Chapter Twenty-Seven: Thin Edge
It is forbidden to marry one qiΔ banquet within one month.
The will issued by the Holy God today, how can the Shen family not obey. Poor Mrs. Shen went to Beijing in a hurry just to make a 100-day banquet for her grandson, and this time she blew it all up.
It was the early spring, the cold was still there, a rainstorm came down, many people in the house got the wind cold, on the occasion of this eventful season, Mrs. Shen and Mr. Su discussed, simply Lianyun Courtyard classes and stopped for a month.
There were many people missing in the Blowing Snow Courtyard, and it was a lot quieter for a while, and the old lady Shen didn't let people fill the gap, so the Blowing Snow Courtyard didn't have such a thing.
Now it's different from the past, Fuxueyuan is no longer a fragrant dumpling that everyone is fighting for, they all turned to hug Qiutongyuan's thighs, whether they can hug it or not, they are happy to pile it over there.
There is a fifth young master Shen in Qiutong Courtyard, the only young master in the second room, what is there in the Blowing Snow Courtyard, a aunt who is neither favored nor a young lady who is not loved, and it is not to deal with the Autumn Tong Courtyard, this comparison, the gap is obviously not ordinary, just for the sake of the future, the general people want to stay away from the Blowing Snow Courtyard and go to the Autumn Tong Courtyard.
The old fritters in the Blowing Snow Courtyard handed over the silver almost at the same time, and took advantage of the fact that Old Lady Shen was changing people, and they all went out of the Blowing Snow Courtyard.
In addition to the few people who are commonly used by the master of the courtyard today, there are only a few good and bad little maids left.
A qiΔ was in Shen Qinrou's calculations, but it was beyond her expectation that so many people would leave at once, and all that was left behind was something that could do things.
In the morning, she went to greet Mrs. Shen, and she went back to the hospital to Aunt Zhao.
Old Mrs. Shen is now ******** thinking about her little grandson, and she has pulled Aunt Shen Qinyatong's housekeeper, but she doesn't have the leisure to make things difficult for her again.
And according to the current situation of Fukiyuki, others don't want to get involved with her, so she is even more invisible now.
Two by two, it is already a joy to see,
Shen Qinrou often thinks that she is a person who lacks elders, whether it is her grandmother to her, her father to her, or Aunt Zhao
Aunt Zhao's knee injury is not a big deal, and she will be cured after a few days.
When Shen Qinrou went to greet her, she was setting up a flower stand to embroider.
Aunt Zhao was originally the maid of Jiang's family with the needlework, and the Suzhou embroidery was exquisite, although the head of the family had been delayed for a few years, now Aunt Zhao's needlework is also very skillful, Shen Qinrou saw her hand up and down, flying needles and threads, and after a while, there was a delicate peony flower on the red Hangzhou silk.
Seeing that the embroidery was peony flowers, Shen Qinrou asked, "Make clothes for the second sister again." β
As soon as those words came out, it tasted a little sour.
Aunt Zhao scratched her head with a needle, embroidered another peony before stopping, and didn't hear the sourness in Shen Qinrou's words, "Yes, hurry up and come out now, the second lady is just right to use it when she appreciates the peony banquet." β
No wonder Shen Qinrou was a little appreciative, just she, nominally raised by Aunt Zhao since she was a child, but she didn't have a few clothes made by Aunt Zhao since she was a child, not to mention that she didn't have it, and her sister Shen Qinya didn't either. And on the side of Nangui Hospital, regardless of whether Shen Qinxin wears it or not, Aunt Zhao's four sets of clothes in a season are sent straight over there, and they have been the same for many years, and they have never been broken.
Bi'e brought the tea up, "Third Miss try it, it's plum tea baked by plum blossoms in winter." β
Shen Qinrou took it and thanked her, and there was a flurry of tea.
Plum blossom tea is nothing delicious, neither can eat the taste of plum blossoms, and there is no fragrance of plum blossoms, in her opinion, it is a waste to make tea, many things are still good in season, pick a few plum blossoms in winter to soak in water, the smell is fragrant, and good-looking.
The popularity of Kyoto is also changing rapidly, and it is popular to eat plum blossom tea today, and it may be popular to eat peach blossom tea tomorrow.
Seeing that she didn't eat tea, Bi'e knew that this tea was not her appetite, so she asked, "Third Miss, how about using Lu'an melon slices to make tea." β
Shen Qinrou didn't have the heart to drink tea, so she sent her away and asked her to see if the lunch in the kitchen was almost ready.
Now it has been replaced with a large kitchen for food, and it needs to be collected by each hospital.
Bi'e said yes, then led the two little maids down, leaving the space for the two mothers and daughters.
Aunt Zhao embroidered a few more stitches before she stopped and looked at Shen Qinrou, "Come, help me see how this peony is embroidered." β
Shen Qinrou glanced at it casually, lacking interest, "Auntie is skilled." β
Aunt Zhao smiled softly, "I just hope that the second lady likes it." β
Shen Qinrou pouted undeniably, her face was delicate, even if her movements were indecent, she could give birth to a bit of playfulness.
Aunt Zhao looked at her and smiled, "Otherwise, you can also take a flower bandage to learn embroidery with me." β
Embroidery is not a skill that can be honed overnight, Shen Qinrou learned from Mr. Su, only her skills are mediocre, just barely able to see, she is not interested in this way, and euphemistically rejected Aunt Zhao, "I still prefer to see people embroider." β
Aunt Zhao smiled helplessly, and didn't force her, "If you don't like it, forget it." β
Shen Qinrou could hear the faint disappointment in those words, but she had never liked to change herself in order to cater to others, so she didn't know it.
"Mother Li is dead." She said.
Aunt Zhao held the needle in her hand and sighed long, "It's also a human life." β
Shen Qinrou was silent.
For Li's mother's death, she didn't have any other feelings, she originally calculated that Mrs. Shen would probably break Li's mother's hands and drive people out, and she wouldn't kill her, after all, Li's mother was kind to the Shen family back then, as long as Li's mother was willing to restrain herself, relying on her hidden private savings, she should be able to live outside.
It's just that she misestimated her grandmother's thin Liang Cheng dΓΉ, saying that if she is killed, she will kill people, and it will be just killed, and a hundred battles will be ruthless, not only Cheng dΓΉ with open skin and inner bloom, and after a little thought, she will be disgusted, and she has appreciated all the four happy balls and braised lion's head dishes served in the past few days, and only picked up vegetarian ones to eat, Liu Lu saw it, and thought she was sick.
People in the house often say that Mrs. Shen and Mrs. Shen are in love, except for Mrs. Shen, the other old aunts are thin under their knees, and they have nothing to show for themselves, and now it seems that even if those old aunts are pregnant, it is estimated that they will not be able to give birth, and they may also give their lives in vain.
Aunt Zhao sighed and said, "Now the yard is much quieter." β
For her own achievements, Shen Qinrou is still satisfied, the Blowing Snow Courtyard does not fight or grab, and wants those utilitarian people to do anything, she is not high-minded, she only guards Aunt Zhao and the Tian'an in this small courtyard to live her own small life quietly.
Aunt Zhao looked preoccupied, and Shen Qinrou asked: "Auntie likes the days when she hugged each other in the past. β
Aunt Zhao shook her head and smiled, "How come, I have never been greedy for those things, I just thought that the days in the courtyard will be more and more difficult in the future, I am nothing, I am just afraid of you in the future." "The girl's family always has to get married.
"No matter how bad it is, it won't be worse than now, we still have people to serve, there is no shortage of food and clothing in the house, and there is nothing difficult to say." Shen Qinrou comforted her, "I am always a girl of the Shen family, no matter how unpleasant I am, the Shen family will not at least sweep their own face." β
Aunt Zhao, "Also, your grandmother is the most face-saving person." β
Aunt Zhao is right about this, otherwise Mrs. Shen would not have made the mansion magnificent because of her anger with those families in Jiangnan, for fear that others would not know that the Shen family was rich, but as everyone knows, this will make others even more disgusted, and the real family with background will not disdain this way at all, just like a person who can really dress up will never hang ten gold chains around his neck and wear seven or eight rings on his hands.
Shen Qinrou has no dissatisfaction with her grandmother's nouveau riche behavior, anyway, they are the ones who make a profit in the end, and people don't have to worry about it, they are cheap and obedient.
Aunt Zhao has been busy for so many years, and now that she is free, the two mothers and daughters also have time to stay together, but the content of their conversation is really lackluster, nothing more than asking some questions about food, clothing, housing and transportation or studies.
Sometimes Bi'e stood aside and listened to them embarrassed.
Living in the same hospital, asking about food, clothing, housing and transportation, these practical and academic things, Aunt Zhao didn't understand
Therefore, although Aunt Zhao wanted to express her concern to her daughter, she couldn't find the direction, so she could only do needlework.
Shen Qinrou yawned boredly and looked out through the window.
"It's so blue, it's been a good few days." She was bored enough to talk about the weather.
Aunt Zhao stretched her head to look out, revealing half of her snow neck.
"It's really good." She chimed in.
Shen Qinrou turned her head to look at Aunt Zhao.
The head of the moth eyebrows, the skin is like clotted fat, what a beauty.
Although Mrs. Shen didn't like Aunt Zhao, she had to admit that Aunt Zhao gave birth to a good face, which shows that Aunt Zhao is really beautiful.
It's a pity that Shen Qinrou shook her head, Aunt Zhao's heart is really not like it, and she is not suitable for being someone else's aunt.
She was not curious, "Auntie, did you follow your father voluntarily?" β
Maybe it's because she has been with Wen Yu for a long time, and she has a bit of a temperament that dares to ask such a question.
Aunt Zhao's face was full of surprise, as if she had never expected Shen Qinrou to ask such a question.
There was not much communication between mother and daughter, although she was embarrassed, but when her daughter asked, she answered truthfully.
"I didn't see Mademoiselle until I was fifteen"
Shen Qinrou nodded, knowing that she was talking about the late Jiang, who only met at the age of fifteen? Generally, the maids who marry are not picked early, most of them are close maids who go out to marry them, how can it be? Although Shen Qinrou had doubts, she did not interrupt Aunt Zhao's words.
"The old lady let us marry with the young lady to the Shen family, the first year of marrying the Shen family, the young lady was pregnant with the eldest young master, heard the news that the old man and the lady went west, the fetal gas, premature, gave birth to a stillborn, the old lady said that the eldest young master is the incarnation of the demon, let people take it to burn, so far, the old lady is very disgusted with the young lady, that year she raised Aunt Zhou."
Shen Qinrou pondered, I'm afraid that Jiang who lost his mother's family at that time would be useless to Mrs. Shen, if Jiang's mother's family was still there, Mrs. Shen would not dare to act recklessly.
"That year, Miss asked us a few maids about the way out, and the other sisters were old and wanted to let them go out to marry, and I didn't have any ideas or ideas, so I said that I would always follow Miss. Later, the young lady said that everyone has their own ambitions, so they let the other sisters out of the house, one day, the young lady asked me if I would like to be the master's aunt, I didn't have any idea, since the young lady said that it was needed, I agreed. β
"Later, I was pregnant with the eldest lady, and the young lady tried her best to guarantee that I gave birth to the child, I don't know what method to use, so that the old lady liked the eldest lady very much, and later even took it over and raised it under her knees."
Shen Qinrou thought, according to Aunt Zhao's words, Jiang should have been a smart person during his lifetime, but it's a pity that his fate was bumpy.
"Later, I was pregnant with Miss at the same time, that is, the second Miss and the third Miss later, Miss said when she was pregnant in August that she wanted to go to Xiangshan to seek Buddha, bless her to give birth to a male fetus, I also went together, but I met a thief on the road, and the mother-in-law and maid were all killed, Miss took me to drive a carriage all the way away, the two of us had a fetal gas, and gave birth in the temple, I remember when I was still in labor pains, Miss had already given birth to the second Miss, and you were delivered by Miss." Aunt Zhao glanced at Shen Qinrou with a heavy face.
"I fainted after giving birth, and later, Mama Jin, who was lucky enough to escape, found us and drove us away, but unfortunately we were later discovered by the bandits, chased after us, and finally the carriage fell down the hill."
Shen Qinrou frowned, although Xiangshan is isolated on the outskirts of Beijing, but a large area also belongs to the capital area, how could there be such a rampant bandit who dares to do evil at the feet of the Son of Heaven.
After that, Aunt Zhao, she and her second sister were alive, and Jiang died, so Aunt Zhao willingly obeyed Jiang's words and became a slave?
"What about Mama Kim?" Shen Qinrou asked.
Aunt Zhao slowly sighed from her chest, "Mama Jin hit her head, and now she is like a child of a few years old who was sent to another hospital for retirement by the second master, and later those bandits were also caught by the government, saying that they were a wave of bandits, and they were quickly executed." β
Looking at the case that had already settled, Shen Qinrou only felt full of doubts.
She felt suspicious, and the people of the Shen family were not stupid, especially with her father's deep affection for the Jiang family, she would never ignore it, it can be seen that she didn't find out anything later, the old thing has been many years, and the Shen family didn't find anything back then, and now she can't do it, so she won't mention it.
Aunt Zhao looked at Shen Qinrou and said: "Third Miss, do you know, if it weren't for the second grandmother, eldest miss, you, my life would have been gone a long time ago, our lives were saved by her, I don't ask the eldest lady and you to remember the kindness of the first second grandmother, and I can't repay her kindness, now I do something just to show my heart." β
Everyone has their own style of acting, although she doesn't like Aunt Zhao's style, she won't want to force her over.
Shen Qinrou met Aunt Zhao's gaze, her face was sincere, and she nodded to show understanding, "It's good if you are happy." β
What's wrong with Aunt Zhao doing this, it's just asking for peace of mind.
Perhaps, it should really be her life.