Yuan Fu Nushu

Chapter 126, Qi Xi's Letter

"My in-laws asked me about my relationship with the Duke Huguo's mansion, why I went there for a day, and I naturally praised Sister Xiu to the sky. You and I watched Sister Xiu grow up since we were young. When she was not a housekeeper, she and Luzhu often stayed with Yanyan. Sleep and eat together, have we said anything? Sister Xiu is a good girl, and the family is willing to entertain her and Luzhu. Luzhu is also a good girl. I don’t like her father Song Xun today, and I can’t touch Luzhu.

I blew a few words to my in-laws, saying that Sister Xiu is our own daughter, and she will not forget her roots when she marries in Beijing. I listened to my in-laws, and the next morning was the fourth day in Beijing. Breakfast Extra rich, I teach the children, who doesn't have naughty people at home, who will come to live if we don't look at the master?

The kids didn't listen, I knew it.

When we came back that evening, the children must have had fun.

The teacher of the Yuan family has a big face. The second son of the Yuan family took the children to attend classes at the Wang family school all day long. Song Xun, He Feng, and our elders followed to see the world. The Wang family was really willing to spend money. We sat outside drinking tea and saw One after another, people went in to give lectures, some of them were still wearing official robes. The husband who accompanied us at the home school said that they had just returned from the Yamen, and that they were not called by Xueshi Wang, and they should go home directly.The end of the year is busy, and my in-laws are also busy, so I can understand him.

The family school also said that the ones who just entered were all celebrities. You scholars are so lucky. It is difficult for the local government schools in Beijing to invite them to give lectures. After listening to their lectures, you will definitely pass the palace examination.Song Xun and I were delighted to hear that, so we pooled money to invite all the gentlemen in the family school to eat, but the gentleman who spoke refused to accept it, saying that if Xueshi Wang made a speech, he needed the imperial examination to help one person, one person, and many talents in the country There is nothing wrong with it, especially the new recruits who are the students of his lifelong friends, and all of them should be treated kindly.

Xueshi Wang is really nice, as good as sister-in-law Xiu's house. Speaking of which, I have been going in and out these two days, and spent more than a dozen taels of silver on the corner door of my own in-law's house, but I have yet to see a smile on his family's face.

Celebrities don’t stop talking, they eat lunch and dinner here, it’s rare for the children to pay attention, I’m happy for them, it’s not that I feel sorry for the wallet, it’s because I want to be a guest, leaving late and returning early will not delay my in-laws’ house The door is closed, but all the officials who give lectures after dinner, if they don't listen to anyone's lectures, they are afraid of offending him, and they will also offend Bachelor Wang. After the children pass the official examination, they will be their colleagues. Now we can't offend them. What time did I leave, and it turned out that I became a monk at midnight.

Yuan Er Er invited me to sleep at his in-laws' house. I think about the rich breakfast, I can't go wrong in the evening, and I'm still angry when Song Xun said some sarcastic remarks. At that time, Song Xun was very polite to me, and from time to time it was about to talk about Yanyan, who was born well and read well.

We should hug each other when we are away from home. I don't want him to be angry. I am too busy taking the children back to bed to talk to him.

The corner door of my in-laws closed again, and I promised Sai Shiliang to open the door. I could feel that the children must be very happy, but when they arrived in the room, they persuaded me instead of making sarcastic remarks. Second uncle, don't be angry. There are no naughty people in your house. The in-laws are well, let's see tomorrow.

These naughty children are the first to be naughty. If they don't see them, they will be officials or adults. I will definitely beat them.

The next morning was the fifth day, and breakfast was delayed. Fortunately, I didn’t have to attend lectures today. I listened to too much yesterday. The second elder said that everyone should review and review today.

I went to my in-laws to ask about breakfast, and if they didn’t deliver it, we went out to eat, only to find out that my in-laws were out of Beijing on business yesterday and would not come back before the Chinese New Year. I felt ashamed and happy, so I could ignore it Others, take the kids out to eat.

The children are all naughty, they said Uncle, it’s nice to look at your in-laws with cold eyes, we will definitely make arrangements before we leave, let’s wait a little longer, maybe it will be delivered with lunch, they refuse to go out, each holding the back of their books Get up, I can't help it.

No breakfast in the morning, but a big plate of cabbage in dilute soup at noon, like pig food in our Xinji countryside, with unsteamed buns, like ice stones taken directly from the snow, how can this work?
The adults in the family come out to ask the children directions, lodge, cook and wash clothes, and take out to prevent them from getting sick. They don’t eat two meals and still study. How can this examination room be used?
Forget it, let Song Xun see a full set of jokes. Since my in-laws will not come back until the Chinese New Year, and Yuan Laoer has more houses, he doesn’t charge money, and he keeps inviting us to live there, so I will tell the passing family Madame bid farewell, soon a mother came out, faster than shouting at the corner door, before I opened my mouth, my mother said that my in-laws should go slowly, Madam Hou will not see you off when she is busy.What are you waiting for if I don’t leave with the children, they are kicking us out, blinding the wallet I sent out for nothing.

Yuan Laoer is really nice here, and there is also supper, Song Xun and He Feng are also polite when they see me, so it is not Song Xun who is laughing at me, but He Feng said that I am confused, and asked Song Xun to stab me a few words.It can be seen that Song Xun is a fool, why didn't He Feng stab me himself, but asked Song Xun to come out and speak.

I also thought that He Feng hastily settled on the green bamboo, which made Brother Yue not engaged so far. He Feng must be afraid that I would give him a few words instead. After all, the engagement in the dark sky and night, isn't it a robbery?
To do such an unreasonable thing, He Feng also studied under the teacher's school back then, and his ranking was also low back then, so I don't want to be angry with him.

This is the end of my writing today. The Duke invited Yuan Er Er to have a drink, and invited us to accompany him. I will have a drink first.

This letter will not be sent anymore, I will take it home to show to my eldest brother, the children will be led by the second elder when they go out, and they will be served by a special family member in the Duke Huguo’s mansion, and they will have four delicious meals a day, just like my meal at night, we will open There were six tables, and each table had sixteen dishes that were exactly the same, no one more and no one less.

A whole chicken in sauce, bad quail, white meat, fried meatballs and a pack of oil, this is a cold dish.Stir-fried daikon radish, stewed cabbage with ham, dried potherb mustard, sliced ​​magnolia, this is a vegetarian dish.The sweet and sour fish is delicious, the stewed duck is delicious, the big ribs are delicious, and the venison is delicious. These are meat dishes.The princess's house is really rich.And two soups, two pots

I told the children that if they failed this subject, I would be sorry for the hospitality from sister-in-law Xiu's family.

So Song Xun and He Feng said to me, let's go if we have nothing to do here, and we can go home to help with the New Year, and save sister-in-law Xiu's family some money.

Please leave everything to the second elder.Tomorrow we will go to the streets to buy Beijing specialties for Teacher Yuanjia, and we will also buy a lot for Sister Xiu.I plan to ask Yuan Er Er to hand over the rest of the money I brought to Sister Xiu and her son-in-law to pay for the children to live here. It should not be enough, and the tattered corner gate of the Nanyang Marquis Mansion pays back ten taels of silver once.When Yanyan gets married and I follow up in Beijing, I will bring some new collection of earthenware to sister Xiu and her son-in-law. "

Throwing down the pen, Qi Xi was still a little sullen, but what to do, the Huguo Gong's mansion has scholars and their fathers, his in-laws, no no, just call him Nanyang Hou's mansion, people have high eyelids any idea.

Brother, is this marriage a mistake?

Qi Xi, who never doubted her brother, had this thought in her mind.

(End of this chapter)