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Chapter 272 Good things are coming
October 23.

A snowfall a few days ago officially announced that Huaibei has entered winter.

Although there were continuous sunny days immediately after the snow, the temperature finally failed to rise.

Academy Street, other courtyard.

In the middle of the morning, Ru'er brought hot porridge and rice and came outside the main room of the back house and called softly: "Sister, it's time to eat."

After calling several times, Cai Hua's lazy response came from inside the room, "What time is it? Is Marquis Lu An gone?"

"Go back to my wife, it's already Chen Shi. The Marquis got up at the end of Mao Shi and went to the left-behind Siguan Yamen."

"Oh, don't eat now. I'll sleep for a while."

In recent days, Chen Chu has been living in the Academy Street Villa.

Even Ru'er could see that the Marquis was about to get married, and he was probably worried that Sanniang would be upset and disappointed, so he had become more considerate recently. Even if Sanniang was having menstrual cramps these days, he would not delay his coming to accompany her every night. Three wives.

Marquis Lu An had such an attitude, which made Ru'er, who secretly complained about the injustice for the third lady, feel a little more balanced.

Men, if you have the ability, it is common in the world to have three wives and four concubines. At least the Marquis knows how to cherish women, which is better than many other masters.
Ru'er took the food back to the kitchen and put it on the stove to keep warm, but suddenly someone came to report that the third lady's mother, Wang, came to the house with a group of women.

There were not many servants in the other courtyard. The front house was managed by Uncle Zhang, and the back house was taken care of by Ru'er. At this time, the third lady had not yet gotten up, so Ru'er had to quickly tidy up her clothes and go over.

Mrs. Wang had already entered the Sanjin back house with several ladies dressed in noble clothes.

Wang couldn't help but feel slightly embarrassed when she learned that her daughter hadn't gotten up yet. People in today's world are accustomed to going to bed early and getting up early, and getting up before dawn is the norm.

If you stay in bed until midnight, you will inevitably get the reputation of a "lazy woman" if word spreads.

Unexpectedly, Youshi, the second daughter-in-law of the Wang family, smiled and answered: "Not only does the third sister have to take care of many matters of the business, but the daughter-in-law also heard that the iron smelting plant built by the Marquis of Lu'an was also given full authority to Hua'er. Reasonable. She lives with a daughter and is busy all day and night. I think she stayed up late again last night."

As soon as these words came out, the other women hurriedly praised Sanniang of the Cai family for her hard work and ability, praised Sanniang for being the youngest daughter of the Cai family, and praised Wang for her good teaching.
Wang's face suddenly brightened up, and she smiled and said a few words of modesty for her daughter.

Then You's second aunt said respectfully: "Sister-in-law, since Sanniang hasn't gotten up yet, let's come back later and let the child have a good sleep."

"Hey~ How can that be done? When the elders come to visit, there is no reason for the younger ones to stay in the room and sleep." Wang responded, smiled at Ru'er and said: "Ru'er, go and wake up Sanniang, and tell us Relatives from Tangzhou are here.”

The relatives that Wang mentioned were not really multiple relatives.

Those who came with her today are all the natal family of Youshi, the wife of her second son Cai Kun, including Youshi's mother and Youshi's second aunt.

It is only natural for the You family to find their son-in-law, but it is really strange that so many people come to visit their son-in-law's sister.

But knowing the reason, it was unexpected. In the middle of this month, You's second uncle, who was serving as an official in Tangzhou, was suddenly summoned by Zhang Chunxiao, the governor of Henan Road. After some encouragement, he asked You about his wishes to become an official. I don't want to go to Shouzhou to take up the post of Tongzhi.
How can you still be unwilling to do this?
willing!You Tuiguan is very willing!

One government official is promoted to the seventh rank, but the same official is promoted to the fifth rank!

Even though Shouzhou has declined a bit since the Great Rebellion, it has actually been promoted to two or three levels!
Position promotions with such a span usually take several years or even decades.
At that time, You Tuiguan was confused and did not understand how such a great thing happened to him on this day.

After returning home, his wife's words suddenly enlightened him, "Master, could it be your brother's in-laws who helped you?"

The daughter of You Tuiguan's third brother married the second son of Tongshan Cai Yuan, but Cai Yuan had been an official for many years. As an official, You Tuiguan subconsciously looked down on the Cai family.

His habitual thinking made him shake his head immediately and said: "Him? How can he have such ability?"

"Hey! Could it be that the master has forgotten that the Cai family today is no longer what it used to be! Haven't you heard the third brother show off that Cai Yuan is now the chief official of Caizhou and is a serious official with real power. Maybe he doesn't have the ability to transfer you. He was promoted to Shouzhou, but his cheap son-in-law has this ability!"

"Madam, you mean Caizhou Chen Dutong, who is having an affair with his daughter?"

"Yes! Now that people have been granted the title of marquis, didn't you yourself say a few days ago, 'In the Huaibei prefectures, no one can wear their official hats securely without the nod from Lu Anhou.' How could it happen to you?" Do not understand?"

This may be due to the onlooker's knowledge. After being awakened by the Madam's words, You Tuiguan thought more and more that this possibility was high, so he asked his third brother to write a letter to Cai Yuan to inquire about it.

Cai Yuan's reply was straightforward. He only said that during the Tongshan Rebellion, You Tuiguan had spoken to Tongshan, so this time there was a vacancy in Huaibei, so he recommended You Tuiguan to Lu Anhou.

After getting the exact news, You Tuiguan was overjoyed and immediately went to Tongshan with his wife, his third brother and his wife, took Cai Kun and his wife, and went straight to Caizhou.

Firstly, it was to thank Cai Yuan in person for recommending him, and secondly, it was also to attend the wedding of Marquis Lu An so that he could become familiar with the Tongshan clan.

You Tuiguan is well aware of the ecology of the officialdom. From the moment he accepted Cai Yuan's recommendation, he was marked by the Tongshan clique.

If you want to be a comfortable official in Shouzhou, you must quickly integrate into this group
Even on the way to Caizhou yesterday, You Tuiguan specifically called his third brother and his wife to his side and warned him in detail, "Third brother, you can't be arrogant in front of your relatives in the future. Now Mr. Cai has a clear path." Anhou Yizhong, his eldest son Cai Yun went to Yingzhou to become the magistrate of the county. The future of this family is limitless. From now on, we should be more polite to your son-in-law and don't always find fault with him."

Even the third son of the You family knew that the power of the You and Cai families was about to reverse, so he couldn't help but slander the second brother in his heart. When my daughter married the second son of the Cai family, it was the second brother who despised Cai the most. Kun, now that you have benefited, your face will change quickly!

Last night when we entered the city, brothers You Tuiguan and Cai Yuan exchanged glasses of wine and chatted until late at night.

Early this morning, a group of female members of the You family followed the Wang family to the Academy Street Villa.
The You family is well aware that Cai Yuan seems to have spoken for You on this promotion, but in fact the most important thing is the relationship between Sanniang of the Cai family and Lu Anhou.
In the warm pavilion of the back house, while waiting for Cai Hua to freshen up and get up, Mrs. Wang was filled with emotions.

When the second son married the daughter of the You family, he was considered to be on a high level.

Later, in Tongshan, the incident between his daughter and Chen Chu, who was still the head of the capital, spread throughout the city.

During festival gatherings, the in-laws secretly accused the Cai family of being careless.
But today, just two years later, the You family no longer makes sarcastic remarks. Even if Mrs. Wang coughs casually, the second aunt of the You family will quickly pretend to be anxious and say a few words of concern, "Sister-in-law, please be careful." "Body"

The end of the hour.

Cai Hua, who was afraid of the cold, appeared in the flower hall wrapped in a fox fur with a mink collar. Her charming face, which was still a little sleepy, was lined with black mink velvet, which made her look noble and delicate.

When the You family members saw Cai Hua entering, they subconsciously stood up, but then they realized that Cai Hua was a junior after all, and it would be too flattering for them to see her in advance.

Cai Hua also didn't expect that her second sister-in-law's family would come to her place, and she couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

For a moment, the two sides were frozen on the spot, a little embarrassed.

Seeing this, Youshi, who had always been close to Cai Hua, smiled, stepped forward and took Cai Hua's arm, saying: "Oh, Hua'er's mink velvet and fox fur is very valuable at first glance, and it was given to you by the Marquis. Of?"

"Hua'er, why don't you show courtesy when you meet your two aunts? You're becoming more and more ignorant of etiquette." Wang smiled slightly and scolded her, seemingly reproaching her, but her tone was filled with pride and pampering that could not be hidden.

Only then did Cai Hua realize what was going on. After meeting the women of the You family, they sat down separately as guests of honor. After chatting for a while, they finally figured out what had happened.

She just learned about this today.

The female members of the You family were extremely respectful. Cai Hua couldn't help but smile quietly and thought to herself: This little lover of mine wants to make her look noble in front of others.
But then, Cai Hua thought about a deeper level. Chen Chu even used an in-law of the Cai family like You Tuiguan, which showed that he was really short of people.

In the officialdom, there is always a matter of seniority. Although Chen Chuyi has repeatedly been promoted to the Tongshan Department, everyone's starting point is still too low.

Just like this time for the position of Tongzhi of Shouzhou, Chen Chu couldn't find anyone qualified to hold this position except Chen Jingyan.Only then did You Tuiguan pick up the leak.

How can we help Puppy recruit some talents?
"Hua'er, Hua'er?"

Cai Hua was distracted for a moment, and it wasn't until her mother called out twice that she finally realized, "Mother, what's wrong?"

"Marquis Lu An will be getting married in a few days. I think the Marquis' Mansion will need a lot of arrangements at this time. Your two aunts are worried that people will be too busy, so they want you to introduce them to the Marquis' Mansion to see if they need any help."

When Wang spoke, she kept paying attention to the look on her daughter's face.

Cai Hua glanced at You's sister-in-law with a playful look and deliberately said nothing. They had just arrived in Caizhou and wanted to meet the little wild cats. They wanted to quickly get in touch with the core circle of women in the Tongshan family, but they were too impatient. .

Wang glanced at her daughter, but she was mistaken. She thought that her daughter was still unwilling to accept the current reality. In the years since Lu Anhou and Ren Ren were married, she had never heard of any discord between the couple. Moreover, in several months, Everyone in Caizhou's senior management knew that Lu Anhou ran [-] miles home in two days and one night when someone was seriously ill.

Now, in order to make up for the regret of not being able to get married in a grand way, he ignored the opinions of others and made up for the wedding a few years after they got married.

The position of the principal wife of the Marquis Mansion is as stable as Mount Tai.

Wang sighed silently and persuaded for the first time: "Hua'er, I will eventually become sisters with Ren Ren. Now that the Marquis Mansion is busy, you should also go and help. Ren Ren is not the kind of person who cannot tolerate others. You sisters still need to get along well."

time.

The atmosphere in the back house of the Hou Mansion in Sajin Lane is lively.

Dozens of female relatives from various families who came specially from Luliuwei to attend the wedding of the host couple gathered together, including Maodan's mother, Liu Baishun's mother-in-law, Daniu's mother-in-law, her sister Liu Lanzhi, Aunt Yao and others.

Compared to a few years ago, although women at this time were not all wearing gold and silver, the clothes made of fine cotton were cut to fit them properly.

The faces, old or young, are also much plumper and more rosy.

But what has changed the most since then is the temperament
Although the majestic Marquis Mansion made them somewhat cautious, they were not as timid as before, unable to speak to strangers.

Children who are used to living a good life can no longer look like the unkempt, skinny and unkempt people they once were.

Sandra Ng from the Wu family, Daya from the Liu Lanzhi family, and Zhou Zhiruo from the Zhou Zongfa family were all students of Yu Nong at Lanxiang Academy in Luliuwei.

In recent years, they have rarely seen each other. They all miss this female gentleman who always makes them cry when he scolds students and always brings snacks for them to eat.

Today, I followed my mother to the Hou Mansion and finally met her. Several half-grown girls surrounded Yunong and chatted non-stop.

"Mr. Chen, is this your and the principal's doll?" Liu Daya carefully touched Yunong's belly.

Yu Nong herself has a childlike innocence and especially likes to deal with children. She couldn't help but giggle and replied seriously: "Yes, when he grows up, he will also call you sister."

"Mr. Chen, Mr. Chen, is the baby in your belly a boy or a girl?"

"I don't know either. I won't find out until he is born." Yunong held her belly and said with a smile, but it caused more questions.
"Mr. Chen, how did the baby come out? Did it climb out of the belly on its own?"

"Mr. Chen, where did the doll crawl out from?"

"Mr. Chen, my mother said I picked it up from under the big locust tree on Cross Slope. Why is your baby in your belly? How did he get in?"

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The girls asked so many questions that Yunong was dumbfounded.

There's no way to answer this!

Seeing Yu Nong's face turn red, Liu Lanzhi smiled and helped her out, "You guys, please stop making trouble, Aunt Chen. Come back and sit down."

After she spoke, the three girls had no choice but to suppress their curiosity and returned to their mother's side.

Now that Luliuwei has money, although the women are reluctant to part with their own clothes, they are willing to part with their children.

The little girls all wore cute double buns and tied with red silk.

Wearing a well-fitting underskirt and jacket, each one is pink and eye-catching, she is the daughter of a landlord, nothing more than that.

The women sitting there felt a little emotional at the same time, but Liu Baishun's mother-in-law sighed first: "Hey, the children are so lucky that they met the host and his wife at a young age. I think back then, when we were little girls at home, we didn't know the word Douda. One couldn’t eat enough all year round. It wasn’t until I was nine years old that I first learned what meat tasted like.”

Liu Lanzhi on the side touched her daughter's head and sighed: "Isn't it true? The children are blessed. We will be able to afford dowries in the future. We need to find a good husband for them all."

Liu Lanzhi was inspired by these words. Back then, she married into her ex-husband's family just for a few buckets of food. She didn't expect her ex-husband to be an idle man, and later he suffered from an emergency.

Because she did not give birth to a boy, her parents-in-law did not tolerate her and drove her back to her parents' home.

At that time, her parents' family was also in difficulty. No matter how much the family shared the food rations for Liu Lanzhi and her daughter, they would not be able to have enough to eat.

To this day, Liu Lanzhi still clearly remembers that in the summer of that year, a young man brought a group of people to the village, who was said to be the new owner, and assigned cooking work to her family.

She still remembered that when she first met the black-iron-tower-like Yao eldest son, he deliberately left his own rations to share with the children at home.

Then, it was like a dream, and the days got better day by day.

Later, she worked at the Cross Slope Hotel and rescued a comatose man covered in feces and urine. He was very kind, and he was also very kind to Daya.

Dozens of people were talking, and the noisy Liu Lanzhi thought of someone or something, and she actually showed a shy smile that only a girl can have.

Madam Liu Baishun, who was sitting next to her, saw her and couldn't help laughing, "Sister Lanzhi, are you feeling springy? Do you miss your stupidity?"

Madam Liu Baishun had a loud voice, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.

In front of everyone, Liu Lanzhi couldn't help but feel embarrassed, and said hurriedly: "What nonsense are you talking about? I am almost thirty now, and I have never thought about those things. I just want to raise my big girl."

It's okay that she didn't defend herself. After denying this, Maodan Niang immediately laughed and exposed Liu Lanzhi, "Sister Lanzhi, it's strange to say that the big sword has no home in Luliuwei. When he was on vacation on the first day of this month, he returned to our village. , tell me, where did he stay at night?"

"How did I know?" Liu Lanzhi blushed and refused to admit it.

But Mao Dan Niang pretended to be surprised and said: "Hey, who was the naked man who was chased half a mile away by Uncle Liu with a stick on the night of the first day of the new year?"

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"Hahaha"

Amidst the roar of laughter, the cat sitting in the master's seat couldn't help but laugh, and thought to himself: Nowadays, there are many unmarried people around the officials. We need to remind the officials that once a man is married, his heart will be stable.

　Two chapters to transition from daily life
　　
　
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