worshiped the ancestors, and visited the relatives of the clan, Ruqing really did as the Li family said, earning a lot of money, the uncle's family and the aunt's family, all men, are completely yang and yin. Even Zhishu's wife Liu gave birth to three handles in succession, but she didn't get a girl out.

The arrival of Ruqing is not unpleasant.

The atmosphere of the Fang family in Haining is harmonious and happy, and the Fang family loves to talk and laugh from top to bottom, and they are happy and enthusiastic. Thanks to Fang Jinglan, this time when the old lady saw the clansmen's concubines, her waist was stiffened.

However, there are still times when things don't go as planned.

The partial branch of the Fang family, Fang Jinglan's cousins and uncles are not so easy to deal with, this time the old lady comes back, and the other partial branches and concubines also come to the Fang Mansion to get together with the old lady.

There are also two old ladies, three old ladies, and four old ladies of the same generation as the old ladies, who bow one by one and bow one by one, and then get a number of purses.

It's probably because I'm used to receiving generous gifts in the past two days, and the purse given by the three old ladies has a thin core, which makes Ruqing feel like "this head is in vain".

Mrs. Fang also found out, but she didn't move, she did the same, and the purse prepared for the children and grandchildren of the three concubines was also very thin. The third old lady and the fourth old lady didn't say anything although their faces were ugly, but the second old lady immediately had a seizure, and said in a weird way: "The eldest sister-in-law has entered the capital with Brother Lan'er's development, and all the people who come in and out are eight sedan chairs, hugging each other in front and back, so not magnificent." It's different from what I've spent in Beijing, I wear silk and satin, I eat delicacies from the mountains and seas, and even my subordinates eat better than us. Just rewarding is also a real money envoy, why is he so stingy with his own grandson? Could it be that the reputation of great good people is just a façade? ”

The second old lady said that everyone present changed color together, Fang Huaxiang couldn't help frowning and said: "Second aunt, what are these words, it is not easy for Brother Lan to be an official in the capital, which one of these left, right, right, inside and outside is not made by silver, although the official looks majestic, but Brother Lan is not those black-hearted livers who have no children, sooner or later they are so greedy that their whole body is oil, and they don't rely on the court to eat at their duty?" With such a large number of people in this family, it is not easy to feed. Besides, this reward is just the affection between relatives, giving is love, and there is a reason not to give it, listening to the second aunt say this, it seems that this time I came not to pick up the wind and wash the dust for the eldest aunt, but to reward the money? ”

I have to say that Fang Huaxiang's words were to the point, and the second old lady was speechless for a long time, and finally had to say angrily: "I know that we are poor and short-minded, and there is no one in the family who is powerful, so we are more and more looked down upon." Nowadays, even a junior has to point his nose and scold. ”

Fang Huaxiang said slowly: "I don't like to hear what the second aunt says. You know, what was the background of the eldest aunt's family back then, it was obvious. After the death of the eldest uncle that year, the second uncle, together with the elders of other clans, said that the eldest aunt was a daughter, and she was a step-family, so she had no right to ask about the inheritance of the eldest uncle, so she had to personally join the main feed. Almost forced out human lives. Why didn't anyone scold it at that time? ”

When everyone in the hall heard this, they all stared at the second old lady with disdain, when the old lady Fang died, leaving the three brothers and sisters of Fang Jingtao, who were still minors, the people in the other rooms couldn't help but blush, and they all wanted to come to divide the property, and the most diligent and shameless was the second old lady's house. Back then, Mrs. Fang and the second old lady could be said to have formed a blood feud. There has been no contact over the years, this time Mrs. Fang returned to Haining, she was cheeky, as soon as she came, she wanted to borrow her children and grandchildren to ask for a reward, but she was not happy to give less.

At this time, Mrs. Fang said slowly: "I remember that when I first married into the Fang family, the old man was still alive, and the family was very clear. In the four rooms, the second uncle's family gets the most share, why is it that now, but blindly called poor? ”

One sentence poked the sore spot of the second old lady, the second old man was only shallow in learning, and he only knew how to be elegant, the second old lady ignored the chores, and several children were not very competitive, but the grandchildren were able to produce many people, and they were proficient in eating, drinking, and having fun.

In fact, in the early years, relying on the remnants of his father's generation, the second room and the family were also happy and glamorous for a while, and the second old lady was especially interested in the identity of the old lady Fang in the capital of the capital, and she always talked about the identity of the old lady Fang as just a stepfamily, and there was no less dirty between the concubines.

The old lady sneered again, raised her eyebrows, and said, "The second brother and sister keep saying that I am stingy, so I give such a reward." Presumably, the reward given by the younger brother and sister to the sunny girl must be rich. Girl, open the purse that your second grandmother gave you and open it in front of everyone. ”

For a while, everyone couldn't help laughing, sympathizing, gloating, and blue-faced.

Ruqing said yes, opened the light brown flannel purse and looked, there were several copper coins lying inside. Everyone sneered, and Fang Jinglan's wife Huang couldn't help but say: "I said second aunt, a while ago, the two brothers spent several hangs of money to drink flower wine outside, how can Ruqing see each other outside, it is always the first time they meet, why do you give these here?" When you do this, don't you know that you don't look down on our family? ”

The second old lady was so angry that her face turned pale, and she sneered, "I don't have money to reward the juniors, it's our family that is poor." It's just a rubbing of the backbone. But now that the sister-in-law has made a fortune, what will she reward? Saying that, he sneered and took the purse standing in the hand of his granddaughter beside him, and the brocade velvet purse embroidered with gold silk money fell out of two plates, jade white, faintly revealing a crystal light, but it was not a copper plate or anything like that, it was actually two pieces of high-quality mutton fat white jade.

This time, the second old lady made a big red face, and she was already embarrassed and embarrassed by others.

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The so-called every household has a scripture that is difficult to read. Although the Fang family in Haining has a prosperous life, there are also troubles, that is, the second old lady's house who often comes to fight the autumn breeze. But this time, the second old lady made a big red face in front of everyone, and after leaving in a gloomy manner, she didn't come for several days. For this reason, the Huang family couldn't help but be grateful to the old lady, saying that only the old lady could control that family.

Unexpectedly, the old lady shook her head, but rebuked the Huang family: "There are three calamities and eight difficulties between relatives, and it is reasonable to help each other." But you can save the emergency but not the poor, you give noodles today and firewood tomorrow, you don't have to raise your appetite but can't do well, why bother? ”

Huang Shi was so pale that he couldn't help but argue: "What the old lady said is reasonable, and the daughter-in-law thinks so too." However, they can't stand up to their family's dead face, and if they don't give it, they will be called snobbish, hypocritical, and help outsiders by sea car, but they don't help their own families, and they sell their reputation. Giving less is said to be stingy. Alas, anyway, our family has contributed money and efforts, but it is still not good. ”

"Alas, the emperor has several poor relatives, not to mention our family. These people can't hide, and they can't scold, so they have to help more in order to accumulate good for their descendants. But you can't leave them too seriously. The patriarch had to come forward and knock and knock it. Let them know that the silver in our big house did not fall from the sky. ”

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Sure enough, after a few days, Fang Jingtao called all the clansmen, and the oldest old man in the clan came forward to teach the second room family. The second old lady did not think about acting, but only blindly lying in the gentle township, not thinking of enterprising. He also reprimanded the second old lady for being unvirtuous, unwise, talented, and virtuous, which made the family dilapidated. He also scolded the younger generation for only looking for fun, blindly sitting and eating the sky, which is no different from rice worms. In the end, he reprimanded this family, faceless and skinless, only knowing how to blindly mess around, often going to the big house's house to fight the autumn breeze, you don't feel ashamed, I'm still ashamed. There is such a shameless person in the clan.

In the end, the patriarch made a speech, and then asked the big house to give 1,000 taels of silver, ordinary people, save some, and they will not worry about food for the rest of their lives. If you start a small business and buy some farm shops, you will definitely be able to worry about food and clothing in the future. But after taking the money, he is not allowed to go to the big house to play the autumn breeze in the future. If there is any disobedience, the silver will be immediately withdrawn and the Fang clan will be expelled.

In ancient times, it was the ritual clan that paid attention to it, and the clan power was very strong. Each family has its status according to the number of ancestral tablets. Once expelled, it is absolutely humiliating and makes people poke their backs. Although the second old lady was not happy, the 1,000 taels of silver was indeed not a small amount for them, and after careful calculation, it could be used for at least three or five years.

The second old lady's arithmetic is still good, although a thousand taels of silver looks like a lot, but in fact it doesn't take long. It's better to go to Dafang's house every ten days and a half months to ask for rice and grain, and it's practical.

It is estimated that the patriarch also knows the temper of the second old lady, and immediately said, if there is less silver, let's count the money owed before and see how much it is. For the sake of fairness, a thousand taels of silver will be refunded more and less compensated.

The second old lady panicked, their father and son usually like to gamble some small money, and borrowed money from relatives, if they really want to pay it back, this thousand taels of silver is not enough to fill, so they glared at the second old lady again, and hurriedly agreed, not daring to have any more room for beaks.

In the end, the patriarch admonished everyone in a crepe manner: "If you don't climb the mountain, you don't know the height of the sky; Not near the deep stream, I don't know the thickness of the ground. If you don't want to work hard, you don't want to make progress, and you don't know how hard it is to come by. Back then, Brother Tao and Brother Lan were brothers who were three more lights and five more chickens, and it took ten years of hard work to get today's achievements. But the black hair doesn't know how to study early, and the white head is still too late to study. Blindly fighting the autumn wind, without any shame, is really a disappointment to my heart and humiliating my family. Unforgivable. ”

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Ruqing is like a fish in water in the Fang family, the Fang family is talkative, lively and interesting, and informal, and there is no businessman's snobbery and snobbery, nor the intrigue in the big house, this is due to the fact that Mrs. Fang stood up as a person, a bowl of water was leveled, and she set an example and passed on the family with etiquette. Again, it was Fang Jingtao who did not take a concubine, except for his wife Huang, there was no girl who had sex with him. The inner house is peaceful, and the family is harmonious, especially the Huang family is pure, dignified and generous. The daughter-in-law Liu is also gentle and polite, treats people kindly, and respects her cousin like a guest, which is quite enviable. has been close for nearly ten years, and there is no half of the concubine room around the cousin. The children also get along happily. Feeling the warmth of this family, Ruqing hates the Fang family in the capital more and more, although the population is not large, in fact, she is careful everywhere, looking at people's eyes, how can the Fang family in Haining live freely.

"It would be nice if Daddy didn't take a concubine. There wouldn't be so many small gangs at home. Ruqing sighed secretly while sorting out the rewards given by the adults.

Linglong couldn't help but tease: "Look at what the girl said, if the master doesn't take a concubine, how can there be a girl?" ”

Ruqing smiled, "That's the same." But if there is no concubine at home, it will be too peaceful. But but, alas, everyone understands these simple truths, but why do you keep taking concubines? "Ruqing is talking about the second master, the second master is so old that his face is full of wrinkles, and he has accepted several wives and concubines, and I heard that he still has a beautiful little maid waiting beside him. For this reason, there was no shortage of other concubines tossing up a storm of jealousy.

The old lady was closing her eyes to recuperate, and she couldn't help but smile faintly when she heard the words, "I want to be happy again, and I don't have the ability to manage my family, so it's not unreasonable to fall like this." ”

Ruqing felt that the old lady's words were really to the point. "But, what about your own father?"

The old lady glared at her and scolded: "Okay, you little slippery head, you dare to arrange your own Lao Tzu's affairs, beware of me complaining to your Lao Tzu, and let him beat you to death all over the house with a ring ruler." ”

Ruqing grinned, "Before, I was really afraid that my father's bowl of water would be uneven and easy to cause trouble, but now that I think about it, I have to worry too much." ”

The old lady's eyes flashed and she asked, "Oh, what were you worried about?" ”

Ruqing was a little embarrassed, "To be honest, Daddy is indeed a little eccentric, and there are some places where he is not right. However, Aunt Zhang and the second sister finally didn't toss anything. Since the third brother married his third sister-in-law, he has become more and more stable and mature. Well, as for the wife, with grandma and daddy pressing, it's ---- not satisfactory. "What the Li family did made Ruqing really feel that whether a family is united, harmonious, and cohesive is really related to the housewife. The Li family loves to be clever, selfish and short-sighted, but fortunately, the old lady is pressing, and the two sisters-in-law are bright-eyed, united, and knowledgeable, so they are not disturbed by the Li family. If the Li family makes a little stalk from it, the He family and the Lin family will make trouble regardless of the overall situation, and then be provoked by Aunt Zhang left and right, it is estimated that the Li family and the two daughters-in-law will not be able to talk about it, and the whole family will be affected.

Ruqing never underestimates the power of women, a prosperous family, unity and friendship, there will definitely be a virtuous woman to support. If a family is torn apart and intrigued all day long, then it is also the woman who causes chaos.

Ruqing's modern cousin, who is very powerful, has been married for less than ten years, and gave birth to four sons in one go, which is very incredible in the era of family planning. Everyone made fun of her, and it would be great if her sons grew up and divided the family property. If your sons don't honor you in the future, you're doomed. Others will only be scolded for being old and immortal, and you will be scolded for being old and immortal four times.

Ruqing also felt that everyone's worries were very necessary. In modern times, when moral filial piety is gradually weakening, the concerns of relatives are not unreasonable.

But my cousin-in-law smiled and said: "As long as the daughter-in-law that my sons ask for in the future is virtuous, I will have a fall." What I'm afraid of is that the daughter-in-law who will beg me in the future will make a hindrance from it, and I will be miserable if I am carried to me with my son and buried. Then the cousin smiled and said, "So when you look for a daughter-in-law in the future, you must keep your eyes open and take a closer look." ”

Ruqing personally thinks that her cousin's words are also very reasonable. The daughter-in-law is virtuous, and the men are also well-behaved, and what they are afraid of is that the man who already has three points of bad intestines, once he is instigated by his daughter-in-law for a few words, he will have to become very bad intestines.

Therefore, Ruqing admires Fang Jinglan's vision very much, and the daughters-in-law she is looking for are all virtuous and shrewd. There is no discord between the concubines because of the mother-in-law who is out of tune. And once the concubine is not in harmony, the brothers will definitely not be in harmony. If the brothers don't get along, that family will be ruined.

Ruqing suddenly thought of something, and secretly asked Xia Lin's family, "Mother Xia, is the eldest aunt in our grandmother's picture, or is the eldest uncle in his own picture?" ”

The Xia Lin family stared at Ruqing for a long time, and suddenly scolded with a smile: "Alas, my little ancestor, these things can also be asked by one of your daughters' family?" Beware of tearing your mouth after letting the old lady know. ”

Ruqing shook Xia Lin's hand coquettishly and stretched her voice, "Mother Xia, just tell me." I just asked you secretly, and Mother Xia told me secretly. ”

Xia Linjia sighed, "Alas, I'm really convinced." It's simply unbearable to be spoiled. Then tell Ruqing that the Huang family is indeed the old lady herself. mainly took a fancy to Huang's meekness and virtuousness, and he was quite assertive. And the big Li family back then was Fang Jinglan's own photo, and then the old lady personally asked someone to ask for a kiss. Later, after the death of the big Li family, the little Li family entered the door, and it was the old lady who was the master.

Ruqing thought about Li's actions over the years, stuck out her tongue and smiled: "It turns out that grandma also has a time when she looks away, hehe----"

The Xia Lin family shook their heads, "You're wrong. Our old lady has no other skills, but she has a unique vision of looking at people. What kind of virtue does Xiao Li have, how can the old lady not know. However, at that time, after the death of the Da Li family, Aunt Zhang was bent on being corrected, and the lord also had this heart at that time. The old lady resolutely disagreed, so she thought about hiring her to enter the door, firstly, to suppress Aunt Zhang, and secondly, after all, Xiao Li is the in-law and aunt of several brothers and sisters, even if she is selfish, she will never do harm. It turns out that the old lady is indeed a step ahead. If the lord really ignores the opposition and cares for Aunt Zhang as the main room, the aunt and grandmother and the second master will not say that the master is guilty, and the lord will also be guilty. ”

Ruqing was shocked and hurriedly asked why?

Xia Lin's explanation: "I have a rule, a concubine is always a concubine, and she cannot be corrected, once she is a wife, she must be punished by the law." Again, the old man is an official in the court, he is not strict in governing the family, and his self-cultivation is not correct, but he has committed a big taboo. Even if you try to make the old man unhappy, you can't straighten Aunt Zhang. In fact, fortunately, the old lady was far-sighted and thought clearly. Otherwise, looking at what Aunt Zhang has done over the years, how can she be worthy of a housewife? I don't know what kind of flattering methods she used at the beginning, so that the old man didn't even care about the minimum rules. Speaking of Aunt Zhang, Mother Xia is also full of resentment and disdain.

Ruqing can imagine how majestic Aunt Zhang was after giving birth to Zhilian. But as soon as the Li family entered the door, Aunt Zhang's mother was so resentful, so she always had trouble with the Li family over the years, half of it was because she wanted to compete for favor, and the other half was because she was angry.

However, over the years, Ruqing has watched coldly and deeply felt that the ancestors did favor men, allowing men to take countless concubines and have countless children, but they were afraid that wives and concubines would fight each other, and children would fight and harm the family, so they set a set of concubines. gave the wife the supremacy in the inner house, and forced the concubines to abide by the rules and keep their eyebrows low. This set of methods is really effective, and for the rules of the people, it is all right. But once a man only relies on his own likes and dislikes, favors and beliefs, his wife has no skills, and the concubine is ambitious, then the family will be finished sooner or later.

It's a pity that men always can't see through this, and sometimes, even women can't see through this, otherwise there wouldn't be so many mothers-in-law, or fill in some blockages for their daughters-in-law, or really feel sorry for their sons, so they have to stuff some concubine rooms into their sons' houses. Then, the family fought back and forth, never stopping.

Ruqing couldn't help but think of Princess Jing, whether Li Xiao was forced by secular etiquette or fortune-telling proverbs to marry Ruyan, and Princess Jing had ten hundred reasons not to like her, so she changed the method to stuff her son's house into the room, carry the concubine room, and finally got two of her own nieces as side concubines, but it really added a blockage to Ruyan, but it was precisely because of her mother-in-law's improper standing that the partial concubine Liu was pampered and arrogant, and Pingkong gave birth to a delusional heart to help the concubine, harming the concubine's room, plus internal management problems, The ugly thing was poked out again, and people picked up a big joke to watch.

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