When the steward went out, Mrs. Ning sighed a little and said to her niece and daughter-in-law Dai Jiashi.

"I really didn't expect that such a father who eats, drinks and gambles, a mother born as a servant, will raise two good sons."

Dai Jiashi smiled a little reluctantly, and said: "Even if the seeds are not good, they must be shared in whose house." I heard that Lord Cao treats these two brothers very well and treats them as if they were his own children. With his support, plus the two brothers are also angry, they can't be wrong in the future, Mrs. Ning smiled and said, "Exactly, exactly." I thought that the two brothers were about to get married, and I, as a grandmother, couldn't watch it, so I had to send a few people who were waiting. Now that they have a good income, the family business will only become more and more prosperous, and they have to choose two capable housekeepers to take care of the housework for them......"

Seeing that Mrs. Ning was genuinely happy, Dai Jia's heart couldn't help but sour.

Earlier, the twin sons did not show up, but the two aunts and nephews were still able to deal with Yongliang's biological father's family wholeheartedly; Now that she has twins, Mrs. Ning feels a little more confident, and she is no longer as tolerant of her heirs as before.

Previously, due to the affection of the Cao family, and Yongliang's desire to cling to the relationship over there, he had already divided some of the land property to the Zuozhu brothers.

Although everyone is distressed, the right should be a relationship and find a backer. After all, Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng are still young, and their seniority is low, even if they are serious descendants, they will not hinder Yongliang's current identity.

It's just that I didn't expect that the two brothers Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng were so competitive, and they had a reputation in the year of the dancing elephant, and they were talking about the daughters of the eunuchs.

A few days ago, Mrs. Ning gathered four maids from the house and gave them to Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng's brothers, and Dai Jia's family also brought a little joy.

She knew her aunt's thoughts, but she just wanted to maintain the relationship with the twins, and she also took the Cao Mansion.

There are not many maids in the family, and there are only a few neat ones. Dai Jia's family was still on guard, for fear of a fox who would hook up with her husband. These are all rewarded, and the rest are either faceless or left.

Unexpectedly, today I mentioned the reward steward again.

How can Dai Jia's family not be wary, as early as when Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng brothers recognized their ancestors and returned to their ancestors, there were gossips in the clan, saying that there were no descendants of the ancestors outside, and the children of the side branches held the ancestral hall and ancestral property.

It's just that Yongliang happily divided the property, and after the Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng brothers went to worship outside the gate, they also went back to Qingyuan directly, and there was no intention of fighting, and those clan elders gradually stopped moving.

This is also to blame Yongliang for not being a man, filial piety is filial piety, but he has forgotten the world.

After passing under Mrs. Ning's name, he is no longer a child of his biological parents, even if he wants to take care of him, he can only get along as a relative.

Do not suffer from widowhood and unevenness, not only to help relatives, but also to help the family is not a family, more help the two families naturally no one gossip, but also everyone praises well. Where will it fall to the current field, the relatives and the Taoist will use the guise of holding grievances for Mrs. Ning to degrade Yongliang to nothing.

If it weren't for the heir being the heir, but the heir being the niece of the mother's family, someone would have instigated Mrs. Ning to go to the yamen to take the lead and sue Yongliang for disobedience.

Although Mrs. Ning was confused in her early years, she experienced the destruction of her family, and as a widow, she pulled her heirs and supported the door, which was already a lot more accessible.

Seeing Dai Jia's eyes flickering, laughing like crying, she still didn't understand her worries, patted her hand, and said, "Don't worry, although those two call me 'grandmother', they don't have my blood in the end." But you are my own niece, and you were raised in front of me when you were young...... Yongliang is confused, even if he is worried about his biological parents, but he is your man. Even if I don't look at the fact that he has called me my mother for more than ten years, I will remember that he is my niece and son-in-law......"

"Aunt ......" Dai Jia's tears were faint, she helped Mrs. Ning's arm, lowered her head with a little intimacy and grievance: "You also know that our master is not the kind of ungrateful person, otherwise he would not recognize Brother Song and Brother Bai happily." It's just that he is soft-hearted, and the family over there is too low-hearted. ”

Mrs. Ning pursed her lips, revealing a little contempt, but said in her mouth: "Since you can't stop it, let him be, for this, you two often chatter, and after a long time, it will hurt the relationship between husband and wife." ”

These words sounded all good-intentioned, but Dai Jiashi was chilling all over his body.

Others don't know, doesn't she know her aunt?

Although he is never stingy in human relations, he has to divide people. There are contacts and contacts, and they will not be short-lived; is like Yongliang's biological father, who only enters and can't leave, and he can't give up a needle.

In order to prevent Yongliang from helping over there, how many times did she get angry, but now she seems to be letting go.

I heard Mrs. Ning continue: "A few days ago, when Brother Song and Brother Bai came over, I told them to say goodbye to Mrs. Cao on my behalf. Didn't move earlier, it's nothing; Now that you have heard from you, you should go and say goodbye. If it weren't for the favor of Cao Fu, Brother Song and Brother Bai would not have grown so well. It's just that the Cao Mansion is a big family, this gift must not be too shabby, and it must appear to be thoughtful......"

* Liuli Factory, Songzhu Zhai.

Seven or eight young scholars stood in front of a few cases under the east wall, listening to the young man introduce a few inkstones above.

Songzhu Zhai is a time-honored brand of Liuli Factory, it cannot be said that they are all high-quality products, but they can be put out, and they all have a head. Even if it is not an old object from the previous dynasty, it is mostly a fine product of some years.

These scholars are Tianyou, Zuozhu brothers, and several newcomers from the Lotus Academy.

It is said that a poor family produces talents, but in fact, those who can play a small school and invite a good teacher and study with peace of mind are mostly scholars, even if they are not official gentry.

The son of the butcher's family is a bit smarter, and he has no opportunity to study when he is young, and most of them are from his father's business.

The so-called poor students are either in the middle of the road, or their parents are incomplete, resulting in difficulties in making a living.

After taking the examination for meritorious service, everyone has the intention of becoming an official, and for the Tianyou brothers, of course, it is a friendship with the law.

After arriving in the capital, he was willing to interact with Tianyou because he was the landlord. Even if there are those who hold the shelf and do not show their clinging, they are willing to come to their brothers' side.

Thinking about this little carefully, Tianyou is bright in his heart, but he doesn't feel that there is anything contemptible.

The world is like this, even he himself has privately told his younger brother to get along with Hongli for a good life, in order to rely on it more in the future.

In today's Keshun Tianfu Township Examination, there are a total of 55 students and supervisors in the Lotus Academy, eight of whom are on the list, and one of the seven is enough to make the Lotus Academy famous.

I heard that Tianyou came to accompany everyone to buy a thank you gift, except for a shy refusal in the bag, the remaining four people couldn't stop thanking each other, and came out with great interest.

Subsequently, Tianyou took everyone to the glass factory.

I don't want Tianyou to take everyone to the best realm, but I still encounter embarrassment.

The inkstone here has a few taels of silver, but it is not suitable for the occasion of thanking the teacher.

The master is a scholar of the dynasty, and he must fulfill the disciple ceremony; The house master is directly related to his own body and cannot be taken lightly.

Fortunately, Tianyou has already discussed with the Zuozhu brothers, and in the name of making up for himself and the Zuozhu brothers, he will share half of it; This house master, except for him and Gu Xian, who has the best family background, are all one person and one room.

Zuo Cheng's brain is the most active, seeing that the big guy listened to the man's quotation and there was no movement, knowing that everyone was worried about the money, he pointed to the inkstone with a reserve price of ninety taels, and said to the others with a smile: "This inkstone style is simple and introverted." I heard that Zhang Xiang has always been low-key, and this inkstone can be used as a gift of thanks. ”

For the master Zhang Tingyu, when they entered the venue, they had only seen him once from afar, and they couldn't really see him if they were tall, short, fat and thin, who knew what kind of person he was.

Zuo Cheng said this, but he said this because he lived in the Cao family and listened to the praise and disapproval of these political affairs around Cao Hao.

Everyone is naturally convinced, but this price is not affordable for everyone.

Among these four moves, only two of them have a lot of money, but they can afford this money, but Tianyou didn't speak, and they didn't get ahead.

A hundred or ten taels of silver is a heavy gift.

Fortunately, there are one hundred and forty-one moves, less than ten people are assigned to each room, and the relationship between teachers and students can still climb, and there will be more relationships in the officialdom in the future; If the master is a teacher, there are more than 100 lifters, where will they remember their surnames and who they are?

Changing to someone else as a teacher, it's just a matter of fooling the past, and he is a teacher of the current department, Zhang Tingyu, a university scholar and a scholar of the household department, and the identity of this grandfather's protégé is also decent.

The two who couldn't afford the silver paid more and more about this "teacher-student relationship", staring at the inkstone and couldn't take their eyes off.

I listened to Tianyou said: "On the master's side, most of them worship in groups, and it's not good to really make people hold a large stack of gift boxes in the past, what will it look like." Otherwise, the big guy will get together and buy this inkstone? ”

In a word, it was echoed by the remaining four. In this way, thirteen taels per capita can be afforded, and if you can co-sign with the prince of the Governor's Mansion, maybe you can get a university scholar to take a look twice.

Only Gu Xian hesitated for a moment, and said, "Can you count Jiao Wen as well, I will pay for his share of the money, and I will ...... it."

The Jiao Wen in his mouth is the one who stayed in the hall.

This sentence was originally said by Tianyou, but listening to Gu Xian's proposal, it was naturally necessary.

Since the family has already prepared a thank-you ceremony for the three of them, the three of them will not sign together, saying that they are making up for a part, but they are actually helping a few classmates.

Although Jiao Wen's family is poor, his surname is good, and he does not have that kind of lonely shelf. Gu Xian's knowledge was the worst among all people, and he was still in the third from the bottom after the left side of the exam.

But he studied as diligently as Zuo Zhu, and often asked Jiao Wen for homework. Ping Suli, although he did not pay attention to Jiaowen with a teacher's courtesy, he did not lose his respect.

There is no need for everyone to pay for it, and no one objected, so Tianyou made the guy pack the inkstone, and everyone left Songzhuzhai after the account.

Everyone is different, and there is no need to go around together, just spread out in the glass factory.

The inkstone on that side was received by God, and it was said that it would meet in front of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

"This Gu Xian responded to his name, and he is righteous enough." On the way home, Zuo Zhu said.

Tianyou nodded and said, "Exactly, Jiao Wen is not bad." Among the scholars who came out of the academy, his knowledge was much higher than that of the others. If it weren't for the poverty of his family, he only arrived in the capital two days before the exam, and he was not accustomed to the water and soil, even if he couldn't solve the yuan in the current science, the top ten would be no problem......"

*Cao Mansion, Wutong Garden.

"The Eight Flags draft is scheduled today?" Cao Hao was a little surprised.

The queen is still serving in the Old Summer Palace, how can she be in the mood to go back to the palace for the draft?

Chu Yu said: "I just heard from the mother-in-law of Dongfu, and I also feel strange. But it's already mid-September, and the holy driver is about to return to the palace from the garden......"

(To be continued)