Chapter 380: Meeting (3)
The old lady said, staggered forward a few steps, and pounced on Li Ziyu.
Li Ziyu saw that the old lady was exhausted, tears like rain, and overly excited, and her heart was also full of mixed feelings, the pain was unbearable, and she couldn't help but burst into tears.
She endured her grief and followed the rules, raised her hands and raised her eyebrows, and slowly bowed down on her knees at the same time, her palms touched the ground, her forehead was on her palms, and she gave the old lady a big salute. He shouted excitedly: "Xiaoyu to meet grandmother!" ”
The old lady knew that everyone in the courtyard was watching her granddaughter, so she didn't want to be criticized in etiquette, so she forcibly endured Li Ziyu to finish the ceremony before holding Li Ziyu into her arms.
"Yu'er! My poor grandson, you have suffered! The old lady remembered that her little daughter, who was like a flower and a jade, and had a blue heart, was gone and never returned, and she would never see her again, and she thought of the bitter years of her grandson's loneliness, and couldn't help hugging Li Ziyu with grief and tears.
The daughter-in-law, young lady, maids, and servants in the courtyard were all infected by the old lady and wept, and intermittent sobs and whimpering sounded in the courtyard.
Hao Wendi saw that the old lady was out of control, so she hurriedly wiped away her tears, and stepped forward to persuade: "Mother, my cousin and niece have come from afar, and the boat and car are tiring, so it is better to invite her to sit in the house." ”
She deliberately accentuated the words "cousin niece" in order to wake up the old lady. There are many people in the yard, and it is not good if people see the clues.
The old lady was woken up by her daughter-in-law, and immediately came to her senses, slowly stopped crying, and a pair of sharp eyes slowly swept over everyone in the courtyard.
The old lady has been in control of the big family of Fan Mansion for many years, and she has already cultivated a powerful aura of not being angry and self-imposing. Now. The coercion accumulated over the years firmly controlled the audience, and the person who was swept by her eyes couldn't help but stand on end and tremble.
The old lady said slowly: "Miss Biao is the granddaughter of the old lady's life-saving benefactor. The old lady wanted to help them, so she took Yu'er over first, and there were five younger siblings in the family who didn't come today because they were too young. In the future, I will treat Miss Biao as the master, and if anyone treats me slowly, I will uncover her skin! ”
The maids and servants in the courtyard hurriedly knelt on the ground, saying things like the minions did not dare.
The old lady said majestically, "Okay, everyone has seen Miss Biao. Let's all go their separate ways. ”
The maids and servants shouted in unison, "The slave has seen Miss Cousin!" ”
Li Ziyu smiled and said, "Everyone is exempt from courtesy. ”
"Thank you, Miss Biao!"
"Alright, let's all disperse. What to do, what to do. Hao Wendi looked at the servants in the courtyard and said.
"Yes!"
After watching the maids and servants disperse, the old lady pulled Li Ziyu into the bright main hall of the five main rooms.
The eldest lady Hao Wendi, the second lady Lu Caifen and other ladies followed a few young ladies into the main hall. The next step is the official greeting.
Li Ziyu entered the east room and looked at the layout of the main hall, and felt that it had an antique charm.
The main hall is actually the main hall, that is, the place where guests are entertained. On the wide wall due north, there is a huge inverted Fu character in the middle, and the two sides correspond to a couplet.
Shanglian is Rui Ai Jiwang Province
The lower link is Gaoyang Zhaohuatang
Directly north against the wall are two tawny and beautifully carved Taishi chairs. In the middle is a wooden coffee table of the same color. On it is a set of purple clay pot tea set.
On both sides of the east and west walls, there are several sets of chairs of the same color, and there are also coffee tables and teapots between the chairs.
In addition, there are several three-legged benches and four-legged benches, which are the seats that the masters give to the concubines in the palace.
Obviously, this is the place where the masters of the house ask for peace, eat, and gather, and it is also the place where the power of the house is concentrated.
Li Ziyu didn't have time to take a closer look, so she was pulled by the old lady to sit on the chair to the right of the two Taishi chairs.
Li Ziyu hurriedly stood up. He stepped back to the side and stood down, and said respectfully, "Grandmother, no." Yu'er is a junior, and she should stand at the bottom. ”
The old lady looked at Li Ziyu's sensible appearance with relief, and said to the people in the room: "Okay, since Yu'er said so, then everyone should sit down." ”
So, the eldest lady Hao Wendi, the second lady Lu Caifen and other daughters-in-law sat down one after another according to the previous seats. The three granddaughters-in-law, Zhang Sangling, Zhao Ziyan, and Wu Yuanrong, stood behind the eldest lady and the second lady, serving their mothers-in-law.
The old lady's eldest maid Bingyun took a brocade embroidery mat, and Li Ziyu kowtowed to all the uncles and aunts at one time, and paid a serious respect.
Then I greeted each other with the ladies in the house, and this was the end of the ceremony.
Everyone was very affectionate to Li Ziyu, especially a few young ladies. Even Fan Shiwen put away his careful thoughts and behaved very friendly.
The old lady said to everyone, "The eldest lady and the second lady stay, and the rest of the people should retreat." ”
"Yes!"
Seeing that everyone, including the four big maids in the old lady's house, Bingyun, Yinghan, Caixue, and Winter Smoke, all retreated respectfully, the old lady glanced at Mama Zheng, who had been standing on the side.
Mama Zheng went to the door of the main room knowingly, moved a stool and sat under the eaves, in case someone suddenly broke in.
Seeing this, Mama Jane in the house also wanted to leave the house.
Seeing this, the old lady sighed and said to her, "Okay, don't go out, I believe you." It's just, if you hear something in a moment, don't get too excited. ”
Mama Zheng and Mama Jian were the old lady's dowry maids back then, among which Mama Jian later asked the old lady to give the second lady Fan Jingyu as the housekeeper.
Mama Jian treated the second miss as a sore eyeball, and when the second miss died of a violent illness, she didn't know the truth and almost followed.
Mama Jian was delicate, calm and capable, and as soon as Li Ziyu entered the courtyard, she almost exclaimed. Because Li Ziyu and her mother look too similar!
Coupled with the old lady's loss of control of her emotions, she immediately understood everything. But no one could see the clue on her face, and it was still that expressionless face. It's just that only she knows how excited, sad, heartbroken, and desperate she feels in her heart.
The arrival of the little lady completely shattered the illusion in her heart. Although she later learned the truth about Miss's fake death and the truth that Chai Bin and them found Miss Xiao later, she still had a trace of illusion, hoping that the news was wrong, and all this was not true.
However, now facing Li Ziyu's face, Mama Jian knelt on the ground uncontrollably, kowtowed to Li Ziyu and wept silently: "The slave has kowtowed to the little lady!" The slave and the maid thanked the heavens for letting the young lady and the aunt leave the descendants, and the slave begged the little lady to have time to tell the slave and the maid more about the affairs of the young lady outside, the slave and the maid really regretted it, and she had already known that she would follow the young lady, where would the slave and the maid let the young lady go like this"
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