CHAPTER XXXVIII
Because of that past, Mrs. Chen was really impatient to deal with the Zhao family. It's just that today is her birthday, and people came here in the name of giving her a birthday, so it's not good to turn people away from the door.
What's more, the hall full of guests and guests all saw that the Chen family was hot now, and they couldn't show a frivolous appearance to make people talk. Mrs. Chen thought for a long time before she said, "The visitors are guests, since they are here, please come in." ”
Feng agreed, went out of the door, immediately recruited a little girl, and passed the old lady's meaning to the second door.
When he was young, someone led Mrs. Zhao and Zhao Lin's wife Sun into the main hall. Mrs. Zhao saw many female dependents in the hall, some of them were exquisite, their clothes were expensive, and some of them were dressed up according to their costumes, which became more and more honorable, and her eyes lit up unconsciously. The dizzy old eyes, especially on the bodies of the people, looked at them fiercely, and then smiled at Mrs. Chen and said, "My mother is good." I haven't seen you all these days, and you're getting tougher. ”
When Mrs. Chen heard this, she just smiled faintly, and said lukewarmly and politely: "Thank you for remembering." Just ask the old lady to be cautious. Between you and me, it is no longer a family of relatives. ”
After that, he said: "Since you are here, you are a guest, but please sit down." ”
He also raised his voice and told the little girl to "watch the tea".
When Mrs. Zhao came this time, she had already expected the attitude of the Chen family, and she didn't care, so she sat next to her with a smile on her face. However, Zhao Lin's wife did not have the depth of her mother-in-law, and when she heard what Mrs. Chen said, her face showed a slight embarrassment and anger. He said, "What did the old lady say?" Although the sister-in-law asked for peace and left less than 100 days after her brother went, our Zhao family did not treat the sister-in-law as an outsider. When the old lady said this, didn't she see the outside? ”
When the words fell, Mrs. Zhao's heart sank, and she knew that it was not good. Sure enough, Mrs. Chen's face became gloomy, and she didn't look at Zhao Lin's wife, and asked Mrs. Zhao directly: "The Zhao family is really a good tutor." Although you and I are no longer in-laws, you and I are the elders in terms of age. Is there a reason that the elders are talking, and the juniors are casually interjecting? I remember that when our girl married into the Zhao family, the old lady was very strict with the rules. Even if our girl has a few months-old belly, she still calls for rules, and she almost has a miscarriage. I thought the rules of the Zhao family were so big. Nowadays, it seems that it varies from person to person. ”
The words were neither salty nor light, but the words were sharp, and the old lady Zhao and Zhao Lin's wife were uncomfortable. Mrs. Chen didn't accept it when she saw it, and simply brought up the old thing again: "There is a way to get cheap, don't sell well, why does our girl have to reconcile and leave in the son-in-law's mourning hall, don't talk about you and me, there are also eight people in the ten stops in the capital who know." There is more judgment in the Zhao family. Even if time passes, your family will not be able to splash sewage on our heads. ”
When the Chen family invited themselves to leave, the Zhao and Chen families had a storm in the city because of this incident. Therefore, most of the ladies present here know about this old thing. Even if you don't know much, you can quietly ask the person next to you to understand it.
In this way, everyone couldn't help but look at the Zhao family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
Feng had already arrived at her mother-in-law when Zhao Lin's wife was in trouble, and when she saw her mother-in-law talking like this, she hurriedly held a cup of tea and waited for Mrs. Chen to eat tea. frowned and asked the Zhao family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law: "Today is my mother-in-law's birthday, if you come to pay respects, we welcome it." If you come to make trouble, don't blame us for being rude. ”
The ladies in the hall also felt that the Zhao family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were very different. hurriedly opened his mouth to persuade him, "Since it used to be an in-law, now it can't be an in-law, and don't become an enemy." What's more, today is the old lady's longevity, you say that you say that you are worshipping your birthday, but you are involved in such indiscreet words, what does it mean? ”
When Mrs. Zhao heard this, she hurriedly excused herself: "The old lady misunderstood. We came here today to sincerely wish you a birthday. ”
This is true. It was really as soon as the Chen family's wisdom against the bandits came out on the Shangyuan Festival, they wanted to come over. It's just that I know in my heart that the original incident offended the Chen family too hard, and I am afraid that I will not be able to enter the door of the Chen family even if I hand over the post. simply waited until Mrs. Chen's birthday to come uninvited, expecting that the Chen family would organize a happy event, and it would be difficult to turn away visitors.
Mrs. Zhao did a good job, but she didn't expect her daughter-in-law to be stupid and stupid, so she couldn't hold her breath, but she lightly sent the handle to the Chen family. The rest is hard to mention.
It's just that it's hard to mention, and you have to say it head-on, otherwise why are you here today? Mrs. Zhao sighed secretly in her heart, and seemingly inadvertently changed the topic: "Why don't you see the Chen family and the two sisters?" I think it's how lazy they are in the back again, but they shouldn't be. On the old lady's birthday, even if she is lazy and moves, she can't. ”
Mrs. Chen glanced at Mrs. Zhao with a smile, and said with a salty mouth: "I think the old lady forgot, the three of them are still filial piety." He kowtowed to me this morning, and went to the back to keep quiet. ”
Because the son died, Mrs. Zhao was the mother, and Zhao Lin was the younger brother - not to mention that the relationship between the mother and the son was not good, so the Zhao family did not keep filial piety for Zhao Chen. So Mrs. Zhao really forgot about it, and now when she heard Mrs. Chen mention this, Mrs. Zhao felt very uncomfortable. Hurriedly defended: "I really didn't expect that the Chen family is no longer in our Zhao family, and he is willing to keep filial piety for the boss." It can be seen that no matter what she looks like, she still thinks of us in her heart and knows that we are a family. ”
Hearing this, Mrs. Chen guessed the Zhao family's intention, laughed in her heart, and said lightly: "This is not the same, one yard is one yard." Etiquette and righteousness cannot be wrong. ”
Of course, Mrs. Zhao refused to let the Chen family clear up the relationship, and was busy saying something, only to hear a woman in her thirties who was dressed rich and beautiful, and said with a smile: "This is the rule of the Chen family." In terms of the upbringing of daughters, every step is good. This can be seen only from the eldest girl. ”
After saying that, he smiled and pointed at Chen Wan again. Chen Wan lowered her head a little shyly, but her expression and demeanor were still down-to-earth and generous.
Mrs. Chen and Feng looked over, but it was the daughter-in-law of Chang Yougui, the manager of Yutai Commercial Bank, who spoke.
Hearing this, all the ladies hurriedly seconded the proposal. One of the people inside laughed and said, "This is nature, the saint himself praised it, where is there any falsehood?" ”
Mrs. Zhao hurriedly said, "That's also the granddaughter of our Zhao family." Speaking of which, it's been a long time since I've seen two sisters, so I wondered, why don't you call them out to meet? ”
Mrs. Zhao also calculated in her heart that the Chen family was too difficult, but the eldest sister and the second sister were the flesh and blood of the Zhao family. can't write two Zhao characters in one stroke, but she is the grandmother of her two sisters. Filial piety and etiquette, do you dare to disobey what she commands?
I can't say that she has to go back to the two girls today.
Breaking bones and connecting tendons, with the appreciation of the sage, the marriage of the second sister will be able to make more plans in the future, such an in-law can also make her grandson have some benefits, how can the Chen family monopolize such a big advantage.
Thinking so, Mrs. Zhao became more and more urging in her mouth. Because he said: "Is the old lady afraid of breaking taboos, even so, it is good for me to see people after I go." ”
Old Lady Chen frowned slightly and glanced at Feng. Feng Shi opened his mouth and said: "The two sisters still have filial piety. I think the old lady doesn't care about the zodiac underworld, there are so many customers today, isn't it good to bump into the distinguished guests? ”
After a pause, he said: "What's more, there are many people at the banquet today, and our Chen family is from a poor family, and we are busy taking care of it at the banquet." If the old lady is sincere in coming to pay her respects, please sit and eat a cup of tea with peace of mind. If not...... I will not be far away. ”
Feng Shi also understands this. Since you are here under the banner of worshipping longevity, stop praying for longevity. If there are any ghost ideas to make trouble, don't blame the Chen family for being polite.
Although the ladies in the hall were more curious about the mother and daughter of the Chen family, they came to pay homage to Mrs. Chen's birthday. If it is on weekdays, no matter what people think in their hearts, they will not smile and persuade them, and agree with good words. Now seeing that the Zhao family is not good, everyone is unwilling to speak lightly.
After a long time, only Chang Yougui's wife thought about the Zhao family's intentions, and said with a smile: "Although the sage has Yunzi and is silent, he is confused. But today is the old lady's birthday. It's a good day, but it's better to be taboo. Thinking that Mrs. Chen and her two sisters also thought the same way, so they kowtowed and avoided it. This is a piece of filial piety as children, how can we live up to it? ”
There is a wife of the Chang family who started the way, and everyone is easy to talk. The wife of the young owner of Yutai Commercial Bank also laughed busily: "Isn't it." Seriously, it's to give people a birthday greeting, why do I look at this move to touch the head? ”
“…… Who knows, maybe it's the drunkard's intention not to drink! ”
Chang Yougui's wife is quite grateful for the second sister's life-saving grace, and the businessman is the most well-informed. At the beginning, the Zhao and Chen families had a lot of trouble over the matter of peace and separation, and Mrs. Chang understood very well how the Zhao family treated the two sisters. What's more, the Chen family has been away from home for a long time, and the Zhao family has not paid attention to it, so he will make this tone again......
Mrs. Chang's eyes rolled and she thought about it. Although he deliberately whispered to the wife of the young owner in a voice that could be heard by everyone around him: "I think my wife doesn't know yet." I've heard that although the old lady of the Zhao family gave birth to two sons, she doesn't treat the son and granddaughter of the big house as a person. Why did you want to reconcile and leave Mrs. Chen's aunt before her husband's spirit? It's appalling to say......"
Mrs. Chang slowly took the old lady Zhao to treat the big house harshly and eccentric to the second room, and Zhao Lin's wife was afraid that the big house would give birth to a son, so she actually wrapped the fetal pill into an abortion pill...... and other trivial things, and said it in detail. The audience was more and more dumbfounded, it was hard to imagine that there were such cruel mothers and grandmothers in this world.
There is a way that tiger poison does not eat children, and the Zhao family's move is really speechless.
At the beginning, those things were in an uproar in Chang'an City, and Mrs. Zhao had already had the plan that the Chen family would turn over old accounts. Even if the person who spoke at this time was Mrs. Chang, Mrs. Zhao was still not afraid, and immediately wiped her tears and said: "I know that I was blinded by fat and confused at the beginning. I didn't regret it until the boss was gone. Old in-laws, even if you look at me at my age, take pity on me, let me take a look at the two sisters. ”
What Mrs. Zhao said was really pitiful, besides, there were a lot of tears and snot at the age of a lot. When even the soft-hearted cousin couldn't bear it, and wanted to say a few words for her, but before he could speak, he was dragged by the person next to him.
I saw that Mrs. Chen didn't answer Mrs. Zhao's words, sighed, and said a little tiredly: "It can be seen that your family is at ease not to let me have a birthday." On a good day, you just cry and cry, thinking that you are cursing me to death! ”
After that, You was resentful and beat his leg with his fist, and stretched out his hand to Feng Shi tremblingly, and Feng Shi hurriedly stepped forward to support Mrs. Chen. I saw Mrs. Chen say with a sad face: "The house is restless, so let everyone see the joke." Since it is a peace of mind that I will not be allowed to live my life, it is okay not to get together today. It's just to ask your wives to run for nothing, but it's not our Chen family. I'll make amends later. Feng, help me send off the guests. ”
When the sentence fell, others still didn't understand, but Mrs. Zhao panicked. She can't afford to have a bad reputation for forcing people to boycott the banquet on her birthday. If this is to be spread out, I am afraid that their house will be pointed out by a thousand people.
Not to mention, as long as Mrs. Chen disperses the birthday banquet and goes back to make a tone of being angry, outsiders will not know what's going on, and they must think that she took her daughter-in-law to make Mrs. Chen angry. At that time, the eldest sister and the second sister did not get it back, but others mistakenly thought that the Zhao family was aggressive, and the Chen family became a victim.
Sure enough, after Mrs. Chen's words came out, the ladies in the hall originally had pity for Mrs. Zhao's old age and confusion, and it was not a taste for her.
Regardless of whether Mrs. Zhao really misses her granddaughter or has other plans, she shouldn't have disturbed the Chen family's birthday banquet. Mrs. Chen is also nearly sixty years old, and she still has a few years to live, so the Zhao family is like this, shouldn't she be?
Because of Mrs. Chen's move, the hearts of the people in the hall immediately turned their backs.
The old lady Zhao was full of panic and got up to make amends, and said that she had no intention of making trouble, and asked Mrs. Chen not to be so angry. He also persuaded the ladies in the hall to help persuade Mrs. Chen, and when she was making a lot of trouble, there was a legend that "the head of the Zhao family and several clan elders came".
When everyone heard this, they were stunned. When I looked back, sure enough, a little girl led several old women who were old and full of gorgeous hair to walk in.
I saw a stern glance at Mrs. Zhao, and then smiled at Mrs. Chen and said, "Hello old birthday star." Come uninvited, and forgive the sin of recklessness. ”
This former sentence is naturally talking about himself, and the latter sentence is probably a pun, even pointing at Mrs. Zhao.
Seeing this, Mrs. Chen let go of her heart. When the old lady Zhao was more perfunctory, she said with a smile on her face that had become more enthusiastic for several generations: "It turned out to be a few of your old relatives, you are willing to come, I can't be happy, where will I blame." ”
After that, I hurriedly sat down and watched the tea.
The old wife of the head of the Zhao family sat on one wall, and looked at the Zhao family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who were standing there and felt embarrassed, and asked knowingly: "It turned out to be the old sister-in-law and the daughter-in-law of Zhao Lin's family." You're also here to pay a birthday to the old lady? ”