Chapter 72: Good Family
Here, the Tang family arranged other female guests and took Zhen Kemin to the "Mei Pavilion" where Shu Yao and a few people rested.
Zhen Dagui, the second master of Zhenfu, runs an embroidery workshop "Longyue Fang" in the capital, the embroidery workshop is not big, but because of the exquisite embroidery and the focus on integrity, the business is not bad.
Back then, Zhen Dagui's family was forced out. Zhen Dagui is sincere, Tang is kind and weak, when he meets the selfish Zhen Dafu and the shrewd Lin family, plus the old lady Zhen who favors the eldest son and two grandchildren, the second room in the Zhen Mansion is simply a tired bag.
However, after the Tang family gave birth to their daughter Zhen Kemin, they have not come out, which makes Mrs. Zhen even more disgusted her. Although Zhen Dagui was later forced to accept an aunt and gave birth to a son Zhen Keyu raised under the name of the Tang family, the Tang family was still not treated in the Zhen Mansion, and Zhen Kemin and Zhen Keyu were always bullied by the Zhen Kebao brothers.
Although Zhen Dagui is filial, he loves his wife and children, and after the old lady Zhen died of illness, he categorically proposed to split the family. It happened that a cousin of the Tang family wanted to make a move in the embroidery workshop in Beijing, Zhen Dagui was good at management, and the Tang family was good at embroidery.
At that time, the business of Delicious House was booming, and Zhen Dafu and Lin couldn't wait for the second room to leave, so they helped persuade the old lady and actively promoted it. learned the rules of the official family of "valuing the elders and valuing the heirs", and gave the second room a sum of silver, so that they could separate themselves and go to find another way to make a living, and the Zhen Mansion and the delicious building were returned to the big house.
Zhen Dagui and his wife are also the people who treat Donnie Yen best in Zhen's mansion and really regard Donnie Yen as a relative, but unfortunately they can't speak. Zhen Dagui's most "brave" time was when Donnie Yen left gently, regardless of the attitude of his father and brother in Zhen's mansion, he ran to Murong Mansion to pick up Donnie Yen out of the mansion, and was called back to the Daimyo's Mansion City to be beaten by Old Lady Zhen with a few crutches. These are all things that Shu Yao saw from Donnie Yen's diary.
However, in her previous life, Shu Yao had no contact with Zhen Dagui's family, she rarely went out of Murong Mansion until she got married at the age of fourteen, and Murong Mansion didn't want her to have contact with the outside world. always detains her with all kinds of so-called "everyone's ladies" precepts and rules. As far as she learned later, her eldest brother Shujie came to visit her many times, but she didn't know what to do, and she didn't get the slightest news.
Later, when Xue Minglang High School entered Beijing again, Zhen Dagui's family had already been cheated by the son-in-law who had recruited him, and the "Longyue Fang" had changed hands, and Zhen Keyu was sentenced to behead the son-in-law in order to avenge his sister and family.
The affairs of Zhen Dagui's family, Shu Yao occasionally heard about it bits and pieces later. I don't know the specific situation very well, but I know that the source of the tragedy of the second room of the Zhen family is in Zhen Kemin's first marriage contract. Zhen Kemin and the fiancé before Zhen Kemin died of illness, and Zhen Dagui and his wife refused to let Zhen Kemin marry and worship with the rooster and stay widowed for the rest of his life. As a result, the family maliciously spread rumors that Zhen Kemin killed his fiancé and ruined Zhen Kemin's reputation......
I heard that the family later bought a girl from a poor family to be their dead son as a daughter-in-law.
Later, when Shu Yao lived in the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion, she once overheard several ladies talking about the marriage of the youngest son of the family, and an insider broke the news. The eldest son of that family was sick at birth, and Lang Zhong asserted early on that he would not live to be sixteen or seventeen years old.
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When Zhen Kemin was nineteen or twenty years old, Zhen Dagui recruited an "honest and reliable" guy to her as her son-in-law, but within a few years, her evil deeds were exposed......
Shu Yao looked at the soft-spoken Tang and the smiling Zhen Kemin in front of him, and sighed in his heart: It's also a poor person!
A few people were talking, and Lin rushed over to find Tang with a smile on his face: "Brother and sister." Soon, Mrs. You is here, and she wants to see Sister Min again. Let's get over there. Master You was promoted by his uncle, and he was going to the Beijing Rite Department to be a Beijing official. Our sister Min married in the past, and she will be the young lady of the big official family in the future. Hurry up, it took me a lot of effort to make Mrs. You value Sister Min. In the future, your family will be developed, but you can't be unennoble. ”
Tang hesitated: "Sister-in-law." I always feel that something is wrong, the You family is a scholarly family, and now they are going to the capital to be an official, how can they fall in love with our small business? ”
"Didn't I say it?" Lin pursed his lips impatiently, "Besides, although your second room is not good, our big house is also a famous family in this famous mansion city, right?" Isn't Renyou's family looking at the face of our big house? I said brother and sister, all the good things are taken by you, but don't be hypocritical? ”
You family? Shu Yao, who was sitting on the grass with her head down and "concentrating" on weaving the grass, was shocked, wasn't it the fiancé who died early? It turns out that Zhen Kemin is not engaged at this time, and now if it is too late to stop it, should she care about it? How can we stop it?
Although in her previous life and present life, Shu Yao had no contact with this second uncle's family, but she herself had suffered the pain of being pitted by her relatives, and she really couldn't bear to see her cousin in front of her who smiled and spoke to her softly, repeating the tragic fate of her previous life.
Tang and Zhen Kemin were pulled away, and Shu Yao looked at their backs in a daze.
"Sister, what's wrong with you?" Mother Liu's fingers shook in front of Shu Yao's eyes, this child was rarely so stunned.
"Oh, hehe," Shu Yao, who came back to her senses, gave Liu's mother a bright smile, "I think the eldest aunt laughs so terrible, just like Huohuo's smile every time she plays tricks on the little girl." ”
Shuwen, who was sitting in the Mei Pavilion not far away, heard Shuwen playing chess with Shujie, Ha Luha laughed, turned his head and winked at Shu Yao mischievously.
"You, a villain!" Mother Liu smiled and nodded Shu Yao's forehead fondly, the child's sense of kindness and malice is really very keen.
Although Mother Liu didn't know the specific things, with the few words of conversation between the Lin family and the Tang family just now, she had already smelled the smell of conspiracy.
In fact, it is no wonder that the Tang clan is puzzled, although in the Great Zhou, the status of merchants is not as low as before, but after all, it cannot be compared with the official family and scholarly families, except for a very small number of powerful imperial merchants or the richest man with strong backgrounds. When talking about marriage, the first consideration is generally the right person, unless there are other special reasons, such as Donnie Yen who entered the Murong Mansion as "Chongxi".
Mother Liu put a few plum blossoms on Shu Yao's straw hairpin, which suddenly became a beautiful ornament.
Shu Yao and Er Niu were holding the yarn and talking happily about hanging it on the carriage, and named it Plum Blossom Luo, a small purple figure suddenly rushed over to snatch the yarn from Er Niu's hand, it was Zhen Keling.
The second girl withdrew her hand out of instinct and avoided it sideways, Zhen Keling lost her strength at once, and was hooked to her feet by the felt blanket spread on the grass. fell straight forward, crying "wow", Shu Yao rolled her eyes, this is on the grass, and there is such a thick felt blanket, does it hurt so much?
Zhen Keling cried like a broken arm and leg, and Erniu's little face turned red, and she looked at Shu Yao with some trepidation.
Shu Yao said to the two maids who came with Zhen Keling: "You girls fell, why don't you call someone to invite Lang Zhong?" It can't be that you broke your leg and became lame, right? How ugly is that! ”
Zhen Keling jumped up "ho", "You're lame!" You're ugly! Who said I broke my leg? You just broke your leg. ”
Shu Yao sneered secretly, Zhen Keling has been like this since he was a child. I am most afraid of a "ugly" word!
"You didn't break your leg, why are you crying like that? Crying so much that your eyes, nose and mouth are all together, and you still say that you are not ugly? Shuwen, who rushed over to protect Shu Yao, sneered mercilessly.
"You ......" Zhen Ke was extremely aura. I didn't know how to refute it, pointed at Shu Yao and shouted: "Brand me that plum blossom!" And the cloak on you, and the one around your neck, too. ”
Shu Yao didn't hear it, took Liu's mother's hand and said, "Mom." Erniu, let's go over there and have a look, Wen'er, have you finished playing chess with your eldest brother? Isn't it about to lose and run away? ”
"What?" Shuwen shouted aggrievedly, "People rushed over for fear that you would be bullied." ”
"It's true," Shujie's gentle voice rang out. "But...... He was indeed on the verge of losing. ”
"Ha Lu Ha" Shu Yao pointed to the book and smiled, with a look of "I know the way", Mother Liu and Erniu also looked at the three brothers, sisters and brothers happily.
"Big brother—" Shuwen took Shujie's arm and muttered embarrassedly. He almost hid under Shujie's arm.
Seeing that Shu Yao and the others ignored her, Zhen Keling walked away by herself, not to mention taking off the big cock and collar for her, and shouted angrily: "Little slut, I let my grandmother and my mother skin you." ”
Zhen Keling is small. The sound was so loud that the guests in the neighborhood looked at it. Shaking their heads one by one. One of the ladies even said directly with disdain: "The upbringing of this Zhen family is really ......, who will dare to marry such a girl in the future?" ”
It just so happened that the Lin family, the Tang family and others came to invite everyone to the table, and when they heard this unceremonious remark, their faces were as red as a red cloth.
Zhen Keling didn't feel bad at all, and when she saw her mother coming, she became excited: "Mother, you peel off that little slut's cloak and give it to me, and her collar, it's very good-looking, I want it too." ”
Lin beckoned to Shu Yao: "Yao'er, my sister is still young, you are my sister, let her order, wouldn't it be a joke for my sisters to make trouble." ”
Shu Yao opened her eyes "innocently": "Auntie, I'm so far away from my cousin, I'm talking to my eldest brother and Wen'er, how can I mess with her?" "My daughter is ugly, and I still want to pull her, dreaming!
"......" Lin scolded embarrassedly, this dead girl with sharp teeth and sharp mouth! It's really not a good way! "You are older and she is smaller, if she wants a cloak, you can give it to her, and then go back and bring you a new one." That piece is worth a lot of money at a glance, Ling'er really has a vision!
Mother Liu snorted: "Mrs. Zhen, our girl's big piece was rewarded by the Queen Mother." ”
"So what?" Lin asked rhetorically, she can't look down on it if it's not valuable, the queen mother's reward! Her family Ling'er wears a lot of face.
The wife, who had endured it for a long time, pouted and said, "How can others take the things that are rewarded in the palace?" If you can't get it, you're going to kill your head. ”
"Kill...... Decollation? "Lin's mouth opened wide, it's just a cloak, should it be so serious? That, that's still not going to be.
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How did the Lin family deal with the coquettish and playful Zhen Keling, Shu Yao didn't know what to do, and she didn't care.
But at the dinner table, she still plucked her ears, because the Lin family was still lobbying the Tang family for that family matter, and the Tang family seemed to still have doubts and did not nod: "Look at Young Master Nayou, looking weaker than the girl's family, his face is not good, he seems to be about to faint just now, they are so scared that they don't eat, so they go back in such a hurry." ”
Lin glared and said: "People are scholars from the scholarly family, and they are not the practitioners of the military generals' family, nor are they the children of the mountain and wild skins, where do you want to grow so strong?" And Mrs. You also said, Young Master You has suffered from the wind cold recently, and his complexion is not very good, or you insist on seeing me, people gritted their teeth and brought the child out out of politeness, and now it is uncomfortable to be cold, it is not bad to blame you. ”
Mrs. Zhen also picked up her mother-in-law's shelf: "Be careful with your small family, a young master of an official family is not worthy of your daughter of a small embroidery workshop?" If it weren't for the face of your eldest brother and sister-in-law, where would such a good family affair fall on your sister Min's head? This matter was decided, and ten days later, the official exchange of tokens and posts was held. ”
The mother-in-law finalized it, and the Lin family glanced at the Tang family proudly, Mrs. You's mother's family is in the shipping business, and the goods shipped back from Fanbang are very popular, as long as they exchange the Geng post tokens, they will be able to get the goods at a preferential price in the future. Hmph, what does it matter what kind of illness Young Master You is? It wasn't her daughter who was married.
Tang was anxious: "Mother, I just think that the door is not right, and the You family is in a hurry to settle a marriage, this is ......"
"Tut-tut-tut" Mrs. Zhen knocked on the table with her chopsticks, "I said that you are hypocritical and can't get on the big stage, and you are still not convinced!" You're going to take Joe, right? When people get tired of giving up, you will regret it again. ”
Shu Yao looked at Lin Yu, who was sitting next to her, pestering her and asking her how to make the Xia family's tofu, and suddenly had an idea.
Lin Yu is the daughter of the eldest brother of the Lin family, and she is very loved by the Lin family, Shu Yao just heard them say that Lin Yu is three months older than Zhen Kemin.
"Sister Lin Yu, are you married?" Shu Yao asked suddenly.
Lin Yu was stunned for a moment, and said shyly: "No, you little hairy child, what do you know about marriage?" ”
Shu Yao pouted: "Uncle doesn't care for you at all, a good family affair was given to Sister Min, you are older than Sister Min." ”
Tang was stunned for a moment, and reacted quickly, yes, the Lin family is the best at pulling her own mother's family, she is really such a good family, why doesn't she think about giving her niece, but keeps lobbying her? I heard that Lin Yu's father Lin Xiu just donated a county position, so he is also an official.
Zhen Keling was holding back his anger at Shu Yao, and immediately glared at him: "You stupid, my mother said that person is sick and can't live long, so my cousin Yu'er doesn't want it." ”
Zhen Keling spoke quickly and loudly, like a firecracker, it was too late for Lin to reach out to cover her mouth, and the words were finished, which also attracted the puzzled eyes of the guests at the other tables.
Tang's face turned white......
Shu Yao smiled secretly, yes, Zhen Keling cooperated so well! She didn't need to bother saying anything more.
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