Peach Blossom Island and the Red House

Lingnan, the General’s Mansion, a woman in her thirties, wearing a red bijia, a light date red Confucian shirt, a light yellow skirt, and a golden phoenix face with eight treasures on her head, is holding a list and the clothes beside her. The woman was talking, facing the things in the list, suddenly there was a commotion outside, the woman turned her face, revealing a silver plate face, distant mountain eyebrows, Danfeng eyes, sharp eyes, and an angry look on her face.

"Who is there outside? This is the inner house. Why are you yelling like this? What's wrong with you? The eldest daughter-in-law! Go ask, which family's daughter-in-law is she, who doesn't know the rules."

She just finished speaking here, the voices outside became more and more lively, and her eldest daughter-in-law's voice was vaguely heard, the woman became surprised, a very dignified daughter-in-law, what happened today?Before she could ask, the door curtain was lifted, and a woman in her twenties, about to be in her thirties, came in with a smile all over her face, even the peony on the apricot-yellow winter coat on her body seemed to be All come alive.As soon as he saw the woman, he couldn't help but smiled and began to salute and congratulate.

"Congratulations, Mrs. Congratulations."

After finishing speaking, he deliberately paused to whet his appetite, and sure enough, the woman had a puzzled look on her face.Looking around, I saw that those people who just came in were all happy, and knew in their hearts that it was probably a good thing, so they simply said jokingly:

"What did you say? I have nothing to congratulate. Could it be that gold fell from the sky?"

After saying this, everyone laughed, and the new woman covered her mouth with a handkerchief, laughed for a while, and then said:

"I'm afraid it's better than gold! Ma'am, there's a letter from Suzhou, our third girl's fiancé-in-law, your dear little son-in-law, won the Juren, and he's still No. 7! He's only 15 years old! That's what he's going to do." Isn’t it a happy event!?”

Hearing this, the woman was really overjoyed, she stood up immediately, her face glowed, she stretched out her hand, trembled, and said hastily:

"Quick, quick, give the reward, give the messenger a reward, go tell the master, the uncle, and the girl, go and tell them, let's have fun together, let the children at home eat wine and set up a banquet at night! It really is a better thing than selling gold! Boss daughter-in-law, this matter is up to you, so please be happy for your sister!"

On the other side, the third girl of the Qin family in the backyard also heard the news from her own girl, and the girls next to her kept congratulating each other. The third girl is not married yet, but it is just an engagement, and the third uncle is already a juren. When I got married, my son-in-law must have been a Jinshi named on the gold list, and maybe even the number one scholar. This made the eyes of those girls start to twinkle with little stars, and they couldn't be more happy for their own girls.

And the third girl's face was blushing with embarrassment, a sweet smile bloomed on her face, her eyes became extraordinarily bright, and she had more expectations for the future.What could make a daughter-to-be feel more at ease than news like this!

Not busy, the third girl hid in her boudoir until her own mother came over, and then whispered to her in shame, talking about her joy.

Speaking of the Qin family, Master Qin, that is, Lin Lang's cousin, is about the same age as his uncle, 45 and six years old, and is considered a prestigious figure in Lingnan. The third-rank general is here, a remote frontier, definitely Belonging to high positions and weights, apart from a few bigwigs in Lingnan Road and the chief of the marching army, they are absolutely powerful figures.

His original wife gave birth to the eldest son and the second son, two sons. The eldest son is now a fifth-rank military officer and is in the army. He is 28 years old and has been married for a long time. At the age of three, the concubine was three years old, and he was also the father of three children.The second and sixth rank is also a military officer, stationed in the local area. He is 11 years old this year. He is also married and has a son. The eldest son is seven years old, and the eldest daughter is four years old.

In addition, he has two concubine sons, one is the third son, 20 years old, in charge of family affairs, already married, and just gave birth to a concubine son, who is only one year old.The fourth child is 16 years old and has not yet entered an official position.

The four sons in the family all practiced martial arts since they were young, and they could be recruited into martial arts positions at any time. This made the Qin family well-educated, and they did not have a reputation as a dude, and they were very famous in Lingnan.

As for the daughters, the eldest daughter and the second daughter are all concubines. One is 23 years old and the other is 21 years old. They have been married a long time ago. They are married to military officers of the sixth rank in the army. Although they are both from poor families, it is considered a good marriage.After all, a concubine has such flaws in her identity. If she blindly wants to marry into an aristocratic family, she can only marry the same concubine. The concubine of other families may not be as well-trained as the Qin family.Besides, the key reason why the children of the Qin family are well-bred is that the wife in charge is the stepmother. For the sake of a virtuous reputation, and in order not to let the son-in-law be prettier than before, this wife will also take care of the son-in-law and daughter-in-law of.

In the end, the third girl is the only daughter born in the family, and also the only child of the stepwife, the 13-year-old third girl Qin.The seventh child in the family is also the youngest in her generation.

This stepwife can be regarded as a virtuous and wise person. When the first wife was seriously ill and passed away in a hurry, the eldest son was already ten years old, the second son was also six years old, and the third child and the two concubine daughters were also old. Born, at this time, no matter who marries in as a stepmother, there is actually no future. They are all talking about concubine daughters and the like, only this stepwife’s natal family is talking about concubine daughters, because this stepwife herself also has a stepmother, and she still has no brothers, so her own mother gave birth to her. kind of.

The daughter of a well-behaved fifth-rank defender's family actually became the stepmother of a fourth-rank general's family, which made everyone at that time dumbfounded!Only the wife of the Qin family was very calm and only made one request to the family, that is, the dowry should not be embarrassing, and she simply nodded and agreed to the marriage.

She thought very clearly that as a motherless child, her marriage would never be perfect. In this case, she might as well ask for more affordable ones.Now it is obvious that my parents are wronged, and if I ask for more dowry, they will definitely give it, so that I will have confidence in my life in the future.

As for other romantic ideas and the like, she had already run out of ideas!In her eyes, it is much better for such a general with real power and a promising family to be a step-wife than to let the family marry a dude from a well-known family!Everything is fake, and Ansheng will be real in the future!The Qin family's family education has always been good. Even if she is a stepmother, even if she has no son, she will definitely be supported by her stepson in the future. What else does she have to worry about!

Sure enough, everything was as she thought. Although her husband was 13 years older than her, and although she only gave birth to a daughter four years after entering the house, her position in the family was indeed secure.The husband respects his first wife, he is not a beauty lover, and his mind is more in the military camp. The aunts at home are pretty honest, and the dishonest ones have already been cleaned up by the first wife!She took over with ease!

In terms of children's upbringing, she let go directly and let her husband control it himself. The father taught the son, and the mother taught the daughter. For good reasons, she treated her equally, which allowed her to establish a fair image in the eyes of the servants in the mansion.Coupled with the expensive dowry and the way the housekeeper manages the board, even in the Qin family, she has a very good reputation. It is said that Master Qin is blessed, and the two wives successively are both virtuous and capable.

Although she didn't have her own son for so many years, all four sons respected her very much, and even her daughter-in-law never dared to choke with her.

Now, the only legitimate daughter of the second generation of the Qin family, her sweetheart is finally getting engaged, and this is what worries her the most.She is the daughter of a military officer, the wife of a military general, and the mother of a military officer. She has dealt with military men and rough people all her life, and has never left Lingnan half a step. No matter what, he should jump out of this circle and live a good life in Ansheng's place. The Lin family is such a family, and Suzhou is such a good place.

My old lady's natal family, a scholarly family in the south of the Yangtze River, is definitely more respectable than those military generals in Lingnan, so it is worthy of my daughter.For this, she did not know how much thought she had spent, and then she persuaded Master Qin to make an appointment for this marriage!As for the old lady's daughter?She has never paid attention to her, her seniority is there!In the past, it was just for fun, but if they were really interested, the Lin family would be deserted!There are so many good kids of the right age!

Sure enough, her vision is good!Look, it's only been a while, and this child has suddenly become a master of Juren from a young age.My daughter is indeed born to enjoy life!In the future, imperial orders are indispensable.

"Son! Now do you know what it takes to be a mother? Then Lin Lang can be regarded as your cousin. He is a talented young man. He has a reputation as a child prodigy since he was a child. Now he has become a juren at a young age. Listen! It is said that he is loyal and obedient to the prince, and he admires him very much. Such a person is born to be an official, and he is still a decent official."

Speaking of this, Mrs. Qin stopped her daughter, looked at her still shy face, ignorant, and carefully whispered in her ear:

"Although our family is considered prominent now, it is different from the Lin family after all. It is a family that has been a marquis and a scholarly family for a hundred years. It is not the same as ours. It is generous. Besides, civil servants are more valuable than military generals. He is much more noble. My son! Look at this world, except for those generals in the capital who have been deprived of military power, who are not stationed in such a wild frontier, and from time to time there will be a crisis of rushing into battle, and life is not guaranteed. Civil servants are different, the more capable they are, the more they are going to the capital, your cousin is that kind of capable, and he might be an official in the capital in the future. It's been hard, and my mother can be relieved."

It was the first time for the Mrs. Qin's family to speak out what was in her heart, and she made the difference between civil and martial arts so clear that the third girl, who had always been proud of her father and brother, was a little dumbfounded.

"Mother, Daddy, is Daddy bitter? But I think Daddy likes the military camp very much!"

"That's those men. They are rude. They don't know what we women suffer. The most important thing is that the rules here are too rough. When we meet people from the south of the Yangtze River or from the capital, they all call us bumpkins. You Tell me, isn't this a slap in the face! Mother, every time I go out as a guest, I have to inquire clearly, is there a guest from some big place, for fear of embarrassing your father, this is aggrieved! By the way, son! Mother Ask your father to write a letter to King Zhongshun to find you a good nanny and teach you the rules so that you don’t get used to it when you get married. You have to study hard when the time comes.”

Mrs. Qin's family remembered the key matter. This matter was not urgent at first, but Lin Langzhong raised it, which means that he is not far away from becoming an official. Naturally, the Qin family must hurry up. If the wives of colleagues in the officialdom don't fit in well, then the Qin family will be embarrassing!

The third girl of the Qin family didn't know how powerful this nanny was at this time, she just felt a little troublesome, but after thinking about it, it was for her own good, so she nodded, and thinking about what her mother said about being talented, she blushed again, Then it suddenly occurred to me that I didn't seem to have read many books, female celebrities are not very good, and housekeepers don't like to learn too much, but they are better at dancing spears and sticks.At that time, will people think that she is also a vulgar woman?Will it embarrass the Qin family?

But who can she tell such a thing?mother?It's not good!In the past, I always used the embroidery made by the girl to fool her, and my mother probably thought that she was a good girl!Sister-in-law?At this time, my sister-in-law is busy with her dowry!It seems that it is not troublesome!The sisters are all married!Can't ask!Nanny?In the eyes of the nanny, I am good in everything!The girl can't even count on it!

It really is incomprehensible for the whole family to be military generals!No one thought of her troubles, the third girl was sad!