Chapter Forty-Nine: Two Old Ladies
Linglong accompanied Grandma Zhang to the old lady's yard, and the old lady rarely got up and stood at the door to greet her.
Grandma Zhang greeted with a smile: "Oh, sister-in-law, I haven't seen you for a long time, how are you doing lately?" ”
The old lady had a rare smile: "It's good, why are my younger brothers and sisters free to come?" ”
"Oh, sister-in-law, it's rare for me to come to see you, and before you enter the door, you're going to coax me away?"
The old lady glanced at her with disgust: "You mouth, you're all old, and you're still flamboyant;." ”
"Old and young, the older we get, the younger we get, we don't have any scruples when we're old, and we only speak smoothly, don't we?"
Seeing the two sisters walking in hand in hand, Linglong almost couldn't believe her eyes, is Grandma Zhang and the old lady on such a good relationship? That's not how I heard her talk about old ladies before!
After everyone was seated, the old lady and Grandma Zhang talked a lot of gossip, more or less reminiscing about the past, Linglong couldn't understand a word, and they had never heard of the names they mentioned.
However, she heard an over-the-top voice, and the old lady kept talking about how her family was back then, flattering the patriarch on the surface for being fair, but secretly complaining, and mentioning the branch of the family.
Listen carefully, it turns out that the grandfather of his own family is not a grandson, it was originally a branch of his aunt's concubine, but the patriarch's branch is gradually declining, and his own branch is better than the next generation, which has formed such a contrast today.
In addition, the patriarch of the Su family can only have a branch to serve as a descendant, and the branch can only be an elder forever, and will always be under the control of the patriarch, and the old lady seems to be quite dissatisfied with this.
The two old ladies were kind and smiling on the surface, but secretly they stepped on each other, and no one was convinced!
After being idle for half an hour, Grandma Zhang said, "Sister-in-law, where is Sister Fang?" ”
"Which one did my brother and sister say?"
"Oh, sister-in-law, don't you fight with me haha, Aunt Fang is old, how many years do you have to live? Do you really want to keep her for the rest of her life until she dies? ”
The old lady's eyelids jumped, she lowered her eyebrows and picked up the teacup and slowly tossed it, and said in a faint voice: "Brother and sister, Bingchang has fallen off the list again this year, right?" ”
The smile on Grandma Zhang's face froze suddenly, and Linglong remembered that there was a middle-aged man in his thirties wearing a Confucian shirt in Grandma Zhang's courtyard, could it be that Su Bingchang that the old lady said? Are you still studying at such an age?
On the other side, Zhu secretly pursed his lips and snickered when he saw it, Grandma Zhang was originally here to help, but she was washed by the old lady like this, Linglong wanted to help, but remembering Grandma Zhang's words before, people had to bow their heads under the eaves, so she had to endure it.
"Linglong girl."
The old lady suddenly called her by name, Linglong paused, glanced at Grandma Zhang, stood up and walked to the middle Fufu: "What does Grandma command?" ”
"I heard that you took Mrs. Fang to live in Tingfeng Courtyard last night?"
Linglong was entangled in her heart, and if she wanted to follow her nature, she had to straighten her waist and shout loudly: Yes, what did I take over? But that didn't work for the old witch.
"Back to grandma, I see that the yard is being renovated, it is very messy inside and out, there is not even a place to put your feet, Granny Fang's eyes are not good, and she can't see anything when it's dark. If you have to bump into such a chaotic yard, you have to ask a doctor, how troublesome! Hearing that there were still so many empty rooms in the Wind Courtyard, the granddaughter took her upon herself and took her over, and asked the grandmother not to blame. ”
Zhu looked at Linglong in surprise, hey, when did this girl change her sex? It stands to reason that she should crack and bump into the old lady, of course, that would be a dead end.
The old lady Ye above was also a little surprised, but she didn't show Xiàn on her face.
She raised her eyelids and glanced at Linglong: "The old body doesn't want to blame you, but that mother-in-law was punished in the courtyard for a serious crime, do you know?" ”
"Really? Linglong had never heard of it, and only thought that she lived alone in the courtyard. ”
Grandma Zhang came back to her senses: "Those who don't know are not guilty, sister-in-law, Linglong is also your own granddaughter, it's not strange that such a little thing is not strange, right?"
And that Aunt Fang, no matter how big the mistake is, she has been locked up for more than ten years, I heard that she is now old and dizzy, and she is sick, even if she is released, she can't go far, sister-in-law, you have always been generous, why don't you just let Aunt Fang move to live in Tingfeng Courtyard? ”
The old lady's hand holding the teacup paused slightly, and she raised her eyes to see what Grandma Zhang seemed to want to say, this time Grandma Zhang took the lead: "Sister-in-law, if you can't be the master, do you want to ask Brother Qichang?" Or ask my old man to invite him over and sit down?
Alas, although our family Bingchang is useless, and he is still a lifter after 30 years in the exam, but my old man is still on the errand of this patriarch, and it is not too much to occasionally invite Qichang to sit in the past, right? ”
The old lady's hand holding the teacup shook, stared at Grandma Zhang for a moment of silence, and smiled slightly: "It's just a trivial matter, he is busy with government affairs, and he must visit the patriarch and his old man when he is free."
By the way, brother and sister, the patriarch is okay with his old man's health? He's over eighty years old, and it's not good to work too hard, so don't you want me to let Qi Cheng raise a proposal with the elders and nominate a new one, right? ”
Grandma Zhang smiled and squinted: "Okay, I also think that the old man is too hardworking, anyway, there is only one of us left in the lineage, and my family Bingchang is now on no errand, let him learn more about the world as a patriarch, and the old man will train on the side, that is the best, so as not to sharpen the gun in the future and make jokes, isn't it?" ”
This time it was the turn of the old lady to look ugly, and what she hated the most was that Grandma Zhang thought that she was a descendant of the Su family, and she still talked about it from time to time. Obviously, he has fallen to the point where he needs help from this side for food and clothing, and he still occupies the name of the lineage, and holds the Su family ancestral hall in his hands.
Grandma Zhang saw the old lady's reaction very clearly, but she still smiled and said: "Since my sister-in-law has proposed it, then bother my sister-in-law to tell Brother Qichang, I will go to the elders to walk around, if everyone has no objections, then how about holding a ceremony on the fifteenth of next month?" ”
The old lady's face was pale, and she was so choked by Grandma Zhang that she couldn't speak for a long time. You must know that she hates Grandma Zhang, and the best way to step on her is to use her son Su Bingchang, who failed the 10,000-year exam, as a raft, if she really lets that 10,000-year miss sit in the position of the head of the Su family, who would dare to say that he is not half a sentence?
But the words are picked by themselves, how should they not be done?
Later, Grandma Zhang didn't bother to pay attention to what Grandma Zhang said, she just wanted to send her away quickly, don't get in the way of her here, and by the way, she didn't notice Aunt Fang's matter.
Linglong was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute and thank: "Thank you grandma, Linglong must take care of the old aunt and don't let her go out to cause trouble." ”
Grandma Zhang also smiled and said: "Look, I'll just say that my sister-in-law is generous, and I should respond to anything when I mention it, and sure enough, Linglong girl, you have to be filial to your grandma in the future." ”
Linglong saluted again obediently: "Grandma's kindness to Linglong Linglong will always be remembered, and she will definitely be filial to grandma in the future." ”
The old lady was a little dazed, she looked at Zhu, who was obviously a little anxious.
Grandma Zhang left with Linglong happily.
As soon as they went out, Zhu said anxiously: "Mother, how can you agree to let that girl take care of Mrs. Fang?" And promised to let her out and move around at will? This ......"
"What? When did I say yes? ”
"That's it!"