The Only Favorite Ugly Husband

Brother Zhao Jin stood dumbfounded, not daring to answer.

Zhao Liu said again: "Why didn't you tell me that you felt cold, and let Jiang Zhen burn out all the earthen pots at home. Even if you have money now, you can't waste things like this..."

Brother Zhao Jin still didn't respond, and slowly moved to the bed, intending to lie back on the bed——Jiang Zhen closed the door when he went out, but that was all. Just push it away.

If his mother suddenly opened the door and came in...

Fortunately, Zhao Liushi left after saying a few words and didn't hear a response. She only thought that Brother Zhao Jin was still asleep, so she didn't make any noise, so she didn't disturb her son's sleep.

Sitting on the bed, Zhao Jinge heaved a long sigh of relief when he found that his mother was gone, only to find that the quilt wrapped around him was covered with black ash.

After Jiang Zhen lit the fire last night, although he did a simple cleaning this morning, he didn't clean up all the ashes on the ground. He was frightened just now and accidentally dragged the quilt to the ground.

If the quilt is dragged on the ground, there will inevitably be a lot of dust, and now the corners of the quilt are all black...

Re-wrapped the quilt and took the clothes back. After Zhao Jinge put on the clothes, he began to remove the quilt cover and prepared to wash it.

At this time, Zhao Liu discovered that Jiang Zhen seemed to have dropped a few crocks last night...

There was less egg oil and bacon in the kitchen, and the leftovers were gone, and the bag of charcoal bought with money was gone.

She did smell the faint fragrance coming from her son's room last night. The two of them are still cooking at night?

It's so frustrating!

Mrs. Zhao and Liu couldn't be free, so she took the initiative to wash the rice, but Mrs. Li, the cook, did the cooking, Mrs. Jiang did the cooking, and Ruo'er helped wash the vegetables.

Zhao Liushi went outside when she was free, only to see her son was washing the quilt cover.

"Brother Jin, I washed this quilt cover for you just now, why did you wash it again?" Zhao Liushi frowned and asked.

"A little dusty." Zhao Jinge said.

Zhao Liushi glanced at it, and found that the washing water was black, and the quilt was probably stained with dust: "Jiang Zhen came out to wash the bed sheets this morning, because it was stained with dust, right? Didn’t you overturn the copper foot stove on the bed? Be careful in the future.”

"En." Brother Zhao Jin bowed his head in response, and after hearing that Jiang Zhen had washed the sheets, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Also, don't let Jiang Zhen wash the sheets in the future. When others see it, they will definitely think that we have treated him harshly as a door-to-door son-in-law, so he is a big man to wash the sheets." Zhao Liu said again, moving a The little stool was going to help Zhao Jinge wash it, but when it found that the water was cold, it frowned again: "Why do you wash it in cold water? Are you not afraid of freezing in such a cold day?!"

Brother Zhao Jin was driven back into the house, and Mrs. Zhao Liu asked Ruo'er to wash the quilt together.Both of them were weak, and each held one end, wringing it slowly before wringing it dry, and then drying it with Jiang Zhen's washed sheets.

When Jiang Zhen came back, he saw the bed sheet and quilt cover were drying together, blowing in the wind.

He Xicun doesn't pay much attention to the morning meal. In the past, Zhao Liu's breakfast was always porridge, that is, the accompanying dishes were changed every day, but now it's Li's cooking. There are so many tricks.

For example, today, what I eat is rice porridge with green vegetable buns.

The green vegetables were kneaded by Mrs. Li with salt last night. They were marinated all night. It has the fragrance of fresh vegetables, but also because of the moisture, it was kneaded out. It is not like fresh vegetables that are steamed in steamed buns It became soft and rotten, and the taste was good.

Brother Zhao Jin liked this bun very much, and he ate it with porridge.

Jiang Zhen also liked this steamed stuffed bun, and he also ate a lot. After eating, he told about the fact that he and Brother Zhao Jing were going to Fucheng.

"Those goods should be sold quickly." Zhao Fugui nodded without any objection at all, but Zhao Liushi blamed Brother Zhao Jin: "Why do you want to take Brother Jin with you? Is he pestering you to go?" What? This kid, running outside with a big belly is too outrageous!"

"Mother, it's just going to Fucheng, it's fine." Jiang Zhen said, Zhao Jinge's situation, it's really not suitable to travel far away, but if it's going to Fucheng, which is only a day away, there is no problem at all.

Brother Zhao Jin: "..." Mom, you told me to follow...

Mrs. Zhao Liu said a few words to Brother Zhao Jing, and then began to tell Brother Zhao Jing what to bring: "If it's cold today, you'd better bring more quilts and so on. Mom will find someone to make some quilts for you later, as well as food. What to drink, and bring some..."

Mrs. Zhao Liu did what she said, and after breakfast, she went to ask the acquaintances in the village to help make the quilt.

Every household in Hexi Village raises silkworms, but they don’t grow much cotton. The quilts they cover are all silk quilts. However, silk is good for making quilts, but it is not suitable for making quilts on the bed, so the quilts are basically made of cotton. made.

When Jiang Zhen and Zhao Jinge got married, Zhao Liushi paid someone to make a thick cotton mattress and two silk quilts.

After the cocoons raised by the silkworms raised by the people of Hexi Village, most of them will be sold for money, but some of them will be kept for their own use. They will boil these cocoons in a pot and soak them in water for a few days .

A few days later, the woman or Shuang'er will peel off the boiled and soaked cocoon, dig out the silkworm chrysalis inside, and then pull it apart by hand and put it on the hand. After several layers, it will be stretched into a Square silk pieces.

After this thing is dried, it is called a cotton pocket by the people of Hexi Village. When making a quilt or a silk padded jacket, they will take it out and lay one or two door panels. Finally, two people will stand on both sides of the door panel and wrap the cotton pocket. Pull it apart, cover the door panel with the quilt cover layer by layer, and finally pull out the silk quilt.

The Zhao family hadn’t raised silkworms for many years. Not only did Zhao and Liu’s not prepare a cotton bag, but he also forgot the skill of pulling the quilt, so he spent money to buy a few catties of cotton bags from others, and then hired a few people to help pull the quilt. Quilt.

Although silk in the north is very expensive, in Hexi Village, the price of cotton pockets is not expensive, and finding someone to help pull the quilt is all you need to do is take care of a meal.

In view of the fact that Zhao's food is so good, Shuang'er, a woman in the village, is still vying to come.

The Zhao family immediately became lively, and finally Zhao Liu simply found some cotton-padded jackets and asked someone to help make new ones.

"Sister Liu, your life is really getting better and better." Seeing that Mrs. Zhao and Liu were wearing a gold hairpin on her head, someone felt emotional.

"Yes." Zhao Liushi said, and couldn't help laughing.

"Although your brother Jin got married late, he is a lucky one. His life will be better and better in the future." You said humanely.

When Zhao Liushi heard the words, she immediately nodded in agreement.

She didn't want to show off at first, but after being complimented a few times, she couldn't help it: "My brother Jin is blessed to have someone. The matchmaker He actually said that it is not easy for him to have children... Look, he How long has it been since we got married! I'm pregnant!"

"But now, he is really getting more and more squeamish. It was too cold last night, so let Jiang Zhen light the brazier for him, and he even finished lighting a bag of charcoal."

"In the middle of the night, there are pork and eggs. Most people can't stand him."

……

Zhao Liushi was talking happily when suddenly someone touched her with an elbow.

"What's wrong?" Zhao Liushi asked.

"Ms. Zhao Liu, Jiang Zhen is good to Brother Zhao Jin, we also know, but... I just want to tell you a few words of truth... This Jiang Zhen is a big man, or a promising man, you have to treat him He's better."

"Yeah, I heard that you still let him do laundry... How inappropriate."

"Don't treat him too badly, or if he runs away..."

……

Zhao Liushi suddenly felt a little wronged.

Mrs. Zhao Liu was dragged by a few of her friends, and Jiang Xiaomei suddenly rushed in from outside excitedly: "Aunt Zhao! Aunt Zhao, my brother brought back a horse! A horse! It's the first time I've seen you. On to the horses!"

"Horse?" Zhao Liushi was startled, and the people who were pulling the quilt were also curious.

"The horse has entered the village!" Jiang Xiaomei said again.

The people in the room rushed out in a swarm. After going out, they saw a majestic big horse standing not far from Zhao's house.

In the countryside on this side of Hexi Village, cattle can still be seen. Although there are no cattle in their village, there are people in the next village who raise cattle.

But horses are very rare, and they can occasionally see horses pulling carriages in the county town.

And this horse, in the eyes of the big guys, is very precious, something that only rich people can use, and now, Jiang Zhen has brought back a horse!

The people stood far away, not daring to approach the horse at all, but also reluctant to leave.

This horse was brought back by Jiang Zhen.

After bringing Ma Lian and the carriage back to Hecheng County, Jiang Zhen suddenly discovered that the carriage could not be used here at all.

Not only that, the horse became very restless after sitting on the boat for a long time, but he didn't have anyone who could serve the horse...

After thinking for a while, Jiang Zhen decided to foster the horse in the Zheng family, and chose one of those he saved to learn how to raise a horse from the groom of the Zheng family.

Half a month has passed, the horse has been raised, and the person who takes care of the horse has become familiar with the horse, and is able to take good care of the horse, so Jiang Zhen brought the horse from the Zheng family to Hexi Village .

As for the carriage... I can't use it for the time being, and I am reluctant to use such a good carriage to load the goods, so I still leave it at Zheng's house.

Jiang Zhen actually brought back a horse from the capital!Looking at the horse, Zhao Liushi felt very proud, but she was afraid of the horse that was much taller than her, so she dared not go forward...

Before Jiang Zhen set off for Fucheng, he did a lot of things. In addition to bringing the horse home from the county, he also taught the two families a lesson.

One of them is Zhao Liu's natal family.

After Zhao Liu's natal family made trouble at Jiang Zhen and Brother Zhao Jing's wedding, Jiang Zhen beat them up, and Jiang Zhen asked them to pay back the money... As a result, they insisted on not paying back.

Jiang Zhen had a lot of things to do at the time, so he didn't take care of them. Later, when he went to the capital, he didn't take care of them even more, but it made them live a comfortable life. The autumn wind blows at home, and I ask Zhao Liu's for money.

Although Zhao Liushi was sold by them at the beginning, they still felt that Zhao Liushi had to take care of her natal family if she had money. After all, her surname was Liu.

It's just that they had a good idea, but before they could implement it, Jiang Zhen's subordinates in their village told Jiang Zhen of their plan, and then...

Before they could meet Zhao Liushi, they were beaten by Jiang Zhen's subordinates. Not only that, but the money they borrowed from Zhao Liushi was doubled.

This money, Jiang Zhen found an opportunity to give it to Zhao Liushi.

Mrs. Zhao and Liu didn't know that it was from her natal family, and she thought it was Jiang Zhen's family - Jiang Zhen had given her money a few times before, but every time she said it was family.

Of course, the Zhao and Liu family didn't use it very much, so they saved up all of it and wanted to leave it to their grandson in the future.

Jiang Zhen didn't explain to Zhao Liushi, just smiled and went to do other things.

And the second family that Jiang Zhen taught was Liang Fufa who once wanted to buy Jiang Xiaomei.

Originally, this Liang Fufa had nothing to do with Jiang Zhen, but... Jiang Zhen accidentally learned that after they failed to buy Jiang Xiaomei, they actually tricked a little girl from another village into marrying her without spending money. People, let that little girl be a cow and a horse for their family.

Jiang Zhen didn't go to teach him a lesson himself, so he just asked his subordinates to beat Liang Fufa, let him feel the feeling of being beaten, and learned that his former wife had already gone back to her natal home and didn't want to be with him anymore. After living a life, he also helped the woman get a divorce document.

This kind of men who like to beat women, why don't they let them marry women!

After Jiang Zhen returned from the capital, he lived in Hexi Village for 20 days, and it was already December at this time.

It won't be long before the Chinese New Year, if he doesn't sell the goods... he will keep it for the Chinese New Year.

Taking Zhao Jinge and his own fleet, Jiang Zhen left Hecheng County and went to Fucheng.

As the New Year approached, Fucheng became very lively, and all kinds of things were easy to sell. After Jiang Zhen contacted a few merchants introduced by Zheng Yi, the medicinal materials, jewelry, furs and other things he brought were sold out immediately.

Although the Zheng family lived in Hecheng County, they had some contacts in this Fucheng. Jiang Zhen took Zheng Yi's post, so naturally he was never made things difficult. He just unloaded the goods for inspection and got the money, so he always had to stay in Fucheng for a few days.

Seeing this, Jiang Zhen inquired about the brick kiln.

There are several brick kilns near Fucheng, and these brick kilns are all under the hands of several big families in Fucheng, and the people who burn bricks inside have also signed contracts of sale with those big families.

Jiang Zhen inquired a lot, and finally found one of them. After some effort, he bought two craftsmen who could make bricks from that family.

The two craftsmen are both surnamed Zhang, and they are a father and son.The son is only fifteen or sixteen years old and unmarried, but the father has a wife, and besides the elder son who is already able to burn bricks with him, he has five children.

Jiang Zhen bought the father and son, and their relatives also came as bonus gifts.

Jiang Zhen couldn't help but wonder if this family is too good at giving birth and has too many children, so the rich family would be willing to sell them to him...

Jiang Zhen thought so, but soon, he knew that was not the case...

The reason why the father and son were sold to him was not because they had many children, but because their brick-making skills were actually not good.

"I haven't learned it for long, and I often burn bad bricks." The father of the father and son looked at Jiang Zhen with some embarrassment.

It takes a long time to practice to burn good bricks, but he and his son are just beginning to get in touch and haven't practiced much.

They fired bricks before, and the bricks they fired were often unusable...

Jiang Zhen also knew that people these days were not willing to hand over technology to others, let alone sell the technician to him easily, so he was not surprised: "Then can you burn bricks? "

"As long as you do a little more research, it will definitely work," the middle-aged man said, "I'm just a little bit inaccurate in adding water now." There are experienced master craftsmen in their brick kilns, but the master craftsmen are not willing to teach him. You can only find out by yourself.

add water?Jiang Zhen had been to a brick and tile factory before, so he generally knew how to burn bricks, but he had never heard of adding water to burn bricks.

"Tell me about it in detail," Jiang Zhen said.

When Jiang Zhen asked, the man began to explain in detail, and Jiang Zhen listened, and suddenly realized... This ancient brick-making process is actually more complicated than modern ones!

Also, the red bricks used to build houses in modern times were considered inferior in ancient times...

The ancient blue bricks were made by adding water to cool them after firing. Green bricks have higher requirements for the clay used to make bricks.

Therefore, in these years, when red bricks are fired, they will be thrown away as defective products.

Of course, the red bricks at this time, because the brick kiln did not use coal and the temperature was not high, did not have the same color as in later generations. Often, the red bricks were mixed with green. It is easy to break, so it is not the same as the red bricks of later generations.

However, such bricks are not impossible to use.

"After you go back with me, start to burn bricks. The unqualified bricks produced at the beginning can be used to pave the road." Jiang Zhen said.These two people are just lacking in skills, and this skill can always be improved after practice.

At this time, the big families are unwilling to use defective products, but he doesn't mind, it's just...it would be nice if there was cement.

Jiang Zhen knows that cement is also made of mud, and it is even quite simple, but cement is different from bricks, and requires a formula, so he really doesn't know how to burn cement.

Fortunately, even if there is no cement, there are many substitutes at this time.

After buying someone, Jiang Zhen had nothing else to do, so he took Brother Zhao Jing to go shopping in Fucheng.

Jiang Zhen had brought Zhao Jingge to Fucheng before, but at that time both of them had no money, so they didn't buy anything, but this time it was different.

Jiang Zhen and Zhao Jinge have already been to the capital, and have seen the prosperity of big cities, but compared with the capital, their prefecture is completely different, and some things here are very delicate, and the style is even more beautiful than the things in the capital of.

For example, rouge pollen and jewelry, the ones here are not worse than those in the capital, and the prices are even cheaper.

Jiang Zhen looked around and thought about bringing some back to Zhao Liushi.

Brother Zhao Jin followed Jiang Zhen, watching Jiang Zhen picking things, he couldn't help being happy, but it was a little strange to see that Jiang Zhen didn't think of him at all.

"My lord, what do you think of this bracelet? It's very suitable for this... Shuang'er beside you." When the jewelry store saw Jiang Zhen asking about jewelry, he took out a silver bracelet suitable for Shuang'er.

"What I want to buy is not for him, but for my mother." Jiang Zhen said, asking the shopkeeper to show some other models.

The jewelry that Jiang Zhen brought back from the capital was very heavy, but they could not be called exquisite. After all, he was only shopping around with Zhao Jingge at that time, and...he felt that the prices in the capital were too expensive.

Those jewelry are good to show off, but they are not suitable for everyday wear. Jiang Zhen plans to pick some delicate ones for her this time.

After Jiang Zhen asked the shopkeeper to bring out a lot of things to look at, he finally chose a pair of gold flat bracelets carved with dragons and phoenixes, and bought a small hairpin inlaid with jasper.

After choosing, Jiang Zhen asked the shopkeeper to wrap up the items.

"My lord, how many pieces will you choose for your Shuang'er?" The shopkeeper asked while bagging, "Your Shuang'er is pregnant with your child. Buying some jewelry for him will also make him happy."

Seeing that Jiang Zhen had chosen several items for his mother, he didn't think of picking the same item for Shuang'er who followed him. That Shuang'er had the same body and no jewelry... The shopkeeper felt a little sympathetic to Brother Zhao Jin.

This pair is ugly, and my husband-in-law completely ignores him, which is really pitiful.

Jiang Zhen was taken aback.

He would buy this and that for Zhao Liushi because others told him that the mother-in-law must please her, so that life can be smooth.

And after experimenting on Zhao Liushi, he found that it was indeed the case.

Zhao Liu's mother-in-law is absolutely very satisfied with him right now.

It's just... He was thinking of buying jewelry for Zhao Liushi, but he really didn't notice Brother Zhao Jin... After all, he himself finds it troublesome to wear a watch.

However, it seems that someone also told him that his girlfriend should also be courteous?

"I don't like wearing jewelry." Zhao Jinge said.

"There is no one who doesn't like jewelry, even if you don't like to wear it, you can keep it away." The shopkeeper said again.

"Shopkeeper, do you have a suitable ring for us?" Jiang Zhen asked suddenly.

"Yes, sir, what do you like?" asked the shopkeeper.

"Let me see." Jiang Zhen said.

At this time, there were very few types of jewelry. Jiang Zhen looked around and finally chose two jade rings. After looking at the identical rings, he asked, "Is the craftsman in the shop?"

"Yes, the artisans are right behind." The shopkeeper said, those who run jewelry shops usually have several artisans.

"Brother Jin, wait for me outside, I'll come as soon as I go." Jiang Zhen said to Brother Zhao Jing, and then followed the shopkeeper into the backyard of the jewelry shop.

Seeing Jiang Zhen leaving just like that, Zhao Jinge was a little dazed, but also a little happy.

That ring, is Jiang Zhen going to give him?Two identical rings, does he wear one and Jiang Zhen wears the other?

If that's the case, it's really good...

"Sister-in-law, maybe the boss will buy something else for you." Jiang Ming also followed, responsible for protecting Brother Zhao Jin, and came over right now.

Brother Zhao Jin looked forward to it even more.

However, when Jiang Zhen came out after a while, his expression was as usual. He didn't even know where he put the two rings he was holding before.

"Let's go, it's time for us to go back." Jiang Zhen said, and after finishing speaking, he went out first.

Brother Zhao Jin followed, feeling a little depressed suddenly.

The boat was very humid, the place to live was small, and it would keep swaying. This time when he came to Fucheng, Jiang Zhen took Zhao Jingge to live in the inn.

After returning to the inn that day, Jiang Zhen treated Zhao Jinge as usual, and still told Zhao Jinge to eat more fish and less meat, and never mentioned the work in the jewelry store before.

However, when the two returned to the room, Jiang Zhen suddenly said, "Brother Jin, I have something to tell you."

"What?" Zhao Jinge asked.

Jiang Zhen took out a ring and knelt down on one knee...

Brother Zhao Jin made a "plop" and immediately knelt down towards Jiang Zhen: "You...what are you doing?" Why did Jiang Zhen suddenly kneel down towards him?This... this... Brother Zhao Jin felt that he was going to be terrified.

Jiang Zhen: "..." The originally good atmosphere is gone now!

Jiang Zhen sighed: "Brother Jin, you stand up, I didn't kneel down! Look, I didn't kneel down on one leg."

Brother Zhao Jin was still a little uneasy, so Jiang Zhen had no choice but to help Brother Zhao Jin up, and then said to Brother Zhao Jin, "Stand properly, don't kneel!"

Brother Zhao Jin was still uneasy, but he didn't dare to kneel down.

What did Jiang Zhen want to say?Why are you kneeling down?

Jiang Zhen knelt down on one knee again, and said to Brother Zhao Jing, "Brother Jin, will you marry me?"

Brother Zhao Jin was a little confused, and then said, "Yes."

"I love you, we will be together forever." Jiang Zhen kissed Brother Zhao Jin's hand, and then put the ring on his hand on Brother Zhao Jin.

Then, he stood up and gave another ring to Brother Zhao Jin: "Brother Jin, put it on for me."

Brother Zhao Jin nodded, imitating Jiang Zhen and putting the ring on Jiang Zhen's hand.

Jiang Zhen kissed Brother Zhao Jing again, and he was in a very good mood.

He also suddenly discovered that he didn't buy a ring, nor did he propose... After buying those two rings today, he went to a craftsman to engrave the two rings respectively, and one of the rings was engraved with a "gold ", on the other ring, there is a "Zhen" engraved, and at this moment, he put the ring engraved with "Zhen" on Zhao Jinge, and on his own hand, he is wearing a ring engraved with "Gold" .

The marriage proposal was successful, and Jiang Zhen wanted to sweeten it. Brother Zhao Jin suddenly asked: "Jiang Zhen, do you want the child to have your surname? It doesn't matter, my parents have mentioned it to me in private." Jiang Zhen asked him if he would marry him, and knelt down Did you leave it because you want your child to have his last name?

Zhao Fugui and Zhao Liushi didn't really care about this, they were willing to marry him to Jiang Zhen.

Jiang Zhen: "..."

Jiang Zhen took some time to explain that he didn't mean it, then looked at Brother Zhao Jin helplessly, and suddenly realized that this marriage proposal failed, and he was also quite stupid.

He's really crazy and stupid... Brother Zhao Jin is already married to him, so what are you doing all these things?

If he has time, he might as well order a few more braziers, and then eat Brother Zhao Jin again.

Just do it, Jiang Zhen ate Zhao Jingge again.

This time, he fell asleep before Brother Zhao Jin.

Brother Zhao Jin really can't sleep, he... is very, very happy now.

Although what Jiang Zhen did startled him at first, but after Jiang Zhen explained it, he became happy again.

In the dark, he took off his ring, then touched the back of the ring, and sure enough there was a word there.

That is "Zhen", Jiang Zhen's name.

Jiang Zhen wears the same ring as him, with the other's name engraved on it...

Brother Zhao Jin hurriedly put the ring back on, reluctant to take it off again.

At the same time, he was also a little puzzled... Jiang said "love" him, what does this "love" mean?