The room is quiet with orchid fragrance, candlelight is flickering, An An is dressing in front of the bronze mirror in front of the carved rosewood dressing table.
She is very good at dressing herself up, and she also knows what kind of makeup is more suitable for her. Tonight, she didn't wear heavy makeup, nor did she have a head full of emerald jewels. Instead, she scattered her long black and smooth hair behind her head at will, like a The black waterfall is general, making people look very casual and comfortable.
There was no blush on her face, but a thin layer of official powder, which covered her slightly dull complexion, making her skin look white and tender, as smooth as jade, because the powder was applied thinly , if you don't look carefully, you can't tell that she has put on powder.
There was no appliqué on her forehead, nor was she painted with lipstick. She only used Luo Zidai to lightly draw two distant mountain eyebrows. Taking advantage of her fair and tender face, looking at her under the candle, let alone how charming she is.
She looked at herself in the mirror and touched her cheek affectionately.
Such a peerless and beautiful face should be loved by thousands of people, but now, she has to find a way to let a man dote on her, hehe, this life is really ironic!
"Princess, my uncle is here!"
Mother Kou had been watching by the window, and when she saw Lu Yuan entering the courtyard, she hurriedly whispered the news.
After hearing this, An An stood up from the dressing table quickly, walked quickly to the edge of the Kang, and embroidered with a small apron.
When Lu Yuan entered the room, he saw her sitting under the lamp and concentrating on embroidering a small bellyband.
Hearing the sound of him coming in, An An raised her head, and seeing that he was back, she hurriedly put down her bellyband and got up to help him pour tea.
It was too late now, she had already taken off her makeup and clothes, she was only wearing light yellow underwear, the color was light and tender, which matched her fair skin, and the bun on her head was also It spread out, draped softly and smoothly behind the back, looking slender and weak, and people couldn't help but feel pity in their hearts.
Seeing her like this, Lu Yuan couldn't help but look at her a few more times. He took the teacup she handed over, sat on the edge of the Kang, and said, "Doing work at night hurts your eyes. From now on, the work will be left to the government." Just let the embroiderer here do it, don't do it yourself."
An An smiled and said, "Thank you Brother Lu for your concern, but the bellyband is for our children, and I, a mother, want to make it myself."
As she said that, she also sat down, picked up the bellyband she embroidered just now, and leaned over as if offering a treasure, "Brother Lu, look, have my embroidery skills improved again?"
Because she was leaning forward, from Lu Yuan's point of view, she could inadvertently see the scenery inside from the collar of her obscene clothes. Lu Yuan accidentally saw the scenery like two snowballs, and couldn't help shaking Zombie: "Well, not bad!"
"I also think it's good. Look at this carp, this lotus..." An An pointed to her embroidery and introduced it. "And this water wave, I embroidered it with peacock gold thread. I can't find another one in the whole Jizhou city... Hey, brother Lu, what are you looking at?" An An who was talking suddenly raised his eyes from the embroidery. , and immediately caught Lu Yuan spying on her.
She followed his gaze and lowered her head. After seeing her drooping neckline and the scenery inside, she reacted immediately, and hurriedly covered her chest, her face turned red, she turned around shyly and said, "Brother Lu really bad!"
Lu Yuan was arrested, and he didn't feel embarrassed or anything. Instead, he laughed and joked, "Aren't you wearing such a suit just for me to see? Why do you blame me for seeing you?"
An An was told what was on her mind, and suddenly felt that her face was burning.
She almost forgot that Lu Yuan grew up among women and knew women's thoughts best, so how could he not see through her tricks
I was suddenly embarrassed, and I was still embarrassed, when I heard him get up suddenly, "Let's go, the spring night is short, let's not waste time, let's settle down!"
Invite her to spend the night together!
An An's face blushed slightly, and she got up and followed him to the bed...
In the red silk tent, the two quickly got entangled together. Lu Yuan worked very hard tonight. An An felt that she was about to fly into the sky. Although she tried her best to endure, she still couldn't hold back. , cried out excitedly, and finally, the rain cleared and the clouds closed, Lu Yuan seemed to be tired, turned over and fell asleep.
An An couldn't sleep. She thought that the two of them were so in love just now, and now they should hug each other and talk about themselves after the work is over, but he didn't. He just did it like handing in a task. When it was over, he fell asleep and didn't care about her feelings at all!
Although her body was satisfied, An An felt extremely uncomfortable in her heart. She bit her lip, looked at his indifferent back, and kept asking in her heart, why? Why did he become like this
Although there were sparks flying around just now, it was limited to the physical and spiritual aspects, as if he hadn't improved at all, and he was even colder than before. Why? why
After a long time, she dragged her tired body to take a bath in the clean room.
The water in the clean room has been prepared long ago. Rose petals, cassia twigs, Wu Baizhi and other skin-nourishing things are soaked in the large bathtub. Like a hot spring.
She closed her eyes and soaked in it for a while, and felt that the water was cold, so she hurriedly washed her body, then came out to dry herself, wrapped herself in a bathrobe, and walked back to the bedroom gently.
When he came back, he was still in a deep sleep, and he didn't feel that she was back at all. Maybe it was because he was too tired just now!
She lightly got on the bed from under his feet, returned to her bed, and when she was about to lie down, she suddenly heard him muttering in her sleep, "Slut, don't think you are the wife of King Zhan!" I can't do anything to you, you wait for me..."
boom—
As if struck by lightning, An An's body froze there all of a sudden!
The blood all over his body seemed to be frozen, and he couldn't move at all!
"Don't think that you can't do anything to you because you are the woman of King Zhan, just wait for me..."
The words that were supposed to be threatening, but no matter how they sounded like coquetry or flirting, the voice was so soft that it could almost drip water, which was very different from the polite tone she usually used when talking to her. .
Now, she understands everything!
I finally have an answer to a question that I have been thinking about for months!
Her husband, her child's father, has another woman in his heart, and that woman is still the humble little peasant girl she hates the most, a slut who is not worthy of carrying her shoes!
However, her fiancé, her favorite man, her husband, and her child's father were all snatched away by her, and her pride and self-confidence were also thrown to the ground by her, trampling to a mess
An An closed her eyes in pain, only to feel that the hatred in the sky swallowed and drowned her in an instant!
She hated it so much, she wished she could tear that bitch into pieces, smash his bones into ashes, bitch, scum, she gave King Zhan to her, why would she hook up with her man? Is it just to target her, to push her to a desperate situation before giving up
Also, what's wrong with her? What is the charm? Why can she let her men leave her one by one and bow down under her pomegranate skirt
That's all for King Zhan, he has never expressed how much he loves him, although she has loved him like fate since she was a child, but since Luo Hua has intentions and Liu Shui is ruthless, she let her go.
But what about Lu Yuan? He has loved the man who has loved him for ten years, and he is the man who can do everything for himself, so why would he not know why she should be hooked
Shen Ruolan, Shen Ruolan, do you really want to fight me to the death
Hehe, she smiled silently, without a trace of warmth in her eyes: Since you have driven me to nowhere, then don't blame me for being rude!
**
Governor's House
Zhao Yuanyuan sat on the couch blankly, staring at the silk sash hanging from the curtain, she didn't move her eyes for a long time, as if she was stupid.
In fact, she was indeed a little silly, she was scared, no, she was going crazy, she was going crazy!
Since Chen Bingrong's death, King Zhan has returned strongly, and their family will suffer from constant disasters. First, his brother fell from a horse and died of serious injuries, then her grandfather died suddenly for no reason, and then his father was seriously ill. Another kick broke my ribs...
All these piles are silently foreshadowing that their family is going to be ruined, and they will be wiped out bit by bit by King Zhan, and there will be no place to die!
It is said that death is not terrible, what is terrible is waiting for death. She has been suffering from this feeling of waiting for death for several months. She feels that she can hardly hold on, and she is about to collapse!
But what can I do
The mother tried to find someone to intercede with King Zhan for her father, but none of them were turned away. The once-popular home has become deserted and desolate since King Zhan attacked him. The people that father and mother made friends with all alienated them. When they were in the most difficult time, not only did none of the so-called friends help them, but they all respected them and stayed away. This world is so cold, it really makes people Chilling!
There are also father's concubines and aunts, who are usually jealous and jealous, and love what father loves. Now, seeing that father is about to die and the family is about to fall, they all no longer care about father's life and death, and they all rush They packed up their things, rolled up the soft clothes and ran away with their sons and daughters, and even many servants at home fled. The once vigorous government office is now as quiet as a tomb, without any anger at all. , just like Zhao Yuanyuan now, although he is alive, he has no vitality anymore!
"Miss, miss..." The little girl Pei'er ran in in a dazed and delirious manner, and reported with a happy face, "Miss is very happy, Princess An'an is here."
"What? What did you say?"
Zhao Yuanyuan withdrew her gaze and turned to Pei'er, as if she didn't hear her clearly, "Who did you say was here? Say it again?"
"Miss, it's Princess An'an, the Princess An'an who used to live in our house is here!" Pei'er said excitedly.
Zhao Yuanyuan's eyes lit up when she heard it, she sat up straight and said in a loud voice, "Quick, please come in..."
Hearing that An'an was coming, Zhao Yuanyuan immediately seemed to see hope, and his eyes brightened.
It's not that she never thought of asking Princess An'an before, but at that time her ribs were broken and she couldn't walk, so she wrote a letter to An'an, asking her for help sincerely, but after the letter was sent, it was like a stone sinking into the sea , no more news.
Obviously she didn't want to make a move. Although Gao Yuanyuan was deeply disappointed by this, she didn't blame her. After all, they had only been friends for a few months. It is understandable that the Lord chose to be wise and protect himself, and refused to wade into this muddy water.
I thought that the friendship between the two of them was over, but unexpectedly she came to see her in person.
Zhao Yuanyuan seemed to have seen the dawn of hope, and suddenly became energetic again!
Soon, Princess An'an walked in surrounded by everyone. When Zhao Yuanyuan saw Princess An'an, she burst into tears like a wronged child seeing a relative.
"Sister An An!"
She yelled, her voice choked with sobs.
Seeing Zhao Yuanyuan's haggard face and tears streaming down her face, An An hurriedly walked to her couch, held her hand and sat down: "Don't cry, your body is not good, how can you keep going like this?" What about your illness?"
Zhao Yuanyuan choked up and said, "My sister is here, I thought my sister didn't recognize me, my unlucky sister."
"What are you talking about? How could I not recognize my sister? When I lived in the house in the past, I always remember how much sisterly love my sister treated me." An An said emotionally.
Hearing what she said, Zhao Yuanyuan's heart suddenly became brighter, and she wiped away her tears and said, "I am really grateful that my sister can come to see me. The so-called Lu Yao knows the horsepower and sees people's hearts over time. When my family was in its heyday, there was an endless stream of relatives and friends Absolutely, now that my family is in ruins, those relatives and friends in the past are afraid to avoid it, so they don't communicate with my family anymore, and now only my sister can come to see me, it really is a friend in adversity."
After hearing this, An An sighed sadly, and said, "I've heard about the family's affairs, and I'm very anxious. I only regret that I don't have the ability to share the burden for you."
Hearing this, Zhao Yuanyuan's eyes dimmed a lot, she lowered her head, bit her lips and said sadly, "To be honest, I originally wanted to ask my sister to say a few words of love to King Zhan for our family, but now it seems , my sister seems to be in trouble too."
An An said with a wry smile, "For the sake of our sisters, if I can help, I will do my best without you telling me, but it's a pity that I'm soft-spoken, not to mention talking in front of King Zhan, even seeing him." There is no one else."
After a pause, he continued, "However, although I can't intercede for you, I have already figured out a way for you. Whether you can succeed or not is entirely up to you."
Zhao Yuanyuan was disappointed when she heard that she could not see King Zhan and could not speak at first. Later, when she heard that she could help him find a way, his eyes lit up again, and he said eagerly, "What good idea is my sister thinking? Tell me quickly. Let me listen, my sister has always been smart, and the method she came up with must work."
An An said, "If you want to solve your family's plight now, you must have King Zhan nod, but King Zhan has always been cold-tempered, and he can't listen to what others say. There are only two people in this world who might be able to listen to him. One is Queen Mother, the other one is..."
She smiled wryly, with a disappointed expression on her face.
Zhao Yuanyuan immediately understood, and said awkwardly, "What my sister said is, Shen Ruolan."
"It's her!"
An An laughed at herself, and said, "In the past, we sisters wanted to overthrow others and marry into Prince Zhan's Mansion together. Unexpectedly, she was the one who brought us down in the end. Both of us were so nervous that we didn't even sit on the stools of Prince Zhan's Mansion." Get out of the game by her..."
Zhao Yuanyuan pursed her lips and lowered her head. Today, she no longer dared to compete with Shen Ruolan for favor. She only hoped that her family would be safe and sound, and she was thankful.
"Hey, you don't know how much King Zhan dotes on her. I heard that they took their whole family to live in the palace because she didn't like my engagement to King Zhan before, and she wanted to harm me. I was so scared that I quickly married myself to avoid any accident... "
"Fortunately, now that I am married and pregnant, I am no longer a threat to her, so she is not so afraid of me. In the past, she didn't even know that you wanted to marry King Zhan. So I won't embarrass you, if you are willing to put down your face and beg her seriously, as long as she agrees, the predicament of the family will naturally be solved."
After hearing this, Zhao Yuanyuan said in embarrassment, "My sister's idea is certainly good, but I have never had any contact with her, so how can I ask her to do such a big thing for my family?"
An An looked around, Zhao Yuanyuan immediately understood, and said to the servants in the house, "You all go out, I have something to say to my sister, don't ask you not to come in."
"Yes!" The girls all retreated out, and seeing that there was no one in the room, An An said slowly, "That Miss Shen was born as a peasant girl, and even though she followed King Zhan, she couldn't get rid of her petty air. I love money the most in my life, and now I live in King Zhan's Mansion, but I still think about opening up wasteland and farming, and opening a shop to do business. For such a profit-seeking person, if my younger sister is willing to honor her with more money, as long as she is willing to accept it, the plight of the mansion will be greatly reduced. It will be solved naturally."
After hearing this, Zhao Yuanyuan immediately said happily, "I am willing, sister, I am willing to give up money, as long as it can solve our family's current predicament, even if it makes us go bankrupt, we are also willing."
"However, I don't have any friendship with her, so I'm afraid she won't accept my things if I give them a gift so suddenly!"
An An smiled and said, "That's easy to say. Although I don't have a deep friendship with her, I still have the face of introducing my sister in front of her. Why don't I find a way to invite her out for dinner some other day, and my sister will find some valuables. A rare treasure is sent here, as long as that thing gets into her eyes, nothing will happen."
"Okay, just do what my sister said, and ask my sister to arrange it for me. Later, I will tell my parents to prepare something carefully, and I will definitely not let my sister lose face..."
Zhao Yuanyuan was overjoyed after hearing Princess An'an's strategy, as if seeing that her family's predicament had been solved, and most of her illnesses were healed all of a sudden.
As for the wealth that An An mentioned, there is no pressure on Zhao Yuanyuan. Her father has been the Governor of Jizhou for more than ten years, and has already accumulated hundreds of thousands of furniture, and there are countless gold and jewels. It is expected that parents would also be eager to use part of it to bankrupt money and eliminate disasters.
Seeing that Zhao Yuanyuan agreed, An An told her, "My sister can only help you so much. I will try to invite her later, but you must bring some decent things. You also know how much King Zhan dotes on her." , I handed over all the private treasury of the palace to her. If the things you take are not good enough, she will look down on her. I am afraid that instead of coaxing her to do things for you, she will be annoyed, and it will be the opposite when the time comes... "
"Well, I know, my father has collected a three-foot-high coral, and it has been hidden in the inner room like a treasure. If there is nothing too decent, I will send that coral to her!"
In order to avoid disaster, Zhao Yuanyuan also fought hard.
Hearing Zhao Yuanyuan's promise, An An nodded with satisfaction, and said, "That's right, the so-called bankruptcy avoids disaster, as long as you are willing to pay, this matter can actually be resolved quickly..."
"Yes, I would like to thank my sister for helping me deal with it." Zhao Yuanyuan said gratefully.
An An said modestly, "You don't need to thank me. My sister and wife took good care of me when I stayed at the house in the past. This time, I can only repay the kindness my sister and wife gave me."
The two discussed it and talked for a while before An An left.
Zhao Yuanyuan thought she had found a way to save her family from the crisis. As soon as An An left, she rushed to discuss with Mrs. Zhao...
**
After leaving Zhao's residence, it was still early at noon, but An An didn't go back to the residence, but went to a restaurant second only to 'Baiwei Renjia' - Zuixianju Restaurant.
Zuixianju Restaurant is the second most famous restaurant in Jizhou City opened after Baiwei Renjia. In fact, the dishes of Zuixianju are not inferior to Baiwei Renjia at all, and sometimes they are even better.
It’s just that the decoration of Baiwei Family is more luxurious than Zuixianju, and the restaurant is also larger than Zuixianju. The most important thing is that Baiwei Family is located in the downtown area of Jizhou City, with a very good location, while Zuixianju is located in the north of Jizhou City. It's almost on the outskirts of the city, and the location is a bit remote, so the business is not as good as that of Baiwei.
However, there are also many diners who are not afraid of the deep alleys. Even if the location of Zuixianju is not good, they still come to join in for the delicious food. Therefore, the business of Zuixianju has always been very good, and it is also popular in Jizhou City Very prestigious!
After arriving at Zuixianju, An'an ordered a private room on the second floor, ordered a few dishes, and after eating a little, quietly put something under the used plate, got up and went back...
**
During this period of time, although Shen Ruolan stayed at home, she was actually remotely controlling the land reclamation in her hometown.
According to her request, Shen Dejian hired a large number of villagers, and vigorously opened more than 300 acres of barren hills, half of which were planted with potatoes (for making vermicelli in winter), and another 100 acres were planted with sweet potatoes and soybeans. Another 50 acres were planted with corn, and the rest were scattered with millet, sorghum, millet, soybeans, peppers, cumin, peppers, peanuts, sunflowers, etc., and almost all the crops that can grow in the north were planted. Planted all over!
Of course, when planting, the crops with the longest growing season are planted first, and those with short growing seasons such as cabbage and potatoes are planted last. Shen Ruolan also specifically explained in the letter that these crops should be interspersed Open planting means interplanting. For example, planting corn and soybeans is not like the traditional planting method. These tens of acres of land are all planted with corn, and the other tens of acres of land are planted with soybeans. Instead, one cage of corn and one row of soybeans are planted. Well, everyone thinks that this kind of farming is just a joke, like a child's play house, they are all farmers, and they have been farming for decades, and they have never seen anyone planting like this.
Shen Dejian also felt that the daughter's request was strange, but there was no way, the girl was the one who had the final say in the family, and since when, as a father, he had trusted her to the point of blindness, just like now It seemed that even though he thought this method was ridiculous, as long as his daughter said it, he would follow it without hesitation.
Although everyone disapproved of the Shen family's land farming method, they did not listen to their opinions when they were hired to farm the land. Even if they disagreed, they had no choice but to comply with the master's request.
As a result, on the newly reclaimed hillside in the north of Wolong Mountain, there was a strange scene of a ridge of potatoes, a ridge of sweet potatoes, a ridge of corn, and a ridge of soybeans. Everyone was grateful for the good son of the Shen family. Work seriously, no one is lazy.
Of course, their hard work was not in vain, all the hard work has been rewarded accordingly!
Today, Kaoshan Tun'er is considered to be the wealthiest village in Qisong Town. The villagers followed the Shen family, and they have solved the problem of food and clothing, completely escaped poverty, and are getting closer and closer to a well-off road.
This year, five or six families in the village have bought carriages (to earn money for the Shen family in winter), and four or five have built new houses, which are bright brick houses. There are absolutely none in other villages; there are also seven or eight households who bought more cattle, because Shen Dejian said that Lan'er will continue to cultivate mountains and land, spring, summer and autumn without stopping, as much as can be cultivated, so , if you buy cattle, if you work in spring, summer and autumn, you can earn back the money from farming cattle. By then, it will be equivalent to gaining an old cow for nothing. What a bargain!
The villagers in all villages followed the Shen family, and they all made life better. Now there is no such thing as starvation in the spring famine. Everyone is grateful to the Shen family. Many villagers want to recommend Shen Dejian as the village head There is no village head), but Shen Dejian considered that he might not live in Guashan Village permanently, and would have to go back to Jizhou when he was done with work, so he rejected everyone's kindness.
The villagers saw that Shen Dejian refused to agree, so they gave this opportunity to Shen Debao. Shen Debao is an upright person. Although she is a little dull and has no ability, she is Shen Dejian's brother and Lan'er's uncle. Everyone doesn't look at the face of the monk. Looking at the face of the Buddha, and for the sake of Lan'er and Shen Dejian, he resolutely elected Shen Debao to be the village head of Guashan Village. Since then, Shen Debao has been the biggest official in Guashan Village.
Uncle Shen and Aunt Shen took advantage of their younger brother and niece to become the village head and wife of the village head, and became the most prestigious people in the backing village. Both of them were very happy. During this period of time, because Shen Ruomei was doing it at home all day long, she made the couple bother about what they did, and now it's finally something happy!
In the process of vigorously opening mountains and farming, several things happened again.
First, Zhang Jinfeng from Taohua Village got married, married a butcher who butchered pigs and sold meat, but there was an incident on the day of the wedding, which made the villagers gossip for several days.
The thing is like this, before Zhang Jinfeng left the house, she stole more than forty taels of silver that her old mother Cui Shi hid in the kang cabinet. After Cui Shi found out, she chased her daughter's house to ask for the money, but Zhang Jinfeng The nose is not the nose, the face is not the face, and it is thrown out.
Mrs. Cui is a master who wants money but not life. Seeing that her daughter refused to pay back the money, she ran to the town yamen to sue in anger. Later, Lei Butou from the town yamen came forward and yelled and threatened Zhang Jinfeng. He took out the more than forty taels of silver that was stolen from her old mother.
However, because of this, the two of them had a falling out, and Cui Shi claimed that she would never recognize this girl again, and if she dared to go back to her mother's house, she would break her dog legs.
Zhang Jinfeng said aggrievedly that her old mother was eccentric, and all the money in the family was used to study for Sanyong. When she got married, she only gave her ten taels of silver plus a secret recipe as a dowry, which was too little. of.
The two insisted on their own opinions, and they had a heated argument. The villagers in Shiliba Village also watched the excitement for free. It is said that Zhang Jinfeng did not return home for four days after getting married, which shows that she really annoyed her old lady.
When Zhang Jingrui and Shen Hui talked about this matter, they said with certainty that her son-in-law must have instigated Zhang Jinfeng to steal her mother's money, because before that, Zhang Jinfeng thought that her parents gave her a lot of betrothal gifts. , and even went to his house to show off. But it's only been a few days, and he thinks it's too little. If it's not for her son-in-law's handwriting, it's useless for him to study all these years!
Shen Hui said, "I've always wondered what kind of person can marry a woman like Zhang Jinfeng. It seems that that person is also a ruthless character. He really will risk everything for money!"
The couple's deduction was completely correct. Zhang Jinfeng's son-in-law married Zhang Jinfeng for money, but Zhang Jinfeng was so poor that he felt that it was not worthwhile to just give him ten taels of silver and a prescription, so he privately urged Zhang Jinfeng to steal her mother's money , coaxing her with sweet words that if the money is stolen, it will be reserved for her to buy delicious food in the future.
How could Zhang Jinfeng stand up to being fooled, once he was so confused, he went on the road, and then performed that farce.
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