Lucky not to forget

Chapter 26
In May of the 31st year of Hongwu, Emperor Taizu passed away.

Don't expect to change into plain clothes early in the morning, remove the shutters of the shop and go out to see that the streets are full of ashes, pedestrians and vendors all hang their faces like mourning, and the students from the county school have all gone out of the city to the southwest corner to cry. Wang moved the ladder and climbed up, and covered the plaque with a linen cloth. At this time, Liu'er returned from delivering the cakes to Defeng Tower. Seeing her climbing so high, she was frightened and hurriedly supported the ladder, and said anxiously, "My girl, Fall down carefully, come down quickly, and cover that plaque properly for what to do."

Wu Wang said, "The color of this plaque is too bright, so that the government will see it and do bad things."

The two of them worked together to move the ladder back, and Liu'er said, "Today is the last day, there is no need to send snacks in the future."

Don't look back and ask, "Why?"

Liu'er said, "Uncle Zhen transferred the Defeng Building to someone else, and today their whole family has moved away, and I don't know where they have moved."

Wuwang's mind was buzzing, and he couldn't come back to his senses for a long time, so he calmed down and said, "Is the whole family gone?"

Liu'er said, "Even the maids and servants have been taken away."

Wang Wang sighed in his heart, the fate is indeed very shallow, this farewell is really a boundless difference between life and death.

Liu'er looked carefully at her expression, and said, "Girl, if you want to cry, just cry."

Wu Wang forced a smile and said, "Why am I crying? I'm not an official of the imperial court, nor a scholar of Confucianism. Do I want to cry for Emperor Daxing too?"

Liu'er said, "The girl is still joking, she seems to be crying in her head, but she forgets it the next day, after all, children have a heart."

Don't take it seriously, although I still don't feel good about it, but a person whose biological parents have been separated from each other, and you ask her to die for someone who has only known him for two or three months, that is absolutely impossible, there is something to worry about. Yes, after worrying about it for a while, I forgot about it, and it didn't hurt anymore.

"By the way, the shopkeeper of Defenglou said, let me pass this letter to the girl." Liu'er took out the letter from his pocket and handed it to Wuwang, curiously said, "I can't read, what's written on it?"

Wu Wang looked at the envelope and said, "It's a letter from Mr. Pei." Opening it up, it was just a piece of paper, which didn't look like a letter, but when it was unfolded, it was the deed of the shop. The two girls were relatively speechless, After a long pause, Liu'er said, "Young Master Pei really cares about the girl, how about the girl?"

Don't hope to keep the house deed, don't say a word, thought, how do you know how my heart is, anyway, waiting for him to die for three years can be regarded as repaying his true feelings.After three years, if he is the main wife, he will marry naturally. If he is not, then it will be a waste of time, and it will only be that these three years of youth have been wasted.

The shop has been tidied up, and guests are gradually coming to the door. Because it is a national funeral, there is no wine or meat for a few days, and the family has to offer sacrifices, so many people come to buy snacks and tea for leisure, and the business in the shop is also very busy. , When the guests were dismissed, both of them were sweating from work.

Just as he sat down, Zhang Zhang walked in, wearing a blue plain suit with a brown belt around his waist, and he became more and more energetic.

Wu Wang said, "Brother Zhang, why are you so free today?"

Zhang Cheng looked weird, and only said, "I happened to pass by here and came in to see you. Do you know that Mr. Pei is gone?"

Wu Wang said, "I just heard from Liu'er that the whole family has left."

Zhang Zhang said, "Who is Liu'er?"

Wuwang pointed to Liu'er, "That's her, she escaped from the plague in her hometown, and took her in because of her pity. Liu'er, come to see Young Master Zhang."

Liu'er was blessed, and retreated to clean up the cooking utensils in the kitchen, leaving the two of them to talk.

Zhang Zhang stammered, "I'm here today to talk to you about something."

Don't look at the guilty look on his face, he already has some calculations in his heart, he smiled and said, "What is so important that you are so serious."

Zhang Zhang said guiltily, "I'm afraid that what I told you in the head will not happen. My wife asked someone to marry me. After the national funeral is over, I will take him in."

Wuwang smiled wryly in his heart, but his aunt told him that it was indeed a person who went to a high place, and he thought that the regulations were beyond his control now, and besides, he had made up his mind to wait for Pei Zhen, if the regulations brought someone here today It's not easy to shirk, but it's better to be like this, and said, "What we said in the head is not true, it's just a joke between you and me. You are growing up now, and you are going through life. I don't know which one it is." Girl?"

Zhang Cheng said, "It's from Madam's hometown, and my father is making code books in the yamen, so I don't know about the others."

Wu Wang nodded and said, "There are people in the yamen who are easier to handle. This family is very good, and it's hard for my wife to care about it. As for me, you don't have to worry about me. I have thought about this too. After thinking about it, I still think about it." It's better to be brothers and sisters, if we are really together, bumps and bumps will be unavoidable, and resentments will arise after a long time, it's not as good as it is now, wouldn't it be comfortable for everyone to meet politely?"

Hearing these words, Zhang Zhang couldn't help being a little annoyed when he saw that she didn't look sad at all.He tossed about the engagement for several nights without closing his eyes, and it became a trivial matter when he came to her!Immediately said angrily, "I was reckless, Mr. Pei will definitely come to pick you up after you settle down at home."

Sure enough, he still cared about those rumors, since that's the case, there is nothing to say, hope that the last trace of melancholy in his heart will disappear, he did not refute his words, opened the account book with a smile, only said, "Are the sisters and nieces from my wife's natal family still there? You are getting married, can they still live?"

Zhang Zhang sat on the eight-legged stool in annoyance, and said angrily, "My wife is really indifferent. I told my concubine that day that I would marry my aunt and cousin together. Both ends are big. I feel a pain in my brain because of this." , and it’s not easy to tell my wife.”

Wu Wang lowered his head and thought, what a mess, the main room has not passed the door, the second wife is ready, Zhang Zhang, an honest man, can't say anything, it can be seen that it is a good material for being fished by a merman.Now that we have divorced him, it is easier to talk, and he said, "In my opinion, you may not be able to marry the young lady of the Dianshu family. With that concubine's ability to stir up shit like a stick, you will be able to marry me in the end." I'm afraid I'm going to marry my second aunt's cousin. Who is willing to enter the house with another woman? It's not that she can't get married, and she's trying to grow up with her! Your wife can't do things well. If you want to kiss her, Why bother to find a matchmaker elsewhere, let my cousin be the main wife, and take two concubines."

Zhang Zhang blushed at what she said, and felt that what she said was very true, and for a moment he didn't know how to reply, so he sighed muffled.

Gu Wang took two taels of silver and a penny from the drawer, put them in his hand and said, "You can take this, my aunt has prepared it for you a long time ago, our shop has been open these days, and it is also profitable , this is your capital and interest for that day, and it was supposed to be given to you early in the morning, but it was delayed until now just because you came."

Zhang Zhang declined, "I didn't intend to get this money back, so I should keep it with you for urgent needs. I am not short of money now, so why do you use it to embarrass me?"

I don't care about it, I just put it in his hand and said, "If you still want to make a profit here, it won't work. I don't know how the business in the store will be in the future. Once Mr. Pei leaves, who knows what will happen?" It's coming." In the end, he refused to accept it.

The charter had no choice but to ask the boy to put the money away, and said, "I don't know what will happen in the future. I'm afraid you won't come here much. You should be careful. Think about the past. It was so good. Every day I plowed the fields. Although I am tired, I am at ease, but I am so tired of dealing with family affairs, and I feel like I am living for others, I am really aggrieved."

Wu Wang said, "Who doesn't have any troubles, what are you doing! You can make up your own mind, or spread your hands and ask the aunt to move the belongings back to her own house to clean up! If I had known this, what would the wife do for you? Give you that Cousin recruits a son-in-law at home, wouldn't it be enough!"

The charter is full of sighs and sighs, and Wuwang also hates that he has no opinion. A man is a man who is being manipulated by a group of women, and he can't let go of his wealth. He deserves to suffer!Then he ignored him, told him to sit alone, and just calculated the accounts by himself.

After staying for a while, Zhang Zhang felt very bored, so he got up and said goodbye. Don't hope to send it to the door, say some polite words, encourage each other a few times, and then leave.

Liu'er poked his head out and saw that the charter had already left, but Wuwang was a little dazed again, and said, "I heard it all, who is this man! It's clearly a silver-like wax spear head! But have you ever had a relationship with a girl before? See He also looks like a human being, but he dare not make up his mind, he really ruined the body of this seven-foot man!"

Wu Wang smiled and said, "It's a pity that you are not a boy, otherwise you will have great achievements. The female general, what can I have for dinner tonight?"

Liu'er said, "I'm sure I can eat the pickled cucumbers I made before. After a while, go to the next door to grab a few pieces of tofu, mix them with shallots, and then stir-fry two vegetarian dishes... It's a pity that you can't even put eggs. In the past thirteen days You have to scrape off a layer of oil."

Don Wang saw her sad face, and spit out, "Hold it, I won't make up for you after the mourning, and it's not convenient to take advantage of the limelight. If someone finds out and reports it to the government, they will be imprisoned or beheaded." !"

Liu'er stroked his neck and said with a smile, "If I lost my life because of an egg, wouldn't I be a wronged ghost?"

Just laughing, Mrs. Zhang came back, her face was flushed from the sun, and she complained, "This day, I almost didn't take off my skin! Liu'er, quickly bring me vinegar tea, it's amazing, and then If I stay outside for a quarter and a half, I will definitely have a fever and die!"

Wuwang pulled two handfuls from her shoulders, and took the big bowl from Liu'er to drink with her, Feng Cheng said, "Auntie has worked hard, now Auntie is the No. 1 earner in our family, when I have enough money , Brother Pei is also back, and after getting married, he should sit back and relax and enjoy life in peace."

Zhang Shicheng said angrily, "This kid, make fun of me! Just now I saw a person from a distance, who looks like Brother Cheng, but is he here?"

Wu Wang said, "Come on, I'll give him all the money."

Mrs. Zhang nodded and said, "Did you talk about what was mentioned last time?"

Wu Wang said, "Quickly stop thinking about it. My aunt guessed it right. His adoptive mother told him about the young lady of the Dianbu family and the niece of his wife's family. They will get married after the funeral is over."

If Zhang was at a loss, she sighed, "I knew it should be like this, then Cheng Geer is very different from before, you can't get things done with him or it's luck, even if you marry him, you can't keep him left and right Married, I was still alive and angry at that time."

Don't look forward to saying yes, and then took the deed from Pei Zhen and handed it over to Mrs. Zhang. After feeling a lot of emotion, Mrs. Zhang went to the house to keep it, and didn't say anything about it for the time being.

(End of this chapter)