Chapter 349 Concubine
Then he looked around and saw that no one from the Xu family was there, so he whispered furtively, "Second sister, I overheard Mrs. Cao talking to second aunt. Mrs. Cao wants the eldest sister to be her daughter-in-law. ”
"Does eldest sister know?"
"I don't know." Xia Zilan said, then wrinkled her nose, "If the eldest sister knows, she will definitely tell the second uncle. The second uncle said that if the eldest sister wants to find her husband's family, she must find a young man with an innocent family background. Any family is poor. Don’t tarnish the Xia family’s reputation.”
It means looking for someone with good character.
But Cao Huajun, not only has mediocre knowledge and mediocre appearance, but his character is also crooked.
"Then what should we do?" .”
"Hmph, I'll tell my eldest sister and my second uncle."
The naughty child was about to run out with an angry face, but Xia Zihan grabbed her and said, "Wait a minute."
She said, "Today is my seventh brother's full moon wedding. I'll wait until my father is happy first and then tell him in the evening."
Xia Zilan snorted and expressed confusion.
Xia Zihan pinched her plump and fair face and said, "We can't ruin the guests' happiness just because of this."
Xia Zilan just said oh, and then said with a sly smile, "Then I will continue to monitor the second aunt."
The figure ran away in a flash.
Xia Zihan covered her mouth and smiled.
Mrs. Xu offended such a naughty child, and she deserved her misfortune.
This Xia Zilan is not only a naughty child, but also the most vindictive. I am afraid that it is the grudge that Xu pushed her to kill. This naughty child will remember it for the rest of her life.
Being remembered for the rest of his life by such a shrewd naughty kid, Mr. Xu's life may not be easy.
Xia Zihan greeted Aunt Zhang and Aunt Guo with a smile and went to the small flower hall.
The girls were received by Xia Ziqing and arranged to play in the small flower hall. When Xia Zihan came, they all came over to salute.
Xia Ziqing pursed her lips and said, "Second sister, my second aunt has sent people to visit me several times. I thought you were holding your seventh brother and were reluctant to let go."
The seventh brother is Xia Zihai, the son of Aunt Zhang.
Xia Zihan smiled slightly and made an excuse at random, "Seventh brother happened to peed on my skirt, so I went back to the house and changed my clothes, which wasted some time."
"I'm just telling you, let's come, why wouldn't Chu Yu show up?" Wei Kaiyue, who had a better relationship with Xia Zihan, covered his mouth and said with a smile.
Cao Huawen pouted and said, "Why don't you bring your little cousin over and let's take a look? I also prepared a gift for my little cousin."
"Oh, what gift? Let's take a look at it?" A smaller pair, I wonder if my cousin has any good-looking ones?”
"The baby's shoes are small, just embroider some flowers and grass. Whatever pattern you want, even if it has shoe patterns, the smaller shoes won't fit on them." Xia Ziqing said, and ordered the maid behind her to She took out the gift she had prepared for Xia Zihai and said, "It's almost summer, so I've prepared two small aprons."
"My mother said that when the weather is hot in summer, children don't sleep well. They kick the blankets and catch cold easily, so children wear this kind of apron when sleeping."
I proudly spread out the two pieces of apron for everyone to see.
One piece is green, with a pond embroidered on it, a pond of lotus leaves, and a few pink lotus flowers swaying in the wind. There are also a few drops of dew on the lotus leaves, which are crystal clear. What is even more eye-catching is that next to the dewdrops , and there are a few croaking green frogs parked there.
The yellow apron is embroidered with a mountain of azaleas, which is lifelike and lifelike.
More than a dozen girls exclaimed in surprise, cheered and gathered around, praising Miss Cao's exquisite embroidery skills and ingenuity.
Cao Huawen's eyes were full of pride, but he said modestly, "It took a lot of time. I am only good at embroidery. I can't compete with everyone else..."
"Oh my god, this azalea is actually embroidered on both sides. Look, the other side is a piece of grass, with only a cow embroidered on it, and a shepherd boy riding on it, playing a flute."
"It's so beautiful, Cao Huawen, how did you embroider it?"
“Very few people know how to embroider on both sides.”
“It’s almost a masterpiece.”
"I heard that the little princess of the Second Prince's Palace can also do it. At the last chrysanthemum appreciation banquet held by the Second Prince's Palace, the little princess embroidered double-sided embroidery."
“Tsk, tsk, tsk, it’s so awesome, I can’t even embroider one side well.”
"Miss Cao, can you teach us how to embroider this?"
I don’t know which one is so thick-skinned that he actually asked for advice.
Cao Huawen's eyes flashed and he said, "This is not easy to learn. It took me several years to learn it."
"It will take a few years..." Miss Lin said awkwardly, and then said with a disappointed look on her face, "Then forget it."
Her family will find her a husband next year, and once she gets engaged, she won't be able to come out at will.
Other girls who were interested in learning embroidery from Cao Huawen were envious and jealous and got close to her.
Cao Huawen took the opportunity to escape, "Okay, you guys have seen the gifts, it's time for me to give them away."
Cao Huawen's maid took away the two aprons and followed Cao Huawen, Cao Huayun and the two sisters. As soon as they left and disappeared, Miss Lin sneered mockingly, "Just one aunt is worthy of Ms. Cao personally trying to please her. Without knowing it, she would have thought that the person who gave birth to the child was the wife of the Xia family."
These words seemed to have insinuations, and even Xia Ziqing and Xia Zihan were scolded.
Because they are also one of the people who give gifts.
Xia Ziqing immediately turned cold and sarcastically replied, "Although it is my aunt who gave birth to the child, the child is my seventh brother and the heir of the Xia family. Although he is a bastard, he is also the second son of my second uncle. As sisters, we Of course, I need to prepare a gift, but it’s not like a certain family that doesn’t even have the basic love of brothers, friends, brothers, and sisters.”
It is ironic that Miss Lin is cold-blooded and does not recognize her relatives.
Miss Lin's pretty face turned red with anger, and she said plausibly, "You don't distinguish between your concubine and your concubine, you bring trouble to the family, and you don't care about the distinction between your concubine and your concubine for a little reputation. Is this an expression of your so-called love between brothers and sisters?"
"If so, I would rather not accept it."
Not distinguishing between legitimate sons and daughters is the root of family chaos. This is a truth that everyone born in aristocratic families knows.
In aristocratic families, there must be a clear distinction between direct descendants and concubines, otherwise, it is very likely that the root of the genocide will be sown.
"You..."
Xia Ziqing's face turned red and she couldn't hold back a word to defend herself for a long time.
Because the Xia family is a farming and reading family and comes from a scholarly family, the education she received since childhood was similar to that of Miss Lin.
However, she is now in the capital and depends on her second uncle and second aunt for food. Especially for her marriage, she has to rely on her second uncle to make the decision for her.
The second uncle was happy to have a son, so she naturally wanted to express herself.
In fact, speaking of it, she was the eldest daughter of the Xia family and had a distinguished status, while Xia Zihai was just a concubine of the second wife, so she didn't need to prepare any gifts for him.
But, isn't it because the second uncle likes him very much?
This seventh brother can be regarded as a son who is more important than his father. Since he can catch the eyes of her second uncle, she will naturally have to express her feelings, right?
She wrote a letter back to Jiangning last year, planning to go back with her fourth sister, but her family wrote back, asking her and her fourth sister to continue to stay in the capital.
She had no choice but to please her second uncle and Aunt Zhang and Aunt Guo more if she wanted to live a better life.
As for Xu...
Huh, she has seen that the second aunt is a black-hearted person.
Otherwise, he would not have pushed the fourth sister to the edge of the knife in order to save his own life.
Seeing that the scene was stiff, Wei Kaiyue and Miss Zhang hurriedly came out to interrupt and changed the topic. Only then did the flower hall burst into laughter again.
After Cao Huawen came back with a smile on his face, he opened a banquet.
A banquet for a group of girls was placed in the flower hall. After all the delicacies were served, when everyone was halfway through eating, Aunt Zhang walked in with Xia Zihai in her arms.
When making full moon wine, you have to bring the child out to show everyone, to show that the host respects the guests.
But after Aunt Zhang came in, she clearly felt several disdainful and unkind glances falling on her hands.
Xia Zihan knew that it was because of what Miss Lin said about the distinction between direct concubines and concubines just now, that made the girls feel alienated from her seventh brother.
Yep, the distinction between legitimate concubines and concubines is something created by legitimate sons, legitimate daughters, and legitimate wives in order to ensure their own status.
How many families have buried talented concubines just because of the distinction between concubines and concubines.
There are so many families where the legitimate sons are incompetent, but the common sons are talented, capable of literature and martial arts. As a result, just because of the four words of distinction between legitimate sons and common sons, the incompetent and dandy legitimate sons suppress the talented common sons to death, and they can never get ahead. Drag a huge family to death.
Xia Zihan doesn't care about that.
Her decision was made with three words: "The most capable person goes first."
In her father's family, she had already decided that if his father had other sons, she would definitely not take advantage of Xu's son.
Xu's sons and daughters can't even think of taking any benefit from their father. She will look down upon them.
Therefore, Aunt Zhang's son is also her little hope.
Of course, it would be better if Aunt Guo could give birth to a boy.
Then her hopes would be even greater.
With this in mind, Xia Zihan stood up, with a smile he took out a pair of gold bracelets that he had prepared long ago, put them on Xia Zihai's little wrists with his own hands, and said, "This is what I gave to my seventh brother. Gift.”
Xia Zihan smiled again and said, "My father has only one legitimate son, who is still young and weak. Now Aunt Zhang has started to support my father. I am very happy. Aunt Zhang, you are lucky. Also, Thank you.”
In just a few words, Xia Zihai's status was raised.
The sights at the scene changed obviously, and there seemed to be a few gasps.
"The county master's words are really embarrassing to this servant." Aunt Zhang was so moved that her eyes were wet and tears were about to fall. "It is my blessing to be able to carry on the family lineage and spread the branches and leaves for the master."
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