The clever maid of the red mansion

Although the Li family in Gusu is full of copper stink, the three brothers can't do much, but they have inherited a little bit from their parents since they were young-changing their origins,

Those who are rich are not as good as those who are officials. Scholars, farmers, businessmen, and merchants are the lowest. Although they are rich, they are the last.Since he has money, he can naturally spend money to donate to an official through other channels, but that is something that ordinary rich people can only do, and they can only live comfortably in their hometown, and it is a joke to go out.

If you really have the foresight and really want to change the glorious lintel of the family, there is only one way, that is, to study and get a scholar, and to take the imperial examination.After two or three generations, you can call yourself a family of poets and books, and you can call yourself a scholarly family. Even Feng Tang, who started his career with military exploits, is not as noble as this.

Gusu, on the other hand, has been a prosperous place in the world since ancient times, with outstanding people and talented people.It's nothing to be rich, and it's nothing to have a general-level official in the family, but it's a glory if a family has a number one scholar, or a few Jinshi.So Zhuangyuanli, Sanyuan Street, and Tanhua Lane emerge in endlessly.

Therefore, the third house of the Li family, regardless of honesty or indecency, such as Li Mingyun, the third house, who has a bad mind, is all focused on urging his children to study, and has not moved other side thoughts.It is precisely because of this spirit that the third family of the Li family has each produced a worthy son in this generation.

According to the big ranking, Li Jiaqing, the sixth son of the long family, Li Jiasheng, the fourth son of the second house, and Li Jialiang, the ninth son of the third house, who has just been selected as a scholar, are all considered the pillars of the Li family.

Especially the fourth son, Li Jiasheng, and the sixth son, Liu Jiaqing, were elected in the Qiu Wei last year. Because of their low rankings, the masters of the academy did not approve of them participating in the Chun Wei that year, so there was a gap.Mr. Ming also pointed out that since the family is well-off, why not enter the capital as soon as possible, if there is a chance to be taught by a famous teacher, there is great hope for Jinshi and Difang.

It is not easy to pass the exam, but it is even more difficult to get a Jinshi. How many people pass the exam until they are dozens of years old, but they only stop at the scholar or the exam.The fourth son, Li Jiasheng, is Li Jiabai's elder brother, he will be 30 years old in two years, has a wife and son, and is even more anxious to pass the exam.The sixth son, Li Jiaqing, is two years younger than the fifth son, Li Jiabai, but he looks like Feng Ziying.But he also has a family and has a son. Compared with the fourth and fifth brothers, it may be better, but when he thinks of his cousin Feng Ziying, all the pride is gone.

At an ordinary age, he is still studying hard in his official career, and he is already a third-rank official. People are more deadly than others. Only by working harder can he be comforted.

Now that the two of them are going to Beijing, it is for next year's spring, and they are accompanied by a servant, not even a girl, because they are afraid that they will be distracted.

First of all, I paid my respects to Mr. Feng Tang. It's a courtesy.The old man gave me the meal, but after a while, I went to the third master's house in the next afternoon.

Mr. Feng had already been trusted before, so he brought someone to pick him up after seeing Bujing. They knew that they would definitely come over after seeing the old man. It so happened that Liu Er went to Fu's house to add makeup to Fu Qiufang. Before he turned around, Feng Ziying met him in the study Two cousins.

From the heart, Feng Sanye valued Li's cousins ​​more than his own brothers.It's not because my mother's uncle is the eldest, but except for the third uncle who is only interested in making money, the other two are fairly kind people. Except for the fifth cousin who is not honest and not very bad-hearted, everyone else in the family is serious. people.Those who do business are serious about doing business, those who study are also hardworking, and they don't follow crooked ways. This is a simple and honest family style, which is very rare.

The three met each other and sat down for tea. They hadn't seen each other for some years. They looked at each other and they were all mature. They seemed to see each other's thoughts and couldn't help but looked at each other and smiled. Mr. Feng motioned for the two of them to drink tea and said apologetically, "I'm going to my aunt's house to attend the gift, I have to be back in the evening, but I can't come out to see my cousin for a while, I hope you can forgive me."

The fourth son, Li Jiasheng, hurriedly said, "Why is my cousin so polite? From now on, he will be stationed in the capital, and we are all relatives. We have time to meet each other, not less than a day or two."

Li Jiaqing also agreed, Feng Ziying smiled, and changed the subject, "The two cousins ​​are here, can the uncle and uncle bring something to talk about?"

Naturally, it was brought here, and Li Jiasheng hurriedly took a package from the boy next to him, opened it, and inside was a letter to Feng Ziying and a small box containing the paperwork for the transfer of shares.Feng Ziying took it over, and when she saw the two things, she knew it well.He opened the letter first and read it. After reading it for a while, he was not surprised, but he entrusted this nephew to take care of the two people in front of him, but now he added another one, the fifth nephew Li Jiabai.

After Li Mingze completed the agreement with his nephew, he somewhat recalled that if the Li family's business wanted to continue and get the protection of the Feng family, it would probably fall on Li Jiabai, his nephew.Now Uncle Li doesn't care much about this. The Li family has already saved their fortune. As long as the children who are studying are promising, they are not afraid that the Li family's business will not do well in the future.

Mr. Feng naturally saw what his uncle was thinking, and smiled secretly, but he didn't care too much.A lifetime is too long, at least within ten years, the Li family's children will need the Feng family in officialdom, and after ten years, it will be the next generation.There are old men like him, and clever mothers like Liu Er, who don't believe in their children's tunes and can't teach them well.Give birth to a few more, believe it or not, there are no talented ones hehe.

At that moment, Mr. Feng and the Li family had a good conversation in detail. When Liu Er came back, the three of them were chatting in the study and entering the alley.Don't look at Mr. Feng as a young dude, but if he doesn't explore knowledge deeply, he will not show timidity in front of anyone.Liu'er had to meet the two of them in the past. Besides his brothers, this was the closest relative of Mr. Feng, and he wanted to get closer in the future.

Liu'er's impression of the two of them was very good. There are talented people in the south of the Yangtze River, and both of them were born clean and elegant, and they looked like scholars.His eyes are clear and upright, his speech and behavior are well-behaved, completely different from Li Jiabai and other casual and humorous people, and it fits Liu Er's image of a scholar in his heart.

They stayed for dinner, but because the last three drank too much, they didn't go back to Li's house in the capital.The next day, the servants of the Li family packed up the local products brought by the two young masters and sent them to the various prefectures.

Feng Sanye asked the two cousins ​​for teachers, and it went smoothly.Because Mr. Lin has a daughter, after a hundred years, he naturally thinks that he will have someone to help him.Seeing that the fourth son, Li Jiasheng, had a solid academic record, was also stable, and had Feng Ziying's face, this cheap son-in-law, not to mention anything else, was the most vicious, thought it was not profitable, and couldn't work for his old man, so he accepted Li Jiasheng.Li Jiasheng was so excited that he fainted immediately. As the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, as a teacher, once he is admitted to Jinshi, it will be a great help to his career. As long as he is a down-to-earth person and an official, his future will be bright.

And even though he hasn't been here for a few days, he has already gotten a good idea of ​​Mr. Feng's relatives.Especially for the third grandma, when relatives come to Beijing in the future, they will have to move around a lot.After inquiring, the two cousins ​​were taken aback. They also knew that the cousin was from a low family background and had a adoptive father who was a high-ranking official, so they didn't pay much attention.Only now do I know what it means to be a high official. Lin Ruhai now has a deep sacred heart, but anyone with a discerning eye knows that it is only a matter of time before he leaves the court and enters the prime minister.Besides, Shih Lin has a very good reputation. People like this, they have no way to curry favor with them. They are really lucky this time.

Fourth Master Li immediately wrote a family letter to report to his father Uncle Li, because the matter of the sixth younger brother has not yet been settled, so it is not good to write a letter back with a big fanfare, so he just secretly wrote a family letter, so that I will be happy first and feel at ease That's all.Since then, he has also settled down to study, and every holiday and holiday, he will serve in front of Mr. Lin. In addition to learning some knowledge, he also sees some worldly experiences.

Although Mr. Lin did a good job as a son-in-law, it didn't take much effort for Li Si's cousin to ask for a teacher. On the contrary, Mr. Zhang, who was idle and wild, really took a lot of effort from Feng Sanye and Li Liugong.

Zhang Youshi is now an old man, and he is really not in the mood to teach his disciples.His son Zhang Xuezhen's virtue, he didn't understand it, why should he be a teacher, he was somewhat self-defeating.

Since Feng Ziying passed away, he has confiscated students again.

However, I am a little fortunate to accept a student like Feng Ziying. It doesn't matter if the son is not successful. Anyway, the student is promising. The master and apprentice are like father and son, and the other son is successful. I'm relieved.

So Mr. Feng took his six cousins ​​and walked in front of Zhang Youshi twice, but Zhang Youshi didn't care.Zhang Youshi didn't hide his secrets from his sixth cousin's request for advice, and devoted himself to giving advice.

Originally, Li Jiaqing was somewhat steadfast in his cousin asking him to worship this as his teacher instead of the senior official of the fourth brother.Unexpectedly, after asking for advice several times, I am really convinced by this Mr. Zhang.He has also seen the world in Jiangnan, and he knows whether he is an expert or not after two contacts.Since then, I have no more complaints, and I only want to please this eccentric old man, but the old man has not bought it.

Is a person like Zhang Youshi so flattering? To him, wealth is like floating clouds, money is like dung, and at a young age, I have never seen anything.The only son he cared about had his apprentice Feng Ziying around, so he couldn't starve to death no matter what.So even if he could see the thoughts of Li Xiaoliu, even if he was not a bird, there was nothing Mr. Feng could do.

In the end, Liu'er couldn't see it, and the two of them had nothing to gossip about after dinner at night. Liu'er teased her son, Hutou, and heard Feng Ziying sigh, and couldn't help saying angrily, "You guys are all men. No matter how good you are, you are so rough-hearted. It's like a bucket. What is the old man missing? I guess he will be so breathless that he will fly up immediately. Leave this matter to your wife, and within three days, there will definitely be a result."

Feng Ziying always knew that his daughter-in-law was clever, so her eyes lit up immediately, and said, "If it is done, I will ask Xiao Liu to kowtow to you. You are a bodhisattva who saves the life of his boy. You don't know, he is jealous of Si Cousin, my eyes are almost red with the teachings of my adoptive father."

"Kowtow can be avoided, and there is no life-saving. Only now, the master has roughly figured out the structure of the silk in the former court, and asked him to write a letter back and ask the uncle and uncle to help. It is important to see if it can be woven. This thing is now lost. Once you get it out, it will not only be good for your own use, but it will also be a very rare thing to sell." Liu'er has never abandoned painting now, and practiced her brush from time to time, now that Zhang Youshi is here, she can also ask for advice on knowledge, the two of them Now there is more friendship between master and apprentice, the master even praised Liu Er's intelligence, he is quite happy to see him, he is much more interested in learning and official career than Li Xiaoliu.

"It's easy to say, it's not a big deal, I have to ask my uncle to send some new-style materials to make a supplement. If there is anything else you want, just think about it. When the time comes, ask your cousins ​​to do it together. Uncle's family has plenty. silver."

"Bah, you are not satisfied, our family is so short of things, it makes people laugh and have shallow eyelids! Nothing else, just do what you do, and you must keep it secret. No, we have spent a lot of effort on the boss." It's been so long, what's the fun in being found out!"

"My lady's words are very true. You are still alert, and your husband is not as good as..." Feng Ziying flattered with a smile. At this time, he didn't realize it, but a daughter-in-law is a little bit interested, but it is also a way to make money. Elegant word.

Li Mo, Shanlian pens, Xue Taojian, and Taoist inkstones from the former dynasty are all hard to find, and they are said to be good stories, and they have gained both fame and fortune.

For the family, it is also a kind of heritage.