However, in just one day, the second house of the Zhan family became popular in the village. There was an endless stream of people coming to the door with eggs or pastries, all wanting to sell their vegetables to Zhan Laoer.
"Mom, don't go out for the next two days." Zhan Feiyu said crisply as he was about to go to private school after breakfast.
She didn't blame the people in the village for taking advantage of the situation. After all, it was not easy for farmers to make money, but there was no need for her to go out and listen to those gossips.
"Silly girl, even if the second wife turns over, it doesn't have much to do with us." Mrs. Li felt worried and touched Zhan Feiyu's head. She has eaten well in the past few months and the little girl has finally grown.
Zhan Feiyu was right when he thought about it. He could make money by trying to please his second wife, but he also had some status in the village. Unless he was short-sighted, he would not step on his mother to please his second wife.
Zhan Feiyu laughed awkwardly, thinking that he was concerned but confused.
Mrs. Li sent Zhan Feiyu out of the courtyard. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Boss Zhan standing in the corner with a hoe. He subconsciously moved two steps to the left, blocking Zhan Feiyu's sight.
Pretending not to see anything, Zhan Feiyu opened his round eyes and said, "Mother?"
"By the way, Xiaoyu, is your wife's niece giving you a hard time?" Li changed the topic abruptly and gestured to Boss Zhan to leave first with the hand behind her back.
"It's just a few sarcastic words when we meet. I'm studying with my master, and Miss Wang rarely comes to the study." Zhan Feiyu laughed, "Mom, I'm going to a private school."
After Zhan Feiyu had gone away, Boss Zhan hurriedly walked out of the darkness and said, "I thought Xiaoyu had left."
Zhan Feiyu always has a fixed time to go to the private school. He just had a few more words with Mr. Li, so he was delayed.
"I don't have much work in the fields, so you can just take care of the family fields." Mrs. Li suppressed the smile on her face and looked at the man who was following her stubbornly with a hoe, but she didn't chase them away.
Since Boss Zhan refused to return to the clan, Li's attitude towards him has softened day by day. Although the two have never reconciled, Li has not refused Boss Zhan's help.
The Miss Wang mentioned by Zhan Feiyu is the sixth daughter of Wang Gui, the elder brother of the Wang family who came out of the fifth service.
Wang Gui is a wealthy businessman, and the Wang family's business is in Huai County, which is adjacent to Nanxuan Prefecture. Because the Wang family is wealthy, even though they have five families, they have close contacts with the Wang family.
In February, Miss Wang, accompanied by her nanny Lu, took refuge with the Wang family to avoid trouble, but it was Wang Linlang's face that caused the trouble.
The twelve-year-old girl is a beautiful woman, as quiet as a delicate flower shining in the water, and moving like a weak willow supporting the wind. She has a fair and delicate face with oval seeds, two curved willow-leaf eyebrows, autumn eyes, a beautiful nose, and small dimples on her lips.
Zhan Feiyu didn't understand why Wang Linlang was hostile to her at first, until she spoke delicately and softly to Lin Xiuyuan. On a sunny day, Zhan Feiyu was tender on the inside and burnt on the outside. The twelve-year-old girl regarded her eight-year-old self as her love rival.
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"When the plums are yellow, the sun is clear, and the creeks are overflowing, but the mountains are running. The green shade does not reduce the time when the road comes, and the orioles sing four or five times." Zhan Feiyu recited the poems in order to improve his poetic talent.
"Sister Zhan is really hard-working, even reciting poems while walking." A soft voice sounded, and Wang Linlang walked over in the early morning sunshine.
The twelve-year-old girl wore her hair in a double bun, with a shining butterfly hairpin on her head, and her pearl earrings were dangling.
Coupled with a light green satin embroidered skirt, Wang Linlang is carrying a bamboo basket in her right hand, which contains wild flowers just picked from the fields and hillsides. If she were a few years older, she would definitely be a beautiful woman in a painting.
"Miss Wang." Zhan Feiyu nodded slightly, his expression cold and distant.
Wang Linlang's smile remained unchanged, but there was a bit of disdain in her eyes. She didn't know what her aunt saw in this fat girl. Is it because she could read?
But Zhan Feiyu spends all day reading and writing in the same room with her husband, and her aunt is most concerned about rules and ethics, so why would she choose her as her daughter-in-law, even giving up on herself?
The moment they passed by, Wang Linlang suddenly staggered. The moment Zhan Feiyu held her arm, Wang Linlang's nails grabbed Zhan Feiyu's hand, and she let out a panicked sound, and her body jerked back.
Fell.
"Sister Zhan, why did you push me?" Wang Linlang, who fell to the ground, asked in a daze.
He raised his hand, and his delicate palm scraped the skin on the ground, oozing with blood. This made Wang Linlang's face that was about to cry a little more aggrieved.
Zhan Feiyu blinked and looked at his outstretched right hand. It was originally meant to help others, but because of Wang Linlang's falling backward posture, it turned out that he had pushed her down.
"Xiaoyu, Linlang, who are you?" Lin Xiuyuan, who was walking from the path on the right, stepped forward and bent down to help Wang Linlang who fell.
"Brother Xiuyuan, it was me who didn't stand firm, it wasn't Sister Zhan who pushed..." Wang Linlang was halfway through her words, as if she had noticed something, she smiled firmly at Lin Xiuyuan and shook her head, "It's a pity for my flower."
Wang Linlang stretched out her hand to pick up the bamboo basket and flowers on the ground, but she hissed in pain and blew into her blood-stained palms, as if the pain was severe.
Lin Xiuyuan frowned, "Why is it still bleeding?"
The Wang family was rich and noble, so Wang Linlang was naturally raised and pampered. Her palms were white and tender, with no calluses at all. However, six or seven blood marks were scratched out from them at this moment.
Zhan Feiyu looked at Wang Linlang with red eyes. It was a little white lotus! He was only twelve years old. After a few more years of training, wouldn't he be a master of house fighting?
If you can't play in a house fight, you should study for the imperial examination! Zhan Feiyu suddenly felt that Zhiyiwen was so amiable and cute! He ignored Wang Linlang and went to a private school.
"Brother Xiuyuan, are Sister Zhan angry?" Wang Linlang grabbed Lin Xiuyuan's arm uneasily, biting her lips with her teeth, and said with tears in her eyes: "I don't blame Sister Zhan, she accidentally pushed me when she was young.
It wasn’t intentional at all.”
"Xiaoyu definitely didn't mean it." Lin Xiuyuan's voice affirmed, but they accidentally bumped into each other when they passed by.
Wang Linlang almost broke a silver tooth!
In the private school, the crisp sound of Zhan Feiyu's reading could be heard.
Lin Xiuyuan looked at Wang Linlang, whose expression changed as if he couldn't bear the pain, pulled him up and said quickly: "Linlang, go to the backyard to find my mother. Clean the wound and apply ointment."
Without waiting for Wang Linlang to say anything, Lin Xiuyuan hurried back to the private school. His art skills were far behind Xiaoyu. If he didn't seize the time to study, would he really be an old boy for the rest of his life?
After a while, because there was one more person, the sound of reading became even louder.
Wang Linlang stared blankly at the open door of the private school, Zhan Feiyu was fine, but Brother Xiuyuan actually left her alone like this?
Are those people more important than his injured sister? Wang Linlang clenched her hands angrily, her palms hurting, and her originally twisted face twisted into a ball!
In the backyard, after seeing Wang, Wang Linlang hurried over to greet her, but the wild flowers in the bamboo basket were no longer in shape.
"Auntie, sister Zhan accidentally pushed me just now and the basket fell to the ground. I'll wrap my hands around it and then pick some flowers and put them back in the vase."
The Wang family has a son named Lin Xiuyuan, and he is very fond of this beautiful and well-behaved niece. Especially Wang Linlang, who is good at playing chess, calligraphy, and painting, and is also good at female celebrities and cooking. This is the daughter in Wang's heart.
"Why are you injured like this? Come and get some medicine from your aunt." Wang held Wang Linlang's wrist distressedly and looked at the corners of her eyes that were red with pain, and her pace quickened even more.
After cleaning the wound, applying medicine, and bandaging Wang Linlang's hand, Mrs. Wang asked her to go back to her room to rest.
After a long while, she closed the bedroom door. Wang Linlang twisted her face in anger, and her soft voice became sharp, "Auntie said how much she loves me, but she didn't even say a word of blame. Zhan Feiyu didn't know either.
What kind of ecstasy has been poured into my aunt’s family!”
"Sixth Miss, be careful with your hands, don't hurt yourself again." Aunt Lu held Wang Linlang's arm distressedly, pushed her down on the chair, and advised her in a gentle voice, "Scholars, farmers, industry and merchants, merchants are last, my aunt
She is also a talented lady, so it is normal for her to look down on our Wang family."
Wang Linlang's eyes turned red with anger, her teeth clenched loudly, and her face showed both anger and unwillingness.
Aunt Lu poured a glass of water and put it on the table. After Wang Linlang calmed down, she continued: "The reason why Zhao San dared to bully the young lady is not because the Wang family is a businessman."
The Zhao San that Mammy Lu mentioned was not an ordinary person, but the nephew of Magistrate Zhao of Huai County. Zhao San was only fifteen years old this year. It was said that all four maids in the house were employed by him.
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Zhao San saw Wang Linlang while watching the lanterns. He was so shocked that he teased Wang Linlang under the influence of wine. Fortunately, she was accompanied by a maid and a servant, and he was able to avoid the disaster.
But who would have thought that Zhao San was like someone who had been bewitched, and was pestering Wang Linlang in all kinds of ways. Even though he knew that she was only twelve years old after the Chinese New Year, he begged the county magistrate's wife to be a matchmaker, saying that they would get married first, and that she would be the matchmaker.
Wang Linlang took her back to live with Zhao's family and waited until she was old enough to consummate the marriage.
If this was the son of Magistrate Zhao, the Wang family would agree to the marriage no matter how ridiculous it was.
But Zhao San was just a nephew, and his parents were both dead, so he shamelessly defected to County Magistrate Zhao. Zhao San himself was an uneducated and ignorant playboy, and he probably ruined all the meager income his family had.
County Magistrate Zhao only showed respect to this nephew. After all, he was only fifteen years old. For the sake of reputation, he could not kick him out of the house. Therefore, the Wang family did not agree to the marriage. However, in order not to offend Magistrate Zhao, Wang Linlang took Lu
Mammy defected to Wang's aunt.
"Mommy, my aunt decided that Zhan Feiyu can study, and she didn't consider me at all!" The complaint was full of resentment and unwillingness. If she was really a lady trained by the young court, how could she talk about getting married?
After all, there are no rules in a merchant's home.
When she was in the Wang family, Wang Linlang suppressed her sisters tightly. She wanted to be beautiful, talented, and scheming.
But Zhan Feiyu was different from the sisters of the Wang family. She read the Four Books and Five Classics, wrote imperial examination articles, and her neat Taige style. Wang Linlinlang couldn't even feel jealous after seeing it. The gap was too big. It was not the same at all.
A person on one level.
Aunt Lu was also helpless and sighed: "Sixth Miss, don't blame my aunt. That little girl is my aunt's student and has been praised by the county magistrate. If she obtains fame in the future, even if she cannot be a female official,
But with this reputation, who in Shangsi County would dare to insult her at all?"
Seeing Wang Linlang's eyes turning red with jealousy, Grandma Lu seemed not to notice and continued to instigate the situation.
"The key is that when you have children in the future, you will be taught by a knowledgeable mother. It is inevitable to be named on the gold medal list. This is what my aunt values most!" This is also the truth of Aunt Lu. Wang made a mistake and decided on Zhan Feiyu.
It is indeed for the sake of the heirs of the Lin family.
The Wang family is rich, but how much dowry can Wang Linlang have for a married woman?
She was in the sixth family, and she had five sisters and cousins. There were rules for dowry. How could Mrs. Wang give up Zhan Feiyu and choose a businessman's niece for yellow and white things?
"Mommy, you won't help my mother?" She complained coquettishly, and Wang Linlang's eyes turned fierce. Since Zhan Feiyu can study, it will ruin her path to the imperial examination. In this way, she will have no capital and
Fight for yourself!
Wang Linlang knew how to plan for herself at a young age. She knew that if she returned to the Wang family, Zhao San would still pester her. For the sake of business, the Wang family would definitely sacrifice her lifelong happiness to compromise.
Lin Xiuyuan is the best candidate selected by Wang Linlang. He is the only son in the family. His father is gentle and elegant, and his mother Wang looks strong. But in Wang Linlang's opinion, this aunt is easy to fool. As long as he gives birth to a son, he will be able to stand in the Lin family.
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Moreover, Mrs. Lin has opened a private school and is not very rich, but she has no worries about food and clothing. Coupled with her dowry, Wang Linlang can be sure that she will live a comfortable life in the future.
In addition, Lin Xiuyuan is handsome and easy-going. The three in-laws are easy to handle. Wang Linlang feels that there is no one more suitable than the Lin family. However, Zhan Feiyu is a variable. Wang is determined to let Lin Xiuyuan.
Marry Zhan Feiyu.
"Sixth Miss, after all, this marriage requires my aunt's approval. Why don't you be more filial and filial to my aunt and let her see how good you are." Nanny Lu advised.
This is what Wang Linlang is best at. She is loved by the elders in the Wang family, not only because she has a sweet mouth but also knows how to get things done.
Wang Linlang had a sullen face and said nothing. She looked like an immature girl, but her eyes were gloomy and gloomy, like an old woman in her seventh or eighth decade.
His hand was so injured that his aunt didn't even say a word of blame. Ordinary filial piety was of no use at all. Her aunt only thought that she was well-behaved. Wang Linlang looked at the cabinet behind her. It seemed that she had to use some means!
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The Zhan family's old house is really busy now, with people coming and going looking for information.
"Third brother and sister, please put this pastry in my room." Little Yao held a cup and drank water, but ordered Ma to do things.
"This pastry..." Ma's unfinished words were swallowed back by little Yao's warning eyes, and she could only act like a little maid and obey orders.
As soon as she saw little Mrs. Yao collecting the things, Sister-in-law Guihua immediately smiled and said, "Sister, I will have to rely on you to support me from now on. You also know that I am a good vegetable grower. Why don't you let your brother-in-law go to the vegetable field to look at it?"
look?"
A few aunts and daughters-in-law who had not left in the yard also started talking, saying that their own food was delicious and they hoped that Zhan Laoer could buy their food.
Enjoying everyone's flattery and admiration, little Yao's resentment over the past six months finally came out, and he said with airs: "I can't make the decision in business matters. It depends on my wishes as the boss. Forget it, go to the vegetable field. The boss
I went to Taifu Restaurant to talk things over, but I haven’t come back yet.”
"Brother-in-law is really capable. You can't find someone like him anywhere in the world." Sister-in-law Osmanthus smiled flatteringly and patted little Yao's arm again, "Sister, you are really blessed. The head of the house can
To earn money, Dalang went to the Zhang family private school to study. Later, Sanlang went to the private school again. The two brothers passed the examination and became officials. Sister, you are the old lady."
The man and son were both praised, and little Yao smiled widely, "I am lucky, sister-in-law, don't worry, I will take care of your food, but the price will definitely be cheaper than selling it in the county.
After all, I also have to earn hard money as the head of the household."
Sister-in-law Osmanthus's smile froze, but she immediately responded, "That's right. We can't let my brother-in-law's hard work go in vain. It's troublesome for us to go to the county to sell it. If we delay it all morning, we may not be able to sell it."
Mr. Ma entered the east wing. After the second room was burned down, Mr. Yao and his family moved into the three rooms in front of the main room.
Mrs. Ma glanced out the window, curled her lips as she listened to Mr. Yao's proud laughter, then quickly tore open the paper package, took out a piece of pastry and ate it hungrily.
The second sister-in-law was so proud now that she stopped doing any work at home and just drank water from a cup and talked to the villagers. However, her parents didn't care about it. The more Ma thought about it, the more unwilling she became.
Originally I only planned to steal a piece of pastry, but I ate the whole package in a rage. I was so anxious that I choked and beat my chest with my fists.
In the yard, little Mr. Yao had enough of showing off, so he took seven or eight women outside and said, "Since everyone has said so, I will go to the vegetable field to have a look. I said something ugly in front of you. If you taste this dish,
If you don’t look good, my boss won’t accept it.”
"That's for sure. How can I make it difficult for you?" The woman who spoke smiled, and others also agreed.
In the vegetable field, Boss Zhan was weeding with a hoe.
Mrs. Li, who was bending over, shook the soil off the grass roots and threw the grass into the basket. If left alone, the grass would come back to life when it rained.
"Hey, brother and sister-in-law are busy right now." Little Yao laughed sarcastically and looked at Boss Zhan with disdain.
"My sister-in-law is still awesome. My eldest brother, who was invited three times and four times, didn't want to return to the clan. My sister-in-law didn't need to ask, so she helped with the weeding. My sister-in-law also taught me how to manipulate people."
What little Yao said was so vicious that he almost didn't point at Li and call her a coquettish woman. After all, what kind of means can a country woman have? It's not just about doing things between the bed and the bed.
The other women in the village couldn't say anything and could only smile awkwardly.
They didn't dare to offend little Yao family, but they also didn't dare to offend Li family. Who gave her a powerful daughter? The county magistrate would give her a New Year's gift. The Dragon Boat Festival would be coming soon, and Li family might still be able to eat it.
Zongzi from the magistrate’s house.
Boss Zhan looked at the proudly smiling little Yao with annoyance, and felt more and more that it was right not to return to Zhan's house.
The second son can't control his wife. In the past, little Yao used to talk a lot and liked to be lazy and work less. Now that the second son has become rich, little Yao will only go too far.
"My elder brother helps my sister-in-law when he has time, so why don't he go home to help? Dad is busy working on so many vegetable fields at home." Ma also complained, dissatisfied with what Boss Zhan did.
The second brother Zhan is now busy with the vegetable business of Taifu Restaurant, and the third son Zhan still goes to the dock to work, so the work in the fields falls on old man Zhan.
When they were busy, Mr. Ma and Mr. Yao also had to go to the fields. This caused their anger to be turned on Boss Zhan, who had done all this alone in the past.