Taojiawan in Puzhou County is a good place with mountains and rivers.
Within a radius of 50 miles from Taojiawan, there is a grand house with green bricks and green tiles and bright and clean windows.
People in Taojiawan are very envious.
If they can live in such a house , even if you die, you will get what you want.
The Tao family has produced important figures.
The old man of the Tao family came to the Imperial Academy to offer wine.
A serious official from the capital came back here with his family three years ago, overturned the small thatched house and built this big house.
Some people say that Mr.
Tao committed a crime and was driven back, some say that Mr.
Tao resigned and returned to his hometown when he was old, whatever.
However, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and the Tao family's servants and land are beyond the reach of the local Yuanwai Lang.
Mr.
Tao has two sons.
The eldest son, Mr.
Tao, married a girl from the Hou family.
The second son came back to Puzhou to marry a girl from a local squire's family.
However, Mr.
Tao's eldest daughter-in-law had a bad life.
On the way back to Puzhou from the capital, she had fetal gas and the child was born prematurely.
Now Uncle Tao has no wife and is raising this little girl alone.
"Meier, it's getting dark soon, come in."
Hearing her father's call, Tao Xinmei put down the few grasses in her hands and ran home with the girl.
There are not many servants in the house.
She has a mother-in-law and a girl to take care of her.
She is a veritable eldest lady in Taojiawan.
Even if the aunt of the second wife gave birth to a son, she can't compare to her.
"Dad, Mei'er is back.
What delicious food did you bring me?"
Uncle Tao was still very young at this time.
He was only twenty-five years old this year.
Because of his father's relationship, he returned to his hometown to seek refuge.
The Tao family had a small shop in Puzhou County.
Every three months, Uncle Tao went to the city to settle accounts.
This time too.
He took a candy man in his hand and handed it to her: "Here, Mei'er, the candy man you want."
Tao Xinmei spun around happily, "Daddy, that's great."
Seeing his daughter who was so happy, all the fatigue in Uncle Tao's body disappeared.
Although he and his wife only met after they got married, his wife's appearance and talents matched him very well.
What's more, if it weren't for this family, his wife would not have died early.
So although his wife was gone, he doted on his only daughter and treated her like a treasure.
His daughter combines the strengths of him and his wife.
At only three years old, she has already become like this.
I don’t know what will happen to her in the future.
Uncle Tao is in his prime.
Although he has a deep affection for his wife, he is the eldest son and the family cannot allow him to live like this as a widower.
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Soon Mrs.
Tao found a girl named Liu who had been observing mourning at home and missed the period of flowers and letters.
Mrs.
Liu was a scholar, literate, and graceful.
She also regarded Tao Xinmei as her own.
The uncle was very relieved.
However, no matter how much he regarded Tao Xinmei as his own, she was not Mrs.
Liu's biological daughter.
Especially after Mrs.
Liu also gave birth to a daughter, Uncle Tao doted on his eldest daughter even more, because she was born without a mother.
Moreover, although Tao Xinmei's mother passed away, she left behind a lot of dowry.
Uncle Tao wanted to keep it for his daughter, but wealth moved people's hearts.
As the Tao family went from bad to worse, he could not keep a large dowry without using it.
The family suffered hardships and hardships.
Just at this time, people from the Hou Mansion came.
They said that the old lady in the Hou Mansion was compassionate.
The old lady felt sorry for her granddaughter who lost her mother at birth, and wanted to take the child to the Hou Mansion.
At this time, Uncle Tao didn't want to send his daughter away.
No matter how nice other people's homes were, they would always be dependent on others, but his daughter must go.
He was puzzled: "Meier, wouldn't it be nice to be at home with dad?"
But my daughter said: "You even used the dowry my mother gave me to Xinyan and her daughter.
You are not treating me well at all."
He was at a loss for words.
He had used his wife's dowry without permission, but it was for the whole family.
However, his newly opened shop in Puzhou has started to improve.
After a year and a half, he has made money, so naturally he will give it to his daughter.
As a dowry.
He wanted to explain that his daughter had no idea why she had to follow the housekeeper of the Hou Mansion.
When he went to stay, he saw the housekeeper saying: "Uncle Tao, my cousin told me that you dote on the wife behind you.
It’s not good for her.”
"Steward Zhang, me" The butler persuaded him with a clear expression: "Uncle Tao, how can my cousin, who is so beautiful, have a chance to get ahead in this country?
Our Lord Marquis said, my family has opened a boudoir school, and my cousin has entered the boudoir."
If we, the old lady, can help you find a decent marriage in the future, wouldn’t it be a double bargain?"
This really touched his heart.
His daughter was so beautiful.
Where could anyone be worthy of her in Taojiawan?
He found his daughter in person.
Tao Xinmei saw that her father was not as attached as she was when she was a child.
Instead, she felt that her father wanted to ruin her good future.
As a motherless child, if she didn't make some plans for herself, what would happen to her in the future?
It was good for her to be the Liu family, not to mention that the Liu family was just the daughter of a poor scholar.
Now she could afford to wear silk and satin without using her mother's dowry money.
She said to her father with a cold face: "No matter what, my daughter will definitely go to the Hou Mansion.
Dad doesn't have to worry about his daughter in the future."
But she didn't expect her father to agree, "Meier, since you want to go so bad, dad won't stop you.
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It's just that people say that once you enter a noble family, it's as deep as the sea.
Your maternal grandmother has passed away long ago, and your father has not stopped you."
I’ll give you a lot of things.
You can take these two hundred taels of silver notes with you so that you can take care of them after you enter the house.”
Maybe two hundred taels was nothing in the Hou Mansion, but in the eyes of Tao Xinmei, who was still eight years old, two hundred taels was undoubtedly a huge sum of money.
She carefully put it in her close-fitting purse and sat in the spacious and comfortable carriage.
Looking at Taojiawan, who had long been left behind, she still felt a little distressed.
Maybe she was remembering her father's last expression, and her father's love for her when she was a child, but she still had to make plans for herself after all.
It was not too far from Puzhou to Beijing.
She observed the people sent by the Hou Mansion at a close distance.
The nanny who was just a waiter was covered in silk and satin.
She smiled and saluted without saying a word, showing her indescribable magnificence.
She was both uneasy and a little more expectant.
No wonder she had felt that she was different from the people in Taojiawan since she was a child, and even different from the girls from the same squire family.
It turned out that she was more like her mother in her bones.
Her mother was a daughter of a noble family, and so was she.
It took almost two months of traveling by boat and carriage to reach the capital.
This is also her first time to come to the capital.
The capital is so grand.
Even the city walls are higher than those in other areas.
She got off the carriage cautiously, and was helped by the servants to enter through the corner door.
She changed into a sedan chair, and then changed into a sedan chair again.
She felt like she was like a person in a shadow puppet show, carrying her away by herself.
However, this is enough to show that the Hou Mansion is very big.
Who would not envy their house in Taojiawan?
But when she saw the Hou Mansion, she realized that the house in Taojiawan was just a house for servants in the Hou Mansion.
Even worse than the house where the servants live.
"Cousin, please get off the sedan."
She gritted her teeth, not wanting to show any timidity, and followed the girl with her head high to meet the old lady of the Hou Mansion, that is, her grandmother and aunts.
The old lady was kind-hearted and gave her a face to wear and play with.
The aunts all expressed their opinions, even the cousins were all about the same age as her.
She really felt that it was great that everyone was so kind.
Everyone is so nice.
The next day, another cousin from the Wang family came from outside.
It seems that she has a closer relationship with this cousin Wang because her maternal grandmother and cousin Wang's maternal grandmother are biological sisters.
She has a better life than cousin Wang.
One thing, at least her father is still alive, while cousin Wang's parents are dead.
Based on this, she has to take more care of cousin Wang.
The people in the Hou Mansion were very kind to her.
For example, they gave her a large room in the courtyard.
The clothes and jewelry looked like something she had never seen before, and she was very happy.
A few days later, when she went to pay her respects, she was completely different from what she had seen on the first day.
Everyone seems to always focus on the eldest cousin, intentionally or unintentionally.
Just like they can't see her, there is also the sixth cousin Yuqi standing next to the eldest cousin.
Even the old lady kept calling her eldest cousin.
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She stood aside and felt a little disappointed.
When she saw the even more confused Wang Shu'er standing next to her, she sighed again.
If this girl was older, she could still follow her.
Discuss together.
The Chinese New Year will be here in a few days.
She asked her wet nurse excitedly: "Mom, am I going to sit with my cousin Shu'er on New Year's Eve this year?
What do you eat in the Hou Mansion?
Is it in the old lady's yard?"
She asked a series of questions, but saw no answer from her wet nurse.
She then asked the girl sent by the Marquis to take care of her.
The girl hesitated and said: "My cousin, just eat in the yard."
"What are you doing wrong?
How could someone who is celebrating the New Year let us eat in cold pots and stoves?"
Tao Xinmei didn't believe it, and the old lady was also kind, so she would definitely not let herself celebrate the New Year alone.
In previous years in Taojiawan, the New Year celebrations at home were lively.
Her father would buy several new clothes with her, and the children would grab peanuts and melon seeds to fill their wallets, and then take the opportunity to ask for red envelopes from adults, even the stingiest children.
On that day, her aunt would smile and give her red envelopes.
She didn't know this at this time.
She told the old lady when she was still greeting her.
The old lady happened to be there too.
The old lady looked at the old lady and said, "What do you think?"
The old man groaned, "When the children come to our house, they become a family.
Besides, the second and third girls are unlucky.
It's easy to keep these two children and let them eat with us."
Tao Xinmei glanced at the old lady secretly and felt that the old lady was not very happy, but she still arranged for them with a smile.
She was somewhat proud that she had persuaded the old man and the old lady, so she went to Cousin Wang and told her and her nanny that Shu'er was young and didn't understand much, but Aunt Chun understood.
"Miss Xinmei, are you saying that the old man asked us girls to go to the reunion dinner?"
Tao Xinmei nodded and said: "That's natural.
The old lady also agreed.
I'll call cousin Shu'er again in a few days." gd1806102: