Chapter 13: Clouds That Gather and Disperse (9)
Although Tao Yinze's tone was grim, her gaze did not make her feel frightened. She didn't rush to speak, obviously the old aunt and grandmother were waiting for something. For a moment the room was very quiet. Jing Yi felt that when she blew at this time, the sound of feathers flying would be heard, not to mention the footsteps outside.
"Grandma, Mother Song is back." Li's mother said.
"Let her in." Tao Inze said He.
The short and fat Mother Song entered the door, saluted the masters, and said, "Go back to my aunt and grandmother, and find something from Caozhu." ”
Jing Yi's face burned all at once.
"Open it, and let the young grandmothers see what they are." Tao Inze said.
Mother Song stepped forward and put a bag in her hand on the ground and opened it, and the contents of the bag were exposed in front of everyone's eyes.
Jingyi looked at it, there were a lot of things-half-made close-fitting shirts, and unfinished big soles...... A few silver dollars, with words on them, and a few small pieces of jewelry, bits and pieces, were originally wrapped in small silk, showing that they were still very carefully preserved. Jingyi really didn't see any jewelry worn by this simple girl...... Forget about these, what makes her feel dazzling is a few packets of medicine. The fine-grained paper was wrapped layer by layer and opened, and the pill was exactly what she asked Qiu Wei to take and throw away every day...... She looked at the grass beads.
Grass beads pursed her lips.
Mother Song shook the man's shirt and big soles, scooped up the little red silk bag, and put it on the table next to Tao Yinze.
"It's still the jewelry of the Golden Phoenix Jewelry Building." Tao Yinze took the glasses and put them on, and looked at the embroidered words on the silk bag, "It's common for the girl to have such an idea of jewelry, but it's not unusual to rest on you." Did you buy it yourself, who gave it, or who gave it? ”
She threw the silk bag back into the bag, pointed to the medicine bag and said, "Show me that one." ”
Mother Song gave the medicine to Tao Yinze.
Tao Inze looked at it and motioned for her to give it to Fu Lizhen.
"This seems to be our homemade pills...... Really, there's handwriting here...... Seventh sister, this is a pill specially prepared for you, right? If I'm not mistaken, it should be one pill a day...... How can there be so many grass beads? Fu Lizhen asked, placing the pill on the small table between her and Jing Yi.
Jingyi saw that Caozhu was about to speak, and stared at her. Grass Beads shut up. As soon as she was about to speak, Tao Yinze said, "This is not just stealing people, but also stealing things?" How can I tolerate you like this! ”
Seeing that she was angry, Fu Lizhen immediately said to Tao Yinze: "Aunt and grandmother are angry. There has always been a difference between inside and outside, between men and women, and what we prevent is chaos in the family. The grass beads are just in the right year, and they are born well, and it is inevitable that they will attract people's eyes. It's just that you still have to ask the inside story carefully, so as not to indulge in which one or which is delusional, which is not good. If it is really a hook-up and a traitor, it will break the rules of the house, and it will never be spared. And this medicine is also very strange, always have to ask. Neither of these is a trivial matter. Caozhu is the person in the seventh sister's room...... Seventh sister, what do you think? ”
The grass beads fell like rain, turned around and kowtowed to Jingyi, and did not speak.
Jingyi looked at her, she hid it well in the past, but she really couldn't see that her waist was thicker, and there were scars on her face, and her hands were twisted, and there were bruises at the moment. She couldn't help but be a little touched. Although Caozhu is a subordinate girl in her house, she has never been harsh. Her face was impassive, and she said, "Caozhu broke the rules, of course she will be punished." ”
Caozhu froze and shouted, "Seventh young grandmother! ”
Tao Yinze nodded and said, "Seventh Young Grandma is indeed sensible. ”
Fu looked at Jing Yi with a smile. Jingyi didn't look at her either, turned to Tao Yinze and said, "If you do something wrong, you really should be punished." But Auntie, I know about this. Even if it was this medicine, it wasn't she who stole it, I gave it to her. I took those medicines this way, but the tonic didn't work, and it was a pity to keep them, so I gave her a few pills. Who knew she was still here. ”
Fu Lizhen chuckled lightly and said, "The seventh sister is generous. This pill, before I conceived Lin'er, my grandmother saw that I was weak, so she specially prepared it for me, and it was all precious medicinal materials. ”
Seeing her say this, Jing Yi didn't argue first, just looked at Tao Yinze.
Tao Inze narrowed his eyes, the hookah smoked and cooed, and occasionally a few words came out between the two thin lips: "You know? ”
"Yes, Grandma. It's all me, I'm short-lived, and I haven't had time to go back to the old lady and my mother to ask for a show. It's my fault. It goes without saying that the grass beads are at fault first. But may I bring her back first? It's not that you can't beat it, and it's not that you can't beat it, so it's not good to just hit it. Or...... Auntie, this is a detrimental thing to yin morality, and the old lady is probably not allowed to do it easily. ”
Tao Inze took two puffs of hookah and looked at her for a long time without making a sound.
Jingyi waited for her to speak.
"What do you mean, that I'm a bad guy?" Tao Inze asked.
"Don't dare." Jingyi immediately stood up, "Grandma, Caozhu is from my house." When such an ugly thing happened, I was negligent. Although this kind of thing is inevitable in any house, it is not good to look at or listen to after all. If I didn't restrain my subordinates, I certainly had no face. If it really wants to spread out, the reputation of the Tao family will also be damaged. My aunt didn't hand it over to my mother and the old lady, but called me and my sister-in-law to discuss, which naturally meant to save me some face. Wouldn't it be better if the matter could be resolved quietly? Auntie, what do you see? ”
Tao Inze's hookah is naturally smoked. Jingyi saw her eyes close slightly. She was old, thin and withered, and she seemed insignificant in a wide chair, but when she opened her eyes again, her gaze sharpened and stared straight at Jingyi.
Jingyi stood still, the grass beads kneeling at her feet were more like prisoners waiting for the verdict to be announced.
"I shouldn't have been in charge of this. It's just that I bumped into it, and I can't help but ask. Since it is the seventh young grandmother, you know it in advance...... I didn't expect that. If you know in advance, you should solve it early, so as not to show your ugliness. But if you have an idea, that's fine. You take the people first, how to deal with them, and then you personally explain to your mother - this matter cannot be bypassed, don't be sloppy. After Tao Yinze finished speaking, he waved his hand.
"Thank you, Grandma." Jingyi said.
Fu Lizhen also stood up.
"Let's go with the young grandmother. It's hard for you to follow along. Tao Inze looked at Fu Lizhen and smiled.
"What is this, this is my duty." Fu Lizhen also smiled.
Before they could leave, Tao Inze had already gotten up and flicked the sleeves of his robe and went into the inner room. In the middle of the movement, the body is flexible, and it does not look like an old woman in her seventies and eighties.
As soon as Fu Lizhen turned around, she saw that Jingyi had already called Qiu Wei to come in and roll the beads. When she walked out of the door, she whispered, "Seventh Sister is really kind-hearted. ”
Jingyi asked her to walk ahead.
Fu Lizhen said: "Then I won't delay the seventh sister." It's just that the seventh sister knows it in her heart. The Tao family has never been merciless in dealing with such things. ”
Jingyi listened, looked at the grass beads with dead eyes, and said, "Thank you, sister-in-law, for reminding me." I'll think about it. If you are not sure, please ask your sister-in-law for advice. ”
Fu Lizhen smiled and said, "Seventh Sister is so smart, why do you still use me to guide you?" She also glanced at Caozhu as she spoke, "It's your blessing to have such a master." I hope you will cherish your blessings and listen obediently. ”
Fu Lizhen left first, and Jing Yi looked back at the grass beads.
"Young grandmother......" the grass beads choked.
Jingyi said, "Go back and say." ”
As she spoke, she motioned for Qiu Wei to pick up the grass beads and leave Luo Ruitang together.
They just didn't know that in the inner room of Luo Ruitang, Tao Yinze had just entered the door, and the Tao Yinrun sisters and the two old aunts and grandmothers who were sitting inside playing cards looked at her.
Tao Inze said: "The seventh daughter-in-law brought people back and said that she would try them herself. ”
Tao Yinrun immediately clapped his palms, stretched out his hand and said to the others, "Give money!" ”
Tao Yinqing smiled and said, "Hey, how do you know that we will definitely lose?" The seventh daughter-in-law just took people away. The line said, still grabbed a handful of silver dollars from the pile of silver dollars in front of him and put them in his sister's hand.
"What are you doing here?" Tao Yinze's face was still unhappy.
"We're betting to see if the seventh daughter-in-law will take care of it. I said yes, but the fourth sister and the second and third aunts said no. Look, what did I expect? Tao Yinrun smiled, "This matter has changed the young grandmother, you will pay me money, and I will not bet." ”
"Grandma." The old aunt's wife, Su Xiufen, touched the dominoes with a smile, and her words were ambiguous.
Several people laughed at the same time, Tao Yinrunding counted the money with a lot of money, threw it into the money bag, stretched out his hand to call Song Ma over, and said, "Take it, let people go to Baxi Zhai to order two tables of noodles and two jars of wine." Go back to the old lady, and we'll go there for dinner in the evening. And then...... Look at the excitement. ”
Song's mother agreed to go.
Tao Inze puffed a cigarette, and everyone else laughed, but she didn't laugh. Tao Yinrun looked at the eldest sister like this, and smiled: "What is the eldest sister thinking?" Push a push, it's not a big deal. This thing is broken by us, if it is not broken, maybe it will have to explode one day, I'm afraid the explosion will be even bigger, is it difficult to stop watching it if it is lively? ”
"Soft-hearted." Tao Inze suddenly came out with four words.
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Happy holidays to my sisters who have been promoted to motherhood and are about to become mothers. O(∩_∩)O~