prosperous life

Taichang Temple Shaoqing Zhou Mansion

It is true that Cheng Hanyuan is a foreign official, but he is a third rank and has real power. His younger brother Cheng Han moved to the Zhou family of Dengzhou rich family.

In previous years, some people would return to Beijing to report on their work, and some would invite relatives to hold poetry gatherings and banquets.

This time, Zhou's family invited many wives and ladies here under the banner of appreciating flowers and tasting tea. Compared with other families, the ostentation is not impressive. Let's look at each other together.

Cheng Yu and Rong Ningjin sat on the stone chair beside Hongfeng and chatted, "Why are you here, I think you would rather rest at home than come." Cheng Yu knew Rong Ningjin very well, and he was extremely unwilling to come like this A blind date is like a tea party, but if it was a real tea party, he would be somewhat interested.

"If my father wants to come, I will follow. My sister wants to see brother Mo, so naturally I will come." Rong Ningjin said, flipping the maple leaf that fell on her head.

In the pavilion in the distance, a group of young ladies got to know each other through the introduction of their elders. If the wife first saw the one she liked, she would ask a few more questions, and then the group of young girls were left to play together, while the wives When I bring my daughter-in-law to meet people, they all talk about their own things in twos and threes.

Cheng Yu naturally didn't follow her mother-in-law, because his mother-in-law Feng Jing moved to the backyard with Rong Ningjin's father and his second uncle Cheng Han to pick up things. It is said that they were silk and Hu pens brought back from Huzhou. Nobody cares.

"Why are you so depressed?" Cheng Song felt that Rong Ningjin's state was too bad.

"It's okay, I slept late yesterday, and I can't lift my spirits." Rong Ningjin was actually depressed because of a letter she received a few days ago.

The letter was not sent by someone else, but sent by someone from Sui Wei who had changed his name. There was nothing else written in the letter, it just said that he was originally the adopted son of the Sui family, and now he was adopted by someone else, and he is probably on his way to Laizhou now. On the way, he couldn't say goodbye to Brother Rong Ningjin because of time constraints, but he always regarded Rong Ningjin as his younger brother and Rong Ningrui as his elder brother.

To be honest, although Rong Ningjin knew Ade first, she would not have a deep friendship with Ade, let alone have contact with the Sui family because of Ade's relationship, because Ade was too naive, his lively and cheerful It's because someone was there to protect him.

In Rong Ningjin's view, Ade is a dodder flower, although he is an older brother but he can be self-willed with his younger brother.Especially for the people around him, he always takes it for granted. As long as he wants to do that, he thinks that other people think so too, and takes action regardless of others.

As for the Sui family couple, the husband seems to be a nice guy, but he is a good-natured wife. Otherwise, even if the adopted son is not as good as the parent-child, he would not send the adopted son out so soon, and it has nothing to do with him after the adoption.

The wife is even more scheming. On weekdays, when Ade went to the Minister's Mansion to bring some things back, Liu asked Sui Wei to accompany Ade to come to make an apology. It seemed like he was evading, but he took the opportunity to say that they don't care about small favors. to help out.

Isn't that how the cabbage that the car really sold at the cabbage price came from.

At the beginning, Rong Ningjin thought that Ade and the Sui family couple had the same purpose, but Sui Wei seemed to have good bamboo shoots out of bad ones, but it was not a forest.

It seems that we should stay away from the Sui family in the future. As for Ade, it's okay to be an ordinary friend.

After a while, the pavilion was also divided, and several groups formed a group.A girl with a light pink butterfly dress and a pair of skirt shirt with a light green dress and a light green skirt walked towards them quickly.

When Cheng Yu saw him, he stood up and said, "Why don't you play with them?" It was Zhou Bei, the cousin of Cheng Yu's second uncle's daughter, who was also Rong Ningjin's cousin, and Zhou Bei's father was Zhou Jing's father. Cousin Zhou Fang.

Zhou Bei said directly without coddling, "Two young ladies quarreled, and finally a few persuading people also quarreled, really!" Zhou Bei also reached the age of marriage, Zhou Fang and Cheng Hanqian wanted to I picked one that was good in every aspect, but there was no suitable one. Later, I thought that since I couldn’t find everything that was good, I would choose the one my daughter liked, so I just told Zhou Bei to let her choose.

But it is naturally impossible for a daughter to meet outsiders. Based on the principle that a son is like a mother, the mother-in-law will be picked first. On the one hand, the mother is not bad in appearance, and the son is not too bad. On the other hand, the son is the mother's adopted son. Big ones, even if the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is not good.

Zhou Beisheng is not stupid in his mind, and he really doesn't look very good. After all, the appearance of his parents is there, so there is no need to talk about getting married. His daughter, Father Xiao, and the whole family of Zhou's family are not very good-looking.

Zhou Jing is different. It is said that Zhou Jing looks like his grandmother, who is a famous local beauty in his grandfather's home.

Even Zhou Linglong, the concubine of the Qing Dynasty who entered the palace, was praised by the emperor for her intelligence and virtuousness when she was canonized.

After hearing Zhou Bei's words, Cheng Ting and Cheng Ting knew the whole story. Xiao Yuan, who had finally come out to let the wind go, accidentally knocked over the tea of ​​Cheng Ting, who came from afar but was a relative of the owner's family. The tea did not spill on Cheng Ting. It splashed on the person next to him.

Sitting next to Cheng Ting was Zhang Cuiyuan who had come to Beijing with his mother to see his elder brother Zhang Xuyou. Of course Zhang Cuiyuan didn't care about anything but asked the maid to clean up in the backyard.

Cheng Ting couldn't help it, of course, so he babbled a few words. Zhang Lianyai, the younger sister of Zhang's sisters who came with Cheng Ting and the others, pointed at Xiao Yuan and said that she should continue to ground her feet if she hasn't learned the rules well.

Originally, Xiao Yuan's grounding was a housework, and it was not a glorious thing for a girl to be grounded. Xiao Yan and Xiao Shu, who came with Xiao Yuan, felt that they had no face, and hurried away from Xiao Yuan.

Now Xiao Yuan felt that the Cheng family sisters and the Zhang family sisters had come to her house to force her position, and now they were deliberately embarrassing her, and the three of them quarreled in a few words.

Someone nearby persuaded everyone to gather around, and someone knocked over the food box on the table again, and the food in the food box scattered Miss Zhao Jiasan all over.

Miss Zhao Jiasan immediately looked like a weak willow and Fufeng, charming and slender, the maid hurriedly tidied up, and the ladies shunned each other and became a mess.

Then the deeds of Cheng Ting, Xiao Yuan, and Zhang Lian'ai naturally spread to the ears of the ladies and wives. It will not be easy to find a good family in the future.

Miss Zhao Jiasan Zhao Liang and Miss Zhang San Zhang Cuiyuan are also impressive.

Zhao Liang is very impressive because the Zhao family really has a strong family background, and Miss Zhao's family never forgets to show a soft and tender look to the girls who are also girls.

Miss Zhang San, Zhang Cuiyuan, is because although she is young, she is generous in dealing with things, and she deserves to be a rich family of poets and books.

Watching Luo Shi appease the young ladies from afar, he ordered the servant girl to tidy up the pavilion, after all the fussing, it was time for lunch.

Cheng Yu naturally didn't want to sit with them, so he dragged Rong Ningjin to the small kitchen, Zhou Bei wanted to follow, but her mother cast an inaccurate look over her, Zhou Bei obediently sat down.

Not to mention how Zhou Bei and the group of young ladies were eating, Cheng Yu directly took the small kitchen in the yard and ordered the dishes to be ready in a while.

Rong Ningjin and Cheng Yu sat in the living room to rest, and were not in a hurry to go to the main house. After all, eating for two is different from eating with a group of people or a group of special people.

"Are you going out to play on the eleventh of next month? Anyway, you are young and I am married, so I have nothing to say. Cousin Rui should be back by then."

November [-] is the traditional festival of Dasheng Thousand Yuan Festival. In fact, according to Rong Ningjin's understanding, it is more appropriate to call it the Yuanyuan Festival. It means that unmarried teenagers can go out to play without the supervision of adults and elders. It is a bit like the Lantern Festival, and there are also lantern festivals. There is joy everywhere.

There are many grand festivals like New Year's Day, which are extremely lively on the first day of the first month of the first month. On the third day of March, greenery is picked, on the twelfth day of June, flowers are gathered, and on the fifteenth day of the August Mid-Autumn Festival. The days of fun are also lively like festivals.

"Your house... I'll let you out." Rong Ningjin actually wanted to ask your mother-in-law to agree?

Cheng Yu's sister-in-law, Xiao Yan, is not married yet, and the elders of the Xiao family can't follow her, but there will be no fewer maids and women, and there will not be too many servants and guards, especially if there must be older brothers or sisters in the family. Married sister-in-law with.

In this way, it is easy to see whether the other party's family background is high or low.A prostitute is naturally protected by a brother or sister-in-law, even if it is a cousin or cousin, concubine haha, if you have a concubine, you will be honored, if you don't have a prostitute, you can either go by yourself or not.

"Xiao Tao, I told him that he wants to play with him too. Xiao Yan can just take Xiao Yan around for an hour, so that the other rooms can save the time to come over for fun. My mother-in-law also agrees." Cheng Yu I play it myself and said that Xiao Tao will go back to the house with Xiao Yan for a short stroll, what's enough for an hour to see someone?

And it's not certain when the Xiao Tao brothers and sisters will go out, so there may not be someone who is willing to follow, just follow an hour in advance, my daughter-in-law has found friends to play by herself, do I still have to accompany you?

Cheng Yu said after taking a sip of tea, "Your sour plum soup is easy to make and tastes good, but it's not as good as wine, and you won't need it when it's cold. You can give me some wine when it's better."

He mainly wanted the wine for Xiao Tao to have a long aftertaste and not hurt his body. It was suitable for Xiao Tao to drink after practicing martial arts. According to Uncle Jing, this wine can also preserve health, so he wanted more points.

"Yes, Ade asked for a lot last time. I won't give it to him this time. I'll give you more later." Rong Ningjin didn't do much by herself, and Zhou Jing tasted that Rong Ningjin's brew was better than his own. Do it strong, just ignore it.

Rong Ningrui and Rong Ningzhu also wanted it, and her own parents had to be filial, and if Cheng Yu gave some, there would be nothing left.

"That Ade, don't get too close to him in the future, I didn't like him from the beginning.

Two days ago, a man came to look for Cousin Fan and said that he thanked Cousin Fan for taking care of him when he was in the hunting ground last time, so his mother asked him to give Cousin Fan some thank you gifts. look.

I didn't think much about it at first, but there was a purse in it, and I didn't buy it outside, and the Sui family didn't have a sewing maid, so it was Ade who embroidered it himself. Mrs. Sui really planned. "

Rong Ningjin just nodded to show that she understood.

In the afternoon, the wives and wives of all the prefectures left with satisfaction with presents, except of course Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Xiao.

No matter whether they are happy or not, they always have a smile on their faces after being educated by their mothers. This time, the gathering of the Zhou family was quite successful. Rong Ningjin and Cheng Yu said goodbye to each other, and followed Zhou Jing back home.

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