Chapter 126
Chapter 126
Originally, Zhao Caixing had a few shops in his hand, and they were all in good locations. Even though he didn't do business, he didn't have to worry about food and clothing just by renting.However, it is absolutely impossible to live the life of the second young master of the Zhao family.There is a saying that goes from being frugal to being extravagant, and from being extravagant to being simple. Although Zhao Caixing's status is quite unpopular, he was really raised with gold and silver in the Zhao family, and he has never suffered any hardships.
Now his life has suddenly plummeted. He has changed from a rich young master whom everyone fawns over to a half-crippled man. He still has to earn money to live on. When he meets the master he used to play with, he has to give way. This feeling makes Zhao Caixing more and more excited. Can't stand it.This kind of life made Zhao Caixing drunk all day long, wishing to hang a wine jar on his forehead, and bought beautiful maids and concubines to come back to have fun, get drunk and relieve all worries, regardless of his father who died less than a year ago of filial piety.I don't know if Mr. Zhao has a soul, seeing his son who has loved him all his life treat him like this, will he regret it in his heart.
Although Yongle Town is not big, Zhao Caixing didn't have a good reputation. First, he murdered his first brother, and then he didn't keep his father's filial piety. Except for poor relatives and friends who wanted to take advantage of him, no one wanted to associate with his family.When Zhao Caixing brought the Tang family back, as long as they were decent people in the town, they would stop posting messages to the Zhao family.
Zhao Caixing's wife's surname is Huang, and she is a girl from a teacher's family in the town.At the beginning, the old man married Huang to Zhao Caixing, who had long since lost his reputation, in order to pay for her elder brother's imperial examination fees.Tang's own mother-in-law has always looked down on her background, dislikes her as the daughter of a schoolteacher, and cannot help her son compete for the Zhao family's business.
The Huang family was settled by Mr. Zhao, but he wanted to marry a capable daughter-in-law for his beloved young son so that he could take care of him.However, Mr. Zhao himself has a great reputation for spoiling his concubines and destroying his wives. Looking at Zhao Caiqing, who is obviously a legitimate son but hides in the academy, people with a little background look down on Zhao Caixing.
As the saying goes, what kind of gourd is what kind of gourd, there is such a pair of parents, who is willing to marry a daughter into it, and doing such a business is a loss-making business at the sight of a discerning person.Mr. Zhao saw that he couldn't get married with a powerful in-law, so he simply found a famous one.
Huang's father is a scholar who has taught dozens of things, and her two brothers seem to be reading materials.Although there was no money in the family, she was well known, so Mr. Zhao spent a lot of money to hire her back as his daughter-in-law.It would be much more powerful for Zhao Caixing to inherit the Zhao family's business after Huang's brother won the election and became an official.
The plan was good, but the Huang family married and entered the door until the death of Mr. Zhao, and her two brothers were also wandering in the ranks of scholars.But the life of Huang's family became more and more difficult, and they often had to rely on Huang's married woman to make up for it.And Huang's belly is also disappointing. She gave birth to two daughters in a row, but never gave birth to a son.Mr. Zhao, who provoked him, regretted it all the time, and said that he had lost his sight.
Tang shi was already dissatisfied with Huang shi's daughter-in-law, and the Huang family's in-laws came to the door from time to time to fight the autumn wind. She felt that her son's face would be completely humiliated.She hasn't given birth to a grandson yet, otherwise, because Zhao Caiqing has no children, she can also trick the master to adopt the child, and she can also shut up the mouths of the people in the clan.
Coincidentally, the Tang family was originally a concubine, so they had no confidence in the Huang family, the daughter-in-law who was married by a bright matchmaker. In addition, Huang's original style of a scholar's family background had offended the Tang family even more indirectly.Tang shi has thought of divorced Huang shi several times, but unfortunately, Huang shi is usually cautious in things, the Huang family is in trouble, and there are three scholars in one school, even if they divorce her because they have no children, they still have to pay her a sum of money.
Tang shi was a little bit reluctant to part with the money, so he started to have crooked thoughts, and from time to time, he would stuff women for his son. They were all charming and flower-like women who immediately compared Huang shi to tofu dregs.And those concubines are all nameless, even if they have sons and daughters, they still have to look at Tang's eyes and live, one by one scrambling to be filial to Tang.
Because of her status as a concubine, the Tang surname could not hold her head up even if she was favored by Master Zhao.These concubines who are rushing to curry favor with her son are very useful, and often use them to suppress Huang Shi, hoping that Huang Shi can't make it through and go home.Even, with her support, some concubines framed and plotted against Huang, and she secretly contributed to it.
Huang's life at home was like her father's way of marrying her husband since she was a child. She was not too strong-tempered, and her life in Zhao's family was in dire straits and miserable.Fortunately, she really cared about her two daughters, and she supported her daughters, but lived in the Zhao family.Otherwise, for a woman who was divorced and returned to her natal family, her two daughters would be ruined.
Before Mr. Zhao passed away, the eldest daughter of the Huang family was married, and the younger daughter had made a deal with her. But when Mr. Zhao passed away, the younger daughter had to keep a filial piety. The family that the youngest daughter has arranged for is somewhat critical.
When the Tang family was picked up from the temple by Zhao Caixing, the family directly dismissed the marriage of Huang's youngest daughter because the Zhao family was too poor.An angry Mrs. Huang lay on the bed for half a month before getting out of bed. Still listening to her little daughter, she felt that Tang could not be so cheap. She insisted on supporting Zhao Caixing's cold eyes and built a small Buddhist hall to threaten Tang. If she didn't keep filial piety for Mr. Zhao in the Buddhist hall, she would have to go to the patriarch to find the patriarch in order to send the Tang family in.
But it also completely annoyed Zhao Caixing. He raised a concubine who gave birth to a son to the second wife, and directly took Huang's housekeeping rights to this concubine.As soon as Mrs. Huang got sick, she was about to die. Although Mrs. Tang was in the Buddhist hall, the concubine wanted to ask her for advice on all the big and small things in the mansion.
The Tang family hated the Huang family for letting her sit in the Buddhist hall every day, and ordered the concubine to add the opposite medicine to Huang's medicine, directly wanting Huang's life.The Huang family's youngest daughter is a formidable person. She has watched her mother suffer since she was a child, and she has resented and guarded against Tang family and Zhao Caixing for a long time. Tang family was caught by Huang's youngest daughter just like that.
Huang's youngest daughter directly took the evidence and went to the Zhao family. After Zhao Caixing found out, he scolded the youngest daughter as an unfilial daughter, but he couldn't really let his mother leave him alone. He took two shops to manage and coaxed the family The group of old people.
Huang's youngest daughter saw something wrong and hid back to her uncle's house. Unfortunately, both uncles are indifferent people who have nothing to do with themselves.Even when the little niece said that the Huang family was going to be harmed by the Tang family, she was always thinking about how to use this to go to the Zhao family to ask for money, and she had no intention of seeking justice for the Huang family.
Fu Wenrui had long thought of teaching these people a lesson for Zhao Yanxiu, and had sent someone to leave a message for Zhao Caixing's family earlier.Knowing these things from the servants, someone immediately contacted Huang's youngest daughter, promising to help her mother get justice, and also give her a sum of money to help her set up a female household, and ask her to send the evidence to Fu Wenrui Those who are not involved will go directly to the government to sue Zhao Caixing for murdering his first wife.
No matter how Zhao Caixing was, he was also the father of Huang's youngest daughter. Although it was not like the previous court who lost half his life without accepting the case, it was still very taboo in the patriarchal society.If Huang's youngest daughter does this, even if she seeks justice for Huang, she will not have a good life.
It would be best for Fu Wenrui to give her money and help her file a complaint.So, very soon, Zhao Caixing found out that he had been summoned to the yamen, and upon hearing that, the husband and wife who were in charge around Huang sued him for murdering Huang instead.Zhao Caixing naturally denied the murder charge.
Originally, he thought that he had been the county magistrate's brother-in-law for a few years. Although his sister was sent to Zhuangzi, she had some relationship in the Yamen.After giving away the money, he will be able to release it after a little bit of running up and down, and he doesn't feel too flustered.After all, Mrs. Huang is still alive and kicking there, and Mrs. Huang and his unmarried young daughter are in his hands.No matter how Zhao Caixing thought about it, he felt that Huang was trying to use this to threaten him and ask him to do something.
It wasn't until he was imprisoned by the yamen servants that he realized that something was wrong. When he was interrogated again, Zhao Caixing lost his determination at the beginning, and confessed to Tang when he saw that the county magistrate wanted to punish him.So, when Tang was caught in the Yamen, he found out that it was his son who had exposed her.
The Tang family is a concubine who murdered the Huang family, even if she was her own daughter-in-law, but for the law that pays attention to concubines.Her crime was very serious. Even if she was not sentenced to death, she was beaten with a killing stick and sentenced to exile for three thousand miles.She was not young anymore, she had already lost half of her life after being beaten up like this, and if she was going to be exiled in that barren land, she would die on the way.
Zhao Caixing told Tang to come out, but he was not released because of this.Instead, it was Mrs. Huang who, under the narration of her youngest daughter, handed over the He Li letter to the yamen.The county magistrate had already heard Fu Wenrui's words, and gave most of the Zhao family's property to the Huang family, saying that it was to make up for the Tang family's murder, and sentenced Zhao Caixing and the Huang family to death.
Holding her last breath, Huang set up a female household for her youngest daughter, left all the properties she got in her youngest daughter's name, and left.While Zhao Caixing was staying in prison, his concubines were all panicked, and they simply ran away with their children and Zhao family's money.
After Zhao Caixing was released from prison, only the last and most remote house remained in his family business.The house escaped a catastrophe because it was too far away, and no one took care of it.But also because it was too far away and couldn't sell for any price, Zhao Caixing had no money and his hands and feet were not good, so he had to rent the house and hired the cheapest house on North Street of Yongle Town to live in, relying on that house every day. Living on the rent of the house is very difficult.
At first, he wanted to find his children, but after Huang's youngest daughter buried her mother, she took the money and disappeared.In fact, Fu Wenrui arranged to live in another place.As for the other children, once the Huang family died, the eldest daughter of the Huang family wished to eat Zhao Caixing alive. Zhao Caixing came to the door and said only one sentence: the water thrown by the married daughter will never ask her to take care of her.He only gave a few taels of silver to save face, and didn't even show his face. Zhao Caixing was so angry that he wanted to throw away the silver and walk away.However, in the end, after looking at his shabby clothes, he still took the money and left without saying a word.
As for the other concubines who were married off, they even avoided seeing him.And he has a few bastards, but he doesn't like the two older wives. In the early years, he married them indiscriminately and sent them away. Now Zhao Caixing came to find them.The two sons would not drive him away, but the daughter-in-law kept her nose raised and her eyebrows raised all day long, and the food on the table became less and less every day, and she could count rice grains.
Zhao Caixing didn't dare to spend his father-in-law's money, so he could only stay at his son's house brazenly. He was really hungry, so he used the little money he had to buy pastries and ate them secretly in his room.Otherwise, if the daughter-in-law finds out, there will be another scene.However, Zhao Caixing, who has been rich and enjoyed most of his life, now has the eyes of others, and there is nothing he can do except cursing.
After listening to Fu Wenrui's words, Song Tiancai suddenly felt that Fu Wenrui was a little pleasing to the eye.Although Zhao Yanxiu didn't say anything, but for the person who indirectly killed his parents, knowing that Zhao Caixing was not doing well, it is undeniable that Zhao Yanxiu was still a little happy.
Fu Wenrui looked a little happier seeing Zhao Yanxiu, and Song Tiancai's smile was a little bit real, and he felt a little complacent in his heart.If it wasn't for Zhao Yanxiu's reluctance to admit that he would go home, Fu Wenrui wouldn't want to publicize that he was Zhao Yanxiu's uncle. He would definitely be able to change his name and teach Zhao Caixing a lesson, making him even worse than he is now.
Moreover, at the beginning, Zhao Caiqing and his wife had done so many good deeds and made friends with so many families, but the tea was cold, and when Zhao Caiqing and his wife left, leaving behind his little nephew and others, they all shrank their heads to live.If they knew that Zhao Yanxiu had such a great background after his death, they would regret it to death.
Hmph, but he is also very vengeful, and he has written down all these people.If they want to do business with the Fu family, let's see how he cheats these people, and calm down their dissatisfaction.
Fu Wenrui came to the Song family after making such a big battle, and the Song family village was getting news, so they hurried to the house to find out what happened.The Song family was coming to the Song family village, and when they saw Fu Wenrui, they were about to kneel down. Fu Wenrui sent someone to stop him quickly, and he knelt down when someone kneeled next to him, but with Zhao Yanxiu and Song Tiancai, Fu Wenrui didn't want to make himself feel like he was being bullied. People seem to be.
Bringing out your son's fan, Fu Wenrui opened his mouth and said to the Song family village: "Old man, you don't need to be too polite. I am Yan Xiu's uncle. I have heard that the Song family village is peaceful. I would like to thank the old man for taking care of Yan Xiu." One or two."
Song Tiancai really wanted to roll his eyes, could Fu Wenrui not show off his relationship with Yanxiu every day.Isn't he just an uncle?He is still a person who has not obtained an official title, so he can't wait to show off to everyone, even if he is backing up Yan Xiu, Song Tiancai still feels a little uncomfortable, there is always a feeling of being robbed of his sweetheart.
When Song Family Village heard this, he was shocked. He only knew that Zhao Yanxiu was the only son of Song Tiancai's wife, and Song Tiancai's wife was a Juren.But that's just listening, after all, Zhao Yanxiu came to Songjia Village, except for eating better and dressing better, he didn't show the slightest bit about him as an official son.
It turned out that they all said that both of Zhao Yanxiu's parents died, even though his father was a juren before, but after all he was only half an official, and he was gone.Zhao Yanxiu was kicked out by his family's fight for profit. At most, he had some money in his hands, so he could live better than others. He didn't expect Zhao Yanxiu's mother's relatives to be so powerful.It's no wonder that the Song family moved to a prosperous area like Quanzhou in just two or three years. It turns out that they have such a big backer.
The Song family village said honestly, this boy from the Song family is really lucky, he has such a great luck by making a contract with his brothers.From now on, even Song Xiaobao will be blessed by Zhao Yanxiu, but the Song family is well, and these old folks will be more glorious.
After a few words of politeness with Fu Wenrui, the Song Family Village decided not to stay any longer and went back.However, within a short time, the latest news from the Song family came out. Zhao Yanxiu had an uncle who was a high-ranking official, and Zhao Yanxiu was still very close to him. Come on in the open.
At noon, Lin Xiaoman was in charge and cooked a table full of dishes to entertain Fu Wenrui.I was deeply afraid that Fu Wenrui, a high-ranking official, would not get used to it and would cause trouble for Song Tiancai and the others.The elders of the Song family also became cautious. Chen Guizhi was holding Song Xiaobao in the back to eat. Song Dashan was really nervous on the table and held back for a long time. It was Song Tiancai who asked him to go and see Chen Guizhi, which made Song Dashan get off the table in relief.
Fu Wenrui felt a bitter face seeing the second elder of the Song family like this. He really didn't come to the Song family to show off, or he just took care of Zhao Caixing.In addition, his subordinates once told him that everyone in the Song family village said that Zhao Yanxiu was a down-and-out son, which made Fu Wenrui very unhappy, so he put on his official authority to support Zhao Yanxiu.Unexpectedly, his prestige came, but he also frightened the two elders of the Song family, and it was not proper to do this.
After lunch, Fu Wenrui and Zhao Yanxiu discussed the anniversary of the death of Zhao Caiqing and his wife.Fu Wenrui is a local tyrant, and he is really grateful to Zhao Caiqing and his wife who raised his nephew.Therefore, according to his opinion, it is best to repair the grave for Zhao Caiqing and his wife.
Zhao Yanxiu was not happy, his parents had already been buried, so he didn't want anyone to disturb them.Tell Fu Wenrui this meaning, Fu Wenrui can't force it, he can only make up his mind on the third anniversary of the death, and it is bound to make the death day grand.
Song Tiancai also put forward his opinions, and the three of them discussed for a long time before discussing it.However, Zhao Caiqing and his wife entered the Zhao family's ancestral grave after all, and Zhao Caiqing and his wife adopted a male from the Zhao family as their son.The third anniversary ceremony also had to go through the Zhao family.
Fu Wenrui didn't have much affection for the Zhao family, but he also knew that even Zhao Yanxiu was an outsider of the Zhao family.For these clansmen, they should not offend too much. In the future, only the adopted children of Zhao Caiqing in that clan can justly offer incense to Zhao Caiqing and his wife.
Fu Wenrui has already found out that the adopted child is still a good child, and the child's biological parents have two sons, and they are still concerned about their reputation.He had already gone to the Zhao family to say hello, saying that Zhao Caiqing had an old friend with him, and he must take care of Zhao Caiqing's descendants.In this way, the child who adopts Zhao Caiqing as his son can also keep seven or eight points of the property, so he can be regarded as leaving incense for Zhao Caiqing and his wife.
After discussing the matter, Fu Wenrui wanted to sleep in the Song family's place because of his urination, but was stabbed by Song Tiancai, who really couldn't see it, and Fu Wenrui reluctantly went back to live in the house in the town.As soon as Fu Wenrui left, Song Dahai and Wan Shi came over with their little grandson in their arms.
It was nothing more than another question. The two elders of the Song family didn't know much about Fu Wenrui. They only knew that Fu Wenrui was Zhao Yanxiu's relative, and that he was extremely rich and capable as a big businessman.But what happened today confuses them. It turns out that a businessman can also be a high-ranking official.When Wan Shi came to chat with Chen Guizhi, Chen Guizhi still hadn't recovered.
When Gouzi was studying in the town, he usually came back in Song Niutou's bullock cart with several other children in the village.These families who sent their children to the town have agreed with Song Niutou to pay three Wen a day to help pick up and drop off these children.
Gouzi didn't come back two days ago and stayed at Liu Kunwu's house for two nights.The weather was hot these days, Lin Xiaoman felt sorry for Gou Zi, who ran around and got tanned quite a bit.It happened that the master was on vacation, and Dasuo and Xiaosuo invited Gouzi to play at their house. Chen Dashi and Lin Xiaoman didn't agree, so they packed up their things and sent Gouzi to live for a few days.
Just when they were about to pick up the dog, the Song family came back. Chen Dashi and Lin Xiaomanguang were busy with the Song family's affairs, but they couldn't spare any time. It happened that Song Tianjin was resting, and Song Taozi wanted to go back to her mother's house, so they took the dog together. Sent it back.
Song Xiaobao was playing alone in the yard, Lin Xiaoman was a hard worker, not only farming the fields, but also raising a lot of poultry.Even the sheep were raised, Song Xiaobao had nothing to do, so he went to the sheepfold to play on the sheep.After being scolded by Chen Guizhi, he got angry for a while, and was coaxed by Lin Xiaoman's snacks, and chased the geese in the yard by himself.
Those geese were also very fierce. Seeing Song Xiaobao's strange eyes, they stared at him and chased him several times at first, trying to bite him, scaring Song Xiaobao to the point of crying.Although, later, the goose was chased away by the second elder of the Song family, but Song Tiancai, the unscrupulous father, laughed about it for a long time.Song Xiaobao laughed so much that he was very embarrassed, so he confronted these geese, at first he just threw a stone to scare them, and then, finding that these geese were not so scary, he picked up a small stick and said nothing. Chasing geese and running is a shameful act.
Gouzi saw Song Xiaobao as soon as he entered the door, and Gouzi remembered this playmate and little brother very clearly.Although Song Xiaobao has grown taller and gained more flesh, the general shape of his face has not changed.And these days, even though Song Xiaobao went to Quanzhou, they still exchanged letters.
Song Xiaobao's ghost painting talisman, although Song Tiancai can't see anything famous, but Gouzi feels that Song Xiaobao is remembering him.He kept those letters one by one and put them in the cabinet. Now when he sees Song Xiaobao, Gouzi is immediately happy.
Seeing Gouzi, Song Xiaobao first tilted his head, thought for a while, and finally said slowly, "Brother Gouzi?" Don't expect a four-year-old child's memory to be so good, Song Xiaobao can call Gouzi now. The sound came from the two elders of the Song family who talked about it every day these days.
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