Poor Family

Worrying that Shizheng and his family would not adapt to the life in the uncle's house, and to show how much she valued Shizheng and his family, Mrs. Shi asked them to eat at Yixiangtang for the previous month.

"Your elder brother and the others all have errands to do, and it's troublesome to go back and forth on weekdays. Let them start fire in their own courtyard. We only get together during the holidays and family events."

"You've just come back. You may not be clear about the things in the mansion. Mama Zhang is from our courtyard. She is familiar with all these things. If you don't understand, just ask her."

Mrs. Shi explained to Jin Yue'e in detail, and also called Zhang's mother over, and told her to take care of her, and then looked at Shi Zhenghe.

"Tomorrow your second sister, third sister, sixth sister, and sister Hui from the elder brother's family will come back with her husband and children, and get to know each other well by then."

Shi Zhenghe nodded in agreement.

After coming out of Yixiang Hall and returning to Yigui Courtyard, Shi Fuxin thought about it, and looked at Mama Zhang: "Mama Zhang, tell us about the situation of the uncles' homes."

Originally, Mrs. Shi should have told them about this, but for some reason, Mrs. Shi didn't say anything about it. The three married daughters mentioned earlier were not very interesting.

Zhang's mother quickly told what she knew: "Second aunt married into the hairpin family - Wei family. The servant temple is serving as a fourth-rank Shaoqing."

"The third aunt married the youngest son of the Pan family. The Pan family is a foreign official in Beijing. It is only two generations to the third uncle. The old lady of the Pan family is now a fifth-rank doctor in the Ministry of Rites, and the third uncle has no official position."

"The sixth aunt married the merchant Yuan's family. The Yuan family's ancestral home is in the south of the Yangtze River, and they are mainly engaged in the silk business. The fourth uncle is the second son of the Yuan family. Now he helps the family manage the business in the capital."

"The eldest girl is married to the Han family. Although the Han family's family background is not obvious, Uncle Han is a man of outstanding ability. He entered the guard's office at a young age and became a sixth-rank and fourth-class guard guarding the palace."

Shi Zhenghe and the others listened carefully, carefully memorizing the information of each family.

Shi Fuxin frowned, and looked at Zhang's mother puzzled: "Zhang's mother, why are the three aunts married to such different families?"

Even if the third aunt and the sixth aunt are concubines, as girls from the uncle's house, they shouldn't be married so lowly, and even married a merchant.

There is also the fifth uncle, who is also married to the fifth aunt who was born in a merchant.

Didn't you say that nobles are very particular about being well-matched, but marrying a merchant, isn't this what the Earl's House should do?

Mother Zhang paused, hesitated before replying: "Second Aunt and Second Aunt are destined to marry into the Wei family; as for Third Aunt and Sixth Aunt, when they got married, it was a difficult time for the Bo family. The marriage between the Pan family and the Yuan family has already been won by the old lady with all her strength."

The amount of information in these words is a bit large, Shi Zheng and his family looked at each other in dismay.

Shi Fuxin: "The uncle's residence is difficult? Could it be that something happened to the uncle's residence?"

Zhang's mother looked at Shi Fuxin, but she didn't hide anything: "The Uncle's House was once implicated in the Prince Regent's case, and was disliked by the late Emperor."

A look of amazement flashed across Shi Fuxin's eyes, she had vaguely felt that the Bo mansion was not as glamorous as imagined before, but she did not expect it to be true.

Shi Dingxuan asked: "Being disliked by the former emperor, what about now? What is the current emperor's attitude towards the Bofu?"

These words were beyond Mama Zhang's cognition, so she thought for a while before she said, "Fourth Lord, no, it's Master Zhengkun. Master Zhengkun entered the Hanlin Academy, and Jinshi to enter the Imperial Academy must be approved by the emperor. If you want to come to the emperor's residence There is no prejudice."

Hearing this, Shi Dingxuan and Shi Fuxin immediately looked at each other.

At this moment, they seemed to know why Elder Jiang valued Shi Zhengkun so much.

Shi Fuxin: "Mother Zhang, we have nothing to do here, you can go down and do your work."

Mother Zhang nodded, quickly exited the room, stood under the eaves for a moment, hesitated, and called a maid to guard her, and hurried to Yixiang Hall by herself.

In the hall, there were no outsiders, Shi Fuxin sighed directly: "The current situation in the uncle's residence is not very clear."

Shi Dinghao: "Then can we still hug our thighs?"

Shi Fuxin: "You can still hug her. After all, she is a lord's family, so there is still some background. However... the new emperor has only been enthroned for four years, and the uncle's house has been suppressed for so many years, so there is probably not much left."

Said, sighed.

"Hey, I thought that when I became Miss Bofu, good days are coming."

Hearing this, Jin Yue'e was immediately displeased and said: "Sister Wuya Xin, you'd better give up your idea of ​​getting something for nothing. You can only rely on yourself for everything."

"Although we have returned to the uncle's residence with your father, we can't point to the uncle's residence for everything. If we count too much, it will become a burden and be annoying."

Shi Fuxin hurriedly said: "Mom, I'm just talking casually. I know that everything depends on our own struggle."

Jin Yue'e didn't say much.

On the other side, in Yixiang Hall, Mama Zhang repeated what she had just said to Shi Fuxin and the others for Mrs. Shi.

After hearing this, Mrs. Shi's expression didn't change much, she just asked with a smile: "Sister Xin asked about the marriages of her three aunts?"

Mama Zhang nodded.

Mrs. Shi smiled: "I know about this." After speaking, she instructed again, "Since Li's family, Mrs. Si just came to the uncle's house, and she doesn't understand many things. You need to mention her more."

Zhang's mother quickly replied: "Old lady, don't worry, the servant will do his best."

Mrs. Shi nodded: "In the future, unless it is something that the Fourth Madam can't handle, you don't have to come here to tell me that your current master is the Fourth Madam."

Zhang's mother's face turned cold: "The servant knows."

"You back off."

After Mama Zhang left, Nanny An immediately changed Mrs. Shi to a bowl of hot tea. Seeing that Mrs. Shi was in a good mood, she smiled and said, "Second uncle and grandpa are right. These six girls really look like you, Mrs. Shi."

Mrs. Shi smiled and sighed: "It's a bit of cleverness. It's only the second day after returning to the uncle's mansion, and I can see the situation of the uncle's mansion with a little knowledge."

Said, picked up the tea bowl.

"They are like this, but it makes me feel relieved."

There are times when teeth and lips touch each other, not to mention Shifu, which has a large population.

After all, the second son's family didn't grow up with him, and he didn't have any relationship with the rest of the family. Even with her care, he couldn't control other people's attitudes and opinions towards them.

Many things and many relationships have to be done and maintained by themselves.

It's better to be smart, a smart person knows how to advance and retreat, and with her guidance, the second son's family should be able to stand up in the uncle's house.

On the third day after returning to the uncle's mansion, the three married aunts and the eldest daughter of the Shi family returned to the uncle's mansion with their husbands and children.

Miss Shi and Uncle Han were the first to come back.

"Meet the fourth uncle and fourth aunt!"

In Yixiang Hall, Miss Shi and Uncle Han saluted Shi Zhenghe and Jin Yuee respectfully.

Shi Zhenghe hurriedly asked them to get up, while Jin Yuee took the two purses she had prepared earlier from the maid and handed them to Miss Shi: "It's not a good thing, sister Hui, don't dislike it."

Miss Shi smiled and took the purse: "Thank you, uncle and aunt, I like this purse very much." As she spoke, she put one of the purses on her body, and gave the other to her husband beside her.

Uncle Han is also very face-saving, so he immediately took it with him.

This action of the two made Shi Zhenghe and Jin Yue'e very happy.

The four brothers and sisters of Shi Dingxuan who were waiting at the side saw each other, and they also had a lot of affection for the couple.

After recognizing the person, Uncle Han was dragged to the side hall by the uncle of the Shi family, and Miss Shi sat beside the old lady, chatting with everyone with a smile.

After chatting for a short time, Mrs. Shi took Miss Shi and left. When everyone saw them, they all smiled, knowing that the mother and daughter had something to say.

After leaving Yixiang Hall, the mother and daughter did not go far, just wandered around in the nearby yard.

"Does the secret recipe for giving birth to you last time work?"

Miss Shi didn't have to force her smile in front of her mother anymore, she said in a low tone, "I've been drinking that medicine every day for the past few months, but it still doesn't work."

Mrs. Shi was in a hurry. It had been three years since her daughter had been married, and she hadn't given birth to a child yet. The Han family had already said something: "The Han family didn't make things difficult for you, did they?"

Miss Shi smiled wryly and said: "My mother-in-law just asks me to set rules in front of her every day, nothing else is fine."

Mrs. Shi's face suddenly darkened: "You are still hiding it from me, Nianrui has already told me that your mother-in-law is going to release someone in my uncle's room."

Miss Shi's complexion became even more bitter: "This is something I can't help, I can't give birth, so I can only let someone else have it."

Mrs. Shi scolded angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about? You are so old, why can't you give birth?" Seeing her daughter's sad face, she was angry and distressed.

But now that the uncle's house is not in a good place, even if he wants to support his daughter, he doesn't have the ability.

"Good boy, don't worry, mother will help you find a way, your grandmother has been thinking about this too."

Miss Shi nodded her head and said apologetically, "My daughter is really unfilial. After I get married, I have to make my grandmother and mother worry about me."

Mrs. Shi glared at her, and was about to say something when she heard a servant girl say, "Grandma Sangu and Grandma Six are back."

Hearing this, the mother and daughter stopped talking, tidied up their appearance, and hurried back to Yixiang Hall.

The third aunt and the sixth aunt were concubine daughters, the third aunt was white, and the sixth aunt was a businessman. Therefore, their attitudes towards Shang Shi Zhenghe and Jin Yue'e were relatively good, and there was no inappropriate behavior.

When Jin Yue'e gave out the purse, everyone accepted it with a smile.

The sixth uncle, Yuan Yingbo, is tactful and very good at dealing with affairs. Once he came, the atmosphere in Yixiang Hall was raised a few degrees, and everyone laughed from time to time.

Shi Fuxin looked at Uncle Six who talked and laughed freely for a while, pulled Shi Dinghao and said in a low voice: "Uncle Six is ​​quite interesting, you can get in touch with him more."

People like this who can bring laughter to people will be popular no matter where they go.

Shi Dinghao nodded: "I also find the personnel matters he mentioned quite interesting."

Shi Fuxin looked at the people in the hall, and suddenly found that the smile on Mrs. Shi's face was a bit forced, and after a little thought, she understood what was going on.

It was almost noon, but the second aunt, who was a compatriot with her parents, hadn't arrived yet.

After waiting for a while, when Mrs. Shi could hardly maintain a smile on her face, Shi Yuhua's family arrived late.

Everyone in the Shi family is used to this.

Every time Shi's family gets together or has something to do, Shi Yuhua's family is always the last to arrive.

"Mother, we are late."

Before Shi Yuhua entered the hall, the voice came in.

After entering the room, he didn't care about other people, went straight to Mrs. Shi, kissed Mrs. Shi, then smiled and looked at the strange people in the room.

"This is the fourth brother. I'm really sorry. Your brother-in-law has something to do at the moment, so you have been delayed for some time. Don't be angry."

Hearing this, before Shi Zhenghe could respond, Mrs. Shi said, "Your fourth brother doesn't have the time to be angry with you." After finishing speaking, she ignored Shi Yuhua and smiled at the person who came in a few steps behind. Wei Yuze, and several grandchildren.

"Zhenghe, this is your second brother-in-law."

"Yu Ze, this is your fourth brother's family."

Wei Yuze still showed the old lady a lot of face, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet Shi Zhenghe with a smile, and ordered the children behind him to come and pay their respects.

After the two parties saw the ceremony, Jin Yue'e took out the purse as before, and was about to give it away, when Shi Yuhua said exaggeratedly: "Oh, I really should call, but I forgot to prepare the meeting gift."

As he spoke, he looked at Jin Yue'e with a smile.

"Fourth brother and sister, I'm really sorry. I didn't prepare a meeting ceremony, but you did. We really don't have the face to accept it."

Although Shi Yuhua didn't express his disgust, but it was too embarrassing to refuse in front of so many people.

Jin Yue'e didn't expect this situation at all, and was stunned on the spot with her purse.

Madam Shi was so angry that her chest heaved up and down, and just about to say something, she saw Shi Fuxin walking towards Jin Yuee with a smile on her face.

"Second Aunt is right. Although the purse is our wish, it is really rude if Second Aunt does not return the courtesy. It is our fault to make Second Aunt rude as soon as we meet."

While joking, Shi Fuxin took back the purse in Jin Yuee's hand, turned around and handed it to Jingui: "Take it back to Yigui Courtyard and put it away."

Shi Fuxin's voice stunned everyone.

When Jingui saw her girl confronting the second aunt in public, she was so nervous that she took her purse and didn't dare to leave immediately. She didn't turn around until she heard Mrs. Shi cough lightly, then turned around and went out quickly.

Shi Fuxin was a little annoyed that Jingui didn't listen to her, and watched her go out lightly, then turned to look at Shi Yuhua with a smile.

Shi Yuhua had a smile on his face, but his eyes were a little cold: "This is the fourth brother's youngest daughter, it really is." He stopped at this point, and just showed a meaningful smile.

Shi Fuxin smiled: "What is it really? Is it uneducated? I grew up in the border, so I'm sure I can't compare to you, Second Aunt. As a girl from the uncle's house, you are well-educated. Today really made me gain a lot of insight."

Shi Yuhua was stunned, apparently he didn't expect Shi Fuxin to say such words in public, she was so angry that she was about to reprimand her, at this moment, Mrs. Shi suddenly stood up.

As soon as the old lady stood up, the others had to get up too.

Mrs. Shi glanced at Shi Yuhua, then at Shi Fuxin who was still smiling brightly, and said softly: "It's noon, everyone is hungry, let's serve dinner."

Seeing that his mother was really angry, Shi Yuhua glared at Shi Fuxin, but didn't dare to say anything more.

Shi Fuxin smiled and stared back, and raised her eyebrows.

That provocative look made other people's eyes flicker.

Mrs. Shi looked at Shi Fuxin, until the smile on Shi Fuxin's face slowly receded, and then stretched out her hand to Jin Yue'e: "Fourth daughter-in-law, help me."

Jin Yue'e hurriedly stepped forward to support Mrs. Shi.

After everyone surrounded Mrs. Shi and went to the dining room, Shi Fuyin came to Shi Fuxin's side: "Don't you want to be a lady of the family, you are the one?"

Shi Fuxin shrugged: "I can't help it, it's too irritating." Seeing that her sister wanted to talk about her, Shi Fuxin quickly took Shi Fuyin's arm.

"Sister, don't worry, I know it well."

"Originally, I thought that when we returned to the uncle's mansion, we came back to enjoy the honor of the uncle's mansion. Even if the family members spoke too much, the patience will pass. Who let us take advantage of it."

"But you've heard what Mama Zhang said. With the current situation in the Uncle's House, it's still uncertain who will be in charge of whom in the future. Then why do we have to swallow our breath?"

"If they dare to bully us, we dare to show our fists and let the Shi family know that we are not easy to mess with."