The Cheng family's reaction speed was not slow, first as soon as Mrs. Cheng closed her eyes, she bought some time for the family. Mrs. Cheng closes her eyes quickly, and she also has first-class speed when she opens her eyes.

As soon as she arrived at the courtyard of the clan where the Cheng family was staying, Mrs. Cheng woke up, grabbed her son's hand, and her voice carried the hoarseness of the old man's unique twilight years, "You must not be an official!" "This must not be done by officials! Once the official is in office, the Cheng family's reputation is discredited!

Master Cheng is a filial son, and when he saw that his mother was still worried about his children and grandchildren at his age, he couldn't help but feel ashamed. What's more, today's fact is a slap in the face, Master Cheng has lived at this age, and he knows the stakes, so he comforted his mother in a low voice, "Mother don't worry, I understand." ”

"It's good to understand." Mrs. Cheng sighed lightly, "The Zheng family has been married to our family for many years, and our family has treated her well. It's Bai Ge'er, he really doesn't fight, what does it matter to those concubines, but if the Zheng family gives birth to an heir earlier, it will not be like this. "Like it or not, if you have a child, you will have everything to say, and it will not be a disaster today.

Master Cheng asked, "Mother, does the Zheng family's miscarriage have anything to do with our family?" ”

"Over the years, where have I been in charge of things, it's nothing more than what your daughter-in-law says to me and what I listen to." Mrs. Cheng waved her hand, "I'm tired too, you go and discuss with your daughter-in-law." ”

At one time, the doctor came to prescribe a calming decoction, and the old lady drank the medicine, and Mr. Cheng called the whole family to have a family meeting.

At this juncture, there is no need to hide it, a family of four sits in the house and thinks about countermeasures. Master Cheng first asked his wife, "What is the reason for Zheng's miscarriage?" ”

Mrs. Cheng was quite hard-mouthed, still pretending to be stupid, and said, "How can I know this?" ”

It's all about to come to a big disaster, and it's so perfunctory, Master Cheng jumped like thunder and shouted angrily, "My daughter-in-law is pregnant with a grandson, and it's easy to get pregnant for more than ten years, and I have a miscarriage after taking fetal pills, you dare to say that you don't know anything about being a mother-in-law!" What kind of home are you! When the words were furious, a fist smashed on the yellow rosewood moire coffee table at hand, and the tea cup on it jumped, and then poured, and after a few turns, it fell to the ground and shattered.

Master Cheng was furious, his eyes were on fire, and Mrs. Cheng didn't dare to prevaricate, so she wiped her tears and said, "The children are gone, aren't I sad?" I have been looking forward to my grandchildren for more than ten years. That doctor was personally invited back by Bai Ge'er. If you really find out what's wrong, what should Bai Ge'er do? It's a shame that she has been wronged, she has taken care of her body, and with Brother Bai'er, are you still afraid of having no children? Mrs. Cheng has always felt that her son is an indispensable thing in the world, but even if she wants to break her head, she can't imagine that Zheng Miaoying will leave directly.

Master Cheng is not a fool, he sneered slightly, "I haven't checked it, you know that the doctor is related to Brother Bai?" I don't know better than you, I want to know that the doctor was sent back by Bai Ge'er! I'll have to find out! If nothing else, I can't let my son bear the false name of a favorite concubine and killing his wife, killing his wife and harming his son! ”

Mrs. Cheng cried and cried, "I'm not here for this family!" ”

"You're really not here for this family!" Master Cheng turned to Cheng Bai and said coldly, "You admit this, you will be the one who will be imprisoned in the future!" If you don't admit it, you have to explain the ins and outs to me to save your life! ”

"Dad, there are uncles and Cui's shares in the medicine hall, and the doctor was invited from the medicine hall......" Cheng Bai looked at his father sadly, he had already lost the six gods, and said, "The Zheng family already knows all these things." She, she clearly promised me that as long as she reconciled, she would not pursue it again. "Why is he so unfaithful, he really misunderstood the Zheng family.

Master Cheng couldn't bear it anymore, and slapped Zheng Bai to the ground, scolding, "You stupid!" ”

The eldest son, Cheng Song, helped his younger brother up from the ground and persuaded, "Father is angry for the time being, the urgency of the moment, it is useless to beat Ah Bai, it is better to think of a way, this matter, can you be an official or not." Those who harm our younger brothers and sisters, we can hand them over to the Zheng family to deal with. ”

Master Cheng was angry, calmed down a lot, and said, "The people at home are okay, but what about the outside?" "Aren't the people in the medicine hall accomplices? Since the Zheng family said that they were officials, it would not be too easy to give up.

Cheng Song thought for a while and said first, "Mother and Ah Bai are also tired, let's go and rest first." "A lot of people doesn't necessarily mean a long time, and now is not the time to get angry.

After sending his mother and younger brother out, Cheng Songfang said, "Even if you want to be an official, you can't turn your face with the Zheng family." ”

The father and son discussed it, but they never had a good idea, Cheng Song said, "I heard that Lord Zheng and Cheng Enhou are close friends. This is the only person Cheng Song can think of, it's not that he is too loud, he casually says that it is the queen family. It is really Zheng Boyan's iron-faced selflessness, and his friends in life are limited, which can be called the best friend in the imperial capital, that is, the Chengenhou Mansion. It's just that their father and son categorically can't please Cheng Enhou, if they really ask Cheng Enhou to make a move, they will have to trouble the clan for a while. It's nothing to break some money, but I don't know if the Zheng family will give the Cheng family time to intercede.

Master Cheng sighed deeply, "Ah Bai is really not enough to succeed, and there are more than failures." "He is a county school instructor in Jiaxing Mansion, a small official of the eighth grade, of course, Master Cheng is not a small official. His own fame and ability are limited, Jiaxing is a water town in the south of the Yangtze River, and Mr. Cheng's family has a smooth life in Jiaxing, eating and drinking without worry, and Mr. Cheng is quite satisfied with his current life. What he hated was that his second son was so incompetent, and the Zheng family had a good character and was able to marry home, relying on some small friendships he had with Zheng Boyan many years ago. Zheng Boyan is getting bigger and bigger, and Master Cheng did not rely on his in-laws to get promoted and make a fortune, but he is still happy in his heart. There is such a Zhengsanpin Zuodu Yushi as an in-law, and he is honored both in the yamen and the clan. That's where his own talents come in, but what about his grandson? What about great-grandchildren? With such a good in-law, if the grandchildren are promising, the entire Cheng family can go further.

To put it in his heart, Master Cheng is looking forward to Zheng Miaoying giving birth to a son-in-law more than anyone else. He has been looking forward to the birth of a child with the blood of Cheng and Zheng, but Zheng Miaoying suddenly miscarried. Master Cheng heard his wife say that the fetus was unstable, thinking that Zheng Miaoying had married into the Cheng family for many years and had not been pregnant, so he thought that his body was not very good, so after a few days of sadness, Master Cheng was relieved. Unexpectedly, there was such an inside story, and I didn't know that Zheng Miaoying, who had always been the most virtuous in the mouth, was so fierce.

Of course, his stupid son is indispensable.

Under the sadness and worry, Master Cheng's haggard color was even worse, and he sighed lightly, "The inner curtain is restless, doing this thing hurts yin and morality, and it will break the blessing of the children and grandchildren." ”

Far water is not as close as fire, Cheng Songjian yì, "Father, why don't we go to Zheng's house again to ask for mercy." ”

Master Cheng waved his hand, "You don't know Zheng Boyan, he is a person, he would rather take in the straight than seek in the middle." He never believed in Confucianism, he believed in Legalism. ”

Cheng Song said, "No matter how upright Master Zheng is, our two families have had a friendship over the years after all." I also hated the quack, but as soon as this incident came out, my father's position as a mentor was afraid that it would be difficult to protect. ”

"When such an ugly thing happens in my family, I am no longer worthy to serve as a teacher. Fortunately, there are still old houses in the clan guarded by loyal servants, and the Cheng family also has some reputation in Jianghuai. Master Cheng rubbed his eyebrows, "I'm old, and I won't live many more years." If the Zheng family is lost, even if the children and grandchildren have a future in the future, they will have to survive for more than 30 years. "If it weren't for the prominent Zheng family, the Cheng family wouldn't have to make peace for the woman who was separated from the emperor for a peaceful woman.

Cheng Song asked, "What does my father mean?" ”

"If you want to be an official, it's not good for the Zheng family to come forward. This is our family's ugly thing, if we want to expose it, let's expose it ourselves. Master Cheng patted the armrest, and as soon as he stood up, he suddenly felt that it was dark in front of him, but fortunately, Cheng Song quickly helped his father and called urgently, "Father!" ”

Master Cheng came to his senses, "It's okay. While it's not too late, let's go to Zheng's house again. Let's expose the scandal ourselves, Zheng Boyan will still give me this face. ”

Cheng Song said, "I served my father in the past. ”

Master Cheng sighed softly, held his eldest son's hand and said, "In the future, you and your daughter-in-law will take care of the affairs of this family." This home, sooner or later, is yours. ”

Cheng Song, as the eldest son, was also sad in his heart, and said, "My father and mother are still young, and saying such things makes my son uncomfortable." ”

Master Cheng sighed, "What can your second brother do in the future?" ”

"In the inner curtain, the key is to have a master mother who is willing to take care of things, has skills, and has a good mind." In front of his father, Cheng Song didn't dare to say anything, he said in a low voice, "In the past, I looked at the second brother and sister who were quiet and virtuous, and the second brother had seven children in the room. I don't want my hands to be so spicy. "Zheng Bai is stupid, that is his own brother, Cheng Song said fairly, he mistakenly thought of Zheng Miaoying as a virtuous and generous person, and he had no children, so he was generous to the concubine, and there were seven children in his brother's room, which could be called Ding Xingwang. Now it seems that Zheng Miaoying is just a hit, and she is a blockbuster, and she is not merciful at all. With such skills, Yan He didn't care about the things in the room for more than ten years, and with Zheng Miaoying's scheming methods, what was it difficult to hold Cheng Bai. Zheng Miaoying has never done any of these things.

"When you are married, it's not an exaggeration to say a joke. Later, Zheng Boyan has been an official for more than ten years, and he is still only a seven-grade imperial history, and he thought that Zheng Boyan was a person with a strong backbone, and his daughter must not be an idle person. Master Cheng didn't understand the meaning of the eldest son, he smiled bitterly, "I didn't look away, it's a pity that your brother is not angry, and people don't look down on him." ”

The son is pro, but Master Cheng has lived for decades, and he has experienced more things and seen more people. Women like Zheng Miaoying are rare but not absent, they are smart and have unique ideas, even if they have three virtues and four virtues in their faces, they don't know what to think in their hearts. She really lives with you wholeheartedly, and that man is simply lucky, at least three generations have benefited. However, for such a woman, she has to repay her efforts. If there is no corresponding return, she may not be willing to pay too much and make that loss-making business.

He actually married such an unruly woman to his stupid son......

Master Cheng doesn't want to blame anyone, things have come to this point, not entirely because of one person. At this point, resentment is useless, so I have to plan for the worst.

When the Cheng family father and son arrived at Zheng's house for the second time, it was already dark, and there were few pedestrians on the road. The father and daughter of the Zheng family were playing against each other in the study, and when they heard that the father and son of the Cheng family had arrived, Zheng Miaoying went back to her room.

After Yahuan served her to wash, Zheng Miaoying put on a robe and was distracted under the lamp: In the past ten years of marriage, she has done a wrong thing, she thought that she and Cheng Bai would not have children, and then neglected the control of the inner house. As a result, when the unexpected life came, it was a little too late for her to take control of the inner house.

However, it doesn't matter, the past is no longer traceable, and she has to arrange her future life. Or, it is also a kind of luck that you don't have to continue this disgusting marriage with the kind of man who thinks he is smart and thinks he is the best talent in the world.

It's ironic.

There is a man like Cheng Bai in the world.

He likes talented women, but he only likes the so-called "talented women" who are not as good as him. You can't make better poems than him, you can't write better words than him, you can't say things more insightful than him...... In short, nothing better than him can be done, because it will hurt his vain self-esteem.

She actually married such a man.

After ten years of marriage, it is really ...... That's enough!

******

The affairs of the Cheng family, since the Cheng family is willing to expose their scars, Lord Zheng is not unreasonable, especially what Master Cheng said is very reasonable, and he did not hide it at all, "I was in my brother's house just now, and it is not good to judge the evil obstacles." I went back to interrogate him carefully, and it was indeed as Ah Ying said, this matter is something I have no way to govern my family. The evil obstacle is not to cover up for others, and the medicine hall where the doctor is invited has his mother's uncle and the Cui family's shares in his room. Such an ugly thing, I don't have the face to face Brother Zheng. Master Cheng was extremely sad, "Brother Zheng and I are not as good as others, but poor friends." Brother Zheng kept his promise and married his beloved daughter, but I didn't take good care of Ah Ying. In the past ten years, I don't know that their husband and wife have lived such a life, and I don't know that Ah Ying has suffered these grievances, and I am ashamed of my trust to Brother Zheng back then. This worship is me and Brother Zheng's reparation. Master Cheng got up and bowed down as he spoke.

Lord Zheng hurriedly hugged Master Cheng and sighed, "Brother Cheng doesn't have to be like this, you and I are both men, even if there is a mistake in this matter, it can't be blamed on Brother Cheng." "Master Zheng has always been fair.

"In the final analysis, it's my godson who has no way, so he has been negligent." Master Cheng's eyes were full of bitterness, "Over the years, Ah Bai has never had a son-in-law, I have been looking forward to it all these years, and it is easy to have a ...... He died at the hands of the poisonous woman in the inner veil! My heart doesn't hurt for a moment! If Brother Zheng still believes me, the matter of the family house is still easy to deal with, but those people outside, who dares to collude with the inner house to harm my grandson, even if I don't want this life, I have to find out these people, and pay for the blood debt! ”

"It's not for Brother Zheng, it's completely for my Cheng family!" Master Cheng said in a deep voice, "This person can collude with the doctor to harm the heirs of my Cheng family, wouldn't the lives of all the people of my Cheng family be pinched in the palm of her hand!" If you don't guard against it one day, the Cheng family will be cut off! ”

Master Cheng is very eloquent, and then he is reasonable, after all, the matter involves internal curtains, and Master Zheng no longer insists that the Supervision Department intervene in this case. Master Cheng promised to notify the Zheng family after finding out the results, and left three thousand taels of silver tickets at the moment, Master Cheng said ashamedly, "The Cheng family can't stand Ah Ying, if Brother Zheng is still a friend of me, don't refuse." ”

Zheng Dadao, "Brother Cheng knows my temper, Ah Ying's dowry has been brought back, and all she asks for is to give justice to that poor child." The Zheng family can't accept this silver. ”

Lord Zheng is so iron-faced, pushing back and forth for a long time, but he has not received it.

The Cheng family took their leave before the curfew.

In the evening, Mr. Zheng told his wife about the Cheng family's intentions, and Mrs. Zheng was not angry, "If I had known that my daughter was living such a life, I would have asked her to reconcile and leave." I'd rather live at home than suffer the grievances. Don't mention the Cheng family to me again, don't care what kind of rhetoric he has, and then he will talk about it when he gets the letter. This kind of person is not credible. ”

Master Zheng listened silently to the old wife's complaints, and slowly responded, "Oh." ”

Go to bed with lights out.

******

A person as decisive as Mr. Cheng, when Mrs. Cheng was a little more comfortable, he returned to Jiaxing with his family to deal with the ugliness. The affairs of the Cheng family have come to an end for the time being. Zheng Miaoying was invited to visit Zhao Changqing's newly cleaned house, a four-way house, a garden, very spacious. This was originally the house of an old Hanlin, and the literati preferred to carefully maintain the courtyard, so there was no need to make extensive repairs, and it was quite interesting to clean up a little.

The two sat under the rose stand, enjoying the early summer breeze and enough delicious refreshments, Zheng Miaoying smiled, "What an exquisite house, what are you two doing to buy such a big house?" Or are your in-laws moving in together? ”

Zhao Changqing stirred the milk tea in the celadon cup and said, "Before leaving, the Xianggong said that he would be a Hanlin for the time being, and his in-laws probably won't come." I was a little worried in my heart, but my in-laws were fine, and my brother-in-law and sister-in-law also knew how to be polite, but the old lady in the family was difficult. With such an opportunity, I'm afraid she won't let it go, even if she comes to the emperor to take a breath, she can go back to show off to others. ”

Zheng Miaoying smiled, "You don't know the prophet." ”

"I get upset when I think about it." Zhao Changqing was tired of saying, "Sometimes I really don't understand, the inner house is just this square inch, what is there to fight for, but it is necessary to divide the winners and losers, making it like a black-eyed chicken, which is boring in the end." ”

"This house is yours, what are you afraid of?" Zheng Miaoying looked at Zhao Changqing, "I'll just give you a wake-up." ”

"Huh?" Zhao Changqing looked at Zheng Miaoying.

Zheng Miaoying said softly, "You don't think there is anything to fight in the inner house, but sometimes the square inch of the inner house can determine the outcome of life and death." In the past, I also felt that the battle in the inner house was stupid and disgusting, but many times, there is no choice in the inner house, if you don't fight, others will fight, if you take a step back, others can take two steps, and you can't put your life in the hands of others. In contrast, even if it is stupid and disgusting, it is necessary to fight when it is time to fight. ”

Zhao Changqing knew Zheng Miaoying's experience and understood her kindness, so he nodded and said, "Yes." ”

Zheng Miaoying didn't like to say too much about these things, and said with a smile, "I opened a stationery store on Changping Street. ”

"When?" Zhao Changqing was slightly surprised, Zheng Miaoying is not like a person who can be stained with copper odor, it seems that everyone has changed over the years. Zhao Changqing said with a smile, "Sister Zheng doesn't say a word, at least the beckoning cat still has to give one." ”

"I just got it done the other day." Zheng Miaoying smiled, "At this age, when I returned home, I reached out to my parents to ask for money for bad things." ”

Zhao Changqing sighed, "This is the truth of the world." "Sip the tea ceremony, "If my sister has a place to use me, don't be polite to me." ”

"Thank you so much." Zheng Miaoying refilled a cup of tea for Zhao Changqing, "When I got married, you gave me a pair of gold bracelets with a full weight, and I still felt that you were worried. Later, I opened a stationery store in Jiaxing, and I worked for three years to make a profit. I used up all the private houses given by my eldest brother and mother, and the most valuable thing left was the gold bracelet you gave me, which I exchanged for three hundred taels of silver, and the store survived. ”

Zhao Changqing has his own experience in doing business, and smiled, "When you make money, you will know what it is like to make money." ”

"yes." The flowers on her head swirled into the porcelain cup, Zheng Miaoying didn't mind, and took a sip of milk tea and said, "The Cheng family thinks that they haven't treated me badly, but if it weren't for the money earned by the shop, it would be even more difficult to live happily." "No in-law will subsidize her daughter-in-law, if you want to play the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, whatever you want, but the expenses are at your own expense. This is not to say that the Cheng family is mean, Zheng Miaoying is just talking about the general attitude of the in-laws towards their daughters-in-law. The Cheng family is not harsh on her, but they don't have many benefits that they think they think they have, and over the years, she has earned everything she eats.

There are many big differences in the world, and it is common for a man to spend his wife's dowry when he is not successful, as long as the man has a future interest, a lot of father-in-law is willing to invest in advance, and even his daughter is sent to the man's house with a dowry, and he is not stingy. Even if a man is unproductive, a woman is regarded as a man's possession, and giving a dowry with both hands is regarded as one of the virtuous virtues. It is very different for a woman to marry into a man's family, and if she is not rich in marriage, she will be looked down upon, and if she spends half of her in-law's family one day, it is simply a sin that cannot be washed away in a lifetime.

Therefore, she would rather use her private house and give up the dowry than reach out to her in-laws.

It's not because her self-esteem is so strong that she doesn't eat the fireworks of the world, but that's what the rules of the world are.

The author has something to say: Well, I don't know how to explain it, the protagonist's drama is reduced, some people will say that the priority is unknown, and the stone can only say that the whole article will not only have the protagonist. As for the many other questions that have been raised in this article, we may wish to return to them after we have finished. Since the stone is written, it can justify itself.