Chapter 826: The Xie family’s Langzhi orchid and jade trees are in the temple, and they have a happy conversation.
There are high gates and rustic alleys in the capital of Dachu. This is normal, but if anyone knows that a second-rank military general lives in a small alley, there may be a slander who will impeach this person with a heartache, which will damage the majesty of the court. Xie Xici, who was born in a poor family, was this person. If it weren’t for the identity of Cao Changqing’s disciple, it would be a fantasy that Xie Xici wanted to be the leader of Han Shu. Facts also prove that the ability is not absolutely related to the level of the family. If it weren’t for Lu Shengxiang’s leadership and Chen Zhibao’s sudden emergence, Xie Xiqian’s unbeaten record would have continued. Yang Shenxing, Yan Zhenchun, Wu Chongxuan, and three veterans who won great reputations in the troubled times of the Spring and Autumn Period all suffered a huge loss in Xie Xiqian, who had “no Mao had grown all over the world”.
The sun is warm after winter, and a young man with short green hawks on his lips is sitting on the steps at the door to bask in the sun. He has been born and raised in this street for generations. Because of his weakness, he has been nicknamed “Xie Zhugan” since he was a child. Even though he left the street and ran out to study, he won the arm wrestling of Zhao Dazhuang who lives on the street with his arms almost as thick as his calves. However, no matter his seniority, the neighbors still like to call him “Xie Zhuganzi”, and probably can’t change it.
Everyone only knows that this boy from the old Xie family has obtained in his later years. He doesn’t seem to have a great future in his studies, but it’s true that he has no worries about food and clothing. Unfortunately, the child is not at home for many years, so he has not been able to marry a wife to continue the incense for the old Xie family. So Lao Xie, who sells alcohol, is not very happy. Especially whenever he hears that other children are yamen officials or pass the exam, he always can’t make up for the words. Even if he holds his mouth to say a few beautiful words, no one really takes it seriously. If his son’s husband had not come to drink with him once, the gentleman said that his boy was good at studying and would be sure to be good in the future. He would have already grabbed the bastard’s ears and asked him to make money by selling alcohol. The family saved some wealthy family fortunes, and they didn’t care about the child helping to make more money. They were just children from poor families, and they were not afraid of bad family backgrounds. After all, poor people had poor families, and they were not willing to be kind to each other. Whose daughter was willing to find a man who was floating all day long and married to a small family. They were not afraid of poverty. It was not a chaotic world. If you are willing to sweat, you could probably bring your family to eat with your family. But you were afraid that men would be arrogant and low-key. The old matchmaker Liu on the street next door also stabbed Old Man Xie with a message and said with a smile that she didn’t dare to push her good daughter into the fire pit, which made Old Man Xie feel so frustrated when she still remembered it. It would be a bit of fun if she let go of her stomach and drink occasionally.
A group of rogues passing by the door of the old Xie family. They were all peers who grew up with Xie Zhugan. One of them stopped and smiled at the guy basking in the sun, “Zhuganzi, go, I will take you to the gambling shop to earn dozens of taels of silver. Keep in mind that you are a bachelor when you enter the door, and you will have a wife when you go out! Zhuganzi, you have never tasted meat and fish yet.”
Xie ZhuGanzi raised a middle finger at them and cursed, “Get out!”
They were not angry at Xie Zhuganzi’s desperate attempt to suffer, and walked away with a smile. Although those young people lived together, they never bullied the neighbors and only harmed others. After all, every household on the street had villagers and elders who watched them grow up naked. Just like the first time they drank in their lives, they stole wine from Xie Zhuganzi’s father. Although they were blocked by the stingy old Xie head at the door and scolded for a long time, they just hid at home, crossed their legs and slid their ears, and cursed them.
Besides, Xie Zhuganzi has been famously disgusted since childhood. It is not him who has the courage to actually climb the wall and peep at the widow of the Ma family to take a bath! Who threw stones into the most beautiful woman of the same age on the street? He and she were only thirteen or fourteen years old. They were so scared that the girl didn’t dare to come out in the ward for a long time. When her parents found her, they finally dared to cry loudly. Afterwards, Xie Zhuganzi was beaten to death by the old Xie Tou. It was really shocking to see that the lame Xie Zhuganzi has never said a word to her for more than ten years. When they met her in an alley by chance, they wanted to walk close to the wall. Unfortunately, she has not yet married yet. She has gone from being a beautiful girl, to being able to buy alcohol for her father by the age of other women’s children. Her parents were so worried that as long as someone wanted her, she wanted to throw her daughter out as a splash of water. Anyone with a discerning eye knows that she is waiting for someone. And her parents, who had originally eyes on her forehead, have also met with the old man selling wine in private in recent years. Old Xietou was not without ideas, but he couldn’t see his son several times a year. He went home a few times and was in a hurry, and he just dragged it again and again until this time his son was rarely staying at home. Seeing that his posture was not in a hurry, the old Xietou finally said harsh words. If he didn’t get married, he would be like him, Xie Xici!
The Xie family’s children who have been floating outside all year round sit on the steps. Whenever a neighbor passes by the door, they will definitely greet him with a smile. The elders will probably joke about when to ask your father to hold his grandson. Then it will be better to drink wine. If Xie Tieji is willing to be plucked, it will definitely be the day when your Xie boy gets married in this life. Xie Xici also said with a bitter face that I wanted to have a wife, but I don’t know where the wife is. At this time, it was not that no one deliberately glanced at the old girl of the Liu family. Xie Xici, who had been smart since childhood, began to pretend to be stupid.
Xie Xici sat leisurely on the steps, but couldn’t help but turn around and look at the Spring Festival couplets on both sides of the gate. The handwriting is average and the content is vulgar, but my mother secretly said that his father finally asked the boy who passed the exam for the Tongsheng Fame at the end of last year. The Song family said at least this year that he had taken more than ten kilograms of wine from his own wine shop. Xie Xici sighed, thinking that this time before leaving home, he would have to have seven or eight couplets of welcome spring couplets and dozens of words of spring before leaving home. He could not let his parents suffer this tone anymore. The man hereMost people don’t read much. When they were young, they were better at their daughter-in-law and who was better at their female lead. Then, in the rest of their life, they probably only compared whose children are more promising and whose son-in-law and whose son-in-law are more filial.
Xie Xiquan rubbed his cheeks hard.
It’s not that he doesn’t want his parents to see his son, which is no worse than other people’s children, and he even has much more promising prospects. However, although his parents are ordinary people in the market, now in the entire Great Chu and the entire capital, who doesn’t know that there are battles one after another. Between his son’s great prospects and his son’s safety and safety, Xie Xici knows that his parents must choose the latter. He didn’t want his parents to be worried all day long, and would rather they complain that they were not getting married yet, so why wouldn’t they be happy to live a down-to-earth life? He muttered to him that the sons of other people’s peers were going to private schools to write Spring Festival couplets. Originally, Xie Xiqiu was going home this time to grit his teeth and tell them the truth, but when he looked at his parents who seemed to have grown old overnight, looking at his father who was stern and unhappy but sat down to drink with him, Xie Xiqiu couldn’t say anything. He was afraid that one day he would die in battle, so his parents immediately knew that he was dead, rather than traveling far away to study.
Today, Lao Xietou, who was not open for a wine shop, walked out of the yard and saw his son who was not doing business. He snorted coldly and left with his hands behind his back. Xie Xiqian’s mother walked out the door and chuckled softly, “Don’t worry about him, I actually went to buy meat. Your father didn’t say anything, but he secretly took a lot of broken silver from the piggy bank under the bed. I just pretended not to see it.”
Xie Xiqian grinned. His father’s bad temper had long been used to being a son.
The woman smiled again, “I have always liked that girl from the Liu family, but at that time, the Liu family didn’t look at our family. Now that the girl is old, she is anxious. Mom tells you what she thinks, although you are my mother’s son, if that’s not the case, you are really not worthy of the other girl.”
Xie Xici looked up and smiled and said, “Mom, I am really your biological child.”
The woman pretended to beat her: “It’s so slick, no wonder she can’t find a wife! If your father heard this, he wouldn’t beat you to death!”
Xie Xici bent her arm: “When he was a child, he was chased by his father to run around the yard every day, but now his father can’t beat me.”
The woman gently gave the uneasy son a thunderous son: “Boy, don’t be angry with your father. When you were young, your mother protected you again and again. In the future, your mother will definitely favor your father.”
Xie Xici made a face: “I know!”
The woman said earnestly: “Miss Liu is not young anymore, but she looks really handsome. There is no better daughter than her in the nearby streets. You kid really don’t think that my mother wants to tell you something clearly. I heard that there is an official who wants to accept her as a young man. Her parents have never visited our house this year.”
Xie Xici finallyCan’t laugh anymore.
The woman did not make things difficult for her son: “You are not young anymore. Mom believes that you actually know the importance of the most. If you don’t urge you, you will do it yourself. After all, my parents only have you, so I always think about you.”
Xie Xici nodded, and when his mother walked back to the yard, she began to daze again, and looked at that direction without realizing it.
A young man jogging all the way into the alley laughed loudly, “Xie Zhuganzi, what are you looking at?”
The young man was called Lu Sichu. This was the second time he visited the “old Xie family”. He carved a sword last time, but he was treated by neighbors and Xie Xipu’s parents as children who were confused about his brain. He almost caused the young man to suffer internal injuries. This time he learned to be smart. Not only did he not carry a sword, but he also made up for the last time’s meeting gift – carrying chickens and ducks with both hands. Regarding what the meeting gift should be given, the elders of the Lu family who were full and had nothing to do behind the boy discussed this for a whole morning! Some people said they gave them the best tribute wine, but they were quickly scolded for being brainless. The Xie family sold wine. What are you doing when you were slapping the scene in the face? Some people said they gave them silk, tea, porcelain, etc., but they were still refuted. They said they gave them some things that were not good-looking and useless. They were not sincere at all. Later, some people said that it would be better to carry the sandalwood chair, and it would be useful to see it. Unfortunately, I still think it is inappropriate. I guess Xie Xiqin’s parents would not be willing to put it out for others to sit. It would be a bad idea to show off like the Lu family. In the end, the only remaining swordsman, Mr. Lu Tiandan, who was the only remaining master of swordsmanship, made the final decision with a wave of his hand, and asked Lu Sichu to carry two chickens and ducks over and slaughter the pot that day! The younger generation of the Lu family admired that ginger is still so spicy! So the boy came to this end from the capital with many wealthy families. The two chickens and ducks were probably full, and they even shitted when they were in the carriage. They parked the carriage two miles away. After getting off the carriage, the boy took the chicken in one hand and grabbed the duck in the other, and ran all the way. It was really full of chickens and duck feathers.