Chapter 76

In this era, the most important family is relatives, Zhang Fengluan did such a humiliating thing, and it was not her face that she lost. For example, Li Mingzhu felt extremely embarrassed by what Zhang Fengluan did.

After Li Mingzhu went home, she said to her mother, "There is no cousin Luan who does this again, and her sister didn't invite her at all, she came uninvited yesterday, and today is like this, what can people say?" also pretended to be smart to talk to Sister Qing's guests, and when everyone didn't know the details of her! ”

Mrs. Li also said, "This is really, although the two families are relatives, it is not easy to be so casual." Your aunt is not such an unruly person. ”

"My aunt has always had rules, but my aunt has never paid attention to Cousin Luan, and it is not a way to always tell her to hang around outside. I still have someone to tell my aunt, she is no longer willing to restrain Cousin Luan, this is also her concubine, Cousin Luan is embarrassed outside, and it is also the people of the Zhang family. Seeing that the eldest cousin and the third cousin are all older, and Cousin Luan has ruined her reputation outside, what good is the third cousin of the eldest cousin? Li Mingzhu said.

Mrs. Li sighed, "It's all your grandmother's confusion for this, and she had to leave that scourge in the first place, causing your uncle to be separated from your aunt and wife." Your aunt must not know what to do, otherwise, she would never have disgraced your cousin outside. "The concubine room is really terrible, so Mrs. Li asked Mr. Su's mother and son to leave at the beginning. Although it turned out to be her mistake, she really didn't dare to take the slightest risk.

"Okay, don't be so angry, I'll just go and talk to your aunt." Mrs. Li asked with a smile, "I haven't asked you yet, is Changqing's birthday banquet lively?" ”

"It's very lively, I also saw a Zheng girl today, that is, the Zheng girl who did the best poetry at the Lantern Festival, she is the daughter of the Zheng Yushi family, I used to feel that the daughter of the civil official family was inevitably twisted, I don't want this Zheng girl to be very down-to-earth and generous, and she likes to speak and act." Li Mingzhu smiled, "Sister Chu also went, and Brother Chu also gave Sister Qing two boxes of things as a birthday gift." ”

Mrs. Li smiled, "What can send two boxes?" ”

"It's paint." Li Mingzhu said, "Sister Qing also invited three sisters from the Zhu family, three sisters of the same clan, and the young lady of the Song Qianhu family, Song Xiu. ”

Mrs. Li smiled, "Changqing is really Lingxiu, your uncle has just been promoted to a hundred households, and now he is on an errand under Song Qianhu." "Men are officials outside, and they are in charge of big and small officials, and women in the family cannot be idle, and there must be all kinds of social contacts. Zhao Yong's official promotion was quiet, and Li Baihu felt incredible when he talked to his wife in the nest. The Zhao family will naturally not reveal the inside story here, but it is really not easy for Zhao Yong to quietly seek the position of a hundred households.

Of course, this is not a bad thing for the Li family, the two families are relatives, and the children are also good friends, and Mrs. Li has some thoughts about Zhao Changqing, so she naturally hopes that the Zhao family will get better and better.

The mother and daughter talked for a while, and Li Mingzhu went back to her courtyard to rest.

At night, Zhang's family was quite unpeaceful.

Zhao sent the mother who sent the letter from the Li family and the people in the old lady's house, and Fang said to the old lady Zhang, "The old lady feels sorry for the second girl, her matter, the old lady is afraid that my mother-in-law is hiding adultery, so I am not allowed to ask more, and I have to rely on the old lady." Originally, I thought that she was conditioned by the old lady, and the sages didn't understand the truth, and she always knew what to do. I don't want to, now I have done such a shameful thing, and I have been embarrassed to my aunt's house. If it weren't for Mrs. Gu's dislike and sending someone to the house to know the Tao, the family would still be in the stocks, and I was afraid that I would make a joke and die without knowing the reason! ”

The Zhao family was not like this before, I think that at the beginning, when I first married into the Zhang family, the Zhao family was no more elegant and elegant. It's just that after Zhang Juren had a personal relationship with the Zheng family, Mrs. Zhang was biased towards her son and the Zheng family, and the Zhao family's temper changed greatly, and she looked down on Mrs. Zhang a thousand times, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had already turned their faces. It's okay if nothing provokes her, but if something provokes her, she can't care about the shameless one.

Mrs. Zhang's face was gloomy, and she said, "What's the matter, the children are familiar with each other, the Zhao family is not an outsider, the cousin's is not an outsider, Sister Luan is just going to join in the fun, look at your fuss." ”

Zhao sneered, "Let's have fun!" The past of the cousins of other people's relatives is invited by the next post, which tablet is the second girl, can she be uninvited? And, go for two days as soon as you go! The old lady fooled me with this, but can she fool outsiders? Is there only one second girl in the Zhang family? Feng Chu Feng Xiao is old, and she is going to say goodbye in the past two years, the second girl is so unruly, she is embarrassed and makes people laugh! The old lady didn't say a word of punishment, so that she could understand what was wrong, but she was full of maintenance! Could it be that there is only one second girl in the eyes of the old lady? ”

Besides, the old lady thought that the second girl had lost her own face! Her surname is Zhang, and the girl of the Zhang family did something rude, and the entire Zhang family was disgraced. Zhao got up and said, "The old lady won't give me an explanation, so I'll go to the eldest aunt and say a thing or two." ”

The eldest aunt in Zhao's mouth is talking about the eldest wife of the Zhang family, and the eldest lady Zhang is the most disciplined and has prestige in the clan. Mrs. Zhang's identity, status, talent, and character are not as good as this concubine. Moreover, Mrs. Zhang hated the Zheng family the most, and she had directly reprimanded Mrs. Zhang for Zheng's affairs before. When Mrs. Zhang heard Zhao say this, she slapped a few cases angrily, and her whole body trembled with anger, "You dare to threaten me!" ”

"From today on, without my order, the second girl can't go out casually." Zhao Shi smiled coldly, and his tone was understated, "Originally, whether she was embarrassed or showed up had nothing to do with me. However, Feng Chu Feng Xiao is getting older, and Feng Yi and Feng Jian will have to say goodbye in the future. No matter what the old lady thinks, I will never let her spoil a piece of stinky meat and fill a pot full of good soup. ”

Mrs. Zhang didn't come up directly in one breath and died. Zhao's Shi Shiran went out to call the girl to ask for a doctor, and went back to the room by himself.

That night, Zhang Juren failed to fool around in the concubine's room, and was busy serving his mother. Mrs. Zhang grabbed her son's hand, cried a handful of snot and tears, and when Zhang Juren went to find Zhao's theory, Zhao sneered, "Yes, I'm not virtuous, I didn't give birth to my lord, I didn't give my lord Zhang Luo beauty?" The old man said in his conscience that it was right or wrong for the second girl to do these things! Do you have to be one for her, and lose the face of the whole family to finish! The old lady is devoted to Dongmei Courtyard, I have said half a word! Don't always look for a soft one, right, come to find me first. If you have this time, hurry up and teach the second girl a good one, and tell her to fight for her breath, don't be embarrassed! ”

Zhang Juren always had a little weakness towards his wife, and said, "Where did I say that you are not virtuous and the second girl is not good, you teach her." Why did you bump into your mother? ”

"This is really strange, where have I ever contradicted the old lady?" Zhao raised his eyebrows and said, "Mrs. Gu specially sent someone to tell me about the second girl, how dare I hide it from the old lady." When the old lady heard that she was embarrassed, she was angry for a while. Why, did the old lady say that I was angry again? ”

Zhao sneered and shook his head, "Okay, it's all mine for the old lady to sneeze, this is also the old yellow calendar." If these are the things, don't tell me about them again. I will marry you as a wife, I will do everything I should do, if the old lady is still so picky now, I have nothing to say. Go, for I am not good, and even less worthy to serve in the presence of an old lady. ”

Zhang Juren was speechless.

Zhao suddenly changed color again, and asked Zhang Juren in a warm voice, "Yuerong has been serving by your side these days, and she is serving intimately?" ”

Zhang Juren smiled, "Although she is young, she is still a little clever and considerate." ”

"That's good, it's not in vain that I asked Mama Rui to take care of her days." Zhao stretched out his hand to straighten Zhang Juren's collar, "You know the old lady's temper, she only likes Zheng." Now that she's sick, it's not good for me to go forward and recruit her, and I'm not happy. I haven't reasoned with the Zheng family about the second girl, but I'm just looking at the face of the old man and the old lady. If she has a little thought, she should also teach the second girl a rule, so that today's incident will not happen and make the old lady angry. With a faint sigh, Zhao said, "I have already said that from now on, the second girl cannot go out without my orders." Otherwise, she will be embarrassed this time, I don't have anything, it's just the master, others have to talk about how Zhang Ju's daughter's upbringing is. Therefore, before the second girl learned the rules, she still let her learn the rules at home. What does the lord say? ”

Hearing that Zhao was reasonable, Zhang Juren smiled, "What you said is true." You are in charge of the affairs of this house. I think our big girl and three girls are all good, Brother Yi'er is thrifty and frugal, and the second girl is there, you should take care of it more on weekdays. ”

Zhao sneered in his heart, and his face was not in a hurry, "In this family, I dare to take care of anyone's affairs, and I can't interfere in the affairs of the only second girl." She didn't act properly when she was a child, I just punished her for kneeling for a while, and the old lady Zheng could come to make trouble, and the old man felt sorry for her. Her affairs, let's talk about it earlier, and the old lady will take care of it. Now that the old lady is sick, the old man should find another suitable person. ”

Zhang Juren was slightly embarrassed, and said with a smile, "That's just angry talk, how can you still remember it." ”

"Okay, sir, go to the old lady's side, I'm a little tired. Yuerong will cook good side dishes, and I asked her to cook some side dishes for the master to make supper. The master himself also pays attention to his body. Zhao didn't want to say more, so he sent Zhang Juren away.

Zhao was too lazy to pay attention to this family, so he sent someone to Zhao Yong's house that night, got Ling's reply, and the next day, Zhao dressed up and took his two daughters to Zhao Yong's house.

Originally, Mrs. Zhao and Mrs. Zhang were both daughters of the Zhu family, and the two families should be close, because the two old ladies were not very harmonious when they were in the boudoir, so there was little contact after marriage. In recent years, Zhao Yong worked as an errand under Li Baihu, and Li Baihu's wife was the daughter of the Zhang family, and she was Zhao Yong's serious cousin. In this way, the relationship between Zhang and Zhao's families gradually eased up.

Zhao had such a big temper in front of Mrs. Zhang, without him, Zhang Fengluan did something embarrassing, Zhao had to wipe his buttocks, as long as he thought of it, Zhao had an indescribable depression.

Zhao's surname is Zhao, although they are all surnamed Zhao, Zhao's maiden family and Zhao Yong are not of the same race.

However, the Zhang family and the Zhao family are real cousins, and the Zhao family is calling Mrs. Zhao a second aunt.

Mrs. Zhao hadn't seen Zhao a few times, and she might not have recognized her if she bumped into her in the past. Fortunately, Zhao sent someone to send a post yesterday, so he saved himself from introducing himself today. Zhao was born in a scholarly family, although she was not very good-looking when she was at home, she has always been popular outside and has a good reputation. Zhao first took his two daughters to greet him, and then greeted Mrs. Zhao's body, and then said apologetically, "Sister Luan has always been reckless, because the old lady in the family is favored and behaves freely. I didn't know that she had come to my aunt's place two days ago, and if there was anything inappropriate, I had to ask my second aunt to take care of her more. ”

For a while, Yahuan served refreshments. Mrs. Zhao smiled, "Speaking of where to go, they are all relatives, two days ago is the birthday of my parents, it should be a lively time, Sister Luan came over, and it was even more lively." Don't take it to heart, where do you need to come over. However, since you are here, you will talk to my wife, I don't see you much on weekdays, this is your eldest girl and third girl, right? ”

Zhao smiled, "Yes, the eldest is called Feng Chu, and the third is called Feng Xiao." There are also two boys in the family, named Fengyi Fengjian. Zhang Fengchu and Zhang Fengxiao got up again and were blessed.

Mrs. Zhao had already prepared a salute and said with a smile, "The first time you see the children, don't be polite to me." ”

The two sisters thanked each other before taking it. At this age, Mrs. Zhao likes children the most, and smiled, "Like you between your eyebrows and eyes, you are a sensible child at a glance." He said to Liu Er again, "Go to Mr. Su to have a look, and say that there are sisters in the house, ask Changqing to come over and talk for a while, and Sister Rong and Brother Ning will come over together." ”

Mrs. Zhao explained with a smile, "Their sisters usually have nothing to do, so they follow my husband to study and learn to recognize a few words. ”

Zhao smiled, "Changqing is not praised by anyone outside, and everyone says that she is stable and generous." It's Sister Rong, who won the third place in poetry during the Shangyuan Festival this year, I can't believe it at first glance, a child who is only a few years old has such spirituality. I heard that Changning and Sister Rong are still dragon and phoenix fetuses, such a good omen is a good blessing for my aunt. ”

Mrs. Zhao laughed, "How can it be as good as you say." You know the Tao in my family, there are few people who have ever studied, and you don't want the children to be blind. Changning will go to the clan to study in the future, Changqing Arong is a girl, so she gritted her teeth and invited a gentleman, and it is good to follow Mr. to learn some truths. ”

"Auntie, this is a great insight, how many people are only willing to provide for their son's education, but they are stingy with money on girls. Tell me to say, it's good to read some books, at least it's convenient to read and break words, that is, in the future, you will be the master of your own house, manage the house, and at least you have to be able to read the account book. Because of the disagreement between his mother-in-law and Mrs. Zhao, the two families rarely moved. However, as soon as he spoke, Zhao felt that Mrs. Zhao was stronger than her mother-in-law. Thinking that Zhao Yong was just a small banner of the military household guard in the past, but now he is a serious six-grade hundred-hundred

Thinking of this, Zhao looked at Old Lady Zhao with a little more respect.

Mrs. Zhao also likes Zhao's reasoning, and while the two were talking, the Ling family arrived with their children.

Ling's belly was quite big, and Zhao hurriedly got up and said, "Tell my brother-in-law to come over, since you are inconvenient, I will go to see you the same." ”

Ling smiled, "Sister-in-law, sit down, I often walk around to the old lady on weekdays." ”

The children have seen each other, Zhao Changqing, Zhao Rong and the Zhang sisters have all seen each other, but Zhao Changning has not seen much.

The Zhao family gave a gift, and the Zhao family looked at the three sisters and sisters, and praised with a smile, "The younger brother and sister are really blessed, with such a pair of daughters, Brother Ning is also tiger-brained and liked." Her words are not entirely polite, Zhao Changqing Zhao Rong's reputation, she has heard her daughters mention it a long time ago, seeing that although their sisters are young, they are born with beautiful eyebrows, and their speech and demeanor are down-to-earth and generous, so they know that the Zhao family has been raised.

The Ling family also praised the Zhang family sisters, in short, after the two praised each other, the Ling family said, "Changqing, take the sisters to your house to sit down." ”

Zhao Changqing took the Zhang sisters to his house.

When I walked under the porch, the roses on the porch were all open, and there were bees and butterflies playing on it.

Zhang Fengchu smiled, "The climbing vine roses planted by my sister's family are rare. ”

Zhao Changqing smiled, "When I was a child, when I went out, I saw a rose flower outside Wanmei Temple, and I only felt that the big flower was beautiful to bloom, and it was taller than the rose in my house." I dug up a few plants and came back, and the flowers were very lively, so I moved them to the soil and watered them with some water. At that time, I didn't care about any varieties, and when the roses grew too tall, I realized that this was a climbing vine rose. ”

Zhang Fengchu smiled, "The flower trellis next to your wall is also well built, the roses grow fast, if you don't prune the branches, you can climb the flower trellis in a few months, and then drink tea and enjoy the cool, it is a good place." ”

"That's what I thought, too." Yongfu raised the curtains, and Zhao Changqing invited the Zhang family sisters to sit in the room.

The sisters of the Zhang family are also people who have studied since childhood, Zhao Changqing and Zhao Rong accompany each other, Zhao Changning felt bored, and ran to Su Bai to play after a while, he also relented, and said, "Sister Zhang, you are girls, play with my sister, I'll go to play with boys." ”

When Zhao Changning ran away, Zhao Changqing and Zhang Fengchu played chess, Zhang Fengxiao talked to Zhao Rong about poetry and songs, and at noon Mrs. Zhao left the Zhao family mother and daughter to eat, and after a while, Zhao took her daughters to say goodbye.

Before leaving, Zhang Fengchu also said, "I'll give my sister a post and invite my sister to my house to play." ”

"Okay." Zhao Changqing smiled, "Sister Chu has to keep it in mind." ”

Zhao Changqing took Zhao Rong all the way to the door, and watched the three mothers and daughters of the Zhao family get in the car and leave, and then turned around and went home.

Before leaving the alley of the Zhao family, Zhao said, "Ah Chu, look back." ”

Zhang Zhao Fengchu looked back from the car window and saw Zhao Changqing waving his hand to her, Zhang Fengchu also waved his hand, and said, "Mother, what are you looking at, Sister Qing is still outside." ”

Zhao asked, "Is there only Changqing?" ”

Zhang Fengchu responded, and Zhao taught his daughters, "From childhood to adulthood, people are seen from a small age, Changqing is a good girl, you have to have a good relationship with her." ”

Zhang Fengxiao showed Zhao her fan, "Sister Qing gave me and my sister a fan each." ”

Zhao took it in his hand and looked at it carefully, and said with a smile, "The embroidery is very good." ”

"Yes, she's still young, and she's fine in every way. We played chess for a while, and she played chess well. Zhang Fengchu said.

Zhang Fengxiao smiled, "I didn't see the piano in her room, so it can be seen that she is indeed not good at the piano." ”

Zhao said, "Qin, chess, calligraphy and painting are just for Tao Zhi's temperament, so you don't have to take this one long and short." You should make friends based on your character, and if you have good character, you are worthy of fellowship. Sage Kong also said that there must be my teacher in the threesome, which shows that everyone has strengths and weaknesses. If others are stronger than you, don't be jealous; If there is something that is inferior to you, don't look down on it. Put the right mindset and benefit for a lifetime. ”

The author has something to say: Good night, my heart and liver~