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Chapter 217 The road is chosen by oneself
February 27.

At the end of the Mao era, Chen Chu and Cai Wei set foot on Jiama Ridge facing the rising sun.

At the foot of the ridge, a road with a width of about one foot and five feet stretches to the east. At a certain distance on the road surface, there are stone mills and tamping stones used to tamp the foundation.

Looks like it's not finished yet.

"If according to your idea, transport the hematite ore from Baoxin County and the coal from Zhenyang County to the iron smelter outside Caizhou City, the waterway will be the most economical." Cai Hua held a short horsewhip and pointed to the east, "Here to 82 steps east of Si Li Dan is the Sanggan River, a tributary of the Ruhe River. Although the waterway of the Sanggan River is narrow and shallow, it cannot be used by large ships, but it is much more economical than carrying cattle and horses.”

Jiama Ridge is a yellow-brown soil hill with a height of tens of feet. There is heavy dew in the morning. The two of them walked all the way. , It was even covered with mud.

Chen Chu turned his head to look carefully at Cai Hua's outfit, and sighed, "Hua'er has worked hard. Come back with me in a while, this coal field is dirty and messy, it's not a problem to stay here all the time."

Cai Hua didn't take it seriously, and sat down on a dead tree stump, bent over and picked up a branch, raised her left leg to rest on her right leg, and scraped up the mud on the soles of her shoes. She looked like an old man in the village, There is still a little bit of the delicate look of the past, but he said in his mouth:
"In this world, how can you achieve your wish easily? Since ancient times, starting a business has been even more difficult, just like when you sold those peaches back then, if you were too dirty and tired at the beginning, how can you achieve what you are today?"

Chen Chu smiled, and sat beside Cai Hua, "Of course I'm not afraid of being dirty and tired, isn't that what I feel sorry for you?"

"Hey~" Cai Wei's eyebrows slanted, showing a disdainful smile, but her tone was obviously gentle, "It's okay, I'll go back after I finish repairing the road."

"Ok."

On the same day, twenty miles south of Caizhou City.

Taoist Taixu looked around from a distance, then shook the floating dust lightly, and said seriously: "Old lady, An Ren, this place is adjacent to the remnants of Tongbai Mountain in the west, Yunshan Mountain in the north, hilly land in the east, and Huai River in the south. A beautiful place, a place where the sun meets the sun, where the wind gathers energy, and there is no beauty in it. It is really a good spot that is hard to find in thousands of miles. The ancestors of the Zhao family settled here, and they will surely bring great benefits to their descendants!"

The people of the Zhao clan moved south this time, and it was not difficult to find a place to stay. There were vacant houses in the Chen family city, and there were more than a dozen villages outside the city, all of which were under the management of Maoer, and it was a trivial matter to house dozens of people.

But what is more important than resettling the tribe is to find another ancestral grave for the ancestors.

Grandma Tai attaches great importance to this matter, and Mao Er also cares about it, after all, it is about father and grandparents.

Mao'er doesn't understand Fengshui, but Taoist Taixu chose this place with beautiful scenery, mountains and rivers behind it, and a spiritual energy.

Satisfied in my heart, but I still asked the old lady for her opinion, "How does grandma feel about this place?"

The old lady's eyes swept over several clansmen, then she patted the back of Mao'er's hand lightly, and said loudly: "Do whatever Mao'er says, you can make up your own mind about the affairs of the clan in the future, don't You need to ask this old man who is dying."

Before the cat could reply, Taixu on the side gave a chuckle full of immortality, and continued: "The old lady's words are absurd. The old lady's brows are drooping, and the person is full. This is the appearance of longevity. From the perspective of poverty , the old lady at least said that she still has 20 years of life."

No matter how much the old lady believed these words, they finally made the old man happy. She couldn't help laughing, "Then I will borrow the good words from the immortal elder. If I can really live a few more years, it is also because I have enjoyed the blessing of my grandson."

late noon.

Taixu held the compass in his hand, and muttered something in his mouth, "Kun six breaks, seven south and eight places, Kanzhong is full of six waters in the north"

It looks professional.

Mao'er, Grandma Tai and other members of the clan clasped their hands together with pious expressions on their faces.

Daoist Wugen, who has never said a word, stood in the distance, but his face was a little dignified.

After determining the specific location of the burial, Tai Xu led Mao'er aside, and said in a low voice: "Anren, this place is auspicious, and the southeast Fengshui is the most abundant. If Anren's father is buried in the southeast, Anren's son will be invaluable. "

Influenced by her mother when she was young, Mao'er had three-point trust in this mysterious matter, and she couldn't help blurting out when she heard the words: "Immortal Elder, am I destined to have a son?"

"Haha, how could An Ren ask such a question, An Ren has a lot of blessings, and in the future, he will have both children and children."

Maoer got the answer he wanted, and suddenly felt a big rock in his heart. On the way back, he held Grandma's arm, talking and laughing all the way.

In another carriage, Daoist Wugen was silent for a while, but finally couldn't hold it back, "Junior brother! Today you help the Zhao family choose this auspicious soil, the sand and gravel in the dragon's cave, the situation is reasonable, and all the auspicious ones are prepared. You are almost watching the sky, don't be afraid Will it damage the fortune?"

"Hey, Fuze?" Taixu raised his right hand, showed his senior brother the palm with two missing fingers, and said nonchalantly: "Senior brother, if I don't help Zhao An find this place, will there be blessings?"

Seeing that the senior brother still had something to say, Taixu said first: "Senior brother, don't you see the weirdness in the faces of Du Tong and his wife?"

This time, after Wu Gen was silent for a while, he said in a low voice: "I can see that An Ren's eyes are full of peach blossoms, and her shoulders are thin and her lips are thin.

"That's right! That's the same for Dutong! People are shallow and thin, with the same short-lived appearance, but the palace of illness is plump and towering, and it also has the appearance of longevity and many children!"

Daoist Taixu added, then shook his head and sighed: "It's weird, it's weird!"

"What does this have to do with your choice of tomb?"

"Naturally it has something to do with it. The art of Fengshui is just icing on the cake. If there is no luck, it is to bury the ancestors in the emperor's Fengshui cave. It's a change of fate, I think I can bear this luck, if they become rich in the future, isn't it also a chance for you and me?"

"You! The heart of utilitarianism is too heavy! There is a saying in the "Funeral Sutra" that when the energy of heaven and earth gathers, abnormal phenomena will arise, such as earthquakes, floods, droughts, and migratory locusts."

"Brother, it's pedantic. If the burial scriptures are accurate, don't everyone in the world become Feng Shui masters? In a few days, the ancestors of the Zhao family will be buried again. Let's see if there will be earthquakes, major disasters, etc. Water, drought, locusts and other natural disasters? How about we take a gamble?"

"I won't bet with you." Wu Gen sighed and said, "I hope the world will be peaceful."

The third day of March.

The ancestors of the Zhao family were buried, and at the request of Grandma Tai, Maoer served as the officiant.

A female officiant is rare in this world.

Mao'er didn't know what to do, so Chen Chu naturally stayed by his side.

However, taking this opportunity, Mao Er buried his mother and father together in the same cave.

Chen Chu and his wife wore tiger heads, and the whole family kowtowed in front of the tomb, and the move of the tomb was officially completed.

In the next few days, the couple began to get busy.

While watching Jiang Huaixiong's training of the military guards, Chen Chu inspected the new crops planted by Zhuangzi this spring, such as peanuts and corn.

Maoer also runs in Tongshan and Caizhou.

The two often don't see each other for ten days and a half months.

In late April, due to an unexpected incident, the couple stopped their busy steps at the same time.

"Married? Shit, did it happen so suddenly?" When Chen Chu received the wedding invitation from Yang Dalang himself, he was a little taken aback.

It's not that Da Lang shouldn't get married, he's already in his twenties this year, which is definitely considered a late marriage in today's terms.

What surprised Chen Chu was that the wedding date on the wedding invitation was April 22, which was five days later.

It seems too hasty.

"Damn, Baoxi, you two go out and play."

Seeing these two people in the hall, Da Lang agreed casually.

"Commander Yang, we are on duty today, how can we go out to play carelessly."

The dutiful Baoxi immediately refused.

Chen Chu laughed, "Go, you two go out first."

With his words, Maodan and Baoxi held back their curiosity and retreated.

With no one else around, Yang Dalang came forward with a smile and explained: "Rong'er is pregnant."

Oops, I learned to get on the bus first and then buy the ticket.

"Didn't you two get engaged in February? It's only April now, and there's only more than two months between. Dalang, you've started your relationship since you got engaged. You really do good deeds overnight!"

"Hey." Yang Dalang only took Chen Chu's sarcasm as jealousy, and after a cheap smile, he glanced at Chen Chu's lower body, and kindly reminded: "Brother Chu, if you can't do it, go see a doctor. I've been married for so many years, and I don't even have a child. Don't worry, the brothers won't look down on you."

"roll!"

On April 22nd.

Xinghua Lane, Caizhou City, Yang Dalang's three-way house, was full of guests and friends, and there was a lot of voices.

The young lady of the Nie family has been taken into the back house, and most of the people who came to see her off were cousins ​​and uncles of Nie Ronger's grandfather's family.

Nie Rong'er's father passed away a few years ago, and the family has been relying on her mother Guan's efforts to maintain the family, but there are two and three families in the family coveting her long-term family property, which is quite unpleasant.

Guan's natal family is doing business in Caizhou, and they are quite famous, but Nie's family's property is mostly in Zhenyang County, Nie's hometown.

Therefore, when Guan's natal family heard that Zhao Anren and the third wife of the Cai family wanted to buy the full amount of the Jiamaling Carboniferous Plant that belonged to the long house, they all supported their daughter's sale.

Unexpectedly, an ordinary business acquisition brought out a marriage, and the commander of the Zhenhuai Army actually fell in love with Nie Ronger
When Guan went back to her natal home to discuss this matter with her father, the latter blushed with excitement and shouted 'yes' several times.

Who doesn't know that Commander Yang of the Zhenhuai Army is Du Tong's brother-in-law, and the Zhenhuai Army has a good reputation in Caizhou City.

Furthermore, Commander Yang is young and promising, and Ming Media is marrying our family's Rong'er as his wife. From now on, our housekeeper will have a solid backer in Caizhou!

What?I heard he has a concubine?
Hey!Isn't it normal for a young hero to have three wives and four concubines?None of this is a problem.
With this mentality, the housekeepers who sent off their relatives were extremely polite when facing Uncle Yang and Aunt Yang.

Who are the guests today? In Caizhou officialdom, from the prefect Zuo Guoen and fellow prefect Chen Jingyan onwards, the entire government office that deserves the name almost came out in full force.

In addition, Tongshan Cai, Xu, Ximen and other families sent people here with rich gifts.

Even Cai Yuan, Ximen Gong and other family members were also present to watch the ceremony.

Not to mention those major commercial houses in Caizhou who didn't receive the wedding invitation and insisted on sneaking in to give a gift.

Among so many guests, some are acquainted with Yang Dalang, while others are for Chen Chu's sake
Take the Xu family for example. If it wasn't for the relationship between Chen Chu and Yang Dalang, Xu Bang might not have visited in person today.

It was also the first time for the Yang family to support such a large-scale wedding, so there were naturally many things that they couldn't take care of.

Fortunately, there are cats.

In the front house, Maoer arranged for Tang Jing'an and Liu Changqing to watch the cashier in person, so as not to miss the gift list. The guests who came to give gifts today are all favors, and they will need to be returned in the future, so naturally they must be remembered clearly.

Then he walked quickly to the back house.

Three times outside the main house, Yang Erlang, Xu Xiaoyi, Peng Yuyan and other bastards were crowded outside the door, piercing the window paper with their fingers, scrambling to look at the bride, and shouting in a strange voice, "" Bridesmaids, lift the hijab and tell us to take a look."

"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, say something."

Yang Lei and Yang Erlang, this idiot, also followed suit to coax his own sister-in-law.

The maids and mother-in-law that Nie Ronger married over looked at these boys who looked like demon kings in the world, and they were crying and did not dare to stop them.

The new son-in-law was born in the army, so the people around him are naturally more unruly.

Furthermore, the fathers and elder brothers of these half-children, the youngest in the army are all Zheng Yuhou of the first battalion.
If you can't persuade them, if you provoke this group of second-generation soldiers, it will be useless to beat them.

Just when he felt helpless, he saw a good-looking little lady walking over quickly with an angry face, without saying a word, she slapped one of them on the back of the head.

"Damn! Who hit me!"

Yang Erlang yelled angrily, and when he looked back, the anger on his face turned into a playful smile, "Sister-in-law, why did you hit me?"

"It's your own sister-in-law inside, why don't you make fun of me, you have to go to the front and go to the front! If you come back and make trouble, I'll let you Brother Chen take care of you!"

Mao'er's pretty face was frosty, and she scolded Yang Erlang, who was taller than herself, with one hand.

A group of demon kings immediately turned into little sheep, and stood in a row with their heads bowed. Although they lowered their heads and winked at each other, none of them dared to speak back.

"walk around"

Yang Erlang rubbed his ears, greeted his companions, and slipped along the wall to the front yard.

When he was about to walk out of the Chuihua Gate, Erlang turned his head and smiled, and shouted: "Sister-in-law, when will you marry Brother Chen again, we will definitely not trouble you, hehe"

These words made the cat lose his mind for a moment.

As a daughter's family, who doesn't want to get married in a beautiful way, with a lot of red makeup.

Maoer dreamed in a dream that when she and Chen Chugang went up the mountain, the latter also mentioned 'the wedding will be held in the future'.
But the official hadn't mentioned this matter for a long time, so I guess he just said it casually at that time.

Mao'er shook his head, and got rid of this unrealistic idea, then called Li Cuilian and Li Zhaodi, and ordered: "You two stand guard at the bride's door, if any bastard comes to make trouble, call me out." "

After all, Mao'er walked to the wing room, only took a few steps, but turned around and said one more thing, "You must be careful when you start, everyone who is here today is my own child, don't hurt him, forget it, just scare me." It's fine, don't hit people."

After the cat walked away, the dowry woman who had been standing by the side asked Li Zhaodi curiously, "This girl, who is this little lady just now? She is so majestic. The son of the Zhenhuai Army was beaten and scolded, and how Run away in disgrace."

"This is Mrs. Chen Dutong! The imperial court conferred the eighth-rank Anren!"

Li Cuilian spoke first, with a smug expression on her face.

Li Zhaodi, who felt that she had been robbed of the limelight, gave Li Cuilian a dissatisfied look, and added: "My eldest lady is kind-hearted, and everyone in the house knows that she is my boss!"

"Yes, yes, sister, go back and thank An Ren for today's maintenance on behalf of my wife"

The dowry woman said with a wink.

Three times into the wing room, the atmosphere is far less festive than outside.

Xu Zhen'er, who was wearing ordinary clothes, sat on a chair, weeping and saying nothing.

Xu Wan'er, who came to celebrate with her father and husband today, sat across from her and wanted to say something, but she sighed.

The eldest lady in the main room became a concubine, and Xu Zhen'er would go over to offer tea to Nie Ronger after the husband and wife visited the hall, which made her both unwilling and resentful.

Suddenly, the cat walked in.

"I met An Ren."

"Madam Chen"

A family of Kiriyama's long-time acquaintance hulala got up and saluted, and Mao'er responded one by one with a smile on his mouth.

"Where did you sisters come from so many politeness, you still call me a cat like in the past?"

The main seat in the middle of the room was vacant, obviously reserved for Mao'er, but she didn't sit, but sat next to Xu Zhen'er.

Now cats don't need such vain things as seats to boost their self-confidence, and sitting among women is more cordial.

This move of hers also pleased all the women, especially the female family members of the Xu family.
The cat is very clear about the purpose of so many women from Kiriyama gathering here
Yang Dalang let Xu Zhen'er from Tongshan be his concubine, and Nie Rong'er from Caizhou as his wife. If Xu Zhener adds more details, the Tongshan lady will naturally feel wronged for her.

They thought that Mao'er came to support Xu Zhen'er.

But Maoer only considers the issue from the perspective of an official. Yang Dalang's marriage to a woman from Caizhou is a good integration with the local area.

Xu Zhen'er raised her mother-in-law's tearful eyes, and called out sadly, "An Ren."

"Hey."

Mao'er sighed first, and patted the back of Xu Zhener's hand, who was older than her, like an elder, and said softly: "The matter has come to this, what's the use of crying? At the beginning, I made an appointment with your sister Wan'er for you. This marriage, but you don't think about the face of the two families, and you say that the Yang family has lost their minds, and the road is chosen by yourself."

"." Xu Zhen'er didn't expect that Mao'er would not want to share her love with Tongshan, so she exposed her old background on the spot, and was speechless for a while.

But Mao'er said this to the women present.

Let them know that it's not all Yang Dalang's fault
Mao'er went on to say: "Nie Shi, I have met her a few times, she is young and not strong-tempered, if you want to make friends with her, it is not difficult. If you have a grudge, stay with yourself from now on In a small courtyard, you can talk to me when you have nothing to do. Come to think of it, she won't bully you for no reason. In short, we will become a family in the future, so don't use those shady tricks."

"Anren, what kind of person do you think of me!" Xu Zhen'er said aggrieved and angry.

But Mao'er lowered his eyelids, and said lightly: "Da Lang is your husband, but he is also the elder brother of me and my officials. If you stick to your duty, I will not let you be wronged in Caizhou City. If you do things If you go too far, don't blame me for not thinking about our Tongshan sisters."

Xu Zhen'er wanted to say something more, but Xu Wan'er said first: "Zhen'er! Thank you, An Ren, for teaching you."

"."

Hearing that her cousin spoke, Xu Zhen'er said nothing, and turned her head away as if in a fit of anger.

Xu Wan'er, however, glanced at Mao'er. If others said, "If you do your duty, you will not be wronged by Cai Zhou", she might not believe it, but Mao'er, who looks soft and weak, can really do it.

But she is more worried about the latter sentence, "If you overdo things, don't blame me for not being affectionate"

Xu Wan'er believes that Mao'er can do the same.

This little sister who founded Huizhi Lanxin with her is no longer the little cat who was angry and cried by Mrs. Cai San in the street.
He sighed silently, and hoped that his cousin would not be confused. Maoer had a good saying, "I choose the road by myself."

(End of this chapter)