Chapter 24: The dove occupies the magpie's nest
Bu Chengzong held a cup of tea, and he had been holding a cup of incense in both hands, if it weren't for his somewhat sluggish expression, there was really a calm atmosphere in the chaotic army.
There was a mess around him, and the nine women were going to go from the hall to the courtyard, and they couldn't wait to visit the master bedroom and the backyard before they stopped.
Xi Yunzhi went to make a pot of tea again, and a few women who didn't drink the tea rushed in again, the fat woman who was the first to get off the car before was more reserved, put the teacup on the end of her nose, and it looked like one hand was hugging her waist, in fact, she put an elbow on her stomach, I saw her holding tea but not drinking tea, and swept Xi Yunzhi up and down, in one sentence:
"You're my eldest nephew's new daughter-in-law?"
Xi Yunzhi glanced at Bu Chengzong, but found that he was still too vain, and he couldn't count on him to introduce her, so he had to bless the other party with a smile and replied:
"Yes."
The fat woman nodded, and when the women around heard them talking, they all gave up their criticism and criticism of the courtyard, and rushed over, pointing at Xi Yunzhi in amazement:
"What? She is Qin Er's (cousin's) new daughter-in-law. It doesn't look good. ”
"That's right, mediocre looks, mediocre figure, and mediocre buttocks."
"That's it, look at her clothes, coarse cloth green shirt, this material can't even compare to the scraps of Moon Shadow Pavilion."
"Ouch, look at this hairpin on her head, more than ten years ago, Jingli didn't wear it."
“……”
Gossiping, noisy Xi Yunzhi headache, obviously, these women have brought their picky spirit to the courtyard of the house to her, because they don't know the identities of these people, it sounds like they are related to the Bu family, and she can't say anything, after all, the visitors are guests, and most of what they say is the truth, but they didn't hear much malice, so Xi Yunzhi didn't say anything, and let them point at her.
The noisy voice pulled back Bu Chengzong's thoughts, and he put the cup on the table heavily:
"Shut up!"
Xu is still in the past few years, after Bu Chengzong roared angrily, the whole hall fell silent, a group of women all lowered their heads like quails and stirred handkerchiefs, Bu Chengzong frowned, stood up and pointed at them and said:
"Why don't you stay in the capital, why do you come here to make a fuss?"
Ladies you look at me and I look at you, in the end, I don't know who pushed behind the fat woman, she drove the duck to the shelf, and faced Bu Chengzong in anger, and said to Ai Ai:
"Uncle is angry, we ...... If you can stay in the capital, why do you still come to this place where birds don't, you just can't stay. ”
Bu Chengzong swept his eyes coldly, and the women all lowered their heads weakly, only to hear the fat woman continue:
"We used to live on the Bu family, but now that the Bu family has collapsed, how do we women live."
"Yes, uncle, our men have all died fighting for the Bu family, and we have nothing to rely on, if we don't come to you, who will we go to?" This time it was an extremely thin middle-aged woman who spoke, the same one she had just said about Xi Yunzhi's clothes.
"That's right, grandpa, you can't ignore us, my father died on the battlefield, I have treated you as my own grandfather since I was a child, don't drive me away." Following the extremely thin woman, another young woman came out, looking around thirty years old, but she was a grandfather to Bu Chengzong.
“……”
Bu Chengzong was speechless by what they said, and he held back for a while before sighing, pointed around, and said helplessly:
"But you have also seen that today's Bu family is not what it used to be, what will I use to support you?"
The women listened to Bu Chengzong's words, you look at me, I look at you, and in the end, I don't know who started it, but they sat on the ground collectively and sprinkled it, for a while, the wailing and crying in the hall resounded in the sky, and when they looked in from the outside, they didn't know what kind of human tragedy happened in this hall.
Bu Chengzong's head was about to explode when they cried, and he hugged his head and dropped a sentence:
"Forget it, I don't care, whatever you do."
After saying that, he rushed back to his backyard with his head in his hands and hid.
Xi Yunzhi looked at his back as he fled into the wilderness, and the women who got up from the ground one after another and were complacent, with the slightest tear stain on their faces, wanted to cry without tears.
Xi Yunzhi was ordered to be in danger, but was pushed to the forefront by the irresponsible old lady, and had to stand up to deal with this emergency.
It turns out that these nine women are all related to the Bu family, and they all have one thing in common, that is, the husbands they married have all been on the battlefield for the Bu family, and all of them died in battle and did not come back, therefore, the Bu family owes them a little bit of debt, so they have been funding them.
On the road, because of the lack of moderation, when there is still a general distance, he spent all the silver taels on his body, and finally forced to have no choice but to rent four small carriages from Taiyuan with a silver ring on the road, but because the road is far away, the small carriage people are sleepy and tired, when passing through the rugged mountain road, three cars were broken, nine women were trapped in the middle of the road, the driver had no choice but to leave them, they saw that the road was not in front of the village, and there was no store in the back, so they dragged the coachman to prevent him from leaving, and used the high price of five taels of silver to trick him into continuing to send them to the foot of Lishan in Luoyang City.
Then, the picture that Xi Yunzhi saw at noon appeared.
Knowing the reason, Xi Yunzhi can't turn them away in love and courtesy, but if they don't turn them away, they have to arrange them properly, and there are only a few rooms in the house, but it is not convenient for them to live in other places.
Xi Yunzhi thought about it again and again, and finally decided to let out her master bedroom, although it was a bit crowded to live in a room by herself, but the master bedroom of her and her husband was undoubtedly the largest and best room in the family, and in the absence of other options, this was the best way.
After making such a decision, Xi Yunzhi called two soldiers to go into the city with her, pushed two small carts, and went to buy daily necessities such as quilts and basins.
After Xi Yunzhi came back, she hurried to the room to make bedding for them, because there was only one bed in the master bedroom, and at most two people could sleep, but one bed could be made on the floor of the room, one bed outside the screen, and then in the easternmost part, one bed could be made in one of her small embroidery rooms, so that there were four beds in the room, and nine people could deal with it no matter what.
She took the mountain of quilts down the cart, it was April, the weather was not cold, but it was not completely warm, she laid them on the floor according to the principle of three beds below and one bed on top, and went out to the room to see, the snacks she bought back were almost eaten, and nine women who were not young were sitting or standing or saying this in a heap, and when they saw her come out, they did not say thank you, and they all went into the room one by one.
Xi Yunzhi then helped the aunts in the village to cook together, while it was still dark, let the soldiers finish eating, she and Yan Bo went to the master bedroom with a few plates of untouched dishes, the bedroom was in a mess, the women were rummaging their burdens, while discussing with each other what to wear tomorrow, who wore flowers that looked good, or not good-looking, and had no interest in eating at all.
Xi Yunzhi knew that they had eaten something before, and they were definitely not too hungry now, so he asked Uncle Yan to put all the food on the round table in the room, and went out to finish it.
gave up his bedroom to the guests who came from afar, and Xi Yunzhi took a small room in the corner and lived in it himself. That's all for now, and when my husband comes back, let's think about whether there is any other way to settle down.
As the days passed, Xi Yunzhi counted his fingers every day, hoping that her husband would come back soon.
The women who live in the master bedroom don't come out much during the day, in their words, a dignified woman with status should not show her head too much, so they gather in the room every day to play horse hanging, embroidery and embroidery, in addition to asking for some extra food and gossiping, in fact, it didn't cause much trouble to Xi Yunzhi.
Anyway, whatever they say, she doesn't think badly, they say that she has an ordinary appearance, this is indeed a fact, Xi Yunzhi has never thought of denying it; said that she was thin and difficult to give birth, and they were also worried about the inheritance of the heirs of the Bu family; said that she was not from a famous family, and she was not worthy of the only seedling son of their step family, Xi Yunzhi just smiled, whether she was worthy of it or not, she was already worthy, and now it is meaningless to say this, and there is no need to fight for this.
She drew two open spaces where the kitchen connected to the backyard, bought materials, and asked the soldiers to help build two tiled houses, buy furniture, and prepare for them to move in, but they refused, saying that they used to live in the master bedroom, so they were not used to living in any side houses.
Xi Yunzhi was helpless, and it was not easy to drive them directly, so he let them go.
At the beginning of May, Xi Yunzhi finally looked forward to the stars and the moon, and looked forward to Bu Qin's return. When she learned that Bu Qin's horse was about to reach the intersection, she didn't even have time to put down the frying spoon, so she rushed out of the kitchen to greet her.
The jade-faced boy on the horse, his eyebrows were like sword blades, his eyes were like stars, and his pursed lips had an indescribable coldness, but when those dark jade-like eyes saw Xi Yunzhi chasing the door, a touch of tenderness would move no matter who was moving.
This is not her husband, who else can it be?