On the Difficulties of Escape in Ancient Times

Mr. Wu realized that County Magistrate Chen, his cheap brother-in-law, had some objections to him, and he was very obedient and didn't want to make others uncomfortable by staying, so he quickly bought the house, hired people to clean it up, and found several fortune tellers to tell the future.

Finally, we decided to hold a housewarming party on August 14th.

Of course, when holding a banquet, we must first invite County Magistrate Chen and his wife. Magistrate Chen doesn’t want to be related to my concubine’s eldest brother. It’s not because he is unkind, but because in the current world, he is my relative, not a serious relative.

If he really went, he would have offended his wife and brother-in-law.

Mrs. Chen knew very well and was unwilling to support the Wu family, so she simply asked the two aunts in the house and Aunt Wu's daughter to go for her.

As for the three sons, they are all in the academy and will not come back until tomorrow. Even if Aunt Wu wants her sons to support the scene, she does not dare to delay their progress.

Besides, she also asked Aunt Chen to go with her, so that everyone who went to the banquet would have something in mind.

Although the Wu family was a little disappointed that County Magistrate Chen and his wife were not invited, they took the opportunity to send out invitations widely. They wanted to take this opportunity to get acquainted with the wealthy businessmen in the county, and they also wanted to take the opportunity to find reliable people for their children. relatives by marriage.

After Mrs. Jiang received the invitation, she was too embarrassed to refuse it, but she didn't want to go, so she complained to her daughter-in-law: "My brother is moving, so he has the nerve to send us an invitation."

Mrs. Jiang advised her mother-in-law: "It's a bit unreasonable, but that person has given birth to a child after all, and we can't be too disrespectful to her."

"Otherwise, I'm afraid that by blowing some nonsense, it will cause trouble for us."

The old lady took the opportunity and said, "What you said makes sense. Why don't you go and sit for a while?"

My mother-in-law said so, and Mrs. Jiang had no choice but to agree, so she asked, "What should we give as a gift?"

"You can't give gifts that are too thick, otherwise Mrs. Chen will be unhappy." Mrs. Jiang was also very distressed: "And you can't give gifts that are too thin, otherwise the Wu family will be jealous and mistakenly think that we look down on others."

Although at this moment the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law look down on the virtues of the Wu family.

Old Mrs. Jiang said: "There are several pairs of white porcelain plum vases in the warehouse. They cost about twenty taels of silver to buy from outside. If you have them packaged, you can give them away."

Then he told her: "Wear a few more silver bracelets. I heard that the Wu family has sons and daughters. If they come to see you as a gift, you won't be unable to bring out the gift."

Mrs. Jiang was upset and impatient to socialize with the Wu family. Thinking about the unstable situation outside and her husband and son not being at home, she couldn't help but sigh: "I don't know when my husband and Yu'er will be back?"

"Hey, it would be great if Yu'er gets married and gives birth to a child. Even if the father and son are not at home, we won't be so deserted."

Especially for invitations that you don't want to go to, you can send your daughter-in-law away just like your mother-in-law did.

In order to have a good and comfortable life in the future, Mrs. Jiang took a deep breath and said, "I have to take a good look tomorrow to see if there is any girl who is particularly suitable for our Yu'er."

Mrs. Jiang also echoed: "You have to be well-behaved and sensible, and be able to read people's eyes. The most important thing is to be generous and capable."

She herself has a strong temper, and she was once worried that if her son married a daughter-in-law who was too capable and too shrewd, she would want to give her a hand when she entered the house.

It turns out that my daughter-in-law likes to read and write. She is very bookish, but she is a bit aloof and not very good at running a house.

I wish I could be a hands-off shopkeeper and let her go out to be guests, but she is always pushed back and forth.

But now that she is older, she also wants to live a quiet life for a few days, instead of going out every once in a while to accept invitations in order to maintain social relationships.

Now the old lady only wants to find a smart, strong and capable granddaughter-in-law, otherwise she is afraid that she will die with her eyes open a hundred years later. For the first time, Mrs. Jiang felt that she and her mother-in-law were connected and thought the same.

On August 14th, Mrs. Jiang took a carriage with her gifts and went to the Wu family for the banquet at the address on the invitation.

When we got to the backyard, we discovered that the Wu family really knew how to run the business, and at least fifty or sixty women were invited.

When Mrs. Wu heard that the mother of her future son-in-law had arrived, she asked her daughter to go with her to welcome the guests: "Mrs. Jiang, please come in quickly. Thank you for coming. We are new here. Please take good care of her in the future."

He then introduced his daughter: "This is my little girl Xiulian. She loves reading and writing, and she likes needlework and needlework. She is the most quiet girl."

She also inquired from Aunt Wu, and thought she knew Mrs. Jiang's temperament and preferences before introducing her daughter in this way.

Mrs. Jiang immediately rolled up a silver bracelet and handed it to Wu Xiulian. She praised it perfunctorily, but excluded the girl in her heart.

She would not want such a daughter-in-law, otherwise she would be exhausted if she did not enjoy the blessing of a filial daughter-in-law in the future.

Wuning County is neither big nor small. There are tens of thousands of households and hundreds of thousands of people in the county itself.

But most of them are ordinary people, and there are only more than a hundred families of wealthy businessmen or officials.

Even if Mrs. Jiang doesn't like socializing, she still knows all the ladies in charge.

Therefore, most of the people present were ladies she was familiar with.

She found that the county chief registrar's wife didn't come, but Inspector Zhao's wife did.

Since she saw it, Mrs. Jiang also wanted to say hello: "Mrs. Zhao, you look really good today."

Xiao Bai also smiled when he saw her: "Mrs. Jiang, please sit down quickly."

After a few words of greeting, Xiaobai asked quietly: "The two aunts and the eldest lady from the county magistrate's house are here, did you know?"

"I really don't know." Mrs. Jiang couldn't sit still after hearing this: "Then I have to say hello."

"Oh, don't leave yet." Xiao Bai pointed to the cousin next to her: "This is my eldest sister. She just came to us. Her youngest son was frightened on the way. I want to trouble your doctor to check it out tomorrow. .”

Mrs. Jiang glanced at the flattering Mr. Bai who was smiling at her, and agreed: "Okay, then you can leave your address."

Seeing that she was so easy to talk to, Mrs. Xiao Bai felt happy and continued: "My sister's eldest son is also very capable, but he is not married yet. If Mrs. Jiang knows a suitable girl, I would also like to trouble you to help make peace with him."

Hearing this, Mrs. Jiang was unhappy: My own daughter-in-law is still missing, why should I help you?

She just said a few perfunctory words and prepared to retreat.

But Xiao Bai held her back and kept talking non-stop: "My sister just wants to find a girl who can write and draw, and has a quiet temperament to be her eldest daughter-in-law."

These words sounded very familiar, and Mrs. Jiang laughed when she thought about it: "I heard that the girl from Mrs. Wu's family we are hosting today has such a good temper."

This is simply a match made in heaven.

Xiao Bai was finally willing to let her go, and she and Bai discussed in a low voice: "The only difference between the Wu family and Mrs. Chen is that she is not a serious relative of Mrs. Chen, but the daughter of Aunt Wu's eldest brother's family."

She also took the opportunity to show off and let her eldest sister know that the ladies she associates with now are either rich or noble.