Chapter 222 The heart is sprouting
"The old lady treats Lang Ge'er with kindness as much as a mountain. She is well educated by the old lady. Now Lang Ge'er is so handsome and promising. However, she is the deputy envoy of the fifth-rank Imperial Guard in her early twenties." Mrs. Peng praised.
Mrs. Xu smiled without saying a word, waiting for the purpose of Mrs. Peng's second wife's statement.
Mrs. Peng Er praised her a lot again and asked with a smile: "Lang Ge'er is not young anymore. I wonder if the old lady has any regulations for his marriage?"
"Langge'er has had his own opinions since he was a child, and he will take charge of his marriage." After Mrs. Xu's old lady had already figured it out after experiencing the marriage of her son, she had to follow the opinions of the parties involved. What's more, Langge'er is not the kind of person who values desires. She has been reluctant to marry, and she doesn't even have a family by her side. She is determined to wait for Xiaojiuer of the Shen family to grow up and marry her. What else can she do except follow his wishes?
Mrs. Peng was anxious when she heard this and hurriedly said, "Oh, Madam, this marriage is a big deal. You have to abide by the orders of your parents and the words of the matchmaker. Lang Ge'er is only in his early twenties, so how could he know the interests in this? Old Madam, you can't ignore him. Marrying a wife is not virtuous and harming three generations. If you don't marry well, Old Madam, you have been fucking for most of your life. Do you have to continue to worry? You have to marry Lang Ge'er a good, caring and a good life."
Obedient and listen to the voice. Mrs. Xu knew that Mrs. Peng Er was someone who chose Mrs. Peng Er, but Lang Ge'er had already spoken. If she was not a Shen family, she would rather not be too troublesome. She would save her grandparents from being distracted. She did not follow Mrs. Peng Er's intention and asked her who wanted to protect the media. She smiled and said with a faint smile: "Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. I am old and can't worry so much. I only eat and drink every day, raise flowers and funny birds in the yard. No one will come to me to make me unhappy."
Although Mrs. Xu has prejudice against Shen Mei, Shen Mei is also a little careful and not good to Lang Ge'er, from the heart, Shen Mei has done quite well in other aspects over the past decade, and she believes that Shen Mei's vision will be a good granddaughter-in-law.
When Mrs. Peng saw Mrs. Xu's attitude, she became more anxious and asked, "Mrs. Old Madam, do you know who Lang Ge'er went out to meet yesterday?"
"He is such a big man, so you can't meet anyone when you go out." Mrs. Xu was still calm and peaceful.
"Old lady, he knows that people are, oh, it's Shen's niece." Mrs. Peng Er pulled the chair she was sitting, "Lang Ge'er was fooled by Shen. If he married another Shen girl, old lady, is there any place for you to stay in this family?"
Alarming.
Do you think she is an unsavory country old woman?
Mrs. Xu was a little disliked by Mrs. Peng. She didn't show her face. She picked up the teacup and took a sip and said, "Mrs. Uncle, you are too worried. This dynasty governs the world with filial piety. No matter who Lang Ge married, this family will not have a foothold of my old woman."
No matter how Mrs. Peng said that the Shen family’s daughter was not good, Mrs. Xu said in one sentence: She is old and she doesn’t care about the matter. Whoever Xu Lang loves to marry, the person who should respect her is her son and daughter-in-law, not grandchildren. Mrs. Peng came with excitement and returned in disappointment. When she returned home, Peng Xin couldn’t wait to come over and ask, “Mother, what does Mrs. Xu say? Is it a big thunder? Did you immediately ask Cousin Lang to go back and scold him? Are you not allowed to let him see that fox charmer again?”
Mrs. Peng Er looked at her daughter's expectant gaze and couldn't bear to tell her the truth, saying, "Mrs. Xu has a constitution for doing things. If you can do it, then this matter will be done. OK, okay, don't be so anxious, this matter cannot be rushed."
"Oh." Peng Xin didn't get the good news she imagined, she was a little depressed, drooping her head and pouting.
Mrs. Peng Er's affairs were not done, and she was very depressed. She had no intention of coaxing her daughter. She used the excuse of being tired and wanted to rest, so she drove Peng Xin away. In the evening, Mrs. Peng Er returned home. Mrs. Peng Er, who was full of anger, pulled him and complained.
Mr. Peng had planned to marry Peng Xin to Xu Lang before, and Mr. Peng also agreed, but after Xu Lang clearly refused, both the father and son stopped thinking. After hearing Mr. Peng Er's words, Mr. Peng Er asked calmly: "It's better if you can't get this marriage. Are you willing to let Sister Xin be humble in front of Xu Shen?"
Mrs. Peng Er was stunned for a moment, okay, she couldn't bear to let it go. Mrs. Peng Er was persuaded by Master Peng Er and no longer wanted to marry her daughter to Xu Lang; Peng Xin didn't know that her mother had changed her mind and dreamed of marrying Xu Lang.
A few days later, Chen Danxia was in Tao's arms and talking to her. The mother of Duke Jing's mansion came to report the good news. Chen Dan became pregnant. It was almost two months ago. He felt sleepy these days, but his appetite was very good. Tao generously asked Zhaocai, and gave the woman a red seal of five taels of silver to the woman, and asked the maid to tell Baoqin the good news.
He was overjoyed and went to Ruoshuiyuan to kowtow to Tao, "Madam, can I go to Guanyin Temple to invite a Guanyin to offer my son to worship him?"
"You go to Guanyin Temple in the afternoon to invite a Guanyin to come back." Tao agreed readily.
"Mrs. Xie, Mrs. Xie." Baoqin kowtowed three more times.
According to customs, when a married daughter is pregnant, her parents' family wants to send her things to the baby. Tao is not a stingy person. The next day, he asked Yuan Qingyin to personally send a bunch of things to the Duke of Jingguo Mansion. This would be even better. On the same morning, Chen Danxia received a wedding invitation sent by the Dong family and a red egg sent by the Lu family. Dong Liluo got married on the 29th of this month, and Jiang Shuiling gave birth to her eldest daughter five days ago. Chen Danxia did not plan to go there. Dong Liluo did not attend the wedding ceremony at the beginning of the year and the wedding ceremony. Although her relationship with Dong Liluo has not reached the point of not having sex with each other since she was old and death, there was no need to pretend to be friendly.
Chen Danxia brought a few new sets of clothes and a Red Gold Long Life Lock to visit Jiang Shuiling. Not long after Jiang Shuiling had given birth, she was plump and rosy in her face. She held her daughter and smiled sweetly and happily.
In mid-November, there are still candidates who participated in the spring exam in Beijing. Chen Muke is preparing to take the opportunity to recruit a few students. Although Shen Bomi and Shen Boyu and Shen Boqi will also participate in the spring exam next year. If they can successfully high school, they will enter the official career, but they are the Shen family after all, and they belong to the direct department. He has to choose some students to provide help during their imperial examinations and form a teacher-student friendship. When one or two of these people pass the imperial examinations, they are considered to be sideline departments, and he will also have more help.
The matter of Chen Muke's recruitment of students, Tao, Chen Danxia and others would not participate, and of course they could not participate. However, Tao was the mistress of the family. She had to know the free yard in her house, so she had to know. Therefore, Chen Muke asked Shen Baiyu to lead four newly recruited students to meet Tao.
The four students Chen Muke recruited were two from Jindu, and two from other places; the two Jindu students were Zhao Shifei, the nephew of Zhou, whom Chen Danwei married Li Shaofeng and went to the frontier with his husband. Zhao Shifei was full of anger and vowed to make Chen Danwei regret it.
Another student in Jindu was nothing but Qiao Zhijia, who Chen Dannian met in Wenchang Temple. Qiao Zhijia was the son of a merchant and had no connections in the court. He followed his teacher's advice and introduced him to Chen Muke's disciple.
Two people from other places, one of whom was named Gu Youguang, was the son of Chen Muke's same subject. This person was not lucky. After the spring examination, he had just been appointed as an official. His grandfather passed away and returned to his hometown to stay in filial piety for a year. After his grandfather's filial piety, his parents passed away one after another before he could become an official. This delay made him just a fifth-rank magistrate of the Funeral Department.
Another name is Cui Chengda, who was the nephew of the Tanzhou prefect Cui, who was formerly accused by Chen Muke in Tanzhou. Lord Cui did not use Gao Ju secretly to use his strength behind him, and his official career was not as good as Chen Muke. He was transferred to Fu'an City as the prefect of the year a year ago.
Among the four, Qiao Zhijia is the best talent and is the third place in Jingkui; Zhao Shifei is the second place in the third place in the rankings; Gu Qingshan and Cui Zhenyuan are the middle-class, Gu Qingshan is the fifteenth place in Jinyuan City, and Cui Zhenyuan is the 20th place in Tanzhou City. No matter what, he is better than Shen Bokuan, who lost the rankings.
The Tao arranged four people to move into the Qinshu Library in the outer courtyard. There were four unmarried girls at home. These four people in the inner courtyard could not enter. They could walk around in the outer courtyard and leave the mansion.
Chen Dannian learned that Qiao Zhijia had become Chen Muke's student, and his heart had just calmed down and grew wildly like wild grass. If Qiao Zhijia could be high school in the spring and become an official, the Qiao family would have changed their family members and marry him, it would seem good.
Although there were too many things in the Ministry of Personnel in the year, Chen Muke did not ignore the students and their nephews' studies, and took time to teach them from time to time. That afternoon, Chen Muke walked into Qinshu Library with his hands behind his back. Seeing that the seven people were reading books seriously, he touched his beard and smiled with a smile on his face.
Seeing that he came, the seven people stood up and saluted. Chen Muke sat down on the chair, signaling them to sit down, and asked, "How are you living in the mansion? What are the inconsiderate things about the servants serving? Xifu is from the southern country and is used to eating. If you can't get used to eating, I will tell you the master's wife."
Xifu was Gu Youguang's word, and he replied: "Qin Shuguan is well arranged, and the servants are attentive. The teacher's wife asked the chef to prepare three meals a day to suit my taste, and there is nothing wrong with it."
Chen Muke smiled and said, "That's good. If you lack something, just tell the servants."
"Yes." The four of them responded.
"Have you written articles these days?" Chen Muke asked.
All seven people said there was a writing, so Chen Muke asked them to show it to him. Chen Muke was not very good at character, but his talent was still good, and he was really from the imperial examination. When he guided them, it was a matter of meaning and made them suddenly realize.
A few days later, when it was Laba Festival, at dawn, Chen Muke went to court as usual and accompanied the emperor to participate in the Laba Festival. His family was led by Shen Bomi to worship his ancestors and the gods. Last year, due to the death of Lu Taifei, Nuo opera and parade activities were cancelled. Of course, this year it will continue. However, Chen Danxia has seen it once, so he did not join in the fun this year. Instead, he followed Madam Xia to pickle Laba garlic with Yuan Qingyin.
While the sister-in-law and sister-in-law were busy pickling Laba garlic, Chen Dannian dressed up carefully and took a little maid and took a food box containing Laba porridge to Qinshu. When Chen Dannian arrived at Qinshu, only Shen Baimi and Qiao Zhijia were there, and the two were arguing about something with the book. Shen Baiyu took Gu Youguang and Cui Chengda out to watch the fun. Zhao Shifei didn't come here today. One was for the festival, and the other was Zhao Zhou's infection with cold and fell ill again. He wanted to stay at home to make medicine for her.
"Big brother, thank you for your hard work after reading books for so long. Drink a bowl of Laba porridge and take a break." Chen Dannian said in a coquettish voice.
Shen Bomi looked up and frowned. There was an outsider here, so it was difficult to scold her. He said coldly: "The servants have prepared tea and pastries for us. The fifth sister doesn't have to be so tired."
"Big brother, today is Laba Festival, it's time to drink Laba porridge." Chen Dan said with great sarcasm.
Shen Baimi narrowed his eyes and saw Chen Dannian ask his maid to scoo up two bowls of Laba porridge, one bowl for his maid to deliver to him, and the other bowl was brought to Qiao Zhijia in person. She pursed her lips and smiled at Qiao Zhijia, and asked knowingly: "You are the student taken by my father, don't you know the name of the surname?"
Since Chen Dannian came in, Qiao Zhijia kept politely lowering her head, not daring to look at Chen Dannian. He heard her question, but he didn't dare to answer. Shen Bomi's face was slightly dark. How could a girl have such a rude family who didn't know how to ask the man's name directly?
"Fifth sister, the porridge has been delivered, you can go back." Shen Bomi drove her away coldly.
Chen Dannian didn't want to leave, but she didn't dare to ignore her brother. She looked at Qiao Zhijia and left unwillingly.
In the evening, Shen Bomi went to Ruoshuiyuan and told Tao about the matter of Chen Dannian going to Qin Library to deliver Laba porridge and taking the initiative to talk to Qiao Zhijia. After hearing this, Tao was extremely angry. He really had a mother and daughter. At such a young age, he was so anxious to find a man. After Shen Bomi left, he immediately asked someone to find Dong Qixiu.
When Dong Qixiu entered the door, she saw Tao's face gloomy and her heart skipped a beat. What's wrong with her when she was having a big holiday?
"Do you know where Miss Five went this afternoon?" asked Dow.
Dong Qixiu looked confused, "I don't know." She felt a little uncomfortable and kept resting on the bed.
Tao snorted coldly and said, "She sent Laba Porridge to Qinshu Library. She couldn't stop her. She kept coming to Qiao Zhijia and asked her name with a stern face. A girl's family is so unruly and disrespectful to her. If this matter is spread, she will not want to marry a good family. Take care of her and don't let her go there and disturb her study anymore. Qiao Zhijia is going to take the scientific exam, so it will not be delayed."
"Madam, although I am the biological mother of the fifth girl, I can't control the fifth girl." Dong Qixiu didn't teach Chen Dannian, but Chen Dannian didn't listen to her at all.
"After a decade ago, you had the ability to climb a man's bed. After more than a decade, you can't control the little girl who came out of your belly. Who are you coaxing? Dong, listen, if the fifth girl dares to run to the outer courtyard again, I will sell you and then send her to the nunnery outside the city to make her a sister-in-law, so that she won't be embarrassed to stay at home. I will do my best. If you don't believe it, just give it a try." Tao said harshly.
Dong Qixiu didn't believe what Dow said, but she didn't dare to verify what Dow said. She left Ruoshuiyuan and immediately went to Shuyuan.
Chapter completed!