concubine leisurely

Chapter 25

There were outsiders, so the girls naturally avoided them. Zhong Jiong took his younger sister and cousin back behind the large red sandalwood frame and marble screen in the middle of the main room, turned around and smiled at the girls, "It's no problem, elder brother often brings friends back, and visiting grandma is just a short visit. Say a few words, sisters, wait for a moment." A little girl came over with an embroidered stool, and the girls sat down one by one.

No matter how much you usually laugh and make noise, these girls will not make a sound sitting behind the big screen at this time.Youran intentionally sat at the back near the window, and couldn't talk freely anyway, so she simply turned her eyes out of the window to enjoy the scenery. The Hou Mansion has raised many precious flowers and trees, and what caught Youran's eyes at this time was a beautiful branch Weeping cherry blossoms, the pink cherry blossoms hang down like a waterfall, dreamlike, extremely romantic, and extremely poetic.

This kind of romance, this kind of poetic and picturesque feeling, made Youran feel tranced in this lazy spring day, thinking of many dreamy and unreal past events.When You Ran first traveled to this time and space, she once sighed deeply: If I knew I was going to time travel, I should have studied science!Get good at chemistry and physics, make a mirror and make some cosmetics, at least you don’t have to worry about food and clothing, right?But she is a child who studies finance and works as an account manager in a bank. What's the use of going to ancient times, and she can't go to the Shanxi billing office!She is not reconciled to let Youran completely hand over her destiny to others. How to control her own destiny, Youran has made a lot of efforts, but most of them end in failure.

There are only two things that Lei Ran is most concerned about, one is property and the other is marriage.In her previous life, her classmates who majored in finance were located in various banks, securities companies, insurance companies, trust companies, futures companies, fund companies, pawnshops, leasing companies, and financial companies. Five years after graduation, there was a classmate reunion. The two richest, One is a trader of a futures company. He has only worked for one month a year. When the market comes, he will do it for a while and then take a rest for a year. This time he can earn at least eight figures. Of course, this is because he has exploded N positions. The skill was developed later; one is the business director of an insurance company, with a team of more than 1000 people, who claims to have an income of 300 million yuan for a year while resting at home, but he is still working instead of resting at home. The income is also in eight figures; leisurely envy, the bank income is high enough, compared with others, alas, it is really popular.

Leiran made two decisions at that time, one was to borrow 100 million RMB from her boyfriend Li Junchi to speculate in futures; the other was to buy a life insurance with a coverage of 200 million RMB.These two decisions proved to be correct afterwards: she operated with a full position to short rubber, got the right direction, doubled and left, took 200 million home and immediately returned 100 million to Li Junchi, and paid another 100 million down payment to buy a small set. house, and vowed never to speculate in futures again.Li Junchi smiled and said at the time, "Why don't you speculate anymore? You are so talented and have such a good eye, it's okay to speculate again, don't be afraid of losing money, we can afford it." Youran just smiled and shook her head, and left after winning the bet. Bet again, can you win again and again?The beneficiary of the 200 million life insurance is her mother. After her mother remarried, her life is not good. No matter how advanced the society is, if she gets divorced, it will still be a woman who suffers.The women whose father remarried were younger, more beautiful and capable than their mothers, and the men whose mothers remarried were far worse than their fathers. The older ones were ugly and incompetent. The only thing they could do was to be gentle and considerate to their mothers.

In this time and space, there are no modern financial tools here, and Leisurely is completely useless.Fortunately, she has maintained hundreds of big clients, and most of these big clients are merchants, so she knows a thing or two about business. When she first arrived in Guangzhou, she used her private money to invest in a sea merchant. Maritime trade is risky and profitable. Gao, actually let her earn her first pot of gold. After three years in Guangzhou, I don't know whether it was the master Meng Lai hired who was capable, or because she was really lucky, and she leisurely earned a lot of property. After Beijing, she handed over all these properties to the Zhong family.

Ashamed to say, Meng Lai really doted on Youran as a daughter, but Youran initially managed Meng Lai as a customer, she smiled and did what she liked.Youran first kept testing Menglai's bottom line, striving for a comfortable living treatment for herself, and striving for financial autonomy within a certain range. After she succeeded, she wanted to fight for marriage autonomy. When she was half envious and half jealous, she told Menglai, "Shui Shangshu is so open-minded, the sister of Xu Shui's family can choose her own marriage." The smile on Meng Lai's face slowly receded, his eyes became sharper, and he felt a chill in his heart. A daughter, who was raised as a son since childhood, although the lady of the Shui family is a woman, she is still a man, besides, the Shui Shangshu has no intention of renewing the family, and all the housework is taken care of by the lady of the Shui family, so it is reasonable to choose the marriage by herself."

It turns out that marriage is really one's own choice, and my father still thinks it makes sense!Leisurely waiting for Meng Lai to continue, Meng Lai's mouth curled up into a smile, "Miss Shui is fine, but a girl with fathers, elder brothers, grandmothers and aunts is not allowed. Marriage is decided by parents." Leisurely Lowering his head, Meng Lai looked at her amusedly, patted her head, and scolded with a smile, "Silly girl, could daddy hurt you?" I don't know what kind of mess I'm thinking, is this something the little girl should worry about?Leisurely threw herself into Meng Lai's arms to act like a baby, and Meng Lai patted her on the back gently, comforting her softly.Meng Lai's meaning is very clear, don't think about making decisions on your own in marriage, your father is in charge of the house, and he can't hurt you, Xiao Youran is snuggling in Meng Lai's arms, if you think about it, then leave it all to him, anyway, it's your own father.

But after a while leisurely saw the Catholic Church in Guangzhou, my mind was ready to move again.That night, I talked to Meng Lai about the Supreme Moruotian, the Supreme Moruo Lord, and expressed his intention to join the Catholic Church. After all, Catholicism is monogamous. If you believe in Catholicism, you will marry a Catholic in the future. You will live monogamously and don’t need to be with other women. How wonderful it would be to share a husband!Listening to Youran counting out the benefits of Catholicism one by one, "...Love your neighbor as yourself, monogamy..." Meng Lai smiled but said, breaking Youran's naive fantasy "Ayou, Confucianists also say Don't do to others what you don't want, just love others as yourself, you can believe in my Confucianism, what kind of Catholicism did you join? I have always been monogamous in the sky, and which dynasty and generation are not monogamous? "Ayou was depressed, that's right, all dynasties and generations are monogamous, but they can take concubines.

Meng Lai stroked Ayou's head and sighed, "Your aunt is weak and has limited knowledge, so I'm afraid she can't teach you anything; your aunt is thousands of miles away, so I have to teach you personally. Ayou, the most important thing for a man is a person." Good character, good character, will naturally love his wife, bad character, hmph, many Qingliu families in this dynasty have a family rule of forty and no children before they can take concubines. Is it possible that the children of these Qingliu families are all clean and self-conscious? A man really wants to lean on the red and nestle in the green, and the family rules can’t stop him! At a young age, don’t think about what you have. Life is short, and it’s serious to have fun in time. Now you just have to have fun at your father’s knees, and you will have everything for you Hold on, when you grow up, even if you are married, as long as Daddy is around, he will still be able to protect you." Ayou looked surprised, "What did Daddy say, are these words that girls should listen to? "Meng Lai looked at his daughter who was pretending to be serious, and was angry and laughed at the same time, wishing he could drag her over and give her a good beating.

After this, You Ran will have no extravagant hopes. Think about it, too. In the 21st century, monogamy is established, and the status of women is not considered low, but are there still few mistresses to raise mistresses?Let's do as the Romans do. Fortunately, there is a reliable father who will not only consider the interests but not the daughter's happiness when marrying.

With this kind of thinking, leisurely life is extremely relaxed.Didn't that eccentric old man Sun Li, who wrote an excellent article, say that arranged marriages create many resentful spouses, as well as many good ones?Try your luck, maybe Meng Lai's arranged marriage can really make a good couple.

"Fifth Younger Sister, Fifth Younger Sister." A low voice called twice, seeing that Youran didn't respond, she simply tugged at Youran's skirt, and tugged again, before Youran came back to her senses, and turned her head to see Yanran smiling at her , hurriedly asked with an expression, "What's the matter?" Yan Ran pursed her lips and smiled, pointed to the outside of the screen, leaned over and whispered, "This General Zhenwei, a member of the army, is very polite, listen to me."

Youran was very embarrassed, it was not good to answer the words at this time, and it was not good to not answer, so she blushed and bowed her head in silence, but Xinran on the other side only saw the two heads talking together, and gave them a hard look.

Seeing this, Zhong Ling changed her mind, got up and pulled Yan Ran and Youran, motioning them to follow her, passing behind the screen, to the side room next door.

"You can also hear the outside talking here, but if you speak in a low voice, you can't hear it outside." Zhong Ling said happily in a low voice.Yan Ran thankfully squeezed Zhong Ling's hand, she was impatient, she couldn't help but want to talk just now, it must be rude, right?Fortunately, Zhong Ling brought the two of them out.

At this moment, Yan Ran has decided to be friends with Zhong Ling.The two chatted in a low voice affectionately, and then leaned lazily on Xiangfei's couch in a daze.

"Your elder sister looks very powerful, but the eldest daughter is different." Yan Ran is both envious of Zhong Jiong, but also somewhat dissatisfied. She feels that Zhong Jiong is not gentle enough. A truly educated noble daughter should make people feel like a spring breeze. !Zhong Wei is very gentle, but he lacks some generosity, and the daughter of the prostitute of the Marquis of Ji'an is nothing more than that.

"Who says it's not, the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Ji'an, and the fourth master of the South Korean government, will be full of flowers in this life." Zhong Ling chuckled.

"The fourth master of the South Korean government is the fourth child, isn't he the eldest son?" Yan Ran asked in a low voice.

"The Korean government has not established a son yet, but it should be this fourth master. Although he is ranked fourth, he is the only son. The first three are all concubines. This fourth master is really young. , tall and handsome, with a good disposition..." Before Zhong Ling finished speaking, Yan Ran already showed envy, "Your sister is really blessed." Zhong Ling smiled and said, "Yes, lucky, except that my mother-in-law is a little bit better."

Yan Ran was puzzled, "If Mrs. Han Han is really powerful, why would there be three concubines in front of her?" Zhong Ling laughed lowly and said, "She is filling the house, and the three concubines were there before she entered the door. No bastard will be born."

"If there is a powerful mother-in-law, then she will have a difficult life in the future." Yan Ran felt much more balanced, Zhong Ling agreed, "Who says it is not."

The voices of the two were very low, but Lei Ran still heard it. It seems that everyone knows the suffering of the powerful mother-in-law. Zhong Ling looks younger than herself, and everyone knows this.Not to mention the ancient times that paid attention to filial piety, even in the 21st century, the issue of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is also a big problem. The divorce rate in the imperial capital is close to 40.00%. The first reason for divorce is the involvement of a third party, and the second is the mother-in-law relation.

After the futures incident, Li Junchi looked at her differently. He felt that this girl was not only good-looking, good at work, good-natured, but also so decisive and wise. The rich second generation became serious, and the relationship between the two developed quickly, gradually They started talking about marriage, but Li's mother said lightly, "Children whose parents are divorced are not well-bred." The marriage of the two stopped at this point.

A mother-in-law is fiercer than a tiger, no wonder there is a joke that some girls now choose a spouse based on having a car and a house and both parents are deceased.

"A general visits your house often?" Yan Ran and Zhong Ling bit their ears.Zhong Ling laughed lightly, "My good sister, how can there be so many generals? Eldest brother often has friends at home, he just likes to make friends, but there are few generals. Although this dynasty values ​​civility over martial arts, truly capable generals are still very popular." Loved by people. How can there be so many capable people? There are so many people who are rich and hungry, and true heroes are rare."

Zhong Ling whispered to Yan Ran, "My aunt said that the general who came to visit my father today is very promising and a rare military genius. He killed countless Tatars in the Battle of Qinglongyi, making the brutal Tatars The Tartars were terrified by the news, and it was Daddy who told her." Yan Ran envied, "Your aunt is very favored, isn't she?" Zhong Ling couldn't hide his complacency, "It's okay, Daddy tells my aunt everything."

"Then you must be favored too." Yan Ran speculated.Zhong Ling said modestly, "It's okay, Dad doesn't pay much attention to his daughter, he only wants to raise his son." Yan Ran quietly pulled Zhong Ling a few steps away, and said in a very low voice, "Our family is not , Dad also loves his daughter when raising his son, especially that one." Zhong Ling wondered, "I can't tell, she is not arrogant at all. She has a good temper and doesn't talk much."

"She is honest when she goes out, but she is domineering at home, and even grandma dares to talk back." Seeing Zhong Ling's mouth opened wide in surprise, Yan Ran was encouraged, and she spoke more vigorously, "I can't even write poetry, and I go out to participate in the festival alone." Didn’t Shui’s elder sister’s poetry meeting embarrass the Meng family? It was so easy for us to go out to Wei Guogong’s mansion to enjoy the flowers. She stayed at home with the old lady for a day, but when we returned home, she hadn’t come back from the western suburbs! She pestered her Dad took her to Wanzi Mountain Villa in the western suburbs to play! She played like crazy, and brought a whole load of things. The next day, she gave me fruit and a little white rabbit. I don’t care! Two little deer , not one of them will be sent to me!"

"Little deer are common, but they are rare these days. It seems that the royal family has increased a lot of tributes, and there are fewer outside." Zhong Ling is quite envious, "Your sister has two, which is rare."

"Daddy took her with him a few years ago, and she knows a lot of people. The lady of the Shui Shangshu family in the Ministry of War, and the children of Zhang Shilang in the Ministry of Punishment are all familiar with her. Master Zhang's nephew is a neighbor of Wanzi Villa. , give her the little deer." Yan Ran was very unconvinced, she was also the daughter of the Meng family, and Meng Youran took all the good things.

"Master Zhang's nephew? The general who came to visit my father today is also Master Zhang's nephew." Zhong Ling said.Yan Ran recalled, "I heard from my father that the man seems to be called Zhang Bing."

"Zhang Bing, that's the general who came to pay a visit to Daddy today." Zhong Ling's heart moved, and the two of them looked at Youran who was leaning on the concubine Xiang's couch and looking out the window in a daze. Isn't it pleasing to be ugly?
(End of this chapter)