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"Second brother, what kind of family law are you trying to do to us? We came with the fourth sister. We didn't want to see some foreigner, or the sixth son of Uncle Yongchang's family. We just wanted to see what Mo Lan was going to do. "

Although Ru Lan's explanation is very pale, it is true.

Even Sheng Changbai, who knew the facts, didn't quite believe this explanation, let alone let Sheng Hong believe it.

"Yes, Second Brother." Ming Lan nodded in agreement in the narration.

"Ru Lan, Ming Lan, don't you two have too much free time? You care about what Mo Lan does and what she does. You first take care of yourself. If she wants to do something, do you want to do it? What about your own upbringing for so many years?"

Sheng Changbai actually wanted to say, one of these two is the daughter of the family who is raised by the eldest lady of the family, and the other is the girl who was raised by the old lady, what is the comparison with the girl raised by Molan, it is too ugly, so I didn’t say anything exit.

"I just want to catch some of Mo Lan's mistakes." Ru Lan said aggrieved again.

"Then what's wrong with you grabbing Mo Lan?"

"I saw Mo Lan hiding behind the screen, privately watching the outsider." Ru Lan replied with a whimper.

"Yes, and then, you caught Mo Lan's mistake and committed it with her, right?"

He has been tricked by Mo Lan not one hundred times, but eighty times since he was a child, but he doesn't care much.

Compared with Mo Lan's scheming, Ru Lan's kind is a picky cabbage that loves to play.

He can't play at all, and he doesn't have a brain if he suffers so badly, and he always likes to provoke Mo Lan.

"You two just wait, wait until the Countess of Yongchang and her son are sent away, and wait for the father to settle accounts with you!"

After watching Mo Lan also come out from the back door, Sheng Changbai said to the two Lans.

Then Sheng Changbai made another round, entered the Weirui Pavilion through the main entrance, and saw Mrs. Wu, mother and son.

"I've met Mrs. Wu and Mr. Six."

It is also the family of the Earl's Mansion, the Earl of Yongchang, who is valued by the emperor, and the Earl of Zhongqin, who is despised by the emperor, are not at the same level at all.

This kind of Earl's Mansion in power is not far behind the Sheng family.

The two families belong to the civil and military divisions, and they didn't have much communication at first. This Mrs. Wu suddenly came to Sheng's house.

More or less abrupt and reckless.

But in combination, Mrs. Wu is enthusiastic and enthusiastic about doing things, and she likes to do things that help people protect the media.

It is not surprising that Wang Ruofu warmly entertained her and the Sheng family attached great importance to it.

The marriages of the five children of the Sheng family have not yet been settled, and Mrs. Wu, the enthusiastic matchmaker among the noble officials, can certainly be respected by the Sheng family.

"This is Tanhualang from your family, he is really handsome and talented."

The earl's wife is also a good communicator, and what she said in the scene is still very pleasant to listen to.

Mrs. Wu's communicative ability among officials and women.It was no less than Sheng Hong's long-sleeved flurry among men.

"Master Sheng, Mrs. Wang, I heard that your family has a few well-bred daughters, could you let me meet them?"

It is not the purpose of Madam Wu to see Sheng Changbai. Recently, Madam Wu has been visiting various houses in the capital.

And enthusiastically organize various large-scale activities, of course not all for doing good things.

One of the main purposes is to show Liang Hanxiang a daughter-in-law.

After such tossing, the goal is of course to see the daughters of each family.

"Miss Wu wants to see you. There's nothing wrong with that. Wait a minute. I'll let Ru Lan come out to meet Madam Wu."

Wang Ruofu's cautiousness is very obvious, so he planned to call Rulan only if he was so straightforward.

If there is any suitable marriage, she still hopes to fall on her own daughter Ru Lan.

"Mistress, since Madam Wu wants to see our daughter, let Mo Lan and Minglan come out together to meet Madam."

Sheng Hong obviously couldn't agree, the three Lans were all his daughters, and he couldn't do without his favorite Mo Lan, so he brought Ming Lan with him as well.

"Mother Liu, ask the girls to come and see the eldest lady."

Although Wang Ruofu is sometimes aggressive towards Sheng Hong at home.

But in front of outsiders, he still pays attention to saving face for the Patriarch Sheng Hong.

After glaring at Sheng Hong, he still ordered Mother Liu to call all three Lan.

"Beautiful in appearance, well-behaved, and generous, the grand family is worthy of a scholarly family, and the three daughters are well-bred." After meeting the three orchids, Mrs. Wu still praised politely.

Because of the Sheng family's genes, San Lan's appearance is not bad.

Even among the three orchids, Rulan, who is the most unremarkable in appearance, is also fair-skinned and delicate, and she is also very capable among honorable officials.

But for the daughter of an official family, appearance is only second, and the most important thing is character.

As for the appearance of the regular wife, as long as the facial features are correct, it is enough to be above the qualified line.

The principle of being resistant to concubines and seductiveness in marrying a wife and a virtuous person is still generally applicable to high families.

Outstanding appearance can only be regarded as a bonus item, character, character, and upbringing are the key conditions for a wealthy family to choose a daughter-in-law.

"Ms. Wu is too much." Wang Ruofu replied modestly.

It is also because of the many social occasions I have experienced, and I have been trained from my ears and eyes since I was a child.

On various social occasions, Wang Ruofu's performance can't be considered bad, and most of the time he can still be polite.

Mrs. Wu has met the daughter of the Sheng family, and she has a good impression of the daughter of the Sheng family, so she is satisfied.

I didn't have anything with Wang Ruofu, chatted for a while, drank two bowls of tea, and left Sheng's house with my son.

……

"Father, when I entered Weirui Xuan..."

After sending them away, Sheng Changbai reported to Sheng Hong what the three Lan had done.

That is to say, through Sheng Hong, Mo Lan can be disciplined to some extent.

The remaining two Lan, when Sheng Hong disciplined Mo Lan, it didn't hurt to be disciplined by the way.

Sheng Changbai likes Minglan's character very much.

Rulan's character, apart from being unintentional, Sheng Changbai can probably be satisfied.

But Mo Lan, who was brought up by Lin Xishuang, was somewhat too frivolous.

The young lady of a well-off family was treated as a brothel girl by Lin Haoshuang.

Normally, she acted like a brothel woman seducing a man.

It's really what the girls in the brothel need to learn, and Lin Xishuang cultivates Mo Lan's talents.

Lin Xishuang was still used to being a concubine, she lacked a lot of knowledge, and she was too petty.

If you want Mo Lan to marry into a noble family, but don't teach Mo Lan how to manage the house, it's a skill that a serious lady needs to master.

What they teach are how some concubines compete for favor and how to rob men.

Sheng Hong really needs to take time out and correct him with more discipline.

After all, she was his younger sister, so Sheng Changbai hoped that Mo Lan would be more serious.

No matter who Mo Lan wants to marry, a serious lady who acts like a concubine all day long will not have a good life.

Sheng Changbai didn't get involved in how Sheng Hong punished San Lan.

After all, as long as you don't lose your manners in front of outsiders, it's not a serious matter if you take a look at people.

Sheng Hong's punishment for San Lan was nothing more than hitting his hands with a ruler.

Beware of San Lan, don't make up your own mind and do such unreserved things again.

It was just that after Sheng Hong finished his punishment, he gave each of the three Lan a bottle, and the bruise medicine he prepared went over.

That is to say, the Sheng family never thought of marrying Lan to Liang Han.

Otherwise, Sheng Hong himself might have ordered his daughter to hide behind the screen and see how he was doing.

Letting the daughter hide behind the screen to see the future son-in-law is also an old tradition in the family of noble officials.

Sheng Hong was seen by Wang Ruofu in this way at the beginning, and when Sheng Changbai went to Hai's house, he was also seen by Hai Chaoyun hiding behind the screen.

The atmosphere of the Great Zhou Dynasty was still relatively open, and there was no complete blind marriage.

Most parents will create some opportunities for their daughters to look at men.

At least for most people, they can pick someone who has a good eye.

……

"Second brother, you have done us a disservice. We finally didn't have to go to school. My father asked my grandmother to find a nun from the palace to come to our house to teach us the rules."

After healing the injury on her hand, Ru Lan came to complain to Sheng Changbai.

As far as the school is concerned, even if the three Lan have graduated, the youngest Ming Lan is 12 years old, Ru Lan Thirteen and Mo Lan Fourteen.

In this age when women can get married when they are fifteen years old, the three orchids are almost considered to be big girls.

After studying in the school for six years, Sanlan has been able to read and write, learned the classics of filial piety, women's training, women's precepts, some Analects of Confucius, and part of the book of rites.

The knowledge learned is enough for women.

In the family of officials in the Great Zhou Dynasty, even if the basic education for their daughters was completed, it was up to the woman's personal choice whether to pursue advanced studies in the future.

At this age, women have passed the age of learning theory, and it is time to plan for the future and learn life skills.

For the life skills of women in these big families, the most important thing is to be able to manage a family business well.

Because men in feudal society paid more attention to official career, most of the affairs in the back house should be left to women.

It sounds simple, but it is actually quite complicated to manage.

It is a family that is still developing like the Sheng family, and there are hundreds of people in the family.

Managing these things well is not as easy as managing a small-scale company in later generations.

Just talking about family affairs, the housekeeper’s woman needs to master everything that happens in the family related to family errands, money and goods, filial piety to in-laws, raising children, weddings and funerals, eating and drinking.

After the family has been dealt with, there are still external human relations outside the family, such as weddings and funerals in the good family, welcoming and sending off, and it is also the job of the lady in charge.

In addition, the family's property, farm, and shop also need a housekeeper to take care of them.

Buying property, running a business, developing and growing one's own family, who to be friendly with, and who to be hostile to, these things may be decided by men.

But when it comes to implementation, operation, and management, most of them are done by the housekeeper.

Not only to be able to spend money, but also to be able to make money is definitely not that simple.

"Ru Lan, how can this be considered a hardship to you, you should learn some rules. You are so unruly at home, and you will marry someone in the future and live in someone else's house. How will you live in the future?"

How could a mother-in-law endure a daughter whose biological parents couldn't bear it and felt that she had no rules when she went to someone else's house.

"I don't want to marry as high as my elder sister. I just want to marry an ordinary family, just an ordinary poor family. If the family is an official, it is best not to surpass my father and second brother in official position, so that their family is not as good as ours. , I don’t have to be bullied.”

Judging from Rulan's age of only 13 years old, Rulan's words are quite clear about marriage.

"Rulan, do you mean that you want to be like your mother? My mother was the daughter of the grand master, she married into our Sheng family, and she lived such a life all her life. You don't know how much wronged she has suffered. Our father just Fifth rank officer, how dare you say that your life can be smoother than that of your mother?"

But in Sheng Changbai's view, what Rulan sees is transparent, but not much.

There are two real examples of tragedies after marriage around me.

Old Madam Sheng, the prostitute of the Hou family, was married to Tanhualang from a poor family, and met with a doting concubine who killed his wife.

Wang Ruofu's grand master's concubine's daughter married Sheng Hong, a concubine son from a poor family, and she was also spoiled by a concubine and killed her wife.

There were two tragedies of getting married in her own family. How could Ru Lan have the confidence that after she got married, she would be able to live well.

With Rulan and Wang Ruofu's indistinguishable temperament, it seems to be right, repeating Wang Ruofu's life again.

Wang Ruofu can give birth to a genius like Sheng Changbai, to fight for himself, and to win back a large part of the scene for himself.

Whether Rulan can give birth to a promising son is completely unknown.

"Second brother, after I get married, you won't just watch me being bullied, will you? Second brother, you will definitely join the value center in the future, and you will become a killer. You won't just watch your sister being bullied. Husband’s family bullied you, right?”

Ru Lan said coquettishly to Sheng Changbai.This can be regarded as one point that Rulan is stronger than Wang Ruofu, and she will show weakness to some extent.

But her own virtue is not enough, even if she takes this extra share to show her weakness, Rulan's future will not be much better than Wang Ruofu's.

"I won't just watch you being bullied, but it's okay if you can stay in Bianjing. If you're not in Bianjing, where the mountains are high and the rivers are long, I just want to help you, but I'm powerless, just like our uncle helped You are not like your mother, what do you do for it?"

Seeing that Rulan has suffered more than [-] losses from Mo Lan since she was a child.

Just know that Rulan, like Wang Ruofu, is a person with no means.

If there was a concubine like Lin Baoshuang in the family, Rulan would not be able to fight against her.

I don't have the ability to fight in the house, and I don't have the ability to take care of men and manage the house.

No matter how high-status Sheng Changbai was, it was impossible for him to go to his brother-in-law's house and help Ru Lan fight in the house.

Just like the situation Dafang Uncle Wei faced before, Dafang has countless means, and can easily manipulate Sun Shentong.

But in the end, what Uncle Wei could do was to let Shulan get a divorce.

In the end, Shulan was the result of a bad marriage and divorce.

No matter how she can get revenge on Sun Shentong, Shulan has suffered so much, she can't make up for it.

"I'll just learn from Mammy."

After being hit by Sheng Changbai, Ru Lan realized a little bit of reality, and replied dejectedly.