【Quick Wear】My Years as a Mother-in-law

Chapter 233 Grandmother Jia 35

Yun Xi didn’t know what the above meant, and she didn’t know how much ability Jia She had left after being wasted for so many years. She could only occasionally check the system screen to observe.

"The first step is to build good relationships with local officials? I guess that's acceptable."

On the first day Jia She arrived, he contacted officials from six counties, had a meal together, and had a good sleep. This was the only thing he did the whole day.

"There might be someone holding us back here, and your eldest son must find out."

"Alas, the people under my rule have suffered a disaster, and I cannot escape the guilt of dereliction of duty and negligence. How can you still have the mood to embarrass Jia She?"

"Who can say for sure? Fairy Jinghuan in the sky just discovered that her things are missing and is furious."

Yun Xi tilted her head, "Why did you just find out?"

The system said cheerfully, "One year on Earth is one day in Heaven. Not surprising at all."

"I see."

Yun Xi quickly put the matter behind her. It turned out that Yuanchun wanted to set up a poetry club to write poems, and asked her to give some advice when she came to pay her respects that morning. She remembered that in the original novel, Li Wan made a lot of money as the president of the club, so she first asked Wang Xifeng for fifty taels of silver, and then asked the girls to pay on a 50-50 basis.

"Two taels of silver per person per month, is that enough?"

"It's enough. There's not much to spend. My aunt said that if I want to eat or drink anything, I can just tell the kitchen. We have pens, ink, paper, and inkstone. We can write poetry in the pavilion in the lake. At most, Fengchun, Shaochun, Ningxia, and I can each contribute half a tael of silver each time. That's enough. Tell grandma quietly that we haven't spent all the money she gave us in Yangzhou last time!"

Yuanchun covered her mouth and giggled softly. Fengchun winked playfully, "Grandma, please don't tell anyone. I heard that Brother Lian and Brother Zhang's money were confiscated by Auntie."

"Okay! I won't tell you, what do you want to do with me?" Yun Xi smiled with her hands covering her lips.

Yuanchun said, "Aunt is willing to transcribe it for us, and we would like to ask Grandmother to limit the rhyme."

"I see. That's easy. Who is the president?"

Yun Xi looked at the four girls curiously.

Ning Xia said with a smile: "Grandfather, we have invited Aunt Gu to be the president."

"Auntie Gu, she's the most serious one, so she's very suitable to be the president."

Nanny Gu taught the girls in the Jia family and received two parts of benefits. The first part was a basic salary (guaranteed minimum) of ten taels of silver a month, two new sets of clothes a season, and free food and accommodation. The Jia family was also responsible for her retirement and funeral. The first, second and third wives each paid half of this part. The second part was commission, which was an additional three taels of silver a month for each child she taught.

Now she is teaching Yuanchun, Fengchun, Ningxia and Shaochun, and she gets a commission of twelve taels of silver a month. She is not short of money and will not be greedy for the children's money.

After figuring it out, Yun Xi, who couldn't compose poetry, asked the system to find a rhyme for them. The rhyme "Youqiu" was a soft rhyme that expressed praise, admiration and emotion.

She didn't understand much.

After Jia Yuanchun and the other three got the rhyme, they went back. The conditions were more relaxed for the first time they wrote poems, and they were allowed to look up books. The second time, they had to be stricter.

"Mother, Hu'er is getting married on the sixth day of the twelfth month. Here is the guest list, please review it."

"It's still early." Yun Xi took it and looked at it. "Is the Lin family coming back too?"

Zhang shook her head. "I can't come back this year. The Lin family said my brother-in-law will be back at the end of the year to report on his work and attend Hu'er's wedding. My family said my brother-in-law will be transferred back to Shendu to serve as an official next year or the year after."

"I'm finally coming back. There's nothing wrong with this list. Let's follow this arrangement. Hu'er's marriage is a big deal, and the imperial examination is also a big deal. If you focus on the provincial examination, Hu'er and Zhu'er should be on the list. Zhang'er is a little more uncertain. No matter what, take good care of the children and don't let them collapse from exhaustion in the examination room. Qinghe's due date is around December 15th, so remember to prepare gifts."

"Yes."

"When She'er comes back from his errand, I'll ask for Hu'er to be crowned the Crown Prince. It should be possible."

In this dynasty, the eldest son could not easily become the crown prince. He had to make achievements and please the emperor. However, Jia Hu was already a scholar, so it should be easy for him.

A hint of anticipation flashed across Zhang's quiet face. If she could ask the prince to be crowned as the crown prince before getting married, it would be very respectable.

"Mother, I'll go down and make arrangements."

"Sister-in-law, you are here too. I came to ask if you have any blood swallows here. I want to make a pot for Zhu'er. The servants didn't buy any good ones on the street."

Wang came in gracefully and said happily.

"How much do you give Zhu'er? Don't let her get too hot." Yun Xi looked at the servant beside her with a questioning look.

A young girl came out crisply and saluted, "Madam, Master Zhu has two blood swallows every morning and evening."

"That's fine. Zhu'er's body is already in good shape. Don't overdo it with supplements." Yun Xi nodded and took the initiative to help Zhang out. "Lanhua, divide the blood swallows in my room among the young masters preparing for the exam. I hope they can get good grades."

"Yes."

After sending her daughter-in-law away, Yun Xi gave Lanhua the opportunity to deliver the blood swallows and observe Jia Zhu carefully. In the original novel, no one knew why Jia Zhu died young, but this could not happen with her.

Lanhua walked out of Rongqing Hall with the blood bird's nest, crossed half of the Jia Mansion, went to Jia Zheng's yard, and found Jia Zhu's small yard.

"Hanshui, is Master Zhu reading?"

"Aunt Lan, Master Zhu has just been reading for an hour and is eating. I will go and report to Master Zhu."

Hanshui gently opened the curtain, went in and said something, and Lanhua quickly came in.

"Master Zhu, this is the blood swallow that the old lady asked me to bring to you. She told me to tell you that too much is as bad as too little. You must be careful about the amount of any supplements you take, otherwise you might get a nosebleed at best, or even worse, it could affect your health."

Jia Zhu's face flushed red. "Mother... Never mind. I'll remember. I won't eat more."

Lanhua saw that there was something else going on, so she winked at Hanshui before leaving. Another maid, Hanyi, helped cover for the two of them.

Not long after, Hanshui caught up with Lanhua.

"Aunt Lan."

"Hanshui, what's going on with Master Zhu?"

"Aunt Lan, ever since Young Master Zhu passed the imperial examination and became a scholar, Second Madam has treated him very well and often sent him nourishing soups, such as ginseng soup, ganoderma lucidum soup, cordyceps soup, and snow lotus soup. Han Yi and I warned Young Master Zhu that eating too much would be bad for his health, but unfortunately, Young Master Zhu insisted that gifts from elders should not be declined, so he drank them all. A few days ago, he started having nosebleeds, and then he told Second Madam that he didn't like to drink nourishing soups. Unexpectedly, Second Madam sent him bird's nest instead..."

Aunt Lan: ...

"I understand. You guys try to persuade Master Zhu to move around more. It's good for his health. I'll tell the old lady."

Lanhua stuffed a piece of silver into Hanshui's hand, turned back to Rongqingtang, and reported to Yunxi.

Yun Xi's mouth twitched. Although the system was a mother-in-law quick-travel system, she had never met such an outrageous daughter-in-law before. She was the best at making trouble!

Doing the wrong thing is not the most terrible thing, ignorance is. It has been more than ten years, and I have copied so many scriptures, but I still haven't made any progress!