Nothing happened overnight.

When the sky was bright and he was once again injecting vitality into Kaifeng Mansion, Wu Haogu also got up from a narrow bed that was cleaned up.

The bed is Liu Wuji's, but it was Guo Jing's black girl Guo Xiaoxiao who couldn't marry Guo Jing.

Xiaoxiao is thirteen years old this year, not ugly, handsome eyebrows and beautiful eyes, round and jade, or is the little Lori already a little curved and angry, and she is about the same height as Wu Haogu, I really don't know what she will look like when she grows up? It's just that this girl's skin is a little darker.

However, Guo Xiaoxiao is difficult to marry not because of black, but because he can't get a dowry.

Most of the men in Kaifeng Mansion are burdened by housing, and the daughters are troubled by dowry.

A woman without a dowry, even if she looks like a fairy, is difficult to marry a good family, unless her surname is Zhao...... Of course, it's not Zhao Tieniu's Zhao, but Zhao Kuangyin's Zhao!

The daughter of the royal tribe of the Zhao and Song dynasties has always been the first choice for the housewives of merchants in Kaifeng Prefecture. Before the decline of the Wu family, Wu Chengzhi always wanted to find a daughter-in-law surnamed Zhao for his son. If you can get a county lord, it doesn't hurt if the dowry is tens of thousands.

If you marry the county lord, you can shadow an official, if there is an official, how can the martial arts family have today's disaster?

It's a pity that the county lord didn't find it (the county lord didn't sell it in the shop, and he had to wait for the opportunity to get it), but the disaster came to the door first......

And Guo Xiaoxiao's family is poor, and there is an older brother Guo Jing who has no house and no money (now he is rich), so naturally he has no hope of marrying a wife.

Therefore, Guo Jing and his old mother Mu have always wanted to give Guo Xiaoxiaodian to Wu Haogu as a concubine (of course, you don't have to bring your own dowry to be a concubine, and you can also take a lump sum...... The reason for this arrangement is also custom, taking a concubine before marrying a wife is disrespectful to the female family, especially the daughter-in-law is still the daughter of the Zhao family.

As a result, Wu Haogu was still a boy who had never slept with a woman when he was in his twenties.

However, Guo Xiaoxiao didn't seem to have much meaning for Wu Haogu, and when he came in to clean up the house after dawn, he ignored Da Lang, and asked where did "Brother Wuji" go? provoked Guo Jing's black face, and scolded him when he pointed at his sister.

"Why don't you have long eyes, girl? In front of the big officials of the martial arts, he asked Liu Wuji? Where is that kid as good as a martial official? ”

Xiaoxiao took a closer look at Wu Haogu, who was sleep-deprived and didn't seem very energetic, but he was not very satisfied, and he dug his mouth and muttered: "You have praised the martial arts officials to the sky, and the slave is still a good ......brother Wuji."

"You, you, you, ......" Guo Jing stomped his feet, "I'm angry with a certain family, and a certain family will send you to warm the bed for the martial arts officials today!" ”

As he spoke, he was going to catch his own sister.

"Don't go, don't go......"

The little rabbit, as if frightened, screamed and rushed out of the house.

Guo Jing was about to chase after him, but was stopped by Wu Haogu, "Third brother, what are you doing?" If you don't want to, forget it, in the past, your family was poor and you couldn't marry your sister, and now you still lack those hundreds of dowries?

Isn't it better to find a husband to be a wife than to be a concubine? ”

Guo Jing shook his head again and again when he heard this, "Dalang, you were born in a rich family, how do you know that poor and lowly couples mourn everything...... A wild girl like Xiaoxiao, the rich family can't look down on her at all, she can only marry a poor soldier in the north of the city, and she can't get out of it all her life, where is it better to be your concubine? ”

When Wu Haogu heard this, he could only smile bitterly and was speechless, because what Guo Jing said was true.

The soldiers of Kaifeng Mansion have all fallen to this step, isn't it just that there is no country defense?

It seems that the root of the catastrophe more than 20 years later lies in this!

Let's tell the truth again, let the current Wu Haogu join the army and go to the forbidden army to be a Qiu Ba, and he is also a hundred unwilling.

After the first day of the fourth month, he is at least a painter on an equal footing with Mi Youren, and just two strokes are enough for the big soldiers of the forbidden army to work for most of their lives.

In this kind of world, who would regard being a soldier as a good deed?

Thinking of this, he was not in the mood to talk to Guo Jing anymore, so he hugged his fists and said, "It's dark, I'll go back to the inner city." Tomorrow is the first day of the fourth month, you and Xiao Yi must go to Daxiangguo Temple tonight, and you can take it to the first sweet water lane early tomorrow morning. ”

The cross-references worth nearly 58,000 yuan are hidden in the monk's room of Monk Fu of Daxiangguo Temple, and the original "Drunken Arhat Picture" made by Wu Haogu is also there, all guarded by Monk Fu.

"Okay, so-and-so got it."

Wu Haogu finished his order and was about to leave, but Liu Wuji came back.

He brought breakfast to Guo Jing and Wu Haogu, and at the same time brought a piece of news that made people laugh and cry.

"Da Lang, Miss Yan heard that your photo is very good, and I would like to ask you to make a portrait of the Oiran of Yihong Courtyard......"

"Xiao Yi, what are you talking about?"

Before Liu Wuji's words were finished, he was interrupted by Guo Jing.

"Yihongyuan is a butcher's shop, and the young lady there is also worthy of Da Lang to paint? Da Lang's painting skills are sooner or later the purpose of painting, and in the future, he will paint the queen mother of the official family. ”

Wu Haogu smiled and said, "San Lang, you are serious. Actually, Xiao Yi reminded me that it's not impossible to draw a photo for Miss......"

Liu Wuji was overjoyed, "Da Lang, you agreed?" ”

"No," Wu Haogu hurriedly shook his head, "I don't paint the women there Miss Yan, at least not now, let's talk about it in the future." “

Seeing Liu Wuji's disappointed expression, Wu Haogu persuaded: "Xiaoyi, you are also a wealthy person, why do you still go to Yihong Courtyard to find Miss Yan's old bustard?" It's better to wait for this time, and tell you and the third brother that it's a good family affair. ”

"What about you?" Liu Wuji smiled and asked, "Aren't you still thinking about the eighteenth sister of General Pan's family?" ”

As soon as he heard Liu Wuji mention Pan Qiaolian, Wu Haogu's heart was fluttering, and his cheeks were a little hot.

"Don't mention it, don't mention it." Wu Haogu stood up, and then patted Guo Jing and Liu Wuji on the shoulders, "Third Brother Guo, tell Xiao Yi about the things you discussed with Brother Gao last night, and talk to the monk when you get to the Great Xiangguo Temple."

In addition, this time in the bureau of Panjiayuan, you also have a share. Big brother Gao takes 30%, I take 40%, and each of you gets 10%, okay? ”

In fact, in the Panjiayuan gambling fight, Guo Jing, Liu Wuji and Monk Fu played little role. However, since Wu Haogu regarded them as partners, he had to take them to make a fortune. Moreover, he also needs a few good brothers to help him now, and he still understands the truth of three gangs of a hero.

"Okay."

"It's all up to Da Lang."

"That's right, third brother." Wu Haogu thought for a while, and then said, "Go back and let the monk make an account book, and he will manage the money in the public school, but how to use it must be decided by the four of us, and I can't have the final say alone."

Our brother's deeds will continue to be done in the future, and they must be bigger, and there must be rules. ”

"Hey, look at what you said, we all listen to you."

"Yes, yes, you have the final say."

Guo Jing and Liu Wuji both raised objections this time, they have been sharing a lot of money with Wu Haogu these days, and they have never been as wide as they have in their lives, so they naturally listen to Wu Haogu.

"Since you listen to me, make good rules." Wu Haogu shook his head and said, "Our brother's business has just opened, and we have to do big things in the future, how can we not have a rule?" ”

"Want to be bigger?"

"What is the ...... of this fake painting"

Wu Haogu listened to the words of the two and sneered, "What are you talking about?" Who said you were going to fake it all the time? What we're going to do in the future is so big that you can't even think of it...... Okay, let's not talk about this today, I'll go back to the inner city first, you guys get ready, and go to find the monk too. ”