Chapter 161 Wei Chunhua, the hard-working
The next morning, Gao Shixin took two young followers, Cai Jiuyi and Wu Liuqi, out of the capital. The three of them rode high-headed horses. Gao Shixin dressed in a thousand households in the Jinyiwei. Cai Jiuyi and Wu Liuqi wore pointed iron helmets and black Jinyiwei uniforms. They rode their horses and followed Gao Shixin away from the capital and went to Suning County, Hejian Prefecture, Northern Zhili to find the Wei family.
On the way, after passing by the Zuowei of Tongzhou, Gao Shixin entered the village and saw what the villagers had tossed the seeds of the new crops.
"Brother Shixin!" Fiancée Yuan Yue'er saw Gao Shixin coming from afar, jumping from home like a cheerful bird to greet him.
"Let me see how the seeds I brought." Gao Shixin went to pull Yuan Yue'er's little hand, but she avoided it. After all, the women of this era were not as open as they did later, but Yuan Yue'er still walked into the village side by side with him.
When he arrived in the village, Gao Shixin checked the seedlings of sweet potatoes and potatoes. The methods of planting sweet potatoes and potatoes are similar. They are first bred and then cut into pieces according to the location of the buds, then buried in the soil, and then planted into the farmland after the seedlings grow.
The planting of corn is different. Just beat the corn kernels from the corn cobs, sprinkle them into the farmland, and let them grow by themselves. Besides, peppers and tomatoes are sprinkled into the pot and first cultivate seedlings, and then planted. Peppers are just planted in the geography to allow them to grow naturally. Tomatoes are a kind of vine-like plant that requires a rack to make them climb up. However, tender seedlings have just grown, so there is no need to rush to set up racks.
Seeing that the crops were well raised, Gao Shixin gathered the villagers and talked about some precautions. He asked the two little brothers to have dinner at the neighbor's house, went to his father-in-law's house for lunch, and then took the two little brothers away.
It is already noon after 380 miles to Suning. This time, the three of them rode their own horses. Although there were spare horses for transfer, they had to walk for four days to arrive.
It was already the second day of the seventh month of the 48th year of Wanli, and the 19 days left, Emperor Wanli was about to die. It was not too late to go back and forth in Suning.
The three of them went south and passed by. When officials and the people saw the three Jinyiwei, they dared not provoke him, and they were afraid to avoid him.
After entering Hejian Prefecture, Gao Shixin said, "Let's go see my elder sister first."
Three Jinyiwei came to Hejian Mansion. The leader was also a Jinyiwei Qianhu officer, which scared the local prefect Du Yingfang to death. Du Yingfang was a Chu party. This man had fought against Emperor Wanli on the issue of King Fu's fiefdom and expelled the tax supervisor Ma Tang from Tianjin. He was worried that these things would cause Long Yan to be furious, so Jinyiwei came to the territory of Hejian Mansion, and he was worried that he would be captured and punished.
"Master, the Jinyiwei did not come to our palace and went to Suning County." The people below reported to Du Yingfang.
Du Yingfang breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good that I didn't come to our place, I'm just worried that Your Majesty will come and capture me."
The master said, "The master is too worried. Even if the Jinyiwei wants to take people, he will capture the Donglin Party. The Donglin Party instigates weavers and merchants to cause trouble in Jiangnan, and they will kill the tax prison. And you just expel Ma Tang. If the Jinyiwei does not take the Donglin Party but takes the master, it will be put before the horse."
Gao Shixin would not make things difficult for Du Yingfang. This person is considered a honest official and the Chu party like Xiong Tingbi. In a few days, the Donglin party will be at its peak. If the Chu party is suppressed at this time, it will be a pity for the relatives and enemies. He came to Hejian Mansion to find his nine thousand-year-old daughter and give their family some support.
Wei Chunhua was sold as a child bride by Jiu Qiansheng. It can be imagined how miserable the fate of a child bride in this era was.
In Yangjia Village, Suning County, villagers were busy plowing summer and harvesting winter wheat. At this time, someone suddenly shouted: "Enge Yiwei! The Embroidered Yiwei is here!"
For a moment, the villagers were in chaos. The busy villagers in the fields threw down their work and quickly fled home. The woman covered the baby's mouth and prevented them from crying. The old man sighed and the scared child was scolded by the adults: "Don't cry! I cried again and let the Jinyiwei catch you!"
Gao Shixin looked at the busy villagers in the fields from afar and suddenly ran away, and sighed helplessly: "Actually, our Jinyiwei did not harm the people at all. We only harm the officials, but those civil servants and gentry have ruined us like this!"
Cai Jiuyi and Wu Liuqi, the two little brothers behind them, also had a deep impression of this. When they were in their hometown, they always heard people say that the Jinyiwei was so bad that they bullied the people, harmed the countryside, and were domineering. However, after they joined the Jinyiwei themselves, they found that the Jinyiwei had never harmed the people. Instead, the former noble officials and landlords and gentry who bullied the people were so scared that their legs were weak when they saw the Jinyiwei.
Gao Shixin and the other two entered the village, but saw that all the houses in the village were closed, and no one came out. The village was empty and could not see one person.
"Go and ask where Yang Liuqi's family is." Gao Shixin said.
Cai Jiuyi and Wu Liuqi turned over and dismounted. They walked to the door of the two families and knocked on the door: "My fellow villager, how do you get to Yang Liuqi's family?"
But after knocking on the door for a long time, there was no response inside.
Wu Liuqi, who was furious, was annoyed and smashed the door hard with the hilt of the Xiuchun Knife: "Open the door! Come out! If you don't open the door, I will take it on the charge of sheltering criminals and participating in the party against the party!"
The door opened with a creaking sound, and an old man with a cane came out from inside. He knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Official, we are not against the party. Are you looking for Yang Liuqi? Caomin will take you there now."
"Don't lie to us! I dare to deceive us. I will lock you back to the capital and send you to the imperial prison!" Wu Liuqi scared.
"How dare Caomin cheat the official? Official, please come with Caomin." The old man trembled out the door with a crutch.
Gao Shixin also got off the horse, and the three of them followed the old man all the way to Yang Liuqi's house.
"Open the door! Does Yang Liuqi live here?" Cai Jiuyi walked to the door and knocked gently.
An old woman walked out. The old woman looked fierce and had a fierce look, but at this time she looked like a kind old lady, and she spoke in a low voice: "Official, what has the son of Caomin committed?"
Gao Shixin laughed and gave the old man who had just led the way one piece of silver for one tael of money: "Old man, I'm rewarding you with this money!"
The old man didn't dare to answer, so Gao Shixin grabbed his hand and stuffed the silver into his hand: "Take it!"
"Thank you, magistrate! Thank you, magistrate!" The old man knelt on the ground and thanked him repeatedly.
Gao Shixin turned to the old lady again and said, "Old man, is Wei Chunhua here? She is my eldest cousin. If she is at home, please call her out."
The old lady was so scared that her face turned pale and said tremblingly: "Here, inside, I'll call her out now."
Looking at the old lady's appearance, Gao Shi knew very well that this shrew must have bullied his cousin a lot on weekdays! The miserable cousin was sold to Yang Liuqi's family as a child bride by Jiu Qiansui. In this era, how hard the child bride's life was.
When the old lady returned to the house and saw her daughter-in-law, she disappeared completely and became respectful: "Daughter-in-law, your brother is here to find you, come out quickly."
"My brother?" Wei Chunhua was stunned, "Is it my uncle's family?"
"I don't know, I'm a senior official of the Jinyiwei." The old lady replied.
Wei Chunhua hurriedly ran out and saw a young Jinyiwei official standing at the door. She was shocked and felt that she seemed to have seen this person at some point, but she didn't know him.
Gao Shixin looked at the eldest cousin carefully and saw that she was about 32 years old, medium-sized, thin, and not pretty, but very attractive. When she looked at her hands full of calluses and her face was covered with wrinkles, she knew how low her status in the Yang family was.
But there is no way to blame the Yang family. How many child brides have lived well these days? If they unfortunately meet a bad mother-in-law, they will be forced to death. Speaking of which, Wei Chunhua is lucky, but this mother-in-law is not too bad, and she has a son with great stride.
In short, the six-year-old Wei Chunhua was sold by the unscrupulous Jiu Qiansui. It has been more than 20 years since she arrived at the Yang family. How much hardship has she suffered in the past 20 years? Thinking of this, Gao Shixin shed tears: "Sister, you have suffered! But now, good days are coming!"
"Are you really my brother?" Wei Chunhua was so excited that shed tears by the happiness that fell from the sky.
"Sister, I am really your little cousin! My name is Gao Shixin, I am from the Gao family of the Zuowei of Tongzhou. My mother Li, but Wei Si's cousin. I also have a cousin named Wei Liangqing and a cousin named Wei Liangdong. They all live in the Lihua Village next door." Gao Shixin reported his relationship with Wei Zhongxian.
Hearing Wei Si's name, Wei Chunhua's tears flowed out like a river breaking through the dam: "Brother, how is my father? Is he okay now?"
"Sister, he lost the bet and sold you. Don't you hate him at all?" asked Gao Shixin.
Wei Chunhua shook her head: "It's a lie to say no to hate, but he is my father after all!"
"My uncle is actually very guilty, and he always feels sorry for you. Now, my uncle has also turned over. He said, "I want my sister and your family to live a good life!" Gao Shixin said.
Speaking of which, almost all the father-in-laws in the palace were born from poor families. After entering the palace, few of them could make a fortune. Most of them were unknown. In the end, they died alone in the palace and were sent to burn. The ashes were transported out of the palace. They found a place to be buried, and there was no tombstone.
Those father-in-law who have become successful have developed because of the emperor's grace. His Majesty the Emperor is their only support, so the father-in-law is absolutely loyal to the emperor.
Chapter completed!