The Hu family has been busy all day for this birthday banquet.
In fact, depending on Mr.
Hu's status in Bishui County, it is appropriate for him to spend two or three days drinking.
However, Mr.
Hu was a low-key person, and it was not a birthday celebration, so he only drank wine for one day.
Even so, Mrs.
Hu's body hurt from exhaustion.
Mrs.
Hu rested hard for two days before she came back.
She had time to talk to her granddaughter and asked her eldest granddaughter, "How is the He family girl?
Have you seen her?"
Miss Hu smiled, "Why haven't we met?
I just met once that day, and because there were so many girls here, I didn't bother to talk to Miss He.
It's hard to say anything else.
She has a strong temper. " Then he told the story about He Zijin and Chen Da Niu.
Miss Hu said, "I originally thought that the two families were related to each other, so they must be very familiar with each other.
However, each girl's family has its own personality, and they may not all get along with each other.
The eldest girl of the Chen family said something inappropriate.
Although her family is rich, the He family is related to her, so the Chen family is not humble and it is not good.
Miss He was young and refused to give in.
It really shocked our sisters.
They might have gotten used to it.
I was really worried that they might get into trouble.
Wouldn't it hurt the harmony to come and separate them at lunch time?"
Mrs.
Hu nodded slightly, "When you have a flower party and tea party next time, please invite Miss He."
Miss Hu agreed.
After Miss Hu left, Mrs.
Hu handed Mrs.
Hu a cup of warm tea and said, "Mom, are you attracted to this girl from the He family?"
Mrs.
Hu smiled and accepted the tea, "Miss He is only eleven or twelve years old.
It is too early to say that she is the match."
"I heard what the eldest girl said.
I'm afraid Miss He is not a docile person."
Mrs.
Hu disagreed, sipped her tea, and said slowly, "If you are asked and don't know how to breathe, is that a human being?
That's a dead piece of wood.
Let me tell you, there are two types of high-class people.
One is What you can do at home is what you can do on your own.
Miss He is the second type.”
Mrs.
Hu said, "Based on our family, we can't marry any good girl."
Mrs.
Hu said, "I tell you, this girl from the He family is in trouble."
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"It's just that the flowers are planted well, and she is worthy of your mother-in-law praising her like this."
"Whether it's worth it or not, you'll know over time."
Mrs.
Hu didn't want to discuss the quality of a girl, even with her biological daughter.
Mrs.
Hu said no more.
He Zijin was a little surprised when he accepted the Hu family's post.
Shen smiled and said, "Since I invite you, you can go."
He Zijin nodded, turned around and went to He Lao Niang to get two pieces of good stuff.
He Zijin said this, "If there is one, then there are two.
Is it possible that he would wear the same clothes every time when he is a guest in someone's house, and let others look at him?"
Wear it as if you have nothing else to wear.”
Mrs.
He had no choice but to cut her flesh again.
Of course, she was also happy to let her girls interact with the girls from the Hu family.
Even the Shen family has developed new social relationships.
For example, the wife of Uncle Sihu's family and the Shen family are particularly close to each other.
The uncle Sihu's surname is Shi, and the wife of Sihu is called Mrs.
Shi.
Here I want to talk about the professional title of Si Hu.
Si Hu is not an official, but a clerk.
These days, officials are appointed by the central government, and the number is very small.
For example, in a county, there are only four officials, namely the county magistrate, the county magistrate, the chief bookkeeper, and the history officer.
These are the officials.
But in a county, things can be said to be either too much or too little.
However, these four people alone cannot manage it, and the things that cannot be done by the officials must be done by the officials.
This is This is the origin of Class Three and Six Rooms.
The three classes and six rooms each have their own differences.
For example, the six rooms are modeled after the six departments of the imperial court, and they are the six rooms for the officials, households, rituals, soldiers, and punishments.
Each of these six houses has a leader, and the people call them respectively: Uncle Si Li, Uncle Si Hu, Uncle Si Li, Uncle Si Bing, Uncle Si Xing, and Uncle Si Gong.
These uncles, including the staff in each house, are all officials.
The status of officials is not as low as people think.
At least they must be able to write and calculate.
The three classes refer to the classification of yamen servants.
The yamen servants are divided into soap class, fast class and zhuang class.
This is the origin of the three classes of yamen servants.
The status of the third class is obviously lower than that of the sixth class.
There is a murderous old saying that goes, "If you are a yamen clerk in a carriage or boat shop, you should be killed even if you are not guilty."
This shows the status of yamen servants in the hearts of the general public.
Regardless of whether it is the third shift or the sixth ward, one thing is that officials are ordinary officials.
Moreover, the court expressly stipulates that officials cannot be held concurrently by local people.
The same is not true for civil servants.
They are ordinary officials and iron-clad officials everywhere.
For example, in Bishui County, Magistrate Li is like this today, and Magistrate Zhang is coming tomorrow, and the people in the third class and sixth ward are still the same.
Moreover, the county magistrate who is a little weak may be sidelined.
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Therefore, the status of officials is as high as no one imagines, and officials also have the status of officials.
Mrs.
Shi was already quite old.
She had a simple round bun on the back of her head and two or three gold hairpins.
Her round face was full of kindness.
She smiled and said to Mrs.
Shen, "If we hadn't talked that day, we would never have thought of the county again."
There are such good-natured sisters here.
Otherwise, your family is from a scholarly family and you wouldn’t dare to interact with each other. " Mrs.
Shen smiled, "That's what I should say.
When I saw my sister in the past, I heard others say that she was the wife of Mr.
Sihu's family.
I didn't dare to be rude in approach anymore.
Because my sister is from an official family, I never expected to be so kind."
"Hey, what kind of official are you?
As a compliment to the fellow villagers, just call Sister Xiu's father "Uncle Sihu".
My family has been doing this for generations, and Sister Xiu's grandfather was also a Sihu when he was alive, and he is very familiar with it."
Mrs.
Shi His eyebrows were curved, and although he was more than ten years older than Shen, he spoke very crisply, "That day when I returned from Mr.
Hu's birthday party, even Sister Xiu told me when she came home that both of your girls are sincere. people."
Mrs.
Shi burst into laughter as she said, "Sister, I am so lucky to have such a capable daughter.
Sister Xiu told me that I thought your son Jin was a flower grower, and he was not like this ordinary daughter.
People who don’t eat fireworks from the world just want to make friends.
We Sister Xiu couldn't be aloof either.
As a result, Sister Xiu said, "Zi Jin is still helping pickle pickles at home, and we get along well with each other.
We, Sister Xiu, are like me, with a straight temper."
The last thing you should do is associate with people who are mean and jealous.”
Mrs.
Shen smiled, "I always say that it is not a bad thing for a girl's family to do more work.
If a girl from a wealthy family does not touch the spring water with her fingers, her life is good.
There are not many families like ours.
Be particular.
We have two girls and three girls.
I started learning embroidery from Master Xue, and besides raising flowers and plants at home, Zijin also liked to cook, which made me very worried."
But I felt strange in my heart that this Mrs.
Shi's eldest daughter was married to Xu Juren.
How could the eldest son say sour and jealous words again?
Mrs.
Shi smiled, "This is just right.
Our sister Xiu also likes to cook, make snacks, make soup and so on."
Sister Xiu is actually the round-faced girl who was talking to He Zijin at Hu's house.
She is the same age as He Zijin, but the month is smaller.
Sister Xiu was born in June, and He Zijin was born in the second month.
Born in the month.
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Therefore, we have to call He Zijin sister.
Sister Xiu has a round face and a round person.
She is obviously the same age as He Zijin, but she seems to be two years younger than her.
She has a cute and round appearance.
Her ancestors worked in the household, and her family background was very good.
She wore two small gold bracelets on her white and tender wrists, a small gold begonia hairpin on her head, a small butterfly step, and a necklace around her neck.
The necklace with gold inlaid treasure looks like a favor to the three girls.
He Zijin ate the candied fruit she brought, "I love this hawthorn fruit the most, but it's made in two ways.
One is wrapped in icing sugar, and the other is soaked in honey, which is sour and sweet."
Third sister, Zijin sister , you try it."
Her family has a dried fruit and seafood shop.
The third girl couldn't help but feel happy when she saw the honey-soaked hawthorns, which were as red as rouge.
She then looked at the sugar-frosted hawthorns and said, "I've been making hawthorns so early, but I haven't seen candied haws for sale on the street yet."
Sister Xiu smiled, "It's almost there.
It's getting cold even if it's cold.
I haven't finished making this icing in early October.
I'm afraid it will melt away when it gets hot.
This is a fresh product that I made before.
The shopkeeper knows that I like to eat it."
Prepare this and bring it to me.
I thought I would come to see my two sisters and bring it to us to share."
He Zijin smiled, "The dried fruits at your house are first-class.
My grandmother said that this was the taste when she was young, and it still tastes the same now.
When we were young, we went to your house several times when we went out in the winter.
I buy candied haws at the store.
Not only do you make the hawthorns well, but the crabapples are also very good.
The color looks like beeswax.
I think they used your dried fruit preserves at Mr.
Hu’s birthday party that day, right?
" Sister Xiu chewed hawthorn, drank rose wolfberry tea, and smiled, "Sister Zijin really has a good eye."
The third girl refilled the tea for her, and He Zijin smiled, "It's not hard to guess.
In our county, your dried fruit shop is the best, no matter how many of them are there.
Reputable people in the county set up banquets, and most of the snacks are made with The dried fruits from Piaoxiang Garden are yours.”
Sister Xiu is a very clever person.
She thanked the third girl and raised her hand with the tea cup in her hand.
"The tea from my sisters is better."
He Zijin smiled, "These are the flowers and plants I dried myself.
If you like them, I will put a jar for you later."
Sister Xiu smiled, "Then I'd like to thank you first."
"You're welcome."
He Zijin smiled, "If it's green tea, I don't dare to drink too much during the day.
If I drink too much, I won't be able to sleep at night.
There's no risk in drinking more herbal tea.
Third sister likes to mix green tea with herbal tea.
Drink it and it tastes good.”
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Sister Xiu laughed, "The green tea has a light taste, which is fine.
I once drank brick tea from South Vietnam.
The tea soup was red.
I didn't know what it was called, so I drank a cup.
It made me feel upset for a long time.
I Mom also said that she just wanted to have a taste, but she didn’t complain about the pain and didn’t drink it, so it was like taking laxatives.”
The three girls of He Zijin were all delighted.
The three girls said, "There is such tea in the world."
"Isn't that right?
I was still young at that time.
Now my mother wants to get some tea for me to drink so that I can lose weight and become as slim as my two sisters."
Sister Xiu'er As he spoke, another piece of candied fruit went into his stomach.
He Zijin smiled, "You are still young.
You will naturally lose weight when you get older.
I was also fat when I was a child.
Just ask the third sister."
The third girl smiled, "Yes, your sister Zijin also had a round face when she was little."
Sister Xiu looked at He Zijin in disbelief, touched her round chin and asked, "Is it possible that he is as fat as me?"
The third girl smiled, "You are not fat now.
You have a good temper and everyone will like you.
Besides, you are growing taller now.
If you keep trying to lose weight and cannot eat or drink, you will delay your growth."
I have always been a slender person.
When I was a child, I didn’t even have a good taste.
I really can’t understand Sister Xiu’s desire to become thinner.
The third girl just wants to gain weight, but even now, no matter how hard she eats, she still doesn't gain weight no matter what she eats, which is also annoying and depressing.
Sister Xiu'er said, "If I can be like Third Sister and Zijin in the future, I will feel relieved."
Mr.
Shen and Mrs.
Shi were talking in a congenial manner, and Sister Xiu and the third girl, He Zijin, could also talk about the same thing.
On the first day of the visit, Mrs.
Shi did not stay for dinner, and left around noon with Sister Xiu.
He Zijin had ordered Cui'er to pack out a square box made of fine cattails, which contained four neat blue and white porcelain vases.
He Zijin smiled, "This is the herbal tea that my third sister and I often drink on weekdays.
Sister, take it and taste it.
If you like it, just tell me."
Sister Xiu smiled, "Thank you, sister."
The three girls, He Zijin and Sister Xiu, went to Shen's room together.
Mrs.
Shi saw the maid holding something in her hand and said angrily, "What is this?
You want these things from your sister again."
Sister Xiu smiled, "The tea that Third Sister and Sister Zijin drink on weekdays.
Mother, don't you want me to become slim?
I will drink whatever tea the sisters drink, and I will become slim."
Mrs.
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Shi smiled, "You, just drinking tea will be fine, but keeping your mouth shut will help."
Shen said, "It's just right for Sister Xiu.
When I look at Sister Xiu, I feel like I saw Zijin when he was a child.
She hasn't reached the time to have sex yet.
By then, she will lose weight in the blink of an eye." " Mrs.
Shi smiled, "I will accept my sister's good advice."
While talking, Mrs.
Shen took the third girl, He Zijin, to see Mrs.
Shi and her daughter out, saying, "Sister, I still have something to do, so I don't want to keep you in vain.
When your sister comes next time, you must leave some food to try me." craftsmanship.”
Mrs.
Shi responded repeatedly.
Mrs.
Shen and Mrs.
Shi were like sisters reunited after being separated for many years.
They were inseparable.
After talking for a while at the gate, Mrs.
Shi took Sister Xiu to the car and said goodbye.
Mrs.
Shen went back to her room and asked the third girl, He Zijin, "Sister Xiu, that child has a good temper."
The third girl smiled, "Yes, my sister and I both told Sister Xiu."
He Zijin also smiled, "He is very straightforward.
If you say anything, you have to be friends with such a person.
It is interesting to be around him."
Mrs.
Shen felt quite pleased, "That would be easy to get along with."
He Zijin asked, "Mom, did you and Mrs.
Shi meet at Mr.
Hu's birthday party?"
Mrs.
Shen laughed, "It's strange to say that as soon as we talk, we feel like we are in love with each other."
Mrs.
Shen heard from Mrs.
Shi that there was a young man in his family who was studying at the age of twelve or thirteen.
Mrs.
Smith will not be turned away.
Even though Mr.
Shi is just a clerk, and he is not as dignified as a scholar, he is a very wealthy family, one of the few in Bishui County.
Mrs.
Shi was also in a good mood.
In the car, she asked her daughter what she was doing with the two girls from the He family.
Sister Xiu said, "After eating some candied fruit and drinking tea, we started playing with the nine-link chain."
There are many books in Sister Jin’s house, all of which she copied.
Mom, you see Sister Zijin is so knowledgeable and speaks so kindly, she is much better than Xu Lengmei.”
Sister Xiu muttered, "Don't you just know a few words?
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You're pretending to be something like that."
"Look at your eldest sister's face and don't care what she does."
Mrs.
Shi was upset when she thought about her eldest daughter's marriage.
The eldest daughter was talking about her husband's family.
Mrs.
Shi was very happy when she said it.
Xu Ju's eldest son Xu green.
At that time, the son-in-law was also outstanding.
One or two years after the marriage, he became a scholar, and he was considered young and promising.
However, Xu Juren finally stopped at being a scholar.
When he came to Xu's son-in-law, he passed the exam several times and failed to win the title of scholar like his father.
In fact, if you don't win the examination, you don't win the examination.
There are very few people in Bishui County who are successful in the imperial examination.
The historians don't even have a scholar.
But this time he failed to pass the exam, and his temper became weird.
The year before last, my husband kindly said that there was a vacancy in the official office.
Shi Sihu kindly suggested this, but his daughter went home crying within two days.
I asked Mrs.
Shi to say that she didn't want to make up for the loss and wanted to work for a better job.
It was not like her men were evil.
Only those who didn't regard their son-in-law as an outsider would say this.
I really thought that the errand of the sixth room of the Yamen was so easy to fill.
It didn't matter at all, and it was difficult to even get money to get in.
But the Shi family became very angry, and even dared to say that her daughter was not prosperous with her husband.
She was so angry that Mrs.
Shi almost went over to fight.
If her husband hadn't stopped her, Mrs.
Shi could no longer let her daughter suffer from this coward.
These two years have not been great for her daughter.
Fortunately, Mrs.
Shi simply took her daughter, grandchildren, and granddaughters home from time to time, and was too lazy to interact with the Xu family.
She was extremely disgusted with such sour and jealous people.
Also, the last time the youngest daughter, Xiu Jieer, went to the Hu family's flower viewing party, Mrs.
Shi thought that it was just for fun, so she asked her daughter to go.
By chance, I met a group of girls who wanted to write poems.
Sister Xiu was generous and didn't take it seriously.
However, she was ridiculed by Xu Qing's younger sister Xu Lengmei, who said that Sister Xiu was uneducated.
Sister Xiu choked Xu Lengmei back at that time, "I can't read or read, so I'm not as mean as my sister.
My sister is both literate and has read a lot of books, but she has become so mean.
From this point of view, , it is better to be illiterate and not to read, at least to be generous."
Sister Xiu was angry, but the eldest daughter's life in the Xu family became increasingly difficult.
Mrs.
Shi was so angry with the Xu family that she had a stomach ache.
From then on, she would avoid visiting other scholars whenever she saw them, because she didn't expect Mrs.
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Shen to be such a cheerful person.
Even Miss San and He Zijin are both capable girls.
Mrs.
Shi couldn't help but sigh, "It shows that there are still good people in the world, but we just don't meet them in our family."
Mrs.
Shi received Xu Lengmei's engagement post from the Xu family in the evening.
When Mrs.
Shi saw that it was actually a marriage between the Chen and Xu families, she wondered, "Didn't his family vow to marry their daughter to a scholarly family?"
I heard that she wants to marry the little scholar He Luo, the eldest grandson of the head of the He clan.
In the evening, Mrs.
Shi and her husband chatted.
Shi Sihu was also fed up with the Xu family and sneered, "The Xu family is very discerning.
Both He Xiucai and the Hu family are the best candidates.
It's just that the Xu family It’s hard to look in the mirror.
He is just a poor man, so what can he do to gain access to other young scholars and officials?”
Mrs.
Shi curled her lips and said, "This brother from the Chen family is also a promising man, but he is a little confused when it comes to women."
"There are many things that are bad about the Chen family, but there is also one good thing.
They have plenty of money.
Otherwise, the Xu family's noble family would not be able to marry off their daughter."
Shi Sihu didn't want to talk more about the Xu family and asked, "Aren't you here today?"
I’m going to have an appointment with Shen’s family, how about?”
Mrs.
Shi smiled, "In the past, I only heard that this scholar He also studied with Xu Juren, and our family is not familiar with his family and has little contact.
Last time we met by chance at Mr.
Hu's birthday party, and we found out that We are really bad-tempered.
Although Grandma He is young, she is kind, sensible and has a good temper.
Come on, no wonder the business of her sauce shop is getting more and more prosperous.
There are two girls in her family.
One of them is Mrs.
He's grandniece, and she is the girl with first-rate appearance who became her disciple.
"It's strange that there were those rumors in the past, but I think that girl doesn't seem to be a confused person."
"Don't listen to the wind, it's the rain.
Why He Xin's parents-in-law are missing is related to this."
Shi Sihu knocked on the table to prevent his wife from talking about it anymore.
In Bishui County these days, few things can be hidden from him.
"I know that.
I just have to see it in person to believe it."
When Mrs.
Shi came to the He family, she became interested and lost her mind to gossip about Chen Zhi.
She smiled, "Listen to me, there is also the chrysanthemum grower.
My son's daughter, Zijin, is the same age as my sister Xiu.
On her birthday, she is half a head taller than Sister Xiu.
She is really good-looking.
She is good at reading and writing.
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I heard from Sister Xiu that there are many books in the house.
People who are good at reading and writing are not like those who look down on others.
People are very kind to our sister Xiu."
Mrs.
Shi leaned on the fumigator and chatted with her husband, "It can be seen that this tutor is a good tutor.
It is not about family background or birth.
Everyone is born with different personalities.
Only those with a kind temper will have good fortune."
Although her family is well off, she has four sons and two daughters. , the eldest, second, and third are all married, and the eldest girl is also married, leaving only Sister Xiu and Brother Feng.
Brother Feng is the youngest son, and his family has a rich family fortune.
Naturally, he will not treat his younger son badly in the future, but children are thorns in the heart, and it hurts every parent.
Mrs.
Shi has been worrying about the marriage of her youngest son and daughter in recent years.
Although the children are still young, they grow up in a blink of an eye.
They didn't meet each other in advance, and they were just waiting for the wedding.
The eldest daughter had been seeing each other for several years in advance and didn't think Xu Qing was crazy.
She had to be more careful when she came to the younger son and daughter.
According to Mrs.
Shi, as long as the woman's family background is acceptable, she is capable, her character is upright, and she is reasonable.
Whether your life is good or not depends not only on how much property your parents have passed down, but also on whether you can live a good life.
However, Shi Sihu was bitten by a snake once and was afraid of well ropes for ten years.
He said to his wife, "Girls who study will inevitably have high spirits.
None of our first three daughters-in-law have studied seriously.
Why don't you give it to Brother Feng?"
I'll find someone who knows how to read and write, and my sister-in-law will be able to talk about it together."
Mrs.
Shi glared at her husband, "Isn't it possible that the world's educated students are like Sister Xu Mei?
You haven't seen Miss He's charm.
You have a good dream, and I may not be happy or not."
"Not only do you have eyes in Hexian County, but the girl is still too young to talk about it."
Her husband poured cold water on her, and Mrs.
Shi waved her hand in annoyance and said, "Even if it comes to this matter, it still depends on the two children.
Sister Xiu and Miss He play well together, and Mrs.
He and I also have good tempers.
What's wrong with just having ordinary interactions?
At least, they are decent people in the family. " Shi Sihu thought for a while and said, "It's true that Mrs.
He's natal brother won the Jinshi this year.
In March and April, Mr.
Shen returned to his hometown in fine clothes and even drank with the county prince.
Although the county prince was from the same county The Lord is from a Juren background and is very polite to Mr.
Shen."
Mrs.
Shi yawned and looked tired, "Okay, it doesn't matter.
If you don't have the same temperament, it's useless to be a relative of the Jade Emperor.
If you have the same temperament, you can get along with each other no matter how high or low you are."
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