Chapter Ninety-Three: Mother-in-law's Troubles
Today, in front of so many people, I dare to show my wife's face, isn't this deliberately giving my wife no face?!
The scene froze for a while, until Mrs. Chu, who had been talking from the side, saw that there was no sound, and turned his head to see something strange before he glanced at Mrs. Chu coldly, his eyes were full of warnings.
Old Lady Chu snorted lightly, raised her hand to take the teacup offered by Xu Jiayi, took a sip casually, put the teacup on the table, turned her head to look at an old woman behind her, and whispered, "Mama Yao." ”
Mama Yao bowed her head in response, then turned around and handed Xu Jiayi a red envelope.
Originally, Mrs. Chu should have come with the matter of recognizing people, but Mrs. Chu didn't like it after seeing Mrs. Chu's attitude just now, for fear that she would make some moths again, so she simply didn't let her make a sound, and directly introduced it to Xu Jiayi.
Old lady Chu stretched out her finger and pointed at an old man with a fierce face in the Chinese character, and an old woman sitting beside him with kind eyebrows, and introduced, "This is your second uncle and second aunt, followed by their son and daughter-in-law, according to the order of teeth, you have to change their third brother and third brother and sister, Jiayi, you come and meet." ”
Because these are not immediate family members, Xu Jiayi doesn't need to kowtow like just now, she just needs to bow and then offer tea and recognize people. If it is an elder, she can also get some meeting gifts, and if she is younger than her own generation, she naturally wants those golden melon seeds and jewelry bracelets and the like, which can be regarded as a meeting gift for her elders to give these juniors.
Xu Jiayi moved slightly, stepped forward half a step towards them and blessed her body, slightly lowered her eyes and whispered "second uncle, second aunt". Then he turned to look at the men and women behind the two of them, and said with a slight smile, "Third brother, third brother and sister." ”
The man hugged Xu Jiayi with a serious face, "Sister-in-law." ”
The woman standing beside him smiled at Xu Jiayi, and she also called out very heartily.
After this circle of people recognized it, Xu Jiayi also felt dry mouth and a little dazed. She really couldn't remember the names and generations of so many people when she suddenly wanted her, and now that she had just finished recognizing them, she couldn't remember most of them. Fortunately, there are two Yuan Xiang and Cuiyun on the side to help remember, and if they see each other in the future, they will not not be unfamiliar.
After recognizing relatives, it is to open the ancestral hall and enter the family tree.
After some tossing, it was already nearly noon. Everyone laughed all the way from the ancestral hall to the flower hall, Xu Jiayi, the new daughter-in-law, didn't have anything else to pay attention to, just followed with a shy and shy smile all the way and walked away with the flow of people.
However, there were two daughters-in-law and girls who came to talk to her, and Xu Jiayi couldn't tell who was who, only vaguely impressed. No matter who it is, they all laugh at each other.
There are several large round tables set up in the flower hall, and there are maids holding dishes back and forth. After the old lady Chu asked someone to set the meal, everyone was divided into men and women and sat down, although there was a screen with landscape paintings in the middle, but they could still hear each other's laughter. If it's a little taller, you can see the scene between the two rooms when you look up slightly.
Cuiyun and Yuanxiang had already secretly checked Xu Jiayi's fingertips through the gap, and when they saw that the fingertips of Xu Jiayi's index finger and middle finger were almost broken, they couldn't help but be shocked, "Madam, do you want to deal with it first?" ”
"It's okay." Xu Jiayi pulled her fingers back and said in a low voice, "Don't let people see the joke." ”
After Old Lady Chu sat down, she looked left and right, her brows furrowed slightly, "Why don't you see Yaoyao?" ”
Xu Jiayi lowered her eyes and said secretly, the "Yaoyao" in Mrs. Chu's mouth is probably the cousin Xu Yao who was just introduced by Mama Hua.
Sure enough, Mama Yao, who was waiting for Mrs. Chu in the next second, replied loudly, "Today, the young lady saw the elders for the first time, and the cousin said that she would not come to join in the fun. When I turn around, I will go to Fengyuan to meet the young lady in person. ”
"This girl ......" Mrs. Chu muttered softly, and then beckoned all the relatives not to be polite, just like her own home.
An old lady next to her couldn't help but laugh when she heard this, "In the past, you always talked about your Yaoyao, boasting about what is in the sky and what is not on the earth." Now your new daughter-in-law looks like a standout, I have never seen such a handsome girl. Sure enough, you are still an old sister-in-law, you are blessed, and the beautiful beauties have come out of your house. ”
"Yaoyao has been raised in front of you since she was a child, you love her and spoil her, not to mention a beautiful cousin and sister-in-law at this time, when the time comes, you and Changfeng hurt Jiayi, I don't know how to be jealous in my heart......"
Although it was a joke, it was not a joke in the words, but Xu Jiayi was not angry.
Although she is a rough person, if she has such a delicate and knowledgeable daughter-in-law, she will be very happy. Although she also understood Mrs. Chu's thoughts, it was one thing to understand, and it was another thing to not be able to see it.
"My daughter-in-law has a long wind and hurts, and I, as an aunt, naturally have to hurt a little more Yaoyao." Old Lady Chu didn't feel that her actions were wrong at all, and she replied in a voice that was not salty or light.
Despite this, Xu Jiayi smiled at the second aunt who had just spoken for her.
Xu Jiayi saw that the other daughters-in-law of the side line did not take a seat, but stood aside to prepare vegetables for her mother-in-law, so she obediently did not sit together, but stood next to Mrs. Chu, planning to eat by herself after serving Mrs. Chu to dinner. Mrs. Chu wanted to instruct Xu Jiayi to take the soup for herself, and Xu Jiayi also responded softly.
The old lady Chu at the other table glanced over and saw that Xu Jiayi was still standing, and regardless of the old lady Chu's face, he said directly, "Jiayi, you can also sit down and eat, let the maids below do the work." We don't have a daughter-in-law in our house. ”
To put it more bluntly, that is, I love to eat, not to eat.
Xu Jiayi bit her lip a little embarrassed, and turned her head to look at Old Lady Chu.
Old Lady Chu's face turned colder, but she didn't dare to disobey Old Lady Chu's intentions, she glanced at Xu Jiayi and said, "Since the old lady asked you to sit down for dinner, you can sit down." ”
"Yes......" Xu Jiayi replied with a blessing, and then found a place to sit down.
Xu Jiayi answered all kinds of questions from the relatives at the table, and if she encountered a topic that she couldn't avoid, she could only say half-truths and half-truths.
After it was easy to deal with the relatives who had sent away the various rooms, Old Lady Chu waved his hand and asked Xu Jiayi to go back to rest first, if there was anything to do, just send someone to the outer courtyard to find him, and then turn around and leave.
After getting the order of the old lady Chu, Xu Jiayi turned her head and glanced at the old lady Chu who was standing beside the old lady Chu without saying a word, responded lightly, and retired with a blessing.
I can finally go back and rest.
Xu Jiayi breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, she had just stepped into Fengyuan, and she hadn't even had time to drink her saliva, when she heard that a maid from outside had come to report that it was the old lady who asked her to go to Rongyang Hall.
The teacup that had just been pinched in her hand was put down again, Xu Jiayi took a deep breath, and raised a smile that was not smiling, and then stood up and looked at the little maid who had always reported the news, "Lead the way." ”
I didn't make it difficult for myself when I was serving tea just now, and it must not be a good thing to call myself over at this time. It seems unlikely that she wants a mother-in-law like her cousin. However, Xu Jiayi felt that the relationship between Mrs. Chu and Mrs. Chu was really a little weird.
No matter what, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, no matter what tricks she has, she only needs to follow the duty that her daughter-in-law should do. Thinking like this, Xu Jiayi, who was still anxious, instantly felt relaxed in her heart.
After arriving at Rongyang Hall, the old lady Chu was kneeling in front of the Bodhisattva and chanting, Xu Jiayi was hesitating whether to stand aside and wait, or to salute first, when she heard Mama Yao step forward and whispered in the ear of the old lady Chu, "Old lady, the young lady is here." ”
"Hmm." Old Lady Chu closed her eyes and replied softly.
Hearing this, Xu Jiayi stepped forward, blessed the old lady Chu, and respectfully saluted and said goodbye, "Daughter-in-law greets mother." ”
However, Mrs. Chu didn't pay attention to her, she didn't even look at her, she didn't seem to see such a big person in the room, and she didn't hear Xu Jiayi's voice of greeting. Mama Yao also stood on one side with her eyes and nose and heart, pretending to be a wooden man.
Xu Jiayi knew that this mother-in-law of her own family did not want to see herself, after all, she could turn a blind eye to her face when serving tea, and at this time she hurriedly called herself over because she wanted to beat herself, so she was not surprised by her attitude.
Mrs. Chu didn't let her get up, and Xu Jiayi, the daughter-in-law who had just entered the door, naturally couldn't get up directly, so she kept her head bowed and bowed. Cuiyun and Yuanxiang, who followed behind, glanced at each other, their eyes were full of worry, and they wanted to open their mouths to say something, but when they saw Xu Jiayi secretly shaking their heads at them, they swallowed all the words back, and respectfully waited behind Xu Jiayi.
After a long time, Mrs. Chu stopped the sound of the wooden fish, strung the Buddhist beads in her hand to her wrist, and slowly stood up holding Mama Yao's hand, only then did she glance at Xu Jiayi and said slowly, "We will all be a family in the future, so we don't have to see each other like this." Don't stand, sit down. ”
As soon as Mrs. Chu's words fell, a little maid immediately moved an embroidery pier over.
Xu Jiayi bowed her head and thanked her again, before straightening up. My legs were a little weak just now, and I couldn't stand on my feet at this time, so the two girls next to me, Cuiyun and Yuanxiang, were smart, and they stepped forward to support Xu Jiayi when she got up.
Quietly moved his stiff legs, and then slowly sat down. Although it was Mrs. Chu who asked her to sit, Xu Jiayi didn't dare to sit down, and only sat on her knees, so that she was always ready to accept Mrs. Chu's next difficulty.
Xu Jiayi was thinking about what would happen next, when she heard a maid open the curtain and come in, "Old lady, my cousin is here to greet you." ”
As soon as the words fell, Xu Jiayi saw a young girl in a goose yellow dress walking in from outside, and bowed to the old lady of Chu, Yingying, and said, "My niece asks my aunt to say goodbye." ”