The Book of Raising Children by Houmen

Chapter 295 Do You Have Anything To Go Back? (1)
After waking up the next day, Xu Si'an was already up. Zhao Jing turned over on the bed, reached out and rubbed her slightly sore waistline, but remembered the things Xu Si'an told herself after yesterday's incident.

It turned out that Xu Xian's biological mother was not a simple prostitute, but the main culprit in the embankment corruption case of the Ministry of Industry more than ten years ago, and the daughter of Mr. Wei Xianhong, the former servant of the Ministry of Industry.After the Wei family was ransacked, the men were sent to the border, and the female relatives were not sent to the palace as slaves. Women under the age of 16 were sent to the Jiaofang Division as official prostitutes. Xu Xian's biological mother was sent to the Jiaofang Division at that time. .

The so-called Jiaofangsi is an official brothel. It is a place specially set up by the imperial court to entertain court officials in order to control the prostitution and corruption of officials since the previous dynasty.Most of the women inside are the female relatives of criminal officials' families. Once they enter the Jiaofang Division, they will only be prostitutes for the rest of their lives unless they are released from their criminal records with the approval of the Ministry of Punishment.

Zhao Jing was a little puzzled when she thought of this. Although the old lady Xu is vulgar, she is not the kind of person who likes to show off her status.She looked down on prostitutes probably because of her inner prejudice against prostitutes.If he knew these inside facts, he should not be so sensitive to Xu Xian's life experience.

However, it was many years ago that Mrs. Xu brought Xu Xian into the Hou's residence. At that time, Mama Sun had the final say in the Hou's residence. Zhao Jing really didn't know if there was any misunderstanding here.

Xu Si'an went to the Yamen early on duty, Zhao Jing went to Songhe Hall to pay her respects after washing up, Xu Xian and Qi Xinrui had already arrived.

Xu Si'an had an awkward fight with Mrs. Xu for a few days because of Qi Jiabao's matter before, and these days he went out early and returned late and did not come to Songhe Hall to pay his respects. When he came over, he couldn't help asking: "What has Master Hou been busy these days? Do you know?"

Seeing Mrs. Xu's appearance, Zhao Jing was clearly thinking about Xu Si'an but pretended not to care. She mentally estimated the time when Xu Si'an hadn't come, and calculated that five or six days had passed.But it wasn't that Xu Si'an didn't want to come these few days, it was Qi Xinrui who really was there, and it was inconvenient for him to want to come. He came early in the morning, and Mrs. Xu didn't get up again, so he simply asked the maids to say that he hadn't been here.

"The old lady is thinking about Master Hou. Master Hou has been busy with business these days. I heard that the matter in the south has not been resolved. Master Hou reads the military newspaper in the study every day very late. When he returns to his room, sometimes I'm all asleep."

Zhao Jing said this to find a way out for Xu Si'an, who knew that the old lady Xu shook her head repeatedly after hearing this, and said, "Then how can it be done, you young couple are newlyweds, how could you go to bed so early?" Zhao Jing's cheeks blushed when she heard this, and the old lady wanted to continue talking, but remembering that the children were still there, it was difficult to explain in front of them, so she didn't continue talking, just changed Then he said: "Now that Brother Bao doesn't have breakfast with me, my Songhe Hall is really not as lively as before."

Zhao Jing only secretly smiled when she heard this, Qi Jiabao's bedding had already been moved to the outer courtyard yesterday, and because of her young age, several children lived in the same courtyard first, and Zhao Jing also ordered her elderly mother Serving in there, and each of them brought two servants and two maidservants to study and eat together, they were as harmonious as brothers.

Zhao Jing was planning to greet Mrs. Xu later and take a look outside, but the old lady thought of it first.Seeing that Zhao Jing didn't reply, the old lady also knew that she was in love, and she started reading the day before the baby left, and the days to come will be long!
When everyone was here, the maids hurried in and out to serve breakfast in the side hall.Mrs. Xu just asked, "What do you have for breakfast this morning?"

The maid stopped and replied: "There are Sixi Steamed Dumplings, Crystal Shaomai, Jujube Cake, Shrimp Wonton, Red Rice Porridge, Millet Porridge, Plum Blossom Heart Plate with five side dishes, and the old lady said yesterday The soy milk sanzi I ate..."

Old Madam Xu didn't wait for the servant girl to finish, she just waved her hands and said, "I'll eat soy milk sanzi today, and take the shrimp wonton and jujube cake to the outer courtyard for the young masters to eat."

Zhao Jing smiled and said: "The old lady doesn't need to give them special, I have seen that the menu of the three meals in the outer courtyard has been changed, and each person has increased the amount of two taels of silver every month, so they must all eat better. "

The Hou Mansion used to follow the old practice of the old Hou Ye, and the old Hou Ye came from childhood, so he was extremely strict with the two sons, and there was no difference in food between the superior and the servants.After all, Zhao Jing couldn't see it, so she discussed with Butler Zhou and changed it.

After having breakfast in Songhe Hall for a while, the girl stayed to talk with the old lady, and Zhao Jing went to the front yard to serve as director.Zhang Yongshun's family went to Xingyue Tower yesterday, and they had already made a decision with Aunt Zhu as the candidate for the female teacher who would come to the Hou Mansion for classes on the first day of the junior year.

(End of this chapter)