Idle courtiers

Chapter 148
That's right, the big families in the Ming Dynasty did have this rule.

In ancient times, the system of monogamy and multiple concubines was practiced, with men ruling outside and women ruling inside.In other words, there is only one mistress in the family, and that is the first wife of the male protagonist.

All children born to concubines should call the hostess mother, and the biological mother can only be called aunt.

As for concubines, they cannot be called sons, boys have to be called "brothers" and girls are called "sisters."

This feudal etiquette always feels a bit weird, and it is also a bit unfair to Sister Su, so Zhou Nan was stunned.

Seeing his abnormal expression, Yunniang hurriedly said: "Master, in fact, I saw that the baby was born well, and after Sister Su gave birth, she was weak and had no milk. I was afraid that she would be tired, so I brought her to take care of her. The nurse has already asked Okay, I'll come over later. If my husband thinks it's not right, I'll ask Lettuce to send the child to Sister Su's house."

As soon as these words were said, Rapunzel yelled in dissatisfaction: "Ma'am." Then he knelt down in front of Zhou Nan with a plop, weeping and admonishing bitterly: "My lord, there is a rule in everything, and there is no rule without rules. The lord's yamen This is the case at home, and it should be the same at home. Etiquette is greater than the sky, if the rules are broken, people will not accept it, and if it is spread, it will damage the reputation of the master, and we as servants will be ashamed to see the world."

What kind of nonsense is this, what a little girl, is she going to be a loyal minister at home?
But this lettuce is loyal to Yun Niang, and this feeling is understandable.

Zhou Nan suddenly had a son who could inherit the family business, so he was naturally happy in his heart.But troubles also followed, the child is a concubine's son after all, and now he is the eldest son.But a big wife like Yunniang has no heirs. If the children are promising in the future, it will be a bit awkward for everyone to get along with each other.

Before crossing over, Zhou Nan was quite envious of the ancients who could have three wives and four concubines and a full house of children and grandchildren.Now it seems that when there are many people in the family, it is quite troublesome to deal with various relationships.

It can be seen that opening the harem is not a good thing.

In fact, the suggestion of lettuce is the best of both worlds.

Zhou Nan thought about it, and didn't bother to take care of housework, so he said to Yun Niang: "Forget it, this child will be raised in your room."

It has been more than a year since Yunniang and Zhou Nan reunited, but there is still no movement in her stomach, and she cannot help feeling sorry for herself.Seeing that her husband promised to give her the baby, she knew it was his own love for her.Happiness and gratitude filled my heart, and I hugged the child tightly, with reddish eye circles.

Zhou Nan added another sentence: "If a lady likes children, let's have them. From now on, the family will establish a rule that if each house has a daughter, it will be raised by itself. If it is a boy, it will be given to the wife."

Yun Niang was overjoyed: "Sister, if the sixth girl has a son, she will also be sent here. Also, after all, she is a member of our Zhou family. Although she can take care of the husband in Fucheng, the slave family has heard that officials cannot bring their family members when they take office. , should I send someone to pick him up?"

Zhou Nan: "Ah, you also know Miss Xun Liu?"

Yunniang: "Listen to what Xiaolan said."

"Wang Er is such a quick talker." Zhou Nan was a little embarrassed, and said, "Madam, Miss Xun Liu is not my concubine, and I don't have that kind of thought." He roughly said that.

Yun Niang sighed: "Miss Xun is also pitiful, my husband can accept her as a concubine."

Zhou Nan: "Forget it, forget it, I can't afford to provoke you, don't worry about it, I will settle her properly. I even returned her the life deed, and the child seems to be in a bad situation now, as if she has lost her mind After a while, when she is back to normal, let her go." She asked if the child had a name.

Yunniang smiled, isn't this waiting for you to pick it up?

Zhou Nan: "Let Sister Su take it."

So I went to Sister Su's house to see her.

Zhou Nan agreed to hand over the child to Yunniang, and now seeing her, she suddenly felt guilty.

However, seeing Sister Su's appearance, she was not angry, she was about to get up.Zhou Nan helped her sit down and said, "Sister Su, you have been wronged."

Sister Su smiled: "My concubine knows the rules of the big family. I have a bad temper, and I'm afraid I won't be able to teach the children well. Yunniang is kind-hearted. If the child is raised by her, the slave family is also at ease. Thank you for your mercy."

In this way, Zhou Nan was completely relieved.

It's just that Sister Su's maid, Vanilla, looks resentful.

After discussing for a long time, Sister Su chose a name for the child, with each character Hong.It is said that Zhou Nan brothers all carry a wooden character in their names, and the next generation has to bring water.Metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, so generation after generation.

Zhou Nan nodded and said yes, but after thinking about it, it's not right, the five elements are used to rank seniority, isn't that old Zhu's family?

Sister Su was born in a teaching department, with a rough life experience, and is proficient in human affairs.Although he gave his son to the big house to raise, he was unwilling.However, the etiquette system is like this, and she can't do anything about it.In front of her husband, it is not easy to express her heart.

Zhou Nan heard that she had given birth to a child and rushed home overnight to visit her, asked her how she was, and asked her to name her. This was already very considerate, and she was naturally moved.

The Zhou family is still very harmonious in this matter.

Stayed at home for a day, and the next day, the gentry from the county would treat us to dinner. Our Lord Zhou naturally gave us face and socialized everywhere.Seeing the warm smiles and compliments from the people in my hometown, Zhou Nan recalled the treatment he received in the government office, and he couldn't help feeling emotional: Others still think that I am a ninth-rank official, but they don't know that I am a ghost and a ghost .

Zhou Nan would not tell everyone about such a shameful thing.

Soon, the three-day holiday will be over.Only then did he realize that he should go to the county government to meet his old friend Fatty Zhan.

When I arrived at the county government office, I happened to meet Gui Xiancheng.Zhou Nan was taken aback: "You are back, is the county honorable here?"

Guixian Cheng looked annoyed, and snorted: "Master Zhou, is he going back to his hometown to visit his relatives? You can find out if the county magistrate is here or not."

At this moment, Master Zhan rushed out: "Governor Zhou, Governor Zhou, you are here, follow me to see the county magistrate." He seemed extremely enthusiastic.

The two chatted and laughed and went to the Houya line when they were young.

Guixian Cheng couldn't help being stunned, didn't the county lord and Zhou Nan have old grievances, why did Master Zhan and Zhou Nan look like they were wearing a pair of pants today?
On the way, Zhou Nan asked Master Zhan why he came back.

Master Zhan said that he and Guixian Cheng were sent to the capital by Jin Yiwei, and they didn't suffer much along the way.When they arrived at the field, after the Beiya recorded it, they presumed that they didn't know about it, and asked them to go to the inn to wait for an answer.

After waiting for a month or two, Beiya said again that it was all right, you can go back to Anton by yourself.

So, the two of them returned to Anton to be the teacher, the teacher, and the county magistrate, and everything was business as usual.

Zhou Nan said: "Xia Yi is hateful, Master has suffered."

Master Zhan smiled and said that he didn't have to endure hardships. Anyway, he is from Tong County. After arriving in the capital, he can be considered as a reunion with his family.It was a little unlucky for Guixian Cheng, because he left in a hurry and didn't bring any money, and after arriving in Beijing, the Beiya didn't care about food and drink, so poor that he ate white rice porridge for a month.When he came back, he also borrowed money from him and owed a huge debt. ,

Master Zhan is also abominable, he paid a high interest when he borrowed money from Gui Xiancheng.Up to now, the profit has been a considerable sum, and now the county magistrate's salary is all collected by him.

Zhou Nan felt happy for a while, and laughed, Master Zhan, you are not kind!
Master Zhan disagreed, saying that although I was born as a scholar, I did business with the county lord back then. I was a businessman, and if others borrowed money from me, I had to follow the rules of the mall.In business talk business, this is also a respect for Mr. Gui.

Zhou Nan praised: "Confucian businessmen, Confucian businessmen."

Soon, Zhou Nan saw Fatty Zhan.He came to see Zhan Tong today, and he had a great plan. After two days of thinking, a plan has been formed.If it is done, the official career will go one step further.

However, Zhan Tong has to contribute to this matter.

(End of this chapter)