Yu Shi responded, praised a word, and the big girl took a piece of rose red clothing, took a hairpin, and handed it over.

Chuan Xiang bowed: "Thank you for your grandmother's reward!" ”

"Good boy, take it back and make a new dress."

Whether it is a hairpin or an earring, the value is the same, there is no thickness or thickness.

The young lady who received the things returned to her original position and stood up.

At the end, it was the turn of a girl who was only fourteen or fifteen years old, dressed in the clothes of an ordinary mountain village girl, different from other women, she was wearing a short dress and short skirt with white cloth on a blue background, the skirt was only knee-length, and she looked like a girl, but there was an elegance and calmness in her demeanor. He has a full moon face, big almond eyes, two curved willow leaves hanging peach eyebrows, a slender body, a well-proportioned body, and a delicate and unrevealing powdered face.

She was polite and decent.

Shuhai's wife said: "Auntie, this is the eldest daughter of the Jiangqi family in the west of the village, her maiden name is Shi'en, and her small character is Shungu." ”

Yu had some impressions, "Is it Han's daughter?" ”

Shuhai's wife said: "Exactly! Precisely. ”

Yu beckoned, "Aunt Shun, come here, let me take a look." ”

Jiang Shien saluted and called, "Say hello to your ancestors." "Her rank is too low, and she is separated from the Yu family by several generations.

Yu Shi said "good child" and took her hand, the palm of which was a little rough and had already been calloused, "Do you also have to do farm work in the village?" ”

"In my spare time, I help my mother do some work, my younger brother has to study, and there is no one else in the family, so my mother and I have to work in the fields."

Yu sighed lightly, "What a sensible child." After a pause, "I heard from the clansmen that your brother's book is good, and I discussed it with the old lady yesterday, and I am going to take your brother to study in the imperial city this time, can you and your mother be willing?" ”

Jiang Shien was slightly stunned, her father was gone, and her and her mother's hopes were pinned on her younger brother. Immediately knelt down: "Thank you for the great kindness of the ancestors." ”

"Alas, what kind of stupid thing to say, we are all from the same ancestor, take care of each other, and it is also appropriate to pull a hand. After going back. Discuss it with your mother first. After discussing it, let's talk back. ”

Even if he is a clansman, he is a child of someone else's family. You can't take someone away without consulting with their mother and eldest sister.

Chuanzhu was also standing in the queue of Jiang's daughter at this moment, and without waiting for her name to be called, she walked up to the Yu family and bowed deeply: "Big grandmother, you can also take me to the imperial city." Zhu'er likes the Imperial City the most, and she will definitely honor her grandmother. ”

Yu frowned slightly.

Chuanzhu Niang snorted, "There are no rules, your things have been received, go home quickly." The silkworm is almost asleep. A few days ago, the weather was cold and slow, but now that the weather is clear, it is time to feed mulberry leaves. ”

Regardless of whether the weather is sunny or rainy, mulberry leaves are picked at the edge of the ridges, and sometimes it has just rained, and the rain on it has not dried thoroughly. After picking back, it has to be left in a dustpan to dry, and the silkworms will have bright water disease when they eat the mulberry leaves with water, and the silkworms will form cocoons from small caterpillars to silkworms, which is the most meticulous work.

In a small family in the countryside, girls are not virtuous. It is not only necessary to see whether you can be a female celebrity, but also whether you can raise silkworms, go to the field, do housework, and arrange the life of the family.

When the weather is cold, the silkworm eats mulberry leaves slowly; The weather is hot, and the sound of silkworms eating mulberry leaves is like the rustling of spring rain.

Xiling Township because of the proximity to the big river, the water source is sufficient, and there are large mulberry forests planted in this area, every spring, summer and autumn, the girls and young ladies of every household raise silkworms at home. After forming cocoons, they were sold to large silk weavers and spinning households in the city, and they received silver to supplement their families.

Su Yan practiced big characters in the house, and led Bai Zhi to move to the upper room.

In the courtyard stood the maids of each family's personal servants, as well as the women who accompanied each family.

Seeing Su Yan, the girls saluted.

Chuan Zhu Lai was in the middle of the hall and argued loudly: "I won't go! Mother, the eldest grandmother didn't speak, why did you drive me away? "This is a rare opportunity, if she goes to the imperial city, she can be the eldest lady, maybe like Jiang Suting, fly on the branches and become a phoenix, and marry a husband who is a high-ranking official.

Su Yan lowered her head and walked to Yu's side, and there was a girl in a cloth shirt standing on one side, with a cloth towel with white flowers on a blue background tied to her head, and her appearance was also upright, but she was dressed roughly.

Chuanzhu Niang was so angry that she reached out to pull Chuanzhu, Chuanzhu shouted and refused to go, the mother and daughter pulled one by one, and the other desperately didn't want to get out, and she couldn't pull and drag.

When Chuanzhu saw Su Yan, she immediately shouted for help: "Aunt County Lord, Aunt County Lord, take me to the Imperial City!" I will listen to you for everything, as long as you take me to the imperial city, I will be a cow and a horse for you......"

Yu's face became a little ugly, "How can the young lady of the Jiang family be so ignorant, with her temperament, she doesn't know what trouble she will cause when she goes to the imperial city, and if she is calculated one day, she doesn't know how to lose her life." ”

Shuhai's wife can see that it is impossible for the Yu family to take Miss Jiang to the imperial city. Even Jiang Suting was not brought by them back then, it was Jiang Shunxin who sent someone to send Jiang Suting.

Yu raised his voice: "You children, you are still too young, and you think too well. Everyone thought that Su Ting was living a prosperous and rich life, but where did she know that she was also bitter in her heart, and once said that if she was still in the Jiang clan, she would find a mountain village husband to marry, and she would be comfortable living a peaceful and happy life. lest you have to discipline your husband's concubines, concubines, and concubines all day long......"

Chuanzhu raised his voice and yelled refusing to admit defeat: "As long as I marry into a rich family, I will be willing to be a concubine." "That's because Jiang Suting had to embrace wealth and wealth, so she deliberately said those words, to be a rich wife, which is a rare thing to encounter with a lantern.

Chuan Zhu Niang was so angry that she raised her hand and slapped her, "How can you say such a thing." "Thirteen or fourteen-year-old young ladies actually shouted that they wanted to marry a rich and noble family, and also said the words of giving people as concubines, Chuanzhu Niang suddenly felt that she had lost face, and hit Chuanzhu's left and right arms with force, "What kind of evil did I create, how did I give birth to you who don't know what to do." ”

Chuanzhu retorted vigorously, "I just said that I am willing to marry someone as a concubine, as long as I can marry into a rich family." "For what she wants, she has to stay in the mountains, see what Su Yan wears, eat, and how many people serve around her, that is, the girls around her are more decent and glamorous than them are serious ladies, and she would rather be a concubine of a rich family than a wife of a small family.

Chuan Zhu Niang was so angry that her eyebrows were raised, and she called her mother-in-law loudly: "Escort her to the small Buddha hall behind the ancestral hall for me to be locked up, and from now on, copy the scriptures and recite "Female Virtue" in the small Buddha hall, and you are not allowed ......to come out without my instructions."

Chuanzhu jumped to his feet and shouted unadmittedly: "Why punish me? Why? I'm not convinced! Between the pushes, Chuanzhu seemed to be crazy, pushed Chuanzhu Niang to the ground fiercely, turned his head and ran into the upper hall, passing through the young ladies in the quiet hall, "plopping" in front of Yu and Su Yan, kowtowing his head heavily, "Big grandmother, aunt of the county lord, I beg you, you take me to the imperial city!" As long as you help me find a good family, I will repay you as a cow and a horse. ”

Mama Tian's heart sank, she had never met a young lady in the boudoir who begged to say this, and her face changed.

Mama Qing was quite surprised, "This...... This ......" didn't say anything, just looked at Yu and Su Yan.

Yu Shi was unmoved, and his heart became more and more dissatisfied, "This time I came back, I was originally eating the joy wine of Chuanwen." It is to take the descendants of the clan who are good at reading to study in the imperial city, as for what you said, we have no such plans. Besides, your grandparents and parents are still alive, so how can anyone else interfere in your marriage. ”

Hearing her say this, Chuanzhu was like being poured a basin of cold water, "Did the eldest grandmother forget?" More than 30 years ago, it was my grandfather who helped your family farm the land, if it wasn't for my grandfather's help, would you have been able to live so well? ”

Because of this, after Jiang Shuncheng made his fortune, he only gave Jiang Shunyi 100 acres of fertile land to live, and gave his family a sum of silver. This relationship has long been over, but now Chuan Zhu actually took it out and spoke, which was quite threatening.

The Yu family was very annoyed, it must be that Jiang Shunyi's family often talked about this matter, otherwise how could Chuanzhu dare to say it.

Seeing that Yu's face was ugly, Mama Tian immediately shouted loudly: "Bold! What does this mean, Miss Chuanzhu? Is it accusing the old lady of treating your room poorly? ”

Jiang Shuncheng bought land, built a new house, and gave silver to Jiang Shunyi, but he gave more than the clansmen next to him. If he really owed Jiang Shunyi's family a favor and did so much for them, this favor would have been paid off long ago. Now that everyone is a member of the Jiang family, the old man has taken the idea to give a way out for the future generations who read well, how can Jiang Chuanzhu make trouble.

Chuanzhu Niang also hopes that Chuanzhu can find a good mother-in-law, preferably like Jiang Suting. Seeing Mama Tian asking sharply, her heart sank for fear that if she said the latter words again, her family would lose face in front of her clansmen.

In Jinyang City, even if the Jiang family is a big family, because of Jiang Shuncheng's father and son, they are listed as a famous family, but in the end, Chuanzhu's grandfather and father are all white and have no fame, and it is difficult to marry into the family of the eunuch.

Back then, Jiang Suting also relied on Jiang Shuncheng and his wife to successfully marry a talented and beautiful figure like Zhang Desong.

Chuanzhu Niang ran close to Yu's family, her face turned pale, and she apologized again and again, "Auntie forgive me, Chuanzhu bumped into your old man's house, don't worry about her." ”

Su Yan glanced at Mama Qing and Bai Zhi.

Mama Qing understood, and said loudly: "The young ladies here today are all young ladies in the clan, and my mother-in-law will say a few more words on behalf of the old lady and the county lord." Glancing at everyone, ignoring Chuanzhu Niang's kneel on the ground and pleading, he continued, "I'm afraid that there are still many people in this house who have plans to climb the official eunuch's family, and what are the rules of those high-ranking families in the Imperial City?" The first one is to be the right person. Who has what kind of relationship, and how many of your fathers and brothers have won fame? ”

They don't understand such a simple truth.

Since someone wants to make trouble, I simply made it clear.

Mama Qing said again: "Miss Chuanzhu said just now that she would rather be a concubine with someone, do you know what this concubine is?" That's for the wife and the lord to be a girl, if the wife is unhappy, according to the rules of my court, you can sell it at will. Although the concubine is half a master, she is also half a slave. If the wife wants to sell you, or sell it to someone else's house as a rough mother-in-law, or sell it into the Qinglou, will the Jiang family still have face? ”

What happened in the upper room has reached the ears of the men in the ancestral hall.