Volume 15, Section 62 Helplessness
Winter goes to spring, and Shi Xiangyun is seventeen years old this year.
If it goes well, when the girl is thirteen or fourteen years old, she will be married, and when she is seventeen years old, she will be married. Even those who love their daughters in their hearts and want to keep their children for a few more days will start to handle these things after the fifteenth and the sixteenth year, even if they can't make up their minds at the age of sixteen, when they are seventeen years old, they have basically made up their minds.
But Shi Xiangyun is seventeen years old, and his two uncles have never sent anyone to pick him up, let alone plan for his marriage.
Shi Xiangyun didn't say anything, but he couldn't help but be angry in his heart, and he was also a little dissatisfied with Jia Jiu, who had helped Baoling Hou Zhongjinghou to speak.
He is not Tanchun, because his parents died and he needs to keep filial piety, nor Lin Daiyu, because he needs to raise his younger brother as an adult, so he delayed his future.
Shi Xiangyun is the eldest lady of the Shi family, the daughter of the Shi family, and the title of Baoling Hou is still inherited from Shi Xiangyun's father. Baolinghou has the responsibility to take care of Shi Xiangyun, if Baolinghou can't do it, just spitting Xingzi can spray Baolinghou to death.
This is Shi Xiangyun's reliance, and it is also the real reason why Shi Xiangyun dares to say his grievances behind his back. He was wronged, and it was not him who had his reputation damaged, but his uncle and aunt, and if he was wronged, people outside would think that the Baoling Hou couple and the Zhongjing Hou couple had treated him badly and had a bad character, and the world's evaluation of the Baoling Hou Zhongjing Hou was lowered. In this era, the imperial examination relies on ability, but if you want to be an official, you want to be powerful. It depends on being a person and doing things. Only people with a good reputation can gain the trust of others and get more opportunities to be promoted.
Shi Xiangyun was sure that his uncle and aunt would not dare to snub him. Because if the Marquis of Baoling and the Marquis of Zhongjing dare to snub him. Afterwards, there will definitely be retribution on the Marquis of Baoling and the Marquis of Zhongjing himself.
But the truth is that he is seventeen years old this year. According to common sense, during the Chinese New Year, Baoling Hou and Zhongjing Hou should take him back no matter what. Shi Xiangyun never thought that the Shi family would ignore him.
Seeing that the Flower Dynasty Festival had passed for many days, and no one in the south had sent a letter to him, Shi Xiangyun couldn't help but say to his eldest girl: "What's wrong?" The third uncle and the third aunt are also forgotten. Why didn't even the second uncle and aunt ignore me? ”
Shi Xiangyun's second uncle is the Marquis of Bowling who inherited his father's title.
Shi Xiangyun is older, as the eldest girl given to Shi Xiangyun by Jia's mother back then, Cui Wei is a few years older than Shi Xiangyun. Now that he is twenty years old, when he heard Shi Xiangyun say this, he couldn't help but beat the drum in his heart.
In the past two years, many girls have been released in the mansion of the Marquis of Rongguo. It's not just those big girls in Jia Jiu's house. Even the parrots and others in Jia's mother's house went out, only the mandarin ducks, who would rather have their hair twisted than stay to serve Jia's mother. Therefore, the mandarin duck is now receiving double the monthly money, and even the reward for the New Year's holidays is also double.
Some of these big girls married Jia Lian's little maid, and became housekeepers in Jia's family, like Xiaohong and embroidered oranges. Some were released to marry a good man as a wife, like Qingwen and Siqi who was later given to Jia Cong. Si Qi is the oldest of these girls. Soon after he returned home, he married his cousin, and not long ago gave birth to a son.
Every time I think of this, Cui Wisp is congested.
He is the same age as Qingwen and Xiaohong, and his front and rear feet came in to serve Jia's mother, and his front and back feet were almost given to Shi Xiangyun and Jia Jiu by Jia's mother respectively, and he was the personal big girl next to the two girls. As a result, whether it is Qingwen or Xiaohong, they all got good results, but he is the only one who has no whereabouts, and even the girl he serves is hanging above.
Seeing Shi Xiangyun like this, Cui Wei had no choice but to say, "Girl, how can it be?" Even if the Hou Ye and Mrs. forget it, there will still be someone on the side who will remind them. ”
Shi Xiangyun shook his head and did not speak.
Cui Wei said: "Girl, why don't we go and ask the second girl......"
Shi Xiangyun shouted: "Don't go." Don't you see that? Between me and my uncle and aunt, the second sister has always stood on the side of my uncle and aunt. ”
Cui Wei immediately lowered her head.
He didn't see Shi Xiangyun speak for a long time, so he quietly raised his head, looked at Shi Xiangyun, and said, "Girl, do you have any plans?" ”
Shi Xiangyun shook his head and said, "What else can I plan?" It's not something I can say. ”
Shi Xiangyun also knows that getting married is like a second reincarnation for a girl, but this is a major event related to his life, but he is firmly bound by rules and etiquette, and he can't even ask, and even the elders have to get up and avoid this topic.
There is nothing more depressing for Shi Xiangyun than this.
Shi Xiangyun said sullenly: "I'm not the second sister. Even if he is a few years older than him, he just doesn't marry, and he has a place to go. But I, except for getting married, I don't know where in this world there is a place for me. ”
Cui Wei smiled dryly and said, "Look at what the girl said." The girl has been blessed since she was a child, otherwise, how could she have a golden unicorn since she was a child? ”
Shi Xiangyun listened, pulled the golden unicorn off his neck, and smashed it to the ground: "What kind of golden unicorn, it's not a natural thing, who girl would be missing this thing?!" If it weren't for this, there wouldn't have been so many things. ”
It's okay that Cui Wei didn't mention this, but as soon as she mentioned this, Shi Xiangyun couldn't help but get angry.
The thing was done by Xue Baochai, and it was Xue Baochai who wanted to raise his identity, so he made a good relationship. It's good now, Xue Baochai is married, but he called him Shi Xiangyun to carry the black pot?
Is he Shi Xiangyun the person who was blackened for a businesswoman?
It's a pity that when it comes to marriage, he Shi Xiangyun can't even defend himself.
Cui Wei hurriedly knelt down and said, "Girl, it's all a servant, she can't speak, and she makes the girl angry." The girl wants to beat or scold, and please don't get angry. ”
Shi Xiangyun sat there for a while and thought about it. Still held back his temper, picked up the golden unicorn, and put it back on the collar. Only then did Cui Wei get up and say, "I know, this has nothing to do with you. Jin Yu said that it was originally made by Sister Bao. As a result, he got married, but left this mess behind. I used to be young, but now I'm older, and no one has come to pick me up at home. Now, isn't all the gossip outside coming at me?! I'm an innocent person, what's in their way? Say so about me? ”
Jia Baoyu took his wife, younger brothers and sisters to Zhuangzi to serve his parents and keep filial piety. Now the girl who lives in Jia's mother's yard is not the only one Shi Xiangyun?
Now that Jia's mother has suffered a stroke, Jia Yu originally wanted to give him his eightyth birthday, but Jia's mother refused. Jia Mu thinks. He's really going to be in front of people. I'm afraid that it will make people laugh, so there is no way to say Jia Yu, Jia Mu shook her head.
After the stroke, Jia's mother also likes to be surrounded by children and grandchildren more than before, not only Jia Jiu and Jia Qian Jia Qing, but even Jia Cong, who is studying, will come to visit every day, and even Lin Daiyu, who has moved back to the Lin family's old house, will come to visit Jia's mother every once in a while. Even if there is something at home occasionally, Lin Daiyu can't come over in person. will also send people to bring all kinds of fresh fruits or snacks to Jia's mother.
Because Shi Xiangyun can speak and please Jia's mother. Whether it's Jia Yu or Shang's, there are many subsidies for Shi Xiangyun in private, and even Jia Jiu, Jia Qian, and Jia Qing have a few good things, and they will let Shi Xiangyun pick them first.
After the stroke, Jia's mother liked to eat sweets more and more, even if Jia Jiu felt that Jia's mother at this time should pay more attention to her diet and not to consume too much oil and salt, but when Jia's mother insisted on eating, Jia Yu and his sister-in-law Shang did not dare to disobey Jia's mother. Jia Jiu can only send more fruits and juice to Jia's mother every day. However, the juice was too cold, and Jia's mother didn't like to drink it very much, but it cheapened Shi Xiangyun and the girls in Jia's mother's house.
It can be said that Shi Xiangyun often liked to worry about things in the past, and now Shi Xiangyun has them; In the past, Shi Xiangyun liked to compare with his sisters the most, but now there is no one to compare with Shi Xiangyun.
Now Shi Xiangyun just wants to go back to the Shi family, just like in the past, as soon as he returned to the Shi family, he secretly calculated in the house when he would be able to come to the Jia family again, and now Shi Xiangyun is calculating every day:
When will I be able to go home?
Seeing Shi Xiangyun like this, Cui Wei didn't dare to speak.
In the past, Shi Xiangyun often complained outside, but he didn't have a relationship with Cui Wei. Shi Xiangyun is the girl of the Shi family, even if he has monthly money, he has nowhere to go. Even if the Shi family's share is not as good as the Jia family, but in terms of eating, drinking, and wearing, the Shi family has never dared to snub Shi Xiangyun.
Therefore, if it weren't for someone to provoke, Shi Xiangyun really wouldn't care about things like monthly money.
Shi Xiangyun's temperament is like this. When the matter came to the end, he blurted out and vented the grievances in his heart, so when the matter passed, Shi Xiangyun Bacheng would forget about it. But if Shi Xiangyun failed to let out the anger at that time, then this matter would have been suppressed in his heart.
It's like monthly money. Shi Xiangyun himself doesn't need any monthly money, he lives in the Jia family, his food, drink and flowers are all provided by the Jia family, and he shouldn't have taken the monthly money to heart.
But for these girls, monthly money is their main source of income. Like Mandarin Duck, as Jia's mother's personal big girl, in addition to monthly money, she can also get hundreds of silver and silver private money, not to mention clothes and jewelry. But the mandarin duck is the first-class girl next to Jia's mother. Cui Wei didn't dare to compare with Mandarin Ducks, but Cui Wei never thought that he, a girl from the Jia family, was not even as good as the girl next to Xing Xiuyan in the end.
That's right, it's not Shi Xiangyun who really cares, but Shi Xiangyun's girl.
In the past few years that Shi Xiangyun has stayed in the Grand View Garden, like Tanchun, he has received two taels of silver a month's monthly money, and he has no fat powder money, not to mention his girls? Cui Wei even took a monthly salary of 200 Wen at one time.
This is a great shame for Cui Wei.
On the contrary, Xing Xiuyan, who has been living in the Rongguo Marquis' Mansion, has been leading the share of the serious girls in the Rongguo Marquis' Mansion for the past few years, even if he can only receive the share of the concubines who are not qualified to participate in the draft, the monthly money and jewelry are much more than Shi Xiangyun.
As for Xing Xiuyan's girls, whether it is the seals that Xing Xiuyan brought to the south by himself or the few who made up after coming to Jia's house, in addition to the monthly money and due share, they can also get additional silver spools every year. Although there are only a few people you get each time, you can accumulate forty or fifty every year. In this way, even when Xue Baochai did not leave the Grand View Garden, the annual income of Zhu'er was three or four times that of Cuiwei.
How can this be endured by the emerald wisp?
When Jia Jiu first returned to Jia Jiu's side, Cui Wei looked down on this second girl and provoked Shi Xiangyun to target Jia Jiu; Later, Jia Qian and Jia Qing sisters came, and Cui Wei provoked Shi Xiangyun to target Jia Qian and Jia Qing sisters.
It can be said that during that time, Shi Xiangyun always did stupid things, which had a lot to do with Cui Wei's behavior.
However, now that Shi Xiangyun is older, he is no longer the same as when he was a child, and he will refer to other people's opinions in everything.
Shi Xiangyun had his own ideas, so he naturally had some dissatisfaction with the past. If Cui Wei was not given by Jia's mother, and Shi Xiangyun is still staying in Jia's house now, if it weren't for the fact that the Shi family has not come to pick up Shi Xiangyun, I am afraid that Shi Xiangyun would have already made a fuss about matching Cui Wei with someone.
It's a pity that the current Shi Xiangyun must continue to endure Cui Wei, and he can't let this girl find out that she has a disgust for him.
Shi Xiangyun knew that their master and servant could no longer go back to the past.
Shi Xiangyun speculated, maybe Cui Wei himself knew.
Just when Shi Xiangyun was in a daze out the window, a little girl came outside, clapped her hands and came in, and said, "Sister Cuiwei, Sister Cuiwei, Miss Xing's marriage is decided." You're sending out happy money ahead, why don't you go? ”
Cui Wei jumped up, grabbed the girl's shoulders and said, "What did you say?" Whose marriage is set? ”
The girl said: "Naturally, it's my wife's maiden niece, Miss Xing." ”
Cui Wei said: "How is it possible. It's only been a year since the eldest lady went. ”
The girl replied, "Yes." Because the master is still there, even if he is a child, the second master, ** milk, the second girl, and the third master only need to serve a year's mourning. What's more, Miss Xing is not the daughters of her wife, but just the niece of her wife. He has a father and a mother, and he only needs to take nine months of great work. It's hard to believe that he is still wearing plain clothes like the girls in our house. ”
Cui Wei shook her head and said, "Then who did Miss Xing decide?" ”
The girl said: "I heard that it is the descendant of the second master, the third son of the family, but it is a side branch." The young master is a motivated person, he has been admitted to the Ming Arithmetic Department and is working in the Ministry of Engineering. People want to find someone who acts gently and knows how to advance and retreat, because there is a merchant as a guarantee, and the wife of that family saw Miss Xing in Zhang's house during the Flower Dynasty Festival, so the official media was sent to the door. **After discussing with the second master, the grandmother asked for the master's opinion, and sent a letter to the Xing family before nodding. (To be continued......)