Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1194 Happy Landing ([-])
When the manager went out, Mrs. Ning sighed a little, and said to her niece and heir-in-law, Dai Jiashi.

"I really didn't expect that such a father who eats, drinks, prostitutes and gambles, and a mother who was born as a maid, raised two good sons instead."

Dai Jia smiled a little reluctantly, and said: "Even if the seeds are not good, they have to be raised in another family. I heard that Mr. Cao treats the two brothers very well, treating them as if they were his own. With his support, plus the two brothers I am also striving, and I will not make mistakes in the future.
Mrs. Ning smiled, and said: "That's right, that's right. I thought that the two brothers were going to get married, and I, as a grandmother, can't just watch. I have to send a few waiters there. Now they have For the future, the family business will only become more and more prosperous, and we have to choose two capable housekeepers to take care of the housework for them..."

Seeing Mrs. Ning was really happy, Dai Jia's heart couldn't help but feel a little sour.

Before the twins did not show up, the aunt and nephew were still able to deal with Yongliang's biological father's family wholeheartedly; now that they have twins, Mrs. Ning feels a little more confident, and no longer tolerates the heir as before.

Due to the affection of Cao's family and Yongliang's desire to cling to the relationship there, some of the property has been distributed to the Zuozhu brothers.

Although everyone feels distressed, Quan should make a relationship and find a backer.After all, Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng are still young, and their seniority is low, even if they are serious lineages, it will not hinder Yong Liang's current status.

It's just that I didn't expect that the two brothers Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng were so competitive that they would be famous in the year of Wuxiang, and they were talking about the daughters of officials.

A few days ago, Mrs. Ning gathered four maids from the mansion and gave them to Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng brothers. Dai Jia was even a little bit pleased.

She knew what her aunt was thinking, but she just wanted to maintain the relationship with the twins and get on the other side of Cao's house.

There are not many maids in the family, and there are only a few neat ones.Dai Jiashi was on guard at first, for fear that some seductive woman would hook up with her husband.These are all rewarded, and the rest are either faceless or just keep their heads.

Unexpectedly, the reward management was mentioned again today.

How could the Dai Jia family not be on guard? As early as when the Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng brothers recognized their ancestors and returned to the clan, gossip came out in the clan, saying that there were no direct descendants outside, and the offshoots held the ancestral hall and ancestral property.

However, it was Yongliang who happily divided the property, and Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng brothers went back to Qingyuan directly after they went to offer sacrifices outside the pass, without any intention of fighting, and those clan elders gradually quieted down.

It's also because Yongliang is not good at being a human being, filial piety is filial piety, but he has forgotten the world.

Since he was adopted under Mrs. Ning's name, he is no longer the child of his biological parents. Even if he wants to take care of him, he can only treat him as a relative.

Don't worry about being few but suffering from inequality. You need to help your relatives, and it's not a family that is struggling. If you help two families more, no one will gossip, and everyone will praise you.Wherever it would fall into the present situation, the relatives would all use the pretense of complaining for Mrs. Ning to demote Yong Liang to nothing.

If it wasn't for the fact that the heir was adopted, but the daughter-in-law was a niece of her mother's family, someone would have urged Mrs. Ning to go to the Yamen to stand out and sue Yongliang for disobedience.

Although Mrs. Ning was a little confused in her early years, after experiencing family ruin and death, and as a widow, pulling her heirs and supporting her family, she has become much more sensible.

Seeing Dai Jia's eyes flickering, laughing almost like crying, he didn't understand her worries, patted her hand, and said: "Don't worry, those two called me 'grandmother', are they still bleeding? My flesh and blood. But you are my own niece, who was raised in front of me since she was a child... Yongliang is a fool, even if he cares about his biological parents in his heart, he is your man. For the sake of my mother for many years, I will also think that he is my niece and son-in-law..."

"Aunt..." Dai Jia, with tears in her eyes, helped Mrs. Ning's arm, lowered her head with a little intimacy and a little grievance: "You also know that our master is not the kind of ungrateful person, or else he wouldn't." Let's recognize Brother Song and Brother Bai happily. It's just that he is soft-hearted, and the family over there is too low-key."

Mrs. Ning curled her lips, showing a bit of contempt, but said in her mouth: "If you can't stop it, let him go. For this, you two often chatter. After a long time, it will hurt the relationship between husband and wife."

These words sounded full of good intentions, but Dai Jiashi felt cold all over her body.

Others don't know, doesn't she know her aunt?

Although human relations are never stingy, they must be divided.Those who come and go will not lose their friendship; like Yong Liang's biological father, who can only get in but not out, he will not let go of a needle.

In order not to allow Yong Liang to help the other side, she was angry many times, but now she seems to let go.

Mrs. Ning went on to say: "A few days ago, when Brother Song and Brother Bai came over, I told them to greet Madam Cao Jiatai on my behalf. I didn't move around earlier, it was nothing; Pay your respects in the past. If there is no kindness from the Cao family, Brother Song and Brother Bai will not grow up so well. It is just a big family in the Cao family, this gift should not be too shabby, and it must appear to be intentional..."

*
Liulichang, Songzhuzhai.

Seven or eight young scholars stood in front of the desks under the east wall, listening to the young man introduce the inkstones above.

Songzhuzhai is a time-honored brand of Liulichang, and it cannot be said that all of them are high-quality goods, but what they put on display has something to say.Even if they are not old objects from the previous dynasty, they are mostly fine works of some years.

These few scholars are exactly Tianyou, Zuozhu brothers, and several new graduates of Lianhua Academy.

It is said that talented people come from poor families, but in fact, those who can hire a good teacher when they are young, and study with peace of mind, even if they are not officials and gentry, they are mostly from scholarly families.

The son of the butcher's family, even if he is smarter, did not have the opportunity to study when he was young, and most of them are from his father's career.

The so-called underprivileged students are either poor in their families, or their parents are incomplete, which makes their livelihood difficult.

After taking the imperial examinations, everyone planned to become an official. For Brother Tianyou, of course, they made friends in a different way.

After arriving in the capital, he was even more willing to communicate with Tianyou because he was the landlord.Even if there are some who put on airs and don't show the attitude of clinging, they are willing to join their brothers.

With this little thought, Tianyou was clear-eyed, but he didn't think there was anything despicable about it.

The world is like this, even he himself has privately told his younger brother to get along well with Hongli, for the sake of relying on him in the future.

Today, in the Shuntianfu Township Examination, 55 students and supervisors of Lotus Academy failed, and [-] of them were on the list, and one of the seven was selected, which was enough to make Lotus Academy famous.

Hearing that Tianyou came to accompany everyone to buy teacher appreciation gifts, except for one who was too shy to decline, the other four couldn't stop thanking them and came out with great interest.

Afterwards, Tianyou took everyone to Liulichang.

I don't want Tianyou to bring everyone to the best place, but still encounter embarrassment.

The inkstone here is worth two taels of silver, but it is not suitable for the occasion of thanking the teacher tomorrow.

The teacher is a great scholar in the current dynasty, and he must fulfill the disciple's etiquette; the room teacher is directly related to himself and cannot be taken lightly.

The teacher’s thank-you ceremony is okay, Tianyou has already discussed with the Zuozhu brothers, and in the name of contributing to himself and the Zuozhu brothers, he will share half of it; this house teacher, except for him and Gu Xianyifang who has the best family, everyone else It is one room per person.

Zuo Cheng's mind is the most active. Seeing that the big guy didn't move after listening to the price quoted by the buddy, he knew that everyone was worried about money, so he pointed to the inkstone with a base price of 90 taels, smiled and said to others: "This square inkstone is simple in style, youthful and restrained. I heard that Zhang Xiang has always kept a low profile, so this inkstone can be used as a gift to thank the teacher."

For the master Zhang Tingyu, the disciples only saw him from a distance once when he entered the arena. He was tall, short, fat and thin, and he couldn't really see him. Who knows what kind of person he is.

Zuo Cheng said this because he lived in Cao's family and listened to these political praises and criticisms by Cao Yong's side, so he said this.

Everyone is naturally convinced, but not everyone can afford this price.

Among the four candidates, only two were from rich families who could afford the money, but Tianyou didn't speak up, and they were not easy to get ahead.

Something worth a hundred taels of silver is considered an important gift.

The room teacher is okay, 140 for a job, less than ten people are assigned to each room, and the relationship between teachers and students can be cultivated, and when they become officials, there will be an extra layer of relationship in the officialdom; for the seat teacher, more than a hundred For example, how can I remember their names?
If it were someone else who was the teacher, it would be fine to fool around, but Zhang Tingyu, who was born as the teacher of the current department, is a university scholar and secretary of the household department.

Those two who couldn't afford the money paid more and more attention to the "teacher-student relationship", and stared at the inkstone, unable to move their eyes away.

Just listen to Tianyou said: "The teacher over there is mostly worshiped by the group, it's not good to make people bring a large stack of gift boxes over there, what will it look like. Otherwise, the big guys will join in and buy this inkstone? "

In a word, get the echo of the remaining four.In this way, 13 taels per capita is affordable, and it can be jointly signed with the son of the governor's mansion, and maybe the university scholar will pay more attention.

Only Gu Xian hesitated for a moment, and said: "Can you include Jiao Wen, I will pay for his share of money..."

The Jiao Wen he was talking about was the one who stayed in the guild hall.

This sentence was originally meant to be said by God Bless, and it is natural to hear Gu Xian's suggestion.

Since the three of them have prepared a teacher appreciation ceremony at home, the three of them will not join hands, saying that they are joining forces, but in fact they are also helping several classmates.

Although Jiao Wen's family is poor, he has a good temper and does not have that kind of aloof air.Gu Xian's knowledge is the worst among the crowd, and this time the exam is still in Zuozhu, No.3 from the bottom.

But he was as diligent in his study as Zuo Zhu, and he often asked Jiao Wen for homework.Normally, although he didn't follow the teacher's etiquette, he did not lose respect.

No need for everyone to pay, no one objected, so Tianyou asked the clerk to pack the inkstone, and everyone left Songzhuzhai after paying the bill.

Everyone has different room teachers, and there is no need to go shopping together, so we spread out in Liulichang.

Tianyou took the inkstone on that side, and promised to meet in front of Xiangfu tomorrow.

"This Gu Xian deserves his name, he is very loyal." On the way back to the residence, Zuo Zhu said.

Tianyou nodded and said: "That's right, Jiao Wen is also good. Among the scholars who came out of the academy, his knowledge is much higher than others. If it wasn't for his poor family, he only arrived in the capital two days before the exam. Unaccustomed to the climate, even if you can't solve the Yuan Dynasty, the top ten should be no problem..."

*
Cao Mansion, Wutong Garden.

"The date of the Eight Banners draft is set today?" Cao Yong was a little surprised.

The queen is still serving the sick in the Yuanmingyuan, how could she be in the mood to go back to the palace for a draft?

Chu Yu said: "I just heard the report from the lady of the East Mansion, and I also found it strange. But it is already the middle of September, and the holy car must be returning to the palace from the garden..."

*
After handing over, Xiao Jiu was willing to ask for a monthly ticket, and he was still [-] votes away from sixth. .

(End of this chapter)