Chapter 14: Mother and Son
Sure enough, Chang saw that Huiyu's eyes fell on Yan's mother, and remembered that Huiyu couldn't remember the past after waking up, so he said: "This is Yan's mother, who is your mother's right-hand mother, who has been in charge of the accounts of the fourth room. ”
Yan's mother saluted Huiyu: "The old slave has seen the three girls. ”
Huiyu hurriedly stood up and helped Yan's mother up: "Mom, don't be polite, it's been hard for my mother this time." ”
Mother Yan stood up along Hui Yu's momentum, her eyes looked at Hui Yu, with a sense of inquiry, "Where is the duty of the old slave, fortunately, the eldest lady does not dislike it, I really dare not call it hard." ”
Huiyu looked back at Yan's mother frankly and said, "Mom is humble. I heard that my mother was the housekeeper mother in my father's yard, and then assisted my mother in managing the family's accounts, and now I also have the blue eyes of my aunt, so I guess my mother must be extremely dedicated and proper. ”
Chang Shi heard that Huiyu and Yan's mother were pushing each other, so he said: "Since the third girl intends to promote you, you can accept it, it is indeed hard for you these days." ”
Yan's mother lowered her eyes and said, "Thanks to the eldest lady and the third girl." After saying that, he retreated to the eldest lady and stood respectfully.
Huiyu also sat back in her seat, and said, "Hui'er has a reluctant invitation to come this time. ”
Chang put down the teacup in his hand and asked, "Sister Hui'er has anything to do, just talk to the eldest aunt." ”
Huiyu continued: "What the eldest aunt said to Hui'er in the Baihuayuan that day, Hui'er has been pondering in her heart. The more I think about it, the more I feel that it makes sense. Hui'er is young and has never taken care of the feed, and there are many servants in the family, and Hui'er knows only one-twelfth out of tenth. When the elders of the clan discuss the placement of the four houses, if they ask about Hui'er, Hui'er has no score in her heart. I thought about taking the opportunity of the eldest aunt to discuss with the servants, and slightly recognized my face, I don't know if it will cause trouble to the eldest aunt? ”
Chang pondered for a moment, thinking that this daily discussion was nothing more than daily expenses and even the operation of the funeral, and there was nothing to avoid Huiyu. And Huiyu comes over every day, if there is no more wind and grass, she can also find out her attitude in time, and there is no need to find a special excuse to go to Baihuayuan.
Chang Shi pondered, and said: "What trouble can there be, the left is just to put more chairs and sit more people." It's rare that you have this kind of mind, and it's always good to be prepared for everything. ”
Huiyu couldn't help but be overjoyed when she heard Chang's agreement, and said, "Thank you, auntie." I just don't know when to come over every day? ”
Chang Shi thought for a while and said: "The discussion starts every day, but I have to clean up the accounts of the first day with Mother Shi and Mother Yan, so you can come back half an hour later." ”
Hui Yu happily agreed.
Since Chang had to rush back to the long room to deal with affairs, it was inconvenient for Huiyu to delay, so the aunt and nephew said a few more words and dispersed.
When Chang returned to Hongfeng Courtyard after dealing with the affairs of the long house, it was already the end of the Shen time.
I have been busy since Chenshi until now, and I have eaten a few bites of lunch in a hurry, and Rao has been in charge of the house for more than ten years like Chang's, and he is almost unbearable.
Just as he was about to take a nap, he heard Mother Shi say, "The eldest young master and the eldest young grandmother are here." ”
As soon as Chang heard that his only son and daughter-in-law were coming, he became energetic.
I saw a young man with a slender figure, stiff eyebrows, and a slightly murderous look in his eyes, followed by a young woman with a plump figure and a kind face.
When the young man and the woman came in, they saluted Chang and said, "The son (daughter-in-law) greets his mother." ”
Chang hurriedly picked up Chu Chao with one hand and Dou with the other, "Good boy, get up quickly." Then he asked, "Have you had dinner, if not, eat here, and let the kitchenette cook something you both like." As he spoke, he hurriedly pulled Chu Chao and Dou to sit down.
Chu Chao said: "When I came to my mother at this hour, I wanted to beg my mother for food. ”
Chang Shi listened to his son joking with him, and also smiled: "You are poor with me, when is it not me who asked you to stay and eat with my old woman." After speaking, he told Mother Shi to hurry up to the small kitchen to prepare something delicious.
Chu Chao apologized: "When I came back this time, my son couldn't accompany his mother from time to time, so that his mother was worried. ”
Chang waved his hand, "It's rare for you to come back, you should accompany Wei Fang more, you have been in the army for most of the year since you got married, but Wei Fang has suffered." It's rare that this child didn't complain, and in turn comforted me, the old woman. ”
Dou Shi was very moved when he heard his mother-in-law defending herself in front of Xianggong, and said with a blushing face: "Xianggong is stationed at the border for the sake of his family and country, and I, as a daughter-in-law, should naturally fully support it." ”
Chu Chao saw that the Dou clan had won the love of the Chang clan, and his heart was naturally happy.
Chang saw that Chu Chao was in a good mood, and he was also happy to praise Dou a few words, and the mother and son were happy.
It would be nice to be able to be together happily as a family every day, even if it is an ordinary family, it is better than licking the days on the knife edge and being frightened. Now that he has committed heinous sins for these powerful and wealthy, what can he do in the future? Chang's heart was melancholy.
Between the words, Dou suddenly said: "Why didn't you see Caiyun? ”
Chu Chao also found out that he had been here for so long, and he really hadn't seen the big girl beside Chang's.
Chang Shi paused and said, "A few days ago, I went to your third sister's house, and when I saw that there was no one around her, I gave her Caiyun. ”
Caiyun is the big girl used by Chang's side, why did she suddenly give it to Huiyu, could it be that there is a situation? Chu Chao thought, his brows furrowed almost invisibly, and his eyes darkened.
After eating, Chu Chao sent Dou Shi back first, and stayed to talk to Chang Shi himself.
"Mother, why did you suddenly give Caiyun to the third sister?" Chu Chao asked as soon as he spoke.
Chang had expected that the Chu Dynasty would have this question, so the old monk replied calmly: "Your fourth uncle and four aunts are gone, and the four rooms have no owner, I am worried that the next person will take advantage of this moment to fish in troubled waters, and if you commit the following crimes, your third sister will be wronged, so she will give Caiyun to her, so as to help manage the affairs of the Baihua Courtyard." ”
When Chu Chao heard this, he frowned, "Can my mother discuss this matter with my father?" ”
Chang said: "Your father also told me to pay more attention to the four rooms, especially the Baihuayuan, for fear that your third sister is young and will be misled by some well-intentioned people." That's why I thought about sending Caiyun over, so that I could mention your third sister. ”
How could the Chu Dynasty not understand the meaning beyond the words. It's just that the mother is so blatantly stuffing people into the Baihuayuan, even if the third sister is young and ignorant and doesn't understand, how can the old mothers of the Baihuayuan not understand? In addition, those old mothers all grew up serving the third sister, if they chatter a few words in the third sister's ear, the third sister believes who doesn't believe who really doesn't know.
Moreover, the people sent by the Dingguo Mansion estimated that the next few days were coming, and the funeral of the fourth uncle and four aunts was also coming soon, and the subordinates of the fourth uncle would have to come to mourn at that time.