The safety and comfort of traveling through farming

Chapter 18

On the low table were twenty ingots of ten taels of silver ingots, eight silver ingots of five taels, seven or eight silver dimes, and forty or fifty copper plates, adding up to nearly 240 taels of silver.

He Tao and Fu Shi sat on both sides of the low table, He Tao's eyes widened, Fu Shi lowered his head, and the room was silent for a while.

"Where did you get so much money?"

In the end, He Tao broke the silence.

Yes, where did Fu Shi get so much money?

Six years at the border, even because Syracuse is an important pass, the salary of ordinary soldiers is eight taels a year, and the sum is less than 50 taels.In six years, Tian Zhongshoushou sold 20 taels, all of which were used as betrothal gifts.For nearly a year after he retired from the army, he only hunted for one award, and according to what he said, he ate most of it by himself, that is, he sold three big prey, two wild boars and one deer, and his income did not exceed 15 two.Oh, and there is also the old house, which was sold to the second room at a price of ten taels.

Even if Fu Shi didn't spend a single penny in the past seven years, he might still have a fortune of 240 taels of silver!
Could it be the inheritance left by Fu Shi's parents?
Fu Shi was silent, thinking about what to say about that matter.

Everyone thought that what he spent this year was the money he saved when he sold the house and served as a soldier, including the second uncle.He still remembers that the second uncle persuaded him earnestly: "I know you have tens of taels of money, but the money will always be used up, you can't just sit and eat."

He couldn't bear his second uncle to worry about him for nothing, so he started to hunt and sell in the mountains from time to time.

He is straightforward, not a fool!
He still understands the reason why money is not revealed.If a farmer has 100 taels, he is a big family, and he is a rich person that everyone admires.He didn't tell the second uncle about it, so of course he wouldn't tell He Tao, the daughter-in-law who bought it with money.

"You are talking!"

After waiting for a long time without waiting for an answer, He Tao took a deep breath. She couldn't believe that she was still calmly sitting opposite him, and didn't directly throw the money in his face.With such a large sum of money in his pocket, why did Fu Shi tell him today that his daughter-in-law makes money and he thinks he is useless? !

"Which one of the things you told me today is true?"

"It's all true!"

Fu Shi looked up at He Tao, seeing her red eyes, he knew she was in a hurry, he hurriedly grabbed He Tao's hand, and was thrown away again.He hurriedly repeated: "It's all true! Daughter-in-law, I didn't lie to you!"

The details of living together for more than a month made him believe that his daughter-in-law can be trusted and really wants to live with him, and he feels that he can tell her all his wealth.Especially when he saw her worrying about money, he wanted to tell her several times, don't worry, we have money.

"You didn't tell me your money before getting married. I can understand it. After all, we didn't know each other before, and it's impossible for anyone to completely trust each other from the beginning." He Tao wiped away his tears and said fiercely: "You Why do you have to act like that?"

She was moved by his words before, so she explained it carefully, for fear of hurting his self-esteem as a man.Who knew it was all faked!

"Daughter-in-law, don't cry, I want to live a good life with you, everything I said is true, I never lied to you!" Fu Shi got up and squatted in front of He Tao, looking up into her eyes: " I really feel that I am useless. Since my parents passed away, I have always felt that one day is one day, and it doesn’t matter what the future or the future is, and it doesn’t matter if I die any day. Since we got married, the days we have lived together , I just watched you trying hard to think of something, but I, a big man, was always lazy. I really feel that I am useless, and I am not as good as my own wife. "

When Fu Shi said this, He Tao felt better.In fact, think about it carefully, why did he lie to her?If he lied to her in the first place, why bother to give away all his wealth now?

"Get up, people who don't know will think I'm a shrew, let my man kneel down." He Tao said angrily.

Fu Shi smirked: "As long as you don't get angry with me, daughter-in-law, I am willing to kneel down."

"Slick tongue, I don't know which sentence is true." He Tao rolled his eyes at him: "Tell me, why do you want to tell me all of a sudden!"

"At the beginning, I didn't want to tell you that we just got married, and my reputation is like that. How dare I just confess to you! Later, I thought that we could live a lifetime, and it didn't matter if I told you anything. This No, if you didn't ask me, I really don't know when I'll remember it." Fu Shi scratched his head, but he didn't hide it and said bluntly that he didn't believe He Tao at first.

He Tao could understand it completely. Looking back, she did not ask about Fu Shi's family background, but she just vaguely felt that his life was not like that of a person who lived in a thatched cottage.

"You haven't said where your money came from!"

Fu Shi was silent for a while again, the source of the money was indeed not very glorious.

Six years ago, the frontier guards expanded their army, and he signed up to join the army.The first year is spent in daily training in the boot camp.Because he was in relatively good condition, tall and powerful, he was assigned to the Pioneer Battalion after the training in the new barracks, and was assigned to a lieutenant named He Yuanyuan.He Yuanyuan was brave in killing the enemy on the battlefield, and he was a rare warrior in the vanguard battalion. Moreover, he was bold and generous to his brothers. Fu Shi admired him very much, and He Yuanyuan also felt that Fu Shi He is honest and straightforward, and has always taken care of him.

The officers in the border town all have their own houses in the city, and He Yuanyuan, as a captain, naturally has this benefit.The soldiers of the Pioneer Battalion in the border town have two days off every month, and the wives will take advantage of their shifts to eat and drink, and spend a month's salary in one go.Although Fu Shi didn't care much about money, he was also not interested in fooling around in places like restaurants and brothels.During his shifts, he just slept in the camp, dazed or something, and if he didn't want to stay in the camp, he simply went to the city to find an inn to sleep for two days.After meeting him a few times, He Yuanyuan offered to ask Fu Shi to live in his house in the city during his breaks, and help him clean the house by the way.

The two became more and more acquainted, and Fu Shi also told him that he was called the Sangmen Star, and He Yuanyuan also told him about his life experience.

He Yuanyuan is a son of a family in the capital, but he is the son of a concubine, so he has no status in the family.He didn't want to be as muddle-headed as other concubines, he wanted to stand out and glorify his ancestors.Regardless of your background on the battlefield, as long as you can charge and kill the enemy, you can have a world, so you joined the army.

Although Fu Shi and He Yuanyuan are far apart in background and status, they have become close friends.

Another rest day, Fu Shi went to He Yuanyuan's house to rest.There was a knock at the door early the next morning, and he opened it to find a young girl.When the girl saw him, she was taken aback for a moment and then cried until she was dark. Before Fu Shi had time to say a word, the girl passed out directly.

Fu Shi had no choice but to move the girl into the house, and then called the doctor to see her.When the girl woke up, she called herself Zeng Jiuniang, and she came from the capital to seek relatives, and she was looking for He Yuanyuan.After waiting for two days, I found out that the person living there was actually Fu Shi, so I fainted from the panic.

Fu Shi hurried back to the camp and told He Yuanyuan about Zeng Jiuniang. He Yuanyuan's face immediately changed, and he turned around and asked for leave to return to the city.When he came back at night, he asked Fu Shi for a drink, and when he got drunk, he told Fu Shi everything about Zeng Jiuniang and him from beginning to end.

Zeng Jiuniang is also a young lady of a family in the capital, similar to He Yuanyuan's background, she was born by her aunt, and has been raised by her aunt as a commodity, and she is only waiting to say when she is an adult that she will marry someone who the family wants to win over.Years ago when He Yuanyuan returned to Beijing to visit relatives, he went to Daxiangguo Temple to pay homage, and rescued Zeng Jiuniang who was being molested by Deng Tuzi, and the two met.Zeng Jiuniang fell in love with He Yuanyuan at first sight, thinking of her savior day and night, and tried every means to send a letter to He Yuanyuan to ask him to meet.It was very comfortable for He Yuanyuan to have Mei come to vote, and the two dated several times in private.

Soon, He Yuanyuan's vacation was over, and he returned to the border town.In his opinion, this was a harmless affair, and he didn't really touch Zeng Jiuniang.Who knew that Zeng Jiuniang was really moved, and had been waiting hard for He Yuanyuan to come to propose marriage, but He Yuanyuan didn't wait, but her aunt had already arranged a marriage for her when she came, marrying a certain minister's son as a concubine!

Zeng Jiuniang couldn't resist, she gritted her teeth and fled, and fled all the way to the border town to join her lover.

"Then what should we do now?" Fu Shi asked He Yuanyuan who was half drunk.

He Yuanyuan laughed, and said indifferently: "Let's keep it, it's just a woman!"

The days went on, Fu Shi was still a soldier of the Pioneer Battalion, He Yuanyuan was still a small lieutenant of the Pioneer Battalion, and Zeng Jiuniang just lived in the house in the city.For Fu Shi, the arrival of Zeng Jiuniang just means that he has one less place to go during his rotation, but he did not expect the turning point to come very quickly.

In the autumn of the 26th year of Chengyuan, foreign enemies attacked, and the defenders of the border town fell into a bitter battle.He Yuanyuan took the initiative to invite Ying, and led a team of troops to attack the enemy's camp at night, burning the opponent's food and grass and the enemy's camp, and made great contributions.After the war, he was rewarded for his meritorious deeds, and He Yuanyuan rose to the rank of general in one step. He was also spotted by his immediate superior and wanted to be recruited as Chenglongkuai's son-in-law.

All this is a dream come true for He Yuanyuan, the only obstacle is Zeng Jiuniang who was just found out to be pregnant.

He Yuanyuan is an ambitious person, and he is also a ruthless man, but facing Zeng Jiuniang, facing his own flesh and blood, He Yuanyuan can't do anything.He thought for a long time and came up with a compromise.He found Fu Shi and asked Fu Shi to identify Zeng Jiuniang and the child in Zeng Jiuniang's belly for him.

"I just asked you to help me take care of her, not to marry her. I will take care of the life of their mother and son in the future."

He Yuanyuan persuaded Fu Shi in this way, and Fu Shi agreed.

He Yuanyuan got his wish and married his boss's daughter. Not long after, Zeng Jiuniang gave birth to a son, who died before he even took a look at it.

After thinking about it for a long time, Fu Shi decided to raise the child. He asked He Yuanyuan to help him get discharged in the name of injury, and then he took the child back to Rongshu Village, and at the same time took away the legacy left by Zeng Jiuniang.

What the hell is going on here?A brain-dead girl meets a heartless man, and the Virgin Mary man becomes a cheap father!He Tao finds it inconceivable that people in this era value the inheritance of blood more than life, yet Fu Shi is willing to raise a son for others.

"That's why you agreed? Help others raise their sons?"

Fu Shi said sullenly: "I have been engaged three times, but all three times failed. I thought that I would never marry a wife and have children in this life, so it didn't matter. It was just a name. Later, I watched the child's birth. , I can’t just watch him starve to death, can I?”

"Then, what about the child? Didn't he die on the way?" He Tao remembered that he hadn't seen any trace of a child in this room.

"He was born prematurely and was weak. Naturally, I walked slowly all the way with him. It took nearly half a year to return to Rongshu Village. As a result, within a few days after returning, General He brought people and said that he would take the child Go back and raise it, and I will give it to him!"

"Ah?!" He Tao resolutely blackened - it must be that the illegitimate child was discovered by the eldest wife, and the scumbag chased thousands of miles to poison the parent and child for the support of the Yue family!

"General He said that not long after I left, his father-in-law was impeached, emptied his pay, delayed military planes, lied about military achievements, and so on. The whole family was arrested, and his wife couldn't control him anymore, so she took the child back to herself. Raised!"

"...." The corners of He Tao's mouth kept twitching—what a drama with a twist!

"I heard from my second uncle that people in the village thought that I got married in the border, and then my wife died, and my son died when I came back." Fu Shi said helplessly.The already stinky reputation is even more stinky!
"..." Unlucky kid!But after talking for a long time, I still didn't get to the point: "Where did the money come from?"

Fu Shi said with some embarrassment: "100 taels is Zeng Jiuniang's inheritance, and the other 100 taels is a thank you gift from General He."

"..." Just like a chicken who can't say that he sells himself when he goes back to his hometown, it's really hard to tell others about this kind of background!He Tao felt that if she had been in Fu Shi's position, she would never have told anyone where the money came from until she died, and there was only one feeling from the beginning to the end-shame!However, she would not refuse the money, after all, it was her "spiritual and physical compensation".

For a moment, she didn't know what to say.

"Even the second uncle didn't know. He thought I picked up the child on the road. When my father found me, I returned the child!"

"..." Fortunately, he didn't say anything, if Second Uncle knew that you were wearing a cuckold for money, he would probably cut you off at the grave of your parents!
"However, it is because of raising that child that Second Uncle never gave up the idea of ​​letting me start a family. He thinks that I am willing to pick him up, so he must really want a child of his own."

"Then do you want it?" He Tao looked up at him.

Fu Shi nodded: "I thought about it. It was useless to think about it before. Now that I have you, there will definitely be!"

He Tao also nodded: "There will be. When I turn eighteen, I will give birth to you!"

"Good!" Fu Shi rubbed his hands.

After a pause, I realized something was wrong, and my eyes widened: "Eighteen, daughter-in-law, don't you have to wait for three years!"

(End of this chapter)