old lady in red

Shi Mei said: "If she is willing to accept her fate and be obedient and obedient, she will be married to a servant girl. After three to five years, when the court calms down, she will be released from citizenship and sent back to her hometown to settle down. Maybe she will have children and grandchildren around her knees to take care of her." every day.

It's just her wishful thinking, thinking that if she flatters the father-in-law, she can avenge her father's grievances?

Is her father wronged?

It was late for food and grass, but those soldiers persisted in fighting, and they were not forced to give up until the eldest son of the emperor was arrested.However, his life was precious, so he left more than 1 troops and the prince who was in charge of the army, and fled before the battle.

As a result, the eldest son of the emperor was arrested, and [-] soldiers were injured. His Majesty had to negotiate an indemnity to redeem his son.

Your Majesty only punished the first offender, but did not confiscate the children into the Jiaofang Division. It is already a tribute to her ancestors' meritorious deeds. She is very tolerant, but she still lacks support. "

Nanny Lai said: "Who says it's not? It's only the old lady who is to blame. The eldest son of the emperor is still alive. This battle is a stain on his life. He will never have a chance to be with you again. What a hatred. This kind of girl, Who dares to touch hands of the noble family?

When the old lady made a fuss and said that the ancestors were old relatives, everyone knew that it was a roundabout turn.Regardless of her family's objections, she was fooled by someone, and she was bought with money to buy her, and she was taken with her to serve her.

Otherwise, how could the father-in-law fall for her?It was also God's retribution, giving birth to a monster with incomplete six roots. "

In order to cling to Jia Daishan, the man got Jia Daishan drunk, and then fed her a love potion, which almost didn't kill her. It's strange that the child born in this way can be normal.

Shi Mei thought of Jia Daishan's obedience to his mother, and felt aggrieved for the owner.

In Jia's mother's memory, Jia Daishan was considered a kind husband, but once Jia's mother confronted her mother-in-law, whether right or wrong, Jia Daishan was never fair.

Even because of the tense relationship between Jia Mu and her mother-in-law, in order to appease her mother, he even rejected Jia Mu's favored girl during Jia Mu's pregnancy, and accepted two girl gifts from her mother.

If these girls in front hadn't crawled out of the way, the girls of the Zhou family would not have developed ambitions.

Shi Mei said: "If he wants to be foolish and filial, he can't blame others!"

Nanny Lai said: "Ma'am, don't blame the servant girl for talking too much. Even if the father-in-law has gone, the servant girl will cry out for the father-in-law. Does the father-in-law want any girl, and she is not a fairy beauty. There is still a difference in seniority. No matter how hungry your father is, he would never dare to act like a beast.

According to the old lady's calculations, this girl wants to call the father-in-law a cousin.

If it wasn't so, the father-in-law wouldn't stop mentioning her. Who would have imagined that a 15-year-old girl would be so bold that she would drug her uncle because she didn't want to be a servant?

The old lady is too tough, she was bent by this girl. "

Shi Mei was very puzzled: "It's been so many years, she hasn't said a word, why did she suddenly make a fuss and want to see the child?

Could it be that you think that my father-in-law has gone, and I, a widow, are easy to bully?

At the beginning, when she had an abortion, the old lady took care of her. I didn't touch it at all, and I promised my father-in-law that the child would be raised on my behalf.It was she who failed to live up to her expectations and gave birth to a sinful obstacle, who is to blame?

The father-in-law took care of that child himself, I don't know where he went, I don't know if he is dead or alive! "

Nanny Lai's complexion changed, but she didn't make a sound.

Shi Mei looked at Nanny Lai, frowned and said, "You know?"

Nanny Lai waved her hand: "I knew I had told my wife a long time ago, but I suddenly remembered something. My wife remembered that last year, Uncle Jia Mei went to Haijiang, and my wife asked our boss and Jin Da to inspect the farm, and Lai Da gave it to his wife. Zhang Firefox?"

Shi Mei said: "Why don't you remember this, what's the matter?"

"Our boss said that the man who sold the leather was a famous hunter on the top of Montenegro. He thought he was a majestic man, but when he saw him, he turned out to be a six-fingered young man with one ear missing. The servant felt that something was wrong at the time. , but couldn’t think of it, suddenly thought of a possibility, do you think it’s the Wu family?”

No wonder the Wu family dared to be so rampant, but Jia Daishan was so indulgent!

Shi Mei smiled immediately: "As expected of someone who made a fortune in the military, he is a bit tough. Let's be honest, if she wants to find it, just send her there."

The parties are all dead.

People are dead.

Shi Mei will not understand this muddled account for them!

On the tenth day of the fifth lunar month, Shi Mei took Jia Zhu and Jia Lian to the farm again to learn farming.

This time Mrs. Zhang didn't go, Jia Daishan's filial piety was coming soon, and preparations for the banquet were on the agenda.

I don't think so, Jia She probably listened to his wife's words and felt that my wife would please plan for him. He was embarrassed not to show up, so he followed Shimei to the Zhoujia Village farm, rolled up his sleeves and turned over half an acre of land. That's all.

Shi Mei checked the sweet potatoes in three plots of land, and found that there were twelve sweet potatoes in a nest in the black soil. It was more than half a month before the harvest time, and the largest sweet potato was already as big as a half-grown boy's fist.

Sweet potatoes in sandy soil are slightly smaller than those in black soil, about the size of a goose egg.

The worst thing is the loess soil, which is really only the size of an egg.However, within half a month in the sea area, perhaps the output of the yellow land can be equal to that of Zhongtian in the sea area.

Like a happy monkey, Jia Mei scratched her head and explained to Jia Amnesty the ins and outs of sweet potato planting.

Going home that day, Jia Amnesty sent Shi Mei back to his room, dismissed his son and nephew, and bowed ninety degrees to Shi Mei: "My son is not up to date, my son is ashamed!"

Today Shimei turned over a fraction of the land as before, and her son and nephew also turned over half of the land.

Looking at the proficiency of his mother's son and nephew, Jia She knew that his mother really loved Nongsang.

Shi Mei waved her hand: "Sit down and talk, I have already said it, there is no need to mention the past, everything is forward-looking. I have just received a letter from your eldest brother Jing. He has already asked His Majesty for leave. He will return to Jinling at the end of the month. It means that the sixth day is filial piety, and on the seventh day, you and Jing'er will set off back to Beijing to celebrate His Majesty's birthday."

Jia She said: "Mother, won't you discuss it with your second brother?"

Shi Mei smiled: "That's strange. I used to be on guard against him, but today I'm thinking about him? You guys are respectful, have I become a villain?"

Jia She almost knelt down: "Son, why do you have such intentions? Son, I just think I should inform my second brother, otherwise..."

Shi Mei said: "Okay, then go and call him."

Jia She was stunned: "At this time?"

Shi Mei nodded: "It's better to hit the sun than to choose the day. Since you brought it up, it's decided today. The reason why I didn't mention it is for the sake of their husband and wife. I'm afraid that Mrs. Wang will blame your second brother, and the whole family will know about it." She alone."

When Jia She heard this, he felt that it was reasonable, and quickly waved his hands: "Then follow mother's wishes and tell him before leaving, otherwise, that Wang Ziteng's good words will not be worth anything, and he will be fine if he does bad things!"

Shi Mei frowned: "Why, he overshadowed you?"

Jia She snorted: "That's not true, but his father used to be the commander of the garrison camp in the suburbs of Beijing, but now he has taken it away. Don't you feel uncomfortable?"

Shi Mei immediately said seriously: "Don't mention this again. Whether it is the garrison camp or the Jinyiwei, they are all soldiers and horses of the imperial court. When did they become your father's? You have forgotten that your father has always Leading the army abroad, he only returned to Beijing in the last ten years, and his command envoy was also taken over from someone else. What do you say? From now on, when you speak, you must repeat the words three times in your throat. How many **** come out of your mouth , the family is ruined, you know?"

Jia Amnesty got up and stood with hands down: "Son, I wrote it down."

Shi Mei said: "There is still a month to go. If you are sure about martial arts, you will help your daughter-in-law during this time. I want to keep an eye on the farm. Your father's filial piety sacrifices you to take care of yourself. Wait for your father As soon as we come out of filial piety, we will go dig sweet potatoes, and then maybe go to Beijing, go back quickly, and the autumn on the eighth day of August cannot be delayed. Zhenger's imperial examination is more difficult than yours, so don't talk about him."

Jia Amnesty turned from being rejected to being favored, it was really uncomfortable.

Jia Amnesty wondered what Jia Zheng would do every time he was favored?

Acting like a baby?

Jia She dared to lie and flirt with his mother, but did he dare to act like a spoiled child?

Only in front of his grandmother, Jia She dared to act like a spoiled child.

Facing his mother, he used to be resentful, but now he is in awe.

He will no longer disobey his mother, but he will not be able to behave affectionately.

Washing his mother's feet last time had exhausted his courage.

Jia Amnesty bowed slowly to say goodbye, and retreated obediently.

Shi Mei doesn't care, she is not used to such an old son being affectionate to her.

Nanny Lai said: "Ma'am, you are too serious to the two masters, which makes the two masters very nervous every time they come. It's okay for the uncle, even the second master Zheng dare not act coquettishly with you."

Shi Mei said: "My son avoids his mother, their sons have already gone to school, why should I pamper them?"

Nanny Lai understands her master's disposition, and even ten bulls can't resist her decision.

Shi Mei said again: "Are the girls who are your second grandma's companions still inquiring about everything?"

Nanny Lai said: "Yes, the former Zhou Rui's family stuffed Pearl Girl with two liang of silver, and Pearl Girl accepted it, and then turned around and handed it over to the slave girl. I didn't reveal the slightest bit of serious things, I was too heartbroken." .”

Shi Mei said: "According to the old rules, two taels of silver will be rewarded for pearls. Write it down, and at the end of the year, you will be awarded a big red seal."

After saying that, Shi Mei sighed with emotion: "Pearl is indeed a good person."

Shi Mei didn't hide anything from Jia Zhu, but just told them how many brothers and sisters there were, and that things about the farm were not allowed to go out.And once again emphasized the secret of Chen Bumi to the two grandchildren.

Nanny Lai was busy making fun of it: "Master Zhu'er can be described as a modest gentleman!"

Shi Mei smiled and said, "I can use words, I have made progress."

On May [-], Shi Mei took Jia She, Jia Zhu and Jia Lian to the farm again.

This time, the largest sweet potato from the Black Land was the size of an adult man's fist, and the smallest was half the size of a man's fist.

Shi Mei was not willing to dig it out, but continued to cover it with fine soil.

The sweet potatoes in the sandy land are slightly smaller than the sweet potatoes in the black land, and the largest ones are as big as a grown woman's fist.

The sweet potatoes in Huangtu are also much larger than goose eggs.

Even Jia She, an ignorant person, knew what this meant: "Mother, if you calculate it like this, one mu of black land is probably more than one thousand catties? Even sandy land will exceed this number. This time, Your Majesty Time to wake up laughing."

Shi Mei nodded and said, "See? However, we can only report half of the report at the time, and report up to [-]%."

Jia Amnesty was very puzzled: "Why, isn't the higher the output, the greater our contribution?"

Shi Mei said: "Jiangnan is a fertile land, how can Gansu and Shanxi compare? You declared that it is so high, how can the magistrates do it? If you do it well, it's all the merits of your Jia family, and you will almost be punished. Not yet Hate you?

So many people hate you together, even ants can kill an elephant.We have to leave some room for advancement to these local officials! "

Upon hearing this, Jia She hurriedly bowed down to learn, "My son knows his mistake."

Then, when everyone was resting, Jia Mei dismissed her servants and reported something to Shi Mei alone: ​​"Auntie, there is one thing that my nephew thinks is strange, and I think I should tell my auntie."

Shi Mei was surprised: "What's the matter?"

Jia Mei said: "Auntie, do you still remember that at the beginning, the tribe paid close attention to this place, and Auntie designed to dispel the curiosity of the tribe. Since then, almost no one has paid attention to Zhoujia Village.

However, just at the beginning of the month, the peddler who sells needles, thread, and brains here suddenly changed. Not only that, he also asked the women and children here what kind of business our farm is doing. Thanks to my nephew, everyone said yes The racecourse for the young masters, by the way, plant grass.

This matter did not arouse my nephew's idea at first, but the day before yesterday, my father suddenly smeared it. My father told me that in the past few days, suddenly, many people from the clan ran to the house to inquire, and the ninth and sixth uncles ran the most frequently. I just want to know what Yizhi bought Zhoujia Village for. According to my account, my father said that it was a racecourse for several young masters.In the end, Uncle Jiu didn't believe it, and said that since it was a racetrack, why didn't he bring an accompanying book?He also said that I was in charge of the farm for Lizhi, why I stayed in Zhoujia Village this year, and felt that my nephew was not telling the truth. "

Jia Mei sued very skillfully.

Although Jia Mei has been in Zhoujiacun.

However, he seldom goes home, once every two or three months, and only his father knows his whereabouts, not even his wife.

How did the tribe know?

There is only one possibility, there are spies in Rongfu.

Jia Zhu will not disclose what is planted in Zhoujia Village, but she will not conceal the existence of Jia Mei.

Before leaving, Shi Mei told Jia Mei: "Don't worry about that matter, I will take care of it. During this period of time, we must keep a close watch on the door. Before we excavate in June, no one from the farm is allowed to go out."

Jia Amnesty knew exactly who leaked Jia Mei's whereabouts.

There were only a few people in the house, and the two of them knew from the beginning to the end that their mother was trying to grow sweet potatoes.Jia Min also knew, but Jia Zheng Wang didn't know.

Jia Zheng is noble and unwilling to get involved in common affairs, while Wang's is Shi Mei's conscious isolation.

Jia She said at this time: "I think this matter must have nothing to do with the second brother."

Shi Mei glanced at Jia She: "Why not him? You trust him so much?"

Jia She said: "Second brother is an upright person, and he doesn't know how to turn around. Besides, you have never treated him badly. If the second brother wants to know, he will definitely ask you personally, and he will never ask outsiders."

Shi Mei nodded: "It makes sense!"

Jia Amnesty asked, "How are you going to deal with it?"

Shi Mei said: "Stupid people have a lot of things to do, why bother with her. I planted sweet potatoes myself, and I haven't figured it out yet, but she figured it out after asking around? Don't worry, as long as this matter is not leaked before the birthday celebration, nothing will go wrong."

Jia She said: "How can you guarantee that she will not send a letter to Beijing?"

Shi Mei smiled: "After trying to grow sweet potatoes in March, I have checked all the letters of Mrs. Wang, and she can't do anything except complain and curse!"

Jia She was furious: "Ms. Wang dares to scold you? I can't beat her to death!"

Shi Mei didn't care: "She doesn't dare to swear in person, anyone who doesn't talk about others behind their backs, and whoever doesn't get talked about behind their backs, let her go!"

Jia She said: "This can't be done, there is no king's law yet?"

Shi Mei smiled: "What do you think, the letter is in Wang Ziteng's hands, Wang Ziteng will show it to testify? It has been burned for 800 years. Besides, how do we know about the private letter she wrote?

In this matter, I am a villain myself.However, you must make trouble, and I am not afraid to admit it!Most people say that I am an evil mother-in-law, and my daughter-in-law's letters have to be checked. "

Jia She hurriedly said, "My son trusts you. You are trying to keep the sweet potato's secret, not peeping."

Shi Mei said: "Actually, I'm not a villain at heart, Mrs. Wang has indeed disclosed to her natal family the news of the Rong Mansion.

Sweet potatoes are mentioned for the first time.

But she didn't know that I was planting. She only said that the mansion got a rare foreign food, which was very sweet. She wanted to give some to her mother's family to try something new, but said I was stingy and refused.

Later, it was said that our family had set up a horse farm and raised fifty or sixty cows and horses. I didn't know what I wanted to do.

The most recent time, after I took your wife to the farm, she wrote to her brother, wondering what the hell I was doing with the big house.

I asked Jin Da to suppress this letter for her, and I will send it to her after you leave for Beijing. "

Jia Amnesty admired his mother's thoughtfulness and meticulousness: "Mom, you are really the magic needle of Rongfu. With you here, we are not afraid of anything."

Shi Mei glanced at him: "How old are you? You are not ashamed to say this. Don't you have any contacts? Then what does Dai Liang do? And your father is in the teahouse at the front door. Where is it?" What do you guys do? Don't think I don't know that your father gave you all the hidden stakes in his hands. What about you, did you use them for anything serious? They are all talents, and they fell into your hands as pigs. If you don't know how to use it, just pass it on to me, and you will be a giant baby for the rest of your life, and I will support you!"

Jia She blushed, "Son, son..."

Shi Mei said: "Okay, I won't want your people. The people in Jin Da's hands are enough for me, and I'm going to bring Jin Shan to Beijing.

Zhu'er and Lian'er are familiar with him, and he is also clever.

After your father passed away, many people were released, and now you need to make up when you return to Beijing.

Furthermore, after you took over the title, all those lazy people in the mansion were released from the mansion, there were no more than ten masters in total, and there were five or six hundred serving people, it was too bloated.

For one or two months per person, that is 600 taels, plus basic necessities, food, housing and transportation, the salary of your lord is not enough to support them! "