It is not easy to be the fourth master's wife

Chapter 160

Zhou Ting arranged the yard for planting to be next to the mountain, and the craftsmen made it look like a farmhouse. The roof was covered with thick thatch, bamboo fences were set up around the house, and morning glories were surrounded on the top. Like the ivy, there are stone-milled agricultural tools in the yard, which looks like a pair of eastern fences from a distance.

Hongzhao was reciting poems and knew Tao Yuanming's allusions. As soon as the courtyard was built, he grabbed Zhou Ting's skirt and acted like a baby. He insisted on naming it Caijutang. If you want to help Hongzhao, ask Da Niu to write it with a pen, and ask someone to carve it on the stone and stand it at the door of the thatched cottage.

The big girl and the second girl have liked to keep some small animals since they were young. In the yard where they live now, pets can be seen every few steps. There are parrots and orioles hanging on the porch. On the rockery is a big white cat lying on its belly to bask in the sun. There was a litter of rabbits, and two little maids took the pug around the circle every day, so as not to let it grow too fat.

After building such a yard, Zhou Ting wanted them to see how the poultry grow, so she circled a field and caught a group of reed chickens that had just hatched for a few days.The little one has fluffy yellow hair, and chatters with a pointed mouth. As soon as the grains are sprinkled, he rushes over with short legs and can't stop pecking. Not only the big girl and the second girl like it, but also Hong Shi Hong After finishing my homework, I have to come here to play for a while.

Being close to Jiarong was originally a good thing, and Yinzhen took Hongzhao as his successor in his heart. Since he was going to take over the country, he must not understand these things, and he would bring him here when he was free, and took "Qing Barnyard Classes" to tell him about farming. , Hongzhao obediently sat on Yinzhen's lap, looked at the picture on the book and asked Yinzhen what purple lotus grass is.

He is just the age who is interested in everything, and he is not at the age of serious reading like Hongshi. Every morning he reads in the afternoon and rides and shoots back and forth. As long as he has finished reciting and writing, Zhou Ting encourages him to play around. a play.

Seeing that he was really interested in this, Yinzhen took a map instead, on which the production of each place was marked in detail, and he also used a fine brush to draw the shape of the thing, so that Hongzhao could know where the rice was at a glance It is cotton.

The farther to the south, the richer it is. Silk-woven rice and rice are lined up all over the place. Hongzhao shows off to Zhou Ting when he learns something, but any child who learns something by himself is good at being a teacher. I took the picture and clicked it everywhere to teach him.

How could Bai Tang Gao understand these things? He just looked at the ink dots on the top and found it interesting. He tore up the picture and tore it up. Hong Zhao was so angry that he stomped his feet hard and printed Bai Tang Gao with ink marks on his face. One can speak fluently, the other can't speak, and the two brothers quarreled.Zhou Ting had no choice but to ask someone to draw another unmarked picture, and asked Hongzhao to draw the small icons on them, but most of them were marked correctly.

Yinzhen asked someone to get a donkey to pull the stone mill, and the children were so shocked that they all stood and watched. They seldom went out on weekdays, thinking that the carts were all big horses, how could they know that donkeys could pull grind.Zhou Ting cheered up and asked the girl to tie the carrot with a string and hang it in front of the donkey, but she didn't let it bite into her mouth, leading the donkey to keep going forward, pulling the mill round and round, Several children screamed and jumped.

Yinzhen was also happy, and stood side by side with Zhou Ting under the thatched hut, holding her hand with a big palm: "Where did you come up with such a narrow way."

Zhou Ting raised her eyebrows: "This is so that they can understand the truth. Don't keep fighting for a carrot in front of your eyes." The little historical knowledge left in Zhou Ting's mind was all taught by the teacher in the past Small stories, these things are more memorable than those chronology, watching Yinzhen sitting on a stone stool pointing out Hongzhao what to produce in what month.It reminds me of the joke about eggs made by the emperor of the Qing Dynasty.

Not to mention Kangxi, the prince was so favored when he was a child, and he also touched a hoe. Now there is such a garden in the Changchun Garden, where the prince and Kangxi both planted rice in the early years. If it weren't for this, Zhou Ting would not have thought This is a way to fill up the Old Summer Palace.Since my son is definitely going to ascend the throne, he must be trained from now on.

Other people's mothers are just raising a Harvard girl, but Zhou Ting wants to raise the future emperor. She feels that she has a heavy burden on her shoulders, and she has no other way to teach him. Hongzhao doesn't take the number one exam, so it's better to let him know more about these things , understand a little more so that people will not be pinched in the future.

Yin Zhen rubbed the back of her hand with his thumb, and there was a thin layer of sweat in the palm of his hand, which was a little slippery and he still didn't let go, Zhou Ting asked him to hold it like this without moving.The whole yard was full of children's laughter, Yinzhen twitched his lips self-consciously, if you want to talk about upbringing, which family's children are more outstanding than his children?Later, he brought Hong Zhaoduo to Ama Khan, so that Ama Khan knew that among his grandchildren, no one else was stronger than Hong Zhao.

Hongzhao was interested in these things, but few people in his family knew about these things. Even Yinzhen mostly read about them, and never tried them.Those haha ​​beads around Hongzhao are all Manchu children. They have never planted land in the previous generation. How can the next generation know about these things? The little boy from the house was placed beside Hongzhao to serve him, so that he could ask some strange questions from time to time.

The young boy was named by Hongzhao himself, and it was called Daogu. Daogu was not very old, and his parents were honest farmers who knew a lot about farming. Hongzhao heard him say it once, and he actually set up a mud shop for people to scoop grass. He thought about raising water chestnuts in the field, and told Yinzhen solemnly that this method can not only grow good water chestnuts, but also raise fish in the water. One mu of land has two things, which is a good way to kill two birds with one stone.

As soon as Zhou Ting was about to offend him, he began to shake his round head: "What comes on paper is always shallow, I never know that this matter has to be practiced." Ask Zhou Ting to slap on the forehead, and go to Yinzhen pitifully, covering her forehead.

There were two girls who took the lead and acted coquettishly. They tugged Yinzhen's sleeves from left to right and called them limp Ama. What else could Yinzhen refuse to do? The garden is big enough, and there is already a lake for boating in spring Yes, I planted lotus roots in the shallower places, and now water is diverted there, besides the dry land, there are more paddy fields.

The sun was getting stronger and the sun was getting bigger, and the girls were tanned and not looking good, so Zhou Ting arrested her two daughters to do their girls' lessons, and let them go to play after the sun cleared. The skin is tanned.

Not only did he play wild by himself, but Yining brought his children over as a guest, he also secretly asked the little eunuch to set up a donkey cart and led Hongming to play. Laughing and cursing, he pressed the two mud monkeys into the bucket to clean them.

At night, Hong Zhaofei left Hong Ming to sleep alone, Yining had no choice but to rely on these two, the two brothers rolled on the big bed, Hong Zhao took out all the boats he had treasured to play with Hong Ming, played until he fell asleep, and gave up alone. A boat pinched in my heart.

Yinzhen stood outside with his arms around Zhou Ting's waist, and Zhou Ting pointed at the two children: "These two are as close as the master and the fourteenth brother."

These words are mixed with water, but Yinzhen loves to listen to them. He was not close to Yinzhen when he was a child. Hongzhao and Hongming can get along well, and he is most happy to see him. The next day, he put the letter in the booklet and handed it to Yinzhen. In front of Zhen, Kangxi was in a good mood, so he asked one more question, Yinzhen smiled and told Kangxi what the two boys had done.

When the next letter arrived, Kangxi wrote in it that he wanted to eat what Hongzhao had grown.This was originally a joke, but Hongzhao took heart, took stock of the things he had planted in his field and found that they were not rare enough, wrinkled his round face and tried to find a way, Zhou Ting remembered the seeds that Feng Jiuru brought back from Nanyang.

Since Yinzhen said last time that she wanted Feng Jiuru to get some Nanyang seeds, Zhou Ting sent someone to find Mrs. Feng, but Mrs. Feng didn't come to the door right away, she just asked someone to come over and apologize, saying that she was sick and was lying in bed and couldn't get up. body.Zhou Ting has always had a good impression of this fellow villager. Knowing that she was ill, she gave her a lot of medicinal materials, and from time to time asked people to come over to ask. It was not until the beginning of May that Mrs. Feng handed over a post to visit her.

Feng has lost a lot of weight due to this disease, the spring clothes hanging on her body are empty, and she is not as energetic as before, and her face looks tired even with makeup on.Just as Zhou Ting was about to ask, she suddenly saw the one behind her, who was supposed to be a girl, but was dressed as a woman.

Feng Shi is not a person who doesn't know the rules, so it's not like her to bring people over so rashly.If she really wanted to bring it here, she would naturally introduce it to Zhou Ting as soon as she arrived, but she just sat there and didn't move. .

Zhou Ting tightened her hands holding the handkerchief, guessed in her heart, and without mentioning it first, she smiled and exchanged greetings with Feng Shi, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, pointing to the crabapple on the table Flower snack plate: "This is the golden soufflé that was just given by the palace. It's not often available. Just try it."

Before the words fell, the woman standing behind Feng looked at her. How could she hide this behavior from the girl next to Zhou Ting? Pearl was preparing to marry at home, and Fei Cui became Zhou Ting's No. 1. It's not a complete rule to bring a stranger here, but now I look at this woman, but she doesn't even respect etiquette.

Fei Cui looked at Zhou Ting's face, pursed her lips and laughed out loud: "When I saw Mrs. Feng, I thought of good sandalwood. Why didn't she follow today? The two golden soufflés that my master gave me, I'm so sorry. But keep it."

Some friendship between girls is normal, Feng understood that this was Zhou Ting's kindness, glanced back, and then smiled and said: "Tanxiang is old, I have chosen someone for her, and I am preparing to marry at home. .”

As soon as she said this, Zhou Ting laughed: "That's just adding something to her. Ask Fei Cui to take the daughter-in-law behind you and pick a hairpin. I'm adding something to her."

The woman's face changed from red to white, and Feng Shi didn't help her to distinguish it. He held half a golden custard in his hand, and laughed at Yan Yan's half-blessed body: "I want to thank her for her." The master's reward."

That woman was very young, and her appearance was only considered pretty, but how dare she act so arrogantly in front of Feng Shi. Seeing that Feng Shi didn't tell her, she pursed her lips and followed behind Fei Cui, and she turned her head to look at Feng Shi when she was about to go out. Shi glanced.

As soon as the man left, Zhou Ting frowned: "You are not like this usually, who is that?" Feng Shi and Zhou Ting said that they were separated by class, but in fact, there was no barrier between them when they got along. They are from the same place, and they can go together on weekdays. Although they didn't make it clear, they have different intimacy with each other.

When Zhou Ting asked, the smile on Feng's face faded like the ebbing sea water. She swept the skirt of her clothes with a handkerchief, and said in a calm voice, "This is our master Xinna. concubine."

Zhou Ting was stunned, but Feng explained to herself, with some self-deprecation in her tone: "Mr. It fell on the heir." He smiled softly, covered his mouth with a veil and covered half of his face: "This is a girl from a friend's house when he went to run a boat."

Mrs. Feng is from Fuzheng. The wife in front of her gave birth to a brother who had been raised well and had reached the age of entering school. Who knew that he fell ill. He has been raised by Mrs. Feng since he was born. He really treats him like his own, and takes care of him in undressed clothes. The son has not recovered yet, and the husband who was waiting there brought a pregnant woman back.

Feng herself has never been able to conceive a child, thinking that there will always be one before her, and she will be close to her again, and her husband will be regarded as a follow-up. He never thought of asking Feng Jiuru to spread his branches and leaves. Who knew he would do such a thing .

Feng Shi is a strong woman, no matter how tough she is, she can't bear such a blow. She has a temper in her bones, and she has never let her husband in since then. The previous dreams of being a couple for life were thrown into a corner by her. Treat yourself as an ancient housewife.

She let go of her hand, but the concubine hurried up, Feng's method is very easy to pinch her to death, that is, the child in her belly, as long as she wants to have a way to keep the mother and keep the child, or simply not let her have a baby .

But she is a righteous person, she would rather not do it than do harm to others, so she kicked her husband out of the main room. , he also froze.

He had thought that Feng Shi would definitely be jealous, but who knew that she would react so strongly that it would make him angry, but he also understood that the business of the family depended on Feng Shi, and the husband and wife worked together to achieve success. In view of the current situation, he still has to think of her well. Although he was kicked out, he didn't neglect her, and he still went to her.

But that girl's belly was getting bigger day by day, Feng Shi felt disgusted at first, how could she forgive her husband looking at this.No matter how good Feng Jiuru was to her, he would not be cruel enough to deal with his children. Day after day, the relationship between the husband and wife became weaker and weaker.

Zhou Ting was stunned for a moment, then asked, "What are your plans?"

"A man can't be tied down. It's no use just watching. His legs are on his own body. If he wants to run outside, it's useless to kill his head." Feng raised his eyes after a while, and there was a look in his eyes. It's desolate, it's clear that spring is blooming outside, but it seems that the sun doesn't shine when it comes to her.

(End of this chapter)