Old Zhangtou originally planned to accompany Shen Dejian to sell crystal jelly in the county until he went to Jizhou, so as to draw closer the relationship between the two and strengthen Shen Ruolan's affection for them.
However, on the first day he accompanied him to the county seat, a minor incident happened at home, which put his plan on hold.
The thing is, Zhang Sanyong, the youngest son of Lao Zhangtou, is back.
Old Zhangtou originally had three sons, Zhang Dayong, Zhang Eryong and Zhang Sanyong, but four years ago, Zhang Sanyong adopted him to his younger brother Zhang Xingsheng and became Zhang Xingsheng's son.
Zhang Xingsheng and Zhang Xingwang's first-in-law compatriots are both well-known carpenters in Nong'an County, and they live a good life, but Zhang Xingsheng married for many years and had nothing to do, and later married a concubine, and the same is true. Later, he felt unwilling Zhang Xingsheng bought another girl. There are three women in the family. Zhang Xingsheng has been farming day and night. He has been busy for more than ten years, but he still hasn't laid a single egg.
Seeing that he was forty years old, Zhang Xingsheng gradually gave up his mind. He wanted to adopt one of his eldest brother's three sons. Firstly, to continue his bloodline; There can be someone who carries banners, and someone who burns paper and burns incense on Qingming...
Although Zhang Xingwang sympathizes with his younger brother, he is reluctant to part with any of his three sons. He is very smart and good at reading. The master said that this child will be able to go to high school sooner or later. With such three good sons, how could he be willing to let them call someone else's father? So he politely declined.
Later, the fire caught fire in the family, and burned all of Nuoda's family property. He thought that his third son still had to study, and his family was poor now, so he couldn't pay him. He gritted his teeth and agreed to adopt the third child to his younger brother.
Among all the children, the old lady likes this sweet-mouthed and well-read young son. When she heard that the youngest son was going to be adopted by the uncle, she didn't agree with anything and insisted on adopting the second child. past.
why
Because the eldest has already married and cannot be adopted, only the second and third are suitable. She is reluctant to part with the third, and also reluctant to give up the family business of several hundred taels of silver from her uncle's family, so she strongly advocates that Zhang Eryong be adopted.
Later, it was the youngest son who took the initiative to say that he wanted to go to his uncle's house in succession, and that he wanted to continue his studies. The old woman had no choice but to cry and agree.
Now, the family has accepted this fact, but they don't want the youngest son to be sent back by his uncle because he already has his own son and doesn't need to adopt someone else's son.
At the beginning of last year, Zhang Xingsheng got acquainted with a flirtatious and pretty little widow. Not long after the two hooked up, the little widow became pregnant. Zhang Xingsheng was so happy that he was so happy that he married the little widow back home with great fanfare. At the end of the year, the little widow gave birth to a white and fat son. Zhang Xingsheng was so happy to have a son in his later years. Later, he simply divorced the woman who had not been able to lay eggs for many years, and helped the little widow to be a child. Now that he has become his legitimate wife, her precious son will naturally become his legitimate son, and his sweetheart, the little widow, will also become his legitimate wife.
The concubine and the girl were also sold by him. The beauty of the concubine and the girl was not comparable to that of his little widow, and the little widow gave him a son, so he naturally didn't want to spend any more time on other women. I just want to live a good life with the little widow and son.
At this time, the existence of Zhang Jizu (that is, Zhang Sanyong, whose name was changed after the adoption) became an embarrassment. The reason why he was adopted at the beginning was because Zhang Xingsheng had no son and wanted him to inherit the incense. , now that Zhang Xingsheng already has his own son, how can he bear to give his family property to others
He didn't struggle with this matter for long, and quickly made a decision.
On the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, Zhang Jizu was asked to clean up, hired a carriage to send him back, and said that the adoption was void, he already had his own son, and there was no need to adopt someone else's son.
Cui's separation from her beloved youngest son for four years was to allow the youngest son to inherit Zhang Xingsheng's family business of several hundred taels of silver. Unexpectedly, she endured the pain of parting mother and child for four years, and ended up with nothing. , Cui was so angry that he fell on his back, and then he started to work with jumping feet.
First, he scolded Zhang Xingsheng for turning back on his promises, breaking promises, and treating her younger son badly; Fire, there will be no disaster in the family, and the youngest son will not have to be sent away, causing their mother and child to be separated...
Anyway, I scolded everyone who could think of everything related to the youngest son's adoption, but forgot to scold herself, forgot that she was also greedy for Zhang Xingsheng's family's property, so she agreed to the youngest son's adoption, and also forgot about the youngest son For the past three years in the family, they provided him with good food and drink, and provided him with the opportunity to continue his studies.
In Cui's eyes, there is never a time when others are sorry to her, and there is no time when she is sorry for others. When she makes mistakes, it is always the fault of others. She will never make mistakes.
Zhang Xingsheng also knew about Cui's temper, and he didn't have the same experience as her. Seeing that his elder brother was not at home, he went back after explaining the matter.
Cui thought she had suffered a great loss, so she cried and cursed all the time, until Zhang Xingwang and Zhang Eryong came back from Kaoshantun.
After the old Zhangtou learned the whole story, he felt that it was not a big deal for his son to come back. Life at home is better than before, and it is still affordable for him to study.
But Cui Shi didn't think that way. In her heart, she had long regarded Zhang Xingsheng's family's property as her youngest son's. Now that the chickens were flying eggs, hundreds of taels of silver would be gone. How could she give up? For a while he yelled to ask old Zhang to talk to his brother, and for a while he pointed out that the child born to that little widow and daughter-in-law of Zhang Xingsheng was by no means Zhang Xingsheng's kind, and he would tell that foolish child about it tomorrow. Guts to go.
Seeing her so agitated, Lao Zhang couldn't even suppress his beating and yelling. He was afraid that she would really find his brother for trouble, so he didn't dare to go out the next day and stayed at home to watch this crazy old woman.
This observation lasted for four or five days, and it was not until the fourteenth day of the first lunar month that the old woman had almost calmed down, so I was relieved.
In the past few days, Zhang Eryong has not been idle, and went up the mountain again while he was free.
Lan'er is so good, he has to work hard to match her.
This time he went up the mountain, and he hunted a roe deer and a red-haired fox. He planned to sell the roe deer and fox meat in the county town in two days.
She is afraid of the cold. When we went to the county together, she always shivered under a torn quilt. If she had a fur vest, it would surely help her withstand the cold...