Besides, Mrs. Qin felt a little complacent that she had dismissed the troubles of the Su family, but she didn't expect the slap in the face to come so quickly that the little-known Su family actually invited Mrs. Liu to be the mountain chief.
Even after the prefect of Qin knew about this, it was a little strange that she was too slow, so that the Liu family took advantage of it: "Who in Luohe Prefecture doesn't know Erya Girls' School now? Who doesn't know Erya Girls? The head of the school is Mrs. Liu of the Liu family? Now the Liu family's limelight in Luohe Prefecture is no different."
Mrs. Qin glanced at her master with inexplicable conscience, and didn't even dare to tell him that the Su family was the first to invite her to be the mountain chief, but she thought it was too risky and pushed it away. With slightly dry lips, Mrs. Qin picked up the cup and took a sip, not knowing what to say for a while.
"Forget it, I missed the position of the mountain chief, and the deputy mountain chief. I remember that the little girl from the Su family came to the mansion to look for you this spring? I think she will sell this face to you when she comes." Mr. Qin An unintentional remark made Mrs. Qin even more guilty. In the spring, the little girl of the Su family came to find her, just to ask her to be the mountain chief!
Seeing that his wife didn't answer for a long time, Master Qin was slightly unhappy: "What do you think Madam?"
"What the lord said is very true, it's just that the concubine and the girl of the Su family have not communicated for several months. This is rash..." Mrs. Qin came back to her senses, thinking that she was going to pull her face down to beg the little girl of the Su family, in her heart Some of the stalks are uncomfortable, and they are all held high by others, and now she is asked to ask for help. Where does this put her face
"I also ask my wife to think about it for my husband. Now I have lost the Liu family. If the Liu family has all the limelight, how will I, Qin, get a foothold in Luohe Prefecture in the future?" Thinking of Liu Zhichuan's proud face , Master Qin felt that he couldn't take this breath. He Liu Zhichuan has a good brother and a good sister, but they are also equal, why should Liu Zhichuan press him on everything
Mrs. Qin also knew that her master and the Liu family did not deal with them in private. Although her face was important, it couldn't turn over the master's face, so she hesitantly nodded and agreed.
After sending away the satisfied Lord Qin, Mrs. Qin who was standing under the corridor looked at the sky that was a little high and couldn't help but muttered to herself, "Is it really my fault?" Can anyone tell her how she should play this wasteful move
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Youjin received Mrs. Qin's post when she brought her children to Houjiawan to ventilate.
"Invite me to appreciate the chrysanthemum?" You Jin couldn't help but be a little puzzled when she saw the handwriting on the post. It seemed that they hadn't seen each other for half a year since Mrs. Qin clearly rejected her invitation. Why did she suddenly remember to post for herself
Yue Wensheng, who was also sitting in the flower hall, heard about this. Thinking of the gossip he heard from his classmates that day, he said, "Is it because of Erya Women's School?" Yue Wensheng won the 37th place in the spring exam Ranking, now he is a Tongsheng who is studying at Luohe Prefectural School.
"How do you say this?" Hearing Yue Wensheng say this, You Jin was a little curious. Her cousin is the most mature, how can she still know these gossips? And it's still gossip related to Erya Women's School, which makes it even more interesting.
Yue Wensheng felt that the most powerful cousin's eyes fell on him with interest, he couldn't help feeling a little ashamed, he coughed dryly, and said, "I just heard some gossip from my classmates in the academy that day, saying When Master Liu and Master Qin had a banquet, and mentioned Erya Women's School, everyone praised Mrs. Liu's daughter, Zhuge, for her profound understanding of righteousness, and they praised the Liu family as a scholarly family, and the daughters they cultivated are all good."
"Is there such a thing?" You Jin looked at his cousin who blushed while talking, and couldn't help but want to laugh, this kid is really shy, and said, "Then if Mrs. Qin came to me because of this matter, Could it be that she is going to be the mountain chief again?"
Thinking of this reason, You Jin really wanted to laugh. When she was the first to invite her, she pushed back three and four, but now that Erya Women's School is running, she wants to take a share of it, what is it? Are all the good things occupied by her
The slander returns to the slander, but the appointment that should be attended is still to be attended.
And Mrs. Qin's purpose is indeed what You Jin and Yue Wensheng guessed, that is, to get a share of Erya Women's School. You Jin is not a stubborn person, so naturally he will not reject Mrs. Qin with an egg and a stone. According to Mrs. Qin's intention, she has arranged the post of priest.
The priest only needs to show up on major festivals to represent the academy to perform sacrificial rituals, which not only satisfies Mrs. Qin's requirement to appear in the limelight among the noble ladies, but also does not require her to pay too much attention to the actual affairs of the academy. For Mrs. Qin like this It's just right for people who feel troublesome.
Of course, the addition of Mrs. Qin has also further enhanced the reputation of Erya Women's School. Although it means that there is only one time for centralized enrollment a year, but now that it is only autumn, there are already many wealthy people looking for Yu , Zhao and two, want to arrange their girls to study at Erya Girls' School.
Erya Women's School's status as the No. 1 women's school in Luohe Prefecture was completely welded. Even if some people wanted to open a women's school later, none of them could surpass Erya Women's School. .
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Nowadays, there are special people in charge of all the work of the Su family. Now there is not only the third master Huang, but the Su family has also recruited a new steward. A fat middle-aged man named Ai Chang is in charge of managing the Su family banquet. Ai Chang is also capable. Su Jiayan is also prospering under his management. Youjin was completely idle, so he began to make Luo Youyin's dowry.
Young Yin had already turned fifteen in the spring, and now it was autumn, and her wedding date with Han Li was scheduled for May 18 next year.
Because Han Li has no parents or parents, they still have to live in the Su family after they get married. However, for the privacy of the young couple, after discussing with the Su family, Young Jin decided to build a three-storey building on the left of the Su family's current house. The house with three exits serves as the future home of the young couple.
Knowing that the Su family was going to build a new house, Mrs. Han was also moved by this thought. In the past six months, the rouge shop she ran has also made some money, so she bought the two acres of land on the right side of the Su family's house, one after the other with the Su family. All started to work.
Today, the west side of Wuliqiao River is not as desolate and infiltrating as it was five years ago when the Su family first came here. Because there is a water transport wharf three or four miles away, many people who used to live on the east side of the river began to slowly Migrating to both sides of the official road in Hexi, in addition to the Su family's house, there are four or five families in the west of the Hexi who have built new houses, which is quite lively.
"I heard from my mother that the marriage of sister Xiaoning has been settled, but I don't know where the family is?" Outside the gate of the Su family, Young Jin, who was walking out with a few big dogs, happened to meet Zhao Chunhua, who had returned from the stall. Standing by the river and talking.
Zhao Chunhua is now not farming the land in the wind and the sun every day like before, but he has grown a lot whiter. Seeing that the whole person is much younger than a few years ago, he smiled and said: "The main family in Zhangjia Village in the west of the city is fixed. My second son, the wedding date is set for the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month, you must come to join us at that time." Zhao Chunhua smiled happily, thinking that he was very satisfied with his daughter's marriage.
"I can be said to have watched Sister Xiaoning grow up. Even if my aunt didn't invite her, I still remembered to add makeup to my sister!" You Jin smiled and accepted Zhao Chunhua's invitation, and asked Zhao Chunhua again. Granddaughter's situation: "I heard that Xiao Nini is not doing well recently? I still have some nourishing medicine at home, and I will send it to my aunt later."
Lianhua Er gave birth to a skinny and little girl at the end of this spring. Because Lianhua Er was overly worried during her pregnancy, Xiao Nini was born with some fetal deficiencies. Now she is almost half a year old, and she is always three Every now and then is not good.
Speaking of the only granddaughter, Zhao Chunhua, who was still smiling, lost the smile on his face, sighed, and said, "It's not that I'm biting my tongue, it's just that my daughter-in-law is always thinking too much. Which woman do you think gave birth to? Isn't it all about pampering and pampering the child? Everyone in our family is happy, but she alone is unhappy. You Jin, you don't know, our little Nini is less than five months old, and she doesn't even have milk. I have to eat it! I really don't know what this lotus is thinking!"
You Jin didn't answer when she heard her say that. After all, this is someone else's housework. What does it look like as an outsider interjecting? Then he just smiled and said, "Auntie is always going to have to work harder to be a grandmother. I'll send my family to send some supplements in a while, and my auntie will see if it's useful."
Zhao Chunhua took a look at Young Jin, who is now very good-looking. She is sensible and considerate. When she thinks about the daughter-in-law who is going to be a demon every now and then, she can't help but sigh again, it's all life!
The two talked for nearly a quarter of an hour before they separated. No one took the matter to heart, but no one noticed that in the field not far away, a figure stooped down low, saying the words of the two without a single word. They all listened.
When You Jin got home, he asked Aunt Song to find a box of unopened bird's nests of ordinary quality and two thin wild ginseng, and then sent them to He's house together.
After sending Aunt Song away, Zhao Chunhua, who returned to the main hall to open the box and looked at it, was stunned: "This is, swallow, bird's nest?" I thought it was just a general nourishing medicinal material, but I never thought that it turned out to be four bird's nests plus two mountains. ginseng! Although Zhao has never seen the real bird's nest, he has heard it several times, and he probably knows how precious it is.
"What bird's nest?" He Hao, who was sitting on the couch smoking a hookah, asked curiously when he heard that his mother-in-law couldn't even speak.
Zhao Chunhua was still staring at the box and didn't regain his senses, and after a while, he briefly said about his encounter with You Jin today: "I thought it was just a general nourishing medicinal material, but I never thought that this child actually gave it away. Come here for such a valuable thing! No, I'd better return it to the Su family!" After that, he closed the lid and prepared to return it.
"Wait a minute, wait a minute, you've taken everything, what do you mean by returning it?" He Hao quickly stopped her and said, "Since You Jin asked someone to send it over, that's her intention. Just keep it, it's also good to stew your mother three and eat tonic."
Seeing that the head of the family said so, Zhao Chunhua also left the things: "Sure, then I will stew a pot tomorrow to make up for the lotus."
Although Zhao's daughter-in-law doesn't like this thoughtful daughter-in-law, she still thinks of her. After all, they are also city people who married into their own family and gave birth to a little granddaughter to their family.
Early the next morning, Mrs. Zhao went to Su's house to ask the cook of Su's house how to stew bird's nest. In the afternoon, he cooked a bird's nest and gave half of it to his daughter-in-law and daughter. Then he mixed some water. tasted it.
Besides, Lianhua'er, I saw someone from the Su family bring a big box of things over yesterday, but today I ate this half-bowl of bird's nest, and I felt even more aggrieved: "I will give you anything good. I kept it for myself, are you using me as a beggar for this small bowl of bird's nest?"
After saying that, she slammed the bowl onto the table, and the sound of "banging" made Xiao Nini, who was sleeping on the kang, start crying.
She was even more saddened by the cries of the children. Thinking of the grievances she had suffered since she married into the He family for more than a year, she couldn't help it for a while. She simply lay down on the table and began to cry.