Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 281 Loyalty

It was Wei Hei who sent the letter to Rizhao Wangjiazhuang in the past. After all, he was more involved, and he was afraid that other people would not handle things properly when they were young.Wei Hei's master is a man of Qilu, so he is very close to Wang Lusheng, a straightforward man.

Although it was less than a month since the last meeting, the relationship between the two families is different now, and they are getting closer.

Zheng Hu Rizhao sent New Year's goods a few years ago, and carefully inquired about Wang Quantai's personality.

Although Wang Quantai is not a direct descendant of the Wang family, and his family is not considered wealthy, but after inquiring about it, he behaves fairly well.He is the eldest son, and there is an old lady at home who lives with his brother, and a younger sister who married to Dengzhou last year.A few years ago, I made an appointment for a marriage, but the other girl disappeared before I got through the door. Then I searched for two, but they couldn't find a suitable one, so the marriage was delayed.

Even Wang Quantai's brother, Zheng Hu also found a chance to meet him. He is an honest man, very simple and honest.He felt relieved and brought up Wang Quantai's marriage proposal with Wang Lusheng.

The Zheng family in Jinsha Town, Nantong Prefecture, was one of the earliest pearl-fishing families in the south, but it declined later.Wang Lusheng didn't expect Zheng Hu to be a child of the Zheng family, so he was also very surprised. Thinking of Fangzi who raised pearls, he asked doubtfully, "Then Fangzi... belongs to the Zheng family?"

Zheng Hu shook his head hurriedly, and said: "Well, the tiger doesn't dare to confuse his conscience. That recipe belongs to my grandfather. It seems to be found in a foreigner's book. It is said that the foreigner has this for a long time."

Wang Lusheng has been raising pearls in the pearl field for the past two years, and he knows that this is not a farmer, and the harvest will be harvested in the same year, and it will be better if it is at least three years old.This year, he picked pearls for the first time at the end of October.

Hearing that Zheng Hu mentioned that this recipe belonged to Cao Yong, he calculated in his mind the year when Jiangnan beads were listed, like the 48th year of Kangxi, plus the three years of raising beads, it was seven or eight years ago thing.

Thinking about Cao Yong's age again, he couldn't help sighing: "After all, you are a child of everyone, and you can still know these things in Western books. If you don't know, look at the many taboos on that prescription, who would have thought that this prescription is actually Was it made by outsiders?"

Zheng Hu has been in Cao's house for many years and is Cao Yuan's son-in-law, so he knows more about Cao Yong.Hearing Wang Lusheng's words, he was secretly proud, what is the pearl recipe, even the tribute tea in the southeast is also the credit of his master.It's just that he is not a long-tongued person, and he also knows that some things are not easy to show off, so he just smiled foolishly.

Although the matter of getting married still needs to wait for Wang Quantai's side, Zheng Hu and Wang Lusheng both know that the matter is almost settled.

When Wei Hei came to Rizhao to deliver a letter, Wang Lusheng naturally treated him warmly.

Because it was a word of mouth, it was not easy to pass it on to outsiders, so Wang Lusheng called his adopted son Guo Quanyou, gave him detailed instructions, and sent him to Mengyin.

On Rizhao's side, Wei Hei was left to drink and eat.Because it was not easy to make a big move in the city, and he was afraid of attracting the attention of interested people, Wang Lusheng sent someone to pick up some good-looking girls from the flower building to sing and accompany the guests.

Both of them are straightforward men, and their ages are almost a few years apart. They are both straightforward people, and they are very angry when they speak.

During the banquet, after a drink, Wang Lusheng sent his two sisters to help Wei Hei to settle in the guest room.

Although it's good to look at the other two sisters, but after all, it's the family, and he himself is the head of the family, so he has to avoid it. He touched a few and asked the housekeeper to send them back, but he settled himself in Wu's house without mentioning it.

Hundreds of miles away in Yimeng Mountain, Qin Boss and Zhao Laosan have not come back yet, Guan shi let down his hair, put on his middle clothes, and sat on the kang, staring at Luo shi who was taking off his make-up in front of the dressing table in a daze.She was thinking about whether to persuade her to persuade her, so as not to expose the incident and fear her life.

Thinking of what happened yesterday morning, she couldn't help but blush and feel hot, she couldn't imagine how the well-behaved Luo Shi could act like that.

Suddenly, she remembered the food box left in the corridor, and couldn't help but change her face, and looked at Luo Shi with a little unease, and saw that she was normal.After all, it was a private matter, so Luo Shi probably wouldn't be able to speak up, she just pretended to be confused.Thinking of this, Fang felt a little relieved.

Tonight, it was Luo Shi who offered to come over to have a rest. The reason is that Boss Qin was not here, and she was afraid of taking the children with her, so she begged Guan Shi to come here and let Xinghua take Guan Shi's two children. Went to her yard with her maid and son.

After going to the chai ring, Luo Shi only wore a small coat and came to the kang with a smile.Seeing that Mrs. Guan was looking at her, she asked softly, "Sister, what are you looking at? But you haven't wiped off your face just now?" While speaking, he stretched out his hand and scratched his face.

Although Luo Shi also called Guan Shi like this earlier, but after being told by Boss Qin, he changed his words.

Now, Luo Shi felt a little uneasy when she heard her calling, and said: "Sister-in-law, I don't dare to be a sister, change your words quickly, so that my elder brother and our third master will blame me for not knowing the rules in the future."

"This is a private conversation between our sisters in the boudoir, and if you don't shout it in front of them, what are you afraid of? In Xiuxiu's heart, she only treats her sister as her own sister..." At this point, Luo Shi's eyes were red, and he leaned against Guan. On Shi's arm: "Xiuxiu is different from my sister, and I don't have any brothers from my mother's family in the mountains, and I am just a half-way couple with my uncle. I have been living in the mountains for the past two years, and I have to rely on my sister to take care of me. It is better."

Guan felt sad when she heard it, and couldn't help but whispered: "We women, don't we just have to suffer like this? If you really think of me as a sister, then you must persuade me. Big brother... Xiaobao... Hey! Or Have a good time!"

Hearing this, Luo Shi understood the meaning of her words, and was so ashamed that she burrowed into Guan Shi's arms vigorously, shrugging her shoulders, but she was already crying: "Good sister, my sister is also a good wife, but if you let me A girl can't marry and live with an enemy." At the end, she was already gnashing her teeth.

It was the first time for Guan Shi to hear this allusion, so he was taken aback and asked, "What's going on here? Isn't elder brother such a tricky person?"

Luo Shi grabbed Guan Shi's lapel, cried and said, "Sister said that, did she not believe my sister? She saw it with her own eyes, so could it be true? October of that year was the anniversary of my sister's family's father's burning. Our head led the donkey and took me back to my mother's house to visit my father's grave. On the way, I happened to meet him and my second master going out into the mountains. When I saw my sister, I couldn't stop staring at her. Our head had a short temper and couldn't help but yell. , he beat us to death..." At this point, he couldn't make a sound.

Guan Shi couldn't help being moved when he heard that, he vaguely remembered that Luo Shi was wearing filial piety clothes when he first came, and she thought she was a little widow who had lost her man, but she didn't expect it to be for this reason, but it is hard to persuade.

Luo Shi cried and said: "My sister is really afraid of him, and I can't sleep well with him. I can always dream that our head is bloodied and staring at me..."

Seeing this, Guan couldn't bear it, sat up, took a handkerchief to wipe Luo's tears, wanted to comfort Luo, but didn't know how to say it.It would be fine if Xiaobao is the flesh and blood of Boss Qin, after all, there is a child in the middle, and no matter how big the enmity is, it will be resolved; just listening to what the two said yesterday, Xiaobao's biological father is Liu Guotai.

Luo Shi let her cry, sighed, and said: "Good sister, although you don't talk about it, the second master's matter... My sister has decided in her heart that she looks down on her... treats her like a prostitute..." In the end, he was already low and his head was hanging on his chest.

People are so strange, sometimes even if they don't do anything wrong, they will feel guilty, and Guan Shi is like this.Even if she made up her mind to rot this matter in her stomach, thinking about the lacquered food box, Luo Shi probably couldn't turn her face away.

Thinking of this, Guan felt very guilty and uneasy, and kept complaining in his heart why he was so troublesome, if he didn't want to deliver the porridge yesterday, then he would have nothing to do.She was born with a stupid mouth, the more she tried to defend herself, the more she couldn't speak clearly, and in the end she was about to curse and swear.

Seeing that Guan's forehead was sweating in anxiety, Luo Shi secretly laughed in his heart, but his face still looked pitiful, and said: "Sister, you really don't look down on sister?"

"No, I really don't! These things, we women can't decide for ourselves, it's all fate!" Guan Shi held Luo Shi's hand and said earnestly.

Luo Shi's heart was moved, and he couldn't help feeling a little guilty, he shouldn't have calculated her like this, but then he thought that Liu Guotai has always been kind and merciless, and he did this just to save her life.

She nodded with a smile, wiped the tears off her face with a handkerchief, put on a dress and got off the kang.

Seeing her, Mrs. Guan thought she was about to urinate, pointed to the outer room, and instructed: "The toilet is next to the cabinet in the outer room, hold the lamp and go over, be careful not to knock it."

Luo Shi turned back and smiled, "I'm just thirsty, pour me a cup of tea, will my sister also take a bite?"

The kang was burning hot today, the room was already hot and dry, and after being tossed and cried by Luo Shi for half a night, Guan Shi felt his mouth dry, and said with a smile: "I just want to have tea, please help me, sister." Pour the cup."

Luo Shi turned his back to her, poured two cups of tea, brought them over, and handed one cup to Guan Shi.Mrs. Guan drank a few sips, stretched out her hand to touch the head of the kang, and it was so hot that her hands were burned, because she said: "Sister, the two of us have to move our quilts to the top of the kang. The kang is a bit hot tonight, and the head of the kang is probably too hot Can't live in people."

Luo Shi returned the teacup, turned on the kang, but held the lamp in his hand, and put it on the table beside the kang, "giggle" and said with a smile: "Sister, my sister is afraid of the cold, so I feel ironed on my body when I burn it like this!" , took off the middle coat, leaving only a big red bellyband, revealing a body of white flesh.

Guan Shi hastily persuaded: "It's not good to wear so little clothes. If you are careful, you will catch cold in the middle of the night and your bones will hurt."

Luo Shi saw that Guan Shi was wearing a tight jacket, and said with a smile: "My good sister, you don't feel too nervous, my sister always sleeps like this, and it's fine in the cold winter, so don't worry, sister." Playfully, he took out a small wooden box from the pillow, and said with a smile, "Sister, let me show you something rare!"

When I opened it, it turned out to be two layers, with a few thin books on it.

Mrs. Guan was ashamed, and said: "Good girl, my father said that 'a woman without talent is virtue', and he didn't teach me how to read!"

Luo Shi smiled and said: "What's wrong with being illiterate? My sister can't either! It's just a picture book, just to see how to draw flowers." Then, he opened a book, spread it on the pillow, and held it up. The lamp, called Guan to look at it together.

"Oh, I'm so ashamed..." Guan Shi didn't really see it at first, but after a closer look, he found that there were two naked men and women hugging each other, and they turned their heads while covering their faces.

Luo Shi pulled her arm, and said angrily: "Sister, we are all women, so there is nothing to be ashamed of. My sister is eager to find these, not for the sake of my sister. Mr. Zhao is here for more than half a month every month. Passing down the mountain, no one knows that he went to the kiln to find his sister! Although my sister is virtuous, she is too well-behaved, why don't you take a good look at these people, and hold the third master's heart; otherwise, wait for three days The master brought back a little mother for the child from the kiln, but the elder sister wanted to see it again, but it was too late! Even if the elder sister didn't love herself, she still wanted to love the children. The third master was only in his thirties and wanted to add another Boy, it's just a few months."

Mrs. Guan knew about her husband's faults, but she was always submissive. She tried to persuade Mr. Zhao several times in the early years, but she was afraid after slapping Mr. Zhao twice, and never dared to disobey again.

Hearing what Roche said, Guan was heartbroken.Because my husband loves whoring, he often lives at the foot of the mountain. The children don’t see their father once in ten and a half months. He refused to be called "Dad" for a long time.

Twitchy, Guan Shi was still pulled over by Luo Shi, lay down under the blanket, and looked at each other carefully, the more he looked, the more he felt that his body was so hot that the blanket could no longer cover him.

After finishing a book, Guan's face was already flushed.Luo Shi smiled and said: "My sister also went to the middle coat, sweating profusely, it's really uncomfortable." Speaking of this, he yawned and said: "It's late at night, my sister will go to pour a cup of tea to moisten her throat. Let's rest!"

Guan Shi touched the clothes on his body, he was not about to get soaked, he took them off under the blanket, and followed Luo Shi, only a bellyband was left.

Luo Shi poured tea on the ground, handed the cup to Guan Shi, and said sadly: "Sister, my sister is really close to you, if there is something that annoys my sister in the future, I need my sister to take care of it."

Guan wiped the sweat off his face, took the teacup, and said with a smile: "Sister, this is an outlier. After getting along for two years, I still don't know that I am a honest person, and I am not used to being picky. How could it be?" Annoyed girl?"

Seeing her drinking tea, Luo Shi sighed in his heart, thinking of Liu Guotai who had been waiting in the outhouse, he was also a little sour, but he still couldn't help exhorting him again, saying: "Good sister, even if you encounter any embarrassing things, you You have to think about it, after all, you have to look at the face of the child. In this world, if you have a stepmother, you have a stepfather. For the sake of the two young ones, the elder sister should be happy in everything."

Mrs. Guan could not help feeling suspicious when she heard her persuasion, and frowned: "Sister, what are you talking about, why can't I understand? Could it be that my third master has someone outside, and my sister heard the wind?"

Luo Shi forced a smile and said: "My sister is overthinking, I just said a few more words, so that my sister can have a clear idea. It will save my sister from getting into a dead end if she encounters any difficulties in the future."

Guan said with a smile: "Good girl, it's hard for you to love me, I accept your love. Don't worry, girl, I've thought about it a long time ago, even if my third master doesn't want to see me, it's okay, I just keep my little sister Feng and Xiaolong live well..." While speaking, they couldn't keep their eyes open, and fell on the pillow.

Seeing that Guan Shi was drowsy, Luo Shi felt his eyes sore and almost cried.She put Guan's exposed arm back under the bed, put on her middle coat, hugged her bedding, and went to the outer room...

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"What are you fussing about? The outside room is cold, so I don't need to make my heart feel bad..."

"Master, dear master, are you going to force her to death? Even if the master gives up his face, the servants will have no face to watch..."

"Xiuxiu is feeling uncomfortable? Master Ming is loving you..."

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In the inner house of Daotai Mansion in Yizhou, Cao Yong lay on the kang, looked at Chuyu who sang a lullaby to Wuer, and said with great resentment: "Let's find a proper person to watch Wuer, we can't keep doing this!"

Chu Yu hastily made a silent movement, and said in a low voice: "My son-in-law, it took me a long time to coax you, so keep your voice down." Then, she went to pat Wu'er lightly again, very focused.

Although it was a bit ridiculous, Cao Yong was really jealous in his heart, and said in a low voice: "I have been lying down for an hour, and you don't talk to me."

Chu Yu was very surprised when she heard this, it was the first time she saw her husband speak in such a tone.Seeing him frowning, his complexion a little dark, she felt a little uneasy.

Looking down, she saw that Wu'er was almost asleep, so she called Xiyun softly, and carried Wu'er to the east room to settle down.Then, she came to Cao Yong's side and said, "Don't be upset, my son-in-law, Wu'er is pinching milk these days, it's time to make trouble."

Cao Yong stretched out his hand to hold her in his arms, complaining slightly: "These days, I see you taking Wu'er, and you don't care about me and my son, but I have nothing, God bless so pitiful."

Chu Yu froze, and said with a smile: "The Liu family is a stable person, it seems that he really loves God."

Cao Yong was aroused by the fragrance of milk on Chu Yu's body, so he hugged him vigorously.

There are still five months, continue to suffer, he lamented in his heart.

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(End of this chapter)