"How many people are there in your family?" After Zhao Ning'er sat down, Concubine Guo asked again.
"Back to my mother-in-law, there are originally five people in my family. The eldest sister got married and there are still four people left. My parents and I have a younger brother!" Zhao Ning'er replied.
Guo Huifei thought about it and continued, "I heard that you are the head of your family?"
"I don't want to be the head of the family. After the eldest sister gets married, I will be in charge of all the family affairs!" Zhao Ning'er said with a smile, "Actually, there is nothing big in my family, just the food and drink for our family, and the expenses for our favors."
"Eating and drinking at home is not a trivial matter. It's up to the shopkeeper to take care of the food and drink at home!" Guo Huifei said with a smile, "Your father is an upright official. How is life at home?"
"Very good!" Zhao Ning'er said with a smile, "Dad's salary is enough for us." As he said that, he smiled again, with light dimples on his cheeks, "Although we are not rich, we don't have anything like food, rice, oil and salt.
Que, I also raise some chickens, ducks, and a vegetable garden in the backyard on weekdays, so life at home is good!"
At this point, he smiled again and said, "Well, if you plan your life, you can never make a mistake. Our family is better than the top, but more than the bottom. A harmonious family is better than anything else."
Among Zhu Yuanzhang's early concubines, Guo Huifei had the most advantageous background, but she was not ignorant of the sufferings of the people. Seeing that Zhao Ning'er's chubby hands were full of traces of work, she was far from as pink and tender as other girls. At the moment, Guo Huifei
There was some love and pity in my heart.
In addition, Zhao Ning'er speaks honestly and her words are full of joy for life, which adds a bit of love to her heart.
"She is a good girl!" Zhu Yuanzhang, the old man in the pavilion, couldn't help but nodded after hearing this, and turned around and said, "If you don't have enough to eat, you won't have enough clothes to wear, and you will suffer from poverty if you don't calculate well."
Then he said to Zhu Yunxi, "Those corrupt officials should really listen to what this girl says. Officials all over the world say that the salary we give is too small and the salary we give is low. But look at them, they are also high-quality officials.
Aren't you having a good time?"
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Speaking of this, the old man gritted his teeth and cursed, "You think our salary is too small? Aren't you unwilling to live peacefully? We go out to carry the sedan chair, call the slaves, eat, drink, have fun, how much salary is enough for them? Even if we give them ten thousand taels a year.
, they should be greedy but they still have to be greedy.”
Seeing the old man gritting his teeth and looking a little aggrieved, Zhu Yunxi felt funny.
The salary set by the old man for officials is indeed ridiculously low. Although they are not going to starve, it is unthinkable to enjoy it. An official has to support a large family, as well as his own staff, and even the bearers and servants.
Life is indeed a bit difficult if you have to pay for it yourself.
Some people in later generations even said that the reason why corruption is so common is because salaries are too low.
But having said that, since ancient times, no one would become an official if they were poor. They have many ways to make money. Even if they are poor for a while, they will not be poor forever.
Human nature is greedy, and it remains the same at all times. Even if we are provided with public buses, high medical insurance, and high pensions, it is still not the same......
Although the girl in front of her was a bit coquettish, she didn't have any stage fright when talking next to Concubine Hui, and her words were well controlled.
Such a girl makes Zhu Yunxi feel kind to her.
In the corridor, Concubine Guo Hui held Zhao Ning'er's rough hand, feeling distressed in her heart, and said with a smile, "The official family is very tired!"
"I'm not tired, I just cook and wash clothes every day." Zhao Ning'er said with a smile, "Isn't that what women do?"
After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang in the pavilion nodded again and said, "Look, what is women's way? This is women's way!"
Zhu Yunxi felt happy in his heart. If the old man’s words were heard by future generations of women, why don’t they blame him to death? Women’s morality? Haha, what is that?
Later, in the corridor full of flowers, Guo Huifei smiled again and said, "I heard that you are good at making steamed cakes. The steamed cakes are all in the shape of little rabbits, chickens and ducks. Are you very skillful?"
Zhao Ning'er was a little shy, "I just figured it out all by myself. I can't get it on the stage, and I can't compare with the palace!"
"Try the one from the palace!" Concubine Guo Hui personally picked up a piece of snack for her, "Try this!"
Zhao Ning'er didn't hesitate, she took a small bite, and her eyes suddenly burst into laughter, "The taste in the palace is a hundred times better than what I make!"
"Mei Liangliang!" Guo Huifei said.
"My servant is here!" Mei Liangliang came over from the side and leaned over to answer.
"I'll bring two boxes of small and large snacks to Miss Ning'er later."
"This is impossible!" Zhao Ning'er quickly stood up and said awkwardly, "I can't have it!"
"Silly boy!" Guo Huifei saw her sincere expression and said with a smile, "Just take it and take it back to your family to try!"
Zhao Ning'er hesitated for a moment, then Fu An said, "Thank you for the reward!"
"Thank you. If you have time in the future, bring some of the steamed cakes you made for me to try!" Guo Huifei said with a smile, "The snacks in the palace are all fake, but I still like to eat folk steamed cakes.
Sweet and fragrant!”
"Don't worry, Madam, I'll do it when I get home!" Zhao Ning'er looked around and suddenly smiled, "You can ask Eunuch Mei to pick it up at my house!"
"Then it's settled!" Guo Huifei smiled.
In the corridor, the girls also laughed. But it was just a smile on the face. Some of them looked at the simple Zhao Ning'er with a slight disdain in their eyes.
In the pavilion, the old man looked through the curtain with a smile, and kept muttering, "This girl is good, she has a good temper towards us!" As he said that, he turned back to Zhu Yunxi, his nose is not a nose, and his eyes are not eyes, "You
The kid has been looking at it for a long time, which one does he like?"
"Grandpa Huang!" Zhu Yunxi spread his hands and said with a smile, "Marriage matters, parents' orders, matchmaker's words. I, a junior, say we agree, will it be of any use to you? Which one you like, just point it out to your grandson, you, sir.
You can’t go wrong with your eyesight!”
Marriage in this era is like this, blind marriage and mute marriage. The old man is extremely kind to allow him to meet these future wives in advance. As for the right to choose, the old man just asked casually, Zhu Yunxi cannot take it seriously.
"That's the truth!" Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile, "But when I choose a wife for you, you have to be pleasing to your eyes. If I give you a random one and you don't like it, how will you live in the future?"
"Emotions are cultivated. If you really want to live a good life, both parties should get along with each other for a while before getting married. Each other's personalities, preferences..."
"What a bastard!" Before Zhu Yunxi could finish speaking, the old man became angry, "There are differences between men and women, and if they don't get close to each other, how can they get along with each other? A man and a widower just get along casually? Doesn't that mess up the rules and ruin the reputation?"
As he said that, the old man suddenly looked a little displeased at his precious grandson, "Grandson, let me tell you, you must learn to study well and study more scriptures and lectures. You can't imitate celebrities, romantics, talents and beauties, that stuff is not serious!"
"
Speaking of this, the old man emphasized his tone again, "Remember, marry a virtuous wife, keep a concubine and marry a lustful one. A true wife must be able to live a good life and manage the family so that people can be convinced!"
"Hey, generation gap!"
Zhu Yunxi sighed in his heart and said with a smile on his face, "Grandpa, my grandson will remember it!"
Then, he looked at the old man again, stood up and said, "Grandpa Huang, you are here first, grandson, please leave for a while!"
"What are you going to do?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked, "You haven't finished reading yet?"
"Grandson, go relieve yourself!" Zhu Yunxi said with a smile, looking for a reason to urinate and escape.
"You say you are looking for a wife for yourself and ask for your opinion, but in fact it is you who have the final say."
"Then what's the point of watching it? What's the point of starving your eyes to death?"
Zhu Yunxi cursed in his heart and turned around and left the pavilion.
He has no say in the matter of getting married. He only hopes that in the future, the old man can give him a daughter-in-law that he can understand and have a common language with!
~~~Oh, the water is so good...but this is my writing style. I still have it at night.
This chapter has been completed!