Once upon a time, the lack of traditional virtues in previous lives made Li Su feel heartbroken. The kind of husband who was buried in his studies and exams, and his wife was worried about the soft girl who lacked red sleeves around her. She hurriedly married a concubine for her husband, but the husband held the book and did not raise his head, and said lightly, "Take it off and throw it on my bed."

What a beautiful and traditional life. After a thousand years, all this virtue has been thrown away, and there is a lot of dross left in the culture. Not to mention that the wife takes the initiative to take the concubine to her husband, the taste of the husband cooking tastes a little weaker than the wife will immediately turn her back on the table.

When Li Su heard that Xu Mingzhu and her father-in-law were planning to take the initiative to take the initiative to take the concubine, a moment was filled with relief and surprise. Throughout history, no matter whether they are rich or poor, no matter how infatuated or dedicated, they opened the shameful corner deep in their hearts. They had a stolen fantasy about "three wives and four concubines". They were not not not loving their wives, but longing for many wives to love him. This had nothing to do with love, and was purely determined by the genes of male animals.

Since the primitive society, male apes and female apes began to live in groups. Male apes were responsible for hunting and picking fruits, female apes were responsible for giving birth to babies and... washing diapers? This was the earliest "male leads to the outside and the female leads to the inside". At that time, "love" did not exist between men and women, and there was no so-called chastity moral concept. Many times, male apes could exchange a glimpse of the female ape's thousands of charm with a piece of meat, and they smiled extremely charmingly. Gradually, male apes found that if they worked diligently and took a few more preys, they could compete with different female apes every night, and even possessed more female apes. This became the driving force for male apes to work hard and actively learn to create and use production and hunting tools to improve efficiency...

The topic is far away, and male animals have a general mentality of possession of the opposite sex.

Li Su is a man, and a very normal man. It is undeniable that he also fantasized about the life of a bride and groom every night. However, after the initial relief and surprise, Li Su quickly regained his rationality.

Why are the Li family's days so peaceful and happy?

Putting aside the reason why the head of the family is lazy and unpromising, the most important thing is that the number of wives in the backyard is extremely rare, which avoids many open and secret struggles, which saves Li Su a lot of worries. If he doesn't know the truth, he can stuff a group of women with unknown temperament into the backyard of the Li family, Li Su dares to guarantee that he will be in chaos if he leaves the backyard for three days. Then, with a mental breakdown, he will take the initiative to help Xu Mingzhu line up to throw the concubines who have just entered the door into the well.

Looking at the complicated expression of his father-in-law Xu Jingshan, Li Su smiled.

"My father-in-law is planning to arrange a few concubines for his son-in-law?" Li Su blinked.

"Ah? How many... How many rooms? Isn't one room enough?" Xu Jingshan's face became increasingly ugly.

I was a little confused about the matter. My daughter was the wife and mistress of the Li family. She was full of love and love. The relationship between husband and wife was also in love. At this time, I took the initiative to arrange a concubine for my son-in-law to fight for her daughter's love. This matter did not seem like a person's work from any angle. My father made things difficult for his daughter. This kind of father was also drunk...

Li Su looked ugly to his father-in-law as if he had not seen him, and said seriously: "According to the system, the concubines of the county duke are raised by the court, and can be raised by eight. Every year, the palace provinces are paid salaries. Think about it, the court helps me raise them. How cheap is this? Eight beautiful women let me sleep for free. What is the difference between eating the tyrant chicken in brothel? And it is a reasonable and legal tyrant chicken. If you don't eat this chicken, your son-in-law will be unable to sleep or eat!"

Xu Jingshan's forehead was slightly sweaty, and he raised his sleeve and wiped it randomly, and said quietly: "What a virtuous son-in-law means... do you want to marry eight? This...ah, can you bear it?"

Li Su's chest was slapped: "The son-in-law is at the age of a fierce and powerful tiger. My father-in-law, you must have confidence in your son-in-law. Your son-in-law has this strength!"

After saying that, Li Su also threw a charismatic look at Xu Jingshan that even men understand.

Xu Jingshan's cheeks twitched a few times.

If this son-in-law hadn't had a high status and there were two rows of wolves and tigers standing outside the gate, he would have slapped him long ago.

When eight concubines come in, how hard will my daughter have for the rest of her life?... a scumbag!

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Looking at Xu Jingshan, who was ashen but unable to get angry, quickly left, Li Su stood at the door and smiled.

The old guy was so idle when he was full that he was free. It would be a bit of ripple in his boring life.

After sending his father-in-law out in person, Li Su turned around and returned to the inner courtyard.

A simple swing was set up in the middle of a green grass in the inner courtyard. Xu Mingzhu sat on the swing in a purple shirt, swaying all the time, with a haggard expression, staring blankly at a pond not far away, and was in a daze. She didn't know what she was thinking, but she occasionally let out an inaudible sigh, full of resentment.

Li Su stood not far away and watched quietly for a long time.

Life is too dull, and often ignores the relationship between husband and wife without realizing it. After the original deep love is washed and washed by the years, it gradually turns into a family affection like clear water. This kind of family affection is more reliable and more solid than the passionate love. However, it is still too dull, as if there is or not, as if there is only one person who helps to live together in half a lifetime, like fireworks blooming. After the initial dazzling brilliance, all passion disappears in the boundless darkness.

Most couples have been through this in their entire lives, so are Li Su.

He stood at such a high position without realizing it, saying that he was lazy and leisurely, but there were always countless troubles and things to be solved waiting for him. Whether it was for the country or the family, he ignored the people closest to him.

Walking forward gently, Xu Mingzhu was still immersed in her sorrow and never found him.

Li Su looked at it quietly for a while, and suddenly laughed: "I just regret that our pond is too small and I can't carry my wife so much so much sorrow..."

Xu Mingzhu was shocked and saw that Li Su had walked behind her at some point, but she had not noticed it. Xu Mingzhu's pretty face turned slightly red and she hurriedly greeted her.

"I'm slow to treat my husband, don't blame me."

Li Su held her hand and placed it in his palm and gently rubbed it.

Xu Mingzhu's hands were a little cold and her fingers were a little rough. For him, Xu Mingzhu crossed the desert back and forth. During that period, she suffered a lot, and some scars could not be erased for the rest of her life. She stayed in her hands forever. Her originally white and jade-like slender hands left a few scars that were not very good-looking.

Li Su felt moved. Every time he held her not-so-looking hands, he would always think of the lonely and stubborn figure in the yellow sand all over the sky, crossing thousands of miles of desert, risking his head turning around, and giving everything to save his life.

Now that her husband has achieved success and fame, she is worried that there will be no concubine at home and that her husband will be ridiculed, so she takes the initiative to recruit concubines for him.

Her heart was full of him. She thought about him, worries about him, lived for him, and died for him.

How lucky is Li Su to be such a woman to be with him in this life?

Holding her face, Li Su gently tapped her nose, and Xu Mingzhu subconsciously wrinkled her nose, which was very cute.

"Tsk tsk, this little face is so sad. Making a bowl of sad rice is enough. Let me tell you if you have any worries."

Xu Mingzhu lowered her head and said softly: "I have no worries. My husband has just been promoted to the county magistrate, and I have benefited from it and promoted to the imperial edict. Our family is in a prosperous time, and I am very happy."

Li Su smiled and said, "I was so happy that my nose and eyes were twisted together. This happy look is rare."

Xu Mingzhu couldn't help but hit him and said angrily: "My husband jokes about me again..."

Li Su sighed and said, "You should know when my father-in-law came just now?"

Xu Mingzhu nodded: "I invited him to come."

Li Su blinked: "You mean to take a concubine?"

Xu Mingzhu hesitated for a moment and nodded again: "My husband is already a county magistrate, but there is only one concubine at home..."

Li Su interrupted her and said, "Don't talk about those great principles, I just ask you, if your husband really takes a concubine, will you be really happy?"

Xu Mingzhu's pretty face turned pale, then sighed quietly, saying, "It doesn't matter whether I am happy or not. My husband is a capable person. He was appointed as the county magistrate in his twenties. Our family is already a powerful family in Chang'an City. My husband is so young and has a high position. It was the time when the Li family was scattered. Although I have been married to my husband for several years, I have not had any children yet. Many powerful and noble female relatives in Chang'an City have been gossiping. I know that my husband's affection has not changed, but I really don't know how to deal with it..."

Li Su frowned and said, "When will we have a baby? What should we do with other people's families? We live our own lives, why should we care about other people's gossip?"

Xu Mingzhu's eyes turned red and she said, "Life is not a monk. We are in the world after all, how can we not care about other people's gossip?"

Li Su sighed: "Our life only needs food, rice, oil and salt. We should not live in other people's mouths. If we follow the way we live in other people's mouths, how should we live? Mingzhu, it is not a good thing to be too obsessed with. Life is like a flash of time and it passes away in a flash. Try to let go of your heart and look at the scenery beside the road. When we get old, sit by the well in the yard and recall together. We passed by a mountain and a river in a certain month. We experienced a snow, a rain, or a certain day of a certain year and a trip on the road. I laughed and you cried... These are the most precious things in our lives, and the rest are not important at all."

After saying something, Xu Mingzhu felt refreshed, she lowered her head and was silent for a while, and then she said quietly: "Husband has been walking too fast over the years, and I feel more and more...I can't keep up with my husband. I... am very scared."

Li Su was stunned for a moment, and then smiled.

After all, because he was too sudden, Xu Mingzhu was caught off guard and developed a strong sense of inferiority, so she was worried about gains and losses and even arranged a concubine for him.

Holding her cold hand, Li Su held her and walked slowly along the edge of the pond.

"Madam, you have a demon in your heart, so you lose everything. Do you know why there is a demon in your heart?"

Xu Mingzhu opened her eyes wide and shook her head.

Li Su suddenly smiled and snorted, saying, "Because I'm idle!"

Xu Mingzhu was stunned: “…………”

Ignoring her expression, Li Su walked slowly, but holding her hand never let go.

The couple walked quietly and quietly, with no one around, and there was a silence.

Li Su kept talking in her mind, silent for a long time, and suddenly said slowly: "There are a lot of investments at home, including liquor workshops, perfume workshops, greenhouse green vegetables, etc. These inputs are not a problem to maintain the expenses of our family. However, inputs cannot only maintain the expenses. We have to leave some family assets for our descendants. Even if we have two prodigal sons in the future, the family assets left will be enough for him to lose for the rest of his life..."

Xu Mingzhu looked at him in confusion, as if she didn't understand why Li Su suddenly told her about this.

Li Su looked at her and smiled and said, "There are a lot of investments, but there are some messes. There are inevitably mistakes and negligence. My father-in-law has been doing a bad year. I was implicated in the tea business the year before yesterday and was involved in a life lawsuit. Our family should also pay him some compensation. So, I plan to hand over the liquor workshop, perfume workshop, greenhouse green vegetables, tea, etc. to him for unified management. We don't treat him badly. All the income is 20% of him. Not only can he maintain expenses every year, but he can also make a surplus, which is worthy of his father-in-law..."

Xu Mingzhu opened her eyes wide in surprise and said, "Husband, although I am the daughter of the Xu family, I am now a member of the Li family. Husband... I don't have to do this."

Li Su smiled and said, "Madam, don't misunderstand. This is not a gift to my father-in-law, but asking my father-in-law for help. Now I am in the county, and more and more people are watching me in the court. The county government is not very decent after all, and it is inevitable that they will be criticized by others. It will be natural to hand it over to my father-in-law. Even if you ask your father-in-law to provide some cover for our family, even though everyone knows who the business is, the window paper still needs to be pasted and cannot be torn."

Xu Mingzhu stuttered a few times with red lips, but she wanted to speak but stopped. Finally, she nodded silently.

Li Su held her hand and continued walking, and then said, "In the future, we must also make plans. We cannot just save money, but we must invest money. After the spring sowing, our family will send a few departments out. Lingnan, Longyou, and all prefectures in the pass will go to see it. If you have cheap land, you might as well buy some, and then build some villages in various places. The current policy of the court is to encourage land reclamation. It is not a taboo for us to buy land, but it doesn't matter if we choose wasteland and fertile land. It's mainly because we summon more farmers. Labor is the most important thing. Madam knows that I am lazy on weekdays and you are in charge of family affairs. I will leave this matter to you. I will ask me if I don't understand. But don't ask too frequently. It doesn't matter if I make some mistakes. Just don't hurt your muscles..."

Xu Mingzhu's expression became more and more shocked. The topic Li Su talked to her today was obviously beyond her expectations. He rarely mentioned these family affairs in the past. Usually, he was the boss of the hands-offs. The family guarded the investments of those workshops. Xu Mingzhu did not have a long-term investment gaze. At this moment, Li Su suddenly mentioned the future plans of the family. After Xu Mingzhu was stunned for a moment, her expression suddenly became serious. Her face had just disappeared without a trace. At this time, Xu Mingzhu seemed to be the correct appearance of the Li family's mistress. With a serious attitude like a sacred mission, she began to think about the future industrial strategy of the Li family.

Li Su looked at her serious face and couldn't help but smile. After coughing twice, she continued: "Madam knows that the prince Li Chengqian had failed to rebel last year, and the prince of the Eastern Palace was unable to stand up for a long time. Last time, the King of Wei came down to visit him and wanted to recruit me to surrender to him. Later, I refused. Do Madam know why I refused?"

Xu Mingzhu's thoughts were interrupted. Seeing Li Su suddenly talking about this topic to her, she was shocked again and said in a panic: "I am just a wife, why should I ask me about state affairs? Don't scare me, I have always had ideas. You can decide on state affairs yourself, and you don't need to ask me..."

Li Su smiled and said, "There are couples chatting around, so what can you say? Just talk about it."

Xu Mingzhu hesitated for a while and lowered her head and said nothing.

Li Su continued: "The future crown prince of the Tang Dynasty is very important. Not only will His Majesty be carefully selected, but we ministers should also think twice. It is beneficial and disadvantageous to stand in line too early. If we find that we are standing in the wrong place, it will be difficult to turn around. In the future, we cannot avoid the disaster of killing in the future. If we stand too late, the situation will be obvious before we choose to stand in the wrong place. Although we will not stand in the wrong place, the people who are queuing the meat and drinking the soup, and there is no residue left. Instead, we will be suspicious and even resentful by the emperor. Similarly, we will also bring disaster to ourselves. So when to stand in line sooner or later, when to stand, and where to stand, we need to grasp the timing and opportunity, earlier, later, left, right, and the final result may be very different..."

Li Su talked a lot, but Xu Mingzhu couldn't help it anymore and said, "Why did you say this to me? I... I really don't understand."

Li Su smiled and said, "If you don't understand, just listen to it. Just like when you go to a temple to listen to monks chant scriptures, can you understand it? Love is just to listen to the excitement."

Xu Mingzhu nodded and said nothing again.

Li Su seemed to be deliberately trying to make her wonder all the way today, but she actually continued to talk about the court.

"... So, the last time the King of Wei recruited me, I rejected him. There is no other reason. The time and time have not come. The person who laughs the most may be him. Everyone knows that he must be the future crown prince of the Eastern Palace, but what everyone believes is not necessarily the truth. It is useless to laugh so much now. The key is to see who laughs the last. The person who laughs the most beautifully. In my opinion, Your Highness the King of Wei may laugh too early and laugh a little overwhelmed. Madam, you must remember that no matter at any time, the person who laughs the first is often the last loser. If you meet such a person, you must stay away from him. If you are struck by lightning and hurt the innocent, it will not be worth it..."

Xu Mingzhu chuckled, then gave him a blank look: "Husband, this mouth..."

Li Su smiled twice and suddenly said, "Do you know why I want to tell you this?"

Xu Mingzhu shook her head and looked at him in confusion.

Li Su looked her in the eyes and said slowly: "Because I want my wife to know what I am doing and what I am thinking, whether it is family or state affairs... The wife said that I walked too fast and couldn't keep up with me, so I walked slowly, wait for you, hold you, and support you. The couple are fellow travelers for life, how can I bear to let you chase you too hard?"
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