Tranquility

The sound of cicadas chirping, the scorching sun.

In the blink of an eye, Tangning has been mourning for a year.

In Lu's residence and Tangning's study, bamboo curtains cover the doors and windows, blocking the glare of the sun outside.

"I heard that Auntie Zhao and Mrs. Zhao are about to leave. I'm still in Xiaozhong, so I can't come forward. You can transfer 30 taels of silver from my account to make money for them. Brother Jin will have to take care of their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law along the way."

"Zi'an why be so polite, Jinhe is also my good friend, and it is right to escort his family. Besides, along the way, I can also stop by to see where we can open a branch."

A few days ago, after Tang Yun saw that the shop was on track, no matter how the Tangning brothers tried to persuade him, he finally left and went to the south.

After Tang Yun left, Jin Yongfu took over the management of the shop and paid Tangning regularly.

Last year, Fu Jiayan won the second-class 56 in the scientific examination, and was awarded the seventh-rank Ministry of Industry.The Fu family is not considered a big family in the northwest, most of the clan members are small officials and officials, the biggest official is only a Tongzhi from the fifth rank, who is Fu Jiayan's grandfather.

The Fu family seems to be very realistic. Generally, after being admitted to Juren or scholar, they will take the initiative to become an official after they feel that they have no successors. It doesn't matter what the official position is, even if it is just a teacher in a remote county, as long as they are officials, they will take up the post.Therefore, there are many people in the Fu family who are officials, and they are not very old. Therefore, compared with officials of the same age and class, their qualifications and connections are among the best.Although they are all low-level officials, their huge network of relationships should not be underestimated, and sometimes the kid is even more difficult to deal with.

Fu Jiayan was the only child of the third generation of his family who passed the Jinshi examination, so the family found him a post in the Ministry of Industry, which was like a post with experience and easy promotion.

Zhao Qian won the 77th place in the second class, and the teacher gave him the word, Jinhe, and was assigned to Quyang County as the county magistrate.Quyang County is located in the neighboring Weihai Province, ten days away from Cangping County.

Originally, Zhao Qian planned to go alone, but his old mother insisted on getting him a good concubine to take care of him. The reason was that Zhao Qian had only one son, and Zhao Qian's wife had to stay at home to serve his mother-in-law and manage the housework. The Zhao family was originally a single heir of three generations. , For the sake of heirs, it seems natural to take a concubine and spread the branches.

Zhao Qian is the purest ancient man, and in his eyes right and wrong are the most clear in black and white, but the education of the ancients did not say that it is wrong to take concubines. Zhao Qian believes that it is right for women to obey the four virtues and take the initiative to take concubines for their husbands. It was my mother's request, and it is most correct for him to be filial to his mother.

Although Zhao Qian's wife, Zhao Wu Shi, was not reconciled, but her arms couldn't twist her thighs, she had to take an orphan girl as a concubine.

Unexpectedly, in less than half a year, the concubine was pregnant, and now the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law couldn't sit still. Zhao's mother was worried that no one would take care of the pregnant woman, and Zhao Wu's was worried that the concubine would give birth to a son to win her husband's heart .

Zhao's mother originally wanted her daughter-in-law to stay at home and take care of the concubine's childbirth, but Zhao Wu's life and death disagreed, and the two quarreled a few times and finally decided to leave the family together.It's just that the two of them are women and Taoists, and they haven't even been out of the county, so how can they talk about traveling far away.So they went to Tangning according to Zhao Qian's instructions, and Tangning asked Jin Yongfu for help.

Tangning didn't approve of Zhao Qian's concubinage. His family was already at odds with his mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, but now there was another one. Three women in one drama, Zhao Qian's backyard would become lively in the future.

"Brother Jin, after you see Jinhe, please persuade him more. The family is in harmony and everything is going well. If you don't sweep a house, how can you sweep the world? His backyard is really messed up."

Jin Yongfu didn't take it seriously, "He only has one wife and one concubine in his backyard. If he is a mess, wouldn't there be a war in my backyard?"

Tangning was speechless. She looked at Jin Yongfu and sighed. If she told him about monogamy, it would definitely not work, so she had to change it.

"Whether the backyard is peaceful does not depend on the number of wives and concubines, but on whether there are rules. Although it is said behind the scenes that the length of a person is not a gentleman, but Jinhe is my friend, I have to worry about him. Aunt Zhao came from a humble background and did not know those wives and concubines. Rules. Just say that this time, if the concubine is pregnant, the wife should arrange for someone to take care of her. Where does the mother-in-law need to take care of herself? Isn’t this messing with the dignity of wives and concubines? Sincere and straightforward, he has offended many people within less than a year of taking office. If someone with a heart catches him and accuses him of spoiling his concubine and destroying his wife, I'm afraid his official position will be lost."

Jin Yongfu straightened his face when he heard this, "What Zi'an said is that Jin and He Chuang studied hard for more than ten years before they are today. If you say that I lost my fame, I did it on my own. If he loses his official position because of a fire in the backyard, it is really wronged." Don't worry, Zi'an, when he arrives in Quyang, I will definitely persuade him to clean up the housework."

Tang Ning looked at Jin Yongfu's face in a blink of an eye, and sighed again in his heart. He thought that opening a shop with Jin Yongfu would give him hope and make him more energetic. Now it seems that he is suitable to be a businessman It doesn't mean that he likes to do business, although he still smiles at people as before, but he still shows some concerns in front of his old friend.

It's just that he can't persuade him about this kind of thing, he can only rely on Jin Yongfu to figure it out on his own. He was about to change the topic when he saw a young man poking his head outside, so he asked casually, "What's going on outside?"

After hearing the inquiry, the young man came in and handed over a letter, "It is said that he is a servant of the Shu family in Qi County."

When Tang Ning heard about the Shu family in Yizhou, she knew what was going on. She opened the letter and looked at the ten lines. She couldn't help frowning.

Jin Yongfu looked at his expression and asked, "But what happened?"

Tangning handed the letter to him, then instructed the servant, "Call the young master to me."

Over there, Jin Yongfu read the letter and slapped it on the table, "It's ridiculous, how can there be such a reason in the world, when my own child died, I only remembered the bastard who had been sold for eight years. What did I do?"

"The letter didn't say it was sold, but was abducted and sold by servants. I remember that it was clearly written on the deed of sale that Tao Ping sold his own son. Later, when I applied for household registration, the government left me with the deed of sale. But I changed Hongyu back to his original name and put it under my account. Hongyu is a descendant of the Shu family and cannot be changed. If it can’t be proved that the Shu family sold the child, Hongyu will definitely return to the Shu family."

"I'm not going to Shu's house!" Before the words finished, the bamboo curtain moved slightly, and a jade-colored figure flashed in.

Although Shu Hongyu was only 13 years old, he was not much shorter than Tangning, probably because he studied martial arts and medicine.

However, at this moment, he just greeted Tangning in a hurry, grabbed the letter on the table, and quickly glanced at it.

Without waiting for everyone's reaction, he slapped the letter back on the table again, turned around and stared at the boy with fierce eyes,

"Tell the Shu family, let me recognize my ancestors and return to my ancestors, don't even think about it!"

The boy was instantly killed by Shu Hongyu's aura, so he ignored Tangning and hurried out to reply.

Tangning smiled wryly. Shu Hongyu was usually the most gentle and introverted, but today he suddenly let go of his arrogance. He really didn't want to have anything to do with the Shu family.

After Shu Hongyu finished showing off his power, seeing Tangning, his expression turned apprehensive again, "Third Brother."

Tangning waved her hand, "If you don't want to go back, no one will be able to force you to go back. It's just that you can't be as impulsive as before. If people are soft, we have to be polite."

Jin Yongfu watched the play for a long time, and at this time he also volunteered: "I have many relatives and friends in Qi County, why don't I go and find out what happened to the Shu family, so we can be prepared."

"Alright, please trouble me, Brother Jin."

The matter was over, and Tangning only mentioned it to Dr. Lu and Mr. Cheng during the meal. The two had already made up their minds to retire and take care of their children, and let Tangning and Shu Hongyu figure it out.

Qi County is very close to Cangping County, within a few days, Jin Yongfu brought news.

"The Shu family is a well-known literary heir in Qi County. Because the family is not prosperous and the ancestral property is rich, although no one has become an official, but there is no prodigal son. They can often raise someone to support the family. Hongyu's father, Shu Yun, is a Juren birth.

Several generations of the Shu family have been charitable and generous, leading a very prosperous and happy life.It's a pity that in Hongyu's father's generation, the family married a tigress with an extremely mean and domineering temperament. He only gave birth to a son, but he refused to let his concubine have one. When the eldest son was eight years old, he secretly gave birth to a second son, Shu Hongyu.

Because of Shu Hongyu, the relationship between Shu Yun and his wife Mao was getting worse and worse. He was already in poor health, and his wife vomited blood several times in anger. He passed away eight years ago.

As you know, Mrs. Mao found the old housekeeper of the Shu family and sold Shu Hongyu in the name of his nephew. "

Speaking of this, Jin Yongfu took a sip of tea, glanced at Tangning, and saw Tangning urging him to continue with his eyes, and then smiled gloatingly.

"Shu Yun's first wife, Mao Shi, is also ignorant, she dotes on her only son extremely, and taught her son to become a prodigal son who can eat, drink, whore and gamble.

They are orphans and widows, their mother-in-law is mean, their sons are worthless, and families with better conditions are unwilling to marry their daughters into it.In the end, only one family was greedy for the dowry gift from the Shu family, and married the orphaned cousin who lived in his house.

The cousin looks ordinary, so the Shu family's son-in-law naturally looked down on her. Later, she was abducted by dubious people in the clan to be attracted to men, and she fooled around outside all day long.We've been married for three years, and we haven't even seen a child. "

Currently, Tangning doesn't like to hear the word masculine, so the corners of her eyes twitched, "Get to the point."

"Hey, no, that kid was played by a fairy dance a few days ago. He didn't have enough money on him, and he was so stupid that he just wanted to run away. It was night and he accidentally fell into the river. I heard that the kid was as fat as a pig. , fell into the river and did not climb up.

The group of people who played the fairy dance saw the life, packed up their things and ran away overnight.The Shu family searched for several days, and when the man was brought up, the body was soaked to pieces.

This is good, there are only two widows left in the Shu family to guard a large family property, and the other members of the Shu family are not biting like flies when they see fat, and they are almost killing their own sons in order to adopt them.It's just that the members of the Shu family are not prosperous, and the youngest child in the family is ten years old. How could the Shu family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law agree to adopt him?

Fortunately, Luo Shi, the daughter-in-law there, is a scheming person, and she can still coax her mother-in-law to please her after three years of having nothing to do.

Although Hongyu is 13 years old and has a grudge against the Shu family, it will take several years for him to start a family and start a business. It is better than adopting an heir with both parents and losing his family property immediately. It is clear that the crime of not being filial to the aunt's mother is a second-class crime for the concubine. With the Mao family, are you afraid that you will not be able to handle him?Really good plan. "

Tangning sneered, "Hongyu seldom goes out, how did they find Hongyu?"

"Ask the person from the original tooth shop and you will find out. It has only been eight years since the incident. I still remember that the owner of Tongfeng Dental Shop is Yao Qianshu, a cash cow. I remember it very well. That person looked like he was blind to money. .Besides, when we bought Hongyu back then, our posture was a bit bigger, and Zian’s appearance, once seen, he will never forget, and it’s hard for him not to remember.”

Tangning's face darkened, and she was about to speak when she saw a servant rushing into the door in a panic.

"Master, it's not good, you have been sued!"