After the Shu sisters left, Mrs. Zheng did not talk much about their topic with her youngest daughter. Instead, she continued to ask about the registration with great interest.
Sheng Yuan didn't think too much. As soon as her mother changed the topic, she was led to start talking loudly, and described in detail the good deeds she had done.
The system lost its temper with the host who didn't have a long memory and could only cover his head and shake it vigorously.
Sheng Yuan prides herself on being upright and aboveboard, patting her small chest with pride.
"Why did you hit someone again?" Ms. Zheng was so angry that she couldn't help laughing. Looking at her little girl's pride, she silently tapped her forehead with her hand and asked, "Can you stop doing good deeds like a bully? ?!”
"You don't look like a bully!" Sheng Yuan covered her head and puffed her cheeks and asked, "Which bully can do it on his own! Besides, who can bear to listen to those two bad guys chattering! Just beat him to make him more sensible and behave well. Talk and save yourself the effort of arguing with them.”
"You are always right! But the problem is that if you become an official in the court in the future...like becoming a magistrate or county magistrate, you will have to pay respects before judging a case?!" Mrs. Zheng was very puzzled. The little girl's facial features were obviously extremely delicate. How come things are so rough?
"Then, let's talk about what happens next. Specific issues should be analyzed in detail and cannot be generalized." Sheng Yuan rubbed her nose and refused to discuss this issue.
"..." Ms. Zheng didn't hold on to her, she just thought that she was still childish and it would be better when she got older.
In the evening, the family of four had dinner in the flower hall and were sitting together chatting, when Mrs. Zheng mentioned the Shu sisters.
"...I think Shu Erniang wants to go, but Mrs. Shu doesn't really agree."
Sheng Xiangxun nodded indifferently and said while cracking nuts: "They have their own plans for the sisters. If they really want to speak out, can we watch it? It just depends on how they choose."
If it's not his daughter, he doesn't want to worry about it. He doesn't even pay much attention to his nieces, let alone the girls from his in-laws' families.
"We raise our own children at home. The Shu family may not agree with our family's ideas."
He advised his wife not to care too much: "Even if you mean well, you have to be appreciated. They live here as guests. Let's just eat, drink and be treated well. Don't talk too much."
Seeing his attitude, Ms. Zheng was a little helpless: "That's what you said."
"Since that's what it says, let's do this!" Sheng Xiangxun didn't understand why his wife was worried about someone unrelated to her. "My daughter is about to take a big exam. How can you still worry about other people's daughters?"
When Sheng Ran heard this, she looked up at her mother who was looking at her father silently. She also saw her little sister lowering her head and peeling nuts seriously. She could only smile and said, "Dad, you really don't understand why mother is worried?! Although my sister-in-law is Shu My daughter, but now she is the wife of the Sheng family, the biological mother of your future grandchildren! If she has such an attitude towards the girl's imperial examination, will it not be your biological grandchildren who will be affected in the future? "
When Mrs. Zheng saw the emotion in her eldest daughter's words, she couldn't help but nodded and sighed: "Look, you are worse than a child!"
Sheng Xiangxun pouted: "Whoever gives birth is responsible for it. Is it possible that only the Shu family is in charge of children's education? Is Brother Xin just a decoration? We can't be allowed to be grandparents, endlessly taking care of this and that! Everyone Just take responsibility for what you gave birth to, and ask those who gave birth to you to take responsibility for yourself! It’s annoying to care too much!”
He was very thoughtful, but what he said made Zheng want to punch someone.
"Mom, what dad said is right. As long as the children and grandchildren don't go astray, let them be. Can you control two generations of one generation? Can you control three generations and four generations?" Sheng Ran hugged Zheng's arm and asked. He rubbed her back to comfort her and said, "It's better to be like my father and just be a good family man!"
"You!" Ms. Zheng asked her to be more at ease.
Just as they were about to say a few more words, their youngest daughter suddenly raised her head and asked them: "The eldest brother's wife is destined to be the wife of the head of the family and the mother of the heir to the marquis mansion. Why don't you look for her according to our family's style?"
Sheng Yuan was very puzzled, why didn't his parents find a similarly liberal girl as their daughter-in-law?
"Who asked your maternal grandparents to directly arrange a marriage with the Shu family!" Ms. Zheng held her forehead. She was also stunned by the news at first. "When we found out, the scholar who taught your brother had already become a matchmaker. He was Your brother's mentor is different from the teachers in the academy. He is the kind of master who is a teacher for a lifetime and a father for life. The family he said is from an excellent family, and the girls from the Shu family are also the most virtuous in the local area. Girl, how can we refuse you?"
Sheng Xiangxun then said: "Your brother was basically raised by your maternal grandparents. Even if we are his biological parents, we can't get around them. What's more, your brother himself has never objected, and we have no objection. principle."
After hearing this, Sheng Yuan couldn't help but sigh: "This is the pitiful thing about blind marriage and mute marriage!"
The Shu family's sister-in-law seems to be fine now, but her attitude toward women's imperial examinations is completely opposite to that of their family, which makes them unable to get along with each other.
"You can stop it! If your brother looks like a girl who thinks about it, wouldn't it be more angry?" Sheng Xiangxun thought about that scene and wanted to beat his son.
Seeing his disgust, Ms. Zheng pinched nuts and threw them at him and said, "Why do you say that?! From my point of view, apart from having some old-fashioned ideas, Mrs. Shu is still a good person! She is fully qualified for the position of the matron of the Hou Mansion, and she is a good steward of the house. Clearly, he is a good host and presenter, and it seems that he has been strictly educated since he was a child."
Speaking of this, she looked at her little daughter who was leaning on the couch and looked just like her father, and said funnyly: "On the contrary, I gave birth to these two..."
She looked at her eldest daughter, who was sitting in an upright posture, looked past her, and changed her words directly: "Especially this little one, who is even more naughty than the husband. How can she look like a lady!"
"Everyone can take the imperial examination and enter politics, so naturally they should hold themselves to the standards of a husband." Sheng Yuan looked at her parents and sisters, raised her hands and said, "Most of the husbands who studied for the imperial examination are like this. They only care about their studies and nothing else. I don’t care at all, I have clothes on my hands and food on my hands and I can open my mouth, it’s so cool to be a master who throws away his hands!”
"That is, our daughters have already entered the official career, so naturally they have to be on an equal footing with the husband. How can we demand ourselves like girls in the boudoir? They have to learn different etiquette. If they behave like noble ladies, they will be regarded as It’s not generous to be coy!”
Sheng Xiangxun felt that his eldest daughter had a dignified posture and looked wealthy, while the younger daughter behaved carelessly and in the style of a celebrity. Anyway, she was good everywhere.
Girls from other families were piled up together, and none of them was as good as his.
After hearing these words, Sheng Yuan nodded repeatedly and almost shouted, "Daddy is a true confidant."
The reason why she restrained herself was entirely because her father asked her mother to suppress him with force using a duster.
Since her father can't handle it, then with her round little body... she'd better be more honest.
Thinking like this, she took her sister's hand and left in a flash.
Her father was left crying out in grief and indignation: "My cotton-padded jacket is so leaky!"
(End of chapter)
