take a wife to support the family

Chapter 359
Major events in life, weddings and funerals.

Li Qingsong is the only male in the old Li family, and he is related to the inheritance of the Li family's incense. The Li bamboo craftsman and the Zhu family regard him as the lifeblood, and his marriage must be perfect.

Naturally, Mrs. Zhu also picked on Yueniang not being a daughter of a high-ranking official. Lily asked Ruzhen's nanny, Chang Niangzi, to tell her the rules of the ladies in the capital, such as what time to get up every day, when to go to bed, how to sit and lie down, and how to move. The silk and satin clothes she wears for the four seasons can’t be repeated, the rouge, goose breast, eggplant, and crab cost 20 taels of silver for a meal, and the pearl powder, jasmine pink, rose dew, and rose dew evenly distributed on her face are like flowing water...

Mrs. Chang said: "You always don't look at other people, only look at our lady. The clothes on her look brand new, but they have actually passed through a river. If you are in the capital, you should be pointed out behind your back."

Mrs. Zhu couldn't help but be speechless: "Isn't there a lady with a good background and a virtuous family? I don't believe it."

"Oh, what are you always talking about?" Mrs. Chang smiled, "The lady of the family is virtuous and virtuous. When she marries into your family, she still has to be wronged in terms of food and clothing? Marrying a man, marrying a man, dressing a man You can't marry a daughter-in-law who can't afford to eat."

Mrs. Zhu felt that she was very knowledgeable, nodded and said: "According to you, that Yueniang is the best?"

Mrs. Chang said: "Yue Niang is someone who has seen the world in the capital. Don't think that her father's position in Jinyiwei is not high. He is an old man who has fought with the emperor for many years. How many of his old acquaintances are doing it now?" After becoming a senior official, Qingsong can marry Yueniang, which will bring countless benefits in the future."

Mrs. Zhu refused to listen to what her son and daughter had to say, but she could still listen to Mrs. Chang's words, so she no longer objected, and An Anxin prepared for the ceremony.

She kept in mind the ostentation Mrs. Chang said, and put it on Lily's head. When she was free, she went outside to chat with people, boasting about how majestic and glorious her daughter was in the capital. Lily couldn't laugh or cry, saying that she never saw her twice. Listen, just let her go.

On this day, it was decided that both the craftsman Li and Mrs. Zhu would wear new clothes, and Lily would honor Mrs. Zhu's pair of six-two-weight solid twisted gold bracelets. She also wastes nothing, so she only picks the heavy ones.

Sure enough, Mrs. Zhu was very proud. She pulled her sleeves up to her elbows, wishing that everyone could see the golden bracelet on her wrist. That was not enough, so she asked her daughter: "The silver hairpin on my head is not worthy of gold. Do you have that golden hairpin?"

Lily said: "I have it, but I should put it on your old daughter-in-law's head when I take it out. Otherwise, if you take a good hairpin and use a bad one to put it on Yueniang, can Yueniang pick it up and be with you in my heart?" Get angry?"

When Mrs. Zhu heard that it was true, she quickly rolled up her sleeves so as not to hurt Yueniang's eyes.I was afraid that I would not have to show off in the future, so I had to confirm with my daughter again: "Is this for me?"

"If you always feel heavy, you can return it to me." Lily smiled.

Mrs. Zhu quickly walked away with the bracelet in her sleeves, feeling the wind under her feet: "I have to go and order Qingsong, don't you mess around!"

Both Song Haonian and Qingsong rode majestic tall horses, and the old couple of Carpenter Li sat in the carriage at the end. Lily smiled and watched them go to the county town, and came back with her back and said to Song Mannv: "The weather is too hot, we might as well play It’s delicious to eat with sweet water noodles, served with kimchi.”

The barbarian said, "I was thinking about that too."

She used to work as a cook at the rich man's house in the nearby town. Before she came to help Song Haonian's house, she also said that this family also eats five or six meat dishes for a meal.

Unexpectedly, I didn't know until I came here that it was just an ordinary meal, but I paid more attention to cleanliness and tidiness, and there were more fresh dishes, so it didn't cost much.If it weren't for knowing that Song Haonian and his wife's family had a rich family and treated them generously, the barbarian girl would still think that their family was poor.

There was a fire in the kitchen, and people were sweating after entering for a while, Lily dared not go in with her belly like a small stove, and simply went back to her own room, only to wake up if she really fell asleep, Mrs. Chang was putting him in a bellyband , He hummed and hid, but refused to wear it.

Lily came in, and if she was really on the bed, she stretched out her hand to his mother, how could Lily hug him?She walked over and sat on the edge of the bed, hugged him and rubbed him well, spread out her little belly as if it was really comfortable, Lily bounced on his stomach: "Just don't wear any clothes, not even a bellyband, what a shame!"

Ruzhen covered his face and looked at people through his fingers, Lily hurriedly asked Mrs. Chang to put him in a bellyband and open his pants, after a while Xing'er came over, and the two siblings played together.

In the past, Song Xiuxiu should have delivered Yuanyuan at this time, but today it was at least two quarters late. When Lily thought Yuanyuan would not come today, Song Xiuxiu appeared at the door with Yuanyuan in her arms, saying: : "Sister-in-law, I have to trouble you today."

"Yuanyuan, what are you eating today?" Lily smiled and talked to Yuanyuan, "Come to my sister-in-law."

Yuanyuan slipped down from Song Xiuxiu's arms, trotted to find Xing'er and Ruzhen, Song Xiuxiu stood there looking at Lily for a while, hesitating to speak.

Lily was a little strange: "What's wrong?"

Song Xiuxiu bit her lips: "It's nothing, I'll go to work, sister-in-law, if Yuanyuan is disobedient, you can just teach her a lesson."

Lily only thought there was some gossip in the town, and didn't take it seriously.Unexpectedly, it didn't take long before someone started arguing in front of the door.

Song Haonian went to the county seat, but there were still several servants at home. One of them, Li Chouwa, went out to have a look, and came back and said, "It's a young scholar."

Several children in the yard were playing lively, Lily couldn't hear what the little scholar outside was scolding, so she went to the back of the door and listened carefully, only to hear: "... kidnapped my daughter, I will sue you..."

Lily turned her head to look at Yuanyuan who was squatting there grabbing stones. Yuanyuan didn't respond to the little scholar's voice at all. She was obviously a stranger, so she said to Li Chouwa, "Brother Chouwa, go and drive him away."

Li Chouwa is not from Qingliu Town, but is related to the Li family in Liushan Village. Lily calls him brother.

Li Chouwa promised, opened the door and went out, Xiao Xiucai immediately shut up, not knowing what he was doing outside, and came back rubbing his fists after a while and said: "There is no meat all over, I can't help but I don't even dare to use my strength .”

Lily clearly remembered that before she went to the capital, even though the townspeople didn't think highly of the little scholar, they had to show respect to him in person, just because he was a scholar and had a bright future in the future, but now Li Chouwa didn't even ask about it. Hit at once?
She only said to drive away, Li Chouwa shouldn't just rely on his family's power to do something wrong.

Lily said: "Brother Ugly, it doesn't matter if you beat up a young scholar like this?"

Li Chouwa laughed and said, "Who doesn't want to beat that ungrateful bastard?"

Lily was stunned: "Then you are a scholar, if one day you rush forward, won't you be harmed?" Her family is not afraid, Li Chouwa has no backer.

It happened that the barbarian girl came out to breathe, and said with a smile, "You don't know yet?"

Lily shook her head, she came back from the capital, she has a lot of work to do, and she has no time to take care of her relatives and friends, how can she have the time to care about the lives of scum like little scholars?
Even when Lamei and the others wrote letters, they were anxious to talk about their own situation. At most, they would bring Song Xiuxiu. Who has the spare ink to write about the recent situation of young scholars?
Seeing that Lily was curious, the barbarian asked Xiao'e to look at the kitchen and gossip with Lily herself: "My lady, I don't know if I went to the capital. There was a big joke before."

It turned out that not long after Song Haonian's family went to the capital last year, the county held a county examination, and children took part in it, and those who passed the examination were scholars.Although Liu Rulong has the nickname of "little scholar", he is still far from a scholar.

The county magistrate is the main examiner, and the grand master of the university is going to take the examination. As long as the writing is passable and there is no major problem in character, a scholar will naturally get fame: the county magistrate also wants to make a contribution to his own culture and education.

Originally, Liu Rulong's articles were not hot enough, but Master Liu and Mr. He in Xueli had a lot of troubles because of him, and they were very disappointed in him, and they no longer cared about him like they used to.

Unsuitable for his wife, she is also a juren's daughter, asking Mr. Huang to give pointers to the little scholar.Some young scholars rely on their own talents and don't take others seriously. Who knows that after studying all the correspondence with Mr. Huang, they know that this father-in-law who has passed the exam and became an official is different. Let me point out the article. There was a bloodstain on the words, and the little scholar was criticized in cold sweat.

Master Huang also collected historical essays over the years and asked his son-in-law to memorize them by heart, so as to lay a solid foundation in his heart.After coming and going, the little scholar was naturally full of confidence, and he had already announced that he would be the top three in the county, not to mention picking the first case.

Mr. Huang was far away, so he couldn't hear such crazy words, and he didn't have any reason to persuade him to restrain himself. The country people don't know the way. Hearing him say this, I only know that he is really sure that he will be the top three in the exam. When the townspeople go to the county , Naturally, the inside and outside of the words are inevitably brought out.

It didn't take long for everyone in Taiping County to know that there was a talented Liu Rulong in Qingliu Town, and he vowed to win the top three in the county.

Unexpectedly, when this word reached the county magistrate's ears, the county magistrate felt that this person was young and arrogant, and asked his predecessors: "This Liu Rulong sounds familiar..."

Others couldn't remember it for a while, but the master remembered it, and said: "This person was originally married to the Song family in Qingliu Town, and there was a lawsuit for divorce..."

Catcher Zhao also remembered: "Master Song's adoptive sister is not his first wife? He almost forced her to be killed in order to marry the second one."

Well, now Liu Rulong will be firmly in the county's heart, and he will never forget it.

On the day of the exam, when the papers are handed in for a look, his talent is mediocre, and there is nothing to feel sorry for him.The county lord then explained to Grandmaster Tixue that Liu Rulong stopped his wife and remarried, "Although it is said that scholars are selected for talent, such a character can make people feel at ease."

The great master of Tixue forced the county venerable to be even more jealous of evil, and he was furious immediately: "How can such a dirty person be worthy of the green shirt of a scholar?"

Immediately lift the vermilion pen and depose it.The list was published again, saying that Liu Rulong would not be able to obtain the honor of a scholar in this life, and all the students in the county took it as a warning.

If it wasn't for Tong Sheng who couldn't be dismissed, the great master would probably strip him of his status as a scholar.Even so, Liu Rulong was also deposed from a middle-class boy to the last, and no longer received money or food.

From then on, Liu Rulong's embarrassment became famous throughout the county. People in Taiping County mentioned "Little Scholar" not to respect him, but to laugh at him.

(End of this chapter)