A Concubine of Salted Fish in Qing Dynasty [Red House]

The old lady came to Lanxin Courtyard again excitedly, looked at Yun Shuyao as if she was looking at a treasure, and made people take care of her carefully. She also gave her many things and added two more people. In addition, she The cost of food and clothing is doubled on the existing basis.

Yun Shuyao looked at the treasures sent: ah, the small treasury has become more substantial again!

Bonuses are never too much.

In addition to the fact that it was the Chinese New Year, the old lady felt that this was a double happiness, and the red seal for Dr. Zhou was doubled from the original one, which made Dr. Zhou laugh from ear to ear.

Therefore, when the old lady asked him to come back early after the new year, he did not hesitate and agreed.

Don't you just come here earlier, there is no problem at all.

Anyway, he didn't have much to do during the New Year, so he took this opportunity to save a little more money.

Moreover, if you make friends with the magistrate, you can bring other invisible benefits, which cannot be exchanged for more money.

After Lin Ruhai came back, he heard the good news for the first time. At that time, his heart was filled with excitement. Seeing the uncontrollable smile in Yun Shuyao's eyes, he almost couldn't wait for the child to be born.

As the Chinese New Year was approaching, it was a time of joy, but now because the two eldest masters of the Lin family were happy and gave out rewards, they became even more joyful.

Yun Shuyao was not dazzled by their joy, she paid attention to the demeanor of Jia Min, her immediate superior.

Her smile was a bit forced, Yun Shuyao could understand.

For Jia Min, children were something she couldn't ask for, and naturally she would not be very happy when she heard that my concubine had two in one go.

If you're not happy, you're not happy, Yun Shuyao didn't feel any malice towards her, which made Yun Shuyao heave a sigh of relief.

In comparison, the people around her were more malicious.

But... Yun Shuyao looked around Jia Min, she was followed by Nanny Liu, she hadn't seen Nanny Qian for a long time.

I don't know how long Jia Min will detain her.

To Yun Shuyao, he was a dangerous person, but there was an old lady on top of her, so there was no need to worry too much.

As for the other colleague who didn't show up... Yun Shuyao felt that if she continued to raise her baby in Meixiang Yard and didn't go out, with her simple mind, maybe another emotionally agitated person would drink tocopherol. Inferring in this way, colleagues will not know, so I can save myself a lot of unnecessary calculations.

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Yun Shuyao was pregnant with twins. This was good news, and it spread quickly.

When Song heard that she was sure, she was lost in thought.

This is a happy event for the Lin family, but as far as she is concerned, it is not happy.

If her daughter encounters any problems during childbirth, she has to face the choice of protecting the older ones and the younger ones. Mrs. Song has no confidence at all that the master of the Lin family will keep her daughter, so she gets angry with anxiety, blisters grow on the corners of her mouth, and it hurts to swallow saliva .

When she returned to her natal home, Song's mother saw her daughter like this, felt her worry, and hugged her: "Don't worry so much, I didn't come here well at the beginning. Shu Yao has always been in good health, and she will be fine. Go to the temple and ask for a lottery for her, it is auspicious, and the mother and child will be safe, if you are really worried, go to the temple and ask for a talisman."

After hearing this, Mrs. Song nodded immediately: "I'll go another day."

Compared to Song's worries, some people in Meixiangyuan were also worried, but the reason for her worry was another aspect.

Gao's face became serious when she heard that they were twins. She knew that usually twins would be born prematurely. If Aunt Yun gave birth to the eldest son prematurely, the title of daughter's eldest son would be gone.

It's not a trivial matter to keep the young and old in order.

This was not what she expected.

However, she did not reveal this worry in front of her daughter, and ordered others not to tell her.

When she opened her mouth, Nanny Wu immediately agreed, and she waited for Mrs. Gao's words.

It's not that Nanny Wu doesn't know Aunt Mei's temperament. If Aunt Mei knows and thinks about it, it will be bad for her health.

She is in better health now, and basically does not step out of this room. Her body is weak to the naked eye. As long as they speak the same way, she will not know. According to Nanny Wu, it is okay to tell her after Aunt Mei is born. not too late.

Because of knowing this, Gao's New Year's Eve is not very festive.

She went back to Mei's house for Chinese New Year, her daughter is not in good health, she can take care of her at Lin's house on weekdays, but for Chinese New Year, she has to go back anyway.

Although she was not in high spirits, the Mei family was in high spirits. After the news of her daughter's pregnancy spread, their family's courtyard has never been quiet.

Although she was not the only pregnant woman in the Lin family, his daughter had a high possibility of giving birth to the eldest son of the magistrate.

For a merchant family, the magistrate is an unattainable tree.

Since the third lady of their family entered the gate of the magistrate's house, the filial piety and favors paid by the family have decreased a lot. When the news of their daughter's pregnancy spread, the business has become much smoother than before. Now that it is Chinese New Year, the Mei family It's like a cloud coming.

Some people would even say congratulatory words in front of Mrs. Gao. Mrs. Gao is modest about this, and they repeatedly say that they don’t dare to do it. They don’t care. Yes, she is Miss San's biological mother!There is still a son under her knees, and the days of happiness are yet to come.

Some people may not know what Gao is being modest about, but regardless of the order of birth and gender of Miss Mei San's children, the benefits she has brought to the Mei family are beyond their envy.

This year, Yun's family is also very lively, poor in the busy city, no one knows, rich in the mountains and has distant relatives.

Ever since the news about the Yun family's daughter being pregnant got out, relatives and friends from the Yun family would come to congratulate her from time to time. The Chinese New Year was originally a time for relatives and friends to walk around and connect with each other, and they would not let this opportunity pass by.

The Yun family's house was not big, and it was just right for the family to live in, but now the empty space in the house was filled with gifts, which couldn't fit in the utility room, and even piled up to the room where they slept.

After saying no to accepting it, others always have various reasons and excuses to keep the gift. Fortunately, they still have a sense of propriety and didn't give anything too precious.

Even so, it took a lot of effort for the Song family to count and register these relationships.

Among these contacts, most of them are Yun Qingliang's classmates and contemporaries. At their age, there are still many people who have not given up the imperial examination. Many people come to him to find out if there are any "cheat books".

Unable to bear the disturbance, Yun Qingliang calmed down by leaving in the name of returning to his hometown to worship his ancestors.

There are still relatively few people who can chase Wangjia Village.

Both of them are like this, let alone the Lin family, the concierge received the invitations to carry them in baskets.

The sources of the owners of these posts are very rich, including their lord's colleagues, local gentry and wealthy households, and so on.

In this one-third of an acre of land, the prefect is the top person in the official pyramid.

For this reason, everyone in the Lin family got busy. At this moment, Jia Min fell ill.

Ever since the two concubines entered the house, Jia Min had never been ill. When she tossed and turned and couldn't sleep peacefully, she held on to her breath. At the end of the year, because she was too tired, she couldn't hold her breath anymore.

Dr. Zhou prescribed medicine for her, and when asked by the magistrate, he replied: "Ma'am is caused by depression in her heart and overworked recently. After taking the medicine, she will get better after a period of rest."

Lin Ruhai remained silent.

Are you depressed?

"Excuse me, Doctor Zhou."

Doctor Zhou: "Master Zhifu is polite, this is a matter of duty."

On the bed, Jia Min was lying powerless. In fact, she herself was a little surprised. After all, she hadn't been sick for a long time. Her body was not very good, and she had some minor ailments every once in a while.She has experienced so many things in the past six months, but she didn't get sick very much. It's just that the timing is not right now, and there are too many things to do during the Chinese New Year.

She is the mistress, and other things can be done by the servants, but the New Year sacrifices, banquets and entertaining other imperial wives must be done by the master.

She still wanted to support her body to do things, but was stopped by Lin Ruhai, "The preparations are almost done, and there are still servants, so you should rest well, and postpone those banquets, your body is the most important thing."

Jia Min frowned: "My post has already been sent..."

Lin Ruhai: "I'll post another post to explain the reason. I think everyone will understand. It's not too late to have a banquet when Min'er recovers in the next year."

Jia Min: "There are still sacrifices..."

Lin Ruhai: "There are rules and regulations, you just need to show up when you worship your ancestors, and I will do the rest."

Jia Min listened, and smiled slightly, this is what always makes her heartbroken.

He is always considerate, and he has a lot to do during the Chinese New Year.

If something goes wrong, he will come forward to take over the matter, instead of just blaming her.

Concerned about her own body, she didn't force herself, and sighed, "It's because my body doesn't live up to it..."

Lin Ruhai took her hand and put it under the quilt: "People are not made of iron. You have been tired for so long, and it is reminding you to take a good rest."

Lin Ruhai thought of what Dr. Zhou said about being stuck in his heart, and his mind moved.

She should be happy if relatives and friends can come to see her at this time.

Originally, there were no relatives or friends in Xingtai Mansion, but he was well informed and knew that an old friend of hers would return to Xingtai Mansion to observe his filial piety.

As soon as he said this, Jia Min really cheered up: "It's Zhao Wu? Isn't her husband an official in Beijing?"

Lin Ruhai: "Brother Zishi's grandfather passed away, so he kept his filial piety according to the rules."

Jia Min sighed: "I see."

Her husband-in-law is the eldest grandson, who is required to observe mourning for 27 months according to the system, so it is no wonder that he will return home.

Jia Min was happy to see her old friend, but also sad for her friend.

For Yun Shuyao this year, nothing has changed except that the decoration at home has become more festive and the dishes have more dishes.

As a concubine, as long as it is a well-behaved family, Zhongfu will not let the concubine come forward unless there are some unavoidable circumstances.

What's special is that on the night of New Year's Eve, the old lady and others called her and Aunt Mei to have a meal together. In addition, they received three red envelopes, which were given by the three masters. of.

In addition, they also gave red envelopes to two children, adding up to nine red envelopes.

She opened it and looked at her own share. The old lady wrapped one gold and one silver and two little Ruyis, each weighing about three taels.

Lin Ruhai's red seal is two delicate gold leaves.

Jia Min's has two cleats, one gold and one silver.

And what they prepare for the twins is very similar.

The old lady gave the jade wishful necklace.

What Lin Ruhai prepared was a safety lock inlaid with gold and jade.

What Jia Min prepared was Yu Ping'an buckle.

All have the meaning of keeping safe.

The value...Anyway, it made Yun Shuyao clearly understand what the gap is.

But then Lin Ruhai gave her two sets of jewelry. Although it was still not as good as the lucky money received by the two unborn babies, it was a surprise to Yun Shuyao.

In ancient times, the human rights of concubines were only half.

This is because she is from a good family, if she is from a servant girl, unless she is favored, her status will be better than that of a servant girl.

This evil feudal era.

Aside from these things that tested her mentality, after the new year, Yun Shuyao felt the fetal movement, and realized more clearly that there were two little lives growing up.

For this reason, she will spend more time on prenatal education every day.

She has never been pregnant in modern times, but she has a general knowledge of some matters related to pregnancy.

After Lin Ruhai heard what she said about prenatal education, she immediately took over the task.

Moreover, the attitude is serious.

The books he prepared were also different from the basic enlightenment books prepared by Yun Shuyao. When he was studying, if Yun Shuyao didn't do anything else, she would fall into a drowsy state after listening to it. Strong cheer up.

She felt that Lin Ruhai's starting point was too high, reading four books and five classics to a little baby who didn't understand anything?It's too embarrassing.

Maybe he just let the children listen to it and feel the rhythm of the poem?

But look at Lin Ruhai's serious expression... Well, he actually really wanted the child to understand, so...

Aunt Mei couldn't listen more than Yun Shuyao. As soon as Lin Ruhai took out the book, Aunt Mei's face became uncontrollably gloomy, and then quickly fell into a deep sleep. Often Lin Ruhai had just read the beginning at this time.

Lin Ruhai: "..."

Even if the two aunts lack interest in what he reads, he is still the same as before.

In his opinion, it is precisely because the child's mother is not interested that he has to think more in front of the child to attract their interest.

If he can't get away, let other people take the top, which is equivalent to him being a full-time teacher. When he is busy, a temporary substitute teacher will teach the class. In short, students will not be allowed to study by themselves.

Regarding this, Yun Shuyao: "..."

Does this count as shooting yourself in the foot?

But after thinking about it, the relationship between father and son needs to be cultivated. Lin Ruhai spends so much time, no matter whether the child is a boy or a girl, the more he pays, the more affection he pours into him. In this feudal era, the relationship between the head of the family, how do you think? It's all good.

Therefore, even if she felt drowsy after listening to it, she would try to do something else to keep herself from falling asleep and increase Lin Ruhai's sense of accomplishment.

For example, if she practiced while listening to the book, because the content of the book was boring, she would enter the cultivation state faster, so everyone was happy.