"Isn't that the reason?"

Wu Shi sighed: "It's only that there are fewer people like you who can see it clearly now, and the Hou Mansion has you in town, so I can't say that I can glorify it for several more generations." ”

The old lady of Rongjinhou, who was provoked by one sentence, smiled: "Where is it like what you said." ”

The two of them said that they went to the back garden, and sure enough, several tables had been set up there, and the old lady of Rongjin Hou asked Wu to sit in the top position, and Wu only said that he could not take the lead, and let the old lady of Rongwei Hou take the main seat, and she sat aside.

In this way, on the main seat is the old lady of Rongwei Hou, Wu sits on the left side of the old lady of Rongwei Hou, and on the right is Ji Shi, the wife of the deputy minister Ou Gong.

Wu is Mrs. Lu, Ji is next to Rong, the wife of Guozi Jian Zheng, and although there are also several wives of high-ranking officials, they are younger, so they sit in the position of the head.

When the wine and food came up, the old lady of Rongwei Hou let go, and then she took a bite, and as soon as she ate, everyone else also ate.

The people at this table are just kind, but the Ji family has always been at odds with the Wu family.

Not to mention that Ji Yi is the prime minister, Ou Gong is the deputy minister, which is worse than him, just say that the Ji family was born in the Ji family in Jiangnan, her mother is the daughter of the Jiang family, and she is also the cousin of the Jiang family, because of this background, the Ji family has always looked down on people and looks arrogant.

She is very resentful of Wu's so slightly cold background and now wants to ride on her head, and she also looks down on Wu's style even more, she only feels shabby and childish, this son and Wu's sit opposite, and when Wu's vegetables are picked, they don't touch such rare mountain and sea delicacies, and they prefer to eat vegetables and fruits. And I don't pick up the cumbersome workmanship when I eat vegetables, and I put a lot of effort into it, and I only like to eat some home-cooked flavors.

Ji Shi felt even more bad, pursed his lips and ate a few bites of food, put down his chopsticks, and looked at Wu Shi eating some green vegetables, even more disdainful.

It's just that she also holds her own identity, and she doesn't stay at the table, until everyone has finished eating, and when everyone has finished eating, she removed the remnants of the table and put melons, fruits and vegetables, and ordered a line of food and a line to chat, Ji smiled, she was two or three years younger than Wu. It's just that she has been pampered since she was a child. It's not like Wu's doing farm work since he was a child, and then he has never stopped working, and he looks younger than Wu's to be a teenager, and he is also better looking than Wu's. This laugh. Not like an old woman. It's a bit of a young woman's flamboyance.

"Mrs. Ji, it's not me saying you, you should take care of your body at our age. You should have eaten some good things, how did you eat those coarse things, it was understandable that you didn't have that condition when you were young, and now there are a lot of Ji Xianglu, and now there are a lot of people who are half in the ground, you should eat some good clothes and wear some good ones, so as to save yourself thinking that you have not enjoyed happiness in your life and regret it when you kick your legs in the future. ”

Looking at Ji's words, it seems that Wu's consideration is very much, but in fact, every sentence is sarcastic that Wu's has never seen good things, and the little family is angry and can't be on the stage.

Several ladies who were talking and laughing were quiet at this time, all of them had a little bad on their faces, and the old lady of Rong Jinhou's face also sank, but Wu Shi was probably fed up with these words, she was not angry, and smiled slightly: "What you said is not this reason, only I am afraid that my life is not the kind of blessed life, your home is quieter, there are no juniors to worry about you, my eight boys are not worry-free masters, a girl is also a thousand pets, but now the grandchildren are also up, how many things are there every day, In addition, my family foundation is thinner, where do I dare to eat and wear ruthlessly, and I will not get a debt for my children and grandchildren in the future, and let my children and grandchildren scold me, it is better to be frugal now, and it is also my merit for my children and grandchildren to live well in the future. ”

It doesn't matter what she said, it made Ji's face red, black, black, and blue, which is not a color.

Yuan Ji's life is good everywhere, he has a good background, and he is a good person to marry, but he is not a good child, and he has no biological children and grandchildren at such an old age.

It turned out that she gave birth to a child when she was young, but at that time she was young and competitive, and she didn't pay attention to it, and the child was gone when she was three or four years old, and then she also gave birth to three girls, but she didn't give birth to a son, so she had no choice but to give Ou Gong a concubine, and played the idea of borrowing the belly to give birth to a child.

Today, Wu Shi took this thorn and stabbed her heart fiercely, so Ji Shi took several deep breaths before relieving herself.

She smiled coldly, raised her head slightly and said: "My seven sisters are also good, only the daughter is different from the son, and it will be married in the future, I don't have to worry about it, it is also my blessing, that is, our lord, because there are many concubines to serve, but I don't have to be too careful, I am now, eat some good food every day, and then pick some good clothes for people to make clothes, and then I have to eat a table and have some fun by myself, but I am more comfortable than ordinary people." ”

Speaking of this, Ji Shi glanced directly at Wu's family: "It's not that I said, Ji Xiang is a high-ranking official, and it is too ugly to only guard a lonely old woman like you, which makes people look like it, you should also find a good servant for him, when you were young, you were afraid that Ji Xiang would be greedy for beauty and alienated, and you would not call it a concubine, which is understandable, but now at such an old age, you also have children and daughters, and it is not good to keep it like this, and the family is not good." ”

The two prime ministers' wives, Ji and Wu, are both so old, they haven't experienced anything in their lives, and they seem to be talking kindly, but every word is pointing at each other's no, and they can't get off the stage if they want to make each other come down.

The junior ladies sitting next to them simply listened to it straight-eyed, but they didn't think that these two would start a war with each other on such an occasion, and they didn't know how many tricks they had already made under the laughter, and everyone who listened was a little dumbfounded.

Ji said that the Wu family was jealous and did not give Ji Yi a concubine, but no one in Jinling City knew about it, everyone else thought badly, Ji Xiang's concubine was the most untouchable, Wu was angry at this time, and the old lady of Rong Jinhou also hurriedly smiled: "You two are so old, how can you still be like children, you have to have a good life, I will give you candy to eat in a while." ”

The old lady of Rong Jinhou wanted to erase this matter with words, and told the Wu family that this was her family's banquet. Ask Wu to give her a face, don't deal with Ji for this matter, everyone will be ugly at that time.

If it was usual, it would not be said that the Wu family felt extremely aggrieved, but before his death, his son Ji Songxian discussed the disadvantages of taking a concubine with her, and just praised the Wu family for not calling Ji Yi a concubine, and not calling his own children and grandchildren a concubine is really reasonable, and it is beneficial to the country and the people. Wu's face did not change color at all. Still laughing and groaning.

The old lady of Rong Jinhou secretly wondered, and only said that now Wu's practice is becoming more and more magnanimous.

Ji Shi was also angry and wanted to scratch the table, but he couldn't stab Wu Shi just by saying such words.

Just when everyone else thought that a reproach had disappeared and was invisible, Wu Shi opened his mouth at this time.

Wu smiled and glanced at Ji several times. Just when Ji felt inexplicable. She took a sip of her tea. He wiped the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief and said with a smile: "You said this, I can't help but praise you for your reasoning." Said that people are virtuous and generous, speaking of which, I also want to learn from you as virtuous, and I also want to find a young man to serve our master, only I will say my thoughts, our master scolded me for being confused, and said that I was so sensible when I was young, and now I am getting older and more confused. ”

Speaking of this, Wu's rare face was a little embarrassed: "Although our lord is now a high-ranking official, you also know that when he was young, he was born in the countryside like me, and he was also from a poor family. ”

Sun, who was sitting at another table, immediately had the urge to cover her face with a handkerchief when she heard Wu's words, in fact, her mother-in-law was also a wonderful person, and she had been complacent since she was praised by Ji Songxian that day, and she hated that she didn't have the time to smash these words out, and scolded the people who laughed at her.

That day, her mother-in-law got a reason, and she made a public shot with her father-in-law in the evening, bluntly saying that her father-in-law could marry a reasonable daughter-in-law like her mother-in-law, which is the virtue of not knowing how many lifetimes, and it is precisely because of her mother-in-law who is so sensible and sensible and can keep it, her father-in-law did not make the same mistakes as the man next to him.

After that, it was about her father-in-law who secretly praised her mother-in-law, and praised her sister-in-law's words for being reasonable.

It's just that thinking of her mother-in-law's high interest and passion when she scolded people, Sun's is really a little bad.

Sure enough, I listened to Wu's loud voice and said: "Our lord scolded me, you are a bad old lady, a very reasonable person when you were young, how come you are old and confused, you must often be stubborn with the confused girls of the Ou Xiang family, and they are also confused, Ou Xiang's wisdom for many years has brought tired to his old ladies, it is rare for me to be such an innocent person, do you want me to bear a sin." ”

Seeing that Ji's face was red and his ears were red, and he almost slapped the table, Wu snickered, but his voice was louder: "I just asked our master, I am thinking about you, I want to please you, why do you say that I am not, Mrs. Ou Xiangjia is a good person, who doesn't say that she is generous and reasonable, why does it change the taste in your mouth?" ”

As if on purpose, Wu asked the old lady Rong Jinhou: "What do you guess our master said?" ”

Although the old lady of Rong Jinhou didn't want Ji's embarrassment, she was more curious about Ji Yi's reaction, so she answered: "How do you say it?" ”

Wu covered his mouth and sighed lightly: "Speaking of which, our lord is really loyal to the country and the king, and I admire it very much, our lord said that some women are virtuous and virtuous, and they give their own lords a small concubine, in fact, they just take care of their faces, but they don't care about their own lords at all, and they don't have the heart to be loyal to the monarch for the country." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Several ladies were very interested, except for the Wu family and the Sun family, how many of them were not worried about the gang of concubines in the backyard of the house, and how many were willing to take concubines from their own masters? Who doesn't want to find a legitimate reason to say that they don't want to take concubines, naturally, this will make their son Ji Yi's words make them attach great importance to it, compared with face, nature is more important.

Wu laughed: "Our lord said, I am like this, and our daughters-in-law are also good, and not giving concubines to the lord is really for the sake of the family, and it is for the sake of the merits of the Great Xia Dynasty for thousands of generations, the master said, the original Great Xia Dynasty due to the patriarchal reasons of the past dynasties, in the end there are more men and fewer women, and now more and more men are born every year and there are fewer daughters, and there are fewer daughters, and some poor families drown their daughters when they give birth to daughters, and sell their daughters to such unsightly places, and sell them to large families as slaves and maids, and so, It is becoming more and more difficult for ordinary people to marry wives and have children, and our Jinling City is not very obvious, but in many places, the men in a village can't get a wife. ”

"Is there such a thing?"

Except for the Ji family, many ladies including the old lady of Rongjin Marquis were stunned, and they didn't expect such a strange thing at all.

Wu nodded: "Our lord has been in charge of the household department for many years, and the names of the Great Xia Dynasty are all remembered in his heart, how can he talk nonsense about these things, the lord said, if this continues, the population of Great Xia will decrease every year, and many poor and remote people will have many things because they can't marry their daughters-in-law, and we rich people don't know how to worry about the monarch, they have wives and children, and they have to give birth to a lustful heart, how many little wives do you want to accept, do the math, many people have no ten concubines, but also eight, you have more concubines, There is one less good man who can marry a wife. ”

More and more to the end, Wu sighed more and more: "When our lord told me, I didn't know how much sulking I had, I just said that I could give birth to a son if I begged a concubine, and I didn't know how many good children I had in the backyard to fight, making the house restless, and in the end, I made the people resentful, and made everything uneasy, but it was just for my own selfishness, why bother." (To be continued......)