Chapter 8: Meeting Relatives (I)
A few young people in the township soon returned home, followed Wang Shoutian out for a trip, not only did not die, but also brought money home, suddenly, these families were very happy, for all this, Wang Shoutian smiled, did not say a word.
"He Zhong, you go home first!" Wang Shoutian said.
"Yes, little official!" He Zhong looked at his companion who was happy and didn't know anything, and had to smile bitterly in response.
After saluting, Wang Shoutian and two tooth soldiers rode forward, and he finally set foot on the way home.
Wang's house is a small house with two large mulberry trees planted in the door, with a towering crown and lush branches.
Wang Shoutian suddenly remembered that he was passing by a scholar who saw this tree and once said: "This tree is like a canopy, and it will be a noble person who rides a car." β
According to the rules of the dynasty, you need a prince, or more than three grades, to enter and exit with a car, and the car has a canopy.
It's a pity that in his previous life, he only served as the envoy of the four grades, but he didn't really achieve it.
Seeing these two big mulberry trees, Wang Shoutian was slightly stunned, revealing a look of remembrance, many childhood memories kept emerging, and he actually had a feeling of being close to his hometown and timid.
In this family, only the mother and a few slaves are left, the father has long since died, and a family without a man will naturally decline irretrievably, if it is not for the secret care of the temperance, maybe it will be even worse now.
However, the original Jiedu envoy had a legitimate son, and the Jiedu envoy was unwilling to publicize the matter, so his secret care was also limited, and the contradiction with the Zhang family, at a deeper level, was more in the emerging local tyrant family, the snooping of the Wang family with 200 acres of land!
The familiar gate, which had been painted with the passage of time, reached over the door, landed on the brass ring, and stopped here.
This yard, although not big, but it carries all his childhood, making people nostalgic, the smell of home, seeping out, a trance, Wang Shoutian even a little shameless to see his mother, in the previous life, only when the festival for three years, so that the mother enjoyed some happiness, and then he was even more worried about him at night, and died a few years later.
I still remember that at that time, my mother's sad face often sighed for a long time, but when she came to him, she pretended to smile.
This is the same as the girl just now, she is a person who is sincere to him in her life, and she has never given and never asked.
In her previous life, she let her go with sorrow and pain in the end, will it be like this in this life?
In contemplation, there was silence in front of the entire door, only the two tooth soldiers behind them, looking around vigilantly, the crisp sound of leather armor and waist knife colliding.
Just as he was standing in the doorway, the door suddenly opened from the inside, and a middle-aged woman was walking out of it with a bucket of swill.
Seeing Wang Shoutian standing outside, he was stunned at first, and then said with a look of surprise: "Little official, you can come back!"
Without waiting for Wang Shoutian to react, he put down the swill bucket, turned around and ran into the mansion, obviously ventilating the people inside.
Looking at this somewhat familiar and somewhat unfamiliar figure, Wang Shoutian sighed softly, stepped over the threshold, and walked inside.
"Is Tian'er back?" a gentle expectant voice quickly came out from inside.
Stepping into the courtyard, an inexplicable emotion surged into his heart in this body, and after a few steps forward, Wang Shoutian suddenly stopped, because a middle-aged woman had appeared in front of him.
The middle-aged woman in front, looking at her son in front, a few months have passed, he has changed a lot, a calm and awe-inspiring appearance on his body, and then look at the two respectful tooth soldiers in the back, really like his father back then!
"Tian'er!" Wang shouted with trembling lips and blurred tears.
"Mother!" This strong emotion broke through the shackles, Wang Shoutian stepped forward violently, knelt on the ground, kneeled a few steps, until he reached Wang's body, and choked up: "Mother! I'm back." β
At this moment, Wang Shoutian's broken soul seemed to be back home, and tears couldn't help but fall.
Wang squatted down, pressed Wang Shoutian's shoulder, began to sob, and said, "You are back, Tian'er, do you know that I have had many nightmares about you being beheaded...... If you have three longs and two shorts, how can you let your mother live?"
When Wang Shoutian heard this, he couldn't help but be startled, and looked at Wang speechlessly.
After a while, he said, "Mother, the child is guilty, and the child will never have this day!"
Wang cried for a while, and then a smile appeared on his face: "I know, dreams are all reversed. β
Subsequently, the mother and son went to the inner house, and the servants retreated, and only their mother and son talked in the room.
The worries and expectations of the past few days, as well as the joy and relief after the meeting, these feelings were all mixed together, and it took a while for the Wang family to calm down.
"Son, will you leave when you come back this time?" After sighing, Wang finally thought of this important matter.
"Mother, my son can only stay at home for a few days this time. Wang Shoutian said.
"Why is this? Isn't the war over yet?" Wang hurriedly asked, making Wang Shoutian stunned, didn't the town notify him?
"Mother, my son hasn't told you about my son's affairs in detail!" Seeing that his mother was anxious, Wang Shoutian hurriedly said that he had won the battle and won an official position: "I am now a military attache of the eighth grade." β
β...... You mean, you have met the envoy of the festival?" Wang listened to this, but it was not too strange, looked at his son, and asked.
"Well, Dashuai is very important to his son, mother, don't worry about your son, your son is now a person with an eight-rank official position, and he will act carefully!" Wang Shoutian saw his mother's thoughtful face, knowing that she remembered the past, and said deliberately.
"You, if you have this heart, your mother will be content. Wang shook his head with a smile, poked his son's forehead, and whispered: "He values you, it should be, it's been so many years......"
"Mother, what do you say?"
"Oh, nothing...... Let my mother take a good look at you. β
Wang Shoutian smiled, I don't know why, only in front of his mother, there was a sense of security.
Seeing his mother smiling, Wang Shoutian said, "Mother, do you want to see your son's official uniform?"
"Okay, but let's talk about it after eating first, don't rush it. Wang looked at his son lovingly and said.
"It's up to my mother. Wang Shoutian said with a smile.
"Hegui. Seeing that he agreed, Wang called outside.
The woman who opened the door just now walked in from outside: "Madame, what do you command?"
"Let Lao Xu stir-fry a few dishes for the young master, and then bring a pot of wine. Wang said instructed.
"Yes, please wait a moment for the lady and the young master, I'll go and talk to Lao Xu. He Gui smiled and said.
There are only two families in the palace now, one surnamed Wang and the other surnamed Xu.
Old man Xu, who is the old housekeeper, has gone out to buy goods in the county seat now, and may come back tomorrow.
She is Lao Xu's daughter-in-law, one of the husband and wife takes care of the Wang family in the palace, and the other is responsible for the family's rough work and kitchen.
Since the death of the master, a group of people in the family have left, and the Wang family has released a few more, leaving only these three loyal and honest servants.
Watching He Gui leave, Wang Shoutian's mind suddenly flashed the figure of a cute girl.
Zhao Wan, a girl like a small jasper, is the girl she met just now, soon defected to her relatives in this village, in her previous life, she was sold to him as a personal maid, and then followed him for the rest of her life, when he was rich, she served silently, when he was down, she silently followed, and when he was martyred, she raised her sword to follow.
It's a pity that in the previous life, let alone a wife, she didn't have the status of a concubine, thinking of Zhao Wan's follow-up for more than ten years, Wang Shoutian's heart became more and more uncomfortable.
originally thought that they would not meet so early, but who knew that on the way home, she met the eldest son's teasing of her, and the guilt and nostalgia of the previous life suddenly came out of the bottom of her heart.
However, since this is the case, presumably the Zhang family will not give up, right?
In fact, even if the Zhang family doesn't come to him, will they let it go easily?
Wang Shoutian was thoughtful, his eyes dark and deep.
As Wang Shoutian expected, after Wang Shoutian left, the three of them supported each other and walked back home crookedly.
In his heart, the young master of the Zhang family had already hated Wang Shoutian to death.
Zhangjiawu Fort, deep ditch and high wall, but the internal environment is very good, the ancestors of three or four generations are small officials, this life and participate in the tooth soldiers, meritorious service, conferred the post, after the disarming and returning to the field, the family business is becoming more and more developed.
At this time, it is close to dusk, the sunset will set, and in the distant sky, patches of clouds look very beautiful. On the stone table in this small courtyard, there are a few small dishes, a small pot of wine, and a middle-aged man is taking a sip of wine and a mouthful of food, and he is happy to eat.
At this moment, the housekeeper, who was full of anger and panic, ran in from outside, and when he saw the middle-aged man, he shouted: "Master, master!
"Don't you see I'm drinking? what's the matter?" said the middle-aged man, looking up at the butler.
He is naturally the local governor Zhang Qing, and his son is Zhang Qingyun, who was injured by Wang Shoutian.
"Master, master, it's not a small disturbance to disturb your drinking! It's the young master who made you beat!" said the housekeeper with a sad face, he knew the master's attitude towards his sonβthe flesh of his heart!
"What, the young master let people beat him?" Zhang Qing was furious, and immediately dropped the wine glass and stood up suddenly: "Where is he now?"
"Just ahead, Madame has already asked people to go to a foreign country to invite Langzhong. The butler said.
There is a Su Langzhong in Hongxiang, but he has some personal grievances with his master, and the doctor can be related to human life, so naturally he will not invite him to see the young master's injury.
"Hmph, this kid is always so uncompetitive, he can't study, he can't practice martial arts, and now he can't even fight, it's really embarrassing for me!" Zhang Qing's heart hurt, and he couldn't help but snort lightly.