Chapter Seventy-Seven: Kim's Resistance Is Ineffective
As the mother of the house, you are jealous, I really don't know how to treat Er Shu's mother and daughter over the years? As a mother, you are partial and spoiled, and your heart is completely towards your two sons, and now you are used to spoiling your two children. The cranes are all six years old, and they can't read a few big characters. When Zhen Zhen was like him, he was already able to recite the "Thousand Character Text", look at what He'er would do, compete with his younger brother all day long, and be arrogant at a young age. It's all my dereliction of duty as a father, neglecting the discipline of the child, so from tomorrow onwards, let He'er open a yard to live alone, I have helped him find the enlightenment teacher today, He'er follows the master's class, Yan'er also has to follow, and he doesn't live with you anymore. ”
The more Jin listened, the more dissatisfied he became, and he said: "What kind of nonsense did Luan Lang listen to, how can I treat the Tang family badly? What kind of food and drink, which one I am not ready to order my subordinates to send over, Luan Lang is now running here to wronged me, did you believe it after listening to some gossip? Speaking of He'er Yan'er, how old are they and how much can they understand, don't compare these two with Zhen Zhen, if they are like Zhen Zhen, I don't have to live!"
"What are you talking about, He'er Yan'er was born by you, but Zhenzhen is not? I don't expect you to have a bowl of water, but look at what you've done all these years. didn't care about Zhen Zhen, if it weren't for the fact that this child was smart and precocious, he wouldn't know what it would be like now. The He'er brothers are men, and the early independence of the courtyard will save you from worrying all day long, and they are not as good as girls. Zhang Luan looked at his wife's unconcerned face and said with a heartache: "I know that I have wronged you before, so I have not taken a concubine over the years, and the Tang family is no longer pregnant, and the girls sent by colleagues have made maids for you, why are you still not satisfied, and you still have to treat Er Shu's mother and daughter harshly, and treat Zhen Zhen harshly, I look at the clothes that Er Shu wore at a young age, or Zhen Zhen wore them back then." Yao Niang, what do you want me to do with you......"
Jin said angrily: "Sure enough, it was the Tang family who blew your pillow wind, and it was a great honor for me to raise Er Shu for her, and now I ...... it."
Before Jin finished speaking, Zhang Luan interrupted impatiently: "Jin Yao Niang, do you have to be so mean?!"
"Mean, you say I'm mean?" Jin said suddenly, tears rolled, shook off the ledger in his hand and smashed it to the ground with a "bang": "Conscience of heaven and earth, as a magistrate over the years, is that little bit of money enough to chew in the house, and I don't subsidize it with a dowry." Tang is my maid, I didn't freeze her, she didn't starve, she didn't ask her to pour tea three times a day, is it difficult for the master to ask me to offer her?"
Zhang Luan sighed and said, "He'er Yan'er is my child, and Zhen Zhen and Er Shu are also my children. Crane Yan'er bird's nest and ginseng are constant all day long, Er Shu is pitiful and thin at a young age, and even if she wants to eat fast jujube cake, she has to look at the faces of the people in the kitchen. That's my daughter, why is she looked down on by the maids and women in the house, isn't this your dereliction of duty as a mastermother? I only have one concubine, why can't you tolerate it? ”
"Yes, the lord's concubine I should treat it as my own general love, Zhen Zhen contradicted me, I should also be generous and not blame for the past, master, I do this, you are satisfied?" Kim had a tough attitude, and the gentleness and appropriateness of the past disappeared. Perhaps it was Zhang Erzhen's resistance that stimulated her self-esteem in the afternoon, and Jin swept down the account books piled up on the table and shouted, "Master, are you satisfied?!"
Zhang Luan didn't dodge, he was smashed on his body by the account book, he took a deep look at the embarrassed appearance of the Jin family, said "unreasonable", and left the Zhenghui Courtyard without looking back, and when he left, he ordered the maid to pack the clothes of the two young masters and take them to his study together.
Hearing the door slam shut, Jin suddenly realized what he had just done, tears fell down his eyes, stubbornly refused to admit his mistake, Luan Lang has always been gentle and considerate, and it won't be long before he comes to coax her......
In the butterfly courtyard, Zhang Erzhen was rolling up her trouser legs and rubbing white jade skin cream by the nurse, and the nurse was extremely careful to wipe Zhang Erzhen's knees, and she twitched in distress. Zhang Erzhen didn't feel much pain, a little numb and a little worried, I don't know what happened to Zhenghui Courtyard. Mingyue, who was sent out after a while, came back, saying that the old man left Zhenghui Courtyard with a blushing face, and also took away the second son and the third son, and the second son was unwilling to leave, so he was carried away by the master.
"Tear-" Zhang Erzhen took a breath, the nurse apologized urgently, and both knees were smeared with ointment, and Zhang Erzhen stretched out her legs and leaned on the edge of the bed: "Mingyue, have I put away the things I gave you?"
Mingyue nodded and said, "The slave maid has found a small box and put it up, girl, how to place the inkstone sent by Liang Gongzi?"
"Let's put it there for now, and then use it when I write. ”
Zhang Erzhen thought for a while, she originally wanted to go to the study to rest for a while, but now Zhang Luan is angry, and her mood must be very bad, it will be counterproductive for her to go at this time, or honestly recuperate.
Zhang Erzhen's rest is another three days, and Zhang Luan has already found Mr. Enlightenment for Zhang Heling and invited him to teach at home. On the first day of class, Zhang Heling cried and made trouble, and was sobbed and sat down after being slapped hard by his husband. Zhang Erzhen sighed when she heard this, the teary-eyed little boy who was crying in front of her bed two years ago is now rolling around like a woman, and Jin's mother is really a failure.
Jin's really failed, and the next day he made a thick glutinous rice and pine nut porridge and took it to Zhang Luan's study, Zhang Luan didn't raise his head and said "busy with official business", and Jin's meal didn't move. The Jin family has been raising warm nephrite for many years, how has he ever received this kind of cold reception, and now there was a burst of crying and complaining, Zhang Luan rubbed his aching forehead, left the study and turned his head out of the house.
Zhang Erzhen didn't care about the quarrel between her father and mother, and was even a little excited, the Jin family had been smooth sailing for so many years, and this time she finally kicked the iron. Zhang Erzhen even felt that she had not knelt in vain that hour, and ate a few pieces of newly made lotus seed hibiscus cake with a good appetite, and also ordered to send some to Qingfeng Yuan.
"Nurse, I'll send some to He'er Yan'er's Qifeng Courtyard later, He'er is now enlightened, make more walnut dew and send it over. ”
The nurse replied and said, "The slave maid just saw that the master went to the Zhenghui Courtyard, and the old man did not bear it, and he wanted to reconcile with the lady." ”
Zhang Erzhen thought about it and said, "Probably not, after the master reports on his work, the position should also come down." Besides, my mother just went to the study yesterday and lost her temper, where can I reconcile so easily today, Daddy looked at Wen Ya and had no temper, but he was also a tough one. ”
Sure enough, as Zhang Erzhen expected, Zhang Luan's new position came down, because of his excellent performance in the six-year term, he was rated as excellent, and with the help of his eldest brother and colleagues who were in office at the same time, Zhang Luan sat in the position of Beijing official this time, and was awarded the capital of the Imperial Procuratorate, and he was a six-grade official. When Zhang Erzhen heard the news, he felt that Zhang Luan's luck was really bad, and he was promoted a little, although he was barely a deputy department-level cadre now, but it was also a job that offended people, and he was in charge of supervision, impeachment, and recommendations. Speech officials are the most annoying, and it is common to arrest and offend people. However, it is also a good thing to be able to stay in Beijing, Zhang Luan is not very demanding, he used to seek the well-being of the people, and now he can seek the well-being of the people.
Zhang Luan went to Zhenghui Courtyard to talk to the Jin family about this, and after many years of wife, Zhang Luan also knew his wife's temperament to some extent, and he was too disappointed to say the heart-piercing words. Originally, he pointed to the Jin family and said a few soft words, but who knew that the Jin family was also hard-tempered this time, blocking the door and not letting Zhang Luan come in: "Congratulations to the lord for his promotion, since the lord has been promoted, take care of his face, you might as well find more concubines for yourself to serve, I am also so quiet and quiet, enjoy and drink more concubine tea." ”
"You don't have to say angry words, don't think I really don't dare. Yao Niang, I'm here to tell you today, my uncle said that we would like to go to Jinfu for a gathering in the afternoon, and I will take my four children with me. Zhang Luan shook off his robe and left.
When Jin opened the door, where was the figure of the master, only a mouthful of silver teeth, felt that the master had changed, and was even more sad, in the afternoon, Luliu reported that "Mrs. is seriously ill, it is inconvenient to go", Zhang Luan snorted coldly, Zhang Erzhen walked carefully, because his knees were not good, he just wanted to say a few words, Zhang Luan said: "Then leave Mrs. in the courtyard to recuperate, the children don't have to go to Zhenghui Courtyard to ask for peace in recent days, you go back and take good care of Mrs. ”
Today's rare gathering of Zhang Luan's four children, Zhang Erzhen led Er Shu to walk slowly, Zhang Luan hugged Zhang Yanling, led Zhang Heling, followed by a few maids, and a group of people went towards the Jin Mansion. The Golden Mansion was close, and it didn't take long to arrive. The little servant led him in through the main entrance. Jin Mansion is much bigger than Zhang Mansion, Jin Cha is now a Beijing official from the fifth grade, very magnificent, plus with the support of the old father, the home should be gorgeous and fine, Zhang Erzhen pulled the sleeves of Lar Shu, this girl is still chewing her fingers, Er Shu is probably the first time to go to someone else's house as a guest, her eyes are full of surprise, she was pulled by her sister and didn't care, but pulled Zhang Erzhen's cuffs and said: "Sister, look at that big vase, this is the first time I've seen it, it's so beautiful." Er Shutong was unscrupulous, Zhang Luan's face sank a little more when he heard this, and Zhang Erzhen sighed with his forehead.
Zhang Luan instructed Zhang Erzhen to take care of his younger brothers and sisters, and went to the front yard to look for Jincha, and his eldest aunt Zhou greeted him brilliantly. I haven't seen him for six years, and Zhou's is a little rounder, with a glittering golden hairpin on his head, and a big red-eyed gemstone reflecting a dazzling light. The Jin family didn't come, and it didn't seem interesting for the Zhou family to dress so luxuriously, so he placed the four children of the Zhang family very enthusiastically, and Zhang Erzhen smiled and gave the Zhou family a salute: "Uncle and uncle are well." And greeted a few small salutes, Er Shu's stupid horn said: "Good uncle", Zhang Heling did not speak, Zhang Yanling was a little shy, Zhou covered his mouth and smiled happily, looked at the two small ones: "I don't see it in a blink of an eye, Zhen Zhen is so old, look at your younger brother and sister, look smart and clever, cute and tight." As he spoke, he took a few exquisite sachets and purses from the small table on one side, and sent them down one by one: "Take all the gold ankles that your aunt gave you." Brother Qi is still in the front yard at this time, and he will come back in a while, your cousin and brother have not seen each other for many years, I don't know if I remember it. When I was a child, Zhen Zhen and Brother Qi had a great time, I still remember when you were about to leave the capital, you cried and pulled Brother Qi and didn't let go, saying that you wanted to be together......"
Zhou's eyebrows and eyes were proud, his face was not red and his heart was not beating when he talked nonsense, Zhang Erzhen did not say anything, he looked at Zhou with a smile, Zhou's praised a few words, and then ordered the maids to serve tea, brought many plates of exquisite snacks, beckoned a few small ones, and asked Zhang Erzhen: "I heard that your mother is sick, I don't have time to go and see, is your mother seriously ill, do you need me to find a reliable doctor to take a look?"