The Story of Dafujin Parenting in Qing Dynasty

Chapter 3
The second uncle's biological mother is a maid brought by the grandmother from the grassland, and she has been with the grandmother since she was a child.

In the early years, my grandmother followed my grandfather to run around. After giving birth to Ama, she was injured and her body was difficult to conceive.After the father was one year old, the grandmother let the Caiyu around her be the grandfather's housemate. Two years later, she gave birth to her second uncle, and three years later, she died in an avalanche of pregnancy. The girl died after being held in her stomach for a long time.

The second uncle grew up with Ama since he was a child. He likes reading and painting. He was admitted as a scholar at the age of 18 and traveled with his wife to study.

The second aunt is the niece of the grandmother's natal family, and the daughter of the grandmother's half-brother, but she is not a Mongolian noble daughter, but was born of a slave.When the grandmother returned home to visit relatives in Mongolia, the second aunt had a surname since then, and she was entrusted with the status of a slave.

In Mongolia, slaves are still slaves, and men can still strive to be tribal warriors, but it is difficult for women to stand up.

The second uncle is bohemian and likes to paint. His paintings are very artistic, and he doesn't like the twists and turns in the officialdom.

In the ninth year of Kangxi, he was admitted to Juren (24 years old), and later said that he would no longer take the exam, and would not be an official in the court. He took his wife and daughter to travel, saying that he had no inspiration for painting at home, and his grandfather hated him.

The second aunt only gave birth to a daughter in the fifth year of Kangxi, and then she had nothing to do. The second uncle Tongfang gave birth to a daughter in the 11th year of Kangxi.

The second uncle's heirs are difficult, the second uncle proposed to the grandfather that he should have children in the step family, and the grandfather Ama still hoped that the second uncle would have a son.

For the sake of the children, when the second uncle was 31 years old, the grandmother decided to take a concubine for him, but three years later, there was still no movement in the second uncle's backyard, and he didn't even get pregnant.

I also invited the imperial physician, who said that the second uncle's pulse is peaceful and he is in good health.

The wives and concubines in the Second Uncle's Courtyard, except for the second daughter, Bojili Yierha (meaning chrysanthemum), whose biological mother was unfavorable for pregnancy, the rest are all in good health.

The grandfather and Ama gave up and helped the second uncle find a candidate for an heir.

At this time, the grandfather once again proposed the matter of entering the court, and the second uncle agreed after thinking about it. Ama helped the second uncle find a vacancy for a magistrate. In Anhui, the ancestors of the local magistrate and great-grandmother were sisters. He was squeezed out because he was a Han Chinese. Later, his father helped him find a vacancy for a doctor of Guozijian (cong Qipin), and then he became closer.

This time, Ama entrusted them to take care of her second uncle.The second uncle took up the post with all the money, leaving the second aunt to handle the affairs of the heir.

During this period, I searched for several candidates for the heir, but they were not very satisfied. During this period, Ama also asked if he wanted to adopt the fourth and seventh brothers, but the second uncle declined.

(End of this chapter)