Qing Dynasty - Four Fu Jin Does Not Like Farming

"Have you ever given your mother jewelry?" Zhang Ying turned her head and suddenly saw her eldest son Zhang Tingzan coming in from the outside, so she called him to her side and asked tentatively.

Zhang Tingzan gave it to his wife and sister, but his mother...

I once asked my mother, but my mother said that she was not short, so I didn't ask.

When his father asked such a question suddenly, Zhang Tingzan admitted with some embarrassment that he really hadn't given any jewelry to his mother?

"Today, Su Hetai gave your mother a set of jewelry. She couldn't put it down and was very touched. Speaking of your brothers, you have never given her a set of jewelry." Zhang Ying said quietly.

Zhang Ying felt very guilty. He had been with his wife for so many years, and thought that he loved her and respected her. He was a concubine, and she only accepted her after she agreed.

But the wife's words today, "My daughter is a blessed one", pierced his heart.

Obviously, this sentence of unintentional emotion must be the true thoughts in Madam's heart, so Madam has complaints about herself, right?

But why didn't she tell herself?

Zhang Ying felt a little puzzled.

Seeing her son's guilt now, Zhang Ying suddenly figured it out.This is not a matter of a set of jewelry, but whether you have the heart, I pity the concubine's humbleness, and give them gold and jade jewelry for them to be close to.

But for Madam, they seem to be used to accepting Madam's love and care, but they pay less.

Listening to what his father said, Zhang Tingzan really wished he could find a crack in the ground and sneak in.Turning around, I was ready to go out and buy a set for my mother, but it was getting late, so I had to go back to the room first.

On the way, I met my second and third brothers, and my fourth brother who had just finished school. I sighed and called them over.

The four brothers discussed it and decided to go buy jewelry for their mother tomorrow.As a real son, can't he be worse than his son-in-law?

The next day, when Zhang Tingzan returned home early and picked up jewelry for his mother with his younger brothers, he was about to give it to his mother when he heard his mother's long-lost hearty laughter.

"You child, why are you so polite?" There was an unconcealable smile on Yao's face, he looked at Su Hetai, frowned and said, "If my mother Zhang didn't see it, how long would you have to wait so stupidly?"

Today, Nanny Zhang went out to the embroidery building to buy embroidery thread for Liniang, and when she came back, she said that the child was holding things and led people to look around in the teahouse.She quickly sent someone to invite him in.

Only then did he learn that Shengjing had sent him a good fur, so the child thought of coming over to make cloaks for himself and Liniang.At the same time, he also gave some silks and fabrics from Jiangnan, saying that they were used to make clothes for himself and his daughter.

This thoughtfulness made Yao's heart soften.

The sons and daughters became in-laws, but Mrs. Uranara never showed up. Although the excuse was that she was sick, in reality, there was no filth between Fujin and his first wife?

Especially after Mrs. Ulanara stated that her daughter will be the head of the house in the future, Yao Shi already knew that there would be a contest.

The things that Erniang was supposed to come forward, didn't this child have to do it by himself?I want to send anything good when I come across it. Although it is a bit unruly, this kind of heart is really rare.

He had given birth to five sons, the youngest son died young, but the other four combined did not have the heart of this child.

Su Hetai looked at Yao Shi with some embarrassment, and sat upright, waiting for her to finish speaking.

Only then looked into her eyes and said seriously: "It's not too polite, the girl of your mansion will be Su Hetai Fujin in the future, and the wife will also be Su Hetai's mother-in-law. Honoring parents is the foundation of a person."

"As long as you live well, we can do whatever we want." Yao said softly with a smile.

Su Hetai looked at Yao Shi, bowed slightly, and said respectfully: "Su Hetai has little experience, and there are many things that are difficult to understand in the world. I hope Madam will give you more advice in the future."

Yao shi sounded softer, that's right!Ama is not in the mansion all the year round, and Ji Fujin has a child of his own. Didn't this child grow up undisciplined?

He wanted to ask for advice, Yao shi was naturally not stingy, the marriage was scheduled for the beginning of next year, it only took half a year, so nothing could go wrong.

First, he asked about his life and work, and then he told about his marriage.

Manchu and Han people have different rules, according to Yao's intention, we should follow the rules of Manchus, so that my daughter will be more smooth in the future.

Su Hetai listened carefully to Yao's explanation, and repeatedly praised his wife for her thoughtfulness.Because it still involved his own blind spot, Su Hetai asked for a pen and paper, and wrote down all the things he had to do.

My sons and daughters followed their father's temperament. Although Yao Shi was a talented woman when she was young, after so many years, her edges and corners were still smoothed by life.

She is used to being nagging and preaching, but her children are already impatient to listen to her nagging.Therefore, it is not close to the children.

It was the first time someone listened to me so obediently, sometimes patiently asked what I didn't understand, and sometimes looked at me gratefully.

After the restraint faded away, the child looked a little naive, he carefully wrote down what he said, and agreed.Yao shi was afraid that such a simple son-in-law would be bullied by his own daughter in the future.

"Next time Muxiu, if you have nothing to do, come here early. Auntie will make special dishes for you to eat with wine." The mother-in-law looked at her son-in-law, and the more she looked at her, the happier she was. Finally, it was almost the same. Hearing that he had to rush back to the barracks, he couldn't help but blame himself: "I'll ask someone to serve you a bowl of noodles quickly. You should put the mat first. Next time, you can't be so sincere. It's all from your own family." ,do not mention it."

Seeing this, Grandma Zhang hurried out to give orders.

Su Hetai grinned and said: "I listen to my aunt. The special dishes made by my aunt must be delicious. It's just that I don't drink well. But I have good sherbet at home. Next time, I will taste it with my aunt."

"Okay, okay." Yao agreed with a smile.

When Zhang Tingzan came in with his younger brothers, he saw his mother lovingly watching a wheat-skinned boy eating noodles, holding meat for him with chopsticks, and constantly persuading him to eat more.

"When you sit down, you are all on your own. There are so many rules. Eat quickly and go back to camp when you are full. Don't miss the hour." As soon as Zhang Tingzan came in, Su Hetai planned to stand up and salute, but Yao Shi persuaded.

When Su Hetai ate a bowl of noodles, Yao shi enthusiastically sent him to the gate, and then kept saying concerned words.

"Mom, she hasn't cared so much about me for a long time." Zhang Tingxuan was the youngest, a little nervous.

Zhang Tingzan turned to look at him and said, "When did Mother stop caring about you? Isn't Mother worrying about your food, clothing and reading every day?"

Zhang Tingyu sighed, looking at the jewelry box in his hand, he was a little puzzled and said, "Is it true that a brat can't compete?"

The brothers sighed in unison.

After receiving the jewelry from his sons, Yao was visibly happy, but when his daughter came over, he hurriedly pulled her to look at the fabric and fur.

When Zhang Ying returned home, she walked into the main room with a box of jewelry in her hand, ready to apologize to his wife.

But seeing Yao gesturing with his daughter for cloth, he coughed lightly and said, "This is for you and Liniang."

You must not be compared to a brat!

Yao Shi nodded, and didn't let go of the cloth, but let him put it aside, and then said to Liniang: "The colors of these silks and satins are very suitable for you, how about making them into clothes?"

"That's too much, where can I wear it?" Zhang Liniang asked a little embarrassed.

It's embarrassing for a young girl to wear the silk gift from her fiancé.

"Why can't you wear it? Now that you are engaged, there are so many people who want to see you, and you can't refuse all the gatherings. Besides, you can't wear the same clothes when you are invited by the palace?" Yao urged quickly. , the son-in-law gave it to her daughter, and she still has to restrain herself and think about generosity?Not at all.

Zhang Ying coughed lightly and said, "Your mother is right, you are the only girl in our family, it doesn't matter if you wear new clothes every day."

Because of the previous incident, Zhang Ying refrained from saying that the concubine would come to choose the fabric together. She always felt that if she said it, it would offend his wife.The affairs of the back house are all decided by the madam, and I really shouldn't bother with it.

"That's right, Su Hetai sent it to you wholeheartedly, and you wore it all. Wouldn't he be happy knowing that his intentions were not wasted?" Yao Shi followed suit.

Su and Tai?

Zhang Ying's eyes flashed, and then she held the tea bowl to hide her unease, and asked aggrievedly, "Is this from Ulanara's family?"

Mrs. Yao shook his head and said with a smile: "No, it was sent by Baba, the child of Su Hetai. It was said that Shengjing sent this year's furs. In addition to offering them to the Four Fujin in the palace, he picked some for them. Liniang and I make cloaks to wear in winter. These fabrics are new styles in the south, and they were bought by Prince Gong's mansion south, and they were also sent over for my Liniang to make clothes for me to wear."

"This child is really a good boy, much better than those few logs in our house." After speaking, Yao said with emotion.Without the upbringing of my mother, but she looks so sensible and sensible, it really makes people feel distressed.

Zhang Ying froze immediately. He originally thought that his wife brought so many materials and furs to prepare a dowry for his daughter, but who knew...

Can this son-in-law still want it?

Su Hetai, who has won the favor of his mother-in-law, no longer asks others to deliver things to the Zhang family.Anyway, he is also used to going out to bring things for his sister, and now it is not difficult to change from one to three.

So Yao's heart melted, where can I find such a caring son-in-law?

No matter how many people are Zhang Ying and his son, even the three daughters-in-law are full of praise when they talk about this future brother-in-law.

Zhang's father and son felt more and more difficult staying at home.

What made them unacceptable the most was when Yao shi tentatively asked if there was someone in the room next to Su Hetai?

Su Hetai quickly shook his head and said: "When I was young, I remembered that Erniang always looked forward to Ama's return home, but after Ama came back, she went to other aunts, and she was very sad. I just thought that I would have Fujin in the future, no It's hard for her to do it, as long as there are inherited heirs, that's enough!"

The real reason is that Su Hetai felt that according to his younger sister's jealous nature, the fourth elder brother would be very sad if he had a concubine in the future, and he might be angry at himself, saying that men in the world are generally black.

So from the root of it, he must put an end to this matter.Always be the sister's most reliable and most admired good brother.In this way, if the fourth elder brother did something bad to his sister in the future, he would still have the face to talk about the fourth elder brother.

Yao shi's eyes turned red when she heard this. This son-in-law was so good to her heart, and at the same time she was completely relieved.

Mrs. Zhang Tingzan, who was on the side, also had eyes full of envy. Mrs. Nalan, who wrote 'a couple for a lifetime', failed to do it, but my sister-in-law's future husband actually agreed to it without any request?

This is literally every woman's dream.

Yao shi looked at Su Hetai, and knew that no matter whether he could fulfill such a promise in the future, at least he was sincere now, and based on this, as long as Liniang lived well and managed well, she would be sure in the future.

When Zhang Liniang heard about Su Hetai's promise from her mother, her face flushed, her eyes sparkled with joy, and she said in disbelief, "Really?"

Holding her daughter in her arms, Yao shi persuaded softly: "Yes, son, live well, don't let others belittle you, and use your temper."

Speaking of this, Yao sighed, and said softly: "Mother knows that you like talented people, and also knows that your son-in-law is half talented. But most of you are a scholar, even your father dare not make such a promise, let alone In front of the other mother? That child is holding a warm heart in front of you, if you don't cover it and protect it, if it gets cold in the future, you will be the one who will be sad."

Zhang Liniang leaned in her mother's arms and didn't refute her words. Everyone has a preference in their hearts. Sweaty and rude military generals, she naturally prefers refreshing and fair-skinned scholars.

It's just that when I was just sensible, my cousin refused to marry me because my parents were afraid of having their feet bound and dying.And I also hope that one day I will have the opportunity to climb mountains and run without any scruples.

She didn't know if she was rebellious or not, did she do something wrong?But those few attempts were really like nightmares, and now I still occasionally wake up from the dream.

On the way of growing up, because of these natural feet, she suffered countless criticisms, and even her grandparents hated her because of it.But he never thought that it was because of his natural feet that he could participate in the draft, be betrothed to him, and get his sincere love.

"Mom, I will be fine. If he is willing to give me his heart, I will give it to him. I will try my best to live every day. If one day he takes back his heart, I will take it back no matter how painful it is." heart." Zhang Liniang lay on her mother's body, listening to her heartbeat, and said earnestly.

Yao shi nodded, she was afraid that her daughter would not be able to turn her head around, marriage is not that easy.Su Hetai is indeed a good child, but they will have to adjust themselves in the future life.Otherwise, no matter how good the promise is now, if they don't work together, it will be false.

Su Hetai delivered things to the door every now and then to please his mother-in-law and future Fujin.

This kind of behavior made the entire Zhang family's female family members have a very good impression of him. Even Mrs. Zhang Tingzan praised her brother-in-law several times in front of her husband, and even lamented that her sister is really blessed.

After hearing her mother say that all the men in the Zhang family didn't have the kindest words from him alone, not only Zhang Tingzan and others felt aggrieved, but even Zhang Ying couldn't sit still at all.

He often heard his wife boasting about other men, even if this person is the future son-in-law, but Zhang Ying still felt unhappy, and always felt that her position in the wife's heart plummeted.

And after learning that his wife actually helped his daughter make shoes for his son-in-law... Zhang Ying couldn't sit still anymore, so she went to Fei Yanggu directly and asked him to restrain her son.

"We all came here when we were young. I don't believe that you didn't want to secretly poke and give some gifts to the future wife to please the future wife?" Ama doesn't say anything, why are you interfering? Do you think my son is nice to your girl? Are you looking for trouble?"

Zhang Ying was angry, and felt that this marriage was too aggrieved, but seeing his daughter's increasingly cheerful appearance, he couldn't express any regrets.

"He sends things to my house like this all day long. Does your wife have any objections?" Zhang Ying took a deep breath and persuaded earnestly: "When a girl is married, it may not be her husband who gets along with her most. Can my daughter-in-law have a good life?"

"It's okay, when Liniang gets married, I'll separate the family. I've already bought the mansion next door." Fei Yanggu said indifferently, no matter how much Ji Fujin was wrong, he would have children for himself.

Let her feel at ease, and make her daughter-in-law's situation better, because Su Hetai was born to make trouble with the daughter in the palace.

Isn't it just to divide the family property in advance?What's so difficult about it?

Zhang Ying was completely speechless... He felt that he could not communicate with this in-law.

The Wulanala family is married to the Zhang family, and the Suochaoluo family is married to the Liu family...

In order to avoid accidents, Kangxi had asked each other what they meant before.So no matter what they thought in their hearts, the two families happily accepted the imperial decree, and then made a decision, and quickly fixed the wedding date.

Zhang Ying, who left with a black face after a few words with his future in-laws, made many people watching secretly suspect that he might not be satisfied with this marriage.

Yaqi really likes Zhang's elder sister's appearance and temperament, but she doesn't live with her by herself.

I met a few times later, and each time I saw that she was more proactive in wanting to know her elder brother, and caring about herself sincerely. I also saw her elder brother mentioning the elder sister of the Zhang family with joy in her eyes. I also heard that Mrs. Zhang cared about him very much, so I couldn't help but personally Make clothes and write for him, and invite him to cook for him.

Yaqi can feel the joy of his elder brother. In his life, there was Mama in the past, and now there is a mother-in-law, the imperial concubine, so there is no lack of care from the elders.

But the elder brother is different. Ama didn't take the initiative to care about people's temperament at the beginning. In his life, there is no such a female elder who is gentle and caring about him.Mrs. Zhang just made up for her brother's regret.

Mrs. Zhang cares about her son-in-law, it must be for her daughter.With such a sensible and gentle mother, under the influence of her daughter, sister Liniang must be not bad.

All this is a good start, and Yaqi will not pay too much attention to their affairs.

This marriage was made by Kangxi, it cannot be changed at all, and it is related to his family.I hope they have a good life, but life is theirs, and others can't interfere too much.

Yinreng accidentally heard Zhang Tingzan, a bachelor's student, talk about Su Hetai, saying that his future brother-in-law is too cruel.

Yinreng was curious, Zhang Tingzan used to be the Shao Zhan of the East Palace, and Yinreng was still close to him, so he asked a few more questions.

Then I heard that Su Hetai did the same thing as Manduhu. Seeing Zhang Tingzan gritted his teeth and opened his mouth, Yinfeng said it funny to Yinzhen who came to find him.

"Since Mrs. Zhang is so loving, why didn't you, Xueshi Zhang, think of giving your mother a jewelry gift for so many years?" Yinzhen looked at Zhang Tingzan, a little incomprehensible, obviously his brother-in-law did nothing wrong?Is filial piety also wrong?Then he frowned and asked.