Hongyu is the name of Yanran's deceased grandmother, Zhao gave Mrs. Yuanhou to lift the curtain, and asked her to go in and personally serve tea to Mrs. Yuanhou, and said with a smile: "It's not that the daughter-in-law is looking for her to talk, it's ......."

Mrs. Dingyuan Hou took the teacup, shook it with her hand to stop Zhao's words, and looked carefully at Yanran. The water red is better than the blue vest and blue skirt, and the water red sweat scarf is tied around the waist, which is the dress of the maid in the house.

When Mrs. Dingyuan Hou spoke, Yanran's heart jumped suddenly, and then she was a little deflated, but she still stood there with her eyebrows lowered and her eyes pleasing to her eyes.

Zhao couldn't help but look at the people who were waiting in the house, and felt a little annoyed in his heart, if his mother-in-law gave herself no face in public and wanted to return the person herself, then it would be called being slapped in the face. Mrs. Dingyuan Hou's eyes had already retracted, and she said to the Zhao family: "Our mother and son haven't spoken for many days, let them all go down." ”

Those who serve should retreat from this voice. Yan Ran didn't know what to think in her heart, although she pushed out with everyone, her eyes still looked into the house.

"Sister Yanran, come here and sit, it's going to be a while, you don't need us!" The one who spoke was a beautiful maid of sixteen or seventeen, and like Hongliu, she was also the big maid who had to be used by Zhao's side, and her name was Green Peach.

"Thank you, Sister Green Peach!" Since the green peach beckoned herself, Yan Ran also walked to the side and sat down, there were a few maids sitting there, one saw Yan Ran coming over, so he made a look at his companion, although Yan Ran was small, he also knew that this look was not good, only remembered what his grandfather said, and when he entered this house, the important thing was to keep his head down and be a man, and he should know that he had a lot of faces, and the master would be born and die.

Although she saw that this maid's eyes were not good, Yanran only said to them that her sister was good, and sat down in a proper manner.

"We can't be your sister, you're different from people like us." There was a teenage girl who got that look and couldn't wait to speak. Although Yan Ran knew that this was a mockery, she only pretended to be deaf and dumb and sat there.

Seeing that the provocation didn't work, the little girl couldn't help but pout her mouth slightly, and Hongliu had already walked over: "Speak quietly, don't look at me, I don't know what you all have in mind." Hongliu's words made the little maid shut up immediately, Yanran hurriedly got up and thanked Hongliu, Hongliu also sat down, only whispered some gossip with Yanran, and asked the little maid to pour tea to eat.

The upper room was still very quiet, Zhao looked at his mother-in-law, the sweat on his forehead couldn't help dripping, and said to Mrs. Dingyuan Hou: "Mother-in-law, the daughter-in-law is because Aunt Zheng is the first one to rely on by her mother-in-law's side, so she wants to give the Zheng family dignity and let them send their daughter in.......

"Don't say it so nicely, I'm not old and confused. Daughter-in-law, usually your housekeeper is also extremely shrewd, how did you learn the foolish idea, your daughter-in-law has just decided, and it will always be five or six years before entering the door, and you can't wait to make a stumbling block for her at this time. Who gave you this foolish idea, tell me, put on dozens of boards, and get out of the house! ”

Zhao threw himself on his knees and knelt on the ground: "Mother-in-law, daughter-in-law doesn't have the heart to stumble on daughter-in-law." I just thought that it was common sense to marry a wife and take a concubine, instead of waiting, it would be better to select so many people in the house now and send them to serve, and then I would have the love to serve in the future. ”

"Nonsense, my old Zeng family, there has never been such a foolish rule, although the man's three wives and four concubines are the same, but if the man refuses to take a concubine, it is also a common thing, only thirteen children, there must be maids to serve, but also four or five years old, honest and sincere children, serve for four or five years, the new grandmother also enters the house, they are also about to be old, go out to marry, this is a good idea for everyone. You are now picking two eleven or twelve-year-old girls to send them over, when the new grandmother enters the house, they are still young, it is inappropriate to send them out to marry, stay by your side, it is inevitable that there will be conflicts between the new and the old. Your idea is so good, you can't hide it from others. If you don't like your daughter-in-law, you told me when you first decided to get married, I thought about returning to this family business, but now it's good, the family matter has been decided, you just gave birth to such an idea, spread it out, how else does my old Zeng family behave? ”

Zhao was already distracted by Mrs. Zeng's words, and hurriedly took two steps on his knees: "Mother-in-law, the daughter-in-law doesn't dislike her daughter-in-law, she just thinks about it, ...... over there"

Zhao didn't say anything, he was already a little ashamed in the eyes of Mrs. Zeng, and he wanted to cry but couldn't.

"Over there, it's always the granddaughter of the first assistant, you're afraid that you can't hold it down, right? Besides, your own maternal uncle was offended again a few years ago and was cut to the people. Your mother-in-law passed away early, and the whole family relied on your uncle, so you felt more and more unconfident. Where did you get such thoughts? It's been 16 years since you married into the Zeng family, how have I treated you in the past 16 years? In the past sixteen years, how has my son treated you, even if he has concubines, which of those concubines is not honest? Why don't you have the confidence to do so today? You must know that you are the Marquis of Dingyuan, the mother-in-law of your daughter-in-law, and the position of dignity and inferiority has already been determined. ”

Mrs. Zeng's words are in Zhao's heart, her father is just a five-grade official, and the old marquis who passed away admires the demeanor of Zhao's uncle, because Zhao's uncle has no son, so Zhao's daughter-in-law is determined. These Zhao clans all know, and they are also cautious when they enter the door. Zhao's uncle had already been a household servant, and he was about to enter the cabinet, but he was attacked, saying that when he was in the prefect's office, he had privately shared a life, although Zhao Shilang tried his best to defend himself, but he did not come out, so he was cut from his position.

Zhao originally felt that his daughter-in-law's background was higher than his own, and the granddaughter of Shoufu was already a little unhappy in his heart, but who knew that his uncle had been cut off from his position again, and he couldn't help but complain about Shoufu. When I went to the banquet, I listened to a few things that people who came and went on weekdays, and then I decided on this method.

At this time, seeing Mrs. Zeng's sentence, the tears in her eyes suddenly rolled down, and Mrs. Zeng sighed: "That's it, you don't have to be sad, if I don't have nothing to do in the afternoon today, let you do it, it will be a shame." You said you picked two, who else besides Hongyu's granddaughter? ”

"The other is the little granddaughter of Liu's mother's family, and she hasn't let anyone in yet!" Seeing her mother-in-law asking, Zhao hurriedly answered truthfully.

"Then don't let people in, I've promised them all this, let them hire outside, and they don't have to come into the house to serve!" The Zhao family was busy, and Mrs. Zeng thought about it sideways again before saying: "It is said that Hongyu's granddaughter should also let her go back, but this person wants to go back, just slap you in the face, it's just that, I see that she is also clever and honest, and there happens to be a second-class maid's nest missing by my side, let her make up for it!" ”

What Zhao was afraid of was that his mother-in-law asked her to go back, and when she heard this, she hurriedly responded, Mrs. Zeng pulled out a handkerchief from her sleeve: "Wipe your face, this is a master, but you have to have the posture of being a master, only a daughter-in-law is afraid of her mother-in-law in the world, how can a mother-in-law be afraid of her daughter-in-law?" Not to mention marrying the granddaughter of Shousuke, even if you marry the princess and enter the door, in addition to the national ceremony, you can still stand her courtesy, how can there be such a serious etiquette, to learn the ghostly methods of the small family that cannot see the light? ”

Zhao wiped away the tears in his eyes with a handkerchief, and said yes to his mother-in-law, so that everyone came in.

Mrs. Zeng saw Yanran coming in with everyone, and beckoned her to come over: "I remember your name is Yanran, right?" When you were born, your grandmother brought you to me to see, and I saw that you were smiling very good, and I told your grandmother, and your grandmother said, since this is the case, it is better to call it Yanran, so that it can be a scene. ”

"Grandmother also told the slave maid when she was alive!" Yan Ran replied softly, and Mrs. Zeng suddenly smiled on her face: "Sure enough, he is a very smart and clever child." Do you know why you came in? ”

Yanran shook her head and said she didn't know, and Mrs. Zeng patted her hand: "I just said it that day, there are fewer and fewer old people around here, and when your wife heard it, she paid attention and said that she would find a few granddaughters of the old man to come in and talk to me." If I hadn't come here and crashed it today, I wouldn't know until someone came! ”

Zhao's mother-in-law covered up for herself, and her face couldn't help blushing slightly, but she still followed Mrs. Zeng's words and said: "This is just a little care, if the mother-in-law can accept it, the daughter-in-law will be happy!" ”

"Not only am I willing to accept it, but I also have to ask people, Yanran, would you like to come to my side and talk to me?" Although Yan Ran didn't know why she suddenly changed from serving the prince to serving Mrs. Zeng, this was a good thing, so she hurriedly knelt down and said: "When my grandmother was alive, she often talked to the slave maid about the old lady's past, and it is a blessing for the slave to be able to serve the lady!" ”

The joy in Mrs. Zeng's eyes was even greater: "Sure enough, it's a smart and clever child, hurry up." Don't be a slave in the future, we often talk at home, how can we be so polite. I see, Yanran's name is very good, and there is no need to change it. ”

Since Mrs. Zeng took the initiative to say that she didn't need to change her name, Yan Ran also hurriedly responded, got up and stood respectfully beside Mrs. Zeng, and Mrs. Zeng said a few words to Zhao, and then got up and went back.

Zhao sent her mother-in-law away, took a breath when she returned to the room, and asked the people around her: "Why did the old lady suddenly come over today, you should also ask!" ”

"Madame doesn't need to ask, this matter is not a big deal, if Madame asks, then the old lady will know, it will inevitably be known by someone with a heart, and there will be trouble!" Green Peach happened to come in and heard it, and hurriedly persuaded it. Zhao lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised his head and smiled: "What you said is also right, this is just a trivial matter, what are you doing?" It's just that the old lady just told me that she wants to pick a few seventeen or eighteen maids to serve the prince, you come and calculate with me, which two do you want to choose? ”