Chapter Twenty-Seven: Tea Ceremony

Twenty-seven, tea

Huo Mei kept her head down, but she could also imagine how dark Old Madam Wei's face was, and the sharp light that swept on her, she didn't need to look at Huo Mei to know that it was Liu Yun'er who was staring at her, and she hated to eat her alive.

"Old lady, today is the first day of the new daughter-in-law's entry, and it is almost noon, so I'm afraid I'm going to make a joke if I don't respect tea!" Mama Liu saw that Mrs. Wei and Wei Ling's mother and son were tense, so she hurriedly stepped forward to persuade her, she had just seen how Wei Ling doted on Huo Mei, and it was indeed not a good strategy to compete with each other like this.

"Humph! Do I dare to drink this tea? Maybe in a few days, I'll be kicked out of the General's Mansion! It is said that you have married a daughter-in-law and forgotten your mother, look at this rebel son......" Mrs. Wei seemed to be angry, covering her chest with her hands and panting heavily, Mama Liu hurriedly stepped forward to give Mrs. Wei a good breath, looking at Wei Ling in front of her and saying in a somewhat blaming tone.

"Childe, you see that the old lady is angry. The old lady got up early in the morning and waited here, and it was useless to even have breakfast, for fear of missing the new daughter-in-law's tea, you poured it, just knowing that the daughter-in-law who took care of you, even the mother didn't care about it! ”

Wei Ling's eyes flickered, and there was remorse in his eyes, knowing that he was a little too protective, so he unconsciously turned his head to look at Huo Mei who was kneeling beside him, Huo Mei of course knew what Wei Ling thought in his heart, this man has always been filial, so he raised his head and smiled at Wei Ling, got up and walked to Mrs. Wei and knelt in front of her.

"Mother is angry, it's all daughter-in-law, don't you punish your daughter-in-law!"

Mrs. Wei has always had a good face, Huo Mei's unruliness just now naturally made her competitive heart suddenly, this time she saw Huo Mei soft, although she was still uncomfortable, but she finally moved back to some face, stared at Huo Mei for a long time, and then coldly dropped a sentence.

"Mama Liu, can you bring the silk cloth?"

"Back to the old lady, the slave and maid have already been brought." Saying that, Mama Liu motioned to the little maid next to her to bring up the tray just now, and Mrs. Wei lifted the red cloth on the tray, looked at the little red on the silk cloth, and then nodded with satisfaction.

"Let's make a tea!"

"Okay! Bring the prepared tea, the new daughter-in-law is going to serve tea! Huo Mei knelt in front of Mrs. Wei and did not move, although Wei Ling motioned for her to kneel with her, but Huo Mei looked at Mrs. Wei's face and shook her head silently at Wei Ling.

The tea was brought over, and Huo Mei respectfully picked up a cup and handed it to Mrs. Wei, "Mother, please use tea!" ”

Mrs. Wei clasped her hands and looked at Huo Mei without moving, Huo Mei kept holding the tea bowl, she knew that Mrs. Wei would definitely make things difficult for herself, so she could only endure it at this moment, anyway, there was someone else who was in a hurry.

Sure enough, Wei Ling's breath became heavier and heavier as Huo Mei held the tea bowl, and after almost half a cup of tea, Mrs. Wei took the tea bowl and drank the tea inside.

The same is true for the next two bowls of tea, three cups of tea took half an hour to finish, Huo Mei felt that her arms were a little sore, but she didn't dare to move in front of Mrs. Wei, so she was stiffly placed in front of her, still kneeling in a regular manner.

"Take the longan lotus seed soup!" As soon as the old lady gave the order, Mama Liu handed the soup bowl to Mrs. Wei.

Mrs. Wei picked up the bowl, looked at the red dates inside, and reached out to hand it to Huo Mei, "Drink it!" ”

Huo Mei looked at the soup bowl in her hand, there were red dates and longan lotus seeds floating in it, she knew that this was the etiquette of the Han marriage, but in her previous life, because Mrs. Wei was busy cleaning up the second lady of Sima Mansion, who had just entered the door, Huo Mei had never even seen this soup bowl.

"Thank you, Mother!" The soup spoon scooped up the longan red dates inside, Huo Mei chewed slowly in his mouth, both longan and red dates were with pits, so after eating Huo Mei, he was ready to spit out the core in his mouth, Wei Ling didn't know when he had come to Huo Mei's side, and reached out and put it on Huo Mei's mouth.

"Spit in my hands!" Huo Mei looked around a little embarrassed, and finally spit out the longan kernel and jujube kernel into Wei Ling's hands.

Mama Liu looked at the two cores in Wei Ling's hand and shouted loudly, "Two pick-ups!" Many children, many blessings! ”

When Huo Mei heard this, his face turned red in an instant, and Wei Ling smiled happily, looking at the jujube core in his hand, imagining what Huo Mei's child would look like. Mrs. Wei also forgot about Huo Mei's displeasure for a while, and smiled and asked Mama Liu to bring the meeting gift to Huo Mei.

Mrs. Wei gave Huo Mei a pair of mutton fat jade, three hair combs, a pair of hairpins, and a pair of step shakes, which did not look more luxurious than gold ornaments, but revealed the nobility of jade, Huo Mei knelt on the ground and hurriedly bowed.

"Thank you Mother for the favor!"

"This thing was given to me by your father when I married into the Wei family, when the Wei family was ruined, the fields and properties were confiscated, and this thing was only kept by your grandmother who stuffed it into your father's clothes, this is the heirloom of the Wei family, and today I passed it on to you, which is also a matter of my heart! You must serve your husband well, he is often involved in foreign adventures, as his wife must be virtuous and virtuous! ”

Old Madam Wei's tone was no longer as aggressive as Fang Cai, and Huo Mei slowed down, looking like a junior being taught, but she stood in the eyes of Old Madam Wei.

"The daughter-in-law obeys her mother's teachings! I will definitely protect this heirloom of the Wei family and leave it for the descendants of the Wei family in the future! ”

Old Madam Wei finally nodded with satisfaction, sat there and drank Wei Lingjing's tea again, this tea ceremony was finally completed, just when everyone was about to get up, Huo Mei pulled Wei Ling's sleeve.

"Ah Ling!"

"What's wrong? What's uncomfortable? Huo Mei shook her head and turned her head to look at Mrs. Wei's expression.

"Ah Ling, today is the first day of our wedding, yesterday the church was too hasty, I didn't worship my father, you take me to the ancestral hall to kowtow to my father and give a cup of tea!"

When the words fell, Wei Ling's heart trembled, and he suddenly felt that Huo Mei was thoughtful, even he didn't expect this, Old Madam Wei herself forgot about it, but Huo Mei remembered it in her heart.

Wei Ling's father died of a serious illness shortly after he was born, and David Ling didn't even know what his father looked like since he was a child, his childhood was spent in loneliness and poverty, and he couldn't be moved when he saw Huo Mei so caring.

The ancestral hall is in the northwest corner of the general's mansion, which is very remote, Wei Ling couldn't bear Huo Mei to walk around, so he ordered someone to invite Wei Deng's tablet over. Gongsun Shide ordered to go to the ancestral hall, and Wei Ling got up with Huo Mei in his arms, in fact, Huo Mei's knees were already numb, and she couldn't stand at all without Wei Ling's support.

Wei Ling hugged Huo Mei's waist and hugged her in her arms, such a loving scene, Liu Yun'er almost crushed the Jinpa in her hand.