After being drunk, I don’t know that the sky is in the water, and the boat is full of clear dreams that overwhelm the stars.
Under the mist in the morning, two large ships were sailing on the canal. Last night, the starry sky was so dense that it seemed like daytime. People couldn't help but fall asleep for a long time, and had good dreams until dawn.
Since Mrs. Zheng's death, Mrs. Zheng's body has been preserved with ice. When her father-in-law comes back, she will be carried to her hometown for burial. During the period of mourning, husband and wife were not allowed to have the same room. Lishu was resting alone with her two sons. They were both still young and it was their first time traveling far away. She was very worried.
Looking around, she felt that the river was endless. She took a deep breath and returned to the room to sit down.
The two children were already sitting at the table. There was breakfast on the table. Lishu apologized and said, "Mother, I don't know that you are all hungry. Come on, let's eat it together now."
Brother Qi is five years old this year. Although he doesn't get along well with his great-grandmother, he is even more familiar with Mrs. Liu, because when he was studying in the Liu family, he often had meals with Mr. Fu or Mrs. Liu at noon. But when Mrs. Zheng passed away, he could think of the great-grandmother who secretly stuffed candy into his mouth, and he cried sadly.
Brother Shu is still young. He doesn't understand what a dead person is, nor does he understand the sadness of separation.
Therefore, there are two little brothers, one is sleepy and the other is very lively.
Lishu comforted Qi Geer: "My parents are responsible for your physical and mental injuries. If you are sad anymore, my mother will also worry about you." She knew that the atmosphere at home was very depressed. Her father-in-law had just won the battle, and many people said that he was The killing was too heavy, so my mother died. This is nonsense. You have to know that Zheng Hao is already thirty-two, his father-in-law is sixty, and how old Mrs. Zheng is.
Qi Ge'er raised his head and glanced at Li Shu: "Okay, I just don't want to sleep with Shu Ge'er at night. He is a bad sleeper. He even kicked me..."
"Then today I'll have the beauty's couch tidied up, and you can sleep on it, okay? Your brother is still too young, and my mother has to take care of him." After Li Shu finished speaking, she saw Brother Shu taking a bite of noodles. He even ate a bite of garlic, happily unaware of his brother's disdain, and she couldn't laugh or cry either.
The three of them, mother and son, finally finished their breakfast. Brother Shu shouted at his brother heartlessly, while Brother Qi laughed and said helplessly: "Silly brother."
Li Shu put her index finger to her mouth and said, "It's your grandma's funeral now, so you can't play around."
Brother Shu was thinking about Zheng Hao and asked Li Shu, "Where is daddy?"
"Dad is keeping vigil on another ship. Don't you want to stay with mother?" Li Shu teased the child with a smile.
Of course Brother Shu liked his mother the most. As soon as Lishu told her, he hugged his mother. Lishu also played with the children, turning flower ropes to exercise her fingers, guessing word puzzles with Brother Qi, and playing jujube milling with Brother Shu. Children who are accompanied by someone are very happy. Xiao Fu also accompanied Lishu like this when she was a child, so she has always been very attached to her mother and feels confident because her mother is her support. Now she hopes that she can also become a child their backing.
After a while, Mrs. Tan came over with Sister Xiang. Sister Xiang is now the only girl in the family. She is very lively and wants to play with Brother Qi when she comes in.
Brother Qi is also a little arrogant: "You should play with Brother Shu, you are both children."
Qi Geer, who claims to be well-read and literate, thinks that he, Sister Xiang and Brother Shu are not on the same level.
Seeing this, Li Shu and Tan both laughed.
Then he asked: "How are you, little brother?"
This was talking about the son born to Zheng Qing's aunt Ningxiang. Tan nodded: "She takes good care of her, so I don't need to worry too much." It was just that Tan's biological father had written to Tan about his official position. The question is, Tan originally wanted to know what his father's official position would be in a year or two, but now it's all come to nothing because of his father-in-law Ding You.
Therefore, she did not talk about this, but only mentioned the Wang family who had defrauded money before: "I heard that the Sixth Old Madam and Wang family were also at home. Then Wang family is not a thing anymore. I don't know what I will cause when I go home this time. What a disaster."
Lishu was speechless when she thought of the Sixth Old Lady and the Zheng Ze family she had met when she first got married: "I heard a letter from Mrs. Rong Er saying that the Sixth Old Lady's life has become more and more extravagant. She is very happy. , I have to wear seven or eight masks every month, but Liu Fangze, the fourth brother, has many children, how can he squeeze out the money."
This sixth old lady is the kind of person who only cares about her own happiness and ignores the suffering of others.
It's good to only care about herself her whole life, so that she can be happy, but her happiness is based on the pain of others.
Mrs. Tan is not going to let Mrs. Liu and her family go this time. In the past, Mrs. Six and Mrs. Zheng had a very good relationship, and she would not offend her, but now it is different. Mrs. Zheng has passed away, and Mrs. Wang, a businesswoman, dares to take action from her. She was cheating money here, and it was really difficult for her to express her hatred if she didn't take revenge for the past.
Lishu could also clearly see Tan's expression. She looked out the window and felt that life was either a struggle with heaven or a struggle with people. She originally thought that life would gradually get better, but now that the old lady has passed away, the whole family is worried. What will happen after she becomes an official in the future?
At the same time, she also had too many mysteries that she had not uncovered, especially about Zheng Hao. Now that the couple were on different ships, she couldn't ask them even if she wanted to.
She knew Zheng Hao very well. He didn't change his expression when Mount Tai collapsed in front of his eyes. Of course he liked to cry in private, but the more serious the matter, the more calm he became. He had no plans left and was very smart.
What kind of panic would this person have?
The Yan family is also panicking. Originally, the second room in the Zeng family only had a son born to Aunt Yan, but now Liwan is pregnant.
Liwan was pregnant when she sent Lishu and the others back home. She had been married for many years. Originally, the Zeng family thought that she should be as easy to give birth to as her aunt, but they did not expect that she had never had a child. Now that she is better, Liwan finally has a child. Pregnant.
The Liu family were very happy to hear the news. Among Mrs. Liu's several granddaughters, Liwan married earlier and was not pregnant, so she was not as good as Li Zhen. Li Zhen's husband Cen Shifang came back from the front line, and the couple were nothing more than Li Wan. After having sex several times, Li Zhen became pregnant.
Therefore, the Liu family sent many generous gifts. Before Liu Chengxu resigned from office, Zeng Yunxi remained the same as before. Now that his father-in-law was reinstated as governor, the Zeng family was almost implicated in the matter of stealing a dragon and turning a phoenix into a phoenix. Zeng Yunxi valued Liwan even more.
This made the Yan family sad. The eldest son of Mr. Yan was in Beijing. Although he came and gave generous gifts, he always felt that this was not a good thing for the Yan family.
"Uncle, I heard that Third Grandma Zeng treats our little brother as her own. Over the years, even the Yan family has relied on the Liu and Zeng families. I originally thought that Third Grandma would not be able to give birth, but I didn't expect the iron tree to bloom." The steward thought that the Yan family was just a merchant in Yangzhou, and now they were in Beijing because of their good relationship with the Zeng family.
Now I advise my little brother to get closer to Grandma Zeng San.
Uncle Yan had his hands behind his back. When Mrs. Yan passed away, the people of the Yan family
Slowly being pushed out. He still remembered that Jin Ying, Yan's maid, came to him and said that Yan's death was unusual. At that time, it was said that Zeng Yunxi's other concubine was jealous, but Jin Ying suspected that it might also be Zeng's third grandmother.
But so what? This third grandmother is from the Jinghu Ding clan. Her father is the governor of Jiangxi. Her uncle has now been promoted to the commander of the Jinyi Guards. Her family background is extremely prominent. What can the Yan family do?
Besides, now the Yan family still has to rely on the Zeng family.
Originally, if the Zeng family had only one son, his nephew, then the wealth of the second wife would not belong to the Yan family. Now that the good second grandmother is pregnant, his nephew's status is in jeopardy!
"Yes, the Liu family is getting more and more prosperous, and even our Yan family has to rely on it."
The Liu family has people from both civil and military circles. Even the world-famous governors of the three sides are in-laws of the Liu family. Bachelor Zheng is the son-in-law of the Liu family. The Yan family would care about ordinary people, but the Liu family and other merchants cannot afford to offend.
Even Li Shu didn't know that the Liu family had become so famous recently. They got off the boat and took the land route. As soon as they arrived at the inn, they saw someone had booked it.
Although the people in the post house knew that the Zheng family had a high official rank, they could not help but feel a little embarrassed: "This Master Zheng, the mother of the master we live here is a direct branch of the Liu family in Jinghu. Who doesn't know that the two Liu families Sirs, the older one is the commander of the Jinyi Guards and the Chief Tiqi, and the younger one is a famous minister of water control. In our Henan province, you don’t have to know who the emperor is, but if you don’t know who Liu Qingtian is, then Oh no."
Liu Qingtian, of course, refers to Liu Chengxu. Although he was dismissed from office by the emperor, he had outstanding political achievements in Henan. The Yellow River has not flooded again in the past few years, which is almost all due to him. And because of his experience, Henan people More empathy.
When Yi Cheng said this, everyone in the Zheng family laughed.
Manager Bai said: "What a direct descendant of the Liu family? Our mistress is the only direct daughter of Liu Qingtian. I have never heard of anyone else being closer than her."
Yi Cheng said in disbelief: "Are you saying that your mistress is Liu Qingtian's daughter?"
Zheng Hao directly took out his father-in-law's post: "Take a look for yourself. Now that I, Old Taishan, have been appointed as the governor of Jiangxi, our family has moved south."
This is what officialdom is like, it was vigorous and vigorous one moment, but as soon as you step down, you will be gone, and no one will betray you.
In normal times, Zheng Hao would also be a Hanlin scholar, and his father would be the governor of the Three Kingdoms, with a high family status. But now that Ding You is here, he is not as good as the Liu family, which has two generations of officials and top wealthy families.
Lishu, who was sitting in the carriage behind, heard clearly that although they were related to each other, they were the direct descendants of their family. Lishu couldn't help but laugh: "Why would anyone dare to use the banner of our Liu family now?" ?"
But it was said that the Yi Cheng read Liu Chengxu's post and hurriedly arranged for the Zheng family to go in. Lishu got off the carriage and went in with her mother-in-law, Mrs. Zheng.
Zhulan also asked: "Is it possible that he is really from our Liu family?"
"No, my aunt is in Beijing, and the other sisters, my second sister and my fifth sister, are all in Beijing." Li Shu felt strange, and she couldn't help but said: "Okay, okay, I really encountered what happened to Li Kui and Li Gui. I I’m going to have a meeting.”!
