Chapter 42: Second Watch

Two days later, Shang Xiang went to get the medicine as he said, and sure enough, Hu Er prepared the things, wrapped a large bag of grass paper, and the silver goods were both.

Shang Xiang held it in her arms, hid from people and entered the Zhuangzi, entered the house and covered the door, before she dared to take it out, Aunt Ying kept waiting, approached and opened it to see what kind of herb it was, sniffed it with her nose, the unpleasant smell rushed straight to the lungs, frowned and stunned, "This medicine is fine, right?" You can't eat people badly, can you? ”

"I heard the mother-in-law in Zhuangzi say that this Hu Er specializes in this kind of unsightly work, and many women in the mansion are looking for him."

Aunt Ying heard about it, so she put her heart at ease, people came and went during the day, and she stayed until it was dark, closed the door, Shang Xiang moved the small copper stove to the outhouse, put water to decoction the medicine, looked at the fire, and after frying, she brought it into the inner room, cooled until it was warm, and Aunt Ying pinched her nose and drank it.

After five or six days, Aunt Ying really didn't come to the moon, I was afraid that I would not be sure, so I found a few Lang Zhong to check the pulse, and they all said that they were happy to take the pulse, which was reassuring.

Aunt Ying rewarded a lot of silver money to seal her mouth, and Hu Er also knew that this big family had a lot to do with it, so he didn't mention it since.

Mrs. Zhan went to the room, just set up the morning meal, and before she moved the chopsticks, Mrs. Zhan pointed to a few dishes, "Send these plates to Miss Qiaohui, and persuade her to eat more." ”

It happened that the young lady Zhao had something to go back, caught up with her mother-in-law for dinner, and left to wait for her mother-in-law, and heard that she disdained it from the bottom of her heart, and she had children in the room, so much attention, and her mother-in-law was going to the second and third children in the end, and her man would inherit the uncle's position in the future.

Mrs. Zhao was dissatisfied, but she smiled on her face and said playfully; "The second child has an heir this time, and the mother has complete children and grandchildren, although she is not a descendant, but she also has half of her heart." The Zhao family deliberately mentioned that the concubine was out, which could not be compared with the concubine.

Mrs. Zhan was happy these days, and she didn't pay attention to the meaning of her words, so she continued: "No, the second child is not young, the knees are empty, you have children in these two rooms, his room is deserted, nothing worries me, I have been smiling and waking up from my dreams these days, and your second brother and sister are also virtuous, so I immediately allocated a yard to her, and told me that when I gave birth to a son, I would raise a concubine." ”

Mrs. Zhan chattered, Zhao pouted behind her back, Shen is not weak and bullying no matter how she looks at it, and Aunt Naying, her mother-in-law is happy too early, and the second room will have trouble sooner or later.

As he was talking, a little girl hurriedly walked over, her face full of joy, and she said repeatedly, "Say hello to Madame." ”

Mrs. Zhan wondered, "What a happy event." ”

"Outside the city, Aunt Ying has a body in the second room of Zhuangzi, and she is a personal maid to and from Mrs. Ying."

Mrs. Zhan was a little surprised when she heard this letter, and it was not surprising to think about it, the second child ran to Zhuangzi when she was free, and Aunt Ying has been here for a year or two, so it should have been there a long time ago.

Mrs. Zhan was still happy in her heart, although she was a troublesome concubine, the child in her belly belonged to the Zhan family.

"The second room is really a double happiness." Mrs. Zhao's words had a different meaning.

After Mrs. Zhan was overjoyed, she immediately thought of Shen Xuanzhen, Aunt Ying said that it is not suitable for children who have a son to stay in the countryside anymore, and their lives are rough, if there is something to find a doctor, they have to run out of more than ten miles to delay major events, but when they want to take Aunt Ying back, can Shen agree? Turning his mind, Shen's gentleness, and knowing that the Tao is advancing and retreating, should he not object, but how can he say this? It seems that this matter still needs to be considered.

"The second master is here." Mrs. Zhan couldn't make up her mind, so someone else came to report.

Zhan Shaoting came to the court, and this time his waist straightened, "Congratulations to the second brother." Zhao's mouth said sweetly.

"I've seen my mother, I've seen my sister-in-law." Zhan Shaoting finished his salute and stood aside, Zhao saw that the corners of his eyebrows and eyes could not hide his joy, and he felt that what he was doing was glorious, he really didn't know what he was doing with that little concubine, this man didn't have a few good things, and his own man was also eating in the bowl and looking at the pot, and he was worried about the maid in the room, but he was bound by the title of the eldest son of the uncle, and he didn't dare to be blatant, and he didn't want to find a way out of the girl, she didn't want to affect the relationship between the husband and wife.

Uncle Zhan and Mrs. Qin Se and Ming, there are two concubines in the room, or Mrs. Zhan is good-looking and accepted for him, Uncle Zhan rarely goes to the concubine's room, only one of the two concubines has a girl, who is only ten years old, and the other concubine has to be favored, but there is no out.

Zhao looked at his mother-in-law's, the charm still exists, and he has to admire his mother-in-law's means of tying up a man, and his father-in-law is upright, but the three sons are not angry, they are attentive to women, and their husbands are more or less scruples about the face of the uncle, the two little uncles are simply unbearable, this is the result of the mother-in-law's doting and arrogance, the mother-in-law seems to be talking to her daughter-in-law, but she does not hesitate to stand on her son's side at the critical moment, the second child is proud, a smile appeared on the corner of Zhao's mouth, is Shen Wanzhen still calm this time?

At this time, I heard Zhan Shaoting say, "My mother knows the Tao, and I have seen it with the doctor, and I said that it is a happy pulse.

Yingniang has a son's child, and it is not a matter of always living in the countryside, the son means to take her back to the house and ask her mother to show her. ”

Zhan Shaoting said it rightly and justifiably.

Mrs. Zhan groaned, "Take it home, it's very deserved, but only your daughter-in-law can agree?" ”

Zhan Shaoting said proudly: "Yingniang has a body, if she is really virtuous, I don't need to say it, she should take the initiative to go to the countryside to pick up Yingniang, so that she can treat it well, not for anything else, but also for her husband, so that she can be like a mother-in-law, and she is really virtuous." ”

Zhan Shaoting's words, Mrs. Zhao Shaoting scolded in her heart: What is it, still so righteous, Bai Sheng has such a good skin. Although she doesn't have a good impression of the Shen family, she can stand in the same position as her wife, and her heart is inclined to Shen Wanzhen.

"That being said, you can't squeeze out your wife for an aunt, you go down first, and find your daughter-in-law in a while, I told her that Wanzhen is a sensible child, and she will definitely do what I say."

Zhan Shaoting went down with peace of mind, Mrs. Zhan ordered someone to find Shen Wanzhen, and the Zhao family also retreated, and she didn't want to mix with the troubled waters in the second room.

Shen Xuanzhen had heard that Aunt Ying was pregnant, and she was skeptical about whether she really had a body, what kind of moth did this woman have, how could Qiaohui just have it, and she also had it.

She had already made the silver bribe the people on the door, and as soon as there was a disturbance, someone would come and go back to her first, and this time it was the maid named Shangxiang who came, and Wanzhen called for rewarding the subordinate who came to ventilate the news.

At this time, the maid in Mrs. Zhan's room came over, "Second young lady, Madame is looking for you." Shen Wanzhen knew that her mother-in-law was looking for her, most of them knew that she was going to do it, so she took Xiuju and Mrs. Qian and went to the upper room.

"The master really wants to take that aunt into the house?" Mrs. Qian pleases the girl's idea.

"In this situation, I don't agree, I'm afraid that my mother-in-law won't want to, can I stop it? If I insist on it, I will only be bored with myself, and I will be called unvirtuous. Wanzhen's steps were unhurried, calm, and not a trace of panic.

"But if the master agrees to take Aunt Ying into the house, the master will have a hard time in the future." Xiuju was full of hope that the girl would be wronged.

"Take one step at a time, look at the present." Shen Wanzhen knew that she could only do this for the time being, and the rest of the people entered the mansion and said.

"According to the old slave, this Aunt Ying doesn't just want to enter the mansion, it's not that simple, there will be bigger plans in the future." Mrs. Qian had already seen this, and reminded the girl to make plans early and beware of it.

Shen Xuanzhen can only see the tricks now, she didn't move, she can't hold her breath first, no matter what, she came through it, and her knowledge and IQ are not below her, so she is afraid of her concubine.

As soon as Shen Wanzhen entered the room, Mrs. Zhan smiled and kindly greeted her to excuse herself and sit beside her to show her value.

Mrs. Zhan waved everyone away, and the two of them in the room talked considerately.

Shen Juan Zhenjing waited for Mrs. Zhan to say first, Mrs. Zhan asked a few irrelevant words before coughing and clearing her throat, "Daughter-in-law, I came to you today to discuss something, the second room was driven to Zhuangzi Aunt Ying is pregnant, I thought, the countryside is remote, giving birth to a child is not a trivial matter, in case there is a mistake, Shaoting is easy to get an heir, I should complain about my ruthless mother, I want to discuss with my daughter-in-law, whether to take her back to the house from the countryside first, and wait for the birth, daughter-in-law, you can rest assured, the child stays, and you can dispose of it casually, It's okay to go back to the countryside or sell me as a mother-in-law, I can't make up my mind for you in your room, you can do it yourself. ”

After Mrs. Zhan finished speaking, she looked at her, Wanzhen lowered her head, she couldn't see her expression, and after she finished speaking, she raised her head, smiled gently at Mrs. Zhan, and said obediently: "The daughter-in-law listens to her mother-in-law, if the mother-in-law says to take it back, she will take it back, the daughter-in-law is always good for the second master in everything, since she is the child of the second master, she can't stay in the countryside and suffer, it is the little concubine, the second master also has someone in the room now, not one of her is missing, as long as she doesn't make trouble, the daughter-in-law has nothing to do." ”

Shen Wanzhen first said the ugly things in front, this concubine can't make trouble, if it does, it should be a different matter.

"It's rare for a daughter-in-law to be reasonable, I warned Aunt Ying when she entered the house, dare to make trouble, don't blame me for not thinking about the child in her belly." Mrs. Zhan didn't expect that it didn't take much time to say a few words, and Shen Wanzhen happily agreed, feeling unspeakably satisfied with the two daughters-in-law.

"But ......." As soon as Shen Wanzhen's words changed, Mrs. Zhan's happy heart sank again.

"However, this Aunt Ying has been kicked out of the house, so it is not the second master's concubine room, if she enters the mansion, she will say that the second master is Xinna's concubine, and it sounds good to say it like this."

When Mrs. Zhan heard this, her heart relaxed, if Shen Wanzhen insisted on not agreeing, this matter would be really difficult to do.

"The daughter-in-law thinks about it thoroughly, and this is reasonable, so I will do what the daughter-in-law says." Mrs. Zhan thought to herself: It's not that this rumor has just stopped, and she said that she will take it back, the He family will take advantage of the first-born incident, that is, the He family will take this matter lightly, but she can't stand people's words.

"Aunt Na Ying entered the door and gave her daughter-in-law a salute and tea according to the new concubine, so that she was the official person in the second house." Mrs. Zhan is worthy of being Mrs. Bo, she is too old in the house, and she immediately thought of Shen Wanzhen's meaning, since Shen Wanzhen can tolerate Aunt Ying, this is nothing, originally the new master mother entered the door, and the concubine should pay a big respect.

Shen Wanzhen finally moved back to the point under the disadvantage of herself. As soon as Shen Wanzhen left, Mrs. Zhan immediately sent someone to inform Aunt Ying to pack up and enter the house three days later.

Aunt Ying got the letter and rewarded Shang Xiang with a lot of things, and she was happy and had a little regret, that is, Mrs. Zhan had something to say, and she wanted to give tea to the new mother, so that Zhan Shaoting's concubine room would be counted, and it would be logical for the child to be born in the family tree in the future, so there would be no need to bother, although this request was not excessive, Aunt Ying was still uncomfortable.

Shang Xiang saw her thoughts and persuaded; "Auntie can't fight for a while, the days will be long in the future, and the advanced mansion is in the picture."

Aunt Ying is reluctant to be a little low in public, but the current situation is also helpless, the Shen family occupies the position of the mother of a house, and the Bofu is particular about etiquette and rules, so she has to endure it first, concentrate on waiting for three days to enter the Bofu, stand firm, compete with the Shen family, and seize the opportunity to count the fetus on her, so as to repay her for slapping her own hatred, and when she made up her mind, she was busy with Shangxiang packing up her things.

Mrs. Zhan ordered someone to tell her son that Shen agreed, which surprised Zhan Shaoting, and the woman knew how to advance and retreat, so she was not so annoying, this woman was practical and smart, unlike his ex-wife He's wooden stake, which was boring.

said to Peony: "You go to the room and tell the second young lady that I will eat dinner in the room." ”

Peony blinked, this second master has the intention of reconciling with the young lady, and in the future, he will have to tie up with the young lady, the two of them are good, and they have forgotten the past, they are slaves, and their fate is not in the hands of the young lady, so it is turned upside down.

Shen Wanzhen came back from her mother-in-law, changed into home-cooked clothes, and read an idle book on the couch, it was still early before dinner.

Peony came up with a smile and squatted down, "The slave maid asks the young lady to say goodbye." ”

"Let's get up, what's the matter with the second master?" Shen Wanzhen asked.

"I can't hide anything from the young lady, the slave didn't say anything, and the young lady knew that the second master had something." Peony flattered.

Shen Wanzhen sneered in her heart, you are his maid looking for me, not he let me, who else can instruct you.

"The second master said that dinner should be used in the room." Shen Wanzhen had a headache when she heard this, this guy was thinking that she didn't block the little concubine from entering the mansion, so she counted her own grace and accompanied him to eat, can this meal still be swallowed?

"I know." Shen Wanzhen said calmly, Peony stared at her face, the young lady didn't raise her eyelids, a little puzzled, it is said that the second master should be anxious to snub the young lady, this time the second master changed his mind, and the ordinary woman had long been happy and couldn't hold back, but the young lady was still as usual, her tone was flat, as if she was not very happy, and she couldn't figure it out.

I wanted to take advantage of the young lady's happiness and curry favor with her, but when I saw Wanzhen's voice, my eyes didn't leave the book, so I quit the book, went to the big kitchen, and told the second master to bring the food to the young lady's room.

Zhan Shaoting took the initiative to go to the room, Shen Wanzhen couldn't say how happy he was, three days later, his favorite concubine entered the door, and the bad days came, but he always had to pretend to be on the big side, and ordered to embroider chrysanthemums, "Tell the kitchen to make some dishes that the second master likes to eat." Xiuju was also very happy to see her uncle's heart, and left after agreeing.

Mrs. Fu, who was in charge of the second room, walked upside down and squatted, "Say hello to the young lady." ”

"What's the matter with Mommy?" Shen Wanzhen asked pleasantly.

"Back to the young lady, the doctor diagnosed the pulse of the young lady Qiao, and said that it is good to be conditioned, how to make the young lady of the slave and maid, the young lady will show it." This old Mrs. Fu is staying old in the house, and she doesn't dare to make decisions about everything, please ask the young lady, and now I heard that the second master is more careful about the young lady, and the young lady gives a word, and she knows it in her heart, so she has a good attitude towards Qiaohui, and the next person is also shrewd! Although Qiaohui now has it, the second room is still the young lady's decision, whether it will be under the name of the young lady in the future, it is not easy to determine, although the young lady does not want to now, but in case she is not pregnant in a few years, she has to bring the concubine over to raise.

"Miss Qiao is now double, don't be afraid of breaking the bank, the money will come out of the second room account." Wanzhen thinks that this money is not out of her own, she is in charge of the money on the account of the second room, on the bright side, she can't get into her own pocket, who spends it is not a flower, she is happy to be a good person, Qiaohui is pregnant, and Aunt Ying is not so rare when she is pregnant.

Zhan Shaoting happened to come in and hear it, his heart moved slightly, he mislooked at her, Shen still knew the general situation, and coughed.

After hearing this, the Fu family looked back and saw the second master come in, hurriedly stepped aside, Wanzhen got up, bowed her body and blessed her, and said softly: "The second master is here." ”

Zhan Shaoting rarely showed a smile on his face, "You and I don't need to be polite. The tone of his voice was also a little gentle.

"Back to my grandfather and wife, dinner is here." Feng'er came in and said.

Wanzhen looked at Zhan Shaoting and asked, and the gentleness and deference on her face still had to be obtained.

"Now that the meal is set, my lord is also hungry." Zhan Shaoting's voice was less cold, his facial lines were relaxed, and at a glance, Zhan Shaoting's facial features were actually very good-looking, and it looked a lot more pleasing to the eye.

Dinner was placed in the hall, and Zhan Shaoting and his wife sat down to eat.

Zhan Shaoting quickly ate a bowl of rice, which showed that he was in a very good mood, and as soon as he raised his hand, Qiao Shan hurriedly took the bowl and filled it again.

Zhan Shaoting's second bowl slowed down, Yu Guang saw Shen Wanzhen eat a small bowl of rice, and couldn't help but be curious, looking up at her, Shen's figure is slender, soft and weak, but the amount of food is not small, the women in the house eat a mouthful of cat food to maintain their figure, but Shen Wanzhen does not deliberately pay attention, but her figure is graceful and colorful, she didn't look at her before, but now she looks closely, her Peugeot is the best among Zhan Mansion's concubines.

Shen Wanzhen put down the dishes and chopsticks, Xiuju served mouthwash tea, but Zhan Shaoting spoke, "Madame is full?" ”

"It's full." Shen Wanzhen didn't have anything to say to him.

"Madame treats the room well and promises Yingniang to enter the door, and I will remember Mrs. in my heart." Zhan Shaoting also put down the bowl after eating.

Shen Wanzhen slandered, I let you remember that it was good to other women, and I was quite sad when I said it.

The words on the face are in place, "Since you are married to your husband, your husband's preference is your wife's preference, and your husband is happy." ”

Zhan Shaoting smiled approvingly at her for a rare time, and the indifferent atmosphere between husband and wife eased a lot.

Talking back and forth about his concubine and the like, Shen Wanzhen just didn't go to her heart, and she didn't want to listen, she washed her hands and took the handkerchief handed by Qiao Shan and wiped it, and lowered her eyes and smiled lightly, "Miss Qiao has a body, the second master will accompany her more, Miss Qiao must be looking forward to the second master." ”

Zhan Shaoting glanced at her, and pushed her husband into the house, but this is rare, just when Wanzhen raised her head, her plain face looked bright and beautiful, her heart suddenly sudden, and she got up and said: "Aunt Ying enters the house, and she will give you tea according to what her mother said, and you will be considered a formal concubine after passing this level." ”

Shen Wanzhen smiled indifferently, "Then the concubine will congratulate her husband first." ”

Zhan Shaoting looked at her face greedily again, and went to Qiaohui's room.

Shen Wanzhen sent to the door, standing under the eaves of the porch, the snow had not melted, the temperature plummeted after the snow, Xiuju took her a cloak and put it on, stood quietly for a while, as if a little chilly, and turned around and entered the house.

Qiao Shan served the hot tea with a happy expression, "The second master seems to be in love with the master, and if he is the same as before, the master has finally come out." ”

Xiuju whispered: "The slave maid looks at the second master differently than the master, and the master should put more thought on the second master." ”

"The master's talent is like this, there are a few men who can not be moved when they see it." Qiao Shan said proudly.

"Okay, don't think too well, Aunt Ying will enter the door in three days." As soon as they heard this, both of them hung their heads, wilted, and deprived of joy.

At this time, the Qian family, who accompanied the room, came in, saw that there were no outsiders in the house, and whispered in his ear: "Master, someone outside the gate is looking for Aunt Ying." ”

"Who?" Wanzhen was a little surprised, Aunt Ying hadn't entered the mansion yet, and this person didn't know what to do.

The Qian family walked out of the door to see that there was no one under the corridor, closed the door, walked back, and said in a low voice: "An old couple, saying that it is Aunt Ying's biological parents, came all the way to find their daughter, and the slave and maid man happened to go out to run errands and came back to see it, so he took them to the place where he carried them and waited, so that the slave and maid went back and forth to the young lady. ”

When Qiao Shan heard this, her mind was flexible, and she immediately thought, "This must be Aunt Ying's elope behind her parents' backs, and her father and mother came to find her." ”

"The second master is still like a treasure, what a good background, a woman who corrupts the style." Xiuju scolded angrily, she usually treats people casually, rarely gets angry, and when she hears about Aunt Ying, she is wronged for her master.

Wanzhen listened to her words, and had an idea, beckoned the Qian family's ear to come up, and muttered in a low voice, "Tell your man to find an inn for them to settle down in first, appease them, and say that his daughter will return in three or five days, and bring them to see him when he comes back." ”

The Qian family didn't know what the master meant, blinked, looked at the master in confusion, saw a knowing smile on the corner of the master's mouth, a flash of inspiration, instantly understood, and patted his thigh, "High, the master is high," thinking that the master is the master, and doing things is not something that I can think of. ”