Xiaojia Village, Xu's family courtyard.

Xu Wen, who was lying on the bed and was recuperating from his injuries, felt that the year was unfavorable, and the more he thought about it, the more unfortunate he became, and scolded viciously: "Since I married that shrew, I have been beaten three times in just one year, and each time it is more and more dangerous. ”

Geng's concubine, who smeared him with wound medicine, is seventeen years old this year, and her appearance is very gorgeous, she is a distant cousin of the Geng family, and she has no status in the family.

Unexpectedly, after she got married, Geng Bingwen, the old man of the Geng family, was beaten by the emperor lightly and sent to the north to inspect the border passes, so the Geng family immediately distanced themselves from the Xu family, so that the tension between the Changfang and the mansion that had just begun to ease was frozen again in an instant.

Last night, Xu Song came over in person and informed Xu Yaozu of the third brother's explanation. Xu Yaozu didn't sleep all night, thinking about it repeatedly, and when he figured out that the eldest brother in the house insulted him with good intentions, he was ashamed.

As a soldier, Xu Yaozu, who made a mistake once, has secretly decided to stay in the capital and share the glory and disgrace with the entire family. But in order not to make the family scared, I don't plan to tell anyone about my plans.

Xu Wen didn't know that his father had the heroism of co-existence and death with the family, and while resenting the house, he was angry about the humiliation brought to him by his wife and the third child. In his opinion, his wife living in the capital is no less than wearing a green hat for him.

Of course, if Zhu Qiaoqiao is ready to come back, Xu Wenna will definitely be 10,000 unwilling, but if you don't come back, from the position of a man, you will also make a big mistake.

Feeling the gentleness and virtue of the Geng family, Xu Wen said emotionally: "When I get ahead in the future, the first thing I will do is to take a leave of absence from that slut in public and help you to be the main room." ”

Geng chuckled and said, "The slave family doesn't dare to have extravagant hopes, they just want to be able to serve a good husband." And I hope that my sister and you are as good as ever, and the slave family will be satisfied. ”

As a woman, why is her temperament so different? Xu Wen let out a long sigh, touched Geng's smooth thighs, and sighed: "If that shrew is a little bit better than you, why am I so disgusted with her?" Don't say anything about reconciliation, if she comes back, I want to die immediately. ”

Geng was a little funny, he had never seen such a man who was afraid of his wife like a tiger, and he covered her husband with a brocade quilt and got up. Said softly: "You sleep for a while, today I will go to the capital with my wife to visit the second girl, and when I come back, the slave family will go to the stove room to cook a few delicious dishes." ”

"Go ahead." Xu Wen, who enjoyed the concubine's diligent service, was satisfied, and closed his eyes obediently.

Geng washed his hands and came out, and hurried to his wife's house with the maid who had come to marry, and when he passed by the stove room, he heard the cook shout: "Who stole half a chicken?" The old lady has washed the lotus root here and is waiting to fry it in the pot, by the way, it must be Yulan's dead girl. She's just been here. is a greedy girl, relying on the favor of the eldest young master, she took the delicious food and left, and she didn't even say hello. ”

Geng Shi suddenly walked over with a gloomy face. asked, "Did Magnolia steal it?" You're not mistaken? ”

The cook in the stove room quickly wiped her hands and walked out, complaining: "She has been here herself, and last night my grandmother ordered me to steam a bowl of egg custard, but she robbed it." Who would dare but her? ”

Geng said angrily: "I said that it took a long time to bring the egg custard, and she was robbed by her, are there any rules in this house?" Come. Go and call that slut. ”

At that moment, the mother-in-law pulled the maid Yulan nearby, Geng stepped forward and slapped her fiercely without saying a word, pinched Yulan's face with her sharp fingernails, and scolded: "The dead girl who is greedy for the thief, the whore who is blind to the thief, dare to ride on my head to grab food, take advantage of the unpreparedness of people to steal food and wipe their mouths to raise men, tell you to steal food, ask you to steal food, obscene little prostitutes." ”

Yulan didn't dare to resist, covered her face with two blood marks, and knelt on the ground without saying a word.

Seeing this, Geng became more and more angry, and said angrily: "You are a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water, right?" I think I can't fix you, but I have the protection of my lord, right? Someone came and stripped her of her clothes and beat me with a whip. ”

Immediately, the women and mothers-in-law rushed up, blocked Magnolia's mouth, took off her whole body clothes, found a whip to slash her head and cover her face, and rolled Magnolia back and forth on the ground in pain.

Geng Shi looked at it with a cold face for a while, and ordered: "Keep beating until she doesn't dare to steal it anymore." ”

When the Geng family took the people away, Yulan and her mother came when she heard the news, and she cried and hugged her daughter, shouting, "Don't fight, it's all relatives, why can you bear it?" ”

The cook was long gone, and the lady in charge waved her hand to let the mother-in-law go away, and stepped forward and whispered, "It's not that I said that you mother and daughter, stealing things is too blatant!" Now it's what the grandmother said, don't look at the gentleness and kindness on her face, in fact, she is a hundred times more ruthless than the strict grandmother of the royal majesty, whoever commits it in her hands will not die and have to shed her skin, you quickly take the girl home to marry as soon as possible, no is the same as Daxi, one corpse and two lives. ”

Yulan nodded again and again, hugged her angry and scarred daughter, and cried: "It's all my fault for letting Yulan steal delicious food, all for her father who has been sick in bed for a long time, and pity her filial piety." ”

The lady in charge sighed: "Today is different from the past, in the past, when the eldest grandmother was there, there was no time to talk about any difficulties in the family, and there was no time when people were not interested. This is good, the monthly money will be delayed for two months to lend money, not to mention, every stitch and thread are staring at it, I heard that she was afraid of poverty when she was in her mother's house, and she valued money more than life. ”

But it is said that the Wang family came to the Xu Mansion in the capital with a large group of female dependents in a carriage, compared to the Xu family in the countryside, the Beijing Mansion is naturally solemn and solemn, and the weather is much more, which provoked the aunts and sisters to get out of the car, and repeatedly exclaimed and pointed everywhere.

However, he said that when he moved that day, the old lady was afraid that the treasure that he had treasured for many years would be lost because he believed in the greedy Wang family, so he sealed all the valuable antiques and treasures at home according to the map, and learned from the Wang family's practice and secretly sent them to the Yan Wang's Mansion and asked Princess Yan to keep them on his behalf.

And Zhu Qiaoqiao was even more resentful, relying on Xu Hao's brocade guards to support him, and left the dowry in the North Courtyard in tatters, and all of them were emptied.

When the Geng family got married, except for the furnishings purchased by the Xu family later, he had never seen anything precious, and the second and third rooms were left to be guarded by his family, and the yard could not be entered at all. And the garden has long been empty, and even the furniture has been moved over, so this lady can't use any of the things left by the previous owner, and she has to take everything she is used to.

Even the garden was easily not allowed to let anyone in, Xu Hao was reinstated at that time, and the old lady said that the family was not allowed to spoil the garden, and he might have to move back in the future. And the long house is because when Zhu Qiaoqiao got married, the garden and so on were all available and could not be taken away, and they had their own places to go during leisure, so Xu Yaozu and his wife had no opinion on this.

Speaking of which, even Zhu Qiaoqiao's north courtyard was untouched, kept as it was, and did not let the Geng family live in, the Wang family kept an eye at the time, Zhu Qiaoqiao is the identity of the county lord in the end, what if the magpie's nest dove Zhan provokes her and sues the emperor?

Therefore, the Geng family lives in a small courtyard near the outer house, which is the residence of Xu Wen in the early years, she knows that her identity is just a concubine, and she has a lot of complaints about it, and she can't say much, seeing the second grandmother Wang Xuanqing and a girl living in a rich and luxurious mansion, don't mention the envy and jealousy.

As soon as he got out of the carriage, Geng's family was completely shocked, and he always listened to people say how magnificent and rich the mansion in the capital was, and the second room was completely developed, and everyone envied it. She secretly observed the countless pavilions and pavilions in front of her, and the long corridor courtyard, which was even more magnificent and majestic than her mother's mansion. I couldn't help but secretly tongue in my heart, and became more and more curious about the well-known third young master of the Xu family, and said that he was obviously younger than his husband, how could he earn this huge family business in a short period of time with his own strength?

Today, Wang Xuanqing did not come because she was pregnant, except for his wife Wang and a few aunts, the daughter-in-law belonged to the Geng family with the highest status, and followed the aunt step by step.

Wang, who was walking in the front, looked back at Geng with a complicated expression, although he was quite satisfied with her performance after marrying, but he always regretted it from time to time in his heart, regretting that he broke the unwritten rules of the family on the spur of the moment, anyway, the matter has come to this, how to think of a good way to persuade Zhu Qiaoqiao to go back?

The eldest lady selectively forgot that her daughter-in-law was brought out by herself, but in fact, in her opinion, this is not a matter. As a junior, you have to obey the orders of your elders, you have to leave if you are told to go, and you have to come back if you are told to come back, which is justified.

Wang's heart is also full of emotion, wasn't his mother's family so prosperous in the past? Now the Hou Mansion is still there, but it is already a thing or a person.

The women and daughters-in-law in the house here welcomed their wives and their party into Qianshoutang, and Xiao came out with a smile and said, "Sister-in-law is here, please come in." ”

Wang couldn't pull his face a little, and walked up the steps first with a cold snort, and the little girl hurriedly opened the curtain.

As soon as he entered the house, Wang put on a smiling face to say hello to the old lady, and was very disappointed when he saw that Zhu Qiaoqiao was not in the house.

The old lady smiled and said: "I am dazzled by so many people, except for my wife and aunt, you all go to the garden for a casual stroll, I haven't seen the girls for a few days, go and make love, I have my own kitchen skills over there, you don't have to come over at noon, go ahead." ”

Geng subconsciously looked at his wife, Wang wanted to take Zhu Qiaoqiao home, and said in a low voice: "Go, have a good day, you don't have to come and serve." ”

"Yes."

Geng Shiba had to stay and make rules, and turned around and came out with a thousand blessings, she had no contact with the people in Xu Ji's house on weekdays, and she was only polite to Wang Xuanqing with her own identity, so she was not familiar with several concubines from the maid.

At that moment, I saw that the women scattered in a hurry, chattering and laughing, and went to find relatives and friends, leaving only Geng and Xiaocui, who didn't know anyone, standing alone outside the courtyard. (To be continued......)