Chapter 8 Nanjing (5)
Uncle He led them to the corridor of the small building, where a maid in her thirties was wiping the floor, looked up at Xiao Linghu and Yi Wei, and buried her head to be busy with the things in her hands.
"Wait here!" Uncle He told the two people, pointed to the two chairs in the corridor, motioned for them to sit down, and then changed a pair of shoes and walked to the building.
But Xiao Linghu and Yi Wei didn't sit down, because their bodies had been drenched in the rain for a long time just now, and they were already wet.
After a while, listening to the sound of hurried footsteps from the building, Uncle He walked in front first, and behind him, followed by a middle-aged woman wearing a light green cheongsam, the long hair on her head was lazily coiled into a bun, tied tightly with a pink hair bundle, and her face was a little puffy, looking a little fat, which should be a common problem of rich and noble families; Her eyes were also shimmering, and she knew at a glance that she was a very shrewd person, with gold earrings hanging from the lobes of each ear, and a silver necklace around her neck, with a red gemstone inlay hanging underneath.
"Madame, that's him!" Uncle He pointed to Xiao Linghu and told the comer.
Xiao Linghu knew that this must be Xiao Huang's wife Xiao Yan, and he remembered that Xiao Huang had told him that his wife's name was Yan Meifeng, and she was the sister of Yan Shiji, the governor of the Central Bank. No wonder Xiao Huang was able to entrust him with important positions in the army, but it turned out that his wife's family was also so rich and powerful.
"Hello Mother!" Xiao Linghu immediately straightened up and saluted Yan Meifeng.
Yan Meifeng looked at Xiao Linghu carefully, with a smile on her face, but she didn't know where to start, and she was suddenly called her mother by this tall and handsome young man, which made her a little embarrassed.
Xiao Linghu was afraid that Yan Meifeng would not know the reason, so he hurriedly took out the letter that Xiao Huang asked him to bring and handed it to Yan Meifeng.
Yan Meifeng opened the letter, looked at it carefully, nodded again and again while reading, the smile on her face became more and more cheerful, and when the letter was finished, she was so happy that she couldn't even close her mouth, put away the letter, took Xiao Linghu's hand, looked left and right at him, liked it so much, and kept praising it: "Hehe, some time ago, Lao Xiao called me and told me that he had received a son, and asked someone to talk a little and brought a photo, at that time, I felt very handsome when I looked at the photo, and I saw a real person today, it is much better looking than the photo, and he looks so tall, The two sons of the Zhao family can't compare! ”
As he was talking, three more gorgeously dressed ladies came down from upstairs, and one of them scolded with a smile: "I said Sister Yan, no matter how good your son is, you can't bury my son, right?" ”
Another wife said: "Haha, I heard Sister Yan say how good his son is, I saw him today, it's really good, this head, this appearance, this physique, don't talk about it, the two sons of your Zhao family are really incomparable!" ”
The last wife was also unhappy: "I said Mrs. Chen, even if you have eaten and drunk at Sister Yan's place, you don't have to be so flattering, right?" Even if the two sons of our Zhao family are not good, they are not as unbearable as you say, right? ”
Mrs. Chen smiled, but she was not embarrassed, thinking that these people must be very familiar, so she didn't take it seriously when she joked.
Xiao Linghu knew that these three wives must be the neighbors who came to play mahjong as Uncle He said.
Yan Meifeng saw that the two aunts and wives of the Zhao family were unhappy, and said busily: "Don't mind the two sisters!" I also just saw my son, and I was happy, so I didn't cover my mouth, and now I'll compensate you two! ”
Hearing Yan Meifeng say this, the two wives of the Zhao family were no longer hypocritical, and the three wives came to Xiao Linghu's side and kept looking at him, as if they were looking at a rare and exotic beast in the zoo, and Xiao Linghu's face was red and uneasy.
Yan Meifeng hurriedly introduced him, and Xiao Linghu called out very politely: "Mrs. Zhao is good!" "Second Mrs. Zhao is good!" "Mrs. Chen is good", this call made these three wives also excited, and praised Xiao Linghu's observance.
Mrs. Chen also liked it, and asked Xiao Linghu's age, and when she heard that he was only nineteen years old and not yet engaged, she said casually and jokingly: "Mrs. Zhao, aren't the three girls in your family also eighteen?" I think it's better to get engaged to the Xiao family and get married! ”
As soon as he said this, Xiao Linghu was so ashamed that he couldn't find a crack to get into, he only hated these wives for chewing their tongues too well, and hoped that they would leave quickly.
Mrs. Zhao was stunned, and then said, "Hehe, the third girl in my family is going to school, and she is not in a hurry to get married." By the way, isn't the second girl in your family also married? Why don't you get engaged to Sister Yan, and everyone will leave as relatives when the time comes? ”
Mrs. Chen said: "I have this idea, but I don't know if Sister Yan is willing or not!" ”
Yan Meifeng smiled and said, "This kind of thing will be talked about when my old Xiao comes back in the future!" ”
The three ladies laughed again, and then took their leave.
Yi Wei has been standing beside him, watching these wives around Xiao Linghu and arguing, laughing so much that he can't put his mouth away, so he can only hide to the side and cover his mouth and lean over and cover his stomach, his stomach also hurts with laughter.
Yan Meifeng noticed Yi Wei and asked, "Xiaowei, why did you bring him here?" ”
"We just happened to meet, hehe, I didn't expect such a fate!" Yi Wei replied.
Yan Meifeng nodded and said to Uncle He: "Lao He, you go and tell Mother Zhang, let her cook a few more good dishes today, and we will catch the wind for the young master!" ”
"Yes!" Uncle He agreed, and was about to leave, Yan Meifeng thought of something again, and said, "Wait a minute, you will notify everyone to come here in a while, so that everyone can know the young master of our family!" ”
"Yes!" Uncle He nodded and left in a hurry.
"Sister-in-law Liu, has the young master's house been cleaned up?" Yan Meifeng asked the maid who was mopping the floor and asked.
Sister-in-law Liu stood up and nodded at her: "After Mrs. explained the day before yesterday, I cleaned up, and I have been cleaning every day for the past two days!" ”
"Good!" Yan Meifeng nodded and said to Xiao Lingfeng: "Son, you come with me!" ”
"Good!" Xiao Linghu agreed, changed out of the wet military leather shoes, wore the cloth slippers specially brought by Sister-in-law Liu, and followed behind Yan Meifeng with the suitcase. Yi Wei hesitated, changed his shoes, and followed.