An old lady's life

The next day is the first big Asahi in Changping in 22 years. From this day on, the new year has a new atmosphere, and the heavy snow has stopped. It is time for spring to bloom and return to the earth.

Red leaves looked at the sky, blue sky and white clouds, mixed with a trace of cold wind, this spring came a little late, but the aura in the air was much stronger than before, she didn't know whether it was a good thing or a bad thing.

The men of the Jia family are doing their own things step by step, and Beijing has begun to restore the noise of the past. The damage caused by this winter has passed.

Until the end of January, and in a few days until February, there was a message from the eight-hundred-mile flying rider in the city of Bianguan, and the Hu people went south to rob the property of the people in the Bianguan.

General Suo Xingwei had sharp eyes, saw through the Hu people's flaws, and also uncovered the spies, and intercepted the Hu people's army outside the city.

However, it was followed by General Wei's request that the imperial court had to allocate food, salaries and weapons to the city. Along with the food, salaries and weapons, there were also the imperial court's [-] troops in the suburbs of Beijing.

This time, Emperor Changping intends to teach the Hu people a heavy lesson, so that they dare not come to Dafeng's land to do evil again!

Xicheng is located at the northernmost point of Dafeng, next to the grassland of the Hu people. In fact, it is not very far away from the capital, not as far from the capital to the southwest. No one in the capital was worried that the barbarians would dare to go south, but the emperor was not in a high mood, and the courtiers were also not in a high mood. Under the influence of this low pressure, Beijing was not as lively as before.

In February, the sky began to rain, and the red leaves have already glimpsed a clue from this abnormal weather. I am afraid that this year will be a disaster-ridden climate.

Today Mrs. Zhang took Jia Lian back to her natal home, because Mrs. Zhang’s eldest brother finally came back. Zhang Tao stayed away for almost ten months. He was traveling all over the areas he was in charge of, and every time he went to an area, he gave a memorial to the emperor. , Years ago, he finally finished his tour. After the emperor's will arrived, he returned to Beijing.

It's just that compared with a year ago, Beijing and China are different.

Yesterday afternoon, Zhang Tao returned to Beijing, and after reporting to the emperor, he went home and waited for the emperor's next order.After dinner, I had a sincere conversation with my father, and then drank with Zhang's second child.

The two brothers cherished the prince for a while in the study, and planned to keep this friendship in their hearts. They also have more important relatives who need them to work hard for it.

Mrs. Zhang was actually a little depressed, but this depression soon passed. Anyway, the remaining princes would not be able to follow the old way of the prince anyway, so there is really no need to worry about these two stubborn sons. He can't live until the new emperor ascends the throne, so he can't see whether his sons will be good or bad in the future.

Zhang Tao looked at his younger sister with a complicated expression, he pinched Jia Lian's cheek, and said just now: "Little sister, all hardships are rewarding, you and your brother-in-law can live a good life from now on."

Jia Lian patted the uncle's hand heavily, hugged his mother's thigh, and muttered: "Uncle, it's too much, don't pinch my face."

Mrs. Zhang looked at her elder brother in a daze: "Brother, what are you talking about? Naturally, I will live a good life with my husband. Did Enhou offend you?"

Zhang Tao immediately changed his face and the topic: "How could it be? It's just that I haven't been in Beijing for the past few months. As soon as I came back, I heard that my brother-in-law has a legitimate job now. I'm happy for him."

Mrs. Zhang grinned and nodded: "Well, thank you for your concern, brother. Enhou, he is doing very well in the Ministry of Punishment."

Zhang Tao felt awkward again. After the brothers and sisters said a few words, he didn't stay long, so he went to the front yard.Mrs. Zhang looked back at her eldest brother's back, but still felt that her eldest brother was a little strange.

When he came to Rongshou Hall with his son in his arms, Jia Lian threw himself into his grandfather's arms. When Mrs. Zhang saw his grandson, the depression in his heart suddenly disappeared.

"Father, what happened to elder brother? It looks a little bad." Sitting beside her father, Mrs. Zhang asked with her head tilted.

Mrs. Zhang murmured hypocrisy in his heart, but he didn't say it clearly, he just said: "In the past few months, those who have lived and slept outside have seen a lot of the hardships of ordinary people. It is normal for him to have some changes in his heart. You don't need to worry about him."

Jia Lian murmured: "Grandfather, uncle is so bad, pinch my face." He held his little face, pointed at the red cheeks, and complained angrily.

Mrs. Zhang glared at her son, and the old master Zhang immediately said distressedly: "Lian'er, don't be afraid, when you turn around, your grandfather will teach your eldest uncle a lesson. Our Lian'er's skin is delicate, so it's not like he, an old man, can pinch it casually."

Jia Lian nodded vigorously: "Yes, what should I do if this side is big and this side is small in the future?" He held his small face in both hands and said in distress. But deeply in my heart.

Mrs. Zhang was so startled that she couldn't help laughing, Mrs. Zhang glared at her son again, such a little kid loves beauty all day long, what will he do when he grows up?

Jia Lian muttered, "This is a very serious problem. Why don't my grandfather and mother pay attention to it?"Sure enough, a child has no human rights, and he has to grow up quickly.

So at noon, Jia Lian ate half a bowl of rice, and then had to ask his mother to rub his stomach. It took a long time to feel better.

Mrs. Zhang nodded her son's forehead: "You are not allowed to eat so much in the future. How did father and mother teach you? You have to do what you can, and the same is true for eating. You obviously can't eat so much, but you have to eat so much. In the end, it's yourself suffer."

Jia Lian hangs his head to be taught, when will he grow up?

Returning to the mansion in the middle of the afternoon, Jia Lian went to find his husband and brothers alive and kicking. He had played all day today, and his brothers were still studying hard. Thinking about it, he should laugh.

Mrs. Zhang first went to Rong'an Hall to meet her mother-in-law. This meant that she came back from her mother's house on time and asked about the evening meal. Does mother-in-law have any extra orders?

Hongye shook her head: "According to the previous arrangement, just eat a balanced diet. Hu'er, Zhuer, Lianer, children have weak stomachs, so the diet should not be too heavy."

Mrs. Zhang nodded, and Hongye said again: "Your elder brother is back? Is there any news about your uncle or cousin?"

"Sorry, mother, I didn't ask my elder brother." Zhang's face was blushing. After all, when her elder brother went to the southwest, she asked Jia She to write to her uncle to take extra care of her.

Hongye didn't take it to heart: "It's okay, I just thought of asking, you don't have to be so panicky."

Now Shi Min should take Shi Ding to Xihai Yanzi. There is only Shi Nai in the Southwest Military Region. The Shi family in the red building has a family of two princes. How did he get here?

However, after Mrs. Zhang left Rong'an Hall, she quickly wrote a handwritten letter and sent someone to send it back to her natal family to her elder brother.

Zhang Tao replied quickly, and talked about his contact with historians in the southwest. Someone in the Southwest Military Region did bring him a lot of convenience, but when he left the southwest, Lord Shihou had already left the southwest region. He had said goodbye to Shi Nai before, but he was just a civil servant and a general, and he and Shi Nai didn't have much in common, and the two of them broke up after just a few glasses of wine, and Shi Nai didn't let him bring letters or things back to Beijing.

After dinner, Mrs. Zhang told her mother-in-law about this matter. Hongye just nodded when she heard it. Shi Nai and Shi Ding were not close to her aunt. Shi Nai lost her mother a long time ago, no matter how much discord between her original sister-in-law and Jia's mother, she can still tell the difference between adults and children.

However, on the second day, Shi Nai personally delivered the letter from his father to his aunt. Shi Min had already settled down in the West Sea. The remaining old bones did their best to do something for the emperor.

Hongye had no choice but to do nothing. Both his two sister-in-laws died young. Shi Min put all his energy on his children. As he said, he was just staying at home when he returned to Beijing. With a bright future, even if he dies immediately, he will die in peace.

"Don't be discouraged, your father, this is an old man with great ambitions." Hong Ye really didn't know how to comfort Shi Tai. Although he passed away, his father was still alive. He was also a person who needed his father, but his father was there for him. For the two younger brothers, the father thought that having a title on him was enough.

Shi Kai shook his head and smiled: "My nephew knows what my father thinks, so my aunt doesn't have to worry." But he couldn't do anything about it. Now his second brother is a fourth-rank general, which is higher than his current fifth-rank general. It must be in Xihai. On the other side, the third brother has gained a firm foothold, and it is time for the father to return to Beijing.

What he wanted to say at first was swallowed by Shi Yan. His father didn't ask much about his children in the past, but this time the letter brought up this question.

As for the issue of heirs, he was also helpless. If the child did not come, he would not come.Forget it, when the time comes to adopt, let's adopt. The second brother and the third brother each have several sons under their knees. He only adopts one son under his name, and does not deprive them of their father-son mother-child relationship. Presumably there will be no major conflicts.

Three days later, the emperor issued a decree to promote Zhang Tao as the governor of Jiangnan, and he immediately went to Jiangnan to inspect, especially the river embankment problem in the Jiangnan area. Zhang Tao was still at a loss. He remembered that the imperial envoy from Jiangnan had not returned yet Why did the emperor send him to the south of the Yangtze River?

As a last resort, Zhang Tao had to turn to his father for help.

"Father, now I have gone to Jiangnan. Where is the original imperial envoy in Jiangnan?" Zhang Tao felt that this position was difficult. The imperial envoys who had been sent to various places with him before, and the imperial envoys in Jiangnan had not yet returned. Order to the imperial envoy?

Mrs. Zhang stroked his beard, but he couldn't figure out the emperor's intentions. The father and son guessed what the emperor was thinking. Not long after, Jia She sent someone to deliver a note.

This is after Hongye heard the emperor ordered Zhang Tao to appoint the governor of the south of the Yangtze River, she specially told Jia She that the weather this year might be rainy, especially in the south of the Yangtze River. If there is more rain, it would be a disaster.

When Old Master Zhang saw the note, he immediately understood that the emperor was really planning for a rainy day.

"Boss, this time it's a matter of losing your head. When you go to the south of the Yangtze River, you must pay close attention to the river embankment. Otherwise, the flood season will come and the river embankment will not be able to stop the flood, then the black hat on your head will be over."

His own life was at stake, and Zhang Tao's IQ immediately returned to normal, "Father, my son knows. But the officials in Jiangnan have always been colluding, and my son is afraid that they will unite and trip me up."

Mrs. Zhang thought for a while and said: "You do your job well, and I will arrange the rest. I will not let you have any worries."

On the third day, Zhang Tao rushed to the south of the Yangtze River with the emperor's imperial decree, accompanied by many entourages, some of whom were recruited by Mr. Zhang from the army. There was no way that the Zhang family had enough manpower to investigate the news secretly, and they could not reveal it. , so he could only go to the army to borrow it.

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The time has entered February, and the ninth day of March is only one month away. The most important thing for the Rongning and Ningfu governments now is Jia Zheng's examination.Hongye gave Jia Zheng the last two sets of papers she had prepared during this period, and asked him to finish them in the last month and master the knowledge points. Hongye did not mark the marks on the test papers this time.

This was because he didn't want to put pressure on Jia Zheng. Jia Zheng didn't think much about it, but Mrs. Zhang, who corrected the paper, did understand.

Now Mrs. Zhang has no grievances about teaching Jia Zheng. You must know that his son-in-law has said a lot of good things in front of him. At first, he also thought that his son-in-law was really brotherly. Apart from passing the imperial examination, it is not without some selfishness, but this selfishness made him feel ridiculous.

Throughout February, the weather fluctuated from good to bad. Just after the end of the month, good news came from Xicheng, saying that General Wei had captured the king of the Hu people. However, the king was too old and died in the prison of Xicheng that night. General Wei was so angry that he still wanted to use the king to negotiate with the barbarians.

Now the Hu crowd has no leader, and they don't care about the dead king. Several princes are fighting for the throne. Thinking of this king, it seems that they will not negotiate with Dafeng until the new Hu Ren barbarian king takes the throne.

Hongye thought, it seems that Dafeng has a strong army now, and the Hu people are indeed not a problem, but she has been unable to figure out why Dafeng didn't directly take over the Hu people's territory. The grassland is rich in resources, and the Hu people will be forever It's not a threat.

It seems that the emperor of Dafeng never thought of turning the Hu people into his own people, otherwise why would the Hu people entangle them for so long.She didn't believe that if the emperor really wanted to control the barbarians, the government and the opposition would not be able to think of any way.

The negotiations between Dafeng and the Hu people have been temporarily stranded, and the focus of Beijing and China is on the upcoming imperial examination.After Jia Zheng finished the last set of test papers and asked Mrs. Zhang to correct them, he stopped going to the library and stayed at home to recuperate. will try.

For the past few days, Jia Amnesty has been going to the west courtyard every day after get off work to see the only examinee in the family. His behavior made Jia Zheng very nervous, especially because the family was quiet because of him. Even the three children We all know that humility to him makes Jia Zheng dumbfounded.

On the eighth day, Jia Min, Jia Xiyao, and Jia Siyao came back to her natal home by coincidence, and Jia Siyao brought Qi Yue with her.Now Qi Yue is ten years old, and in two or three years he will be able to take the children's exam, and Qi frame is now staying at home in a well-behaved manner. In the yard, they are almost becoming idiots.

Seeing the happy Qi Yue and Jia Siyao living a comfortable life, Hongye also feels that Qi Frame's life is kept because of their wives, and it seems that it is worth keeping.

The three sisters just met Jia Zheng in the West Courtyard according to the rules, and didn't say much, just sat for a while, drank a cup of tea, talked with Wang Shi, and then they returned to Rong'an Hall.

Wang carefully glanced at Jia Zheng, and did not dare to say anything unnecessary. While Jia Zheng was reading, she silently wrote scriptures, praying for Jia Zheng's success in the exam.

The Rong Mansion is not their second wife's family. Wang now hopes that Jia Zheng will become a Jinshi so that he can become an official, and then he will be promoted step by step. She can also be an official's wife.

On the second day, Jia Amnesty personally sent Jia Zheng to the Tribute Court again. After the previous experience, although Jia Zheng was nervous, he was not [-]% sure, but half sure, so he was not as good as before. nervous.

"Second brother, don't be nervous. You can test whatever you want in the exam. I see that you have done so many exam papers, and you have all the knowledge points in your heart. The exam will not be difficult."

Jia Amnesty repeated these few words over and over again, and his words were incoherent. Jia Zheng was speechless, but he didn't interrupt the elder brother, after all, the elder brother had good intentions.

The carriage stopped at the gate of the Gongyuan. There were carriages and crowds in front, back, left, and left. Jia Zheng straightened his clothes and saluted Jia Amnesty: "Brother, no matter how this exam is, I should thank you."

His scientific research journey, the first thing to thank is his mother, the second is his elder brother, and the third is Mrs. Zhang. After all, if there is no elder brother, who does Mrs. Zhang know him?

After all, Jia Zheng got out of the car and carried the test basket, which contained the items he had depended on for the past nine days. He was put in after being inspected at the door.

Here, Jia She and the coachman could no longer see Jia Zhengren, so Jia She told the coachman to go to the Ministry of Punishment.

On the Rongfu side, the family sent Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng away, and went to work separately. Wang's heart was uneasy. After all, this was a major event related to a man's life, and it was also related to her future as a wife. I can't sit still when I go to the west courtyard, what should I do if I can't sit still?Copy Buddhist scriptures!It can not only practice calligraphy, but also calm down the mood.

But about half an hour later, someone from her natal Wang's family came and told Wang that her sister-in-law was pregnant for four months.

Mrs. Wang was taken aback. She was four months pregnant, why did she only find out now?After carefully questioning the mother-in-law who came to announce the good news, it turned out that her sister-in-law's birth is a bit weird, and the monthly event will come again. Although the amount is small, she has successfully deceived Mrs. Wang, and she is not a noble person, who is fine I went to the doctor to see a doctor, until today I found a lump in my abdomen, and then I went to the doctor for a diagnosis. The doctor told her that she was pregnant, and she was shocked.

Mrs. Wang sent her mother-in-law to announce the good news, and sent her maid to Rongxi Hall to ask Mrs. Zhang for a gift list. She also searched the second room's private treasury and picked out two items.

Mrs. Zhang quickly made a list of gifts, and selected them from the storeroom and sent them to the west courtyard. Mrs. Wang checked the list of gifts one by one. And sent to her mother's house.

After Hongye knew about it, her heart sank. Wang Ren had already been born, so this would be Wang Xifeng.Her eyes fell on Wang Shi, and it seemed that Jia Yuanchun was not far away.

But she was very sure that Mrs. Wang was not pregnant now, of course, if she waited a month or two, it might not be so.

Wang felt that her mother-in-law looked at her strangely, and after thinking about it for a while, she couldn't help feeling uneasy. Could it be that her mother-in-law thought of her since her sister-in-law was pregnant?It has been half a year since Rong Mansion became a filial piety. Although Jia Zheng has little demand in that area because of the scientific examination in the past few months, there are always two or three times a month, but she just didn't get pregnant.

Do you want to find a drug that can help you get pregnant?Wang shi was thinking seriously, but it's not like Hongye couldn't figure out what she was thinking.

Zhang's heart was a little sad, every woman wanted to have more children, she stroked her abdomen, thinking of the months when she was pregnant with Jia Lian, she was in a very poor state, if it wasn't for the high medical skills of the imperial physician, she might be very difficult It was safe at the time of delivery, and there are already two sons, so don't take any more risks.

Mrs. Wang went back to the west courtyard to discuss with her confidant, and the confidant immediately recommended herself. She would definitely find a good medicine for his wife, which would be effective soon.

This confidant belonged to Zhou Rui's family, because the Wang family did not hold power in the Rong Mansion, so Wang's dowry stayed by Wang's side and served him well.

Mrs. Wang hesitated for a moment and shook her head: "Forget it, mother-in-law said that you should not take too much medicine, it is three-part poisonous, not to mention that it is a medicine that is easy to conceive, I am afraid that there will be more side effects."

Zhou Rui's family immediately kept silent. If she ruined his wife's body because of her suggestion, the wife might not be the first to tolerate her.

Thinking about it this way, she couldn't calm down during Jia Zheng's exams these days, so Mrs. Wang went directly to the Rongfu library to look for books, or medical books.

These books were searched by the ancestors from all over the world with the ancestors. Jia Yuan didn't understand the value of these books, but Jia Yuan's wife came from a scholarly family. The whole book building, tell your sons and grandsons, there is Yan Ruyu in the book, there is a golden house in the book, even if you can't learn it yourself, but with these books, future generations will not worry.

Not to mention that these books are all-encompassing and quite rich. Mrs. Wang searched according to the items, and finally found the classification of medical books in a corner. The number is not many, only a dozen.

She talked to the servants in the library guarding the library, and carried them all back to the west courtyard.Anyway, since Jia Zheng wasn't around these days, she could just read a book with peace of mind.

After Hongye knew about it, she smiled meaningfully. It seems that the Wang family has really changed, so people still have to read books, and it is not unreasonable to see the meaning of reading a hundred times.

The author has something to say: Replaced.

Happy Monday everyone (^o^)/～