The Housekeeper's Daughter-in-law of the Red House

The eldest room had also heard about the matter of the second room, but it was none of his business after all, and Wang Xifeng didn't make a lot of noise and make jokes, so the hearing went away.

Mrs. Zhang can listen to it and go, but Mrs. Xu can't. She is pregnant now. According to the rules, she can't serve Jia Lian. As a virtuous daughter-in-law, she has to arrange other women to serve Jia Lian.But which woman in the world is willing to push her man to other women with her own hands?

But after being pregnant in October, confinement and so on, the Xu family will not be able to serve Jia Lian for about a year. Men will not wrong themselves, and women can only push men out because of the so-called virtuous reputation.

After learning that she was pregnant, Xu thought of this question while she was happy, but Jia Mu and Mrs. Zhang didn't mention her, and Jia Lian didn't show any signs of cheating, so Xu ignored the matter. later.But as Grandma Zhu of the second room turned on the dowry girl beside her, Xu couldn't sit still.

It is nothing if there is no comparison in everything. Once there is a comparison, there will be a difference between superior and inferior, and there will be a sense of sadness.

After Mrs. Xu heard the news, she murmured a few bad words about Wang Xifeng in her heart, but she didn't know that Wang Xifeng also blamed Mrs. Xu for being pregnant in her heart, otherwise how could she be like this.

Fortunately, Jia Lian's will was firm, and he politely rejected Xu's suggestion. He was also preparing to take the Qiuwei exam in the golden autumn of August. This was the last time to study, and he couldn't be delayed by women.

As soon as Jia Lian said this, Xu suddenly felt that her teeth were no longer sore, her waist was no longer painful, and her embarrassment was gone. The future will still be a beautiful and happy day...

In Jia's mansion, there was no old rule that the elders gave the juniors a seat, and Jia Lian said that he was going to study hard to take the imperial examination, so he didn't make any gossip.After all, Jia Lian still had two maids who were in charge of the house, and Jia Lian couldn't be suppressed to death. Xu was not Wang Xifeng.

The time passed day by day, perhaps because the emperor wanted to save trouble, the martial arts and the Wen Kao's autumn and spring were all held at the same time.

Lin Zhixiao was a little tired these days, so he sent Jia Lian to take the provincial examination for nine days, and then asked for leave to send Lin Shuyu to the provincial examination.

While nervously waiting for the test results, Xu gave birth!

There is no such thing as a sad reminder of a dystocia, but three hours after Xu entered the delivery room, there was a cry of a baby, "Wow..."

"It's born, it's born!" Mrs. Zhang said with a happy face outside the delivery room, and then looked at the door of the delivery room anxiously.

After a while, the door of the delivery room was opened, and a midwife came out holding the newborn baby carefully, and said with great joy, "Congratulations to the old lady, the wife, the second grandma gave birth to a brother."

"Okay, okay!!!" Mother Jia said three good things in a row, which is enough to prove her current inner mood.

"Congratulations to the old lady and sister-in-law!" Mrs. Wang said with a forced smile, without any happy tone in her tone.

Wang Xifeng's eyes darkened at the side, then he raised his head and congratulated Mother Jia and Mrs. Zhang with a smile.Although Jia Mu was dissatisfied that Wang Xifeng's stomach hadn't moved yet, but after all Wang Xifeng could talk at this time, Jia Mu couldn't embarrass Wang Xifeng, so she responded with a smile, but the smile was very perfunctory.

At the door of the house, let the girl on the side help her up, and then carefully looked at the child in the midwife's arms. It was a small lump of red, its eyes were tightly closed, but its small mouth was slightly opened. In the eyes of his mother and Mrs. Zhang, he is the cutest child in the world.

"It's too hot, take the child back and warm it carefully." Mother Jia ordered after watching for a while.

The midwife took a look at Mrs. Zhang, saw her nod, and then agreed, and carefully carried the baby back to the delivery room.

Mrs. Zhang supported Jia Mu's hand and walked out with a smile on her face. Before she had taken two steps, Shulan ran over and knelt down with joy on her face and said, "Congratulations to the old lady, congratulations to the eldest lady, the second master has won. I won, No.80."

"Really!" Mrs. Zhang asked quickly after hearing the words.

Shulan nodded vigorously, "Just now the old man in the front yard sent someone to say that he asked his wife to prepare wedding invitations and send them to relatives and friends."

"Okay, okay!" Mother Jia reacted a little slower as she got older, and when she heard that Jia Lian had passed the provincial examination, the smile on her face became even wider at this moment, "Double happiness! My great-grandson is really blessed, he just now When he was born, his old man won the Juren." Juren is very remarkable in terms of Jia's family background, otherwise Jia Zhu would not have been praised so highly before.

When Shulan heard this, she didn't understand that Mrs. Xu gave birth to a son for Jia Lian, so she hurriedly said in a pleasant manner: "Congratulations to the old lady and the eldest lady for the double happiness."

"Okay, okay, reward, the man in the house will give you two more months' money, those who serve in the yard of the second master and the second grandmother will give you an extra three months' money, and those who serve in the house will make two more clothes for each of them." Mrs. Zhang said. Lian said happily, this was a big investment, and she paid out hundreds of taels of silver in one go.

"Thank you, Madam, for the reward!" Not only Shulan, but the other servants who were serving at the side also knelt down to thank for the reward. Who doesn't like the clothes and money for nothing, and those who are interested will start to think about the next time the second master Lian will try if he wins. Then how much reward can they get.

Mrs. Zhang supported Jia's mother and walked happily towards the Rongxi Hall. At this time, Jia pardoned Jia Lian must be in the Rongxi Hall. It was the first time that the two mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were so close, and it made Mrs. Wang behind her toothache.

She never thought that the child in Xu's womb would be born at such a right time, let alone that Jia Lian would be admitted to Juren. Mrs. Wang's complexion was cloudy, and her mood was extremely different. He is the best young master in the family, why is Jia Lian overtaking him now?

Glancing at Wang Xifeng who was following behind her, Mrs. Wang became disgusted with Wang Xifeng for the first time, obviously her Pearl was so outstanding before, but since she married Wang Xifeng, her family started to have bad luck.Mrs. Wang couldn't remember at all that Jia Zhu's marriage was not going well, and she was the one who went to ask Wang Xifeng for Jia Zhu to marry him first.

At this moment, she only remembered that both Wang Xifeng's parents died. It seemed that she was a man who was determined to overcome his father and mother. Could it be that Wang Xifeng wants to overcome his son at this moment?

Thinking about it like this, Mrs. Wang was in a bad mood, and she made up her mind to choose a few good-looking women who were big enough to be good-natured for Jia Zhu to be her aunts.

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Supported by Mrs. Zhang, Jia Mu walked into Rongxi Hall. For the first time, she smiled so amiably at Jia Lian, which made Jia Lian feel "flattered". She said good things without asking for money, which made Jia Mu smile full face.

Finally, Mrs. Zhang said: "Today is the day when you have double happiness. Although there will be a teacher appreciation banquet later, your wife gave birth to a big fat boy for you. Look at the baby. Get ready, it won't waste your time."

"What!?" Jia Lian's whole body trembled after hearing the words, her eyes widened, and she asked in a trembling voice, "Madam Xu said that Mrs. Xu was born!?"

Ok……

Mrs. Zhang thought about how Jia Lian would behave after hearing the news, but she just didn't think about it.

amount……

Just now everyone congratulated Jia Mu and Mrs. Zhang happily, but forgot to tell Jia Amnesty and Jia Lian who were guarding the front yard, so they don't know about it now.

"Of course, I gave birth to a fat boy for you!" Mrs. Zhang said cheerfully, thinking of her little grandson's chubby figure, she knew it was healthy at first glance.

Suddenly I feel a little proud.

So what if you marry your daughter-in-law first?

After all, my daughter-in-law is the eldest grandson!

The big room is the big room, the second room is always the second room, this is life!

Jia Lian went crazy with joy when he heard the words. After saying nothing to Jia Mu and Mrs. Zhang, he ran towards Xu's courtyard.

"Look at Lian'er, she's a fool!" Madam Zhang teased, covering her mouth.

Sitting on the couch, Jia's mother heard the words and said with a smile: "He should be happy when he has a double happiness." After speaking, he said seriously, "Have you prepared the things for Lian'er for the teacher's thank you banquet? This can't be careless. "

Those who can be examiners of the provincial examination must at least be born in the Hanlin Academy.

Non-Jinshi does not enter the Hanlin, and non-Hanlin does not enter the cabinet.

This shows the strength of the Hanlin Academy. On the one hand, the imperial examination is to select talents, and on the other hand, it is also to build up the party. Whoever makes the officialdom loves to pay attention to the friendship of a fellow subject!

This is also the reason why Jia Zhu insisted on being born in the imperial examination, otherwise, with the family background of Jia's family, he could donate an official to Jia Zhu, without him having to work so hard.The imperial examination is used to strengthen one's contacts, otherwise it would be strange for these aristocratic sons to participate so actively.

"Don't worry, old lady, I'm ready." Mrs. Zhang said, she prepared elegant things, and the value was not particularly expensive. Sending them out would not put too much pressure on others and make the examiner afraid to accept them. Not too shabby.

Jia Zhu sat at the side and said inexplicably: "It's a great joy for the second brother to be admitted to Juren, and it's a double blessing for the younger brother to give birth to Lin'er. We should also have a big celebration to get the second brother. joy."

Although the Jia family already had Jia Jing, the two-ranked Jinshi, and Jia Zhu, the Juren in the front, Jia Lian's admission to the Juren was still a great joy for the Jia family, and Xu's birth was so coincidental. The next generation of heirs of Jia's family can be said to be double happiness.

Now Mrs. Zhang, who was originally a little low-key, was going to have a big celebration, not to mention Mother Jia and others who had always been high-key and public.

Do it, such a big happy event must be done big!

Jia Amnesty immediately proposed to set up a three-day banquet, seeing Jia Zheng's embarrassing expression with small eyes, Jia Amnesty was really overjoyed.He is not good at reading, but his son is good at reading!Besides, the so-called study is done, and the official level has not been promoted in these years, no better than he can see the holy face a few times a year.

Of course, Jia Amnesty's proposal of setting up a three-day floating banquet was photographed by Jia's mother and Mrs. Zhang together. Double happiness is a must, but setting up a floating banquet is too ostentatious.

Jia's mother was thinking that Da Fang's arrogance should not be too high. If Da Fang really raised her tail, she might not be able to suppress it in the future.And Mrs. Zhang thought about making a fortune silently, so she had to be humble at this time.After all, Jia Lian was not the only one who was elected in the capital city, and he was not the top of the list, Xie Yuan. It was enough to make a big deal out of the birth of a child, too ostentatious to attract people's hatred.

"I know that the master loves Lian'er, it's just that in the second month of the new year, I will be able to take the test. Waiting for Lian'er to pass the palace test, it's not too late for us to set up the water table!" Mrs. Zhang said softly.

Jia Jing won two Jinshi rankings that year, and was admitted to the Imperial Academy by virtue of his true ability. The Ningguo Mansion held a three-day feast (this may also be one of the reasons why Jia Jing was excluded from officialdom).If Jia Lian also won the Jinshi, the running water banquet will be based on the example of Jia Jing before, and it will not be ostentatious.

If there is a running water mat at this moment, the pressure on Jia Lian will be too great.It would be a shame if you failed the test.If Mrs. Zhang hadn't known that Jia Amnesty was overjoyed, she would really have thought that Jia Amnesty was flattering and killing Jia Lian.

Mother Jia and Mrs. Zhang jointly suppressed it, so Jia Amnesty had no choice but to raise his hands in surrender. After giving Mrs. Zhang orders, Jia Amnesty rolled out of Jia's mansion with a happy face, ready to show off to his acquaintances that he has a good son.

Over the years, this is the second time he is so proud (the first time was when he was bestowed an official by the emperor), he has to show off, he has to be arrogant!

After the news of Jia Lianzhong's promotion of the Xu family's birth of a child spread, the wives and grandmas of all the mansions prepared congratulatory gifts for their servants to send over. Jia's mansion has not collapsed yet, and it is still a famous Rongguo mansion.Therefore, waiting for the examiner who had thanked Jia Lian for this subject to come back, Jia's mansion was already very lively, and Mrs. Zhang's hands softened when she received the gift.

In the end, it was Mother Jia who asked Wang Xifeng and Grandma Zhen to help Mrs. Zhang, and Mrs. Zhang relaxed, but seeing Mrs. Zhang's happy eyes, she was willing to be ten times more tired.

The eldest grandson was originally the old lady's favorite, not to mention that her only son had a great future on the same day, Mrs. Zhang should be happy.

This is human nature.

Just like Shulan, although the time difference between martial arts and liberal arts is only a few days, the test results are posted together.Shulan was so happy before, one-third was because of Jia's house, and the other two-thirds was because of Lin Shuyu.

That's right!

Lin Shuyu was also selected, and her ranking was better than Jia Lian's, at 54th place.

This made both Lin Zhixiao and Shulan very happy, if it wasn't for the busy affairs of Jia's mansion, and the fact that the two of them were servants of Jia's mansion, it would have been too ostentatious to celebrate.I'm afraid Lin Zhixiao really wants to learn from Jia Sheda's style of setting up a three-day banquet, which is a big event that can change the whole family.

Among other things, the gate of the Lin family can be demolished right now, it can be built bigger, and the threshold has been raised a little higher. The stone lions can't be placed temporarily, but the house can accommodate three people. Some things on the eaves It also works.

Zhongju is completely a sublimation of the political composition of the family.

After waiting for the baby's baptism, Jia Amnesty and Mrs. Zhang remembered that Lin Shuyu seemed to be taking the Qiuwei exam this year. Did the smiles on Lin Zhixiao and Shulan's faces win the exam these days?

Call Shulan to ask.

really!

And what a guy, his ranking is even higher than Jia Lian's. He deserves to be born with supernatural power, and he is promising.

Mrs. Zhang joked in a good mood: "If I don't ask you, are you prepared not to say it? It's a great news that my brother also won. What's the matter, your family still lacks the few dozen taels of money for the banquet! "

Shulan blushed slightly and said: "My wife is joking, isn't the house busy for a while. Besides, although it is a good thing for my brother to be promoted, if I tell my wife anxiously, Isn't this rushing to ask for gifts? I have always been very thin-skinned, and I am ashamed to death."

Mrs. Zhang laughed and said: "Oh, I don't know who said before that I have always had the thickest skin, but now it is said that I have a thin skin!"

"Ma'am!" Shulan cast a reproachful look at Mrs. Zhang, feeling ashamed to be exposed to a lie face to face.

While enjoying herself, Mrs. Zhang remembered what Jia She said, and she couldn't help but said: "It's a happy event for my brother to be admitted to Juren. You still have to invite this guest. It means that the master and I will also join in the fun. Don't worry, I will bring you the guest." A great gift."

"Don't talk about it, madam, I'm so ashamed to death." Shulan really wanted to cover her face, she would be the serious Mrs. Zhang before, could it be that she is the legendary Shivering M.

With Mrs. Zhang's words, Lin Zhixiao and Shu Lan had to make publicity even if they didn't want to.Fortunately, the house of the Lin family is big enough. As the number one steward of the Jia family, the Lin family will host a banquet for the masters of the Jia family every New Year. The manager of Jia's mansion leaves and invites you to leave.

Because of this matter, Lin Zhixiao also specially went out to buy a few pots of precious cinnabar osmanthus, Yaotai jade phoenix, cinnabar red frost, red lips, white jade bead curtain, pink rose peach, black peony, Xiangshan young phoenix, etc. The chrysanthemum came back and put it in the garden for people to admire.

After everything was ready, Lin Zhixiao and Shulan began to treat guests. Although the Jia family accepted, it was only the mother and the master who came. As for relatives and friends, both male and female guests came.

On this day, Shulan came to the mansion to invite Jiamu to come over after breakfast, and wandered around in the garden, first tea and then wine.

After serving Mrs. Jia's mother, Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Wang, leaving them for dinner for a day, Shulan personally sent them back home. When Shulan was about to leave, Mrs. Zhang asked someone to take out a small box and handed it to Shulan, saying: It's a congratulatory gift.

Shulan was a little strange. Mother Jia and others had given away a copy after they heard that Lin Shuyu had passed the exam, but now Madam Zhang said that Shulan was afraid to take it.But looking at Mrs. Zhang's expression is not a fake, Shulan still took it with the cheek, did not open it face to face, thanked her and left, this time Mrs. Zhang did not keep her, but told her to go home and open the box to see .

This made Shulan even more confused, what kind of play is Madam Zhang playing!

When she got home, Shulan opened it, her eyes widened, and she saw a few pieces of yellowed paper inside, and then she took a closer look to see if it wasn't the deed of prostitution of the Lin family.

Shulan was completely dumbfounded, the deed of sale that she had been thinking about day and night was right in front of her, this moment made Shulan feel unreal.

I couldn't help pinching my thigh hard, "Ouch! It hurts..."

Pain means it's not a dream, it's real.

Mrs. Zhang really returned the deed of sale to them. As long as they took the deed of sale to the government and revoked their slave status, they would be decent ordinary people, and they no longer had to worry about it.With Lin Shuyu admitted to Juren, the future is infinitely bright, and Shulan can occasionally look forward to the beautiful days of Lao Fengjun in the future.

"Why are you so happy!" Lin Zhixiao couldn't help asking when he saw his daughter-in-law standing there laughing foolishly as soon as he entered the door.

Shulan happily showed the small box to Lin Zhixiao, "Look..."

When Lin Zhixiao saw it, he didn't know where to put his hands. He stretched out his hands tremblingly and picked up the contract of sale inside the box, tears welling up in his eyes...