Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1141 Grandma and Girl

Cao Yong thought of Cao Yuan's letter, mentioning the recent situation of Zhang Jia's family.

Zhang Jia's family looked at the family happily, but after careful inquiry, they found out that their family's life was not peaceful.

Ning Chun's stepmother had a good relationship with her stepson Yongliang. After Yongliang became an adult, Ningchun's stepmother decided to marry her niece from her natal family. They got closer and gave birth to a grandson. The family was harmonious and beautiful.

In the past two years, Yong Liang has filled six errands and started to take care of the rest of the family property, becoming more and more like the head of the family.

Yongliang's parents are offshoots of Zhang Jia's family. They are small and have many children.Yong Liang is the fourth among his brothers, with three older brothers and two younger sisters.

In the early years when Yongliang was young, he feared that Ningchun's stepmother would be in charge of the family, so he didn't dare to get close to Yongliang.Now, Yongliang is in charge of the house, and people come to Yongliang every now and then to fight the autumn breeze.

Yong Liang is timid and not a cruel person, so he will help if he can.

It happened that his elder brothers had a lot of desires, seeing his younger brother living in a big mansion, becoming an official, and living a wealthy life, and three generations of his family lived in a courtyard, so he missed his brother's property.

After receiving the relief, in the name of family reunion, or in the name of his parents, Yong Liang was often dragged back to his home there.

Fearing that their husband and wife will have a good relationship, Yongliang will favor Ningchun's stepmother.Yong Liang's family even pooled money to buy a maid, and every time Yong Liang passed by, the maid would serve him as a concubine.

What they did was not confidential, and when the news was reported to Zhang Jia's house, Ning Chun's stepmother and Yong Liang's wife were naturally annoyed.

Back and forth, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are in the same situation as Yongliang's biological parents.After all, the family has lost most of the family property through early years of misfortune, leaving only a few properties, and the family is still barely able to live, so why would they want to be missed by others?
"It took so long to send people over. It seems that there should be an idea. Ask Tian, ​​if she is willing to meet, it's good to meet." Although Cao Yong was very disappointed with Ning Chun's stepmother's indifference in the past few days , but considering her status as a house-filler, it is human nature not to kiss her stepson and her heir.

If Yong Liang's biological parents hadn't pushed her into a hurry, Ning Chun's stepmother might have been procrastinating, unable to make up her mind.

Even if people come here now, they may not recognize Tian's mother and son happily.After all, it's not just about having more flesh and blood, but also about the division of production in the future.

Zuo Zhu and Zuo Chengming have already bought properties, how can they be so rare about the few hectares of Susukida and the few shops left by Zhang Jia's family?
Although Ning Chun's family was rich in the early years, but the last time the family changed, many servants were let out of the house, and only the companions of Ning Chun's stepmother stayed in Ning Chun's house, and only a few elderly people.

This time, under the order of Ningchun's stepmother, there are two nanny who came to Zhili to see Tian's mother and son, one is Ningchun's stepmother's companion Xu, and the other is Xia, who is the son of Ningchun's family. The older sister of Chun's late wet nurse.

Although the two old nuns came to Qingyuan together, their purposes were not the same.

The former came to find out after listening to Ning Chun's stepmother's arrangement, to check the character of the Zuozhu brothers, and then to see if the relationship between their brothers and the Cao family was really like a family as it was said outside; the latter came to confirm Tian's identity.

Tian's family entered the mansion at the age of six, and it was Madam Xia who bought it from Ren Yazi.

When Tian's family grew up, Mother Xia saw that she was honest and diligent, and wanted to ask for the grace of her superiors to tell Tian's family to her nephew.Don't want to ask for grace, Tian went into Ningchun's room to wait, and the matter was left alone.

When Ningchun's stepmother received the Cao family's letter, she was not happy, much less surprised.

Although she has some impressions of the Cao family in the uncle's mansion, after all, Ning Chun has been gone for more than ten years and has not moved around for many years.

The difference between the two families is too great, even if Yong Liang fills in the vacancy, he is only the seventh-rank treasurer of the Ministry of Industry, a small official with a big sesame seed.

Regardless of whether what Cao Yong said in the letter is true or not, relying on the influence of the Cao family, it is only a matter of saying that Zhang Jia's property needs to be changed.

After receiving the letter, Ning Chun's stepmother asked someone to inquire about the situation of the Cao family, and the more she inquired, the more frightened she became.All the brothers have become officials, and all the aunts of the Cao family have married into noble families.

Ning Chun's family was in decline, and Ning Chun's stepmother was mostly in ordinary families, so she couldn't find out the details of Cao's family.But there is one thing that is not a secret, that is, Cao Yong has two adoptive sons, who have already passed the examination and lived in Cao's house. They went to Zhili with Mrs. Li Jiatai at the beginning of the year.

Ning Chun's stepmother was also moved when she heard that Zuo Zhu's brother had become so talented.If they took advantage of the two children to join the Cao family, the clan would no longer dare to bully her as a widow; but if the Cao family had the intention of seizing the property, then she really couldn't easily admit the identity of the twins.

Ning Chun has been dead for many years, the Cao family is very powerful, after all they are not members of Zhang Jia's clan.As long as she doesn't nod, the two brothers will not be able to recognize their ancestors...

*
Inner house, small courtyard in the northwest corner.

Tian has already heard the report, knowing that there are people from the capital, she is a little excited.

She took a few breaths, and gradually calmed down her flustered heart, straightened her waist, and showed a little more determination on her face.

Mothers are more valuable than their sons, and sons are more valuable than their mothers. She can't be flustered and disfigured. It will make people laugh like that, and her sons will be looked down upon.

Thinking this way in her heart, she saw the two nanny coming in with Zhang Yi's family, and after recognizing one of them as Nanny Xia, she was inevitably a little moved and stood up...

Mother Xia and Mother Xu were both stunned, and did not dare to answer for a while.

When Tian was in Ningchun's house in the early years, she was a third-class maid who did rough work in the house. Became Ningchun's roommate.

The current Tian family looks in his early twenties, with white and tender skin, wearing a moon-white Xiangyun gauze flag dress, with a white jade flat square on his head, and a string of jasper bracelets around his wrists.

Grandma Xu didn't know her well, so she was suspicious and didn't dare to ask her; Nanny Xia didn't dare to recognize her, she always felt that the person in front of her looked like Tian, ​​but not Tian.

It was still from Zhang Yi's family, and said to Tian's: "Grandma Tian, ​​these are the two mothers Xia and Xu who came from Zhangjia's house in the capital city, and came to visit grandma." Then he turned around and said to the two mothers: " This is Grandma Tian from our house..."

Zhang Yi's family is the daughter-in-law in charge of the inner house, and she entertained the two nuns earlier.

The two nuns saw that Zhang Yi's family's respect for Tian's family did not seem to be fake, and the furnishings in this room were generous and rich, so they became a little cautious in their hearts, and they never dared to put their identities on their knees to see Tian's family again.

When Zhang Yi's family sent them over, they found an excuse to retreat, leaving them to speak for themselves.

Mrs. Tian asked the two nanny to sit down, ordered the little maid to bring tea, then looked at Nanny Xia, and said: "I haven't seen you for many years, but Nanny is still tough..."

It wasn't until this time that Madam Xia confirmed that the young woman in front of her was the little maid she bought into the mansion back then.

"Miss Yuzhi... I really didn't expect to see you again. During the great change back then, most of the people in the mansion dispersed..." Mother Xia also felt sad when she thought of the past.

Tian didn't answer the words, his expression was indifferent, showing no joy or anger.

Madam Xu has already looked at the layout of the house, and it is no worse than her wife's house, and the maids standing at the door are also well-dressed. I don't know if it is the wealthy Cao family, or the family members left behind by the governor who treated his friends well.

Seeing that Mrs. Tian and Mrs. Xia stopped talking, Mrs. Xu said: "Miss Tian, ​​I heard that your two young masters are also in Qingyuan. If it's cheap, could you please come and meet?"

Tian glanced at her, and said: "It's cheap, but it will have to wait until afternoon. The two brothers are studying in the academy opposite the governor's mansion, and they are not in the mansion right now."

Mother Xu came with a mission, and she was more talkative than Mother Xia. Most of them lived around Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng brothers, asking questions non-stop.

For example, twins are not easy to conceive, whether the birth was smooth that year; the twins have both won the scholar, are they going to take the provincial examination next year;

Occasionally, a sentence was mixed in, the two young masters recognized the governor as a foster father, and received a great favor from the Cao family.

When it comes to the two sons, Tian knows everything and talks endlessly, with a bit of pride in his relief; when it comes to the Cao family, Tian can only be sincerely grateful, from Mrs. Li to the children, they are full of words. Word of praise.

Mother Xu listened with a smile, and occasionally said a few words of flattery, leading Tian to continue.

Tian couldn't see that she was inquiring, but there was nothing he couldn't say to others, so he continued to talk about it.

Madam Xia was faintly a little more excited. Although she hadn't seen Brother Zuozhu yet, the identity of the Cao family wouldn't be able to deceive people with the bloodline.

She knew about the friendship between Ning Chun and Governor Cao in the early years. Before Ning Chun's family was convicted, she even prepared a festival ceremony for Cao's family.The Master Ma who betrothed his eldest daughter to Zuo lived, presumably is another friend of his uncle, the Young Master Ma from the Minister's Mansion...

The two nuns sat for half an hour, and after listening to Tian's story about the growth of the Zuozhu brothers, they got up and said goodbye, and they were taken to the guest room to resettle them.

Tian could feel the politeness and alienation of the two nuns.She sat there for a while, then sighed, a little lost in interest.

She just wanted her son to recognize his ancestry and return to his clan, to honor the Ningchun couple's incense in an upright manner, and had no intention of getting entangled with Zhang Jia's clan...

*
In the upper room, Cao Yong and Chu Yu were both there, listening to Tian's maid Lan Xiang replying.

What Lan Xiang was talking about was the scene where the two nuns saw Mrs. Tian.

Cao Yong just heard the intention of inquiring, Chu Yu thought more delicately, and after sending Lan Xiang down, she said to her husband: "Even if I don't see Zuo Zhu and the two of them, I can't confirm the identity of Mrs. Tian, But Zhang Yi's family introduced her as 'Grandma Tian', but the two nuns called them 'girls', which made people think twice. Looking at the meaning, even if you recognize Brother Zuozhu, you may not necessarily recognize Sister-in-law Tian's identity. In this way, Zuo Zhu and the two of them are the sons of the servants, even if they are from the blood of this clan, they cannot shake the status of heirs."

When Cao Yong heard this, his face darkened.

The reason why the Zuozhu brothers were arranged to recognize their ancestors and return to the clan was to show to the outside world that the two brothers were not of unknown origin, and that they were also the children of a decent family.

If it is true that the identity of the maidservant's son is implemented, who would look down on it?And after marrying a daughter-in-law, Tian is not only not eligible to eat the tea offered by his daughter-in-law, but also has to serve the young mistresses...

(End of this chapter)