October 30th is Lin Jinxi’s birthday on the lunar calendar. The reason why she remembers it so clearly is thanks to her grandmother Lin Xu Wenjun - a woman with good hands who had her feet bound. She is still able to walk even though she is over seventy.
The wind blows every step of the way, and there is nothing wrong with it that most 70-year-old women should have.
After her grandfather passed away from liver cancer at the age of seventy-three, her grandma was brought to Nanjing by her father.
In fact, Mrs. Lin has many children. Lin Jinxi and her father Lin Shuzhi are only the third eldest. They have an eldest sister, an eldest brother, two younger brothers, a younger sister, grandchildren, and countless grandchildren.
Lin Jinxi was the only one who was willing to sit down and accompany the old lady to bask in the winter sun, enjoy the autumn courtyard scenery, and chat about gossip and news.
Therefore, since Mrs. Lin died of illness, although Lin Jinxi's uncle, aunt, uncle, brother-in-law and aunt-in-law all desperately wanted to pick up Mrs. Lin and move in with them, they were all rejected by the old lady. In the end, it was
The old lady made her own choice and moved to Lao San's home in the suburbs of Nanjing to spend her old age.
Lin Jinxi remembered the expressions of her uncles and aunts at that time, not to mention how wonderful they were. She turned back to her mother Fang Yimei for advice and learned that it was because of the Lin family assets that the old lady held.
Tsk tsk, throughout the ages, how many people have been struggling endlessly with money that can be said to be like dirt?!
No wonder they, it is said that the house deed and land deed in her grandfather's hands are enough for the whole family to have food and drink. Who knows that the ancestors of the Lin family were landlords, and they were small landlords who have not been overthrown.
He was young at the time, but after so many years, the family business has expanded and expanded, and the family members have decreased again and again. In the generation of Mr. Lin, there is only a single branch left, and the total assets in his hands are no less than tens of millions.
What a great temptation this is for children living in small towns in northern Jiangsu.
However, before leaving, Mrs. Lin said that all the assets would be transferred to Mrs. Lin's name, and she could give them to whomever she wanted, and her children had no right to interfere.
Grandpa is so angry with his unworthy children! Why did his uncle and aunt keep pestering him about dividing the family? They all moved out, got married, and they even mentioned dividing the family. This is not a pretentious request to divide the family property.
Well.
The old man was heartbroken and refused. In the end, he transferred all the property to the old lady. Now, the old lady became a sweet man, and they were vying to support her. Well, we still don’t know who is supporting whom!
Finally, the old lady was asked to choose. Without saying anything, the old lady pointed to Lin Shuzhi and went to Nanjing. She chose without hesitation.
Since then, Lin Shuzhi has become the target of public criticism among his brothers and sisters, who secretly and openly speculate that he has gained some benefits from the old lady.
However, Lin Shuzhi's own conditions are not bad.
When I learned that I had the opportunity to go to college, I was admitted from a small town to a big city. After graduating from college, I was assigned to work as an assistant factory in a state-owned meat factory, and met Lin Jinxi and his wife, Fang Yimei. When they got married, they got a shaky small apartment. However,
At that time, wages were low, and after having children, there was not much left over. Fortunately, the small apartment was soon demolished and rebuilt, and the family of four was moved to a two-story building in the suburbs.
Lin Shuzhi and his wife had worked together for many years. When Lin Jinxi was in high school, they demolished the old two-story rooftop house and rebuilt it into a four-story rooftop house with open yards at the front and rear. They also bought a Santana car, which alleviated the pain.
It’s difficult to have to transfer to three buses to get to and from work. Unlike other working parents who abandon their bright and bright houses in the suburbs and move to rent a house in the city center just to be closer to their workplace.
Lin Jinxi admires her father for this: he has a unique vision.
No, in recent years, the government has invested an unknown amount of money to develop the suburban area where the Lin family is located. It is said that the residential area where the Lin family is located will be demolished in the next two years. Four-story open-air houses like the Lin family have been luxuriously decorated.
Yes, it’s absolutely impossible to get five large apartments worth hundreds of square feet.
Tsk tsk, it happened...
It's a pity that now that she is in the Qing Dynasty, she may not be able to participate in the excitement of negotiations.
On the occasion of her birthday on the lunar calendar, I thought about the family I had not seen for two months, and then thought about the purple sweet potato and honey cake that Mrs. Lin made for her every birthday.
Hiss... my mouth is watering...
It's a pity that there were no purple sweet potatoes in the Qing Dynasty. She had tasted ordinary sweet potatoes and they tasted dry and thick, so she couldn't make a delicious and sweet sweet potato cake. Moreover, the kitchen utensils here were not up to standard. Even if she made a cake, there would be no cream.
The pavement looks the same as a hard egg pancake.
Forget it, let's wait until she develops a baking pan model that can bake soft cakes one day.
Jin Xi dangled her thick legs and sat on the big rock in front of the koi pond, holding her chin in her hands and meditating.
I thought about the cheap parents in this world again.
It is said that her cheap dad came back a few days after leaving the house last time. It was like taking a vacation after completing a big project. In the past half month, her cheap dad had been very busy and would take time to come to Yingxi House to check on her every day.
When talking about this lesson, Jinxi became angry again.
It was just a matter of being kept in the study by her cheap father to practice writing large characters. The content that asked her to practice and become literate was actually the chapter on women's behavior in "The Women's Ring".
It is said that a woman has four qualities: womanly virtue, womanly speech, womanly appearance, and womanly merit. One of them is indispensable. It does not require extreme intelligence, sharp teeth, beauty, or extraordinary skills, but it does require quietness, chastity, and demeanor.
Standards, proper speech, clean body, appropriate grooming, dedicated to farming, enthusiastic hospitality... In short, in a word, it is to warn women to put men first in everything. It is said that at home, obey the father and son, when married, obey the husband, and after the death of the husband, obey the son.
Wow!
If women all over the world really do what is required in the women's industry, let's see what other demands those greedy men will come up with.
Not to mention, just look at the Qing Dynasty. Aren't all the beautiful women in the past selected through these four aspects? Look at those beautiful-looking women with superb skills. Which one has not been hidden and raised in the backyard of the palace?! Raise.
In the end, they all became jealous, jealous, jealous, and harmful to each other just like in "The Golden Branch"...
Tsk, tsk, tsk, so, studying "Nvjie" in ancient times is just like her taking part in the college entrance examination where everyone crowded on a single-plank bridge... After studying it, she fell down...
Jinxi stared at this article about women for a long time, finally picked up the brush, turned the tip of her nose, and sketched a picture of a beautiful lady with a light body and elegant manners on the white rice paper. The cheap dad who came to check her homework was so angry that she confiscated it on the spot.
He also punished her for writing two more large characters and gave her a snack, saying that this was a punishment for her wasting paper and ink.
Huh, she just changed what she wrote into drawing. What a waste of paper and ink! It’s the same requirement for women, so what’s the difference between writing and drawing. As for big characters, it’s not like she can’t write. It’s just that
However, in modern times, she has long been accustomed to operating tools such as keyboards. It is really difficult for her to write a neat and elegant handwriting with a pen.
As a result, in the past half month, she spent the whole day practicing calligraphy in the study room of the small building, and finally copied out the entire article "Women's Behavior" of less than 200 words. She was so tired that she could hardly lift her arms.
As for the content, she didn't memorize it at all and just regarded it as simply practicing Chinese calligraphy.
"Gege, Fujin said, the weather is nice today, do you want to go out for a walk?" Mo'er, who came back from the next yard with a food box, happily came to report the good news.
"Really?" The cheap lady was kind to her. Seeing that she was detained in the study for half a month practicing calligraphy, I felt sorry for her.
"Then what are you waiting for? Let's go to the street!" Jinxi was just about to jump up from the big rock. When she thought of her cheap father's method of dealing with her lazy temperament, she shrank her neck and stood up carefully.
, I didn’t forget to tidy up my clothes at the end. It was really scary to be punished with writing big characters.
Finally, I understood the sad and depressed mood that little kid felt that day when Concubine Yi ordered her to go back and write big characters for punishment. If we were to meet again, she would definitely show her great sympathy.
Oh, of course, if he dared to mention that she couldn't get married and no one wanted her, she believed that she would still throw him down again. Little brat, do you understand that you must never reveal someone's shortcomings! Especially especially
Woman! Hum hum!
"Who made our lovely Xi'er angry?" When the soft voice of the cheap girl came, the anger on Jin Xi's face had not yet dissipated.
"Eniang——" She acted coquettishly first and then hugged the soft and fragrant body of the cheap girl and got into Minrong's arms.
"Hey, what? You don't want to go out for a walk today?" Minrong looked at her daughter's cute and innocent look with a smile. Although she was only five years old, her body was still a little plump and round, but her face could already be seen.
, the facial features completely inherited her appearance, and the plump forehead was very much like her Amma.
I believe the bigger it is, the better it will look.
Minrong hugged her daughter who was above her waist. In the past two months, her height had grown very fast. No wonder Shen Liqiu and other concubines asked her if they had secretly given Xi'er any supplements when they saw her.
They also wanted to take care of their children. According to Xi'er's words, they said it was a bowl of milk every day, but they still didn't believe it.
Also, they can't do it even if they only need to drink such unpleasant milk for two months, not to mention one bowl a day for two months.
"By the way, Xi'er, your Ama said that your handwriting has improved a lot and wants to reward you. Think about it, what do you want?" Min Rongrou smiled and pinched her daughter's white and soft cheeks, revealing the good news.
"Oh? Amma said that?" Jin Xi rolled her eyes, "Well, let's save it for now. I'll ask Amma for it when I think of it someday." Just think of it as a wish that can be fulfilled anytime and anywhere.
"Oh, since when have you become so naughty!" Minrong shook his head with a smile. He pulled his daughter up and walked upstairs. He was going to change her clothes for leaving the house. After being bored in the study for half a month, it was really time to take her with him.
She went out for a walk. It happened that the Liulichang on the west bank of the river across the street had been renovated under the planning of the imperial court a while ago. It had just opened in the past few days. I heard that many new shops had been added, so I just took her to go shopping there and pick some girls to learn from.