When Lu Zhiwen heard this, he immediately reprimanded: "She is your cousin-in-law, how can she talk such nonsense!" Lu Xuren was disgusted by his brother, and immediately bowed his head and said nothing.

Zhou didn't care, and only said: "That's not bad, the child in the Spring Dynasty is indeed very good, and this is also a blessing for the long house." The girl of the Song family, although she was not raised in a long house, was handsome and very well-behaved and obedient. If I can marry you for you, how much good will I get! As he spoke, he saw that no one paid attention to him, so he had to go out with his two sons.

Walking to the gate, I happened to encounter a sedan chair landing, and Aunt Zhang took her daughter Zhang Xueyan out of the sedan chair.

These people didn't know each other, and the two brothers of the Lu family saw a middle-aged woman coming down with a girl like a flower, and hurriedly avoided it. Zhou glanced over a few times, and felt that his eyes were raw.

When the little maid guarding the door of the Lu family saw it, he hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile: "Mrs. Aunt and Miss Biao are here, and Mrs. has been waiting for a long time." Aunt Zhang nodded with a smile and took her daughter inside. Zhou watched coldly, and when the two of them entered, he nodded and beckoned a little guy to come over and asked, "Whose relative is this?" How do I not recognize? The little guy replied: "This is the eldest lady's maiden sister and niece's daughter, who only arrived in Beijing a few days ago." Hearing this, Zhou nodded and sneered, and said: "Okay, my family doesn't know how to help, but I can rest assured that my relatives are on the other three roads!" I'm here to see what happens to her! The little guy didn't dare to answer, and when the carriage from the second room came, the mother and son boarded the car and left.

Xia Chunchao persuaded the Liu family to go back, and the two went to the room together. When Xia Chunchao entered the door, he hurriedly called Changchun to pour tea for Liu's anger, and persuaded again: "Why does my wife have such a big temper? The liver is on fire to hurt the body. The second uncle's family has already been separated, and now he just looks at the affection of his relatives to ask. If the wife doesn't want to, just say it, and the old lady may not agree to her. Why do you want to make such a big move, do it yourself, and let the people below watch the jokes? Mrs. has always been the most decent, why is she so reckless now? The Liu clan held a teacup in his hand and didn't say anything.

sat like this, because the shopkeeper Xia didn't go there, Xia Chunchao got up again.

When she went out, Liu suddenly smashed the bowl in his hand to the ground, only to hear a "bang", and the fine porcelain bowl fell apart.

Changchun heard the movement outside, and hurriedly came in to take a look, only to see that the ground in the house was full of broken porcelain, and tea was splashing everywhere. As soon as she saw this, she knew that it must be for today's sake, and although she secretly ironized that this wife was narrow-minded, she laughed and said, "What is wrong with this wife? I think I lost my dots, the tea was hot, and my wife's hands were burned? "On the one hand, I was about to call Honeysuckle to come over and clean up the ground, but because I remembered that Honeysuckle had gone home on leave, I had to sweep the broken porcelain myself and clean it up. He poured the tea again, and then stood cautiously beside him.

Liu Shiwu was angry, and slammed the table and reprimanded: "This slut who eats inside and out! How does my family treat her on weekdays, but she helps outsiders like this! One or two praised her for being virtuous, but she was fake and clear on weekdays, how is it now? I just looked at her coldly to see how long she could pretend! When Changchun heard this, he tried to ask, "What did Mrs. say, but grandma?" ”

Liu said, "Apart from her, can we find a second Bodhisattva in this family?" Ah, yo yo, the whole family worships her like a fairy. It's not a daughter-in-law, but it seems to have invited a God of Wealth! As he spoke, he pointed at Changchun and said, "Don't ask me if my name is Mrs., which Mrs. am I?" The whole family trampled me down, and I still remember my wife! ”

Changchun couldn't help but say: "Mrs., this is angry talk, grandma has always been respectful to Mrs. on weekdays." But for all the important things in the family, it is necessary to invite the old lady and the wife to show it. It's impossible to talk about this inside and outside, grandma rarely went out except for the inventory in the past. I have little contact with my mother's family, so how can I eat inside and out? ”

Liu snorted and said, "You should also hear it on the side today, the words of the second room are just to praise her and praise her for her ability one by one." If they hadn't been in contact in the past, how could the second room help her like this? They say there's nothing down there, but I don't believe it! Changchun sighed: "Mrs. is bad, the second wife and the wife have never been together, and there are also people who stir up discord in our house." My wife understood it in the past, but why is she confused today? Grandma really meant this, and Shicai's words were not like that towards his wife, so it can be seen that there is no such thing. Liu refused to believe it, and still chattered that the Xia Chun Dynasty was not to her liking.

At this time, the little girl outside came to report: "Aunt Zhang's wife and Miss Biao are here." When Liu heard this, he hurriedly said, "Please!" As soon as he spoke, he ordered Changchun to stew another tea.

Suddenly, Aunt Zhang came in with Zhang Xueyan from outside, and Liu hurriedly got up. The two compartments have met, each sat down, and Changchun brought tea. Knowing that these two people were coming for Lu Jia's family, the Liu family sent Changchun to the backyard to ask.

Aunt Zhang spoke first and said with a smile: "I heard my sister send someone to say that the old lady here is sick, so Xueyan and I are in a hurry to come over." It's just that I happened to run into the matter of the master of the family taking office, so I stumbled and delayed. Don't blame my sister. Liu said: "You can come and take a look, it's already a family relationship." Then he asked, "Is it okay for my brother-in-law to make up for that gap?" Aunt Zhang replied: "The head of the capital mansion Yin is also a civil servant, he is used to doing it, and it is nothing." There were many people like him in the yamen, but they didn't bother with the past. Now in our family, it is good to have a bowl of rice to eat. I have to thank my sister for her help, otherwise our family will not be able to open the pot. I don't want anything else now, I just hope that Xueyan has a good family, and everything will be safe. After speaking, he looked at his daughter.

That Zhang Xueyan blushed and lowered her head. Aunt Zhang smiled and said, "What are you ashamed of, child?" That's your cousin, and you're not somebody out there, aren't you very good when you were young? Then he said to Liu: "Let's go and say hello to the old lady, how about mentioning it?" Liu Shi waved his hand again and again and said: "That's it, that old woman ate my unvirtuous daughter-in-law and instigated, and changed the hexagram again." In the past few days, I have been plagued and pretended to be sick, and I have been used to tie a raft, which has caused me a big loss. I advise you not to bump into it at this time, but to be cold for a few days and then think about it. When Aunt Zhang heard this, she couldn't do anything, so she had to sigh and say, "Wait a few days, it's nothing." It's just that Xueyan is getting older day by day, so she just drags it out like this, how can she do it in the future? ”

Liu glanced at Zhang Xueyan a few times and said, "You can rest assured about this, I have my own plans." In a few days, Brother Yong'er will be back. Let these two children meet first, Xueyan is so handsome, he must like it. It's a relative again, so it's naturally extra intimate. If I tell him in detail, he will naturally agree, and this matter will be settled. When Aunt Zhang heard this, she thought about it in her heart for a while, and then said, "It's just like this." Zhang Xueyan was listening, and suddenly said, "I don't know what my cousin-in-law means?" ”

Liu said: "As long as I am in charge of this matter, Brother Yong'er will agree again, and there is no need to ask the unvirtuous little hoof." I didn't believe it, she didn't take my mother-in-law seriously, didn't she even obey her husband's words! Zhang Xueyan said softly: "Auntie's words are very true, but Xueyan thinks that since her cousin is right, she should naturally ask her." Even if Xueyan comes in the future, this gift of concubine still has to be talked about. When Aunt Zhang heard this, she was very pitiful, so she raised her hand and stroked the top of her head, and sighed, "I just wronged you." If it weren't for the misfortune of the family, how could my father and mother be willing to ask you to be a concubine? It's a pity that I don't know how to be tormented in the future. Zhang Xueyan's eyes were red, she lowered her head and said with a smile: "My daughter knows the difficulties at home, and she doesn't dare to embarrass her aunt, and her daughter doesn't feel wronged." ”

The Liu family was dizzy, the most uncalculated, seeing that his niece was in such a state, the fire was blazing, and he only said to her: "You don't have to be busy, what kind of concubine, I don't know what will happen in the future!" Saying that, Changchun had come back from outside and said: "The old lady rested, and said thank you for your aunt's troubles, she shouldn't have been gone, but her body is really not good, and she doesn't have that energy, so she is sluggish when she sees it." Just ask your wife to accompany you and sit down. ”

Aunt Zhang listened, smiled, and said, "It's a misfortune that we came. ”

Liu didn't care much, and only said: "Even if the old woman doesn't see her, she will only be tricky and slippery, and she won't take any advantage." ”

After a few people sat down, Zhang Xueyan said that it was convenient, and Liu hurriedly asked Changchun to lead her to a secluded place.

The two walked out of the upper room, and Changchun led her to Dongjing. Zhang Xueyan saw that this girl was articulate, clean and delicate, so she asked her how old she was, her real name, her family, etc., and Changchun also answered them one by one. The two talked a few words, and Zhang Xueyan smiled and said, "You serve on weekdays, what do you think of your old lady, wife, and grandmother?" As he spoke, he hurriedly smiled and said, "Because I have just arrived, these relatives are far away, so I asked, for fear that I would speak unsteadily in the future and make them strange." ”

Changchun thought for a while, and then said: "The old lady is very charitable, the wife is also very good, and the grandmother has a gentle personality and respects the superiors." Anyone who has something bad in the family and asks grandma for leave, it is bound to be accurate. So those of us who are here miss Grandma's grace very much. Even those relatives in the clan also praised grandma for her ability. ”

When Zhang Xueyan heard this, she smiled slightly and said, "In this way, it's all easy to get along with." It's just that I came back before, because there was no one around me to serve, and my aunt wanted to give Bao'er to me, why did she refuse to be caught in it? Naturally, I was a guest from afar, and I didn't ask my sister-in-law for a girl. However, when we are at home, there are guests at home, and whatever is the beloved thing, as long as the guests like it, there is no guest first, it is the friendship of the landlord. My cousin was a little surprised by this. I've never seen anything like this. ”

Changchun hurriedly smiled and said: "Miss Biao, I don't know about our family, Bao'er is grandma's dowry girl, and she has been serving by her side since she was a child, so she is naturally different from others." She is used to serving her grandmother, and she is afraid that it will not be easy to do it when she comes to the girl, which will annoy the girl. Grandma also considered this, so she didn't agree. ”

Zhang Xueyan smiled lightly: "It turns out that it is good to follow my cousin-in-law, but it must be bad to come to me." ”

Changchun didn't dare to answer this, but he happened to have walked to the place, so he stopped talking.

After a while, Zhang Xueyan finished cleaning her hands, and came out and walked back with Changchun. The two walked to the bottom of a weeping silk begonia, because the green leaves were full of branches, and there was no one around, Zhang Xueyan took the hairpin on her head except for one, stuffed it into Changchun's hand, and said with a smile: "I hit it off with the Changchun girl at first sight, and I came here without any gifts." This hairpin is made by skilled craftsmen in Jiangnan, although it is not worth anything, but also to express their hearts, and I hope that the Changchun girl will not dislike it. ”。