In the backyard of the Yue Wang's Mansion, Ma, who was chatting with the family members of the palace soldiers while doing work, heard that someone was looking for a man and hurriedly walked to the door.

This look, "Second sister-in-law? Aunt of the family, Lan Zhen? Quick, come in! ”

The rest of the family members of the palace guards, seeing that there were guests from the Lin family, said hello and went back to their respective homes. Ma hurriedly welcomed Li's mother and daughter and niece Lan Zhen into their small courtyard.

Li and Mrs. Li walked into the small courtyard with their legs raised, looking at each other as they walked.

It's also a yard to enter, it's not big, you can see the whole picture at a glance, and it's smaller than the yard you rent. But this courtyard doesn't need money to live in vain, and it's still an inner city, close to the imperial city.

My heart is sour.

This Lin Jingning didn't know what shit luck he had, and he was fished to this capital by a nobleman.

The entire Lin family is just a mausoleum household, life and death can not be up to themselves, rush to the town, have to report, and were interrogated by the Lingwei at the intersection for a long time. If the Li family hadn't seen that Lin Jingan had become a civilian, they would never have married the Li family to the Lin family.

I thought that there would be a Lin Jing'an in the Lin family, and the rest of the people would have to wait for death in the imperial tomb for generations, but I didn't expect to hook this Lin Jingning, and answer to King Yue, and he actually followed him into the capital to enjoy the blessings.

Li soured water as he poked into the house.

Ma Shi glanced at her and was silent.

This second sister-in-law is incompatible with them, thinking that she is superior, and when she returns to Ling Village during the New Year's holidays, her eyes are on the top of her head, and she refuses to stay at home for one more night, as if she has lost her identity.

Ma raised his voice outside the courtyard and shouted: "Dongxue, Xiaobao, home is here!" ”

When I listened closely, I heard the two children answering, and I heard the sound of hurried footsteps running towards the house. Ma hooked the corners of his mouth, and said to Lan Zhen with a smile: "Your cousin and cousin went to play next door, and they can't stay at home." ”

Mrs. Li looked at her granddaughter who was pursed and didn't speak, and saw that she looked like a lady, and she was proud in her heart, and it was not in vain that the family spent a lot of money to send her to learn the rules.

"Dongxue is also seven or eight years old, and now that she has entered Beijing again, the rules should be learned, this is not as small as our Tianshou."

Dong Xue was holding her brother's hand and stepping into the threshold, when she heard Mrs. Li saying that she had no rules, her little brows immediately wrinkled.

My cousin's grandmother, she just doesn't like it, she used to go to town with her grandparents and go to his shop to buy things, just like they went to ask for benefits. Look at the attitude of people. Hum.

Xiaobao's hands hurt from being pinched by her, and she raised her head and called softly: "Sister? ”

Dongxue looked down at Xiaobao, shook his little hand weakly, and led him into the yard, "Mother, we're back!" ”

Seeing the two children coming back, Ma hurriedly beckoned them to his side and asked them to call someone.

"Second aunt, grandmother of the Li family, second sister."

Lan Zhen smiled lightly at the two cousins, but she was quite unhappy in her heart.

The third uncle's family now lives in the backyard of the palace, and they can reach the palace by lifting their legs, but they came by themselves, from the outer city to the inner city, and sat in a donkey cart for more than an hour.

My cousin lives here, and there will be more opportunities to meet nobles in the future, with the third uncle here, I have to find a good marriage for her, but look at myself, although my father is also doing things for King Yue, I can't even see the face of King Yue, I want to marry into the high gate, and I have to come to talk to the third uncle and three aunts.

I was unhappy, but I was smiling on my face, and I laughed with my cousin.

"Hey, Dongxue and Xiaobao haven't seen each other for almost a year, they've grown so big! Look at it, just like the young lady and young master raised by the rich and noble people in the capital. ”

Mrs. Li was surprised by the changes in the two children, and her heart was sour.

The two grandsons who have spent a lot of effort to cultivate their own family have finally made them look like they were raised by a rich and noble family, but the two children who were raised cheaply in the nest of Huangling Mountain have become outstanding.

After listening to his mother's words, Li also glanced at the two children, and his heart was sour.

Looking at the Ma family again, she originally looked down on her and looked down on her identity as a mausoleum, but now she has only been in the backyard of the palace for a long time, and she has seen the appearance of a wife of a small official and a small official.

"I heard your second brother say that the third uncle entered the Yue Wangfu on an errand, I originally thought that you were going to enter the palace to be a slave for others, and I didn't want to live in such a small courtyard alone, I am happy for you in my heart."

Ma Shi listened to her awkwardly, and he looked down on her style from the past, but he stretched out his hand and didn't hit the smiling person.

also smiled and pulled up a homely ...... with her

"Whoever is a slave to others. I wanted to stay at home, but my parents wouldn't let me. said that Xiaobao had never seen his father since he was born, and asked me to take the child to the capital to take care of him. The cost of this capital is huge, and I don't dare to go out when I'm free. ”

Mrs. Li chimed in: "Not really. When our family entered Beijing, we didn't even dare to go out, and we had to spend money everywhere as soon as we went out, and we had to spend silver to buy water, and we had to spend ten cents and eight cents for a load of firewood, which was twice as expensive as our family. In autumn and winter, several loads are burned in a day. Tsk, but you're not like us. ”

"It's different, it's the same for everyone. Just now, the family members of the guards also reminded me to buy more charcoal, saying that it was very cold in the capital in winter. I'm thinking about buying some tomorrow, and I'm thinking that I'll have to spend a lot of money again, and the meat hurts. ”

Mrs. Li seemed to be a little stunned, "His third uncle is from King Yue, and you live here, isn't it from the palace that you eat?" ”

Ma Shi smiled: "No. There are a lot of family members who have become a family, and it is not enough for everyone to subsidize the gold and silver mountains. The child's father received a monthly fee, and the share was only his price. The family has to use his monthly money to buy big snacks and wear, and his own clothes, shoes and socks will be distributed in the house, but I and the children will have to go out to buy them. ”

Mrs. Li and Mrs. Li inquired about Lin Jingning's monthly money and made up for it with him.

"He's just an ordinary guard, how much money he can get, he can't support himself. There are a lot of expenses in Beijing, there are many colleagues, there are many social interactions, and it costs money to treat and give gifts. ”

Li's mother and daughter don't believe it, if Lin Jingning takes less, can Ma take his three children Baba with him? And send Hele to a private school?

"Didn't you say that King Yue valued him, and he was sent to the fief before, but now he can't be promoted to a commander when he is transferred back to Beijing?"

Ma laughed, "What kind of commander, don't say this, the people outside will make a joke when they hear it." King Yue was surrounded by forty guards sent by the imperial court, all of whom had official ranks, and received money from the household department. The government guard also has a small commander and a big commander, and my family was sent to Yuezhou to help take care of the land, where can he be a commander. ”

Yes? Just an ordinary royal guard?

How much does a guard get? It's a lot of one, two, two. thought that the prince valued him a lot, so Tete transferred him from the imperial tomb.

"Then you still send Hele to study? He Ze is just studying in the outer city, and he has to pay five taels a year, plus filial piety during the New Year, and he has to spend more than a dozen taels a year on pen, ink, paper, and inkstone. ”

"Hele, where can Hele compare with his cousin. He Ze has been studying since he was a child, and he went to the imperial examination, and my family was happy, so he didn't want to be blind. The Mongolian school sent is only two taels of silver a year. The money was also saved by the child's father from the errand fee, and he said that he would send it to read a year and recognize a few big characters. ”

When Li Shi heard this, he let out a sigh of relief.

The three sons of the Lin family, as far as her man is a citizen, He Ze has the opportunity to study and take the imperial examination. Grandma Heze looks forward to the child's interest in the future and changes the court, and subsidizes a lot every year. If Hele also takes the imperial examination, how many more will fall into the hands of Heze?

Lin Jingning is a military member, and his two sons will only be military households in the future. The corners of Li's mouth hooked.

But when you think about it, military households can also take the imperial examination!

She had heard before that the military family wanted to change their fate, and the only way was to take the imperial examination. Therefore, Ma took his two sons to Beijing and wanted to send them to study?

"It's expensive. Heze spends a dozen taels of silver a year, if in Tianshou Town, there are more than a dozen taels of silver, but it is not enough in the capital, just two or three hundred pens for writing, and it is just average, and the pen that falls off is taken to school, and the child is laughed at. ”

Mrs. Li seemed to hear what her daughter meant, and she also echoed on the side: "Not only pen and ink, but also the books are frighteningly expensive, a book costs one or two taels of silver at every turn, don't buy it, everyone else has it, and it doesn't look good if your own children don't have it." You can buy it, and your family will have to cut down on food and clothing, and eat bran vegetables. ”

The mother and daughter talked about how to spend money on reading, and Ma listened with a smile, echoing a few words from time to time.

"There are a lot of old books and books that are used in Heze, and there are books for Mengxue, so I can go to the house and take them when the time comes, so I can save some silver."

"That's good, his father just paid the monthly money, and I bought the winter business, the purse was empty, and the child was sent to study, and I couldn't call him back."

Ma thanked and thanked. Although his fourth aunt gave a lot of books for He Le's study, and he also gave a lot of ink, which was enough for him, but these could not be shown, let alone let Li's mother and daughter know.

Li's mother and daughter and Lan Zhen had lunch at home, and during the banquet, Lin Jingning knew that their mother-in-law and grandson were coming, and they also asked for leave to come back.

After eating, Mrs. Li pulled Lan Zhen and said to Lin Jingning: "This child is also the eldest nephew who grew up, and she is the eldest nephew's niece, and now she and Lu should discuss marriage, but where do we know anyone in Beijing, I am afraid that her marriage will be entrusted to you." ”

"Yes, third uncle, you are now on an errand in the palace, no better than your second brother walking the streets and alleys, Lan Zhen's marriage will be entrusted to you."

Lin Jingning responded without thinking.

He has two nieces, the identity of the eldest niece's mausoleum, and he can't choose, the second niece followed the second brother to become a citizen, and now he is on an errand in the palace, not to mention others, the palace guard is still two hundred, and there are more than half of the single guys, strong and powerful, and martial arts, and the monthly money is considerable, and the prince will never run out of food, and he can always pick a suitable one for Lan Zhen.

A full mouth should be lowered.

Li's mother and daughter were very happy, "Then let Lan Zhen live in your house, and let her aunt take her around the palace more during the day, and get to know more nobles, and her burden will be sent to our family after it is packed." ”

He couldn't stop telling Lan Zhen: "Help your aunt take care of your younger brothers and sisters at home, go to the front yard of the palace with your aunt more during the day, and get to know some nobles." ”

Lan Zhen hurriedly responded.

Lin Jingning was a little stunned, "Stay, stay?" ”

It took Ma a while to react, did she and his father understand wrong?

The child's father probably wanted to help Lan Zhen choose one of the guards or family members in the palace, and he didn't even dare to think about the guards, but the second sister-in-law and daughter wanted her to take Lan Zhen to the palace to make friends with nobles?

Want to get married?

"Second sister-in-law, we are just the family members of the guard, if we are not summoned, we will not be able to go to the front yard."

"I can't get there. You are also on an errand for King Yue, let people report to the front yard, or find that Cao Gonggong to spread the word, what banquet is in the house, or what flower banquet the princess is attending outside, bring our Lan Zhen over, whether it is a nephew or a maid, no need to take care of the princess, Lan Zhen has learned the rules for a few years, and she is no worse than others in talking to others. ”

"That's it, didn't the princess's little nephew be raised in our family for several years, no matter what our family says, we are kind to him, if it weren't for our family, where would the princess find Changzhi? Where can I meet the prince at the imperial tomb. ”

If the Li family hadn't adopted Changzhi and took in Changzhi's biological mother who was pregnant, where would the princess be rich and wealthy now.

It is said that the nephew is like an aunt, but the Li family thinks that the biological mother who grew up at the beginning is also quite similar to the princess.

However, after ten years, Li no longer has much impression of his biological mother, who had only met a few times back then.

"His third aunt, just let Lan Zhen live in your house, and live with Dongxue. Lan Zhen has a demure temperament, she won't make trouble with you, Lan Zhen's food will be brought over at home. ”

asked Li to say, if she hadn't come to Cao Cuo later and asked her to help introduce the princess, but Cao Cuo refused, why would she bother to ask Ma Shi and look at her face again.

"This ......"

Ma glanced at her husband and was a little embarrassed, "It's not something that can't be lived, although the family is not rich, she can't eat much as a girl, but we can't do anything about it when we go to the front yard to make friends with nobles." ”

Ma remembered Lin Zhaoxia's great kindness to her mother and son, this was another important matter related to the life of the family, and she didn't want people to spoil the current good life of the fourth sister-in-law and bring disaster to the family.

Lin Jingning was also embarrassed, "Since Lan Zhen is talking about marriage, it is not easy to show her face, so let's wait until we secretly find a suitable candidate, and then call the second brother and sister-in-law to see each other." ”

Lee disagreed.

It's not that she looks down on Ma and Lin Jingning's eyes, she doesn't have to think about it, she knows what kind of family Lin Jingning and his wife are looking for for Lan Zhen, and where can she look at those people.

"This kid has a big idea, and neither my father nor I can be her master. I have to let her find a good one. "Live or die to leave Lan Zhen behind.

Lan Zhen begged herself, begged and cried, Lin Jingning and Ma couldn't help it, so they had to watch the Li family and daughter leave Lan Zhen and go out.

The next day, Lin Zhaoxia knew the news.

At the beginning, the Li family came to the palace three or four times, and brought Lan Zhen back with him. Originally, she thought that this was also her second sister-in-law, and Lan Zhen was also her niece, it was not easy for women in this era, and marrying someone was like a second reincarnation. also hopes that Lan Zhen can marry a good family.

Unexpectedly, after seeing the Li family a few times, she kicked her nose more and more, and said back that she had grown up to be in the Lin family, for fear that she would forget the same.

not only brought Lan Zhen, but Mrs. Li also followed, treating the palace as her own home, and saying everywhere that she was a relative of the palace, and every time she came, she walked around the palace.

Later, Lin Zhaoxia ordered Cao Cuo not to see them.

Unexpectedly, her second sister-in-law found the third brother and third sister-in-law in a blink of an eye.

Let Jinxiu pass the word, "Tell the Lin family, during this time, I am busy preparing winter supplies, and there are many banquets in Beijing, so I will call her to speak when I am free next time." ”