Lin Qi snorted coldly, and deliberately laughed very poorly and said, "I'll take care of it, why do you have me?" People are paralyzed like this, and they don't forget to disgust people, do you have the ability to get up and slap me? ”

Huo Zhou's old face turned red with anger, and he struggled to get up to teach Lin Qi a lesson, he hadn't seen such a poor girl, but she couldn't exert her strength all over her body, and she was still struggling there, so she looked at Quan Meihuan with vicious eyes, and scolded: "What are you doing standing there stupidly? Why don't you come and help me, and let your daughter humiliate me like this? ”

If it was Quan Meihuan in the past, she would definitely obey her orders tremblingly and please her mother-in-law everywhere, but unfortunately Quan Meihuan, who had suffered and knew how to repent, was unmoved, "Mother-in-law, what do you say you are still doing with this?" If you really can't get used to me, then let Huo Yan reconcile with me, anyway, I don't care, I used to say behind my back to be afraid of face, but now I look down on it, and the matter has passed, and who has said anything about me Quan Meihuan. ”

These words were so angry that Huo Zhoushi trembled and pointed at her, almost turning her back on her back, but the anger in her heart kept supporting her. Quan Meihuan is really tough now, even she has to admit it, especially after moving into this house, she doesn't lose anything.

Lin Qi secretly praised her mother for coping with this, this dead old pious woman can't get used to it at all, otherwise she will give her three colors to open a dyeing workshop, she smiled and gave a thumbs up to her mother in front of Huo Zhou's family.

Quan Meihuan was made to cry and laugh by her actions, this little daughter's temperament is more lively than the eldest daughter, but she is more straightforward, she can say whatever she wants, and she can do whatever she wants, and then she thought that the younger daughter's confidence was still given by the eldest daughter, and her mother did not give her any substantial help and benefits, the more she thought about it, the more ashamed she became, and it was no wonder that the children did not call her a mother so far.

After glancing at Huo Zhou's anger, she rolled her eyes and fainted, she put away her daughter's thumbs up, and called out, "Xiaoxiang, come in and wait for the old lady to feces and urine, and someone went to ask the doctor to come and see her, and the old lady fainted again." ”

"Yes, ma'am." A girl named Xiaoxiang, who was about fourteen or fifteen years old, came in wearing a cotton shirt and pants and took care of Huo Zhou's body neatly.

The smell was not very good, so Quan Meihuan pulled her daughter who covered her nose with a handkerchief and walked out, "This smell is smoky, let's go to my house to talk." ”

Lin Qi couldn't wait to leave quickly, he really couldn't stand the smell, and he hated Huo Zhou's in his heart, so he turned his hand and pulled his mother to go faster.

Quan Meihuan had to make this little move by her, followed behind her, her eyes were foggy, she was really a lard back then, and she was willing to give up this biological flesh and blood to go with that Huo Yan, and in the end, she and her children were born to this kind of Cheng dù.

Lin Qi, who was halfway away, seemed to be thoughtful, turned around and said, "Just throw her in the house like this, and the old man in Huoyan won't blame you again, right?" Then he noticed that there seemed to be tears in his mother's eyes, and he doubted: "Why are you crying so well?" Don't know to cry all day long, it's annoying to watch, my father's eight achievements are not your crying. ”

This last word is too much, she regretted it as soon as she said it, and she still talks about the past now, which is really ripping off the heart of Quan Meihuan.

Sure enough, Quan Meihuan was originally just a little tearful, but when she heard her daughter mention her dead ex-husband, the tears became even more fierce, but she didn't dare to cry loudly, for fear that her daughter would be bored with her, "It's me...... I'm sorry for your dad...... Isn't it right for you brothers and sisters......"

"Okay, don't be sad, I'm just a mouth that doesn't repair, even if you hear it, don't take it to heart, now you live a good life, our sisters and brothers will fulfill their wishes, but don't toss out any moths to make everyone uneasy."

Hearing her daughter's words, Quan Meihuan hurriedly stopped crying, in fact, she is much stronger now, and she is not as forward-looking as before, and she didn't dare to mention the dead ex-husband to make her daughter unhappy, she picked what she could say and said: "The scourge is a thousand years old, the old pious woman can't die, Huo Yan doesn't dare to pinch me now, and it will be difficult for him to marry a daughter-in-law without me, so the two of us will live together like this." ”

What kind of love, love, at this age, she finally looked down on it, but it was too late, if she could break this love word as soon as possible, and live a good life with Lin Ze, it is estimated that the family can still be reunited now, saying a thousand ways and ten thousand, she really regrets that her intestines are green.

Lin Qi originally wanted to be sarcastic, but when he saw the dead ashes in his biological mother's eyes, he finally swallowed the words back into his stomach, and personally picked the curtain and entered her room with her.

The dowry on the table here is Quan Meihuan's dowry, but it is much better than the furniture outside, the Huo family is breathing, but in the end it is not as good as the first, there are nearly ten people in the family, and there are only three or five servants waiting.

After sitting down, Xiaohong, the newly added maid next to her mother, brought the tea up and retreated, and then she handed the list of gifts in her arms to her mother, "This is not a big year, this is the festival that Erniang prepared for you, you can take it, although it is not too rich, it is not as good as the big family." ”

As soon as Quan Meihuan heard this, she knew that her little daughter still had a knot in her heart, and she took the list and just glanced at it, Lin Lushi thought very thoughtfully, but saved her a lot of money for the New Year, "This is not rich, so what is rich?" I don't have to buy New Year's goods anymore. After a pause, "I see that there are more of these, or I will accept some of them, and you can take the rest back, and you will rely on the jade skin workshop to make money to live, and you can't be extravagant, you will have to meet the end of the New Year, and you have to save a dowry for marriage." I didn't help your sister when she left the cabinet, and when it was your turn, I had to put my strength and dignity ......."

Lin Qi interrupted her tirade, "You don't have to worry about this, the Jade Skin Workshop is a tribute to the palace, the business is good, and it earns a lot all year round, enough for our family to chew a few mouthfuls, and you can't save a dowry?" Come on, you can rest assured that Erniang and my sister are watching. She crossed her legs and said lightly.

In the past, when her family was so poor in Suzhou, she was really worried that she would not be able to marry without a dowry, but when the money was really too much, she didn't worry about it at all, and she lost the selfish thoughts she had when she was in Suzhou.

When Quan Meihuan mentioned Lin Lu's daughter, her heart was inevitably stung, and her eyes touched the list of rituals, Lin Lu's was indeed righteous enough. Thinking about it, she used to wonder if Lin Lu's family was secretly greedy for the silver of the Jade Skin Workshop, but now it seems that she is really a gentleman with the heart of a villain.

Lin Qi brought the small package and put it on the low table, and as soon as she opened the bottles and jars that were used for women's skin care, she coughed lightly a few times, "Look at how much you are doing for their Huo family like an old lady, this is the skin care cream I specially prepared for you, you can use it, don't save it, send your little red to the store to tell me when you run out." ”

Quan Meihuan looked at her little daughter in surprise, she didn't expect her little daughter to be so worried about her, in the end, she was still the most reliable of her own children, what kind of sin did she do for that Huo Xiangyu before, "Why is it so troublesome, I will naturally be old when I reach this age, who will I show if I look good?" ”

"Don't overdo yourself and talk like an old lady, I don't like to hear it." Lin Qi said angrily: "For you, you use it, why are there so many words?" ”

Seeing that the little daughter was really impatient, she quickly accepted it, this is a piece of the little daughter's heart, just thinking about it is sweeter than eating sugar. couldn't help but think of her eldest daughter, and she said worriedly: "Did your sister say when she would come back?" Seeing that she has been gone for so many months, I am worried about her, and I really miss my two grandchildren, who are half a year old at this time, and should be able to sit and teeth. ”

Listening to his mother's slightly regretful words, Lin Qi comforted: "I want to come to the Ye family's eldest girl is married, but this river is frozen, how can I have to start spring before I can set off to come back, plus the journey, it is early to go to Kyoto in summer, you don't have to worry, my sister has a brother-in-law to take care of her, and she can't get out of chaos after all." As for the two little nephews, I went into the palace with my aunt and uncle to take a look, but I was in good spirits, and it can be seen that the queen mother took care of her very well, and when my sister comes back, you can see it when she takes it home. ”

She still missed her two nephews very much, so she asked Ye Zhong to take her into the palace to meet, and Ye Zhong did not shirk it, and immediately handed the sign into the palace. It was the first time she went to the palace, I thought it would be an eye-opener, but when I saw the luxurious side of this deep palace, it was just a stagger, after all, I was still free outside, if I was really confined inside, I was not free, it was better to die, of course, this was her complaining in private.

Of course, Su Ziyu, the mother of the dynasty, loves Wu and Wu and is very friendly to her, and seeing that the two little nephews are no worse than the prince, she is really at ease.

For Su Ziyu, Quan Meihuan didn't have much contact, she used to be a foreign woman, she also entered the palace to ask for peace during the New Year's holidays, and the relationship with the two palaces was not deep, and later because of selfishness, she was completely disgusted by the two palaces, and she didn't dare to take her into the palace to see the two little nephews, and I believe that Ye Zhong's family would not treat her.

"That's fine." She was reassured.

The mother and daughter were talking, and immediately someone lifted the curtain and came in, it was Na Xiaohong, "Madam, the Xiangyang Hou Mansion has sent you a gift for the festival." ”

When Quan Meihuan heard this, she was so shocked that she almost fell off the Luohan bed, and said in disbelief: "Who are you talking about?" ”

"Xiangyang Marquis Mansion." Xiaohong hurriedly said again.

After all, this little maid was newly bought, and she was not comparable to the previous servants of the Huo family in terms of her cleverness, but she was also haunted.

"Since your aunt gave you a courtesy, you came forward to accept it, probably because my sister went away, and this aunt sent it to you on behalf of my sister."

Quan Meihuan thought about it and did the same, so she put on her shoes and went out to deal with it in a hurry.

Lin Qi completely guessed Ye Zhong's mind at this time, otherwise why would Ye Zhong's mind bother? It's just that she remembered that Lin Long left her two parents and daughters to go to Ruyang City to preside over the wedding for her own daughter, and she also knew that their mother and daughter had reconciled, and she didn't say anything during the New Year.

At this moment, in the warm pavilion of the main courtyard, she looked at the lady in charge who gave Quan Meihuan a gift, "Has Mrs. Huo accepted it?" ”

"I accepted it, and said that I thanked my wife for thinking about her." The lady in charge took out the list given by Quan Meihuan from her cuffs, "This is Mrs. Huo's return gift, she said that the gift was very light, but she also asked Mrs. to smile." ”

Ye Zhongshi didn't expect Quan Meihuan to be down, there is still no shortage of etiquette, and this behavior also has a bit of the taste of being a housewife, and the big girl next to him took a cursory look and put it down, according to Quan Meihuan's current family, this gift is rich, of course, it is incomparable with the gift she sent. "This time the gift is accepted, the courtesy is light and affectionate, and you should take care of your mouth, don't let me hear something unpleasant."

These subordinates are accustomed to praising the high and stepping on the low, and they are people who have seen great wealth and nobility, so they naturally don't look down on Quan Meihuan's gift, she didn't think that Quan Meihuan would be so polite and thoughtful, this is her daughter-in-law's mother-in-law, more or less save her some face.

"How can it, ma'am, the slave knows." The housekeeper smiled.

To be brave to the sky, she also did not dare to criticize the grandmother's mother-in-law, I heard that she did not recognize it, but now that Mrs. has given a festival gift, it means that this relative is still leaving.

Ye Zhongshi waved her hand to retreat with a light "um", and gave Lin Long's maiden family and biological mother a gift gift, and there was nothing wrong with it, so she relaxed and lay on the Luohan bed. Finger wrenching and counting, the eldest daughter should have been married for many days, and I don't know if she is now in love with husband and wife? Sighing lightly, the whip is beyond the reach of the whip, and I can only believe that my daughter-in-law can help my eldest daughter.

Just as she was thinking about it, she heard a low sobbing outside, and her face turned pale, "Let her in." ”

The embroidered satin got the orders of his wife, so he went out to let Ye Manning come in and talk.

Ye Manning carefully lifted the curtain and came in, knelt outside for several hours, as soon as she entered to feel the warmth in the room, her nose itched as if she was about to sneeze, and she hurriedly held back, this time when she saw Ye Zhong's family, she was completely scared, and knelt down obediently, "Say hello to my mother." ”

Ye Zhongshi coldly watched this concubine lose weight rapidly in the past few months, and there was no pity in his eyes, he really asked for himself, "Have you figured it out now?" ”

"My daughter figured it out." Ye Manning hurriedly said, her face was pitiful, she didn't dare to pick and choose at all, she was scared half to death when she was going to marry as a concubine during this time.

"Are you still jealous of your third sister?"

"Don't dare, mother, my daughter really doesn't dare, at that time, my daughter was blinded by lard to be like that, the third sister can marry into the Fu family, that is the creation of the third sister, and the daughter can't compare with it."

"It seems that the grounding has really grown in the past few months, and you may not be able to be so smart in the past, so you still have to use a whip to whip it, which can be good."

Regarding Ye Zhong's ridicule, how dare Ye Manning, who has suffered enough, dare to reply? In addition, she is the mother-in-law herself, not to mention that she was severely repaired, and she was even more afraid of trembling.

Ye Zhongshi looked at her little Fu Yi, and looked down on her more and more, she had a bad background and no ability, and she wanted to marry into a high-ranking family, it was really delusional, if she really let her marry in, she was still worried, for fear of bringing the reputation of the Hou Mansion. It's just that this person was also raised under her knees, and he told Lin Long that he wanted to send her to be a concubine that day, which was said when he was extremely angry, and then after thinking about it carefully, it was finally because her reputation was hindered, so she did it, but she also used this to scare Ye Manning for several months.

She picked up the tea bowl and took a sip of tea, and then said: "You still know how to think about it, after all, you still call me mother, this matter of being a concubine is over, I will pick a solid family for you, you can marry and live in peace, don't be arrogant, sometimes you can't earn this life." ”

Ye Manning heard that she didn't need to be a concubine, she immediately sat on the ground and breathed a sigh of relief, finally got rid of this terrible fate, now no matter what kind of family it is, as long as she openly and openly carries out the Houfu to marry as a wife, she will marry quickly, she is really afraid of this mother's means.

"With your point of interest, you still want to marry into some high-ranking family, you don't have to make me laugh off my big teeth." Ye Zhongshi said it meanly, his face showing disdain.

Ye Manning didn't dare to worry about her, so she had to get up and kneel honestly, "My daughter is no longer ambitious, and everything is arranged by her mother." ”

Ye Zhongshi didn't look down on her and didn't know the sky, and he also couldn't look down on her face that she had to put on if she knew how to fight, and waved his hand and said: "Since you know it's wrong, you will be a little more restrained in the future, and you won't go out to socialize in the next few days, and you can cultivate your mind and embroider your wedding dress in the house." ”

"Yes, my daughter knows." How dare Ye Manning tell half a sentence?

She regretted it half to death at this time, thinking that Lin Long gave her the freedom to be the master and choose her husband, she didn't cherish it, and now she can only rely on her mother to be more passive, but unfortunately there is no boat to take after Suzhou.

Seeing Ye Zhongshi waving her hand to let her out, she quickly got up and retreated, and when she got outside the curtain, she dared to wipe the sweat on her forehead, and didn't dare to stay any longer, so she had to quickly raise her feet and leave.

As a result, as soon as she was about to walk out of Ye Zhong's main courtyard, she ran into Ye Man'an, who was back to her parents' house, and saw that her sister, who was also a concubine, was now glamorous, her eyes were still a little sour, and she bit her lip tightly, not daring to say anything mean, so she could only whisper, "The third sister is back." ”

Ye Man'an glanced at her, the sun rose from the west? This second sister has always been at odds with her, and when they meet, they have to say a few words that they don't like. But she didn't raise the bar, so she didn't need to taunt her at the gate of her mother's courtyard, so as to save others from gossiping about her behind her back, so she nodded and called, "Second sister, it's not about to end the year, I'm coming back to give my mother a gift." ”

Ye Manning quickly said a soft "um", didn't have the heart to talk to her, and hurriedly pulled out his feet and left.

Ye Man'an looked at her back quite curiously, and when she saw the embroidered satin looking at her, she coughed a few times embarrassedly, "Let's go in." ”

Xiu Satin knew that the third girl who was born was tickling in her heart now, so she seemed to inadvertently tell Ye Manning that she didn't need to marry as a concubine.

Ye Man'an was also slightly taken aback, and then she figured out Ye Zhong's thoughts, so she didn't dwell on this topic, whether Ye Manning married well or not had nothing to do with her.

She lifted the curtain and went in to greet Ye Zhongshi, and heard her mother get up in a rather cold voice, so she got up and carefully sat aside.

Ye Zhongshi glanced at this daughter, who was also a concubine, and naturally did not ignore that she was dressed up with a lot of hand makeup, it seems that the one who is silent is the shrewd, obviously Ye Man'an, who has fallen a wrestling, is smart.

However, this concubine obviously didn't win her heart, so she just casually asked her how her life was in her husband's house, and when she heard that the concubine in front of her was okay, the corners of her mouth twitched, and she was even more distracted.

Ye Man'an didn't dare to stay for a long time, but politely finished the etiquette, and then retreated and went to her aunt's yard, which she had asked Ye Zhong's mother-in-law.

Ye Zhongshi watched this concubine leave, and still ordered the embroidered satin: "Bring me the return gift to the Fu family and let me take a look." ”

Embroidered satin hands presented the list prepared by Ye Zhong's before.

Ye Zhongshi looked at it, added or subtracted one or two, and then handed it back to the embroidered satin, "Follow this new list, pack it up and let the third girl take it back later." ”

The embroidered satin should have taken it and looked at it, and hurriedly asked for instructions, "Madam, this is much richer than before......"

Ye Zhongshi waved his hand casually, "Since the wife of the Fu family is willing to make face for this stepdaughter-in-law, I don't need to be criticized, I am a serious in-law, and I have to be able to get by on this face to be presentable, hurry up and do it, so as to save Fu You's back from arranging me to abuse my concubine." ”

Embroidered satin, then undoubtedly took the list and went down to prepare the return gift.

Ye Man'an was sitting in her aunt's house at this time, Aunt Ling saw her daughter's face suddenly happy, and saw her daughter take out a bag of silver from her cuff and give it to her, she hurriedly pushed it away, "Auntie can't spend so much silver, you take it back, this new daughter-in-law has to be taken care of everywhere, and the cost is much greater than mine......"

"Auntie, you just take it, this is the New Year, I don't want to prepare any gifts for you, save my grandmother from being unhappy, what I can honor you is this silver, you don't have a lot of money in this house, my uncle has always been angry, although they made them faceless that time, but where are they willing not to scratch you? I have to come to you to fight the autumn breeze. ”

At the mention of her cousin's family, her face suddenly became quite sarcastic.

Aunt Ling only took it, and in a blink of an eye, her daughter was from another family, she took her daughter's hand, "You tell me, how are you getting along with your aunt?" ”

Ye Man'an's face hung shyly, "It's good, he is good friends with his eldest brother, so he naturally treats me well." ”

In fact, if you have suffering, you can know it yourself, she is not a child anymore, and she doesn't look like she yells everywhere.

Aunt Ling saw the shame on her daughter's face, she didn't seem to be telling a lie, so she was a little relieved, it seemed that it was good to read more Buddhist scriptures. "You are kind to your mother-in-law, she will naturally not be difficult for you, and when you give birth to a son and a half daughter, you will have a firm foothold in the Fu family, and you must think twice before acting......"

When her aunt said a word, Ye Man'an nodded once, in short, she didn't let her biological mother worry about her anymore, and finally said: "Auntie, don't worry about me all the time, I will live a good life." ”

"That's good."

Seeing that it was not early, she was afraid that her daughter would return home too late and make her mother-in-law unhappy, so she hurriedly urged her to hurry up and bid farewell to Ye Zhong's family.

Ye Man'an reluctantly said goodbye to her biological mother, and the two parted at the gate of the courtyard, and her eyes couldn't help but be stained with a layer of wetness.

When she saw a generous return gift on the way back, she finally let go of her heart, and even if this mother-in-law was good, she would not let her lose face after all.

Fu Nian treats her only in general, and there are many beauties in his backyard, and it is difficult for her as a wife to envelop his heart, thinking of this, she rolled the handkerchief in her hand vigorously, and it turned out that the threshold of life was to cross one after another.

She is not worried about her mother-in-law's difficulty, but she is worried about her husband's heart, she is not a fool, she can't see that Fu Nian is not satisfied with her, his eyes are strange and indifferent, far less than his eldest brother's eagerness to look at his sister-in-law, no more than not knowing, more than knowing his own marriage problems.

Seeing that the Fu family was in sight, she put away her thoughts, and she would have to please her mother-in-law later, this is her biggest backing for the Fu family, touched her stomach, she bit her lower lip, no matter what, she must try her best to conceive, only by giving birth to a child, she can not be pressed by the beautiful concubine in the courtyard of the Fu family.

When Fu Youshi saw his daughter-in-law coming back, he smiled and pulled her to sit beside him, "How is your mother?" ”

Ye Man'an knew that her mother-in-law was greeting Ye Zhong, not her aunt, so she hurriedly said: "It looks a lot better than some time ago, it should be that the eldest sister is married, and she has no such concern, and her body will naturally get better." ”

"That's good, I heard that this wedding date is December 18, and now the marriage should be over, and your eldest sister's life is hard enough." Fu Youshi said.

Ye Man thought at ease, who is easy in this world? If you want to, it's just your own sister-in-law, but you can't say it, so you can only echo your mother-in-law's words.

Fu Youshi looked a little tired of her, but he didn't leave her to sit longer, and hurriedly asked her to go back and rest.

Ye Man'an only got up to say goodbye, saluted and withdrew.

Fu Youshi is still satisfied with this daughter-in-law, but it is obvious that this daughter-in-law still can't have the heart of her son, which inevitably has a little worry in her eyes.

Ye Man'an returned to the courtyard where he lived, and was just about to ask the maid, did Fu Nian come back?

As a result, the maid said: "Grandma, the master said that he has a social meeting outside, so you don't have to wait for him to eat." ”

Ye Man'an was stunned when he heard this, and then said "I know", and sent the maid out, and looked at the house, even if the charcoal basin was burned, it was still quite cold. "Come on, add some charcoal to the basin."

She wanted the house to be warmer.

As soon as the New Year arrives, the daughters of all the families in the capital have to give gifts to their parents' families, and Ruyang City is no exception, but because of the turmoil, everyone's interest in the New Year is not high after all.

The return date of the Zhu Zi period is uncertain, and Ye Manjun's sorrow is finally gone.

Lin Long couldn't help but comfort her, "Don't worry too much, but let yourself get sick, and when this settlement is solved, my uncle will be able to turn around, but it seems that it will not be able to catch up with the New Year at the moment." ”

"I hope to look forward to it, but my sister-in-law also knows that the An family colluded with the Mongolian country, and the father-in-law was half angry and scolded the An family for being ungrateful, I am afraid that this battle will not be so easy."

Ye Manjun said worriedly.