276. The Imperial City Part 11
Because of the emperor's imperial meal, the He family was quite elated this New Year: Oh, my family was actually paid attention to by His Majesty the Emperor.
Of course, the attention of His Majesty of the Emperor seems to be more honorable than affordable. However, this year, because of the rich man like Chen, who was a local rich man, who went to celebrate the New Year with the He family, He Zijin, Liejun and A Nian, etc., he received a lot of red envelopes, and even He Luo and several juren received one. Chen sent the red envelopes and sent it, and this joy was not pretended at all, but it was really a joy from the bottom of his heart. Seeing that the He family was about to develop, Miss He would not hesitate to pay any attention to this little money.
He Luo and his other people are all Juren. They usually meet in the countryside. Even if they are not richer than Aunt Chen, they have fame and status, and their status is only higher than Aunt Chen. Aunt Chen really gained the glory of the He family and was able to make a big contribution to others. Therefore, it is also very happy to get some money. Moreover, if you have good luck and pass the Jinshi in March, you will have a bright future in the future! Even if you don’t become an official, you will be a first-class decent person even if you return to your hometown.
It was only when Mr. Chen arrived at the imperial capital that he deeply felt the importance of fame and fortune.
Just like this, if Shen Su hadn't helped Mr. Su to inquire about the relationship, even if Mr. Chen had money, he would have nowhere to go.
Aunt Chen's family also hoped that his grandson would study, but there were only scholars among his grandsons, but there were no scholars yet. Therefore, when I looked at the juren in the courtyard, I couldn't mention the sour and envious little feeling in my heart.
Aunt Chen sighed with Mrs. He for a moment and said, "His aunt, you are a blessing."
When Mrs. He raised the eyebrows that her girl drew in the morning, she said very happily, "Is this a thing to say?" Her blessing can be seen by those with long eyes.
Aunt Chen smiled and flattered Mrs. He and went out to watch the children play. He grew older and sold his daughter to exchange for salt to make him feel cold. When he got old, his heart became soft and he valued his children very much. Therefore, when something happened to the Ning family this time, Aunt Chen personally took his two sons and went to the imperial capital to ask for help, which saved Xiao Chen's life.
Xiao Chen's face was still haggard and pale, and she was with Old Niang He. She was stunned and dazed as she listened to the bustle of the house and the yard.
He Zijin was taking his younger brothers to open the red envelopes. Today is a festival. Each of the elders sent one. After the tearing, he found that Aunt Chen was the brightest and Mrs. He was the most stingy. He Zijin pretended to ask, "Oh, who gave these twenty copper red envelopes!"
Mrs. He smiled, "There is one thing that I have never seen before. When my family was poor, there were no red envelopes during the New Year."
He Zijin just joked and saved all the red envelopes he received. A Nian gave the money to his sister Zijin. A Lie has never had any financial management concept, so he asked his sister to help him save it. Jun Geer learned from his brother. He Zijin has always clear accounts and collected New Year's money from his younger brothers and said, "It's true! I'm in the account book, just ask me for money."
Mrs. He stretched his neck and looked at him. Although he was called to have sex with the girl every year, Mrs. He was still unwilling to accept it and said to his grandson, "Give it to grandmother! Grandma will save it for you and buy a house and buy land in the future!"
The key to Mrs. He is not very good at credit, especially because it is easy to get into her pocket, but it is difficult to get out. The same is true for Shen. When the child asks for money, he is inevitably asked questions. Therefore, Brother Aliejun likes to ask his sister to help them save. Brother Jun is young and straightforward, "I'm asking my sister to save!"
Mrs. He muttered, "A conscienceless boy."
A Lie was older and very good at coaxing people. He laughed and said, "I'll ask my sister to save these small money. When my grandson earns a lot of money in the future, I'll ask my grandmother to help me collect it." Old Madam He smiled and privately added a big red envelope for his eldest grandson, which was enough for five cents of silver. A Lie gave this real thing to his sister. After He Zijin found out, he made a joke with Old Madam He. In order to show that he was absolutely fair and fair, Old Madam He had to take out two big red envelopes, one for his own girl and the other for Jun Geer. He Zijin was dissatisfied, "Don't A Nian?"
Mrs. He said, "A Nian has a great reputation."
"Will you call you grandmother if you have fame?" He Zijin hung his eyes and looked at He's mother and said, "You are really not biased!" He asked for another big red envelope from He's mother. He thrust in pain and complained to his son, "In a blink of an eye, half acre of land was sent."
He Gong laughed, "I'll make it up for my mother later."
Old Madam He was listless, "Your is not mine, so what's the point of repairing it! It's just turning the left hand into the right hand." She wanted to coax her, but she had no way, so she understood what.
He Gongxiao said nothing more than that. Uncle Chen made fun of Zijin, "I will know how to protect A Nian now."
He Zijin smiled, "I'm right to the wrong thing and the other person!"
This also shows that the He family is from an ordinary family, and their family members never avoid marriage.
Everyone was joking for a while, and it was time to eat dumplings. Before eating dumplings, He Gong took A Lie out to set off firecrackers. At this time, firecrackers from neighbors' neighbors were constantly rising, and they went out to breathe. In addition to the cold wind on the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, the smell of firecrackers.
When eating dumplings in the morning, He Zijin ate three dumplings made of copper coins in a row. Shen smiled and said, "It's true that he has good fortune."
Old lady He was anxious, "The dumplings are the same, why do you run into a bowl alone?" She, she also wants to eat copper coins dumplings, okay?
Brother Jun shouted straight at his tender neck, "Yes, yes, I want to eat rich dumplings too!"
He Zijin said, "This one has nothing delicious, you have to be careful and don't squeeze your teeth."
"I really don't feel hurt when I speak." She was not afraid of being hurt at all, so why can't I eat it? My mother He was so anxious that she was burning. Finally, with a creak, My mother He said with a "hey", and she was full of joy and was eaten!
She really loves her grandson. She spit out the copper coins from the dumplings and put the remaining half of the lucky dumplings into Jun Ge'er's bowl, with a slight look on her face, "Good grandson, eat it quickly! It's very delicious!"
He Zijin doesn’t care about looking at him!
Everyone happily ate dumplings on the first day of the New Year and drank dumpling soup. Men and women were talking together. When the time was almost the same, Mrs. He said to her son, "I want to come to the in-laws and they have had dinner now. You can take the children here and pay New Year's greetings. Since Ah Su's time to be an official in the imperial capital, I haven't paid New Year's greetings in several years."
He Gong stood up and agreed.
Everyone went together. The He family and the Shen family were serious relatives. He Luo and others were taken care of by Shen Su in the imperial capital. Not to mention Uncle Chen, the lawsuit was first thanks to Shen Su's help inquire. Therefore, they all went, leaving Xiao Chen to talk to Mrs. He.
Seeing that she was not very happy, Mrs. He advised her, "Afang, I love you the most. My aunt didn't say those stupid words, just say, you are only in your early thirties this year, and the road is still long. I was like your age, your uncle's short-lived ghost gave up. At that time, no one said that my life was suffering. Life was all my own."
Xiao Chen felt sad and whispered, "How can I compete with my aunt?"
"You are much better than me. Do you have a family? I have one? My family is not as good as not. Later, the third girl joined me and had not earned her a penny for food and drink for many years. She took care of food, drink, clothing and clothing for several years, and later she also paid 50 taels of silver. Life was fine at that time. When your short-lived uncle died, your family was not yet developed. Your father was in a small grocery store business. Your mother wanted to help me, but she had seven children under her knees, and she was powerless. Look, I live in a big house now.
It’s better for me, but I don’t know the difficult times. Now, you have a father and a mother, and your brother and sister-in-law are not mean, and you can’t lose money. You were in Ning’s family before, but our family was not as good as his family. You were widowed in his family, so our family has no choice. Now I’m just coming out, just think about it, find another husband’s family, and in another three to five years, life will be over. When you reach my age, you will still enjoy the blessings of your descendants.” Mrs. He peeled an orange and said, “If you feel that life is bitter, it will be bitter. If you feel that it is sweet, it will be sweet. Let’s look at yourself.”
Xiao Chen had never thought about her future. Since she was released from prison, she had been thinking about it, but after thinking about it, she really couldn't think of what she could do. In the past, she was in the Ning family, and the Ning family could not treat her badly for the sake of face. Now that she came out, she could choose by herself. Especially when she looked at her aunt's family, her cousin's sister-in-law's family was full of children, and Xiao Chen's heart was as sour as green grape juice. She was weak, but she was not ungrateful, not to mention that she was indeed close to her aunt when she was young. When she was young, Xiao Chen couldn't help but ask, "Can I get married like this?"
"Why can't it?" He said seriously, "Now the court does not encourage the integrity of the court. As long as you want to marry, you can choose a wealthy and good family based on our reputation in your hometown. Of course, it is incomparable to the Ning family. You also know the situation in our county."
Xiao Chen mustered up the courage, "I'm not afraid of suffering."
"That's good!" Old Madam He told her a lot of things, knowing that this niece has a hard life and is a widow. But then again, her body is still innocent, and it was the Ning family that was a crime. Xiao Chen was sentenced to divorce by the government because she was a polite wife and wanted to remarry. It was reasonable from the human relationship to the legal principles. She persuaded Xiao Chen to think about a future, and Xiao Chen felt a little happy.
Xiao Chen was really a soft-hearted person and discussed with Mrs. He whether he could send some things to the Ning family to the prison. Mrs. He said, "There are many relatives of his family who have origins. I heard that there is still a relative of a uncle. If his family can handle the matter, the Ning family will not be able to bear the hardship. If even a high-ranking official like his family can't handle the matter, a family like us will not have the ability to be very good at hand."
Mrs. He has always disliked the Ning family. Although he had already been to his family before, then again, the Ning family was not authentic. Isn’t it clear what his son is like? Yes, Mrs. Chen is greedy for money and has problems with character, but this widow is not determined by the family. Now that Xiao Chen has finally come out, why bother to get involved again? Especially, the Ning family has made such an unethical idea in her girl movies! Only this is the case, the previous relationship is gone! Moreover, Mrs. He heard that even if he gets to prison, he will have to stuff silver. Although the Chen family’s money does not do her business, Mrs. He is based on his usual smart calculations and feels that the silver would rather be left to Xiao Chen to add a dowry than throwing it into prison.
Old lady He and Xiao Chen said some private words, and He Gong took a group of people out of the yard to pay New Year's greetings to the Shen family. The Shen family really opened the door. The servant in the doorman was waiting for the servant. Seeing that the He family had arrived, he hurriedly greeted the aunt, the aunt, the wife and the young lady. While speaking auspicious words, he also gave in. Because of the festival, two big red lanterns were carried on the eaves of the door, and lights were hung on both sides of the road, illuminating the entire mansion. The servants at the family also changed into festive new cotton coats, and they all had only good words to see people.
By the time the He family was about to eat dumplings, the Shen family had also eaten dumplings.
He Gong brought a family to greet New Year's greetings to his father-in-law and mother-in-law first, and then He Zijin took his younger brothers to greet New Year's greetings to his uncle and aunt. Then, the children talked more than red envelopes in the same place, and the adults talked together.
Chen Suhuan said, "Yesterday I invited my sister, brother-in-law, and the old lady in-laws to celebrate the New Year with the children. The old lady in-laws was not happy and came here for lunch this year."
Shen smiled and said, "You are still here today. It's a blessing. Last night, I received a meal of imperial food that the emperor gave me. I have never seen it at home and I dared not eat it. I first offered it to my ancestors. Our old lady said, I will take it out at noon and try it together. Asu, brother and sister, father and mother, you take A Xuan and the others over, let's eat it together. Speaking of it, I have never eaten imperial food in my life." Shen still feels bright on his face when he mentions it.
Chen Su was shocked and staggered, saying, "A meal?"
"Yes, I asked a father-in-law to send it to me yesterday. Zi Jin said that the father-in-law was a man who often sent orders to the outside world in front of the emperor."
After hearing this, Old Mrs. Shen quickly said, "This is rare decent."
Grandpa Chen also said, "Yes, I heard from Asu that the meritorious ministers in the court can receive the blessings that His Majesty can receive from the emperor at the age of 30. Why did our Zijin get a table?"
Shen smiled, "This is different. How can we compare with the adults in the court? I asked Zijin to go to the palace to grow flowers. I mentioned our family situation to Your Majesty, and Your Majesty gave me a gift." Last night, the He family found a reasonable explanation for this matter.
Although Mrs. Shen lived in the imperial capital for some time, due to Chen Su's official position, he was not a person with great insight. After hearing his daughter's words, they felt it was reasonable and smiled, "Then this time I have to enjoy the glory of our Zijin and try the Emperor's food."
He Zijin had a meal in the palace and heard this and said, "It's so delicious, it tastes better than the ones we cook at home."
Everyone laughed when they heard this. The emperor’s food was not comparable to ordinary people!
Chen Su was so worried when he looked at the happy two families!
Didn't anyone find that this is a little wrong?
Chapter completed!