Chapter 739: Zhou's Little Ninety-Nine
After Shen Xi sent the prescription to Xie's house, Xie Yun'er was always very nervous, she was afraid that the prescription she prescribed without looking at it in person would go wrong, and then her husband would be affected. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
As for herself and even the Xie family, Xie Yun'er didn't care too much.
After marrying into the Shen family, Xie Yun'er gradually changed her position, from "the daughter of the Xie family" to "the wife of the Shen family", especially after giving birth to her son, her dependence on Shen Xi deepened, because she knew that she could not support the Shen family and the Xie family by herself, and all the reliance was on Shen Xi.
“…… Yun'er, you can relax, we have done our best, as for whether the eldest prince Li dies or not, it has nothing to do with us! Shen Xi smiled and comforted.
But Shen Xi didn't expect that Xie Qian would "sell" him in a blink of an eye in order to enhance the credibility of the prescription after going to Li Dongyang's house, but Shen Xi was kept in the dark.
Shen Xi is preparing to take the township exam, and Zhou, who has been the head of the family for a period of time in Ninghua County, Tingzhou Prefecture, thousands of miles away, is already thinking about how to "escape" back to the capital.
For Zhou's family, this head of the family is really too difficult to be, this is not exercising people at all, but torturing people, and the extremely tedious things in the family are about to drive her crazy.
Shen Mingwen and Shen Yuan went to Fuzhou to catch the exam, and it consumed Zhou's great energy to prepare for the carriage and horses, and in addition, they had to find someone to escort them along the way, and the third Shen Mingtang was obliged to go to Fuzhou to send the exam.
The first time his son went out, Shen Mingxin was not very relieved, so he also followed.
The Shen family suddenly lost four men, and only Shen Mingjun remained in Ninghua to take care of the family in the second generation.
Nominally, he is the head of the house, and Shen Mingjun is the head of the family, but in fact, all the power is in the hands of the Zhou family, and Shen Mingjun is just a puppet.
Today, the big room will buy pens, ink, paper and inkstones for Shen Yongzhuo, and tomorrow the second room will buy tables, chairs and bedding, and the day after tomorrow there may be a dispute between the third and fourth rooms over food and drink.
Without the backbone of the old lady, the people in each room have different positions for themselves, and even Shen Mingtang's wife, Shen Sun, who used to be honest and honest, has learned to be careful, and she actually fought for treatment at home.
The Shen family is no longer as "harmonious" as when the old lady was in charge.
In the past, she didn't dare to squeak, because the old lady was arrogant and unreasonable, but now even if Zhou has a fight with the old lady to the extent of unreasonableness, she can't be domineering...... In the end, it's not embarrassing to tear your face to each other, or rather, even if you tear your face, people won't accept you.
"Xianggong, why don't we go back to the capital."
The Zhou family has been in the limelight for a while, and finally feels that he is not the material for the head of the family, and he has worked hard to win the status of the head of the family, and he is also ready to give up, "Han Wa'er is an official in the capital, we have a good life, but why should we abandon our daughter and stay in Ninghua?" Saying...... I want to hug my grandson. At this point, I don't know if the two of them have a male or female child......"
Shen Mingjun was a little embarrassed: "He'er, didn't we say it?" My mother is sick, so we have to stay and help take care of it. ”
"What to discuss, isn't it just a matter of one sentence, I can see it, what they care about is not whether we can stay and be this family, what they care about is the money in our pockets."
Zhou was afraid that he would leak his mouth, so he hurriedly plugged the flaw with words, "When we came back, we borrowed a lot of silver from the shopkeeper, and if we stay for a little longer, I'm afraid we won't even be able to pay off the debt." ”
Shen Mingjun hesitated for a moment and nodded: "Then I'll ask my mother first, and then ask my sister-in-law what they mean, what do you say?" ”
Zhou is going crazy!
Why does this elm-pimpled father-in-law attach so much importance to his wife and sister-in-law? Don't you know that those two people will only use him to deal with your poor wife?
didn't make Shen Mingjun clear, and the Zhou family could only continue to be in charge.
After a few more days, Zhou finally lost patience with taking care of the family, and she wondered if she needed to hire a shrewd housekeeper to come back? Or simply find someone to tie her husband into a carriage and go back to Beijing with her, so that she doesn't have to worry about what will happen to the Shen family in the end.
The biggest difference between the Zhou family and the old lady is that she has no attachment and responsibility for the Shen family.
The Zhou family wants to compete for the head of the Shen family, all for one breath, in order to prove that she is stronger than others, more precisely, she is very envious and jealous of the supreme position of the old lady in the Shen family, and wants to try the feeling of showing off her power and making a statement.
But after becoming a family, she found that she was completely different from the old lady in charge, the old lady could implement the family law at will, but she couldn't, because the old lady was the wife of Shen Mingwen and others, an elder, and she was bound by filial piety, so she could do anything, and she was just an equal, even if those juniors such as Shen Yongzhuo were people, she couldn't beat them, because they weren't her children, and she couldn't even open her mouth to scold, because it would make her seem uneducated.
In fact, the only thing that the Zhou family can manage is Shen Xi, Shen Yun and Shen Yi'er in her room, but unfortunately these three little ones are now in the capital, she wants to try the prestige of being a mother-in-law, but her daughter-in-law is also in the capital.
Later, Zhou finally understood......
I want to be in charge, but I can't be the family of the Shen family, but the small family of my children. Staying in Ninghua at this time is completely to make cattle and horses for others, I am not so stupid, I will find an opportunity to go back to Beijing and live a good life with my son and daughter-in-law!
When Zhou made up her mind, regardless of whether her husband agreed or not, she began to prepare secretly.
If you want to talk about Zhou's connections, it is quite broad.
The Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce was not dealt a fatal blow, and many industries were retained, including silver trumpets and printing workshops, after Zhou and Hui Niang went to the capital, these businesses were only slightly rectified and separated from the original Chamber of Commerce, and the business was not bad.
And there is also a printing workshop in Ninghua County, whether it is a shopkeeper or a partner, Zhou can be transferred at will.
The most important thing is that Shen Xi sent Ma Jiu back to Tingzhou, and now he is in Ninghua.
Ma Jiu's ability is quite high, and after he reported to Zhou, Zhou was very happy, in her eyes, Ma Jiu was smart and could do things, much better than her useless husband.
Xiao Jiu, go buy me a few bags of rice and come back.
Xiao Jiu, find a few carpenters to come back and make a few tables and chairs.
Xiao Jiu, can you help me collect the land rent outside the city......
Ma Jiu's ability to be alone was all used by the Zhou family to do chores, but Ma Jiu had no complaints about it, the biggest difference between Ma Jiu and Song Xiaocheng was that he had no family, he was alone, and he had no worries. Originally, Ma Jiu was just a big young man, but after a few years of experience in Fuzhou, he has grown into a person who is calm and calm, and has a certain vision and overall situation, after all, he crawled out of the pile of his brother's corpses, he sees the sinister of the world, knows how to endure humiliation, and knows who is the one who can give him a bright future.
Ma Jiu made up his mind to help Shen Xi do things, and he didn't hesitate to go to the soup, as for the little things that the Zhou family arranged for him to do, it was simply trivial, he could have handed over these trivial things to the brothers to do, but he still did everything himself.
Shen Xi originally asked Ma Jiu to send some brothers back and disband the Chariot and Horse Gang in Tingzhou by the way, but most of the gang ate Jianghu rice, and even if they returned to their hometowns, they did not have a suitable livelihood...... In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, land annexation was already very serious, and there were still 80 years before Zhang Juzheng's reform, and all the land endowments were apportioned to the tenants, so it was not a good idea to dig on the land.
Accustomed to begging for a life on the knife edge, and suddenly returning to the countryside, that kind of psychological gap is not acceptable to ordinary people!
Seeing this situation, Ma Jiu could only adopt the second plan that Shen Xi confessed...... If people are really not easy to settle down, take them to the capital, drag their families and mouths, as for road guidance, customs clearance documents, etc., use the contacts of the previous chamber of commerce to dredge with the government.
"Xiao Jiu really knows how to do things, Xianggong, how about helping him find a daughter-in-law? This guy is not too young, and when Xiao Liuzi was his age, he had already married Su Lian into the door. ”
Zhou talked to her husband about things beautifully, but Shen Mingjun was tired inside and out for a day, and he was confused when he was on the pillow.
"Hmm."
Shen Mingjun let out a sound unconsciously.
"Even the prime minister thinks it's good? That's it! But we don't know anyone in Ninghua County...... On the other side of the capital, the red and green are good, and they look handsome...... Xiaoshan can't do it, she's too young, and she's just as rough as Xiu'er...... I think Xiaoyu's conditions are the most suitable, Xiaoyu looks good, and she is literate and can settle accounts, even if she marries Xiaojiu, she can still stay at home and do things, but I'm afraid that Xiaoyu won't look down on Xiaojiu......"
Zhou thought she could pinch and calculate, but this time she miscalculated.
In fact, the maids of the Shen family and the Lu family, except for Zhu Shan's young age and honesty, have never thought about marriage, and other people say that they will not marry, but in fact, they all hope to find a man to marry, and they can have someone to rely on, at least they will have children and daughters in the future, and they will have something to rely on......
Xiaoyu has no qualifications to look down on Ma Jiu, but they didn't have the opportunity to contact each other before, and they didn't have feelings for each other. But as long as they are given an opportunity, the result may be greater than Zhou expected.
"Hoo ......"
At this moment, Shen Mingjun began to snore.
"Xianggong, why don't we find one for Xiao Jiu in my hometown."
Zhou was chattering to himself, Shen Mingjun was already asleep, and he didn't react at all, but Zhou was immersed in the joy of being a matchmaker, and didn't care about anything else, "There were a few girls in Peach Blossom Village who were in good condition, and many of them I called their sisters...... At this point, you should be old, right? The last time I saw a few, it seems that my sons are not young...... It's been a fast day......"
The Zhou family is in charge, and there is another place that is very different from the Li family.
Li has no husband, her life is boring and boring, and she usually relies on the belief of reviving the family business, which puts too much pressure on herself and her family.
Zhou is different, although she is spicy, her husband and children are very good, and her life is comfortable, even if she has a temper and wants to quarrel with others, she will always think about some beautiful things calmly afterwards.
Women with husbands and women without husbands have completely different styles of doing things.
"Alas, I don't know if my good daughter-in-law gave birth to a male or female baby, if it is a male baby, then I will have a grandson, the son has just been born, this has a grandson, and time flies too fast, maybe next year I will be pregnant with another one, hehe, if I am born, I am not as old as my grandson...... Ha, if only we could get pregnant again......"
The day after Zhou said this, the letter from the capital arrived in Ninghua.
This news can be said to be explosive for the Zhou family and the Shen family-
Xie Yun'er gave birth to a son, and Shen Xi became a father. (To be continued.) )