Chapter 143
At the end of June, the Mu family sent Bu Wen, Mrs. Mu passed away, and with Mrs. Mu's age, it can be called a happy funeral. It is too far away from Beijing, and it is impossible to mourn in person, but it is a very formal memorial service for the officials of the royal palace.
Mu Liuniang didn't go either, not because she didn't want to go, but because she was pregnant again. Although it is the second child, it is too hard to go all the way to Jiangcheng to mourn, and General He is also busy with official business, so he only sent the housekeeper over.
Half a month later, the person sent back said that Mrs. Mu's marriage was quite decent, at least the two rooms did not fight. Although the second room is separated, the money for the funeral is still from the second room. It's not that the second room is so generous, it's really that the big house is too poor, although it doesn't have nothing to eat, and life is not easy.
In this case, Mrs. Mu's funeral can only be done decently in the second room. Otherwise, even if the people in the big house are sold in turns, they won't be able to make money.
"The fourth master, the fourth grandmother also went back, because it was far away, and when she got home, Mrs. Mu had already been buried. The eldest lord and the eldest lady kept pulling the fourth master, crying and talking. only said that he was wrong before, but now the brothers of the big house have separated, they have been following the boss for a long time, and then they want to live with the fourth master and the fourth grandmother. The steward replied.
After he arrived in Jiangcheng, he was warmly received, and the legendary old lady Mu and Mrs. Mu were not embarrassed at all, but kept saying good things to him.
"I've learned to be obedient." Su Jinqiu leaned his head on the pillow and said idly.
At that time, the fourth master was in business, and the fourth grandmother was a housekeeper, supporting a large family of people. Master Mu and Mrs. Mu were partial to the eldest son, but it was not enough, so they got the fourth master and the fourth grandmother to split up.
Now the two of them have suffered enough with their eldest son, and finally remembered the benefits of their younger son. It is natural for a man to earn money to support his parents, and it is not reasonable to raise his eldest brother and his eldest brother's family with sound limbs and a normal mind.
The steward said again: "The fourth master is very filial, seeing that Mrs. Mu and Master Mu are like that, he said that he would take them away." As for the uncle's family, although he cried with the eldest wife, the eldest lady didn't dare to care. ”
Su Jinqiu listened silently, sighed a little, and said, "The Five Generations of Hou Mansion, that's it......"
If you join for a long time, you will divide for a long time, and the prince will have a kind of Xiangning. The once illustrious family, after the reduction of the knighthood, is scattered, and it is completely finished.
Waving her hand to let the steward step down, Su Jinqiu called her mother-in-law to wait for her to take a nap.
Mama Cui waited next to her and said, "Good news came from there just now, the second grandmother is pregnant." ”
Quan's pregnancy is of course a happy event, but until now, Su Jinqiu still has no news.
At first, no one thought much about it, because Su Jinqiu and Yuanfeng had a short time to have a round house. But a year, two years, three years, and four years have passed, and Su Jinqiu still has no news, which can't help but make people worry.
Yuanfeng neither took a concubine nor slept with a girl, and no one mentioned the child's affairs. As if nothing had happened, the people around him couldn't help but be careful.
Mu Liuniang married her husband's daughter for the past year, and now she is pregnant again, although she also sent someone to report the good news to Su Jinqiu. But when I usually speak, I will try to downplay children's things.
Now that the Quan family is also pregnant, I must say it too, but I am afraid that the Quan family will not dangle in front of Su Jinqiu.
"What a happy event." Su Jinqiu said with a smile that it has been half a year since the Quan family entered the door, and there should be good news. Said: "My sister-in-law has no other expression, pick some high-quality supplements and send them over to express her heart." ”
Since the Quan family entered the door, he has been very harmonious with Yuan Qisheng, and there are no in-laws above. Yuan Qisheng is also a very sensible person, and there is nothing bad at all. Several sisters-in-law also get along well, and often take the girls of the Yuan family out to give them family affairs.
In any respect, Kwon is a qualified daughter-in-law.
The weather gradually got hotter, and Emperor Yongchang suddenly wanted to go to escape the heat, and the palace was busy. There was no movement in the court, and the affairs of the court have always been decided by the prince, and Emperor Yongchang is not in the capital, so it has little to do with it.
Yuan Feng, as his beloved nephew, was naturally among the entourage, and with Yuan Feng's meaning, he definitely wanted to bring Su Jinqiu, but Su Jinqiu was not interested at all. The so-called summer vacation is neither into the mountains nor to the sea, but to another place hundreds of miles away, and the temperature is not much lower than that of the capital. Even if there is still ice cubes to use, I have to toss for days on the road, and I have to deal with the queen, princess, and concubines in the palace, and I feel too tired to think about it.
"Your stuff has been packed into the car, it should be a lot." Su Jinqiu said while sorting out the burden for Yuanfeng.
It doesn't matter what Yuan Feng brings less, he goes out with Emperor Yongchang, and he can make up for what he lacks.
Yuan Feng's eyes only looked at Su Jinqiu, and asked without giving up: "I'm going out for a month, why don't you go with me?" ”
Su Jinqiu shook his head very firmly, and said, "There are not too many things in the harem, not to mention that I have already reported that I am on sick leave, and then I will follow it." If any of the nobles in the palace are sick, wouldn't it be said that it was because of the sickness? ”
It's the road, and you have to deal with the harem women, and she is treated well in the palace. But since you can be the boss in your own family, why bother to be a grandson outside.
"That's fine." Yuan Feng heard Su Jinqiu say this, and he didn't say anything else, there were not many things in the harem, and it was normal for Su Jinqiu not to want to get involved. Raised his hand and touched Su Jinqiu's head and said, "I'll take the time to come back to see you." ”
"No, it's just a month." Su Jinqiu said with a smile and said, "The weather is so hot, what should I do if I get heat stroke on the road." ”
Yuan Feng laughed when he heard this, and changed Su Jinqiu's face and said, "You still know that you feel sorry for me." ”
"I don't feel sorry for you, I feel sorry for who is going." Su Jinqiu said with a smile, pushed away Yuan Feng's unruly hand and said, "There are still a lot of things to pack, don't make trouble." ”
After a night's rest and seeing off in the early morning, Su Jinqiu could barely get out of bed, thinking hatefully in his heart, hurry up, hurry up......
After resting for a few days to relieve her breath, Mu Liuniang came with a big belly. On such a hot day, she didn't want to come, but Song Sizong was going to marry, so Mu Qiniang's matter, she didn't want to talk about it, think about it, let's talk about it.
"Qi Niang reconciled with Song Sizong two years ago, took seven or eight thousand taels of silver and left, and then there was no letter, and I don't know where she is." Mu Liuniang sighed and said, a little speechless in her heart.
Mu Qiniang married Song Sizong, although Mu Qiniang was married highly, but Song Sizong was also infamous at that time, and his career was hopeless. Now that the two have reconciled, Song Sizong was admitted to the Jinshi, because of his high ranking, he entered the Hanlin Academy and became a Shujishi, although the reputation is still very stinky, but it is always much better than before.
At the beginning, in order to marry Song Sizong, he couldn't be called hard to live with Song Sizong, but after the reconciliation and separation, people came out, and there was always a sense of embarrassment when I thought about it.
"It's ...... to leave like this," Su Jinqiu was a little surprised.
It's easy to fall in love, but it's hard to get along, but since it's so sincere. Not to mention that he is forced to change for the sake of life, but just to change for the sake of loving him, he has to try to do it. Not to mention that ancient marriage is modern marriage, it is not child's play. Men and women who love each other again will have contradictions after marriage, love deeply enough, change enough, maybe there will be a lot of unhappiness in the middle, and finally they will be happy together.
Counting on what happened before marriage, it will not change at all after marriage, and it is basically impossible. Life is the general attack, whether it is a man or a woman, they will always change themselves unconsciously as life changes.
Not to mention that Mu Qiniang is like this, Song Sizong didn't want to marry her in the first place. She also felt at the time that since Mu Qiniang could love like this, she would at least work hard to be a qualified wife to adapt to Song Sizong, but she didn't expect that she didn't even do this.
Mu Liuniang sighed and said: "Maybe I feel embarrassed, Qi Niang and Li have never written back again." She was a young woman with money in her hands, and she was careful that she could always get by. ”
The attitude back then was too resolute, and it ended up like this, it is understandable that Mu Qiniang did not contact them again. Counting on Mu Qiniang to take the initiative to write a letter, I am afraid that after she mixes out, she will not be too prominent, at least everything will settle down and live a happier life, so she will take the initiative to contact.
"The road to the rivers and lakes is difficult to walk, but since she has already chosen, I only hope she can walk well." Su Jinqiu said.
Disillusioned with love, but life has to go on. Mu Qiniang's personality is more suitable for the rivers and lakes, but the price of being at ease depends on whether she is willing to pay.
Mu Liuniang said: "Otherwise, what else, sister, she knows where I am, if she comes to join me, I will naturally settle her." Since she didn't come, I won't look for her all over the world. ”
Although there are roads and household registrations, the world is so big that searching for people is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack. There is no need to be too entangled in what you can't do, not to mention Mu Qiniang, she really has a feeling that you are casual, such a big person, who cares about her for the rest of her life.
Su Jinqiu sighed for a while, then changed the topic and said, "You said that Song Sizong is going to get married, which girl are you marrying?" ”
Song Sizong is now a concubine, and he has no children, and he is still a wife when he marries, and it may be a bit stressful to marry a talented and beautiful lady. But it is not difficult to marry a good daughter-in-law, especially after Song Sizong became a jinshi, he said that he would follow his biological father to settle in the princess's mansion. His mother, the Song family, can sneak into Beijing, but it is impossible for her to live in the princess's mansion. This also means that he will get rid of the Song family completely.
As for the reputation of unfilial piety, Song Sizong's reputation has become so stinky, it doesn't matter if you add a little more. It's that the Song family wants to sue Song Sizong for being unfilial, and Song Sizong is now following his father, and he can't pass the paper.
"It's not a girl, it's a widow." Mu Liuniang said with a look of surprise, she could marry a big girl with an innocent background, but she went to marry a widow.
Su Jinqiu was also stunned for a moment and asked, "Are you looking for a widow?" ”
"No, she still has a child at her ex-husband's house." Mu Liuniang said, and because it was too incredible, she specially inquired.
The woman's family is also a scholarly family, but no one has been out for several generations, and it has declined. Neither has a peerless appearance, nor is he a genius, he is quite an ordinary person. As a result, the Ye family asked for Ye Sizong's marriage, but the husband's family was quite reasonable, and his mother's family was also happy.
One has a bad reputation, the other is a widow who remarries, and the Ye family doesn't plan to make a big deal, so it's over simply marrying a daughter-in-law into the door. It's just that Song Sizong has suddenly become a popular figure since he became a scholar, and he scolded him a lot, and the more he scolded, the more famous he became. What's more, Song Sizong is married for the second time, and there are many people staring at him.
"That's good." Su Jinqiu said lightly.
Objectively speaking, Song Sizong's life is not easy, and the little girl who has been raised in the boudoir and has not gone through the wind and rain is really not suitable for him. A woman who has been married, widowed, and has endured hardships and has a clearer understanding of life may understand him more easily.
After hearing Song Sizong's words to herself in the ancestral hall that day, her feelings about Song Sizong became more and more complicated. With Su Moyu's character, he would never blame Song Sizong after his death, not to mention the matter itself, Song Sizong's responsibility is not as great as Feng Chi's.
Face up to the pressure, no longer run away, start anew, and start a new life. This will be what Su Moyu is willing to see, but he didn't die in vain, and finally corrected a person.
Mu Liuniang looked at Su Jinqiu's expression lightly, and estimated that she was not in a very good mood, so she quickly brought the topic over and said, "Thank you Princess, I ate my blood swallow last time you sent someone, and I ate it very well." Ling steward looked for the same, ate it for more than a month, and it really got better. ”
Su Jinqiu laughed when he heard this, and said, "You are too outward, you are pregnant now, and it is time to replenish your body." I should send someone to ask me to buy it on the street, where is there any serious goods? ”
As he spoke, he asked Mama Cui to go to the treasury to find some for Mu Liuniang, and after thinking about it, she said, "Take one more copy and send it to the second grandmother, she must be hard for her body." ”
The weather is too hot, since Mu Liuniang is here, she naturally has to eat lunch, and wait for the sun to fall in the afternoon before leaving.
The two of them are companions, and it is not difficult to pass the time, and when they are about to sweep the darkness, they send Mu Liuniang away, Su Jinqiu can't help but breathe a sigh of relief. It may be that the weather is too hot in the summer, and she is too lazy these days, and the food is not delicious.
"The princess hasn't eaten much these days, and she is too lazy to move, isn't she happy, it's better to invite the doctor to take a look." Mama Cui said happily, looking very much forward to it.
Su Jinqiu is not interested at all, pregnancy is such a thing as a matter of heaven's will, and there are also those who are pregnant late, but she has never been pregnant, the key is Yuanfeng, how can it be so easy. Said unhappily: "What doctor, please, the weather is too hot." ”