Chapter 267: A Life of Envy
Recommending Su Hongtu to participate in the scientific examination and maintaining Su Hongtu's reputation is a bargaining chip in the hands of the Li family.
In this way, the family affairs between the Li family and the Su family have no political support, and the only role left is only to maintain the bad reputation of Su Hongtu and Miss Li's love for "skin and skin", therefore, no matter what, the wedding will continue as usual, but the primary and secondary relationship has changed imperceptibly.
Miss Li originally had the merit of recommendation, so she could be high, but now she has lost the opportunity and is angry that she pinched her mother-in-law; Miss Li's mother embarrassed Su's mother in front of the whole village, and said some eyelid threatening words;
You don't have to think about it, you can predict it, even if she marries into the Su family, Miss Li's situation will not be much better, the arrogance that just ran through the rainbow was like a waterfall, and she poured out a lot, just staring at the bright moon with resentment, eager to eat its flesh and sleep its skin.
The more unhappy she was, the happier Mingyue became, and sneered at each other: "The Xipa was all lifted by Miss Li herself, don't you want to let the wedding be abandoned halfway?" ”
A word woke up the person in the dream, Miss Li's mind turned a thousand times, she married Su Hongtu is already a second wife, if she is withdrawn again, I am afraid that no matter how deep her scheming is, she will be calculated, and she will be looked down upon by her mother-in-law, and she will be regarded as a quagmire, which can explain everything from Su's mother's inconsistent attitude.
Miss Li's face softened, and she turned her face to Su Mu Yingying and bowed to Shi Shi and said: "Mother, it was the daughter-in-law who misunderstood, since it was not used by the mandarin duck, it is good that the daughter-in-law continues to use it, it is the daughter-in-law who has exceeded the rules, and she will definitely obey the words of her mother-in-law in the future, serve the good husband, let the husband participate in the spring department safely, and win the lifting of people in one fell swoop, and the road capital will be out of the daughter-in-law's dowry." ”
Su's mother's eyes lit up a lot, and marrying the Li family, being coerced by the Li family was a reason, and it was also an important reason to take a fancy to the Li family's scholarly family and well-off family.
Although it is spring, most of the students in the country will rush to the capital in the autumn, that is to say, they will stay in the capital for more than half a year, if it were not for the Su family's poor life, the current Su Hongtu should be on the way to the capital.
When you arrive in the capital, find a clean place, you must first visit the literary masters in the capital, talk about editorials, and understand what the king likes, which can be regarded as "grinding guns in battle, not happy and light", temporarily making up for political classes, when writing articles, you will know what the emperor taboos, what you are willing to listen to, if the calligraphy and writing are exquisite, and the emperor favors, it is very likely that the champion will explore the flowers.
Even if you can't get the champion to explore the flowers, it is also the best policy to make friends with some powerful people during the period in Beijing, it is best to vote under a certain magnate, say it well, call for advice, and say it ugly, that is, stand in line in advance to be filial, accompany people to drink a little wine at night, listen to a little song, make a joke, and meet a girl.
If it is a wooden one, that is, it has not entered the eyes of the emperor, and it has not entered the eyes of the powerful, but the article is above the average, and he has become a low-class jinshi, and it is not impossible to do anything, that is, he has made silver for the officials of the ministry, and there are very few opportunities to stay in the capital, even if he can't stay in the capital, which county and which county he is sent to as an official, whether he is rich or poor, big or small, which prince's territory, or which gang's station, there are many doorways in this, and those who share well will be rich and noble all their lives; If you don't get a good score, you may die overnight, and you don't know how you died.
And all of this requires silver, such as silver for reading a literary university, silver for taking refuge in the powerful, and silver for sending envoys.
Su Mu's whole mind was how to raise money, her temples were white, and she really couldn't, so she came up with the idea of marrying Mingyue, one was to let Jiang Li, who was still the daughter-in-law of the Jiang family, retreat, and the other was to take out the entanglement to go to Beijing from Mingyue's hand and ask the official family to recommend the generous gift.
No matter how shrewd Su's mother is, she can't calculate but have a heart, Miss Li, and she doesn't have the ruthlessness to break the axe and sink the boat, as soon as she heard that Su's mother wanted to fight Mingyue's idea, she simply didn't do anything and lied to Su Hongtu to go to Mr. Li's academy, saying that it was to help him introduce recommenders.
Su Hongtu, a stupid melon, heard that the future was promising, and went to Mr. Li's study excitedly that night, in the black light and blind fire, he "bumped into" Miss Li in the bath, Miss Li ran out of the bath in a panic, and as soon as her feet slipped, she crashed into Su Hongtu's arms, and the two rolled together, becoming "skin kisses".
Seeing that Miss Li not only softened her attitude, but was even ready to dig out the coiling, Su's mother's spirit quickly returned, and her short body, which was less than 1.5 meters, quickly held her head high, and made a momentum of 1.8 meters tall, and said to Miss Li, who was still giving gifts: "In the future, you must respect the rules of the Su family, and don't disobey your elders and husband again." ”
Pretending to be clever has always been Li Lucha's strength, and sure enough, she nodded quite obediently, but in the slanted light of her eyes, she stared at the bright moon resentfully, and it only disappeared in a flash.
Seeing that the wedding could be held as scheduled, Mingyue felt bored, so she hurried back to her home, and lived a life where she didn't go out of the door and didn't step out of the door.
There is a way that the tree wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop, Mingyue wants to make a baby, but some people don't want to, the door was slammed, Chen Xiaoshan went to open the door, and let him enter the house directly, this person is not a bystander, but Song Jiaojiao, who has a big belly.
Song Jiaojiao looked angry, sat on Mingyue's side, and didn't speak for a long time.
Mingyue had no choice but to sit up, and teased while getting dressed and getting up: "Who made you angry like this? When a pregnant woman is angry, it will infect the baby in the belly, your mouth is so pouting that you can hang a wine jar, you don't want the baby in your belly to be born with a smile after birth, but a natural bitter gourd face, right? ”
"Does it really make a difference? You didn't lie to me? Song Jiaojiao believed it, her eyes were full of doubt, but her hand covered her mouth honestly and tightly.
When he took his hand down, his mouth had already pulled an upward arc;
felt that there was a kind of weirdness that didn't smile, so it changed into a smile that showed eight teeth;
I felt that I couldn't smile happily, so I smiled again, but the "haha-haha" was intermittent and hypocritical;
So in the end, he laughed as if he didn't change his breath, and he stopped laughing until he couldn't breathe......
In the end, the laughter finally stopped, Song Jiaojiao hurriedly put away her smile, and asked with a solemn and nervous face: "The baby has been in my belly for six or seven months, is it too late to change now?" You won't be born like a pouting mule, will you? ”
Mingyue couldn't help but be surprised, the ancients didn't deceive me, they were so simple and cute, she glanced at Song Jiaojiao and said: "Little aunt, how can a mother describe her baby with a pouting mule, my little cousin will be an iceberg-like handsome brother in the future, become a national husband, and fascinate a little fan girl......"
Song Jiaojiao's face changed, and the hand that was originally covering her mouth that was numb with laughter turned to cover Mingyue's mouth, and said with a look of disgust: "My baby has a bitter gourd face, and he must not be a father-in-law, swallow the words back......"
Mingyue realized that due to "cultural differences", Song Jiaojiao misread the meaning of "national husband", and said with guilt: "Little aunt, I didn't mean to, the national husband in my mouth is the husband that girls dream of, not the meaning of 'eunuch' as you think." ”
Song Jiaojiao's face softened, and she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I didn't blame you, I was just afraid." I'm afraid that my baby will be the same as his uncle, and he won't see each other in this life. ”
After listening to Song Jiaojiao's eloquent words, Mingyue knew why Song Jiaojiao "saw a lot of knowledge" and knew that there was a special group of "fathers-in-law" in the palace, you must know that there are few people in this village who know at all, and even if they do, few will discuss it in private.
Although Song Jiaojiao's uncle's family is a farmer, hardworking and capable, everyone envies her, and her second son married his daughter-in-law five years ago and built a big mansion with blue bricks; Last year, the old couple moved to the town and built a house, which is the pinnacle that many farmers can't reach after a lifetime of hard work.
From the beginning of the year to the end of the year, farmers have a hard time, it is rare to have sweetness, and they run around for a bite of food all year round, how can they save some of these silver?
It turned out that all this was exchanged for the happiness of the eldest son, Song Jiaojiao's lobby brother was named Song Bailian, and he entered the Forbidden City where the emperor lived; What he did was to serve the father-in-law who ate and lived in the Lord.
Four years ago, he came back once, and he heard that he mixed well in the Forbidden City, and he was very appreciated by the manager.
Before leaving, Song Bailian left some silver for his family and told his father and mother that he would never come out in the future and would not be able to come back.
At that time, Song Jiaojiao was only eleven or twelve years old, and she hadn't fully understood Brother Lobby's words, so she chased over and gave Song Bailian a hot egg, and asked: "Brother Lobby, don't hate Uncle and Auntie, the family is so poor that they can't sell you, and they will have to come back if they have a chance in the future." You see, this is my hen, I just opened today and laid eggs, I heard that you are back, and I specially gave you a gift, which has grown smaller, and when you come back in the future, not only will the eggs become bigger, but also will lay much more. ”
Touching the lukewarm egg in his hand, Song Bailian looked stunned, and said to Song Jiaojiao for a long time: "Jiaojiao, I envy you so much, although the family is poor and the parents are lazy, you don't have to worry about being sold at any time." If you have children in the future, you must keep it in mind, and do not sell your own flesh and blood until you have no choice, if you are bound to sell, selling your son as a son is the best choice, selling your son as a slave is the middle choice, selling your son as a public servant, and in the next life, father and son can only be enemies. ”
At that time, Song Jiaojiao was ignorant, she didn't know what the Forbidden City was or what her father-in-law was, and she only clearly remembered that Song Bailian's eyes were terrifying, like a caterpillar crawling in Song Jiaojiao's heart, always lingering.
Many years later, Song Jiaojiao knew what Song Bailian envied of herself, her family was much poorer than her uncle's family, but her parents never sold themselves and her brother, even if they stole or cheated, they never wavered, so even if they were muddy, Song Jiaojiao was unwilling to give up on them, just because they let someone else envy their own life.