Ordinary clear day

Chapter 214
Although the value of the fourth elder brother's gift is not high, it is quite generous. In addition to several colors of needlework, silver locks, silver collars and silver bracelets are all available, and there are many exquisite baby toys, all of which are made inside.When it was carried in, many guests gave out admiration.

Tong Shi was actually very happy in her heart, but in front of others, she still kept a low-key and modest look, and just smiled kindly and said: "Brother Si is so kind, this is really a blessing for our Brother Ming."

Shu Ning suppressed a smile and watched her mother put on a show, but she had already seen that she was very complacent, so she exchanged a glance with her sister-in-law Zhen Zhen, who covered her smile and lowered her head to comfort the child.When Shu Ning turned her head, she inadvertently saw the change of expression on the face of the eldest aunt, and couldn't help but worry that the fourth elder brother's gift would be too conspicuous?

After the banquet was over, Mrs. Tong told the servants to pack up their things, and sent Duanning Zhenzhen and his wife back to the Meiyuan with Mingrui, who was sleeping soundly.Back in Huaiyuan, Shuning quietly reminded her aunt Nala that something was wrong, she nodded to show that she understood.

Sure enough, Nala came to look for Tong within two days.She rambled about how decent the banquet was, how rich the gifts were from the guests, how cute Ming Geer was, and so on.She also mentioned that Chengning's wife, Wanliu Hashi, was seven months pregnant but had a miscarriage. Maybe it was because the second wife did not accumulate yin virtues on weekdays, so she suffered retribution.And Sanfang has always been kind to others and happy to help others, so he is more blessed than others.

Mrs. Tong frowned when she heard the words, and said lightly: "I also received a letter from Baoding about Brother Cheng's daughter-in-law. Since the third girl and sister-in-law were not suitable to come out at that time, I asked the housekeeper to send her some Things that make up for her body. She is still young after all, she has taken care of her body, and she will not worry about having children in the future. We are elders, and our nephew and daughter-in-law should pay more attention to her when encountering such things. Does the sister-in-law think this is the reason? Son?"

Nala's embarrassingly responded.Seeing this, Mrs. Tong sneered in her heart, and then pretended to be casual and said: "Speaking of which, I paid 500 taels to the account for the full moon wine earlier, and I settled the account yesterday, and there are more than 100 taels left, but the accountant didn't Hand it back. I remember that he is an old man under my sister-in-law, and I asked my sister-in-law to help remind me, I am still waiting for the money."

Nala's face turned pale, and she whispered that she would turn around and urge her.Tong thanked her, and started a family routine with her.Nala chatted for a long time, but finally couldn't hold back, said: "That day... the gift from the fourth elder brother was really generous. I remember that when Brother Duan got married, he even came to drink the wedding wine in person. It seems that he We have a good relationship with your family."

Mrs. Tong paused, then smiled: "Isn't this all for the sake of elder brother and sister-in-law?" Brother is looking at the face of his relatives. He is familiar with our Brother Duan, and he was instigated by Tong's nephews, so he came here. It's all about human relations. But the night before last was different, I gave away so much The gift, of course, is for the sake of us being the second girl's natal family, isn't this all for the sake of the eldest brother and sister-in-law?"

Seeing Na Lashi's face turning red and white, she laughed secretly, and sighed again: "No matter what we think about the second girl, it is a foregone conclusion. From now on, she will be in the inner courtyard. All honors and favors depend on her own ability. We, the family members, may not be able to help. The only thing we can do is to let the men in the family earn a good future, so that the second girl can live in Baylor. The mansion has some confidence. But in the final analysis, she still has to rely on herself for the inner courtyard. It's really embarrassing to say, sister-in-law."

Nala couldn't speak for a while, and later saw Shuning came to talk to her mother about housework, just now she left with the excuse that she had something to do.Tong Shi raised the corners of her mouth slightly behind her, and didn't mention it when she was talking to her daughter.

From the end of June to the beginning of August, the emperor successively appointed many local officials, and there were also great personnel changes in the court.Among them, there are three things that stand out the most.

One is that Mingzhu, who has lost her family for a long time, has returned to the court. Although her official rank is still not as good as before, it is already an excellent signal for officials of his faction.

The second is Chen Liangben, the minister of the upper study room. Because of his meritorious service in fighting the disaster, he also assisted in handling government affairs during the emperor's expedition. He performed very well. Therefore, he was awarded the title of Bachelor of Wuyingdian, and he also won a third-class male title and a farm.His second wife died in childbirth last year when he was out fighting the disaster, and the emperor kindly granted him a fifth-rank Yiren.So Chen Liangben once again became one of Hanchen's leading figures after experiencing a low tide period for nearly two years.

The third incident occurred in the Ministry of War.The basic officials have not changed much, but several of the fifth-rank doctors have been dropped, and several chief officials have also changed.Among them, Shangshu Suo Nuohe was dismissed because of a mistake in military supplies, and was replaced by the original right servant Kai Yinbu.

The position of Jinbao's servant was also replaced by other officials, but he himself made a lot of contributions, so he was changed to the minister of Sanzhi, promoted to deputy capital commander, and added the title of first-class male and Yi Yunqiwei.The emperor rewarded 20 taels of gold and a string of coral beads, and also rewarded a Zhuangzi in Liangxiang, with [-] hectares of land, which can be said to be quite generous.

But Rongbao is more honorable than him.He jumped from a first-rank Chengdu general to a second-class man. Although he had no property, he almost overwhelmed his elder brother's brilliance.

No one knew what Jin Bao was thinking, he just congratulated his younger brother Gao Sheng happily, and when he learned that they were going to take office after the Mid-Autumn Festival, he immediately said that he would put a few tables of wine for them to practice, and then told Rong Bao a lot Just now, I went back to my room and sat with the door closed for half a day. When I came out again, there were a few strands of white hair mixed between my temples, and I was much haggard.

He had a conversation with his two sons, and then he summoned the steward and told him to take care of the imperial gifted Zhuangzi.Seeing his white hair and expression, Nala knew that he was sad, so when there was no one else, he cried and said to him: "Master, I know you have been wronged, you must take care of yourself."

Jin Bao waved his hand indifferently, and said: "Madam is overhearted, the emperor's kindness is great, not only let me be promoted to the second rank, but also added a noble, and I have a Zhuangzi. We are decent and affordable, and we are more relaxed than before. Not very Okay?"

Nala was crying non-stop, her husband worked desperately and was injured, but he still couldn't exceed the second rank, and instead lost his job as a servant.Although Minister Sanzhi is a second-rank official, he looks similar to a servant, but in fact he receives a third-rank salary; the deputy governor is decent, but unfortunately in the capital, it is almost a vain job; It is only one level higher than before, and it is still four levels behind the original second-class uncle, and it is still the second-rank.Rong Bao of the fourth room has already been promoted to the first rank, and Jin Bao has been looking forward to being promoted to this level for several years, but unexpectedly, his younger brother who is nearly ten years younger will take the lead.

As for the other rewards, the gold exchanged for silver is only 200 taels, so what is the use?Although the court beads are good, they can only be worn by themselves, and the Zhuangzi is good, but what the couple want is to go further in their official titles.Others looked at them as if they were decent, but this result was too far from their goal.

Jin Bao was a little annoyed when he heard it, and said, "Why are you crying? This is actually not bad. Minister Sanzhi is a close minister of the emperor. If he is not trusted, he will not be able to take up this job. I take turns to work with others, and my free time is more than before. There are too many, and I have time to tease my grandson. If you cry like this, others will hear it and think something is wrong with me."

Nalashi choked up and stopped crying, but still sobbed from time to time.Jin Bao said: "Wipe your tears quickly, I have something to tell you."

After Nala's grooming finished, Jin Bao asked, "I heard that brother Duan's son invited the full moon wine last month, and the third sibling paid money to the accountant to buy it. The third brother and sister went to ask, and you asked someone to return it, didn’t you?”

Nalashi was startled, and said in a low voice: "This...the family is short of money...Anyway, they often pay money back..."

Jin Bao said: "I also heard that you are sending things to Sibeile's residence every few days to Wanning. There are food, clothes, medicine, and a lot of belongings in it, right?"

Nala lowered her head and muttered, "This... I feel sorry for my daughter too. She has never suffered since she was a child, and her monthly income of 20 to [-] months is less than half of what she pays at home. How can she live?" Jin Bao snorted coldly and said, "Stupid! When my daughter is married, she is from another family. Don't say that they didn't treat her badly, even if they really treat her badly, what can we do? You give things every day Go, people who don’t know think that Wanning’s life is so sad, what do you think of Sibeile Sifujin? Don’t you think Wanning is ignorant?!”

Nala didn't dare to say anything, Jin Bao continued: "What's more, we spent a lot of money for Wanning before, and now the family is not enough, but you still want to give her the money, what's the use to her Benefits?! Are you willing to let your sons and grandchildren starve to death for her alone? Brothers are willing to pay money to the public, it is for the sake of the family, not for you to use it on your married daughter! Or it is not good for the family at all Yes. You have the audacity to withhold money from your brother’s family, what do people think? You shouldn’t be in charge of the family anymore, stop meddling in these matters, if you really want to spend money, take out your own private house!”

Nala was a little scared, she wanted to respond immediately, but thinking of her daughter's situation, she hesitated.

Jin Bao didn't pay much attention to it, and just said: "From now on, you are only allowed to send things to Wanning on festivals, and the value of each gift should not exceed 20 taels. If she becomes pregnant in the future, you can add more Not too late. She is only allowed to take her home twice a year to visit relatives, and each time should not exceed two days, and the expenses at home, including accompanying passengers, should not exceed 50 taels."

Nalashi trembled and shed tears again.But Jin Bao said to her coldly: "You take care of your daughter, so you probably don't know much about the sons? Do you know that Qing Ning has missed the opportunity to be promoted to doctor twice in a row, and Shun Ning's father-in-law, said He has little hope of getting promoted, so I suggest that he find an external job and try to get promoted after a few years of experience."

Seeing Nala staring at him with wide-eyed eyes, he sneered and said, "Mrs. is too negligent of her duties. Let's take care of my sons in the future. I have no hope of going any further. Our family business can only be entrusted to On the sons. If you have skills, you should help them more. As for the third and fourth brothers, you should be more polite. The third brother does not rely on the family. General, the future is limitless. Be kind to your two younger siblings, and be more considerate to the younger siblings. As for the second bedroom, you should stop thinking about what they owe you. If you want your daughter to live a better life, I'm afraid you have to give up. I have to ask the fourth girl to help me more."

He gasped for a while before continuing: "I have free time now. I want to personally take care of the upbringing of An Ning and the grandchildren, lest I teach another unfilial beast and affect my family!"

Nala wiped away her tears silently, and nodded slightly.

Shuning and her mother didn't know what happened in the big house, they were discussing a deal.Changgui just got a letter saying that there is a piece of land for sale on the North Juma River, about eleven or twelve hectares, with good soil quality, not far from the river bank, and there is also a small village, the price is only 3000 taels.

After discussing it, they sent Chang Fu to look at the land, and learned that it was not bad, but the location was a bit off.However, Chang Fu revealed a piece of news. The land was originally a new field that had been reclaimed for six or seven years. The landlord had just passed away.Mrs. Tong was also polite, and discussed with her daughter, and asked Changfu and Quansheng to talk together, trying to lower the price as much as possible.

As a result, Changfu insisted that the fertile land was a medium-sized field on the grounds that there were hundreds of acres of sandy land that could not grow grain, and the small village had only a few village houses, which had to be repaired separately. He also complained that the location of the field was too remote. I bought it as ten hectares, and only paid 2000 taels.The other party was in a hurry to use the money and didn't care. The old steward of his family was still loyal and insisted on asking for the delivery after the autumn harvest. Instead, the young master said it was troublesome.

After Shu Ning and Tong Shi knew the result, they were happy that the deal was a good deal, and they were also very shameless towards the prodigal son, but they admired the old housekeeper very much.However, Shu Ning didn't have the time to care about other people's family affairs. She only discussed with her mother, and after the field was handed over, she would hurry up to plant wheat.She still feels a little pity that she didn't buy it earlier, otherwise she could have planted a round of beans first.In the end, Tong's joked that if it wasn't just in time, where could I buy a good land at a low price?Shuning thought about it too, and smiled embarrassedly.

In September, the emperor made a tour outside the Great Wall, which was later and longer than in previous years.In Beijing, I heard the news that the emperor received many Mongolian princes outside the Great Wall and rewarded them generously.In October, General Fei Yanggu offered prisoners, and Long Yan was very happy, but it was a pity that he failed to capture Galdan and let him escape with a few cronies.But in November, Galdan sent envoys to surrender, and the emperor was unmoved. He only said: "After [-] days, we will enter the army."

Entering the twelfth lunar month, the emperor finally returned to Beijing, and Tong Ying was also the one who came back this time.Because he made a great contribution in the process of hunting down Galdan, and personally chopped Galdan's trusted general Lan Heli into serious injury, the emperor decided to reward him with a mansion and two farms together with his previous contributions. There are five thousand silver and countless property.

After Shu Ning heard the news, she breathed a sigh of relief, and turned her head to see the words she had just written on the case: "In the past, I went, Yang Liu Yiyi; now I come to think, rain and snow are falling." Smiling slightly up.

(End of this chapter)