There is a Zhao Manwai in Qinglong Town named Zhao Wancai. His family has hundreds of acres of fertile land and a money house with herds of cattle and horses, nearly 100 long-term workers, short-term workers, servants, servants, and servants. His family is rich and well-known far and wide.
Zhao Wancai married a wife named Wang Meihua, who is also a lady from a wealthy family. Wang Meihua gave birth to a son for Zhao Wancai. Because he was born on the Lichun, he was called Zhao Lichun .
Since childhood, Lichun has been talented, shrewd and sleek, and can speak eloquently. Every day, "Mother, Mother" keeps calling from morning to night, and is very favored by Wang Meihua.
However, after Wang Meihua gave birth to a son, she never got pregnant again. Mr. Zhao really wanted to have another daughter, so she was satisfied. However, although the couple worked hard, Wang Meihua's belly was still motionless.
Mr. Zhao invited a famous local doctor to see it. The doctor said that when his wife gave birth to her first child, she was afraid that she would not be able to have another child.
Zhao Yuanwai discussed with Wang Meihua and said that he wanted to take a concubine and give birth to a daughter for the Zhao family, so that his life would be perfect.
Wang Meihua said that you can’t help but have a baby, what if you have another son?
Zhao Yuanwai said that if you have another son, then continue to have a child. We will always have a daughter. It’s not that we can’t afford to raise it...
But Wang Meihua doesn’t think so. The children born by her concubine are of a concubine after all, and she will only be nice to her concubine when she grows up. She is not her own, and she is not reliable at all. The more concubines are born, the more property they will be divided, and the fewer her sons will be divided. This is obvious. Therefore, she definitely doesn't want Zhao Yuanwai to take a concubine.
But Zhao Yuanwai is the head of the family, and he has the final say in everything. Besides, she will not give birth to a child. It is natural for others to take a concubine to give birth to a child, and Wang Meihua can't stop him.
So, Mr. Zhao took another concubine. The concubine is the daughter of an ordinary family named Xie in the countryside. Her name is Xie Lanhua. There are many girls in the family and the conditions are poor, so she doesn’t care if she is a child for the rich man.
Xie Lanhua became pregnant shortly after entering Zhao's mansion, which made Zhao Yuanwai overjoyed. He asked Meihua to accompany Lanhua to the Lotus Temple to make a wish, hoping that the concubine could have a daughter. Wang Meihua went happily because she also wanted Orchid to have a daughter, and if she gave birth to a daughter, she would not compete with her son for family property.
However, ten months later, my concubine gave birth to a big fat boy. Because she was born on the day of the Beginning of Qiu, she named her Zhao Liqiu. Mr. Zhao was not very happy, and Wang Meihua was even more angry, but Xie Lanhua was secretly happy. The mother is expensive because of her son. With a son, she will have status in the Zhao family and have a support when she is old.
Zhao Lichun doesn't like this half-brother Zhao Liqiu who is five years younger than him. Because, after Zhao Liqiu was born, Zhao Yuanwai's favor towards Lichun became much less immediately.
In the past, he enjoyed the delicious food, good clothes and fun things at home alone, but now he has become two people. Moreover, Zhao Yuanwai seems to take special care of Li Qiu, which is too unfair. Zhao Lichun hated Zhao Liqiu a little.
, and the Beginning of Qiu has been honest, kind, hardworking and kind since childhood, and only knows how to work, doesn't like to talk, and is even a little dull. He was very respectful to his half-brother Zhao Lichun. Although the beginning of spring often complained to his parents, he was beaten every day after the beginning of autumn.
Once, my parents were not at home, so Lichun deliberately broke his father, Mr. Zhao, inkstone. When Mr. Zhao went home and saw his inkstone breaking, he was very angry. This inkstone is his beloved thing. He usually doesn't let his two sons move, but now it's broken.
Mr. Zhao called his two sons over and said, "Who did it? Tell me quickly!"
Lichun looked at Liqiu's face, then turned his head to look at the inkstone that he deliberately broke, and said, "Dad, my brother accidentally fell. He wanted to practice writing..."
Liqiu wanted to argue, but before he could speak, Mr. Zhao cursed: "You are blind, do you know how much this inkstone is worth? You can't afford to sell you. You are fined not to eat for a day."
Lichun said, "Dad, you are too biased, you are fined not to eat for a day? This light punishment will not work..."
Mr. Zhao said, "Then how do you think you will punish me?"
Lichun said, "Punish the Zhao family, otherwise you will lose all our property."
Zhao Yuanwai heard this and felt cold sweat. Why did this child hate his younger brother so much at such a young age?
However, he thought again, the child's words were neither light nor heavy, so there was no need to care.
What disappointed Zhao Yuanwai was that after his concubine Xie Lanhua gave birth to a son, she not only did not reborn, but also suffered from a strange disease. She passed away soon. The poor Liqiu had no protection from her mother orchid, and Zhao Yuanwai was very Less involved in managing and educating his son, everything is managed by Wang Meihua, so the life of the Liqiu is even worse.
Liqiu was originally a young master. A rich family like Zhao Yuanwai not only did not have to work, but also should be served by someone. But he not only couldn't enjoy being served, but also worked like a servant.
When he was at the age of studying, Lichun went to a private school. In addition to cleaning the yard, Liqiu also had to go to a private school to be a student with Lichun.
However, let Wang Mei What Hua didn't expect was that Zhao Lichun didn't like reading at all, but Li Qiu really liked reading. So, Li Qiu asked him to study and practice calligraphy on the behalf of Li Qiu. The private school teacher thought that Li Chun was the book boy of Li Qiu, so he ignored it. As a result, Li Qiu read a lot of books and wrote a lot of articles. Finally, he passed the exam for the scholar, but Li Chun did not dare to enter the exam room.
Zhao Yuanwai was a little disappointed with Li Qiu, and looked at Li Qiu with admiration, and asked Li Qiu to go to the money shop to learn and manage the accounts with the shopkeeper.
Wang Meihua was very angry. First, The angry thing about having a son is that the mud cannot support her, and she will not compete with her; the second is that the angry thing about the minister and the unkind treatment of her son is not good at her. Her son Lichun is not only the eldest son, but also the legitimate child, while Liqiu is the second son and the concubine is born.
So, she quarreled with the minister: "How did you grow up with this? Is the son born by my wife not as good as the son born by my concubine? Why don't you let Lichun enter the money house..."
Mr. Zhao said: "If you use your brain a little, you shouldn't ask this. How many words do your son recognize? How many numbers will you recognize? Not to mention managing accounts, did you let him go in and destroy the money house? "
Wang Meihua didn't say anything, but she felt unwilling in her heart, but she couldn't do anything.
Idiot Lichun traveled around the town all day long, followed by a group of gangsters, shouting and drinking. After having enough fun, she went to the restaurant to have a lot of food. Anyway, after eating, she would write a note on the Zhao family account and just draw a circle behind her.
In a blink of an eye, Lichun was eighteen It's time to get married. The official said that it's good to marry a wife, and it's time to tie the reins to his wild horse.
So, there were endless matchmakers and finally married the daughter of a wealthy family in the town, named Ouyang Lan.
Ouyang Lan is a lady from a family, and she is very handsome, with willow eyebrows and almond eyes, willow waist, and cherry mouth. She is recognized as a flower in the local area.
Ouyang Lan is also familiar with Zhao Lichun, and it is said that she is rooted I was unwilling to marry Zhao Lichun, but Ouyang Lan was a very filial daughter and obeyed her parents' advice.
That's it, a sedan chair carried Ouyang Lan into Zhao's mansion.
Zhao Lichun certainly likes Ouyang Lan very much, so since Ouyang Lan entered Zhao's mansion, Lichun has changed a lot. Not only did he not lead a group of gangsters around, but at Ouyang Lan's request, he began to read and recognize words. Zhao Yuanwai asked Lichun to enter the money house, but he just followed him. The account of the study and management of the Beginning of Qiu.
Wang Meihua saw that her son had learned well and knew that he had made progress, and also entered the money shop. She was very happy and praised her daughter-in-law Ouyang Lan.
Just when the Zhao family's business was booming, Zhao Yuanwai suddenly suffered from illness. Wang Meihua found the best doctor but couldn't cure it. Before her death, he said to Meihua: "Brothers are united, and their strength is to cut off gold. You must let the Beginning of Spring and the Beginning of Qiu live in harmony, so that the Zhao family can be invincible. You must be fair and just, don't go east and west..."
Wang Meihua said, "Don't worry, I will be fair. If Liqiu has no mother, I am his mother..."
Zhao Yuanwai left with confidence.
Zhao Yuanwai left, and all the power of the Zhao family was on Wang Meihua.
Now, although Liqiu is the shopkeeper of the money shop, he is alone and has no rights in this family. Let him work for the Zhao family first.
However, she is old after all, and she is unable to do anything.So, she wanted to give some rights to her daughter-in-law Ouyang Lan. At least she was united with her son, and with her son, she was united with her. So, she handed over part of the management rights of the Zhao family to her daughter-in-law Ouyang Lan.
Another year has passed, and Lichun has almost finished his experience in the money shop. Wang Meihua discussed with her daughter-in-law Ouyang Lan that she would let Lichun be the shopkeeper of the money shop.
Ouyang Lan said, this is not good, mother, Liqiu is the shopkeeper first, Lichun is Liqiu's apprentice, Besides, Lichun is not very familiar with Lichun's business now, and it's not time to let him be the shopkeeper now.
Wang Meihua also felt that her daughter-in-law was right. Anyway, she had the final say in the Zhao family now, so let the Liqiu continue to work hard.
Ouyang Lan said: "You can let the Beginning of Qiu manage the accounts and the Beginning of Spring."
Wang Meihua said: "It's great, but my daughter-in-law is more sensible, so just do it."
For Beginning of Beginning of Beginning of anything is fine. He is an honest man. He never competes with others, let alone compete with the beginning of spring. He is all a family. What's the point of fighting around? So, he had no objection to the proposal of the aunt and sister-in-law.
Of course, the Beginning of Spring is also very happy. I don’t care about anything, just collect money.
Although he is much better than before, his country is easy to change, but his nature is difficult to change. Although he didn't interact with the gangsters, he started eating, drinking, gamblers and gambling outside. Anyway, the money from the Zhao family's money shop was all over his hands.
Liqiu soon discovered the problem. He said to Ouyang Lan: "Sister-in-law, my brother is spending money outside, do you know?"
Ouyang Lan said, "I just discovered it too, I told my mother to go."
Ouyang Lan told her mother-in-law Wang Meihua about Lichun, saying that Lichun could not be allowed to manage money, and if he had no money, he would not do nonsense outside.
Wang Meihua called Lichun and Liqiu and said, "You two can check the accounts."
Liqiu quickly got the accounts out, and as a result, the balance on the books was much different from the inventory balance.
Wang Meihua asked where the money from the beginning of spring has gone? The Lichun stammered and said that the money was there anyway.
Wang Meihua said: "In the future, the Zhao family's money will be managed by your wife. The money will be paid to your wife in the Lichun."
This obviously means that Lichun has removed all positions. Lichun must be unhappy. If you go to your wife to pay money, you will definitely not be as casual as before. Who is the fuck saying bad things about me? After thinking about it, there were only two people, one was his wife and the other was the Li Qiu. Dare to ruin my good things, okay, let’s take a look.
A year has passed in a blink of an eye. Although the beginning of spring requires money and going to his wife to pay, the wife will not say anything, but she dare not be too out of style after all, and she is guilty first.
So, friends laughed at him for fear of his wife and said that you should be the second shopkeeper of the Zhao family. Now the wife is the actual second shopkeeper. The eldest son of the Zhao family and the legitimate son, how could he get so far? This made the crying people laugh.
Where can I bear this ridicule in Lichun, so I poured all my anger on my wife and Liqiu. When I got home, I would always shy my wife's face, and I even beat her when I got too drunk several times.
Liqiu kindly advised him to drink less alcohol. He scolded Liqiu and said, "What, your wings are hard, you want to fly? Do you think you are the son of the Zhao family? You are born as a concubine and you still want to teach me a lesson..."
Ouyang Lan said, "Liqiu, he has drunk too much, don't be as good as him, and my sister-in-law understands in her heart..."
Even if his mother Wang Meihua said he dared to do so even if he was good or bad. "Mom, are you my biological mother? How do you talk for others? If you do this, just pretend that I don't have you, I won't cry even if you die..."
Wang Meihua was so angry that she didn't come up and fainted. She woke up and was almost foolish. Her mind was clear and confused...
Now the beginning of spring is coming, and she forced Wang Meihua to hand over power, saying that he was the eldest son and legitimate son of the Zhao family, and all power should be handed over to him.
Ouyang Lan said: "When your mother is completely awake, as long as your mother is still there, she will still have the power..."
No matter how much he doesn't say anything, he doesn't want power, and of course he can't stand him.
So, basically, the Lichun and his wife are fighting.
Ouyang Lan knew that once the power of the Spring Festival was in control, the Zhao family would soon collapse, so she refused to let him take power.
The big ship of the Zhao family has passed two more years in the storm...
Two years have made Lichun unable to hold it anymore. He believes that his wife Ouyang Lan either deliberately opposes him or has ulterior motives.
One day, he drank more wine and started arguing with Ouyang Lan, and then beat Ouyang Lan all over blue and purple.
Seeing that his wife Ouyang Lan was beaten like this by her son, Wang Meihua was so angry that she suddenly vomited blood and went to another world.
However, before Wang Meihua's bones were cold, Zhao Lichun clamored to split up.
年0年 said to Ouyang Lan: "Sister-in-law, my parents are gone, it is reasonable for my brother to propose to separate the family, so let's divide it."
Ouyang Lan said: "My parents are at home, their parents are not here, and their family is not here, and I agree to split the family, let's talk about how to divide it?"
年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年0年He said, "I can do anything, I agree with my brother's opinion."
Ouyang Lan said, "The three things that Lichun said are reasonable. Let me add that Lichun gets married, has a family, and will soon have children. Liqiu is still single, so the cost is definitely much less. Therefore, I think it is only allocated to Liqiu three old houses and the old box, and there is no other use. Usually, you can also work in the money house and send it to monthly... "
Lichun didn't expect that his wife would hide her and sometimes stand on the side of Liqiu, but she was still a family with him at critical moments. So he was the first to applaud.
号 didn't say anything, but he didn't expect that his sister-in-law was such a person. He can only say that he agrees.
So, the Liqiu soon moved a broken box to his old house.
Beginning of spring praised his wife Ouyang Lan and said, "My wife is really a master."
Ouyang Lan said: "There are better things to tell you. From today on, all the power of the Zhao family belongs to you. I will take good care of myself at home..."
Lichun said: "It should have been like this long ago. It's better to rest at home. Play cards with others, chat with them, and live a real noble woman's life..."
Lichun has the power in his hands and has completely let go. He spends every day, eats, drinks, and gambling, and he should be as happy as possible.
However, less than a month has passed, and the beginning of spring has never settled the accounts, and the good days of the Zhao family are over. First of all, the money house was seriously in deficit and could not operate. The depositors surrounded the money house and asked the money house to take out the money quickly. But they didn't know that the money house had long been out of money, and the money they earned had already been squandered by the beginning of spring, and the other income of the Zhao family was also squandered by the beginning of spring.
The debt-seeking person came to the door, and Lichun was so scared that he hid under the bed and didn't dare to come out.
Let’s talk about the family after the beginning of autumn equinox, and he still works in a money house. He wants to keep the money house. If it weren’t for him, the money house would have been gone long ago.
That day, he came out of the money shop and went home and accidentally bumped into someone. When I looked up, I saw a beggar who was about to leave, but was blocked by the beggar.
年小小 said, "I'm sorry." He was about to leave after that.
Beggar said, "Slowly, the young man's seal hall is shiny, his face is full of brightness, and his yang energy is strong. You have made a fortune but don't know..."
Liqiu said, "Don't say anything, I'll give you a tael of silver, just treat it as giving the master the money for tea and water."
Beggar said, "Don't believe it, take me to your house."
Liqiu said, "What are you doing when you go to my house? It's just a few broken tiled houses, and there's a broken box, and there's nothing valuable."
Beggar said, "Have you opened that broken box?"
"Not yet, just a broken box, basically you sweep the floor and leave the house with nothing." Liqiu said.
The beggar said, "No, your sister-in-law loves you, at least she won't hurt you, take me to see!"
Liqiu brought the beggar to his old house, took out the broken box and said, "That's it." I haven't opened it yet.
Beggar said: "Open it."
Zhao Liqiu opened the box, and it was empty inside.
"I said it was just a broken box, you don't believe it yet. "Liqiu said to the beggar.
The beggar said: "Don't be too anxious when speaking. "As he said that, he gently tapped the broken box around and on the bottom, and then said, "Open the bottom of the box." "
Liqiu took a brick and removed the broken box from all sides. When he saw that the bottom of the box was two layers. Open the bottom of the two layers, a large stack of silver notes appeared. A rough calculation showed that it was about 30,000 taels of silver.
Zhao Liqiu was stunned and felt like a dream.
What's going on? Who put the silver notes here? This question Let’s put aside the topic for the time being, let’s talk about Zhao Lichun.
Although Zhao Lichun has been unable to hide, he is still frightened. One day, the creditors finally found him and beat him half to death before letting go, but after carrying him home, he died of sadness.
Burial of Lichun, Liqiu took out 30,000 taels of silver notes and said, “Sister-in-law, this is the 30,000 taels of silver notes hidden in that old box. Did you put it on your sister-in-law? ”
Ouyang Lan said: “No matter who put it, it will be yours to distribute it to you. "
Liqiu said: "Sister-in-law, you are a good person. Please take this banknote and let the money bank continue to operate. The Zhao family cannot collapse. "
Ouyang Lan said: "The Beginning of Qiu, you are the real master of the Zhao family. I knew he was unreliable and could not change his virtues. All the Zhao family is left to you. You can move back and live! "
Liqiu said: "I listen to my sister-in-law, but my sister-in-law should not leave the Zhao family. I want my sister-in-law to help me make the Zhao family prosperous again..."
Ouyang Lan said: "Okay, I listen to you too..."
Later, I heard from people in Qinglong Town that Zhao Liqiu and her sister-in-law Ouyang Lan got married and gave birth to a boy and a girl.
Due to the efforts of Zhao Liqiu and Ouyang Lan, the Zhao family is still the most powerful family in the local area.
