Yuan Fu Nushu

Chapter 162, Are there many daughters in the family?
Yuan Xiu, a kind girl, never dreamed that the house thief was rampant. She put away the letter and went to sleep. The next day, her cousin came to persuade her that she wanted to read the letter from her cousin. The prince's letters and calligraphy calmed the nerves, and Shunzi outside the window took another look.

The next day, Mrs. Niu came from the province to inspect the preparations for the big wedding. Tang Wei and You Ren followed. The cousin didn't bother Yuanxiu that day, and Li Shi and Zhen Shi walked over in embarrassment. Sister Xiu should know that if she is prepared in her heart, she will not be caught off guard when something happens after she enters Beijing.

Yuan Xiu listened quietly to her aunts and women's regrets: "Maybe your second and third uncles didn't see it clearly, Wang Shizi told you Uncle You Shizi personally that your son-in-law is quite sought after by ladies in Beijing, until he got tired of seeing it, he didn't come back so late." Getting engaged is to look at the flowers so that your eyes get blurred."

Yuanxiu lowered her face. In this case, what is the appropriate answer for her? She believes that Uncle You Shi will seriously consider Tang Wei's words, and only when he is confident will he tell his aunt that she grew up in such a dynasty, and it is normal for her to have a concubine at home.

She whispered: "Thank you, Auntie, I see."

Seriously speaking, Tang Wei used his words carefully. He said that Yun Zhan was "very popular, so he was bored" is true, but after hearing it, more than half of the people instinctively decided that Yun Shizi is a romantic person. He sleeps with one family today and changes tomorrow. The day after tomorrow is fresh again, until he gets bored with the girls in Beijing.

The three words "Wang Shizi" are too loud, and I don't know the true temperament of this Wang Shizi, and the old man even recognizes it and doesn't see through it.

Yuanxiu is very sad this night, the marriage is coming soon, Mr. Niu will not leave when he comes today, counting the days, Jingli Yunzhan has already left Beijing to welcome his relatives, Mr. Huang in the province has not arrived at Xinji, he will start from today Eat and sleep at the pier to ensure safety on the road.

At this time, it was revealed that Yun Shizi was not just a scoop of three thousand weak waters, and dealt Yuanxiu a big blow.

She comforted herself with the letter again, and at the same time, she was looking for the romantic character that Yun Zhan might reveal. Parents should be back, maybe tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, when the time comes, ask parents to help you think about emergencies and listen to their opinions.

The northwest is a vast and desolate mountain-like land. The crust makes the mountains intermittent, and the border towns and markets are sandwiched in the intermittent mountains.

Without crossing this intermittent mountain range, it is difficult to find a large area of ​​plains, which makes farming difficult, but God is always fair. The mountains cause bandits to occupy easily, and they also make prey abundant, and Chinese herbal medicines are abundant, but there are too many bandits. Inconvenient, making it difficult for items to be exchanged inland.

The last time Yuan Yuan turned around from his home, he had to hire a team of bodyguards for ten large carts, because it was the Chinese New Year, people on the road all over the country hired bodyguards, and they were everywhere in the market, and the money to hire bodyguards exceeded the value of the pork and liquor in the car.

For these two things, the road is difficult to walk and the special products are difficult to set up a fixed market. And because of this reason, it can be called a place of bitter cold. The common people can't bear the hardship and are lazy, so it is easy to go up the mountain to be a bandit and rob merchants The team robbed the garrison and robbed the local people.

Some people may say, it's bitter cold here, what else can we grab?Ten people work, and he robs alone. Before losing his head, it is equivalent to ten or a hundred people supporting a bandit.

There are also some bandits who came from other places, gangsters who are wanted in the inland, poor people who bear their lives, and some are from foreign countries. After walking out of this intermittent mountain range, there are countries outside.

The small city of Guxi where Yuan Yuan is located goes north, along a large and intermittent mountain range, and there are three cities in the nearest.

Guxi is not far from the border town, or considered as a second-class border town based on its proximity to the inland area. The closest to it is Shouxi Town, and parallel to Shouxi Town is Jianxi Town. The guard guards it.

General Zhang Jing, who Hua Tianyu always said was unfair, was stationed here.

Yuan Yuan stood on the top of the city, looking at the large and small hills that easily cut off his sight in the distance, listening to the quarrel not far away, pretending that the officer did not listen to anything, chatting with the soldiers on guard.

"The mountain belt is dripping green, with fruit red in it. The scenery here is wonderful. There are no crops in this season, but there is a harvest. I don't know if there is a market. Otherwise, I can't eat ginseng antler by myself."

He spoke very slowly, with a pause in the middle, and continued to catch the movements of Hua Tianyu and Zhang Jing.

The soldier closest to him was a local, and when he heard Master Yuan's words, he stared at him fiercely, and the words with a strong local accent were shot like arrows: "No wonder my county king also said that literati are sour, you speak like 800-year-old vinegar, It’s so sour that even if I die, I’ll be looked down upon by hell. Wonderful! Wonderful! The feet of your old lady are just because there are fruits and produce in the mountains, so they are dominated by bandits. There are about a hundred people in my family, and they died in 30 years 77 What about the bazaar? It’s not a bazaar borrowing courage from the sky, or it’s a caravan of desperadoes, otherwise who would come here!”

Yuan Yuan couldn't help being stunned, dizzy from the barely audible insults, he smiled bitterly and wanted to explain a few words, another soldier also said bitterly: "The general Yun who sits in the yamen in the capital and doesn't know the suffering in the northwest is still there." To investigate us, my uncle was a soldier at the county king, and he sent me a message, saying that you should be more careful, little cow, and the son of the protector of the country in Beijing wants to have a happy marriage by himself, so he won't let us worry. The sour scholars can't stay still, we blame our county king every time, and our county king can't afford to run to every barracks to drive the sour scholars away. In the end, every soldier is to be blamed. From now on, you boy, speak brass Lock, the most expensive one in the blacksmith's house, it's okay to shut your beak."

This aroused the resentment of the third soldier: "What the hell are persimmons and pears? Do you want to drink wine when you get married? If you don't invite them, let's kill all the sour scholars and eat them. The big guys can be sour for a while." The pear in Beijing is also happy, so we have left sour scholars, right? The bones will be in the northwest from now on."

Yuan Yuan could still stand still, but when he heard this passage, his back felt a chill, his feet slipped, and he took two steps back.

When the soldiers said this, they also looked at him sneakily, maybe they did it on purpose, and their eyes were "greedy".

Yuan Yuan squeezed out a haha: "I invite you to drink,"

"Really? This gentleman is good." The soldiers were all overjoyed. Immediately, they praised Yuan Yuan for nothing. The ancestral tomb of Jide smokes.

Just as Yuan Yuan's smile became more natural, it froze again.These people murmured that their daughters did not invite guests when they got married. As a father, of course they invited them, and they also invited them if they had no money to borrow money. How could this have anything to do with the smoke from the ancestral graves?

He'd better get out of here, everyone said that men in Northwest China are rough. Really rough.

He took two steps, and finally there was a fair word behind his back. A soldier whispered: "Is it because the ancestors have accumulated virtues by drinking wine? Who will come here if the ancestors accumulated virtues?"

The lively discussion stopped abruptly, and there was silence all around, and the conversation Yuan Yuan really wanted to hear hit his face clearly.

In the corner on the top of the city, Hua Tianyu roared as if desperate: "You asked me to bring Lao Yuan here, I thought you wanted to reward him, Lao Yuan is a good man, since he came to me to write the official documents of the big guys, and As a doctor, he still uses his salary to buy wine, meat and medicinal soup, why don't you reward him?"

Before Zhang Jing could reply, Hua Tianyu yelled again: "It's just that being a doctor delayed him to go home to send his daughter off, and his daughter got married in a few days!"

The chubby General Zhang Jing looked at his good temper, and said cheerfully, "I'm afraid there are many daughters in the family." Seeing Yuan Yuan from the corner of his eye, he waved kindly: "Old man, come here, if I guess By the way, I will give you a big ginseng, which was just dug out yesterday, do you have too many daughters in your family, and you don’t care about one when you get married?"

His lieutenant general followed suit, gesticulating with his hands: "Ginseng is so big, the general said it's in your family business, you take it away."

Yuan Yuan couldn't help laughing, and raised a finger: "No more, no less, there is only a little girl under my knee."

Zhang Jing continued to laugh: "Hehe, it means that you are not satisfied with the son-in-law. When Lao Taishan got angry, he simply didn't go back. Isn't it a coincidence that the day you are going to leave, a bunch of bandits suddenly appeared. It’s a common occurrence, so you, old man, have inquired clearly since last year. You dragged it until this day and said you would go home, but you couldn’t leave. Give your son-in-law a blow. I understand your twists and turns, haha,”

Hua Tianyu said angrily: "It came out suddenly, how come it happens often? Thanks to you, General Zhang, who has read the Three Character Classic, you have read it in the stomach of a dog!"

Yuan Yuan was also annoyed, and when Hua Tianyu finished yelling, he said calmly: "Son-in-law, it was my old father's decision, but I am very satisfied."

I thought to myself, if I wasn't satisfied with my son-in-law, would I be able to stay here with peace of mind?Can I use my salary to buy wine, meat, medicine and soup until I feel at ease?
If I was not satisfied with my son-in-law, I heard that he sent three official documents a day to investigate 56 civil servants and scholars sent to the Northwest. Why did they all run away in a month?
Yuan Yuan heard that Hua Tianyu and others gloated, saying that General Zhen Guo was so angry that he sent three official documents a day, which must be in a hurry.Then he gloated over Zhang's refusal to assign him civil servants at the beginning, but twelve civil servants slipped away overnight. Yun Zhenguo wanted to hold General Zhang accountable, so General Hua could see it as a joke.

Yuan Yuan regained his confidence in his official career from his daughter's marriage. He especially wanted to share Yun Zhan's worries, and being in the northwest, he could better understand that the generals and soldiers here are as tough as tigers, but he hates those who sit in the yamen in Beijing, especially Yun Zhan is also as tough as a tiger.

From Yuan Yuan's point of view, even if Yun Zhan sent someone, nothing could be found. Yuan Yuan also wondered why the civil servants couldn't stay, unless the sour scholar who tasted sour not long ago said this frequently.

The nearest to him, and within his reach, is General Zhang Jing. Half a month ago, General Zhang Jing asked him to come over to talk, but Hua Tianyu didn't buy it at all, and asked Yuan Yuan to leave directly. Go home and take care of your family affairs.

But Yuan Yuan came, they met bandits on the way, they were in a crowd, they circled in the mountains for about ten days, and then came here by detour, now even if Yuan Yuan puts on wings, he still can't go home in time to make arrangements for sister Xiu's marriage.

This honest civil servant was delayed for this reason.

　May there be sunshine in places with rain, cool off in places without rain, and let the typhoon pass away early.Come on, everybody.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)