Yuan Fu Nushu

Chapter 1, Won Soo
When the surging Grand Canal appeared hundreds of miles away from the new market town, it nourished two surrounding counties and dozens of market towns.

Villages accumulate around market towns, and Xinji Town, with about a thousand households, becomes the largest.

There is no outer wall, which is related to the garrison barracks ten miles away from the market town. There are usually 1 people in the establishment. In addition, the nearby area has a wide view of the plains, so there are no robbers and robbers. There is also a government office in Xinji Town, which is safe. Can be called worry-free.

This is an era of peace, not a turmoil.

When it was time to wake up, the night wind was like a cooling fan. The only daughter Yuanxiu of Yuan’s family walked out of the door, nodded to the left of the old mottled stone steps, took her nanny Xu Shi, and nodded to the right of the stone steps, and took her The old family is prosperous, and the three masters and servants pick a red lantern to close the door and check it all night, never feeling afraid.

Known as "a house full of books, a house full of peaches and plums", the Yuan family has a unique location in Xinji Town. The official rooms of the twelve yamen servants are in front of the left side of the Yuan family, and two people are on duty every night.

Looking at the large characters on the lantern raised high above the office room: Xinji Town, the red lantern in the hands of nurse Xu Shi is like a faint fluorescent light even if she is close to her. Don't always walk in the dark and fall carefully, youwang is not immune to suffering at the age of nearly fifty.

Youwang echoed yes, but he still tried to walk outside the candlelight as much as possible, so as to give more candlelight to the eldest girl. You must know that the old man didn't care about family affairs all his life, and naturally he didn't care about family affairs after his old wife passed away.

Yuanxiu is the old lady of the Yuan family, she is the only head of the house, and the head of the inner house with three members of the second bedroom family. The support outside, with the second master at home, is naturally the second master Yuanlian running errands.

The eldest girl is 14 years old this year. Although she has been able to measure rice and clothes in a few years, and she is quite decent in giving gifts in return, Youwang loves her very much and always treats her as a childish little girl.

In fact, Yuanxiu is not considered an adult, he just celebrated his birthday in March, and will be fourteen years old in April.

Youwang is not counted by age, nor by Yuanxiu who presides over housework. What the old family thinks is that the eldest girl has not yet had a good marriage. How can this be considered an adult?

He shook his sleeves and walked unsteadily, reminding Yuan Xiu to look at his feet: "This piece of soil is loose during the day, and it has not yet been paved. Be careful, girl, don't touch your dress."

Mrs. Xu made fun of him in turn: "Father, don't talk about a girl, you dropped and dirty your clothes."

You Wang answered her energetically: "I know, mom, don't talk too much."

Talking and laughing, they came to the gate, which was the first gate to be closed every night.

How can this door be closed?

Because it was closed.Song Cheng, the gatekeeper, is also a handyman. Whenever guests come during the day, they have to knock on the door instead of welcoming them.

Even if you knock on the door, it's only the small door on the gate that one person can enter. Songcheng makes a few bows and says the polite words of the guests who haven't arrived for a long time. Back, Mr. You, the most frequent local official, complained too many times, but Songcheng didn’t change it. He said that being so gentle was in line with the gentleness of the old man at home and the old men in office, and it was the scholarly demeanor of the Yuan family.

At this time, the red door is bright and quiet, and there is no one there. After dinner, it is the hour for the handymen to clean up the kitchen. If there is no Hongxiulou, which is three streets away, it will be like a dream in the middle of the night.

Youwang opened the small door on the door, Mrs. Xu went out first, looked left and right, indicating that the street was safe, the eldest girl felt relieved, stretched out one arm to pick up Yuanxiu, Youwang followed behind, the master and servant carried the red Lantern, first turn left outside the gate.

As long as the houses in Xinji Town have a gatehouse, not just two wooden doors, there are two walls on the left and right of the door.

Yuan Xiu stood still in front of the left wall, still under the gatehouse. The nanny Xu held up the lantern, and the old family stood still with stern eyebrows.

The scholarly reputation of the Yuan family came from this, and in the cool night breeze, Baojie Tiaozi was once again majestic, as if announcing its former glory.

Yuanxiu, who was bowing down, raised her spirits and strengthened her confidence. She prayed to the heaven in the moonlight: May the parents and uncles and aunts who are far away thousands of miles away have a precious child early, and also hope that the second uncle and aunt who stayed at home will also be happy. To have more precious sons, for the sake of my grandfather studying all his life, this family needs boys.

Otherwise, who can put another red card on this wall to announce the victory?

After worshiping, he took the duster behind the door and lightly brushed the dust, and the three masters and servants turned around and came in, closing the door really, but actually closing the small door.

The noise from the Hongxiu building three streets away had just risen, the Yuan family and most of Xinji Town turned off the lights and washed, ready to enter the silence of the night at any time.

Next, the living room, the kitchen, and the back door came one by one. The 14-year-old girl Won Soo, who was dressed as the head of the family, came to the three rooms next to the back door. She stood on her feet and smiled on her face.

This is the residence of the second master Yuanlian, his wife and his daughter Yuanhui.

Yuan Lian's wife, Zhen Shi, looked at the girl walking in the dark, and she still felt a deep sense of unaccustomedness.

Her daughter is eight years old this year, and Zhen's family has been married to Yuan's family for nearly ten years. She thinks that being filial to her parents-in-law is also harmonious with her sister-in-law.

Is it only Won Soo who is the eldest daughter?

As a scholarly family of the Yuan family, the Zhen family has also seen clearly over the years that the father-in-law is looking forward to a boy, and the eldest daughter of the eldest house can't keep up with the imperial examination. Put a bright red notice on the outer wall of the gate, even if Yuanxiu recruits Son-in-law who reads books——Judging from the family situation, Yuan Xiu and Yuan Hui will definitely find Shushu Lang, otherwise the father-in-law will not agree, and neither will her husband.

The son-in-law who is studying is a member of another family after all, and he still wants to kidnap a daughter, and no matter how big and grand his note of success is, in fact, everyone is the same as the note of success, and it is impossible for this note to be posted on the door of the Yue family.

Some people may say that if you look through the ancient history carefully, you may find a few son-in-laws who won the election, and the Yue family also posted a success, for example, the son-in-law?

There may be such exceptions, but under normal circumstances, after the son-in-law is elected, the words of the Fuze family generally refer to their own family.

This family needs a boy. Thinking of this, Mrs. Zhen couldn't help stroking her belly. After Yuan Hui, she has nothing to do. Concubine, but in the most recent letter, there is no word about the long house and the third house announcing the good news.

Zhen Shi really couldn't figure it out, how could the housekeeper's rights be given to Yuan Xiu?

Is it because she has to go to school and learn to read?

This reason made Zhen herself ridiculous. She was able to marry Erye Yuanlian because she also came from a family of old scholars.

　Baojie note: The admission notice of Ming and Qing imperial examinations, with personal information such as name and rank written on it, is given by a special
　　The reporter beat gongs and drums and sent it to Zhongju's home.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)