Evening Shaohua in the Red House

After returning from the banquet, Sister Feng Tanchun and others had a conversation with Jia Mu, and then went back to their rooms to rest.

Jia's mother waited for everyone to go, so she sent someone to call Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang over, and told about Princess Dongping's marriage proposal on behalf of the Zhou family. At the end, she said: "I see that the Zhou family is pretty good, with a similar family background, and the young master of the Zhou family is old. The products are also compatible, but you are the parents of Tan Yatou, and it is up to you to make up your mind about this marriage."

Mrs. Wang thought to herself, the Zhou family has a deep foundation, although Zhou Qiong has no title, Zhou Qiong is a high-ranking person. If she gets married with such a prominent marriage, she can also help Baoyu and Jialan in the future. She is very willing in her heart, and immediately laughed Said: "I mean the same as the old lady. I think this marriage is very good. What does the master think?"

Jia Zheng was silent for a long time, and said for a long time: "Dongping Palace has always been on good terms with us. Since the princess personally protects the matchmaker, I think it must be good for Mr. Zhou's family, but after all, it is the lifelong event of the third girl, and she was wronged because of the Liu family. , This time we must not repeat the same mistakes, we have to inquire more carefully.”

Jia's mother nodded and said, "That's right. Ask Lian'er to inquire tomorrow."

Jia Zheng came out of Jia's mother's room, called Jia Lian immediately, explained the reason, and said, "Although there is Princess Dongping as a guarantor, I don't know how the four sons of the Zhou family are. I."

Although Jia Lian was a little embarrassed, he agreed, and when he returned to his room, he couldn't help but worry: "The Zhou family is very powerful, and Mr. Zhou's house is rarely in Beijing. Where can I find out?"

Although Zhou's parents live in Beijing, the Zhou family's children are very cautious, they seldom make friends with rich and powerful children, and they don't like to have fun outside.

Sister Feng was patting Zhi Ge'er to coax him to sleep, she didn't feel frowned when she heard this, she lowered her head to think for a moment, then suddenly her heart moved, she said: "Young Master Zhou is only two or three years younger than our Second Young Master, most of the young masters of the general family We are acquainted, maybe the second son-in-law knows something inside, why don't you send someone to ask?"

Jia Lian was overjoyed when he heard this, and nodded quickly, "That's a good idea. I'll ask my second brother-in-law tomorrow." After that, he immediately wrote a post and asked someone to send it to Feng's mansion, asking Feng Ziying to have a drink with him tomorrow.

When Feng Ziying saw the post, she couldn't help wondering what was going on with Jia Lian, so she was invited the next day and said with a smile, "I just ate wine yesterday, and my brother-in-law invited me to a banquet today, but what can't be done?"

Jia Lian laughed immediately after hearing this, and said, "Brother-in-law

It's so straightforward, I don't beat around the bush anymore, I invite my brother-in-law over today because I want to inquire about something. "

Without knowing it, Feng Ziying went in and said with a smile: "What do you want to know? My little brother will definitely know everything."

Jia Lian then talked about the Zhou family's courtship, and finally said: "Because I don't know how the son's temper was on that Thursday, and the old lady and the master were not easy to agree, so I asked my brother-in-law."

Feng Ziying suddenly realized, clapped her palms and said with a smile: "I said what is the matter, so it is for this, but uncle asked the right person.

Mr. Zhou used to work with my father before he got rich, and our two families used to travel frequently, but Mr. Zhou and his family have been working in Guangdong Hai for these years, and we didn't communicate with each other, so we became estranged. "

Jia Lian was overjoyed when he heard this, and said, "There is such a coincidence, brother-in-law, tell me quickly."

Feng Ziying said with a smile: "If you talk about Mr. Zhou Hu, the younger brother is also familiar with him. Although he has been in Guangdong with his father for many years, he will return to Beijing every two or three years.

The old man of the Zhou family passed away two years ago, brother Zhou went back to Beijing for the funeral, and I also visited a few times, and I became more and more excited. "

Jia Lian hurriedly asked: "Then how does Mr. Zhou look like this week? What about his temper?"

Feng Ziying said with a smile: "Needless to say his appearance, he is more than ten times stronger than me. What's more rare is that he has a bold nature. Although he loves to wield knives and guns, he has also read a lot of books. It's not a problem to recite poems and compose right ones, but If you don't have this ambition, you never took the imperial examination, and now you are young, but you are already helping Master Zhou with military affairs, and you are extremely talented."

When Jia Lian heard this, she was very satisfied, and said with a smile, "I'm bothering my brother-in-law today, so I'll go back and report to the old lady."

The two had some more food and wine, before they said their goodbyes.

Feng Ziying returned to the mansion, washed up in the study first, changed into homely clothes, smelled that there was no trace of alcohol on her body, and then went to the room.

A little maid raised the curtain a long time ago, and as soon as Feng Ziying entered the room, she saw Yingchun hugging her son and talking softly, she couldn't help feeling warm in her heart, and said with a smile: "How old is he, how can he understand what you are talking about."

Yingchun blushed and said angrily, "Didn't you go out to have a drink with your second elder brother? Why did you come back so early?"

Feng Ziying walked to the bedside, touched her son's face, and said, "Brother asked me to go out today just to inquire about something. It's really for drinking."

Yingchun was startled when he heard the words, and said, "What's the matter?"

Feng Ziying told her exactly what happened today.

After Yingchun heard this, she couldn't help being stunned for a long time, then nodded her head after a long time, and sighed: "If this can be done, the third sister will be rewarded for her hardships.

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Feng Ziying smiled and said: "Things in this world are really amazing, I never thought that Brother Zhou and I would have the fate of being brother-in-law."

After all, Yingchun is her daughter's home, so she thought about it more carefully and asked, "I don't know how the Zhou family's backyard is like? What's Mrs. Zhou's temperament? Is it easy to get along with?"

Getting married not only depends on the character of the man, but also depends on the character of the parents-in-law. If the mother-in-law is the kind of leftist who likes to tease her daughter-in-law, no matter how good her family background is, she cannot get married.

Feng Ziying was startled when she heard this, and said with a smile: "I don't know about this inner house, but I met Mrs. Zhou a few times when I was young, and she has a very generous temperament."

After hearing this, Yingchun groaned silently, still feeling a little uneasy.

Seeing this, Feng Ziying hurriedly said: "You are now in confinement, you should take a good rest and recuperate, don't worry about it. If you are worried, I will send someone to ask my mother. She and Mrs. Zhou are old friends, so naturally Know."

After hearing this, Yingchun hesitated and said, "Would it be too pretentious?"

Feng Ziying smiled slightly and said: "It's okay, I'll go and invite my mother over here." After saying that, she went out.

Not long after, a little girl spread the word that his wife had come.

Yingchun handed her son to the wet nurse to take him down to nurse, and then gave Xiuju a wink, Xiuju understood, and immediately waved her hands to tell all the maids to go down.

Not long after, I saw Feng Ziying helping Mrs. Feng in.

Yingchun hurriedly bowed to say hello: "Greetings to my wife."

Mrs. Feng hurriedly pressed it down, and said: "You are weak now, just lie down, don't be too polite."

Xiuju served the refreshment, and Yifu withdrew.

Mrs. Feng took a sip of tea and said, "I have heard from Ying'er about the Zhou family's courtship. The Zhou family is all about the same in talent, appearance and family background, so they are a perfect match for the third girl.

The population of the Zhou family is not very large, the old lady is generous and kind, the eldest house has only two sons and a daughter, and they are already married.

Master Zhou has four sons, and the first three sons are all married. Mrs. Zhou and her two sons were released with her husband, while the eldest son and the second son and his wife stayed in Beijing to serve the old lady.

This brother Hu is the youngest son, born of Mrs. Zhou's personal maid. "

It turns out that Zhou Hu's mother is Mrs. Zhou's maid since she was a child. When Mrs. Zhou married into Zhou's family, she married her as a dowry. Because they grew up together, their love is similar to that of Sister Feng Ping'er.

Later, after the maid gave birth to her son, she carried her aunt. However, Zhou Hu's mother was injured during childbirth and was sick all year round. Zhou Hu died of illness when he was 13 years old.

Zhou Hu was raised by Mrs. Zhou since he was a child. Although he was a concubine, Mrs. Zhou taught him like her own son, and she was very attentive.

Listen to the spring, and finally

Yu felt relieved and said with a smile: "Listening to what my wife said, the Zhou family is really good."

Mrs. Feng smiled and said: "As far as I'm concerned, it's really a blessing from God. Mrs. Zhou has a straightforward and generous temperament, and she treats people very well. You can see how she teaches the concubine. She has always been regretful because she didn't have a daughter. Treat them as if they were girls from your own family, and you don't have to worry about the difficulties of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law when the three girls pass through the door in the future."

Mrs. Feng has always been guilty and uneasy because of her job as a matchmaker for the Liu family. This time, it is rare to meet a good family in Tanchun, and she intends to make good things happen. The next day, she came to the door in person and told Jia Mu about the Zhou family.

Needless to say, Jia's mother and Mrs. Wang, Jia Zheng was also very satisfied. Zhou's family was upright, Zhou Hu's character was precious, and his parents-in-law were kind, so there was nothing to be picky about.

Now that the discussion was settled, Mother Jia sent someone to reply to Princess Dongping and agreed to the marriage.

Princess Dongping also quickly responded to the news that the Zhou family will choose a date to come to propose marriage, and now they are preparing for a number of matters.

Mother Jia was very happy to get the letter of approval, and hurriedly ordered Sister Feng to get ready early.

Sister Feng agreed, and even invited Li Wan to congratulate Tanchun.

As soon as the two of them entered the door, they saw Tanchun under the screen window. She was wearing a white gauze shirt, a blue gauze waistcoat with pinched teeth, and a pink skirt underneath; she had slender shoulders and a slender figure; With handsome eyes and eyebrows, he looks forward to flying.

Li Wan couldn't help laughing and said: "It's still the third sister Qingya, this word is getting better and better, I'm almost catching up with the second king."

Seeing the two of them coming together, Tanchun was surprised, put down his pen and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, don't laugh at me, but I have nothing to say, just to coax people."

While giving up his seat with a smile, he ordered the servant girl to serve tea, and said with a smile: "Why did the two sister-in-laws make an appointment to come to my place today?"

Sister Feng took her hand and praised her once, then said with a smile, "I'm here to congratulate you today!"

After Tanchun heard this, she understood in her heart. She also heard about the Zhou family's marriage proposal two days ago, and she was feeling uneasy in her heart.

When Sister Feng saw this, she knew that Tanchun had understood, and she couldn't help laughing: "The old lady sent us to tell my sister that the master and wife of the Zhou family have already agreed, and they will come to propose marriage soon."

Shishu Cuimo and others were also surprised and delighted, and stepped forward to congratulate them one after another.

Tanchun's face turned even redder when he heard the words, and he lowered his head without saying a word.

Li Wan pursed his lips and smiled, pulled Tanchun to sit down in front of him, whispered in his ear, and said in detail about Zhou Hu's temperament and the Zhou family's affairs, and said: "The old lady and the master are very careful.

After inquiring, it turns out that he is a good family with all corners, my sister can just feel at ease. "

Tan Chun blushed when she heard the words, knowing that Li Wan was trying to make her feel at ease, he was grateful and happy at the same time, and said in a low voice, "Thank you sister-in-law."

Having experienced the incident with the Liu family earlier, she had already given up hope for her life. She knew that she was a concubine and had been divorced. She originally thought that the best result would be to marry into a low-ranking official's family. The son is his wife, but he didn't expect to meet the Zhou family again in a twist of fate.

The Zhou family is far superior to the Liu family in terms of family background and talent, and Tanchun is satisfied with this.

Li Wan and Sister Feng looked at each other with a smile, knowing that Tanchun was in a turbulent mood at this time, probably not in the mood to entertain guests, so he just sat down for a while and then left.

After coming out of Qiushuangzhai, the two of them wandered and talked all the way. Li Wan was rejoicing about Tanchun's engagement, when he suddenly thought of Liu's family, he asked Sister Feng curiously: "I wonder if Mr. Liu's family is engaged now?"

Sister Feng sneered when she heard the words, and said: "The Liu family was convicted, General Liu was relegated, and Concubine Li has fallen out of favor. Who wants to marry his family? Before, they wanted to withdraw their marriage, thinking of finding a good relationship, but now they are so happy. The girl of the family doesn't look down on his family at all, but it's really a retribution."

Li Wan couldn't help sighing when he heard the words, and said: "I vaguely remember that Sanfang was betrothed to the daughter of Jia Yucun, how is it now?"

Sister Feng shook her head when she heard the words and said, "What else can I do? Naturally, I have retired. Although the Liu family is not as good as before, they still have an official status. How could they take the daughter of a criminal minister? Once Jia Yucun fell, then General Liu So they sent someone to withdraw."

Li Wan couldn't help sighing when he heard this, and said: "Although it is reasonable for the Liu family to withdraw their relatives, it is too powerful to wait so impatiently."

Sister Feng laughed and said, "Take care of him, it has nothing to do with us anyway."

It turns out that the Liu family has never recovered after this incident. Later, Mrs. Liu took charge of Liu Shang and married a daughter of a seventh-rank official. In his childhood, he was always depressed and sick in his later years. This is a later story, so I won't mention it for the time being.

As for Qian Lan'er, because of her backing, Liu Yuan felt that it was because of her that Mrs. Liu offended Lin Ruhai, so she didn't want to take care of this cousin anymore.

Qian Lan'er was good-looking, but she had no choice but to marry a sixth-rank official who had lost his wife for many years. She spent some money and was hastily released from another post, and never returned to Beijing.

Don't talk about gossip, let's say that the two families have passed the ceremony, because Mrs. Zhou needs to rush back to Guangdong before the end of the year.

It was inappropriate to procrastinate any longer, so they discussed with Jia's family and planned to set the wedding date in August, and after they got married, they set off for Guangdong Hai together.

Mother Jia couldn't help frowning and said, "This is too hasty."

Sister Feng said: "It can't be helped. Mr. Zhou still has a lot of important matters that need Mrs. Zhou to come forward. Living in Beijing for more than half a year has been very difficult."

Mrs. Wang also said: "If you are in a hurry to follow the authority, you can only wrong the third girl."

When Jia Mu heard the words, she sighed and said, "Forget it, that's the only way to go."

The Zhou family breathed a sigh of relief when they got the reply. After some discussion, the two families decided to hold the grand ceremony on August [-]th.

The Zhou family hurriedly prepared the dowry gift, and chose an auspicious day for the dowry.

The Zhou family has a deep foundation, and Zhou Hu is the youngest son and has always been favored. Therefore, the Zhou family prepared a very generous dowry gift: a total of 120 pieces of gold and pearl jewellery; , etc., one hundred and eight pieces of engraved silk feathers and foreign crepe crepe satin; one hundred and eight sets of four-season clothes.

There are 24 antique curiosities, 24 Western rare ornaments, 1000 calligraphy and painting calligraphy posts, and a bride price of [-] taels of gold.

Both Jia's mother and Mrs. Wang were very satisfied with this. After all, Zhou Hu was a concubine, and it was a surprise to have such a generous dowry gift. The marriage of the first son of a wealthy family in Beijing is nothing more than that.

The Jia family has also prepared the dowry. Everything is the same as when Yingchun came out of the pavilion. In addition to gold and jade jewelry, silk and satin, gold and silver utensils and antiques, there is also a three-entry house and 3000 taels of silver.

However, compared with such a generous dowry gift from the Zhou family, Tanchun's dowry is inevitably less. Jia's mother feared that it would not look good if it spread, so she sent a message and ordered Sister Feng to buy an additional 1000-acre small house. Zhuangzi, two shops, privately subsidized another [-] taels of silver.

Because after Tanchun left the court, he wanted to go to Guangdong with her husband, Madam Wang was also quite reluctant. After all, Tanchun grew up in front of her, and was always smart and caring. Since Yuanchun entered the palace, he also relieved her a lot. Lonely, as the mother-in-law, I also added twelve additional sets of gold and jade heads, 36 pieces of silk and satin, and several gold and jade antiques.She has a rich body, these are just a drop in the bucket.

Li Wan also gave four sets of gold and jade jewelry, two ancient books, two postcards and twelve bolts of silk and satin as he came out of the pavilion in the spring.

The whole family of Jia's family was busy with Tanchun leaving the pavilion, but Jia Huan wanted to persuade Jia Zheng to take this opportunity to bring Aunt Zhao back, so he looked at the sky and replied: "Auntie has lived in Zhuangzi for several years, and she has already been sincere. Sorry, now that the third sister is out of the cabinet, shouldn't she be brought back?

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Jia Zheng was silent after hearing this, and Aunt Zhao, the biological mother, should have taken a look at her daughter's departure from the cabinet.

Besides, Aunt Zhao has served him for many years, and she was very considerate in the past. Mrs. Wang is dignified and dignified, like a log, which is not very pleasing, and Aunt Zhou is even more seemingly non-existent. Auntie is gentle and careful, it will inevitably be lonely after a long time.

When Jia Huan saw that Jia Zheng was relaxed, he was overjoyed immediately, and hurriedly persuaded: "Although my aunt was wrong at the beginning, she still had a mother's heart in the end. She was confused for a while, so she was deceived by the traitor, and she never forged a child. Blunder.

Besides, being lonely and desolate in Zhuangzi for the past few years is enough to pay for the atonement. I hope my father will forgive me and let my mother come back. "

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