On the day of Chinese New Year, Shen Ruolan's house was very lively. Villagers from various villages who worked in her workshop came to her house to give New Year's gifts.
Just like a tenant giving a New Year’s gift to a landlord, you give a basket of eggs, I give a few catties of rice, you give a big goose, I give a chicken, and more than a hundred people come in and out of her home one after another. , for a while the house was as lively as a market!
Shen Ruolan originally didn't want everyone's things, everyone's life is not rich, even though she can earn some money working here now, no one will be hungry anymore. But for them, things like eggs and rice chicken and geese are still good things that they rarely eat on weekdays.
She is not short of these things, so she just wants everyone to take them home and eat them by themselves, as long as she accepts their wishes.
However, everyone insisted on refusing to give her a new year gift.
In their words, Miss Lan'er took care of everyone so that their families could have enough food and no longer starve. They also gave them such generous benefits during the Chinese New Year. They were so grateful that they wanted to set up longevity tablets for her. This idea What are things? It's just to express their feelings. If Miss Lan'er refuses to accept even this little thing, isn't she trying to make them feel sorry
Unable to accept the kindness, Shen Ruolan had no choice but to accept it. She accepted the gifts one after another for a whole day, and it didn't stop until evening!
In the evening, Shen Xiuyun also brought her Wang Wanfu and Wang Baogen to Shen Ruolan's family to give a New Year's gift. The gift was a basket of steamed steamed buns made of pure white flour. This basket of big white steamed buns is nothing in modern times, but in this In the world, it can be regarded as a very decent annual gift.
Shen Dejian and Mu's have always held grudges against Shen Xiuyun because of her bullying of Lan'er in the past, but for the New Year's Eve, they are not easy to drive them out, and Shen Xiuyun's mouth He said kind words like New Year's greetings, and almost knelt down to carry their shoes. For the sake of Shen Xiuyun and his fellow countrymen, Shen Dejian could no longer ignore them with a straight face and let them sit. I came down and talked for a while, and gave them up, leaving their family to have dinner at home.
In fact, Shen Dejian was just being polite, and didn't really want them to finish their meal here, but this casual politeness immediately made Shen Xiuyun and his wife very happy, and they agreed as if they were flattered, and Shen Xiuyun went to the kitchen in a very sensible way Help Grandma Dong and Shouya cook.
Wang Wanfu accompanied Shen Dejian and talked to him with a smile on his face, but the two of them didn't have much in common, it was nothing more than what Shen Dejian said, and he echoed what he said.
Wang Baogen has long since regained his old overlord-like appearance, quietly sitting on the chair, sometimes looking at the spacious and magnificent house of the second uncle's house, sometimes secretly taking a look at Ju'er, and quietly Grin grin girl.
Shen Ruolan bothered them, but her father had already made an appointment, and it was not easy for her to push them out, so she just said that she was tired and went back to the house to rest.
Today is New Year's Eve, the day when every family reunite. Sitting alone in the room, Shen Ruolan couldn't help thinking, if the emperor hadn't harmed him, she must be celebrating the New Year in his villa now. At this moment, the two of them must Sitting at the table, drinking and eating, while enjoying the sea and the sky, talking about the world, or, drinking and drinking, she will continue to drink and do that indescribable thing, no matter the possibility, it can make her feel extremely happy and infinitely charming...
It's a pity that the situation changed suddenly, the originally peaceful and peaceful life came to an abrupt end, and their life became a bloody storm, and I don't know what happened to him now? Are things going well? Is there any danger? Having trouble or something? Can he win this game, can he protect their family and live in peace
At this moment, she had mixed feelings and mixed feelings. She missed him and was worried about him. She wished she could fly to his side right now to help him tide over the difficulties, help him overthrow the dog emperor, and accomplish a great cause.
However, she can't go, she can't be so selfish, she can't let her parents and siblings follow her to take risks, she can only wait for him to calm down the north first, and then join him when he has a foothold temporarily, otherwise, Parents and younger siblings have to live a life of fear and homelessness because of them.
She couldn't bear it!
Soon, dinner was ready, and Shen Ruolan was called out. Today is New Year's Eve, and the dinner at home was very rich, mostly dishes common in the north: braised pork, pork knuckle in sauce, stewed vermicelli with sauerkraut, chicken with mushrooms, dried The pot relies on big goose, cold salad, shredded sweet radish, steamed fish, eight dishes including meat and vegetables, and set up two tables.
The four Shouya sisters sat at the same table with Grandma Dong Donger, and Shen Ruolan's family sat at the same table with Aunt Shen's family.
At the dinner table, Wang Wanfu persuaded Shen Dejian to drink again and again, and Shen Xiuyun also tried his best to say that in the middle of the meal, Shen Xiuyun apologized to Shen Ruolan for her past behavior. When she apologized, she burst into tears, like she had How regretful.
Shen Ruolan can be sure that if her family's life is still as miserable as before, Shen Xiuyun will never apologize to her, and maybe she will look down on them even worse! Therefore, Shen Ruolan didn't pay attention to her crying and crying apology at all. However, Shen Dejian and Mu's heart were soft-hearted. Seeing Shen Xiuyun crying in front of the children Apologizing to them, and keeping his posture so low, he was a little moved, as if he wanted to forgive her.
Seeing this, Shen Ruolan felt flustered, and immediately decided to take Shen Xiuyun's family away, like Shen Degui and Qi Laishun, and keep them far away, so that they won't see each other again, and they will be out of sight and out of mind. .
"Auntie, I plan to open a shop in Qingzhou to sell our vermicelli, dried tofu and spicy cabbage, why don't you and my uncle go over there and help me look after it."
Among the betrothal gifts that Chunyu Jue gave her was a shop in Qingzhou, she originally wanted to open a shop in Qingzhou, but recently she was too busy and had too many things to do, so she didn't have the mood to manage it.
It happened to be here today in a hurry, and she didn't have any suitable candidates to go to Qingzhou to look at the shop, so why not let their family go, it doesn't matter how much they earn, anyway, she is not short of that little money, as long as they take them The whole family is far away, just don't let them appear in front of her from time to time to scare her off.
When Aunt Shen and Wang Wanfu heard Shen Ruolan's words, they were immediately overjoyed, as if they were hit by an ingot falling from the sky.
"Lan, Lan... Lan'er, you said to buy me a shop and let us be... shopkeepers?" Wang Wanfu asked earnestly.
Shen Ruolan said lightly, "I'm not buying a shop for you, I'm renting a shop for you to use (she didn't say that the shop is hers, but she said it was rented, so as not to cause more trouble), and I'm not asking you to do it The shopkeeper, but to watch the shop for me, but you can make money from it, just like Guo Shouchang and his wife." "Yes, yes, the shop is to help you, Lan Er, don't worry, we will definitely Help you look after the shop, earn money for you, earn a lot of money... "
The couple hurriedly made promises, so happy that they couldn't speak. Although they only said they were looking at the shop, there was still a lot of money to be made here. Before, the old ladies in the village carried vermicelli to the county town to sell them. Every day What about the income of one hundred and ten coins? If you open a big shop in a big city, will you still make a lot of money
Guo Shouchang and his daughter-in-law Qiaozhen are now looking at the shop for Lan Ya in Jizhou. I heard that they have earned a lot of money. The whole family now wears cotton clothes and lives in high-rise buildings, just like people in the city. It's rich! Speaking of this, who in the village doesn't envy it
Shen Xiuyun and his wife were also envious and jealous, but they were more self-aware, knowing that they had offended Shen Ruolan, and even their second elder brother and second sister-in-law were angry with them, so they didn't dare to brazenly ask for anything else.
It's just that they didn't expect it to be useless for them to mention it. Lan Ya took the initiative to give them benefits. It seems that they have been lowering their figures for so long, actively asking for peace, all kinds of flattery and sycophancy, it is still useful!
Shen Ruolan: "..." It was indeed useful, and I was so overwhelmed by you that I had to surrender.
"Then you guys should go back and pack as soon as possible, and go there as early as possible, so that the shop can be opened as soon as possible!" Shen Ruolan wanted them to disappear quickly, so she kindly reminded them.
When Shen Xiuyun and Wang Wanfu heard this, they quickly put down their chopsticks and stood up, "Yes, yes, you have to go quickly, you can earn a day earlier if you go a day earlier, and you can earn a day later if you go the night before. Boss, how much less money do you earn if you lose one day?"
The couple were completely immersed in the joy of going to the city to open a shop and become bosses to earn a lot of money. They didn't realize that Shen Ruolan was telling them to leave quickly. After chatting a few words, they joyfully took Wang Baogen back to pack their luggage.
Hurrying out of the second brother's house, Wang Baogen said anxiously, "Mother, didn't you say you wanted to propose marriage to sister Ju'er for me? Why did you come back before you said anything?"
"Oh, look at my memory, I've been so busy with Le, I've forgotten about the business!" Shen Xiuyun patted her forehead.
Wang Wanfu said, "Forget it and forget it. Even if you haven't forgotten to mention it, it's probably not okay. Look at the current conditions of your second brother's family? They are popular, drink hot food, wear gold and wear Silver, how can you take a fancy to our family? It’s better to wait for us to earn money, and then propose marriage when we have enough money in the future.”
"That's right!" Shen Xiuyun was moved by the talk. She didn't have much confidence in Baogen's hiring of Ju'er. She always felt that her family was not worthy of the second brother's family. She was thinking about it, but now she has changed her mind and decided to listen to her man, not to propose marriage first, and wait until they make money in Qingzhou and live a better life before going to propose marriage, then they will not be rejected The second brother looked down on them, and the odds of winning were great!
But Wang Baogen was not happy, "That won't work, what if sister Ju'er decides to give it to someone else before we earn money? It's better to settle it now."
Wang Baogen is twelve years old during the Chinese New Year, and he knows a little bit about the relationship between men and women. He has seen all the girls in the whole village and the left and right villages, and he thinks that no one is as beautiful as Sister Ju'er, nor as good-tempered as Sister Ju'er. Well, he really likes this beautiful and gentle sister from the bottom of his heart, and he also wholeheartedly wants to marry her back home as his wife.
Wang Wanfu said, "Don't worry, your second uncle and your second aunt both love their children, and they won't get Ju'er out so soon. Let's wait until we earn money to propose a marriage, otherwise we will be searching like this." , people have specified that they look down on us, and they will reject us at that time, so it will not be easy to mention it in the future."
"That's right, with our family's current conditions to propose marriage to others, your second uncle and the others will most likely not agree, not only can't agree, but also get angry. If you get angry and don't let us go to Qingzhou, wouldn't it be the end of it? ? Let's wait, it won't be a year or two." Shen Xiuyun also persuaded her son.
After thinking about it, Wang Baogen felt that what his parents said made sense, so he agreed.
So the family of three began to pack their things, preparing to go to Qingzhou tomorrow.
Their family was poor, and they didn't have much to clean up, so they packed up a few clothes they wore with them, and put the few "valuable" things in their bags, and it was all done.
In the early morning of the next day, Wang Wanfu went to his father's house and told the old boss about this matter, while Shen Xiuyun went to Gou Shengzi's house to take care of his family's carriage, planning to take his family's carriage to Qingzhou.
Today's New Year's Day, Goushengzi doesn't want to take out a car. It's so easy to celebrate the New Year. He wants to rest at home for two days. Besides, Shen Xiuyun is doing it to search, even if he gives her a car for the New Year's Eve, she won't give more His fare was a dime.
But who is Shen Xiuyun? That is a master who will not give up until she achieves her goal. Don't look at her being submissive in front of Shen Ruolan, but she is not like that in front of others.
Hearing Goushengzi's refusal to pull them, Shen Xiuyun immediately put her hands on her hips and threatened, "What? I'll pay you to hire you, how dare you not pull me? I'm Lanya's eldest aunt, and now my niece is asking me to go to Qingzhou to open the door for her. Go to the shop, don’t you dare to pull us there, be careful I will ask my niece to drive you out of this village.”
With Shen Ruolan's status in the village today, it is more than enough to drive Gou Shengzi out of the village. However, Shen Ruolan is reasonable and will never drive Gou Shengzi out of the village because of this matter.
Through the contact with Shen Ruolan during this period of time, Gou Shengzi also had a little understanding of her character, knowing that Shen Ruolan would not be able to make things difficult for Shen Xiuyun, so he insisted on refusing.
Now that Shen Xiuyun was blown up, seeing that Goushengzi still didn't give her face, she said ruthlessly, "Okay, good you Goushengzi, I will ask you to toast and not eat or punish you. If you dare not pull us, I'm going to the county seat to sue you, your daughter-in-law is an unknown person, aren't you afraid that I will sue you to the county government for abducting a good woman?"
Gou Shengzi's daughter-in-law is his biggest weakness, hearing Shen Xiuyun threaten him with his daughter-in-law, Gou Shengzi has no choice but to compromise.
He gave Shen Xiuyun a helpless look, "Success, pull you, it's done, but I have to make arrangements for my wife first, otherwise she will be left alone after I leave, I don't worry!"
Seeing that Gou Shengzi was willing to pull them, Shen Xiuyun became satisfied, and went to Shen Ruolan's house with her chin raised, to discuss the matter with Shen Ruolan!
After Shen Xiuyun left, Goushengzi went back to the house and said to his wife who was sitting on the kang, "Daughter-in-law, I want to go out to do some work, and I have to go out for five or six days. You are alone at home these days. Stay well, remember to burn the house when it’s cold, remember to cook and eat when you’re hungry, and I’ll bring all the firewood to the house for you later, and fill the water tank for you, remember, you must Lock the door well, and don't leave the house if you have nothing to do, you are so good-looking, and you are alone at home, it will be terrible if the bad guys catch you..."
"And wow, don't wash your clothes when they are buried. I will wash them for you when you come back. If someone wants to bully you, don't be afraid of him. Go to the northernmost house in the village and ask Lan Ya to help you. Lan Ya is a good person. She Will definitely help you…”
On the kang, a woman with empty eyes sat there expressionless, like a body without a soul, humming a tune that no one could hear clearly in her throat, as if she was completely immersed in her own world in the way.
Rao Gou Shengzi babbled a lot, but she acted as if she didn't hear a word, and didn't even give him a look, let alone respond to his instructions.
Goushengzi is already used to her daughter-in-law's appearance, and he was not disappointed when she didn't respond to him. He even hugged her and kissed her on the face. After the kiss, he rushed to the kitchen to make pancakes for her. up.
This trip has to go out for several days, so he has to make some food for her to save her from doing it herself.
Steamed a pot of white rice, baked another seven or eight sheets of white noodle cakes, and stewed a pot of pork stew noodles, all of which were delicious. With these foods, he didn't have to worry about his wife starving when he was not at home up.
When he went out to fetch water, he made a special trip to Dachun's house and entrusted his daughter-in-law to Dachun's wife. He hoped that Dachun's wife would take time to take care of his daughter-in-law during the few days when he was not at home, otherwise she would be left alone. He was worried about being at home for several days.
He entrusted Dachun's daughter-in-law, not his good buddy Dachun, for no other reason than worrying.
Because he thinks his daughter-in-law looks so good-looking, any man will be tempted when he sees his daughter-in-law. If he entrusts a man to take care of her, if that man can't control himself and gives his wife away while he's not around, that's not leading a wolf into the house. Yet
So it's better to trust women.
Dachun's daughter-in-law is already out of confinement, and can walk around the village, so it is not difficult to visit his daughter-in-law every now and then, so she agreed.
Gou Shengzi filled the water tank for his wife and carried enough firewood to burn for several days, so he reluctantly took Wang Wanfu's family away...
…
At this time in the capital, in the harem
When Emperor Jian'an received a letter from Feige from the north, he was so angry that he even smashed the cup on the case.
"It's unreasonable, it's ridiculous, it's just nonsense!"
He threw the letter in his hand to the ground heavily, his face was ashen, and he was furious!
Seeing how excited he was, Empress Chen hurriedly signaled her court lady to pick up the letter with her eyes, and took a look. It turned out that the letter was sent by Feige from the north, and the content was not what they expected—King Zhan was wiped out He was killed, but he had gods to help him. When he was about to be killed, it rained bricks from the sky, which turned him into victory, and killed most of their shadow guards. Now there are more than 20 defeated soldiers left up!
Also, that little village girl named Shen Ruolan has a peerless hidden weapon that can kill people invisible in an instant. With that hidden weapon, she killed dozens of first-class shadow guards by herself. It's really shocking!
"It must be that they are ineffective in doing things, and they are afraid that I will blame them, so they made excuses!" Emperor Jian'an roared angrily, unwilling to believe that the gods would help Chunyu, because with the help of the gods, it proved something he had been worried about in disguise.
It's just that the people he sent out were all his dead men, absolutely loyal. It can be said that even if the prince and queen betrayed him, none of his dead men would betray him.
Therefore, although the content of this letter is a bit absurd and absurd, he already believes it half a dozen times in his heart...
Empress Chen stared at the letter for a while, and then said quietly, "Does the emperor think our shadow guards are deceiving the king?"
Emperor Jian'an narrowed his eyes, but did not speak. In all fairness, he didn't believe that his shadow guards would lie to him.
Empress Chen continued, "Don't you find it strange, Your Majesty? Lao Qi has always been arrogant and conceited, with his eyes above his head. Why did he take a fancy to such a country girl as Shen Ruolan?"
Emperor Jian'an heard that there was something in her words, and said, "What does the empress mean?"
Empress Chen said, "The concubine feels that the reason why the seventh child chose Shen Ruolan and abandoned An'an must be because Shen Ruolan is better than An'an. In terms of family background, appearance, talent, and fame, An'an is far better than Shen Ruolan. Lao Qi chose Shen Ruolan without hesitation, isn't there any hidden secret in this? For example—Shen Ruolan knows sorcery and has the ability to help Lao Qi achieve great things!"
When she mentioned it, Emperor Jian'an also became thoughtful. He remembered that Lao Qi had said before that he had suffered from intestinal ulcer in Jizhou. He was in a critical condition at the time. Intestine, saved Lao Qi from life.
He has lived for more than thirty years, and he has never heard of any doctor who can cut open the abdomen. If a person cuts open the abdomen, his vitality will be drained, how can he live? Cutting the intestines is simply ridiculous!
When he heard about this at the beginning, he thought it was a lie intentionally fabricated by Lao Qi in order to persuade his mother to accept a woman from the Shen family. Now, it seems that there may be something true, but it is not because she understands that a woman surnamed Shen can disembowel and cut her intestines. Medical skills, but understanding witchcraft, can do things that doctors can't do, the reason why Lao Qi recognized her, maybe it really has something to do with her ability!
"Queen, do you suspect that the woman surnamed Shen has witchcraft?" Emperor Jian'an asked in a deep voice.
"The concubine is just a suspicion, there is no real evidence!" Empress Chen said very conservatively.
As a middle palace, and her husband is ruthless, sensitive and suspicious, she has to be vigilant all the time, always say half of what she says, and never dare to speak too much, lest something goes wrong and he blames her . Just a reminder is enough, if things are really as she imagined, he can also remember his goodness, if not, he won't blame himself too much!
Emperor Jian'an touched his chin and thought for a while, then suddenly said: "Come here!"
A eunuch said softly, "Your Majesty, what are your orders?"
"Preach my will and call the national teacher into the palace!" Emperor Jian'an ordered.
The current national teacher of Chu State is called Xuanjizi, he is a humble and old Taoist priest, but this old Taoist is very capable and has won the trust of Emperor Jian'an. This time he is called into the palace to let him see if Shen Ruolan has any magic tricks , if so, who did you learn from? How to get rid of her!
The eunuch went out to invite people, and Empress Chen asked, "Your Majesty, shall we continue to send people to the north to hunt down Lao Qi and the others?"
Emperor Jian'an said coldly, "Of course, Lao Qi must die, not only him, but also that woman surnamed Shen, who has killed so many first-class hidden guards, must die too!"
"However, we have almost dispatched first-class shadow guards, and the rest must be reserved for His Majesty's safety!" Empress Chen said.
Emperor Jian'an said, "I'm in the deep palace, and I don't go outside the palace. Safety doesn't matter. Now it's right to kill the seventh child first. I'll make an order later to let all the rest The first-class hidden guards and half of the second-class hidden guards are going to the north, and we must spare no effort to get rid of those two people!"
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Shen Ruolan didn't know that she had been blacklisted by others, and after a year, she was busy preparing the dowry for Shouya.
The dowry she prepared for Shouya was very rich. In addition to asking her to take away all the things she was wearing, she also gave her an extra twenty taels of silver, one piece of cotton cloth in each of the four colors of blue, blue, purple, and green. Horses, four elm boxes, and seventy or eighty chickens, ducks, and geese raised in the back garden. These things add up to thirty or forty taels of silver. In the countryside, it can be regarded as a sky-high dowry.
In fact, Shen Ruolan still wants to give her some more. Given her current conditions, giving her a dowry of three or four hundred taels won't hurt her vitality, but this is too conspicuous. The tree attracts the wind, and a large amount of money is easy to bring to them. It would be better to give less to cause unnecessary trouble, so as to ensure that they have enough food and clothing without being missed by others. If they are short of money, she can support them at any time. This arrangement is more reasonable.
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