Chapter 91: The first mention of family separation
Two meals a day of remembering the bitterness and remembering the sweetness, no matter how unpalatable it is, is beginning to be cherished.
Without any preparation, Jia Zheng and his wife, together with Jia Zhu, were able to drink without expression when faced with the strange-tasting wild vegetable paste that was a bit sour and a bit bitter.
I really can’t do it without eating. I have to wait until the evening to eat this meal.
You can be lazy at night, take a nap on the futon, free your knees, and sleep on your stomach for a while, but during the day... it's not so good.
In other words, they have to rely on this bowl of wild vegetable paste and wild vegetable cakes to maintain their strength until the evening meal.
"Zhen'er!"
Wang finally spoke, "Zhen'er's studies are still very heavy, he..."
"Mother, my son can do it."< br>
Jia Zhu was afraid that her mother would speak, so she quickly interrupted, "My son has made mistakes, and he should be here."
Jia Zheng: "..."
Wang: "..."
The expressions on both faces were distorted for a moment.
Of course they know they are wrong.
But they have already admitted their mistake!
They all entered the ancestral hall.
With today, it counts as three days.
What else are you thinking about?
Do we really want to imprison them for the rest of their lives?
"I didn't say..., you shouldn't be here."
Mrs. Wang slowly exhaled the turbid air in her chest, trying not to explode, "I mean your studies are very important, otherwise, bring the books in to read!"
Although she is a mother, she has She is full of loving mother, but she can't stop her son from always turning his elbows outward.
"There is also Master." If the son is useless, then he can only tell his husband, "It's not a problem to ask for leave all the time."
"...Oh!"
Jia Zheng sighed at the right time.
He regretted very much. He used to spend three days fishing and two days drying nets, so it was inconvenient for him to escape from the ancestral hall on political matters.
But he really couldn't kneel anymore, his knees hurt so much.
When I go to the toilet now, it takes a while to get up.
It’s hateful that his eldest brother, who is such a gangster, is like them this time, not making any noise to go out, and even shouting when he takes a long time to go to the toilet.
Jia Zheng also counted the time for him to go to the toilet, but this brother had the ability to make some noise and walk over slowly before he called him.
"Nothing!"
Jia Zhen took a sip of hot water and said, "There have been happy events in our family recently. The adults from the Ministry of Industry will be considerate of Uncle Zheng."
Jia Zheng: " ..."
He turned back and took a deep look at his nephew, and finally couldn't help but ask: "Zhen'er, how many days will we... stay in the ancestral hall?"
Jia Zheng thought. He said that their family had admitted their mistake and Rongxi Hall could be released at any time. You are the clan leader, and you can be punished as you please. Why are you always kneeling in the ancestral hall without saying a word? What on earth do you want to do?
But when the words came to my lips, I just couldn’t say them out.
Faintly, he felt that his eldest brother and Zhen'er were using the ancestral hall to teach them a lesson.
Although the two of them were also at the ancestral hall, how good was Jia Zhen's life?
In addition to kneeling down during the day, I can sleep well at night.
As for the eldest brother... he has experience kneeling in the ancestral hall, and three or five days is not a problem.
But they really can't.
“As you know, the Supreme Emperor’s decree to grant a marriage has been made, and the dowry for Yuanchun should be prepared.”
Unthinkable, Jia Zheng could only carry out his daughter. .
"When we came in, my mother said that we don't need to worry about the eldest sister's dowry."
Jia Zhen seemed to sigh sadly, "There is the old lady and her two A sister-in-law. The two younger siblings were both married last year. They have experience.
And since the eldest sister has been in the palace for two years, things at home may be unfamiliar. She will marry the Marquis of Xinping. In the past, she had to be the matron of the house, and she couldn't do it without knowing how to manage. So she took this opportunity to learn how to buy the remaining dowry and practice her skills, so that she wouldn't be in a hurry when she got married. "
"..."
"..."
All the roads are blocked!
Jia Zheng and Wang felt desperate.
Jia Zhu knelt and didn't move at all.
He repented sincerely in front of his ancestors.
But if parents can't be sincere...
Then the family will have trouble in the future.
The eldest uncle and brother Zhen are becoming less and less patient with their parents.
Next time...
What if I try to mess with my father, if I lock his mother in the Buddhist temple...?
As their son, Jia Zhu doesn't want his parents to fall into that situation, so now he is willing to teach him a lesson once and make his parents fearful.
He didn't say a word, he just suffered.
"That..."
Jia Zheng gritted his teeth and asked again: "How many days will we stay in the ancestral hall?"
"What do you think, Uncle Zheng?"
Jia Zhen asked, "In front of the ancestors, you "How many days will my grandfather and uncle be punished if they know what you did?"
Jia Zheng: "..."
His heart trembled.
Father knows that he will not punish but will beat.
If his father were here, he would never dare to be so bold.
My mother couldn’t do that either.
"If my father were here, he would probably beat him to death and throw him into the ancestral hall for half a month to see if he is still alive."
Jia She looked at his father's spiritual tablet and kowtowed. , "My son is unfilial. He didn't protect the things you gave him. He only knew filial piety to his mother. He only knew forgiveness and tolerance to his second brother. He completely forgot to advise, let alone teach his second brother.
Father..."
His voice was choked, "My son misses you. Grandfather, grandmother, and grandson miss you. "
Here are his wife and his son...
Jia She straightened up and couldn't help but wipe away a handful of old tears when he saw the two tablets at the edge. .
He is willing to take his second brother and his family to spend time with his ancestors and his wife and children in this ancestral hall.
"...Brother, I was wrong. "
Jia Zheng's voice was slightly lowered, "When I go back, I will vacate the Rongxi Hall. "
"..."
Jia She looked at the tablets of his wife and children and said nothing.
"Zhen'er, I want to go back early to free up the Rongxi Hall. . ”
Jia Zheng had no choice but to say to Jia Zhen: "Look..."
"Just wait!"
Jia Zhen sighed, "Rongxi Hall is right there. We can't run away, it's our fault... we should admit it in front of our ancestors. Otherwise, with my hot temper, I might come to talk to me in the middle of the night."
Although he is at the Supreme Emperor's place. I missed my grandpa’s stick for a while, but most of the time, I was still afraid of it.
"Uncle Zheng, have you ever dreamed about your uncle?"
Jia Zheng: "..."
He didn't.
Not once.
My parents have always liked him.
So when he sent his last note, the Supreme Emperor rewarded him with an official position.
He has always felt that he should be his father's pride.
But now...
Jia Zheng’s shoulders slumped.
Is he really wrong?
The eldest brother is very messy, and my mother said that the family does not count on him.
My mother asked him to live in Rongxi Hall. He knew it was wrong, but for the sake of his mother, he did not object. He and Mrs. Wang did not live in the main house, but only lived in three side rooms on the east side of the main house.
Once, he felt that he had done a good job.
I take care of both my mother and my brother. Unexpectedly...
The ancestral hall became quiet again.
But the ancestral hall was quiet, but Shen Ning's yard couldn't be quiet anymore.
Jia Mu came directly to find her.
The old lady knew very well that although Jia Zhen was the patriarch, he was extremely filial to his mother. As long as Mr. Shen spoke, the ancestral hall... meant that she was a little partial between the two sons.
But the boss has already attacked the prince.
Isn’t it human nature for her to prefer the second child?
Ms. Shen didn’t know it before, but now that she has Jia Yue, she should know a little bit more, right?
"Auntie, why are you here so early in the morning?"
Hearing the maid's report, Shen Ning went directly to the hospital and said, "If you need anything, let the maid tell you. , I was the same way in the past."
Jia Mu: "..."
She wanted to admit her mistake and ask the teacher to question her.
But Mrs. Shen is so respectful...
For a moment, Jia Mu didn't know what to say.
“Cough~”
She coughed lightly, “After announcing the decree yesterday, Yueyue cried quite hard. How is she now?”
“ As a child, it's her business to cry."
The smile on Shen Ning's face became more sincere, "Don't worry, I can still eat and sleep, and I can howl occasionally."
"That's good, that's good."
When Shen Ning helped her over, Jia Mu patted her hand, "Yueyue is still young and has a thin throat. She just howls a few times occasionally. We can't let her cry all the time."
"How can I?"
Shen Ning helped her walk in and said, "I'm not the stepmother, I was the same as yesterday. Is it because she cried so hard that she couldn’t go to Xifu and accompany her to receive the order?”
"..."
Jia Mu sighed, "It's a good thing you didn't go." The second daughter-in-law was stupid, and the gossip of that day would always come to her. She sighed again and said, "Dai After the father-in-law announced the Emperor's will and the palace received the rewards and gave red seals to the palace people, some of the palace people gossiped that it was a pity. Aunt Lingyu on Concubine Zhen's side said that Concubine Zhen was ready to tell the emperor that she would give it to the palace. She is from the same background as a grown-up girl."
She looked at Shen Ning and said, "At that time, isn't he just trying to sow discord?"
Although the old lady said so. He said this, but his eyes were fixed on Shen Ning, wanting to see her attitude after hearing this, and wanting to know whether she was surprised or angry.
Among the surprise and anger, is there any regret, regret... or even guilt?
"So, aunt, you know how she has been favored so far?"
Shen Ning didn't seem to know about Jia Mu's temptation, but said sincerely: "How many concubines were there around the Supreme Emperor? Concubine? Which one of them is not smart? But what about the result? Without some means, Princess Zhen and Prince Jin would not be able to make it this far. "
How can these idiots in the Jia family still want to live well with others?
Shen Ning sighed, "The quiet estrangement makes people kill each other. What she does to sit firmly on the Diaoyutai will not be the first time she does it, nor will it be the last time she does it."
“……”
Jia Mu's heart trembled.
She remembered an old incident in the Supreme Palace.
At the same time as Concubine Zhen, there was a pair of sisters who were deeply loved by the Emperor.
But in the end, the two sisters went from supporting each other to fighting to the death. One was disfigured and the other was in the cold palace. Within a few months, they both died again.
"Alas~"
The old lady was anxious, "Wang is stupid. After hearing what she said, Eunuch Dai and the others had just left the house, and she slapped Yuan Chun hard. He also asked her about her filial piety, saying that she was her mother and would not harm her if she didn't listen to her."
Shen Ning: "..."
"She didn't just complain. Yuanchun, I blame you too!"
"I know."
Shen Ning took a breath and said, "She has been blaming me for more than a day or two. She wants to be. I can’t do anything about the knife in someone else’s hand. I can’t just lock her up in the ancestral hall forever.”
Jia Mu: "..."
Her heart skipped a beat, but she quickly pressed it down again.
Wang Ziteng is not a vegetarian.
The children Wang gave birth to were still fine.
And Yuanchun is about to marry Xinpinghou.
Pearl also wants examiners, for their sake...
“I feel so angry!”
The old lady stroked her chest, “Fortunately These children were raised by my old grandmother.”
Otherwise, I’m afraid they will all be taught wrongly.
“This is the luck of these children, the luck of the Jia family!”
Fortunately, the Wang family women's talentless behavior was not transferred to the Jia family.
Even if we are welcoming the Spring Festival, we can still write a few poems.
Shen Ning helped the old lady into the house, "Aunt, you have to take good care of yourself. With you here, the children can be better, and the second brother and sister can't make any trouble."
" Zheng'er is really the wrong daughter-in-law."
The old lady regretted in front of Shen Ning, "She was the one who cried in front of me with Baoyu. I thought that the children would grow up beside me. , being far away, it was really inconvenient for her to look after her children, so she was... confused for a moment. "
Anyway, there was this factor.
The old lady simply recognized this point, "Speaking of Baoyu, the jade is strange. How could such a big piece of jade be in the mouth of such a young child? It was obvious that she had bribed Po Wen and People around me."
Shen Ning: "..."
She didn't say anything, she just accepted the tea from the maid, served it herself, and let the old lady go on.
"She is too scheming. No, I have to send someone to find Mrs. Wen from back then."
The old lady had actually already found her, and it was a coincidence that Wen Po drank too much last year and fell and died.
“You have to find it.”
Shen Ning agreed.
“She was unwilling to have a title in the family without a second wife, so she tried her best to sell it in front of the old lady. In these years, she has been in charge of the family, and I have raised the children for her. The house... has become very fast. She emptied it out!”
Where did Zhou Rui’s village, shop, and money come from?
Didn’t the Wang family steal it from the public?
In the past, Jia Mu kept one eye open and one eye closed, thinking that the meat was rotten in her own pot.
I didn’t expect that!
“Why do you think I married Zheng’er to such a troublemaker?”
“It’s not too late to remedy the situation.”
Shen Ning said: "Now Lian'er has also married a wife, otherwise, you can divide the two houses in secret."
What?
Jia Mu immediately came to her senses.
There is no separation between parents when they are together, this is an old saying.
She never thought of dividing the families between her two sons.
"Brother Shen has already suffered a lot. He is magnanimous and will let his brother go. Even if the family is separated, he will not let Zhengdi and his family leave the house."
Shen Ning tempted, "You, let them divide the money for the children's marriages and marriages first, and other farms, shops, etc., go to each family. Of course, you also have a share. You can give it to whoever you want in the future." Who.”
This?
The second wife has many children, so dividing the money for marriage first will give the second wife an advantage.
The Shen family is quite good and does not favor the big house.
Jia Mu didn't care whether she divided them or not. She had enough private houses, and she could give them to whomever she wanted.
It's just a family separation...
"How many people are fighting to the death between brothers because of the family separation..."
Shen Ning suggested, "Now amnesty The brotherhood between my younger brother and younger brother Zheng is still there, and you have separated their families secretly. Outside, Yuan Chun is still the legitimate daughter of Rongguo Mansion, and Zhuer is also the eldest son of Rongguo Mansion. Give them a share so that Mrs. Wang can't make up her mind. Otherwise, she is Feng Yatou's aunt, and she has raised Lian'er. What she wants to do, the young couple can only agree to it out of love.
It's like she dared Lian'er to move the treasury money that her uncle had specially sealed back then, without telling everyone else.
She dared to move that thing, what else could she dare not do? "
Jia Mu: "..."
She was a little scared by what she said.
“The Wang family was not said to be extremely rich back then, but it was not far behind.”
Shen Ning then made a point, "But what about now? A family is most afraid of internal strife. If you don't control it from the source now, it is really possible that the Xifu will be emptied by her. What will Lian'er do then? Zhu'er, Baoyu and the others will What face?”