Chapter 20: The Way to Survive at Home
Wei Ziqing sat for a while, and was about to leave, before leaving, he took Wei Chengxuan's hand with a distressed face, kept sighing, and finally pursed his lips, and said decisively: "No, Xuan'er's matter, I will go to Guo Shi tomorrow and say, I must not go on like this again!" ”
Wei Ziqing's maidservant Ding Xiang disagreed: "Madam, when this matter spreads, others have to gossip." ”
Wei Chengxuan's matter belongs to the management of the Hou Mansion's back house, and it is indeed inappropriate for Wei Ziqing to intervene with a married girl.
Even if he hasn't married yet, due to etiquette, Wei Ziqing is not good at saying that Guo's housekeeper is not.
Wei Ziqing gritted his teeth and said, "The Guo family will be so arrogant, isn't it just bullying Xuan'er and Ziyi that there is no one in the mansion?" I'll let her know that they still have my eldest sister!
Don't worry, I will grasp this matter well, I will not tear my face with her, nor do I want to meddle in her housekeeping affairs, I just feel sorry for my brother, as the eldest sister, I will care about my brother's situation in the Hou Mansion. ”
Lilac is still not at ease, "Madame, it's better to go to Hou Ye, and Hou Ye will come forward, isn't it better?"
No matter what Hou Ye says, he is also Erlangjun's father, he usually neglects Erlangjun, and the lady speaks in person, and he will not care. ”
Wei Ziqing smiled and said, "If I let my father come forward, the Guo family will feel that I have fallen in front of my father in her face, and I will only hold more grudges against our sisters and brothers."
The entire Hou Mansion is in the hands of the Guo family, and his father is a big man, and he can manage it once, but he can't manage it for a lifetime. ”
Moreover, she didn't know about it yet, and her father didn't know about it.
Wei Ziqing took a shallow breath and said, "Don't worry, I have been fighting with Guo Shi openly and secretly for more than ten years, and I know her better." She cherishes feathers, no matter what she does in private, she will not let it affect her, and no one pays more attention to the Hou Mansion and her reputation than her.
Like the scale of the wedding and the dowry when I got married, it should be very shabby for a Hou Mansion, and it is a joke for people to know, and it is necessary to say that her stepmother is eccentric and does not pay attention to the children of the original match.
However, later, I heard that it was rumored outside that Yuan Jiazaburo had a backbone, although he married the eldest daughter of Nanping Houfu, he did not receive a penny from Houfu, and he deliberately kept a low profile when holding a wedding.
I thought it was strange at the time, but because it didn't have a bad effect on my husband, I didn't think about it, and then I thought about it, it must have been specially ordered by the Guo family to spread it outside, just to avoid people from grabbing her little tail and making irresponsible remarks! ”
The founding emperor of the Great Xia Dynasty was one of the generals who rebelled at the beginning, so after he ascended the throne, he was very jealous of the military generals, and he was very heavy on literature and light on military force.
Although this improved after the Great War fifteen years ago, the prevailing atmosphere in society was that "Zhu Zigui of the Manchu Dynasty was full of scholars".
This led to a kind of crazy attachment to the Jinshi who were admitted to the imperial examination, and Enke, which was held every three years, became a great opportunity for the magnates in Xiangyang City to pick the golden beetle son-in-law, commonly known as "catching the son-in-law under the list".
It's not enough to arrest them as their sons-in-law, but also to give them a large sum of money, to put it nicely, this is to fund their living expenses in Xiangyang City, in fact, everyone is like a mirror in their hearts, this is the money from selling their bodies, after all, many of the families who were admitted to the Jinshi are so poor that they are tinkling.
Although everyone thinks it's nothing because of their blind worship of readers. However, as long as there are some Jinshi who are not greedy for money, everyone will still give a thumbs up while being amazed.
It can only show that everyone still understands it very well in their hearts!
Wei Ziqing's husband Yuan Hongjie is the last Jinshi, according to Xin Yi, a certain time Wei Ziqing went out to buy something, just happened to be bumpered by Yuan Hongjie who went to Xiangyang City to catch the exam, Yuan Hongjie was shocked at the moment, and immediately went to the Hou Mansion to propose marriage, running faster than those dignitaries who went to catch their sons-in-law under the list.
And Yuan Hongjie did say when he proposed that he would not accept the money from the Hou Mansion, otherwise the Guo family would not be so happy to respond to this family business.
In fact, Yuan Hongjie's family is really poor, and he can't even get a decent dowry when he gets married, and because he once made a vow of "not marrying a wife", he was thirty or four when he came to propose, so after the family affair was settled, many ladies in Xiangyang City secretly ridiculed this family affair.
But people with a little insight will not think that this family business is not good, and they all say that don't bully the young man to be poor, who knows if this product will be the material for the marquis to worship the prime minister in the future? If he really has a bright future, why not be older?
Therefore, the words that Guo Shi asked people to pass on, except for the part of Wei Ziqing, actually stood up and were also appreciated, which is why Wei Ziqing didn't think about Guo at the beginning.
Wei Ziqing continued: "Ziyi...... When she married into the eldest princess's mansion, Guo must have calculated that she would not attract gossip when she purchased a dowry like this, so she would do so.
Besides, no matter how much the Guo family looks at our sisters and brothers unpleasantly, they still have to remember that my husband is now in the Hanlin Academy, although it is only a small editor, he is also doing things next to the official family.
So, you see, I'll tell her about Xuan'er, although she won't admit that she instructed it, and she will definitely pull a scapegoat out, but then Xuan'er's food should at least return to normal. ”
As he spoke, he smiled mockingly and said, "But it's impossible for her to do something extra for Xuan'er." ”
When Ding Xiang heard Wei Ziqing say this, she had no choice but to persuade her anymore.
In the end, Wei Ziqing left some silver, and instructed Wei Chengxuan's two maidservants to go out and buy something for Wei Chengxuan to replenish his body when he was free, and left.
The next day, Wei Ziqing really came to the Hou Mansion again, and after that, Wei Chengxuan's food finally returned to the regular standard of Langjun in Fuzhong, and even the monthly case of two taels of silver per month, which had been stopped for almost a year, was also sent.
Mo Xiaodie saw it in her eyes and couldn't help but secretly admire, only a woman like Wei Ziqing who is sober and knows the rules of the back house can survive in this complicated back house!
After Wei Chengxuan got the money, he immediately ran to Mo Xiaodie's room, patted his chest very heroically and said, "Second sister, you can't go out now, what do you want to eat, I'll buy it for you!" ”
Mo Xiaodie narrowed her eyes, and suddenly clenched her right fist and swung it at him, Wei Chengxuan's eyes widened, and he was quite sensitive to the left.
However, Mo Xiaodie was waiting for him to do this, and the moment he made the dodge move, he gave a left kick, and stopped abruptly when he was only a few centimeters away from Wei Chengxuan's body.
Wei Chengxuan was stunned for a long time before he reacted, looked at Mo Xiaodie, who was already standing with his legs folded, blinked, suddenly exploded, and said madly: "Second sister, why are you here again!" Am I your own brother? ”
The cicada clothes who were waiting on the side were also shocked back to their senses by Wei Chengxuan's voice, and they couldn't help but beat the ground desperately by the villain in their hearts.
Oh my God, why is the lady just now so good-looking! The movements are clean and neat, the eyebrows and eyes are resolute and cold, and she can see what is going on with her little heart!
The lady had never learned martial arts before, and she had only practiced for a few days and was so good-looking, and she really deserved to be the lady after the transformation that Xin Yi said!
Mo Xiaodie nodded, and said perfunctorily: "Of course you are my brother-in-law." That's right, you didn't even avoid my first move last week, and both your body and consciousness are a lot more sensitive. ”
As he spoke, he reached out and patted Wei Chengxuan's shoulder, pinched it, and raised his lips with satisfaction, "The muscles are also strong, and they are quite obedient, it seems that the training I assigned to you has been done well." ”
Wei Chengxuan shuddered, patted Mo Xiaodie's hand desperately, and said with a red face: "Sister, I said, don't touch me casually, I'm a Langjun!" ”
The reaction is so cute, it must be a boy, is it still a girl?
Mo Xiaodie looked at Wei Chengxuan's red face comparable to a tomato funny, didn't tease him anymore, suddenly his face sank, and he said, "Do you still know that you are a Langjun, and the eldest sister worked hard to help you get back the monthly silver, so you spent it indiscriminately?!" ”
Wei Chengxuan: "......"
Second sister, let's discuss, can you give some hints before changing your face next time? The little heart can't stand it. QAQ
Wei Chengxuan touched the back of his head and muttered in a low voice, "I'm not worried about the second sister yet......"
Mo Xiaodie was stunned, this kid wouldn't be the same as Wei Ziqing, thinking that she had been forcing a smile.
couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, thought about it, and said, "However, I really have something to ask you to buy." ”
Wei Chengxuan's eyes suddenly lit up.
Mo Xiaodie stretched out her fingers and began to count, "Hemp rope, thicker, hooks, wood, nails, hammers, ......"
Wei Chengxuan was a little dumbfounded when he heard this.
Mo Xiaodie looked at his sluggish expression, couldn't help but smile, and pondered, "Finally, let's buy you something to make tonight's snacks!" ”