Xia Xun didn't expect spring to come so early in Jiangnan.
He has stayed in Jiangnan for several years, but this is the first time that he can seriously feel every breath of spring in early spring. The tender green of the willows is still tinged with new yellow, and the warm spring breeze ripples on the water.
The water does not freeze in winter, but it is clear at a glance whether the spring breeze or the cold wind is blowing on the water. The softness and warmth of the spring breeze seem to be expressed through the difference in the ripples.
The swallows flew happily, pecking at the spring mud one by one, building their new nests. On the bottom of the crystal clear stream, happy fish swam happily. The water plants also lost their dark green color and replaced it with new ones.
The vitality of spring.
Xia Xun didn't expect that his spring would come so early.
On the country road, the old man was holding the cow, the strong man was carrying the plow, and the woman returning to her parents' home was carrying a basket, scolding her naughty son who ran to the grass by the roadside to catch grasshoppers from time to time, accompanied by the mooing cow.
His voice was very leisurely. But beside him, he was accompanied by a pretty girl, walking in the countryside with a strong pastoral atmosphere, as happy as a fairy.
Although there are still many variables in the future of the two of them, they have a lifelong love for each other and no longer have any barriers, so they don't have to constantly struggle and torture themselves, and their mood will naturally be very different.
Today Xia Xun is only wearing a blue shirt worn by an ordinary scholar. Although he is considered a gentleman among rural women, he does not mind it at first glance. Ming'er is also wearing a very ordinary dress, a jacket with a cross-collar collar.
, lightly decorated with lotus patterns, a light green skirt with subtle or absent patterns, and a short waist skirt added to the waist, making it look playful and cute.
Her hair was combed into a "bun", which is the double-screw bun that Jiangnan women, especially unmarried girls and maids, are accustomed to combing into. She walked beside Xia Xun, walking lightly and talking and laughing happily.
To go to Chaohu, you have to go west from Jinling. Crossing the river via Caishiji is the most convenient route, which happens to pass Cimu Mountain. Xia Xun and Ming'er once spent some time together here. During that time, they tended the countryside.
, raising chickens and geese, pretending to be uncle and niece, now I think about it, it has a different feeling in my heart. When Xiao Nizi went on a trip, Xia Xun took it upon herself to accompany her.
It only takes half a day's work, how can we not let the little beauty get her wish?
In Wuyu Water Village, at the foot of Ci Lao Mountain, green bamboos surround green plum blossoms.
This place holds many memories for them, beautiful memories.
Standing in the shallow grass without horseshoes, looking at the red apricots on the courtyard wall in the distance, Ming'er made great ambitions: "In the future, I will buy this place and build a villa. Especially our dilapidated building.
Including the house, the cherry tree in the backyard was planted by me myself. The tree I planted and the fertilizer you applied, you see, it has already bloomed. By this autumn, it will definitely bear a lot of cherries."
The spring breeze brought pieces of apricot and peach blossoms, their petals like butterflies, fluttering on her body, and Xiao Ming'er was in high spirits.
Xia Xun gently held her hand, looked at a few paper kites in the sky over the fields, and said softly: "Okay, then we will come and stay when we have time, and we will also take Xiao Ming'er to the mountains to pick bamboo shoots."
Ming'er pouted and said, "I'm not a little girl, but the more you scream, the smaller I get."
Xia Xun had a smile in his eyes: "I'm talking about Xiao Xiao Ming'er, not you!"
"How can there be little..., ah!"
Ming'er's face suddenly turned red, but her eyes shone with shame and joy. She placed her small hand on Xia Xun's big hand and stood there quietly, feeling the warm and peaceful feeling in her heart. It took a long time before she recovered.
Normally, he glanced at Xia Xun and said narrowly: "To be honest, when I went up the mountain with you to pick bamboo shoots, did you have any evil thoughts about me?"
"Of course not!"
Xia Xun looked like a gentleman: "At that time, he was an uncle. Besides... there is such a huge difference in status, how could he dare to covet the beauty of the little princess?"
"That's weird!"
Ming'er wrinkled her nose playfully: "You stare at me secretly, don't think I don't know. Bad uncle!"
Xia Xun's heart trembled, and he tightened his hands: "Baby, call me two more times!"
"What's it called?"
"Call me uncle!"
Ming'er blinked curiously and suddenly understood what he meant. She blushed, took out her hand, lightly hit Xia Xun, and said angrily: "Bad guy, if you don't scream, you won't scream!"
Xia Xun reached out to grab it, but the little girl swung her waist to avoid his clutches and ran away with a giggle.
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Ci Lao Mountain is not high. For people who are used to seeing high mountains and ridges, it is not an exaggeration to call it a mound. But this mound is not a mound after all. It is just like the gardens in the south of the Yangtze River, although the place is far less similar to that of the wealthy gentry in the north.
The house is as spacious and grand as a palace, but in terms of elegance, elegance and splendor, a three-hundred-acre manor house in the north is not as good as a three-acre garden in the south.
Ci Lao Mountain is not high, but it gives people an aura of sheer cliffs and mountains. When you look back, you can see golden patches stretching from the sky to the earth. It is a field of blooming rapeseed flowers. Ci Lao Mountain is like a lazily lying flower.
The big cat there rested its head on the bank of the river, watching the roaring water flowing eastward.
Xia Xun looked at the Yangtze River, watching the ships rushing in and out of the river, and slowly looked far away, looking at the other side of the Yangtze River, and said leisurely: "In the afternoon, we are going to cross the river. The Yu family..., let's give it to the Yu family
Are the gifts you prepared a little short?"
Ming'er rolled her eyes at him: "How many treasures do you have at home? Do you plan to give them all away?"
Xia Xun chuckled and said, "I can't bear to let the child catch the wolf."
Ming'er shook her head and said: "There are many things to pay attention to when giving gifts. It is a first acquaintance or an old acquaintance. Who has a higher status than the other person to you? Do you want someone to ask for or just want to establish friendship? Is it a tentative contact or has it already happened?
There are many things to learn about forming an alliance. If the gifts are not prepared appropriately, it will first make others look down on you. It is also easy for them to make misjudgments, refuse to cooperate, or make more excessive demands on you, which will make you
Be more passive. Okay, don't worry about it. Just leave this matter to me."
Xia Xun looked at her with some surprise, and said with a smile: "It seems that I really underestimated you. I always thought that you were just a naughty and playful little girl. I didn't expect that you knew so much!"
Ming'er said proudly: "That's right! This is a family like ours. Girls must be taught knowledge from an early age. Otherwise..."
When Ming'er said this, her young face suddenly turned red. She did not continue, but turned to the Yangtze River and took a deep breath of the fresh air filled with the fragrance of flowers. How could a young lady from a wealthy family just teach some things?
Poems, songs, music, chess, calligraphy and painting.
There is a lot of practical knowledge that must be learned in dealing with people, accounting and financial management, because a woman from such a family will definitely not marry into an ordinary family in the future. The responsibility of a housewife is only to manage the back house and maintain the harmony between wives and concubines.
Does the relationship make the back house harmonious? Even for a landowner with only a hundred acres at home, it will not be that simple.
Having said this, Xia Xun couldn't help but mention his worries.
"Ming'er, how sure are you of going here? I didn't expect the Yu family to be so complicated. If the Yu family is really such a headache, I might as well choose another navy. Originally, Chen Xuan was the most suitable
However, there are too many people in his navy who have some kind of relationship with the East Zhejiang Navy. There are some things that he cannot control. If someone really does something wrong, it will hurt me and me.
The harmony between them is so good. Speaking of other naval divisions, except for Zhejiang and Fujian, I can't think of a suitable team."
Ming'er said: "Everyone knows that the Yu family in Chaohu is its own sect, and external forces cannot penetrate into it. Everyone knows that the Yu family is the founding fathers of the country and the originator of the Ming Dynasty navy. They have their eyes high above their heads and act as if no one else is around. Because of this,
Others will ignore many things..., maybe it cannot be said to be ignored, but they just don't have the opportunity to understand, even if it is something everyone within the Yu family knows."
Xia Xun's heart moved and he said, "Ming'er, you mean..."
Ming'er looked back and smiled, her brilliant smile as bright as a spring flower: "Brother Xu, Beiyuan is our enemy of the Ming Dynasty, but Beiyuan is also fighting to the death within. In order to fight within, they even gave up using me, the Ming Dynasty to cut off the Jing Dynasty.
He took the opportunity to invade the south; North Korea, a small island country, the current king has framed several brothers and nephews, and put the previous king under house arrest before ascending to the throne; ***, the two kings of the north and the south have been entangled until now, I
I heard that there is no peace in Annan, and the internal struggle for power is getting more and more fierce... There is no pure land in the world. Brother Xu, do you think it is a force? As long as it is strong enough, this kind of struggle for power will
Is it inevitable?"
Xia Xun understood somewhat, and his eyes began to sparkle: "Ming'er, are you saying that there are conflicts within the Yu family for power and profit, which can be exploited by us?"
Ming'er made a face at him and said with a sweet smile: "Otherwise, how could I be so confident that I could convince the smelly, tough, and arrogant Yu family to be used by you?"
Xia Xun's heart dropped, and he pondered for a while facing the warm spring breeze, and then asked: "Then, which one should we fight for?"
Ming'er said: "The eldest room, the eldest room of Yu, Princess Jinhua!"
Xia Xun said: "By the way, I once heard you say that the Yu family's daughter was once named the Golden Flower Princess. At that time, I didn't have time to ask more, how did the daughter of a county official become a princess?"
Ming'er said: "In the twelfth year of the Dragon and Phoenix years, Yu Tonghai, the eldest son of Yu Tingyu, fought with enemy troops and was seriously injured twice. In the autumn of the next year, knowing that he was seriously ill, he asked for leave from Emperor Taizu and returned to Chaohu with his only daughter to visit relatives.
On the way back, he was blocked by wind at the mouth of Yuxi. Worried that he would not be able to return to his hometown alive, he betrothed his daughter to a salt merchant named Zhou Dashan for life.
The next year, Emperor Taizu proclaimed himself the King of Wu in Jinling and went to Chaohu to visit Yu Tonghai's condition. At that time, Yu Tonghai's illness relapsed and he was dying. When he was dying, he was worried that he had no son, which cut off his incense. Taizu
After the emperor proclaimed himself emperor the following year, he personally named Yu Tonghai's daughter 'Princess Golden Flower' and presided over her marriage to the salt merchant Zhou Dashan, who ordered Zhou Dashan to change his surname to Yu to continue the Yu family lineage."
Xia Xun smiled: "I understand. If a family has no heirs, it's okay to find someone to marry into the family to continue the family relationship and inherit the family property. But the Yu family still has two bedrooms and three bedrooms. If the eldest son recruits a son-in-law to marry into the family, he will still occupy the eldest son's house.
In terms of position, the second bedroom who was supposed to be promoted to the eldest daughter-in-law was probably reluctant to do so. Among the three bedrooms, only the third bedroom had an elder left. In terms of seniority, the third bedroom should now be the tallest, but the eldest daughter is
Princess, I am afraid that the third wife will not be very happy if she overpowers him. The Yu family builds its honors by martial arts and only values force, and the eldest brother only has one woman left, and the son-in-law is a businessman. In the family, it is inevitable..., haha, family
It’s quite complicated for families to have scriptures that are difficult to recite..."
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