Zhang Yun's ancient life

The He family allowed Yuan Bing to come to the house, and the marriage was half done. This time, Zhang Yun was regarded as the big matchmaker of the man's family, so when sending Xiao Ding, the things were sent by him on behalf of the man's family. of.

After the He family accepted the betrothal gift, the marriage was considered settled. Just pick an auspicious day, hold a banquet, entertain relatives and friends, and tell them the news of the betrothal, the marriage will be considered a success.

When the He and Yuan families were busily preparing for the engagement banquet, a piece of news came from the capital, but they took the time to dispel the idea of ​​having a big banquet.

Emperor Shengde of the Yong Dynasty died the day before yesterday in the Hall of Mental Cultivation in the Forbidden City.

The emperor's grand tour, the whole country is mourning, all entertainment and sacrificial activities are prohibited in the whole country for 100 days, all the work of all officials and government officials must be suspended, and all other actions in the barracks except for foreign enemies can be sent out. stop.

At this special time, Yuan Bing and the He family certainly did not dare to touch the bad luck of the court. On the day they received the news, they canceled the engagement banquet that was to be held, and honestly accompanied the people of the whole country. The prince began to keep his filial piety.

But a country cannot live without a king for a day. Prolonged political stagnation is a fatal thing for a country. Even ordinary people know this, let alone those ministers who occupy the upper hand That.

So after the old emperor May Seventh, all the ministers jointly wrote a letter asking the prince to ascend the throne and preside over the government.

The prince ascended to the throne amidst such a call, and became the third emperor of the Great Yong Kingdom, and his reign name was Longxing.

During the national mourning period, everything was kept simple, and the ministers were very conscious, not daring to bother the emperor with messy things, for fear that if the emperor accidentally thought it was disrespectful to the former emperor, it would be very lively.

In this way, the days passed with everyone's carefulness, and when the national funeral was over, the He family and the Yuan family began to arrange an engagement banquet for their two children.

The He family has a wide network of contacts in the county. Although Yuan Bing has just settled in Qingshi Town, with the help of Zhang Yun and Guan Jing, he quickly established a foothold in the town. The two families treat guests, and the guests are of course willing Appreciation, now the whole town is having a wedding banquet at their house, so I want to take this opportunity to have a good time there.

It's just that everyone didn't expect that the wedding banquet of Yuan and He's family hadn't become lively yet, but they all visited other people's homes first.

The protagonists of the story are familiar to everyone, that is, Xu Juren and his family who live in the north of the town.

In the afternoon of this day, most of the people in Qingshan Town were taking a nap inside their houses, when they were suddenly woken up by the noise outside. After listening carefully, it turned out that it was coming from the Xu family in the north of the town.

Everyone was very strange when they heard the voice. Isn't Guan Rong the only one left in that house?Although she could still hear her cursing a few days ago, isn't she quiet these days, why is she making noise again.

So a curious person followed the sound and found an old carriage parked at the gate of Xu's house. The person standing next to the carriage was scolding Guan Rong. It was Xu who went to work with his son. The old lady at home and the second grandma Liao.

It's just different from the glamorous appearance when they went to work, the current old lady Xu and Second Grandma Liao are haggard and dilapidated, and those who have just rushed over to see them dare not recognize each other because of their desolate appearance.

The two of them stood at the door and were arguing with Guan Rong. There were more than a dozen burly men standing beside the carriage, looking at them impatiently.

Xu thought they were too noisy, so the leading man yelled at them: "Enough, I didn't come here to listen to your quarrels, Mrs. Xu, you said you have no money and you want to go home to get it, and we will send it back to you." Now, what are you still doing here, why don't you go into the house to get money for the master."

When Mrs. Xu heard the words, a look of humiliation flashed in her eyes, and then she covered her face and cried: "It's not that I don't withdraw money from you, you see, this is my unfilial daughter-in-law, and all the money in the family is held in her hands." If she doesn't give it to me, I have nothing to do with my old age."

Hearing the words, the man said with a fierce look in his eyes: "Oh, old woman, you want to go back on your word. Think about it clearly. Your son is still in our hands. If you want him to live, you'd better play less tricks." What a trick."

Mrs. Xu cried even more when she heard the words, and said: "I can play tricks, you all have seen, my daughter-in-law, now I am not even allowed to enter the door, and now I have nothing left in my body. This is a worn-out piece of clothing, where is the money for you?"

Then he said to Guan Rong: "I know you have objections to me marrying Brother Yan as the second wife, but what time is it now, Brother Yan is still in their hands waiting for you to save him, that is your man after all Ah, why are you so determined to watch him die."

Guan Rong said disdainfully after hearing the words: "That's 3000 taels. If you sell all of you, it's still not enough for a fraction. How can I get it?"

The leading man heard the words and replied: "It's 3900 taels, and there are still three months' interest money, so don't think about it."

The old lady Xu cried even more sadly and said: "Didn't you have a dowry of more than 1000 taels? Take it out and go to your natal home to ask for some. Your natal home also has a large shop and more than 100 mu of land. Selling can always make up.”

Guan Rong was furious when she heard the words, and said, "Bah, why should my natal family pay the money for you? Has a big part of the money you borrowed been spent on me and my natal family? How dare you come here to fight?" The idea of ​​the old lady’s dowry has no way, don’t even think about it.”

Second Grandma Liao who was standing aside heard the words and said: "Sister, Xianggong is also the son-in-law of the Guan family. It is not too much to ask them to help if something happens. Now Xianggong is in their hands. If you don't pay them If you will beat the husband to death, you will be kind to the husband and wife every day, sister, please show mercy and save the husband."

While talking, Grandma Liao also started to cry.

Guan Rong saw that she was even more angry, and said sarcastically: "Now I think of me, why did you go, did you think of me when you went to eat and drink spicy food? By the way, don't you also have a lot of dowry?" Isn’t your natal family also very rich? Didn’t you proudly show it off in front of me at the beginning? Now, why don’t you show it? Why don’t you go to your natal family for help? I'm being taken advantage of, bah, you have a good idea."

Seeing Mrs. Xu staring at her, Second Grandma Liao not only sobbed with guilt, "My sister misunderstood, and my younger sister really wants to help, but you are the grandma in charge, I am just a second wife, a concubine, How can my concubine's natal family be regarded as relatives, how can my concubine be the director of the family, if I become more powerful, wouldn't that be slapping your wife in the face?"

Guan Rong dismissed her statement, and said bluntly: "Don't give me such a trick, why haven't I heard you call me wife before, don't you care about the affairs of this family? , Today I was released again because I didn't want to pay, I'm not that stupid, don't you always want to fight with me, this time you don't have to fight, I will fulfill you, as long as you can put The money owed by the Xu family has been repaid, no need for that old man to say anything, I will let you go on the genealogy immediately, become a flat wife, anyway, after you give birth to a son, you will have to carry it, earlier or later, it's the same .”

Mrs. Xu looked hopefully at Second Grandma Liao when she heard the words, but Second Grandma Liao didn't answer, she just covered her face with a handkerchief and wept.

Mrs. Xu didn't understand when she saw this, she couldn't help but thumped her feet and cried loudly, and said: "What evil did our Xu family do? We married these two funeral stars and entered the house. Not only did we not A blessing, but a disaster. If you two were not stingy and refused to pay for my son to make up for the official position, how could my son borrow usurious loans, and how could he lose his official position and be imprisoned? In my hand, now I want money to save people, but none of you are willing to pay, this is sincere, and then you want my son’s life, God, open your eyes, it’s unkind Xian's stuff."

The old lady Xu was crying there, but Guan Rong and Second Grandma Liao were unmoved. The men waiting at the side couldn't bear it anymore, and the leader sweated profusely and said, "I'm asking you one last time, Do you want to pay the money back or not?"

The three women should still cry, make trouble and scold him, but none of them paid him any attention.

When Da Khan saw this, he said angrily, "You don't want to give me shame, then don't blame me for being rude, go into the house and move things for me, remove everything you see, and don't leave anything to them."

Those men rushed into the room upon hearing the words, Guan Rong hurriedly stopped them, but where were the opponents of those burly men, she was pushed aside at once, and could only watch helplessly as those big men rushed into the room and started Loot things.

Old Mrs. Xu and Second Grandma Liao who were standing outside didn't care about crying anymore, so they hurried into the house to stop them. Guan Rong followed in unwillingly, and immediately heard the screams of the women in the courtyard. One after another, it was Guan Rong's "Don't grab it, what are you doing with me?" for a while, it was Grandma Liao's "That is my dowry, it has nothing to do with the Xu family, you put it down", or it was Mrs. Xu's "That It is our family's deed, which was passed down from our ancestors, so we can't take it and put it down'.

Those men would not bother with them. When everything was almost robbed, the leading man nodded to the things his subordinates found and said to Mrs. Xu: "These things can cost more than 2000 taels. I will be more merciful today, count your 2500 taels, and you still have 1400 taels, you'd better think of a way quickly, our master's patience is still limited, if he gets impatient, I'll take care of the safety of your wimp I can't guarantee it."

After finishing speaking, he said to his subordinates: "Lift all these things to the car, and don't leave any of them behind."

Then he said to Mrs. Xu: "I took the deed of this house, and this house will belong to our Gao family from now on. However, our master is merciful and can't bear to see you living on the streets. After you get all the money together Before that, let you live first, and you won’t charge your rent, how about it, it’s interesting enough, you’d better be a teacher, so that it’s convenient for everyone.”

After speaking, he took his younger brothers to carry things and turned around, leaving a mess on the ground.