The cherries are pitted and topped with yogurt mixed with ice residues, red and white, which is pleasing and appetizing.

If there is any benefit to Huizhan Garden, it is the obvious benefit of not getting tired of eating. Xu Miaoyi went home in March, and her little face was a little round.

Hearing the second brother Xu Zengshou talk about the object of the courtship, Xu Miaoyi was so surprised that she almost squirted out the cheese and cherry meat in her mouth, "What? The Lu family? ”

Xu Zengshou nodded, "I don't know what my sister-in-law thinks, this kind of person should refuse on the spot, and there is no need to mention it in front of the eldest brother." The daughter of our military general's family is not suitable for the twists and turns of the Wenchen family. It's not a marriage, it's a grudge. ”

Xu Zengshou is a bastard, but he still sees the problem more thoroughly.

Xu Miaoyi remembered that when she gave birth to the crown princess in Layue last year, Concubine Lu knelt down in the snow and declared that she would "live for ten years in exchange for the safety of the princess's mother and son", and suddenly had goosebumps all over her body!

Xu Miaoyi said: "The kind of person who can raise Concubine Lu must be hypocritical and shameless, full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, and he can't talk about them if he is reasonable, and he is embarrassed to use his fists, and he must not be suffocated to death if he marries." No, no, I told my father to go, the Lu family will definitely not work. ”

Xu Zengshou said: "I don't need you to say it, the eldest brother has already sternly refused, and the sister-in-law is unhappy if he loses the face of the sister-in-law." I heard that the eldest brother and sister-in-law had a dispute at night, and the eldest brother went to the barracks early this morning to practice, and the husband and wife seemed to have an awkward quarrel. ”

Xu Miaoyi suddenly lost her appetite and sighed: "No, the marriage event can't be completely left to someone else." I talked to my dad and spoke up about my thoughts. Even if they find a suitable candidate, they must sue me first, and I will see if they are compatible with this person or his family, otherwise they will get out of the marriage and lose face to each other. ”

Xu Zengshou asked, "What about the sister-in-law?" Do you want to talk to her tactfully, lest the couple have trouble with you about your marriage in the future? ”

Xu Miaoyi spread her hands helplessly, "I can't talk to my sister-in-law together, she opens her mouth to be a woman's virtue, a woman's ring, and a girl must be virtuous and virtuous." The ladies who came out of the scholarly family should stay away when they hear the word marriage, and they can't talk about marriage at all, otherwise they will not be subject to the rules. If I talk to her about the conditions of my future in-laws, it will be equivalent to eating meat in front of the monk, and I won't be happy. ”

It's just that what Xu Miaoyi didn't expect was that she stayed away from her sister-in-law, but her sister-in-law took the initiative to find trouble.

After her husband returned to the barracks early in the morning, Chen, the wife of the prince of Wei, fell ill. As a sister-in-law, the sister-in-law was sick, of course she wanted to visit, Xu Miaoyi led her three younger sisters to Chen's courtyard, and she smelled a smell of medicine from afar.

Xu Miaoyi is a doctor, and she can guess a few drugs by smelling it. Bupleurum chinensis, tulip, woody fragrance, magnolia bark, is the treatment of liver qi stagnation, excessive thinking

It seems that the sister-in-law really quarreled with the eldest brother and sulked.

Chen was bedridden, sat on the sickbed, drank medicine, rinsed his mouth, and took a hawthorn candied fruit to remove the remaining bitterness in his mouth. Looking at the four sisters-in-law, especially the eldest Xu Miaoyi, Chen's heart gave birth to a bitterness, and he couldn't even hide the candied fruit.

The depression condensed in his chest, and he was dull. Ahem, Chen coughed twice while holding his chest, and the four sisters-in-law handed over the water, and the handkerchief sent the handkerchief. Although there are various estrangements between the Chen family, who was born in a scholarly family, and the tiger girl of Jiangmen, the sister-in-law has always maintained basic etiquette and face, and on the surface, it is still a group of harmony.

Chen waved his hand and said, "You all sit down, I came to you today because I am not in good health, and the doctor said that I should rest for some days and not be too tired." I am the patriarch of the Xu family, in charge of the middle feed of Zhan Yuan, the Xu family has a big business, and this family cannot be left without an owner for a day. The four of you sisters are all literate and hyphenated, and there are also nurturing grandmothers around you to guide me, so I will hand over the power of the family to the four of you sisters today, and in the future, all the big and small affairs in the family will be handed over to you to deal with. ”

The sister-in-law quit in a fit of anger? The four sisters of the Xu family secretly looked at each other, and the eight eyes quickly exchanged glances, and they all spoke and persuaded each other:

Xu Miaoyi: "Sister-in-law, I can't help it!" It is important for you to take care of your body, I know medical skills, I will give you acupuncture and moxibustion in the past few days, prescribe medicine, and take good care of your body, and you will recover soon. ”

Xu Miaoqing: "Sister-in-law, our sisters only know a little bit about housekeeping, and we really can't afford this big responsibility." ”

Xu Miaoxi: "Sister-in-law, my fourth sister and I still have to go to home school on weekdays." ”

Xu Miaojin was the youngest, and stepped forward to hold Chen's arm coquettishly, "Sister-in-law, my good sister-in-law, I can't read the account book, how can I help you take care of the house?" Don't embarrass us. ”

"Big sister, come here." Chen beckoned to Xu Miaoyi, who sat suspiciously on the embroidery pier next to the bed.

Chen patted Xu Miaoyi's hand and said, "You are the eldest sister, and you should bear this burden." When I was in the boudoir, at your age, I had been helping my mother run the house for several years. It doesn't matter, you can learn slowly, you are smart and clever, this little housework will not be difficult for you. ”

"You are the eldest in the family, who dares not to listen to you? As soon as Qiē is arranged according to the regulations of the Fuzhong, it will be done. If there is anyone who can't, come and ask me, and I will know everything; If there is a slave who deceives his master and deliberately deceives, he does not need to report it to me, but he will be thrown out. ”

"This-" was driven to the shelves, Xu Miaoyi hurriedly shirked it, and said: "The housekeeper's matter is not a joke, there are more than 500 slaves and guards in Zhan Yuan, and there are still favors to the outside world. I...... I can't afford it. ”

I am not afraid to practice medicine, I am not afraid to kill people, this business is too grinding.

Chen said: "A girl's family, one day she will marry someone and be a daughter-in-law, can she still be a sister-in-law in her mother's family for a lifetime?" Men are on errands outside, and women are at home to preside over the feed, and this has been the case for thousands of years - even if it is the queen's mother, she has to take care of the six palaces. Who is born to be a steward? It's all learned slowly. Don't worry, my sister-in-law will teach you. ”

Chen's words are impeccable, and no one can accuse her of embarrassing her sister-in-law. Xu Miaoyi blindly shirked it, saying that it was her sister-in-law who was greedy for pleasure and unwilling to take on the responsibility of the eldest daughter.

In fact, Chen is not so sick that he can't take care of his family. Last night, her husband accused her of being confused, and she shouldn't have anything to do with Concubine Lu's mother's family, saying how the daughter of the Xu family and Lu Jialang were not compatible.

Chen felt aggrieved. If you are not satisfied with the Lu family's courtship, forget it, it's a big deal to look for it again, anyway, there are many young talents in Jinling, and there is always one who matches the eldest sister.

But why do you say I'm confused? My mother's sister wrote to ask, should I ignore it and refuse people thousands of miles away? Then where is my face? In the future, when you go back to your mother's house, won't you be sarcastic and rude by your clansmen? When you become the wife of a prince, you look down on your clansmen?

It is true that your Xu family is an upstart, but our Chen family and the Lu family are a century-old scholarly family. Not to mention a hundred years ago, that is, fifty years ago, when we invited relatives and friends to feast guests, your Xu family was still cultivating land in Fengyang!

If it is peaceful today, many of the clansmen have taken the imperial examination to become officials, and they are still in the upper echelons of the Shi clan, will the children of our scholars be insulted by the lintel of the Xu family?

The more Chen thought about it, the more angry he became, so he came up with this method to adjust/teach the temperament of the sister-in-law whose eyes were above the top. Teach her the etiquette and rules that she should have as a lady, teach her what is dignity and humility, and what is the duty of a woman.

The upstart family should set up the rules, otherwise people must not laugh off their big teeth?

But the Chen family did everything, thinking that Xu Miaoyi couldn't stand it in the afternoon, and cried to her for help.

But it didn't.

Chen lay in bed for three days, and he didn't even see Xu Miaoyi's shadow! There was no mess in Zhan Yuan, and the daily affairs were as usual, and there was no mess.

It was one of Chen's companions who wept and wiped his tears and came to him, "Madam! The eldest lady clearly doesn't take us old people in her eyes, a little bit wrong, a pair of eyes are murderous and glaring over, to fight and kill, beg Mrs. to help, the old slave is weak, and he really can't stand ten boards! ”

Chen was depressed in his heart, and originally wanted to get angry by pinching Xu Miaoyi. Unexpectedly, her companion came over to cry first, and the noise hurt her brain.

Chan asked, "What's going on?" ”

The companion cried: "The old slave is in charge of the courtesies in the house, because the Weiguo Mansion has added Ding to the house, and the house wants to give a full moon gift, the eldest lady is not satisfied with the old slave's answer, and wants to beat the old slave for ten boards." ”

Chen felt that although Xu Miaoyi was straightforward and quick-tempered, she was not a reckless and arrogant person, so she didn't believe the words of the companion, and said to the maid: "You go and ask the eldest lady what happened in front of you." ”

After a while, the maid came, and even the second lady Xu Miaoqing also came.

Chen hurriedly said: "Why is the second sister here? Alas, it's just a little thing for a slave, and you don't have to bother yourself to make a trip. ”

"My sister-in-law is sick, so she should come to see it often." The smile on Xu Miaoqing's face was faint, and she didn't even look at the companion who knelt down and cried, and regarded it as air. said: "In the past three days, the eldest sister has taken us to take care of the family together, knowing that it was not easy for the eldest sister-in-law to be in charge of the house before. Sister-in-law has worked hard. ”

Xu Miaoqing used to be the most trouble-free sister-in-law, with a quiet and pleasant temperament, and the Chen family also liked her the most. But it seems that since Xu Miaoyi came home,

Xu Miaoqing is close to the ink and has become unpredictable. On the surface, this statement is to thank the Chen family for their dedication to the Xu family in recent years, but the secret meaning does not seem to be so simple.

Chen sighed: "Alas, as the head of the house, it is my responsibility to raise my sister-in-law and be a housekeeper. When you sisters get married in the future, you will also do these things. This steward is very knowledgeable, and he must be prestigious, and he must convince people with reason. ”

Xu Miaoqing said: "What my sister-in-law said is true. Nothing can escape a single word. It's not who cries loudly or whose seniority is old. ”

As soon as these words came out, the sobbing companion quickly stopped speaking.

Xu Miaoqing still didn't look at the accompanying room, and said to the Chen family: "The Weiguo Mansion has added a grandson, our Xu family and the Deng family are world friends, and we want to give a full moon gift." The eldest sister wanted to give a gift according to the previous examples, and she was good, so she copied a perfunctory copy according to the previous list. Sister-in-law, it used to be a gift list for the grandson of the side branch, but now this grandson born to the wife of the prince of the Weiguo Mansion, if she sends the exact same to the Deng Mansion, isn't it a slap in the face? ”