head.
Chen Shi still remembered that before she got married, she made it clear to Feng Yuanhe, did not want to deceive him, and was worried that he would mind the past, so she carefully looked at his reaction.
Feng Yuan also vowed: "What is this? These are all your sufferings, not your fault. I will only pity you more and more, and will not despise you because of this."
However, the people who swore at that time now say the words "the source is in you", and they are ashamed of her origin in their words.
Chen Shi chuckled and shook his head, saying that he was tired and asked him to leave.
…
The next day Gu Ye entered the palace, and Emperor Zhengyuan was already in the Wenhua Hall.
He hurriedly turned his head to look at the sky outside and muttered, "I'm not late."
"It's not too late." Emperor Zhengyuan asked him to come forward, "I came here ahead of time to tell me what happened yesterday. I heard that the children of the Feng family beat you?"
After Gu Ye and Feng Yu discussed a plan the day before, Gu Ye found the guards who followed him and told them not to show up for a while no matter what happened.
After listening to his words, the guards saw that he was chased by Feng Yu and ran home. The guards didn't move when they saw that he was not injured, but they must pass the news back to the palace.
When Emperor Zhengyuan knew, he must ask carefully.
"Oh, that's what happened." Gu Ye told Emperor Zheng Yuan about the ins and outs, and added again at the end: "Feng Yu and her mother are both very good, they didn't really want to hit me yesterday, or My idea. You must not hate him."
Emperor Zhengyuan raised his eyebrows and said, "It's just kidding, don't tell me it's fake, it's real. Could it be that I am going to embarrass a ten-year-old child? Who do you think I am?"
"Of course you are a generous and reasonable person! But people, there are always times when they are not calm, and this matter is not about others, but your most beloved son!"
Emperor Zhengyuan couldn't help laughing, scratched his nose and said, "You're very welcome, why are you my most beloved son?"
Gu Ye smiled, "Isn't it?"
Emperor Zhengyuan didn't answer his words, so as not to go on, the more this little brat became, he turned to ask: "The child of the Feng family is the Feng Yu you call him. No matter how good he is, he is still the State of Lu. People from the government, the relationship between the two of you is not good, so what are you doing to help him?"
"You clearly understand." Gu Ye glanced at him, but said, "My uncle said when he was at home that when he met you, you said, 'Is there a seed for the prince and general?'. That's it, the prince and general are both No matter where you are from, you shouldn't talk about it when you make friends."
Emperor Zhengyuan touched his nose a little embarrassedly. At that time, there was really no ink in his stomach. I still heard this sentence from the master in the village, and then I remembered it in my heart. I used this sentence as an opening remark when recruiting talents when I was young. Say, it's really useful.
However, Gu Ye's temperament did resemble him, and Emperor Zhengyuan looked at him with relief, "Then I don't care?"
Gu Ye nodded, and then thought of something, "It's not that you don't care at all, there is something I want to ask you."
"It's rare to see you being so polite in private." Emperor Zhengyuan asked him to speak.
It has been a while since we met, and Gu Ye has not asked for grace once, so this time, as long as his request is not too excessive, Emperor Zhengyuan will definitely answer his request.
Unexpectedly, Gu Ye didn't ask for anything for himself, but said: "The grandfather and grandma of the Ge family gave me a hot meal when I was in trouble. It's a kind of kindness to me. If they come to Beijing, they will recognize it. Back to Feng Yu's mother, I'm afraid that the identity will be looked down upon..."
Emperor Zhengyuan frowned and said, "It's very easy to give money, but with the family rank of the Duke of Lu and the above-mentioned temperament of his old lady, even if the old couple of the Ge family become rich, she is afraid that I don't even look down on such an in-law."
This also made Gu Ye difficult, scratching his head and saying what should he do
Emperor Zhengyuan pulled his hand that was used to scratching his head away, "This matter will be discussed later. You have already spoken, and I will think of a way for you. You have to wait for them to recognize each other."
Gu Ye nodded, "That's all up to you."
The father and son were talking, and Mr. Wen came to pay.
When Gu Ye saw him, he immediately greeted him, "You came just in time. I had a new idea yesterday, and the outline of the playbook has been completely figured out. I'll tell you about it."
Gu Ye's new play begins with a very cliché story of an evil mother-in-law and a pretty daughter-in-law.
Earlier this family was a poor family in the village. The evil mother-in-law alone supported her son to study, and the family was destitute.
The scholar and the ordinary peasant girl in the village are in love with each other. Although the mother-in-law feels that she is not worthy of her own son, she has no choice but to have a tight family. The daughter-in-law has many brothers and a lot of fields. She is considered a wealthy household in the village, so she can this marriage.
After getting married, the scholar who failed many times in the test began to have good luck, passed the exams as a scholar, a scholar, and finally became the champion.
Since then, the mother-in-law has been a demon, torturing her daughter-in-law.
And the daughter-in-law's maiden family is not enough at this moment, and can't give her any help at all.
This is the fact that Gu Ye has been in a relationship with, and the aria of Master Wen is also written here.
According to the current routine, the daughter-in-law should be behind the cold kiln, moved the mother-in-law and husband, and finally the family is complete. Or be bolder, the daughter-in-law is favored by the emperor, and she enters the palace as an empress.
Gu Ye thinks that the content behind is too homogeneous. He feels that if he continues to write like this, even if Master Wen helps to polish the pen, he will not be able to write better than before - yes, he is ambitious and pursues the second drama. Better than the first one!
What happened the day before gave him inspiration. He was going to let his daughter-in-law come to the capital with his mother-in-law and husband.
Like her after she left, she was invited to work by the kind-hearted Shiwei Tiandong's family.
There are many female guests in the light food elegant house on the third floor of Shiweitian, and there is a noble lady who thinks that she is very close to her eyes and loves her inexplicably.
That noble lady also had a daughter, the same age as her daughter-in-law, who was not like her at all.
Later, as the plot unfolds, the noble lady realizes that it was the concubine who had acted recklessly in the house, and bought off the servants of the family, and exchanged the children born by herself with the children born by the noble lady.
The noble lady's own child was thrown into the wilderness by the concubine, but she did not die, but was adopted by a kind-hearted farmer.
If we investigate further, the adopted girl is naturally the daughter-in-law there.
This story has more twists and turns than the current routine, and Mr. Wen started writing it after he went back to work that day.
The manuscript was given two days later.
As for why it's so fast, it's a familiar one, and a master Wen who has written it once is familiar with it.
Second, it was written by three people in the past, and they each divided the scenes and went back to write them. However, it is impossible to completely divide a playbook into several copies, and there must be overall unity. So before they finished writing their own part, they had to revise it according to what the other two wrote, but it was not as efficient as one person alone.
When Gu Yin saw it later, she was naturally speechless again.
How does this kid's brain grow? It's surprising enough to have a wife-chasing crematorium in front of him, and now even the true and false daughters are written down.
If this little guy is put into modern times, it is estimated that even if he has no other strengths, he can support himself just by writing online novels.
The playbook was quickly handed over to Brother Xiaofeng. This time, he didn't even read it carefully, and began to split the play and rehearse the same day.
The rest of the troupe said nothing, voluntarily and consciously gave up the rest time, and the first show was arranged in less than ten days.
Gu Ye listened to his mother's words and came up with a pre-sale ticket.
Hundreds of thousands of tickets were sold in one go, not to mention the first month of the year, even February tickets were rushing to buy.
This time the title of the play is still from Gu Ye, called "Kindness".
In the middle of the first month, the new play begins.
Master Wen's wonderful writing is full of flowers, and every aria is memorable. In addition, although the story written by Gu Ye this time is still not new, the addition of the enduring element of true and false daughters, which has a wide audience in later generations, is even more icing on the cake.
In just a few days, "Kindness" swept the streets.
And when Qin Shi knew the news, he became very angry again.
In the last play, Concubine Jing's background was similar to Concubine Feng Gui, so Qin's anger was still understandable.
This time, the people inside and the reality are completely irrelevant, and even Feng Yuan, who is Qin's own son, doesn't understand where she is angry.
Qin shi said with plausibility: "What he wrote is not good, he has to write that the mother-in-law treats her daughter-in-law harshly. Isn't this alluding to what our family is?"
There are so many dramas like this, but Feng Yuan couldn't think of them, so he said ashamed: "It's the son who is not promising, and you have no light on your face."
Qin shi cried: "my son, where can I blame you? I also have to blame Chen shi's coquettish son, who fascinated you back then and asked you to marry her. Otherwise, I wouldn't be this villain... "
In all fairness, Feng Yuan loved and respected Chen shi in his early years, and was especially grateful for her perseverance when her life and death were unknown.
But times changed, and he went from a guard to a prince of a dynasty.
A wife from Chen's background would not help him, but would only make him humiliated.
In addition, Feng Yuan's heart is getting more and more tangled day by day, since he has been read by his mother Qin's day and night until now.
Knowing his son Mo Ruomu, seeing the expression on Feng Yuan's face, Qin Shi knew that his persistence in these days was not in vain. After all, his son had changed his mind and knew who was really good for him.
She proudly calculated the days in her heart, thinking that in a short while, she would be able to make Chen "sick".