Tranquility

After getting dressed, Tangning walked to the door of the house, patted the agarwood bracelet on her chest, took a few breaths of the aroma, prepared herself mentally, and opened the door. Immediately, a smell of chicken feces came over her face.

Tangning felt her oversensitive nose twitch, as if she was complaining to her master, and the corners of her mouth twitched in response. Unfortunately, as the master, he couldn't help them. He even had a task, which was to feed the chickens every morning and evening. It is a hard job to put the chickens out to look for food by themselves, and to watch the chickens not approach the vegetable fields.

Although it was less than half an hour since the rooster crowed, except for the mother and daughter in the east room, everyone else had almost left.Carpenter Tang still had a job to do, and he was rushing to finish it and go home to farm the fields, so he went out early.Tang Mu went to the field after finishing his breakfast. It was time to sow the seeds, so there was no delay.Tang Yun has been very interested in fishing these days, but it's hard for him to sit still with his temperament. It is estimated that he can eat fish and his disgusting stepmother's mind has the upper hand, so he went to the river excitedly early in the morning.

Tangning had just finished her work when she saw Zhang Ergou's man walking in with a basket on his shoulders.Tang Ning's face turned pale and she wanted to hide. She hugged her fiercely and pinched her face fiercely, and said while pinching her, "Oh, cats grow really fast, they've grown quite a bit, the longer they grow, the more juicy they are." , giggling."

The smell of chicken feces that filled his nose was immediately squeezed out by the familiar smell of rouge. Tangning immediately missed the smell of chicken feces. He couldn't avoid those two bright red nails, so he had to wipe his face hard, and looked at the smell of chicken feces. The plump figure who walked into the east room thought viciously: "You're just juicy, and your whole family is juicy."

Zhang Ergou's big name is Zhang Dejian, and as his name suggests, he is born with a cheap look.Zhang Ergou was born thin and small, and looked like he couldn't support him, so his father gave him this name.Maybe it's because of the good name. Although Zhang Ergou still looks like he is half-dead with tuberculosis, he has managed to live tenaciously until now, marrying a wife and having children.It was his father, who looked like a strong and rough man, but fell into the ground early.

Zhang Ergou didn't learn well since he was a child, he was lazy, and everyone in the village called him Zhang Erliuzi.But Zhang Ergou was quick-witted, so he somehow went to Zhang Dechun's house and made some contacts in the town, so he started the business of buying low and selling high.Buy all kinds of agricultural products from the mountain people at low prices, and then sell them to the town at high prices.It stands to reason that doing this business is a matter of mutual benefit, but this matter also requires mutual consent.But Zhang Ergou was very domineering. When he encountered villagers who were unwilling to sell things to him, he immediately robbed them.With all his strength, he can't farm the land, and he can't beat people by grabbing things.The robbed family has no place to seek justice, Zhang Ergou is easy to mess with, Zhang Dechun's family is not easy to mess with, Mancang Ping County only has a Jinshi like Zhang Dehuai, and Zhang Dehuai is only a younger brother like Zhang Dechun, the county magistrate will not do it for a few. Ten articles offended Zhang Dechun.

Fortunately, Zhang Ergou knows that rabbits don't eat grass beside their nests, and they are very good to the surrounding villages, but they are very polite to the people in Zhangjia Village.Gradually, people in several surrounding villages didn't dare to offend Zhang Ergou, the little villain, and the nickname Zhang Erliuzi was only talked about in private, and they didn't dare to bring it up on the table.So that later, Zhang Ergou fell in love with the girl from Lijia Village next door, and they didn't dare to ask for a bride price, so Baba sent the girl here.However, Zhang Ergou was very reasonable this time. Not only did he give a lot of dowry gifts, but he was also surprisingly kind to his daughter, and even fearful.Zhang Ergou is very strong, but if his wife hits him, he dare not fight back.The people in the village were amazed that this girl from the Li family was really bad-looking, with a hulking back. Standing next to her, Zhang Ergou felt like a little bird. It can only be said that ape dung is really a wonderful thing.

This daughter of the Li family is also a strange woman, she is dark and strong, she has a loud and loud voice, but she wants to imitate others, with a shy face and a weak willow.Not only did he paint his face pale, he struggled to twist his bucket waist when he walked, his hands like steamed buns had to curl his orchid fingers in everything, and he deliberately choked his voice so that when he spoke, he reminded people of a female ghost.However, she is very talkative and talks non-stop. She loves Zhang's parents and Li's family so much that she is so short to inquire. Zhang Dejian's name is so blessed that Zhang Ergou has not lost his life for so many years.

It is said that people flock together and things form groups.No one in Ergou's family likes to talk to Mrs. Tang, probably Mrs. Tang is the woman she wants to be.As for why Mrs. Tang made friends with her, it's hard to say, maybe it's because of her sense of superiority, maybe it's because of Zhang Ergou's background.

Tangning wanted to run away as far away as possible. Although Ergou's voice was muffled, it was just like that. Hearing it was worse than a cat's paw scratching a steel plate in Tangning's ears.As soon as I touched the gate of the courtyard, I heard Zhang Ergou's family say:

"Oh, his sister-in-law, let me tell you, I heard that Zhang Dehuai's family has a lot of dirty things. I heard that his current wife is not his original wife."

As soon as Tangning heard about Zhang Dehuai, Tangning became energetic and hurriedly went back to listen carefully.

"His current wife is a concubine of his teacher. Although she is a concubine, she is still a daughter of a thousand gold. When Zhang Dehuai was fifteen or sixteen years old, he was not even a scholar. How could he be so lucky. It is said that he married a The daughter of his father's old friend.

Didn’t Mr. Zhang travel far when he was young? He went there for many years. It is said that he came back after earning a lot of money in business. When he came back, he forced Zhang Dehuai brothers to study, and even made Zhang Dehuai marry a girl who appeared out of nowhere. , it is said that it is the daughter of a friend of the old man outside, and it was his old friend who left her alone on her deathbed.I don't know if this girl is a fortune teller, this Dechun is not good at school, she can't read a single word after reading it for several years, but Zhang Dehuai won the prize of a scholar within two years after marrying her, and she was diagnosed as soon as she was pregnant. If you win Juren, you are really a lucky star.It's a pity that this family didn't spare their blessings. When the old man of the Zhang family heard that his son was admitted to Juren, he personally went to the capital to give his son money and take care of things.Soon, Mr. Zhang sent a letter to the old woman asking her to go to Beijing to preside over his son's wedding. It turned out that Zhang Dehuai was going to marry his teacher's daughter.Originally, Mr. Zhang told the old woman not to tell her daughter-in-law, but to let her have a safe child and become a concubine after giving birth to a son.But the old woman was so proud that she couldn't help running to her daughter-in-law's room to show off.Now that girl didn't feel like the sky was falling, she threw herself into the river with her big belly a few days after the old woman left. "

Speaking of this, Zhang Ergou's family stopped on purpose, sipped his saliva, and saw Mrs. Tang was engrossed in listening, and Fang continued with satisfaction:

"This piece of Dechun is really not a good thing. As soon as his sister-in-law was fished out of the water, he hurriedly found a corner for burial, and she didn't even get into the ancestral grave. This girl is really pitiful. , there is no one in her natal family, and she married into his family alone. Not only did she not enjoy the incense, but she even had no one to seek justice. I see, this girl has no one to help her seek justice, and she herself wants to take revenge. You see, although Zhang Dehuai relied on his father-in-law to obtain the title of Jinshi, his wife only had two daughters, and she was jealous. He had two concubines, otherwise he wouldn't even have a housemate. Coincidentally, those two concubines also gave birth to two daughters, you think, isn't this the girl who wants Zhang Dehuai to have no sons or grandchildren?"

Mrs. Tang trembled unconsciously when she heard that her sons and grandchildren were cut off, and hurriedly asked, "But isn't Zhang Dechun still a villain?"

Zhang Ergou's family smiled mysteriously again, and leaned closer and said, "This scoundrel is not Zhang Dechun's first child. He has two older brothers. The older one is called Mantou. Unfortunately, he was picked up by the kid in less than three days." Gone. His family thought that the steamed buns were not cheap enough, and the little devil also liked to eat steamed buns. The second one was nicknamed Goudan, who would never let the Goudan go. His family panicked and quietly gave it to him. The girl moved the grave, burned the paper, and performed a ritual ceremony, and now there is a third one, and this time his family is called a villain, and sure enough, the little devil is also afraid of the wicked, so the villain reluctantly stopped."

Speaking of this, Zhang Ergou's family was a little gloating. She gave birth to twin sons for Zhang's family as soon as she entered the door.Sister-in-law Tang observed her words, guessed her thoughts in her heart, and also held her by the side: "How can his family have the blessing of the second sister-in-law? The second sister-in-law has been hugged for three years since she first entered the house. The whole village is not as lucky as you. If I didn't I'm inconvenient, I must go to your house more to reap your blessings, maybe I can have a kid."

When Tangning heard this, she quietly left the house. He didn't want his stepmother to have a son.

Tang Ning walked slowly along the dirt road to the place where her second brother was fishing, while thinking about the gossip she had just heard. This piece of virtuousness is all about Chen Shimei. I thought it was a good thing when I saw Mr. Zhang talking the other day. set.This matter of the Zhang family should not be a secret in the village, but he hasn't heard anyone talk about it for so long, so he dared to talk about it privately because of Zhang Ergouzi's family's boldness and some contact with Zhang Dechun.It can be seen that Juren Jinshi and his like have an absolute status in this society. If he does not have that status, it is useless even if he has the Zhang family's handle.

Tang Ning sighed, no matter what, the Zhang family almost killed the second brother's life, injured his ear, almost broke the second brother's fingers. His family is neighbors, so he is not at ease no matter what he thinks.It seemed that he had to talk to his father about going to school as soon as possible.Originally, he wanted to tell his father after the year, but he didn't know that something happened to the second brother, so he wanted to stay and take care of the second brother.Now the second brother is fine, let's go to school after teaching the second brother the bow and crossbow.If the stepmother really gave birth to a son, things will change even more.