Chapter 6: Someone who succeeds

"Sister, Ye'er's martial arts competition, why don't you go?"

In the backyard of Guo’s mansion, Zhen Tuo and Zhen Dao were also present.

They were holding needles and threads in their hands, busy sewing the New Year celebrations for Guo Jia.

The New Year is coming, and there are countless celebrations for Guo Jia to appear. Although Guo Jia is not extravagant, he is not as good as being poor. There are many gifts of silk and satin in the warehouse in the mansion, but the sewing of clothes for Guo Jia is often made of medium fabric.

Cai Yan is actually not good at needlework, so she just helps collect the thread. Facing Zhen Tuo’s problem, Cai Yan smiled and said, “The official’s family members didn’t go, how can I have the nerve to cheer for my son?”

Zhen Tuo couldn't understand Cai Yan's thoughts, so she whispered: "If it were my child, no matter how others viewed him, I would be there in person."

In the past two years, Zhen Tuo and Zhen Dao suddenly became quiet. Although they still ran towards Guo’s mansion every few days, they were under the name of Zhen Jiang. In fact, everyone was tacit about who they came to see.

They no longer pester Guo Jia, but just looked at Guo Jia in the dark. Guo Jia was tired and came up to rub his shoulders and legs. Guo Jia was thirsty and poured tea and water. Guo Jia was hungry and delivered food to him personally. If they sneeze, they would ask them to take two clothes to keep Guo Jia warm. If they sweat a little in summer, the two would silently fan him.

Anyway, I don’t say much about gossip and express their feelings with my actions.

Da Qiao, who was erect, yawned. Seeing this, Xiao Qiao stepped forward and took off the needle and thread from her hand, and advised: "Sister, go back to the room to rest. If you are pregnant, don't worry."

Da Qiao was about to refuse, but Zhen, Jiang, Cai, Yan and Diao Chan also persuaded her in unison. Da Qiao was not stubborn, so she obediently left the room.

Xiao Qiao stared at Da Qiao's increasingly bloated body in a daze, with a very complicated look, a little disappointed and envious.

"Did Xiao Qiao be so envious of her sister when she sees her pregnancy?"

Zhen Jiang quipped.

Faced with the teasing expressions of several girls, Xiao Qiao admitted calmly and said with some annoyance: "It's a pity that I'm not doing well."

Xiao Qiao looked at her flat abdomen and was extremely frustrated.

At this time, Cai Yan suddenly said, "I think my husband has something to hide from us."

The girls stopped what they were doing and looked at Cai Yan in confusion.

Guo Jia couldn't tell them everything. They knew everything clearly and did not interfere in business affairs. The concept of hiding something is somewhat vague.

Cai Yan tilted his head slightly and said, "Even if it is an ordinary family, it is common for a wife and concubine to give birth to several children. But over the years, I have only given birth to Ye'er, and my sister only has Jin'er, and Diao Chan has Yingying. Don't you find it strange?"

The ancients were very feudal superstitious about having children. Sometimes they depended on God's will, and sometimes on fate. Anyway, women who could not give birth to children would be criticized to varying degrees, either words or actions, and some even divorce their wives and concubines at home.

Zhen Jiang and Diaochan didn’t have this idea before, thinking that giving birth to children is a blessing from heaven, no matter how many it is, it is favored by God.

But Cai Yan found it very strange that other princes, such as Cao Cao, have many wives and concubines and many children, especially Cao Cao's sons, with more than twenty. Even if they are not considered daughters, each of Cao Cao's wives and concubines has nearly two children on average.

Among Guo Jia's wives and concubines, each wives and concubine has no second child after giving birth.

"Can you control a woman having a baby?"

A look of surprise suddenly appeared on Xiao Qiao's face.

If Guo Jia has this ability, she will definitely pester Guo Jia to make her pregnant too at night.

Cai Yan smiled bitterly: "I'm not sure about this, but is it a coincidence?"

It is indeed not a coincidence. Even though Guo Jia does not have the ability to get pregnant, he has some experience in contraception by understanding the menstrual period of his wives and concubines.

Guo Jia was too lazy to explain this kind of thing to them. If Guo Jia had to tell a theory with a clear truth, he couldn't do it. Anyway, he could know when the woman was ovulating and conceiving, and the specific reason and why he knew it, it was hard to explain it clearly with her mouth.

It is certainly a happy event to have a family of children and grandchildren, but Guo Jia does not have so much energy to teach her children. He does not pursue the prosperity of incense. Every wife and concubine have the right to be a mother. If she gets pregnant, Guo Jia will avoid having sex during her prone to conception in the future.

If there are more children, there will be more right and wrong in the future. Treating equality is just a beautiful and objective idea. People have feelings of likes and dislikes. When children and grandchildren grow up, Guo Jia will inevitably act like to favor one and the other.

Zhen Tuo and Zhen Dao seemed out of place when facing the topics discussed by Guo Jia and his wives and concubines. They both put down the needlework in their hands in a daze and whispered to leave.

After leaving Guo's house, the two girls looked at each other and sighed.

They embarked on the way back to the house with great worries. Zhen Tuo and Zhen Dao did not know that they had been targeted by a group of people in the dark.

As soon as they turned the corner, the two were surrounded by more than ten people. Zhen Tuo and Zhen Dao looked at the uninvited guests. Seeing that they were obviously not Han people, they were wearing Han costumes. They knew that they were not good at shouting, but someone covered their mouths from behind.

A woman dressed in ordinary people's clothing stood behind the two women, covering Zhen Tuozhen Dao's mouth one left and one right, poked her head out from the middle of the two women, and asked coldly: "Who are you two Guo Jia? Are you Guo Jia's wife and concubine?"

She heard that Guo Jia's wife and concubine were unparalleled in appearance, and she had a pair of sisters working with her husband. Zhen Tuo and Zhen Dao looked a bit similar and beautiful. Although her clothes were not noble, they were definitely not ordinary people's outfits.

At this moment, my mind suddenly seemed to be stupid. Zhen Tuo and Zhen Dao broke free from the woman's hand and said with confidence: "Yes."

A cold smile appeared on the corner of the woman's mouth and said lightly: "That's good."

Just as they were threatening to leave with the two women, the group suddenly discovered that countless troops had emerged around them.

And passers-by who pretended to be the people around them gathered together, with hundreds of people.

Xiao Ren frowned. He led the guards to secretly pay attention to the movements of the group. While preventing them from being unfavorable to Guo Jia, he also wanted to hang out a big fish.

Xiao Ren was sure to catch all the people in Guo Jia or Guo’s mansion before they harmed Guo Jia or the people in Guo’s mansion.

But no one expected that the group of people sneaked into Chengdu and hid in the dark for several days, they actually kidnapped the two ladies of the Zhen family.

"The thief comes to sign up."

Xiao Ren led his army to surround these hundreds of people who were ill-behaved, but he could not tell who was the leader.

Faced with the situation of being surrounded on all sides, the group of people all turned their attention to the woman who locked up Zhen Tuo and Zhen Dao.

The woman raised her chin with a proud look and said coldly to Xiao Ren: "My name is Zhurong! I have two wives of Guo Jia in my hand. Do you dare to act rashly?"

Xiao Ren didn't know who Zhurong was and didn't care.

His eyes were full of doubts and he said lightly: "You are wrong. They are not the wives of my lord."

Zhu Rong was stunned, but saw Zhen Tuo and Zhen Dao lowering their heads, not knowing whether Xiao Ren's words were true or not.

But she believed that Xiao Ren was talking nonsense.

"Hmph, they admitted it personally. Where is Guo Jia? Let him come to see me."

The person who went to inform Guo Jia was Xiao Yi, who went to the military camp as early as when Xiao Ren took action.

If Zhu Rong hadn't caught Zhen Tuo and Zhen Dao by chance, Xiao Ren would have planned to continue fishing on the line.

Because of Zhen Tuo and Zhen Dao, this matter would not be possible if Guo Jia was not alarmed.

Military camp

At this time the scene had become very quiet, with only a pair of young men on the ring.

Bang

Guo Ye was knocked down again, with a bruised nose and swollen face, and blood on his mouth.

Dian Man walked to Guo Ye and whispered: "Young Master Ye, give up."

"I, I don't."

Guo Ye wiped the blood stains from his mouth, stood up again, and waved his fists with all his strength in front of Dian Man.

But he was already unable to stand firmly, and the warrior who was unstable in the lower plate had no combat power. Dian Man easily knocked him to the ground again.

Rolling on the stage for two rounds, Guo Ye's trembling arms were still barely supporting him to get up.

"Master, this..."

Qin Mi showed unbearable expression on her face. It was a competition that was about to stop, but when it reached this point, if it continued, even if it didn't kill anyone, things would not end well.

Everyone present held their breath and focused. On the one hand, they were paying attention to the calm Guo Jia, and on the other hand, they also looked at Dian Wei's reaction.

Your son beat the lord's son like this. Can you still watch the battle with peace of mind? Don't even say a word?

Dian Wei was also very calm. He was not a person who was good at flattering, and he even disdained this.

When you go on stage to compete, there is no difference in identity, only winning or losing.

Even if Guo Jia comes on stage to compete with him, Dian Wei will not deliberately lose to Guo Jia because of Guo Jia's identity.

Guo Jia has this self-knowledge, so he never competes with military generals.

The difference between strong and weak is that the fist is just a trivial part.

Smack

His trembling hands could no longer support his body, and Guo Ye lay on the ring, with blood stains around him.

Guo Jia suddenly stood up, and everyone around him was nervously paying attention to him to see what he did.

Is it a punishment for Dian Wei and his son?

Guo Jia walked up to the ring and took off his coat, walked to Guo Ye and put the coat on him, wrapped it around him, hugged it in his arms.

Guo Ye leaned in Guo Jia's arms, burst into tears, and choked and said, "Father, I'm sorry."

He doesn't want to lose, especially in front of Guo Jia.

A look of kindness appeared in his eyes, Guo Jia reached out to wipe away the tears from the corners of his eyes and said, "You didn't disappoint me."

The winner was decided, but Dian Man was at a loss at this time. He stood in front of Guo Jia and said in a muffled voice as if he had done something wrong: "Encourt, I, I..."

Guo Jia did not blame him, but helped Guo Ye up. Guo Ye, who was wearing a coat, raised his hand with difficulty, took the initiative to hold Dian Man's hand, and said seriously: "Next time, I won't lose."

Seeing the sincerity in Guo Ye's eyes, Dian Man grinned and scratched his head and said, "Young Master Ye is such a difficult guy."

Guo Jia turned around halfway with his son in his arms, stood on the ring and said to Dian Wei: "It's evil, you have someone to succeed. In the future, father and son will definitely be a beautiful story forever."

Dian Wei stood up and glanced at Dian Man, who was a little complacent, and said lightly: "Because he still wants to go to the battlefield? It's embarrassing to go."

Dian Man's pride was instantly hit by Dian Wei and he walked off the ring silently with a sad face.

When Guo Jia was about to laugh out loud, his eyes suddenly passed by everyone below the audience, and at the gate of the military camp, Xiao Yi rode a horse.

His expression became a little solemn. Guo Jia knew that if it were not important, Xiao Yi would not have ignored the military camp's rules and came on horseback.

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