Zhutian: I have been happy to be a father since I was a child.

The deputy leader of the Cao Gang is called Shi Keng. This name sounds a bit like a shit pit at first, but this is not the point.

The point is that his sworn brother is Gu Tingye, the second son of Ningyuan Marquis Mansion. He also helped his uncle get the position of leader of the gang, and they have a very good relationship.

His wife is Che Sanniang.

The couple came to the capital this time because they were entrusted by their elder brother Gu Tingye to find out about Sheng Minglan entering the Liang Mansion as a concubine.

There is no need to be sneaky. When the Sheng family encountered pirates on the way to the capital, the couple also helped.

So what's wrong with coming to send some coming-of-age gifts? By the way, you can care about the matter of being a concubine.

Sheng Minglan didn't feel abrupt, but it was not easy to tell the truth, so she told her situation half-truthfully.

Che Sanniang has rich experience in the world, so how could she not see that she was wrong and perfunctory? So he simply stated his purpose directly:

"Sixth Miss, I came here this time because of your old friend's request. He has taken a fancy to you and wants to marry you."

Minglan was confused and said: "Old friend? Want to marry me? I have already been engaged, doesn't he know? Who is this person?"

"My eldest brother Gu Tingye!"

Che Sanniang whispered: "He has already taken a fancy to you! Although he is fighting outside, he always thinks of you in his heart. Of course, when he learned that you were going to marry into the Liang Mansion as a concubine, he felt that you were not a girl willing to be a concubine, and there must be something hidden, so he taught I came to find you. "

Minglan was stunned: "Are you kidding me? How could he fall in love with me for no reason? This is too strange, I dare not believe you."

Che Sanniang explained: "Can I still lie to you? My elder brother is not a person who easily expresses his feelings. Since he wants to marry you, he must be sincere. Think about it carefully. He has made great contributions this time and will be promoted when he comes back. Isn't it better for you to marry him as his wife than to be the concubine of Mr. Liang?"

Minglan was completely dumbfounded. She had never felt that Gu Er liked her!

Che Sanniang suddenly said this, which made her feel too outrageous. It was even more outrageous than going to the Liang family as a concubine like "matching goods"!

At least Aunt Lin and Molan did calculate the Liang family, and Mrs. Liang had always liked her very much, so it made sense to ask her to marry as compensation!

And what about Gu Er?

It's really abrupt!

Minglan was stunned for a long time, and finally shook her head helplessly:

"No, no! I have exchanged tokens with Hanlang, and I can only marry into the Liang family in this life."

Damn, stupid Gu Tingye, since you like me and want to marry me, why didn't you say it earlier? What did you do earlier? You come to me now, it's obvious that your heart is not sincere!

Minglan is a coward. It has come to this point, how dare she take the initiative to regret it at the last minute?

If it really gets out of hand, the Liang and Gu families may not be in trouble, but Yao Yiyi will definitely become cannon fodder.

Do you really think that the rope or white silk in Sheng Hong's hand is not strong, or he can't bear to put it around her neck?

Che Sanniang was immediately deflated when she heard this.

If Minglan has her own difficulties and is unwilling to be a concubine, there is still a chance. Now she is willing, what else can she say?

Che Sanniang pondered for a moment and said:

"Are you really willing to be a concubine because you want to have a deep sisterly relationship with the fourth lady?"

You are willing to be a concubine!

Minglan complained in her heart, but smiled and nodded, explaining: "Mrs. Liang is a good mother-in-law and likes me very much. It will be easy for me to be her daughter-in-law."

At this point, she couldn't tell Che Sanniang and Gu Er, such outsiders, about the discord between the two families, so as not to spread it out and affect her family's reputation.

As for liking Liang Han, there is no need to say it. After all, it is not easy for prospective couples to meet, so where does the affection come from? Besides, personal wishes are not important.

Che Sanniang said, and sighed for Gu Tingye in her heart.

After she left the Sheng family, Minglan's mood gradually returned to normal.

The complications that arose today only made her have some insignificant troubles, and she didn't really take it to heart.

She didn't even want Qi Heng, the man from Duke Qi's mansion who had studied with her, passed the imperial examination and liked her, so what about Cricket Gu Tingye?

Liang Han was already pretty good.

They had known each other well in the past few times. As long as she could play the advantages of modern people, the stinky sister Molan would definitely not be her opponent.

Gu Tingye, on the other hand, was unfamiliar and mysterious. She was really unsure and shouldn't have any wild thoughts.

October 5th, the beginning of winter.

Early morning.

After Chun Ge opened her eyes, she immediately pulled Chen Tao's hand and urged him:

"Brother, touch me quickly~"

If you didn't know, you would think she was very angry early in the morning and had to let her good brother put out the fire for her!

Chen Tao laughed and joked: "How can you be so impatient? You are pregnant for eight months, aren't you afraid of hurting the baby?"

Chun Ge said angrily: "I mean your son is kicking me, so I want you, as a father, to comfort him and stop bullying his mother."

Molan and Minglan both hope that she will give birth to a daughter, and of course she hopes that she can only give birth to a son.

In the book, she gave birth to a daughter, and the process was very painful, because Molan had been a good person after marrying into the family, and often sent her supplements, which made the child fat and difficult to give birth.

And the second child she got pregnant with around March next year, because it grew bigger, also led to dystocia, and the pain lasted for two days and two nights. When the child was born, it was already suffocated to death.

This is too ridiculous!

Chun Ge is not a pig, why did he eat all the supplements sent by Molan?

After changing to Chen Tao, this strategy is even more useless.

With his strengthening, even if Haruge eats every day, he will definitely give birth to a child very smoothly, and it will not affect the recovery of the body at all, let alone stretch marks or the like.

Chen Tao touched Chun Ge's belly and said seriously:

"Did you hear what your mother said? Stop kicking, or I'll beat you up."

Chun Ge chuckled, turned around and bit his ear, and said with a smile:

"You actually want to beat my son? Then I'll bite you first!"

Chen Tao also grabbed her hand, bit it lightly and said, "How dare you bite me? Then I'll bite your hand too!"

"Don't bite your hand!"

Chun Ge coquettishly acted coquettishly, and then pouted her lips.

Chen Tao moved forward.

They separated after about ten seconds. Haruge leaned on his shoulder and said sadly:

"Brother, my cousin is always angry with you recently."

Chen Tao asked knowingly: "I don't know how to fight for the title, so why is she angry? She gets angry every day, and people get old when they get angry."

Chun Ge laughed and complained: "My cousin has always regarded the row of shops on Huaixi Street as her main house. Now I just gave it to you with a big wave of my hand. Can she not be angry?"

"This is too ridiculous! This is the public property, how can she allocate it to her own family on her own wish? What kind of virtue is this? She has been poor for eighteen lifetimes and has never seen any money? Isn't it just that she thinks very highly of herself and thinks that some of us If the brothers have no future, how can the elder brother be where he is today? Is there anyone other than himself? To take advantage of my father and grandpa, can't my father just cultivate her husband and give us brothers more benefits? If you want to be a white-eyed wolf, your mother will be punished. Okay, I don’t want to argue with her, but I’m different. If you make me anxious, I have the means!”

The eldest concubine deliberately allowed his wife to cause trouble, and finally got out of her way. He had no choice but to sneak back and confess, beating the wife violently, blaming her for not being filial to his aunt, and simply singing a double act.

When Chun Ge heard what Chen Tao said, he felt shameless and hated his cousin: Her husband won't fight for her, and now she's getting married, so what's going on with the shop? Those two silver buildings and the Zhuangzi I bought two years ago should be given to my husband!

"Brother, don't be angry. This is how my cousin is. Don't pay attention to her. Anyway, if daddy is willing to give it to you, just take it. We will have ten sons in the future. If we don't get more, how can we support them?"

"I'm not angry, I'm just angry because you disturbed my dream."

"Humph, I won't help you!"

"..."

At about two o'clock in the morning, Chun Ge took Chen Tao's arm and went to Mrs. Liang's place to have breakfast with him.

Mrs. Liang still didn't like Chun Ge at all, but her son liked him, so she couldn't say anything.

In fact, she also had the same attitude towards Mo Lan in the book, until Chun Ge again took too many supplements and had difficulty in giving birth. Grandma Liang used the topic to attack Mo Lan. As a result, Grandma Liang Fourth and Grandma Liang fought back together and brought trouble to the old man. The old man reprimanded and punished Grandma Liang.

After this battle, Mrs. Liang completely united with Mo Lan, and Mrs. Liang also changed her attitude towards Mo Lan.

After all, she hates Haruge even more.

Mo Lan was able to knock the opponent down, so she was naturally happy and willing to look good on him.

Of course, Chun Ge also knew that he was disgusted by Mrs. Liang, so after serving the porridge, he handed it to his good brother first and asked him to take over and pass it to his mother.

Mrs. Liang was a little concerned, but her precious son was fed to her mouth with her own hands, so what could she do? After eating half the bowl, he wiped his mouth with a handkerchief and said to Chun Ge:

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"There are some things I don't want to say. You know it in your heart. Han'er likes you, and you have to be worthy of him."

Chun Ge had a very fierce temper, but he only dared to threaten her with death, and would never dare to refute Mrs. Liang in person. Normally, she would have to kneel down to apologize, but now she has a big belly, which is very inconvenient, so she can only sit down and respond, with a low eyebrow, like an obedient little daughter-in-law.

Well, she is the little wife.

Seeing this, Chen Tao picked up a piece of plum cake and handed it to her mouth.

Mrs. Liang became a bad person, and he had to continue to be a good person.

After Chun Ge ate this cake, Mrs. Liang began to care about Chen Tao's work. She was very pleased to learn that he was doing well in the Xicheng Military and Horse Division and was quite motivated. Before he left, she gave him two more One hundred taels.

Two hundred taels is not a small amount of money.

The monthly number of Chun Ge is no more than two liang.

When a high-ranking official from Ximen goes out to pick up girls, he only takes three to five taels with him. If he doesn't have enough, he goes home to get it.

But for Mrs. Liang, it is nothing.

When Yu Yanhong, the granddaughter of the former Yu Ge, married Gu Er, her dowry was as much as 20,000 taels in cash alone, not counting the shops and farms.

Mrs. Liang's dowry is only much larger than hers. Over the years, she has received a bunch of dividends every year.

As for income from lending...

If Mrs. Liang was not released, no one would believe it, right? In addition, there is a lot of income from being a broker.

For the introduction fee of three thousand taels, Wang Xifeng used her connections to break up a pair of young lovers, causing both of them to die in love.

In addition, the Jia family men also collected money to clear the passes and find official positions for others.

Therefore, two hundred taels is nothing to Mrs. Liang. On the contrary, Chen Tao doesn't ask for money very much now, which makes her feel strange!

***

Take a rest today.

After Chen Tao sent Chunge to her cousin to talk, he took his bow and spear and went to the garden to practice martial arts.

After a while, Yuanyuan came over happily, holding the bamboo bow and bamboo spear made by Chen Tao.

This was her request. She probably wanted to practice some self-defense skills so that she could run away if she saw something wrong in the future!

Chen Tao also taught seriously.

He wanted to see if this girl had the courage to run, or what kind of funny expression would she have on her face after running all the way and being easily captured?

Chen Tao had even changed her household registration to civilian, turning her into a formal hired maid.

"Yes, that's it. Don't show off your tricks. You have to stab accurately! The thieves may also have armor. You are weak. If you can't stab the vital points, you will be captured and become a maid in the camp!"

What he taught were all practical stuff.

Those soldiers in the TV series who were wearing armor and were killed by a knife were too fake. They must not be taken seriously, otherwise they would suffer a great loss.

Of course, he was hanging on the wall, so he didn't need to be so careful. Once his physique is fully developed, he can just hold the mace and push forward. No warrior can withstand even a single blow from him.

Yuanyuan deliberately said: "Why is it just a maidservant? Why can't I be the wife of the chieftain? Can I only be a maidservant or a concubine after entering a den of thieves?"

Chen Tao, like a Kaka who was hit by an anti-star PPK, asked his lackey Qing Moutai whether he was the den of the underworld, and educated him seriously:

"Is the Liang Mansion a den of thieves? You can't say that. As for wanting to be the wife, you are not a good match for me. Can you be a concubine? Be a concubine, I will treat you well."

Yuanyuan blushed and said: "No. You have too many women, I can't accept it, so you should be a nun!"

"That's fine! I will build a shrine in your room in the future. You can be a nun during the day and chant sutras for me; you can be a concubine at night and give birth to children for me, so that you can do both."

"..."

Yuanyuan really wanted to shoot this stinky scumbag in the ass, but after considering the comparison of the two sides' strength, she still didn't dare to put it into practice.

Otherwise, she would be punished with the shameful spanking in public. She was a sister who was one month older than her. How could she be spanked by her stinky brother?

She also had to save face.

Time passed.

It was already late October.

Liang Mansion and Sheng Family had already made preparations for the wedding, just waiting for the auspicious day.

On the 27th.

The army that suppressed the rebellion and swept the northern invaders, led by General Gan, uncle Shen Congxing and the second son of Ningyuan Marquis Gu Tingye, returned to Beijing.

The emperor personally led the Imperial Guards, and the civil and military officials welcomed him.

As for Chen Tao, he naturally had to maintain the security and order in the city.

This year, he was eighteen, and he stood like a minion at the celebration meeting.

Chen Tao yawned and swore that he must get off work early tonight and go home to play cards.

After all, in this era, there are few better activities than taking a hot bath, and then walking into this noisy night with the coquettish words of beautiful concubines and maids. (End of this chapter)