Chapter 244
Inside the Hanging Flower Gate, Mrs. Xu and Aunt Zhang were busy. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info both of them were wearing strong suits, directing the mother-in-law on the stove to bring the decoction and give it to the maids and mothers-in-law everywhere to drink.
From afar, Luo Jinyan heard that Mrs. Xu was getting angry: "What? The old lady said that there is no need to investigate?
The servants bowed their heads, not knowing how to answer.
Suddenly, a maid exclaimed, "You are ......"
Mrs. Xu was ready to fly at this time, and when she heard the maid's cry, she brushed the ground and pulled out the short knife held by the maid next to her, and her eyes followed the sound to look over, and she saw a group of people walking slowly.
"Why you?" she sheathed the dagger again, the doubt in her eyes thickening.
Luo Jinyan broke away from the maid's support, walked quickly to Mrs. Xu, looked at it for a moment, and then bowed down with a happy face: "I just saw the side door open, and no one answered, the little girl was worried about the old lady and the third aunt, so she walked in boldly, and met Mama Xu on the way, only to learn that you were here, and now I see that you are safe and sound, and a heart is finally put in my stomach." ”
It was rare for her to say so much at once, and she was already breathing.
Aunt Zhang, who heard the sound, saw it, and hurriedly asked her maid to bring tea: "It's warm, you can take a few sips." ”
Luo Jinyan bent his knees at her gratefully, and stood and drank a few sips of tea.
Mrs. Xu was secretly thinking about it in her heart, because the thief's side door was opened, and the people of the Luo family broke in, which is also reasonable, but if something happened in the house, with Mama Xu's old age, she would never let outsiders in, not to mention that Miss Luo also said that she had met Mama Xu, but she still came in, and more importantly, why did she suddenly visit today?
At this moment, a faintly angry voice sounded: "Old lady, slaves are useless......"
Mama Xu had already walked in front of her, and behind her was the good-looking woman she had seen by Miss Luo's side.
Old Madam Xu waved her hand and said to Mama Xu: "You take someone to take a look around, and Miss Luo and I will come into the house to talk." ”
Mama Xu looked at Mrs. Xu, and then at Bai Jiuniang who was standing behind her, her face was like a season, and she turned to leave.
Old Madam Xu didn't seem to see anything, and was helped by the maid into the small flower hall she used to entertain guests.
Old Madam Xu sat down on the Taishi chair, Luo Jinyan sat down, she glanced at the hall, and saw that in addition to the people she brought, there were only two personal maids of Old Madam Xu, Bai Zhi and Bai Qi, and Aunt Zhang did not follow up.
She said to Xia Zhi: "You go outside to see if the third aunt and grandmother have any help, there is no need to keep so many people here, just let Jiuniang stay." ”
Xia Zhi agreed, and withdrew with a few maids.
A little girl came up with tea and snacks, and Mrs. Xu smiled and said, "I came here so early, I haven't eaten breakfast if I want to, try the dim sum in our house, and see if it's still delicious?"
Luo Jinyan thanked her with a smile, ate a piece of ginkgo puff pastry, and used a cup of tea, seeing that Mrs. Xu was looking at her with a smile, she smiled slightly reservedly, waiting for Mrs. Xu to speak.
Old Madam Xu smiled and bowed: "Luo Langzhong is really a good father, it seems that he has bothered a lot about you." ”
Luo Shao's ability to raise his daughter so well is really impressive. She has seen many famous ladies, all of whom are trained by the court, and some have specially invited retired old palace maids to teach manners, but there are very few who are as good as Luo Jinyan. This little girl's every move is like a picture, and that nobrow and elegance are revealed from her bones, even compared with the nobles of the clan, she is not inferior at all.
Luo Jinyan smiled sadly: "The little girl has been lost since she was a child, her father must bow to her family, she is pure and good at guiding, she was sick when she was young, and my father looked for famous doctors for me and took care of me carefully, so that I could grow up." ”
When she heard Zhang Jin say that the Luo family had no housewife, she even had a headache to buy a dowry for her daughter, so she didn't say anything and agreed. originally thought that the Luo family should be in a mess, chickens flying and dogs jumping, but when she went to Yangshu Hutong, she saw that everything was in order, and the maids and servants performed their duties, and she was also very emotional.
"You are also a filial child, and you preside over the family feed at a young age, which is difficult for you. She said heartily.
Luo Jinyan straightened his back, looked at her brightly, and said: "It's a pity that as a daughter's family, I can't help my father set up a family and support the family business, and I can't make a career and add glory to my father." ”
Old Madam Xu was slightly stunned, and intuitively felt that Luo Jinyan had something to do, she didn't speak, and looked at Luo Jinyan.
A few days ago, Zhang Jin returned to the back house and scolded after retreating, she asked what was going on, Zhang Jin said that Luo Shao came to propose, he refused, she asked what was going on, Zhang Jin said that no one was allowed to mention this matter in the future, seeing that Zhang Jin was very angry, she didn't ask again, and privately called the front yard to serve, only to know that Zhang Jin blasted Luo Shao out.
It's just that the proposal was rejected, Luo Shao shouldn't let his daughter who is waiting to be married come forward, right?
That's too ignorant.
She was silent for a moment, waiting for Luo Jinyan to continue.
Luo Jinyan picked up the teacup, took a sip, put the teacup down again, and watched the little girl refill the tea, and then continued slowly: "But although I am a daughter's family, I also know how to feed into filial piety, and I am grateful for my father's nurturing grace, how can I watch my father being humiliated and beaten by others? ”
Mrs. Xu was taken aback, she guessed that Luo Jinyan's sudden arrival might be related to Luo Shao's rejection of his relatives, but she never expected that there was still Luo Shao being humiliated and beaten.
Was he really humiliated and beaten? Or did Luo Shao feel that he had no face and regarded it as if he had been humiliated and beaten?
If it's true, then who did it? That old thing?
"What the hell is going on?Luo Langzhong was beaten?" Old Madam Xu's face was calm, but her slightly raised voice still revealed her surprise.
Luo Jinyan knew in his heart that Zhang Jin had done such an outrageous thing, and the people around him were afraid that they didn't dare to tell the truth to Mrs. Xu.
It's best not to tell the truth.
"When my father came home yesterday, his official uniform was not in order, and his forehead was smashed and injured, and the little girl was suspicious, so she asked her father's entourage to ask carefully, only to know that this was the case when my father went out of your mansion. ”
Old Madam Xu took a sip of tea and swallowed it with difficulty.
It turns out that not only did it blow out, but the dead old man also did it?
She remained silent and said to Luo Jinyan: "I think you can also see that something happened in our house yesterday, and now we are still busy, and I don't know how Luo Langzhong's injury is, can I go to the government today?"
Luo Jinyan sighed: "The father of the Yamen didn't dare to slack off for a day, so he went to the Yamen again." Since the old lady has something to do here, the little girl doesn't dare to disturb more, but since she is here, the little girl wants to kowtow to Mr. Zhang as a gift for the younger generation. ”
Since she said so, Old Madam Xu couldn't say no.
Old Madam Xu thought for a while, and said to Bai Zhi: "The old lady is in the study, you go and say it, just say that Luo Langzhong's daughter-in-law is going to kowtow to him, is it convenient to see him?"
Bai Zhi left in response, and came back after a while, and said to Mrs. Xu: "There are guests in the old lady's house, it is inconvenient to invite Miss Luo over, the old lady said that these customs etiquette can be exempted, no need to kowtow." ”
What does it mean to be exempt?
Mrs. Xu was stunned, the younger generation is going to kowtow to the elders, you just don't want to see it again, and you don't need to say anything if you can avoid it.
That's not the old man's way of doing it at all.
Mrs. Xu and Zhang Jin, who have been married for decades, know him best, although Zhang Jin often behaves unruly, but he will not say anything to a teenage girl, "If you can avoid it, you can avoid it".
When Luo Jinyan heard this, he didn't say anything, got up and said goodbye to Mrs. Xu and left.
After she left, the more Mrs. Xu thought about it, the more she felt that something was wrong, and called Bai Zhi over to ask carefully.
Bai Zhi said: "There are no guests in the old lady's house, when the slave maid went in, he saw that the old lady was grabbing his hair, and when he heard the slave and maid say something, he didn't grab his hair anymore, got up and left, saying that he was going to Qili Street." Seeing that the slave maid was still waiting, his old man said that there was no need to kowtow, and if he could, he would be exempted, so the slave and maid had to come back, and in front of Miss Luo, he didn't dare to say it explicitly, so he had to say that there were guests in the old lady's house. ”
Old Madam Xu frowned, this old man made a fuss, as if he was hiding from Miss Luo. (To be continued.) )