A lucky wife born again from a farm family

At the end of David Ming'an's second year, the capital was really bustling with activity. First, the triumphant army returned to Beijing, and within a few days, it was the Chinese New Year again.

Three years after entering Ming'an, the excitement has not diminished at all. On the day of the Lantern Festival, the eight long streets in the capital were lit up with colorful lights like stars, illuminating the capital as brightly as daylight and making the capital more prosperous than during the Chu Dynasty.

"Master, madam, young master, madam, this box is too heavy. Please put it down quickly and let the younger ones carry it." Shopkeeper Chen and his fellow workers stood by to persuade the Dongweng family who suddenly came to work.

"Old Chen, shut up quickly. It will be terrible if the noble people hear that we are fake clerks!" Zheng Dongjia stared at them and solemnly explained: "From now on, except for Lao Chen, all other clerks will go out to hang out. Lantern market, leave the work in the shop to us. It's just selling some incense, candles and lanterns, we can do that."

"Just obey my orders, or I'll fire you!"

The boss spoke up and gave generous gifts, and the guys were happy to obey.

After the guys left, Zheng Dongjia said to the shopkeeper: "Old Chen, I got news that Qin Guogong's family and Ying Gong's family will disguise themselves as common people tonight and come to our Nancheng to visit the lantern market... I heard that your Majesty's family is also very popular. It may come, maybe we are lucky enough to meet it... Don't shout, don't shout, don't make any noise!"

Then he said: "Call your children too. If we meet him, we will be blessed for a lifetime."

Shopkeeper Chen was shocked, but said: "Master, where did you hear this news? Is it reliable?"

"Of course it's reliable. I got this news from..." Zheng Dongjia lowered his voice and said, "I bought it from Mrs. Changfu for a hundred taels of silver~"

This, indeed, was deceived.

Mrs. Changfu is Mrs. Chen. She has never been reliable. If you believe her, you might as well place an incense table and pray to God.

But the boss and his family were in high spirits. As a laborer, shopkeeper Chen was sensible and did not let down the fun. Instead, he said: "Young man understands and will cooperate with the boss."

The Zheng family was very happy and made a promise: "If I can meet the noble man tonight, the Zheng family will be prosperous for a hundred years."

"Thank you, boss!" Shopkeeper Chen quickly thanked him, and he was looking forward to it...what if he got lucky, right?

However, the Chen family was indeed unreliable. Qin Luowei and his family did not come to Nancheng at all. Instead, they went to Xichengfang City. They took their children shopping for more than an hour, went to more than a dozen shops, and even ate at a stall. sweet dumpling.

"The child of the glutinous rice dumpling stall owner also got the lantern from Qin Shizi, so he is really lucky!"

As soon as the news spread the next day, the people who had bought the news from Chen were angry and wanted to block Chen's explanation.

But Chen learned wisely and signed deeds with everyone who bought the news. Each deed had a sentence: There is no guarantee that you will meet the noble person. Whether you can meet the noble person or not depends entirely on your own luck. The seller is not responsible. No refunds.

rogue!

The buyers scolded Ms. Chen bloody.

But Mrs. Chen didn't care at all. She happily counted the banknotes at home and said to Gu Dagui who came to question her: "How can you blame me? I told them that I won't keep the truth, and I won't keep the truth. But in order to curry favor with His Majesty, they It’s better to spend money to buy it, then you are being cheated.”

Moreover……

"I only sell my information to wealthy families. They have no shortage of money. I don't sell it to those families who live a mediocre life."

What a conscience.

"Mom, have you finished counting? How much did you earn?" Gu Dewang asked.

Mrs. Chen was so proud that she waved a stack of banknotes to show off to him: "I made 6,330 taels, and more than a dozen companies gave me discounts, otherwise I would have made a full 7,000 taels!"

"There are quite a lot of them. Mom is indeed a good at picking up side deals." Gu Dewang boasted, and with a move of his arm, he snatched all the banknotes from Chen's hand. Before Chen got mad, he said, "Mom, Your buying and selling of His Majesty's whereabouts is a serious crime of genocide. For the sake of your relatives, Your Majesty exempted our family from the death penalty. However, the stolen money will be confiscated and your salary will be forfeited for three years. If you dare to commit the crime again, your title as a third-grade wife will be revoked."

What?

Mrs. Chen was confused, and felt that Gu Dewang was lying to him, so she smiled and said: "Stop fooling around and return the banknote to Mom. Mom still has to save money to hold a wedding banquet for you and Xiao Xinghua."

"Haha, Xiao Xinghua and I both have money. We don't need to use mother's money to hold a wedding banquet." Gu Dewang shouted outside: "Master Shi, come in and get the criminal!"

"Thank you, Mr. Gu." The black-faced Mr. Shi came in with prison guards armed with swords. He pointed at Chen and said, "Take this case to the Criminal Department for trial!"

"Gu Dewang, I'm your mother, and you actually mean it!" Mrs. Chen was so frightened that she quickly hid behind Gu Dagui and said, "Take the banknotes, take them all, I don't want them anymore, and I won't dare to do it anymore."

Only then was Gu Dewang satisfied, and reminded her: "Mom, when you go back to your hometown to show off, don't make any promises to the folks. Our family's current status, if you say a wrong word, it may lead to catastrophe. You know Yet?"

Mrs. Chen: "You think I'm stupid, I'm so smart that even profiteers have to kowtow and worship me!"

Only then did Gu Dewang go to negotiate with Master Shi and send the people from the Punishment Department away.

Chen Shi was so busy that she was half-infuriated. When she met Gu Defa, she jumped up and cursed: "You brat, if you don't prepare well for the exam, where did you go? If you don't get the top score in the exam, I will never be done with you!"

Gu Defa was helpless: "Mom, I have been writing strategies in my yard. It's dinner time, so I went out to eat."

Wrong scolding? Even that doesn’t admit it!

Gu Defa said again: "Mom, don't think too highly of me. I didn't get the top spot in the exam, but it's pretty good if I can get to the bottom... It doesn't matter if I fail the exam. Anyway, if I fail the exam, I will go back to work in the household department."

It blocked everything Chen expected to say.

Mrs. Chen was so angry that smoke was burning on her head: "I can't stay with you any longer. I'm going to see Sister Xiaoxin, but don't come to me!"

She went to Gu Dexing's house, hugged Sister Xiaoxin, and cried to Xu Zhong about Gu Dewang's plot against her.

Xu Zhong comforted her with kind words, but her heart dropped... When she learned that her aunt was selling information, she was frightened and hurried to tell her husband.

Her husband told her not to worry and let her aunt do the work. She would be taught a lesson after the work was done.

And His Majesty knew about this and did not stop it, just to ask his aunt to help divert the attention of the people in the capital so that His Majesty and the Qin family and the Luo family could have a good time.

On the same day, after Wei Xiao saw the more than 6,000 taels of silver notes, he imagined Chen's depleted appearance and felt comfortable. He turned around and gave the silver notes to the Ministry of Rites: "An extra gift for the generals who are getting married recently."

"Yes." The officials from the Ministry of Rites happily took away the banknotes and were busy with the wedding of the generals.

…

The excitement in the capital continued. On the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, Hong Dao and Wu Qinyi got married.

Before Hong Dao got married, he was also named a second-grade Wu'an general. He married the queen's cousin. The wedding was held with great grandeur, and all the nobles from the capital came. The palace also gave valuable gifts, which made all the guests in the hall extremely envious. Mr. Hong's face was also glowing, and he was very proud of his grandson.

Xiao Chenggong was sour again. After returning home from the wedding banquet, he said to Su Yongshu: "I'm sorry, wife. If I were more capable, our wedding would be much more beautiful."

Su Yongshu was very happy that Xiao Chenggong thought of her everywhere, but: "Husband, you can't think like this. Everyone has their own achievements. If we only look at the ones at the top, we will not be able to live our lives... Things are going great now.”

They were married in their twenties, and a few days before the wedding, my husband, father-in-law, brother-in-law, and brother-in-law were all promoted, and the Ministry of Rites also sent congratulatory gifts. It was already a great sight, and my aunt was so happy that she cried, saying that she had found her. A good marriage.

After being coaxed by his wife, Xiao Chenggong was full of energy again. He read the books on military resources management given by the Ministry of War at night.

…

The next day, the 19th day of the first lunar month, the eldest son of General Liu was officially canonized as Duke of Jin. General Xiao Liu was granted the title of Duke of Yan, and the Liu family had two Dukes, both of whom were in the limelight.

On the twentieth day of the first lunar month, Bu Fang got married to the concubine of Magistrate Li, which was another lively event.