The eldest wife of the Zhenguo Mansion had no choice but to admit that the eldest daughter-in-law was responsible for Mu's childlessness, so she said to her younger son: "Your eldest brother's poor health is my fault. At that time, you were appreciated by the prince, and you were better than your brother."
The future... I am afraid in my heart. If her natal family is still a prince's mansion, then the mansion has fallen into decline." As he spoke, he shed tears. "When I got married to you, your great-grandfather had retired and returned to his hometown.
No. I have tasted the feeling of not being able to take advantage of my mother's family. I have no peace day and night. Even the birds chirping outside the window are noisy. If your grandfather's family still has some clever people in the capital, then how dare you touch your brother!"
He gritted his teeth and clenched his fists. After a while, he said, "I was so frightened that I did something stupid."
Niu Jicheng was confused and thought for a long time: "My son doesn't understand. Since my sister-in-law's natal family is not comparable to my in-law's family, how dare she touch my son?"
Mrs. Niu sneered: "She thinks she is clean from beginning to end and no one can notice." She sighed, "It all depends on your two nephews. I have corrected her, and she knows her mistakes and regrets them."
.I gave your wife a few more good things, and she gained some respect. In the past two years, everyone has been very peaceful. Ever since her cousin bought the house, she has been a little timid. Your wife is also very comfortable. That matter
It’s long gone, don’t mention it again.”
When Niu Jicheng was born, his mother had already firmly controlled the Zhenguo government. Not only had she not suffered the losses in the backyard, she did not know about the affairs in the backyard. She really didn't understand that the sister-in-law's natal family was in decline. What was the use of touching his son? After all, she lost her eldest son.
, Niu Jicheng's hatred lingered in his belly. His mother repeatedly warned that "the matter is over" and "everything will be fine for the family", but he did not answer and felt unhappy in his heart. Mrs. Niu was anxious: "The matter has come to this, do you still want to
How is she? It's finally getting better in our house. Is it possible that we can't break up the brothers again?" Niu Jicheng lowered his head and said. Mrs. Niu beat the head of the kang and said, "Not to mention your two nephews - Hou Ruoluo of Pingyuan.
Just pay it off in Jiang Zining's hands; now her natal family has become like that, if our family divorces her, won't the whole world say that the Zhenguo government is snobbish?"
Niu Jicheng said: "By doing such a big mistake, she has violated the seven-step rule."
Mrs. Niu was stumped: "Who will believe it now! Others will only say that this crime was staged. From now on, including you, the whole house will be charged with being a snob. Why bother?
Such a trivial matter brings stigma to your brother? Even though the child is gone, he has no connection with our family. Can't you still give birth? Doesn't your wife already have an eldest brother? Don't you still want to kill your sister-in-law? You
What do you want? As long as it doesn’t hurt the dignity of the whole family and doesn’t damage the reputation of your brothers, just do it.”
Niu Jicheng had never thought about dealing with a woman, so he was stunned and had no idea for a long time. Mrs. Niu urged him again. He shook his head and said, "I don't know."
"But here you go again!" Mrs. Niu said, "You are a military general, so what do you think about the shortcomings of the inner house all the time? You can train your troops and horses, make friends, come back and have a good rest, and read military books." She sighed again, "
You men can't understand these things in the backyard. Every home has it, and no one is clean. If you don't believe it, you have a good relationship with Wei Ruolan and ask him!" He then waved his hand, "Forget it, just ask someone else. Wei Ruolan
Lan won't tell you."
Niu Jicheng wondered: "Why didn't he tell me?"
Mrs. Niu hummed: "On the one hand, his mother also protects him very well, but he may not know it; on the other hand, he is the one who takes advantage, and even if he knows, he may not be willing to tell you the truth. Wei Ruoheng from Wu State is
His brother, I think my whole intestines are filled with regret." Nai paused, "Cheng'er, you may not understand what I mean, just remember it. In the backyard, stability is more important than anything else. In our house now
This is the best, better than Rongguo Mansion."
Niu Jicheng said: "The three noble men of Rongguo Mansion are both civilized and military, and I'm afraid they are above ours."
Mrs. Niu said with a smile: "I don't understand the affairs of men outside. Inside the inner house, there will be big troubles in Rongguo Mansion sooner or later." She waved her hand and said, "You don't need to know this. Okay, I'm much better now, and the doctor will be here soon."
That’s it. You go about your business.”
Where did Niu Jicheng dare to leave? He insisted on staying, waiting for the imperial doctor to come over and give him a prescription before he asked the imperial doctor to send him out and left his mother's yard. Because he was restless and secretly guilty, he did not dare to return to his own yard.
He rode out of the house on horseback and no one was allowed to follow him.
Xin Ma walked away from the reins for a while, when someone suddenly shouted "Borrow the light", and a horse ran quickly from behind him. Niu Jicheng only took the lead to the side, and the horse walked away like the wind - the man on the horse took it from his waist.
A purse was taken away. Isn't this a robbery in the street? Niu Jicheng became angry and urged his horse to catch up. The thief ran faster and faster when he saw it, and Niu Jicheng followed closely. The two horses ran all over the street. The horse in front did not
He carefully walked into a small alley, and Niu Jicheng followed him. After making a mistake in going around, the thief suddenly disappeared! Niu Jicheng reined in the reins and looked around. There were several courtyard gates in the alley, which seemed to be the back door, but he didn't know that the thief had entered.
Which one?
The door of a house opened with a creak, and a young man wearing a Confucian scholar's scarf came out. He waved to the person seeing off the guests and said, "Why are you so polite? There's no need to see you off. I'll go back by myself."
There was a smile in the voice of the visitor: "I asked you to leave through the back door again, just like a thief."
The young man said: "Be careful, it won't be fun if your brother notices."
The person who saw the guests off said, "He is a big old man, so he will never notice it." As he spoke, the young man had already mounted his horse. The two of them clasped their fists at each other, and the person who saw the guests off closed the door and went in.
Niu Jicheng thought to himself: These two people were sneaky, and it was impossible to say that the brother of the person inside was doing something bad. He was uncomfortable at first, and he had just been robbed and had not been chased back, so he started to feel a bit quarrelsome for no reason.
Suddenly, he left his purse and urged his horse to follow the young man secretly to see if there were any clues. The young man was not walking fast and walked slowly through the streets and alleys for a long time. When he saw a bun shop in front of him, he touched his stomach and stopped.
Dismounted. Niu Jicheng also followed and dismounted in front of the bun shop.
When he walked into the bun shop, before he had time to look around, the young man smiled and waved: "Brother~~here~~" Niu Jicheng was stunned. The man shouted again, "I want a three-fresh bun, what do you want?"
It was obvious that he was talking to him. Niu Jicheng became more and more confused, but the young man smiled brightly, and he was too embarrassed to say that he didn't recognize him, so he had to come closer. The second brother had already greeted him and asked him what to eat, but Niu Jicheng was helpless.
I had to order a three-fresh bun.
After he sat down, the young man said: "Brother, we didn't recognize you, but you followed me all the way. You probably work in that field. It's just that your level is so low that it's impossible not to notice it. I think.
Come on, it's not easy to do your job. Anyway, I'm hungry. Let's eat something together. Then you can follow me later and see how long you can follow me."
Niu Jicheng knew in his heart that he had misunderstood, but he didn't know what the misunderstanding was. He didn't know what to say for a while. Thinking back to why he followed them? It was just because he felt uncomfortable. After hearing a few words, he suspected that they were up to something, and there was a misunderstanding.
After staying for half a day, he smiled bitterly and clasped his fists and said, "Friend, I'm afraid there is some misunderstanding." The man raised his eyes and glanced at him with a half-smile. Niu Jicheng shook his head and said that he had been robbed on the road and followed the thief.
When I got to the alley, I heard what he and the person seeing him off said, thinking that they were going to do something evil.
The man opposite was dumbfounded, and after a long while he said: "Brother, your imagination is too weird!" He twitched the corner of his mouth, "I discussed with that buddy to prepare a birthday gift for his brother, a surprise!
But his brother came back from the front, so I had no choice but to go out through the back door. If his brother could guess what I was doing when he saw me, it wouldn't be a surprise."
Niu Jicheng immediately blushed, stood up and bowed to the ground: "I will judge the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain."
The man waved his hand and said: "Forget it, I also suspect that you are a craftsman. Then I wonder which craftsman is so stupid." Suddenly he laughed again. Niu Jicheng looked back and thought about this matter. It was ridiculous, so the two of them laughed across the table.
For half a day.
Niu Jicheng sat down and apologized again. The man smiled and said, "It's fate that we meet. Let's eat some steamed buns together." Niu Jicheng nodded repeatedly. However, the steamed buns were served at this moment, and the man said again, "I thought you were a spy. For
I look more polite in front of you - I am a scholar, hehe - so I only ordered one portion of steamed buns. I am actually hungry, and one portion is not enough." Then he added another portion of steamed buns.
Niu Jicheng laughed loudly: "I don't have enough to eat either!" So he added two more portions. The man stared at him for a long time. Niu Jicheng became even more funny.
Niu Jicheng thought, there was someone following this person on the road, so he suspected that it was Xizuo, thinking that he was often followed by Xizuo? He secretly guessed his identity, and looked at him several times involuntarily. The man said, "Are you guessing who I am?"
?Why do you always have Xizuo following you?" Niu Jicheng blushed again and cupped his hands. The man smiled and said, "You are so thin-skinned. My name is Jia Cong. I am a confidant of King Yan, and I am quite provoking Xizuo."
Niu Jicheng was shocked: "You are Mr. Jia!"
Jia Cong was smug: "Have you admired your name for a long time?"
Niu Jicheng quickly looked at him and said, "Wei Ruolan is right, he is indeed a rogue."
Jia Cong snorted: "Wei Ruolan said bad things about me again behind my back. What about you, brother? Since you know Brother Wei, you must not be an ordinary person."
Niu Jicheng then also signed up. Jia Cong also looked at him for a moment and said, "I really admire his name for a long time." The two stood up again to greet him.
Jia Cong gnawed on the buns and said, "The area just now was full of fish and dragons, and there were people doing everything. Is your wallet important? If so, I will get it back for you. My friend has some skills on the street."
Niu Jicheng thought for a while: "It's just a few small coins to reward the servants, that's all, no more."
Jia Cong glanced at him: "Those people usually only rob some dandy young masters who have no strength to control chickens. Who is so bold and dares to rob a general? You don't look good." Niu Jicheng suddenly remembered what his mother had just said about the inner house of Rongguo Mansion.
Sooner or later, there would be a big mess, and his eyes flashed. Jia Cong looked at him again, smiled and shook his head, "Speaking of which, our two families are also old relatives, but we don't know each other at all."
Niu Jicheng said: "Our house has not been doing well in the past few years, and we really can't reach it."
Jia Cong rolled his eyes: "Put it down! I didn't have much contact with her when I was a child. Ever since my grandmother... that's all. The backyard is unreliable, and the front yard will be messy sooner or later."
Niu Jicheng had never paid much attention to the backyard. He didn't want to hear the word "backyard" one after another today, so he couldn't help but straightened his back: "What does it have to do with the backyard?"
Jia Cong glanced at him inexplicably: "Huh? Hey, how old are you? Don't you know?"
Niu Jicheng said: "I, a noble man, have never paid attention to the backyard."
Jia Cong looked strange, and after a while he said: "You are so lucky, you must be Jia Baoyu who practices martial arts."
Niu Jicheng hesitated for a moment and said: "Brother Jia... you are not praising me. Your Shenying waiter seems not very sensible."
"Isn't he very sensible?" Jia Cong said with a smile, "He was an idiot before! He's not much better now. Apart from writing excellent poems and essays, he looks like a fool." Nai glanced at it strangely.
Niu Jicheng glanced at him and said, "Anyone who can't do anything is a fool." Niu Jicheng's face darkened. Jia Cong pursed his lips, "As the son of the eldest son of Zhenguo Mansion, how can he say something like 'I never paid attention to the backyard'
, you are not much better than Jia Baoyu. That's all!" He took a bite of the bun and said, "Anyway, everything is fine today. Let me tell you, the reason why our two families have lost contact is because my grandfather passed away and my grandmother was too biased.
I like my second uncle but not my father. My father studied martial arts and my second uncle studied literature, although both of them were mediocre in ability. In order to pave the way for my second uncle, my grandmother gradually cut off contact with the family of military generals. Your eldest brother is a civilized student, right?
?My second brother Lian and second brother Bao both have friendships with him. Are you a martial arts student? I also practiced martial arts when I was young, so I don’t recognize you at all.”
Niu Jicheng asked: "How can your grandmother, a prostitute, cut off the contact between the man in the family and other families?"
Jia Cong said: "Outsiders will not know what goes on in each household. For example, if a person from the Yan State was caught cheating in the Wu State, the Wu people would only say that the Yan people were liars. In fact, with so many people in the Yan State, only
Which one is just a liar, are the others also liars? The women in charge of the family members of each house are in charge of the exchange of birthday gifts. If the festival gifts sent to your family by our family are much less than in the previous year, they will be sent to the Liguo Mansion and the Qiguo Mansion.
It's the same as last year, what will your family think of our family? Is it possible that your father still comes to look for my father and ask questions?"
Niu Jicheng was astonished: "...Is this so?!" He thought for a long time and asked, "Then... can there be discord among the female relatives of the same family?"
Jia Cong stared at him with wide eyes: "Disharmony? The women in the backyard are all bayonets, fighting to the death. Either the west wind overwhelms the east wind, or the east wind overwhelms the west wind. Your mansion is not much better. In the early years, your Majesty and two
The sister-in-law and her sister-in-law had a fierce fight, and many people knew about it. She was quite capable, and she was able to win against the daughters of two Beijing officials when her mother-in-law was not in the capital."
Niu Jicheng's eyes flashed: "Mr. Jia actually knows about the things in the backyard of our house?"
Jia Cong winked: "Want to know which restaurant is lively? Just change a pseudonym and make up an identity and go to the Flower House. Those fans know everything."
Niu Jicheng was silent for a long time, shook his head and said, "I won't go to those places." After thinking for a long time, he murmured, "My mother... is extremely fair."
Jia Cong knew at a glance that this person had turned on the self-hypnosis mode, and said calmly: "I guess your mother must praise your sister-in-law and suppress your wife." Niu Jicheng suddenly raised his head. Jia Cong said, "Grandma Niu's natal family has declined.
, she must have listened to her mother-in-law; Second Mistress Niu’s natal family has a high status and is very confident. Any mother-in-law in any family will know who to praise and who to step down. Otherwise, how can I control them?"
Niu Jicheng said angrily: "Nonsense!"
Jia Cong shrugged: "Believe it or not." (. Just Love Network)