Chapter 112 Chapter 112
Ruofu was in really good health. She had a high fever at night, but it had subsided the next day. She ate a bowl of rice porridge, a bowl of egg custard, and apple puree.
"Sister Fu, you really eat a lot. I remember I didn't eat so much when I was a child," Yao Niang muttered.
Shen Linfeng smiled and said, "It's a good thing to be able to eat. If you are fat, you won't get sick. When I was a kid, I accidentally fell under a carriage. Because I was fat, I was run over by the carriage. I just lay down for a few days and then I was fine."
Yao Niang smiled when she heard this: "You are right, it is better for children to grow up fatter and stronger."
After Ruofu had eaten her fill, Yaoniang let her play in the yard because she had been ill the day before. She took out her konghou and played a song with Shen Linfeng. Since the couple had this child, she had lived in the side room and had not played the konghou for a long time, fearing that she would disturb the child's sleep.
When little Fu'er saw her parents playing the piano and the flute, children were usually a little crazy. She circled around them and clapped her hands for joy. The wet nurses nearby followed closely behind to look after her.
Yao Niang smiled and played two songs in a row, and Shen Linfeng could keep up. After she finished the last song, she stood up and said, "Every time I play the piano, I feel happy. Maybe music can reveal human nature."
"That's for sure, Yao Niang, you should draw a picture for your child when she turns one year old, so that you have a small picture as a commemoration. When our sister Fu grows up and sees herself like this, she will be so happy." Shen Linfeng suggested.
Yao Niang suddenly had a good idea: "I decided to draw a realistic picture of the baby's first birthday, and then draw a picture of a fairy holding the little fairy child, ethereal and ethereal. This would be really beautiful. I drew a picture for Mrs. Liu before, and she liked it very much. Even my brother fell in love with the Peony Fairy I drew."
Shen Linfeng pointed at himself: "What about me?"
Almost forgetting about him, Yao Niang said, "Didn't I draw a picture for you before? I also made a doll for you riding a horse and whistling in the west wind. Have you forgotten all that?"
"That's been a long time since the beginning." Shen Linfeng was also a little dissatisfied.
Yao Niang glanced at him and said, "You have always been very sensible. Why are you competing for favors now?"
Shen Linfeng said unhappily, "I was forced to be sensible. How can I, a son of a noble family, not have a temper? Madam, why don't you love me as much as before?"
Yao Niang just found his words funny: "I love you too. Do you also feel that I often take care of the children and ignore you, so you are depressed? How can a man be so sentimental?"
So that's what happened. He even pretended to go out for a drink, definitely to get her attention. Originally the couple loved each other very much, but later they had a child. Yao Niang had to take care of the child more often, so she inevitably neglected her husband a little. Moreover, after giving birth to the child, she always felt that her figure had not recovered well enough, and she had gained a lot of weight, so she always paid attention to everything, and forgot a lot about her husband.
Seeing Yao Niang smiling like this and speaking to him in a very affectionate way, Shen Linfeng said happily, "In the future, no matter what you have, just tell me, but don't ignore me."
"Every time I see you feeling uncomfortable, my heart aches and I can't concentrate on anything else. My husband, you have to believe how much I love you." Yao Niang scolded.
The couple talked it out and became harmonious again.
When the other rooms heard that Sister Fu was ill yesterday, several people came to visit her today. Mrs. Shao sent two baskets of fresh fruit, Mrs. Qing sent pigeon soup, and even Mrs. Wang, who was not feeling well, sent some supplements.
It is also said that Wang often heard people compliment her on her pointed belly and ugly appearance, which were all signs of giving birth to a boy. Unexpectedly, after the Dragon Boat Festival, she gave birth to a girl. When Yao Niang passed by, she heard her crying in the delivery room.
Even Mrs. Shen felt a little uncomfortable. Although the second wife wanted to have a son, she did not want to embarrass herself in front of Yao Niang.
"Actually, there's nothing wrong with blooming before bearing fruit." Yao Niang is going to hold a birthday party for her daughter next month. She loves Sister Fu so much. She is lively and cute. After all, she was the one who was raised by her during her ten months of pregnancy. How could she not like her?
But Wang was just crying sadly, and others couldn't say anything.
But Yao Niang couldn't understand it. It was fine if a poor family couldn't afford to raise a daughter, but as for a rich family, the second branch of the Shen family only had one son, Shen Bangyan, so what if they gave birth to a daughter?
These puzzles made Yao Niang prepare a lot for her daughter's first birthday party next month. First, she invited the best bands from the four departments and six bureaus in Beijing in advance, and then invited various opera troupes. She also ordered a lot of gift boxes to give to the guests as souvenirs.
Before receiving the guests, she prepared a bag of red eggs and two bags of sugar for each family.
Of course, her parents were also busy. Xie made a lot of small bracelets, necklaces, and armlets for her granddaughter. In short, they had everything. Li, as her aunt, was also busy. She also prepared a lot of gold and silver ingots, shoes and hats for her niece.
Zhen naturally prepared a gift, but she didn't want to go to Yao Niang's place and watch her having fun. If she went, she would definitely want to bring Yan Ningxin with her. However, she didn't dare to do so because Yan Yingqi was pressuring her. If she offended Yan Yingqi, she would be in big trouble.
But if she didn't go, Xin Wan naturally couldn't go either. She couldn't slap her mother-in-law in the face, so Jing Wen had to say that he had something to do.
On the day of the first birthday banquet, Yao Niang came in with her family, and Xie said, "I thought that if Zhen didn't come, your cousin Shen and Jingwen would come, but I didn't expect that they wouldn't come either?"
"Mom, if you don't want to come, then don't come. I thought Jingwen would be more sensible." Yao Niang believed that she and Jingwen had no grudge against each other.
Xie said, "He is a man who thinks that even if the sky falls, there is a tall man to hold it up. After your father entered the palace, he has been devoted to being affectionate with Xin Wan. I think men and women can't rely entirely on their family. Now your father is supporting you, but who knows what will happen in the future?"
Yao Niang smiled and said, "You really worry too much. When the inheritance is divided in the future, he won't be able to eat it all in his lifetime."
In Yao Niang's view, if one does not think about the future, one must worry about the present. One must have the ability to make oneself invincible. Obviously, Jingwen has lost his motivation after getting married. Even if he passes the imperial examination, he is probably not a good candidate for a career in government.
When they were in the palace, they saw the poems written by Jingwen, which were all full of golden and jade words. Jingwen's personality was that he enjoyed life, and his talent was better than Jingzhang's, but he was indeed not ambitious enough.
As she thought this, she had already led Xie, Li and others into the Chuihua Gate.
After arriving at the small hall, she showed everyone Ruofu's portrait. Xie was amazed: "It is exactly the same. When Sister Fu grows up, she will definitely feel a lot of emotions when she sees it."
Li came over and said to Yao Niang, "You still have to have another child while you are still young. Look, your brother and I are separated now, but at least you have a son by your side, and the third house will have an heir."
"Well, I will keep in mind my sister-in-law's good advice." Yao Niang is not a person who does not know what is good for her.
Before they knew it, the house was full of guests. Du Shangshu had gone back to his hometown to observe mourning for Ding Xun, so Madam Liu came with her children. In the blink of an eye, Shan Jie'er was twelve years old, and it was time to get married. Yao Niang and Shan Jie'er had always been in frequent contact, and she quietly said to Madam Liu, "There are many people here today. If Sister Du sees a suitable family later, just come and ask me."
Mrs. Liu nodded and said, "I just wanted to arrange a marriage for her as soon as possible, but I was overwhelmed by the choices." She did not tell the truth to Yao Niang, because her husband Liu Ji had always wanted to marry someone from a high-ranking official family, but Mrs. Liu felt that as long as the family background was suitable, it would be fine. To put it bluntly, it still depends on the person's character.
"Originally, I have to be more picky. As the saying goes, men are afraid of choosing the wrong career, and women are afraid of marrying the wrong man." Yao Niang thought that Shan Jie'er had such a high status, it wouldn't matter if she was more picky.
It's not easy to find a suitable husband.
Just as I was thinking about Qianniang and Yingniang coming together, Yingniang said disappointedly, "I thought the eldest sister was coming over today?"
Yao Niang smiled and said, "Your mother and third sister-in-law are not coming, so who will bring her here? You should be careful about your stomach."
Even if Yan Ningxin was standing here, she had nothing to be afraid of, because the person who did something wrong was Yan Ningxin, not her.
"I heard that your sister-in-law gave birth to a daughter?" Qianniang said.
Yao Niang smiled and nodded, "Yes, she is out of confinement. The doctors swore that she was pregnant with a son, and she was so happy that she even made a blue bellyband. But after giving birth to a daughter, she cried for several days. Don't say the wrong thing and provoke her again."
Of course, this was a reply to Yingniang, who curled her lips because she also thought she had a good appearance for a boy. Yaoniang would not often mock others, but she would not let go of anyone who deliberately mentioned Yan Ningxin as soon as she entered the door to make people feel uncomfortable.
The sisters came in and heard that Zhou Lingguang was coming. Yao Niang nodded and said, "The master will be there to receive you."
Zhou Lingguang, the young man who once amazed Jinling, caused many girls in the Yan family to fight for him, and now he has become a relative of her family. Yao Niang looked outside and thought of the feud between him and the Shen family. The eldest master had already resigned from office, and Shen Linfeng and he were brothers-in-law, so it was probably difficult for him to sharpen his knife against Shen Linfeng. His father really made the right move.
Only then did Yao Niang realize that her father had a hidden meaning behind letting her elder sister marry Zhou Lingguang.
Perhaps my father weighed between his two sons-in-law, Shen and Zhou, and in the end Shen Linfeng won.
So what was the standard by which her father considered Shen Linfeng better than Zhou Lingguang? She really wanted to know. If she were to say it herself, it would definitely not be accurate, after all, Shen Linfeng was her husband.
It was just then that the scene outside became lively. Shen Linfeng was wearing a lake green round-neck bamboo leaf robe and a white jade hairpin in his hair. He looked even more dashing. When he stood together with Zhou Lingguang who had just entered the room, all the other guys around him were outshined.
Shen Linfeng smiled and said, "Brother Zhou is here. Let's go into the inner room and talk."
Zhou Lingguang thought that Shen Linfeng was indeed a first-class gentleman. Yan Jingzhao must have told him about his feud with the Shen family long ago, but he had never targeted him and treated him like a spring breeze. Such magnanimity was beyond the reach of ordinary people.
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