Chapter 648
Hearing the word Croton, Zhao Hongsheng's expression suddenly changed, and he subconsciously put his hands in front of him, but before he could speak to Su Tianyou beside him, he turned around abruptly, and hurriedly walked towards Gongfang along the path , leaving Su Tianyou stunned in place alone.

"Oh, I laughed so hard, it's actually true, haha." Su Tianrui hid behind a big tree not far away, pointing at Zhao Hongsheng's receding figure and laughing until his stomach ached.

Xia Zhengsheng was afraid that his laughter would attract Su Tianyou's attention, so he stretched out his hand to grab his arm, lowered his voice, and said proudly: "Well, I'm right? Next time you don't like him, just Just say Croton in front of him, I guarantee that this guy won't be able to get out of Gong's room, and his legs will be so weak that he can't even stand up!"

Ever since Zhao Hongsheng had diarrhea caused by Xia Zheng and Zhao Hongde using croton when he was young, this guy couldn't hear the word "croton". As soon as he heard it, he would definitely have a stomachache. It was more effective than eating croton.

Xia Zheng curled his lips, glanced at Su Tianyou who stayed where he was, and frowned.

Turning around and leaving, Su Tianrui chased after him, talking non-stop, and kept chasing and asking: "Do you know that my sister has been sad all day after she came back, and I heard that you met a woman in Zhuma Town? What is that?" Man, how do you look? It must be very beautiful to meet your eyes, right? Is my sister more beautiful? I don’t think my sister is as beautiful. My sister is the number one beauty in the capital. How could anyone be more beautiful than her! Yes Right? Hey, did you listen to me? You should answer me! Hey, Ah Zheng? Xia Zheng! What are you thinking!"

Xia Zheng impatiently waved his hand in front of him, successfully drove him away from him, and said slowly: "You said it yourself just now, that is my woman, why do you care so much about my woman? Don't tell me If you are interested in her, I can tell you that my woman only sees me, and you little shrimps, she won't notice her, so let me die as soon as possible!"

Su Tianrui bared his teeth for a moment, and wondered: "Where did I say that I wanted to take her away from you? Brothers and wives can't be bullied, who do you think I am? Hmph, you think I'm willing to ask you shit? If not My precious little sister has been haunted every day since she came back, so I don't ask! I just wonder what kind of woman can catch your eyes. You can't even look down on a woman as good as my sister. Who else in this world can compare to her? More beautiful? I don't believe it."

Xia Zheng rolled his eyes at him: "Superficial!"

"Oh, you're not superficial, so tell me, what kind of connotative woman does a connotative person like you like?"

Xia Zheng curled his lips, but didn't speak again.Counting the days, it would be five or six days before he left Lin Yuan, but these few days he lived like a year.What's even worse is that he had to wait until the Lantern Festival banquet in the palace before he could leave the capital and return to Zhuma Town. Oh, why did he have to wait for so many days!

"I don't know if darling Yuan'er misses me." Su Tianrui's nagging has already been automatically blocked by him, and now Xia Zheng's mind is full of Lin Yuan who is far away in Linjia'ao.

"Hey, hello, Ah Zheng!"

Xia Zheng just thought of the scene where Lin Yuan was shopping with him hand in hand, and was suddenly woken up by Su Tianrui, and glared at him impatiently, but saw Su Tianrui approaching his ear, and raised his chin behind him: "Here, my elder brother is here , It seems that I have something to find you."

Although Su Tianyou and Su Tianrui are brothers who came out of the same mother's womb, they have different personalities. Su Tianrui is lively and quick-witted, just like a little fox.But Su Tianyou is different, he is also a fox, but not a smart and cute fox, but a calm and unpredictable fox.

The two sons are foxes, so Prime Minister Su is naturally even more cunning, and they are called old foxes.

"A nest of foxes!" Xia Zheng muttered quietly, and glanced at Su Tianyou who had already walked in front of him: "Master Su looking for me?"

Su Tianyou nodded calmly: "Mr. Zheng is so smart."

Su Tianyou glanced at Su Tianrui who was behind him, Su Tianrui curled his lips very knowingly, and walked a little further, although he was unwilling, but had to admit that this elder brother was more favored by his father than him.

"Young Master Su sent everyone away, so it's not like there is something shameful you want to tell me?" Xia Zheng couldn't stop talking like he didn't want to offend anyone.

Su Tianyou chuckled: "Young Master Zheng really knows how to joke. He just made a joke with the Second Prince, and now he's here to amuse me again."

Xia Zheng raised his eyebrows, if it wasn't for the fact that he was the eldest brother Su Tianrui, he probably wouldn't have stopped to talk to him.He is not his father and elder brother, he doesn't like these people in the officialdom, and he doesn't want to get involved.

"What's the eldest son, just tell me, my stomach is growling with hunger, and I want to taste the food in your mansion."

Su Tianyou's face remained calm, but he couldn't hold it anymore in his heart. This Xia Zheng was still the same, he dared to say anything with his mouth, and he was not afraid of offending others.It stands to reason that he and Tianrui are brothers, why are they treated so differently!

"In that case, then I'll get straight to the point." Su Tianyou took a few steps closer, carefully observing Xia Zheng's expression, not letting go of even a tiny bit, "During the New Year's Eve palace banquet, Mr. Zheng asked himself to take down the seal of the imperial court. An errand. Su is not talented, I remember that His Majesty asked you a year ago, you didn't want to accept it at that time, but why do you want it today?"

Xia Zheng raised his eyebrows: "Why, can I share your majesty's worries? Hey, I'm not as capable as you, so I can only do my best on such small things."

As he said that, Xia Zheng wrung his fingers and started rambling: "Look at my father and my elder brother, both of them are brave and good at fighting, and they are the masters who make the enemy fearful when they go to the battlefield. Besides, you and Prime Minister Su are both capable and good at fighting." Knowledgeable. Look at me, but I can’t do it. Wen can’t stabilize the country, and military can’t rule the country. Speaking of which, I only have a small hobby of doing business to make money. .”

"Mr. Zheng is serious. You are talented and intelligent. You can open several restaurants at a young age. The courage and intelligence required for this are beyond the reach of ordinary people." To be honest, Su Tianyou still admires the young master in front of him. In the past, I just thought that the second son of the Xia family only knew how to have fun and trick others, and he was just like his second brother.But after the news about Xia Zheng's opening of a restaurant spread a year ago, he felt that he underestimated him too much.

Thinking of this, Su Tianyou couldn't help admiring his father. His father had a unique insight, and he could see Xia Zheng's abnormality at a glance, otherwise he wouldn't have let Su Qiuyu approach Xia Zheng.

Wait, something seems wrong.

Su Tianyou pursed his lips, and was almost pulled away by this guy, who was obviously talking about printing books.

Lifting his eyes and taking a deep look at Xia Zheng, Su Tianyou didn't dare to underestimate him.

"The job of printing books is hard work, not to mention time-consuming and labor-intensive, and it can't make money. Su is really curious. Since Mr. Zheng is in business and opens a restaurant, he should be able to see the key to it. How could he take the initiative? Have you ever taken on this drudgery?" Su Tianyou was full of smiles, and he talked as if he was chatting with a good friend, but he forgot that he and Xia Zheng were not very familiar.

Xia Zheng didn't forget, he raised his eyebrows and hooked his lips, and his tone was alienated: "It turned out to be this matter, if I said that it was because I suddenly became kind and wanted to do good deeds, would you believe it?"

Su Tianyou coughed dryly, of course he didn't believe it.

But he didn't dare to say these words, and said with a smile: "Young Master Zheng is a kind person, so why did he suddenly say such kindness?"

Xia Zheng also raised his eyebrows and smiled, this Su Tianyou is indeed a well-rounded person, knowing that what he said was an excuse, he continued to follow him, no wonder Su Cheng regards this eldest son very highly, Su Tianrui is still too tender, he has to Just learn from this big brother.

"Young Master Su is too much, I'm not a kind person." Xia Zheng glanced at him, then suddenly approached Su Tianyou, and whispered in his ear: "If I were a kind person, I wouldn't have given the big bad wolf the chin. gone."

After finishing speaking, before Su Tianyou could respond who the big bad wolf was, Xia Zheng had left his ear, reached out and patted him affectionately on the shoulder, and said, "Okay, I've said everything I need to say, big brother, how about you?" Don't tell others, this is our secret. It's time for my younger brother to talk to Tianrui, let's go."

With a wave of Xia Zheng's hand, he had already gone away, leaving Su Tianyou alone with a bewildered face, what secrets, everything that should be said, what did they say?

"Young Master Su is very good at tricks. After such a short period of time, he has already obtained words from Xia Zheng. He told this king that it would be difficult to accomplish. It turns out that it was all a humble resignation."

Zhao Hongsheng's voice suddenly came from behind, Su Tianyou collected his expression, and rolled up his cuffs: "The second prince has won the prize, but Mr. Zheng hasn't said anything to me."

"Oh." Zhao Hongsheng's face was full of three words of disbelief, "That's right, that's your secret, of course you can't tell it to an outsider like me."

Su Tianyou clenched his fists, and finally understood the reason why Xia Zheng talked to him so close before he left. He probably saw Zhao Hongsheng and set him up on purpose, leaving him this big trouble.

Once again, Su Tianyou deeply felt Xia Zheng's ability to deceive people. Su Tianyou regretted it. He knew that he would be misunderstood by Zhao Hongsheng. He shouldn't have appeared in front of Xia Zheng with the second prince. Maybe this guy just misunderstood the two of them. The relationship between people deliberately cheated him.

Zhao Hongsheng looked at Su Tianyou deeply, no wonder he suspected that the Su family and the Xia family were in the same group.Empress Su's eldest prince died early, and has been weak since then, and has nothing to do.As Queen Su's natal family, the Su family has no young master to assist, but if they still want to keep the status of the Su family, they have to choose a prince to support them.

And he and Concubine Shu's son Zhao Hongde are the two most competitive princes.Concubine Shu is Xia Heng's biological younger sister. Zhao Hongde has the support of the Xia family. If he gets the support of the Su family again, is it still a suspense who will get the crown prince?

Zhao Hongsheng clenched his fists silently, but it was a pity that Su Qiuyu had Xia Zheng alone, even if he used the position of concubine as a temptation, he could not get a response from the Su family.Su Zhe, an old fox, is really impeccable in his work.

When Lin Jiaao and Lin Yuan's family returned home, Lao Fan was holding the last bowl of pimple soup and was worrying. Seeing Lin Yuan's figure, Lao Fan's eyes were about to burst into tears.

Lin Yuan believed that if she didn't come back tonight, Lao Fan would hold that bowl of pimple soup and cry till dawn.

Smiling secretly in her heart, Lin Yuan hurried to the kitchen to prepare dinner.After walking on the road for so long, the whole family felt a little cold. Lin Yuan first boiled a big pot of ginger soup for everyone to drink to relieve the cold.

Dinner is a big pot of wontons, small wontons with pork meatballs, topped with green onion and coriander, it tastes delicious and hot.

The third and fourth day of the first lunar month is the day to celebrate the New Year with my aunt, uncle and others. The uncle’s house doesn’t have to go, and Lin Jiaxin doesn’t have any sisters, so the whole family doesn’t have to go out these two days, and they stay at home and sit around chatting together.

Sometimes Lin Yuan thought that Yang's making things difficult for her daughter-in-law should have something to do with her not having a daughter.If she gave birth to a daughter herself, she would definitely be able to take care of her daughter-in-law with compassion.After all, no one wants their daughter to be bullied at her husband's house.

The fifth day of the lunar new year is commonly known as the fifth day of the fifth day. On this day, firecrackers are set off, and there is no particular emphasis on what to eat.Lin Yuan simply made dumplings according to her old habits. There is also a special way to eat dumplings on this day. It is commonly known as "pinching the mouse's mouth", which means pinching the mouse's mouth so that the house will not be plagued by rats in the coming year and the food in the family will not be spoiled. .Fortunately, there is no rat person in their family, otherwise they will be "pinched by the rat's mouth" and will have nothing to eat in the coming year.

Of course, this is just a local custom, and of course it doesn't count.

There was nothing to do on the sixth day of the lunar new year, but because of Lin Yongle's incident, the Linjia'ao was very lively.

Although the funeral cannot be held, Lin Yongle's remains must still be sent out for burial.The old house of the Lin family pasted white paper early, but did not set up a mourning hall. The villagers left early after bringing the paper and tribute they bought.

After lunch, Lin Yuan and the others also came out to see that they were sending Lin Yongle out of the city.Although the funeral was not possible, the funeral procession was quite large. Lin Jiazhong led the way, and Lin Yongle's coffin was pulled by Lin Fugui's ox cart behind.It's just that the coffin was very ordinary, even worse than the one that Lin Jiaxin bought for his son who died young.

Lin Yuan moved her slender eyebrows and found that the funeral procession was missing a lot of people.For example, Lin Yongcheng, who is her own brother, did not show up. Thinking of what Liu Zhiyang told her that day, Lin Yuan became a little more curious about Lin Yongcheng.

When she saw Lin Jiaxiao's two panda eyes, Lin Yuan realized that Li Feng'e hadn't appeared either.Just wondering, he suddenly heard the gossip of some women around him.

"Look at the eye sockets of the youngest of the Lin family! I told you, you didn't believe it when you heard them fighting that day, but now that you see someone, you should believe it?"

"Where do I not believe it? Don't the youngest couple often fight? But the youngest will always be beaten. You just said that you heard the third wife's wife crying. Of course I don't believe it."

"No, sister-in-law, I also heard the third daughter-in-law crying. Could it be that the third son beat her? By the way, why didn't I see the third daughter-in-law today? It stands to reason that she should also Appeared, could it be that he was watching the children at home?"

"Her? She doesn't look after the children. She threw her two children to the old lady of the Lin family, but why didn't this woman come? Could it be that she went back to her mother's house? This is so lively, with Li Feng'e's temper, sure Something's going to happen."

"Oh, are there still few incidents in the old Lin's house? I heard that the old man is dying, and the old lady, you see, she is thin now, and only bones are left. Oh, yes, have you had any problems in the past two days? Didn't you hear that kind of sound from the Lin family, um, it's just the sound of howling in pain?"

"No, your house is closer than ours. I only heard Mrs. Ma crying for his son."

"Could it be that I listened wrongly? No, I have to listen better tonight."

Lin Yuan didn't pay attention to the howling sound, but was very interested in the matter of Lin Jiaxiao and his wife.She raised her eyebrows, and the corners of her mouth curled up in a subtle way. Fighting between Li Feng'e and Lin Jiaxiao was nothing new, but if Lin Jiaxiao really beat Li Feng'e, it would be something new.

Lin Jiaxin also came out with the daughters to see Lin Yongle off for the last time, but when he saw that his eldest brother seemed to have aged ten years overnight, he really couldn't bear it.The most tragic thing in the world is that a white-haired person gives away a black-haired person. It is precisely because he has experienced this kind of pain that he sympathizes with Lin Jiazhong more deeply.

Sighing, Lin Jiaxin turned his face away, but found Yang's stooped and thin body among the crowd on the street.Looking at the pale hair, face covered with wrinkles and tears, Lin Jiaxin couldn't help clenching his fists. Even though they had severed their relationship, this woman is also his mother. Seeing his mother like this, the Lin family Very uncomfortable in faith.

"Let's go, let's go home." Pulling the girls' hands, Lin Jiaxin turned his head and wiped the corners of his eyes, and walked home first.

Xiao Linshuang blinked and looked at the two sisters suspiciously. Didn't she say it as a gift, why did she go back so early?Already sent someone?To whom?
Lin Yuan also saw Yang Shi, no wonder her father was in a bad mood.He took the hands of the two younger sisters and followed behind his father.She admitted that she actually didn't have a good impression of the people in the old house, but now she really couldn't help Lin Jian and his wife.

To tell the truth, Lin Jianling had indeed done something wrong with his descendants. First, he abandoned his son and granddaughter, and then he misunderstood the slander that he wanted to drown his granddaughter.This kind of thing is really unforgivable.

But Mrs. Yang didn't seem to be as heartless as she did. Although she was not very kind to Mrs. Liu and was not affectionate to her granddaughters, after all, she didn't want to kill her granddaughter like Lin Jianling did.

Lin Yuan pursed her lips, and turned her head to look at Yang sympathetically after leaving for the first time.It was this inadvertent glance that knocked heavily in Yang's heart.

Yang's nose was sore, tears spewed out again, sobbing so much that she could hardly straighten up.

Lin Yongle was buried in the back mountain. Although he couldn't enter the ancestral grave, the place is not bad, with mountains and water, which was obviously chosen by Lin Jiazhong.

In the next few days, Lin Yuan heard that Lin Jiazhong was looking for an unmarried woman who died young, and wanted to match his son with a ghost marriage.It is said that if an unmarried person dies, it will be difficult to reincarnate in the next life. Even if they are reincarnated, they will not be able to have a good family. This is why many parents think of matching their children who died young with ghost marriages.

Lin Jiaxin also thought back then, but he didn't have that much money, so he let it go.Fortunately, this youngest son is just a little milk baby who is not yet full moon, whether he is worthy of a ghost marriage or not does not have much influence.

But Lin Yuan took this matter to heart. She didn't mention it before because she didn't understand these things. Now that she heard about Lin Jiazhong's marriage to Lin Yongle, of course she couldn't ignore it. The little brother is the eternal pain in the hearts of parents. If you can't give him the best in life, you must make up for him when you die. I hope he can be reborn in a good family in the next life and live a happy and prosperous life.

A ghost marriage is also a marriage, and the money needed is not much less than a normal marriage.In order to raise money, Lin Jiazhong also worked hard, looking for a matchmaker to find a suitable woman, and because of the lack of money, Lin Jiazhong was even more worried, and even had a lot of hair and wrinkles.

In a flash, it was the tenth day of the first lunar month, and many shops in the city had already opened, and Lin Yuan's Daohuaxiang was no exception. It was only when Lin Yuan and the others arrived in the town that they discovered that something had happened again, but this time the accident was not Daohuaxiang, Instead, it was replaced by Mo Sanniang's cloth shop opposite.

 Going to work today, are you ready?

  
 
(End of this chapter)

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