Chapter 231: Your Family's Rules
Hei Dashuai thought for a long time before he said, "This is a long story. This eldest princess is eating and drinking in the courtyard of the Zhu family......"
Feng Jiao'er, the former princess of the Blue Wolf Country, ran away, and Hei Dashuai only learned the truth half a day later. It doesn't seem necessary to put it together with the red apricot, so it's better to wait and talk about it at the dinner table, because the wife Tao Dongjiao may ask again.
"What? General Gong is the master of the horse, which country's master of the horse? Hongxing felt even more wrong.
"Hmm. However, he is not the master of the Qing Dynasty. The black marshal nodded, "His concubine has no weight, and only the soldiers of the Blue Wolf Country who surrendered are recognized." β
"Ah, then his colt is in name only. The Blue Wolf Country was abolished by the Jingnan Army, why wasn't the general implicated? Hong Xing stood on tiptoe and pecked twice on the face of the black handsome.
Hei Dashuai gently scraped the bridge of Hongxing's nose with his fingers: "You have a sick brain, the general's wife is only called the eldest princess in private." The imperial court didn't know the specific situation, how could it punish General Gong? β
"Old man, I don't think the general has much culture, and he likes to go straight to everything. But it was very hidden, and it was almost a day since I came to my house, and I didn't say anything about what I was doing in Wuyou City. β
"Woe comes from the mouth, and this is true. Family affairs, national affairs, and world affairs, there are some things that cannot be said casually. The general's wife ran away, and the family suddenly lost its backbone, and it was uncomfortable for anyone to change it. Well, let's not talk about it. β
"Let's go, let's go to dinner......" Hong Xing held the arm of the black handsome, smiling, after a long absence, it is better to be newlywed.
"What's the best thing to eat tonight?" Hei Dashuai smiled.
"Braised large carp as the main dish, as well as stir-fried peanuts, stewed pork ribs, fragrant chili peppers, ......" said Hongxing.
"Is there anything else you don't have?" The black handsome looked directly at the face of the red apricot, as if looking for something.
"You'll find out when you get to the restaurant for dinner." Hongxing smiled slightly, "Don't you just like to eat my braised big carp?" β
"Hmm. As long as you cook, I like to eat it. "The black handsome coaxed the mother-in-law in a set.
"Old man, you're making me happy. Every time I go home, most of the time it's me who cooks the dishes, as long as I say I made it, why haven't I seen you praise me a few times? The red apricot pouted.
"Do I have one?" Hei Dashuai asked rhetorically.
"Obviously I burned the dish, as long as Tao said that it was the dish she cooked, you will be full of praise, love the house and Wu, and the dish I cooked will be put aside, and the chopsticks will not move, looking at your bird-like, I am disgusted!" The red apricot was puffing.
"Hongxing, it seems that I haven't been so excessive, right?" Hei Dashuai frowned.
"It's like this every time, and I still want to quibble. Ignore you. After Hong Xing finished speaking, she sent away the hand holding the arm of the black handsome.
"You don't have to worry so much, Winter Pepper's cooking skills are actually not as good as yours......" Hei Dashuai grinned.
"Then you will have to brag about Aunt Ben's craftsmanship in front of the guests." Hongxing was excited.
"The craftsmanship is good, the guests know it, and I don't need to rate you." Hei Dashuai said.
"Well, do you even say it?"
"I said, I said, it's all right."
"This is like my black handsome."
When the two arrived at the restaurant, several children and Gong Jichang, Xiao Taohong, and Tao Dongjiao were all sitting there. Tao Dongjiao couldn't help but be shocked when he saw Huang Qinggong and Hongxing coming in one after another: "Old man, aren't you in Sidu?" When did you come back? β
Xiao Taohong replied first: "Sister Tao, Brother Huang ...... him"
Seeing that he was about to get dressed, Gong Jichang hurriedly reached out and pinched the back of Xiao Taohong's hand and gave her a look, Xiao Taohong immediately understood Gong Jichang's intentions, so he didn't shake out the matter that Hei Dashuai had been back for a long time.
Tao Dongjiao was very smart, she noticed Gong Jichang's small movements, and knew that the two of them were deliberately hiding something, so she asked: "Little Taohong, what happened to you just now?" β
"Nothing...... I mean to say that Brother Huang, he came back so soon. The corners of Little Pink's mouth hooked.
"That's not right." Tao Dongjiao's words changed, "Why do I think that my guy seems to have been back for a long time." In the afternoon, when I was sleeping in the bedroom, there was a flower thief who sneaked in, and his figure was very similar to the black handsome......"
"Ah, is there such a thing? Why don't you shout for help? Gong Jichang pretended to be surprised.
"I shouted, the flower thief took a dagger and threatened me, so I didn't dare to ......" Tao Dongjiao stopped.
"Wife, did the flower thief rape you?" Hei Dashuai hurriedly ran to Tao Dongjiao's side, blew his nose, and sniffed Tao Dongjiao up and down like a hunting dog.
Tao Dongjiao frowned, and pushed away the black handsome: "You dead ghost!" I'm disgusting, if I get it by the flower thief, I'm embarrassed to say it in front of everyone? β
"Wife, I'm not worried about you being that yi
The thief arched the cabbage, wanting to verify it carefully......" Hei Dashuai sat down beside Tao Dongjiao.
"Arch your head!" Tao Dongjiao twisted the black handsome's leg fiercely, "Do you really want your wife to be arched cabbage?" β
"Ouch-" The black boss screamed in pain.
"Sister-in-law, we didn't find anyone suspicious outside. There are only two possibilities, either the flower thief has been hiding in the house for a long time, or the ghost presses the bed. Gong Jichang picked up the chopsticks and stood on the table.
"Ghost press?" Hongxing glanced at Tao Dongjiao, "Sister, you were pressed by the evil ghost?" β
"You've just been pressed by the ghost." Tao Dongjiao was very unhappy.
"Don't believe it, when I sleep alone, in a daze, I occasionally feel short of breath, as if someone is pressing on my body, I want to open my eyes, but I can't open them, the more I struggle, the more weak I become...... "Hong Xing smiled.
"Don't talk about it, eat first." Hei Dashuai picked up the cup, found that the cup was empty, and shouted, "Tao Dongjiao, go to the living room and get a few bottles of wine." β
"Don't go. I'm afraid of ghostsβ" Tao Dongjiao shook his head repeatedly.
"Sister-in-law, I'll go with you." Gong Jichang stood up.
"Okay." Tao Dongjiao, who had no way out, had no choice but to nod in agreement.
So, the two walked out of the dining room and onto the cloister. The suspicious Tao Dongjiao didn't dare to go ahead, so he grabbed Gong Jichang's hand tightly, and walked side by side, depressed: "Brother Jichang, why don't you let Hongxing go to get wine?" β
"Sister-in-law, Hei Dashuai is the male host, why am I embarrassed to let Hongxing go?" Gong Jichang took Tao Dongjiao's hand and said with a smile.
"You're all about bullying me!" Tao Dongjiao glared at Gong Jichang fiercely.
"Sister-in-law, you're too worried." Gong Jichang said.
"At home, I am the wife, and Hongxing is the concubine, so it stands to reason that she is the right one to get the wine." Tao Dongjiao was puffing.
"In my family, there is no distinction between a wife and a side room, and several wives are on an equal footing. Whoever is free will do things. Gong Jichang disagreed with Tao Dongjiao's idea of suppressing the concubine with a big wife.
"That's your house's rules, and they don't apply to me. Hongxing jumped from a maid to a concubine of the Huang family, and I am angry when I say it! Hmph-" Tao Dongjiao's nose snorted.
"Sister-in-law, the concubine is also a human being, not for summoning. There is no need for the family to be so clearly divided. In the Buddhist scriptures, it is said that all living beings are equal, and all living beings can become Buddhas. β
But there is another sentence, Buddha is destined for people. Whoever gets the status of the wife first will have more say in the family......"
"It's not easy for everyone to gather in one family, so why do you take your name so seriously and divide each other so clearly?"
"My lord, we women are different from you men. Whoever is the wife has a high status, who is the eldest in the family, and whose children can share more of the family property. Those concubines are all sold, just like commodities, bought and sold at will, and they can also give favors. Tao Dongjiao has a heartbeat.
"Sister-in-law, this argument of yours is already very old-fashioned. The women of a family will only prosper if they live in harmony. Take a step back and open the sky, and take a step forward to break the blood. β
"Don't talk about me, sir. I ask you, what are you going to do with Little Pink? β
"I don't know what to do, anyway, this matter is very tricky......" Gong Jichang responded.
In Gong Jichang's era, there were regulations for taking concubines, not if you wanted to take a concubine, you had to take a concubine, one had to have the consent of your parents, the second had to have the consent of your eldest wife, and the third had to perform the ceremony - to hold a simple wedding.
Most of the time, a man's concubinage is very strict. The first condition is that the wife must agree, and after the wife's pass, there is basically no big problem, because the average life expectancy of the ancients is very low, only thirty or forty years old, and when it comes to concubines, most of the parents have passed away.
The man first sends a small amount of property to the little wife's family (father-in-law's house), that is, "the capital of the concubine", not the dowry. Then, you can take a few people, a sedan chair in green clothes with a little wife, enter the house from the side door or corner door, do not worship heaven and earth, do not worship parents, only kowtow to the eldest wife, enter tea, even if the procedure is completed.
As they spoke, the two of them reached the outside of the living room. Tao Dongjiao pointed inside: "Heibu Longdong, you go ahead." β
"Okay." Gong Jichang jumped into the living room with an arrow step, walked to the cabinet where the wine was placed, picked up a few bottles of wine casually, hugged them in his arms, and ran out happily.
Tao Dongjiao couldn't help but be shocked when he saw that Gong Jichang had two bottles of "Louis XVI" red wine in his arms, although he was a little unhappy, but the guests took it out, and it was not good for Gong Jichang to take it back.
"Sister-in-law, the wine has been brought out. Look at it-" Gong Jichang smiled.
"Hmm." Tao Dongjiao carried "Louis XVI" and muttered in his heart, this wine is used by the old lady for decoration, a bottle is thirty or forty taels, and the old lady is distressed to drink! Look at this, I'll have to send you away tomorrow.