Rebel

I saw a group of people set off from the Tian family mansion in a mighty manner, and headed for the small courtyard of the Gu family.The leader is Master Tian, ​​next to Master Tian, ​​followed by the steward of the house, driving the ox cart full of congratulations, behind Master Tian, ​​followed by the eldest son Tian Song and the second son Tian Bai, and the female family members at the end of the team.

Both Mrs. Tian and Mrs. Xin opened up the battle. Mrs. Xin brought two maids, one of which she was going to give to Zhu Niang as a maid, while Mrs. Tian brought Tian Rong's biological mother by her side, and instructed her carefully. She has many auspicious words.

Mrs. Tian walked all the way and said: "I brought Zhu Niang into Tian's house, and then I sent her to Gu's house. I must go to see her, if I don't go."

Mrs. Xin was angry while listening, and said: "Why did you send it in? I am the one who made the decision to marry Zhu Niang and Mr. Gu!"

Seeing that the two wives were arguing fiercely, Mr. Tian had no choice but to say: "Stop arguing, since you are all kind to the Gu family, let's all go together!"

Only then did Mrs. Tian and Mrs. Xin calm down.

Now that a group of people have arrived at the gate of Gu's house, Gu Ben is sitting under a tree in the yard to enjoy the shade. He heard heavy footsteps approaching from a distance, and thought: "There are a lot of people here, could it be that my son is out for something?" Something? I don't know if it's good or bad..."

Mr. Tian squinted his eyes, saw the courtyard of the Gu family at one glance, and at the same time saw Gu Ben enjoying the coolness under the tree, and now he walked over in three steps at a time.

Gu Ben only felt someone's breath approaching, with the smell of hot summer sweat... Immediately, his hands were wrapped by a pair of thick and warm fleshy palms, and Master Tian's excited voice sounded in his ears: "Mr. Sir! You counted well! Mangdang Mountain really produced noble people! And there were two at a time! One is the son Gu Ao, and the other is the dog Tian Rong! They are now worshiping the great virtues in Shanyun Academy as teachers Already!"

Gu Ben was slightly taken aback, and thought: "It seems that it is good news!"

Master Tian pinched his wrists and pressed his palms, unable to hide his excitement, he raised his hands and waved his sleeves: "Tian Song, read the letter!"

"Yes!" Tian Song stepped forward, shook the silk cloth tightly in his hand, and Lang Lang read it out.

Mrs. Tian thought to herself to get close to the Gu family, so she went around behind Master Tian, ​​walked through the courtyard, and opened the door with Tian Rong's biological mother to enter the Gu family's house.Gu Shi was leaning against the window with his waist bent, wanting to see what happened outside, when he heard the wooden door creak, Mrs. Tian followed a round and sweet woman into the inner room.

Gu Shi was taken aback for a moment, straightened up, and said, "Madam...this..."

Mrs. Tian smiled and said, "I'm here to congratulate you! Come on, sit down and talk!"

After speaking, Mrs. Tian took Gu Shi's hand and led her to sit on the couch together. As soon as Tian Rong's biological mother said the auspicious words of He Xi, Gu Shi immediately said in disbelief: "This is true!" Is it?"

Tian Rong's biological mother smiled and said, "Why isn't it true? The third young master is also in the academy, and the two of them wrote letters to the family together! Listen, aren't they still studying outside?"

Gu Shi was so happy that he was a little dizzy, and now he didn't care about the way of hospitality, stood up quickly, walked to the window, and listened carefully to Tian Song's reading outside.Although she couldn't distinguish the Chinese words used in the letter, she could understand Mrs. Tian's congratulatory words: "In the future, your Ao'er will probably be No. 1 in Mangdang Mountain!"

Tian Rong's biological mother also jokingly said, "Exactly, let alone food and clothing, you don't have to worry about being an official!"

Gu Shi caressed his heart, the heart was still beating in the chest, but there was an unreal feeling.

When she was sold into Mangdang Mountain by a child, she never expected that this day would come...

Gu Shi was so happy that she was about to shed tears, thinking: she was sold by her parents back then, but looking at it now, she has sold well!

At this time, in the courtyard outside the Gu family's house, after Tian Song finished reading the letter, Master Tian took a step forward and said to Gu Ben: "Mr. Your son, there will be my son... I have always regarded the old man as my elder brother, so I thought, this time, how about the best of both families?"

As soon as Gu Ben heard it, he understood the meaning, and now he responded: "...Would you like to hear the details?"

Master Tian laughed and said, "I don't know if the child in my second wife's womb is a boy or a girl. If it's a girl, I'll send it to Gu Ao as a roommate; if it's a boy, I'll be naturalized and serve the old man's knee. I don't know what you think." ?”

Gu Ben laughed "hahahaha" a few times, and said: "Blessed are many children. If you add Lin'er, it will be the blessing of the old man! But if it is a girl, she will be more than ten years younger than my family's Ao'er. I'm afraid..." Gu Ben dragged out his tone and stopped talking.

Mrs. Xin and Mr. Tian looked at each other, Mrs. Xin stepped forward and said with a smile: "...we are a small family, if we dare to be a big wife, we can be Gu Ao's concubine, how about it?"

Gu Ben was slightly taken aback when he heard Mrs. Xin's words, and said to himself: "Outside the aristocratic families, there are only wives and concubines. How can there be such a thing as a big wife and a young wife? A poor family doesn't pay attention to etiquette, so there are only a few wives who serve one husband together. .It's just... if my son can really stand up to the sky in the future, then there will be something else."

Gu Ben can be said to have dabbled in the world and has extensive knowledge, but Mrs. Xin really doesn't understand. She is a business woman and a field woman. How can she be so talented and far-sighted? The system of multiple wives and concubines?

The aristocratic family is married to the aristocratic family, and the main wife is the head of the house, who can beat and scold her at will and even assign her husband and concubine.Mrs. Xin thought that everyone in the world was as humble as the Tian family, and that there was no difference in respect between the eldest wife and the younger wife.Mrs. Xin thought to herself, compared to Mrs. Tian, ​​isn't she just a young wife?But I am in charge at home, from this we can see that the status of a married couple is irrelevant, what matters is one's ability.

How did Mrs. Xin know that the family said that the two surnames are good, and only the sons of the big families with the two surnames have the right to transfer the title and inherit the family property.Where does the little wife come from such a family?If there is an analogy, it can only be called a concubine.But the concubine is either a servant from her husband's family, or a maid brought by the mistress from her mother's family, and even if she has a child, it cannot be included in the family tree, but a separate book will be included in the family tree.The concubine's livelihood in the future can only inherit the rewards his biological mother received from the house.The so-called wives, concubines, and concubines are even more different.

No wonder Mrs. Xin didn't know that the world has been in turmoil for many years now. If a family can continue the family name without any divisions, then the military supplies in the hands of the family have already been dissipated in the division. In troubled times, call it a family?

Both Mr. Tian and Mrs. Xin never thought of this, and now they are eagerly looking forward to Gu Ben's reply, standing respectfully aside.

At this time, Gu Ben was also thinking about his son: "If Ao'er can show the hexagram one day in the future, then he is not doing the usual way, and someone needs to bleed to death for him."It is no better than those who enter the officialdom according to the rules and benefit from the clinging of relatives and nepotism.What Ao'er gallops across the world, I'm afraid he will risk the lives of the nine clans who follow him..."

Thinking of this, Gu Ben asked: "Rong Laoshi is impolite, how many people are there in the two clans of Tian and Xin?"

Master Tian replied: "There are hundreds of Tian family members in this Tianjiazhuang and the village at the foot of the mountain, and there are more Xin family members, all over the river, there are more than [-] shops, and there are more than [-] members of the Xin family. "

Gu Ben pondered for a moment, nodded in satisfaction, and said with a smile, "Okay!"

Master Tian and Mrs. Xin were pleased when they saw Gu Ben's tone, and they only heard Gu Ben continue: "This matter is hereby agreed. If the second wife gives birth to a daughter, Gu will send someone a letter of appointment."

As he spoke, Gu Ben stroked his beard slightly, curled the corners of his mouth slightly, and smiled at Master Tian and Mrs. Xin.

He has lived in the Tian family for more than ten years, and he also knows that the Tian family has a warm and gentle family style, which can be a source of help.Ordinarily, concubines are not hired, but since Mrs. Xin said that she is a "little wife", Gu Ben pretended not to know the system of officials.

Mrs. Xin was overjoyed when she heard the words, and smiled at Mr. Tian.

On the contrary, Mrs. Tian was talking to Mrs. Gu in the room, when she vaguely heard something about the marriage outside, she was taken aback. She came to the Gu's house in a hurry, and she didn't know that Mrs. Xin had planned such a thing. Now After hearing this, Mrs. Tian only felt her heart sink: "Oh! Why didn't I guard against this!" Then she thought: "It would be great if her child was a boy!"

At this time, Mrs. Tian had long forgotten that when she first found out that Mrs. Xin was pregnant again, she spat at the old lady who was in the room: "You are not too young, and you still want to have a son? No way." I'm sure it's a daughter!" At this time, Mrs. Tian hoped that Mrs. Xin was expecting a son.

Just when the people in the courtyard of the ancient family were immersed in the joyful atmosphere with their own thoughts, there was a burst of dust outside, and I saw a young man in rags, riding a lame donkey with a load on his shoulders. Holding a hoe and three or two minions behind him, they are running from a distance.

The gangsters didn't have a donkey to ride, and they were all panting behind. When the lame donkey approached the young man, he hissed loudly, "Has Gu Ao come back?! Get out, sir!"

The steward of the field house followed Mr. Tian, ​​and seeing that the two families had a happy conversation, he ordered people to carry gifts from the ox cart to the Gu family. When he raised his eyes, he saw his nephew, Er Gouzi, coming. !

The butler tilted his head and saw Mrs. Xin cast a puzzled look at him. He knew that today was a big day and he couldn't afford to offend him, so he hurried over and said to Er Gouzi with an unprecedented kindness: "My little ancestor! Master Madame is here today, don’t make trouble for me! Gu Ao didn’t reply! It’s a letter I sent! You hurry up!”

The three or two little guys ran close now, and before they were out of breath, they said in a hurry: "...Hey, talk to our boss!"

The butler's face froze, and he felt that he was really unlucky for eight lifetimes!He was beaten by Mrs. Xin just because of this stinky boy before, but he didn't expect that not only did he not appreciate Empathy, but at the beginning of this year, he would go to the small village down the mountain to make trouble, and play tricks on some innocent people The young man mixed together and was caught by his second brother-in-law. The boy was plausible: "What do you care about me? What do you care about me? I have a lot of skills! I was with Gu Ao when I was young. If you didn't care about me, I would have followed him a long time ago." He's the same!"

The housekeeper's face turned black at this time, and said: "Today is a happy day, don't be like this!"

"What happy day?" Er Gouzi raised his hand to stop the chattering around him, and asked with raised eyebrows.

Seeing this, the housekeeper thought that his nephew had finally regained his humanity after all these days of madness, and could understand him, so he hurriedly said: "Gu Ao is going to marry Miss Tian!"

Er Gouzi wondered, "Where is Miss Tian? Why don't I know?"

The butler pulled Er Gouzi aside, and said mysteriously, "It's not in your aunt's stomach!"

Er Gouzi was taken aback, pulled the butler away with one hand, stretched out his head and said loudly to Master Tian: "Master, you want to marry your daughter to Gu Ao? In the future, I will definitely marry a daughter-in-law from outside! Just marry me your daughter-in-law!"

The housekeeper didn't hold back at the side, wishing he could slap himself so that he could not discipline his nephew well!

Tian Bai was on the sidelines at this time, he was originally dissatisfied that his younger brother and sister wanted to be a family member for Gu Ao, but now that he saw an outsider appearing from nowhere, he rushed over angrily, shouting: "... ...Marry you? You don't even take a pee to take care of yourself! Gu Ao can be an official in the future, can you? Let my sister eat bran with you?"

Tian Bai became agitated as soon as the words came out, he almost fell down and beat his chest for a moment, he bent down, picked up a stone on the ground, weighed it in his hand, and threw it towards Er Gouzi's head: "...she hasn't been born yet you Just to play her idea? To play her idea? Go away! If you dare to talk nonsense again, I will see you once and hit you once—"

Er Gouzi was also taken aback. He knew Tian Bai was the young master, and he didn't fight back when he was beaten. He could only dodge the stones that kept flying, and said unyieldingly: "I have the ability too!" Yes!"

Tian Bai was furious: "Get out!!"

This scene was heard by Gu Ben, and he leisurely said to the stunned Master Tian: "Second Young Master, protect your shortcomings..."

The author has something to say: Later Miss Tian did marry Ergouzi Guqian, the official wife.But because of this marriage contract that could not be realized in the end, both the Xin family and the Tian family were dragged into the water of rebellion... Gu Ben is now exchanging the futures (because Miss Tian is not born) for the spot goods of the Tian family (contributing to the rebellion) ), the business seems to be worthless, but in fact it is very worthwhile.