The struggle of the Nanny of the Red Chamber

"The villain's younger brother is called Li Shu."

"Li Shu? Who started it?" Why is the younger brother called Li Shu, but the older brother is called Li Goudan.

"Hehe, my daughter-in-law married it." Then Li Goudan said everything about himself.

"The little name was given by our grandfather. Later, when the little brother was born, both parents and the old man were gone. The little one originally wanted to be named after the little one, and it was called 'Gousheng'. But when I went to register with the big housekeeper, I found out that the name 'Li Gousheng' had already been taken by someone. Not only this, but also people called 'Ergou' and 'Erdan'. There is no way, brother So I casually called it 'Second Little', and after we got married, I, no, the youngest daughter-in-law couldn't see it, so I gave it a name."

It is said that what is good at the top will be worse at the bottom.All the slaves in the Jia family saw that their mighty and majestic Duke had given him such a name, and they all thought that the Duke liked this kind of rustic atmosphere, so they didn't have the face to beg their masters to give them names. , Played a pirated version.

This behavior is like the "Wahaha" and "Wahaha" of later generations.

King Yue shook his head when he heard this.

"You just said that your brother is a scholar?"

"That's right, my younger brother is doing very well in learning. The gentlemen in the house have said that he will definitely be admitted to Juren in the next subject. My daughter-in-law is also very happy. My daughter-in-law even specially found someone to ask my brother to talk about it." Well. It is said to be conducive to employment distribution or something. My brother has learned well." Li Goudan is really happy for his brother.In his eyes, the daughter-in-law is the best daughter-in-law, the younger brother is also the most motivated younger brother, and the children are more well-behaved and sensible than other families.

There is also Li Goudan. When he is conscious, he always remembers to call himself "little one" when facing the King of Yue, but when he is happy, or when he mentions Li Shu and the Tang Dynasty, he will unconsciously call himself "I" '.

The king of Yue, who is like a top man, has discovered this a long time ago, but he doesn't care about it at all.Since he was born, he has never seen such a fool as Li Goudan.

Rare, fresh.

And as he talked more and more, King Yue's attention was wandering between 'dog eggs' and 'dog leftovers'.He even thought of what Li Goudan said just now that his younger brother is good at learning, and he will be admitted to the exam.The king of Yue is not so good.

If it was really named "Li Gousheng" at the beginning, then there will be words like "New Imperial Examination Man Li Gousheng" in the future, which will be written in the imperial decree or posted on the imperial list.If this person is really talented and well-spoken, it is not impossible to be assigned to Lifanyuan.

At that time, the face of the imperial court will be lost!

At this moment, King Yue really felt good about Li Goudan's daughter-in-law.Just giving her this name makes people feel good.

"Do you have words?"

"No, what do you want that thing for?" Although Li Goudan has read and read, in essence, Li Goudan is just an ordinary man who raises horses.

"...Your name was given by Duke Rong first. Why don't I reward you with a word? Well, the word 'Xiu Qi' is good to me. Are you satisfied?" Yue Wang said to Li, who is getting more and more pleasing to the eye today. Goudan also had some patience.So I thought of giving him a word, so as to save everyone from calling his name as a joke in the future.

Self-cultivation and family harmony, governing the country and the world.In Yue Wang's view, a person's quality is very important.Take care of yourself first, and then take care of your home.If you can't do these things well, then what's the point of talking about it.

"Oh. Thank you, my lord." What exactly is that word used for? Li Goudan just doesn't think it looks like an official position, and maybe the monthly salary is not too high.Others, I really don't know.

The king of Yue was speechless when he saw Li Goudan's confused and foolish appearance. "From now on, you will be Li Goudan, with the word Xiuqi. When people call you Li Goudan, you have to respond. They call you Li Xiuqi, and you have to know that it is you."

"Yes, I know. My lord, can I write a letter to tell my wife?" Ever since he knew that none of the letters they wrote had left the barracks, Li Goudan had been thinking about it.

"Well, as long as you don't write about the things in the barracks, it's fine."

"My lord, why are you here? The imperial decree has arrived, please go and receive it quickly." The attendants around King Yue searched the entire barracks, and finally found King Yue here, and rushed over in a hurry.

"Imperial decree?" Since he led the army out, he has not received an imperial decree.What is it for this time.

After finishing speaking, without waiting for the follower to reply, Jin left the stable and went to the big tent in front.

Then Li Goudan tilted his head to look at the figures of the two, and then continued to squat on the ground to check the horseshoe.When wondering, I also wondered what the prince was doing in the stable.Could it be just to give him a name?

He was always confused about the world of noble people.It's like his daughter-in-law always buys some cheap goods to send to the house, and then those wives and grandmas reward his daughter-in-law dozens of times.

By the way, he wants to write a letter to tell his wife and younger brother that he has an extra name.In future correspondence, don’t think it’s broken because it’s someone else.Well, he also paid the military salary.Although it is not much, but if he saves more later, he will be able to buy a big fur collar for his wife.

He had seen that thing before, and it looked good.His wife's face was pale, so he bought a bright red one.Must look better.

Li Goudan didn't know that there was no shortage of such big hairy clothes in the Tang Dynasty.It's just that Li Goudan has never seen Tang Dynasty wearing it.

In the past in the mansion, Li Goudan left early and returned late.As long as Tang Chao wore it out, Li Goudan generally couldn't see it.Often when Li Goudan came home, Tang Chao was dressed in homely clothes.

But red things can no longer be worn in the Tang Dynasty.Not to mention Wang's filial piety is in it.Even if it wasn't for the Wang family, everyone thought that Li Goudan had no hope of surviving, and the Tang Dynasty could be regarded as a certain widow status, so how could he still be dressed in red and green.

The family of the Tang Dynasty could not wear red, and the royal family could not wear red either.Even Aunt Zhao, who was dressed in all kinds of colors a few days ago, was beaten by Grandma Hu.

Don't look at you being pregnant, you may be a bit wary, but there are thousands of ways to deal with people, even if you can think of them.So after Grandma Hu sent two horses of plain fabrics, Yuan Chun pulled the servants from the sewing room who were gradually leaning towards Zhao Shi to one side, beat them with boards, and then drove them out of the house.

The servants who can't distinguish between primary and secondary will occupy space in vain if they keep them.

As for Yuan Chun's sudden move, it has severely frightened many Erfang's wandering minds.But that Mrs. Zhao actually said that she was overly frightened and frightened her fetus.

It is also necessary to ask doctors and medicines, and it is also necessary to ask the second master Jia Zheng to be the master.That Jia Zheng is also a mixed egg.He actually asked someone to call Yuan Chun and reprimand him.

Mrs. Zhang couldn't see it, and sent someone to pass the message directly.If there is trouble again, send it to the family temple.Not only to pray for the first wife, but also to be a vegetarian, so as to provide for the child in the stomach.

With just such a sentence, Mrs. Zhao will not make trouble anymore.

In a blink of an eye, it will be February of the next year, and Baoyu will be ten months old.Xiaoroutuan grows very quickly, with a speed of growing whenever the wind blows.There are also a few deciduous teeth in the mouth, and the short legs can also run backwards on the walker.

Rolling around with his eldest nephew who is a few months younger than him, the stumbling appearance makes people's hearts melt.Shi Shi and Zhang Shi looked at it and said that Shui Shi took good care of the little brother, despite the fact that the uncle and nephew were a few months apart, they were not much different in size and strength.

Baoyu was born weak, even though Tang Chao was very dedicated, Baoyu still didn't look as strong as Jia Hu and Shui's children.Shi Shi and Zhang Shi didn't mean to blame Tang Chao for this.

Shi's main courtyard has always been very lively, and Aunt Zhao of Lixiangyuan is also unwilling to be lonely.

On the third day of March, Mrs. Zhao was full of hope and gave birth to a baby girl, the third girl in the mansion.Maybe it's because there are so few girls.Mrs. Zhang directly called this girl "Third Girl".After all, if you don't call San Miss, you have nothing else to call.

It's just that the birth of this child is not very popular. The fetus that the mistress sat down during the mourning period is the day of birth, and there is still a month before the mistress's filial piety.So who can like it?

So the full moon banquet in April was not held.Just had a low-key meal.

But because of the birth of the third girl, Aunt Zhao was not satisfied with it.After all, no matter what, this is also a girl.How can there be a son Jingui.Thinking of this, while trying to recover his body, he thought about putting Jia Zheng to sleep again.Try to conceive another child before the new wife passes the house.

At the end of April, around one year old, Xiaoroutuan finally had his official name, 'Jia Jue', and his baby name was Baoyu.

While recovering her figure, Aunt Zhao, who had a broken heart, resorted to Jia Baoyu's grasping methods unwillingly.

She has lost her mother, so she can no longer have such a terrible father.When he was one year old, because of the strict control of the Tang Dynasty, there was no such thing as catching rouge.Of course, it's not that the rouge box didn't appear, but that it was thrown out by Tang Chao in advance.

Although Aunt Zhao did not succeed, she was able to enter the Tang Dynasty.Tang Chao didn't do much, and directly told Yuan Chun about it.Let her decide.

At this point, Yuan Chun hated Aunt Zhao and her children even more.Originally, the child was born during the filial period of the mistress, and this child was Yuan Chun's stare. At this time, he stretched out his hand to Baoyu, how could Yuan Chun not be angry.

Yuan Chun, who was in a rage, had no way to attack Aunt Zhao, so he directly ordered the people in the Zhuangzi to find a pretext to beat Aunt Zhao's brother and nephew violently.

After receiving the news, the Zhao family's parents became angry with Aunt Zhao for provoking the first wife's first-born children regardless of the life and death of her mother and brothers.

While asking someone to find a relationship with Yuanchun to accompany him, at the same time, he was anxious to restrain his silly girl who was out of tune.What do you have to worry about with a few children?The most important thing is to hold the men in the palm of your hand and give birth to the son before the new wife enters the door.

In the whole incident, it is estimated that apart from the young Baoyu who did not know about the second room, only Jia Zheng and Jia Zhu and his son were left.This point not only made Tang Chao feel speechless, but also the whole family of Jia's family who watched the fun and exercised Yuanchun's ability to handle affairs were all offended.Just like this father and son, when they go out, they have to be eaten by others.

A few more days passed, just after the Dragon Boat Festival.The servants of the Lin family and the Jia family arrived in the capital.

Ever since the first month passed, Tang Chao had been thinking about Sister Lin who was born in February.It is very inconvenient to come and go in this era.It will take 15 days for official postal letters to go from Yangzhou to Beijing all the way through the official route.That's still an urgent matter at eight hundred miles.If ordinary people walk, it is easy to encounter bandits and bandits.

Therefore, it doesn't matter whether it is an official family or an ordinary person.If you have to come by boat with festival gifts and other things, it will take a whole two months to arrive.

For the sake of safety, the usual communication between Jia's family and Lin's family also took the waterway for these two months.

While talking, the little girl outside reported that people from Yangzhou had come into the mansion.

When Shi Shi and Zhang Shi heard this, their eyes lit up.Call someone in quickly.

The greetings to the visitor have not yet been finished.Shi Shi then asked, "How is Min'er, but she gave birth? How is her health? Is it a boy or a girl?" This is a real mother who cares about her daughter first, and then cares about others.

"Returning to the old lady, the fourth aunt gave birth to a girl on the twelfth day of the second lunar month. Both mother and daughter are safe."

When they heard it was a girl, both Shi and Zhang were a little disappointed.This is a rare birth since the brother of the Lin family left.Why is she still a girl?

"My aunt gave birth to a girl, how about my aunt?" With the strength of the Jia family and the family style of the Lin family, he probably wouldn't bring a second wife into the house.

The person who came quickly turned his body half sideways, and replied softly, "Back to the eldest lady, my aunt was very happy, and immediately gave her baby name."

Mrs. Zhang listened, covered her chest and looked at Mrs. Shi and murmured, "It's okay, it's okay."

Shi Shi also nodded.Both mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are afraid that their aunts will be neglected because they are girls.

Afterwards, Shi Shi and Zhang asked some more about Jia Min's situation before letting him go to rest.

"Don't worry, old lady. You just need to bloom first and then bear fruit. You will definitely have a big fat boy next year."

Shi's heart was very indifferent to what his daughter-in-law said.If that's the case, that's fine.When Min'er got married, Brother Hu was only three or four years old.But now, Brother Hu's children are several months old.

Of course, this child was conceived before Wang's death.Otherwise, it would be impossible for Jia Hu and his wife to do the kind of thing that people point their noses at in their aunt's little work.

"Forget it, write a letter later. Tell Min'er that you must not damage your body for the sake of the child. She will not be young this year. As for the child, just let it go. In the future, the most important thing is to take care of it."

Mrs. Zhang agreed.She also understood what her mother-in-law meant.At my sister-in-law's age, it is too late to give birth to this child.If you regenerate, you are too old.If one is not handled properly, they will be like younger siblings.The gain outweighs the loss.

"Our family has already sent a gift to the festival before. Let's pack up and send the Mid-Autumn Festival gift in advance." Mrs. Zhang thought for a while, and suggested to her mother-in-law that the value of the gift should be increased, so that people can see how she treats her aunt The emphasis is not.

Shi Shi nodded, "You go and resettle it." That's fine, even if she doesn't have a son, she still has her natal family to support her.Those thoughtful clowns should also weigh it.

"By the way, is the relationship between Min'er and the Zhen family still not salty?"

Mrs. Zhang frowned when she heard this, "That's right, sister Min also said in her letter before, but the Zhen family's behavior is a bit dishonest."

"Hmph, our family and the Zhen family are old relatives. I thought that Min'er's family was in the south, so I could rely on them to take care of me, but I didn't expect that I would actually want to help Min'er take care of my uncle. Forget it Now, the Zhen family is not honest, we'd rather go a little further."

"The daughter-in-law also thinks the same way. Concubine Zhen is favored in the palace and has a standing prince. It's not easy for our family to offend too much. It's just that the situation is not clear, so it's good to lighten up a little bit first. What's more, there is Minmei. The face is there."

Mrs. Zhang had already planned in her heart, knowing that the Zhen family would not be able to ascend to a high position smoothly in the future.So for the Zhen family, I am willing to go a little farther away, and if my mother's family is too close to the Zhen family, it is not good for the aunt who is a little awkward with the Zhen family.

Shi Shi nodded, no matter how old his relatives were, if they made things difficult for his daughter, Shi Shi would never be happy to be close to them.Speaking of which, if Mrs. Zhang hadn't been alive, Mrs. Wang would have been frustrated, and Mrs. Shi would not have been so clear when she died too early.

Now let's talk about everyone.When Mrs. Zhang first took care of the house, Mrs. Lai's family offended Mrs. Zhang a lot. Ms. Zhang had a deep thought and kept it in her heart, but she didn't show it. The housekeeper in the house went to the south to give a salute to support Jia Min.

Shi Shi also felt that letting the big housekeeper in the mansion go would show the importance of her natal family.So Lai everyone was entrusted with a heavy responsibility and started to work frequently on business trips.

After getting Lai Da out of the house, Mrs. Zhang didn't add any of her own people, but started to reuse the second housekeeper.The second housekeeper has been oppressed by Lai Da for a long time, so he will work harder and be more loyal when he has the opportunity.

However, what Zhang did was pretty cool.He has always kept Lai Da's position as the chief housekeeper, but he is often sent around to pay ceremonies.On the surface, they valued him, but in reality they gradually ignored him.

The Lai family also found a problem.But Mrs. Zhang had already finished Shi's ideological work. It is so important to give Jia Min a gift. Shi was more at ease when he sent Lai Da.

You must know that in this era, transportation is very inconvenient.A year of big festivals, plus birthday gifts, Lai Da runs on the road almost all year round.

Not to mention anything else, just say that when Wang Shi passed away, Zhang Shi sent Lai Da to Gusu to report to Jia Min.On the road in early May, due to some problems on the road, the boat that could have arrived in two months did not arrive until August.

As soon as I arrived in Gusu, I received the news that my aunt was pregnant.The matter of reporting the funeral was a bit embarrassing.The messenger was big, and he rushed to the capital after not staying for two days.Fortunately, it went smoothly and finally arrived in the capital after two months.

But I delivered the letter and just went back.The mansion heard that my aunt was pregnant.When everything is fine.The old lady and the head wife in the mansion were in a hurry.It's for food and for use.A nanny who was invited back from the palace was also packed and sent to Gusu.

Well, this trip will last for another two or three months, and I have spent years on the boat.It's heartbreaking to say the least.If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have insisted on doing it with the eldest wife.

In winter, many estuaries on the waterways are closed.They have had a difficult journey along the way.Finally arrived at my aunt's house before February.

After resting for a few days, I waited for my aunt to buy a gift in return.Waiting and waiting, alas, the cousin girl was born.

Come on, don't say anything else this time, you can directly take the servants of the Lin family and go back to Beijing to announce the good news.

If Lai Da knew that the wife in charge was preparing to pack up some more presents for him to send to his aunt's house, he would probably faint in his hut.

Whose housekeeper does something like him!