Chapter 489: Five Masters
Lin He also asked Ziqing to hand over the gift he had prepared early in the morning, and the gift to Uncle Wen, Lin He really couldn't think of anything good to give, so he bought a rather expensive snuff box in the antique store, and then packed it in a wooden box of his own design.
The box was made in Uncle Li's house, and the carving was carved by Lin He guarding the hill, and Lin He didn't know what Uncle Wen liked, so he thought of an idea and asked Wen Ningxuan to draw a portrait of Uncle Wen, and then asked Xiaoshan to carve it.
When Uncle Wen took the wooden box, he looked at the wooden box carefully, presumably seeing his own portrait, and said with a loud laugh: "This box is special, you made it yourself, I like it very much, He'er's mind is always different." After saying that, he didn't open the wooden box, so he put the wooden box in his hand and watched it, as if he liked it very much.
Then it was time to give tea to Mrs. Wen, when Lin He gave tea to Mrs. Wen, Mrs. Wen was smiling, looking at Wen Ningxuan and Lin He lovingly, looking like her son had grown up and finally married his daughter-in-law and came back, which was completely different from the last time I saw it on the street.
After the tea, Mrs. Wen also personally helped Lin He up, in addition to the original gift, she also deliberately took off the bracelet from her hand and put it on Lin He's hand, at that time there was a woman who said: "Sister-in-law, haven't you brought this bracelet for many years?" How to ......"
"It's this bracelet that I have brought for many years, and I gave it to He'er, people say that jade raises people, this is ancient jade for many years. It's just right for the lotus belt. Mrs. Wen said with a smile.
"Sister-in-law is really good to her daughter-in-law." The woman said with a smile.
"It's my own daughter-in-law, who is good for her." Mrs. Wen still said with a gentle smile.
Lin He didn't refuse, and said obediently: "Thank you, mother." ”
Next. It is to give tea to the other elders in the house, the people in this house are Wen Ningxuan's uncles, Wen Ningxuan's family is really large, the people sitting here today should be important people in the family, and the others have not come, presumably if they all come, this house may not be crowded.
Lin He served tea one by one, and Uncle Wen had five brothers. Today, all of them are here, and the one sitting closest to the old lady is the second one, and everyone in the family calls him the second master. usually follows Uncle Wen to take care of the family's shop, which seems to be somewhat similar to Uncle Wen's facial features, but Uncle Wen is taller, but this person looks thin and thin. It feels like a businessman's face. Extremely shrewd, sitting across his table was his wife, that is, the second wife, who looked a little cold and didn't like to talk very much, when Lin He gave the couple tea, the two couples just entertained in a formulaic way, and didn't say anything special.
Next is the third master. In the past, Lin He heard Wen Ningxuan say that these three masters were idle masters. Basically, there is no job at home, and all day long is to play chess with people outside, tease crickets, or buy antiques, which can be said to be the Wen family's rice worms.
As for his wife, it was the one who spoke when Mrs. Wen gave Lin He a bracelet just now, and now she looks at this dress is extremely rich, looking at the beads on her head, Jin Bu is more luxurious than Mrs. Wen, and when Lin He gave them tea, this lady also said: "Daughter-in-law Xuan, if you have any good balms in the future, you should remember the third aunt." ”
Lin He can judge from this that these two people are rice worms of the Wen family, and they should have no actual rights in the Wen family.
Next is the four old men and two people, these four old men Lin He knows that he is a scholar, and he was a showman in his early years, but it seems that he just likes to read, and he has no interest in being an official, and occasionally teaches the children at home to read, so it can be said that there is no full-time job, but this person looks extremely kind, and he also has a strong bookish smell, and his wife is also a very kind person, watching Lin He come to serve tea, smiling lightly, and quickly helped Lin He up, giving people a very comfortable feeling.
Sitting opposite the fourth lady, that is, Mrs. Wen's subordinate, is Aunt Luo, one of Uncle Wen's concubines, although she is a concubine, but her status is not low, at least Uncle Wen's many concubines, she is the only one who can sit on this chair.
And looking at the way she spoke, she was not afraid of Mrs. Wen, but the old lady and Uncle Wen were up to her, when Lin He came to her to serve tea, she was quite kind, said some nice words, and gave Lin He a bracelet with a lot of weight, which made Lin He even more sure that her status was not low, because this Mrs. Wen sent the bracelet, she also sent, what is the reason behind it, I believe everyone can see it, but no one made a sound, as if it was taken for granted, but this Aunt Luo, Wen Ningxuan did not tell Lin He, Lin He only knew that there was such a character.
In short, the tea ceremony all the way was very smooth, everyone drank the tea, gave a meeting gift, and then Lin He handed over the gift he brought, and then said something nice, even if the person's tea was finished, it was very smooth, Lin He thought in his heart that the Wen family was not as difficult as Ziyu said, at least he didn't embarrass her at this time, Lin He just wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, but he didn't expect that when he gave tea to Wen Ningxuan's fifth uncle, something went wrong.
Wen Ningxuan's fifth uncle is called Wen Shixiang, that is, the fifth master of this family, but because he is too young, everyone calls him the fifth master, he is only more than two years older than Wen Ningxuan, and he has never married until now, these Lin He heard Wen Ningxuan say before.
But I didn't know that his fifth uncle was such a person, when Lin He gave him tea, he sat on the chair, when Lin He brought the tea to him, he looked at the tea for a while, looked at Lin He for a while, and said: "Didn't you say that Xuan's daughter-in-law is a country girl, it doesn't look like it." After speaking, he also made a gesture to find out where the characteristics of a country girl were from Lin He.
Wen Ningxuan next to him coughed, his eyes were fixed on Wen Shixiang, meaning that he should talk less nonsense, and quickly take the tea and drink it, Wen Shixiang glanced at Wen Ningxuan, raised his eyebrows, took the tea and just put it to his mouth to drink, as if he suddenly remembered something, and said: "Xuan'er, what gift did your daughter-in-law give me, show it to me, if it's not good, I won't drink this tea." ”
After speaking, he also stretched out his hand to ask Lin He for a gift, if it weren't for the cynicism revealed in this person's eyes, Lin He would have suspected that this Wen Ningxuan's fifth uncle was mentally retarded, looking at the way he spoke and the expression of asking for gifts, he really looked like a person with imperfect intelligence.
However, Lin He saw the expression in the eyes of this fifth master, she knew that this Wen Shixiang was deliberately embarrassing her, presumably because she felt that the order of today's tea ceremony was too smooth, so she deliberately made this one.
If it was another occasion, Lin He was really too lazy to care about him, he liked to drink or not, and he didn't drink it, but it didn't seem to be suitable today, so he had to kneel on the mat awkwardly, and the people in the room listened to Wen Shixiang's words, and they were obviously stunned, but fortunately, it didn't take long for Uncle Wen, who was sitting on the main seat, to speak: "Shixiang, that's enough, I'm going to go to the shop after drinking tea." ”
Wen Shixiang listened, glanced at Lin He, put the tea to his mouth and sipped, Ziqing behind Lin He hurriedly gave the gift, Wen Shixiang didn't even look at it, so he handed it directly to the little guy behind, Lin He knew that this person didn't want a gift at all, but wanted to embarrass her.
Then the tea was finished, and some of the other juniors also recognized it, there were too many juniors in the family, Lin He was familiar with it this time, who was who, she hadn't figured it out yet, but she remembered a few important people.
One is Wen Ningxuan's eldest brother Wen Ningchen, this Wen Ningchen is a few months older than Wen Ningxuan, he looks about the same age, and he is also handsome and chic, but Lin He is a little disgusted with the way this person looks at him, with frivolity in his eyes, and the face of a young master.
As for Wen Ningchen's wife Li Yuzhen, she looks good, but her temperament is worse, although she is also wearing gold and silver, but she feels like a little family, and she doesn't look like she is from a beautiful background, Lin He knows that there is such a kind of person in this world, no matter how she dresses up, her temperament can't go up, and Wen Ningchen's wife belongs to this kind of person. (To be continued......)