Chen said and glanced at Chunlan. Chunlan was clear, went away, came back for a while, dragged a small tea tray filled with vermilion lacquer and gold in her hand, lined with red cloth, and held a full set of gold-inlaid ruby heads, top hairpins, distractions, picks, sideburns, flower hairpins, plunderers, ear digging, sideburns, buns, and ...... Everything but the kitchen sink. It was accompanied by a pair of gold rings, two gold bracelets and a gold collar. Under the light of the lamps and candles, it looks more and more brilliant and full of brilliance.

When the relatives and friends of the You family saw it, they were surprised for a while, and then their eyes were hot.

To make such a gold-inlaid ruby head, as well as a gold collar, a gold bracelet, even if the craftsmanship is not very exquisite, just counting the materials, etc., it will cost one or two hundred taels of silver. It is even more rare that a stepmother of the Chen family can think so thoughtfully and act so generously. For a while, there was a lot of discussion at the banquet, and no one said that Chen was stingy.

Even the eldest girl of the You family herself was stunned. I didn't expect Chen to be so enthusiastic. I felt flattered for a while.

Looking at the envy and amazement of their relatives, You Lao'an and You Daren suddenly felt that there was light on their faces. You Lao'an looked at Chen with a smile and said, "You really bothered. Her children's family, where can they use such expensive things. It's better to keep it to yourself. ”

Before the sentence was finished, the eldest girl of the You family was stunned for a moment, and then lowered her head a little gloomily.

Chen just didn't see it, and said with a smile on his face: "What did the old lady say, we are all a family, why bother saying anything about whether it is expensive or not, it is obvious that it is a foreign way." What's more, I look at the eldest girl in our family, who is also sixteen or seventeen years old this year. It's time to dress up. That's just a little bit of my heart for being a mother. ”

After all, you Lao'an people are not allowed to refute it. He beckoned straight to the eldest girl of the You family and said, "Eldest sister, come over quickly." Don't listen to your grandmother. ”

When the eldest girl of the You family heard this, she looked at You Lao'an and You Daren with some apprehension, and she didn't know whether to take it or not.

Seeing this, You Ziyu smiled and said, "Since it is your mother's heart, you can just take it." ”

Only then did the eldest girl of the You family step forward, first bow to the Chen family, and thank you, and then signaled to the eldest girl to accept the head of the gold and red treasure.

You Ziyu said again: "Give your mother a cup of tea too." ”

This should have been the procedure after Ming'er opened the ancestral hall in the morning to worship her ancestors, but since the eldest girl of the You family took over Chen's things, she should also give a cup of tea early.

As soon as You Ziyu's words fell, a little girl came forward with a tea tray and a tea cup, and a little girl came up with a futon. The eldest girl of the You family knelt down first, saluted tea to the Chen family, and said, "Mrs. eats tea." ”

There are very first-class rich and noble people in Beijing, and the rules are big. When the children of the family saw their parents, they only called them "master" and "wife", and the eldest girl of the You family called Chen like this, one was to show respect, and the other was probably not to change the name of Chen as her mother.

Chen probably understood in her heart, but she didn't mind, and still took her eldest daughter's tea with a spring breeze on her face and took a sip. Said "It's so fragrant". I don't know if it's a praise for the fragrance of tea, or if it has another meaning.

But everyone was happy to see it—at least on the surface.

On the other hand, You Ziyu had already taken advantage of the tea ceremony of the eldest girl of the You family and ordered the personal girl to take two sets of white jade noodles that had been prepared. The workmanship is exquisite, the appearance is small, and at first glance it is specially prepared for children. He put these two heads and faces in front of everyone with the eldest sister and the second sister, and the two sisters first looked at Chen's face before accepting it with a smile. and kowtowed to tea according to the demeanor of the eldest girl of the You family, and called him "master".

Then a little girl came up to collect the futon. The second sister didn't wait for others to speak, and said, "I haven't kowtowed to the ancestor yet!" ”

When everyone heard this, they were first surprised, and then smiled and praised You Lao'an: "What a clever girl, she will definitely be a person who knows filial piety in the future." Blessed are you, old man. ”

You Lao'an people don't care about how to think, their faces are still smiling, and after the two sisters kowtow to tea, they asked the big girl to send a gift that has been prepared. The eldest sister and the second sister took the gift, and still thanked her, the second sister pretended to be innocent, and said with a smile openly: "Mom also prepared clothes for the ancestors, it is Shu brocade, but it looks good." ”

You Lao'an might as well say this to the second sister, and turned his head to look at Chen, Chen secretly praised in his heart, but said with embarrassment on his face: "This child, I really can't hide my mouth...... I was thinking that I would say goodbye to you tomorrow morning. ”

When You Laoan saw Chen say this, the smile on his face was even better. She saw that Chen had prepared something for her granddaughter, and knew that this was Chen cared about her son and wanted to please her son by pleasing the eldest girl. Chen's actions are like this, and You Lao'an people see it in their eyes, and their hearts are naturally ironed.

It's just that I can't mutter in my heart, for fear that this daughter-in-law will rely on her mother's support, and her son will treat her hotly, so she won't look down on herself as a mother-in-law. is going to fool her son first, and then dominate her. Seeing that the Chen family's calculations were so thorough with the calculations of the You family's relatives, it can be seen that they have a good idea. Besides, he treats his granddaughter so thoughtfully, but he doesn't mention himself at all, and his heart is already half cold. When he was secretly thinking about how to deal with it, he suddenly listened to the words of the second sister again, and the Chen family responded like that, and unconsciously threw away the worry in his heart, and just smiled: "Ouch, I heard that Shu brocade is very expensive, I am so old, where can I wear such expensive materials." It's better to keep it for yourself. ”

When Chen heard this, he secretly laughed in his heart that You Lao'an had few words, and he would only have two sentences over and over again, which showed that he was extremely perfunctory. On his face, he flattered a carload of kind words without showing any emotion, which made You Lao'an smile and looked at Chen more and more pleasing to the eye. Even Fang Cai couldn't see the things that Chen was dragging his two daughters, the relatives and friends of the Rao You family, and this time it became a good thing for the Chen family to be careful and live.

Chen saw that You Lao'an was surrounded by her sweet words, and his heart was also happy. I just feel that this mother-in-law is much easier to fool than the old lady Zhao back then. Of course, this is also the reason why the Chen family is now more beautiful than the You family.

But no matter how you say it, the top priority is still to cage You Ziyu, the right master.

It was a night of family banquet, and it was a happy one, and there was no need to say how the flowers and candles in the cave room were so charming.

only said that the second sister was led back to the bedroom by the You family's maids, and she was not tired after she had finished grooming, and she was pulling the two girls who served her from the You family to ask a long and a short question. When I asked the name of the age, I replied that one was named Xing'er and the other was named Peony, both of whom were twelve or thirteen years old; The second asked whether it was a family child or a child bought from outside, and they all said that it was a family child; Ask the two of them how many years they have been on errands, what industry are their parents in, how many people are in the You family, how many aunts does the master have, what are the qualities of the aunts, which aunts gave birth to Miss Shu, which aunts talked to the old lady in front of the old lady, and who is the housekeeper in the You family now......

One wall asked, the other wall made eyes and Zhen'er, Zhen'er understood, opened the cage when she boarded, took out the candy and snacks that had been wrapped at home, put a few small plates, and put them on the table to eat with them.

The two little girls were overjoyed when they saw that there was candy and a little bit of heart. Zhen'er moved two more little pestles and collapsed under the second sister, and the two little girls sat on the wall of the small pestle to eat candy seeds, and the piles and piles all came back to understand. He also said: "Now that the old lady is old and has little energy, except for the matter of social communication and gifts, Aunt Lan is in charge of the house. Aunt Lan was brought back by the master when he was outside, and I heard that she was a young lady from an official family, but later the family lost the lawsuit, and somehow became an aunt to the master. Of the two young ladies in our house, one was born to Aunt Fang, and the other was born to Aunt Lan. The second girl born to Aunt Fang had a cold in the winter a year ago, and it was a pity that she took a lot of decoction and medicine......"

The little girl didn't dare to say it, just because today was a good day for the master's family, and they didn't dare to say anything about the bad news, so that the master's family would know, and they were afraid that they would hit the board.

The peony then followed Xing'er's words and said, "Now only the eldest girl and the third girl are in the house. The third girl is not yet five years old this year, she was born to Aunt Lan, she is also literate, she looks good, she looks like a girl, and she speaks smartly, which is very liked by the old lady and the old man......"

When she was talking, the eldest sister pushed the door in with a pillow, only saying that she might not be able to sleep if she changed places for a while, so she came to talk to the second sister. The second sister saw that everything was almost there, so she deduced that she was tired, and Ming'er had to get up early and send the two little girls out.

The eldest sister here was scattered, Fang sighed worriedly, took the second sister's hand and said that she was homesick.

The second sister knows that the eldest sister has always been delicate, gentle and shy, and ready to settle down. That being said, I am afraid that I am worried that my name is not right, and it is not comfortable to live in You's house, which is better than not living in my uncle's house. took the eldest sister's hand and smiled: "This will be our family from now on." With your mother here, are you still afraid that others will look at you? ”

The eldest sister saw that the second sister had broken her mind in one word, and her face turned red. After being silent for a long time, he lowered his head and said: "We are not the master's biological daughters after all, and now we live like this, I am afraid that they will gossip." ”

When the second sister heard this, her heart moved, and she hurriedly asked: "Who are they, is there anyone who is so bold as to dare to make irresponsible remarks in front of you?" ”

When the eldest sister heard this, she didn't answer, but lowered her head and blindly twisted her handkerchief with her fingers.

The second sister was impatient to play this dumb riddle with the eldest sister, so she said to the eldest sister's girl, Anzhi Tinglan: "My sister was in that room just now, but who is there and what did she say?" ”

When the two girls asked, they hurriedly replied: "I didn't say anything about it, I just asked about my sister's past in the Zhao family, why my aunt is not good in the Zhao family, there are several aunts and grandmothers in the Zhao family, and the old lady of the Zhao family is good to the girls." He also said that even his own grandmother was not easy to treat, let alone recognized by others...... The sister didn't want to listen to them, so she brought the slaves and maids to look for the girl. ”

Although the second sister is small, her mind is not small. Deng Shi understood that these two girls must have been sent by You Ziyu's aunt to talk about them, and I am afraid that they also mean something else. Otherwise, just like the second sister, just use the strength of the little girl to pay back, and you don't have to ask the girl, let alone ask the Zhao family about the rotten sesame seeds of Chen Guzi. Then insinuated, pointing out that Sang scolded Huai and said such a thing. Obviously, they are bullied at a young age, and they are dragged oil bottles brought by their stepmothers, so they are afraid that they will give Ma Wei the meaning!

The second sister didn't care if she was suspicious or not, she sneered and said to the eldest sister: "Obedient and listen, this is not like it was said to us." ”

After a pause, he instructed the eldest sister's little girl, Ting Lan, "Who are the two girls who just talked to my sister, you call me over and I'll take a look." ”

Tinglan also knew that although the second sister was younger than the eldest sister, she acted and spoke in an old-fashioned manner, and even the eldest lord looked down on her when she was at home, and often explained to the second sister the palace newspaper and the affairs in the yamen. This will be seriously angry, where can you fiddle with the two girls. It was crisp and crisp when it came. Knock Knock Run will get out

turned around and came back for a while, but his face was blue and white for a while, and he said indignantly: "If you go back to the girls, when the slave and maid went to look for them, the two girls were already lying down. The slave maid passed on the girl's words, and they only said that it was getting late, so why bother tossing if it was not good, but it didn't come! ”

When the people heard this, they were not furious. Anzhi Tinglan and Zhen'er Wei'er are the sons of the Chen family, and they have always been loyal, and they have been ordered by the old lady and the old lady, where can they allow the little girl of the You family to bully their own girls. didn't wait for the second sister's orders, and hurriedly rolled up his arms and sleeves and said: "This is worth it, there is no royal law." Let's go over in person, drag them over, beat them in the mouth first, and then talk about them. ”

Before the words fell, he was stopped by the second sister. Seeing that the second sister was not angry but laughing, she straightened her sleeves for a long time, got up and said, "Why do you have to make such a big liver fire." It's too late to talk. I'll leave it for tomorrow in the morning. ”