[Red Mansion] Third Sister You's New Life in the Red Mansion

When Xiu Ying confirmed that she was in the world of Red Mansions, she had already lived in this time and space for many years.

It's not that she is nervous or unresponsive, but that her daily life environment has nothing to do with the Red Mansion.

The biological father is naturally surnamed Xie, named Zongzhao, a top-ranked Jinshi, because of his straightforward personality, he is easy to offend others, and he is not good at socializing. He is almost 40 years old, but now he is just a Dali judge, in charge of push and press, and participate in the trial of suspected prisons.An official of the seventh rank can be a parent in the local area, but in the capital, it is nothing at all.

The mother's surname is Zheng, and she is a young lady from a Huaiyang cloth merchant, the youngest concubine.After businessmen get rich, they usually train their own family members to participate in scientific examinations, or find suitable candidates for marriage among the candidates in the list, in order to rely on the officialdom in the future, and rely on the big tree to enjoy the shade.

However, it is unrealistic for this kind of merchant family to marry a scholarly official family.Only those small families who are already poor will accept marriage with merchants.

This was the case for Xie Zongzhao. He was born in a poor family, and after winning the examination, he married the daughter of a cloth merchant. Four years later, he lived up to the expectations and was admitted to Jinshi. Although he only ranked among the top three, it was enough to make the Zheng family overjoyed.How many people who have won the exam have gray hair, but they may not be able to win the Jinshi!

With the management and support of the Zheng family, Xiu Zongzhao, who was born as a Jinshi, had a smooth promotion path before. Shaozhan Shifu, who had reached the highest rank of fourth rank, was Taichang, and later because of his involvement in the palace, he was arrested. People were horrified, and they were relegated to being a judge of Dali Temple of the seventh rank, because there was some deviation from the plan, which disappointed the Zheng family in Yangzhou.

And what about Xiuying?She is now a little girl in her teens. She has a sister of the same mother who is two years older than her, but she has already begun to grow taller. She is slender and taller than her by a head; One son and one daughter, the daughter is very small, only three years old; the son is even younger, only a few months old, and is a nursing baby.The Zheng family failed to give birth to a son, so after the age of 36 in Xiu Zongzhao, she decided to marry Wu's family to her husband, and finally gave birth to a bastard son.

Even so, Mrs. Zheng was not in a hurry to recognize her concubine's son under her name. No matter how she was, she was only in her early thirties, and she still had some faint confidence that she would definitely be able to give birth to a son.Five years ago, she lost a pre-formed male fetus. It was probably when she hurt her body that she hadn't conceived for so many years.This is also the reason why she has been taking good care of her body in recent years.Because of the proper care, Mrs. Zheng still looks very young and beautiful, not much better than the concubine who was a teenager.

Chu Zongzhao has been depressed and depressed since he was demoted.Looking back on the reasons why he was impeached and demoted, he suddenly felt that his father-in-law's family were all businessmen after all, and the support for him was actually very limited.It is a hurdle that no one can get over from the fourth rank, and merchants like the father-in-law's family are simply unable to intervene to help.

Moreover, since he married a merchant's daughter, even though he has no worries about food and clothing and lives a luxurious life, few people suspect him of being corrupt; distanced.Those who pride themselves on being lofty look down on his clinging to businessmen; those who are down and out, he disdains to talk to them.Because of this, Xu Zongzhao felt that he had been depressed for so many years.

I have been husband and wife with Zheng for many years, and the two of them are neither hot nor cold, and they maintain a polite face, because Zheng is a good accountant and businessman, but Yu Wenmo is just a beginner, and the two of them really don't have much love. many common topics.Zhu Zongzhao also showed his contempt for Yue's family from time to time, frequently saying that businessmen are profit-oriented and short-sighted, even the Zheng family is the same. If he hadn't supported this family and made Zheng's listen to Yue's family, sooner or later the whole family would be cheated. go down.Mrs. Zheng was not convinced by his rhetoric, and the couple would quarrel every now and then.

On the contrary, he obviously prefers the Wu family who gave birth to his son.This Wu family was born in a good family, she was also the daughter of a scholar, her father passed away due to illness, she had no choice but to be a concubine for someone else, but she was smart and studious since she was a child, and she was proficient in poetry and articles.The two often sang poems together, and guessing orders by pouring tea made the old lady Zheng feel more and more boring, so the number of times this serious couple got together in a year can be counted on one hand. What about having a son?

A year ago, his father, Xu Zongzhao, died of illness suddenly, leaving behind a large family, the old and the young.Before he died, Xi Zongzhao confessed one by one that he asked the old mother Xu to take his concubine Wu and young son and daughter back to his hometown in the countryside of Suiyang. Live worry-free.As for his wife, Zheng Shi, and his two direct daughters, he didn't say a word. They were willing to go back to their hometown, so they went back with their mother-in-law and lived a hard life of eating chaff and vegetables.If someone from the Zheng family in Yangzhou came to pick them up, he would not stop them.Anyway, the Zheng family has been rich and wealthy for many generations, and they have raised their widowed daughter and two granddaughters. It is not difficult at all, and they will avoid going back to the countryside. The population is large, and they are all old and weak. Seeing that her natal family is rich, she disrespects the elderly and bullies her concubine and her only son.

And for so many years, he has seen enough of the faces of the Zheng family. Apart from not being very affectionate to the Zheng family, he also looks down on the two prostitutes, thinking that they are dispensable.

The mother-in-law Xu felt that it was inappropriate, so spoiling concubines and destroying wives would inevitably break the rules; she didn't understand why the son didn't comfort his daughter-in-law, at least the daughter-in-law's natal family was rich, she had lived in the capital for many years, Get used to life here.At the thought of going back to that remote country, she felt uncomfortable at first.Even if the son is gone, the daughter-in-law is rich, and as a mother-in-law, she can live comfortably with her daughter-in-law.The granddaughters of the two direct relatives both have the surname Hu, which cannot be changed. Could they not recognize her as a grandmother?But she was originally an ignorant peasant woman, and after her son became a high-profile official in the capital, she blindly let him go, relying on what her son said in everything.She has nothing to say if her husband dies.

Mrs. Zheng was overwhelmed by her husband's attitude when he was dying, she didn't expect him to be such a cold person.She was no longer polite about this, and took out the merchant's daughter's killing decision, and Zhu Nao must compare it.One month after the funeral of Xi Zongzhao, she sold her concubine, Mrs. Wu, to a traveling businessman, and arranged for someone to send the coffins of her mother-in-law Xu, Zongzhao Xie, and a pair of young children to the countryside of Suiyang.After selling the private house in Beijing, she gave all the proceeds to her mother-in-law. Her husband ignored her, Wu made her angry and jealous, but the old man and children were innocent. She didn't want to do too much after all.

The shops in Jingzhong and the fields that were later set up must not be tampered with. Over the years, because of her good management, these properties have increased in value a lot, and she is reluctant to part with them.Even if there is no support in Beijing now, she still thinks that her two daughters may find a suitable marriage in Beijing in the future. With these dowries, her daughter's life will be easier in the future.The eldest daughter is a matchmaker of her grandfather's uncle's family, and she has already betrothed the eldest son of the 20-acre Huangzhuangzhuang family in the western suburbs. From the business point of view, she is considered a well-matched family, but it is one of the reasons why her husband is dissatisfied with the Yue family.In Xi Zongzhao's view, although Huangzhuang Zhuangtou has good money to fish for, it is very shameful to associate with those eunuchs.As a pure official, why bother to seek such in-laws?Mrs. Zheng only said that this was a matchmaker made by her elder brother. Besides, the daughter's marriage is of course up to the mother, so how can there be any objection from Xi Zongzhao?

After everything was settled, Mrs. Zheng returned to her hometown in Yangzhou with her two daughters, but she came back by celebrating the birthday of her old mother, her aunt, Mrs. Li.She wanted to see the attitude of the family members before discussing the matter of defecting to her natal family.

Although the Zheng family in Yangzhou is not one of the best, it is also one of the top merchants in Huaiyang.Mrs. Zheng is the youngest daughter of a concubine. Her biological mother died early, so she was not welcomed at home.When Xiu Zongzhao was in Zhan Shifu Taichang, the family's attitude towards this aunt was different, and they almost asked for anything; in the past few years when Xiu Zongzhao was demoted, the family's attitude has changed a lot; He simply died of illness, the attitude of the family can be imagined.

Mrs. Zheng was used to being neglected and belittled since she was a child, and she didn't care about it. She still knew how to advance and retreat as before with the mistress Li and the sisters, brothers and sisters-in-law, nephews and nieces.But the two daughters couldn't change their identities for a while, especially the eldest daughter, Chu Xiu, who was thirteen or fourteen years old, just like a flower, and she was very beautiful and lovely.She has the temperament of an ordinary boudoir lady, with a gentle and docile personality, she is well-versed in adjusting her makeup and powder, and she is well-versed in tailoring and embroidery. Now she is suddenly neglected, and with less usual expenses, she feels a little uncomfortable. .

The youngest daughter, Chu Ying, is ten years old and has not started to grow, she looks ignorant.But in the past two years, Mrs. Zheng felt that this little daughter had become a little strange. She was asked to learn cross-stitch embroidery with her elder sister, but she couldn't learn it anyway, or she refused to learn it hard; I read books, and they read very mixed ones, such as geography, map records, sutras, Buddhist scriptures, Laozhuang, Liushu Zayi, etc., aren't those things that men love to read?She had gone through Xu Zongzhao's collection of books a long time ago.Before the youngest son was born, Xu Zongzhao was a little surprised when he saw this second daughter suddenly showed interest in reading. She felt that she was like herself, but she often taught her a little bit, so the youngest daughter was a bit beaten. foundation.Now back to my mother's house, the two girls don't care what other people say, they often borrow books from the big house's cousin Zheng Huai to read, and the two often debate and talk about something, anyway, they get along well.

Zheng Huai is the second son of the eldest son. He is 14 years old this year. He is the seed of study cultivated by the Zheng family. After the new year, he will go to the Imperial College to study.Zheng Huai was very kind to this sweet-looking cousin, and showed her some of his previous enlightenment books; because after many years, many of these books had been infested with silverfish, and the second cousin of the Xuan family read them. After drying the books to get rid of mold, they wrapped the books in book covers, made bookmarks, and returned them to my cousin after they were neatly packed.Zheng Huai was naturally delighted when he saw it, "My cousin is so careful at such a young age, it must be my uncle who taught me well."

This habit of Xiuying was formed when she was studying in her previous life, so she just smiled.And she borrowed so many books to read, mainly to understand her current dynasty and geographical location.Obviously, this is a superficial dynasty, and many things are specious, and the more she looks at it, the more confused she becomes; as for the geographical location, people's clothing, habits and names, they are between the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Seeing that the cousin didn't respond, Zheng Huai couldn't help but glanced at her again, only to realize that the second cousin seemed to be about to bloom, with peach blossom noodles, like a crow's temples, and I'm afraid she would be a rare beauty in the future.The eldest cousin looks good, but it is a pity that she was married to someone early, and because of her age, she hides in the house all day long and refuses to see anyone.

This second cousin is a bit more ignorant. In two years, I'm afraid she will also hide it and refuse to be read easily, so she won't pester herself to read books by then.Thinking of this, Zheng Huai felt a little regretful in his heart, almost instantly, he had an idea in his mind.