Blessed

Chapter 26
Xiao Jiang's boudoir name is Fangling, and the poem says, "Ling is like a lotus, and Fangling is like a lotus." The old lady hoped that she would emerge from the mud like a lotus without being stained. That's the case, Jiang Ansu is a concubine, and he dotes on this younger sister who is a concubine, watching her grow up.

Jiang Fangling got married at the age of 15 and married at sixteen. She married Chen Yan, the eldest son of Chen Youwei, a doctor of law. The doctor of law is an official from the eighth rank. The son is a student, majoring in laws and regulations, and is an official of the sesame mung bean family.The Chen family didn't have a title, so they were born from a poor family. Mr. Chen's son, Chen Yan, was also a handsome young man in the capital, and he won the Juren at a young age.

At that time, Zibo's mansion began to decline, and few people came to propose marriage. The old lady compared several families to the Chen family, thinking that the Chen family had no concubines, only one son and daughter, and the family style was good.I never thought that Fangling's stomach has not risen in the past two years since she was married, and her mother-in-law was dissatisfied, so she took a girl from a good family as a concubine for Chen Yan, and half a year later, it was known that Master Chen accepted bribes and suppressed other students in the Imperial College. Just roll it down.

What happened to the Chen family, Chen Youwei was afraid that his career in this life would be ruined, so the Chen family did their best to find someone to help him. Chen Yan found a county lieutenant in a small county. So far, the Chen family has moved to that small county, which is three to four hundred kilometers away from Shangjing, half a month's journey. Besides, as a woman, it is not good to go back to her mother's house too often, so she will come back every year.

Erfang Heng's son Jie Yuan also delivered a letter to the Chen family, Fang Ling wrote back saying that the family was busy and would come back after the Chinese New Year.

Brother Heng and Chen Yan are both Juren, but they are different. Chen Yan was ranked in the top 1 in Qiuwei back then, and Brother Heng was No. [-], that is called Xie Yuan. Existence, Chen Yan still failed the rankings in Chunwei next year, and has been adhering to the imperial examinations for these years, but he just stopped at the position of Juren and could not make progress. With Brother Heng's talent, it is no problem to be a tribute when he comes to Chunwei.

The old lady had already led a group of twenty or thirty people to open the front door and wait.The old man was a little anxious, kept looking towards the entrance of the alley, and said to his daughters-in-law, "Your sister-in-law doesn't know what's going on these years, and she didn't come back last year. Hey, I'm really worried as a mother."

The three daughters-in-law understand this feeling very well, and they all have daughters, thinking that if the daughters are married, they will worry less than the old lady.

Jiang Fangling arrived at the uncle's mansion when you were in the middle of the year. She drove in an old carriage from the entrance of the alley and stopped at the main gate of the uncle's mansion. The old slave who drove the carriage got out of the carriage first, and the old lady couldn't hold back and stepped forward to help open the car. On the curtain, a woman wearing a dark blue skirt with a tufted pattern and a twisted bun got out of the carriage. The skirt on the woman's body was a bit old, and there was only a silver hairpin inserted between her buns.

The woman got out of the carriage and hugged the old lady and began to cry. The daughters-in-law persuaded her, and Yu Zhu'er looked at the little aunt in Xie Che's arms.They were crying, Master Jiang ordered his wife to unload the luggage from the carriage, there was only one cage and a small bundle, followed by a little maid, who looked like eleven or twelve, and was thin and dry.

The old lady hugged her daughter enough to cry, wiped her tears with a paddle, Fang took Jiang Fangling's hand into the house, and went all the way to the main room. The dinner was set early, and everyone was greeted to eat, the table was removed, and the men went back to the courtyard What should I do, the female family members drink tea and gossip with me.

Jiang Fangling gave each of the three girls a silver hairpin. Compared with the exquisite jewelry on the girls' heads, the silver hairpin was really shabby.Since the jewelry shop in Dabofu opened, the girls can still get one or two pieces of jewelry every month to expand their makeup boxes.

Given such a shabby thing, Jiang Fangling's face turned red with embarrassment, and the old lady wanted to cry. When her daughter got married, the uncle's house was not bad, and there were dozens of dowry, but now the meeting gift for her niece when she returns to her mother's house is only A few silver hairpins, what a miserable life.The old lady had something to say to her daughter, so she could ask her daughters-in-law to come up with ideas, and asked the mother-in-law to take Magnolia Yuxiang back to the courtyard first.

Yulan Yuxiang is a half-grown child, and there are some things that the elders in the family don't want the girls to know. Yuzhu'er is a three-year-old doll, and she is still dozing in Mu's arms, so the old lady didn't let anyone carry her down. The girls left the main room, and the old lady wiped her tears with a handkerchief, "You child, tell your mother what's going on. You haven't come home for two years. What kind of life did you live in your in-law's house?"

Jiang Fangling wiped her tears, and smiled wryly, "What kind of life can I live? After five or six years of marriage, my stomach still hasn't gotten up. The husband takes concubines, and the mother-in-law dislikes them all day long. The family clinks because of the poor official. I still have to live." Let's go on, I can only live with the dowry, a few years have passed, and there is no more dowry left, what do I want? Brother Heng's Zhong Jieyuan I know, I want to come back that day, my mother-in-law won't allow it, I don't know why I put on a face, but I didn't allow me to come back until the end of the year."

How can you show your face and refuse to go back? It's just that you are unhappy. The nephew in the daughter-in-law's family understands Yuan, but your son is a juren. Can you be happy?

Everyone in the room looked unhappy, and the old lady burst into tears.

Yuzhu'er was half asleep and half awake, and she listened to everything she said. Now she was much more awake, she nestled in Mu's arms and did not dare to move.

The old lady cried for a while and then asked, "Then, is your concubine pregnant?"

Jiang Fangling shook her head, her brows were full of sorrow, but the old lady was relieved when she heard this, "You have to work hard, it would be best if you can get pregnant before that concubine, don't panic, you will always get better and better." Good." Just like the uncle's house, isn't it getting better step by step now?
Jiang Fangling sneered, "Mother doesn't know, that concubine can't have children, and the mother-in-law can't accept a woman from a good family as a concubine, so she made her idea on Guizhi and asked her husband to accept Guizhi as a housekeeper. Weeping in front of me, her eyes were swollen, Guizhi said that she had no intention of being a concubine, she was forcibly locked up in the room by her mother-in-law..." She couldn't continue, choked up for a long time before continuing, "Guizhi is The maid my mother gave me as a dowry was a few years younger than me when she got married, so I thought that she would marry me out after a few years with me. , Xu threw himself into the well, which is really a crime."

The old lady and everyone in the room were stunned, and she couldn't even speak, only heard Xiao Jiang's sobbing and crying, her grief was desolate.

The Lin family, the Tao family, and the Mu family couldn't help but sigh, how could life be like this.

Yuzhu'er was dumbfounded in Mu's arms, and she couldn't help but cursed a few times in her heart, this kind of man, this kind of in-law's family, can really ruin people's life, my little aunt has been bad luck for eight lifetimes, how could she Marry into such a family.

No one in the room spoke, and finally the old lady spoke with a hoarse voice, "How is Guizhi now?"

Little Jiang's eyes were red and her expression was numb, "What can I do, life must go on, let alone the troubles, people are so easy to die, it's better to live than to die."

The old lady seemed to want to say something, but couldn't speak, so she let out a deep sigh.

Yu Zhu'er secretly looked at her grandmother's expression, and her heart was flustered. Seeing her grandmother like that, could it be that she still wants to let her little aunt stay in the fire pit?Could it be that he still wanted Gui Zhi to become pregnant and give birth to a baby to be raised by his little aunt?

Yuzhu'er couldn't help cursing a few dirty words in her heart again, one man, one wife and two concubines, neither can conceive, but no one accused or suspected that the man had a physical problem, they all thought it was a woman's problem, what a crap, this is not Obviously there is something wrong with the man's body.

Yuzhu'er got a little angry, she nestled in Mu's arms and pretended to be a doll, still unable to make a sound.

It was Mrs. Mu who said, "Mother, why don't you ask the doctor from Huichun Hall to take Fangling's pulse tomorrow."

The old lady was also a little numb, she nodded, her energy was lacking, she waved her hand and said, "Forget it, it's getting late, let's go back and rest quickly, Fangling, I asked my mother-in-law to clean up the courtyard next door. Let Xing'er take you there to rest."

Mrs. Mu got up, carried Yuzhu'er back to the hospital, cleaned up, carried her to the bed and coaxed her to sleep, but Yuzhu'er tossed and turned to sleep tonight, finally fell asleep, had nightmares all night, and was awakened by licorice in the morning Feeling exhausted and groggy, I sat cross-legged on the bed and thought for a while, but couldn't remember what kind of nightmare I had last night.

Licorice cleaned and dressed her, and brought over soup noodles and side dishes. Seeing that she had a poor appetite, she said worriedly, "What's the matter, girl, but I'm not feeling well. Doctor Ji will come to check my aunt's pulse in a while. Miss, see?"

Yu Zhu'er shook her head, and said softly, "No need." As she spoke, she obediently ate all her breakfast, and went to sleep full of melancholy.

(End of this chapter)