Sibeile Mansion, main room.
Looking at Si Fujin who had lost a lot of weight, Si Age said: "Thank you for your hard work..."
Si Fujin shook his head and said, "What do you mean by this? The children were vaccinated successfully, which is better than anything else."
But the fourth elder brother knew that this incident was very dangerous.
Even if I arranged for Auntie Xie to be responsible for the second elder brother’s vaccination, she could not prevent the slander from outside and the Li family’s resentment, just in case.
Li's resentment will not affect anything, but outsiders' slander will ruin Sifujin's reputation.
The couple chatted about everyday things.
For the past month, Sifujin has closed its doors tightly, but news from the outside has not been completely blocked.
She is the matron of the house, and she has to decide many things.
"There are a lot of old people who have died this time. My third uncle is gone, and my sixth uncle from Wuya's family is gone too. There are also two clan elders and three clan generals. None of them have mourned, but I still checked. In the previous case, someone gave me silk money..."
As for children with acne, there is no such thing.
Even if there is no pox epidemic, there is no need to express condolences to the young children.
Brother Si nodded and said, "I understand."
Si Fujin is a good housekeeper and always considerate in his dealings with people, so there is no need for Si Age to be verbose.
Si Fujin brought up the gift list again.
In a few days, it will be Brother Si's birthday, and everyone's birthday gifts have almost been given.
"Sheng Jing sent a gift back..." Si Fujin pointed to a gift slip and said.
The fourth brother took it and looked at it. He found two boxes of ginseng, one deer antler, two black fox skins, four rolls of mink skin, four pairs of purses, and twenty kilograms of dried noodles.
For a casual birthday, such a birthday gift is not light.
Although the Tong family moved outside the willow wall and no one was allowed to enter, letters and property delivered to the capital were not allowed.
The fourth elder brother had a sullen face. Instead of being happy about receiving a birthday gift, he felt a chill down his back.
These things were delivered to Beijing and passed through several levels of checkpoints.
Not only the emperor, but also the people who are interested in the Eight Banners will know.
It wouldn't be a good thing for the Tong family to grab him at this time.
The fourth elder brother lowered his eyes and said: "Old Duke Guo is over sixty years old. He has often been ill in the past few years, so it is difficult to accept his things. Let's prepare a similar gift in return and add it to the New Year gift."
Si Fujin glanced at Si Age and nodded.
They won't be happy with this kind of return gift.
This reciprocity of courtesy does not mean that it will be paid off immediately.
However, she remembered one thing and said, "If I were to reply to the old man's letter, would you like to ask about Grandma Tong San's support? A while ago, someone mentioned that Grandma Tong San had sold a dowry shop. "
Who would be willing to sell off the property in the capital unless it was in dire straits?
That was the wife of the Tong family, and she also raised the grandson of the Tong family. The Tong family should be responsible for the expenses of the mother and son.
The fourth elder brother frowned and said, "Isn't there also Elundai? Elundai is the head of the Tong family..."
Sifujin said: "After all, the family is divided, and we are the eldest brother and the aunt. We have to avoid taboos in the melons and plums, for fear that it will be inconvenient to take care of them."
The fourth elder brother did not want to mention such a household matter in his letter to Tong Guowei. He only planned to say hello normally. Otherwise, Tong Guowei would have to climb up the ladder and entrust this matter to himself to deepen his understanding of the matter.
Contact with the Tong family.
Right now, this is not a good time to get close to the Tong family.
If that really happens, it will easily arouse the attention of others. In the future, the emperor's father, the prince, and the third elder brother will all focus on themselves...
*
Jiubele Mansion.
Shu Shu is looking at the list of favors and gifts.
There are birthdays celebrated every month, especially in October.
The first day is the thirteenth elder brother, the eleventh is the tenth elder brother, and the thirty is the fourth elder brother.
I also have two nephews and nieces, both of whom were also born in October.
However, there are routines for this birthday ceremony, so it doesn’t take much thought, as long as you don’t forget it.
Gingguo, Xiaotang and Xiaochun are all in Ning'an Hall. The main room is in the winter and twelfth lunar months.
Shu Shu remembered the postponement of Zhu Liang's wedding and said, "Bring the almanac over and let me take a look..."
Dongyue responded and took out two almanacs.
It turns out that next year's almanac has also been printed.
Shu Shu thought about the acne epidemic outside. Even if it was controlled, no one would dare to ignore it.
This year’s Chinese New Year should be simple.
The twelfth lunar month and the first lunar month should not be suitable for banquets, and it will take February at least for things to return to normal.
Shu Shu simply looked through it, hoping that everything would return to normal when spring comes and the flowers bloom.
Now that I think about it, Fusong and Zhang are in danger.
The wedding date of the two of them was only ten days apart from the time of the epidemic.
Because the government was closed for vaccination, Fusong had to stay in the front yard, and the young couple hadn't seen each other for a while.
Shu Shu decided to prepare a gift and said to Dongyue: "I will prepare winter clothes after the Mid-Autumn Festival. I found out a few rolls of green mink fur. Make a note of it and find it later."
When Fusong can go home after a while, he will ask Fusong to give Zhang a ride.
Dongyue nodded in agreement and said: "There is also a red fox skin, which Fujin also asked Shan to keep at that time."
Shu Shu said: "That one is not enough to make clothes. I will make a scarf for Da Gege in two years."
Even if it's been two years, the children's respiratory tracts are sensitive, so the tanned fur will still have some smell.
Just as he was talking, there was movement at the door.
Ni Guzhu led Mrs. Bo in.
"Eni, Eni, where is Amma?"
It turns out that Ni Guzhu walked around the main courtyard today and didn't see Brother Jiu, so he started looking for someone.
Shu Shu said: "Ama is not in the main courtyard, what do you want to do with Ama?"
"Ice! Ice truck!"
Ni Guzhu said.
It turns out that Brother Jiu was coaxing his children a few days ago, saying that this year he would build an ice rink for them at home and take them to skate.
Ni Guzhu was worried about it.
Shu Shu said: "The ice rink can only be built after the winter solstice. Don't worry. Don't run outside for too long these days."
According to the rules of palace vaccination, princes and princesses cannot move back to the palace forty days after vaccination.
Seventeenth Princess and Nineteenth Brother were vaccinated against pox on the eighth day of October, and they would not move out until the seventeenth day of the winter lunar month at the earliest.
It is difficult to enter and exit the entire Baylor House East Road.
The ice rink that Ninth Brother planned for the children is in the garden in front of Ning'an Hall.
Ni Guzhu pointed outside and said: "Ice, there is ice..."
Shu Shu listened and looked at Mrs. Bo.
The uncle said: "There are many people in the yard, and water was accidentally spilled at the door of the water house and it froze."
After hearing this, Shu Shu told Dongyue: "Go out and see who was so careless that he lost half a month's money."
The yard is small and old, and Ni Guzhu loves to wander outside. He is really going to fall. The child is fine, but Mrs. Bo is prone to fractures at her age.
The errands of the main courtyard have always been polite, but the rules must not be broken.
Dongyue went out to check.
Go down to prepare tea during the twelfth lunar month.
Shu Shu said to her uncle: "Girls are not as good as each other..."
Needless to say, those around me are the ones who are my confidants.
The few people who came out of the palace were also careful.
If there were walnuts and ginkgo, we would have paid attention to this matter long ago.
After the change, the girls chosen were all ordinary.
The uncle said: "Those who come from the palace cannot be compared with those who are chosen directly from outside. There are only a few nuns in the house. It is better for the little girl to be taught the rules for two years so that she can use them later."
Shu Shu thinks about it too.
The instruction is straight forward, so you can use it with ease.
She is not a cruel person, and women's flowering period is limited. They can only be kept until they are twenty years old and then released. This person can only come one after another.
Looking at the almanac in Shu Shu's hand, the uncle said: "Where are you thinking about Xiao Er's days? Let them go and worry less about your mother's family affairs."
Shu Shu said: "I don't have to worry about it, I just remembered to take a look."
The uncle said: "It doesn't matter if it's next year or not, I won't be too old."
Qingru is three years younger than Shu Shu, seventeen this year and eighteen next year.
Previously, the General Mansion wanted to choose a date next year.
Who knows that it is now popular for clan daughters to marry late, eighteen or nineteen is the norm, and there are also those who stay until they are twenty.
After this month of suffering, Shu Shu felt happy and said: "Fortunately, Xiao Qi was vaccinated before. If this wave of vaccination had happened, Ama and Nie would have been very uncomfortable."
She was still young and felt a lot more haggard, let alone Qi Xi and Jue Luo Shi who were getting older.
The uncle said: "In the past few years, the family's luck has been really good, and I hope it will be the same in the future..."
*
In the Dutong Mansion, Mr. Luo felt ugly and said to Qi Xi: "I have already said that no matter what the popular rules are nowadays, Thirteen Gege cannot be buried in Fangshan..."
Qi Xi said with displeasure on his face: "I'm not confused yet, how can I agree to such a ridiculous request?"
Nowadays, it is true that we admire ethics and education, but after all we are not Han Chinese.
Even among the Han people, it is rare for a woman who dies unmarried to be buried in her husband's ancestral grave.
Jue Luo's expression calmed down and he said: "It's not that I'm cruel. I feel sorry for whose children I care about. Master Bei Zi is also unreasonable. We all rejected him and still want to find a mistress."
Baby marriage is not popular in the Eight Banners, and they only see each other when they are almost old. However, there are also young men and women who die unmarried and are buried in their own homes.
If the parents love their children and are afraid that they will not be able to provide incense in the future, they will marry Zhang Luo Ming.
Qi Xi said: "I have refused before, but who would have thought that Beizi Mansion has not been buried yet, so I will go there again."
No matter how close the two families were, he would not sacrifice his own son to save other people's daughters...
This chapter has been completed!