The eldest lady of Gongfu is surnamed Xu, and her maiden name is Ning'er, and when she was not out of the cabinet, she had a handkerchief relationship with Jiao's second grandmother, and her friendship was extraordinary. This time, Jiao's big belly came to participate in her youngest son's washing, and the friendship can be seen.

Because Jiao was pregnant, when she entered Gong Mansion, there was a soft sedan chair waiting in the shade, and several sturdy mothers-in-law greeted her with a smile: "It's Mrs. Jiao from Jiao Mansion, right?" My wife has been waiting for you for a long time, but there are too many guests here today, and my wife is in confinement again, so I specially ordered a few old slaves to come and wait for you. ”

There is also a small shade shed above the soft sedan chair, blocking the sun, Jiao Shi is very satisfied, and said with a smile: "Your wife has always been a caring person, and she has to worry about her in the confinement." ”

is different from the eight-sided exquisiteness of Mrs. Bai, Mrs. Xu's treatment of people is like a spring breeze and rain, which makes people's hearts ironed.

Jiao's was about to get on the soft sedan chair, Fang Ainiang squeezed away the amber, and diligently wanted to help Jiao's.

The mother-in-law of the Gong Mansion next to her pursed her lips and said in her heart, could this be the stepdaughter of the legendary Mrs. Jiao?

I heard that the flower and moon look like a sinking fish and a goose, how can you ...... So?

That's it...... It can be seen that the rumors are not very true.

After all, it's from the countryside, and it's still working with the maid.

Jiao Shi saw Fang Ainiang like this, and caught a glimpse of the mother-in-law on the side, after all, she had been a housewife for several years, and she couldn't understand what the mother-in-law was thinking.

Now that her relationship with Fang Hanniang has eased, naturally she can't let others tarnish her reputation.

"Ai Niang is really sensible." Jiao quietly took Fang Ainiang's hand and bent down to sit in the soft sedan chair, and said with a smile, "It's really a good niece of the second aunt, Yan Yan is still young, so she is not as caring as you." ”

The mother-in-law on the side suddenly realized when she heard this, no wonder her appearance was not right, it turned out that this was not Mrs. Jiao's stepdaughter, but Mrs. Jiao's niece.

Fang Ai Niang thought that this was Jiao's intention to promote her, and her face was happy, but she wanted to make a modest gesture, and twisted: "The second aunt has an overreputation, Ai Niang should not be praised." ”

Jiao's teeth felt a little sore when he heard this, but he still smiled on his face, patted the handrail on the side of the soft sedan chair, and signaled that the sturdy mothers-in-law could carry them away.

The mothers-in-law said "hey" and steadily lifted Jiao Shi on the soft sedan chair.

Because Jiao is pregnant, he needs to be more cautious, and the soft sedan chair that was originally carried by two people was suddenly added to the soft sedan chair for four people.

This can also be seen that the status of the eldest lady of the Xu family in the Gong Mansion is very firm, and she has done such an overstepping thing lightly.

Fang Ainiang got Fang Caijiao's praise, and then she was even more intentional, wanting her second aunt to say a few more good words about her in front of many wives today. What Fang Ainiang didn't know was that if it weren't for Fang Cai who caused that incident, Jiao had to admit that she was a niece and not a stepdaughter, and Jiao wanted to pretend not to know her.

These sturdy women who carry the sedan chair are all well-trained, not to mention that the two-person soft sedan has been replaced by four people to carry it, which is even more stable, and there are few bumps. Jiao's sat in a soft sedan chair all the way into the inner courtyard, and there was a small shade on the top of the soft sedan to shade Jiao's from the sun, and he never felt a little uncomfortable.

Fang Ainiang rushed to help Jiao's get off the soft sedan again.

Amber was squeezed aside again, a little aggrieved, but after all, that Fang Ai Niang was also half a master, and she couldn't say anything, so she had to stand aside.

Fang Ainiang diligently helped Jiao Shi get off the soft sedan chair, and her voice was soft: "Second aunt, if there is anything uncomfortable, you must tell me." ”

Jiao's eyes are not very pleasing to Fang Ainiang now, and her words are naturally uncomfortable to listen to, feeling that Fang Ainiang's words are not a good sign, and her face is inevitably a little unbearable.

At this time, several ladies who were familiar with Jiao's saw Jiao's standing outside the flower hall, and they came over to surround Jiao's and asked about Jiao's physical condition. Jiao took advantage of the situation to talk and laugh with these ladies and went to the inner hall.

Although no one paid attention to Fang Ainiang, where would Fang Ainiang miss this kind of opportunity. She quickly looked at the clothes of the ladies in the flower hall, pondered in her heart, and decided to follow Jiao's side.

After all, with Jiao's financial resources, the net worth of the wife who interacted with her must be indispensable.

Fang Ainiang's intention to come up is so obvious, which of the ladies present is not a human spirit? Someone immediately laughed and said, "Yo, this little girl is a little faceless, this is Mrs. Jiao's daughter?" ”

Jiao's heart felt that although she was a niece, she was also related to her, and she brought it out, Fang Ainiang's appearance of Jiji camp was a little embarrassing, she was a little annoyed in her heart, but her face was full of smiles, and she said angrily: "How can it, this is my niece of my husband's family, I came to Yuncheng to play, I took her out to see the world." ”

Oh, it turned out to be the niece of her husband's family...... Several ladies suddenly felt in their hearts.

Doesn't "seeing the world" mean that this niece has never seen the world?

Several ladies are human spirits, and they immediately understood the meaning of Jiao's words, no matter what they thought in their hearts, they still praised Fang Ainiang with a smile on their faces, and Fang Ainiang's eyes lit up a lot.

The most important thing is to take this polite remark seriously.

Fang Ainiang took it seriously.

Jiao Shi talked to a few familiar ladies in the flower hall, and then got up and went to the inner room.

Fang Ainiang's eyes flashed, and she was about to keep up.

Jiao said with a smile: "Your child's family, it's better to chat with the ladies in the flower hall." ”

This was exactly what Fang Ainiang wanted, so she stayed.

Xu, the eldest lady of Gongfu, tied a brocade cloth on her head, and sat on the Luohan bed with a soft face, leaning on a royal blue woven dark flower bamboo leaf cushion on her back.

Seeing Jiao's coming in, Xu's face spread with a smile: "Shanshan, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

"Some time ago, there were a lot of things at home, so I really didn't have much time to go out." Jiao Shi smiled and sat casually on the edge of Luohan's bed, which shows the intimacy of the relationship between the two.

Xu patted Jiao's hand and sighed, "It's not easy for you...... I may not have seen her for a long time, there have been such a big change in the family, I don't think I can see her today. ”

As he spoke, a touch of sadness appeared on his face.

Wan Wan is the maiden name of the second lady of Bai.

Jiao Shi didn't answer, she actually had a bit complicated feelings about Second Lady Bai in her heart.

At that time, Second Lady Bai borrowed Fang Hanniang to give Fang Hanniang to that nobleman, and almost pulled their Jiaofu into the water.

The Jiao family also sympathized with the plight of Second Lady Bai in her heart, but it did not mean that she could forgive Second Lady Bai for wanting to pull them into the water in Jiao's mansion.

The two talked for a while, and the nurse came in with the little boy in her arms.

The little boy has not yet officially named the family tree, and has a milk name called Yao Ge'er.

Brother Yao washed three today, wrapped in brocade swaddling, pink and chubby, drooling and sleeping so fragrant.

Jiao Shi liked it very much when he saw it, and hurriedly took out a small jade pendant held with a handkerchief from his arms.

"This is the high monk who has opened the light, and he has been offering in front of the Buddha for three months, and protecting the safety of children is the most effective. I was in front of the Buddha at the time, one for Brother Yao'er, and the other for me to have this in my stomach. Jiao smiled and handed it to Xu.

This baptism ceremony can be said to be careless, but the relationship between Xu's and Jiao's is extraordinary, Xu's smiled and didn't shirk, accepted this gift, and let the big girl next to him receive it in the brocade box: "Wait for Brother Yao'er to wear it on him when the moon is full." ”

After a while, Brother Yao was taken out by the midwife to wash the three, and Xu couldn't go out to blow the wind because he was going to be confined.

In the flower hall, a pure gold basin is placed on the shelf, which contains the boiling water boiled by the honeysuckle of the bark of the mugwort leaf locust tree, the midwife holds Brother Yao with one hand, bows the water with the other hand, and smears a handful of water on Brother Yao'er's head, and sings in her mouth, "Wash your hair, sit in Zhizhou", Brother Yao is still sleeping fragrantly, and the midwife smeared a handful of water on Brother Yao'er, and sang in her mouth, "Wash your body, be a rich man", and finally wiped a handful of water on her hands, singing: "Wash your hands, you have everything", which is considered to be washed. The big girl next to her came over with a green onion in both hands, and the midwife took it, took the green onion and gently smoked the sleeping Brother Yaoer: "One dozen smart, two dozen smart, three dozen understand, four dozen healthy." ”

In the end, it was replaced with a new bright purple swaddling clothes, which was considered a ceremony.

The ladies who watched the ceremony said auspicious words one after another, and threw the three washing rites into the three basins, most of which were some silver ingots and silver jewelry, and Jiao's also followed the flow and threw a full amount of two ingots of beautiful midwifery, and her mouth couldn't close.

According to the rules, these baptismal midwives can be divided in half.

Sure enough, it is still cost-effective to deliver babies to large families. The midwife was not beautiful in her heart, and she gave birth to Xu's at that time, because Xu's was the second child, this delivery was also smooth, and the lord of Gongfu was overjoyed to give the midwife twenty taels of red, which was a windfall for the midwife.

After washing three times, Brother Yao was carried back to Xu's place.

Xu looked at his sleeping little son, and his heart was full of love.

Jiao Shi looked at the heat in his eyes and sighed: "I hope my baby is also a kid." ”

Xu said: "Didn't you ask the doctor to take the pulse?" ”

Jiao's face showed a little embarrassed shame, and nodded, with a little joy: "Please, the doctor said that he is a kid eight times out of ten...... I'm not thinking that the pulse is not accurate, but if it is, it is not accurate. ”

Xu smiled: "There's nothing wrong with a girl, I just want a caring girl." ”

Jiao smiled and didn't talk about this topic anymore, but changed the topic.

She likes her daughters a lot, but right now, no matter how harmless Fang Hanniang's three sisters and brothers are, she needs a son.

As they talked, the topic turned to Xu's son.

Before the youngest son Yao Ge'er, the Xu family also has an eldest son, who is fourteen this year, which is the right age to say goodbye.

In fact, Xu's heart was broken for this eldest son.

The eldest son, Gong Runhua, is a talent, everything is good, but he took on the name of a wife at a young age, and he set a baby kiss when he was a child, but within two years of marriage, his fiancée got dysentery and died. Later, he ordered a small official's daughter, but the little official committed something and was arrested, and the little official's daughter was unbearable and humiliated, so she committed suicide directly.

So far, the two fiancées have not come to a good end, and no good family dares to marry their daughters to Gong Runhua.

Xu is also very worried, the eldest son is not lacking in appearance and talent, but his luck is a little worse.