Chapter 32: Serving Tea

After staring at each other for a long time, Zhong Su took Ran Ning's hand and walked to the table, poured two glasses of wine, and handed one of them to Ran Ning, who took the cup.

Zhong Su said: "I wish, hold the hand of the son, and grow old with the son." ”

Ran Ning smiled slightly and said, "I hope that the husband and wife will be of the same heart and raise their eyebrows." ”

Zhong Su nodded and drank wine with Ran Ning.

Putting down the cup, Zhong Su asked, "Are you hungry?" "He's been entertaining guests outside today, and he really can't spare time to Gu Ranning.

"It's fine." Ran Ning ate two pieces of dim sum in the middle, because she was afraid of being too full and sleepy, so she just used a little bit of it, and she was not hungry.

"Use it with me a little more." Zhong Su drank a lot of wine today, but didn't eat much.

Bizhu put away the cup with a very good eye and let the maid at the door bring food.

"Let the maid bring the decanting soup." Ran Ning said. Zhong Su was not drunk, but after drinking so much wine, he would definitely be uncomfortable, and Ran Ning felt that he could be more comfortable if he drank earlier.

"Defenseless." Zhong Su held Ran Ning's hand, felt the temperature on her hand, and gently pinched her nails that were specially dyed red, "Compared with what I drank in the army, these are not much." Drunk and misguided, I have a sense of proportion. ”

Ran Ning didn't persuade any more, she believed that Zhong Su knew it.

Soon, the food was delivered. After the bamboo was finished, he withdrew, and only Ran Ning and Zhong Su were left in the room. The food brought by the maid is relatively light, it is not early, and eating light is good for the stomach.

Ran Ning quietly ate the red date and lotus seed porridge in front of her, Zhong Su helped her pick up some side dishes from time to time, Ran Ning's cuffs were slightly lifted due to the action of rice, and the bracelet on her wrist was exposed. Zhong Su saw it and smiled slightly. Holding Ran Ning's wrist, rubbing the bracelet, and asked, "Do you still like it." ”

"I like it." Ran Ning nodded.

"When I get the good jade, I'll make you a pair." Zhong Su felt that Ran Ning's skin was white, and the jade white was particularly good-looking.

"It's enough to have this pair, these things are not more, but the mind is more important." Ran Ning smiled, in fact, she didn't wear these very much.

"Hmm." Zhong Su took Ran Ning's spoon, scooped up a spoonful of porridge to blow it cold, and sent it to Ran Ning's mouth.

Ran Ning was embarrassed to hide for a while and said, "I can eat it myself." ”

"Heart, you can't refuse." Zhong Su said very seriously.

Ran Ning smiled and ate the porridge with a red face.

Zhong Su seemed to be addicted, and refused to return the spoon to Ran Ning, so he fed Ran Ning spoonful by spoon until the bowl was finished.

After Ran Ning was full, Zhong Su ate some casually, then asked the maid to put away the dishes and chopsticks, and took Ran Ning to the warm pavilion by himself.

In the warm pavilion, Ran Ning's guzheng was placed on one side, and there was a small shelf next to it, on which were various piano scores. Ran Ning walked to the side of the piano, only to find that the head of the piano had been engraved with verses, which was the same as the jade pendant that Zhong Su gave her, but the words on the piano looked more like Zhong Su's handwriting.

"You carved it?" Ran Ning carefully looked at the handwriting and carving traces and asked.

"Huh, you can see that?" Zhong asked.

"Well, the words are indeed yours, the carving technique is not skillful, there are deep and shallow, you should be a novice." Ran Ning said her analysis.

Zhong Su nodded, hugged Ran Ning from behind, now that Ran Ning was his person, he didn't have to abide by etiquette anymore, "I found a master to learn and carve at the same time, it's probably not very good-looking." ”

"The heart is the most important, I took it." Ran Ning said with a smile. Zhong Su can think of personally helping her carve words on the guzheng is already rare, Zhong Su's words are beautiful, but the engraving is not at home, but if you don't study it carefully, you won't feel flawed.

"Okay." Zhong Su tightened Ran Ning in his arms, and his lips lightly touched Ran Ning's ears, making Ran Ning tremble and stiffen.

Zhong Su picked up Ran Ning horizontally, walked to the bed, put her on the bed, took off her shoes, and untied her wedding dress. Ran Ning's face turned even redder, but she didn't move. After leaving only his underwear, Zhong Su also took off his wedding clothes and shoes, and lay down on the bed with Ran Ning in his arms, and the Xi quilt that was pulled aside covered by the two of them.

"Sleep." Zhong Su whispered in her ear.

Ran Ning was stunned for a moment, on the first night of the wedding, the two of them slept like this? Then how to explain to the elders tomorrow morning?

The rules of the first night of the wedding Wan Pingbo's old grandmother came to tell her, although she was shy, but she also knew a little, Zhong Su covered the quilt like this and only slept like this, which couldn't help but make Ran Ning wonder if she had done something wrong, which made Zhong Su dislike. Looking at Zhong Su's watch, it doesn't seem to be like this.

Ran Ning is really confused, but she is a girl, and she can't ask anything.

Zhong Su didn't mean to explain, just repeated "go to sleep", and covered Ran Ning's eyes with one hand.

With his back against Zhong Su's body, he could feel Zhong Su's body temperature, as well as the special fragrance on his body, all of them were telling Ran Ning to feel at ease, but Ran Ning always felt that he couldn't feel at ease.

After a busy day, Ran Ning was also tired, and before she could figure out Zhong Su's actions, she sank into a dream unconsciously, and all her incomprehension was temporarily put aside, just waiting to wake up.

Early the next morning, Ran Ning woke up early. Today, she wants to give tea to the elders, and she can't be late. Zhong Su still held her in his arms, but it turned from the back to the front, and the closeness of the body made Ran Ning feel the warmth of Zhong Su's body, and at the same time, she was also surprised that Zhong Su didn't seem to have the kind of reaction that a man would have in the morning as Mama said.

Although she was ashamed to talk about this kind of thing, Ran Ning had to wonder if this was the reason why Zhong Su didn't touch her? Is there anything unspeakable about Zhong Su?

No matter how big Ran Ning's doubts were, she didn't dare to ask, not to mention that she was a woman, if it was really as she expected, then Zhong Su herself should be the most mindful, and it was impossible for her to sprinkle salt on Zhong Su's wounds.

"Awake?" Zhong Su's voice came from the top of his head, with a hint of laziness that was heavier than usual, which was particularly good.

"Hmm." Ran Ning nodded, hurriedly put her guess behind her, and said, "I want to give tea to the elders today, and I can't be late." ”

"Okay." Zhong Su kissed her lightly on the forehead, then got up and shook the rattle at the head of the bed.

The maids waiting outside the door heard the bell and walked into the room with toiletries, some waiting for the two to wash, some making beds and folding quilts, and some changing clothes for them......

After washing and changing her clothes, Ran Ning sat down in front of the dressing table and asked Bizhu to help her take her head, and she began to put on makeup herself and go to see the elders.

During the makeup period, Ran Ning quietly noticed the maid who made the bed, it was from the Zhenbei Hou Mansion, and she didn't bring it. The maid didn't seem surprised by the cleanliness of the white towel on the bed, and calmly folded the white towel and put it in the tray, and the other maid took it out.

According to the rules, the white towel on the first night is to be shown to the elders, firstly to prove the chastity of the new daughter-in-law, and secondly, to reassure the elders and show that their husband and wife are harmonious. But now that this white scarf has been taken, Ran Ning really doesn't know what the elders will think.

Bizhu also noticed the clean white towel, and was so stunned that she almost dropped the comb on the ground. Ran Ning glanced at her in the mirror and signaled her to be restless, while she was very calm and carefully put on her makeup.

At this point, she could only take one step at a time, she felt that Zhong Su would not harm him, probably because there was really something hidden.

After a simple breakfast, Ran Ning followed Zhong Su to the main hall to serve tea, the elders were already waiting, and Ran Ning didn't dare to move too slowly.

The cushion was first placed in front of the Marquis of Zhenbei, Ran Ning knelt down in a proper manner, took the teacup and offered it with both hands, and said, "Grandfather, please use tea." ”

"Okay." Zhenbei Hou twisted his beard, looked at Ran Ning, took the teacup, took a sip of tea, and then gave Ran Ning a big red envelope, and said: "I heard that you grew up under the knee of Lao Wan Pingbo, although I have not had much contact with your grandfather, I also respect his character and courage, and I believe that what he taught will not be bad." I hope that in the future, you will be in harmony with Su'er and your husband, and the piano will sound together. ”

"Yes, follow my grandfather's teachings." Ran Ning responded.

Zhenbei Hou has a tough body and a spirit. This made Ran Ning think of her grandfather, her grandfather was also like this, although he was old, his spirit was not lost to young people.

"Get up." Zhenbei Hou, a military general, also didn't care so much about the rules in these details, and after Ran Ning got up, he asked, "You should be literate, right?" ”

"Yes, I know." Ran Ning nodded.

"That's good, help your mother share the housekeeping in the future, she is not well, she needs to rest more." Zhenbei Hou said.

As soon as she entered the door, she was in charge of the power of the family, and it was not given by her mother-in-law on her own initiative, which was not a good thing for the new daughter-in-law. Listening to Zhenbeihou's tone, she should really want her to help share the burden, but she didn't dare to respond.

"My daughter-in-law has just entered the house, and she doesn't understand a lot of things, so she really doesn't dare to accept it for fear of adding chaos to the house. However, if the mother is in need, the granddaughter-in-law will also help the mother. Ran Ning said humbly.

"These things are never there, you're still young, you have a lot of time to learn. In the future, the Beihou Mansion in this town will be traceable, and he will have a daughter-in-law who can take care of the house, so I can rest assured. "The Marquis of Zhenbei seems to be really fond of Zhong Su, so much so that he didn't say that the Marquis of Zhenbei Mansion belonged to General Zhong, which seemed to be passed on directly to Zhong Su.

"Yes." Ran Ning responded. Anyway, her attitude towards the housekeeper has been shown to her mother-in-law, and as for the rest of the matter, she has to get along slowly.

After serving tea to the Hou of Zhenbei, the maid put the cushion in front of General Zhong and his wife Tan. Ran Ning served tea to General Zhong first, and when they met for the first time before marriage, the mighty general was quite satisfied with Ran Ning, and he didn't say anything, and directly gave a red envelope.

After Ran Ning thanked him and got up, he went to serve tea to the Tan family.

Tan's expression was very strict, a strict mother's style, Ran Ning heard that her mother-in-law was not in good health, so she did not participate in the marriage process. Tan is not beautiful, but his temperament is very good, and he is not dressed gorgeously, but he is very exquisite, whether it is the wife of the general of Weiqi or the daughter-in-law of the Marquis of Zhenbei, it is quite a matter of face for the mansion to go out to meet people.

But Ran Ning felt that this mother-in-law didn't look at her well, I don't know if it was because Zhenbei Hou was dissatisfied with her, or because she didn't like her.

"Mother, please use tea." Ran Ning served tea with both hands.

Tan Shi looked at her for a moment, then reached out to take the tea cup and said, "I have not been feeling well in recent days, and today is the first time I have officially seen you." I hope that you can abide by the female morality and female training in the future, take care of Su'er, strictly follow the rules of the house, and don't cause any gossip. ”

Generally speaking, when tea is served, the elders will say something to bless the newlyweds. But Tan's attitude and words were more like admonitions than blessings.

However, the words of the elders, whether Ran Ning wants to listen to them or not, must respond, "Yes, the daughter-in-law will abide by virtue and rules, please rest assured that my mother." ”

Tan didn't say anything more, and asked the maid next to him to give Ran Ning the meeting gift.

After Ran Ning thanked her, she simply said hello to Zhong Su's brother-in-law and sister-in-law, which was considered to be a full courtesy.

Tan's words have actually made Ran Ning's heart cold, but he has been rubbed by Yu's for a long time when he was at home, and Tan's words Ran Ning will not be angry, but he still needs to pay attention to it in the future.

No one blamed her for Tan's actions, after all, she was Ran Ning's elder, no matter what she said, Ran Ning could only listen.

Zhenbei Hou looked at his grandchildren and daughters-in-law who were standing together and said with a smile: "Okay, you guys were tired all day yesterday, go back to the room early to rest." Su'er doesn't have to go to court these days, just accompany Ning'er more. ”

"Yes." Zhong Su replied.

At this time, the sister-in-law Li stood up, saluted the elders, and said, "My younger brother and sister are new to Fuzhong, and I am afraid that many places are unfamiliar. The mother was unwell, and the daughter-in-law happened to be fine, so she volunteered to accompany her younger siblings to walk around the house, so that her younger siblings could be familiar with it. ”

Ran Ning turned her head and glanced at Zhong Su, who nodded at her.

Ran Ning smiled and said to Li: "Then there is Sister-in-law Lao." ”

"The eldest granddaughter-in-law will take Ning'er to all parts of the house first, and Su'er will follow me to the study." Zhenbei Hou said.

Just listening to the different names of Zhenbei Hou for everyone, Ran Ning can see who has the heart of this old marquis more.

Subsequently, the people of the Yifu Province left separately, and Ran Ning also followed the Li family out of the main hall. She didn't know if Li's enthusiasm was out of good intentions or if she had other intentions, anyway, as long as she didn't change everything, it was the safest choice.