Chapter 14: The Old Lady

"Naturally, we have to wait."

When Mama Zhang saw her say this, her posture was clear and her voice was warm, just like a bluestone on the bank of the lake under a clear rain.

It is not flowers, it is not jade, it is not any form that is used in any world to beautify women or force women to do.

Old, steadfast, unshakable.

Since she walked into this delicate and cold old mansion, she has never changed her posture because of this.

What was it before it came, it is what it is now.

As if their embarrassment was just a joke.

Inexplicably, I feel that my style is a little lower.

Mama Zhang felt very uncomfortable, so she sneered: "That girl has to wait for a good life, although it is a doomed evil thing for you to have a bad disease, but after all, it is your big mistake not to do your filial piety in front of the old lady for many years." ”

Peony deeply felt that these words were powerful, one was to point out the evil disease, for anyone, the words of the evil disease can cause a lot of disgust, and the reputation will be gone, and the second is unfilial piety.

Of course, it is also an endless humiliation for a subordinate to speak like this to a small master.

Or endure it and swallow it alive.

Either it will break out, and then the old lady will have reason to teach her a lesson.

Mama Zhang calculated it like this.

Just wait for Xie Mingjin to react, and then .....

"Makes sense."

Ming Jin said this, and then asked, "Either am I kneeling?" ”

Mama Zhang: "??? ”

The other grandmothers on the side were also taken aback, looking at each other, Mama Zhang thought that Xie Ming was advancing and retreating, but saw that the other party was really going to kneel.

Mama Zhang immediately panicked, immediately dodged away, and said sharply: "The girl is cautious, the old slave doesn't dare." ”

She flashed, and the other grandmothers flashed faster, avoiding them one by one, for fear of being kneeled in front of her.

Ming Jin also made a move, seeing them like this, he seemed surprised, and said helplessly: "Mammas, don't panic, in order to return home, I have eaten a lot of tonic sent by my grandmother along the way, and I am already in a lot of energy, and I will not kneel down and die here." ”

The grandmothers didn't speak, Mama Zhang pulled the corners of her mouth, and was about to explain, but she was careful and abrupt, knocked her wrist lightly, held the embroidered handkerchief, and sighed: "Ah, I forgot, the most important rules in the family, even if my father hates me, and is far away in the capital, but my grandmother is the ancestor of my Xie family, sitting in the place where my Xie family originated, and should maintain the demeanor of the family, the rules should not be taken lightly, the grandmothers around her, also naturally follow her teachings, how can I kneel down for no reason when the disrespectful elder is in front, unless my grandmother wakes up, thinks I am not filial, and wants to punish me.... “

After that, she raised her eyes, quiet and moving, deep and cold.

"I'd better stand here and wait a few hours."

She calculated herself clearly, and she seemed to see them through, originally they wanted to use the rules to balance her, but she directly took out the rules of the Xie family to counterpress, which made the grandmothers throw themselves into the trap.

If you talk about the rules, if the Xie family's Zixi is violated, they will be punished at best, but if they do, it will be miserable.

Isn't this what she wants to kneel on, one might say?

Yes, she said that she wanted to kneel, but they called people in advance, and asked people to be filial in the name of unfilial piety, they first said that the old lady was taking a nap, but she didn't express her position and didn't show up, but the servant first had to be serious about the master's rules, and the other party was not in good health, if there was a good .....

The grandmothers shuddered.

How can you handle each other?

No matter how heavy it is.

The difference in status - they are always slaves, and the other party is always the master.

Mama Zhang was anxious, and suddenly met Xie Mingjin's eyes, which were clear, obviously with a moderate and elegant smile, but like a bottomless deep well.

You won't know how deep the water is until you get into it.

In the stalemate of the atmosphere, the door suddenly opened, and an old woman with gray hair and a withered face walked out, but she was very clean, but it was a little strange that the other party was dressed very plainly, which was a little incompatible with this exquisite old house.

"The old lady is awake, and the girl goes in."

Her voice was also hoarse and rough, and it was not good, but the strange thing was that she was very important, and the other grandmothers obviously listened to her.

Ming Jin glanced at the old woman, and she was no stranger, because the other party had been with her grandmother in the capital in her early years, and she vaguely heard that she was a personal dowry maid.

The surname is Qu, and everyone calls her Mama Qu.

There is no need to kneel, there is no need to stand, Peony breathed a sigh of relief, but she still remembered her identity, and when she walked by, she exchanged a vague look with that Mama Zhang, and Mama Qu also proposed that she had a humble identity and had no face to see the old lady, so she left her outside.

"Girl...."Peony deliberately showed a worried look, Ming Jin patted the back of her hand, and went in alone.

As soon as the person entered, the peony was taken away by Mama Zhang and left Ming Jin, who said to her face: "She trusts you a lot." ”

The language is sarcastic.

"I've been following her for years, and I haven't shown my feet." Peony carefully controlled the smug look on her face and let the other party see it.

Mama Zhang frowned and snorted softly: "What about today's matter?" Why haven't you had any news, and you're so happy to see that we've suffered? ”

Her eyes were dangerous, and Peony hurriedly said in horror: "Peony doesn't dare, I really don't know about her, and she hasn't said it, but I also asked her if she was prepared and whether she would deal with the old lady." ”

Mama Zhang narrowed her eyes, "What did she say?" ”

She didn't say anything, she just laughed.

"Laugh? What's the way to laugh? ”

Peony felt that this was really a difficult request.

"Probably so." She tried to make her own girl smile calmly, with a few scattered and contemptuous smiles.

Mama Zhang saw it, was silent for a while, and said with disgust: "The gap between your face and her is too big, I can't see anything, so I think ugly people are weird." ”

Peony: "...."

A beauty that can be recognized by the enemy, her girl is really a fairy-like figure.

But what does it matter to her! She's still pretty good!

It's really too hard to be a mole, too hard!

"That's what Mama Zhang said."

"But in this way, it can be seen that she is prepared, you should have sent a message to us, but you didn't."

Mama Zhang has the intention to pick a thorn, because she suffered a loss before, lost face, and was so depressed and hateful, and she couldn't be cautious to Xie Ming, so she could only pick a soft persimmon.

Peony naturally understood, but she couldn't refute it, she could only struggle a little while bearing it, "Mama scolded right, I was reckless, I thought it was a trivial matter, and I couldn't see anything, and secondly, I didn't think I could report everything to you, in case it was just a trivial matter, but because of this, she was aware of my identity, wouldn't it ruin the layout?" ”

How to put it, it makes a lot of sense.

Mama Zhang used to pick her as a mole, which means that she is still a little aggressive when she sees the other party, but she always wants to say a word to this peony - you are not as important as you think.

"If you think so, it means that it can be of great use, I will continue to pay attention to you, and you will continue to work hard...."

Mama Zhang went against her mind and said hypocritically.

"Thank you, Mama Zhang, for teaching." Peony smiled sweetly.

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Inside the house, there is an incense burner in front of the painting screen on both sides of the left, the Sanskrit incense is curling, this kind of incense is expensive, in fact, the fragrance is not heavy, but if it is smoked too much, under the accumulation, the smell will be heavy.

Xie Mingjin has never had a hobby for incense, in the past, whether it was the capital or a small place in the countryside, she liked to open the window widely, enter with the wind, and go out with the wind.

Therefore, she was very uncomfortable with such incense, but she didn't show the slightest bit, and she looked like a general figure before and after following the house before entering the house, and she also calmly looked at the old lady of the Xie family.

"Granddaughter Mingjin, ask grandmother Ann."

The old lady was gloomy, always looking at her with critical and harsh eyes, at this moment her eyes looked Ming Jin up and down, turned the Buddha beads in her hand, and her eyelids moved slightly, "I have such a great blessing to get your greetings?" ”

"The concubine is magnificent, so majestic."

doesn't even maintain the politeness on the surface, because she is a grandmother, and she naturally stands in an advantageous place, and it is too easy to admonish a junior.

So she didn't bother to waste time.

However, Ming Jin was a little surprised, because her grandmother was the most protective of the authority of the lineage, and despised the concubine, so she naturally thought that the lineage was respected, even if she hated her and her mother, she would not talk about the lineage, because she herself was a supporter of this rule.

Today he said.

Unless it's for someone else.

Xie Mingjin narrowed his eyes slightly, restrained his eyes, and said: "It has nothing to do with the descendants, but all the children of the Xie family, no matter the grandchildren, as long as they uphold the family style, have their own style, and the family style is prosperous, all rely on the Xie family's ancestors to lead the Xie family from generation to generation to maintain it, and the granddaughter is just taking advantage of the protection of the elders." ”

The old lady's eyes flashed, and she was not moved by her words, let alone fooled, anyone would buckle the big hat, but she couldn't pinch her in this regard.

The rest is fine.

"I just woke up, just heard that you are going to kneel and wait for me to wake up, I am still so moved, thinking that you were young and frivolous and ignorant, as my grandmother, I failed to teach you well, and it was also my fault, and now you have been reflecting in the Zhuangzi for several years, but you have also made some progress, and your father's good intentions are not in vain."

At the age of flowers, he was banished by his father to a remote village to take care of him, and one pass was four years, and no one could look down on such a situation.

The old lady pressed the old lady with filial piety, and the old lady pressed the old lady with the rules of the Xie family, and the old lady hurt her with the love of father and daughter.

It's just that they all understand what the other party cares about most.