On the day of the three baptisms, the Jia family only invited a few close families, and the Zhang family, as the grandfather, was the first to arrive, and Jia Daishan saw Zhang Changgong and showed him the name he gave his grandson. Zhang Changgong took the paper and looked at a big Hu character written on it, and knew Jia Daishan's expectations for his grandson, so he chuckled and said: "Hu, yes, yes, I often hear people say that Rongguo Gong is both wise and brave, and this Hu character is better than the ones I chose." ”

"The in-laws laughed, but it was just a coincidence." Listening to Zhang Changgong's praise, there was also a trace of pride in his heart, but he was born in martial arts on the street, and he really wanted to be more knowledgeable, and he was really a class with an axe. He added: "Hu'er is the eldest son and grandson of the Jia family, and he has deep expectations for him as a brother. Although our Jia family is a double prince, it is too shallow than those families. There are only four generations in Hu'er's generation, as the saying goes: 'three generations to see food, four generations to see through, five generations to read articles', I always hope that there will be changes in Hu'er's generation of Jia's family, and I am afraid that I will have to take care of my relatives in the future. After speaking, he shook hands and bowed to Zhang Changgong.

"My family, why do you need to make this big gift, it's really tormenting me." Zhang Changgong hurriedly helped Jia Daishan up, and said solemnly: "Hu'er is my grandson, and he is also the blood and blood of my Zhang family, so I naturally hope that he can become a talent." ”

Jia Daishan's face was much more relaxed, although he knew that Zhang Changgong's temperament would not ignore his grandson's future, but in the end, there was still a difference between this grandson and his inner grandson, and he was a person with my foreign surname. After receiving his assurance, Jia Daishan changed his mind and talked with Zhang Changgong about the affairs of the DPRK and China.

The queen and the four princes were closed to the palace because of Jia Zheng's affairs, and one went out of the palace in advance to open the house, so they had to be crowned a county king.

Zhang Changgong knows a lot about Jia Zheng's affairs, think about the affairs of the court, now it seems to be calm, but there are constant undercurrents, Rongguo Mansion has also become the hostility of the four princes because of Jia Zheng, and now the saint is in power, it is naturally nothing, if one day the queen is in power, I am afraid that the Jia family is in a bad situation, and the Zhang family, as a family of in-laws, will not have any good results.

"In-laws, although the fourth prince was reprimanded by the emperor, if he reflexively one day, it would not be a good thing to be afraid of the Rongguo Mansion." Zhang Changgong said lightly worried.

Jia Daishan disagreed, and said with a smile: "My family, although I don't know a lot about the saint, but after so many years, I know that I can still guess a thing or two, don't say that the saint and the prince are now the father and the son, if one day the prince is really one day, with the temperament of the saint, the future will definitely not be the four princes and the six princes from the queen." Whether it is the crown prince or another prince on the throne, the four princes and the six princes are afraid that they will not have a good time. ”

"You have to count." Zhang Changgong said with a smile, in fact, he is not optimistic about the prince's future succession, throughout the ancient and modern dynasties, in all dynasties, he was named the prince at a young age, and then he ascended the throne is really rare.

When he was young, several families invited by the Jia family came to the door one after another, and the Jia family held a banquet to entertain guests.

When the auspicious time comes, everyone moves to the garden, where Jia Hu's baptism ceremony is located, and the garden has been placed with exquisite pots, acacia puai water, hosta hairpins for the umbilicus, millet in the furnace, gold and silver bills...... Green tea leaves, mugwort leaf balls, eggs, raw peanuts, cinnamon, chestnuts and so on.

The grandmother of the birth offered incense, and enshrined more than a dozen statues of Bixia Yuanjun, Pox Niangniang, and Niangniang who sent children. After the incense and bowing, Jia Jing's daughter-in-law took a copper basin containing a soup made of acacia sticks and mugwort leaves, and put down a qiē ritual utensils.

The midwife's grandmother hugged Jia Hu and put it in the basin, and then began to wash the three. Because only close relatives came to congratulate, there were not many guests.

Mrs. Zhang was the first to come forward from her maternal grandmother, and she added a spoonful of water to the basin and threw two gold bills into it.

When the midwife saw the chrysanthemum on her face, her eyebrows and eyes were crooked, and her voice became louder and louder: "Long flowing water, smart and clever"

Later, someone followed up to add pots, longan, red dates, peanuts, of course, all gold and silver bills were thrown into the pot. After "adding a pot", the midwife's grandmother picked up the mallet and stirred it into the basin, saying: "One stir, two stir, three stirs, my brother leads my younger brother to run." Seventy, eighty, crooked, naughty, sighing and snoring! ”

It wasn't until he finished reading that he began to bathe Jia Hu. When the child cried when he was cold, everyone heard the child crying, but their faces were happy. The midwife's grandmother said while washing: "Wash your hair first, and be a prince; After washing the waist, one generation is taller than the other; Wash the eggs, as the county; Wash the ditch and do Zhizhou. ”

Soon the washing ceremony was over, and the midwife finished all the rituals, packed up the things in the basin, and left after saying goodbye.

After the ceremony, Mrs. Zhang stepped forward to pick up Jia Hu, and looked at the little man lovingly. Several ladies who were sitting there also gathered around to see the newborn Jia Hu.

"Why are you so white and cute?"

"The old lady is so blessed, looking at this little appearance, I don't know how many girls will be fascinated in the future."

"Look at how strong and strong these little arms and legs are."

Everyone, you say, I praise one after another.

The Wang family was also invited because they were in-laws, because Wang Huan was engaged, it was not good to walk around at home, Mrs. Wang came to Rongguo Mansion alone, and when she saw her daughter who had not seen her for several months, her face was pale, and she had lost a lot of weight and was very distressed. After washing Sanyi, he said to Jia Shi's annoyance, pulled Wang Jian and left.

Jia Daishan considered that after Jia Zheng got married, he would divide the family for his two sons in advance, so he set up Jia Zheng's marriage place behind the garden, and there happened to be a door to communicate with the street outside, and it was convenient for Jia Zheng and them to enter and exit after the separation. Before the wedding, Jia Daishan asked the courtyard to be renovated, all of which were repaired according to Jia Zheng's requirements according to the scenery of the Nanjiang River, which was very exquisite, and it was unique and small. Jia Daishan took into account that Jia Zheng would have children in the future, so he specially expanded the courtyard a lot, and there were dozens of large and small courtyards with three entrances, main houses, wing rooms, and ear rooms. There is also a row of newly renovated huts at the back of the courtyard, which is still the residence of the subordinates.

When Jia Min knew that Jia Zheng's new house was located behind the garden, she secretly laughed for a while, others didn't know, she also knew that it was Jia Yu's residence in her previous life, poor Jia Yu as the heir of Rongguo Mansion, although she inherited the title, but she never lived in Rongxi Hall in her life, and lived a lifetime in that courtyard, and finally ended up with a broken family.

Mrs. Wang walked into the courtyard, looked around in Jiangnan style, and nodded with satisfaction, although this courtyard is far away from Rongxi Hall, it can be compared

The Qingfeng Courtyard I went to before was a lot bigger, so it can be seen that the Jia family did not treat their daughter badly. She couldn't understand why her daughter was aggrieved.

Entering the house, Mrs. Wang hurriedly took her daughter's hand, looked her up and down, and said with concern: "But you have been wronged, how does your in-laws treat you?" ”

Wang Wei listened to her mother's words of concern, tears fell uncontrollably, and now she knows that marrying into Rongguo Mansion is not as good as she imagined, she deeply regrets that she listened to her grandmother's words to calculate her sister, otherwise it would not be her who suffers now but Wang Huan.

Seeing her daughter crying silently, she was even more anxious: "I'm really wronged, you say, if the Jia family really bullies you, I will tell your father when I go back, although our Wang family's title is not as good as the Jia family, but we are not allowed to be bullied by the Jia family." ”

Wang Jian burst out all the suffering he had suffered in the past few months, and said loudly: "What's the use of saying it, didn't I already say it when I returned to the door, you and my father can say a word to the Jia family for me, and it is not for me to endure it." ”

When Mrs. Wang saw her daughter's gaffe, she wiped her tears and comforted: "The things you said when you went back to the door were what a daughter-in-law should do, how did my father and I come to the door to give support, is it possible that you still think that you are still married and still be a girl at home?" Don't say it's you, when your mother married your father, she also served your grandmother. ”

"However, my sister-in-law didn't marry like me back then, the first three days were just a few chopsticks to make a sample, and after returning to the door, I never stopped serving my wife, and I was a daughter-in-law, and I was so much worse than my sister-in-law, which was not fair. It's still the Jia family who sees that our Wang family is so bullying and dares to do this. Wang Wei said resentfully, a few months after marrying in, she also inquired and understood, the real master of Rongguo Mansion is the old lady, the wife has long been set aside, she didn't want to please the old lady, but every time the old lady always said lightly that there is the eldest granddaughter-in-law and Jia Min here, let her go to honor the wife. After a few times, she also gave up being courteous to the old lady.

"Is this true?"

"Well, I heard that when my sister-in-law just entered the door, my wife also wanted her to set up rules, but she was refuted by the old lady, and now I have been in the door for more than three months, and I have to make rules for three meals a day, and I don't see the old lady say half a word."

Mrs. Wang also knows about Rongguo Mansion, and knows that Na Jia Yu was brought up by the old lady, and she is afraid that she loves the house and protects her eldest granddaughter-in-law. But the Duchess of Rongguo also loves her uncle very much, why is she so embarrassed about her daughter, "The wife of the in-laws treats you like this, and the uncle doesn't say a word for you." ”

It's okay not to mention Jia Zheng, but when Jia Zheng is mentioned, he is even more angry, when he is in the cave room, Jia Zheng is like having sex with her in order to complete the public office, and he doesn't care at all that she is still the first time, which is very rude. Since getting married, I have only been in her room for a few days, and I usually don't talk to her. But how could she tell her mother about such a thing, so she had to say: "Second master, just let me honor my wife." ”

From Wang Zhen's expression, Mrs. Wang knew that the emotions of her daughter and uncle were not very good, men would only pity women if their hearts were on women, if not, only perfunctory, she had endured this for a lifetime, Lin Sheng won Wang Hao's heart, she got the name of Wang Hao's original match, most of the generations have come down, she and Lin Sheng are also old, who is better off, no one can say that it is not light. But she doesn't want her daughter to be like her, she can't get her husband's heart for the rest of her life, such bitterness, such despair is unimaginable to others.

Mrs. Wang calmed the bitterness in her heart, and said earnestly: "Son, you have to remember that a woman will only be better if she gets a man's heart. ”

"What if that is the case or not?" Wang Zhen remembered Jia Zheng's demeanor every time he got along with her, and felt that what his mother said might not be effective, so he asked hesitantly.

Mrs. Wang had a flash of inspiration, "Child." You have to do your best to give birth to a son-in-law. You have to remember that it is the eldest son. Don't let another woman give birth before you do. If you have a child, whether it is the wife of the in-laws or the uncle, it will not be too harsh on you in front of the child. ”

Wang Yu was shocked when she heard this, child, she had never thought about this, and she didn't know what to do for a while, so she looked at her wife with some hesitation.

Mrs. Wang said softly, "Good boy, don't be afraid. Mother will tell you what to do. You are your uncle's wife, and it is a matter of course to give birth to a son-in-law. So no other woman can get pregnant before you. Got it? ”

Looking at the glint in Wang's eyes, Wang Jian nodded quickly. Mrs. Wang looked teachable, then she smiled with satisfaction, and pulled Wang Jian to sit down and talk in detail.

Since Rongguo Mansion has Jia Hu, it is full of laughter and laughter all day long, and the old lady handed over all the internal affairs of Rongguo Mansion to Zhang Qiong after she was confined, Jia Min assisted, but Wang Wei didn't touch it at all, but her life was a lot better for some reason, at least Jia Zheng was not as indifferent to her as he was at the beginning. The old lady really began to enjoy teasing her grandson, and the day passed quickly.

Jia Zheng's attitude towards Wang Zhen changed not because Mrs. Wang went home after talking to her daughter on the day of the third day, and told Wang Hao about her situation in Jia's house. Wang Hao was bitter when he heard this, although he didn't know why the Jia family chose to marry the Wang family in the end, he knew that this was definitely not the Jia family's willingness. Even Wang Ziteng's design for the Jia family, Jia Zheng is also clear, so how can Jia Zheng treat his daughter. However, for the sake of his daughter's future life, Wang Hao still went to Jia Daishan with a thick face.

Jia Daishan did not give up his vigilance against the Wang family, but after returning home, he still called Jia Zheng to the study, looked at his expressionless son, and sighed: "How are you getting along with your second daughter-in-law?" ”

Jia Zheng thought that his father had come to him, but he didn't think that he would care about the affairs in his house, and he was very surprised.

Without waiting for him to reply, Jia Daishan said directly: "My father knows that you are unwilling to do this family business, but the second daughter-in-law has already entered the door, and in the eyes of the world, she is now Jia Wang's family, not Wang's family; It is the daughter-in-law of the Jia family, not the daughter of the Wang family. is your original wife, and she is the mother of your future children, so let's live a good life with her in the future. I heard from my in-laws that the incident was privately negotiated between Wang Ziteng and Chengengong without telling his family, and he couldn't blame the second daughter-in-law for this matter. Okay, think about it yourself, this day is still up to you, whether it's good or bad, it's up to you. After speaking, he asked Jia Zheng to leave, but he thought about it again, and said busily: "Zheng'er, I discussed with Ziyi to let you participate in this year's Autumn Festival." ”

Jia Zheng was very excited when he heard that his father asked you to participate in the imperial examination, but he remembered that the previous teacher of the academy said that he was not a scholar, and he hesitated a little: "Father, I, I."

"Ziyi has read the article you read, although it is not outstanding, but it is decent. You have the grace of the saint again, you don't have to go back to Jinling to take the test, the capital is not as popular as the Jiangnan literati, there is still some hope for your article, of course, the middle is the best, it doesn't matter if you don't win, just familiarize yourself with it this time, and next time you take the test anyway, you are still young, thirty old Ming Jing, fifty young jinshi, and you are not in a hurry. ”

"It's the father, the son knows."

In August, on the day of the township examination, Jia Yu personally sent his younger brother Jia Zheng to the Gongyuan, since he learned that Jia Zheng was going to participate in the imperial examination, Jia Yu had a cheeky face to learn from his father-in-law and three brothers-in-law, after all, no one in the Jia family had ever participated in the imperial examination, and the Zhang family was different, everyone was killed from the imperial examination, and all of them had good results. Jia Yu gave Jia Zheng all the things that were robbed from Zhang's house, and Jia Zheng took a look, there were township test questions in recent years and things to pay attention to and bring when going to Gongyuan. Jia Zheng was very moved, because of Jia Shi's partiality and the brothers who had a bad relationship, became a lot closer.

When he arrived at the Gongyuan, the genius was slightly bright, but it was already full, Jia Yu was surprised, he thought that his family was still early enough, looked at Jia Zheng who was nervous, and comforted: "Second brother, relax, you see that those people look older than their father and are the same as you before the exam, it can be seen that you are better than them." ”

Jia Zheng saw that there were many people with gray hair who were wearing single clothes and carrying baskets like him, and a sense of superiority rose in his heart, which also dispelled the original tension a lot. He dressed up, said goodbye to his brother, and lined up at the door to wait for inspection.

Jia Yu was just about to turn around, when he saw the carriage of the Lin family, he stepped forward to say hello, the Lin family was filial piety to Jia's family just let people give gifts, and they did not come to the door, but the marriage between the two families of Lin Jia was not made public.

"Hello Brother Lin, I didn't expect you to come to the exam, I'm here to see off my brother." Jia Yu stepped forward and said.

"Hello Brother Jia, Mr. took the word Ruhai for me, just call me Ruhai." Lin Ruhai saw the people of Rongguo Mansion, thinking of the appointment between the two families, and his face couldn't help but blush.

"Such as the sea, my word Enhou, at home often hear my father praise you are the dragon and phoenix among the people, today I see that it is true, if this is like the sea can be successful, we have become a family."

"Uncle has too much love." Lin Ruhai was embarrassed when he heard this, and only replied to Jia Yu's previous words.

Jia Yu just smiled and said, "It's not too early, go quickly, Ruhai, don't delay." ”

"Ruhai, farewell." After Lin Hai finished speaking, he walked towards the door.

The township examination lasted for a total of nine days, and the nine days were like a window for the people outside, but for the candidates of the Gongyuan, they lived like a year. On the ninth day, Jia Yu went to pick up Jia Zheng, as soon as the door of the Gongyuan opened, he waited for a little before he saw the unkempt Jia Zheng, and there was a strange smell on his body, and Jia Yu was very frightened. After helping him into the carriage, Jia Zheng fell asleep as soon as he turned his head, and Jia Yu carried him back to the house even when he arrived at the house.

Seeing Jia Zheng like this, Jia Shishi and Wang Zhen were frightened, but fortunately, because of the Zhang family's reminder, they had already invited Dr. Qiu here, and after the diagnosis, they said with a smile: "It's okay, it's just too tired, it takes a lot of effort, and it hurts a little bit of vitality, just take care of it for a few days." Later, he opened a warm prescription and two medicinal meals. Jia Shi was busy asking people to boil the medicine, and after boiling, he poured the medicine regardless of whether Jia Zheng was awake or not. By the time Jia Zheng really came to his senses, it was already the third day.

Jia Yu saw Jia Zheng's miserable situation and said to Zhang Qiong with emotion: "This is really not done by ordinary people, fortunately, my master didn't listen to my father's words to study back then, otherwise it would have become the miserable situation of the second brother now." ”

Zhang Qiong just smiled and didn't reply, lowering her head and gently coaxing her crying son in her arms.

Jia Zheng didn't dare to look at the list on the day he released it, he knew in his heart that there was not much chance in his article, Jia Yu didn't have any burden to go to the list, but he didn't expect that Lin Ruhai would be the top of the high school list and become Xie Yuan, Jia Yu admired his father's vision of knowing people, and he also told his father about it when he met Lin Ruhai when he returned home, and his father asserted that Lin Hai would definitely go to high school. After seeing Lin Ruhai, Jia Yu looked for Jia Zheng's name, but after seeing more than 200 people, he didn't see Jia Zheng, so Jia Yu knew that he was a little hanging. He had already inquired about Kyoto Township and tried to get the top 300.

"Uncle, I saw it, I saw the name of the second master, in the last one." Jia Yu was still in a trance, so the little guy ran over and shouted happily.