Night has fallen and the weather is very cold, but some people are still working hard, just like many people in Youzhou City.

Cui Yunshi took a deep breath, then put her hands to her mouth. She tried her best to let out the breath she had just taken in, in this way, her hands were not so stiff.

Her appearance is not ordinary, and there is a delicate look between her eyebrows. She is obviously not an ordinary person, but a daughter of a noble family who has been influenced by poetry and literature since she was a child.

However, there are differences between the daughter of an aristocratic family and the daughter of an aristocratic family.

Every aristocratic family has its direct branches. The family is large, the business is large, and the population is large. This leads to uneven wealth and some people will always live in poverty.

For example, before Cui Yun got married, she was from a branch of the Yun family in Longxi. Her father belonged to a side house and had been depressed all his life. Although he could barely do some errands in the clan, those errands were basically impossible.

Not enough to make the family rich.

Thanks to the tradition of inheriting poems and books from wealthy families, Cui Yun received free instruction in family studies when she was young. However, this free instruction was not purely free. She needed to spend her entire life repaying this debt.

Aristocratic families need marriages, not only between direct descendants, but more importantly, for women like them, who marry into a certain aristocratic family and are also the heirs of a partial family.

Perhaps due to good luck, she was pointed out by her family to a son of the Cui family in Qinghe. When she was just fourteen years old, her father ran home happily, with an excited look on his face.

Cui Yunshi can still remember it.

My father said: "Yun'er, you are going to be lucky. The Cui family in Qinghe has a side prince, who has just reached the age of reaching the crown this year. According to the marriage rules between aristocratic families, this young man needs to marry a girl from our Yun family, and they have already sent him.

Two bolts of silk, and half a cart of grain. Fortunately, very fortunately, the fifth son in charge of our clan couldn't bear the hardship of being a father, so he decided to leave Cui's share of the betrothal gift to our family, that is,

Said, Yun'er, you will marry Qinghe's wife."

With just three words, "Qinghe Woman", Cui Yun's life was designated by her family.

But she didn't feel sad, nor did she feel any misery. Women in this era were like this. Weddings and funerals were completely arranged by their elders.

She got married, into the Cui family, which is known as the richest among the five surnames and seven hopes.

But after I got married, I realized that life at my husband's family was not good either. My husband's parents were gone, and all that was left in the family was a small house, 50 acres of family land, and a single grain jar.

She could still clearly remember that her husband stood in front of her very awkwardly, with his head lowered and an apologetic look on his face.

Her husband said to her: "Yun'er, I'm sorry, my family is extremely poor. I'm afraid I'm going to make you suffer for the rest of your life. Since you're married, I, as the husband, have to explain to you that this time

To marry you, the betrothal gift was paid for me by the clan, which included two bolts of silk and half a cart of grain. You are also from a noble family, so you must understand that this is a debt to the clan. Although there is no interest, it needs to be repaid, so, alas

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So, alas!

From the first day she married Cui Yunshi, she had to worry about her husband's debt for marrying her.

But she didn't feel pain.

On the contrary, there is a hint of happiness.

Women from aristocratic families have no control over their marriages. Whether they marry well or not is almost entirely up to God's will. If you are lucky, you may be able to marry a good husband. If you are unlucky, you will definitely be beaten and punished for the rest of your life.

Although that night was the night she and her husband got married, the first moment she saw her husband, she knew that God had opened her eyes. She married well and her husband was a good man.

It is not common for a man to love his wife so much that he can talk to himself about family matters with an apologetic look on his face.

Cui Yunshi made up her mind that she would live a good life with this man. No matter how hard she worked, she would be happy with it...

Because this is the virtue of Han women.

Because her husband is a good man.

However, living life is not an easy task.

The Cui family in Qinghe is a powerful family, with descendants all over the world, and branches extending to tens of thousands. Although my husband has the surname Cui, it is a pity that he is a branch among branches. There are too many such branches.

, even the Cui family of Qinghe couldn't settle down, so they had to make a living on their own.

My husband is a responsible man. In order to support his family, he can devote himself to farming, half-farming and half-reading, and working hard.

If her husband could work so hard for the family, how could she, Cui Yun, be such a resentful woman? So, she also worked hard.

During the day, she went to do some starching work, and at night, she weaved by moonlight. She was reluctant to light the oil lamp, and she saved the money to raise her children.

She worked hard day and night, and her husband worked hard half-farming and half-study. Finally, in the fifth year, the family paid off the family's debt.

However, the third child in the family was born.

Instead, life became even tighter.

So she and her husband started working hard again, still working hard day and night to survive.

This kind of life is actually the life of many women from aristocratic families after they get married. Although it is very hard and difficult, Cui Yunshi believes that it is better than the previous ones. Compared with those ordinary people's families who starve to death and freeze to death, they are at least still the same.

A mouthful of food and clothing can be guaranteed.

Whenever there is a famine, the family can borrow money from the clan. Although the debt needs to be repaid, it saves lives after all.

And what about those women from ordinary families? When they want to borrow money, they have no way to borrow money. They can only hold their children and tremble, watching helplessly as the children starve to death in their arms.

For every mother, that is something more terrifying than the sky falling.

Therefore, Cui Yunshi never complained, and she was willing to work no matter how hard she worked.

She always thought that such a life was her whole life, working hard, being thrifty and running the house, helping her husband work together, raising three children, and then she and her husband died of old age.

But suddenly one day, the husband rushed home excitedly.

The husband looked very excited. He hugged her in broad daylight and laughed loudly: "Yunniang, Yunniang, do you know, do you know? I was chosen, I was chosen, let's

Pack your things now. Today we have to catch up with the starting team and go to the land of Youyun and Five Continents of Youyun. Hurry up, why are you standing still? We are going to set off today. The big team will not wait for us today.

This time, more than a hundred scholars moved with their families, and we had to keep up with the large team to ensure stability..."

More than a hundred scholars are actually the sons of more than a hundred shabby branches of aristocratic families.

Amidst her husband's excited bleats, Yun Niang gradually understood why her husband was so excited.

Her husband was chosen by the family and became a small official sent to Youzhou by the Cui family of Qinghe. For the Cui family of Qinghe, who was a powerful person, sending a small official to Youzhou to help was just a show of goodwill.

The most indispensable thing is scholars. It doesn’t matter if we have more or less.

But for the husband, this job is a life-changing event.

For Cui Yunshi, she also felt that this was another opening of God's eyes.

Youzhou, the center of Youyun Five Continents.

Mr. Gu, the famous Mr. Gu all over the world.

The first relative of the Tang Dynasty married Princess Pingyang.

That Mr. Gu single-handedly made the world's famous families show favor to him. If your husband becomes a minor official under him, he might be able to be appreciated by Mr. Gu.

That would really change your destiny.

Even if her husband could not be appreciated by Mr. Gu, her trip to Youzhou would still change her destiny, because her husband told her that there are opportunities everywhere in Youzhou.

Mr. Gu is short of people, especially those who are capable and talented. Mr. Gu is a kind-hearted person and will smile gently even when facing a minor official.

My husband also said that Mr. Gu is sending an invitation to all the scholars in the world to go to his Youzhou and start a business from scratch with him. For a person like Mr. Gu, developing the entire land of Youyun can be regarded as starting from scratch.

But for my husband's situation, a monthly salary of a certain amount can already change the fate of the whole family.

My husband is twenty-five years old this year, but he has never earned any salary. Salary is a special term for officials. This amount of money not only satisfies the husband's desire to become an official, but most importantly, the whole family will follow him.

Live a good life.

The three children no longer have to dress in rags and have to be scolded by the clan stewards every time they go out. The three children can at least have a new set of clothes and live decently like members of a noble family.

What’s more, you don’t have to count the grains to eat them.

My husband's monthly income can fully ensure that his three children have enough to eat, and he can even save a large amount to buy pens, ink, paper and inkstones for his children.

And what about yourself?

My husband said that he could also make money after moving to Youzhou.

Mr. Gu has more than 50,000 soldiers under his command, and there are also 5,000 invincible cavalry. For such a powerful force, there is a big gap in logistical support.

Soldiers' clothes need to be starched and washed.

The armor of the iron cavalry needs maintenance...

If it were left to the army of the Tang Dynasty, these matters must be solved by the soldiers themselves, but her husband told her with an excited face that Mr. Gu left these matters to the people... Any civilian woman

, you can go to the military camp of the Gu family to take on some logistical work, whether it's washing clothes or helping in the cooking. In short, as long as you are willing to work hard, you can earn money from Mr. Gu.

The husband said that this was Mr. Gu’s deliberate act of kindness.

Otherwise, Mr. Gu can completely save this money.

His soldiers can wash their own clothes and don't have to ask anyone to do the cleaning and cooking.

Cui Yunshi agreed with her husband's words, and she also believed that this was Mr. Gu's good deed.

It is precisely because of Mr. Gu's philanthropic act that Cui Yun has not been idle since she followed her husband to Youzhou. She can find work every day and has made a lot of money.

The work is tiring, but every day is happy.

Shouldn’t we be happy when there are days to look forward to?

Occasionally, she would burst out with a little girlish interest and prepare to hide all the money from her husband. Then one day, she would suddenly take it out to scare her husband. At that time, her husband would suddenly see that she had earned so much, and he would definitely...

It is jaw-dropping and particularly interesting.

As long as she keeps working hard, she can save enough money to educate her three children.

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