Chapter 8, Shogunate
"Brother Jiu'er, I'm afraid that the master may not agree to this matter, the children of the official eunuchs, how can there be those who go to the county school to study, and most of the people who study there are the sons of merchants or commoners!" Aunt Cheng's words made Mu Chenxue a little surprised, among the knowledge she has learned, isn't the county school a place for people to read? Why can't some people go yet?
"Oh!" Mu Chenfeng's face was disappointed, he really wanted to study, it seemed that he could only endure being scolded by his master and continue to study at home in the future. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Seeing his younger brother sad, Mu Chenxue felt heartache for no reason. "Ninth brother, the fifth sister promised you that she would definitely let you go to the county school to study, but now the time has not come, are you willing to endure for some time? You must know that only when you endure hardship can you become a superior person. The master deliberately makes things difficult, so you can treat him as a kind of training, okay? ”
"Good! The fifth sister said yesterday that those who want to be in the sky will be bitter first and then sweet! Mu Chenxue stroked her brother's head with relief, this younger brother is really smart, she just told him about "Mencius, Tell Zixia" yesterday, and she will learn and use it today.
"The ninth brother is so well-behaved and sensible, the fifth sister will definitely help you plan well, so that you can go to the county school as soon as possible. If there is anything you don't understand these days, just ask me or my aunt, and as for the master, don't provoke it! And the most important thing right now is to get back what belongs to us! "It's hard to enlighten a six-year-old child. But in addition to this matter, what she is most anxious about is silver. Although the mysterious big brother Feng agreed to her, she also had to prevent others from repenting or not acting. Therefore, it is better to seek others than to seek oneself, and to solve their current predicament, they have to seek another plan.
"Fifth sister is the best!" Looking at his younger brother who threw himself into his arms and smiled with flowers on his face, Mu Chenxue was also happy in his heart. It turns out that this is what it feels like to be a family. Caring for each other, relying on each other, trusting each other. She really cherishes it.
Aunt Cheng noticed what her daughter said, "Your body is better, you can endure some things!" Mother has nothing to ask for, just ask you and Brother Jiu'er to grow up healthy and safe! ”
"Mother, have you endured it all these years, haven't you endured enough? Look at the ninth brother, if it weren't for the fact that there was still a little baby fat on his face, he was afraid that he would be a little thinner than the slaves of the same age in the house, if this is the poor days that your patience has exchanged, it is really difficult for my daughter to agree! People can be weak, and she doesn't care about some grievances she suffers, but if it is at the cost of humiliating and suffering to her relatives, then she can't bear it.
"She's the housewife, what can she do if she can't bear it?" Aunt Cheng has a soft temperament, and it has become a habit to endure it over the years. What's more, she was born as a concubine and became a concubine, even if she was a good concubine, she still felt inferior. So she is used to bowing her head and getting used to bending her knees.
"If you can't bear it or not, you can only resist with all your might. But my mother doesn't have to worry about my daughter, I won't go to her to settle accounts with her, but ask the person who should be responsible for us and ignore us to take his share of responsibility. "Mu Chenxue is not referring to his mother-in-law, but the biological father of the original owner, the man in charge of the shogunate, Makuken.
The shogunate is actually an official eunuch family in the eyes of the ordinary people, but a person who serves in the palace is from the sixth grade of the main book, that is, when he sees the court officials of the same level, he must be inferior, and he will salute first. So to put it bluntly, it's a superficial house.
And this scene is humble and has an excellent face, in addition to the wife, there are also several concubines in the house, and there are a lot of sons and daughters, but how can he afford to support this big family with his ideas alone. It is rare that the eldest lady Cheng has to use her own money every month to help her husband raise these women and children, so how can this woman's heart not complain, this anger is naturally sprinkled on the body of the person who does not want to be seen. Of course, Aunt Cheng bore the brunt of the blow and became a punching bag.
"Jiang Ma!" Sent away Mu Chenfeng, who had to go to home school in the afternoon, and watched Aunt Cheng fall asleep, Mu Chenxue pulled Jiang Ma to chat about family life, she had her own little abacus in her heart, and now she was "crackling" and making a chaotic sound.
"Miss Five, why don't you stop, this disease is only getting better, and it will take some time to recover!" Jiang Ma covered her legs for the fifth lady while taking the spring quilt, and at the same time took out something from the basket and embroidered it.
"Mother Jiang, that day you said that your mother was not on good terms with the eldest lady when she was in Cheng Mansion, but what is the reason?"
"Hey, what else can I do, the left is just the eldest lady's careful eyes, and I can't see my aunt!" As soon as Jiang's mother thought of these things, she thought that Aunt Cheng was not worth it, although Sister Cheng often had difficulties when she was in Cheng's house, but the lord was good to Miss and took care of her aunt, this day was not so sad, but now Aunt Cheng still has to rely on embroidery to eat hot rice, this day is really not as good as one day. Fortunately, Miss Fifth has changed her sex, and her aunt can have less regrets in her heart.
"Mother Jiang, you know that I am sick, I can't remember all the bad things, and I have to ask you to talk to me in detail!" This Jiang's mother was bent on treating the fifth lady as her granddaughter, but she didn't suspect because of this matter, and just a few days ago, she talked about the affairs of the curtain and Cheng in detail.
Mu Chenxue listened for an hour, until there was a voice in Aunt Cheng's house, and Jiang's mother stopped to help her aunt dress and clean her face.
The snowman sat on the bed, thinking about Jiang's mother's words just now, and it was a house fighting drama. Cheng Mansion was originally a scholarly family, but it can be passed on to Master Cheng's generation, and when he was in his thirties, he only got a reputation for being a showman.
Fortunately, Qian was a little stronger than his father-in-law in this scene, and finally he was admitted to a fellow jinshi and donated an official position in the palace from the sixth grade master. And Miss Cheng thought that she was not marrying well, and she didn't want her most hated sister to marry well, so she begged his father to take her sister as a concubine and follow her into the shogunate.
In this scene, Qian can marry two beauties in one fell swoop, and he will not object. And when the Cheng sisters first entered the house, they were very favored, and of course the eldest lady Cheng was even more displeased with this girl. This is why there will be difficulties everywhere in the future, and everything will be difficult to do.
As for this shogunate, in addition to the Makuken family, there are also two outdoor people, although they do not live with the shogunate, but they eat together. One family is Mu Qian's younger brother, Mu Chenxue's uncle's family, but fortunately, this family is simple, with only three people: the second uncle, the second aunt and the cousin. The other is the daughter of the younger brother of Mrs. Cheng's mother, who is now a widow. led the concubine born by himself, and also relied on the shogunate to eat and drink.
Mrs. Cheng is hindered by her mother's face, and it is difficult to drive people out. And Mu Qian has no way to make money, and he has to rely on his wife's body and money on weekdays, so he has to turn a blind eye to his wife's family. These two people have lived for more than a year with a cheeky face, and even their lives are better than the morning snow.
In short, to put it bluntly, it is a muddy account that is rotten to the bone.