Cheng Qing was right, the old house did not let them live for too long.

The family had just been placed in Yangliu Lane for a few days. Cheng Qing felt that he had some strength and was preparing to visit the patriarch Cheng Wu. A nanny from the old house sent a message saying that the old lady wanted to meet her daughter-in-law, grandson and granddaughter.

Liu was originally from a small portal. Although she had a good appearance, she had no confidence. When the nanny looked at her from head to toe, she became stage frightened.

The three sisters were also facing a great enemy. The step-grandmother Mrs. Zhu has always been very intimidating in their hearts. If this woman was not powerful, Cheng Zhiyuan would not have left Nanyi County in the past.

Cheng Qing wanted to meet this step-grandmother for a while.

After all, if she wants to live in Nanyi County with her family for a long time, she will inevitably have to deal with Zhu.

Since you cannot avoid Zhu's family, it is better to actively understand the reality of Zhu's family.

So Liu was nervous, and Cheng Qing laughed:

"Mother, don't be afraid. The old lady has to prepare a meeting gift for the first time when she meets her daughter-in-law and grandchildren. Someone will give us money. Don't be idle!"

Liu was the Xuxian who married Cheng Zhiyuan outside, and he had never met Mrs. Zhu, the nominal mother-in-law.

The same is true for Cheng Qing’s three sisters, including Cheng Qing. They were not born in Nanyi’s hometown and had never returned to their old house.

The nanny who came to pass the message said that Cheng Qing's second uncle Cheng Zhixu took his family to serve as an official. In the old house, only Mrs. Zhu took her third uncle Cheng Zhishu's family to live. Cheng Qing and an aunt were also born to Zhu, so she had already married.

The population of the second house is actually not complicated. Cheng Qing probably only saw Zhu and the third aunt Huang in this trip.

Cheng's family has a family rule, Cheng Qing likes it very much. I don't know which ancestor set the rules. The Cheng family's children were over 40 years old and had no children to take concubines. Cheng's family has a good reputation. This family rule is well implemented, so the entire second wife, including the deceased Cheng Zhiyuan, did not take concubines, and there is no concubine son or daughter in the family!

Cheng Zhiyuan died at the age of 40. If he was still alive, he didn't know if he had any idea of ​​taking a concubine and having a child. After all, Cheng Qing was just a fake son. According to the current ideas, Cheng Zhiyuan decided to be the last one... It would not be good to think of the deceased as his deceased. If Cheng Zhiyuan had plans to take a concubine, he would not have raised Cheng Qing as his son back then. He even wrote a letter to the clan a few years ago and wrote the name of "Cheng Qing" in the genealogy.

When Cheng Zhiyuan wrote the letter, he had already stopped thinking about taking a concubine and having a child, right?

Cheng Qing was also a little sad for a moment.

In my memory, Cheng Zhiyuan loved "Cheng Qing" very much, so when Cheng Zhiyuan was silenced in the county government, "Cheng Qing" fell ill-

"Xiaolang, I'm here!"

Cheng Qing came to his senses and looked at the door of the second room.

"Let's go, mother, let's go in."

Cheng Qing's calmness affected Liu's family somehow. The three daughters followed her and went to the room to meet Mrs. Zhu.

There are several entrances to the second bedroom house, and the yard is very grand.

In March, the passing garden was colorful and the maids were dressed very brightly. No one in this house would be sad for Cheng Zhiyuan's death, and they didn't even have the idea of ​​pretending.

Liu was uncomfortable, Madam Cheng was angry, and Cheng Qing was not affected at all.

He was led to the upper room, and a maid wearing a pair of armor set a curtain for Cheng Qing, and when he reached out, he showed the green jade bracelet on his wrist.

In the memory of "Cheng Qing", Liu also has a similar bracelet. He usually cherishes it very much and is afraid of bumps when worn.

Cheng Qing withdrew his gaze.

So what's the use of being noble? If they don't spend money on the second house, they will also leave it to Zhu and others for their money.

Cheng Qing was wrong. There were no Aunt San and a group of cousins ​​in the room, only Mrs. Zhu.

The nanny who was passing the message smiled and served a woman who looked about fifty years old last year. This was Cheng Qing's step-grandmother Zhu.

Zhu's face is not mean, and he is blessed with a round face. His first impression is that he is quite kind.

"I've seen the old lady."

Liu led Cheng Qing and others to greet Mrs. Zhu.

The kind old lady said inconveniently and snorted: "Get up, Zhiyuan never asked me the opinion of my stepmother when he was resentful. Since you liked him, you don't dare to make things difficult for you."

After a few words, Liu was shocked and at a loss.

Cheng Qing stood up straight and helped Liu up:

"Mother, don't let your grandmother down on your kindness, get up quickly. In order to send your father's coffin back to your hometown, you have suffered a lot of sins along the way."

What's wrong with the refrain?

It was also when Cheng Zhiyuan asked a matchmaker to come to the door and said that he would hire him in person. When the Ming matchmaker gave the genealogy to "Cheng Qing", Cheng Zhiyuan also informed the existence of the Liu family in the clan that Mrs. Zhu wanted to make things difficult for this, so Cheng Qing was unwilling to cooperate with the other party!

They are all stepmothers for others. Liu regards the eldest lady as her biological child, but Mrs. Zhu makes things difficult for Cheng Zhiyuan, and Cheng Qing looks down on such behavior.

Comparing Liu and Mrs. Zhu together, Mrs. Zhu is more like a small family raised, and she is narrow-minded!

Mrs. Zhu's eyes fell on Cheng Qing.

What happened a few days ago at the door of the second room, she heard her son's retelling that Liu and others could rub it at will like dough, but Cheng Qing had a thorny body and would prick her hands as soon as she touched it.

Cheng Qing looked so inconspicuous. The yellow air on her face had not subsided and her body was thin. She looked like a sick person.

It is uncertain whether you can live to the age of the crown.

Mrs. Zhu was satisfied and her face slowed down. She ignored Cheng Qing’s three sisters and only grabbed Cheng Qing and asked. She asked clearly that although Cheng Qing was personally enlightened and learned to read, she had not learned the Four Books and Five Classics. Mrs. Zhu was even more satisfied.

Of course, the old lady was disagreeable and even felt sorry for Cheng Qing:

"The Cheng family's poetry and books are passed down from the family. A man in the clan is about to be educated at the age of five. He can take the exam at the clan academy at the age of eight. He can leave the boy exam at the age of twelve or thirteen. Your cousin Cheng Gui is only sixteen years old this year and has passed the scholar last year."

Mrs. Zhu deserves to be proud. Cheng Gui is her grandson. She is really outstanding at the age of fifteen. After a long period of peace in the Great Wei Dynasty, she valued literature over military affairs. She was inferior to everything. She was not only good at studying. The reason why the Cheng clan dominates Nanyi County is very simple. She attaches importance to education and her children are also very successful. Every generation has imperial examinations!

Cheng Qing is thirteen years old. He only reads and has not learned the Four Books and Five Classics. He has been far behind by his cousins ​​of the same generation.

Cheng Qing had no choice.

She is just a fake son. It is normal for Cheng Zhiyuan to teach her to read and read, but it is not normal for teaching the Four Books and Five Classics. If Cheng Zhiyuan was alive, he would not expect Cheng Qing to study and become an official.

It is okay to treat your daughter as a son and deceive the clan members. After being exposed, it will be dealt with by the clan at most.

Let my daughter pretend to be her son to participate in the imperial examination, but after being exposed, it would be a serious crime to lose her head!

But Cheng Qing thought about it and said that the only way out for her was her imperial examination. In ancient times, if no one was an official in her family, no matter how much money she earned, she would save for others. The status of scholars, farmers, industry and businessmen was too low.

Cheng Qing planned to be admitted to the imperial examination, but she had not discussed this idea with Liu. Cheng Qing also had to find out whether a woman could enter the examination room if she was a woman.

Mrs. Zhu showed off her grandson, and Liu looked sad, and Cheng Qing nodded calmly:
Chapter completed!