Passerby's Guide to Eating Watermelons

The next day, Zuo Zhizhi returned home in a depressed mood. She didn't know how an eight or nine-year-old child could have so many ideas. Perhaps it was because life expectancy was shorter in ancient times, so people matured extra quickly.

Everyone started to mock Zuo Zhizhi, and the sour words, both overt and covert, were really unbearable.

Zuo Zhizhi was very dissatisfied with this. Getting angry with them would be embarrassing, but if she really argued, it would do her no good.

Not only will my parents criticize me out of respect for my relatives, but I will end up living a worse life here. It's a vicious cycle.

It just so happened that his family had been in the spotlight recently, so Zuo Hexin decided to let Zuo Zhizhi study at home.

Anyway, little girls like 7 or 8 years old usually only learn the most basic knitting and needlework, and at most some simple music theory knowledge. As for literacy, there are not many requirements.

Knowledge like this can be learned at home without any problem.

Before, it was just to find her a playmate, but now there is naturally no need.

Zuo Zhizhi happily agreed, even though it was harder to go out while staying at home, it was better than listening to their sour words all day long.

Everyone said that their sister had married into a rich family and that they would also be promised to a good family.

But God knows, Zuo Zhizhi doesn't want to get married at all now.

I was used to being free and unrestrained before, but I didn’t expect that in ancient times, the pressure to get married had reached a crazy level.

Even though they are just children now, they are of primary school age, but they have already thought about their future in-laws.

Zuo Zhizhi was extremely unhappy. After all, her parents were very nice and she loved her home and didn't miss her family at all.

Not to mention the distant past, just take her sister-in-law Zhang Songlan as an example. Her family is already a very harmonious family, and the mother-in-law will never bully her daughter-in-law. After all, Deng Zijin has never been tortured by her mother-in-law since she got married, so naturally it will not be passed down from generation to generation.

But even so, Zhang Songlan could only stand by carefully with a smile on her face. If she didn't take the initiative to ask, she couldn't even sit down to eat.

I could only wait until Zuo Zhizhi and Deng Zijin finished their meal and eat some leftovers while they were resting.

This is definitely not intentional torture, but rather filial piety.

As long as the children do not separate, this is necessary. Otherwise, if it gets out, others will only laugh at Zhang Songlan for not knowing the rules.

Although Deng Zijin had tried his best to avoid it, some things were unavoidable.

Zhang Songlan naturally knew about this. She understood that her mother-in-law was doing her a good deed and that she didn't need to follow the rules. Apart from occasionally putting on an act in front of others, she could make all the decisions on her own.

Seeing Zhang Songlan's satisfied look, Zuo Zhizhi couldn't help but shake her head.

Look, this is the disadvantage of marrying the eldest son. As the pillar of the family, there must not be any flaw in his reputation. Even if the mother-in-law is not deliberately making things difficult for her, she is still forced to follow the rules.

Zuo Zhizhi thought to herself, it seems that since she has her sister and brother-in-law as her backers, she can find a family that is not too high and control them.

The most important thing is to find a second son who can be separated, so that he can move out early and not have to live with the mother-in-law.

Otherwise, if she could endure a life like this for 10 days, she would be considered to have a good temper!

Of course, the most important thing is to find one that suits your taste so that if problems arise, they can be resolved and corrected in a timely manner.

Judging from my situation in this life, my parents are very good to me, so even if I become a widow, there is no problem for me to go home and live for a while.

Or she could take her dowry and settle down in the south. Although her relatives would not be around, she would definitely be happy and comfortable.

Zuo Zhizhi's thoughts had wandered to who knows where, but Deng Zijin didn't take it to heart. Instead, he discussed many matters concerning the New Year with Zhang Songlan.

"This New Year is your first year married, so there are many people and things you don't understand. Just follow me and learn more."

Zhang Songlan nodded gently, "I'll follow mother's instructions in everything!"

She knew that her mother-in-law was preparing to delegate power to her, and would do so once she had gotten to know her relatives and was able to handle the affairs of the mansion.

This is something that many people would not even dare to think about. I didn’t expect that I was so lucky to meet such a good mother-in-law.

I was naturally very grateful and decided to go back and think about how to repay this family.

The Chinese New Year is indeed imminent. After all, both parents’ families must be reunited this year, and there are many things to discuss.

After all, someone from their family married the fifth prince, which means they are already involved with the royal family. If someone else is involved with other princes, they may die without knowing how they died.

As the saying goes, people of the same blood are of the same family. We can argue over small matters, but we must be clear about big issues.

My father is the second son of a baron, but now his elder brother Zuo Helin has inherited the title and is now just an ordinary first-class general.

Although he still holds a title, it is not a very high-ranking official, even lower than his father's.

However, the two brothers have a good relationship. Although they don’t spend much time together, they will naturally reunite during the holidays.

Zuo Zhizhi's relationship with her cousins ​​was not very good. After all, they were not very close to begin with, and when their father left, they had no help at all. They had to rely on themselves to fight for their lives. Now that they were able to humble themselves and ask for peace, there was naturally nothing they could not accept.

The most important thing is that my uncle only has one brother and one sister. He doesn’t have too many brothers and sisters, and the age difference between him and me is quite big.

They could get together with their brothers and sisters, but now that they have all started their own families, there is naturally nothing to talk about.

As for the next generation, they were just some little brats. Zuo Zhizhi felt that she was too disdainful to play with them. There was nothing interesting to do except drinking tea and eating snacks alone.

This time, the uncle's attitude was very kind, even flattering. Even the aunt, who always wanted to compare herself with their family, rarely smiled and couldn't stop praising Zuo Zhizhi.

She was still a little uncomfortable hearing the flattery from her family, so Deng Zijin would only slightly stop her and let her go out to play alone.

As for my mother's side, the relationship is relatively better.

My mother was the eldest daughter of the Earl's family. Due to some reasons, she was forced to marry a man of lower status.

Just before someone arranged a marriage for him, he happened to come across the imperial examination held every three years, and happened to meet his father, the second son who could not inherit the title.

Having talent but no title, although it is a bit incompatible, it is not a disgrace.

My mother didn't hesitate too much and got married without hesitation.

After all, sometimes you can't do whatever you want. If you don't get married soon, you might be married to some messy person!

Fortunately, the couple has a good relationship, and the mother is not too depressed.