34. Tea party
The concubines of the big house are naturally handed over to the eldest lady to cultivate, and although the four are still young, they dare not make any mistakes in the rules. The eldest lady is usually busy and will not come in person, but she can send the grandmother next to her to recuperate.
Such cultivation is true, but in Liu Man'er's eyes, it is not so.
Liu Man'er is very serious in cultivating Liu Man'er in the big house, and he can't make a mistake for half a minute, once someone makes a mistake, even if it is an inconspicuous small mistake, the punishment cannot be avoided. The eldest lady's method of punishing the concubine is easy, and she is not hungry or freezing, but she is punished for copying the scriptures, saying that they have done sins in their previous lives, and they will be reincarnated as concubines in this life.
The four concubines in the unfortunate big house, who were only five years old at this time, and could not even hold a pen steadily, copied the scriptures all night and night after making mistakes. Because of the fear of being punished, the four concubines usually don't say that they are joking, even if they speak loudly, they don't dare to bow down and look unfortunate one by one.
Every time she saw their appearance, Liu Man'er always felt a palpitation. She is also generally a concubine, and it stands to reason that she is in the same situation as them. It may be said that Liu Man'er is really inferior to a few of them, there is a world of difference between the concubines of the fourth-grade official family and the concubines of the sixth-grade official family.
Therefore, Liu Man'er can only be grateful to Liu Zhang's benevolence and has never poisoned her. Naturally, she won't complain to Liu Dong'er anymore, and she doesn't dare to ask for things like before.
At that moment, Liu Dong'er told Liu Man'er a few more words, asking Liu Man'er not to go out as much as possible, especially to banquets and the like. You must know that her marriage has not been decided yet, but she doesn't want to have another accident because of Liu Man'er.
The mother-in-law is in her forties, and she looks clean and clean, Liu Dong'er only thinks she has a kind face but doesn't know what her name is: "What is the title of Mama?"
"Second Miss, usually Mrs. Li calls me Tang Pozi. Tang Pozi is a straightforward person, and without waiting for Liu Dong'er to ask, she reported everything she knew to Liu Dong'er.
There are others, due to Liu Donger's joining, too many things have changed.
For example, in the previous life, Liu Zhang's family did not give birth to a dragon and phoenix fetus, but Aunt Zhou gave birth to a son. There is Bi'er, in her previous life, Liu Dong'er didn't remember such a person at all, but Ju He did, but she has always been favored, and she also has a very high status in the Liu family.
Shook her head with a wry smile, what can you do if it changes? Many things are no longer under Liu Dong'er's control, and she is just trying to make things as good as possible at this time. As for the rest, it can only be left to nature.
Aunt Zhou has been thrown to Zhuangzi, so naturally there is no cost of respect, not to mention that the soup woman is a person from Liu Zhang's family, and she has no good feelings about Aunt Zhou.
"I know, then run for me again, and help me get some money. By the way, remember to report to her, my sister misses her very much, and let her come back as much as possible. Liu Dong'er handed over Xiao Lu to Tang Pozi two purses, each of which was ten taels of silver: "One will reward you, remember to speak well." ”
Tang Pozi took the purse with a happy face, and the heavy silver made her mood very good. It's a matter of running errands, with Liu Dong'er's entrustment, she also went by carriage, and she could get a reward of ten taels for two trips, which she didn't expect before. As for what Liu Dong'er advised, it is naturally no problem, just talk well, she will definitely satisfy her master!
"Second Miss, my granddaughter is a little stupid, I'm afraid it's ......"
"Hehe, how can you say that about your own magic weapon?" Liu Dong'er covered her mouth and snickered: "Besides, in three or five years, Lei'er will still be a little younger, just to add a playmate to her, and not to be a cultivated grandmother, what's impossible?"
That's it, the events of the previous life have not happened in this life. At this time, Liu Zhang's family had children and daughters, and he looked like Antai, Liu Dong'er also had the best body and bones, and nothing happened in his previous life.
At this time, Liu Man'er was honest and no longer came to her to trouble, and she didn't have this person anymore. If nothing else, she will definitely be the wife of the official eunuch family in the future, and Liu Man'er will be the eldest wife of a merchant family at best. Moreover, maybe it's just a pave that is not to her husband's liking, and she doesn't need to cut the grass and eradicate the roots.
In the end, half of Liu Man'er's noble blood is the same as her.
It's just that at this time, Liu Dong'er couldn't imagine that it was because of her temporary soft-heartedness that she almost caused a catastrophe. Naturally, that's all for later.
Liu Man'er's matter has just been dealt with, and the Liu family has come again, but this time it is a merit, the old lady's birthday has arrived, and it is still a sixty birthday.
Generally speaking, the bigger the family, the more they care about the birthday of the head of the family, let alone the birthday of the whole family. In terms of the old lady and the old lady, Liu Donger is very sure that the second room is more concerned than the big one.
There is no way, the big room can be autonomous, but the second room does not have this ability. Especially at this time, both rooms of the big house have heirs, and it stands to reason that they can be separated at any time, but the old lady and the old lady are more and more concerned about the second room, so they don't mention the separation. Having said that, Liu Dong'er is also unwilling in every way, once the family is separated, not to mention that the situation at home will definitely be worse, just after separation, the old lady and the old lady will live with the big house, which makes Liu Donger unbearable.
Think about it, at this time, there is an old lady sitting in the back house, and there is the pressure of separation, so the second master does not dare to be too arrogant. If this is once no one presses it, it will depend on Liu Zhang's alone......
Alas, if Liu Zhang had the ability to suppress the second master, he would not have noticed the poignant state in his previous life. In the final analysis, the tragic end of Liu Zhang and Liu Dong'er in the previous life, although it was promoted by Aunt Zhou, it also has a lot to do with the nature of Liu Zhang's mother and daughter and the second master's inaction. No matter what, Liu Dong'er at least hopes that the Liu family will not be separated before her younger siblings grow up.
Therefore, on the old lady's birthday, she must organize a gift well. In fact, not only her, but all the second rooms are much more serious than the big ones.
The second master asked Liu Zhang's for money early in the morning to ask someone to buy expensive antiques outside, in his opinion, there is nothing more pleasing to the old lady's porridge than expensive antiques. And Liu Zhang's has rummaged through her dowry box, but she has not flipped it upside down, and Rao still hasn't found a satisfactory gift. Comparatively speaking, Liu Dong'er is much easier, she remembered the word "longevity" given by the eldest man a year before she got married in her previous life, when the old lady celebrated her birthday......
To be honest, Liu Dong'er didn't read too many books in her previous life, not that Liu Zhang didn't think about it, but that her body was too weak. And in this life, because of the rebirth, there is one more magic weapon in the void space, and Liu Dong'er has more thoughts. Especially since Aunt Zhou was taken away, her whole person has loosened, and the second master reminded her to read more books when she has time, and the most women also practice calligraphy. Even if the second master is usually unreliable, she still remembers this sentence in her heart.
In addition to the fact that the void space can develop ingredients that are more willing than the outside world and medicinal materials that are more effective than the outside world, more importantly, under the control of the doll, time over there will not pass. After Liu Dong'er brought the paper, ink, pen and inkstone from the second master, he often brought the paper, ink, pen and inkstone into the empty space in the dead of night. No, it's just for word practice.
Fortunately, the Liu family is a rich family, and the maidservants in Liu Dong'er's room have never studied much, and Liu Dong'er is usually careful, so she doesn't let people enter her small study. Therefore, no one thinks that Liu Dong'er spends paper grinding at a faster rate, and these things can be received by leisure, and they may be able to send some of the things in Liu Zhang's dowry shop.
After all the practice, Liu Dong'er doesn't write much well, but at least it is very good among nine-year-old children. In particular, she is still a person who has never attended a private school, but only relied on calligraphy to practice.
is because of being reborn, even though Liu Dong'er is only nine years old at this time, she has a kind of accumulated beauty. It's just a child, but he doesn't panic when he encounters something, and his behavior and activities are calm and calm, looking like he has both the innocence of a child and the stability of an adult, which slowly makes people feel that they can't take their eyes off.
It's just that Liu Dong'er didn't know that she had this kind of temperament, and her biggest difficulty at this time was how to write the small "longevity" character given to the old lady by the eldest lord in her previous life.
To say that "Shou" is really small, the word is not rendered with ordinary ink, but with a special flower juice and medicinal herbs. That's it, Liu Dong'er is very idle to guard the empty space, whether it is flower juice or medicinal materials, as for this ingredient, it is just some good tonics, and it is not difficult for Liu Dong'er to obtain.
The link lies in the fact that the word "longevity" is spliced together with the word "longevity" in ninety-nine eighty-one. Not only that, the word "longevity" is eighty-one small "longevity" words, and when put together, there can also be an arrogance that turns the river and the sea, which makes people marvel at first glance.
Liu Dong'er didn't have enough skills, and in the end, she thought of a way, starting from the flower juice and medicinal herbs, plus a little psychedelic flower factor, so that people can have an unforgettable amazement after witnessing. The word "longevity" obtained by the eldest master in the previous life was from a famous family, which is not something that she can learn from a little girl.
Yes, what she wants to learn is creativity, not skill.
Of course, this tricky method will not be used a few times, but it is the only way for Liu Dong'er at this time. Liu Zhang is not good at words, and he doesn't understand the housekeeper director, if the old lady can still take care of Liu Zhang for the sake of her niece, then the old lady really has no reason. Therefore, Liu Zhang's family can not flatter the old lady, but she Liu Dong'er must leave a good impression on the old lady, at least let him keep Liu Dong'er, the granddaughter of the second room, firmly in her heart.
The old lady's birthday banquet is divided into two parts, first let everyone congratulate at noon, and naturally there will be guests at that time. Then it was time for the family to get together in the evening. Liu Dong'er didn't want to show that pair of words in front of outsiders, so it was better for her daughter's family not to be too showy. Therefore, she hopes to take it out when the family gathers at night, so that she can cultivate the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren with the old lady.
It's just that Liu Dong'er seems to have missed one thing, the old lady's birthday is bound to invite many guests, including the Lin family and the Xu family.
At the tea party held at Liu's house last time, the wife of the Xu family was included, but she didn't have a daughter, so she didn't talk to Liu Dong'er herself. After hearing that Liu Dong'er had a good relationship with the eldest lady of the Lin family, she was most troubled for a while. Especially when she received the post returned by the Liu family, she was even more unhappy for a long time. Although the second young master of the Xu family is not her own, her own environment knows that her own son's body and bones are not something that can be answered by a weak sentence, in fact, her son has long been critically ill, and he has been hanging with ginseng and other things all these years. Once this medicine is stopped, it is bound to be irretrievable.
It is also for this reason that the wife of the Xu family will treat the son of the concubine as her own, she is really out of the way, thinking that the son is from the concubine, and she is afraid that once the incident happens, she will be harmed, so she will find a way to find a good family for him. Although the lintel of the Liu family is not high, it can't stand the old man who has a high-ranking official. Although Liu Dong'er is only the eldest daughter of the second room, that is not bad, and the eldest daughter of the big house will not take a fancy to their family!
Coupled with Liu Zhang's kindness, Liu Dong'er looks soft and weak, and the wife of the Xu family is the most optimistic about this marriage, who would have thought that it was because Liu Dong'er was friendly with the eldest lady of the Lin family, and this good relationship in her mind was so unclear. Even if it was not her son who was rejected, it made her feel a fire in her heart.
Therefore, when the Xu family received the invitation to the birthday banquet of the old lady of the Liu family, the wife of the Xu family thought about it for a while. Although she was dismissed from the post, these things were not made public, she did a little trick, I think that with Liu Dong'er's soft personality, she can be regarded as discovering it, and she can't say why she came, right?
In this way, the birthday banquet of the old lady of the Liu family is destined to be unpeaceful, and it just so happens that Liu Dong'er's psychology is on the birthday ceremony, even if she has spare energy, she is willing to ask Liu Man'er what to do again, and it really did not prevent the wife of the Xu family from being unwilling to give up her good family, and even do some special things.
On the same day, Liu Donger was still standing by the side of the lobby sister, and there was really no point in competing with the lobby sister for the limelight. didn't look like he bowed his head to the ear, but smiled and greeted the guests in a modern way, but that's all.
The Lin family naturally came, and since the eldest lady was ten years old, she took her two younger sisters to say hello to Liu Dong'er with a smile. Because the two families are about to get married, although Liu Donger has no unbeautiful significance for the Lin family, she is more enthusiastic than other families.
These things fell in the eyes of Mrs. Xu, which made her the most uncomfortable. She is not a modern person, otherwise she would not have sold all the concubines after she had a healthy concubine. Thinking about where her family is not worthy of Liu Dong'er, and looking at the smiling Lin family, the eldest lady of the Lin family is even more angry.
"Xuanniang, I'll take you to the garden. Liu Dong'er didn't work hard to greet her, she took care of herself, and at the same time helped a little sister in the lobby, no one would embarrass her. In particular, although the marriage between her and the eldest young master of the Lin family was not passed on at this time, it was not a secret in the Liu family. Sister Lobby is happy that she is dealing with the three young ladies of the Lin family, and she really won't stop her.
Liu Dong'er took the three young ladies of the Lin family and the two young ladies of the same family to the garden. There is nothing unusual about Liu's hometown itself, but Liu Dong'er often plays with some flowers and plants in her winter garden. The lobby sister often came to ask for some, and she often sent some to the old lady and Liu Zhang's family, and unintentionally let the maidservants go to the garden to plant some. As time goes by, the garden of the Liu family is very penetrating, even if it is almost the end of summer, it is still full of flowers.
Naturally, the flowers and plants in Liu's hometown are just good-looking, and they have no special effect, and Liu Dong'er doesn't dare to act in this kind of place.
Rao is so, looking at the precious flowers competing for beauty, it also amazed the young ladies. Liu Dong'er, who was in a good mood, simply took them back to Dongyuan, where was the flower garden.
I don't want to, I ran into a lost young master on the way.
On the birthday of the old lady of the Liu family, the guests invited were naturally not only female dependents, but there were only female dependents and children in this backyard, and the young master in front of him could not be regarded as a child, but it was indeed not an adult. At the end of the day, Liu Dong'er was a little stunned.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I'm so sorry, I'm sorry that I've made a fork in the road. The young master's expression was also a little flustered, but he looked more shy than flustered. Seeing the young ladies led by Liu Dong'er, they were busy apologizing, and at the same time, they didn't dare to look directly at their faces.
Liu Dong'er finally came back to her senses, she really didn't feel anything ashamed, she was fifteen years old when she passed away in her previous life, and the young master in front of her was at most twelve or thirteen years old. It's just that her master's house, the young master has indeed surpassed a little: "Xiao Lu, you take this young master to the front yard." Considering her reputation, Liu Donger didn't dare to say much.
Liu Dong'er only felt that this was just a small episode, and didn't want Xiao Lu to come back, but quietly reported to her that the little young master was the second young master of the Xu family.
Liu Dong'er was stunned for a moment, but fortunately, she eased up casually, and still accompanied the ladies with a smile, but after sending the ladies away, she immediately called Xiaolu to the room and asked carefully.
"Little Green, you tell me everything in full, starting from after you left me. ”
Xiao Lu didn't dare to hesitate, and told her everything about leaving the backyard with the second young master of the Xu family, entering the front yard and leaving her again. Among them, the terrain was also carefully described when the guests saw the smiling face of the second young master of the Xu family after being sent by Xiao Lu, especially the wife of the Xu family.
"That is to say, when you sent the second young master of the Xu family to the front yard, someone saw it?, I usually rarely go out, how did those guests know that you are my personal maid?" This is very suspicious, Liu Dong'er asked herself if she is not a showy person, and the tea party was just that, and there were not many people coming. And the time I went to Lin's house, Xiaolu didn't go together because she was a little unwell, and the person who went with Liu Donger was Chunfei!
It is easy to say that knowing that Xiaolu is Liu Dong'er's personal maidservant, in addition to the people of the Liu family, may also know the people of the Zhang family, right?, The eldest young master of the Zhang family has already engaged to Liu Man'er at this time, and it stands to reason that he will not pay attention. How did the guests in front of them know? Moreover, this Mrs. Xu shouldn't be in the front yard at this time, she is a female dependent, she should be with the eldest lady and Liu Zhang, right?
It's not that the wives must not go to the front yard, but the reason why the Xu family goes to the front yard is really ambiguous.
Xiao Lu's face was also a little bad, she thought it was all a coincidence, looking at Liu Dong'er's expression and the questions she asked, she had an ominous expectation in her heart. It's just that she couldn't help but answer Liu Dong'er's question, lowered her head, and Xiao Lu looked the most pessimistic: "It was the wife of the Xu family who asked, and the second young master of the Xu family told him about going astray, and then thanked me again, and said that I was very kind, is it the second miss's maid." Therefore......"
When asked about this, Xiao Lu naturally can't say no, she is just a subordinate, and the wife of the Xu family is not something she can fool.
It's just that in this way, Liu Dong'er is more and more sure that there is something strange about this matter, why did Mrs. Xu do this? Could it be for the post that was retired?
Liu Donger asked herself that she didn't have that much charm, and the wife of the Xu family was not familiar with her before, so she handed over the post to enter, which was nothing more than taking a fancy to her family, to put it bluntly, the Xu family's family was not worse than the Liu family, and there was no reason for it. What's more, the original post was quietly returned, and no one knew about it at all, and even few people even knew about the post that the Xu family had handed over to the Liu family. The Xu family did not lose face because of this, let alone Liu Dong'er.
Therefore, the seriousness of what Mrs. Xu did was unpredictable.
It's just that no matter how unpredictable things are, there will be a day when people will be understood, especially since the Liu family is not short of people with vision and brains.
The dinner party was a small gathering of the Liu family, and it stands to reason that in this environment, it should be relatively harmonious, all of which were ruined by the behavior of the Xu family during the day, but because the eldest lady was smart enough.
"The wife of the Xu family is usually the most petty family, especially the porridge and the grudge. Although Dong'er's matter was not publicized to the public, she must have felt that Dong'er had lost her face, her son's face, and even their Xu family's face. Look, she must have a grudge. ”
After listening to the words of the eldest lady, the old lady's expression was the most unsightly. Liu Dong'er is her favorite granddaughter, Liu Zhang's is her mother's niece, and the eldest lady has always been reluctant to ask her for porridge, so she directly listened to this kind words as ridicule: "Since you already knew about this, why didn't you tell it in advance?"
The eldest lady was stunned for a moment, and she recovered in the blink of an eye, and she didn't even lose the smile on her face: "Isn't it a hint? I told my younger brothers and sisters, don't marry Dong'er to the Xu family! This Xu family looks obviously beautiful, it's really inside...... Forget it, I won't say anything bad about their family, my friends just know it in their hearts. ”