The Record of Swordsmen in the Late Sui and Early Tang Dynasties

Chapter 955 940 Four: Iron Bull Visits Relatives ([-])
The house suddenly became lively, the children were chasing and playing with each other in the yard, and the whole small yard was suddenly full of life!
Hou Guantang said to his son: "Hongsheng! Your third brother-in-law finally came to our house, so hurry up and buy some food and drink in that town!

We don't have any good things to entertain relatives at home, you must buy more good things when you go.

Go, ask your mother for money! "

Hou Hongsheng promised to leave just now.

Tie Niu stopped him.

"Hongsheng! How can I ask my mother for money to buy some wine and vegetables?
Let me tell you, brother-in-law, I have silver here, so you can buy it with it. "

With that said, Tie Niu took out 20 taels of silver and handed it over.

"I'm so good! Why do you need so much money to buy some wine and vegetables?
This 20 taels of silver, how many things do you have to buy? "

Tie Niu laughed and said, "Won't you buy more?

Besides, we came here with great difficulty, and we didn't say we were going to leave right away. What are you afraid of if you buy more?

Besides, you can also spend the rest of the money yourself. "

Hou Guantang laughed and said, "What your third brother-in-law said makes sense, why don't you hurry up and buy it!
When we have dinner later, your two brothers-in-law will also come over.

It's really not a good thing to get too few things!

Besides, if Dun Dun asks you to go to the market to buy it, don't you think it's troublesome? "

After hearing this, Hou Hongsheng immediately understood what his father meant.

"Well, that's fine! If that's the case, then I might as well buy it with my two brothers-in-law!
If I'm alone, I can't get it back if I buy too much. They can't just eat ready-made ones. Let me find a job for the two of them too! "

"Well, that's fine too.

You can figure it out for yourself!
Fortunately, your brother-in-law and the others are not outsiders. They won't pick on you if you buy it well, but if you buy it badly. "

Hou Hongsheng turned around and went out.

Tieniu went outside, carried the twenty or so bolts of cloth into the house, and put them on the kang.

Hou Guantang stared straight at these beautiful silks and satins.

"Oh my God! Why are these cloths so beautiful.

If this is worn on the body, it will not be beautiful. "

Hou Guantang's words had already alarmed his two daughters and daughter-in-law.

The three put down their work and walked in from the outside.

"Father! What a fine cloth! Let us see it too!"

Hou Wantang shook his head.

"Isn't it just a bit of silk and satin? It's worth putting down your work and running in to have a look!

Isn't this too embarrassing? "

Hou Guantang's eldest daughter glanced at his father and said, "I said father!

You can really talk.

When my daughter got married, you didn't make me a good dress.

I just got married in that patched dress, and now that I think about it, I feel annoyed! "

The second girl also said beside her: "Who said it wasn't?

When I became a monk, it was worse than you. Did I still wear pudding shoes? "

Hou Guantang heard his two daughters complain, he couldn't help but shook his head and sighed: "It's not like you don't know what's going on in our family.

Your father and I are poor, so if I can raise the four of you, it will be quite difficult.

It's not daddy, I won't give you dowry, you can tell your conscience, what should I give you as dowry?

To put it bluntly, your fate is poor. Look at your third sister, how rich is the husband she married!

Why don't we often say that men are afraid of entering the wrong profession and women are afraid of marrying the wrong man?

If the two of you can also find someone like your third brother-in-law, you two won't suffer so much. "

When Hou Guantang's two daughters heard what his father said, they both fell silent.

The second daughter muttered in a low voice: "We are four brothers, and my third sister's life is good!
We want to marry such a rich man!Isn't that a dream?

Marrying into such a family, let alone being a regular wife.

Even if we become concubines with others, they may not be willing to want us. "

Tie Niu said with a smile: "You two sisters, here are 24 bolts of good cloth, and here are pies from your two families.

When you eat and leave later, each of you take six bolts of cloth!
To be honest, at the beginning I made up my mind to divide the horses by eight horses per family, isn't it?Hongsheng has brought his wife back.

I'll keep a few more horses for her, let's consider it as a gift to her!

After all, this is a newcomer, how can he not dress up and look better? "

Third Sister Liu smiled when she heard this.

"Third brother-in-law, thank you.

To be honest, our family is not too rich, even when I became a monk, my natal family did not give me any good dowry.

Hongsheng's family is not very rich, and neither is ours.

We are five brothers, and I have an older brother who has not yet married.

My two elder sisters have already left the cabinet, and I have a younger sister below, her name is Si Nizi.

I am the third eldest among the sisters, and people call me Sanjie Liu.

Our family is suffering too!Hongsheng and his family are not relatively well-off, they are small rich men with a radius of ten miles or eight miles around us.

At first I thought that marrying into their family meant marrying into a honey pot.

It turns out that if their family compares to yours, then it really is nothing. "

Tie Niu grinned.

"Third brother-in-law, how much money do I have? However, there is a problem with having a lot of money!

Alas, I said siblings!Which village are you from? "

Liu Sanjie laughed and said: "Our family lives in Gaolaozhuang, which is only twenty miles away from here. Our village is a big one, with about [-] households.

Most people in our village have the surname Gao, and there are seven or eight households with other surnames.

There are only two of us with the surname Liu in our village, so they can be regarded as a small family. "

Duan Wuji laughed and said, "Third Sister is quite talkative!"

"What's the use of talking about it? It can't be eaten as food.

Third brother-in-law, rest now!I'd better arrange dinner for you guys! "

After speaking, Third Sister Liu turned and walked away.

Duan Wuji laughed and said: Hongsheng really married a good wife!

With such a daughter-in-law, it's no wonder the family is not prosperous! "

After a short time, Hou Hongsheng and his two brothers-in-law came back with their shopping.

There are so many things to buy!Pushed a whole car.

After the three people unloaded their things, they all entered the house.

"Brother Niu'er, you are really a nobleman who does not step on low ground. It took more than a year for you to show your face."

Tie Niu grinned.

"I said big brother-in-law, how can I not have as much leisure as you.

You are people from the same village, so you just came here.

I'm so far away from here, it's not easy to come here.

How to say to have a daughter or marry a neighbor!To keep close is to have some kind of care. "

After hearing this, Hou Guantang laughed and said, "I say Tieniu! Although you guard us far away, your care for our family is really not small.

Without the help of your family, our family would not be able to live such a prosperous life.

This is called a big river without water and a small river dry up, and a big river full of water and a small river full.

You've had a good time there, but I'll be happy here after all. "

Tie Niu laughed when he heard this.

"I said my father-in-law, I love to hear what you say.

This is indeed the case. "

Tieniu opened his bag, took out 800 taels of silver and put it on the table.

"Father-in-law, this is my son-in-law's filial piety to you. I can't come here once or twice a year. If you want to eat, let my brother-in-law Hongsheng buy it for you.

As long as you two elders live happily, I'm relieved. "

When Hou Guantang saw such a white pile of silver, his face immediately beamed with joy.

"Well, my third son-in-law is still rich! This move is 800 taels of silver."

Hou Guantang looked at his eldest son-in-law and second son-in-law and said, "You two come here often and have helped my family with a lot of work.

However, I don't think you two can compare to my third uncle.

Although people don't come here often, how much money do you think it is for me once?

This shot is 800 taels! "

The eldest son-in-law and the second son-in-law lowered their heads in shame when they saw that Tieniu had made such a generous move.

This is called money can turn ghosts, and the charm of money is endless.

The second son-in-law muttered softly: "Who can compare with him!

As far as his shot looks like, even 100 of us can't compare with him.

To put it bluntly, he is thicker than the waist of both of us!

We have worked so hard this year, and we only earn ten taels of silver. Does our family not eat, drink, or wear clothes?
Even so, we have no way to compare with others!

Alas, it's really a comparison between people and people, and a comparison between goods and goods is like throwing away! "

Tieniu said with a smile: "Let's stop arguing about these useless things.

What's the point of arguing about these things?

Eldest brother-in-law, second brother-in-law, I know it is not easy for you two families to survive, so I will give you 100 taels of silver for each of you!
If you have this money, you can also do a small business, and after a long time, you can make a fortune.

There are a lot of mountain products and wild fruits in this mountain. If you can get a car to transport them to the capital, you can earn a couple of dollars.

If you plant the fields during the busy season, drink and play at home during the off-season.

That would never make a fortune. "

Tieniu's two brothers-in-law were very happy when they heard that they also had their money.

"Brother, you can help our two families, our brothers are very grateful."

Tieniu took out another 200 taels of silver and handed them to the two brothers-in-law.

"You two brothers each get 100 taels of silver, so that your life will be more comfortable."

The two brothers quickly packed up the silver.

"I said brother, you rest first, let's take the money home first!"

Tie Niu said with a smile: "Here are six bolts of good cloth from each of you, you two can take them home together!"

"Huh? And we have such a good thing! If you wear this on your body, it will be more face-saving."

Each of the two carried six bolts of brocade, and immediately went home excitedly.

Hou Hongsheng looked at Tieniu and said: "I said third brother-in-law, now you are helping our family again.

Without your help, it would be impossible for our family to become like this. "

The four women were cooking outside, and the meal was ready within a short time.

It's spring now, and the weather is not too hot, Hou Hongsheng nervously put the table in the yard, and soon his eldest brother-in-law and second brother-in-law came back.

Hou Hongsheng's two older sisters and his wife were busy serving up dishes, and after a while, a large table of dishes was set up.

Hou Guantang said with a smile: "I guess you two haven't had lunch yet?

You see, the sun is already westward, let's go!Let's go eat. "

It really made Hou Guantang tell the truth, the two of them only ate breakfast, and they really didn't catch up with lunch.

Duan Wuji and Tie Niu sat at the table with their family, and Hou Hongsheng poured wine for everyone one by one.

Duan Wuji looked at the dishes on the table, it was quite rich.

It is really chicken and duck with all kinds of fish, meat and vegetables, all kinds of vegetables, braised prawns, boiled fish, fried fungus with vegetables, cold celery, fried yellow flower with mushrooms, a large piece of fat meat can cover a bowl, and eggs are fried until dripping oil ah.

Duan Wuji said with a smile: "Only this table meal, I'm afraid you can only eat it during the Chinese New Year!"

Hou Guantang shook his head.

"We are reluctant to eat such a sumptuous meal even during Chinese New Year!

During the Chinese New Year, we slaughtered two chickens, bought five catties of meat, and ate a meal of reunion dumplings, and we celebrated the New Year.

The things that Hongsheng and the others bought just now cost a total of six taels of silver!

We have only earned ten or eight taels of silver this year, how can we stand up to such a meal?

You two may not take a ten tael 20 tael seriously, but our family can't do it!

We only have such a small income this year, it is impossible to eat something good!

alright!Why mention these!Let's drink and eat! "

Duan Wuji and Tieniu were indeed hungry, they didn't care about anything else!

The two of them ate their fill with all their might!

Seeing the two of them like this, Third Sister Liu couldn't help joking with Tieniu and said, "I said third brother-in-law, why are you so good at eating!

You are also lucky that your family took advantage of the money, otherwise, if you eat so much, I am afraid you would not even be able to eat, right?
People who eat as much as you two are not much different from Lao Zhu in our village.

That old Zhu eats more than the two of you. Because of this matter, his father-in-law Gao Taigong doesn't want him anymore.

His wife, Gao Cuilan, was crying all day long. "

After hearing this, Hou Hongsheng gave his wife a hard look.

"I said you can die if you don't say a few words! Our third brother-in-law just came to our house, and you said such things.

It really makes people angry and angry!

The two of them praised you just now, but I didn't expect that they really missed the point.

If the third brother-in-law does not come to our house, you will be poor for the rest of your life. "

When Liu Sanjie heard what her husband said, she knew that what she just said was a slip of the tongue.

"I said third brother-in-law, two, I have no education, I have always been careless, you two, don't be angry!

If you can't get enough to eat because of what I just said, isn't that a sin!

Third brother-in-law, I am here to accompany you two. "

(End of this chapter)