The Little First Grand Secretary in My House

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This leftover food is for Heizi. This is how dogs are raised in the countryside. The owner eats dry food and the dog drinks water. When the owner eats water, the dog usually goes hungry. The native dogs in the countryside are used to starving, but Zhao'er is usually very fond of Heizi, so he always wants to feed it, regardless of whether it's good or bad.

Occasionally there are extra meals, but of course these are invisible to people.

Anyway, Mrs. Zhao saw Zhao'er picking food from her pig's mouth and feeding it to the dog!

When she walked out of the main room and saw this scene, her old face immediately dropped, and she didn't see her scolding Zhao'er. He stood in front of the door and yelled in the direction of the kitchen: I asked you to feed the pigs. It's better for you to feed the food into the dog's mouth. Such a big man can't bear the weight of his shit, so it's not enough to eat for nothing.

This obviously refers to Sang Shuhuai.

Mrs. Zhou didn't speak in the kitchen. Tao'er, who was sweeping the yard, raised her head and glanced at Grandma. She endured it and continued to sweep the yard. Ms. Zhao didn't mention her by name, so who knows who she was scolding. If she stepped forward to interrupt, the target would be diverted and she would be scolded bloody.

These are all lessons learned from experience.

As soon as Zhao'er walked to the courtyard gate, she heard such a scolding. She didn't show any weakness. She turned around and looked at Zhao with a smile: Grandma, are you scolding the third aunt? If you are scolding the third aunt, the third aunt will be scolded. But it's too unfair. If you want to scold you, you should scold me too. I scooped up this leftover rice and planned to give it to Heizi. I didn't think it was easy for Heizi, so I would bring a rabbit to my house every now and then. You said we should You can’t do something where you want the cows to work without letting them eat grass, don’t you think?”

Mrs. Zhao glared at Zhao'er angrily. She knew that this girl was not a light-hearted person, so she scolded Mrs. Zhou. Unexpectedly, she did it herself. Just as he was about to say something, one of the women who passed by the courtyard door smiled and said, I see the Lian Xing family is so energetic so early in the morning.

Someone next to me interjected: Don't mention it yet, Ren Zhao'er is right. How can you let a cow work without letting it eat grass?

That's right, Lian Xing's is about the same. Everyone in the village doesn't like this big black dog of yours. At this time, there is a rabbit shortage in the wild, and it can catch rabbits. It's such a dexterous beast. Normally, In summer and autumn, voles, wild rabbits, pheasants, and pheasants are often brought home and brought back even if they are not eaten. If you don't like this sunspot, give it to our family, but your trustworthy uncle has already taken a liking to the sunspot.

The person who made the family prosperous one after another was an aunt of Mr. Xue, known as Auntie Auntie. Although she is more than ten years younger than Zhao, she has a higher seniority.

There are more than 200 households in Yuqing Village, with Xue and Zheng as their common surnames, and a dozen other households with mixed surnames. Since they all have the same surname, it is inevitable that every household is related to each other, and some relationships can extend beyond the five realms. But a kiss is a kiss, and if you are younger than someone else, you have to be respectful, so this trustworthy aunt talks like an elder giving advice to a younger person.

Mrs. Zhao was greatly troubled by these words. Regardless of whether she was scolding or not, she was really reluctant to give up her black child to others. As these people said, Heizi always brought some wild animals into his house. No matter how big or small he was, he always had meat in his mouth. It was not easy for country people to eat meat in their mouth.

She kept a straight face and said nothing, but she said the trick in front of the door: Grandma Qi, this is not okay. Heizi is my lifeblood. If you take away my lifeblood, I can't live anymore.

She smiled as she spoke and made witty remarks. She immediately made the trustworthy aunt burst into laughter. She pointed at her little by little and said to others: Look at this naughty girl, there is nothing wrong with her. You're welcome. Okay, okay, Grandma Qi doesn't want you as a dog, otherwise it will take away the lifeblood of my Zhao'er.

After chatting and joking, Zhao'er sent these women away with a smile, then turned back to feed Heizi.

Mrs. Zhao glared at her and turned around to enter the house. As soon as she raised her feet, she heard someone calling her from behind.

Mom, why are you standing here?

But it was Zhao's eldest daughter Xue Cuiping who came back.

Xue Cuiping looks 60% like Zhao, but she has big almond eyes. She was in her twenties, wearing a blue floral jacket that had been washed white, and a pair of red wide-leg trousers underneath. She was holding a bamboo basket in her hand, which was covered with a layer of cloth. It was impossible to see what was inside, and she was looking at Zhao in confusion.

This really means that Cao Cao is about to arrive. The old man told him before that Zhao was planning to send someone to Shangshui Village to report the news. This saves trouble.

The mother and daughter walked into the house while talking, and soon disappeared behind the curtain of the main room door.

Zhao'er squatted there and watched Heizi eating, touching its big head with his hand, but he was a little curious about how his aunt came back in time for the busy farming season.

*

This is not okay, mother, you are asking someone to poke my spine! In the main room, Xue Cuiping stood up after listening to Zhao's words.

Mrs. Zhao hurriedly stretched out her hand to pull her, and at the same time gestured to ask her to keep her voice down so that no one could hear her.

Why, it won't work. You are Gouzi's biological aunt, and you also kiss the youngest and the second child. If this family says who the child is willing to listen to, he will probably listen to you.

What Zhao said is true. Xue Cuiping has been close to her second child, Xue Qingsong, since she was a child. She and Qiu were also on good terms when they were not married. She hugged Xue Gouzi a lot when he was born.

Xue Gouzi has been shy and reserved since he was a child. After his second wife left, he has become even more silent and gloomy. He often goes without saying a word to him for ten days and a half. Among the Xue family members, he is the closest to his aunt Xue Cuiping.

But... Xue Cuiping looked embarrassed, secretly thinking that she shouldn't have come back this time. She never expected that she would end up in such a situation before she could finish her work back at her parents' home.

Don't forget, your eldest brother didn't care about your expenses when your son came to our private school. Now your eldest brother needs your help, why do you want to ignore it? If you are talented, your eldest brother will be fine. If Dafang is promising, can he still make you suffer?

Mom, why don't you tell Gouzi yourself!

Mrs. Zhao has never been a patient person. She can speak so gently because Xue Cuiping is her daughter. Seeing her daughter resisting in this way and poking at her heart with words, she immediately exploded: If your mother can go and tell him, is there any need for you? Can your mother say this? Can you say it? If you let outsiders You know, what’s going on?”

Xue Cuiping was already irritated about her husband's family affairs. When she saw her mother scolding her, she immediately became angry: If a whole family like him doesn't go, how can I be an outsider and ask me to be such a bad person? Even if outsiders find out, it's okay. I’m not a good aunt, my second brother’s whole family is dead, why are you going to force a child?!”

Seeing that her daughter's voice was getting louder, Mrs. Zhao was afraid that someone would hear her, so she pulled her hard and scolded: Are you afraid that others won't hear you?

Naturally, Xue Cuiping didn't want to fall out with her mother, so she muttered unwillingly: Let me tell you, it's not your and your father's business to take care of this matter. Let your eldest brother or sister-in-law handle the affairs of your eldest brother's house. All the bad things are done by others. , their family is clean, there is such a thing!

Why are you talking about your eldest brother? Your eldest brother is a scholar and wants to be decent. Besides, he is too ashamed to do such a thing.

Xue Cuiping opened her lips and pressed down her words.

If you really felt guilty for your second brother, would you still cause such a fuss? In fact, over the years, Xue Cuiping has also seen through this eldest brother's character. If her sister-in-law is a smiling tiger, her eldest brother is not a good person either. All the bad things are done by others. It is obvious that their family has benefited, but he still pretends to be innocent.

But so what, she was a married woman after all, and she couldn't shake her parents' deep-rooted respect for her eldest brother. As long as this emphasis is not broken, the big house will always be the first priority in the family. In particular, she also had her own selfish motives and her own compulsions, so even if she knew clearly about some things that had happened in her family in the past two years, she could only ignore her conscience and ignore them.

She pushed up the hair that had fallen on her cheeks and said, Mom, let's not talk about it for now. I came back this time to borrow some wheat seeds. You also know that my mother-in-law was sick. She was in a hurry to raise money last year. No money for medicine, no seeds left...

Before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by Mrs. Zhao.

Mrs. Zhao slapped her hard twice: Here you come to borrow wheat seeds again. Do you think your natal family has gold and silver? Why would the sons of the Liu family let you, the daughter-in-law, come back to poach your natal family!?

mother……

Those head-cutting things in the Liu family, a house full of losers, a bunch of incompetent bastards, who can't even feed a mother-in-law... Mrs. Zhao cursed, seeing Xue Cuiping crying, she hated the iron and beat her again. She said twice: Go and deal with the dog thing, and mother will give you wheat seeds.

mother……

Go quickly, don't leave any ink marks.

*

When he heard that his aunt was back, Xue Gouzi felt a sense of fate in his heart.

Later, when Xue Cuiping opened the door curtain and walked in with a smile, he surprisingly didn't feel sad at all.

When Xue Cuiping was talking, Xue Gouzi was not actually listening. He was just thinking about all the strange things in and out of dreams.

Xue Tingyan also experienced something like this back then. Ever since his parents passed away one after another, he had resentment towards the Xue family in his heart. And these resentments accumulated little by little due to Dafang's hypocrisy and the acquiescence of his family members. Until this time, he still had the last bit of hope in his heart, but when even his closest aunt stood on the opposite side, he collapsed in complete despair. He changed his earlier silence and chose to explode.

In fact, what Dafang and even the Xue family were waiting for was his outburst. As long as he brings this up, countless big hats will be slapped on his head. He had no ability to resist, and these people were all his elders, so all his anger and unwillingness were strangled to death in his infancy.

This time, what happened in the dream happened again, what should he do?

Xue Cuiping's mouth was still opening and closing, and it could be seen that she felt a little guilty in front of this pale and frail nephew. But these guilty consciences were hidden behind her constantly opening and closing mouth. Xue Gouzi's eyes were indifferent, but there was someone next to him who couldn't help it.

Zhao'er's face looked ugly, but he still forced a smile: Auntie, you see that the dog has been ill for many days, and he is just feeling better now. He is not in good spirits. If you have anything to say, let's talk about it later.

In fact, Zhao'er knew that this day would come sooner or later, otherwise she wouldn't have been working so hard to make money recently. But when the ill will between relatives came closer and closer, and it was his own little man who was pressing hard, Zhao'er couldn't ignore it.

She knew that it was her loved ones who hurt the most, and she had suffered this kind of pain. When her mother left, she promised her that she would take good care of the little man. She swore an oath.

At this moment, there was a sharp light in Zhao'er's eyes, which was a sign that the female beast was about to go crazy.

Xue Cuiping was frightened by what Zhao'er saw in her eyes. She shook her head subconsciously and smiled uncomfortably. She couldn't believe that a girl's eyes could be so scary.

Zhao'er, aunt is trying to enlighten the dog. Aunt is also doing it for the good of the dog and the good of this family...

Auntie. Suddenly, Xue Gouzi spoke.

Interrupting Xue Cuiping's words also interrupted Zhao'er's explosion at the critical point.

Xue Cuiping hurriedly turned to look at him: Gou, my aunt is telling you...

Auntie, I didn't understand what you said for a long time. What should the family's wishes come first? What about Kong Rong giving in to pears? What does eldest brother need me to give in to? Auntie, you don't know that eldest brother has everything. Grandpa and grandpa. His uncle and aunt also loved him. They picked up pens, inks, paper and inkstones. Every time he used paper to practice calligraphy, I could only use branches to write on the sand. The paper I occasionally used was the lowest quality from Zhaoer. The rice paper is printed with ink droplets.

My eldest brother has many books, but I only have one, Young Learning Qionglin, which I bought when my father worked as a carpenter outside for several months. I know that I am not as good at reading as my eldest brother, and my handwriting is not as good as his. So I don’t dare to ask to be like him. I don’t have anything, and I really don’t know what I can give to my eldest brother.”

Xue Gouzi's eyes were bright, with a kind of incomprehension and doubt that he didn't understand the world. The envy in his expression implied inferiority, and the inferiority was also mixed with a bit of sadness.

Especially when he was just recovering from a serious illness, his face was pale, and he was so thin that only a handful of bones were left. Saying such words really made the sad people cry.

These words left Xue Cuiping speechless. She felt distressed and ashamed. She felt that she would not be able to see her second brother and sister-in-law even if she died. But the situation at home is imminent. There are no seeds during spring plowing, and the wheat seedlings are not cultivated in time. If we miss this season, the whole family will be hungry this year.

She suddenly became heartbroken, licked her lips and said, Auntie is talking about going to the school in the town. You see, your talented brother is better at studying than you. He is at a critical moment. You, as the younger brother, should give in. Anyway, you are one year younger than him, so it won’t be too late to go next year.”

Zhao'er turned around suddenly and picked up the stick behind the door.

At this moment, Xue Gouzi spoke again: Why let me go? Isn't it my turn to go? Did the uncle ask you to come? Has he forgotten what he promised my father before he died? It turns out that the uncle said Treating me as your own son is all a lie...

Zhao'er didn't finish the rest of the words, and Shen Ping also understood.

He laughed, but he actually appreciated Zhao'er's frankness in not wanting to take advantage of others: These were resold to garment shops or embroidery workshops, and the price was the same. Regardless of the large quantity, in fact, there are only a few good pieces that can be sold for a high price. They have been picked out long ago.

Zhao'er thought about it. The people in the county naturally have different opinions than the people in the country, let alone a big pawn shop like this. What they think is not good is actually good for the people in the country to see.

She breathed a sigh of relief and said, I want this package of clothes from Shopkeeper Shen, and I'll give you the money right now.

Are you rich now?

Of course she has money, Zhao'er now has more than two taels of silver in total, and Su Lan just gave her another five taels, which is naturally enough.

At the same time, Shen Ping laughed a little, Well, I forgot that you came here to see her. She wouldn't take advantage of me. The words were very low, almost murmuring, and Zhao'er only cared. I had to look at the clothes and didn't hear clearly.

I'll find a guy to call a car for you. Even a little girl like you can't transport these things.

Thank you, Shopkeeper Shen.

After sending Zhao'er away, Shen Ping turned around and entered the pawn shop.

Although he is named the third shopkeeper, he is not the third shopkeeper of this store, but the third shopkeeper of the entire 'He Rongsheng'. It is only at his deliberate request that he will be permanently stationed in Xia County.

Shen Ping is a son of the Shen family. His father is the chief manager of the Shen Mansion, and he has been working with the third young master Shen Fu as a boy since he was a child. When he reached adulthood, he was released and became a shopkeeper.

If she comes again next time, just do as I told you before.

Yes, shopkeeper.

*

Just after noon, the waiter Ah Cai came to deliver food to Xue Tingyan.

Boss Chen said it was a simple meal, but in fact the food was not bad, with meat and vegetables, and a soup. Xue Tingyan knew that Boss Chen was taking care of him deliberately. How could anyone hire someone to copy books and take care of tea and meals, and the wages they paid were not low.

It was because he knew in his heart that he didn't refuse verbally. In this case, refusing still preserved his character, but it seemed too petty and pretentious.

It can only be repayment in the future, Xue Tingyan thought lightly in her heart.

After eating, when the waiter came to clear away the dishes, he said he could rest for an hour. There is a royal couch available in this room. Of course, you can also go to the front and read a book to pass the time.

In fact, the last sentence is the key point. Xue Tingyan was not pretentious. After cleaning her hands, she went forward.

This store may not seem big, but it has a lot of books of all kinds, ranging from rural novels to books about the imperial examinations. Among them, there are many books about the imperial examinations.

Starting from the previous dynasty, the eight-legged essay was used as the standard style for imperial examinations. The regulations were strict and even restricted the length of sentences, the number of words, the rhyme and rhyme, and even the range of topics.

The title of the eight-part essay comes from the Four Books and Five Classics. It consists of eight parts: breaking the topic, carrying the topic, starting, starting, starting the part, middle part, back part, and closing part. It seems rigid and rigid, but in fact it is not easy to write a good eight-part essay. If you really think that just reading the Four Books and Five Classics is enough, you are wrong. Not only do you need to know astronomy and geography, but you must at least be involved in all aspects before you can write a good article that is full of flowers and colorful and meaningful.