Chapter 234: The Zhao Clan
Zhao was invited three times by the Chen family before coming back.
According to the customs of Xuzhou Mansion, the August Festival and the Spring Festival of the married girl cannot be spent in the mother's house, unless the husband's family is divorced.
Today is the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, and the Zhao family naturally can't wait for the fifteenth day of the first lunar month tomorrow to return to his mother-in-law's house, so he has to come back today. She is now wearing gold and silver in Xuzhou Mansion to call slaves and maids, naturally disdainful of returning to the Chen family, and even more unwilling to set rules in front of Mrs. Chen, even if she comes back today, she did not come early in the morning, but waited until dinner was about to be set before returning to the Chen family.
These days, Chen Zichang took Xue Miao and Qi Lin back to his hometown, he now has silver in his hand and a small servant standing next to him, plus his son has planted the top child on the list, he is shaking more and more, talking to people outside, and his mouth is sarcastic. In the entire Baitu Town, people on the street from east to west are saying behind their backs that Chen Zichang is doing a good job, and his family life is not bad if he has hands and feet, and he wants to sell his daughter if he can't get by, and he sent a flower-like girl to Ding Mansion to be a concubine, and Mu Fugui doesn't even want to be cheeky.
The Zhao family originally felt that she had been wronged by Xue Yao's entry into Ding's mansion as a concubine, and her heart hurt like a needle. After staying in Xuzhou Mansion for a long time, they don't think like that, if there is no relationship between Xueyao and Ding Mansion, where can they afford to live in the courtyard of Sanjin, and where can they hire people to serve. Originally, the Zhao family in the Chen family did not do any work, since the big house was divided, Mrs. Chen wanted to stand up, every time she always took the Zhao family as a raft, so the Zhao family did a few months of work, a pair of hands of bone joints have increased, now she ten fingers do not touch the spring water, hot tea and hot rice are always prepared by someone, every day Xue Yao sent someone from Ding Mansion to send fresh roses. Ordered someone to dig into flower juice to let Zhao's hands soak every day. Not to mention the food and clothing, there are people in the kitchen twenty-four hours a day, and Xue Yao invited two cooks. One cooks, the other makes pastries, each meal is not the same, let people write the menu, and someone will send it to which one they want to eat, and the ginseng soup bird's nest hangs on the stove from morning to night. The clothes of the four seasons are made of different materials and satin, and the whole cloth is cut down. Don't use any leftovers.
Such a day is that even the gods can live.
When I went to Ding's mansion, I visited Xueyao once, and the style was worn all over the body. Who would have thought that she was a concubine, and the only bit of shame left in Zhao's heart was gone.
Those countrymen have never seen the world, and they only scolded her behind her back for sending her daughter to an unsightly place, that is, they have not seen what it means to be rich. Nest in the poor ravines and ravines all his life. What's wrong with being a decent lady? It's not the same to eat chaff vegetables, and when you go out, you don't have decent clothes, and you don't have a decent plug on your head, what's the point of living like that.
She also saw it, the most important thing was to hold the money in her hand, Chen Zichang was messing around outside, and she would guard Qi Lin and Xue Miao in the future.
Since Qi Lin was admitted to Tongsheng, Zhao feels that he will be a champion in the future. More and more people are not taken seriously.
Originally, she didn't want to come back to her hometown this time. How comfortable it is to live in the city, and it is impossible to make rules in front of your mother-in-law. She had Xue Yao behind her, and she was holding the family's money in her hand, and she became more and more tough on Chen Zichang, because Chen Zichang looked at the sweeping maid twice, and Chen Zichang had a fight, and was persuaded by Qi Lin and Xue Miao to return to his hometown. When he got to the carriage, he stumbled all the way with Chen Zichang because of the things in the shop, and stayed in the town during the day, and got off the carriage and went to the pork shop opened by his brother because of his temperament, and said that the old lady was sick and needed her to take care of her, and she was unwilling to go back to Maoshan Village.
When Zhao returned home, he suddenly came to his senses, only to realize that the head of the Chen family was still Mrs. Chen, but things had come to this point, so he had to enter the upper room with courage. Zhao's waist is now harder than before, her son has been admitted to the Tongsheng exam, Mrs. Chen has to look at her grandson without looking at her face, plus Qi Lin and her have the same heart, presumably Mrs. Chen can't do anything with her this time.
When the Zhao family came back, Mrs. Chen and Old Man Chen were not at home, so they took Qi Lin and Xue Miao to the Wang family to send a festival gift. The Wang family is Mrs. Chen's maiden family, even if she is full of children and grandchildren, she has to leave her mother's house like a holiday.
Because Qingyu sent a gift to the big house a few days ago, Chen Qi'an also went to Wang's house with Shangfang today.
Zhao breathed a sigh of relief, and ordered the maid to clean up the house where she used to live, spread out new bedding and sheets to hang up the tent, tied a handkerchief on her head, and pretended to be a sick young grandmother on the bed.
The maid made the bed and put a spittoon at Zhao's feet, took out melon seeds, peanuts and grapes from the fruit plate she brought, and put them in front of Zhao. Zhao has developed the habit of eating snacks since he hit Xuzhou Mansion, and every day in addition to napping is lying on the bed and eating melon seeds, now this problem can not be changed, if you don't eat something in your mouth, your heart will be uncomfortable.
"I'm hungry, you go to the pot house outside and give me some food." Zhao waved his hand at the maid.
The maid walked out, walked around the yard, and when she saw the smoking pot house, she went in.
Li took Xueru, Xueru, and Jinghao to cook in the pot house, because it was the August Festival tomorrow, Li planned to prepare tomorrow's big dishes today, and Leng Buding saw a girl standing at the door, and looked up suspiciously.
Xue Jiao recognized this girl, who was the maid who carried Zhao into the house in the evening.
When the maid saw Xue Jiao and the Li family raise their heads to look at her, and knew that this family was the Chen family's big house often arranged by the Zhao family and Xue Miao, she was a little disdainful in her heart, and raised her face and said, "My grandmother is unwell and wants a bowl of food." ”
Chicken soup was simmering in the cauldron, and the smell ran out, and the maid's eyes slipped straight up.
Li didn't react for a while, but Chen Xuejiao knew that the grandmother in her mouth was Zhao, and she was disdainful, but she really pretended to be a grandmother and arrived at home. According to the generation, the Zhao family is the younger sister, the Li family is the sister-in-law, the younger brother and sister come to the house, not to say that they came to visit the sister-in-law first, but sent a maid to find food.
At the moment, he turned cold and said: "We don't have any grandmother and wife in our family, I don't know which one you are, you have to eat when you break into the door, and the one outside who is called Hanako has to call the master's house." ”
The maid's face changed, thinking that this country girl was not easy to mess with, and when she raised her eyes, although Li and a few girls were busy in homely clothes, the inserts on their heads and ears were either gold or silver, and they didn't dare to underestimate it at the moment.
"Excuse me, you are the eldest grandmother in the family, hey, I often hear my grandmother mention it. My grandmother had just come to the house and was not feeling well, so she sent me to visit first. The maid's mouth turned quickly.
This girl looks coarse and clumsy, but her brain is clever. Xue Jiao raised her eyes and looked at her again, pursed her mouth and did not speak.
Li Shi looked back and knew that this was Zhao's maid in front of him.
"It turned out that the second aunt came back, my mother, who is the eldest sister-in-law, had to go to visit, and the second aunt was not feeling well, so she went to invite Langzhong." Xue Jiao said without being salty.
The words conceal that Li is the sister-in-law, and no sister-in-law wants to visit her younger siblings first.
When the maid heard this, her teeth clucked, but she didn't make a sound, so she had to laugh at the door.
Although the Li family doesn't like the Zhao family in his heart, in the end, it hinders the face of the concubine, and she has just come to the house, and she has a cold pot and a cold stove in the upper room, not to mention food, even a cup of hot tea.
Zhang took advantage of Mrs. Chen's absence, she disappeared, and even if she was at home, she would not necessarily give Zhao a cup of hot tea.
"Xuejiao, you scoop a bowl of chicken soup for your second aunt." Li handed Xue Jiao a spoon.
It's just a bowl of chicken soup, and she can't be angry, and Xue Jiao is not such a stingy person, she just wanted to rub the girl's anger just now.
Scooped up a large bowl of chicken soup, took the chicken, and handed it to the maid, who thanked her and took it away.
"Hey, your second aunt will stay with your grandmother this time, and she will suffer it." Li sighed.
Outside the smug head was too much, and he was carried away, Zhao was afraid that he went to his mother's house first because of his temperament, and he didn't know what he wanted to say in the house this time. Chen Xuejiao secretly thought, the second room is not separated, and now it is still the person who goes to the house, and the Zhao family has not done it right to go back to her parents' house first this time, this time Mrs. Chen doesn't know how to repair her, but I'm afraid that even Old Man Chen won't interfere.
Zhao also knew that this scolding was indispensable, so it was better to eat the meal first and fill his stomach. When the maid brought the chicken in, she didn't ask where she got it, she sent the maid to guard at the door, turned around and scolded secretly: "Let me make the rules, but let's die that heart, only today, tomorrow will go back to Xuzhou Mansion." Thinking that Chen Zichang insisted on coming to the house, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, picked up the bowl, took the chopsticks, and there were several pieces of meat in it, and picked them up with chopsticks.
Here, Chen Xuejiao's family had just brought out dinner, when they heard a knock on the door, opened the door, and Old Man Chen and Mrs. Chen came back from Wang's house with their grandchildren.
The second elder in the upper room didn't know that the Zhao family had returned, and Mrs. Chen saw a girl with a face making a fire in the pot house to boil water, and thought it was a little thief from somewhere, so she was about to shout, but was stopped by Xue Miao.
"Cui'er, why are you here?" Xue Miao shouted at the maid.
The maid didn't know how to cook the pot, so she wiped the ashes of the pot on her hand and said, "Second Miss, grandma is back, and she is not very well, I will boil her some hot water." ”
Before Mrs. Chen could react that the grandmother in the maid's mouth was Zhao, she heard Xue Miao's coquettish voice: "My mother has come back from grandma's house." ”
As soon as this sentence fell, Mrs. Chen exploded, walked into the upper room with her little feet, and smashed the curtain with a crackling sound.
When Zhao heard the movement, he quickly picked up the fruit plate that grabbed the melon seeds and hid it in the quilt, leaning on the big pillow, pretending to be weak in his hands and feet, and wiped his tears when he saw Mrs. Chen come in.
Mrs. Chen was even more angry when she saw her like this, she went to her mother-in-law's house so late, and when she came back, she didn't say that she was sorry for the crime, and she lay down on the bed.
"Second daughter-in-law, you're back, you're back, you're back this time, I think you want the eight-lift sedan chair, what's the matter, our old Chen family's eight-lift sedan chair hasn't been prepared yet, why are you coming back." (To be continued......)