At noon, the sisters gathered together to have a drink. Lijia couldn't have a drink because she was pregnant, but she and Liwan seemed to be in great company. The two of them always whispered together.
Speaking of which, Liwan is really good at being a good person. She respects Lijia no matter where she is. She even stopped Lijia from eating a dish of saury, "Sister, this is made from honey wine. I'm afraid you can't use it yet."
Lijia covered her mouth: "I almost ate it, thank you second sister for reminding me."
"This is nothing." Liwan smiled.
Lijia was pregnant and she was a little overly nervous. This was understandable. Lishu had always had a normal relationship with her and didn't say much. After all, pregnancy is the first hurdle for a woman to get married.
However, Li Wan also behaved very appropriately, saying this without saying anything. Li Shu thought to herself, even though this person may have done bad things, he still has an admirable side, he is meticulous, thorough, and very measured.
Don't blame others, but Li Shu was also wary of her, but if her grandfather and grandmother really knew that the Zeng family was threatening the Liu family, wouldn't they be suspicious of her? Just wait, as long as she has desire, she will definitely show her weakness again.
As for Li Rou, halfway through her meal, she found an opportunity to talk to Aunt Ding.
"My mother-in-law didn't always scold me, but she was in charge of our third master's room and knew every move. Even if we had sex one more time, my mother-in-law told me not to lead him into trouble so that he could go to school. ." Li Rou could only say this to her own mother, and it would not make sense to anyone else.
Although Aunt Ding boasted that she had some tricks, this matter also told her: "You don't care so much, you are better than me, and you are still the main wife. In normal times, small favors and small favors can win over a bunch of people, and then defeat a bunch of people. Now your father has been promoted As the governor of the river, who dares to really mess with you? Where are your two sisters-in-law?"
Li Rou said: "My sister-in-law is too enthusiastic, and she seems to be a bit too big, and she likes to take the lead in everything. I have only been there for two days, and she told me that my mother-in-law wants to give my sister-in-law a dowry of 170,000 yuan. I love this daughter the most. Of course my daughter didn’t stop her or say anything. The second sister-in-law is plain-looking, very literary, and very powerful. I heard that the second brother was studying in the study and had an affair with the maid, and she beat the maid to death with a cane. .”
Aunt Ding was very worried after hearing this. The eldest sister-in-law wanted to stir up trouble, and the second sister-in-law was a ruthless person, both of whom were not easy to deal with.
She asked again with a hint of hope: "Then have they all given birth to children?"
"The eldest sister-in-law has two sons, and the second sister-in-law gave birth to a son." Lirou pondered for a while before saying.
Aunt Ding is at her wits end. Lirou is the third daughter-in-law, and it is not her turn to be the housekeeper, especially as Grandma Wu is so powerful. It would be fine if these two people didn't have a son. Her daughter could give birth to a son to consolidate her status, but both families had sons.
Seeing that Aunt Ding was so worried, Li Rou quickly comforted her and said, "My daughter knows that she is the younger daughter-in-law. Although she may not have the power, if she can advise her husband to stay away from those hawks and swallows, she can succeed in her official career." Wu Very few of our children passed the imperial examination..."
"Yes, yes, look at that Lishu. Although her father-in-law became an official, I heard that your eldest aunt told people that she had to retire because she failed in the battle against the commander. But so what, that Zheng Hao won the top prize. No one dared to say anything about her in front of the sixth-grade editor of the Hanlin Academy. She is still an official's wife." Aunt Ding was like a new village with bright flowers and dark flowers, and she immediately felt like she had found a treasure.
Li Rou also secretly felt that this was indeed the case. Just now she and Li Zhen
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They just felt that Li Shu had stolen their promising son-in-law.
If the Zheng family really collapsed, Mrs. Xu and her daughter might be calmer towards Li Shu. However, although the old man of the Zheng family retired, Zheng Hao was still famous in Beijing. He was the youngest and most handsome number one scholar. When he returned to the Zheng family, Li Shu Zhen also knew that Zheng Hao had not married.
I heard that the Zheng family has its own rules. It is only when the wife of the first wife comes in, if it is inconvenient or has no heirs, that she can take a concubine. It is said that Mrs. Zheng said that the child-avoiding medicine was made of mercury and cinnabar. Even if the concubine took it, it would be extremely bad for the body. If she released the child in advance, it would be bad if the child was born.
I remember that when she came back from Zheng's house that day, Li Zhen's face was livid, because Cen Shifang not only had a group of concubines, but there were also four beauties in the house: plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum.
Thinking about it makes me feel dissolute.
Before noon, Wu Xuanhe and Li Rou took the first step, and Li Shu also left immediately.
Because the Wu family and the Zheng family's mistress were related, Lishu also learned from Mrs. Zheng that Mrs. Wu was going to give her daughter a dowry of 170,000 taels. With Mr. Wu serving as the transfer envoy, I am afraid that the Wu family's money will be overwhelmed. There is nothing wrong with giving such a dowry.
Then Tan said: "One hundred and seventy thousand taels, this is too much, right? I often hear people say that wealth should not be too exposed."
Mrs. Zheng smiled and said: "If you have a lot of money in your family, you just have to act according to your heart."
Anyone who sees wealth will be envious. Mrs. Zheng felt good about her two daughters-in-law when they saw that neither of them showed envy. Then, she asked about Mr. Tan: "How is Brother Qing's illness? Are you taking the medicine given by Dr. Yuan now?"
Tan quickly said: "I think it's okay if I eat. Summer days are harder now, but I don't cough in the middle of the night anymore." Even the two of them have made progress from having sex once a month to once every ten days now.
"Well, if you feel better, take the medicine from Dr. Yuan." Mrs. Zheng was also very happy.
Li Shu had heard that Zheng Qing sometimes looked like a good person on the outside, but was very seriously ill. In this case, Li Shu sincerely hoped that Mr. Tan could have a child, otherwise it would be difficult for the family to spend their time.
Fortunately, Ms. Cui often brought her daughter here to play. Her daughter had a nice name called Jade Turtle. Ms. Cui explained: "Originally, when she was born, she was so small that she was about the same size as a mouse. I I was afraid that I wouldn’t be able to make a living, so I chose this name.”
But Jade Turtle is only a little over four years old. He is tall, fair and fat, and looks in good health. I am afraid that Cui has put a lot of effort into it. Lishu had never been very fond of children and always found them too noisy, but when she saw that Jade Turtle taught them well, she was so happy that she had someone bring a pair of silk flowers sprinkled with gold to wear on her.
Seeing her like this, Ms. Cui comforted her: "How long have you been here? Don't be in a hurry."
Li Shu glanced at her and knew she had misunderstood, but she didn't explain.
The next day, she accompanied Mrs. Zheng to Wu's house to add makeup to Mrs. Wu's second daughter. Mrs. Zheng liked Lishu's daughter-in-law very much. She had known her since she was a child. On weekdays, when her son was busy, her daughter-in-law would wash her hands and make soup. Being filial to your elders is not a challenge, and you are always kind to Tan and Zheng Qing.
Therefore, she also warned Li Shu: "Mrs. Wu, the second daughter, is married to Bai Shoufu's seventh son. The two sisters have a good relationship in their boudoir. I guess they have a lot to say to you, and they both like to write and write. Only you. That Sister-in-law Wu and your aunt have never been on good terms, if she says anything, just pretend you didn't hear it."
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As soon as the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law entered, they were invited to go to Mrs. Wu's place. When Li Shu entered, she saw Mrs. Wu sitting in the upper seat, and the three young women were sitting at the bottom. After a closer look, Lirou was sitting at the end.
Several people met each other. Li Shu and Lirou had a normal relationship at first, and they were not overly warm here. She stood behind Mrs. Zheng and waited for Mrs. Zheng to nod before sitting down.
Mrs. Wu looked to the side and saw this scene. She saw that Lishu was wearing a high bun today. She was cute and polite. She couldn't help but thought to herself, I would have hired this third girl from the Liu family if I had known about it. Just by looking at her complexion, she looked better than My three daughters-in-law are much better.
Especially since her father has now been promoted to the governor of the river, and his future will be unlimited. After all, my third daughter-in-law is a concubine. She can’t even shoot, cannot play Feihua Ling, can stutter even the simplest couplets, and can’t even write a poem. , It’s really a heaven and an earth.
Women don’t have to show talent, but they don’t have to be clumsy.
As long as what their family needs is not a woman, if it's a beautiful girl, you can't find it anywhere.
Grandma Wu was talking to Li Shu: "Now I heard that cousin Zheng is already in the Hanlin Academy? But it's okay."
"Everything is fine, thank you cousin sister-in-law for your concern. After some time, the osmanthus in our home bloomed. The Tianxiangtaige, Rixianggui, Fodingzhu, Agarwood and Dangui planted by my father-in-law are all the best among the osmanthus. When the time comes, I will post a post and invite my cousins to come over and play." Li Shu smiled.
Although Grandma Wu is in charge of the house, her mother-in-law, who is too old to control the mountain, often intervenes, so the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are in constant conflict, but she is also a woman, so naturally she hopes to relax day by day, so she quickly agreed.
"In that case, you posted the post that day."
Li Shu nodded and exchanged greetings with Second Grandma Wu and Li Rou. Second Grandma Wu thought she was first-rate in literary talent, so she said to Li Shu, "I heard that you are learning official script."
"Yes, I was originally learning regular script, but there was a slight shortage of official script, so I have been learning official script recently."
"Zhang Huaijin of the Tang Dynasty classified Mrs. Wei's official calligraphy as a 'wonderful product' in "Shu Jie", saying that the calligraphy is like 'the ice of five pots is broken, the moon is shining on the Yaotai, the graceful and fragrant trees are like the breeze'. I am here I have seen your regular script written by Aunt Zheng, and it has been written to the extreme. It is good to learn official script now." Second Grandma Wu expressed her opinion.
Li Shu nodded: "That's the truth."
But she didn't praise it very much. After all, Mrs. Wu was watching here. Mrs. Wu praised Li Shu's performance very much.
As for Li Rou, Li Shu asked a few questions casually. The sisters never got along very well, so she didn't say anything. Of course, this was noticed by Mrs. Wu, a caring person, and she thought that the Liu family had always said that their family tradition was awe-inspiring, but it seemed that was not always the case. The concubine sisters were not as good as us outsiders.
After chatting for a few words, Mrs. Zheng went to see the second daughter of the Wu family again. She was afraid that Lishu would be bored, so she said to her: "You haven't been to the Wu family for a long time, so why not go talk to your sister."
Li Shu agreed on the surface, but in fact she had a very ordinary relationship with Li Rou, just hanging out at Wu's house.
By chance, I met Chi Song, the future Crown Prince's concubine. Chi Song is twenty-eight years old this year. She is the Queen's niece and will marry the Crown Prince at the end of this year. Logically speaking, she should be surrounded by maids and servants. group, but at this time there was only a little girl following.
Seeing Li Shu, she also passed by in a hurry and didn't seem to notice that there was someone here.
people.
Li Shu glanced back and said to Zhulan and Lamei: "That is the future crown prince and concubine. Why are they in such a hurry?"
Just as the master and servant finished speaking and walked forward, they saw the third girl of the Wu family who had just come out of her sister's place. They saw Li Shu and said hello quickly.
Li Shu said: "Why did I just see Miss Chi walking in a hurry? Do you want to send someone to check on her?"
"Why bother, Cousin Hao, let me tell you. It was Prince Cheng who gave you three beauties. One of them is my elder sister. Now I am learning the rules with my elder sister. When the time comes, I will enter the palace with the royal concubine. Where is the palace?" Wu Sanniang said this with a bit of gloating.
So it seems that it is not easy to be a princess. Prince Cheng himself dismissed his concubines, leaving only Princess Cheng, who was born as a commoner. When his son was born, he married a famous lady and also married a beautiful woman into the palace. He really did not do to others what he did not want others to do to him...
After returning from the Wu family, Li Shu took a nap. On the day when the Wu family married their daughter, Li Shu took the initiative to let Mrs. Tan follow Mrs. Zheng out for a quickie, just as she wanted to rest at home.
Just after taking a nap, she heard that Zheng Ze's wife, Mrs. Wang, had come over. Lishu wondered why Mrs. Wang was here. Someone invited her over, and it turned out that they wanted to get her to do business.
"I have two ships, specializing in cargo transportation between the north and the south. I am thinking of buying a third ship, but I am still short of money. If you, sister, become a shareholder, I will be the first to give you the money I make." Wang said with a smile.
She also said that she was engaged in tea, raw silk, porcelain, etc. business, as well as some overseas freight.
Li Shu shook her head: "Sister-in-law Ze doesn't know that I just collect rent on weekdays. I'm really not good at other things."
No matter how Wang persuaded her, even showing her account book to Li Shu, Li Shu was still not tempted, so Wang left angrily because she didn't expect Li Shu to be so hard to talk to.
Li Shu did not agree, but Tan did. Her dowry was quite good. The Zheng family had also given a large betrothal gift, and the Tan family also prepared sixty-four to carry into the Zheng family. She has three thousand taels of silver at the bottom of the box. She has been here for more than a year. Because Zheng Qing is not in good health, she gets double monthly money. Lishu has five taels of silver a month, so she has ten taels, and Zheng Qing. Of the ten taels, as well as the daily rewards from the elders, she can be considered to have four thousand taels this year.
When she looked through Wang's account book, she was filled with joy and took out two thousand taels. Although she was a little tempted, she must have limited money at the bottom of the box. Later, she was persuaded by Wang and took out another one thousand taels.
A total of three thousand taels. After agreeing to buy a boat, I pooled my money and waited for the Mid-Autumn Festival to earn a round trip. But I didn't expect that after the Double Ninth Festival and the winter solstice was approaching, Zheng Ze's official finally waited, but Tan's money was gone. Still in vain.
In fact, she got her money back in the beginning, and Wang even gave her 500 taels. At first, Tan was very happy, which made Tan look forward to another deal at the end of the year.
Unexpectedly, the money was wasted.
At this time of year, Li Shu had already put on a feather satin cloak. Zheng Hao saw that Li Shu had applied powder on her eyebrows today and applied flower earrings. She also pulled the ends of her eyes like this, turned around and followed a little fox Similar.
"I'm going to be sixteen soon. Have you thought about how to celebrate your birthday? I'll invite you a small theater troupe to come over and have a fun day." Zheng Hao scratched her nose.
Although the relationship between the two is not as shattering and unforgettable as ever, they are getting closer and closer to each other and getting better.
Lishu
Shaking his head: "Actually, I don't even want to listen to the show. Besides, it's not a whole life thing, so why bother. On weekdays, it's not easy for me to ask you to take me out. On my birthday, you take me to burn incense and accompany me. Go out for a walk.”
"Is it so cold? Are you sure you want to go out?"
Zheng Hao laughed.
Li Shu nodded: "Of course it is. Although it is cold, I am very happy to have you with me for a day."
"Sure, it's settled." Zheng Hao looked at the sky and prepared to go out.
"I'll have someone bring you a food box at noon. It's all the food I cooked myself. You can't eat in a restaurant every day, right? I've asked your servant, and he said you can't eat more than three mouthfuls before drinking tea. If you're so careful again, I'll slap you." Li Shu really raised her hand.
Zheng Hao immediately begged for mercy: "Okay, okay, don't be seen by others."
Li Shu snorted coldly: "I really doubt that you grew up drinking dew."
"I'm leaving first." Zheng Hao was afraid that Li Shu would say it, because he was really a little afraid of her.
Seeing that her husband was gone, Lishu went to Mrs. Zheng's place to say hello, but saw Mrs. Tan crying here. Lishu understood in her heart, but she didn't understand on her face: "Brother and sister, what's going on?"
Mrs. Zheng couldn't say much, so she just said: "Your brother and sister bought shares in the boat owned by your fourth sister-in-law Ze, but the boat was commandeered, and all the cargo was looted by the troop carriers. Originally, her family sent people to salvage it. Who knew that all the porcelain was broken, the silk was unusable, and what’s more, the tea was so brewed that it was impossible to drink.”
Li Shu knew that Wang was not innocent in looking for her. Wang was a businessman, and businessmen were greedy for money. She originally thought that the Zheng family was famous, but she was shocked when she first arrived. Seeing her father-in-law becoming an official, the Zheng family was unable to protect themselves, and the generous gifts she gave them were in vain. And they live here leisurely. The six old ladies want agate today, and go to the silver house to get hairpins tomorrow. They want the best food and clothing. She can't withstand such use even if her money has been flooded.
So, she wanted to open up a business again, but this time she learned the lesson and didn't take the capital herself, but took all the capital from others. I heard that Mrs. Cui also took out 500 taels, and her mother-in-law Mrs. Liu also chipped in 500 taels, but Li Shu was resolute and did not participate.
If she makes a profit, she gets to share the profits, but if she loses, it’s others who lose anyway.
She patted her butt and left.
Lishu said in disbelief: "How could this happen? How much money did my brother and sister invest in this? It's really unfair."
Mrs. Tan was sobbing. She didn't want to say such a shameful thing, but now she has lost two thousand five hundred taels. How can people live like this?
Mrs. Zheng said angrily: "As the saying goes, one learns from one's mistakes, so you don't have to be sad, just think of it as buying a lesson."
Listening to the sound of these words, Li Shu knew that Mrs. Zheng would probably subsidize it privately, but she thought that as long as she didn't subsidize a lot, it would be fine. Mrs. Zheng must also have a sense of propriety.
It's okay for parents to take care of the weaker ones, but problems will arise if the bowl of water is too uneven.
Mrs. Tan is still unwilling. Her net worth has almost been wiped out, how can she not make people angry. She still has to go out to socialize and do business on weekdays. She has no money in her hand, so she may even be looked down upon by her servants.
The servants of the Zheng family are all polite on their faces, but who among them doesn't have a pair of snobbish eyes? At the end of the year, my sister-in-law's shop Zhuangzi gave me money, and she was usually frugal, but she didn't expect that at the end of the year, a sum of money was credited to her account. People who go to her yard grab a handful of loose money and reward her, and the servants also like to go to the big house.
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But there is nothing I can do about it. In any case, my family is not rich. During lunch, she went to the kitchen to cook a few home-cooked side dishes, including tender cabbage sums, stir-fried chicken until golden brown, stir-fried clams with leeks, and pickled cabbage fish soup with the flavor of pepper.
She pickled the sauerkraut herself, and no one else could make it taste like this. But it was strange to say that Zheng Hao, who is usually picky about food, only loves sauerkraut and fish soup.
The steamed rice should not be too soft. When she saw that the rice was almost ready, she made another kind of snack cup with a flame cup, with clusters of burning flames on the top and a shallow cup shape on the bottom. Zheng Hao prefers novelty things. .
Knowing that he loved noodle soup, Li Shu made duck-shaped noodle soup. Even the cook in the kitchen said it was very good. A few more side dishes that she made herself were sent together.
In fact, she didn't give it to him every day. Sometimes she would give it to him when she saw that he had a bad appetite.
But it was said that at noon, all the Hanlin officials in the Hanlin Academy went out to look for food, and Zheng Hao's servants brought food boxes over, and the servants spread out the food. As soon as Zheng Hao saw the duck-shaped dough, which looked so naive, he knew it was Li Shu's craftsmanship.
When one Hanlin saw Zheng Hao eating in the court hall, he couldn't help but said, "Is it the food sent by the family?"
Zheng Hao was inexplicably proud and said, "Yes, my wife did it."
The Hanlin said: "It is indeed done by my wife. I heard that my wife is the daughter of Liu Chengxu, the governor of the river. The Liu family is also a famous wealthy family in Beijing. She must have excellent craftsmanship."
After he saw Zheng Hao eating the duck-shaped noodle soup, his face suddenly became embarrassed: "It's pretty good."
Zheng Hao didn't know why: "Try the pickled fish made by my wife. This pickled fish is really the most delicious, and it's neutralized by peppercorns, so it's delicious."
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Because everything Li Shu cooked was to his liking, it was rare for him to eat a bowl of rice and a bowl of noodle soup. The boy cried with joy when he saw it. Zheng Hao felt more energetic about his work in the second half of the day and wanted to go home after getting off the government office earlier.
After Bu Zeng returned home, he heard that Li Shu had gone to the Song family. Her sister heard that she had been born prematurely, and Zheng Hao hurried over.
But it was said that Li Shu and Li Wan were guarding outside. Li Shu asked Li Wan: "What's going on? She was born prematurely."
"I don't know either." Liwan shook her head.
During this time, Li Zhen had just married into the Cen family at the beginning of this month. Li Rou heard that her mother-in-law refused to let her come, and Li Rou had just become pregnant.
Regardless of whether she is sincere or not, Lijia's etiquette is much more considerate than that of her other sisters, and Lishu is no better.
Lijia in the back room was soaked in cold sweat, but her eyes were staring blankly at the bed board. A few days ago, the dowry village had sent various rice grains. She set aside some to give to her mother. She is pregnant this year and it is inconvenient for her. They passed quietly, only Suxin and her man were allowed to go quietly, and they had to be more hidden so that no one could see them.
Unexpectedly, they said that the mother was gone. When she went to fetch water, she slipped and fell into the river. There was too much water in her lungs, and it was difficult for anyone to lift her up.
After Lijia grieved, she secretly felt relieved. Because of her mother's experience, they grew up in a bandit's den, so when she returned to the Liu family, she valued her reputation more than anyone else.
But Lijia felt uncomfortable because she had such despicable thoughts. It happened that the baby was going to be born prematurely. She stared blankly, thinking that it would be better to just die like this.
But if she dies, what will happen to her sister and son? The doctor said that her baby is likely to be a son...
"Ah..." She screamed when she realized that the child was about to rush out.
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Lishu heard a baby crying at the door, and someone wanted to hang up the bow, saying that Lijia had given birth to a boy. !
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