The struggle of the Nanny of the Red Chamber

Li Ning's words stunned the three women in the family.After such a long time, although the three of them haven't said anything, they can see clearly what Jia Cong is thinking about Li Ning.

It was because of this that she didn't let Li Ning go to play in that mansion for the past two years.But even so, the friendship between childhood sweethearts still fell.

Such a mansion, how can people like them be able to climb high.Jia Cong is the third son, and the two sister-in-laws above him are a daughter of the clan and an illegitimate daughter of the deposed prince. No matter what, his daughter-in-law cannot be Qi.The eldest daughter of an eighth-rank petty official family.

And his cousin's husband's niece.

The Tang Dynasty was very pessimistic about this marriage.She didn't expect Li Ninggao to marry and support her natal family.Why marry a girl to such a wealthy family.

On the left is a layer of mother-in-law, and another layer of sister-in-law.It's not that their Li family girl can adapt to the simple population.

So including Mrs. Tang, the three women in the family were like-minded and concealed Jia Cong's thoughts.

Of course, they hide it, but you can't feel nothing at all.Otherwise, it would be dull.

"No, I want to stay outside, so I don't want to leave. Why did you suddenly ask him today?"

"Oh, it's nothing. I just thought that big brother will marry a wife next year. Big brother Cong is the same year as big brother, so he should also get married. If so, tomorrow, when I prepare gifts for my sister-in-law, I will give him the same Prepare one. You can't treat one more favorably than another. Brother Cong has always been very kind to me." Li Ning finished speaking carelessly, and even picked an orange for her mother and handed it over.

Tang Chao: "..." This is really my girl, not adulterated at all.

Mrs. Tang: "..." Just like her mother, she has a big heart.

Second Aunt Li: "...", if Cousin Cong heard this, what expression would he have?

It's really a bright moon shining on that.

Zhang Yunji didn't want to admit that Li Ning was brought up by her after all.At this time, apart from the second son, Jia's eldest family.Grandma Qin didn't know a thing or two, but she probably knew almost all of Jia Cong's thoughts.

But this is the Lord, this meeting still doesn't seem to be noticed at all.Why are you so slow.

"That's right, Mom. I'll go to the mansion with you later. I also want to see the girl from the Lin family. By the way, the younger brother has gone to the small study. Can the younger brother see the brother of the Lin family?"

Li Ning didn't live in a guest room in Rongguo Mansion. She used to have no identity, but later she gained identity. Li Ning is also used to living in Yuanchun or Yingchun.So even if the number of people going to that mansion has decreased in the past two years, no matter whether it is the Zhang family or the Shi family, Yingchun will always send someone to pick her up to play.

"It's not a serious matter. Go and see why your elder brother hasn't come back. Where did you go to buy meat?" There is no servant in the house, and some of the work of buying vegetables and meat on weekdays is done by the servants in turn. stay.

Li Jue took over the job today because he had something to do early in the morning and went to buy it himself.But it's been almost two hours since I went out, and this person hasn't come back yet.It's really worrying.

Just when Tang Chao was in a hurry, Li Jue came back.As soon as he entered the courtyard, Tang Chao heard a voice.He hurriedly got off the kang and greeted him out.

"Did you go to buy meat, or to butcher a pig. What time is it, why did you come back?" Tang Chao looked at his dark and thin son, feeling very distressed.

"Mom, you're back. I still thought you'd be able to come back today. I went to a classmate's house. His house is in the south. When I went to the south, I delivered a letter for him. I thought about sending it to him. . This was a delay of some hours."

Li Jue paid great attention to the cultivation of contacts.This point has been told repeatedly since the Tang Dynasty.This is also the reason why the Tang Dynasty and the Jia family have always been on good terms.There is no single tree to support, many friends have many paths.In a situation like theirs, it is even more necessary to develop contacts.Even if their family has a good relationship with the Jia family, they can't pin all their hopes on the Jia family.

You must know that rabbits still have three caves.Not to mention people.

So before leaving, Li Jue deliberately went to some students who lived in the south and were waiting for the exam in the capital.Help them deliver things and letters.When I came back from the south, I immediately delivered the letters and things from my classmates' homes one by one.

Several classmates were very grateful and left Li Jue to say a few more words.Following their wishes, Li Jue described the situation in their home from his own perspective, beautified it and said it.Once you come and go, you will waste some time.This is also the reason why Li Jue came back late today.

After all, 99 steps have been taken, and this trembling is not bad.On the second day after returning to the capital, I personally delivered it, which is also a friendship, isn't it.

To a large extent, Li Jue inherited his father's honesty, although he was a bit cautious in some things.But from Tang Chao's point of view, he was still not clever enough.

But Tang Chao also knew that boys should not be reared like a little woman, careful and careful, mother-in-law and mother-in-law.So since entering Jia's small study, Tang Chao has never been too involved in parenting except for some necessary words.

People value self-knowledge, and she knows the virtues of Tang Dynasty's own family.She used to be proud of her status as a time traveler, but in fact, this did not bring her much preferential treatment.

She thought that Jia's family would inevitably raid their home, but now Jia's family is thriving.She thought that Jia's family had too many problems to describe, but after so many years, Mrs. Zhang insisted on digging out all the moths in the whole house.

Especially Lai's family.At the beginning, he took his old mother to go far away.Without the second master at the first level, the Jia family's expenses for a year can save the old nose.

Not only that, Zhang's intention to improve the treatment of the girls and lower the cost of living of the elder brother was probably because he knew that there were too many males in Jia's family.Now it seems that it is indeed a good way to increase revenue and reduce expenditure.

The second room of the Jia family, except for Baoyu's expenses, which is still paid by the eldest room, the rest is the second room's own expenses.As for Dafang, Jia Cong was not married, Jia Hu's family had two sons, and Jia Lian's family had many concubines and concubines, but only one concubine's daughter.In other words, apart from Yingchun, there is only one concubine daughter in the entire Jia family.

Calculated in this way, instead of saving the cost of raising a son at the beginning, it would be a huge expense up to now.

Thinking of this, Tang Chao suddenly looked up to the sky. Mrs. Zhang must have cheated.It's a no-brainer.

The little prophets and little insights she brought from the later generations are simply useless.Although there are some small regrets, but who expects a stable and stable life, but Bai is going to toss it.

However, compared with the native Zhang, Tang Chao always wanted to ask her if she had ordered the heaven-defying butler skill?Or is it just because there are no two daughters-in-law in the mansion who like usury, loans, and lawsuits, so there is such a shocking change?

So in the final analysis, the Wang family must have enmity with the Jia family.Otherwise, why would they raise two girls who are so incomprehensible and marry the Jia family.

Jia Hu must not know how much his existence means to the Jia family.

Jia Hu is a few years older than Li Jue, and was brought up by the Zhang family since childhood.Although he lived in the old lady's yard before the age of seven, he should have the same thoughts and ways of doing things.

Because Zhang didn't allow her eldest son to have any flaws.This also indirectly benefited Li Jue.

It is also a kind of learning to let Li Jue, Li Shuduo and Jia Hu get in touch, and learn how he behaves.As long as our children are not disabled, their upbringing and human relations are several times better than ordinary people.

Later, Li Shu still studied at Zhangjiafu for a period of time.See more, see more.It also made more progress, let Li Jue, who was influenced by his precepts and deeds.Then teach Zhang Yunji more or less in daily life.The current Li Jue has truly grown into the kind of person Tang Dynasty expected.

Confidence but not complacency, self-respect but not pride.Be humble without being inferior.Strict but not harsh.As the eldest brother, Tang Chao believed that the future of the Li family would be as she hoped.

Mother and son have been separated for many days, and they miss each other very much.Holding his son's hand, he walked into the house slowly, and asked about the situation after the farewell and what happened together.I found that apart from being busy on the road when I went, I was a little tired, but everything else was fine.

Thinking about it, the physical conditions of sister Lin and brother Lin were not suitable for the way Jia She and his group traveled when they came.Moreover, taking a boat all the way to the capital is much more comfortable than going there.

And of course much slower.

"The farther we go north, the colder it gets, and there are patches of ice on the river. When we were two hundred miles away from Tongzhou, the old man and we were worried that it was too cold and we were going to abandon the boat."

"Really?" Li Jue's words made Tang Chao and others startled for a while.Li Ning has never been out of the capital since she was a child, and she doesn't know what's going on outside.

"No, fortunately this winter is not so cold. When we came back, Mr. Lin asked us to walk behind the ship that transported the official silver at the end of the year. It was safe and worry-free. The ice blocks in front were also cleaned by officers and soldiers. Otherwise, there would be I have suffered." How comfortable the boat ride is.The cabin is not big, but there are beds and couches, so you don't have to ride on horseback, and you don't have to worry about the problem of uncertain meals.Eat and drink enough, talk, read a book, and the day's trip is over.

"Have you met Mr. Lin? How is it? I mean the body? Miss Lin's siblings are still so young. If Mr. Lin is not in good health, then who will the siblings rely on in the future?"

"Lord Lin is very kind. He knew that his son was there to pay homage. When he left, he gave him a lot of books. As for his body, he looked a little thin. But people in the south seem to be like that. Oh, the complexion is really not good."

The books that Lin Ruhai sent were all good things.They were all read and commented on when he was rushing for the exam.There are also some middle ways of dealing with people, all of which are written on it.

The Lin family is worthy of being a scholarly family.There are some books that are not available in the market to give away.

"Oh, these two. By the way, is Aunt Min's funeral going to be a good one?"

"Well, Mr. Lin is still in office. Many people have come. The old man and his brothers are all men, and they don't know anything about the inner house. Fortunately, there are two nanny from the palace to help. Oh, an aunt of the Zhang family from the eldest wife’s natal family also came in to help manage the house. Otherwise, there are so many people there, it would be very busy.”

Glancing at his younger siblings, Tang Chao pretended to be casual and asked his elder son, "Have you met that aunt of the Zhang family?"

Li Jue replied without thinking, "I met with the old man and my brother once, and I gave you a gift, so I withdrew. Mom, I brought you a lot of things from the south. It's in your room. Have you seen it?"

Tang Chao shook his head, "As soon as I came back, I'm here. I haven't returned to the room yet. So, you and Mom go back to the room to have a look. It just so happens that Mom still has something to say to you."

He said hello to his mother and younger siblings, and without even looking at Li Ning, who was watching his brother sniggering, he dragged his eldest son back to his room.

Li Jue brought back a lot of things from the south to his mother. Tang Chao looked at them one by one, praising this one and that one. "Everything is so good. Mom saw it and liked everything."

I was praised very unpretentiously by my old mother, eighteen.The nine-year-old boy rarely blushed.

Looking at the eldest son who was almost 1.8 meters tall, Tang Chao was both proud and reluctant.Such a good son is going to be cheap for his daughter-in-law.No wonder there are so many mother-in-laws who look down on their daughter-in-law in the world.

Putting it on anyone's body will not see the seedlings that I have worked so hard to raise belong to another woman, and I will be happy.

"Oh, in a blink of an eye, you're growing up too. Mom thought about inviting someone to live with Fu's family after the Chinese New Year. In the last autumn, the marriage was arranged. What do you think?"

I was praised by my old lady just now, and my blush still hasn't subsided.This will bring up her marriage again, and the heat on her face will not disappear for a while.

"Mom, dad hasn't come back yet. Just wait a little longer. You must let dad attend your son's wedding." He didn't want to have any regrets, and he didn't want his father to have any regrets.

"It's just that the Fu family can't afford it. And your father doesn't know when he will come back. Let's do it first. Anyway, there is still more than half a year to go. It's good to catch up. If you can't catch up, it's fate." thing."

Li Jue didn't say anything when he heard his old mother say that.But I still think about when the day is right, try to postpone it as much as possible.

"Mother, when will you leave the mansion?" Although he knew that his mother would not leave the mansion until his father came back, Li Jue still wanted to ask.

"When you get married, mother will come back to live every night." It's like commuting.

When Li Jue heard it, he was amused.Then I thought that my family had a car and a horse, but no groom.And it is impossible for him to have time to pick up his old lady in a carriage every day, so he directly brought up the plan of buying another house for servants in his heart.

When Tang Chao heard this, he also felt that he should buy another person.Although their family made a fortune late, they can't be too frivolous in this capital.

And wait until the son gets married and the family is separated.Their yard also needs rough envoys and servants.Her family is not short of money now, and since she got the imperial order, she also receives a salary every month.Coupled with Zhuangzi's future prospects.The rent of other houses in the family.

It is also affordable to buy another room for servants.

To be honest, it is easy to go from simple to extravagant, but difficult to go from extravagant to simple.In the mansion, she was used to being served by others.After coming here, because of Li Goudan's good temper, she usually only cooks, and she has never done heavy work at home.

If she is really asked to go to the well to fetch water for washing or something.It is estimated that she may become the cause of Jin Chuan's death explained by Xue Baochai in a short time.

Not to mention fetching water, just take a look, the deep feeling in the well made Tang Chao dizzy and scared.Then think of a certain era, when the country was ruined and the dynasty fell, those people living in the capital organized a group to commit suicide by jumping into a well or something.There is a kind in the Tang Dynasty. When fetching water from the well, a hand would reach out to her, and then slowly climb up...

If she thinks this way, it is even more impossible for her mother and daughter to do rough work.Anyway, she is also a female family member of a seventh-rank official family, so the project of face is still necessary.

"Then buy two more families. The man can drive the car and watch the door, and the woman cooks, cleans and does laundry. If you have a son, it's just right, and I will also have a young man to read with you."

"Well, the second brother is also seven or eight years old, and he should be given a servant."

"I'll ask your second aunt later on. If there is a baby in the family, it needs manpower." Tang Chao calculated with his son while sorting out the thoughts brought back by his son.

There are as many bowls as there are meals.This time and that time.Now that the family has changed, naturally it can't be the same as before.

It was only at this time that Tang Chao realized that there was not even a male servant at home, and her brother-in-law walked up and down the yamen.No one has followed yet.But it's a bit shabby.

After the two of them talked again, Mrs. Tang sent people to say that Li Shu was back and let them go to the main room for dinner.

Before Li Shu came back, he went to Rongguo Mansion to pick up Tang Jing.Tang Jing also went to school in the small study in Rongguo Mansion, but when Tang Chao came back, it was daytime, so naturally he couldn't let his son miss class.

All the members of the family are here except Li Goudan.Tang Chao felt a little uncomfortable.But the years of nourishing qi are still there, and he still has a lively meal with others.

In modern times, if a man is a soldier in frontier defense.Is that not the case?She is a military wife, a military wife.These must be acknowledged and endured.

Compared with those who are really widowed, she is already very lucky and happy.

After the meal, the ladies talked for a while, Yunji had a big belly, Tang Chao let her go to rest.At the beginning of Haishi, it was even later, and the few people were silent, and went back to their rooms to rest without mentioning it.

Back in the room, I happened to see the little girl next to Mrs. Tang bringing hot water.

"Did the old lady wash up there?"

The little girl returned to her with a smile, "Not yet. The old lady asked the servant to bring water to the lady first, and then return to her after you have washed it."

Tang Chao smiled when he heard this, and he knew how much he loved Mrs. Tang.

Now that I became a mother, I knew how my mother felt. She really had something good, and she wanted to leave it to her own flesh and blood.Tang Pozi is like this, so is Tang Dynasty.

This is my mother.

After a brief wash, he let the little girl go by herself.Lying on the kang, Tang Chao squinted his eyes comfortably. Sure enough, sleeping on the kang in winter is the most comfortable.

In Rongguo Mansion, the Rongqing Hall where the old lady lives now, although there are earth dragons, the room is very warm.But those who can't stand the winter have to sleep in bed, right?

Half asleep and half at night, Tang Chao was even more looking forward to her going home to live after her son got married in the future.

On the second day, after Tang Chao finished washing, he picked out a few things that Li Jue had brought back from the south, and asked Li Jue to drive her and Tang Jing back to Rongguo Mansion.

Those who go to work go to work, and those who go to school go to school.