Stir-fried Datang: The Strongest Daughter

Chapter 57

Yang Xiaoran walked over in small steps, a trace of vigilance flashed in his eyes.

The devil's father now looks like he is about to go crazy, telling himself to go there will definitely be no good.

Just took two steps, suddenly Pei's roar came, "You guys haven't eaten enough?! Husband, why are you messing around with a bunch of kids?! Come here, my little lady, help me take the steamer!"

As he spoke, he thumped his own waist and said, "I'm old and useless."

"Mom, let me massage for you."

Yang Xiaoran, as if she had been pardoned, hurriedly ran to Pei Shi's side and pressed Pei Shi up, "Mother, let the servants do these jobs in the future, you have a good rest."

Mrs. Pei glanced at Yang Xiaoran, and a trace of relief flashed in her eyes.Although he was a bit stubborn, he still knew how to feel sorry for himself.

He touched her little head, and said in a low voice: "Miss, remember, although these are the jobs that servants can do, once a woman is married, she must always regard her husband as her god. Every morning, she cooks for her husband herself. Chaoshi shows caring and virtuous virtue. Even if newcomers come in in the future, your husband will not neglect you too much for the sake of your daily cooking and housekeeping, and will give you enough dignity."

A black line appeared on Yang Xiaoran's forehead, and he saw the flash of loneliness in Pei's eyes.Look at the other side who are still grabbing steamed buns with Hanniu and eating cheap daddy...

Suddenly, there was a blockage in my heart.Even if the mother who is the daughter of a famous family is like this, what about herself in the future?It's better to go back to Xiaoqingshan and become a Taoist priest!It’s okay to make a loving breakfast for her future husband, but when she thinks of the monogamy and multiple concubines in this era, she panics. Is she a majestic independent woman in the 21st century who wants to have a husband with others?
Shaking his head, he stopped thinking about these annoying questions.Anyway, it's still young, and it's too early to think about these issues.If that day really comes, it's not too late to try to deal with it.

But even so, she still whispered back to Mrs. Pei, "Mother, I won't marry in the future, and I won't leave Mother. Otherwise, if I recruit a son-in-law, we will never be separated for the rest of our lives!"

"No shame or impatience!"

Pei smiled lightly and patted Yang Xiaoran on the head, "Young lady, you are not ashamed to say these things." As she spoke, a faint light flashed in her eyes, and she said in a low voice, "Mother will not let you go even if you try your best." You are wronged."

"I know that my mother treats me the best!"

Yang Xiaoran entangled Pei Shi like an octopus.It's strange to say, thinking that she had no father or mother in her previous life, and suddenly she has parents who love her in this life, so she suddenly becomes very good at acting like a baby.

Mrs. Pei can't stand her way of doing things the most.She has the magical skill of flicking her fingers, but she couldn't help Yang Xiaoran's coquettish Dafa, so she was quickly defeated.Breaking away Yang Xiaoran's hand, pinched her little nose and said: "Okay, okay, don't do this, you don't cause trouble for my mother, and learn the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting well, and my mother will be satisfied!"

"Here!"

Yang Xiaoran stood at attention, patted his small chest, "You must listen to your mother."

"Ghost elves will talk poorly."

After warming up with my mother here, it's time for the court meal belonging to Duke Lu's family to begin.

As the head of the family, Cheng Yaojin naturally sat at the head, touching these weird furniture, Cheng Yaojin had a strange expression on his face.Last night, I drank too much and didn't think much about the reform of the household items. Only when I woke up today did I realize that the house has changed a lot.

"Is this also caused by the young lady?"

Yang Xiaoran hurriedly said: "Grandpa, this is a big round table, and this is a chair. Grandpa, try it, it's very comfortable."

Cheng Yaojin sat on it, saw that the food was placed on the big round table, surrounded by a row of chairs, felt it, and said: "It's really comfortable."

After a pause, he continued: "But it's fine to set it up in your own home, it's not a good idea to sit like this outside, it's against the rules."

"Understood, Grandpa!"

Yang Xiaoran was also quite helpless.I thought that the appearance of high-footed chairs would greatly improve the deceptive sitting posture, but I didn't expect to be complained by Mrs. Pei.

At this time, the meal sharing system is generally still used, but the food sharing system is not absent.For example, in some informal occasions, long food tables have appeared, and everyone still sits face to face during meals.However, squatting is still the mainstream. Even in the Song Dynasty, squatting is still considered to be the most orthodox sitting posture that is most in line with aristocratic status.

Therefore, Yang Xiaoran took it for granted that he wanted to make a fortune from furniture.Maybe some people will buy some combination cabinets, and some merchants who like to try new things will also buy some tables and chairs, but for the nobles, they would rather suffer, but also have to maintain etiquette, from sitting to eating, strictly abide by the rules in the Book of Rites. The standard posture and process of wearing.

Several aunts also came at this time.When the cheap father is not at home, Pei Shi also spares them the morning and evening meditation, and they eat their meals in their own rooms on weekdays, so as not to be upset.Now that the head of the family is back, he naturally wants to come and "serve".Of course, no matter whether Cheng Yaojin comes back or not, concubines are not qualified to eat together at the table.Not only is he not qualified to eat at the table, but he also has to wait on the side for the host and mistress to eat.

The status of "concubines" in the Tang Dynasty was extremely low, with no human rights at all.When they are alive, they are inferior people, and they can even be sold or killed by the mistress wantonly, and they cannot enter the ancestral hall when they are dead.If you are more honest, you will stop tossing around when you have a child, and when the master dies, the mistress will be merciful, and the son you gave birth will be promising again, and you can be an official, maybe you can go out with your son and live alone.But nominally still subject to the rule of the mistress.

Separation of families is not popular in this era. Separation of families is to be ridiculed, which means that the family is not harmonious.In the literary and artistic works of later generations, there are frequent divisions. Do you give it a try in this era?If the parents dare to mention it, they will be drowned in the saliva; if the parents are gone, unless there are some special circumstances, the village elders will decide before the family can be separated.But if this is the case, people will also be labeled as having a bad family style.

It is very lucky to survive until your son grows up, and the mistress shows mercy and allows you to live separately with your child.Of course, if you give birth to a daughter, you can ask for more blessings. Even if your daughter becomes a princess, concubines still have no freedom, and it still depends on the face of the mistress, because no matter whether it is the second aunt or the third aunt, as long as you give birth In name, the children are only the children of the main family, and they only call their aunt as "mother".

In the final analysis, concubines are only used to carry on the family line. In addition to relying on the male master, they also have to rely on the mistress.There are rules for dressing and dressing, bright red is not allowed, what kind of pearl hairpin to wear on the head, what kind of pattern, and how many to wear are all strictly regulated, and cannot be overridden.

Yang Xiaoran has been back for so long, and he hasn't seen these women from Daddy Cheap.In the few days since I came back, they came to ask Ann.That's right, it's a greeting.

As the only concubine in the family, she is the master of the family with Chu Cun and Chu Chu standing as peers, and the aunt is the upper class among the servants, so these concubines still have to come to Yang Xiaoran to say hello, instead of carrying The elder's airs waited for Yang Xiaoran to come over to greet him.

Cheng Yaojin has one wife, three concubines, and one or two maids, which can be regarded as "clean and self-sufficient" among a group of nobles.However, Yang Xiaoran also felt that when these aunts came, the harmony of the whole family would be destroyed.

Even though the aunts are very well-behaved, Yang Xiaoran still feels that he should not respond.Especially seeing Aunt Ying who was the last to enter the door and gave birth to Cheng Chucun, dressed up beautifully, and kept feeding her father with vegetables, it felt like swallowing a fly.

Looking at the cheap mother again, her expression was indifferent, she was only drinking millet porridge slowly, and she couldn't tell whether she was happy or angry.

Slowly drank a small bowl of porridge, then lost his appetite, wiped his mouth, and said in a low voice: "Grandpa, mother, my daughter is full."

"Why do you eat so little?"

Pei was surprised, "Didn't you eat a lot in the past?"

Cheng Yaojin is a beautiful person, seeing the displeasure in his daughter's eyes, he said calmly: "You guys go down first, the old man still has something to say to the young lady."

A hint of unwillingness flashed in the eyes of the aunts, but they didn't dare to disobey, so they could only retreat resentfully.

Cheng Chucun and Cheng Chuli saw the situation, and hurriedly said: "Grandfather, mother, we are full, we should go back to our room to study our homework first."

Cheng Yaojin nodded, and after watching several people withdraw, he suddenly stretched out his hand and pinched Yang Xiaoran's little face, and said with a laugh: "People don't fall, but ghosts have more eyes."

Yang Xiaoran pouted and said angrily: "Grandpa, mother is not in good health, it is very hard to manage the house all day long, but grandpa is making trouble for mother all day long!"

Cheng Yaojin was taken aback, the so-called son never blamed his father, Yang Xiaoran's words were obviously accusing him.Immediately glaring, said: "You rebellious son, dare to say that you are the father?"

After a pause, he continued: "It's normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines, but your mother is still dissatisfied. What do you know as a child?"

The words were full of disdain, Yang Xiaoran's hair exploded, Pei's face turned pale with fright, and he quickly stared and said: "What nonsense are you talking about, girl? Why don't you go down soon?!"

"mother!"

Yang Xiaoran yelled, looked at Cheng Yaojin, and said without fear: "Men are human beings, and women are also human beings. Why can men have three wives and four concubines, but women have to endure having one husband with others every day?! Mother no Said, that is the etiquette of this world does not allow her to do this! With the word "virtuous" on her head, people laugh in front of others and cry behind others. Father, the sage said, everyone loves me, and I love everyone. Is this how father loves mother? ?!"

"Bastard!"

When Cheng Yaojin slapped the table, Cheng Chumo's face turned pale with fright, and he begged for Yang Xiaoran's mercy: "Father, don't be angry! My little girl grew up deep in the mountains and didn't understand the etiquette of the world. Now she's only a spoon dancer, and she has no taboos in her childhood." , father don't care about her!"

As he spoke, he winked at Yang Xiaoran and said, "Little sister, why don't you confess to your father quickly?!"

"I am right!"

Yang Xiaoran stiffened his neck.It stands to reason that she is not such an impulsive person, her mental age is earlier than the impulsive age.But looking at the loneliness that flashed in Pei's eyes, seeing the peace of mind of the cheap father, and then thinking about her own future, she knew that this was the ancient values, but she still broke out uncontrollably.

(End of this chapter)