The fifteenth
Since Mrs. Tai's side was relieved, the fourth master and Aunt Liu opened the "Jade Box" early, picked an excellent auspicious day of the zodiac, and did not go back and forth to his mother, and directly ordered the fourth wife to tell her second sister-in-law, Mrs. Lu.
The fourth wife has always been obedient to the fourth master, and she didn't dare not go, so she had to go to the main courtyard over there. The second wife invited her to sit down, drank several cups of tea in a row, and talked about a lot of gossip, but the fourth wife always couldn't open her mouth to say something urging her sister-in-law to move.
The second wife saw that she was restless, and she was embarrassed, so she smiled and said: "I flipped through the "Jade Box Record" a while ago, and saw that it was written that it would be an auspicious day for the zodiac in five days, so I thought it would be better to move out on that day, and you should move in, and let's change the two rooms." ”
When the fourth wife heard this, her face was flushed with shame, her sister-in-law was fair, and she never looked down on her because of her soft and cowardly nature, if there was such a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who looked down on people and looked down on her, she was disrespectful, but whenever it reached the ears of the second wife, she would be severely punished, and the housekeeper had always treated her well, and she was also very grateful in her heart. couldn't help but mutter: "It's only five days of work to pack things, will it be too hasty?" ”
"That's not going to happen, as soon as I follow the will of the lord, I will start ordering them to pack up all kinds of things, but I'm afraid that there will be some haste in your room!" The second wife still smiled slightly.
Mrs. Lu's words were not bad at all, these days in the four-room courtyard can almost be called busy day and night, even rushed several all-nighters, it was easy to clean up on that day, and when the incense was burned on the 18th, dozens of mothers-in-law and small servants moved to and from place in two. It took more than a day of hard work, and it wasn't until the second watch that the fourth room moved into the main courtyard of the head of Anyuanbo's mansion, and the second room moved to the five-entry courtyard where the original four-room lived.
At present, the second young master Zhao Yiam lived in the east wing of the second courtyard, and his sister Yifei lived in the west wing of the fourth courtyard, but the east wing was given to his biological mother Aunt Liu.
Originally, according to the rules of the uncle's house, the aunts all lived in the back cover room of the last small courtyard, with three rooms for one person, and they were assigned to two little girls. Originally, she still lived in the old courtyard, and Aunt Liu looked at a side room vacated by the four-room main courtyard. It's just that Mrs. Tai has always looked down on her, and her only backer, the fourth master, has no official position, is a white body with no confidence, and does not like the old lady, and then she loves the concubine in her heart, and she does not dare to place an aunt in the wing room without abiding by the rules of the house.
Now that the fourth master has attacked the earl, he has also become a six-grade official, and he has become a son and daughter of the Zuo Xiang's family, which is leaning towards the government and the opposition, he can't help but be proud, and it is inevitable that he will be a little indulgent in his actions. As soon as he saw that his concubine came to beg for himself, the fourth master no longer cared about whether this move was in line with the rules, whether his wife would be happy in his heart, and directly ordered someone to carry Aunt Liu's things to the east wing of the main courtyard. That night, he didn't go to the fourth wife's main room for the night, and drank and had fun with Aunt Liu in this east wing.
As the saying goes, this wine is a color matchmaker, and after a few glasses of wine, the new Uncle An Yuan felt a little noisy in his lower abdomen and was about to move. Seeing that Aunt Liu's shirt was already half-faded, the two incense balls bulging under the red gauze bandeau couldn't help but tremble slightly, and they couldn't stop shaking and swaying, and they couldn't see that the four old men had almost no slander in their eyes. Immediately, I didn't eat the food, I didn't drink the wine, and I hugged Aunt Liu and rolled on the kang.
After another hard battle, Aunt Liu took a silk fan to fan him, and sighed: "We have finally moved to this courtyard!" It's just that the old lady is too ruthless, and she forced her uncle Ke Keer to send the 40,000 taels of silver tickets over, so that she is willing to stop embarrassing us, what kind of family is this? This is only for the good of the children, never calculated the children, the old lady is good, now the biological son is not sympathetic and distressed, but for the two hairy girls deliberately embarrassed the uncle, those two girls already have a dowry of 10,000 taels, enough enough, and when they go out, they are not from our Zhao family, but they are given an extra 10,000 to fill the outsiders? ”
Although Aunt Liu's words won the heart of the fourth master, and he was very happy to hear it, it was just that he was the son of man, and it was okay to listen to the concubine complain a few words, but he couldn't say these words. immediately coughed and pretended to say, "What are you talking nonsense again?" Those two girls are also the granddaughters of the old lady. What's more, the knots are all relatives of high-ranking families, so they should have added more dowries. ”
Aunt Liu didn't agree: "Then our sister Fei is also the granddaughter of the old lady, why don't you see her and her eyes hurt." Our sister Fei was only born in my belly, not my wife, and everything else is worse than her sisters. If it is only about appearance, among these young ladies in the house, our sister Fei is the most beautiful, and she has a clever mouth, and she is the most likable, but she is born in the eyes of the old lady, as long as she is not a concubine, she will never see the concubine and the girl again. ”
As the saying goes, there are three points of love when you meet, and these five young ladies Zhao Yifei have been kept in the four-room yard. Previously, the fourth master was a white body with no official or position, and he only messed with Aunt Liu in the inner courtyard every day, and he could often see this little daughter behaving with him, and this baby daughter was born of his beloved woman, so naturally it hurt like beads in his eyes. Thinking of the old lady's love for her eldest daughter Yizhi so much, but she always has a cold face towards her younger daughter, and she never sees her close, she can't help but feel a little unfair for her younger daughter.
Aunt Liu saw that his face sank a little, so she struck while the iron was hot, wiped her eyes with a handkerchief, and cried with a whimper: "The slave family is not the dowry of 20,000 taels of silver from Sister Zhizhi, who made her not only a young lady from Bofu, but also have such a good family business, this is what she deserves." I'm just sad for our Sister Fei, Uncle knows the rules of this house, Sister Fei is a concubine, and when she left the cabinet, she only gave 5,000 taels of silver to handle the dowry, but what is this 5,000 silver enough to do now? A few days ago, I also heard Mrs. Song say that now the price of rice in Beijing has risen by two coins of silver and one stone of rice! ”
The fourth master hurriedly comforted her and said: "When the time comes, let's also tell Sister Fei that she is a good family, and I am the head of the family, so it is okay to give her more dowry." ”
Aunt Liu wiped her tears, "So dear? Sister Fei is now a concubine, but where can she say that she is a good family? Nowadays, those people don't ask when they say they are close, but they first knock on the side and ask whether they were raised by their wives or their aunts. The eldest son of the left prime minister had broken his legs and became a waste, and Mrs. Xiangguo still didn't look down on the concubine, so she would choose a concubine from everyone to match him as his wife. ”
"Even if the master is now an uncle, Sister Fei is still a concubine of the uncle's house, and I only hate her for not being born to my wife's belly! Woo woo woo...... my poor sister Fei! They were all born to a father, and your sister had a dowry of 20,000 taels of silver for her good life, as well as nearly 10,000 taels of silver left to her by her mother, but you voted for the wrong mother's belly, and it was only 5,000 taels, what kind of life is enough? Pity your father and mother's love when you are at home, the pampered gold and jade, you have never suffered a little, but when you get married, you have to suffer and suffer, woo woo woo ......"
Seeing that his concubine was crying so sadly, the fourth master had to cheer up and comfort him in every possible way, and kept saying that if there was a way to think about it, he would not have wronged his precious daughter.
When Aunt Liu heard this, Fang raised her head and asked him, "Is Uncle coaxing me with this, or is it serious?" ”
"My heart, when did I coax you, sir, that is, I didn't dare to let you live in the east wing before, but now I have also fulfilled your wish?"
Aunt Liu smiled and said, "Since the master really has the heart to hurt his children, why should he worry that there is no way?" Now there is an excellent way, it just depends on whether the master is willing or not? ”
As soon as the fourth master heard what she said, he hurriedly asked her what the best way was, and listened to Aunt Liu: "Actually, it's not a difficult matter, just record Brother Ammonium and Sister Fei in the name of his wife, change it in the family tree, and record his brother and sister as concubines, can't it?" I heard my cousin say that many people in Beijing are doing this now, and it is said that Mrs. Zuo Xiang's maiden brother used this method to record a pair of concubines as concubines! ”
When the fourth master heard this, he hesitated and said: "This is indeed a method, but if you really record them in your wife's name, then your name will not be on the family tree?" "It turns out that according to the rules of the Zhao family, only those who give birth to children in the concubine room can be recorded in the family tree*.
I saw that Aunt Liu's eyes were full of tears, and she said emotionally: "What kind of false name can't you give up for the sake of your children?" As long as I can let my ammonium brother and sister Fei'er get a decent identity, they will want my life, and the slave is also willing. The slave family is not because they were conceived and raised by me in October, but because the two of them are the blood of the master! ”
Hearing these words, the fourth master was moved, and couldn't help but hold a pair of jade hands of his concubine, and wanted to send them to his mouth, so Aunt Liu might as well say something again, "Uncle, don't think that I want to get the five thousand taels of silver so that Sister Fei can be a dowry, how can I be such a shallow-eyed person, I am really worried about Uncle and Brother Ammonium." The lord can attack the lord now, because the lord is both a descendant and a long-term in the mansion, otherwise why don't they see this title falling to the head of the long house and the fifth room, they all understand, so they don't dare to come to fight with the uncle. ”
"This title can be hereditary for the fifth generation, and it is the fourth generation here to the uncle, and it can be passed down one generation later. Uncle married two wives, but unfortunately these two wives are not blessed, failed to give birth to a son-in-law for the uncle, but only the slave slave was lucky to give birth to a son, although the longest, but in the end it is not a son-in-law, if you go back to ask the prince to be invited on this ground, then the title will be cheaper than the five rooms. ”
When the fourth master heard this, he couldn't help but be shocked, it turned out that he had only cared about the joy and excitement in his heart for several days, and he didn't have time to think of such an important place, so he hurriedly hugged Aunt Liu and kissed her on the face a few times, "Thanks to my kiss Xiao Liu'er for reminding, otherwise I don't know how sooner or later I will be able to save this matter!" You are really my heart and liver, my brain, if it is without you, I really don't know what to do! ”
Aunt Liu smiled and said: "Since the slave is already an uncle's person in this life, naturally everything must be planned for the uncle first, and the uncle has a lot of things, even if there is something unexpected for a while, as long as the slave family is by the uncle's side, there will be no worries about any omissions!" It's just that the two of us have a hot discussion here, and I don't know how my wife will say it, so do you agree? ”
The fourth old man immediately glared at the beads in his eyes, "She dares not to agree, give her a pair of children for nothing, if she dares to say a word, the master wants her to look good!" ”