Chapter 146

Chu Xiaolang's baptism ceremony, only the three families who were very close to him came.

On the grandfather's Rongguo Mansion, as well as the Yicheng County Lord's Mansion, and the Qin family's Yu Shilan and his wife came.

Princess Yi'an couldn't help but be overjoyed when she saw her grandson, and she was reluctant to let go when she held it in her arms, Rong Xiu also stretched her neck to look at her little nephew, and touched his little hand, quoting a recent mantra of the old general Chu: "He's so small!" ”

It is not surprising that Old General Chu said this, according to the proportions of his old man's body, this sentence is indeed from the bottom of his heart, but this sentence came out of the mouth of the white and round little Rongxiu, who was only four years old, it was very interesting.

Several women in the room were all very happy when they heard this, and Yu Shilan also teased Rong Xiu: "Ah Xiu, are you very big?" ”

Rong Xiu looked down at her round little body, blinked her eyes, and replied to her very honestly: "Sister Lan, I'm my aunt!" I'm Chu Xiaolang's aunt! "Of course it's big!

Rong Xiu, who felt that she was already an elder, put on the majestic appearance of an elder, but unfortunately she was wearing a red jacket, and she used a red scarf to tie two bags on her head, and a cinnabar was lit between her eyebrows.

The county lord of Yicheng laughed out loud with a "poof", but felt that her little appearance of being an old man had a fight with Yu Xiaolang.

Princess Yi'an took the little girl over, and rubbed her little face that had been pinched by Yu Shilan, but Rong Yan saw that her sister was sullen and gave her an idea: "Ah Xiu, next time you go to Sister Lan's house, pinch her Qin Xiaolang's face and make up for it!" ”

That's a good idea!

Rong Xiu's eyes suddenly lit up and looked at her sister with admiration, she wanted more dog legs and more dog legs, and her small appearance was extremely cute.

The room burst into laughter.

There are also midwives to support the washing of the three, Princess Yi'an, the county lord of Yicheng and Yu Shilan all added pots, gold and silver bills spread all over the bottom of the basin, only after sitting at the end of the table, they went home.

As for the He family, after receiving the good news, he thought about it and didn't come on the third day, and only came to the general's mansion on the fifth day.

The little guy guarding the door heard that he had come to see the county lord and Xiao Langjun, so he reported directly to Mrs. Chu. According to the identity, the He family is a merchant and a commoner, but Mrs. Chu is a good order, and she is not a serious in-law, she must have to welcome the cold and noise, she has to kneel and bow when she sees herself, Mrs. Chu can afford to bow down to the He family, but she is afraid that her daughter-in-law will not be very happy when she knows it, and it is impossible for the He family to cut off the relationship with Rong Yan, so she simply asked Mama Zhou to welcome out to entertain the He family, and she herself deduced that she was unwell, so she disappeared.

He was also in a daze to kneel down to worship Mrs. Chu, but when he saw Mama Zhou greet her, she said that Mrs. was unwell, so she only let herself entertain her, and directly took He to Rongyan's courtyard, even He himself couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Rong Yan was also very happy to see He's, and when she heard that Bao's was also pregnant, she was even more overjoyed, "When my younger siblings are born, I can also go out and walk around." She had only been in confinement for a few days, and she felt like she was in prison, with many taboos and no freedom. You can run around with a bun in your arms, and you can't go out of the room half a step if the bun falls to the ground.

He gave Chu Xiaolang gold lock plates and other things, and also prepared all kinds of pastries and the like, as well as the baby's clothes, with fine stitches and very cute sewing. Rong Yan hugged the little clothes and admired endlessly. Princess Ngee An's needlework is much inferior to He's, such a delicate and close-fitting little dress, she can't be expected to make it, basically all of it is done by the girls around her who are excellent in needlework.

She also made a few close-fitting clothes for Rong Yan, "I sweat a lot during the month, although I can't take a bath, but you have to change your clothes frequently." Rong Yan rubbed a bunch of adult and children's clothes on He Shi's body, only to feel that the smell on her body was extremely reassuring and smelly.

"A-Niang-"

He touched her head and smiled: "They are all mothers, and they are still so coquettish, and they are not afraid that Xiaolang will grow up to laugh!" ”

Rong Yan glared at the little meat ball, with the momentum of a strict mother: "He dares!" See if I don't break his legs! ”

"Are you willing?" Ho made fun of her.

She looked at the sweet little meat dumplings sleeping in the crib, and fell on the bed very dejected: "Now...... It's a bit reluctant! ”

The Chu family originally thought that the little baby would be moved to the wing room and taken care of by the nurse, just so that Rong Yan could recuperate. But Rong Yan was reluctant to remove the child from her eyes, afraid that the child would be wronged, and afraid that the nurse would not be dedicated enough, Ren Mama Zhou couldn't move her even if she broke her mouth, and in the end she had no choice but to leave Chu Xiaolang in her room.

Although she is lying in bed, there are people to take care of three meals a day, but the child pees and wants to drink milk to change diapers, none of which is left behind, the day is completed by the Yahuan nurse, only the breastfeeding is completed by her independently, but the night is done by Chu Saburo on her behalf, it is really tired, and it is only a few days before I feel very difficult.

They are all first-time fathers and mothers, and Chu Saburo's understanding Rong Yan also has it, and she feels happy and bitter when she sees He's family, compared to Chu Saburo and Chu Lao General for many years, she and He's situation is different.

Between adoptive mothers and biological mothers, it is true that the blood relationship is difficult to break, but the grace of nurturing cannot be forgotten.

When she heard He mention Lin Biyue's grievances in the dealer's house, she couldn't wait to go out to the dealer's house at this time, whether it was to use power to oppress people, coercion and temptation, it was always to make Lin Biyue feel comfortable.

"The second sister is really, why didn't you say this kind of thing earlier? I can't even get out of the door at this time, and I can't help her in a hurry, if I had said it earlier, I could have gone there myself, and see which one had the courage to embarrass her?! ”

She was willing to stretch out her hand to pull Lin Biyue, although the He family was happy, but thinking of the pregnant concubine of the Zhuang family, she frowned again.

It is said that the little concubine relied on her merit in continuing the incense for the banker, and saw that Lin Biyue made it clear that she didn't want to climb up to the lord of Huifu, and seemed to want to cut off contact with the lord of Huifu.

When Rong Yan heard about this, she comforted He: "A-Niang is panicking. You go back and comfort the second sister, anyway, the child is also in the belly of the concubine, and she will not be able to give birth for a while, so that she can endure it for a while, and after I can go out, I will definitely go to the banker's house to support her. I also want you to ask the second sister, does she want to kick the concubine out of the door, or does she not want to live in the dealer anymore? "Whether she wants to kick her husband or clean up her concubine, she always has to give a program, so that she can act at the opportunity.

When He heard this, he hesitated.

"The second sister is not young, even if she remarries, I'm afraid she won't be able to marry any good people. Besides, if her mother leaves the dealer's house, what will happen to the child? I'm afraid the dealer won't let go, even if he lets go, there is a divorced mother, and the children may be troublesome in the future, even for the sake of the girl, the second sister may not be reconciled. ”

At this age, there is really no way forward, no way back, only to stop where you are, and try your best to make your life more enjoyable.

――That's to let the concubine out?

Rong Yan was thoughtful.

After a few days, Yu Shilan came to see her, Rong Yan mentioned this matter, and her idea was simple and rude: "Just let that cheap concubine give birth to the child, whip her and sell it, why worry?" ”

Rong Yan's original plan was even more forgiving than hers: "I mean...... The child stays and drives the concubine out of the dealer's house. Or is Yu Shilan's method more in line with the punishment methods of the local indigenous family for arrogant concubines?

She hesitated again.

Rong Yan really has no experience in dealing with the tricky matter of concubines and concubines, whether it is her mother's family or her mother-in-law's family, there is no one to learn from, Rong Guogong's backyard is still the princess of Yi'an, and the old general Chu is also a model of monogamy, although it is not excluded that because of the war, he really has no time to develop the number of concubines, and I heard that the old general Chu and Mrs. Chu are also love at first sight, the story is quite legendary, maybe there is no room for people next to them.

It is ridiculous to let Rong Yan guess the love story of her in-laws and the possibility that there will be a mistress.

The only one who has a concubine in the family is the backyard of the lord of Yicheng. However, the attitude of the county lord of Yicheng towards the concubines and concubines is really a special case, and it is not worthy of reference by most of the main families.

On the contrary, Yu Shilan mysteriously mentioned something to her: "Sister, do you remember Yu Shilian?" ”

How not to remember?

Yu Shilian was also a limelight figure in Donglin Academy back then, but was later locked up in the mansion by the lord of Yicheng County, if it wasn't for Yu Shilan to mention it for so many years, she would have forgotten that there was still this person.

"Say it and give you a lesson. After her aunt died, didn't my aunt lock her up? only said to the outside world that she was weak and only recuperated at home. But when someone came to propose marriage, they only pushed off the family because they were physically ill and could not get married, which harmed other families. She was locked up at home for seven years, but she was almost crazy, and at first she begged my father to let her out, but her father refused to see her. Later, she cursed viciously, and after year after year, seeing that there was no hope for the old man to get married, I am afraid that she had no hope of even getting out of the backyard, and she finally died. You know what? ”

"What's the matter? Did he really die because of his infirmity? Rong Yan silently recalled Yu Shilian's character and asked her to commit suicide...... I'm afraid it's difficult, right?

She is supposed to be the one who cherishes herself so much.

"How so?" Yu Shilan pouted: "She has been locked up in the backyard for seven years, she has a bad temper and doesn't dress up much, the place where she moves is small, and the people waiting for her are vulgar, she is really fat and has become a fat white lotus." When Rong Yan returned to Beijing with her family, Yu Shilan also deliberately "kindly" went to her mother's backyard to "visit" this sister-in-law, and returned to Beijing with the Rong family's scenery.

Yu Shilan can't forget Yu Shilian's resentful gaze at that time.

I don't know if she was stimulated by Rong Yan's return to Beijing and did the county lord's thing again, not long after, she didn't know how to hook up with a gardener in the backyard, and a few days ago she actually crossed the care of the mother-in-law and eloped with the gardener.

"Huh?"

This ending was also too unexpected.

Yu Shilan smiled "hehe", those mothers-in-law in the backyard of the family are all under the orders of the county lord of Yicheng, if she doesn't speak, who dares to let Yu Shilian go?

She guessed and guessed, I am afraid that the intentional slackness of those mothers-in-law is inseparable from the acquiescence of her mother-in-law, as for the florist who dared to abduct the concubine of the county lord's mansion and eloped, whether he was implicitly encouraged by the county lord of Yicheng, Yu Shilan does not know now.

"Auntie...... Just let her elope like this? "Wouldn't this news ruin the reputation of the Yu family's daughter?

There was no brilliance on the face of the lord of Yicheng County.

The concubine eloped with the florist, what good reputation can she have as a mother-in-law?

Yu Shilan tapped her head, hugged Chu Xiaolang to change his diaper neatly, wrapped him in his hand, stuffed him into Rong Yan's arms, and motioned her to breastfeed, and then told the end of the incident: "Are you stupid when I am my aunt?" Yu Shilian eloped out of the county lord's mansion on the front foot, and a funeral was held for her in the back foot mansion, only that she was weak and sick, and finally went. Some people even praised my aunt for taking care of the frail and sick concubine for so many years, and she will raise her for so many years, but in the end, human life is no match for days. ”

Rong Yan nodded in admiration: "Be taught!" ”

Her aunt didn't make a move, and as soon as she made a move, it was a ruthless move that would kill people.

What a noble little white lotus Yu Shilian was at the beginning? In the whole Donglin Academy, many students have a beautiful image of "although they are not well-born, they are kind, beautiful and pure", I don't know how many ignorant teenagers have been confused, and she is regarded as the goddess of dreams.

But let her be arrogant, and finally in desperation, she eloped with a florist who was nearly forty years old, and her only goal was to leave the backyard of the county lord's mansion and run to freedom.

This is a dilemma.

Yu Shilian stayed in the backyard of the county lord's mansion, she was at least a high-ranking official and a concubine, born in a noble, but unfortunately she couldn't marry forever and walked out of that small courtyard.

Catch a man casually and elope, his identity will plummet, and then his life will fall into a difficult situation, and even the last bit of aura on his body will be completely erased, and then he can only work hard like countless ordinary poor women in this world, live a poor and difficult life, and have no hope of returning to the ranks of the nobility.

Yu Shilan patted her on the shoulder: "You are good at learning, with my mother's one-and-a-half moves, it will be enough for you to eat the rest of your life!" "She herself couldn't learn one and a half moves of the county lord of Yicheng, but she only learned one trick: force suppression. It's simple and rude and easy to use.,But it's a pity that I didn't learn it from Lord Yicheng.,It's just a way to grow up by myself.。

She is also much more mature now, and she doesn't blindly think how afraid Qin Erlang is of her, how bad she is in force, and she is chased all over the yard when she is defeated by her daughter-in-law. It's just that in his heart, he is willing to tolerate her, willing to let her, willing to let her chase and run, willing to let her take care of everything, that's all.

But it's because of love.

After so many years of married life, what else is there not to understand.

The couple knows that one chases and one runs, both of which are regarded as a kind of life interest, occasionally funny, and the other party's temperament is quite suitable for their own appetites, they get along happily and easily, without any concealment, which is about a kind of happy life.

At least many years ago, when she was moved by Chu Saburo, she couldn't imagine such a happy marriage now.

Sometimes Yu Shilan can't help but boast to herself: "Sister, although I am a little bit of a person with insufficient brains, I have a tendon for everything, but my vision for picking a husband is first-class!" ”

Rong Yan laughed and slapped her ass: "Yes, yes, yes!" My sister is the best at picking a husband! Look at your family Qin Erlang, he is not obedient to raising a little horn dog! ”

Chu Xiaolang in his arms seemed to be frightened by his aunt's laughter, stopped eating, and let the milk juice from the corner of his mouth flow out. Rong Yan touched his little face: "What do you understand stupid boy?" Don't be scared by your aunt, she's just a little out of tune. There was a gentle pat on his little buttocks twice, urging him to eat, and the little one began to eat seriously again.

Yu Shilan patted her on the shoulder: "Are you praising me or belittling my family?" ”

"It's all there!" Rong Yan admitted with a smile, causing Yu Shilan to roll her eyes.

She looked at the little nephew's small appearance of eating seriously, and couldn't help but give birth to a kind of "mother-in-law-style jealousy", "Sister, you say, let's try our best to pull these stinky boys, they will grow up in the future, and they will be taken away by other people's little ladies and then marry into the family, how many will Ah Niang rank up at that time?" "This stinky boy refers to Qin Xiaosan Lang in her family and the little Lang of the Chu family in front of her.

"Eh, sister, you are a lover complex, you must not be. Don't be a bad mother-in-law in the future! Rong Yan made fun of her, but was chased by Yu Shilan and asked what is the lover complex?

The sisters talked and laughed for a long time, and Yu Shilan left happily.

Before leaving, Rong Yan repeatedly begged her to come back to accompany her in a few days, and then nest in the room for confinement, she was afraid that something would go wrong.

Yu Shilan really believed in her promise, and came with Deng Jiuniang and Wang Yimei in a few days.

Wang Yimei has no children yet, she and her husband are not in a hurry, who cares about the elders in the family, takes care of their own affairs, and doesn't care at all, even if the elders want to stuff the girls into their rooms, Wang Yimei doesn't take it seriously. Yan Wen, the medicine maniac, was completely unenlightened in terms of women, and his mind was on the medical book, but all the trivial matters in the room were ordered by Wang Yimei, she didn't say a word and let the maid who was sent wait for her, which one dared to climb on the bed?

Her example is not enough for Rong Yan to learn from to deal with Lin Biyue's affairs, but Deng Jiuniang has more of a lady's demeanor in dealing with these things, and after listening to Rong Yan's humble request for advice, she taught her: "Leave the child behind, the concubine will either be sold or sent out, and she will not be allowed to enter the banker's house again, the child will be raised in your sister's name, anyway, it was originally her child." ”

- Well, on this point, Rong Yan felt that her belly was still not big enough.

Putting aside the theory of the little three, three wives and four concubines are common in this era, and the little concubine is not a junior at all, but standing on the opposite side of Lin Biyue, at least she can be regarded as a rival in love, right? Raising a child born to a husband and a rival in love, isn't it okay?

Customs are customs, as long as she thinks of raising children for the other party, she feels uncomfortable.

However, she reflected on it herself, and knew that her own concepts were very different from the local natives many times, maybe Lin Biyue's thoughts were different from hers.

She's kind of dead-hearted. From beginning to end, she humbly consulted several indigenous people, from He to Yu Shilan Wang Yimei, and even Deng Jiuniang, who has experience in dealing with concubines, none of the local aborigines has proposed divorce, and everyone's goal is very consistent, that is: how to sit firmly in the main room, instead of how to be driven out of power by concubines and begging!

Rong Yan felt that her approach to this matter seemed to be the only way to act around this premise.

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