Xie Mulin successfully rebelled against Pearl and Mrs. He.

From then on, Mrs. Xie couldn't even find an audience to complain to the people around her, Xie Mulin, Wen or Xie Xianzhi's brothers. Whenever she wants to say something that she doesn't like, Pearl and Mrs. He will keep persuading her in her ear, telling her that the sons, daughters, grandchildren, and grandchildren in the family are all very filial and caring, and if she complains, it will be too much, persuade her to be content, don't force the juniors away, and then cite the examples of various elders in other people's families who are demons and cause the juniors to turn back, and as a result, the former did not end well, and preach to her all day long.

Mrs. Xie was even more depressed, but she could only curse at the girl's mother-in-law at most, but she didn't dare to really drive people away.

Now that Mrs. Jiang is not there, Xie Mulin consciously forbids other subordinates to enter the backyard at will, and only allows one of the most powerful coarse mother-in-law to do some rough work in the yard, and Ma Lu Yao's family comes in to help deliver things and spread the word, in addition, it is Pearl and Mrs. He.

The rough envoy was a taciturn wooden servant woman, and she forced her to speak, and she would only say things like "The girl is filial to the old lady" or "Pearl and Mother He are very loyal", and would never agree with the old lady Xie's statement. As for Ma Luyao and his wife, they were Wen's indemnity house, and they had long been dissatisfied with Mrs. Xie's harsh treatment of their aunt and grandmother, and it was impossible to listen to her complaints.

If Mrs. Xie drove Pearl and Mrs. He away again, she wouldn't even be able to find a trustworthy person around her. None of the male and female servants left in the house could satisfy her. The henchmen she used to like to pamper were all in Jinling City, so she asked Xie Pu to send them away. Pearl, Mrs. He and Mrs. Jiang were not very favored by her, but they stayed by her side because they were capable and likable. Now it is because of his integrity and understanding of things that he is retained by Xie Pu. At present, Mrs. Jiang stayed in Jinling to recuperate, and Mrs. Xie was really unavailable, so after a horizontal comparison, she still endured the chatter between Pearl and Mrs. He.

In order not to listen to their verbosity, Mrs. Xie now doesn't even say much to complain. After all, if she is always angry, her own body will also have adverse reactions. occasionally mentioned a sentence, but only whispered a few times, in front of Xie Mulin, he didn't say a word, and he no longer said anything to the rough mother-in-law about the unfilial piety of the children and grandchildren, and the disloyalty of the girl's mother-in-law.

Mrs. Xie was honest, Pearl and Mrs. He saved their saliva and strength, and Xie Mulin was able to clean his ears. Everyone was happy.

The rain began to fall intermittently, and in the evening, it began to fall heavier and heavier. Xie Mulin looked at the sky and always felt that the weather would most likely not clear up in a short time. In order to ensure that everyone's life in the old mansion is not affected by the heavy rain, she may need to do some more preparations.

In the three-room old mansion of the Xie family, several places where people lived, the doors and windows that were originally broken and decayed, were urgently repaired by the subordinates of the family and the carpenter father and son from Qianwan Village, and they could be reused; The walls of the holes were all sealed with thick wooden boards, and then smeared with mud, and the paste was so tight that it could barely shelter from the wind and rain; The roof tiles that leaked from the rain were all mended; The dead branches and debris in the drainage ditch have also been cleaned up, but the silt or something, and it will not be clean for a while, so Xie Mulin asked people to dredge the drainage pipes as much as possible to ensure that when the heavy rain comes, the water accumulation in the house will not be too serious.

In the courtyard of Meilu, the original small mud puddle was soaked by the rain and gradually became a big mud pool. Relying on those few door panels to make a "bridge" is no longer very effective. Xie Mulin simply asked people to dig through a few mud pits, dig a deep drainage ditch, drain the stagnant water in the mud pits, and then find some broken bricks and small stones to spread into the mud pits, and finally before dark, the ground of the Meilu courtyard was paved, plus the door and the bridge, whoever walked on it would no longer make the skirt legs wet with muddy water.

After the night rain passed, and the next morning when he got up, Xie Mulin stood on the second floor of the Meilu small building, opened the window and looked down, and saw that there was only a little stagnant water in the yard, which did not affect people's movement, and he was quite satisfied.

She freshened up, and didn't even bother to eat breakfast, so she turned the whole house around to ensure that all the yards were well drained, and no one slept at night when there was rain and cold, and then asked Pearl, Mrs. Xie also slept very well at night, and now she is honestly eating her own japonica rice porridge.

Xie Mulin was very satisfied, praised Pearl and Mrs. He a few words, promised to add monthly money to them afterwards, and then very intimately sent a small plate of spiced kohlrabi to Mrs. Xie, who kept chattering about porridge and water.

This is a local specialty of Huzhou, and it is said that the old lady used to like to eat it very much.

Mrs. Xie has eaten tasteless porridge for a few days, and now she finally has something tasteful in her mouth, or her favorite snack in the past, and she was so happy that she couldn't eat a mouthful of porridge, and she took a piece of kohlrabi, only to feel that this is said to be an unprecedented delrabi bought from the county.

Pearl and Mrs. He hurriedly said good things on the side: "This is the old lady's favorite snack!" It's still a good Nanxun incense! It's fragrant and crispy, sweet and tender, and the second girl specially ordered someone to buy it back for the old lady, but it took a lot of effort! Old lady, look, how filial the second girl is to you! ”

Mrs. Xie looked at her former confidant maid speechlessly, and suddenly felt that the kohlrabi in her mouth was not so delicious.

In the afternoon, the rain gradually subsided. Xie Mulin remembered that Wen had said that he would return today, so he took advantage of the weakening rain to have people guard at the gatehouse, and when he saw a ship approaching from a distance, he immediately reported it to her.

Mrs. Xie took a nap, and before she woke up, Xie Mulin got the news that a boat was coming, and it was not a ferry boat that could be seen every day, nor a fishing boat passing by, but a medium-sized painting boat that was a little plain and simple.

Xie Mulin knew that most of this was because Wen Shi came back, and he didn't change his clothes, so he wore a half-new home-style dress, didn't even wipe the muddy water on the upper of his shoes, and didn't tidy up his slightly loose hairstyle, so he went out directly.

Who knew that it was not only the Wen family's master and servant who came, but also a few strange-looking female dependents. Xie Mulin looked at it from a distance, and guessed from their age that the two oldest old ladies should probably be the eldest old lady of the sect, Tu Shi, and the second old lady of the second room, the grandmother of the Song family.

Waiting to welcome people into the simple repair of the front hall, everyone formally greeted the courtesy, Wen ordered his daughter to kowtow to the elders to say goodbye, an introduction, it was indeed Tu's, Song's, and one was Tu's eldest daughter-in-law, the clan's wife Du's.

Xie Mulin kowtowed, and at the same time called "Uncle Grandmother", "Grandmother" and "Uncle Niang", from beginning to end according to the etiquette, without a trace of mistakes, the three elders all showed satisfied looks.

Without waiting for Xie Mulin to carefully observe the temperament and temper of the three elders, the eldest uncle and grandmother Tu Shi asked first: "How is your uncle and grandmother?" When we heard that she was sick, we were very worried. Although your mother explained to us that your uncle and grandmother were reluctant to return to the clan because they were afraid of being sick to the family, we all knew what was going on, and it was not easy to understand your mother, so we didn't blame her. You don't have to learn from your mother, you have too many worries, and you always want to put gold on your uncle and grandmother's face. In fact, she doesn't like to see us, and we don't like to see her, so we are afraid that we will get angry and can't help but curse, and when she turns around, she has to be cheeky and pretend to be pitiful in front of your father, as if we bullied her.

"But since she has come back and is sick again, we must always ask a question, so as not to make people gossip, saying that we are too ruthless to the widow of our third brother. Good boy, you just have to tell us more about it, don't worry. Your aunt's family has produced many famous doctors, and although she can't diagnose people's pulses and prescribe prescriptions, she is also familiar with medical science. If you tell her about your aunt and uncle, she will know how sick your aunt is. ”

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