After being asked to stay again but failing to leave, Granny Liu finally met Lady Jia that night.
At that time, the girls who had just finished school were also serving Lady Jia. When Granny Liu went in, she saw the room full of pearls and jades and beautiful flowers. Fortunately, she recognized most of the people there.
She bowed several times and said to Jia's mother, who was leaning on the couch, "Happy birthday, old birthday!"
Grandmother Jia then bowed and greeted him, and ordered Amber to bring a chair over to sit down. "The old relative has come, and we should entertain him well. Unfortunately, my body is not strong enough." As she spoke, she sighed, "You saved my niece's wife, so you are a great benefactor to our two families..."
"No, no, no, the old man misunderstood."
How could Granny Liu dare to agree to any benefactor's words again? “I’m just giving Madam Shen a ride. If I’m not there, there will be others.”
The Jia family was polite, but it would be bad if her daughter, son-in-law, grandson, and granddaughter took it seriously.
“My home is three villages away from the official road, and those Japanese can’t find Madam Shen.”
"…It's a favor that you can send it back."
Grandmother Jia was very satisfied with the old lady's honesty, and her smile widened. "That day and night, the old in-laws didn't even know how worried our family was."
Fortunately, it's all over.
Shen was also willing to acknowledge this life-saving favor. Otherwise, why would he just give her some silver and send her away? Why did he keep trying to keep her? Besides, if she doesn't admit what Shen has already admitted, won't the situation become awkward again? "Those are all the damn Japanese!"
Granny Liu said, "Fortunately, they have all received retribution now. Madam Shen survived the disaster, so she will surely have good fortune in the future!"
Being born in such a family is a blessing.
"Don't worry, old man."
“I’m not anxious now.”
Grandmother Jia laughed and said, "My dear, how old are you this year?"
Granny Liu stood up quickly and answered, "I am sixty-eight this year."
Seeing her appearance, Jia's mother could not help but envy her and said to everyone, "She is so old and still so healthy. She is several years older than me. I wonder why I can't move when I am this old."
Granny Liu laughed and said, "We were born to suffer, and the old lady was born to enjoy happiness. If we were like this, there would be no one to do the farm work."
Grandmother Jia was pleased and asked, "Are your eyes and teeth okay?"
“Everything is fine!”
Granny Liu guessed the old lady's situation and said, "It's because her left molar became loose this year."
In fact, she is good in every way, but looking at the old lady's appearance, it seems that there are many bad things about her.
As expected, Grandmother Jia said, "I am old and useless. My eyes are blurry, my ears are deaf, and my memory is gone. I don't remember you old relatives. When the relatives come, I am afraid that they will laugh at me. I don't know how to eat. I just eat a few bites of what I can chew, take a nap, and when I feel bored, play and laugh with these grandchildren. That's it."
Granny Liu said hurriedly, "This is the old lady's blessing. We can't think this way."
"Haha, what blessing, he's just an old loser."
This is what Grandmother Jia said, but from her expression, you can tell that she also agrees with what Granny Liu said.
Granny Liu was busy coaxing Gong Wei again, and soon the two old ladies were talking and laughing.
The old lady was unhappy and sick these two days, and everyone was very depressed. Now she is finally better.
The haze that had been hanging over the two governments for days was finally lifted.
When Yingchun went back, the corners of her mouth were all raised.
"Second sister!"
Tanchun called her sister who was about to go back, "Cousin Mei is getting engaged, did you know?"
“I know!”
Yingchun asked, "Didn't we agree on this last year?"
However, first the eldest uncle in the East Mansion and then the second uncle passed away one after another, and the family was in mourning, so cousin Mei's marriage was delayed again and again.
"I heard from my aunt that Cousin Mei turned down the two new Jinshi candidates that Fourth Aunt helped to select."
Tanchun waved her hand to ask the maids to move away, and whispered to Yingchun, "She herself chose the illegitimate son of Lord Lu from the Ministry of Revenue."
"Second Master Lu also passed the imperial examination this year!"
Yingchun looked around and whispered, "Second Master Lu's maternal family is the richest in Pingzhou, and he himself is also very motivated, so he is actually quite good."
This is what Cousin Mei told her herself.
"But families like this have more choices."
Tanchun listened to her mother's talk for a long time today, and her little head was a little confused.
She wanted to ask her cousin Mei, but she was much older than her and was afraid that it would affect her mood, so she could only ask her second sister. "My aunt said that the Lu family might think that the third aunt, a divorced woman, is easy to control."
Her aunt also said that since Cousin Mei kept rejecting the people chosen by Fourth Aunt, Fourth Aunt would become cold-hearted and might not worry about them anymore.
Tanchun had never worried about these things.
Although their stepmother and father are gone, their elders are more compassionate to them, and their eldest brother and sister-in-law are also good.
She doesn't worry about her future.
Cousin Mei, on the other hand, has a rather stubborn personality.
If life after marriage was not going well, she probably would not tell any of them in order to prevent her third aunt from worrying.
"... Don't worry! The Lu family wouldn't dare to do that."
Yingchun glanced at her sister and couldn't help laughing. "I heard from cousin Mei that she didn't like the Lu family at first, and was more inclined to the two families that fourth aunt mentioned. But Second Master Lu refused to give up and repeatedly went to cousin Min to express his loyalty."
ah? Tanchun opened her mouth slightly, her eyes sparkling, "Why? Did he fall in love with Cousin Mei at first sight?"
"He liked Cousin Mei, and he also liked our family!"
Yingchun smiled, "The Lu family's wealth was mostly made from his mother's dowry. His stepmother was fine, and she said she never bullied his mother, but their old lady is still alive. She favors the other two sons and has not divided the family up to now. She has also been helping the other two sons to embezzle public funds for her own benefit.
Lord Lu couldn't do anything about his mother, and Mrs. Lu was too soft-skinned. Their family needed a powerful daughter-in-law. Originally, his eldest brother wanted to marry a powerful one, but who knew that the rumors were not credible. His eldest sister-in-law had a not-so-good stepmother who was always ruining his sister-in-law's reputation. In fact, his eldest sister-in-law was just like his stepmother, both gentle and quiet people.
So, when it was his turn, the whole family had already set their sights on our house. ”
It's just that the sisters' ages are not suitable.
But Cousin Mei is also a member of the Jia family.
"Then do we have to go over and help them fight?"
"What are you thinking about?"
Yingchun tapped her sister's head with one hand, "Who is Cousin Mei? Can anyone bully her?"
As the daily housekeeper, my cousin is very decisive and efficient.
"Don't worry, even if we need to find someone, we won't be able to alert the elders. She can tell Cousin Min, and Cousin Min will say hello at the school. What can't be done?"
Cousin Min has friends from all walks of life outside.
"Well, I worried too much."
Tanchun smiled and grabbed her sister's hand and shook it, "Good sister, please don't tell Cousin Mei."
"Well, if you don't want me to say it, make me a purse tomorrow."
"Hehe, I will definitely make you a very beautiful purse."
The laughter of the two sisters was so loud in the wind that Baoyu, who was doing his homework, couldn't help but listen.
But you have to finish your homework, because your elder brother will check it in the evening.
He was doing his homework honestly, and Xiren was standing not too far away, fanning him.
There have been a lot of troubles recently because of ice, so the layer of ice outside the ice storage has all been thrown away, and of course the amount of ice used in each room has been reduced.
The ice in Baoyu's room is just for cooling down. It is impossible to return to the way it was before.
However, he didn't have ice in school during the day, and everyone did the same, so it wasn't a big deal.
My eldest brother said that there is no ice in places like the Imperial College.
It’s actually very good to go home at night.
Baoyu worked hard on his homework.
Changan's cousin is younger than him. If he is still outdone by Lin Changan in the next monthly exam...
Baoyu shuddered tremblingly.
He was afraid that his elder brother would sigh.
It seems that every time I sigh, a new hair turns white.
My brother’s hair really can’t get any whiter.
Baoyu calmed his mind and wrote his words more neatly.
The Jia family's academic studies at this time were no longer the same as they were a year ago.
The two gentlemen who teach here both became new Jinshi this year.
Chen Tang, who was studying in the attached school, later changed his name to Liu Tang, following his mother's surname, with the help of his family and also passed the imperial examination.
The two people who come here to teach now are also the most knowledgeable among the failed candidates.
The three real Jinshi were the greatest motivation. Even Xue Pan, who had no intention of taking the exam, was afraid that he would end up last, and tried hard to keep his fifth-to-last position.
The rolled-up school was too terrifying for a poor student like him.
Baochai always accompanied her when she was reciting and writing.
If he didn't understand something, wrote something wrong, or needed to review something, Baochai could help him immediately.
But maybe some people are not born to study.
He could clearly memorize many books by night, but on the next day he stuttered again, and by the third day he had forgotten most of them.
If he could drop out of school, Xue Pan would have done so crying and shouting long ago.
But I can’t.
Mrs. Shen’s words are still fresh in my mind. Three years is the bottom line.
If Xue Pan dares to use money to attack his teacher and classmates, the palace guards who take turns teaching martial arts every day will find ways to deal with him.
In order to prevent her brother from being beaten again, Baochai had no choice but to accompany him to review every day.
Facing her brother's stupid head, she was actually more desperate than Xue Pan.
Especially the contrast between the Lin siblings in the mansion.
Baochai is conceited and thinks that no matter what she learns, she is no worse than Lin Daiyu. They are both girls who learn things quickly. But, how much older is her brother than Lin Changan? As a result, he was promoted after only spending a few days in elementary school.
Her brother... just happened to be in elementary school and was at the bottom of the class.
"Okay, brother, your Thousand Character Essay today is better than what you memorized yesterday."
Baochai tried her best to ignore the ugly words that were almost written as ink blobs, and praised him against her will, "Let's write it out again tomorrow, and it will be fine if we think about it."
With a brother like her, learning anything is tiring! Not only is he tired, but the teacher who teaches him is even more tired.
"Oh my God, I never want to write these words again."
Xue Pan threw away his pen, and slumped down in his chair as if he had no bones. "Good sister, please give me a day off tomorrow!"
"Brother, Lin Changan has already started college."
Xue Pan: “…”
He really wanted to curse, but Lin Changan was fine.
He was small and couldn't play with older classmates much, so he often went to their Meng class to play.
Alas~ Xue Pan sighed sadly, "Okay, I'll write it tomorrow."
He secretly criticized Lin Changan in his heart. After reviewing his homework, Lin Changan went to bed early.
Children study and exercise in school during the day, and go to bed as soon as they get off at night.
Jia Min went to check on her daughter first, then on her son, and made sure that both children were sleeping well. Then she returned to her room with a smile on her face.
The newly built salt factories are all very good. The emperor has intended to summon the master back to Beijing. If it weren't for the accident with the eldest sister-in-law in the East Palace, she would have cleaned up the Lin family's old house long ago.
However, it’s not too late now.
In the dead of night, Jia Min picked up her pen again and wrote to Lin Ruhai, "My dear husband, I feel as if I have seen you in person..."
It has been nearly a year since the couple last saw each other, and it would be a lie to say they didn't miss each other.
Fortunately, everything is moving in a good direction now.
There are not so many princes in the capital, and the emperor has fallen ill. Now it is much easier to be an official in a remote area or in the capital.
She was looking forward to Lin Ruhai coming to Beijing as soon as possible.
I look forward to him seeing what his son and daughter look like now.
Expect his surprise and delight.
This year, both my son and daughter have grown a lot taller.
The two children were born in Beijing. They would fall down without wind and get sick when it rained.
Even her health is much better than when she was in Jiangnan.
Jia Min couldn't wait to regulate Lin Ruhai's health. After all, he was the one with the worst health in the family.
Under the dim light, her face was as gentle as water.
…
At Ningguo Mansion, Shen Ning’s foot had not yet fully recovered, and Old Lady You came over with her two daughters.
Since they are relatives, she has to give them a warm welcome just for Youshi's sake.
Youshi married into a wealthy family. It would be impossible for You Erjie and You Sanjie to marry into a wealthy family like her, but with the support of their sisters and brother-in-law, it would be no problem for them to find a small military officer of the sixth or seventh rank in the capital.
In fact, Old Lady You also had the same idea.
Her two previous husbands were both minor officials.
Although life is not rich, we can definitely live a good life.
"My eldest sister has been taken care of by you for so many years!"
In front of Shen Ning, Youshi was also a quiet lady. "When I looked at her, she seemed even more beautiful than when she was at home."
It is true that having a son brings everything.
It's different when you have a child.
"Hahaha, you are too modest. My elder sister is a good person."
Shen Ning smiled, "She's good-looking, has a good temper, and is a good housekeeper. This family is all thanks to her."
As a stepmother, when her own life is not very wealthy, it is already very good for her to have her stepdaughter bring all the betrothal gifts as a dowry.
As for You Erjie and You Sanjie...
In Shen Ning's opinion, it also has a lot to do with the social atmosphere at that time.
Both of them were of humble origins, and they might have come here to be concubines.
But now it’s different. Men in the Jia family cannot take concubines at will.
Yu's status and position in this family is also different.
As her sisters, You Erjie and You Sanjie's status and position naturally rose as well.
"She was originally thinking about you guys the most. Knowing you were coming, she was so happy that she had someone clean up the house overnight."
Shen Ning wanted to tell them that Youshi was someone who was liked by her mother-in-law, loved by her husband, and respected by her stepson, so they should not embarrass her. (End of this chapter)
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