Chapter 11: Distant Relatives
Xu Shi also felt a little embarrassed, and his face flushed. This "cousin" Zhao came directly to Pei's Mansion to hand over the post, and Xu was really a little caught off guard, he didn't expect her to come, let alone expect her to be like this.
The Zhao family came to visit Pei's house, and Mrs. Fang personally came forward to entertain her. However, Mrs. Fang was an elder, and she was worried that she would detain the Zhao family, so she specially asked her three daughters-in-law to accompany her. And because she brought a little girl, she also made a special trip to Lin Youhui to take the little girl out, "The two children are of the same age, so they are close to each other." ”
Mrs. Fang must have thought that Zhao was following her husband to Suzhou to take office and pay a routine visit, but how did she know that she was here to complain? Not to mention Mrs. Fang, even Xu's "cousin" has no premonition.
Gu is also here, she is the eldest sister-in-law, she is kind-hearted, busy and gentle persuasion, "The eldest sister is your first child, right?" No wonder you think so. To tell you the truth, when my eldest child was less than a year old, I also looked at him and felt infinite pity. Alas, pity the hearts of parents all over the world. ”
Xu glanced at Gu gratefully, and his gaze was clearly saying, "Sister-in-law, you are so good, thank you!" Gu smiled slightly, nodded at his brother's daughter-in-law, and signaled her not to take it to heart.
Zhao listened to the empathetic words of the Pei family's grandmother, and tears rained down, "Grandma, you are a blessed person, how do you know the suffering of my thin life!" Eldest sister, she is my first daughter, but she is not my first child......"
"My first child, a brother, pity him before he came to this world, he ......" Zhao mentioned the sad past, crying and choking tears.
At this moment, even the Gu family was embarrassed.
Do you dare to love this Zhao family has a miscarriage? It was a tragic thing. However, to say this in front of the eldest grandmother and the second grandmother of the Pei family, I am afraid it is rude to say it in a shallow manner.
Who will not encounter some ups and downs and misfortunes in this life, just grit your teeth and deal with it, it is not enough for outsiders.
Gu's, Lin Youhui, and Xu's are all called well-educated, and the three of them looked at each other at this time, not knowing what to do. Fortunately, as soon as Zhao cried, her daughter's eldest sister also sobbed and cried, and Gu and Xu coincidentally went to coax the eldest sister together.
looked curiously at the thin and crying little girl beside her, and felt sympathy for this peer. Although I don't know what happens to the rest of her family, just looking at her mother, who drops golden beans at every turn, it seems that this little girl has not had a good baby. You must know that most of the girls in this era cannot rely on their fathers for education, but rely on their mothers to teach.
What kind of daughter can a mother who can only cry in case of trouble? It can well be imagined.
The eldest sister's cry was very weak, like a kitten. subconsciously wanted to go over and coax her, but seeing that the two adults, the eldest aunt and the third aunt, tried all their best to no avail, they were very self-aware and didn't make it up.
After a while, Gu personally picked up the eldest sister and patted her, and Xu pulled up her "cousin" and went to change her clothes together. Lin Youhui had already picked up the little one, and the eldest sister's cry was broken and disturbing, she was afraid that this cry would annoy her baby daughter.
Gu gave birth to three boys, no daughters, and really had some compassion for the little girl in his arms, patted her gently, and ordered someone to take toys such as rattles for the eldest sister to play with. teasing and coaxing, the eldest sister's small cry gradually became smaller.
Very friendly handed a small kumquat over, the eldest sister hesitated for a while, timidly stretched out her little hand, and took it. grinned at her, although she drooled unsightly, the smile was still very bright, and the eldest sister also smiled shyly, and her little face was buried in Gu's arms.
Gu sighed softly, "Such a child, if it is in our family, I don't know how much treasure it is!" "The Pei family is looking forward to coming and going, and only the second room is small. But there are a total of three rooms, a small is not enough, if there is a little girl, it is really God's favor, no matter how good.
Lin Youhui smiled and groaned, "More than that." Sister-in-law, it doesn't matter if it's in our family or in Mei's family, the eldest sister is a sweethearted baby! "How does the Pei family know the inside story of the Mei family, that is, the Mei family treats the eldest sister just mediocre, and the Pei family can only say kind words.
Gu smiled, "Isn't it, the second brother and sister are right, this child must be the pearl of his parents' palms in the Mei family." ”
As he was talking, Xu accompanied his "cousin" to change his clothes and came back, Xu's face was as usual, but his "cousin" lowered his head, as if he was ashamed. She didn't stay long, sat down for a while, then took her eldest sister in to say goodbye to Mrs. Fang and left.
Gu's, Xu's, and Lin Youhui hugged Xiao, sent them to the second gate, watched them get into the sedan chair, and said goodbye.
The eldest sister was held by the nurse, and the little one looked lonely and helpless. She is obviously very estranged from the nurse, and she can't see the closeness with her mother-in-law, Zhao. Only then did Zhao cry frequently for the eldest sister, saying that the eldest sister was pitiful, but the Zhao family did not hold the child with his own hands, nor did he feed the child personally, all of them were fake nurses.
Looking at the eldest sister's slightly dazed little face, Gu Shi felt pity and secretly sighed, "It's a pity that this child was not born in the Pei family." "The Pei family lacks girls, baby girls, she just went to the Mei family, who doesn't want girls.
"It's still blessed." Gu Shi watched the eldest sister get into the sedan chair, and then turned his head to look at Lin Youhui's sweet smile in his arms, and sighed invisibly.
is also a little girl, and the eldest sister, there is a world of difference.
After the visit of the "cousin", Xu felt a big loss of face, and when he looked at the eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law, he couldn't raise his head a little, "My cousin is about the first child who has a miscarriage, and the second child is a girl, so she is a little depressed." She explained a sentence or two vaguely, and she felt that she couldn't get it right.
Gu Shi was kind, and comforted her with a smile, "When this child is less than a year old, he really worries too much about being a mother, and he is very easy to lose his temper." Three brothers and sisters, this is a common thing. "It's not your maiden cousin who is like this, don't think about it.
Lin Youhui took a small silver spoon to feed the custard, and laughed softly, "The little girl of the Mei family is really crying, and she is soft. If you change it, you don't cry, but once you start crying, it will be a cry that shakes the sky and resounds in the sky. ”
While crying, she would peek at her parents with teary eyes. If her parents show a distressed appearance, she will cry even louder, and the meaning of coercion will be fully revealed; If her parents seemed indifferent, she cried quietly, drooped her little head, and played alone with her head down.
Lin Youhui thought carefully, and the corners of his lips smiled.
I didn't even eat the delicious egg custard, my big eyes were wide open, and I glared at Lin Youhui angrily. People are eating, and you mention such an embarrassing thing in front of them! It affects your appetite very much, do you know the way?!
Lin Youhui's hand holding the small silver spoon stopped in mid-air, and the Gu family and the Xu family were amazed, "We can understand the words, right?" Smart kids! Xu didn't even care about his "cousin" and looked at Le. The little girl who is white and pink, the little girl who is angry, is so funny.
"Do you still eat? If you don't eat it, your mother will order someone to take it away. Lin Youhui glanced at the custard and asked with a smile.
Who says I won't eat it? For the time being, he didn't care about getting angry, and nodded busily.
No matter who you are angry with, you can't skip eating.
Lin Youhui smiled and continued to feed her, turning grief and anger into food, and a small bowl full of egg custard was completely wiped out by her.
When you are full, you will be sleepy, and after enjoying the food, you will stretch your little belly and fall asleep sweetly.
Alas, although Fang was slightly ridiculed, such a baby life is actually very beautiful.
In his sleep, he giggled.
Pei Erye came back late at night this night, and he heard his voice dimly, "...... Not only Lu tombs, but also Songjiang, Changzhou, Jiashan and other places have opened kilns...... Of course, the craftsman didn't want to take on the job, but he couldn't ......."
It is not easy to fire gold bricks, and there are dozens of processes from mud selection to finished products. After finally burning it out, any flaw cannot pass the acceptance, which is very harsh. However, after being transported to the capital by water, after the Ministry of Industry inspected the warehouse, each piece was only given a silver price.
Artisans don't make money at all.
"Is this going to be a big construction?" Lin Youhui's voice was full of displeasure.
Second Master Pei let out a long sigh.
…… The emperor is very bored, and he wants to build a palace and prosper in civil engineering? I suppressed my sleepiness and wanted to continue listening. However, perhaps what Pei Erye and Lin Youhui said next was more confidential, the two of them had low voices, and they listened hard with their ears on their ears, and they didn't listen to what they were saying.
Bully babies! Angry for a while, hazy and fell asleep again-
Xu sent his three sons to sleep, sat down at the table, and wrote letters. Pei Sanye accompanied his eldest brother to the capital, and he inevitably went to the Wei Mansion to visit his father-in-law and mother-in-law. The Xu family was worried that Pei Sanye would not arrive in the capital at this time, and secondly, he was depressed, so he had to write down the matter of his "cousin" truthfully and tell the Duchess of Wei to know the truth.
"What kind of cousin is she?" Xu Shi thought of the uninvited guest during the day, and his eyes were cold, "My aunt is good to marry into the Nanxiong Marquis Mansion, and she is the wife of the Nanxiong Marquis, but her old man passed away many years earlier!" Zhao Zhen, this girl, is just the daughter of the stepfamily, and she is embarrassed to insist on kissing my Xu family! ”
When my aunt died, she left behind a son and a daughter, both of whom were still young. The former person already has a son-in-law and a daughter-in-law, who would be willing to marry his daughter to the right family, the lady who remarried the uncle is just the daughter of the Liupin Jingguan, and the family is not very powerful.
The rules of the Nanxiong Marquis Mansion are big, and it is difficult for her, who is the stepfamily, to ignore the eldest son and eldest daughter in front of her, but she is just blindly making money. I heard that she was very shallow-eyed, and she only knew money, and she had plucked her hair and saved her life to leave a family business for her biological children.
Such a mother, raising such a girl, came to Pei's house to disgrace me! Xu threw down his pen irritably, stood up, and paced back and forth in the room.
Sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, I don't know how to laugh at me at this time! Xu was extremely annoyed when he thought of his "cousin's" various faux pas.