Chapter 11 The Dawn of the Edge
She ate very quickly, gobbling it up without wasting a single bit, as if a hungry wolf were pounced. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info Qi Nian also reminded her to chew slowly so as not to hurt her spleen and stomach, but when she saw her inadvertently raise her sleeves to reveal the scar on her arm, she knew that she must have had a very unusual experience, unless she lived another life for many years, she could get rid of her bad habits in the past.
At noon, it was supposed to be Qianhe who went to the dining room to bring lunch to serve Qi Nian, but she never thought that before she stepped out of the courtyard door, Aunt Qian had already entered the door.
"Fourth Miss, Madame has a message, today's lunch, all the young ladies and young masters and aunts are in the dining room, so there is no need to send someone to pick it up. Although Aunt Qian is often smiling and welcoming people, she has been in charge of Qi Mansion for a long time, her daughter has a face in front of Mrs. and Miss, and her husband has been an old housekeeper for decades, so she already thinks that she is half the master of Qi Mansion, and her face is becoming more and more domineering. A few days ago, I saw that the old man attached great importance to the returned fourth lady and was deliberately courteous, but then gradually I saw that although the four young ladies were beautiful, they seemed to be a little stupid, and they dared to say anything, and they did not go up or down in the courtyard. Although Qian Gu knew that she and the shallots were also among the beneficiaries, she looked down on this dough beauty who was kneaded by others from the bottom of her heart, so she added a little disdain to her humble and obedient face.
Qi Nian saw it in his eyes, but he was just ordinary, put down the scroll in his hand and got up and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's quite boring to stay in the yard all day, and let me go and see what delicious food my mother has prepared." ”
Qian Gu immediately bowed forward to help her, but she seemed to unintentionally flick her sleeves to block it, and she couldn't help but smile on her face.
In a blink of an eye, I saw her holding the hand of the shallot, as if she was very affectionate to her: "You all stay in the courtyard, I like the shallots to accompany me out." ”
The girls answered one after another and watched them go out.
Aunt Qian followed behind Qi Nian, watching her daughter being held by these four young ladies as close as a sister, chatting and laughing happily, and couldn't help but secretly laugh at herself for being too nervous and careful. In the end, she is just a little country girl who has not reached the end of her life, and she is nonsense by her own preferences, so it is no wonder that Mrs. wants to take this opportunity to clean her up.
Along the way, he turned to the front yard with a smile, and when he entered the dining room, he saw that everyone had arrived, and they were all sitting in their seats. There are dozens of delicacies on the table, although it looks quite rich, but in such a hot season, it is quite unusual to make the dishes on the table seem to be cold without a trace of heat.
Zhou sat on the main seat, with Qi Shu on the left hand side and Qi Ming on the right hand. The rest of them sat in their seats in a proper manner, trembling as if something big had happened, not to mention talking and laughing with chopsticks.
The entire dining room was crowded with dozens of masters and servants, but it could still maintain a silence, as if even a needle could be heard on the ground.
Qi Nian entered the door, and the shallots followed, and Qian Gu stopped at the door, and stood aside with her head bowed to listen to the instructions.
The strict rules of Qi Mansion can be seen.
Saluted to the Zhou family, Qi Nian didn't look at Qi Shu, who was sitting on the left seat with a provocative smile on his face, and sat on the bottom seat by himself with light steps.
The Lin family, who was closest to her, seemed to be slightly uneasy on her face, and she glanced at Qi Nian worriedly, but found that the faces of the four young ladies were calm and unashamed, as if they were as clear and transparent as a lake. She couldn't help but settle down a little and lowered her head.
Zhou glanced at everyone expressionlessly, and finally nailed his nail-sharp gaze to Qi Nian's body, and said slowly: "Nian'er, do you know your mistake." ”
"Mother, I don't know what's wrong with my daughter?" Qi Nian smiled slightly, but he was not afraid.
The Zhou family has been powerful for decades since marrying into the Qi Mansion to manage the inner house, and when he saw her calm face, he felt a little disgusted in his heart, and sneered: "It's not the first day you have come back to the Qi Mansion, why haven't you learned the rules thoroughly?"
Seeing that Qi Nian still had a confused and innocent look, the housekeeper mother standing behind Zhou's and the girl behind Qi Shu couldn't help but show disdain on their faces, how could there be such a stupid person in their hearts, and they couldn't even understand such obvious words. Qi Gu said in a loud voice: "Fourth Miss, Madame means that she will send someone to your courtyard at noon to invite you over for dinner, but I didn't know that your courtyard was so far away from the front hall, so you delayed for an hour before coming slowly." ”
"Oh, I see. Qi Nian glanced at the old servant, and all kinds of oppression from their previous life flashed in front of him one by one, and he couldn't help sneering in his heart, but his face was still as calm as water, and he only said indifferently: "I don't know the rules of the Qi Mansion, but there are masters who are talking, and the slaves can also intervene arbitrarily." ”
These words were extremely serious, and Zhou and Qi Gu couldn't help but change their faces.
You must know that in this huge Qi Mansion, the Zhou family forcibly seized the power of this housekeeper in the hands of the old lady Qi decades ago with a newly married woman, not only relying on her mother's power in Changle City at the feet of the Son of Heaven and her own skills and abilities, but also because of the loyal followers of this group of servants brought from the Zhou Mansion around her. And this Aunt Qi is the nursing mother that the Zhou family has taken with her since she was a child, and her identity is even more extraordinary, after many years of pampering, she has long regarded herself as the serious master of the Qi family, how can she stand such humiliation?
Qi Shu has been taken care of by Aunt Qi since she was a child, and she also knew that her weight in her mother's heart was not ordinary, so she was annoyed at the moment, and said with a sinking face: "Fourth sister, you are too rude, don't apologize to your mother soon!"
"Third sister, I don't understand what you're saying. The slaves and maids around my mother broke the rules of our Qi Mansion regardless of dignity and humility, although my mother thought that she was too old to be punished because she was old and unreasonable, but you were often with your mother's knees, and you should remind her more!" Qi Nian seemed to be half complaining and half angry: " If others know about this, and know that our Qi Mansion is magnanimous and sympathetic to the old woman's foolishness, but those who don't know will laugh at us as incompetent people who are not strict in controlling and conniving at the evil servants who oppress their masters in the mansion, if this reputation of being splashed with dirty water spreads, I am afraid that it will affect the business of my father and eldest brother, and the reputation of our brothers and sisters......"
Seeing her chattering so aggressively, Qi Shu was angry for a while, so she had to turn her eyes to Zhou who was sitting in the seat for help. Zhou's eyebrows were raised and reprimanded: "What nonsense are you talking about! This is the attitude you should have towards your mother-in-law? Sure enough, she is a wild girl who grew up in the countryside, and she has no education at all!"
Hearing this, Qi Nian couldn't help but feel a shock in her heart, she had heard too much of this kind of heart-wrenching words in her previous life, and at that time she would feel ashamed and almost wanted to find a stone crack to get into, but now she was only full of ridicule and innocence. She said coldly: "If my mother thinks I'm talking nonsense, then yes." It's just that why the mother is so angry makes the daughter puzzled, isn't it that Aunt Qi's habit of reversing dignity and humility is really connived at by her mother? It's no wonder, after all, although Aunt Qi is with the surname of our Qi family, but in the end it was brought by the mother from her mother's family, and the grandfather's family is a first-class dignitary in Changle City, I'm afraid that Aunt Qi looks down on our Qi family is a businessman, and the mother who came to Qi Mansion to be a housekeeper is still succumbing. ”
"Presumptuous! you, you ......" Zhou raised his hand angrily and slapped the table, Huo Ran stood up. Since entering the Qi Mansion, she has never met such a bold and reckless person with such sharp teeth, and for a moment she only felt that her mind was filled with anger, and she didn't know what to say in her mouth.
Qi Gu was so frightened that she knelt on the ground with a "plop", and said straight in her mouth: "The slave and maid don't dare, Madame Mingjian! The slave and maid really don't dare to ......."
Qi Shu was so angry that her eyebrows were erected, and she hated that her words were too vicious, so she couldn't help but say without choosing her words: "What kind of thing are you, and you dare to call my Zhou family your ancestor! There are wild mongrels who are born by their mothers and not raised by their mothers, and I don't know if it is your cheap mother who gave birth to you with which beast!"
These words rushed out of Qi Shu's mouth crisply, and they couldn't stop it, and everyone couldn't help but look frightened. Qi Nian slowly stood up from the chair, lowered his head and couldn't see the expression on her face clearly, and only whispered as if crying: "Mother, please make the decision for your daughter." ”
Zhou only hated that her daughter was too reckless and lost her sense of proportion in front of everyone, although she could control everyone in the Qi Mansion, she couldn't stop Youyou's mouth after all, especially the two aunts who were just temporarily showing weakness, if they maliciously provoked a few words after Qi Junliang came back, I was afraid that Qi Shu would lose her father's favor from now on. Thinking of this, although the Zhou family was furious, he had to hide the anger on his face, and only reprimanded with a calm face: "Shu'er, since you were a child, your father invited Xixi to return to the house for your brothers and sisters to teach carefully, although I don't expect you to become the best talent, but you are also a good sage and sage! Today, you lost your words first, apologize to your fourth sister and ask for her forgiveness, and I will not punish you." ”
"Mother!" Qi Shu's eyes widened as if she was very unbelievable, and blurted out: "You actually asked me to apologize to this little slut?
"Shu'er!" Zhou couldn't help but be really angry when he saw her so obsessed, "You don't even listen to your mother's words?"
Qi Shu stared at Qi Nian who was making a pitiful state with resentment, and his eyes were as hideous as trying to eat people. She has been pampered by the Zhou family in every way since she was a child, and the two brothers above also pity her as a younger sister, and even her father, who treats everyone in the house lightly, is especially fond of her. And she is proud of herself, and she has always looked down on the aunts and younger brothers and sisters in the house, and now she is robbed of her father's favor by such a country girl who came out of nowhere, not to mention, she even humiliated her in public, so that her mother had to blame her, which is simply more uncomfortable than making people slap her hard.