Lin Fengtai has been the secretary of the Ministry of Rites for some years, and he has always been an Amitabha Buddha in the court, and he has never had a bad relationship with others, and he has no particularly good colleagues, although he married the sister of Jiao Ran, the secretary of the Ministry of War, but the husband and wife have been separated for many years, so the secretary of the Ministry of War does not like this brother-in-law very much. And the eldest lady of the Lin family lives in the Taoist temple all the year round about self-cultivation, and the government and the opposition are also well known, some say that the eldest lady looks like a heavenly immortal Lin Shangshu is afraid of being coveted, some say that the natural immortal fetus has been ascended to immortality in Buyunguan, and there are outrageous, saying that the eldest lady has a hidden disease and can't see people, so she has to hide in the mountains to live. The ladies in the capital are good at gossip, and the daily tea party chat, the matter of the eldest lady of the Lin family has been unclear for a long time, so it is naturally one of their favorite topics to arrange idle talk.

On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, at the tea party held by Jiao Ran Mansion, several ladies who couldn't play mahjong got together to eat melon seeds and chatted.

"I heard that a few days ago, the eldest girl of the Lin family came back for the New Year, and guess what, she actually came back after Chinese New Year's Eve!"

"Lin Shangshu is also strange, her daughter is still hiding when she is so old, and I don't know what to see, so Mrs. Lin also keeps a solemn face all day long, and never interacts with us. I heard that Lin Shangshu has not been close to her for many years, her father and mother are so cold, and her daughter is not normal. ”

"There is an old mother's daughter in my house who is serving in the Lin Mansion, saying that the house is very strict, and the eldest lady is not allowed to say anything, otherwise she will be killed immediately! This Lin Da girl is also sixteen years old this year, but she has never heard of any decent family who has come to her door to propose marriage, and she is also very pitiful. ”

"In this case, that decent person doesn't dare to come to the door! Look at the Jiaoqian county lord of the Xishan Palace, who is also sixteen, seeing that she is going to marry the prince this year, the princess who is stable will be the queen in the future!"

"Yes, this young lady of the Lin family is miserable, although it is said that it is the daughter of the Shangshu family, what can she do, it's not that no one wants it? ”

"What a pathetic!"

Several long-tongued women smiled and said "pitiful" and "pitiful" and chatted energetically, but they didn't expect that Mrs. Jiao was already standing behind with a blue face, holding a jade with a blue background in her hand, and suddenly she broke it with a "snap".

"Ouch, ouch, what are you doing here, Mrs. Jiao, it scares us to death!" Seeing Mrs. Jiao's face, several long-tongued women stood up in disdain, their faces red and white.

"Several ladies like to chew the root of other people's tongues so much, and they are not afraid of dying in the future and becoming long-tongued ghosts, but they are frightened of the black and white impermanence of the underworld!" Mrs. Jiao was born in a military general family, she has always been straightforward in her speech and deeds, and she has never been taboo about anything. Both husband and wife are eager to be girls, but they have given birth to three sons in a row, although the sons are all young and heroic, and they have all had good experience in the army, but none of them can get her joy, but they are very fond of the only daughter of the sister-in-law's family.

"Mrs. Jiao, your words are also terrifying, we are just gossiping, and there is no malicious ......"

"I don't welcome gossip," Mrs. Jiao had a cold face, and threw the broken step shake on the ground casually: "Several ladies are tired of chatting today, hurry up and go back to rest, forgive me!"

Although Mrs. Jiao spoke mercilessly, after all, she was Mrs. Shangshu of the Ministry of War, and her mother's family was a member of the famous Xiguan Army. And Mrs. Jiao looked at their distant backs, snorted fiercely, and then went to find her punching bags.

The three punching bags were very happy at the moment in a specially set up place in the backyard to practice their fists and feet, and they saw their mother coming angrily from a distance, knowing that there was nothing good, and it was too late for the flash people to bow their heads respectfully: "New Year's blessing, please say hello to my mother." ”

"An what An, your sister Yuebai's reputation is about to be ruined by the gossip of that group of eight women, I don't know if anyone will be willing to propose marriage in the future, you three are happy here!"

Boss: "Mother is angry, angry and hurts ......"

The second child: "Mother is angry, since they are all eight women, don't pay attention to it." ”

The third: "Mother...... These eight women are really not elegant, you should not say it again in the future. ”

The first two sentences of Mrs. Jiao were barely pleasing to the ear, and as soon as the last sentence was finished, she "snapped" and slapped her palm on the stone pillar next to her, and said angrily: "On the contrary, you still dare to advise your mother?"

The eldest and second looked at his younger brother, who had always been upright, and complained bitterly in his heart, so he had to pull his younger brother to kneel down and say in unison: "Mother is angry, it's the sons who are wrong, and they won't dare in the future!"

"How do I know if I dare in the future? Everyone is ...... now. I went to Xishan to pick a flower that I had never seen, and I had to put it in a bottle in the dining room before dinner, if not, don't blame my mother for being unhappy!"

The boss hurriedly replied: "Yes, yes, the sons will go now!"

As he spoke, he pulled his two younger brothers to get up, and the second brother, who has always had a lot of ghost ideas, nodded to the south, and the boss immediately understood: Where are the flowers in Xishan in this winter, and there is a flower market on South Street, which is just open on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, and they can go there to buy flowers for business. Only the third child, who has always been stubborn until he can't do it, failed to understand the meaning of the second child, and was dragged away by his brothers, while still shouting to Mrs. Jiao: "There are no flowers in Xishan! But mother, don't worry, the three of us brothers must do our best, we must do our best!"

Mrs. Jiao watched her three sons run away, still feeling depressed, and remembered that it was the fifth day of the new year today, and the Lin family was not going to pay a New Year's greeting, and she was a little worried, so she immediately called the housekeeper to prepare the carriage and horses, and planned to leave behind the ladies at the tea party and her husband who was busy socializing, and go to visit Lin Yuebai in person, but she didn't expect the housekeeper to go back after a while, and said breathlessly: "Madam, master, please go to the inner hall, someone from the Lin Mansion is here." ”

Mrs. Jiao was overjoyed, and she didn't pay attention to what the housekeeper said was just "someone from the Lin Mansion", and thought that Lin Fengtai's family had arrived, so she hurriedly walked towards the inner hall with joy, and began to arrange tea and snacks along the way, and asked the personal girl to pick up the gift she had prepared for her niece early, and hurriedly asked the housekeeper to catch the three sons back.

The happy Mrs. Jiao had just arrived at the door of the inner hall, but she heard her husband drink very unhappily: "What a bastard!"

Hearing this, Mrs. Jiao frowned and hurriedly entered the door. I didn't see half of Lin Fengtai's family, but a letter was thrown on the ground, and a servant of the Lin Mansion stood aside with a frightened face.