71 Chapter 71

Today's people at home are the people of the Zheng family's own family in Beijing, and Zheng Hao pointed to her one by one along the way: "This is the pavilion that my grandfather built when he was an official in Beijing. ”

Li Shu saw that this pavilion had eight corners, not the traditional vermilion, but a blue-gray pavilion, with white jade steps, which was very elegant, so she smiled and said, "Then you can also invite your friends to come over for dinner and wine in the future." ”

"I don't have any friends." Zheng Hao said lightly.

Lishu tilted her head to look at him, feeling a little incredible, if she said that she had few friends, it would be almost the same, but Zheng Hao's personality was very good.

Seeing Lishu's unbelievable expression, Zheng Hao said, "I've been studying in the temple for three years, where can I meet my friends?" ”

It turned out that he was asking for credit, and Lishu slapped him lightly: "Really." ”

Zheng Hao saw that she was much more intimate with herself, and she was also relieved.

The elders of the Zheng family also gathered together, and the old lady Zheng sat above, and the old man was wearing a few strings of Buddhist beads in his hands, but he was very calm. Mrs. Zheng didn't put the corners of her mouth down yesterday, and Mrs. Zheng sat upright, not knowing what she was thinking.

In addition, Zheng Rong's cousin Zheng Rong and the second wife of Rong are occasionally whispering.

He shouted until he reached the door: "Uncle and grandmother are here." ”

Lishu and Zheng Hao came in together, probably the two of them said a few words on the road, and their demeanor was quite intimate. Lishu glanced at the people around her, and had a rough idea in her heart.

The servant brought the futon over to worship, Lishu kowtowed respectfully a few times, and when she got up, someone brought tea again. The new daughter-in-law wants to serve tea, and after she gives it to her in-laws, she gives it to Mrs. Zheng.

She is actually very happy, because before the Liu family, because of her mother, Xiao Fu and her always seemed to have some unfair names, but now everything is just, she married smoothly, and there is nothing bad about it.

It seems that she is finally a normal person and can live a normal life.

The elders of the Zheng family have gifts, and Mrs. Zheng gave a phoenix wings spread on six sides inlaid with jade inlaid with seven treasures and bright gold, and the filigree on it is shining.

"I'm saying this a little early, but if Brother Hao'er Hall passes the test, then you are Mrs. Jinshi. This is an old object that we used to take out, and now we can't find anyone looking for such a craft. ”

Lishu saw that the bright gold flakes were as thin as cicada wings, and they did look very good, so she hurriedly blessed: "Thank you, grandmother." ”

Mrs. Zheng handed her and Zheng Hao a red envelope, and gave her a pair of Baizi Ruyi pattern bracelets, and it is not clear how many silver coins Lishu encapsulated in red.

Mrs. Rong Er sent a pair of white jade fish rings, and Lishu also thanked them one by one.

Seeing that the salute was completed, the men, including Zheng Hao, all went out, and Lishu presented her own needle and thread. For Mrs. Zheng is a pair of forehead wipes, four-color purses, and a set of shirts and dresses made for the old lady herself, on which the embroidered Buddhism and Bodhisattva are embroidered by Lishu herself.

She also gave her in-laws eight pairs of shoes, and she didn't take these shoes herself, because that would hurt her hands. But the upper of the shoe was pasted by her, and the embroidery on the shoe was also embroidered by her, otherwise she would not be so tired.

As for the second wife of Rong, it is a few colors of silk thread, and the same is true for the cousin and younger sister Tan.

She is new here, and the rest such as Choi and Tan are

It's been longer than her,

Lishu sat down and didn't dare to talk rashly. The only thing she is more familiar with is Mrs. Zheng,

But it doesn't matter, the Zheng family's population in Beijing is very simple, and it hardly needs to be difficult to deal with.

Mrs. Zheng introduced to Lishu: "This is Brother Qing's daughter-in-law, you recognized it yesterday." Her father is the prefect of Changzhou, and he is also very good at calligraphy on weekdays. ”

"Yes." Lishu smiled at Tan.

Tan is wearing a very gorgeous and elegant body, a peach-colored spring shirt with a milky white bandeau top, and a silk skirt of the same color with gold on the bottom. The head is combed with a bun, the cloud sideburns are full of flowers, it can be said that the pearls and emeralds are piled up, and the slender jade fingers are stretched out and each wears a few rings, which makes it look rich and graceful, but it is a good character.

But said that Tan also looked at Lishu, there were many people yesterday, and the bride's face under the hijab was just white on the puff, and when I saw it today, it was really extraordinary. This Liu is not very old, his hair is black and shiny, his person is very bright, he seems to be very smart, and then look at his eyebrows like spring mountains, his eyes are like autumn waves, he looks like a princess, his face is like a Chu girl, and his demeanor is noble and elegant between actions.

She is different from the kind of beauty that is just showy, she looks like she has firm eyebrows, and she is a very assertive character.

Tan stepped forward and shouted again: "Sister-in-law." ”

Lishu got up and saluted: "Brother and sister." ”

As a new daughter-in-law, you must be quiet at the beginning, listen to the elders, and don't intervene easily.

Mrs. Zheng asked her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Zheng, Li: "In the end, Brother Ze'er still hasn't caught up, but the place where they live has to be cleaned up, your sixth uncle is such a son under his knees, and your sixth uncle went early, leaving them with their mother and son." He is promising, he married a house in his early years, and now he is married to another house in office, and he usually takes his grandmother and sister with him, which can be regarded as filial piety. ”

Of course, Lishu doesn't know who this Ze Ge'er is? In her previous life, she never married into the Zheng family at all, and she didn't know anything.

But as a family, Lishu also knows that this whole family, some are prominent and some are not, and they have to take care of the clansmen, and this emperor has several poor relatives, not to mention them.

I heard Li Shi say again: "My daughter-in-law knows, and I will take Brother Hao's daughter-in-law and Brother Qing's daughter-in-law to clean up after a while, and I don't know if it can be to their liking." ”

Lee has always been very serious and does not speak easily. Mrs. Rong Er was a scheming person, and when she heard Zheng Ze's name, she couldn't help but say: "Sister-in-law, doesn't you know that the one Brother Ze married later is a tea merchant from Datong Mansion in Shanxi?" He also operates a lot of goods in the north and south, and is the richest man in Shanxi! ”

Old Madam Zheng suddenly muttered: "Marrying a merchant girl? ”

As soon as her old man said this, everyone pouted, a family like the Zheng family would rather marry a poor girl from the Liupin Cui family than a merchant girl.

Lishu doesn't have such a gateway view, but now in the imperial examination, the merchants can still have fame, and the imperial examination also allows the children of poor merchants to come forward.

Li listened to his mother-in-law's words, and then smiled: "Brother Ze still has two sons and a daughter in front of him, and he always wants to find a capable daughter-in-law." ”

And of course, the Li family knew why Zheng Ze would marry a merchant girl, and it was not for other reasons, it was purely because Zheng Ze's wife loved luxury. Zheng Ze's father died violently in office that year, Zheng Ze was thirty-six years old when he was admitted to the Jinshi, originally in Renzhi County, Shanxi, but this time he also entered Beijing to wait for a vacancy.

She didn't say these words, she only said them roundly, but she didn't taste them in her heart

I don't think it's bad for Zheng Ze to do this.

Now Lishu and their daughters-in-law can only listen, and the horizontal and vertical have nothing to do with them, but fortunately, Mrs. Zheng said a few words, and said to Lishu and Tan: "After March, the lake on Jinming Pond has also melted, and then you young people will go out to play." Don't be bored at home all the time, it's not good to get sick. ”

Lishu and Tan both said that they didn't dare, they wanted to be at home.

Mrs. Zheng nodded, very satisfied, and said that the Qingming Festival is a big day, and she wants to go to the temple to do a dojo.

Li said: "Old lady, according to my opinion, you are old, so don't be tired." Let me take them this time, Aunt Six will come in a few days, you concubines haven't seen each other for several years, it's better to talk more. ”

Old Madam Zheng agreed, and after a while, she was sleepy. The Li family took Lishu and the Tan family out, but she didn't let them follow to clean up Brother Ze'er's house, but said to them: "This year is the plan of the Ministry of Officials to inspect Beijing, many of our clansmen will go to Beijing, I don't stop them if they have a house, but most of them defect to us, and I arrange them in the front guest room." There are many people, and the old lady is used to being quiet, so don't make any noise to her old man's house, just go back to me. ”

"Yes, mother." Lishu understood that this Zheng Ze's family was probably not good at stubble, Mrs. Zheng was old, and someone said something in her ear, so that it was not good for the chicken and dog to be restless. Besides, this family is the head of the Li family.

In the previous life, the Li family agreed, and Mrs. Zheng had some opinions, but Zheng Hao still married herself without hesitation.

At this point, Lishu also thinks that her mother-in-law is a good person.

Tan also hurriedly expressed his position.

Li said with a smile: "Brother Hao's daughter-in-law, you are a bride, there must be many things you don't understand, my palace mother sent to you, you just have to ask her." ”

"Okay." Lishu agreed.

Tan was very surprised, because when she entered the door, her mother-in-law also said such things, but she refused. Of course, she refused very tactfully, that is, she didn't dare to take away the people around her elders, and her mother-in-law was certainly not reluctant.

Mother Gong is about fifty years old this year, smiling, and her temper looks very good.

After Lishu took her back to the courtyard, she asked Zhulan to take a first-class seal to Mother Gong: "I don't know how much to reward when I'm young, but it finally makes you feel a little happy, don't dislike it." ”

"Look at what the grandmother says, who dares to give it to be too little." Mother Gong pinched the red envelope, and there were two hundred dollars in it, which was a first-class envelope, and she knew it in her heart.

When the two of them came in together, there was no need for Lishu to talk about it, Mother Gong wanted to say something, only when she said things at home, and the eldest grandmother had just arrived, she would trust her.

Where did I know that Lishu stood still: "Today I am the first day to come, I got up early in the morning, I have no energy, Ming'er Palace's mother came to me, let's talk well." ”

Mother Gong was stunned when she saw this, but she was an old servant, and she still knew this bit of proportion, so she retired first. It's just that she thinks that this grandmother is a shrewd person and accepts me in front of my wife, but she beats herself behind her back, so that she can't get up or down, if she wants to mix with the grandmother, she can only have her liver and brains.

When Lishu came in, she first met with several people serving in Zheng Hao's courtyard, and each of them had a reward.

It turned out that there were four girls serving by Zheng Hao's side, two of whom were serving in the room, of course this one was not

does a room, but on weekdays, his clothes have to be ironed and washed, and people are needed to serve tea and pour water. Outside, there are two waiting long-term attendants and two small servants.

But any maid can't be wrong if she has the heart to cling to her master, but the premise is that the master is willing, if the master is unwilling, she is determined to seduce and drugged, which is a taboo.

Lishu now brings four girls to marry, and there are two families in the accompanying room, and there is no shortage of people around to serve her.

If they are duty, they should be left to serve, and when the day comes, they will let them go out to match people, find a good in-law for them, and if they are not duty, they will be driven out first.

In the final analysis, if a man doesn't have that heart, it's useless for you to give it away, and if a man has a heart, it will be sad if you die again.

"Listen to the snow and see the reward."

Lishu said.

Tingxue took the prepared red envelope and rewarded the people in the upper and lower courtyards, and when they were kowtowing, Zheng Hao came back, and heard that Lishu was rewarding, so he emphasized again: "In the future, I am not at home, and you will serve the grandmother the same as me." ”

Lishu welcomed her in, and in just one day, Zheng Hao was very suitable for the role of her husband.

For example, as soon as he sits down now, the tea is at hand, which is different from the tea he usually eats, but it is delicious after taking a sip.

"This is Muxi sesame smoked bamboo shoots to make tea, "Shennong's Materia Medica" recorded: 'Win in the wound, replenish the five organs, benefit strength, grow muscles, and fill the marrow and brain.'" For people like you who use their brains, I brewed such tea without authorization, Ge Hong of the Jin Dynasty said that sesame seeds can make the body shiny, and the white hair is black. If you don't like it, say it, and I'll make something else for you. Lishu looked at him and said.

Zheng Hao said: "It's delicious." By the way, I went to the ancestral hall with my father and wrote your name on the family tree. ”

Lishu was relieved.

She asked again, "You have to take the temple exam in a few days, do you want to read a book?" ”

"It's okay, no matter how busy I am, I'll pass the time with you, today is the first day of the wedding." Zheng Hao said seriously.

Lishu was happy again: "You are too good at talking." ”

She was at home, she had been isolated before, and she was alone for a long time. At home, she is often scolded by Lizhen, saying that everything is sarcastic, Lirou is silently on Lizhen's side, but she didn't expect Zheng Hao to value her so much.

Zheng Hao took a folding fan, put it against his chin, and asked her curiously: "How do you play the glow yin on weekdays?" ”

"Except for the morning and dusk, the days in Jining are better, but whenever there is a rest, my father will take my mother and our sisters out to enjoy the mountains and rivers. At home, I play the piano and write, and help my mother do some housework. Back in Beijing, there will be a poetry banquet, and I play swings at home on weekdays, in short, I am very envious of your boy's family, and I can go wherever I want. Seeing that Zheng Hao was very easy-going, Lishu said these words.

Zheng Hao said: "I'll take you out in the future, in fact, I haven't been to too many places, I read every day, and as soon as I sit down, I can't get up." ”

Young man, who doesn't want the sky to be high and the sea to be wide, and the fish to leap.

Lishu covered her mouth and smiled: "In the future, you will be in trouble, and it will be inconvenient to go anywhere." ”

For the official to be a slaughterer, a few people can easily get it.

The two talked about a few lines of poetry, Lishu became interested again, played a tune, and the two had lunch together.

Li Shu began to get down to business: "What did the old lady say 'Brother Ze'er' is coming, is he a relative of your family?" ”

Zheng

Hao smiled and said: "Fourth brother Ze, is the only son of Liufang, his grandfather once served as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, but unfortunately the old lady of Liufang died too early, and as soon as he became the chief secretary, he was gone." ()”

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Lishu leaned on the couch, Zheng Hao came over and picked her up directly, and the two of them lay on the bed and talked.

Zheng Hao smiled and said nothing: "What should I say." ”

He was raised under the knees of Mrs. Zheng, of course, he knew that Mrs. Zheng was a bit of a showman, not to mention the sixth uncle and grandmother, who liked to enjoy luxury.

But he still said it, and Lishu said: "No wonder I heard them say that you, the fourth brother of Ze, married the daughter of the richest man in Shanxi." ”

"This is not very good, businessmen are very profitable, how can we Xingyang Zheng children marry merchant girls? So lowered the lintel, in the end is not good. Zheng Hao said.

Lishu knew very well in her heart, just like Liwan married the second room of the Zeng family, although the second room of the Zeng family was in business, it was also a scholarly family, and the Zeng family also had two big officials, so the grandmother agreed to marry someone in the past. If he was just a simple businessman, he would be rich enough to rival the country, and presumably the Liu family would not marry his daughter.

This is also the opinion of the door, and I don't know when I will be able to break the stereotype.

The two whispered a few more words, and at dinner, they set the meal at their mother-in-law Li's place, and she and Tan served Li's vegetables together. Li's body is cold, so he drinks tonic soup all year round, and there are four kinds of soup on the table, and the dishes are also light, and the steamed lamb is these.

When she was at home, Xiao Fu often asked her to help deboning the cloth vegetables, and now everything is done with ease.

Originally, Tan's advanced door, and she didn't do badly, she was as glamorous, tall, literate and hyphenated, and quite clever. But there is a Lishu, the family is higher than her, and she is more clever than her, the needle is red, the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and the service to her in-laws are more thoughtful than her, but she is compared.

After the two of them finished serving the Li family and finished eating, they went back together, and Tan said with a smile: "I didn't expect my sister-in-law to make such a good dish for the first time?" ”

"Yo, I'm relieved to be admired by my younger siblings. But I don't think it's necessarily me doing well, but my mother's generosity. Lishu smiled and groaned, not getting carried away, but very modest.

Tan's heart said that this Liu family is really leaky, she glanced at Lishu again, and wanted to say something, but the two were not very familiar with each other, so they shut up in the end.

It's not that she wants to say goodbye to Lishu, it's just that this is also human nature, but any woman with a good appearance, when she sees someone better than her, she will inevitably have a heart of comparison in her heart.

The two broke up at the intersection, Tan took the next person back, she saw Zheng Qing at the door, and hurriedly said, "Why did you come out?" You can't blow the wind now. ”

Zheng Qing smiled: "It's okay, it's getting late, I want to wait for you." ”

His face is not bad, but he is a little pale when he is sick all the year round, Rao is bird's nest tonic is used, and his body and bones have not improved. The Tan family was originally just a general daughter, but after she was selected to be the daughter-in-law of the Zheng family, the family was very happy, and the Zheng family also truthfully told the Tan family that Zheng Qing's body was not good.

Tan's father was proud to be able to climb the Zheng family, she married in the envy of her sisters, and her father was promoted to the governor of a wealthy place like Changzhou within a few years of the smooth sentence.

At first, the Tan family was also very willing, the Tan family was just a small squire, and the Zheng family was 108,000 miles away, if it weren't for the Zheng family's son who had some flaws, how could he marry her? But since I entered the door, I can go to the room once a month

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This kind of widow days, seeing the new sister-in-law who entered the door today, her face was flushed, and the spring water in her eyes was about to ripp, which made her really feel envious and jealous.

This is the life of a woman.

At night, Zheng Hao nodded her nose: "We're going to rest." ”

Lishu smiled: "Aren't you going to study?" Why are you reading a book now? ”

Zheng Hao pressed her under him: "Look how I deal with you." ”

He knew that Lishu had slept for an hour or two from noon to afternoon today, otherwise if she was very tired, he would never touch it. A woman's body is like a delicate flower, and she must take care of it.

is the so-called red wave of being turned over, although the two times are still unfinished, Zheng Hao is finally satisfied.

"I'm going to the study tomorrow, if you want anything, let someone go to the study to find me. You can rest yourself, and I will accompany you back to your mother's house in two days. Zheng Hao looked at her and said.

Lishu loved to smell him, and there was no disgusting smell at all. Don't say it's a man, it's just that some mothers-in-law have a pickled smell, and the smell of oily hair, or which girl doesn't rinse her mouth, there are a lot of such people, and there are many men who are informal, and they go out and desperately pickle them with fragrant powder.

Only Zheng Hao respects her very much, even if she kisses, she will contain mint slices in advance, and her body will always smell clean and good.

"You go to study, although you are already in the chest, but it is also good to hold Buddha's feet temporarily." Lishu smiled.

Zheng Hao was also relieved to see that she understood the righteousness so well and did not make a fuss to let herself accompany her.

But Lishu will never feel that she wants to be the so-called "good wife and mother", she said: "You can not accompany me, but in your spare time, you can only think of me." ”

"Good, good." Zheng Hao laughed.

They fell asleep again.

When she got up the next day, Zheng Hao had already left, and today she had breakfast in her room, the Zheng family was originally from the north, but after so many years of official career, the tastes have long been mixed.

The breakfast here of the Zheng family is a bowl of japonica rice porridge boiled with milk and sugar, and a plate of lily crisp, and pickled fresh mandarin fish and steamed pork trotters, and two kinds of seasonal vegetables, sweet pickled melon and eggplant and celery stir-fried and dried fragrant, and then there are two plates of bergamot and fairy fruit.

Lishu ate with relish, and asked Gong's mother to come over, and the two talked for a while, and Lishu knew something about the situation at home.

"Fourth Master Ze, people are not bad, but that old man is extremely extravagant, grandma, your family has been official for generations, and they are not like that old lady. Socks to wear silk socks, clothes to wear silk, very good to talk about pomp, but I heard that the new entry of the fourth grandmother, the merchant girl is very powerful, at first the door is fine, and then I heard that the chicken and dog, this is in office to make trouble can not stand it, so I came to Beijing. Mother Gong said.

Lishu should also listen to gossip, anyway, it has nothing to do with herself, but she listened to Mother Gong: "You have to be careful, the sixth old lady is a famous stirrger, wherever she goes, she has been stirred up by several families in the clan." It's just that the old lady and the wife have some disagreements, and she has also provoked in the middle. ”

Lishu raised her eyebrows, and heard Zhulan come in from outside and say, "Grandma, someone from Mrs. there said that the sixth old lady and the fourth old man Ze are here." ”

Lishu stood up suddenly, she had never met such an old lady when she was so old, she had to meet well.!