Chapter 199: Crowding Out and Making Things Difficult
"Madame Bai, what do you say?" It was the old lady of the Yushitai family who opened her mouth to make things difficult, and she was known for her old-fashioned manners. "Why don't I help you hire a few good nurturing grandmothers. lest she don't even know the most basic etiquette and help a concubine get ahead. ”
"What does this mean, old lady?" Qiu Rong twisted his handkerchief, "I don't know Miss Bai, and I have no holiday with all the ladies, why should the old lady live here for more time." ”
"Hmph, shameless." Lady Gostai snorted coldly. "That's what you haven't been disciplined by the etiquette of the family! Miss Bai thinks so. ”
"Madame, full of rules, but why don't you know what to say, what to say, and what not to say?" Before Bai Jiaojiao could answer, Pu Yuan said disdainfully. "At such an age, I'm embarrassed to make things difficult for a little girl, I think you are living more and more!"
"You! Rude, really rude! ”
"I don't think there's a problem with Miss Bai's conversation and behavior, why should you ladies care so much. Today is here to enjoy the flowers, let's not let down the good intentions of Madame Bai. Mrs. Ji played a round amidly, holding her friend with one hand, her friend was also criticized by everyone back then, and now it seems that this child is very similar to her, so it is inevitable that she will touch the past.
"I'm too lazy to tell you. What do you see, Mrs. Lee? ”
"The concubine is also not used to seeing these children now, which is really worrying."
"Mrs. Li should indeed be worried, Ling Lang was jealous of others in the Xizi Hall last night, and injured two scholars, and he has not woken up at the flower building at night. How can such a tutor not be worried? Bai Jiaojiao looked at the few families who had opinions about her, and then slowly spoke calmly.
"You talk nonsense!"
"Today, those two scholars sued Ling Lang to the yamen with a lawsuit, but unfortunately the chief judge of this case is my eldest brother, do you say I'm talking nonsense?" Bai Jiaojiao smiled, not afraid of offending her with death, if your son is not locked up for ten days and half a month, his brother will be surnamed Bai. "Old lady, I remember that you wrote a code of conduct for women, and for a time you became a model for women. I don't like to read them, but I remember a few of them. It is not appropriate for a woman to show her husband and children, to speak falsely about the rights and wrongs of others, to make friends with fallen friends, and to set foot in a place that damages her reputation. ”
"But you don't seem to have done anything, old lady? You have done a lot of things to talk about, and as an elder, is it considered a lie to accuse the younger generation like this? Mrs. Li's family style is not right, but you have a wrong friendship with her? Why stay here if you think this feast is uncomfortable for you? ”
"You're giving me an eviction order?!" Mrs. Yushi had ever been ridiculed like this, "Okay, I can't stay in this kind of place for a moment!" ”
"Kyauk-kyo." Liu was worried, whatever this kid wanted to say, he would offend people as soon as he came up.
"It's okay, mother, this old lady has slandered you more than once, but you wrote it down in her black notebook." Bai Jiaojiao patted her hand and smiled. "For guests, our Bai family has always been polite, and we also intend to be friendly with all ladies. But no one should take anyone for a fool, what has been said and done is known only by God. ”
"I know it very clearly in my heart, and I remember it very clearly in the book in the court. The ladies left to enjoy the flowers to give the Bai family face, but if someone feels uncomfortable and can't sit still, then we won't force it to stay. "Some of the people on the invitation list that Liu added himself were jackals who couldn't be fed, and Bai Jiaojiao had an idea in her heart when she saw these faces, and she simply made an example of her to let people know that she was not easy to bully.
As for her reputation? If you think she's good, you'll say she's good anyway, and it's useless to think she's unbearable to flatter. Liu used the wrong method, if it weren't for her father's sake, her forbearance and humiliation would have been intensified and humiliated. What's more, she has the confidence to control public opinion, and who is right and who is wrong is just her two mouths running in with each other.
Naturally, her words provoked a lot of people, and they threw off their sleeves and left the table, and although most of them remained, they were also for the sake of the Bai family's face, and they also had a lot of complaints about her remarks.
"Good!" Suddenly, to everyone's surprise, the county lord of Ankang actually applauded. "Miss Bai really lived up to my expectations, refreshing! Come, have a drink with the lord of the county. ”
"County Lord?" Liu was a little frightened, the county lord was moody, and he didn't know if it was a curse or a blessing if he won her love.
The county lord of Ankang drank a small glass with Bai Jiaojiao, "The thing I don't like the most is that others are meddling in my affairs, and my favorite thing is to meddle in other people's affairs." I love the snacks you prepared for me. ”
"If the county lord likes it, I can send someone to hand over the recipe to the cook in your house." Bai Jiaojiao smiled.
"Forget it, the colt doesn't like extravagance, I can only eat and not cook." Lord Ankang leaned back in his chair and lazily knocked on the table. "In the future, if I am hungry, I will let people go to your house to get it, and you have to keep it for me."
After speaking, he looked around at all the ladies present, "You all listen, I like Miss Bai's craftsmanship very much, but the things made by the craftsman are not delicious if they are in a bad mood, and I will lose my temper if the things are not delicious~"
"Madame, don't worry, Ankang is giving Miss Bai a prestige." Seeing Liu's worried face, Mrs. Ji whispered to her.
"How can the little girl He De be favored by the county lord." This is Liu's uneasiness.
"Although Ankang is a little short-tempered, she is a good person, and she will take care of the person she likes in every way, and with her, Miss Bai will not suffer." Mrs. Ji covered her mouth and smiled in a low voice. "Who can say for sure about this eye-to-eye matter, not only Ankang, but Ah Yuan and I also like this child very much. Madame Bai gave birth to a good girl, and I don't know if there will be this blessing. ”
Liu patted Mrs. Ji's hand gratefully. "Mrs. Ji, you are still young, there will always be children."
"To borrow Mrs. Jiyan, Mrs. Don't be so rusty, just call me Ahri."
"Okay."
Liu and Mrs. Ji had a heart-to-heart relationship, and Bai Jiaojiao also had a good conversation with the county lord of Ankang, but Pu Yuan, who was sitting on the side and talking about Jinglun with Master Huiyin, swept towards them from time to time, and the meaning was unclear.
"Hehe, you are not very old and have a lot of knowledge, but my waist and legs are stiff after sitting for a long time. You can't compare it to you young people, but you still have to get up and move. The county lord of Ankang got up with the support of the maidservant behind him.
Seeing this, the rest of the people followed suit.
"Now that the sun is going down, you can take a slow walk and enjoy the peach blossoms here." Bai Jiaojiao asked people to clean up the things on the table. "Mrs. Shi promised to take me to see the rare flowers on this mountain in the near future, you can't lose your words."
"The monks don't speak, if Miss Bai and your wives are interested, you might as well work with the poor people, and the poor nuns will guide you." Mrs. Hui Yin stretched out a hand and bent down to lead the way.
The ladies returned the salute one after another. "There's Mrs. Lao." (To be continued.) )