Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 419 Jiayou Six Years
Another two years passed, and it was the spring of Jiayou's sixth year.

The spring in the south of the Yangtze River begins at the house of Xiaoqiao Liushui. The weeping willows beside the river embankment spit out emerald green buds, and the pink peach blossoms are in full bloom. They are reflected in the calm river water together with the white wall tiles. , the quaint town with white walls and black tiles is hidden in the colorful spring scenery, with deep courtyards and smoke from people's cooking.

Mudu Town is full of flowers, flowers, willows and greenery, full of spring. This morning, Fan Ning wandered alone in Qishi Lane. Qishi Lane is still as lively as before. Various small vendors haunt here, because it is the only one in the Jiangnan area. The strange stone gathering area has a good reputation. Many foreigners also come here to try their luck. Buyers and sellers are very lively.

Fan Ning has no real official now, he is still a doctor from the Four Officials, and the position of marquis is still there, but the position of advising doctor is gone. Of course, he is not dismissed, but in Dingyou.

Fan Ning's father, Fan Tiezhou, went to Wuxi to treat patients two and a half years ago, and was accidentally injured and infected. He didn't take it seriously at first, but his condition got worse and worse, and he died at the age of 48.

According to the Dingyou system of the Song Dynasty, when parents or grandfathers died, officials had to leave their posts and return to their hometowns to observe filial piety for 27 months. Ding You, a high-ranking official, would be punished if he concealed himself and failed to report.

In addition, the imperial court can also abolish the Ding You Shou system for serving officials. This is called Duoqing, and if they are recalled in advance, it is called Qifu.

For example, Fan Ning’s grandfather, Fan Dachuan, died in the third year of his tenure as the magistrate of Kunzhou. Because he was not the grandfather who was brought up by the next generation, Fan Ning applied to the imperial court to win his love, and was approved by Taichang Temple, so he did not go back to observe his filial piety. .

But if the parents die, they must go back to observe their filial piety. Unless there is a war, the court will not easily allow officials to seize their love, at most they will be recalled in advance.

Fan Ning resigned from the post of Zuo Jianyi doctor, and led his family back to his hometown to observe filial piety, and Bao Zheng concurrently took the post of Zuo Jianyi doctor.

Keeping filial piety does not mean building a shed in front of the grave and living there for three years without taking a bath or cutting your hair. Although there are cases of extreme filial piety, it is still relatively rare. Most people spend their time leisurely in their hometown. Just go to add soil to relatives and sweep the graves. Other life is the same as usual, and there are not many taboos.

"President Fan, I haven't seen you for several days!"

People greeted him along the way. He has come here often in the past two years, and he is familiar with many vendors.

"Xiao San, are there any new products today?"

Fan Ning came to a small stall selling jade wares and squatted down. The stall owner was a young man of seventeen or eighteen years old. His father was Li Amao, who sold Fanning Xishan travel stones. He died of illness a few years ago, and his son took over his father's Ban, continue to beg for food in Qishi Lane, but Li Amao has long since given up Taihu stone business, he found a way to start jade business instead.

Fan Ning wears a piece of suet fat jade around his waist. The texture is warm and delicate. It looks like fat, oily and pure. It feels like holding a handful of suet oil without a trace of blemish. It is Fan Ning's favorite thing and has been worn on his waist , This piece of mutton fat jade was bought from Li San for 20 taels of silver.

"Senior officer, if you want the mutton fat jade from last time, there are really no more, but I got a piece of this yesterday."

Li San took out a cylindrical piece of white jade from the box, and Fan Ning's eyes lit up, "Jade cong!"

Jade cong is a sacrificial vessel. There were many in the Shang Dynasty, and they were buried with others. They were usually placed in the abdomen. Fan Ning took this jade cong. It was cylindrical, one inch thick, and the size of a tennis ball. It should be used It is carved from Nanyang jade.

Of course, in terms of jade quality, it is far inferior to suet jade. Although it is also delicate and smooth, with a thick coating, it does not have the fat feeling of suet jade, but it is a bit clear.

However, jade cong pays attention to the vicissitudes of time and its rich history, but the value carried on it is not comparable to suet jade.

"I want this jade cong, how much is it?"

Li San took out another paired jade cong and said with a smile, "This jade cong is a pair, 50 taels of silver."

"Expensive!"

Fan Ning shook his head, "At most 40 taels, for this price, either I take it or you keep it for someone else."

"Okay then! 40 taels is 40 taels, whoever makes a high official a regular customer, I will follow the price you said."

Fan Ning took out four ingots of official silver from his pocket and handed them to him, then smiled and said, "Actually, I still like suet jade. If you have the goods, just send them to me directly. I won't treat you badly."

"Don't worry, senior officials, I'll keep an eye out for you. As long as it's available in the market, I'll send it to you right away."

Fan Ning nodded, and he walked around for a while, but didn't see any good products, so he leisurely returned to the mansion with his hands behind his back.

Of course, Fan Ning's mansion was Zhu Yuanfu's one-hundred-acre mansion in the past. When Fan Ning and Zhu Pei got married, it was given to him as Zhu Pei's dowry, and his parents have always lived here.

As soon as Fan Ning entered the house, he saw a little girl stumbling towards him. Fan Ning was so frightened that he hurried forward to hug her, "My little baby, how can you walk?"

This is of course Fan Ning's child. As expected by Zhu Pei's mother Wang, Ouyang Qian was pregnant first and gave birth to a daughter last year named Fan Zhen. This is Fan Ning's first child. At nine months old, I was a toddler, but I didn't expect to be able to run a few steps.

"Fish!" The little guy shouted, pointing at the pond not far away.

She can say some monosyllabic words now, for example, the first one she can say is 'mother', and later she can say 'fish, chicken, dog, woman', etc., but she still can't call daddy, which makes Fanning a little regretful, But she likes daddy the most and pesters him all day.

Following the little guy is Fan Ning's mother Zhang Sanniang. After having a granddaughter, she gradually came out of the grief of her husband's death. She is almost fifty this year, with gray temples, and spoils her precious granddaughter all day long. As the saying goes, everyone in the family has opinions, and her own daughter has never seen her love her so much.

"A-Ning, Zhen'er asked you to take her to see the fish!"

"Mom! The weather has eased, don't dress her so much, like a cotton ball."

Zhang Sanniang gave her son a hard look, "Where is it warm? You don't know how it's cold in the morning and evening. You take it off and put it on again. It's easy to catch cold. What do you know?"

Fan Ning gave a wry smile and interrupted quickly, "Mother, where are Aqian and Pei'er?"

"Pei'er has reacted a lot these days. Xiaoqian is with her. I said, don't go out all day and spend more time with your wife. You have been married for almost five years, and she just got pregnant. Is it easy? "

"Aduo and Aya are accompanying her! All the stars are holding the moon, and I should accompany her. As for it!"

"What are you talking about, brat! Hoduo is your sister, Aya is your concubine, none of them are husbands"

Fan Ning was most afraid of his mother's nagging, so he hurriedly said: "I will take the girls to see the fish, and then I will accompany them, and I promise not to go out in the future."

"That's about the same. By the way, Xiao Su sent someone to send a letter. It's in your study! You can go and have a look later."

Little Su is Su Liang. They all came back from Kunzhou Gilding last year, and became officials in the capital. Served as an official in the imperial court.

Fanning nodded, hugged her daughter and went to the pond to watch the fish.

Zhu Pei was pregnant around the Chinese New Year, and now she is about three or four months old, and she has a relatively strong reaction, throwing up dizzily.

Since she was only pregnant after five years of marriage, she was shocked inside and out. Her mother came from the capital to take care of her, and her grandfather Zhu Yuanfu hired more than a dozen experienced midwives to take care of her. I specially wrote a letter to celebrate Fanning's birth of a son-in-law.

Fan Ning handed his daughter to his mother, and walked leisurely towards the backyard. Halfway through the walk, he remembered that Yu Cong was still in his daughter's hand!He hurriedly turned around again and found his mother and the little guy in the outer courtyard, but Yu Cong not only didn't want to come back, the little guy even hugged his neck and refused to let go.

Fan Ning had no choice but to carry his daughter back to the inner house. As soon as he entered the inner house, he met Ouyang Qian who was in a hurry to find his daughter. When the little guy saw his mother, he immediately burst into a smile and stretched out his little hand to be hugged by her.

"What are you holding in your little hand, it seems to be very heavy!"

Fan Ning quickly took the jade cong from his daughter and said with a smile, "My daughter is amazing! She can get the jade cong in only nine months."

Ouyang Qian rolled her eyes at him, "Your daughter is just as stubborn as you, and she won't let her go if she likes her."

While teasing his daughter, Fan Ning led the two of them to the inner courtyard.

"Husband, I want to have a son too!" Seeing that there was no one around, Ouyang Qian whispered to Fan Ning coquettishly.

Fan Ning and her both used contraceptive measures, mainly because she had given birth to a child less than a year ago and had to rest and recuperate, otherwise continuous pregnancy would cause great harm to her body.

Fan Ning chuckled, "It's not easy to have a son. I have all the experience, and I guarantee one hit, but I still have to wait. Niu'er is only nine months old, and when she is one year old, I will start preparing a baby brother for her. It's just two years old, how nice of you to say."

"But I think it's almost recovered."

"Let's raise him again! We also want to have a strong and smart son, don't we?"

Ouyang Qian pouted, but she had no choice but to carry her daughter and her husband into the inner house.

The two walked into Zhu Pei's yard, but saw her squatting and retching!There were several people standing anxiously beside him, and Fan Ning hurried forward to support his wife.

Zhu Pei stood up slowly, took a long breath, and rested her head weakly on her husband's shoulder, "Husband, why did I react so strongly? When Aqian was pregnant with her real son, I didn't see her vomit!"

Fan Ning carefully supported her and walked into the room, comforting her with a smile: "I guess it will be like this when you give birth to a boy, boys are naughty!"

"Mother, isn't that so!" Zhu Pei said coquettishly to his mother again.

In the past two days, Mrs. Wang was a little absent-minded. She was a little worried about her eldest son. She didn't have any phone calls these days, so she had to send an urgent letter to inquire about the situation, and she still hasn't replied.

Wang Xin said: "It's like this, I was like this when I was pregnant with your elder brother?"

"Mother, no way! What about when you were pregnant with your second brother?" Zhu Pei was so frightened that his voice trembled.

Only then did Wang wake up, and quickly smiled and said, "I'm speaking for your husband! In fact, I'm pregnant with the three of you and none of them responded. This should have nothing to do with having children. Everyone's constitution is different."

The two midwives on the side also laughed and said: "Ma'am is right, we have seen it a lot, it really has nothing to do with having boys and girls, some women react strongly, and some women don't respond."

Zhu Pei heaved a long sigh of relief, she didn't want to have a son like a big brother.

Fan Ning helped his wife back to the room and sat down, and had a conversation with her. Seeing that her mother-in-law was teaching Ouyang Qian the experience of raising a daughter, the room was harmonious, so she said goodbye to Zhu Pei quietly, and went back to the study by herself.

(End of this chapter)