Wind rises time and space gate

Chapter 424: Women are not allowed to stay in college

In the backyard of Prince Yue's Mansion, Ma, who was working and chatting with the family of the soldiers, heard someone looking for her man and hurriedly walked to the door.

At this glance, "Second sister-in-law? My in-laws' aunt, Lan Zhen? Come on, come in!"

When the rest of the guards and family members saw guests coming from the Lin family, they said hello and went back to their respective homes. Mrs. Ma hurriedly welcomed Mrs. Li, her daughter and niece Lanzhen into her small courtyard.

Mrs. Li and Mrs. Li walked into the small courtyard with their legs up, looking around as they walked.

The courtyard is not big as soon as you enter. You can see the whole thing clearly at a glance. It is smaller than the courtyard where I rented. But this courtyard is free to live in, and it is also in the inner city, close to the imperial city.

My heart felt sour.

Lin Jingning didn't know what kind of bad luck he had, but he was brought to the capital by a noble man.

The entire Lin family is just a small household. Life or death is not up to them. Even if they go to the town to go to the market, they have to report and be interrogated by the guards at the intersection for a long time. If the Li family hadn't seen that Lin Jing'an had changed his nationality, they would never have married Li to the Lin family.

I originally thought that Lin Jing'an was the only one born in the Lin family, and that the rest of the family would stay in the imperial mausoleum and wait to die for generations, but I didn't expect that Lin Jingning would seize the opportunity to answer the question of the King of Yue, and follow him to the capital to enjoy the blessings.

Mrs. Li felt sour water pouring out as she inquired into the house.

Ma glanced at her and remained silent.

This second sister-in-law was out of tune with them. She thought she was superior to others. She would go back to Lingcun during the holidays and her eyes would always be on the top of her head. She would not stay at home for one more night, as if she had lost her status.

Madam Ma shouted outside the courtyard: "Dongxue, Xiaobao, home is here!"

Listening carefully, you can hear two children responding, and then hearing hurried footsteps running towards home. Ma twitched her lips, smiled and said to Lan Zhen, "Your cousins ​​went to play next door and can't stay at home."

Mrs. Li looked at her granddaughter who was silent and pursed her lips. She felt proud when she saw that she acted like a lady. It was not in vain that her family spent a lot of money to send her to learn the rules.

"Dongxue must be seven or eight years old. Now that she has entered Beijing again, it's time to learn the rules. This place is not as small as our Tianshou place."

Dongxue was holding her brother's hand and stepping forward to the threshold when she heard Mrs. Li saying that she had no rules, and her little brows immediately wrinkled.

She just couldn't like her cousin's grandmother. She used to go to town with her grandparents and go to his shop to buy things, as if they were going to get benefits. Look at people with a condescending attitude. snort.

Xiaobao's hand hurt from being pinched by her, so he raised his head and softly called out: "Sister?"

Dongxue looked down at Xiaobao, shook his little hand guiltily, and led him into the yard, "Mom, we are back!"

Seeing the two children coming back, Ma hurriedly called them to her side and asked them to call someone.

"Second aunt, grandma of the Li family, second sister."

Lan Zhen smiled lightly at her two cousins, but she felt quite unhappy in her heart.

The third uncle's family now lives in the backyard of the palace, and they can get to the palace by just walking. On the other hand, when I came here, it took more than an hour to ride in a donkey cart from the outer city to the inner city.

My cousin lives here, and she will have many opportunities to meet noble people in the future. With her third uncle here, she will have to find a good marriage for her. But look at yourself, although my father is also working for the King of Yue, he doesn’t even have the respect of the King of Yue. I can't see that if I want to marry into a high family, I have to curry favor with my three uncles and three aunts.

I felt unhappy in my heart, but I was smiling on my face, and I even joked a little with my cousins.

"Hey, I haven't seen Dongxue and Xiaobao in almost a year. They have grown so big! They look like young ladies and young masters raised by wealthy families in the capital."

Mrs. Li was surprised at the changes in the two children, and felt sour in her heart.

The two grandsons that the family put a lot of effort into cultivating finally looked like they were raised by a wealthy family, but the two children who were thrown into the den of Huangling Mountain and were born and raised in a lowly manner have become outstanding in temperament. .

After hearing what her mother said, Mrs. Li also looked at the two children and felt sour in her heart.

Looking at Mrs. Ma again, I originally looked down on her and looked down upon her status as a royal householder, but now that she had only been in the backyard of the palace for a short time, she came out looking like a wife of a minor official or a minor official.

"I heard from your second brother that your third uncle entered the Yue Palace as an errand. I originally thought that you were going to the palace to work as slaves. I didn't want to be able to live alone in such a small courtyard. In my heart, I feel sorry for you. So happy."

Ma didn't feel awkward listening to her words. He had always looked down on her behavior in the past, but he didn't reach out to hit the smiling person.

He also smiled and started chatting with her...

"I'm just being treated as a slave. I originally wanted to stay at home, but my parents wouldn't let me. They said that Xiaobao hadn't seen his father since he was born, so they asked me to take the child to the capital and take care of him. This capital flower It’s so busy that I don’t even dare to go out for a while.”

Mrs. Li then agreed: "No. When our family came to Beijing, we didn't even dare to go out. Once we went out, we had to spend money everywhere. Drinking water cost silver, and a load of firewood cost ten dollars." Wenbawen is twice as expensive as ours. In autumn and winter, we burn several tons of it, but you are different from us."

"Why is it different? Everyone is the same. Just now, the family members of the guards reminded me to buy more charcoal, saying that it is very cold in the capital in winter. I was thinking about buying some tomorrow, but I thought it would cost a lot of money. Pen, this flesh hurts.”

Mrs. Li seemed a little surprised, "His third uncle is from the King of Yue, and you live here. Don't you get food from the palace?"

Ma smiled and said: "It's nothing. There are quite a lot of family members in the palace, and it's not enough for everyone to subsidize the gold and silver. The father of the child only gets monthly money, and the portion is only his price. The family has a lot of food. He has to use his monthly money to buy his clothes and shoes. The house will give him his own clothes, but the children and I have to buy them from outside. "

Mrs. Li and Mrs. Li then inquired about Lin Jingning's monthly money and his allowance.

"He is just an ordinary palace guard. He can barely support himself no matter how much money he can make. The expenses in Beijing are huge. There are many colleagues and there are many social events. Treating guests and giving gifts costs money everywhere."

Mrs. Li and her daughter didn't believe it. If Lin Jingning had taken less, how could Mrs. Ma follow Baba with her three children? And send He Le to a private school?

"Didn't he say that the King of Yue valued him highly? He was sent to the fiefdom before, but now he is transferred back to the capital and cannot be promoted to a commander?"

Ma laughed and said, "Commander, please don't say this to your in-laws. People outside will make a joke if they hear this. There are forty guards sent by the imperial court around the King of Yue. They all have official ranks and are from the household." There are also junior commanders and senior commanders in the palace guards. The one in my family was sent to Yuezhou to help with the fields, so how can he be a commander. "

ah? Just an ordinary palace guard?

How much does an escort get? One or two liang is too much. I thought the prince thought highly of him and specially transferred him from the imperial mausoleum.

"Then you still send He Le to study? He Ze is just studying in another city, and he has to spend five taels a year to repair it. In addition to the annual filial piety, pen, ink, paper and inkstones cost more than ten taels a year." "Hey, He Le. How can he compare with his cousin? Heze has been studying since he was a child, and he is rushing to take the imperial examination. My family, Hele, just wants to be a blind man. He only gets two taels of silver a year. The child's father saved money from his travel expenses and said he would only learn a few Chinese characters for a year."

When Mrs. Li heard this, she let out a sigh of relief.

Of the three sons of the Lin family, her husband was the only one with a nationality, and He Ze had the opportunity to study and take the imperial examination. Grandma Heze hopes that her child will be able to change his family in the future, so he subsidizes her a lot every year. If He Le also takes the imperial examination, how much will fall into He Ze's hands?

Lin Jingning is a member of the military, and his two sons will only be military households in the future. Li's lips curled up.

But then I thought about it, military households can also take the imperial examination!

She had heard before that if military households wanted to change their destiny, the only way was to take the imperial examination. That’s why Mr. Ma brought his two sons to Beijing and wanted to send them to study?

"Studying is expensive. Heze only spends more than a dozen taels of silver a year. If he were in Tianshou Town, he would still have more than a dozen taels of silver, but in the capital it would not be enough. A writing pen would cost two to three hundred taels. It’s just ordinary. If you take a lint-free pen to school, your child will be laughed at.”

Mrs. Li seemed to understand her daughter's intention, and also echoed: "Not only the pen and ink, but the books are also horribly expensive. A book can easily cost one or two taels of silver. Don't buy it. Others have it. It's not cool if your own children don't have it. But." If you buy it, your family will have to live frugally and eat rice bran."

The mother and daughter talked about how much money they spent on studying. Ma listened with a smile and chimed in a few words from time to time.

"There are a lot of used books in Heze, including Mengxue books. When the time comes, I can go to my house to pick them up, so I can save some money."

"That's great. His father has just paid him a monthly salary. As soon as I take care of things for winter, my wallet will be empty. I just sent the child to study, and I can't call him back."

Ma thanked him again and again. Although his fourth aunt gave He Le a lot of books for studying, as well as a lot of pen and ink, which were enough for him to use, these could not be shown to others, let alone Li's mother and daughter.

Li's mother and daughter and Lan Zhen had lunch at home. During the meal, Lin Jingning knew that their mother-in-law and grandson were coming, so she also asked for leave and came back.

After finishing the meal, Mrs. Li took Lan Zhen and said to Lin Jingning: "This child was also raised by my eldest nephew. She is his niece. Now it is time for her to get married, but we don't know anyone in Beijing. I'm afraid her marriage will be left to you."

"Yes, third uncle, you are now working as an errand in the palace, no more running around in the streets than your second brother. Lan Zhen's marriage will be entrusted to you."

Lin Jingning agreed without hesitation.

He only has two nieces. The eldest niece’s identity is Linghu, and he can’t choose. The second niece followed his second brother and became a citizen. Now he is working as an errand in the palace. Not to mention others, the palace guard has paid back 200. The single guy has a Most of them are strong and strong, have martial arts skills, and have a considerable monthly income. If they follow the prince, they will never be without food, and they can always choose a suitable one for Lan Zhen.

Mouthful.

Mother Li and her daughter were very happy, "Then let Lan Zhen stay at your house. During the day, let her aunt take her to walk around the palace more and get to know more noble people. Her baggage will be packed by our family before being sent to us."

He kept telling Lan Zhen: "Help your aunt take care of your younger siblings at home. Go to the front yard of the palace with your aunt more often during the day, so you can get to know more noble people."

Lan Zhen quickly agreed.

Lin Jingning was a little stunned, "Stay, stay?"

It took Ma Shi a while to realize. Did she and her father understand it wrong?
The boy's father probably wanted to help Lan Zhen choose one of the guards or family members of the palace. He didn't even dare to think about the guards. But the second sister-in-law and his daughter wanted her to take Lan Zhen to the palace to make friends with noble people?

Want to have a close relationship?
"Second sister-in-law, we are just family members of the palace guard. We are not allowed to go to the front yard without a summons."

"Why can't we go? You are also on errands for the King of Yue. Let someone report to the front yard, or ask Eunuch Cao to inform you that there is a banquet in the palace, or the princess is attending some flower party and banquet outside. Please take Lan Zhen with you. In the past, she could be a nephew or a maid, and she didn't need to be taken care of by the princess. Lan Zhen learned the rules on her own for several years, and her conversation and communication were no worse than others. "

"That's right, the princess's nephew has been raised in our family for several years. Our family is very kind to him. If it weren't for our family, where would the princess find her elder brother? Where could she meet the prince in the imperial mausoleum?"

Ask Li to tell her that if her family hadn't adopted Chang Zhi, and even took in Chang Zhi's biological mother who was pregnant, how could the princess be as wealthy as she is now.

Everyone said that her nephew looked like her aunt, but Mrs. Li felt that her biological mother and the princess were also very similar.

However, ten years later, Ms. Li no longer had much impression of her biological mother, whom she had only met a few times.

"His third aunt, just let Lan Zhen live in your house, just live with Dong Xue. Lan Zhen has a quiet temperament and won't make trouble with you. Lan Zhen's food will be brought to the family."

Li Shi said, if she hadn't come to Cao Cuo later and asked her to help introduce the princess, but Cao Cuo refused, why would she bother to ask Ma to see her face?

"This……"

Ma glanced at her husband and felt a little embarrassed, "It's not a matter of not being able to live comfortably. Although the family is not rich, she can't afford much food as a girl, but there is nothing we can do about going to the front yard to make friends with noble people."

Mrs. Ma remembered Lin Zhaoxia's great kindness to her mother and son for their survival. This was a major matter related to the life of the family. She did not want anyone to ruin the good life of the fourth sister-in-law and bring disaster to the family.

Lin Jingning was also in a dilemma, "Since Lan Zhen is talking about getting married, it's not easy for her to show up in public. We'd better wait until we find a suitable candidate secretly and then ask her second brother and sister-in-law to come and see her."

Li did not agree.

It wasn't that she looked down upon Ma and Lin Jingning, she didn't need to think about it, she knew what kind of family Lin Jingning and his wife were looking for for Lan Zhen, and she didn't like those people.

"This child has big ideas. Neither his father nor I can be the master of her. We have to let her find someone she likes." Lan Zhen must be kept alive.

Lan Zhen also begged, begged and cried. Lin Jingning and Ma had no choice but to watch as Li and his daughter left Lan Zhen and left the house.

Lin Zhaoxia learned the news the next day.

At first, Mrs. Li came to the palace for various excuses, and always took Lan Zhen with her when she came back. Originally, she thought that this was also her second sister-in-law, and Lan Zhen was also her niece. It was not easy for women in this era, and getting married was like reincarnation for the second time. I also hope that Lan Zhen can marry into a good family.

Unexpectedly, after meeting Mr. Li several times, she became more and more angry. Every time she talked about the kindness of being raised in the Lin family, she was afraid that she would forget the same thing.

Not only did they bring Lan Zhen, but Mrs. Li also came with her. She treated the palace as her own, and even said that she was a relative of the palace. Every time she came, she would wander around the palace.

Later, Lin Zhaoxia told Cao Cuo not to see them.

Unexpectedly, her second sister-in-law found herself in front of her third brother and sister-in-law in a blink of an eye.

Ask Jinxiu to pass on the message, "Tell the Lin family that I am busy preparing supplies for the winter during this period, and there are many banquets in the capital. I will call her to talk to her when I have time next time."