Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Wind Rises
The sky was overcast, the cold wind blew the trees and the windows sounded, and when it was nearly evening, large snowflakes fell down. Jia Min wrapped in a cloak, came out of the main courtyard, was blown by the wind, and couldn't help but shudder, Mo Ju, who was helping her, noticed it, and hurriedly stuffed the hand stove into Jia Min's arms, "Grandma, pay attention to your step, see the road is slippery." ”
"It's okay, it's cold and evil, let's go quickly." Jia Min replied, and he didn't need to be supported by the girl, and took the lead in front of himself. After walking a short distance, I saw Zhuqing hurrying with an umbrella, and when I saw Jia Min, I said: "The slave saw that it was snowing, and rushed to bring the umbrella to grandma, but it was still a step too late." ”
Jia Min smiled slightly, "It's not too late. ”
Mo Ju took the umbrella and opened it, blocking it above Jia Min's head, and Zhu Qing walked on the other side, helping her, "Bai Lan wants to understand?" She asked suddenly.
Zhu Qing snorted and said disdainfully: "If she can figure it out, she won't do anything embarrassing." ”
Jia Min said lightly: "My master has given her a chance, and if she can't figure it out, I can't do it." "It has been more than a year since Lin Ruhai got married, and Jia Min has never heard from him. Because the Lin family only had Lin Ruhai, the only seedling, Lin Hou and Mrs. Lin couldn't help but be a little anxious. There are more questions outside the words, which also makes some girls think lively.
For example, it turned out that Jia Min's personal girl Bai Lan was originally married in order to make a room for Lin Ruhai, but in the first year, because Jia Min was so powerful, and she looked at the uncle closely, she was afraid that she would offend her master, and she would not be able to do well, so she slowly faded her mind. After more than a year, she has been serving by Jia Min's side for a long time, and she is not very protective of her, and she has moved to the idea that she shouldn't have.
Two days ago, it was Jia Daishan's birthday, and it was a whole year, and Ning Rong and the two mansions held a banquet. Lin Ruhai deliberately took a three-day leave with Mr. Yuan and followed Jia Min back to her parents' home. Rong Gong's birthday. The saint also rewarded things and gave him a seal, so that Jia Daishan's birthday would have extra face. Since the emperor is thinking about it, there are naturally more people who come to celebrate his birthday.
Lin Ruhai, as the son-in-law of Rong Gong, a disciple of Yuan Xu, a classmate of the Seven Princes, and one of the masters of the study, has gradually become famous in the gods, especially the saint mentioned his name several times, and he can be regarded as a very well-known rising star. It's still the kind with a bright future, and there are naturally a lot of people who come to pick it up.
Lin Ruhai has been coming for more than a year, and his interpersonal skills have lit up a lot, although he still doesn't talk much, he can always speak to people's hearts, which makes people feel that he is very considerate, special confidant, and especially sincere...... Anyway, it's the kind of person who can be a confidant. He has so many friends, and at the banquet, there are many people who come to him for a drink, and they come and go. Lin Ruhai felt that it was not good, and even if he vomited again, even if he was not drunk, he would be uncomfortable. As soon as he had an idea, he made a drunken attitude. Whoever comes to talk to him, he just cares about the pleasure, and the wine is dry, and he doesn't speak.
Jia Daishan saw it. The son-in-law has drunk too much, and it happens that it is not early, so let the little couple go home. Someone sent to call Jia Min. asked people to help Lin Ruhai to drive the car, and called someone to send the two back.
Lin Ruhai drank too much, so naturally he couldn't go to the main courtyard to ask for peace, Jia Min asked someone to put her husband on the bed, told people to watch it, went to change his clothes, and took someone to the main courtyard.
After Lin Ruhai crossed, he found that he was drinking more and more, but he couldn't stand drinking like this. Lying on the bed, dizzy and dizzy, his body was still very hot, he took off his clothes with all his hands and feet, and he fell on the bed in all directions, and he became confused.
At this time, it was already freezing outside, and the little girl who was waiting outside was afraid that he would freeze, so she wanted to come in and cover him with a quilt. Impatient, he took off his clothes very cleanly, except for the silk pants on his lower body, everything else was thrown to the ground. The little girl's face turned red, and she was a little afraid to look at it.
It happened that Bai Lan sent hot water in, and when she saw this, she scolded unhappily: "Are they all dead people, seeing the uncle hanging like this, and not saying that he will cover it a little, what should I do if I catch a cold?" As he spoke, he reached out and pulled the quilt over Lin Ruhai to cover it.
Lin Ruhai's wine was gushing, and after a while, a thin layer of sweat appeared, and he shouted that it was hot, so he lifted the quilt aside. Bai Lan came in with tea, her eyes fell on her bare chest, her face was red, her heart was hot, and she suddenly had a thought, she wanted to suppress it but couldn't suppress it.
She calmed down for a while, and then told the little girl to fetch hot water to come in, drive the person outside, and go to wring the veil to wipe Lin Ruhai's body.
When Jia Min came back, she also took off her big clothes, only wearing a close-fitting small coat, to untie Lin Ruhai's pants, and Lin Ruhai, who was awakened, kicked to the ground.
In front of the girls and mothers-in-law in Songfeng Courtyard, Bai Lan insisted that the uncle asked her to serve. Lin Ruhai was so angry that he jumped to his feet, and scolded very rudely: "You look so ugly, I can't get hard when you take it off!" ”
Bai Lan is Jia Min's wedding girl, and Songfeng Yuan has been firmly held in Jia Min's hand for more than a year, and the events of the day have not been exposed to the outside. It's just that Bai Lan can't serve by Jia Min's side, looking at her dedication for more than a year, Jia Min chose two people for her, one is the son of the Lin family, and now he is on an errand at the second door. The other is the son of a steward in her village, who is also an errand boy in the village.
The two choices given by Jia Min have neither power nor money, how can Bai Lan agree, crying and begging Jia Min and Lin Ruhai, wanting to stay. also said cruel things, saying that if Jia Min wanted her to marry, she would die in Songfeng Courtyard, that is, she would be tied up, and she would seek death like her husband's house. Jia Min didn't want to do things absolutely without it, so she was given three days to think about it, and called someone to explain her, and today happened to be the third day.
"Grandma is back." Jia Min and his entourage turned around the corridor, and someone in Songfeng Courtyard saw them, and the girls and daughters-in-law came out a long way.
Jia Min looked up at the sky, "I'm afraid that today's snow is not small, are you going to call someone to pick up the uncle?" "Lin Ruhai is attending classes outside the house today, leaving in the morning, and coming back in the evening. Today is cloudy, it gets dark early, and it is snowing, Jia Min is very worried about her husband. You must know that today's young men ride horses when they go out, and Lin Ruhai's riding skills are very good at boasting, but Jia Min is very bottomless, and when he encounters bad weather, he will call someone to pick him up.
"I've called someone to go, and I've been gone for half an hour." Mama Yu came over to help Jia Min, and while walking towards the main room, she replied.
The girl at the door had already raised the curtain high, and Jia Min turned her head into the house, and felt a hot air with a warm fragrance coming to her face. Cuizhu waited for her to take off her clothes and change her shoes. Sitting on the kang, stepping on the stove, he made boiling tea and put it on the desk at hand. Jia Min didn't move much, she was served by a few people and felt uncomfortable, and she couldn't help but sigh secretly that she was becoming more and more capitalist-like.
Mama Yu looked at Jia Min's face, and saw that her jade face was smiling slightly, the corners of her eyes and eyebrows were slightly gentle, and the words she was about to say went back and forth in her heart several times. Only then did he open his mouth cautiously: "Grandma, on the matter of the slave and the maid who should not be a grandmother, there are a few words, and the slave and maid are not unhappy." ”
Jia Min took a sip of tea and smiled lightly: "Say it." "What Mama Yu wants to say, she can probably know. However, Mama Yu is her nurse and has always been loyal to her, so why not listen to it.
"You go out first. I have something to say to my grandmother. Mama Yu said to Cuizhu.
Cuizhu and the others looked at Jia Min and saw her bow, so they put down the things in their hands and rushed out. Mama Yu saw that everyone was gone. Only then did he lower his head and approach Jia Min and lowered his voice: "Grandma, you haven't moved for more than a year since you got married, and my wife is afraid that she will be unhappy for a long time." The girls in this house. are all ready to move, like flowers dressed up every day, looking forward to being taken by the uncle. It's good to climb the high branches. It would be even better if I could give birth to a son and a half daughter before you. ”
Jia Minle said: "I heard that the wife was married for more than ten years before giving birth to her father-in-law." I've only been out for a little over a year, so I'm in a hurry. This is the reason why Mrs. Lin is in a hurry, but now she refuses to do more. She was married for more than ten years and gave birth to a baby, and the Lin family didn't have a child before, was she embarrassed to embarrass her daughter-in-law after just over a year?
Mama Yu sighed, "Mrs. is a mother-in-law, you are a daughter-in-law, and your arms can't twist your thighs." Mrs. is really anxious, and you have to listen to you when she says you. Besides, the Hou Ye accepted a concubine back then, and there was more than one. Now that the uncle is only guarding you, my wife has long been dissatisfied, and has talked to Mama Zhang and Mama Xi several times. You can't let your wife speak first, and choose two girls around your wife for your uncle, which is not better than the discipline around you. ”
"I know that grandma doesn't like Bailan, she is a bold girl, and she is not ashamed, a who betrays the Lord, and it is good to be born early. But Lumei is very honest, it is better to open her face first and put it in the house for the uncle, if she really has that blessing, she gives birth to a son and a half daughter, and she is her own girl on the left and right, you can do whatever you want. ”
Jia Min knew that Mama Yu was really planning for her, so she would say this, the two grew up in different environments, received different educations, and it was normal for there to be a generation gap in thought, so she was not annoyed, but patted Mama Yu's hand with a smile: "I know that my mother is for my good, so she is willing to tell me these words." ”
Mama Yu was about to speak again, Jia Min waved her hand and said with a light smile: "I only ask my mother one sentence, maybe I will ensure that Lumei is an aunt and her heart will not be raised, especially when she gave birth to a child before me." If she gave birth to her eldest son, but I didn't get pregnant for a long time, do you think she would still be honest? Don't talk about going to the mother and leaving the child, there is no impermeable wall under the sky, let the child know, he can still have the same heart with me? ”
"This ......" Mama Yu really can't guarantee it, she watched Jia Min reach out to serve the tea, blow it gently, take a shallow sip, every move is indescribably elegant, like a painting. Thinking of the past year or so, Lin Ruhai and Jia Min, you love me, sweet and sweet, and I don't know how many people I envy. It's no wonder that grandma doesn't want the uncle to take a concubine, it's her, thinking that there will be one more person between the two, and she feels panicked. But...... Grandma is not pregnant for a long time, and the lord and wife will definitely be anxious. If the wife intervenes and sends two people, the uncle is a son, and he has to stay if he doesn't want to. When you get there, grandma is passive.
"Okay, don't overthink it." Jia Min smiled and assigned Mama Yu a job, "You go and persuade Bai Lan again, in the end, the master and servant, I don't want to come hard." "If she still threatens her with suicide, she can't say anything, so she has to harden her heart and dispose of it.
When she mentioned Bai Lanyu, her liver was on fire, and she gritted her teeth and hated: "Grandma is merciful, but that little hoof is inexhaustible in oil and salt, and whoever says it is just crying, or looking for death and life." If it weren't for ...... now," Mama Yu swallowed back the following words, and Jia Min also knew what she meant by the words later. Now Mrs. is already a little dissatisfied with her, and she beats her through her grandmother's mouth, but she disposes of the girl she married, which will make Mrs. more thoughtful about her.
Jia Min doesn't care, her husband is not Mrs. Lin's own son, usually things should be filial, but the matter of principle, who will bird her. "Annoyed mom to run again. Tongue-in-cheek. ”
Mama Yu sighed, "The old slave will go." "Their girl's heart is still too soft, just Bai Lan, a girl who climbs the bed, is killed directly, and no one will say anything.
"Mei Qing, go to the small kitchen and take a look, the soup base is ready, it's cold, just eat it in a pot." Jia Min calculated that Lin Ruhai should also come back, so he asked people to tell the kitchen. It's almost time, it's time to cut, it's time to fry, and it's time to start eating.
Mei Qing answered, lifted the curtain and walked out, a cold wind blew in her face, which made her shiver, and quickly tightened her cloak, and put on a hood before walking to the small kitchen.
"Hello girl. If there is anything, just send a little girl to say it, why did the girl come in person. Zhao Wanjia, the steward of the small kitchen, greeted Mei Qing with a smile on his face when he saw him, "The girl is sitting here." He led Mei Qing to the chair he used to sit in. took out the handkerchief and spread it, and then invited Mei Qing to sit down. He was busy calling for new tea bowls and making tea.
Mei Qing smiled: "Sister-in-law doesn't have to be busy. I'll go back when I say a word, grandma can't leave anyone. ”
"You say what you say." Zhao Wanjia laughed with him, his body bent slightly. Stand aside respectfully.
Mei Qing covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief, and said with a smile: "Seeing that the uncle is back, grandma sent me to take a look, can the soup base for you boil is ready?" ”
"Boil, boil, according to what grandma said, don't dare to make a mistake."
Mei Qing said: "In this case, I will go back." After saying that, he took the hood again and walked out. Zhao Cheng's family sent it out diligently, and saw Mei Qing enter Songfeng Courtyard, so he hugged his arms and walked back to the kitchen quickly.
As soon as she came in, several mothers-in-law came around, either serving tea, or holding a hand stove, and one carrying a bowl of soup, "You taste it, does it taste right?" Zhao Chengjia took the bowl, blew and drank, and tasted the taste, "It should be about the same." After speaking, he drank the soup in one gulp, and then said: "Don't say it, our grandmother is worthy of being a young lady from the Guogong Mansion. ”
"It's not, people also have a Shih Tzu-like appearance, I heard that the knowledge is also great, the books in the uncle's study, the grandmother has read them, and the couplets with the uncle, our uncle often loses."
"The housekeeper director also understands that he is too strict, and he is generous to his subordinates. At the end of last year, I received a reward of ten taels of silver for not losing or breaking the dishes in my possession. ”
These mothers-in-law, you and I are a sentence, and they have praised Jia Min a lot, and as they spoke, Zhao Chengjia sighed: "It's a pity that the blessings of this heir are worse." It's been almost two years, and there hasn't been any movement. ”
"No, there isn't even a girl around the uncle, just here, there is no movement."
"Alas, have you heard, my wife is in a hurry, and she has already adjusted the girl in the house, saying that the appearance or anything is secondary, the key is to look good and raise well."
"Really?"
"My sister's sister-in-law is on an errand in the wife's yard, that's what she said, can this be fake?"
"Yo, my girl, although not very standard, but also round and cute, Mr. Wang said in front of the street, the eight characters are good, good for men." A short and fat woman with slightly dark skin couldn't get the food in her hand, so she threw it into the basin and showed off excitedly.
Zhao Wanjia glanced at her and sneered secretly: It looks like a cylinder, she really dares to think about it.
Sure enough, someone immediately spit out: "Come on, your girl can be as wide as two uncles, and she is not afraid of crushing the uncle." ”
"Hmph, your daughter is good, she is as thin as a bamboo pole, she has no breasts and no fart, and she can give birth to a son!"
"You ......"
"Okay, I didn't hear Miss Mei Qing say that the uncle is coming back, what should I do!" Zhao Wanjia's heavy face spoke, and the mother-in-law left me alone, and I glared at you and dispersed.
Speaking of which, that is, these mothers-in-law chatted about some gossip after work, and those few people didn't take it seriously, and they all knew that they knew that their wives could not choose their daughters, but they just talked. didn't want Zhao Wanjia, but he was worried.
She also has a daughter, who is now serving in the main courtyard, and was only mentioned by his wife to be a big girl some time ago. Listening to her, my wife likes her very much on weekdays, and she speaks kindly. My daughter is good-looking, and she has been serving in the main courtyard for the past few days, and she has developed a style, which is stronger than the average daughter. If she is really like herself, she is really reluctant to marry a little girl in the house. If you can be a concubine for your uncle...... The more she thought about it, the more she felt that it should be possible, but she had to find someone to talk to and say a few kind words to her daughter in front of her wife.
Speaking of which, at this time in the Lin Mansion, there are really many people who have the same idea as Zhao Wanjia, and Mrs. Lin's close grandmother has received gifts from many people, and she laughed and learned to Mrs. Lin, which made her laugh.
After laughing, Mrs. Lin really moved her mind. It's been more than a year since the daughter-in-law got married, and there hasn't been any movement, so why isn't she in a hurry. She has given several formulas to supplement her body, but she has not seen her use them, which is really blind to her heart.
At dinner, Marquis Lin came back, with snowflakes all over his body, and frost on his eyelashes. "I've changed my clothes, come here and roast my feet." Mrs. Lin hurriedly stepped forward, personally served her husband to change clothes and wash, and asked someone to bring ginger tea over and let him drink a bowl, while she took a towel and slowly wiped her hair.
Marquis Lin drank a bowl of ginger tea, his body was warm, only his feet were still cold, he got up and pulled Mrs. Lin away, sat down on the kang, put his feet on the foot stove, and asked, "It's time to set the meal." "I've been out running for a day today, and I'm cold and hungry, and I can't stand it anymore.
Mrs. Lin hurriedly instructed someone to set the meal, and smiled at Lin Hou: "My daughter-in-law asked people to boil the soup base and send it, saying that the shabu-shabu is the freshest." ”
"Yo, this day, it's not time to eat the pot." Lin Hou said with a smile.
At one moment, the table was set, and a copper pot with white flowers was served, followed by plates of meat, vegetables, vermicelli, frozen tofu, and a small plate of verdant mixed cucumbers.
Lin Hou couldn't wait for the first chopsticks to go down to the meat, stretched out to the pot and soaked it, then dipped it in the seasoning, ate it in his mouth, and couldn't stop praising it: "Not bad, the meat is tender, the soup is fresh." ”
In the Songfeng Courtyard, Lin Ruhai was also sweating from eating, and the chopsticks couldn't help but throw the meat into the soup, and he didn't forget to take care of his wife, "Come and eat a fish ball." ”
"This soup is still almost hot, but our chef is at this level, and she will use it." While eating, I didn't forget to comment, "The soup boiled by the chef of Xiao Qi's family yesterday is called fresh, and Mr. ate three catties of meat by himself." ”
Jia Min: "......" is quite old, and he is not afraid to make a good come.
"After eating, I circled the yard, and finally invited a doctor to come and prescribed a recipe for eating, saying that I had to eat for three days." Lin Ruhai couldn't help but want to laugh, "Didn't you see it, Yang Ze's family made sauce pig's trotters and sent them at noon today, because I inquired about Mr. Food's love and made it on purpose." As a result, we all gnawed, and the old man stared at us to eat, and he was hungry to death. Hahahaha......"
Jia Min: "......" has an apprentice like you who gloating, it is really the misfortune of Old Man Yuan.
After Lin Ruhai finished laughing, he found that his wife was not happy. He asked very strangely: "Minghui, why don't you laugh." ”
Jia Min gave him a blank look: "Your laughter is too low." ”
"Really? I don't think so? Lin Ruhai reflected for a moment and said decisively: "Daughter-in-law, we can't go on like this, you see that your housekeeper is in charge, the lines of your face are stiff, and now you can't even smile." ”
"Get out of ......," Jia Min drank.
Lin Ruhai shrunk his neck, flattered a bowl of soup, and threw some coriander, chopped green onions, and minced ginger in it, "Daughter-in-law, I was wrong, you dissipate your anger, don't be like me." Come, have a bowl of soup. ”
Jia Min sneered and laughed, "Look at you, you are still like a child, can you be a good father." ”
"What!" Lin Ruhai's eyes widened, and his little face turned pale: "Daughter-in-law, daughter-in-law, don't scare me......"
"What's going on?" Jia Min was confused.
Lin Ruhai had a bitter face: "You're not pregnant, are you?" "He's really scared, his daughter-in-law is only seventeen, and her body and bones haven't been raised yet, so she can't have a baby now, it's so dangerous. Two months ago, Mu Lin's wife gave birth to a baby and almost took her life, and now she is still lying in bed. Mu Ying's sister-in-law also had a difficult birth last year, and none of the adults and children were saved. Hey, he'd rather not have children than his wife in danger! (To be continued......)