The garden of the Zeng family was still well-kept. Lishu held Qi Geer and pointed it out to him: "My mother used to play the piano here. She also wrote there."
In any case, she left wonderful memories in the Zeng family. Little Fu lacked companionship when Lishu was a child. When Lishu was studying, she was working abroad and had to raise her eldest son and give birth to a younger son. She missed her daughter's time. He also looked along Li Shu's hand.
Qi Ge'er ran over there and hugged the stone table: "Mother, I also want to write here."
Li Shu and Xiao Fu looked at each other and smiled, both of them were so cute by Qi Geer's actions. Lishu also said to her mother: "Normally at home, I take him to the garden every day. His grandmother is not in good health, so I am the only one who takes him out to play."
"I have said before that whoever takes care of the child will have sex with him, and your younger brother and sister cannot easily let Brother Qi eat the food she gives." Little Fu warned.
Li Shu nodded: "I know this, don't worry. Since I was pregnant last time, I have a small kitchen. I cook soup and water on weekdays, but I usually eat in the big kitchen. Besides, I Now, housekeeper, everything is under my control, don’t worry.”
"You still can't take it lightly." Little Fu reminded.
Li Shu understood.
The mother and daughter just didn't want to talk to others about right and wrong, so they went out to visit the garden, but the others told anecdotes that they couldn't tell apart.
Just now Liwan brought Mrs. Yan out. After the meeting, she did not let her go down. Instead, she was asked to accompany Mrs. Zeng Yi to wipe the cards while she went to greet her sisters.
This made Mrs. Yan finally feel that her concubine's identity was clear. When Mrs. Zeng Yi saw that Mrs. Yan was pregnant, she was very polite to her.
Over there, Li Zhenzheng whispered to Mrs. Xu: "Sister Yi is so generous. I wouldn't do this if you wanted me to."
Mrs. Xu narrowed her eyes: "Dadai? No wonder you were bullied like that by your mother-in-law. This is called hiding a knife in a smile. As for people, it's not good to see one's own position clearly, just like why are you fighting with Lin Taoer all day long? No matter what, you are the wife of the crown prince, and she is nothing. Even if your brother-in-law becomes a Jinshi in the future, so what? Can he compare with you?"
Li Zhen was dejected. She was afraid that people would say she was a literary thief, so she didn't dare to go out. What happened in the East Palace also made her afraid of getting into trouble. After a long time, she only dared to go to the homes of old relatives like the Zeng family.
Seeing her daughter like this, Mrs. Xu couldn't bear to scold her harshly: "Just wait until the prince comes back. You are still young, so take care of your health first."
Li Zhen was a little depressed. She had always been extremely strong. She was originally the best married woman with the highest status among the sisters, but unexpectedly she ended up being the most miserable.
Life is really like a practice. Li Zhen thought that her mother had difficulty giving birth to children, but she was able to give birth, but she lost one. Her body was well maintained, but her husband did not come back.
However, Lijia was teaching the Lord of Jintan County her experience in giving birth, and she was full of advice on children. The Lord of Jintan County was grateful to see that Lijia was so generous and considerate and did not hesitate to teach her.
This can't help but make Li Shu and Xiao Fu, who have just returned, marvel. These sisters in their family are really good people and can get along well wherever they go.
Mrs. Yan couldn't help but feel a little inferior when she saw Xiao Fu and Li Shu coming over. She heard someone just introduce that Mrs. Liu Jiayi was a famous painter, and Grandma Zheng was said to be the most talented woman in Beijing. These scholarly family members always looked down on women with bronze medals. Smelly businessmen, although they all look good on the surface, the Yan family doesn't dare to make mistakes.
Grandma Zeng here wants
Let Mr. Fu beat me.
Little Fu waved her hand: "It's not that I won't fight.
Brother Qi wants me to play with him. We are going to fight grass later. "
"Then Sister Shu will come. It's rare for Sister Shu to come over. You are also a busy person on weekdays." Aunt Zeng gave way to Li Shu, but Li Shu couldn't help but sit down.
Little Fu also said: "You are having fun, I will go next to you with Brother Qi."
Li Shu nodded: "Okay, then I'll leave it to my mother."
Everyone present envied the mother-daughter relationship between Xiao Fu and Li Shu. Their daughter married a man as she wished, and the Zheng family and the Liu family were very close.
Li Shu's luck was not very good, but she didn't care much because it was normal to win or lose when playing cards.
Mrs. Zeng San smiled and said: "Yes, Third Miss, I heard that your uncle is now an official. Have you ever had a sutra feast?"
"Why not? I carried Brother Qi over and told Wang Shi about their table. They had already prepared a lot of baskets. I didn't have any preparations, so I borrowed a basket from them. Bowls, chopsticks, cups and plates. You can pack them all up and go home. My uncle didn't want to take them, so I took them." Li Shu felt very funny when she thought of this.
Mrs. Zeng Yi couldn't help but ask: "Is this possible? I really didn't expect it."
Lishu nodded: "Yes, there are also our Huguang vegetable rolls and slices. Last year, my grandfather even talked to me about it, so I just borrowed flowers to offer to Buddha and sent them over."
If the son of Mrs. Zeng San wants to start a career, it should be noted that the person who presides over the examination every year is the CI Minister, that is, officials of the Hanlin Academy and the Six Ministries, especially the Hanlin of the Hanlin Academy, which almost determine whether you can pass. There are also too many variables in the imperial examination. Talent and learning also require luck, so if you can worship Zheng Hao, your son will have a good chance of taking the imperial examination.
Now when Li Shu talks about the Sutra Banquet, everyone is yearning for it.
"What a fool." Mrs. Zeng Yi pushed the cards.
Lishu asked her servant to pay for it, and there was no trace of displeasure on her face. Mrs. Zeng Yi thought to herself, as the saying goes, a good brand means a good character, and Lishu was indeed very generous.
Li Zhen and Li Wan were talking again. Li Wan heard the details and just said: "Actually, you don't need to be angry. After some time, who will remember these things."
"Sister Yi, are you really that kind to Aunt Yan? She is not an ordinary girl." Li Zhen probed.
Liwan smiled bitterly, her face a little pale: "I felt uncomfortable at first. After all, I am the legal wife, but you see I have no children. If I don't keep her, then I will be the sinner of the family. Besides, there are He has a son, so he won’t be devoured to death. I think about it and all the jealousy goes into my stomach.”
Originally, Li Zhen also thought that Li Wan was hiding a knife behind her smile as her mother said, but after hearing this, she felt that it was indeed the case.
In any case, Cen Shifang already has a son. Although he is a concubine and Cen Shifang doesn't like it, he is still a son after all. If you can keep your title, you won't lose it.
Just like the same situation in her family back then, if Aunt Hu didn't give birth to a son, her father's family position would most likely be inherited by the sons of the same family, along with his property.
"Sister, I've suffered a lot for you." Li Zhen sympathized with Li Wan because she couldn't do it if she was asked to treat her concubine as a sister.
Liwan shook her head: "Who doesn't have no choice but to do this? That's it. Our wives are guarding me like a thief. If I was like Lishu and Lirou, who gave birth to a child right after entering the house, why should I be so angry? "
Li Zhen sympathized with each other and listened to Li Wan's true words.
I don't like Yan's eyes. Lijia held her own as a legitimate daughter, and her care for her concubine was concern, but she would never sympathize or support her. As for her husband Song Mingji, she always let those who couldn't be dealt with live together and let them kill each other, while she controlled the overall situation.
After playing the cards, they ate again at Zeng's house. Qi Geer ate alone beside him and did not need any wet nurse or maid to feed him. His food tasted very sweet. They played with little Fu for a long time, but unfortunately he passed out after eating. Drowsy.
After the child went to bed, of course the adults could go and listen to the play. At this time, Mrs. Zeng Yi asked Yan to go back to avoid disturbing the child in her belly.
Mrs. Yan was still very excited, and the maid beside her reminded: "Girl, don't take it lightly."
"No, if she wants to go to Muliuzi, why should she introduce me to me in a big way today and let me show up? Shouldn't she let me quietly in the backyard?"
Yan has now dispelled any doubts.
She met her grandma's family today. Mrs. Yi of the Liu family is a very good person to concubines. She treats everyone with tolerance, whether it is the eldest daughter or the first daughter of the Liu family. She heard that Liu Liwan grew up with Mrs. Liu Jiayi, so it must be the same, and she felt relieved.
The dinner party was over, and Mrs. Fu was originally going to send Li Shu off, but she didn't know that Zheng Hao came to pick her up.
Lishu took Brother Qi back with Zheng Hao. Brother Qi ran over as soon as he saw his father. Zheng Hao picked him up and the family of three stood together, which made people envious.
The head of Jintan County also packed a lot of supplements for Li Shu, saying that they were given by the Crown Princess of the East Palace and she could not finish them.
Liwan also joked: "Don't you know, third sister, that the Crown Princess is really kind to our fourth younger sister? If the fourth younger sister is a boy in her belly, she will be a companion to her grandson in the future. If it is a girl, I'm afraid she will have to be a mother-in-law." Where is Concubine Sun?"
"Third sister-in-law, please don't say this." The head of Jintan County was embarrassed.
Everyone laughed, and Lijia looked on with envy. Why are other sisters supporting each other so well?
Unexpectedly, after returning from the Zeng family, Lishu heard no news about the so-called mistreatment of Yan's miscarriage. There was not even any news about the kind of supplements that women are accustomed to, or about making pregnant women eat more to make it difficult to give birth. heard about it.
Little Fu even said: "It seems that the first wife of the Zeng family is watching, and there is nothing Liwan can do."
Only Li Shu didn't believe it. She waved her hand and said, "These are just temporary, mother. I don't believe that Liwan really has no grudges. She just acted to make you all believe that she is harmless."
"But you don't know that Po Wen was invited by Mrs. Zeng Yi and has nothing to do with Liwan." Mrs. Fu also said that the people around Yan were all servants from Yangzhou, and Liwan didn't send them there either. No way to start and so on.
Even Zeng Yunxi took the initiative to allocate several shops under his name to make makeup for her because of Liwan's generous and decent behavior.
From everyone's unanimous suspicion, to now even Xiao Fu thinks that there should be no problem, Li Shu still insists on her opinion: "No, mother, don't look now, you will know in the future, I always feel that she It won’t be that simple.”!
