Chapter 2 Family

When Zhao Wangshu returned home, he saw his father with a sad face, his mother in tears, and his brother with an angry face, "Brother, what happened? Where is my grandmother?"

"Little sister, don't worry, big brother won't sell his sister for glory. I won't go to that academy. I can go to high school just like I study in a clan school." Zhao Yin said seriously.

Zhao Wangshu was confused, what does this mean?

Her mother, Zhao Li, came over and hugged her into her arms, "Xiaoyue'er, grandma's Xiaoyue'er, grandma will not let them take you away."

Zhao Wangshu was even more confused, who are they?

Why take her away?

"Auntie, please don't cry first. Can you tell me what happened?" Zhao Wangshu asked with a frown.

Before Mrs. Li could stop crying and answer the question, Zhao Wangshu’s grandmother, Mrs. Zhao Cui, came back.

She also had a gloomy look on her face, which made Zhao Wangshu murmur in his heart, has something big happened that is going to cause the sky to fall?

"Grandma, have a sip of tea." Zhao Wangshu poured a cup of warm tea and handed it to Mrs. Zhao Cui.

"Good boy." Mrs. Zhao Cui took the cup and smiled at her.

"Grandma, what happened?" Zhao Wangshu asked directly.

Mrs. Zhao Cui drank the tea and then said slowly: "Someone has come to the big house in the city."

The matter is actually very simple. The direct descendant gave birth to a queen, so that Some people think they have found a shortcut to the family's rise.

So ten young girls with good qualifications were selected from the clan, sent to the mansion, and trained intensively, so that they would be of great use in the future.

As for its great use, everyone in the tribe knows it well.

Zhao Wangshu’s elders did not want Zhao Wangshu to become a pawn in the family marriage. Just now, Zhao Cui went to the owner of the village just to get rid of the matter, but it was a pity

Heaven's wealth and power have confused the minds of many people in the clan.

"There are so many orphans in the clan. If the mansion wants to raise girls, it can take them in and raise them. What are you trying to do to rob my daughter?" Ms. Li became more and more sad the more she thought about it.

There are no girls in the first two bedrooms of the big house. The eldest family has two sons, one legitimate son and one concubine, and the second bedroom has three sons, one legitimate son and two concubines.

"The mansion wants to raise a girl. It's clear that it has bad intentions. Brother Kuang did this in a confused manner." Father Zhao said bitterly.

It is simply unreasonable to attribute the rise of the Zhao family to women.

You must know that families that rely on women cannot last long, such asThe Fan family is the best example.

"Grandma, if I don't go to Zhizhai Academy, can my little sister not go to the mansion?" Zhao Yin asked tentatively.

"Brother, Grandma just said that even if you don't go to Zhizhai Academy, I have to go to the mansion." Zhao Wangshu accepted this matter faster than his family, "Grandma, I When will you go?"

"The mansion will send a carriage to pick you up in five days." Mrs. Zhao Cui sighed.

"Grandma, besides me, who else is there?" Zhao Wangshu asked next.

"There are also the twelfth daughter of the fifth sister-in-law's family in Yanhe Street, the Chun Niang of Pi Ge'er's family in Mulberry Garden, the third mother of Wan Ge'er's family in Jichang, and the youngest daughter of Liu's family on the street in the ancestral hall. Shuhui, Xiu Niang of Brother Lin in the street under the ancestral hall, Shu Qing of Mr. Shen’s family in Xuetang, and Ying Niang of Tofu Fang.” In a town, the owner of the village is the mayor, and the clan leader is still the head of the mansion.

"Grandma, didn't you say there were ten people?" Zhao Wangshu calculated, including her, there were only eight.

"There are also the three-bedroom Jiahua on the porch of the mansion and the six-bedroom Shuangzhi in the back room."

" Zhao Wangshu raised his eyebrows, "Why don't you choose two more , let’s make up twelve.” She had already thought of the names, the Zhao family’s twelve golden hairpins.

"Maybe there will be more people in the future, but now there are ten of you." After all, among the ten people now, one is fourteen years old, and two are thirteen years old.

If you can’t raise your child for two years, you should find a suitable person to marry.

"Mom, when Xiao Yue'er goes to the mansion, can Hong Chang follow her to take care of her?" Ms. Li asked, wiping her tears.

"In addition to Hong Chang, I plan to go to the city to the slave market tomorrow and buy three more maids for Xiao Yue'er. Xiao Yue'er has people arranged by her family to take care of her, so we can rest assured. "Ms. Zhao Cui didn't say it right, lest the person who arranged it at the mansion would be uneasy and teach her good granddaughter a bad lesson.

"There is no need to buy people, we have so much money at home." Zhao Wangshu knew that although his family's life was better than that of most other families on the farm, they only relied on the harvest from the fields.

Both Zhao’s father and Zhao Yin had to study, take part in the imperial examinations, and were handed over to the academies, which were quite a lot.

There are less than ten helpers and servants in the house.

The only person serving Zhao Wangshu was Hong Chang.

"After Changming went to Zhizhai Academy to study, he left the mansion, which saved a lot of money. I can buy you seven or eight servants." Mrs. Zhao Cui said with a smile.

Zhao Yin’s eyes widened, “I study, so it’s so wasteful.Son! "

"You just know it! Father Zhao snorted coldly, "If you don't become a householder, you don't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are." "

"Speak as if you know. Mrs. Zhao Cui stabbed her son angrily to prevent him from talking about her good grandson.

Father Zhao touched his nose awkwardly, and Mrs. Zhao Li and Zhao Wangshu looked at each other and smiled.

"Okay, don't hang around here, Mrs. Li, you go to the kitchen and see how the Chinese food is being prepared? You father and son go to the study to read. If you are an official, Xiao Yue'er will have someone to rely on in the future, and the mansion will not be able to control Xiao Yue'er's marriage. "

After sending the people away, Mrs. Zhao Cui took Zhao Wangshu and asked: "You went to see the Fan family off, did they say anything? "

"Old Mrs. Fan asked me to thank you, Miss Fan." Zhao Wangshu hesitated for a moment, but decided to tell the truth, "She wanted to ask eldest brother, but I didn't let her ask. ”

　“That’s right. "Zhao Cui agreed with Zhao Wangshu's approach.

"Grandma, when big brother comes to his senses, he will definitely ask, how should I answer? " Zhao Wangshu asked slightly uneasily.

Mrs. Zhao Cui tapped her on the head with her finger, "Bad girl, if you coax your brother, you will be right. You don't know how to answer? "

Zhao Wangshu giggled, stretched out his hand to hug her arm, and said coquettishly: "Grandma. "

"Xiaoyue'er, you are a smart child. If you go to the big house, I believe you will not suffer a loss. But after all, it is not my home, so you will inevitably be wronged. When I think of this, I feel very sad. Reluctant to part with it. " Mrs. Zhao Cui touched her face.

Zhao Wangshu's great-grandfather's family had few heirs and was an only son for two consecutive generations. When it came to Zhao Yin's generation, Mrs. Zhao Cui thought that her daughter-in-law was only a daughter-in-law. She would give her a grandson, and she did not expect to have an unexpected surprise, a granddaughter.

Although the family is not as wealthy as the mansion, Zhao Wangshu was also raised pampered. If this incident had not occurred in the clan, Come on, Mrs. Zhao Cui will never send her granddaughter to a big house.

She has already thought about it. When her granddaughter reaches the age of hair, she will get engaged to the scholar from the next village that she has long been attracted to.

My granddaughter is close, so she can help her.

But this situation is really annoying!

"Grandma, I After going to the mansion, can't I go home? "Zhao Wangshu frowned, is the mansion treating them as prisoners?

"I come back for three days during the season, and two days for the Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival. During the New Year, I stay at home from New Year's Eve to the fifth day, and I have to stay at home on the sixth day. Return to the mansion. "Ms. Zhao Cui had already asked.

When Zhao Wangshu heard this arrangement, he didn't know what to say and could only laugh twice.