Some small dramas
Mini-drama 1: Xie Hui: How do you know I have a daughter?
Before Xie Hui came back, he always thought that Lord Yuwen was too exaggerated. He thought that he should just be happy at home after having a child. He was not the kind of person who would go out to the world.
However, it is often too early to say such things.
After Xie Cheng was born, Xie Hui returned to Jingzhao Prefecture to take up his post and specially prepared a large number of wedding cakes and pastries. He distributed them to everyone in Jingzhao Prefecture. Even the horses in the stables ate the fried black beans that Xie Hui had specially prepared to celebrate the birth of his daughter!
Zhou Zhongan used to have meals with Xie Hui, but ever since Xie Hui's daughter was born, he would avoid Xie Hui whenever he saw him. The reason was simple: this guy would walk away after just a few words.
"Our civet raised his head today."
"Our cicada can blow bubbles."
"Our little fox is the most well-behaved child in the world."
When Zhou Zhongan was having dinner with his parents at home, he brought up this matter, saying that Xie Hui had gone crazy after having a child. As a result, he was scolded by his parents again, saying that he himself was a bachelor and yet he had the nerve to criticize others.
Zhou Zhongan didn't want to listen to Xie Hui's talk, but it was okay, because he soon found a like-minded partner - Yuwen Mu. The two of them could talk to each other and exchange their experiences as fathers.
Xie replied that the symptoms lasted for three months, and later developed into frequent awakenings at night, saying that the child was crying, but in fact the child was sleeping well with the nanny. Because of this, Shen Yuan even asked Dr. Kang, who said that this was indeed a disease that parents often have when they become parents for the first time because they are nervous. However, in the past, he had only seen mothers with this disease, but it was rare for fathers.
"There is a father, and you know him."
Shen Yuan asked, "Who is it?"
She thought that if she knew him, she could go and ask for advice and experience.
"Your father."
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"When you were born, your father thanked you for what you have now. I don't know if you did it after your brother was born. I wasn't familiar with your father at that time."
After Shen Yuan found out, she went home and told her father about it. Then her father met with Xie Hui, and the father-in-law and son-in-law talked for an hour. Although Shen Yuan didn't know what they talked about, Xie Hui's symptoms were much relieved after that.
Small drama 2 - Yuwen Mu: I can get rich by relying on my own ability
In fact, many people gossiped about Yuwen Mu behind his back because of his marriage into the Lu family. The most common gossip was that he was trying to curry favor with the powerful Lu family, was afraid of a woman, and lost face as a man.
Yuwen Mu knew it himself, but these words didn't hurt him at all. Only he knew how his life was going, and he didn't care what others said.
But once, such words were said to him. Although Yuwen Mu was the commander of the Imperial City Department, not everyone in the Imperial City Department obeyed him. Once, Yuwen Mu heard someone say that he looked so powerful in the government office, but he didn't know how to please his wife and his in-laws when he got home. Even if he married, he would only marry a girl from a poor baron's mansion, with a better family background, and people would not look down on him.
These words were so excessive that even Kuang Qianfan, who was standing next to them, was furious after hearing them.
After hearing this, Yuwen Mu's expression remained unchanged. He walked up to them as if nothing had happened and beat them up one by one.
The two who were speaking were dandy boys who were sent here by their families to live a carefree life. Naturally they were not willing to accept being beaten, but they could not beat the opponent, so they could only go home and complain.
Yuwen Mu was also impeached by Yu Shi at the court meeting because he beat his colleagues. Yuwen Mu did not defend himself. There were several cases of beating colleagues every year, and the emperor was used to it. He would just fined them a little bit of salary and let it go.
However, Yuwen Mu has always been a stable person and has never done such a thing, so afterwards the emperor specifically asked him to come over and ask about it, and Yuwen Mu told him what had happened.
Emperor Zhaoming was surprised and asked, "Why didn't you say anything when the historian Yu accused you? Why didn't you defend yourself?"
Yuwen Mu only had one sentence to say, "I am not good at speaking."
The emperor was choked by these words, and after a while he asked, "Why are you saying it again now?"
"Your Majesty asked, I have no choice but to answer."
This matter was brought to the court, and Lu Shuyan naturally knew about it. After knowing the whole story, she felt a little uncomfortable. This was something Lu Shuyan had been worried about before they got married.
Lu Shuyan asked him: "Will you feel wronged?"
"I got married through my own ability, why should I feel wronged?"
Lu Shuyan couldn't help laughing, "Then tell me, what skills do you rely on?"
Yuwen Mu took his wife's hand and placed it on his waist and abdomen, "You are beautiful and healthy."
Lu Shuyan was so angry that she punched him.
A small theater within a small theater——
Emperor: Didn’t you say you are not good at speaking?
Yuwen Mu: But Shuyan is an exception.
Small drama 3 - Sisters, stand up
The butcher shop started by Zi Yan had a pretty good business, at least they had enough to support themselves. But perhaps because of this, she aroused jealousy among her peers, who told people everywhere that the shop was run by a prostitute.
"You dare to eat the food sold by the prostitutes in the brothel? Aren't you afraid of getting sick?"
Those days were extremely difficult. Zi Yan even thought about closing the shop. At worst, she could just leave the capital and start over in a place where no one knew them or what they had done.
But later, Xu Buhuan, who often came to buy brine, found out about this. She heard that Zi Yan wanted to close the shop and make a living somewhere else.
"You went to another place this time. What if the previous incident was exposed again? Will you go to another place?"
Xu Buhuan's words made Zi Yan realize why she wanted to escape. The past was the past. Now, all the sisters here were forced or deceived into entering the brothel. They didn't do anything against the law. Why couldn't they live an upright life?
Later, Zi Yan thought of a way. She placed a row of tables and chairs in front of the shop, put out the business license issued by the government, and called in doctors from the best clinic in the capital. In front of everyone on the street, she examined the pulse of every person in the shop.
Zi Yan didn't want to prove herself in this way unless it was absolutely necessary, but now, she couldn't think of any other way.
After this incident, most people were still watching, watching the excitement or even mocking her, but Zi Yan still gritted her teeth and persisted, and did not close the shop. Later, Zi Yan received many orders, all of which were sent to various brothels in the capital. Some of the women there, although they could not escape for the time being, or did not have the courage for the time being, but they all used this method to help the sisters who once shared the same fate with them.
Zi Yan would always secretly pass on the message, saying that if anyone left the brothel and couldn't find a place to stay or didn't know how to survive, they could come to her first.
The detectives from the Dali Temple also came to this shop to buy salted pork as usual. They all said that the salted pork made in this shop tasted the best, the meat was firm, and it was never short of weight. As time went by, most people forgot about the previous incident. Or maybe they remembered it, but they didn't care.
When ordinary people eat a piece of brined pork, they don’t think too much about it. They just buy from the store that sells it at a good taste and a fair price. Isn’t this the simplest principle of doing business?
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