Wei and Jin cooks

After three years of marriage, Madam Wang had adapted to her husband's personality. As expected, she accompanied him around the garden, looked at all the flowers, and then said to her husband: "It would be great if I could draw them, that is, picking them." When I think of looking at them in the future, looking at the paintings will be like seeing them in full bloom.”

Zhao Changyu thought the same thing, so he simply asked his wife to get pens, inks and paints, and asked his wife to sit among the flowers. He painted for her himself, "It's boring to just paint flowers. If you want to paint, just paint something more artistic. Women are more beautiful than flowers. These flowers should be used to decorate the lady."

When Mrs. Wang heard this, she smiled so much that her eyes narrowed. She took a round fan and sat on the mat spread out by the maid, leaning against the flowers for Zhao Changyu to paint.

This painting has been treasured by Zhao Changyu ever since. Once a friend saw it by chance and offered to buy it for 10 million, but Zhao Changyu refused.

He later added exquisite Shu brocade and a piece of precious jade, which Zhao Changyu was unwilling to sell.

Of course, Madam Wang didn’t know that the painting would be so valuable at this time. She happily held the painting and looked at it again and again. She felt that she and the butterflies flying in her ears were indeed more beautiful than the flowers, so she decided to frame the painting herself. .

She is also a talented woman. Not only can she read and write, she can also frame various things. She is good at carpentry. She is as good at picking up a saw and an ink fountain as she is with pen and ink.

Zhao Changyu said to his mother more than once: "My wife has chosen this marriage well. If my son is dismissed from office and returns home in the future, if my wife has such skills, even if I am old and unable to farm, I will not die of hunger."

I have already made plans to eat soft food in the future.

Zhao Changyu was not out of touch, there was a real danger that he would be dismissed from office and go home at any time.

He has a good relationship with Emperor Wu of Jin, but no matter how good he is, he is still a monarch and his minister.

There is a difference between king and minister.

He was full of confidence and ambition in his youth, but after entering the game, he felt the confusion and pressure of the current situation. He knew that it would take a long time to reverse the current situation.

During this time, they needed an emperor who could stabilize their power.

Emperor Wu of Jin was naturally one, but he established a stupid prince.

After Sima Zhong was established as the prince, Zhao Changyu couldn't sleep well. He always thought about the current situation involuntarily.

The royal family was not in the right position. Although the old territory of the Wu State was recovered, it only belonged to the Jin State in name. In fact, the local governments were divided, and the imperial decrees were difficult to implement in Jiangnan;

The common people did not trust the royal family and often resisted the law and rebelled;

The aristocratic families were respectful on the surface, but in fact they did not agree with the royal family in their hearts. In order for the emperor to issue government orders, he had to favor the aristocratic families and recruit a large number of their children;

Although the children of the wealthy family were employed, they were also monitored by the emperor. Once anyone expressed dissatisfaction, he would be immediately accused, and even harm his family.

His uncle had learned from the past that many people had been killed in the past few years, and they were all people who had cried for the noble countryman and Cao Wei.

This caused everyone to remain silent. Those who had no problems and those who had problems did not dare to talk about government affairs. They even did not dare to say more and could only talk.

Zhao Changyu had already had a premonition that if things continued like this, the country would be in catastrophe.

So Zhao Changyu took the opportunity to hint to Emperor Wu that the prince seemed not suitable to be the prince.

But Emperor Wu of Jin pretended not to understand.

Zhao Changyu had no choice but to weigh it up and decided to take a risk for the country and the common people. So when he talked about the prince, he took the opportunity to make it clear: "Your Majesty, the prince has the style of being honest and ancient, and Ji Shi is so hypocritical, I'm afraid I can’t deal with His Majesty’s family affairs.”

The crown prince is too honest and too stupid. This is a transitional era, the end of an era. There are many people in this period who are treacherous and hypocritical, and he may not be able to control this country.

This time, the words came directly to Emperor Wu of Jin's face, but Emperor Wu of Jin remained silent and remained silent to the end.

Zhao Changyu knew that there was no chance. The emperor had become stubborn for some reason and had to make this stupid son the crown prince.

Zhao Changyu sighed, never mentioned this matter again, and was ready to run back to his hometown at any time.

He needs to earn more pension money.

So Zhao Changyu became more frugal.

He is not only frugal to himself, but also frugal to others.

Zhao Zhongyu's expenses were cut in half.

Zhao Zhongyu:......

He won't be dissatisfied with his brother because of this, because he knows that his brother's own expenses have also been reduced.

He just doesn't understand. His family is obviously very rich and they are not as poor as before. Why do they just save and not spend?

Zhao Zhongyu felt that he could no longer live with his brother. He told him, "I want to go out and work from a young age to understand people's livelihood."

Zhao Changyu also planned this. Now that the situation in the DPRK is unclear, his brother's brain is in Luoyang, and he may be plotted by others at some point.

For the sake of his life and not to harm his family and clan, he decided to release him.

So Zhao Changyu made some plans and sent Zhao Zhongyu out.

With the loss of a younger brother in the family, Zhao Changyu immediately felt that the air was much fresher. He felt physically and mentally comfortable and couldn't help but said to Madam Wang: "Fortunately, we have no children. Otherwise, if I were a stupid person like Erlang and didn't know how to adapt, I would I don’t know how angry I will be.”

It's better to live comfortably by yourself.

I don’t want to be a traitor or anything like that. I don’t want it.

He was in a good mood, and he was also very generous. The plums at home were ripe, so he invited a few close friends to come to his home to eat plums.

The plum tree at home was discovered by him when he went out one year, and he dug it back and took care of it carefully. It has been bearing fruit for five consecutive years. The fruit is particularly delicious, and it is the most delicious plum he has ever tasted.

Zhao Changyu, who has always been thrifty, only eats more generously. He usually only keeps the fruits from this good plum tree for himself and his relatives and friends, and basically does not sell them.

His friends also knew this and were always hungry for his plums, but he was stingy and would only give them a little every year.

So as soon as I heard his invitation, I immediately left other matters and ran over. A group of young people were leaning under the tree, bragging and talking, and picking fruits to eat.

Before he could finish his thoughts, Zhao Changyu said, "Eating too many plums will hurt your stomach. Let's go eat something else."

"I just ate more than ten pills. If there are too many, I can still eat ten more pills."

Fu Zhi also smiled and said, "It doesn't matter if you can't eat it today. I'll pick some and eat them tomorrow."

Another friend said: "It's so delicious, how can I enjoy it all to myself? Please allow me to pick a few to honor my parents."

Zhao Changyu said with a serious face: "Fruit should be eaten fresh, it is not good to stay overnight."

He just drove them away.

The friends knew that he must have come to his senses and felt heartbroken. They laughed happily and simply pulled him out. They laughed and said: "Let's go, let's not let you suffer, we will treat you to a drink."

But the sweet taste of plums was still unforgettable among friends, so some people spilled the beans in front of the emperor.

The emperor was very curious about how delicious Zhao Changyu's plums were, so he asked about them after a meeting.

The next day, Zhao Changyu brought a few plums into the palace, handed them to the emperor and said: "It is not easy to bring food from outside the palace into the palace, your majesty can just taste it."

This was the first time that the emperor faced Zhao Changyu's stinginess. He couldn't help but be happy. He took the plum with a suppressed smile and nodded. After taking a bite, his eyebrows were raised slightly and his eyes were bright. He couldn't help but nod, "It's really delicious and as sweet as honey." It’s sugary, but it’s as fragrant as the morning breeze.”

Wang Ji also heard about this. He was very interested in the plums that even the emperor praised, so he ran to Zhao Changyu: "Brother-in-law, I heard that your plums are particularly delicious. Give me some."

Zhao Changyu frowned slightly. A lot of people had asked him for plums recently. If he had known this, he would not have hesitated or invited his friends to taste them.

But when his brother-in-law asked, Zhao Changyu was still generous and picked dozens of them for him.

Wang Ji was shocked when he got the plums. Who would send fruit in baskets instead of baskets? Why did he only give so much to stuff between his teeth?

When Wang Ji was annoyed, he sent someone to keep an eye on Zhao Changyu. After he entered the palace for duty, he immediately led his group of friends and walked to Zhao's house in a swagger.

The manager of Zhao's house didn't think much about it. Wang Ji was Zhao Changyu's brother-in-law. He was still young and often came to the house to look for the eldest lady, so he just reported to the backyard and let her in.

As soon as Wang Ji entered the door, he went straight to the plum tree, climbed up the tree with a group of teenagers, ate and took out the plum tree, then took out his ax and chopped down the tree.

Zhao Changyu was frugal and had few servants in his house. When the servants noticed something strange and ran to find Mrs. Wang, all the branches and leaves of the tree were cut off, leaving only one branch.

Madam Wang is managing the affairs in the flower hall. With an industry as big as Zhao Changyu's, it is natural that she cannot be responsible for every detail by herself. If he is the chairman, then she is the general manager and has a lot to do every day.

When she heard that her younger brother was misbehaving, he came to her house to cut down a tree. He was so angry that he staggered when he got up.

When I looked in the garden, I saw that the tall and straight trees, which were originally full of fruit, had fallen into pieces, and some fruits that had not been picked in time fell all over the ground.

This is a fruit that my husband cherishes very much. He would not bear to eat more plums on weekdays. She was so angry that her eyes were red!

"Wang Ji, what are you doing?!"

Madam Wang, who had always been gentle and gentle, was furious, spinning around in circles, grabbing a branch and trying to beat him. However, she found that the branch was too heavy to lift, so she covered her chest, pointed at Wang Ji and shouted: "Get out of here." , get out!"

"Come here, bring me the ruler. Go get Master Lang's ruler! I'm going to beat him to death, I'm going to beat this bastard to death!"

Wang Ji was not afraid of her. He saw off the tree in front of her, and a group of servants couldn't stop her. Madam Wang was so angry that she punched him several times with her fists, and then he pushed her away.

He jumped onto the fallen tree trunk, raised his arms, and shouted loudly: "Come on, brothers, let's drag up these branches to find my stingy brother-in-law!"

A group of teenagers echoed loudly, and each of them dragged a branch and went out.

The maid exclaimed from behind, "Madam——"

"The lady fainted!"

Wang Ji heard it, but he didn't care. He dragged the branch and went out without looking back, like a victorious general making a triumphant return.

The car was already waiting outside. A group of teenagers put branches on the car, then crowded into the car, and walked through the city, loudly telling the onlookers that this was a plum tree cut from the Zhao family.

After wandering around for a long time, Wang Ji drove the car outside the palace gate. When Zhao Changyu came out on duty, he asked him to look at the branches in the car, "Brother-in-law, do you think the plums in this car are better than the plum trees in your home?" ?”

Zhao Changyu watched silently.

Wang Ji laughed loudly and jumped out of the driveway: "This carload of plum trees will be given to you."

Zhao Changyu sighed in his heart, smiled on his face, and nodded slightly, accepting Wang Ji's "gift".

After the crowd dispersed, he immediately called his entourage, "Go back home quickly and see how the lady is doing." (End of Chapter)