99. Sister Sister
Early the next morning, He Zijin ordered someone to pick the toon buds and send them to his wife.
Chinese toon buds are eaten in season and can be picked before and after the Grain Rain. Moreover, there are some specialties: the first bud, two bud, and three buds. The earlier you pick it, the stronger the fragrance of Chinese toon. The He family has been in the forum tree for decades, but this thing is just a tip. Yesterday, He Zijin ordered Xiao Fuzi to climb the tree and pick some to make Chinese toon fish. He felt it was not bad. He picked all the first stubble early this morning, and there was no two pounds in total. In addition to what he ate, he used fine water pony and divided it to pass it to his relatives' house. That's what he meant.
Yesterday I had fried toon fish, and in the morning I used fresh tofu and sesame oil to mix it with cold taste, which was also very fragrant.
Cui'er came back to Mrs. Xian'er's house and brought back the snacks given by Mrs. Xian'er. Cui'er said, "Mrs. Xian said that she knew that the girl was going to her grandfather's house today, so she asked her to take her as a snack on the way."
He Zijin asked her to put it away and go to eat.
After breakfast, the Chen family's carriage and horses came, and the four of them went to Changshui Village to congratulate him.
Chen Su passed the Jinshi, and even before the people came back, the village was in full swing. Really, this is no exaggeration. In this era when clan culture was dominated, a person's future was really a great event for the village. When Chen Su went to the imperial capital for the spring examination, the Shen family raised fifty taels of silver for him to spend on the road. Therefore, Chen Su became a Jinshi, which is by no means the honor of Chen Su alone, but the glory of the Shen family.
As soon as the news of Chen Su's success in the Jinshi reached Changshui Village, Chen's father-in-law Xi's hands and feet were trembling, and he almost never passed. Chen's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, tears flowed down and they forgot about rewarding the servants. Fortunately, the servants saw this situation a lot. After the Shen family recovered a little, they took a thick wedding seal, and said a string of auspicious congratulations, and then said goodbye.
Now, as soon as the He family entered Changshui Village, some villagers talked about the fact that Chen Su had passed the imperial examination with a smile. Before they could arrive at the door of the Shen family, laughter was heard.
Chen's father had already asked someone to slaughter a fat pig raised at home to worship his ancestors! When the He family arrived, the Shen family had just finished worshiping their ancestors, and the relatives of the tribe gathered at the Shen family to talk. It was very lively. There was a banquet at noon. Most of the female relatives in the village came to help make soup. Some people even asked about Shen Xuan and Chen Jiang's lifelong affairs openly and secretly, thinking whether the Shen family was interested in marrying their two sons or something. Each family had good daughters waiting. It was Jiang Ren, the nephew of this Jinshi master, who also benefited from his Jinshi uncle and became a popular candidate on the Changshui Village marriage list.
Seeing that the He family came, everyone first laughed and laughed. The flattery of He Gong, the scholar in the county, was left behind today and never mentioned it again. People talked about the fact that Chen Su was the Jinshi again, and there was nothing to praise him. Among them, Chen Lizhu said, "I asked Taoist Master Yunguan to see before. Our village is backed by Furong Mountain, and the Furong River winds around it, which is very prosperous. Asubi A few years later, he was also the second Jinshi master in Changshui Village. I heard from the Taoist priest that the younger generation in our village will still have a future." The first Jinshi in Changshui Village was not Chen Su, but a Jinshi with an outside surname, named Xu Zhen. Xu Jinshi never came back to Changshui Village since he passed the Jinshi, let alone Xu Jinshi did not have the surname Chen. Chen Su was a member of the Shen family. Therefore, Chen Lichang was much happier than when he was named to the Jinshi list when he was Xu Jinshi.
Then everyone praised the two brothers Shen Xuan and Chen Jiang, "It looks so beautiful at first glance. In the future, I will definitely be like his father, and I am also a Jinshi master." He said it even more immortal than the Taoist priest of Chaoyunguan.
Of course, it is also necessary to praise Jiang's good fortune. Mr. Jiang has a good vision and has such a good son-in-law to get married. He also asked if Jiang's family should also pack up their courtesy and follow Chen Su to go to the imperial capital to be an official wife to enjoy the happiness.
Jiang smiled, "It depends on how my husband arranges it."
Mr. Jiang said, "I don't know when the son-in-law will come back?"
Chen Li Chang held his gray beard and said, "Didn't the master of Jinshi become an official? Are you still free to come back? Last time A Zhen passed the Jinshi, but he didn't come back, but he also took Alan to enjoy his happiness."
The wife of the village chief, Li Shi, said, "Yes, the daughters in our village are the most blessed, Asu's wife and Azhen's wife are both the best. They are both the good fortune of the official wife."
Chen's mother was thinking about her son, and took her grandson He Lie to discuss with her husband in her arms, saying, "Or, I'll ask someone to send a letter to the imperial capital. What's going on with A Su now?"
Chen's father thought for a moment and said, "It seems like he needs to take another exam."
Chen’s mother was puzzled, “He has passed the Jinshi, how can I take the exam again?”
Chen’s father has been a scholar for many years and can’t remember it clearly.
He Zijin grabbed a handful of dried fried peanuts and rubbed the skin in his hand, and said, "Grandma, I heard from the gentleman that this new Jinshi, in addition to being directly awarded the Hanlin Academy, the rest of the new Jinshi must also take the exam. If you pass the Shujishi, you will also be an official in the Hanlin Academy. Those who fail to pass the Shujishi will go to the Ministry of Personnel to wait for the assignment. No matter where you go to become an official, the new Jinshi will have a holiday to visit relatives. I think my uncle will come back soon."
Mother Chen chanted Buddha's name, "That's good."
The village head lady said, "Sister Jin even knows this?"
He Zijin said, "I heard from the teacher before."
The wife of the village chief praised, "It turns out that she is a girl from a wealthy family who has read books, she is just knowledgeable."
He Zijin smiled and was humble.
Jiang Rente wanted to say that his sister Zijin is not only a fan and knowledgeable, but also has many benefits! However, there were too many idle people waiting in the room, so he forced himself to say nothing. Jiang Ren ran home and brought a bag of pine nuts and quietly gave He Zijin, "Eat this!"
Shen Xuan had sharp eyes. Seeing that cousin Jiang secretly gave his sister Zijin's pine nut to eat, he was not jealous, but asked, "Brother Ah Ren, didn't you say that your family has no pine nuts?"
"Are you stupid? Matsuko is very expensive. If we eat it, we can't take out so many of them to greet the water mat. Peanuts are enough for the water mat." Jiang Ren put the pine nuts in He Zijin's purse and said, "Sister, your purse is small, and you will tell me after you finish eating."
He Zijin smiled with a curved eyebrow, "Okay!"
He Zijin is getting older, and Shen doesn't ask her to play with her cousins, so she calls her into the house to talk to her grandmother. When He Zijin goes to the house, Jiang Ren covered his chest and said to Shen Xuan, "My sister Gangzijin smiles, my heart beats so fast. Ah Xuan, do you think I'm sick?"
Shen Xuan rolled his eyes in his heart, and his face was calm, "Yes, Brother Aren, please find a doctor, but don't be a serious illness." Bah! My heartbeats so fast!
Jiang Ren was worried, "Can this be the legendary jealous talent?" He wasn't really sick, right?
Shen Xuan: Let me vomit!
The Shen family was really lively. The He family did not return to the county that day, so they lived there. There was something to say between their parents and daughters. Jiang Ren was a innocent boy. At night, he was worried about telling his parents that he might get sick. Jiang Ren's mother Zhang almost laughed to death.
Although there are ethics these days, Jiang Ren is completely confused and has just started to fall in love. Besides, he is a little boy who relies on his nature and does not violate etiquette. Therefore, the family only finds it funny and does not scold him.
Jiang Shun just said to his son, "You are old now, and Zijin is old. It's not like I'm a child. You don't always talk to others."
Jiang Ren was a little dissatisfied and said, "It's just that I'm old, and I are friends with sister Zijin!"
Zhang smiled, "Okay, I've been playing at your aunt's house for a day and I'm tired, so go to bed."
Jiang Ren hummed twice and asked his mother, "Do you want to buy two doses of Ningshen Powder to take?"
Jiang Shun scolded him, "You are not sick yet, what medicine should you take! Go to bed quickly!"
Jiang Ren felt that his parents didn't care much about him, so he had to go to bed. Zhang smiled and said to her husband, "The stupid guy is enlightened, but he is still stupid."
Jiang Shun shook his head, laughing and crying, "I'm really a fool."
Zhang's eyes lit up and said, "Don't say, our son is quite good. I think that girl Zijin is also very good. She has studied and can learn words, but she is knowledgeable and knows more about being an official. We Aren said that she is also a good person." The more Zhang said, the more she felt that the two children were simply made of heaven and she was happy.
Jiang Shundao, "I think it's good, but I'm afraid that others won't like Ah Ren."
"What's wrong with this? Aren's honest children are not a dilapidated family. In the future, all of them will belong to Aren's family. Besides, our village is Zijin's family, not other places where we don't know the roots. Even if we have tenants, servants and maids, we don't need a wife to do work. What's the difference between being a young lady in the county?" Zhang was quite confident and said, "Our family is not mean, and she is watching her. Could it be that I'm mean to be mean to her? Even more rare, look at our son's stupidity, I think Zijin is also kind. Both children are good-natured and have a love affair with a young age, so I won't be afraid of getting along well in the future. Besides, they are equally matched at the same age. Aren is just two years old."
Jiang Shun said slowly, "If you don't talk about others, A Xuan and Zi Jin are the same, but they are only two years younger." My brother-in-law passed the Jinshi and his family also became famous. Jiang Shun is not a self-deceptive person. It's not too ordinary to get married these days. If he was from the He family, he would definitely want his daughter to marry into the Jinshi family, not the gentry family.
Zhang raised his eyebrows, "My uncle is a Jinshi. He will be a magistrate in the future. Can he still look down on the country girls?" Although the He family is good, it is not comparable to the official family.
Jiang Shundao, "The children are all young. Besides, even if they don't marry A Xuan, Zi Jin is good at studying and literacy, and she looks good. Is there no good family in Bishui County?"
Zhang thought, what her husband said was reasonable. Zhang slapped his thigh and said, "I'll go to Yunguan to pay homage to our Aren tomorrow. In fact, my niece in my parents' home is not bad." He felt that the possibility of the He family was indeed a little low, so Zhang quickly thought, so he recommended her parents' niece again.
"I'm saying you're stupid?" Jiang Shun glanced at his wife, "You've been splashing water from your married daughter. You've been splashing it in my house for more than ten years, why are you still turning your elbow out?"
Zhang was unhappy, "You just look down on my parents' home." He said that he has indeed been a bit of a recession in recent years, so Zhang wanted to help him.
Jiang Shun said, "I don't look down on you? You give it privately. Have I ever said the word "no"? The Yue family is not an outsider, but we only have Aren's son. Others marry high and low, and I want their nieces to be really good at it. But I can't just tell Aren a wife who can't stand out in order to help the Yue family. If you don't say anything else, think about what Aren likes?" His family wants to say that the He family's marriage is a bit reluctant for the time being, but the son still has a vision.
Zhang muttered, "Will I feel wronged by my son?" She naturally wanted a prominent wife.
The couple talked about their son's lifelong affairs and went to bed late at night.
The He family said goodbye the next day and made an appointment to wait for Chen Su to come home. Jiang Ren packed a lot of dried fruits from the mountain for his sister Zijin to eat on the road. Seeing his son's enthusiasm, Zhang was quite sad. He thought of his son's sincerity as a boy. Unfortunately, his family was just a small gentry in the village, and his family's wealth was no better than the He family, and he was afraid that others would not be willing to marry him. Now the more warm the son is, the more uncomfortable Zhang is for his son. Unexpectedly, his son muttered to Zijin's sister for half a day, pointed to the dried fruit in another small cloth bag and said to the girl of the He family, "Sister Zijin, this is for Peipei, please give it to her on my behalf."
He Zijin nodded and responded with a smile.
Zhang went home and asked his son, "Who is sister Peipei?" Little brat, I only gave birth to you, where did you come from these sisters!
Jiang Ren was honest and open-minded, "I met Zijin's house last time. Peipei was Zijin's neighbor. I pushed her to play on a swing and accidentally pushed her up on the ground and threw her a while. Peipei's sister is also very good, not as coquettish as other girls. When I returned home last time, she even gave me dates for me to eat on the way."
Zhang asked with a headache, "How old is this sister Peipei?"
"I am the same age as Zijin, and I have some birthday boy Zijin."
"Do you look good?"
"It's not as beautiful as Zi Jin's sister, but she's still good."
Zhang solemnly warned his son, "You are a big guy now, there is a difference between men and women. Don't always get too close to the little girl."
Jiang Ren didn't care, "It's not that I don't know each other. Besides, my sisters also like to play with me."
Jiang Ren was so worried about his sisters that he asked his mother, "Did Sister Da Niu say she's in-laws?"
"Which big girl?" Before the sister could explain it clearly, you had another big girl. Zhang felt that her son was like a playboy, and his old heart was extremely sad.
Jiang Ren didn't know his mother's sorrow, so he asked his mother, "It's just my uncle and my uncle's neighbor, Shen's big girl sister."
Zhang said, "The big girl is sixteen, and she said what's wrong with her husband's family?"
"I saw the matchmaker heading to his house."
Zhang said, "If you only care about your sisters all day long, what kind of future can you have! You can study well! Learn from your uncle and you will have great future!"
These days, he heard this and had a calluse in his ears. Jiang Ren rolled his eyes, "Mom, you have to give me a smart mind before I can recite it. If I didn't make me study, I would have to force me to recite it, I would almost force me to death!"
Zhang picked up a feather duster and drove the unfilial son out of the house.
He Zijin returned home and sent Jiang Ren to He Peipei with great dedication. She said, "For the last time, Aren felt sorry for you. He has mountains at home. This is produced in his own mountains. I ask me to bring them to you."
He Peipei's mother Wang thought Jiang Ren was sensible and laughed, "That's just a little thing, why are you still thinking about it?" There are bumps and bumps between children. Although she fell down her daughter, she didn't fall any way. First, Jiang Ren gave her medicine and gave her gifts, but now she asked He Zijin to give her something. Wang thought that Jiang Ren's aunt could marry a Jinshi, and she thought that the Jiang family was also a family of literacy.
He Peipei didn't expect that Jiang Ren was still thinking about her. She gave He Zijin a good face when she was pregnant. She smiled and took a small bag of dried fruits, poured a cup of tea for He Zijin, and smiled, "I heard in the morning that my sister and uncle and aunt five went to your home. Is Aren's okay?"
He Zijin smiled, "He is very good. I just asked me to bring this dried fruit for you to use as a snack."
He Peipei smiled, "Thank you, Brother Aren. From now on, he will come to the county and ask him to come to my house for fun again." He Zijin was a little pleasing to him at this time.
He Zijin smiled, "Okay, wait until I see him again, I will definitely send you what you said."
He Peipei said, "Sister will go to your grandfather's house again, tell me." You can't just accept Jiang Ren's things, she has to return the gifts.
Chapter completed!