The Spring Festival of the Tang Dynasty is coming.

"Hmph~~~" As a big black pig was pressed on the platform by the butcher, he raised his knife, and then there was a heart-wrenching scream. The men, women, young and old in the Li family came to the threshing farm to watch the fun, watching the butcher happily killed the pig and was waiting to receive his own pork.

Just after most of the farmers in Lijiazhuang gathered in the valley, they saw Uncle Zhang and two tenants, and rushed over to two big black pigs.

Uncle Zhang looked at the villagers in Lijiazhuang and shouted: "Blind dates, this is pork, the owner's gift to us for the New Year. Everyone must remember the good things of the owner. This year, every family can have a full meal and wear new clothes. All of this is brought to everyone by the owner. Don't forget the kindness of the owner."

"Don't worry! Uncle Zhang, we will never forget how good our boss is to us."

"Uncle Zhang, our family will not forget the kindness of our boss's family's failure to starve."

"I won't forget! We will farm well in the future and repay our boss' kindness."

After thanking Li Yu, the villagers of Lijiazhuangzi talked about the earth-shaking changes in Lizhuang this year.

"Zhangtou! You Lizhuang have killed pigs and meat this year. Our Wangzhuang's fields are also divided into the name of our boss. Will we also send them this year?" An old man with all white hair asked Uncle Zhang with a smile.

Uncle Zhang smiled and said, "Old Wang, not only will you send it to Wangzhuang this year, but Liuzhuang also wants to send it to you. This year, not only will you send pork, but each family also has 100 kilograms of grain, two kilograms of oil, and one piece of cloth. The owner of the material has asked me to purchase it, and I will send it to you one village after another."

After hearing this, Mr. Wang respectfully bowed to the direction where Li Yu lived and said, "The Li Dong family is such a good person! Next year, I will definitely take our Zhuangzi people to work hard to repay the kindness of the boss."

Sometimes the relationship between Zhuangzi and Zhuangzi is very complicated, both marriages and struggles. For example, due to water and land struggles, there may be armed fights, and it is common for people to die. In the future, the three Zhuangzi are all divided together, and it is still mainly Zhang, so the managers of the two villages come to see and discuss next year's farming arrangements.

"Zhang Tou! Your Zhuangzi is now rich, so don't forget to support us poor relatives in the future!" At this time, a middle-aged man with a medium figure also came to watch the fun. He was the manager of a nearby farmer, who now belongs to the farmer under Li Yuanji's name.

Uncle Zhang smiled and said, "Okay, I think it's time to see, your farm will also be included in the seed cultivation base. Wouldn't we be a family?"

"Oh! Unfortunately, the fields we planted are all the lands of the Fourth Prince. If it were the princess, it would be possible. Oh, it would be different from others." The middle-aged man lamented continuously.

Just as Uncle Zhang was talking to the managers of various villages and the old men, Li Yu and Li Xiuning also came to the threshing ground to watch the fun. When they saw so many people on the threshing ground, Li Xiuning glared at Li Yu and asked, "Li Yu, aren't you afraid of losing money when you do this?"

Li Yu rolled her eyes and said, "What money should I pay? I will increase the welfare of the tenant. This is exactly what the owner should do, let alone I am not a good thing to exploit the merchants."

After he finished speaking with a righteous voice, he spoke with a solemn expression and said, "Actually, people! You are good to them, and the tenants will remember you as well. They have planted better crops and harvested higher, and the crops that may increase their yields exceed the value of the things you send out."

After saying that, he glanced at Li Xiuning and continued, "Even if you pay a little, it doesn't matter. The farmers have benefited, not to mention that the money is basically of no use to me now."

Li Xiuning responded with a flash of beautiful eyes and asked with a smile: "Why is money useless to you? I have never seen anyone who says money is useless to you."

Li Yu smiled and joked with Li Xiuning, saying, "If one day, if you marry me, you will know that money is a joke to me."

"Who wants to marry you is a scoundrel. Besides, my father will not let me get married with the Chai family." Li Xiuning said happily, and finally sadness and helplessness appeared on her face.

Seeing Li Xiuning's face with sadness and helplessness, Li Yu browed and asked in a puzzled tone: "Why? Your father disagrees to let you get separated from Chai Shao. Is there any other hidden information?"

"Do you know the five families and seven surnames?" Li Xiuning asked casually. His expression became very calm when he spoke.

"Longxi Li family, Zhaojun Li family, Boling Cui family, Qinghe Cui family, Fanyang Lu family, Xingyang Zheng family, and Taiyuan Wang family. Among them, Li family and Cui family each have two county Wangs. Therefore, they are called the five surnames, seven surnames, or seven families." Li Yu answered without hesitation.

Li Xiuning continued: "Our family is the Li family in Longxi. When I was a child, I lived in Taiyuan. There were three major families in Taiyuan, our Li family, the Chai family, and the Wang family. Our Li family is relatively close to the Chai family. Chai Shao's grandfather and my grandfather's generation had a good relationship. By the time my father and Chai Shen and his generation, the relationship between the two families was still very good, and our two families could be regarded as a family friendship.

It is precisely because of this that when I was very young, we had already had a engagement due to the words of the matchmaker. When I reached the age of my life, we were officially engaged to Chai Shao. However, my mother was not in good health at that time, and you also knew that my mother had only me. I didn’t want my daughter to leave her too early, so we didn’t get married. Later, my mother passed away and I had to keep mourning for three years, and the marriage was completely delayed.

It was not until I was almost eighteen years old that the mourning period was over. However, the world was in chaos at that time. Emperor Yang of Sui was afraid that my father would rebel, so he sent someone to monitor our family's every move. In order to dispel the suspicion of the court, I got married to Chai Shao in Chang'an. In fact, it was actually a disguised way to put me as a hostage under the eyes of the court.

In fact, my father had no intention of rebelling at that time, but the troops that were fighting against Sui were flocking to the world, and the river where Emperor Yang of Sui was located was already isolated.

My second brother planned to plot to raise an army with Liu Wenjing, the magistrate of Jinyang County at that time, and Pei Ji, the supervisor of Jinyang Palace.

After the plan to raise an army and rebellion was confirmed, my father was not aware of it at the time. My second brother wanted to tell the truth, but was worried that my father would not listen. My second brother found Pei Ji privately to discuss, so Pei Ji chose several beauties from Jinyang Palace and spent the night with my father after he got drunk. Then, Pei Ji told my father about my second brother's plan, and my father had no choice but to raise a crime in the end."

The daughter tells about her father's previous scandal, which makes Li Xiuning blush, but Li Yu did not go to see her, but just listens to her about Li Yuan's uprising.

Seeing that Li Yu did not look at her, Li Xiuning continued to preach: "You also know that rebellion requires a lot of food, grass, soldiers, and all of which require money to support me. My father found someone to find Chai Shao's father, Chai Shen, hoping to get the support of the Chai family.

After Chai Shen received the news, he came to see his father in person. At that time, the world was in chaos, and the Chai family was not optimistic about the situation of the Sui Dynasty. You also know that the rule of the big family is to seek wealth and not be the king, so the Chai family wanted to bet whether our family could succeed in the uprising."

Li Yu actually understood the situation mentioned by Li Xiuning. Those big families that were thousands of years old generally would not put an egg in a basket. They would draw out one to bet on the luck of rebels. Just like Zhuge Liang and his brother of the Three Kingdoms would not serve a lord, but would separate brothers and serve a lord one by one. As long as one succeeds, they can guarantee the prosperity of their family for hundreds of years. It sounds cruel. "A thousand-year-old family and a hundred-year-old dynasty." In fact, those families sacrificed a large number of clan members.

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