Shen Shi instructed, "There should also be a nest of cornmeal, should you add dates?" ”

Yan Mingqiao almost forgot about this, "Yes!" ”

With dates, it is sweeter and tastier.

Lunch had to be prepared for a while, Yan Mingqiao pinched Shen's shoulder, and then was sent by Shen to look at the account book, the two daughters-in-law are worry-free people, let them do whatever they want, but as far as housekeepers are concerned, people who are almost twenty years old are not as good as Yan Mingqiao, a thirteen-year-old.

Yan Mingqiao reads the account book quickly, Xu Jingshu and Zhang Xinyuan can't compare to her.

Zhang Xinyuan is a well-spoken character, in Shen's opinion, these two daughters-in-law are all carefully chosen by her, the eldest daughter-in-law is soft and kind, treats her younger brothers and sisters well, Yan Mingxuan can hold it down.

And although Ming Ye has grown a lot, he has been protected by Ming Xuan since he was a child, and occasionally jumps out of the way, he needs a daughter-in-law with a pungent temperament, and he can also persuade him at critical moments.

Shocking point.

Zhang Xinyuan's temperament is spicy, but she doesn't think so about her family, originally Chengjue has nothing to do with the second room, why should she look for her mother-in-law's unhappiness.

Her favorite is her sister-in-law, whose sister-in-law still gives her brother money to spend, hundreds of taels of silver every month, just like not money.

Yan Mingye also loves Mingqiao a lot, the sister-in-law is not bad, and the relationship between the brothers is good, so she can't find it to be happy before she works against the family.

Zhang Xinyuan saved all the money, and even some of the things she didn't enter the door, kept them for the couple to live in the future.

She didn't think about keeping it all, and when Yan Mingqiao got out of the dowry in the future, because it was all given to her, what was she doing back and forth, she just had to be good to her sister-in-law, and she just had something to think about.

As for the housekeeper's affairs, Zhang Xinyuan didn't care about it, when the family was divided, she and Yan Mingye would also have to go out of the house to live another way, what was the use of the housekeeper, it was still the property of the Guogong Mansion, and nothing could be taken away.

So in the two months of getting married, most of them were eating, drinking, and enjoying happiness.

The grandchildren have been filial piety for a year, and they are not in a hurry to have children, anyway, Zhang Xinyuan feels that she is marrying well.

Moreover, she can also bluff Yan Mingye, whether it is reading or something else, Yan Mingye listens to her, and this is enough.

The Shen family married two daughters-in-law, and the four sons were still young, but they were not in a hurry, and the only one who was worried was Yan Mingze.

Hurry up and settle the marriage, and save yourself from worrying about it.

After lunch, Yan Mingqiao went back to Buckwheat Anxuan to take a nap, and after waking up, the snow stopped and the sun came out.

The small road in front of the court is clean, and the flowers and plants are shaking in the cold wind, as if waiting for the spring to warm up.

Yan Mingqiao forgot that she didn't ask her mother about giving this month just now, it was just the beginning of the month, but it was cold, so she could take more silver and let the poor people buy some charcoal.

If these things are instructed, they will be able to do it, and they don't have to stand in the past to distribute rice and noodles with their own hands.

In the evening, Yan Mingye and Yan Mingze came back from the academy.

Yan Mingye has already married, and it is not good to live in the academy all the time, so he runs home every day, although there is a delay of more than an hour on the way back and forth, but Yan Mingye is willing to run, and there is a daughter-in-law at home, of course, it is good to go home.

And the reason given by Yan Mingze was that he was not young, and it was not suitable to live in the academy again, anyway, when Yan Mingye came back, he would come back by the way.

But in fact, it is not because of this reason, if he doesn't live in the same room with Shen Yuanjing in the academy, he won't be able to sleep, and he will definitely not come back.

Yan Mingye still doesn't have a good face for him, but compared to Shen Yuanjing, Yan Mingye is better to get along with.

If you live in the academy, you have to pay another fee, including accommodation and food.

Originally, the person in his roommate was not Shen Yuanjing, but his classmate, but after returning from Xiao Yang, his roommate inexplicably became Shen Yuanjing.

He wanted to change it, but nothing happened, and he couldn't change it at all.

The most important thing is that Shen Yuanjing also passed the exam, and now he is a Jinshi meritorious person, and he is still in the academy for some reason.

He inquired about it back then, and the person only said that Shen Yuanjing was not very old, and it was not easy to be an official at such a young age. Wisdom is intelligence, and it is not suitable for a thirteen or fourteen-year-old person to enter the Hanlin Academy.

So Shen Yuanjing asked for another two years of school.

Some people also say that it is because he was exiled and never went to school in the past, and he likes it, the future son of King An's Mansion, how can this not be done.

Besides, Shen Yuanjing is still in hand.

Yan Mingze can't help it, Shen Yuanjing doesn't do anything, this identity alone will crush people.

He didn't understand why Shen Yuanjing did this, who instructed him? But my grandfather was happy and mourned, my grandmother was in Xiaoyang, and when she was in the Guogong Mansion, Yan Mingqiao had the deepest contact with Shen Yuanjing.

Could it be that the fifth sister said something?

It's not impossible.

Yan Mingze also heard that although Shen Yuanjing did not recognize King An's Mansion, he would occasionally go to eat, and he was no different from the prince of the world.

In the past, King An's son was frail and sickly, and he never studied, Shen Yuanjing was able to pass the exam, and King An didn't know how satisfied he was, and it was a matter of time before he recognized his ancestors and returned to his ancestors.

He didn't think it was a coincidence that he was in the same room with Shen Yuanjing, where in the world there were so many coincidences, it must have been intentional on his part.

After returning to the house, Yan Mingze went directly back to his yard, he was already seventeen years old, and he should avoid suspicion with his sister-in-law and sisters.

He wanted to read more books and prepare for the spring exam next year, but it was true that he was not ready the year before last, and he could no longer be affected by Shen Yuanjing.

It's just that just after dinner, Ning Xiang of the main courtyard came to speak, "Third son, Madame, please come over." ”

Yan Mingze guessed that it was related to his marriage, and the four sisters were all engaged, so he should really consider marriage.

It's just that Yan Mingze felt that what the Shen family gave him was not a particularly good marriage.

On the family, no concubine is willing to marry him, and his mother will not find a daughter-in-law who overpowers the eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law.

If it is a concubine, the family background will be even worse, Yan Mingze feels that such a woman might as well not marry.

He cleaned up a little and went to the main courtyard, he guessed correctly, it was indeed for this matter.

Shen said: "The marriage is a major event, the fate of the parents, the words of the matchmaker, your father is filial piety in Xiaoyang, I am your mother-in-law, and I should be the master of your marriage." In the past few days, I have looked at the young lady of Shengjing City, there is the daughter of the Hou family of Chang'an, I have seen it twice, and her appearance is good. There is also Yongle Bofu, the second daughter of the family, and her temperament is also good. ”

The Shen family is wholeheartedly picky, hoping that after marrying, they can get along with Yan Mingze and live a good life.

In fact, his concubine is no worse than Yan Mingye's sister-in-law, in the past, he had Yan Guogong's subsidy, and the Shen family had never wronged him in terms of studying, clothing, food, housing and transportation.

But the concubine is always different, and she is not a relative of the emperor, let alone a more eye-catching person, and no concubine is willing to marry this kind of concubine.

If Yan Mingze is not satisfied with such a relative, the Shen family will not be able to find a better one.

Shen thought that Yan Mingze would at least consider it, but he didn't even think about it.

Yan Mingze said: "Mother, my son wants to wait until next year's test before considering marriage." ”

Shen frowned and said, "You will be eighteen years old next year, and this good girl will not wait for anyone." ”

Yan Mingze: "My son has already thought it through, and he wants to start a business first and then start a family." ”

Shen only thought that he didn't succeed in the last exam, and wanted to work harder, not wanting to delay his homework because of other things, "That's okay, you work hard, and prepare for next year's exam with peace of mind." ”

Yan Mingze retired, and when he came out of the main courtyard, he breathed a sigh of relief, the daughter of the Chang'an Hou family should be a concubine, not favored, and the dowry will not be too much. Although Yongle Bofu is a concubine, the mansion has declined, and there is nothing good about the concubine.

The person he wants to marry, his mother-in-law will definitely not agree, his teacher used to be a bachelor of Hanlin and has already resigned.

He is 52 years old this year, and his youngest daughter is only 14 years old, and he has visited the teacher's daughter twice during the New Year's holidays.

If he can marry the teacher's daughter, it will definitely help him in his career.

It's just that there are very few opportunities to meet, and it is difficult for him to meet him when he is in the academy on weekdays.

However, there is never anything difficult in this world, only a lack of people with hearts.

Chapter 89: Stepping Around

The next day, the sky cleared and the sun came out, and the snow on the ground had begun to melt slowly.

It's still spring, and it's going to take a few days to melt in the winter.

The cleaned slate was wet, and the begonia tree in the front yard did not frostbite after a night, but swayed in the morning breeze, and seemed to be more energetic.

Today is the fifth day of the new year, I have to go to the main courtyard to ask for peace, Yan Mingqiao got up early, and I have already asked An to come back at this time.

Breakfast has been prepared in the house, a cup of red dates, lotus seeds, barley soup, six potstickers, and paper buns and shrimp dumplings...... There is also a small bowl of ingots wonton, which is all Yanming buckwheat's favorite food.

After cleaning her hands, Yan Mingqiao sat down to eat, she has a Zhuangzi in Shengjing, and every two days she will send meat and vegetables to the Yanguo Mansion, and each courtyard will divide some, and there are many people who get Buckwheat Anxuan, and she can't finish eating, so she will share it with the maid below.

Yan Mingqiao drank the barley soup, and ate another paper bun, this is matsutake filling, it tastes fragrant, eats two wontons, tastes one, and tastes one, which is already seven points full.

Seven points is enough for her, and it is not good to eat too much, so she puts down her chopsticks and gets up to stop eating.

Now there is no need to go to class, Yan Mingqiao spends half a day reading books every day, and if she is at home for the rest of the day, she plays the piano, paints and embroiders handkerchiefs, and writes two big characters in the morning or evening.

If you go out, most of them are to participate in banquets, and together with Gu Mian and them, Yan Mingqiao has been in Xiaoyang for more than a year in the past two years, but she has been in Shengjing for a long time, and she has also met many little ladies. But they are all nodding friends, and there are few who fall in love.

After reading the book for a long time, Qingfeng sent the posts she received, these are the ones she has selected once, and the mess is eliminated. Yan Mingqiao flipped through and looked at it, and didn't particularly want to go, "It's all back." ”

She plans to go to Zhenbei Hou Mansion in two days to have a look, and the second brother-in-law comes back every year in June and Layue, lives for half a month, and then returns to the northwest.

My brother-in-law just left, and she could just accompany her sister to talk, relieve boredom, and eat novel food by the way.

Of course, it was mainly to accompany my sister, not because she was greedy.

After reading the book for two days like this, Yan Mingqiao wrote a letter of worship to the Hou Mansion in Zhenbei, wanting to go over early tomorrow morning.

Yan Mingyu quickly replied to the post, she was ready, and her sister could come over at any time.

She has been in this dynasty for almost seven years, and this year she is twenty years old, and in ancient times, when the average lifespan was less than forty, half of it has passed.

It's been four years since I got married, and when I was young, I read the script every day, and occasionally went out for a walk, and I made some friends in the past two years.

But in general, he still lives in a simple place, and Yan Mingyu is also afraid of causing trouble to the Hou Mansion and his mother's family in Zhenbei.

Chu Kan is suspicious to come back twice a year, and the time at home has been less than a month combined, but the relationship between the couple is not bad, writing more and more letters, and she will often think about Chu Kanji.

Chu Zheng doesn't have to worry about her, he has been in the military camp all these years, and now that he has grown up, he is more sensible than before, and he has a little bit of his father's shadow on him. There is a housekeeper in the house, and she doesn't have to worry about it, because she is in a good mood, Yan Mingyu feels that her body is also better, anyway, it is lighter than when she just got better after falling into the water.

She felt that this life would go on like this, and after two years to marry Chu Zheng a daughter-in-law, she would not have to do anything. She asked Chu Zheng during the Chinese New Year, but Chu Zheng didn't have this mind, anyway, he was still young, so he would have to wait for another two years.

She lives close to her mother's house, her sister comes over occasionally, she is not short of money to spend, she almost does whatever she wants, Yan Mingyu feels that the most lively thing in life is nothing more than this.

Knowing that her sister was coming, Yan Mingyu hurriedly ordered the kitchen to prepare her sister's favorite dishes, but because the food was good, except for a few dishes changed, there was no change from usual.

On the morning of the eighth day of the new year, Yan Mingqiao took the things prepared for her sister and took the car to the Zhenbei Hou Mansion.

The things were prepared by the Shen family and her, no matter whether Yan Mingyu married or not, in the Shen family's heart, they were all her children, even if the Zhenbei Hou Mansion lacked anything, she would be worried that Yan Mingyu would not eat well.

Shen prepared materials and food, Yan Mingqiao brought a stack of books, all of which she picked up when she went to the bookstore, and she went there several times a month, and there were a lot of them. It's not good to visit empty-handed, it's enough to bring these.

It was already the time to get to the Hou Mansion in Zhenbei, and there was no need to pass through, so she was brought in by the porter, and when she arrived at the main courtyard, she saw the second sister as soon as she entered the courtyard gate.

Yan Mingyu was wearing a red narrow-sleeved dress, her hair was coiled up, and her forehead was shining with sweat, she looked good-looking, and her whole person seemed to be shining.