Chapter 6: Stewardship
Mu Yanchun walked towards Mu Qinxue, paused when he was three steps away, and bowed to Yingying, "Ask Ancestor Zong'an." Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info" turned to Mu Boyong and bowed again, "I've seen my father, my daughter is late, please don't blame my father." ”
"No problem." It's not the time for the banquet to start, so why not blame it.
Mu Boyong looked at Mu Yanchun's plain dress, frowned slightly, and finally spoke, "The girl's family's ...... It's better to dress up more, although our noble family pays attention to elegance, but dressing up like this will lose your identity after all, if you are compared with civilians, wouldn't it be a loss of face for your mother? ”
Mu Yanchun bowed slightly, and promised in a low voice: "Yes, my daughter knows." ”
"Hmm." Seeing Mu Yanchun so docile, Mu Boyong was finally satisfied.
"Father's ......"
Mu Boyong felt that it was a little strange that she had been standing in place, so he saw Mu Yanchun frowning slightly, and asked cautiously: "Father, I don't know if it's because my daughter is late...... I couldn't find a place to sit. ”
There are all the vacant seats around, and there is still Mu Yanchun's seat.
Seeing her bow her head in shame again, "A few days ago, my daughter did something stupid, thinking that it was to displease her father. The daughter is stupid, and she originally planned to stay in Shulan Courtyard, not wanting to make her father angry again, but the daughter has not seen her relatives for a long time and is worried about it...... Thinking about it, those servants also thought that their daughters would not come to this banquet, so they didn't prepare. Please don't blame them...... father," he said, his eyes slightly darkened, and tears glistened to him.
Whenever he participated in such a banquet, if Mu Yanchun was not there, Mu Qinxue always took Mu Yanchun's place. And because Mu Qinxue was born extremely beautiful, she can often listen to the praise of others, which makes Mu Boyong quite dignified, so Mu Boyong is actually more willing to take Mu Qinxue to the banquet, so he always deliberately turns a blind eye to Mu Qinxue's replacement of Mu Yanchun's position.
Over time, I got used to Mu Qinxue's outrageous behavior, which was quite natural.
It wasn't until now that Mu Yanchun's "heartfelt words" made him suddenly realize that he had made a mistake.
But Mu Qinxue sat there by his acquiescence, and now it is really inappropriate to ask her to leave her seat, as the head of the family, he always has to take care of his face.
I just heard Mu Yanchun's words, and Mu Boyong's heart was also quite shocked, her daughter has always been introverted and stupid, and she can say these words today, it can be imagined that she is miserable in her heart. Thinking about the neglect of her over the years, Mu Boyong also felt a rare trace of guilt in his heart.
Moreover, she is also the concubine of the mansion, if she really asks her eldest sister to sit in this position in front of her today, plus the death of the Tang family, she has no backing, I am afraid that even those little maids in the mansion will give her white eyes in front of her.
How can this be?
Mu Boyong had a difficult choice in his heart, on the one hand, his face, and on the other hand, Mu Yanchun's status in the mansion, just when he hesitated, the old ancestor solved his urgent need.
"Spring girl, come over to grandma's side......" The old man called Mu Yanchun over softly, with a warm smile on her kind face, and a silver thread made her look like a fairy figure.
The ancestor is eighty and six this year, he was a very iconic beauty when he was young, he has never suffered anything in his life, he was not very clear when he was young, and he was even more confused when he was old, and he only did things according to his own preferences.
Today, Mu Yanchun's words made her heart soften, and it was the first time that she was distressed and strangely approached this granddaughter. As for Mu Qinxue, she was born beautiful, very filial and filial, how could she be willing to let Mu Qinxue be wronged, in her opinion, it was just a seat, what did Mu Yanchun have to do with giving it to Mu Qinxue?
Mu Yanchun sat beside the old man, and the old ancestor narrowed a pair of dim eyes, looked at her carefully, and shook his head while watching.
The distinct facial features are extremely positive, but the rough skin and dark yellow complexion ruin this uprightness, coupled with the dull spots on the cheeks, it is at best a medium appearance. This not very outstanding face made the old ancestor's pity for her finally dissipated by three points, and her attitude was not as eager as at the beginning.
"Spring girl, are you feeling better now?" Losing the initial novelty feeling, the old ancestor was not very willing to deal with Mu Yanchun, thinking that there was a little thing related to her, so it was good to talk to her here, so he mentioned his mind and asked her a few more words.
Mu Yanchun saw that the old ancestor looked dazed, and thought that he was a little tired, so he replied softly: "The granddaughter has taken the medicine, and now her body is much better, and the granddaughter is really unbearable when she is worried about the ancestor." ”
"Alas...... After all, you are seriously ill, you shouldn't be treated so lightly, you still have to take care of yourself when you should be recuperating, and now you don't care about it when you're young, and you'll be old in the future...... All kinds of problems can come out, don't you say? The old ancestor didn't seem to care about Mu Yanchun's answer, but just talked to her step by step.
Listening to the words of the old ancestor, Mu Yanchun only then figured out the meaning of the old ancestor's words, she felt cold in her heart, pretended to be stupid and said: "That's true, but the granddaughter has already seen the doctor, and the doctor said that the granddaughter is already well, the ancestor, you can rest assured, the granddaughter will still take care of her body in the future." ”
The old ancestor was stunned, he didn't expect Mu Yanchun to answer like this, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.
After being stunned for a long time, he said, "Speaking of which, you are now sixteen years old." It's time for self-cultivation, I think the eldest girl of the Yang family is only one year older than you, and she already has two sons, which is all the credit of the Bodhisattva. I don't think you should worry about those miscellaneous things on weekdays, concentrate on reading books such as "The Female Commandment", and go to the temple with your sisters to worship the gods and Buddhas...... As the saying goes, a woman's lack of talent is virtue, this is the rule handed down by our ancestors, and there will be no mistake. ”
These words were upside down and incoherent, and Mu Yanchun just chuckled when he heard it, "Ancestor, granddaughter housekeeper director, where are the miscellaneous things?" As the saying goes, self-cultivation and family cultivation are the importance of reading and governing the family. The words of the ancestors are naturally not wrong, but it also depends on how we do it now. ”
Where did the ancestor know the truth of "self-cultivation and Qi family", the only thing she knew was that she kindly asked Mu Yanchun to give up her housekeeping rights, but she was confronted by this girl who didn't know what to do! She knew that nothing good would happen to a woman to study!
This was the case with the Tang family back then, and the same is true with the Tang family's daughter now!
Thinking like this, the old ancestor's face turned completely dark, and the half of the pity he had for Mu Yanchun turned into ashes.
She didn't want to beat around the bush with Mu Yanchun, so she said coldly: "I'll tell you directly, now that the Tang family has gone, it is really unseemly to call a girl butler who has not been out of the cabinet!" I plan to make your Aunt Jiang take over the stewardship of the mistress, and you will hand over those keys, account books, and other things to your Aunt Jiang before noon tomorrow!" ”
After finishing speaking, the old ancestor only felt that he had done a good deed, and became more and more dissatisfied with Mu Yanchun, "Really! A little kid knows what a housekeeper's business! It's all nonsense!! It's for your own good that you hand over your keys and account books, and you play tricks on me! ”