Chapter 9: The Concubine
When Aunt Fan saw her daughter's well-behaved appearance, her heart suddenly softened, and she asked softly, "When did the girl come over?" Have you had lunch? ”
Duo Yu put down the book, sat up and said with a smile: "Come over for a while, my aunt is not here, so I will lie down and read the book by myself." My aunt came from my mother? I haven't eaten yet, and I'm begging for something to eat at my aunt's. ”
Aunt Fan scratched Duo Yu's nose affectionately and said, "Look at what the girl said, it seems that your aunt wronged you and didn't give you food." ”
Duo Yu pouted and said, "My aunt just refuses to reward me for eating, and always teaches me to go to my mother's place to eat." It's been a long time since we've both eaten together. ”
Aunt Fan looked at Duo Yu dotingly, "You, the bigger you are, the more willful you are." What my aunt teaches you is for your own good, be close to your wife, so that your wife can miss you, and you can have a good future just in your aunt. ”
"Okay, okay auntie", Duo Yu shook Aunt Fan's hand and said coquettishly, "I finally came to have a meal, and you always talk about me, I'm hungry." ”
Aunt Fan instructed her subordinates to hurry up and prepare the meal, and said, "The girl should rest assured of her aunt's words." You are now eleven years old, and it will be time to marry in two or three years, if Mrs. can still think of you in her heart, although she can marry to the capital like Sister Lan, at least she can marry into a solid family. When you marry a good family, your aunt will have nothing to be dissatisfied with in this life. ”
Duo Yu looked at Aunt Fan and said seriously: "I understand what Aunt Fan means. On weekdays, I should be cautious. But my aunt also has to understand that my eldest sister and I have a difference between concubines after all, even if I show good in front of my mother in every way, others will find fault with me when discussing marriage. I don't want to marry into a rich and noble family, as long as I am a good family and treat me sincerely, I will be content. Therefore, my aunt should not be too wronged in front of her mother on weekdays, it should be ours, we have to fight for it, but it shouldn't be our compromise, and we can't get it. ”
Before Aunt Fan could speak, the eldest girl Wanshuang said quickly: "The girl is right, the aunt is too wronged by herself, and she was angry by the lady for no reason just now." ”
Aunt Fan hurriedly scolded Wanshuang: "You girl, how can you talk when the masters speak!" ”
Duo Yu's face sank, and she asked, "Auntie, why did you provoke your mother again?" ”
Aunt Fan pulled Duo Yu to sit down, patted her hand gently, and said, "It's not a big deal." Madame was annoyed that the eldest lady took the lead to pay for the funeral expenses for the fourth room, and I didn't have the strength to say something that was not in the situation, and Madame said a few words to me, which was not in the way. ”
Duo Yu sighed and said, "What happened to the fourth room, the third sister doesn't know what to do in the future. Although there are uncles and aunts presiding, my father and mother are also uncles and aunts of the third sister's in-laws, and they inevitably have to come forward. With her mother's temperament, she doesn't know how much she wants to be angry, so my aunt will go to her mother less during this time, and she will be wronged. ”
Aunt Fan also knew the character of her housemother, and listened to Duo Yu's analysis of the Tao, and there was a feeling that my family had a girl growing up, so she said: "What the girl said is that my aunt must pay attention." ”
After a while, the meal was served. Duo Yu and Aunt Fan had lunch.
It is said that after Chang told his two brothers-in-law about his plan to give money for the funeral of the fourth room, he felt a little less guilty about the fourth room, but he was worried that his Luo would bring trouble to the long house, and the two brothers-in-law might not be able to complain to their husbands when they went back.
With Hou Ye's character, he can't say that he has the heart of a woman, but if it wasn't for Changfang's thing to be sorry for the fourth room, why would she think about Huiyu so much? To put it simply, it's all one report and one report.
Chang's heart turned around a thousand times, and he decided to talk to Hou Ye about it, so he took Shi's mother to the study.
Outside the study, the little servant of the Marquis of Subei was busy greeting Chang's birthday celebration.
Chang said: "What is Master Hou busy in the study? ”
Qingsheng glanced at Chang Shi and said cautiously: "Second Miss and Aunt Yang just brought tea over, and they are talking to Hou Ye inside. ”
When Chang heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little unhappy. Since a few days ago, Hou Ye was unhappy because of Huiyu's placement, Hou Ye either rested in the study at night, or stayed in Zi Ling Courtyard, and now he even enjoys family fun with Aunt Yang's mother and daughter during the day, and he doesn't have a good word to worry about the long room so much. Chang couldn't help sighing, but even if he wasn't for the Hou Ye, he should be for the sake of Brother Chao, some things still had to be done, and some things still had to be said.
Chang Shi took a breath and said to Qingsheng: "You go in and talk to Hou Ye, and say that I have something important to discuss with him." ”
Qingsheng didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly entered the study.
After a while, Qingsheng came out and said, "Master Hou invites Mrs. in." ”
Chang went in to see that Sister Dan and Aunt Yang were standing next to Hou Ye's lower left, and there was a pot of tea on the desk.
Seeing Chang come in, Dan Yu and Aunt Yang saluted Chang. Chang said: "Hou Ye has been back for the past few days, Aunt Yang has been serving Hou Ye day and night, which is really hard. ”
Aunt Yang hurriedly said: "Madam, I don't dare to be a slave and maid, it is the duty of a slave to serve the Hou Ye." After speaking, he poured a cup of tea and handed it to Chang, "The slave maid made a pot of big red robes, madam, please try it." ”
Although Chang's temperament is a little weak, he is not weak, otherwise he has been the housewife for more than ten years. She took the teacup slowly, blew lightly, took a sip, and said, "Aunt Yang's tea-making skills are still so good, no wonder Hou Ye always dislikes the tea every time he goes to Hongfeng Courtyard." With my aunt's craftsmanship, Rao is my tea, no matter how good the tea is, the Hou Ye can't look down on it. ”
Aunt Yang said: "Madame praised it falsely, Master Hou already has high requirements for tea, and the slave maid doesn't have any good tea, so she can only work this craft." ”
Chang pursed his lips and smiled, put the teacup on the table, wiped the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief, and said: "Aunt Yang has indeed spent a lot of effort on this craft, I heard that this skill in making dim sum is also very good, Hou Ye always mentions your specialty dim sum to me, and I still want to go to Zi Ling Yuan one day to try your craft." ”
The implication of this is that Aunt Yang used her ability to make tea and dim sum, and she enveloped the Marquis of Subei, and also relegated herself to the position of a cook.
Rao is Aunt Yang has done a good job of saving face, and her face is not very good-looking at this time.
Danyu couldn't hold her breath when she saw her aunt being squeezed, "Dan'er thinks that the small snacks made in the small kitchen in her mother's yard are also delicious, and she ate four or five of them without paying attention to her mother's meal last time." I remember that Sister Caiyun said that she was a newly hired cook, and she was good at making small snacks. Dan'er also thought about learning this craft from the cook, so that she could honor her father and mother. ”