An old lady's life

The palace banquet was over, the palace gate was wide open, the sky was covered with heavy snow like goose feathers, and even more beautiful fireworks were set off in the sky. At this time, the courtiers and relatives poured out like a tide.

Saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, the 30 years of Changping seems to be different from tonight.Less than a quarter of an hour later, the sky in the capital was extraordinarily bright. A cluster of fireworks was set off in the east, followed by a more beautiful one in the west.

The thoughtful people are still thinking about what happened at the New Year's Eve banquet, but the big-hearted people don't take it seriously, and the whole Rongfu is full of big-hearted people. As soon as they return to the Rongfu, a few children carry out the fireworks. Jia Rong from the Ning Mansion brought his younger brother Jia Ying and the servant's children, and all the children set off fireworks on Rongning Street.

As soon as the child's time passed, the adults gave the children their New Year's money, and drove all the children to bed. The next day, they had to get up early to worship their ancestors.

The next day, before dawn, the ancestral hall in the Ning Mansion was ready, and all the Jia family living in the capital had to come to this ancestor worship ceremony. Today, all the families in the capital are doing the same thing.

Until about Si time, the ancestor worship ceremony ended, the wind and snow were also light, and there was still a ray of sunshine in the sky.

The children went out to meet friends, and Hongye met the juniors at home. There were many members of the Jia family, and Hongye's seniority was considered high, so there were quite a few juniors who greeted her for the New Year.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the business of teahouses and restaurants was relatively better. Jia Hu brought a bunch of younger siblings out for shopping. Since Jia Ying was only two and a half years old, the youngest, and very mischievous, Jia Hu was worried and went out this way. , he was the one holding his nephew in one arm, he felt that he was really asking for trouble today, who is not good to take care of, why do he have to bring a bunch of children?

"Jia Hu, haha, why are you holding a child? Isn't this your brother?" The voice of a young man dressed in a white robe and holding a fan in his hand came from behind. Ying met his eyes.

Jia Hu looked back and said with a smile, "Can't you hold a child? Brother Hui Zhi, Happy New Year, this is my nephew Jia Ying." He looked at Jia Zhu and Jia Lianshan and the others in front of him, "The ones in front are my brothers and sisters. The one on the far side is also my nephew, Brother Ying's elder brother."

When Jia Ying heard the uncle call him, she puffed out her small chest, looking very proud.

Zhou Bang, Zhou Fang's elder brother, named Hui Zhi, is a few years older than Jia Hu, and he has reached the crown. Because of Jia Lian and Zhou Fang, Jia Hu and Zhou Bang have gradually become acquainted.

"Lian'er, it just so happens that my younger brother is looking for him." Zhou Bang teased. Speaking of which, the Zhou family and the Jia family didn't have much contact before, and he didn't know how Zhou Fang became friends with Jia Lian. After they entered the military academy together , the relationship between the two became intimate.

While talking, there were many more people on the street. Jia Hu held Jia Ying in his arms and said something to Zhou Bang. The two met different friends and separated.

"Uncle, I can walk by myself." Jia Ying twisted her body and wanted to go down to the ground by herself, but Jia Hu smiled and shook her head and refused, "No, there are many people on the street, uncle is worried."

Jia Ying pouted, and Jia Hu asked again: "If brother Ying is taken away, will your mother be sad?" Jia Ying blinked, nodded solemnly, and when he came out, mother told him to listen to his uncle. You can't be willful and naughty.

"Find a place to rest later, and the uncle will let you down." Jia Hu patted his little head, keeping his eyes on his younger siblings in front of him. He couldn't help laughing, but they were having fun and having fun on their own. .

There are a lot of people who come out to meet friends, young masters, boudoir girls, Jia Hu is at ease with the eyes of others on him, it's just holding a child, can't a man hold a child?

After a while, several nephews and nieces of the Zhang family came, and the two families found an elegant room in a restaurant together, ordered tea and snacks, and chatted slowly.

About a quarter of an hour later, Jia Zhu saw that his cousin and two cousins ​​seemed to be having an argument with someone. He frowned, told his eldest brother, and ran out to find out the situation.

The Wang family has developed fairly in recent years. The Wang family no longer has a title. Wang Zisheng is just an ordinary rich man. Climbing up, I was thinking about which prince to take refuge in, is it the King of Xiangjun or the King of Gongjun?However, what happened at the palace banquet on New Year's Eve made him completely stop thinking about relying on these two. King Zhaojun is the bright next emperor, and he should find a way to get into the eyes of King Zhaojun.

However, there have been many talents in the army over the years. Even if Wang Ziteng has seven or eight points of talent, he has too many thoughts, which is not as good as others who are very talented and especially willing to fight.

Wang Ziteng didn't understand this, because after his father's filial piety ended, Wang Ziteng felt that the court was at a loss.

Jia Zhu came in with his cousins, his face was tense, Wang Ren and Wang Xiluan timidly followed behind his cousin, Wang Xifeng looked displeased.

Jia Hu couldn't say anything to the cousins ​​of the Wang family. Wang Zisheng didn't care about his children, and Wang Ziteng focused on his future. The education of the three children depended on Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Wang. Having been in the Wang family for many years, she was almost brainwashed by the deceased old lady Wang's educational thinking of "why does her daughter read so many books?" She did not teach the two girls to read, so the two sisters Wang Xifeng were raised very ignorantly. , Wang Xiluan also knows how to maintain his own manners outside, but Wang Xifeng doesn't care about it. Now that he is young, he doesn't feel unruly and willful, but when he is older, he doesn't like it.

This time it was just a dispute caused by Wang Xifeng's accidental collision with someone else. Wang Xifeng was aggressive and did not give in to outsiders.

A group of people didn't stay in the restaurant for long, so they left together. The weather was good, and we could see both the sun and ice and snow, especially the icicles hanging on many trees, shining in the sun.

A lot of people came to enjoy the city by the moat. Jia Hu hugged Jia Ying and walked behind his younger brothers and sisters. He ran into many friends and even a lot of ladies in the boudoir.

There are quite a few noble girls, and they all come in groups of twos and threes.

"Hee hee, with such a young face, I didn't expect to be married and have a child." Several women whispered together, this is a fair opportunity to see the son of the Beijing family, if you miss it once, you will lose an opportunity.

"Yeah, why are all good men the husbands of other people." He sighed.

Several young women covered their mouths and secretly smiled and looked at the young gentlemen opposite. Not only Jia Hu was hugging his nephew, but also other men were hugging their younger sisters or nephews and nieces.

"Don't talk nonsense, anyone with a little vision knows that the one holding her is either a younger brother or a nephew."

"Hee hee, you know best."

Jia Lian, Jia Zhu and the others had had enough of laughing, when they suddenly saw a group of noble girls across from them, they paused, and the two moved behind Jia Hu, hiding themselves tightly.

"Brother, look quickly, there are many women on the opposite side, maybe the future sister-in-law is inside." Jia Lian's words made Jia Hu turn around and stare at him.

Jia Zhu couldn't help calling out: "Brother, let me hug Brother Ying." After that, he stretched out his hand and hugged Jia Ying, "You should behave well, it's too damaging to your image to hold a child. gone."

"Brother Ying, don't make trouble, this is your uncle's lifelong happiness." Jia Ying nodded half-understood, looking extremely cute.

Jia Hu couldn't help laughing: "You two don't talk nonsense." He glanced at the group of young women who were ten meters away across the street. Because of the cold weather, they were all dressed in furs, keeping warm without being bloated, and they were still slim. beauty.

Looking back, Jia Hu laughed secretly from the bottom of his heart, he was really driven crazy by his family, not to mention he was only 17 years old in June this year, so why was he so anxious about getting married?

Near noon, Jia Hu bid farewell to his nephew, and took Jia's family home for lunch. After a while, the river bank was left empty.

In the next few days, it was time to pay New Year's greetings, and Hongye didn't go anywhere, but stayed at home as the old lord. Mrs. Zhang and Jia She took their sons back to the Zhang family to pay New Year's greetings. Mrs. Wang stayed in the mansion again, and Jia Zheng took Jia Brother and sister Zhu came to Wang's house to pay New Year's greetings.On the second day, the Rong Mansion hosted a banquet for the guests. It was lively and lively all day long, and it didn't stop until evening.

After such a lively New Year, the Lantern Festival also passed quickly, Jia Lian also went to the military academy, the weather gradually warmed up, the ice and snow on the ground disappeared without a trace, and the first month came out in a blink of an eye.

Early February is Wang's due date, and she is over [-] years old. She has worked harder than ever to conceive this child.

Today, Hongye was talking to Zhang about Jia Hu's marriage. From the year before to the new year, there were many happy events in the capital. Zhang took her son to the banquet. Jia Hu met the women on the list under various names, but Zhang When Shi asked how he was doing, he said it was pretty good, what's so good about it?It's all cliche.

"Jingshu, don't worry, Hu'er is only 17 years old this year, let alone 20 years old." Hongye thought to herself, she wondered if she was affected, she even felt that Jia Hu should get engaged, obviously he Underage.

Mrs. Zhang nodded: "Mother is right, Hu'er is going to participate in Chunwei next year, I shouldn't delay him with this matter." She was thinking, first she met some women herself, and if she felt suitable for her son, she would let him consider it Bar.

In fact, it is really not suitable for my son to take the imperial examination next year.

Just as Hongye was about to say something, she saw a maid from the west courtyard rushing in: "Old lady, our wife has started."

Hongye and Mrs. Zhang immediately stood up, looked at each other, and walked out together. On the way, they asked the servant girl, and they knew that it had just been activated, and that the west courtyard was already preparing for it.

After coming to the west courtyard, she saw the maid and the mother-in-law getting ready in an orderly manner. Mrs. Wang was walking around in the delivery room, leaning on the wall, with big beads of sweat on her face.

Fortunately, Wang has given birth twice and is familiar with the process, so it seems that she is not too flustered.