Farming Beneath the Changbai Mountains

March 22nd was the baptism of Jinghe’s third son.

The news that Dong Jiajun won the Jinshi has spread throughout the county. Those who had friendship with the Dong family all came to congratulate him with gifts. After receiving the news, the Xu family came to the county town yesterday afternoon and stayed at Zhiming's place.

Early this morning, Mrs. Chen came to Dong's house with her three daughters-in-law and two grandson-in-laws. When Mrs. Feng saw that the old lady from her in-laws had brought someone here in person, she hurriedly led people to greet them, and then sent Mrs. Chen and others to Jinghe's house.

The weather in March has begun to warm up, but it is still somewhat chilly in the morning and night. Mrs. Chen and others came to Jinghe's house, stopped outside for a while, and waited for the coldness on their bodies to dissipate before entering the inner room. The room was quite warm, Jinghe was lying on the kang, with a forehead wipe tied on her head, and her face looked pretty good.

Seeing her mother's family coming, Jinghe was very happy and wanted to sit up.

Mrs. Han stepped forward and held her daughter down. "Lie down quickly. We are all family members. There is no need to pay attention to those false etiquette. How are you? Are you still comfortable?" Over the years, Mr. Han and Jinghe The relationship is also very harmonious. In the past few years since her daughter got married, Mrs. Han often sent people to bring things over, and would often take Jinghe back to live with her for a while.

"Mom, I'm fine. This is the third time. How can I not pay attention?" Jinghe looked at her family with a smile, "Grandma, sit down quickly. I can't get up now. Auntie, the third one." Auntie, please sit down quickly. Sister-in-law, please sit down."

"I look at it, and you look pretty good. This is great. You gave birth to a son, and Jiajun won the Jinshi. This is a serious double happiness. Come on, auntie doesn't have anything good to give. Our little grandson has a longevity lock." Mrs. Xue took out the things for the child with a smile.

"This child looks quite strong, and with his appearance, it seems that he has followed Jiajun." Mrs. Xue picked up the baby and showed it to Mrs. Chen.

Ms. Chen nodded, "He's a good boy. He's got a pretty head and a big head. Not bad." As he said that, the old lady reached out and took out the things she had prepared. "My great-grandma gave it to me."

Han, Zhu and others also brought out their prepared gifts. Nowadays, the conditions of the Xu family are not comparable to those in the past. Everything they bring out is all gold. Children's longevity locks, necklaces, bracelets, anklets, etc. are all made of gold.

"First aunt, third aunt, sister-in-law, you are spending too much money. You are just a child, how can you give such an expensive thing?" Jinghe took a look and felt that it was a bit much.

"Look at you, what does this little thing mean to your eldest aunt? Just take it with confidence, our family is not short of this now." Mrs. Chen patted her granddaughter's hand and said very proudly.

This is true. Let alone those who go out to be officials, Wen Cheng and Wen Xing can earn tens of thousands of taels a year at home. Today, the Xu family has a lot of money-making businesses, and it takes no effort to get these things out.

Jinghe also knew that this was her mother's family's favor, "Then I would like to thank my eldest aunt, my third aunt, and my two sisters-in-law."

"We are all a family, why should my sister be so polite? Let me tell you, these aunts in our family are all very lucky. Now that Jiajun has won the Jinshi, in the future our Jinghe will also be the wife of an official family. Oh, It would be great if my daughter was as lucky as these aunts." Wenxing's wife, Fang, has only given birth to a daughter for three years. However, nowadays, there are many boys in the Xu family, and girls are really rare, so this girl is more popular. Ms. Chen often took her children over and stayed there for many days. She loved it very much.

"Don't worry, with all these uncles and aunts taking care of us, our baby girl will be fine." When Mrs. Chen thought of that little girl, she couldn't help but be filled with joy.

"Why don't you see the eldest and second eldest child? They are not here with you." Han looked around and couldn't find his two grandsons.

"My mother-in-law was afraid that the two children would disturb me during my confinement period, so she took the children over and watched them for me. Grandma Sun has always been waiting for them, so she followed them over." Jinghe said softly, My mother-in-law treats me very well. "Jixiang, go and bring the two young masters over."

Just as Jixiang was about to go out, he was stopped by Mrs. Chen. "No need to go, we often see those two little boys. There are many people today, don't let them go back and forth, it will be bad if something goes wrong. When you are out of confinement, I will have someone pick you up Go back and stay for a few days. Just in time, you can go to the capital with Jiajun. Your eldest sister has sent a message to say that a house has been prepared for you. You don’t have to worry about where to live. "

"Sister, you are so thoughtful. I have to thank you very much." Jinghe was very touched. Although she was a cousin, her sisters were no worse to her than her own sisters.

In the yard in front, the old lady Dong's natal relatives also came, as well as Feng's natal family. These people all gathered together, chatting and laughing lively. Mrs. Dong's sister said in her ear, "Sister, Jiajun has won the Jinshi and will be an official in the capital. Now Jiajun's wife happens to have given birth to a child. Do you have to give Jiajun a child?" Find someone to serve you? You can’t let Jiajun’s wife go to Beijing just after her confinement, right? If you have to go through this journey, you won’t regret it.”

Mrs. Dong, whose maiden name is Shen, is an ordinary merchant. When Shen married here, the Dong family was not a big family, let alone someone who was an official. Later, the second eldest son of the Dong family managed to win the imperial examination and became an official. The Dong family naturally followed the rising tide and became one of the most wealthy families in the county.

As for Shen's sister, she married a businessman and her life is just average now. In the past, I also wanted to get married with my sister's family, but after all, the status was too different. Now that Dong Jiajun has become a Jinshi, his future prospects are limitless. Although he already has a wife, it would be great if he could marry his own girl as a concubine. As the two families are related, if there is a boy and a half girl in the future, they will not be any worse than the first wife.

And those who had the same idea were Feng's natal family. At this moment, Feng's sister-in-law also took Feng's side and muttered, and the content of what she said was almost the same.

Mrs. Feng frowned slightly after hearing this. As a mother, she naturally hoped that there would be more people around her son to serve him. But since her daughter-in-law got married, she has not made any mistakes in her travels, and she even gave birth to three children for the Dong family. If he really interfered in the affairs of his son's room, he would probably chill his wife's heart.

"Sister-in-law, let's not mention this matter for now. Jiajun's wife has just given birth to a child. I can't do these things at this time." Feng shook her head and did not agree.

"You see, you are a mother-in-law, and you can't even handle a daughter-in-law. Isn't it natural for a mother-in-law to find two people to serve her son? Just wait and see, won't Jiajun go to the capital if we wait any longer? What chance do you have? Besides, look at the Shen family, they probably have this idea." Feng's sister-in-law muttered.

Just as Feng was about to object, someone came in from outside and said, "Old lady, madam, the young master is back."