Chapter 64: House Affairs
"You wish the family a family business for three hundred years, and you still come to ask me what can I give to other girls?" ”
Zhu Rong's eyes dimmed a little: "That's not mine either." ”
"If Grandpa Zhu can't pass on the family business to you, he will definitely die." Kaijiang spoke without scruples, "How can you recognize your ancestors and return to your ancestors, that's the matter of the grandfather and the old lady, your eldest lady also has an account in her heart, she doesn't like you, but she has no son, will she be called to the second and third rooms in the future to take the title, and she will end up being sent back to her parents' house?" And what was the situation of the Yang family at that time, who was the prince and who was the emperor ......"
"The more you talk, the more presumptuous you become." Zhu Rong stopped opening the frontier, "Don't stop talking." ”
Kaijiang said: "I'm serious, no one can predict what will happen in the future, don't be humble and have to give everything to Ping Jue, just the child's body and bones, you will only drag him down, it is better for you to support the sky and let him enjoy the cold." ”
These few words are pertinent, my younger brother is weak, and it is difficult to say whether he can live to adulthood, Zhu Rong has the heart to shelter him from the wind and rain, but it is just a family title, and it is not so easy to let him, the "adopted son", inherit it.
"I'll ask you." Kaijiang asked, "Do you want to inherit the title?" ”
Zhu Rong smiled bitterly: "To be honest, I haven't seriously thought about it, and I am just perfunctory to my father and old lady on weekdays." ”
Kaijiang said: "Then start thinking about it from now on, and don't forget to think about it carefully, what can you give to other girls." My third son, you are from two lists, the champion and the first, and one person in the school field is the best of the best, you can't allow others a future? ”
He lay down on his back again, and sighed: "It's good to be like me, it's not my turn to worry, our family has no title to inherit, and there is no three-hundred-year-old family property, and when my father and mother kick their feet, the family should be dispersed." ”
When the words fell, the maidservant girl outside passed the word, saying that the lady heard that the third son of the Zhu family was here and wanted to stay for dinner.
Hearing this, Kaijiang smiled bitterly at him: "My mother must lobby you and ask you to persuade me to marry and start a family quickly." He shouted outside, "Come, let's discuss important matters." ”
turned around and poked Zhu Rong's heart: "Give the girl an answer early, and people can leave their thoughts here for you." ”
At this moment, I wish the house, Fu Yi gave the sisters a silent book, made a couplet, the old lady sent snacks and fruits, and saw that there was still a little spring outside the house, so she gathered under the sun.
The girls talked about the arrival of the princess's mother and daughter yesterday, and the third sister praised: "Jizhou's water and soil are really nurturing, the county lord who came yesterday is really good-looking, I can't help but take a few more looks, if I say that my sister is a hibiscus, then the county lord is a peony." ”
Yunzhi smiled and asked his sister, "What am I?" ”
The third girl smiled evilly, pointed to the wall and said, "That trumpet flower climbing on the vine." ”
"Stinky girl!" Yunzhi jumped up and caught his sister to fight, and the three girls begged for mercy and made a mess.
Fu Yi said angrily: "Sit quietly for a while, the fifth sister is the most well-behaved." ”
I saw Huizhi snuggling up to Fuyi's side, and said softly: "The second sister loves to bully people, and the third sister is not forgiving in her mouth, so it is good for me and the fourth sister." ”
The fourth lady said: "Isn't it the fifth sister, the youngest is the most sensible, just yesterday's situation, I was so scared that I didn't dare to speak, or Hui'er was able to persuade the third aunt." ”
The three younger sisters at the bottom, but twelve or thirteen years old, are not much different, but when the sister knows that it hurts, and there is respect in the eyes of the sister, the girl of this family is really the lotus nursery, and the adults are fighting against the wall openly and secretly, and it has nothing to do with them.
The older Yunzhi, since the eldest sister got married, became the eldest daughter in the family, and loved her sister everywhere, and did not forget to tell the third and fourth girls at this moment: "Hui'er can persuade Auntie, she is a daughter, what can't be done, it's not that my sister wants to instigate you and the eldest aunt, but you must understand the importance in your hearts, don't worry about irrelevant things in the future, you are a young lady who is golden and jade, just enjoy and have fun at home, this day is falling, and it is not your turn to support." ”
Fuyi handed her tea: "Don't scare them. ”
The third girl said: "Sister Yan, we are not afraid, we have understood these words since childhood." ”
Fuyi is very pity, thinking that although his home is a small portal, it is also pure and simple, except for an old grandmother to consume, there is no other trouble, pity these flower-like girls in the courtyard of the deep house, there are also difficulties that ordinary people can't imagine.
As he spoke, he saw a thin boy standing in front of the courtyard gate, followed by his nurses and maids, carefully supporting the master to cross the threshold, and the three girls went over first and took her brother's hand: "At noon, grandma sent a message, asking him to take a nap and go shopping, Sister Yan, can you take Pingjue to play together." ”
The little boy was very weak, with a white face and white lips, thin as a withered tree, as if the wind was about to fall, so he got up and said, "It's better to go into the house and sit, it's windy here." ”
Ping Jue said weakly: "Sister Yan sit, I'll take a look and go back." ”
Yunzhi sighed and asked a few nurses: "What did the doctor say?" ”
The nurse responded: "It's been safe these days, but the foundation is weak, and it's warm and cold, so I don't dare to ask my son to go out, for fear of blowing the wind." ”
and said that in order for the fourth prince to take his younger brother out to ride a horse in private, he wanted to have a high fever in Pingjue, and his biological mother Aunt Liu made trouble in Xiyuan, but was ridiculed by the third lady for being weak and weak, unlike the children and grandchildren of the Zhu family, the two quarreled.
But that was all before Fuyi came, it is said that later the third lady led her son to Xinghua Hall to ask the eldest lady to leave, but the fourth son was fine, and Aunt Liu, who made trouble, was punished to kneel in the ancestral hall.
Fuyi heard Yunzhi mention that the two aunts in the big house don't come to do much on weekdays, but they often can't get along with the third lady, and they have even bumped into her mother a few times.
However, they also have an aunt in Dongyuan, and Yunzhi's mother is inconvenient to pull down her face and argue with the concubine, and when something happens, she often pushes her aunt out.
At this time, Ping Jue was going back, but he just entered the door and looked at the scene, and his subordinates were very timid and cautious, and it was inconvenient to talk much, but how could he feel that this child was damaged.
The third girl and Ping Jue were born to the same mother, she was healthy, lively, bright and cheerful, the younger brother of the compatriots, but she was sick since childhood.
Seeing her younger brother being hugged and leaving, she also learned to sigh at a young age: "If you put Pingjue next to your aunt to raise, maybe it will be better, these mothers-in-law, just cover it, don't feed him well and feed him medicine." ”
Fuyi and Yunzhi glanced at each other, both helpless.
Soon after, the girls dispersed, and the sisters walked all the way to the inner courtyard, Yunzhi casually folded the wicker and played with it in his hand, talking about the affairs of the family, and whistling the wicker when he was angry: "If my third brother is born to the eldest lady, the things in this family will be much simpler, and the eldest aunt will not be so bad." ”
Fu Yi asked her to be quiet, Yun Zhi said coldly: "Everyone doesn't say anything, Uncle Pingjue, a son, whose responsibility is it to develop this appearance?" Thinking about it this way, it is really not easy for my third brother, and he can't help his aunt do those things. ”
When Zhu Rong was mentioned, her heart was a little confused, but she couldn't always be like this, and even she had to look down on herself.
Coincidentally, as soon as I arrived outside the gate of the inner courtyard, I met a message from the front door, saying that Mrs. Shangshu was leaving for dinner, and the third prince was going to return later.
Yun Zhi joked: "Mrs. Mu hasn't come to the house for a few days, and the next time she comes to the door, you must not show up." ”
Fu Yi was puzzled: "Why?" ”
Yun Zhi looked up and down, and said enviously: "You have such a character, Mrs. Mu can pay it back when she sees it, do you want to be the young lady of Shangshu Mansion?" ”
Fu Yi was stunned for a moment, only to understand that Yun Zhi was making fun of her, glared and turned to enter the door, and Yun Zhi chased after her.
After having dinner with the old lady, mentioning the Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of War, the old grandmother smiled and said: "Mrs. Mu is a kind person, although she is troubled by the marriage of her children, but she is not a serious person, and when she sees the girl, she pulls it home?" ”
Yun Zhi smiled bitterly: "My second brother is fine, no one is urging and no one is in a hurry, my father and mother are there, if you can't pick a good one, you won't let go." ”
The old lady said: "What can you know as a child, just when your mother looks at the noble lady of the high family?" Your mother is also afraid of your sister-in-law, although she is the daughter of the prime minister's house, in the end she is the daughter of the concubine, your mother always has to find a suitable person with good character, looking forward to the future of harmony and harmony, right? ”
Yun Zhi heard this for the first time: "Really? ”
The old lady said: "So you are young, where do you understand the hard work of adults." ”
Yunzhi put down his chopsticks and said: "That's also because, I always see my sister-in-law asking my mother to punish and punish those who stand and kneel every day, this is not that, it's not that it's pitiful." ”
The old lady said to the two children: "In the future, when you go to your mother-in-law's house, you will have these troubles. ”
Yunzhi shook his head: "What to learn, learn from her to my mother's orders, my mother is louder, my sister-in-law will tremble." ”
The old lady laughed at her granddaughter and couldn't see through: "You're not your sister-in-law, do you really know what she thinks?" ”