Chapter 14: The Zheng Family's Up and Down
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In the blink of an eye, it had been almost a week since Qin Xin arrived at the Zheng family. I don't know if Qin Xin will bring good luck or bad luck to the Zheng family. Anyway, the day after the wedding, it thundered all the way, and it rained intermittently for three days, and people looked out, and the whole sky, from morning to night, seemed to have not been lit for three days.
Zheng He is indeed not thin on Qin. Originally, Qin Xin was already a son-in-law, and it didn't seem to matter whether there was a crowning ceremony or not, whether he took the table word or not. But even if it's simplified and simplified, minus more than 90 percent of the procedure. Zheng He finally helped Qin Xin complete the coronation ceremony. Then, taking this opportunity, I also took the word 'Ziyan' for Meng Zheng by the way, which means that Meng Zheng will always be young and beautiful, and the word 'Zizhi' for Qin Xin, which means that Qin Xin is very intelligent. Since then, Meng Zheng has had the title of 'Ziyan', and Qin Xin has also introduced to others: "Contemptible Qin Xin, word: Zizhi." ”
Zheng He took the word 'Ziyan' for Meng Zheng, which was basically fine, and he almost didn't have to worry about it, and it was determined. But when he took the word 'Zizhi' for Qin Xin, he struggled for a long time. Because in addition to 'Zizhi', Zheng He also thinks a lot about things like Zicong and Zimin. But in the end, he still finalized 'Zizhi', because the word 'Zhi' is pronounced straightforwardly enough. In the end, the words of Meng Zheng and Qin Xin add up, which means that they hope that the offspring born to the two in the future can also be beautiful and smart.
finished taking the table words for the two, and then, Zheng He didn't care about the two. And Qin Xin also used a week to have a preliminary understanding of the Zheng family.
In the current Zheng family, the biggest one is naturally the head of the family, Zheng He. Under the Zheng River, followed by Meng Zheng's stepmother. The eldest, Zhuang Mi, is twenty-five years old; The youngest, Zheng Ni, is only seventeen years old. is even one year younger than Meng Zheng. It's pitiful to look at. However, this was the case in ancient times, and it was normal for old cows to eat tender grass. And Qin Xin also knew that there was nothing he could do about it.
The above is the high-level, and then the middle-level is Meng Zheng and Qin Xin. After all, it's easy to see at a glance, so don't say more, jump directly to the bottom.
In the bottom layer, it is Zheng Qing who takes the lead, and under Zheng Qing, there are many different divisions of labor, so I won't describe them one by one here, anyway, if you have anything to do, you can find Zheng Qing, and there will definitely be no mistake.
Looking at it this way, the structure of the Zheng family is actually very simple. There aren't too many cousins or anything like that, just one of them. But of course, there are other relationships, such as Zheng He's sisters and sisters who have married 'all over the world'. It's just that a daughter who marries out like this is like water spilled out, and once she gets married, basically, she rarely comes back. Only from time to time, I will pass by the provincial relatives. Among these people, some are married to scholars as wives, some are married to be concubines, and some are even married to princes as favorite concubines.
Only when it came to Meng Zheng's generation, the Zheng family stopped burning. Two years ago, Zheng He even became impotent because he believed in the home remedies of wizards. Of course, not many people know about it. Then, the hope of the Zheng family slowly had to fall on Meng Zheng.
For such a simple character relationship, Qin Xin is actually quite happy to accept it. It's like when he was in the Qin family before, he saw a person, all of them were his three aunts, six mothers-in-law, seven uncles and eight fathers-in-law.
Merely......
In the process of understanding, there is one point that Qin Xin is puzzled again.
That is the question of Zheng Qing's identity and status.
Zheng Qing, as the head of the Zheng family, generally as a head of the family, his status is definitely not low, at least he will not be born as a slave, but Zheng Qing is really from a slave.
You may not understand that Zheng Qing was born as a slave, so what's so strange about this.
In fact, in a general sense, the head of the house is the retainer of the doctor. Sometimes it is even the identity of a scholar to take on it. For example, many of the well-known disciples of Confucius went to work as household rulers. Therefore, if Zheng He wants to find the housekeeper, the one he finds back must be a scholar, even if it can't be a sergeant, it's also a corporal. However, the Zheng family did not do this, and a man who was originally a slave was appointed as the head of the household.
Originally, Qin Xin thought that maybe this was also because the existence of the Zheng family itself was not in accordance with the rules, after all, the Zheng family was obviously only a sergeant's family, but they had a fief, which was a special case in itself, but later, Qin Xin quickly understood again.
Because the Zheng family separated the family dynasty from the Yi dynasty. In addition to the house, there is also a Yi Zai. The housekeeper doesn't need much knowledge, he can learn the things to treat people well, when a guest comes, he can pour tea and deliver water without making mistakes, and he can do a good job of serving the host in his daily life, just do it, but Yi Zai is different, that is to assist Zheng He in managing the administration of the fiefdom. As mentioned earlier, Qin Xin's father Qin Hao is a Shilu, and the Zheng family is a Shiyi. Yi means city.
Then, the question of why the servants of the Zheng family did not despise Qin Xin before was also solved, that is, in fact, the people who serve the Zheng family in the Zheng family now are all because the slaves who have been domestic slaves for the Zheng family for generations left over from history have been slaves. In this era, slaves were not involved in farming, but in the 'service industry'. And because they are from humble backgrounds, and even, speaking of which, they are one level lower than Qin Xin's status as a son-in-law, so it is naturally impossible for these people to despise Qin Xin.
If it weren't for the fact that two days ago, when the sky was clear, a person dressed as a scholar came to Zheng He to report on the spring ploughing work, Qin Xin almost thought that Zheng Qing, who was so weak, was actually the material for the slaughter.
In this era, it may be said that there are confusions in various positions and functions, and the situation is not necessarily the same in different countries, for example, in some places, the head of the household, not only in charge of the affairs of the family, often in and out of the master's house, but also in charge of the administration of the city. And the Zheng family's ancestors are actually quite scientific.
When the scholar came to Zheng's house that day, he also had a face-to-face with Qin Xin. But maybe the other party didn't know who Qin Xin was at that time, so he just glanced at it and walked over.
After understanding the ups and downs of the Zheng family, Qin Xin also understood his current situation, doing farm work like in the Qin family, cultivating or something, probably can be exempted, laundry and cooking, it is not his turn to do it, as for what he can do next......
Cough! In fact, he has long wanted to live such a life - clothes to stretch out his hands, food to open his mouth, and then a beautiful wife to live. Merely...... Bah! How could he be such an unambitious person! It was shameful enough for him to be a son-in-law, and he had to do something to-wash! Take off! Shame! Insult! Otherwise, he would be embarrassed to eat and drink for nothing in this house.