Chapter 226 Extra Story 6 Locking Incense Sandalwood (1)
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My family is from the Youyang Sheng family, which is famous in Jinling. My great-great-grandfather was lucky enough to be a prostitute but died young. My great-grandfather, Sheng Honggong, was already an official when he became an official. All of them were Jinshi in the second rank and became an official. Among them, my My grandfather, Sheng Changbai Gong, was a veteran of two dynasties who had been granted the title of Mingchen Pavilion. He entered the pavilion four times, paid homage to the prime minister, served in six ministries and ten provinces, and had disciples and former officials all over the world. Huo Ran? Wen????.
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And I am just a little concubine in this noble family, born from an unpopular son.
My grandfather was strict in running the family, and everyone under him asked to cultivate his moral integrity first and then manage the country and bring peace to the world. However, if he behaved inappropriately, he would be dealt with immediately according to the family law. Everything went well until now, with the exception of my father.
When my father was young, my grandfather was transferred to the northwest as a feudal official, and my grandmother accompanied him as usual. She had to leave the frail child to be raised by my great-grandmother, Mrs. Wang. The old man felt a little pampered. When her grandparents returned to Beijing, her father He has been raised to be arrogant and indulgent.
Later, my grandfather tried to discipline me several times, but my great-grandmother always cried and screamed that she wanted to live or die. After all, my grandfather was busy with court affairs and could not fight with mother and child every day. My father lived like this until he got married and had children.
Why is he neither above nor below? You can say that he is up to date, but he only has a junior in the Sheng family, which is known to be full of hairpins. But if you say that he is a scum, he does not dare to hang out with the dandies of the capital and cause any drama with outsiders. Come.
When I could walk and jump, I could still see my great-grandmother hugging my father, who was a very old man, and crying to my grandfather who was holding the family law: "...Who said my Ah Huan is not good? It is difficult for ordinary people to produce a Jinshi. The ancestors of the Sheng family burned high-quality incense, and most of their children and grandchildren can read, which makes Ah Huan inferior in every way. What's wrong with having a few girls? I know you don't like me, so you feel sorry for Ah Huan more when you see me. , you just want to torment him to death, oh, why don’t I just hit him to death first..."
Facing the grandfather and grandson who were crying together, Grandpa Rao had no choice but to give up. The embarrassed grandmother turned to comfort her daughter-in-law and said that the matter was over.
My mother-in-law and my father had no relationship at all. After giving birth to a son and a daughter, the couple basically had nothing to do with each other. Their biggest pastime was to use art to satirize my father. Sometimes they wrote limericks, sometimes they drew pictures, and they often used jokes about my father. As a negative example, I taught my brother to study hard and cultivate himself and reflect on himself.
Dad couldn't afford to offend his aunt, so he had to stay away from her. Except for the few days of the month that were restricted by the family rules, he stayed with Xiaoxing on weekdays. My aunt only got four days a month.
With my father's courage and wisdom, he did not dare to get acquainted with any strange woman who had a "despicable heart", and no one offered him good concubines, so all his concubines were maids in the house.
My aunt was neither high nor low in my father's army. She was not as favored as Aunt Li later, nor was she as desolate as Aunt Zhao, who had lost her lust before she got old. Her biggest competitor was the one who lived across the door. Aunt Qiu.
The two of them were sold into the Sheng Mansion, and then into the inner house to become the young master's maidservants. Aunt Qiu beat them to their wedding by twenty years, but it was my aunt who took care of her aunt too early. She even gave birth to a daughter only half a month apart. It's really amazing. Fight to the death and meet your opponent.
The maids and even the cats on both sides never interacted with each other, which made even Aunt Qiu's seventh sister look at me like a black-eyed chicken - their biggest competition at the moment is to see who will be the father-in-law.
Why bother?
I'm not saying why did the two aunts go to such trouble? Giving birth is the biggest proposition and pursuit in a woman's life, and of course she should work hard. I mean, why did the seventh sister go to such trouble?
My eldest cousin, who was born as a concubine, was already married. At that time, my eldest uncle was an official in the Zhengliu Hall, and because of my grandfather’s prestige, she was betrothed to a wealthy family member. Based on this calculation, my father was just a junior, and he was not liked by my grandfather. It was about seven sisters and I.
In the future, she will either be a scholar's wife, or she will be the wife of a gentry, or maybe even the boss's wife of a merchant.
It's just half a catty to eight taels. It depends on whether the seventh sister would rather ask about status or silver ingots. Anyway, I'm fine. With our family background and family tradition, we won't use our daughters to cling to the powerful, and we won't let our aunt torment us.
The concubine deliberately promised to marry a second time, but the conditions were limited. The father was basically a white man. Everything was almost destined, so there was nothing to argue about.
The seventh sister couldn't think of it. From her appearance to her upbringing, she tried to outdo me in every aspect, and won an overwhelming victory.
My aunt hates that iron cannot be made into steel, and she chases me and talks about it every day. I am annoyed, and I can't help but educate her in turn: Why do you want to be so outstanding as a concubine? Wouldn't it be a shame to compete with your legitimate daughter? It's just like you
If the aunt is more virtuous than the main wife, is capable of doing things, is famous for her many talents, and is deeply in love with the master and promises to live forever - then she is probably not far away from death.
My aunt couldn't help me, so she could only beat her chest and scold me for being unmotivated: "What the hell is wrong with you? You are so determined to not make progress."
I said I don't dare, I'm just good at observing.
There were two famous concubine aunts in my grandfather's generation. One of them not only married into a distinguished family, but also devoured her husband to death. Old Gu Hou, who stomped his feet and shook his head in court, had been devoted to her all his life.
, it is said that from the day his great-aunt entered the house, he would not even ride a mare anymore. At that time, his great-aunt fell ill and could not see well. It is said that old Guhou, who had been strong in the battlefield for decades, cried as if he was dead.
Dad - of course, his father died long ago.
He is already sixty or seventy years old, so what?
Such a special favor would inevitably attract criticism from the powerful nobles in the capital. My aunt Pian was a very good person. From the family members of the British Duke's family, to the Marquis of Weibei, to the Zheng family, the Bo family, the Fu family, the Duan family... many high-ranking families.
Her family members all became friends with her, and everyone followed her, and no woman with an itchy tongue would dare to say anything. Moreover, facts have proven that my great-aunt was a prosperous husband, and she gave birth to four children in one breath, all of whom were promising and successful.
The rate is higher than that of my grandfather.
The youngest fourth uncle in the Gu family neither practiced martial arts nor wanted to get married. He traveled all over the country and completed the "Jiangshan Quanyu Zhi" when he was sixteen years old.
The local customs and customs, the beautiful mountains and rivers are recorded in a volume, the words are elegant and vivid, lifelike, making the readers feel as if they are there, and the paper in Luoyang is expensive for a while; the colors of the drawings are meandering and dreamy, and the ruler is precise. Standing in front of the picture of four or five people wide and tall, the beautiful mountains and rivers
It seems as if it is coming to the face, and those who look at the picture can't even breathe - among them, the customs chapter has been hung on the inner wall of the main hall of Qianqing Palace, while the military chapter is secretly hidden in the Ministry of War.
Because he was overtaken by his uncle who liked to sail eastward by boat, the fourth uncle had no choice but to go west, along the ancient road that Zhang Qian, the Han Dynasty envoy, walked on. A yellow sand pass mountain, a shocking desert sunset, and the barren sand where bones are buried, but...
Can grow beautiful flowers, stand proudly and stubbornly, and never change for thousands of years - I, who have never been heartless, couldn't help but shed tears when I read this paragraph.
The latest news about the fourth uncle is that it seems that at a young age, he has charmed the only daughter of a certain king in the Far Western Region. He plans to stay there and eat tender grass while recruiting a consort to inherit the throne.
Inspired by his uncle and his fourth uncle, all ambitious people in the world were proud to follow his example and traveled east and west to explore the world.
For the girls of the Sheng family, this great-aunt is their idol, a role model, and the way forward. Both the concubine and the daughter-in-law wish they could not follow her legend. Unfortunately, they have not yet.
As the saying goes, those who are good at fighting have no great achievements. This great-aunt's career in the boudoir was both ordinary and low-key. She was famous for her talents, virtues, and benevolence... she was never particularly outstanding. She only heard about her filial piety and her close relationship with her great-great-grandmother. She fought with her grandfather several times to support her great-grandmother, but she was repelled several times by her grandfather, and she was angrily defeated. When she became a grandmother herself, she still persisted in her evil intentions. Fortunately, her grandfather was also strong and strong, and successfully kept her where she lived until she grew old.
——Judging from the rumors, this great-aunt seems to be completely unknown in the boudoir. How can we get used to it?
The girl's family has no chance to show off, so they can only work hard. The most beloved fifth cousin spent a whole year writing a 60-line poem "Yong Mei" to congratulate her grandfather on his 60th anniversary. On her birthday, unexpectedly, she only got a brief sentence from her grandfather: "The main thing in governing women in the boudoir is to cultivate their moral character." The fifth cousin's eyes were red at that time.
In fact, the fourth cousin has the best poetry. That year, she received a lot of praise for her five-character quatrain at the Chrysanthemum Appreciation Banquet held at Princess Fuyang's mansion. After she came back, she had her grandmother scold her and she was punished for copying. Moon sutra and female precepts.
'The princess clearly wanted to make her daughter stand out, so she specially invited the nerdy emperor to come and listen, so that her cousins could cook better. What trouble would she make?' - The cousin who had always been at odds with her fourth cousin was proud. Said proudly.
My grandfather dislikes girls reciting poems and painting, while my grandmother dislikes girls showing off outside. This is because my equally famous great-aunt went out on her own because she was dissatisfied with the marriage arranged by her great-grandfather. When looking for a husband, you don't know how to behave in front of everyone. Although the marriage was finally achieved, people still occasionally use it to make excuses.
In the end, she didn't fall in love either. She gave birth to five golden flowers in one go, and each of them married at a young age. The reason why I knew it so well was because my great-aunt of the Liang family was looking for a son-in-law all over the world and couldn't find a good one, so she wanted to marry her daughter back to her parents' family. I My father and an uncle, an uncle from my fourth grandfather's family, made the whole family aware of it, but they were all declined.
Only this aunt's direct brother and sister-in-law reluctantly accepted one, and she was still a commoner. However, I heard that the relationship between the couple was quite good, and now they are doing business with the uncle of Dafangtang in their hometown.
Since the daughters of the Sheng family are already so colorful and lively, there is no need for me to join in the fun. They eat and sleep every day. There are only a few female celebrities, and I don’t bother to ask. I know that Li Bai and Li Bai are the same person, and Li Guang and Li Guangli are two people. Even if it's almost done.
When I was nine years old, the seventh sister across from me grew taller and slimmer. She was already very handsome at a young age, with waist and legs, but I grew longer and rounder. Because of my small frame and body covered with flesh, I was chubby. Live like a little pig.
My aunt was crying for me, thinking that I had let down her beauty, abandoned myself, degenerated, and destroyed myself. My aunt knew all these idioms, and she was doing it while serving my father in the study. , all used on me.
I patiently continued the counter-education: A girl gets married in her teens, then serves her parents-in-law, pleases her sister-in-law and uncle, tutors her husband, and then stays with concubines to live in the same room. She watches others eat, and stands while others sit. No matter how miserable I feel
, have a smile on your face... After enduring this for decades, until you become a mother-in-law, you can finally bully other people's daughters to vent your anger - but if the mother-in-law is not dead, then it is not over yet, and you will continue to endure it.
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The only real comfort in my life is the years I spent as a daughter. Although I was born as a concubine, I was lucky enough to have a strict grandmother and an aunt who ran the house well. The servants did not dare to watch people serving dishes. Even if I was born a concubine, I did not need to
I have to fight hard for food, clothing, and favors. In that case, why don't I enjoy this rare day.
Like the seventh sister, she obviously likes to eat butter cake, she likes it to death, but she refuses to eat it, letting the sad saliva flow back into her intestines, watching me sip it one bite at a time, her eyes are about to spit out fire.
His face was blue, his nostrils were flaring, like a hungry frog.
Again, why bother? When you get married, you might not be able to eat anything you want.
My aunt couldn't argue with me, so she said I was being unreasonable, but I still went my own way. Seeing that I was unteachable, my aunt had to devote all her enthusiasm to the cause of trying to please my father and have a son.
When he was ten years old, his grandfather's old friend Qi Guogong finally ended his more than ten years of exile and returned to Beijing to serve as a cabinet minister in the Sixth Ministry. He and his grandfather had been friends since childhood, classmates, the same year, and colleagues, and they were brothers.
That year during the Lantern Festival, because the children, grandchildren and daughters-in-law of the Qi family had not yet returned from other places, my husband came to the house to celebrate the festival with my family. My grandfather called the children and grandchildren of the house to kowtow to my husband.
As usual, I wore a festive red coat, wrapped up like a rice dumpling. On my chest was the golden lock that all sisters have. On my hair, I had two round and fat hairdos, which were simply tied with a string of red coral beads.
——It’s not that my aunt didn’t want to give me a bun and a hairpin, but my little fleshy face didn’t look right, so I had to give up.
Looking at the seventh sister, who was wearing an exquisite peach-red waisted long coat embroidered with gold and folded flowers, with a small beaded hairpin hanging gracefully from her temples, as beautiful as a spiritual bird, my aunt looked at me again and almost thought in annoyance
Cried.
I squeezed in among my brothers and sisters to pay homage to the Duke of Qi. My grandfather and father-in-law above me were carrying a few cousins to talk to me. I began to feel sleepy and slowly and quietly moved to an inconspicuous corner.
"That fat girl in red clothes, come here and let me take a look."
The voice was old and clear, like a breeze blowing away the stale air in the room. Everyone looked at me. I shuddered, woke up immediately, and was pushed to the front.
I timidly raised my head and looked at my grandfather first - his expression was very complicated, he frowned and looked at his friend beside me, thoughtfully. But the old Duke of Qi was very kind, patting my fat pig's trotters and saying,
They asked me how old I was, what books I read, and what I like to eat. When he found out that I was going to the sixth grade, the old man was particularly happy and said repeatedly: "Okay, the sixth grade is going well, good!"
What's good? There are many girls in the family, so there is no formal naming, but they call me "Wu Niang, Qi Niang" and so on in the order of teeth. My second cousin, who loves to joke, sees that I am kind and rarely gets angry, so she calls me "Xiao Liu".
Come for fun.
I am a typical bastard. Except when I am educating my aunt, I don’t really speak well outside. I answer every question my husband asks me, and I am dull and dull. However, my husband is patient with me and listens to my stumbling with a smile.
While saying silly things, the eyes of the fifth cousin beside her almost burst out of their sockets - she is obviously the smartest, best-spoken and most lovable girl in the house!
Before he left, the old man gave me a palm-sized mutton-fat jade tablet. The jade tablet was completely clear, clean and moist. Although I didn’t know much about the product, judging from the gasps of my aunt next to me, it must be quite valuable.
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After that day, my cousin said something very harsh and mean about me, such as 'ugly people tend to do evil things', and 'such a fat and stupid person has brought shame on the Sheng family', and even ignored my fourth cousin who was relatively friendly.
As for the fifth cousin, she deliberately went to be friendly with the seventh sister and criticized her from time to time. I felt very sad because I obviously didn’t do anything bad. To be precise, I didn’t do anything, yet I had to be bullied.
My aunt was very happy and kept saying that the old Duke of Qi was a wise man. Half a day ago, she thought I was a "pig", but now I am a "pearl". Power and wealth are so good, everything can be changed.
My aunt asked me what my husband looked like, but I couldn't answer. At that time, I was just scared, afraid of being scolded for being inappropriate or disrespectful. Later, I thought back on it - Mr. Qi was about the same age as my grandfather. He was also white-faced, long-bearded, and slender.
There is a sense of majesty in it.
But it's not all the same. My grandfather has always been serious and serious, but his eyes are serious and sharp, but the old prince is a little more elegant. He smiles, and his smiling eyes are raised slightly, just like the breeze flowing on the river bank, blowing on his face refreshingly.
Comfortable.
I never knew that an old man could be so beautiful.
The second uncle of the Gu family is also very handsome, but he just follows his grandfather's example. He either doesn't speak, and never has anything good to say when he opens his mouth. He is really a waste of money. The older he gets, the more powerful he is. Many senior officials are weak in the knees when he sees it, and no one dares to
Notice how he looks.
Later, I heard from my second cousin who returned to her parents' home that Qi's father was the most beautiful man in the capital back then, and no one can compare to him to this day - her tone was so sad, as if she regretted that she was born decades late and could not be born.
I can see the style of this extremely handsome man back then.
All the sisters in the room were chuckling and laughing, which made the second cousin-in-law very unhappy. He strode across the screen, grabbed his wife and sneaked home overnight.
After that, he was an official in the capital. From time to time, the old Duke of Qi would come to the mansion to play chess with his grandfather and comment on poetry. Every time he came back, he had to see me, and every time he saw me, he had to give me a greeting gift - a Lingnan red rhinoceros horn pen barrel, a thumb-sized Hainan pearl, Fan
The Ziyun stone inkstone made by Dacheng, the Dadong pearl from the snowy mountains outside Guanshan... Even my father rarely sees such good things.
The aunt's eyes straightened, the eyes of Aunt Qiu and her daughter across the door turned green, and the eyes of the most favored Aunt Li narrowed.
"It is said that the Qi family is incredibly wealthy, and it is indeed true." Dad said, "The old Duke has neither a daughter nor a granddaughter. He probably takes six girls as granddaughters."
If a tree is beautiful in the forest, people will bully it.
If I jump hard, I will trip and fall hard. When my cousin comes to help me, my arm will be pinched hard. If I cry out that it hurts, she will pretend to be surprised and say, "Oh, you fell so hard."
If you were walking carefully by the pond, you would 'accidentally' fall into the pond. Fortunately, the pond was not deep, but half of your dress was wet. In addition, you had to catch a cold and be sick for six or seven days. The seventh sister leaned against the opposite door, smiling very delicately.
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Just enjoy the cool air in the pavilion, and a familiar slingshot will pop out of the grass. The half-wet clay balls hitting your body will be quite painful. The ninth cousin and the fifth cousin are biological siblings and have always been close to each other.
The fourth cousin's seat in the boudoir was right next to me. Several times I saw the fifth cousin wink at her. The fourth cousin bit her lip, looked at the fifth cousin, then at me, and raised her hand holding the inkstone.
He stood up, put it down again, sighed softly, lowered his head, and continued to work on his newly composed poem.
The second uncle Zui asked, "Guan'er is not as good as my uncle. I am very grateful to the fourth cousin."
I secretly wrapped up the Ziyun stone inkstone and sent it over. Unexpectedly, the small package was returned intact the next day, along with a small bottle of plaster to treat bruises.
A long, long time later, the fourth cousin was hired by the emperor as his concubine. A few years later, the emperor's frail concubine passed away, so the fourth cousin, who had given birth to many children, was raised up.
very nice.
After rubbing the bruises, I collected the treasures sent by the old man one by one, locked them with a big lock, and said to my aunt seriously: "If I don't marry well in the future, and I can't take care of my aunt, my aunt will die."
Let’s exchange these things for silver for retirement.”
My aunt's eyes were red and she hugged me and cried for a long time.
No one likes to swallow their anger, but you have to endure what you have to endure, so what can you do if you make things worse? The fifth cousin is a direct descendant, some are direct brothers, and the uncle is valued by the grandfather. It is a small matter for the sisters to have a dispute.
, it’s better not to bring trouble to yourself.
Only that time, the water in the pool was clear and discernible, and I saw a big bruise on my face from a slingshot. I covered my face and hid in the rockery, squatting and crying for a long time, with big tears.
The drops fell into the soil, forming a small patch of wetness - Xiaojiu did it on purpose, his slingshot was always accurate.
What should I do? What should I do? I can't hide it now. I can't let my aunt see it. My aunt will go to my father to complain, but how can my father dare to argue with my uncle? In the past six months, my great-grandmother has been so ill that she lost her mind. No one will give me any help.
Thanks to my aunt's support, even if my fifth cousin and my ninth cousin were punished, my aunt and I would not be able to do anything good.
I endured the pain and rubbed my face desperately, trying to rub away the bruises, but my sour eyes refused to obey. I felt wronged and could only keep crying and crying... In the end, I just came up with a stupid idea, deliberately
The mountain rock fell again and broke his forehead, and then he was fooled in front of his aunt.
"You careless child, how are you going to get married if you mess up your face!" My aunt's scream was as powerful as ever.
However, evil will be punished. After a few days, my grandfather decided to send him to Songshan Academy to ask his friends to educate him. After a few days, his grandfather decided to send him to Songshan Academy to ask his friends to educate him. My aunt watched her beloved child traveling far away, crying until her eyes were red and swollen, but
I didn't dare to say a word.
The fifth cousin was probably very sad. After her younger brother left home, she became seriously ill and couldn't even go to the boudoir. Her grandmother felt sorry for her, so she moved her into her house and took care of her personally. She raised her for more than half a year before the fifth cousin got sick.
Come out more.
After my fifth cousin got seriously ill, she never bullied me again; no matter how much my seventh sister tried to please me, she would always ignore me coldly.
Not long after, my great-grandmother passed away, and my grandfather began to have a close relationship with Mr. Qi. Nine months later, when I turned ten years old, my father ended his filial piety as a grandson. Suddenly, the Qi family came to propose marriage, and the old man wanted to be his second grandson.
Take me as your wife.
Grandfather agreed calmly.
But other people in the house were not calm.
This incident was like a thunderclap on the ground, shocking everyone except my grandparents. Everyone looked at me in amazement.
Compared with his family background, although the old Duke was not as powerful as his grandfather in the court, he was still about the same. Moreover, he had a hereditary and irreplaceable title, which made him even better overall.
In terms of family wealth, the old Duke's mother, Princess Pingning, gave almost half of the Xiangyang Marquis' wealth to her son. The old Duke's father had been working as a salt road for more than ten years, and the old Duke himself had left the family home for more than ten years.
Ren, this does not include the accumulation of several generations of the Duke's government.
Although the Sheng family is considered wealthy, it cannot compare with it. Moreover, the Sheng family has many heirs, and the old Duke has two children and one grandson.
By comparison, the bridegroom is only sixteen years old and already has a reputation as a scholar. His father is the Duke of the old country and currently ranks among the senior officials, and my father...
There is no need to compare anymore. Only my uncle’s fifth cousin, my uncle’s legitimate daughter, or my second uncle’s legitimate daughter, my fourth cousin, can barely match such a noble family. Even my eldest uncle’s concubine cousin is better than me.
some.
In the trance and astonishment of everyone in the Sheng Mansion, preparations for the engagement ceremony, hosted by the grandmother and uncle's mother, were carried out in an orderly manner.
Next, my life was very strange.
I don’t know what the cousins are thinking, but they are still polite on their faces. The aunts are always in astonishment and puzzled. The grandparents look incomprehensible and no one dares to ask. On everyone’s face
Pretending to be overjoyed, we came together to congratulate my aunt-in-law (fortunately, my eighth sister got engaged early, otherwise I would not have dared to look at my aunt-in-law's face).
This is what a smart person does, and what a fool does is much more exciting. The seventh sister looked at me as if she wanted to eat me alive. If her eyes could turn into sharp swords, I would probably be riddled with holes.
One month before my official engagement ceremony, the war between my aunt and Aunt Qiu for more than ten years finally came to a winner. Because of my engagement, my aunt was completely stupid, so much so that she couldn’t even do enough to please my father.
He tried his best to let Aunt Qiu give birth to her son one step ahead.
My father's old tree blossomed, and he loved his new brother so much. Taking advantage of his happiness, Aunt Qiu made a whimsical suggestion. In order for the child to have someone to rely on in the future, she had to find a good match for his own sister, so that's all.
Since the old Duke of Qi does not despise Liu Yatou's identity, he will not despise Qi Yatou. It is better to talk to his grandfather and give up this marriage to Qi Yatou.
——I have to say that Aunt Qiu and my aunt are indeed equally matched in strength. No wonder they have been fighting for more than ten years.
My father, who was so happy that he was so happy, actually went to tell my grandfather about it. He was so happy that he felt sad on the spot.
Without my great-grandmother to stop me, my grandfather was very angry and used family methods to punish my father. My father could not get off the kang for more than half a month. Even my betrothal ceremony was carried out by my uncle.
The meaning is over.
"Do you think Mr. Qi has fallen in love with you and is willing to hire your daughter to be his granddaughter-in-law?! You don't act like yourself, I'm so ashamed for you!"
These were the words my grandfather scolded my father when he beat him severely. In fact, he also said it to his six uncles and aunts.
There is something strange about this marriage. Both aunts are human beings. How could they act rashly? Only my unlucky father and the even more unlucky Aunt Qiu are so stupid.
After my great-grandmother passed away, my grandfather Ding You was at home. He was bored in his spare time and had long thought of punishing my father. However, my father didn't notice at all and actually sent it to my door. Isn't that embarrassing?
Originally, the training that my grandfather prepared for my father was to work as a scribe in a remote village, to take advantage of the dandy's younger brother, and not to ask him to become famous all over the world, but at least not to ruin the family. After this incident, my grandfather discovered that my father's stupidity far exceeded his own.
As expected, the treatment was upgraded. As soon as my father recovered from his injuries, he would be sent to a small town in the northwest desert to work as a foreign teacher.
My father's legs were weak at that time, and he was escorted to the car crying for his father and mother. Before leaving, my aunt was in a good mood, gathered a lot of my father's women, and asked, "I can't have no one to take care of me when I'm away all the time."
,Is there anyone willing to follow'?
As soon as these words came out, all the female relatives were silent for a moment, and then they all took a step back. Only Aunt Li, who was always the favorite of her father, was pushed down by someone unknown and could not turn around, so she stood out from the crowd.
My aunt put her hands on her hands and smiled: "Okay, okay, I know my master's love for you is not in vain. There is someone coming. Pack your bags for Aunt Li! Send Brother Ten to my room, be careful, don't scare the child."
Aunt Li slumped to the ground, her face full of fear.
A few days after my father left, Aunt Qiu disappeared silently - my grandfather hated the concubine most for interfering in his brother's and sister's wedding.
Some said she was sold, some said she sank into the pond, and the newborn twelfth brother was raised by his aunt. At this point, the father's first and second sons were all in the hands of his aunt.
My aunt shivered for a long time and said to me: "Sure enough, she is not a vegetarian."
"Do you still want to have children?" I asked.
The aunt sighed: "Forget it, let's take a step back and the world will be brighter."
However, the aunt was not a bad person. When the seventh sister was about to turn twenty, the aunt prepared a marriage candidate for her, a promising scholar from a poor family, a widowed gentry from a wealthy family, and a very wealthy Jiangnan cloth merchant.
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It is said that in the end, the Seventh Sister decided on the Jiangnan cloth merchant by shaking her color.
In the second year after I had my haircut, I completely grew taller, all the fat on my body disappeared, and I became a charming and cute girl - my aunt breathed a sigh of relief. Within a few months, my grandfather relapsed, and the Qisheng family kept a low profile.
The wedding took place.
I lifted up my red hijab and saw my newlywed husband, a handsome and serious young man. After drinking Hexin wine, he sat motionless by the bed. I thought he might dislike me for not being good enough for him.
Seeing Longfengzhu shedding tears like blood, I felt wronged and wanted to cry. I didn't ask for this marriage. She had already prepared to be the boss's wife or scholar's wife of a wealthy family. If you don't like me, why don't you do it?
Why should I get married obediently?
I whispered: "...you, don't you like me..."
My husband stiffly twisted his neck and nodded habitually, and I suddenly burst into tears. He immediately panicked and hurriedly shook his head again and again: "No, no, no, I mean I like you, it's not that I don't like you..."
I laughed through my tears.
Later, my husband-in-law told me that before we got married, the old prince had threatened my grandson, saying that he must treat me well or he would be punished. My husband-in-law was sitting beside the bed, nervous, thinking hard about how to satisfy the old prince.
That night, he tried very hard to treat me 'well'.
My husband is a dignified and steady person, but he doesn’t know how to have fun in the boudoir, let alone how to please a girl. I just like to tease him playfully, and the two of them complement each other well. As time goes by, he becomes more and more serious in front of others.
The Queen is having fun with me.
My father-in-law may not be very satisfied with this marriage, but he can still treat me with courtesy. My mother-in-law is gone a long time ago. The only trouble is my mother-in-law. She obviously doesn't like me, but she only has one son and one daughter-in-law, except for me.
, she has no other daughter-in-law to like, and besides following the rules, she has no other way to deal with me.
After entering the Qi Mansion, I learned that the old government had a strange rule that mothers-in-law were not allowed to interfere in their daughter-in-law's affairs. The specific manifestation was that they were not allowed to put people in the children's room. Taking concubines was the young couple's own business.
At that time, Qi Da once wanted to give his eldest daughter-in-law a showdown, but was disgraced by the old man in front of all the people in the house. My mother-in-law was not as good as her eldest sister-in-law, and she did not dare to make a mistake.
Under this magical family rule, I successfully gave birth to my eldest daughter and my second daughter.
Seeing my children and grandchildren around my knees, the house is becoming more and more lively day by day. No matter how much my mother-in-law dislikes me, she can only gradually soften up. She hugs one on the left, one on the right, one sits in her arms, and the other hangs from her neck. She can’t hold her arms against me.
Stay cold-faced.
Especially when the eldest brother-in-law was miserable, the children I gave birth to alone were more valuable than my eldest sister-in-law and my two younger siblings put together. My mother-in-law stood in front of my eldest sister-in-law, Qi Da, feeling more confident and glowing every day.
That year, my mother-in-law contracted a cold and was ill for a long time. I slept directly in front of her bed, served her with decoctions every day, bathed her, changed clothes, fed her, combed her hair, and even waited on Chu Gong - so, it lasted for two days.
Months later, my mother-in-law recovered from her illness, but I lost a lot of weight. Fortunately, I have been strong since I was a child and have never fallen down from fatigue.
Even if the human heart is a stubborn stone, it will get hot if you cover it for a long time. My mother-in-law finally put down her cold face, held my hand and said, "You are a good boy. I wronged you before. I always felt that you were not worthy."
Come to my son..."
She continued with red eyes, "Now it seems that I was reckless. After all, I have a good eye for you, my granddaughter-in-law."
Once her guard was down, my mother-in-law treated me sincerely and treated me as her own daughter. Even my husband-in-law pretended to be jealous.
I heard that the two daughters-in-law of the Qi family were personally selected by the old man. Thinking about it, how could such a smart and powerful man like the old man choose a truly vicious woman as his wife?
"My father-in-law's generation is quite rough." My mother-in-law sighed and pulled me to chat.
Beautiful men conquer their wives. This sentence is true for my husband.
My husband has married a total of several wives in his life. The first one was the head of Jiacheng County. She died in the "Shenchen Rebellion" shortly after their wedding. It is said that she died in an ignominious manner. The second one was the legitimate daughter of the Shen family in southern Shanxi. There were many big problems in the family.
He was a member of the Communist Party of China, and had a pair of twins. Unfortunately, he went to southern Fujian with his husband that year, and the epidemic broke out, and both his mother and his mother died. The first was the granddaughter of the eldest princess of Qingning. Soon after their marriage, the couple inherited the title of Duke of the country.
The new wife gave birth to a second daughter and passed away at the age of less than ten.
The next year, Princess Pingning and his wife also passed away. After that, the old man no longer married, leaving only two old aunts to serve in daily life and raise their two sons personally.
"So the uncle and the master both respect the father-in-law and are filial to him. They never dare to disobey him in the slightest. In fact, it is really not easy for the father-in-law. He has to take care of the inside and the outside, and he is both a father and a mother."
Mother sighed.
"Actually, when I was at my parents' house, I once heard someone say that when my father-in-law went to southern Fujian that year, everyone told Mrs. Shen not to accompany him. Not to mention that the air there was hot and humid, and the people in the north were not accustomed to the climate and climate, and the two children were still young...
...Sigh, who would have thought that Mrs. Shen had to follow her life and death and refused to leave her father-in-law for a moment, which later led to tragedy, and the Shen family has nothing to complain about..."
"Oh, I guess it's because I had a deep relationship with my grandfather." I wasn't interested in gossip, but my mother-in-law was obviously very interested, so she catered to her enthusiastically.
The mother-in-law shook her head mysteriously: "I can't see it."
I am very grateful to my husband. Without his kindness and kindness, I would not be as happy as I am today. I am determined to be filial to him wholeheartedly, but I don’t know how to be filial to him.
My husband's daily life is simple and light. He often likes to fish by the pond. He sits there for most of the day and doesn't care whether he catches fish or not. When he has nothing to do, he either reads or listens to my little girl reading aloud.
He asked his little great-granddaughter to read Xiaoya in the Book of Songs, read Peach Blossom Spring, and read the travel notes written by my fourth uncle of the Gu family. The little girl crossed her legs on the kang and shook her head. Her childish voice was childish, clear and crisp, and echoed in the bright and elegant atmosphere.
In the study room.
The old man was sitting far away by the window, looking sideways with his hands on his hands, smiling slightly, with a kind and kind expression, but there was a very light melancholy in his eyes, as light as a layer of gauze in the mist, very far away
, and very close.
He seems to always have this look on his face, he is kind and gentle, and he treats people like a spring breeze blowing on his face. Even my grandfather had several political enemies, but my old father-in-law seemed to be praised by everyone.
Only once did I see his expression change.
That year, the younger brother who looked most like my husband was about to get married, but something happened.
My eldest aunt has chosen a girl from the Han family for my brother, but he doesn't like it. He likes a girl from the Qiu family. Unfortunately, the Qiu family has an ordinary family background, so I can't help him at all.