When Shi Jiang returned home, she saw her second brother Shi Xu winking at Huiniang from behind.
Even Shi Xinhai kept blinking at her, while Huiniang was holding a feather duster in her hand and sitting on a chair with a straight face.
"Mom... I didn't mean to come back so late. I just didn't expect it to rain, so I took shelter from the rain for a while, but I didn't expect it to be too late!"
Shi Jiang bent down very heroically, and then sincerely apologized to Huiniang.
"This is the Niu family, do you think it's your own? How will the people of the Niu family think of coming back so late? Jiang'er, you are a girl's family. If your reputation is bad, how will you find a good husband's family in the future?"
Huiniang was originally so angry that she wanted to give Shi Jiang a beating, but when she saw Shi Jiang's sincere apology, she couldn't help but persuade her sincerely.
"Mom, I really haven't thought about getting married. Besides, I'm only thirteen now and will only be fourteen after the Chinese New Year. It's early! I think mom should worry about my second brother first. You see, he's already this old.
, I don’t have a girl I like yet, and if I become an official and go out, I will definitely be very miserable if I don’t have anyone around me who understands both coldness and warmth.”
Shi Jiang caused trouble and directly pushed Shi Xu out as a shield.
Shi Xu almost had his nose twisted in anger. This little girl, even though he was kind enough to help her stop her mother from getting angry, she actually pushed him out.
"Mom, I think what you just said makes sense. My little sister should be well disciplined. Otherwise, no family will want her if she jumps up and down like a wild monkey. Although she is old now
It's still a little small, but how can a good family be like this?
It’s easy to find, so you have to take your time! However, you must first let her know what kind of virtue Jing Xian Shu is. We can’t disgrace the old family and make people think that our daughter is like a wild monkey.
If such a reputation spreads, no one will want her anymore, and I’m afraid she will become an old girl at home!"
After finishing speaking, Shi Xu raised his chin towards Shi Jiang, with a clear demonstration in his eyes.
Come on, let's hurt each other and see who can escape from the mother's hand.
When Shi Xinhai saw this pair of children looking so stupid, he couldn't help but shake his head secretly. Aren't they themselves the ones who were so unlucky in the end?
Fortunately, I have a good eye and know what my wife is thinking, so I don't get involved in it!
As expected, Shi Jiang was punished and was not allowed to go out for a month, and was left at home to embroider.
And Shi Xu was talked about all night, until Shi Xu agreed that as long as he passed the imperial examination, he would obey Huiniang's words and find a suitable person to get married.
Two brothers and sisters, both sides suffer losses.
Originally, Shi Jiang wanted to be lazy, but Hui Niang guarded her and stared at her embroidering, which only made Shi Jiang's face wrinkle up!
However, Hui Niang only stayed with Shi Jiang for three days. She had some clues about the house she went out to inquire about before.
Seeing Hui Niang's back as she left, Shi Jiang let out a long breath. He had straightened his body, but suddenly his waist slumped. He threw out the embroidery needle in his hand and stuck it on the roll.
"Hmph, if you don't do your embroidery well, I'll tell my mother."
Just as Shi Jiang raised his hands to stretch, he heard the window of the house being opened, and then a head stuck out, and he said to Shi Jiang angrily.
"Second brother, if you do this to me again, I will ask my mother to find a tigress to take care of you."
Shi Jiang stuck out his tongue at Shi Xu and replied angrily.
"You little heartless thing, thanks to my second brother, I helped you say nice things in front of your mother, and this is how you treat me?"
Shi Xu was furious and glared at Shi Jiang from the side.
If it were Shi Zheng, he would have rushed up and started gesticulating with Shi Jiang!
Shi Xu knew that he was just a weak scholar and was no match for Shi Jiang, so he could only stare.
"Second brother, I can't help it! If you can attract mother's firepower that day, I will try to make some sweet soup snacks to coax mother the next day, and mother won't force you! Who will let you back?
You were holding me back, but now I'm fine, both sides suffer, and no one gets better. Besides, second brother, you are already old, and my little sister is also thinking about your lifelong happiness, so how can you still blame me?
"
Shi Jiang spoke eloquently, but he looked like he was blaming Shi Xu for doing something wrong. He even sighed and shook his head, looking like a child who cannot be taught, and almost made Shi Xu's nose crooked.
"I'm telling you, it's just because I see you like this that I'm afraid of getting married. If there's another one who has the same bad taste as you, I'll hang myself from the rafters with noodles!"
After Shi Xu finished speaking, he closed the window with a bang, then turned around and left Niu Mansion.
Although I had only been in the capital for a few days, with the recommendation letter from my original master, I quickly enrolled in the White Crane Academy in the capital to study, where I also met a few students I could talk to.
I went out today to talk about poetry and lyrics with the students I just met in Fengyi Building.
Seeing that his second brother was angry with him, Shi Jiang immediately threw the roll aside and ran to the bed to lie down in a large font.
Tianyi's speed is still slow, so he should be asked to come to see his mother the next day.
In this case, she would be spared two days of punishment!
Over there, Yaren took Huiniang all the way to a second-level house in the east of the capital.
After getting off the carriage, Hui Niang looked up and saw that the door was painted red and the door knocker was as bright as new.
As Yaren opened the lock on the door knocker and pushed the door open, he was faced with a screen wall carved with flowers of wealth and glory.
Turn around the screen wall and enter through a screen door. On the left is a row of reverse-seating rooms, just like where they live in Niufu now.
Entering through the hanging flower door, you will see the courtyard of the house in front of you. The courtyard is surrounded by hand-curved verandahs on three sides. Flowers, plants and trees are planted in the four corners of the courtyard.
There are verandas on the east and west sides, connected by hand verandas, leading to the second door at the barrier wall.
Entering through the second door, there is another courtyard inside. In this courtyard, there is a large vat in the middle with lotus flowers growing in it.
The main house has three rooms, two wing rooms on each side, and the east and west wing rooms in the second door each have one wing room on the south side, which are connected to the barrier wall.
In addition to the row of back houses behind the main house, the Shi family now has a total of four masters in the capital, which is enough for them to live in!
Even if you add more people, it's more than enough.
This house is comparable to the Niu Mansion.
The more Huiniang looked at it, the more satisfied she became. However, during the few days she had lived in the capital, she was once called by the wife of Magistrate Niu to talk to the relatives of the Niu family.
I learned from their mouths that living in the capital is really not easy.
Just one residence can stump a large number of officials.
Even if you pass the imperial examination, if you stay in the capital and serve as an official, many of you will have to rent a house.
After all, the east is rich and the west is noble, the south is poor and the north is poor. Now that they have become officials, it is naturally impossible to live in the south or north of the city. They can only rent a house in the east of the city to show their dignity.