My father-in-law is Kangxi

Chapter 1289 Blessed by the Bodhisattva

Shu Shu said with a smile: "Think about Zhijun Prince's Mansion Big Gege, and then think about Yuqing Palace Big Brother, even if Fengsheng and the others start to pay New Year's greetings and receive red envelopes in the next year, it will not be settled."

Brother Nine felt a toothache, and said, "Oh, it's true, in a few years we will be upgraded to be uncles or uncles?"

Shu Shudao: "What is this? Lord, think about Prince Ping again. When he gets married and has children, we will be the grandfathers and grandmothers of the Zeng clan. At that time, even the great-great-grandchildren will be seen."

Brother Jiu laughed after hearing the "haha" and said: "His seniority is also at the bottom of the clan. I think King Pingjun is also depressed. Next year, there will be two more uncles..."

Generally speaking, the Chinese New Year is still happy.

It's just that the husband and wife are getting bored, Brother Jiu looked at Shu Shu and said, "Why don't you ask Lao Shi and Lao Shi Fujin to come over? They should be free now."

This is also the current rule, all New Year greetings are in the morning, and there is no New Year greeting in the afternoon.

It's time, and people who pay New Year's greetings will no longer come to the door.

Shu Shu said: "Siblings and sisters also slept late last night, and asked someone to check if they slept. If you haven't slept, please come over to play dominoes. Just sleep."

Brother Jiu responded and sent He Yuzhu to invite someone.

In fact, Shu Shu is also sleepy here, but she is afraid that she will sleep in the afternoon and sleepy again at night.

Today she was not energetic, which made Jueluo worry for a while, but tomorrow she planned to go back to her mother's house in good spirits.

She finally understood why some people would "report good news but not bad news" to their parents, because they were worried that the other party would worry about themselves.

He Yuzhu just went out for a while, and brought ten elder brothers and ten Fujin over.

The two were about to come over when they met He Yuzhu at the door.

"Sister-in-law Jiu, look at me, what did you bring?" Shi Fujin's voice was cheerful, without the sluggishness of the morning.

She held an apple in her hand. It looked big and red, and it looked better than ordinary apples.

"It's an offering in front of the Buddha. It was offered yesterday morning, and it was withdrawn this morning. We got four, one for elder brother, one for me and Master Shi, one for sister-in-law Jiu and brother nine, and one for grandma and aunt Grandma sent it."

The fruit offerings withdrawn from the Buddha have auspicious meanings.

Apples are safe and sound, and oranges are all wishes come true.

Shu Shu picked it up, and said with a smile: "Thank you, brother and sister, after a while, we will also go to Chongfu Temple to offer incense."

The tenth elder brother said to the ninth elder brother: "In the past few years, there have been more and more people who believe in Buddhism. Today, there are hundreds of people waiting in line in front of Chongfu Temple to offer incense. The soldiers and horses have all gone..."

Brother Jiu said: "Isn't this good? It also teaches people to be kind..."

Speaking of this, he was a little dissatisfied, and said: "On the side of the Ministry of Rites, filial daughters and filial sons are nothing more than filial daughters and filial sons. What's the matter with praising the Eight Banners? If you are in your twenties, you have to be forced to be widowed for most of your life. That's fine. ? This means that the Eight Banners will stop fighting. If we really want to fight again, we won’t allow widows to remarry. Is this because we are afraid that the population will increase? At that time, we won’t need outsiders to fight, and the population will become thinner..."

Elder Brother Ten said: "Using Han to control Han and advocating Confucianism are just doing as the Romans do."

Brother Nine still disapproved: "The Han people are not afraid of Manhua, but the Manchus are Sinicized, so the court will not worry about the future?"

The Sinicization of the Manchus weakened the strengths of the Eight Banners.

At that time, with a small number of Manchus and a large number of Han Chinese, will the court still be safe?
Elder Brother Shi said: "We all think of this, and Ama Khan will definitely think of this too. This watch is not for the people of the world, but for the Han people. When they return to their hearts, the Qing Dynasty will be truly stable."

Brother Jiu thought of Zhang Tingzan and Cao Yueying.

Especially Zhang Tingzan, the father and son have been officials for two generations, and the grandchildren should be no exception.

The so-called return of scholars should mean something similar.

The imperial court was in the capital, and the emperor issued government orders in the palace. It was these scholars who really governed the people down below.

He said to Elder Brother Ten: "In terms of learning, Zhang Tingzan and Cao Yueying must be at the top, but they are really worse than being an official. Cao Shun's experience should be used."

Elder Brother Ten was more objective and said: "The ruler is shorter and the inch is longer. Zhang Tingzan and Cao Yueying are more suitable to be Ci officials and Hanlin officials."

Shu Shu and Shi Fujin were drinking tea, listening to the two brothers' gossip.

Ten Fujin was confused when he heard this, and asked Shu Shu, "Sister-in-law Nine, why can't widows remarry when they honor the Eight Banners?"

Mongolian ministries still accept step-marriages, and young widows do not stay widowed unless they are old widows.

Shu Shudao: "The court's decree represents the emperor's will, and it works from top to bottom. The subordinates will restrict widows from remarrying for the sake of the archway or fame. At that time, there will be more bachelors, and the population will decrease."

Shi Fujin said: "Then Brother Nine is right, it's not good to have a small population."

Seeing that the two sisters-in-law were bored, the tenth elder brother and the ninth elder brother also stopped talking.

Brother Jiu said: "Don't you want to play cards? Let's see how the tenth siblings are lucky today?"

Ten Fujin was a little uncertain, looked at Elder Brother Ten and said, "Master, are you going to play? I guess I will lose."

Elder Brother Ten said: "It's okay, I'll win it back."

Brother Jiu became competitive and said: "Don't talk big, and don't look at who figured out this domino!"

The card table was set up with a set of dominoes on it.

"Hua la hua la", the voice was crisp, and the atmosphere in the room became cheerful.

Shu Shu instructed Bai Guo to take out a few money boxes, inside were golden melon seeds weighing a penny, newly made by Yinlou years ago, looking golden.

Shu Shu sat at the top, with Brother Nine on the left, Brother Ten on the right, and Brother Ten on the opposite side.

Among the four, the only addicted one was Shi Fujin, who really lacked confidence today and was a little nervous about playing cards.

Shu Shu was at the last house, looking at the cards played by Shifu Jin, she really didn't dare to infer normally.

After all, Shi Fujin plays cards differently from ordinary people, he likes to keep idle cards, but he is willing to play cards that are useful.

As a result, pushing cards becomes complicated.

For Shu Shu, it is also a challenge.

Remembering the cards of Shifu Jin's last round, Shu Shu dismantled her deck and tentatively played a card.

Really guessed right, it was the card that Shi Fujin wanted to eat.

Ten Fujin happily picked up the cards, and played another one in his hand.

It happened to click on the tenth elder brother's drawing card, but the tenth elder brother did not win the card, but touched the card, but it turned out to be self-drawn again, so he removed the palm in his hand.

Brother Nine is good at spells. Looking at the cards thrown by everyone, he is also pushing cards.

But he pushed the cards according to the normal way of playing cards, and the three in front of him were obviously not normal.

He was confused, didn't win one, and fired two cannons.

He looked at Elder Brother Ten and said, "Did Chongfu Temple still offer sacrifices to the God of Wealth? What kind of luck are the ten brothers and sisters doing? Seeing that it's ruined, there are still people firing?"

Elder Brother Ten said: "The offerings are for Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and Guanyin Bodhisattva. These two Bodhisattvas can also ask for wealth."

"It's so effective!"

Brother Jiu was moved, and said to Shu Shu: "There are many people appointed for the Lantern Festival, let's go on the first day of February..."

Shu Shu took a look at Brother Jiu, and found that he really thought Shifujin was a transfer, she nodded with a smile and said, "Okay."

Shi Fujin was beside him, looking at the box full of golden melon seeds in front of him, he also giggled, seeing his teeth but not his eyes.

"Sister-in-law Jiu, sister-in-law Jiu, today I went to kowtow all the bodhisattvas in the main hall and the side hall, and begged the bodhisattva to bless my elder brother's condition to improve. If the bodhisattva is so effective, will my elder brother also get better?"

It's rare for people to be happy during the New Year's Eve. Shu Shu didn't pour cold water on her, and nodded with a smile, "That's for sure. The Bodhisattvas are watching."

Now it's beginning of spring, and it's getting longer day by day.

The time of sunset was from Shenzheng [-]nd quarter to Youchu quarter.

Everyone played cards for more than an hour, and it was not until the beginning of the year that they asked someone to withdraw the table.

In the first month, all the dishes are eaten, and they are convenient to serve.

There are only four people in total, and there are no separate tables.

Ten Fujin hadn't had a serious meal for several days, but now he was happy, and he ate with relish.

Shu Shu ate a pair of skin jelly, half pork skin jelly, half fish skin jelly, the material is well processed, there is no fishy smell, and it tastes springy and smooth.

Brother Nine is eating a plate of radish kimchi, which contains white radish, green radish, carrot and carrot, hot and sour, very appetizing.

Elder Brother Shi doesn't like meat, so he can eat it with Sixi meatballs and meat egg rolls.

Shi Fujin still loves mutton the most here, so he holds a silver knife and eats a roast leg of lamb with sauce.

The staple food is dumplings of various colors.

Elder brother ten and Fujin ten happily eat.

Seeing this, elder brother Jiu said: "I like to eat and take some back later. I froze two jars of dumplings. After eating for two days, I have had enough."

Shu Shu didn't have a preference for dumplings, so she said, "There are indeed quite a few, you take some back."

Shi Fujin laughed and said, "I forgot to order. The dining room prepared more steamed buns and buns. Dumplings are also prepared, but there are not many, and there are only two kinds of stuffing..."

There is nothing to be polite about close relatives.

Elder Brother Ten and Fujin Shi walked away with food and food.

Brother Nine looked at Shu Shu belatedly and said, "Master can push cards, why don't you push cards?"

Among the three, they took turns firing cannons at the ten Fujins.

Ninth elder brother is the least here, and Shu Shu is the most sitting at the home of ten Fujin, followed by ten elder brother.

Shu Shu said: "I pushed the cards, even if I can't guess correctly every time, it's strange."

Brother Nine snorted softly and said: "You can see that old Shi Fujin is not serious about playing cards. He played cards blindly, kept one nine, and played five eights. How can people guess? She really depends on her luck when playing cards... ..."

Shu Shu doesn't like to waste her brain.

For more than an hour this afternoon, she felt tired.

"Go back to the Dutong Mansion tomorrow. If there is also a poker table, I won't be able to play. I'd better go. My master is better at math than me..."

Brother Jiu proudly said: "It's simple, and it's not difficult. Why don't you teach me how to count cards?"

Shu Shu hurriedly shook her head and said, "Forget it, it's not only a waste of brain, but also uncomfortable after sitting for a long time, I don't like to play this..."

Brother Jiu said: "Then besides archery, what else do you like?"

Shu Shu didn't reply right away.

She also likes to keep small notebooks, but it is a pity that she is timid. Otherwise, she would write down all the gossip and anecdotes during the Kangxi period, and it would become a "Notes of So-and-so" for future generations to verify...

(End of this chapter)