Zhen Fei rises up in the Red Chamber

Master Zhen sat down on the chair in the study room, his face was full of exhaustion, his whole body felt a little weak, his eyes were fixed on the teacup on the table, he felt extremely thirsty, but he didn't even have the strength to lift his hand to hold the teacup I don't even want to come out, I just want to be quiet and have a good rest.

Squinting his eyes, thinking carefully about the busyness of these days, he really felt that there had never been such a tossing time in his life, or that his life was too carefree in the past, which led to the busy things now all at once. Yes, this is simply the style of after-the-fact settlement.

But even if he is busy, as long as he thinks about these busy things, he can't help but smile at the left corner of his mouth. As long as it is a happy event, even if he is busy, he is willing to do it, let alone for the children. The father's nature is that he needs to work harder to be a father.

Speaking of Master Zhen's current busy affairs, it is nothing more than his wife and children's affairs. The whole family, counted now, has five masters, but apart from Master Zhen himself, two of them are just born. One is in confinement, and the other has a broken leg and is lying on the bed. That is to say, he is the only one who can make decisions about the family's affairs, and there is no one to help. But the son hurriedly came here at this time, first the twins were born three times, this is easy to say, let’s say that the children are still young, and they can’t stand it when they grow up, so it solves a lot of problems, and only invites close relatives in the family, It's enough to come and sit with some family friends, but what about the full moon?It seems that the days are coming, but Mr. Zhen has nothing to do. Because my daughter-in-law gave birth at an advanced age and has twins, the doctor has said that it is best to have confinement, otherwise I am afraid that the body will be damaged. Zhen The master and his wife are absolutely in love with each other. Now that they hear this, what else can they say?Naturally, he agreed.

Only in this way, the full moon banquet became a problem. To organize the banquet, the housekeeper and director, he can still come up with his own ideas, or order the servants to take care of things and go out to cook, but what about other things?What should I do if the host needs to come forward?He doesn't have any brothers, and naturally he doesn't have brothers and daughters-in-law who can help him. What if the female relatives come here?No one received it.

Master Zhen felt a headache when he thought about these things. After thinking about it, he finally had to think of a reason, and told the outside world that because it was twins, the child was born younger. To be on the safe side, the child did not have a full moon, but directly had a double full moon. .

If this reason is released, it is absolutely tenable. Twins are rare these days. It's easy, for the sake of the child, it is common sense to be cautious and careful.Everyone can understand.

The only dissatisfaction is estimated to be those women who are looking forward to hugging the twins, wanting to be contaminated with the blessing of the dragon and the phoenix, so that they can have a body, or make their children more vigorous.These people are either infertile all the year round and a bit obsessed with having children, or they are brides who have just married and have no children under their knees and are a little anxious about their status.No matter which one it is, at least these people have a bit of brains and are clear. They know that this is because they want to take advantage of others and take advantage of them. Even if they are anxious, they will not say anything inappropriate.So Master Zhen's actions can be considered as a way to get rid of the family's difficult affairs.

This matter has just been dealt with, and the autumn harvest is coming again. As a scholarly family with a permanent property, although there is a manager, a village head, and rent collection in the countryside, he does not need to handle it himself, but he is not a wealthy family after all. , There is a special person to handle these things. As the head of the house, he still has to do many things by himself, such as checking the accounts, sorting out the latest news from various places, adjusting the land rent and so on.

Because of this, he couldn't help but think of his son who was still lying on the bed. The eldest son is now six years old. According to his plan in the past, he was going to let this child learn to read the account books together from this year, not to mention In addition, let the child know some things about the family business and the management of the housekeeper and director. It is better not to think about it now, not only it is useless, but also to worry about his health. There's nothing wrong with it, as long as it's a good life, but when you think about it, the one hundred days of hurting the muscles and bones, I feel that this child has really suffered a lot, and it makes him, a father, so distressed. .

When one thinks of the eldest son, one naturally also thinks of the younger son and the younger daughter. The Zhen family's family property is not small. There are [-] mu of high-quality fertile land, [-] mu of medium-sized land, and [-] mu of sloping land, a forest, and a shop in the city. Sanjian, although this kind of family business is not considered the best in Suzhou City, it is definitely a wealthy family with confidence.This kind of family business will be passed on to his son in the future, and he also feels very honorable.

But now it is different, he has a son and a daughter again, although this child is just born, but now he unconsciously starts to think about how much dowry the daughter will give in the future, and how much property the youngest son should give him Thinking about it this way, Master Zhen suddenly felt that his family's property seemed to be too small. If he divided it up like this, his family might be reduced to the level of a small family in the future. This really shocked him.

How can this work, my family is an official family, his father is a seventh-rank county magistrate, and parents from all over the place, if such a family becomes an ordinary family, he will not be able to see his ancestors after he dies.

With such an awareness, Mr. Zhen suddenly felt that the burden on his shoulders was heavy.After pondering carefully for a long time, he finally made up his mind and took out the money that was originally planned to repair the ancestral hall. Taking advantage of the more land changes during the autumn harvest season, he thought about buying a little more land, and wanted to do his best. In my lifetime, expand the family business a little more, so that my sons can be more decent and live a better life when they divide the family in the future.The daughter's dowry should also be more expensive, so as not to be looked down upon by her husband's family.

Therefore, it is the most difficult thing to be a parent. Because Master Zhen suddenly had two more children, he is nearly forty years old, and when he has entered old age in this era, he worked hard again, just to let the children If you get more inheritance, you will put aside the leisure of the past and worry about it every day.

It is precisely because of this that Mr. Zhen, who is busy with these trivial matters these days, is so tired and troubled.It's not that there is no money to buy land. Even if the Zhen family has no money, it is absolutely common sense for a family like them to keep thousands of taels at home, let alone the money that was said earlier, which is going to repair the ancestral hall. What decimals, there are hundreds of taels, and the silver at the bottom of the box at home, etc. If something really happens, it is estimated that it will be enough to spend three to five thousand.The only problem is that buying land is not something you can buy if you want to.Where is Jiangnan?Land of fish and rice!Not only the locals, but also other noble families in the north often buy land and villages here.Because of this, the land price in the south of the Yangtze River has never been low, and what's more, there are many times when there is money and no place to buy it.

Even if some land is being sold, it is mostly for a small amount, such as a few acres. How can they buy it?Scattered ones, whoever buys them will take care of them, they don’t grow them themselves.It is precisely because of this that Mr. Zhen is really having a headache now, whether it is in the dental office or in the Zhuangzi outside, why is there no place with more than [-] mu? Ten acres, he can accept it now that he has lowered his requirements, but he still doesn't have it.

The more he thought about it, the more he had a headache. Master Zhen really didn't even have the mood to drink tea, so he thought about lying down for a while, resting his mind, while the housekeeper called out at the door:

"My lord, it's almost time for dinner. Are you going to eat here today, or go to where I am with you?"

This is another matter, because Mrs. Zhen inflated her fetus in Zhen Fei's house. For the convenience of giving birth, she gave birth directly in the wing room in Zhen Fei's yard, and waited for the birth to be over. Twins, born at an advanced age, with some Qi and blood deficiency, so it is not easy to move for a while, so I simply started confinement in that wing room, and even the children are raised together in this yard, which is very convenient for Mrs. Zhen look after baby.

As a result, the four masters of the family were all nested in the same courtyard. Master Zhen simply did not go to his main courtyard when he saw the situation. It's just the time of my wife's confinement, and it can be regarded as a family get close.

I don't want to live here, and suddenly I became a confinement child again. As time went on, I even changed my eating habits. The two little ones are breastfeeding, and the wife is eating confinement meals. In this way, when Mr. Zhen disliked eating alone as boring, Mr. Zhen and Mr. Zhen Fei ate together. After a long time, even the housekeeper became a routine and needed to ask.

Master Zhen looked up at the sky outside, it was indeed dark, he sighed, and stood up straight away:

"Let's go, go to the uncle's house. By the way, I still haven't read the account books today. I will sleep in the study room later. You can ask someone to clean it up. Also, put the news about the fields that I got today, and I will take care of it later. Look. I'm picking one, and there might be something suitable."

While walking into the inner courtyard, Mr. Zhen did not forget to tell the butler that his heart to expand his family business is very hot now, so naturally he always pays attention to it. I forgot everything.

"Hey, the little one understands, master, master looks at his feet."