On the third day of the first month of March, everyone in the Jiang family said goodbye to Mrs. Jiang and his wife and everyone and set off for the capital.

Because of the many underage children, the Miao family brought a lot of mothers-in-law, and each girl had at least two mothers-in-law who followed her inch by inch, plus four maid rings, which was enough anyway. The Miao family has not taken so many people out of the house in the past few decades, so it seems that there are hundreds of people in total. For the safety of the road, in addition to the housekeepers in the house, more than 20 people who are familiar with the local famous Quansheng Dart Bureau were hired to go on the road together, and the Quansheng Dart Bureau escorted the goods to the Jiang family all the year round, and the cooperation has been very good.

Since they would walk half of the waterway, the people of the Jiang family and the Miao family all greeted the Cao Gang and followed behind the Cao Gang's boat all the way, with a higher safety level. Miao made a rough calculation, and the total cost of everyone who entered Beijing this time was more than 3,000 taels. Not to mention others, even Miao Wuye was stunned for a long time when he saw this battle, his family has a simple population, which time he didn't travel lightly, and now he feels very shabby behind the Jiang family's team.

Miao Shunzhuang's daughter-in-law, Ye Shi, said to her husband: "I heard that this aunt is very wealthy, but I didn't expect it to be so public. ”

Miao Shunzhuang said at the moment: "Our family has only a large population, and the luggage is naturally simple. My aunt's family went to ten of them this time, and there were also girls who had not yet left the pavilion, and they had prepared generous gifts to celebrate their birthdays, so there were naturally more people. You don't have a lot to say. ”

Ye Shi said unhappily: "I know this aunt's status in your Miao family, how can she be bored with herself, just to talk to you, look at you!" Ignoring her husband, she closed her eyes and pretended to sleep.

Miao Shunzhuang was bored, so he got out of the carriage, and saw that the cousin of the Jiang family and Jiang Chizhong were both riding horses, and he was embarrassed to take the car, so he also found a horse and rode to catch up with the people in front of him, and started talking.

The group got up early in the morning and set off, and the real cages and other items had already been loaded into the ship in the middle of the night, and at this time, the wharf ten miles outside the city was nothing more than valuables and people. The Guangjiang family hired ten passenger ships and two cargo ships. Eight of them were inhabited by people and placed in boxes, two were guards and bodyguards, and the cargo ships were carriages, horses, and sedan chairs.

Miao Wuye only hired two boats, and his family had a small population, so he always hired a familiar local chariot and horse dealer when he went ashore. And Miao was worried that the carriage and horse dealer would not be able to make up the vehicles and horses of so many people by then, so he brought them himself.

A group of people drifted on the river for more than ten days and then went ashore, the family and others first chartered a clean inn to rest, the housekeeper and the river were unloaded, settled the goods in the middle of the night, arranged for the dart master to keep vigil and then went to rest.

The next morning, everyone got up early and was about to set off early, Miao saw that Jiang Hezhong yawned on the horse, so he called him over and settled: "I stayed up for half a night last night, and I will go out of the city for half a day today, and if you can't get out of the way, you will go to the carriage to recuperate, and get up again when you go out of the city." We're still halfway there, so don't be overwhelmed. ”

Jiang Hezhong said with a smile: "Where is it so squeamish, the mother is relieved, and the son is in good spirits." ”

Miao didn't allow it, and said, "Even if you are still young, your body can't be hard, go and rest." ”

Jiang Hezhong had no choice but to go to Yao's carriage and wanted to talk to Yao, but he didn't expect the child to fall asleep in the car because he got up early. He didn't want to speak loudly, but just said a few words to Yao, and fell asleep. Yao Shi looked at him asleep, his heart was very happy, thinking of Aunt Yu who stayed at home, and a trace of gloom flashed in her eyes. It's not that she doesn't want to believe in others, it's really that people's hearts can't withstand temptation and instigation. Out of the city, although a little unbearable, Yao still woke up Jianghezhong.

Yahuan handed over the handkerchief, wiped his face in the river and went out to ride a horse, and said: "I really fell asleep, you woke me up." She hadn't told Jiang Hezhong about her mother's family yet, but she had already wavered and decided to say it when she arrived in the capital. Since this man has married himself, he should be honest with himself, and he should be able to help him.

Jiang Yunling, who was in a carriage with Jiang Yunque, was very worried, even if he didn't want to deal with Jiang Yunque, who was usually better, he pretended to be very sleepy and pretended to sleep. Jiang Yunque went out for the first time, and he was so excited that he didn't realize that Jiang Yunling was pretending to be asleep.

Before leaving, the third aunt called Jiang Yunling over and told her a lot of means, Jiang Yunling was unwilling to listen to this, but the third aunt suddenly changed her face, and pulled her arm viciously to force her to listen, "You have to remember, I earned you a good life today." If it weren't for me, you still think you would be able to have such a life with that little ability? ”

Jiang Yunling argued: "All the girls of the Jiang family live like this, why can't I?" ”

The third aunt pouted and said, "I think it's beautiful!" Who in the world is not high and low, if I have not been competing for favor, without your brother's ability, do you think that lark girl will be so close to you? Do you think people will treat you as deferencing as a lark? ”

Jiang Yunling was not good at verbal disputes, so he had to remain silent. The third aunt doesn't care if she is persuaded or not, she only cares if she listens or not. "Teach you the means to use it depending on the situation, don't believe in any good sisters, who will take sisterhood to heart when you meet a good object! With Madame's knowledge, at most I will find you a merchant or a junior official in the middle school, what is the use of that, I don't know how many years it will take to get through! If you see a big official, you might as well use some means, and when the time comes, you will become a concubine of a big official, which will be good for yourself, your eldest brother, and my aunt and me! ”

Jiang Yunling said sullenly: "I don't want to be a concubine, Madame will find a suitable person for us." ”

"Stop dreaming! You honestly find a solid backer for me, and you can help your brother in the future, and when he masters the Jiang family's industry, you will also become a concubine of the official family at that time! ”

Jiang Yunling just bit her lower lip and said nothing, she thought that she was about to leave the Jiang family, and the third aunt couldn't control herself anymore, so it would be good to ask her brother for help when the time came......

"Oh, by the way, if you need help arranging something, just ask your brother for help, I've already explained this to him, he knows."

Jiang Yunling raised his head eagerly and asked, "Brother also knows about this?" Did he agree? ”

The third aunt sneered: "Nonsense! What can you accomplish alone? ”

Jiang Yunling stubbornly asked, "Brother also agreed?" ”

The third aunt said: "This is natural, something that is beneficial to him, how could he disagree, anyway, he didn't object." ”

This sentence knocked down Jiang Yunling, and she suddenly felt hopeless in life. Going on the road with such a heavy heart, her state can be known.

Jiang Yunyan listened to Miao's carriage tell him about the inside and outside of his grandmother's house.

"I haven't been back to the capital for more than 30 years, and at the beginning of the year, I decided to come back to live for half a year, so I asked someone to bring a message to your uncle, saying that he would expand my house, the yard doesn't have to be too much, the key is that the garden should be bigger. You girls have been in Jiangnan for a long time, and I'm afraid you don't like the narrowness of the capital. You don't know, if our yard moves to the capital, I'm afraid that only the palace can have such a big place, and ordinary people can't have such a big yard, and even if there is, they will build a house. The same is true of my mother's several dowry houses, and our residence this time is only five into two rows, and only four into a small courtyard the size of a palm, which is the back garden. Fortunately, there are three attics in the fourth entrance, which is just for the three sisters to live in, and behind it is the maid's residence, which is built in a crowded place, and it is not considered to be one entry. Our family is really large and relaxed, so I have to ask your uncle to buy a three-entry house next to it and transform it into a stable, a storeroom, a garden, and a manservant's residence. On weekdays, you can enter and play when there are no guests, but if there are guests, you can only be in your own yard. ”

Jiang Yunyan asked: "Mother, is the land in the capital really so scarce?" ”

Miao said with a smile: "That is, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, how many officials and generals are not in Beijing all year round, but there are mansions in Beijing, there are countless princes and ministers, and there are even more businessmen and students, where can you not squeeze it!" ”

Jiang Yunyan said: "It's still thanks to my mother, otherwise where would we be able to enter Beijing and live so spacious!" ”

Miao smiled: "Thank you grandfather, he gave it all!" Mother and daughter burst into laughter. After thinking about it, Miao said to Jiang Yunyan: "There is another purpose for entering Beijing this time, which is to find your two sisters-in-law's family, although you are young, you are already married, so you don't have to be careful, rest assured to play!" As long as it's not rude, you don't have to worry about what the ladies think. ”

Jiang Yunyan happily agreed, and for the first time, he felt that it was not a bad thing to get married.

Miao also remembered what Jiang Hezhong said to himself before he came to leave, and he was a little annoyed and worried in his heart.

After advancing for two days, Jiang Hezhong suddenly told Miao that he seemed to have met Cao Gongzi. Miao was stunned for a moment before remembering this Cao Gongzi. asked if Cao Gongzi was walking alone, so he asked Jianghezhong to invite him to walk with him and gave him a horse.

Cao Gongzi thanked him very happily and turned over on the horse.

Miao looked at it and nodded secretly: not pretentious, not sour, can ride a horse, not weak, well, not bad. After seeing this Cao Gongzi with his own eyes, Miao's mind about matching Yunping and Dr. Kang has also faded a lot, no wonder Yunping has a good impression, and even he is optimistic about such a scholar. Alas, how to look at fate in the future!

Jiang Tong left his parents for the first time, and was a little restrained in a carriage with two uncles who were about the same age. Jiang Xingzhong is a dull person, just reading a book on the side, Jiang Liuzhong is the same age as Jiang Liuzhong, although the two of them are different, they still play together quickly, looking at the outside and muttering.

Jiang Hezhong knew that Cao Gongzi's identity was not only the benefactor of the eldest sister, but also the candidate for the future eldest brother-in-law, so he enthusiastically talked to Cao Gongzi, which was very affectionate.

Anyway, just half of the way here, an incident happened in the Jiang family, there was a girl in Jiang Haizhong's room who took advantage of Qiao's small day to come and Jiang Haizhong happened to be drunk and stayed in the outer study, dressed up to serve, and was kicked out by Jiang Haizhong.

It turned out that when the Miao family was there, Wang's mother was very strict, and at that time, Qiao's was not as busy as it is now, even if Jiang Haizhong was drunk, he would go back to Qiao's place to rest, and Qiao's small days were no exception. But now that the Miao family is gone, Wang's mother is no longer in front of her, Qiao's has a lot of things to do during the day, Jiang Haizhong is afraid that it will affect her rest, so she took the initiative to rest in the study, but she was attentive to the girl who had the heart to climb the high branches. This girl was originally bought after the homeless incident, because she moved the yard and was specially divided, she was really not as stable as the old man, and she envied the Jiang family that even her children and aunts wore gold and silver, so she thought about it.

Who knew that Jiang Haizhong had already made up his mind not to take concubines anymore, and for a while he cried for his father and begged for mercy, Qiao's was woken up and heard that such a thing was naturally unhappy, but he was a little soft-hearted when he saw her miserable appearance. Jiang Haizhong was directly handed over to Yang's mother to deal with, he knew his wife's temperament, and he would definitely be deceived by this girl's tears. Thinking of the little guy who let this girl into the study, he was also angry, and he went outside to find the little guy and asked someone to beat the board and go to the kitchen to chop wood.

Mother Yang listened to his disposition, and immediately had a grasp, and played twenty boards and waited for the dawn to be sold. All of a sudden, the thoughts in the courtyard were resting. Glory and wealth are naturally good, but you also have to have a life to enjoy it.

Mother Yang persuaded Qiao earnestly and earnestly: "It's rare that the uncle is a good person, and he doesn't spend his heart on you, so you can't push him out!" A man is also a good face, he protects you like this, you must also understand his heart, don't chill the uncle's heart for the reputation of generosity and virtue! ”

Qiao Shi thought that he didn't take the opportunity to accept the girl, and his heart was sweet, and he listened to Yang's mother's words a little. So he welcomed Jiang Haizhong to rest in the main room every day, and didn't mention letting him go to Yurou.

To say that the first person who knew Jiang Hai's central thoughts was Yurou, since Pin Xue was sent away, she completely understood her status, and the uncle was not interested in them at all. She didn't know what the attitude of the uncle was in Pinxue, anyway, in her place, the uncle didn't always let her sleep, usually just served to wash and sleep. To be honest, she didn't want to waste her time like this, but her family was still waiting for her to help one by one, and if she was thrown back, I was afraid that she would be given to others as concubines by her family immediately. Although she is just a concubine in the Jiang family, it is better than other people's concubines, at least the life of the mistress's kindness and generosity is not sad. Stay honestly, and when you are old and decrepit, your family will not make up your mind, maybe the housewife will give herself a peaceful old age for the sake of keeping her duty.

So when Jiang Haizhong sent her mother-in-law to let her choose her own way out because of that girl, she asked to see her uncle. Jiang Haizhong thought that she was also her own woman after all, so she passed, but her expression was faint, and she was ready to raise her feet and leave if she was going to cry.

Although Yurou is weak but smart, she knows that tears are useless, so she kowtowed respectfully on the ground, and said: "Uncle, Yurou knows the uncle's intention to maintain the grandmother, and she never dares to overstep the rules, I just ask the uncle to allow Yurou to retire here for the sake of Yurou's honest duty!" ”

Jiang Haizhong frowned and looked at the woman in front of him, remembering that she was only twenty years old, so why did she talk about pension.

"You are only twenty, I still have a lot of youth when you leave the Jiang family, I will give you some silver enough to support your old age, don't worry, find a day to leave, you can take anything in this house with you."

Yurou shook her head: "Uncle, it's not that Yurou doesn't know the shame and has to stay by the uncle's side to make a room, it's really that Yurou has nowhere else to go." The parents at home have too many children to support, and Yurou's silver will not be left behind, and it will be sold by the family again. At that time, can Yurou get any good home? Yurou really won't compete for favor and won't hinder the uncle, I just hope that the uncle will give Yurou this identity, and the monthly silver can be handed over to the family, and he won't fight Yurou's idea again. Ask the uncle to be fulfilled! ”

Jiang Haizhong thought about it for a while and agreed. said: "Well, you are a rare person to understand. I don't embarrass you, just try not to appear in front of grandma in the future. As for your family, I will ask my grandmother to secretly give you some silver, and you also need to plan for yourself, if you want to leave one day, you can come to me. ”

Yurou nodded in response, thanked Jiang Haizhong, and kowtowed again. When Jiang Haizhong walked away, he raised his head and took a deep breath. Life is only a few decades, so let's get by!

Jiang Yunyan also fell asleep, Miao asked the carriage to stop, called her accompanying mother and Yahuan to come in to serve, and she and Wang's mother changed carriages to sit.

"What do you think of what the river said?"

Mother Wang said: "The second master will not tell lies, this matter depends on what the second lady thinks and does." ”

Miao nodded: "If she listens to the woman, then find her a landlord's house in a remote area, if not...... For her sake, she also has to find a good in-law for her, as for the third aunt...... The Jiang family has its own family temple to accommodate her. ”

Mother Wang said expressionlessly: "Madame is merciful. ”

Miao closed his eyes and thought: If it weren't for her deep-rooted unwillingness to hurt people's lives, there was really no need for this third aunt to stay. Shaking his head, he was just a passer-by in this era, trying his best to make up for the debts of the Miao family in the past, and as for the accountability...... I'm not good at it, so forget it!

After agreeing on some details with Wang's mother, Miao smiled and said, "You haven't been back to Beijing for many years with me, what old lovers do you want to meet when you come back this time?" ”

Mother Wang almost choked to death in one breath!! glared at Miao fiercely and got out of the car.

Shuangxi watched silently from the sidelines, what Mrs. said could really be said to be unruly, but this kind of playful tone such an intimate relationship can only be shown to Mother Wang. Although the topic is terrifying, the attitude is enviable!

Miao asked Shuangxi again if he had thought of a name, and Shuangxi wanted to say no, but thinking of Miao's casualness towards Wang's mother, he decided to tell the truth, so he blushed and said: "I thought of a name, I don't know if it's appropriate." ”

"Oh? Let's hear it. ”

"Poetry"

"Poetry?" Miao pondered, this is a name related to Feng Yasong, but ...... "This name is a little inappropriate, do you think about it?" ”

Double Happiness reads: "Poetry...... Poetry...... Senior brother? ”

Miao smiled and said, "Exactly. ”

Shuangxi lowered his eyebrows, looking very depressed.

Miao comforted her and said, "Think again!" There's still time anyway. And you don't have to think about anything to do with the three of them, you're you. ”

Shuangxi looked at Miao and was very shocked, maybe his own pattern was still too small. Madame's vision and mind are not comparable to herself, if you want to become Madame's right and left hand in the future, you must learn to change yourself from now on!

Miao thought that the most painful granddaughter of the Wang family was called Ruoshi, and her maid ring must not touch the edge of the poem. I don't know what Shuangxi's girl is anxious about, such an important thing has been ignored.

A few days later, Shuangxi said that he thought of a name again, saying that he had not thought about it a few days ago and almost offended Miss Tang, and now he wants to be called Zhihua. Miao thought about it for a long time, but always felt that it was still a little familiar, and asked Wang's mother, only to know that the eldest girl of the third brother's family was called Zhihua.

This time Shuangxi completely surrendered and let the Miao family give the name.

Miao asked, "Isn't it good to call it double happiness?" ”

Double Happiness shook his head: "It's not, it's just that when I was a child, I often had sister jokes, saying that whoever I marry in the future will earn it, and Double Happiness is coming......"

Miao laughed, looked at Shuangxi's flushed face, and said seriously: "Do it yourself well, one day no one will dare to call you by your name, let alone laugh at you!" ”

Double Happiness only then knew what kind of master he was with! I was still too naïve, thinking that I could keep up with the footsteps of my master by adjusting my mentality, but now it seems that it is still too far away, too far!