Chapter 27: Grandmother
With Lin Ziye intervening, Lin Bixiang naturally didn't get to Lin Qiantan.
The Shen family is quite fair, although Lin Ziye said that it was "accidental", but with her experience, how could she not hear her grandson's voice.
So, she stopped Lin Bixiang, who was pretending to be stupid and wanted to go out, saying that she would leave her to eat together. It seems to give Lin Bixiang face, but it is actually a small punishment and asks her to set up a rule.
Dongshan Hou has always respected his old wife, and he will not refute her proposal.
The Shen family is generally fond of her children and grandchildren, and she tries her best to make a bowl of water as flat as possible, but her kindness in correcting Lin Bixiang's behavior, in the eyes of Lin Bixiang, who has never been held in the palm of her hand and said that the wind is the wind and the rain is the rain, she has become a grandmother who annoys people.
So she had an idea, reached out and grabbed Lin Qiantan's arm, who was standing on the side, with a sisterly intimacy: "Grandmother can't be partial, if she keeps me, she must keep her sister." I just accidentally stepped on my sister's skirt, and I haven't apologized to my sister properly, but I can't let my sister go. ”
Lin Qiantan didn't expect her to stick to it suddenly, she was caught off guard, a wave of disgust and disgust welled up in her heart, and she was about to shake it off subconsciously, but she held back almost instantly......
Everyone was immediately so caught by her almost naughty words that they couldn't help but tear the corners of their mouths and laughed, and a few daughters-in-law and granddaughters-in-law especially had their lips crooked, and they couldn't suppress their laughter.
Even Dongshan Hou, a person who has always been rigid and serious, rarely showed a trace of pleasure.
Lin Bixiang said so, Lin Qiantan didn't have to refuse at all, except to agree. Shen then left the two sisters and sons together and took them to the dinner table.
With Lin Qiantan here, it is naturally not good to ask Lin Bixiang to stand and serve as a sister. Naturally, this rule-making thing will not be over.
Lin Bixiang's eldest maid, Caitong and others, together with Jinhe and Bishu, were quietly ordered to stand in the corner and stand by at any time. At the dinner table, no one spoke to the four grandchildren. The two or three mothers-in-law around occasionally walked around, changing the dishes from time to time for the masters.
The elders are there, naturally not as comfortable as Lin Bixiang herself in the house, how old Lin Bixiang is, and her boring and depressed appearance must not be covered up by her acting skills.
Lin Qiantan doesn't care. Thinking about the days when she lived with Dong Yong and was forced and imprisoned by Yin tenacity, she could endure it, and now she had a meal with her grandparents and grandmothers, what was there.
Although grandfather did not like her.
She and Lin Bixiang sat side by side, holding dishes and chopsticks in their hands, eating porridge one bite at a time. The two old men above observed and compared them consciously or unconsciously. Shen thought to Lin Qiantan, the seven girls have made great progress, and they are not so petty. What Dongshan Hou thinks is that Lin Qiantan is really becoming more and more similar to her unlikable mother.
Lin Qiantan remained silent, and only pretended not to know about the two obscure scrutiny glances above. She ate wholeheartedly, but for some reason, Wang Ergou's eyes staring at her suddenly flashed in her mind.
I thought it was just a meal, but it turned out to be a surprise.
After the meal, Dongshanhou left on his own, and Shen left his two granddaughters to eat tea together, and Shen instructed Lin Qiantan straight to the point: "Sister Tan will come back later and help me copy a few words."
Lin Qiantan respectfully responded "yes", and did not ask what was copied, this attitude satisfied the Shen family. Lin Bixiang's reaction was much greater, and she turned her head to look at Lin Qiantan. Shen's "copying a few words" is not really just helping to draw a gourd and write a few words. It's invitations and gift lists.
When the Marquis of Dongshan returns to Beijing, even if it is only out of politeness, he will definitely hold a banquet to restore the connection with the old network of contacts. What's more, the Chu family, which is about to be equal to the Lin family, has just held a birthday banquet, and Dongshan Hou also has the intention of setting up a stage to fight.
The Marquis of Dongshan has retired, except for an empty title on his body, he no longer holds any real position, and the nature of the banquet will not be very official, no wonder Mrs. Dongshan Marquis would dare to call Lin Qiantan, who barely knows a few words, to copy these.
At that time, these invitations and gift slips, which were originally written only by a professional calligrapher, are sent to each household, and the guests ask for the name of the copyist, which is also an opportunity to make a name for themselves.
Lin Bixiang wrote a beautiful hairpin, but Yin Wei taught Lin Qiantan's daughter's family not to study these too much, with bad intentions, but no one stopped her. This is also why Lin Qiantan in the previous life, when her grandmother raised this matter, she refused without thinking about it.
Originally, this job was privately won by Yin Wei for Lin Bixiang.
Lin Qiantan had a faint smile on her face, Lin Bixiang stole chickens and rice, but provided her with an opportunity. However, this is a little different from the last time, and there was no such thing as Lin Bixiang stepping on her skirt last time.
Now that such a matter had been settled, the sisters sat down for a while and went back to their respective countries. came out of the house and walked under the corridor for a short time, Lin Bixiang did not forget her childish provocation, but Lin Qiantan was no longer Wuxia Ameng, and would not easily ignore her anymore.
Lin Bixiang only felt like a punch on the cotton, and she felt uncomfortable, as soon as she went back, she lost a little temper with the people below, and was sulking there, her mother Yin Wei walked in with someone, and Lin Bixiang threw an ink-stained brush almost slapped her mother's face.
Yin Wei's face was full of love, and she didn't care about her daughter's rudeness, her face was full of sincerity when she only faced her own children, thinking that her daughter might have been wronged by her grandmother, which was specially to comfort her.
Lin Bixiang then mentioned to Yin Wei what happened in the dining room after everyone left.
Yin Wei smiled: "What a big deal, this is also worth your anger?" Who is she and what are you? "It's just a grandmother's love for her grandchildren, giving a chance to show her granddaughter who is not valued by the family.
Besides.
"As far as her dog crawls words, she may not even copy her own name correctly, what are you afraid of? Safflower still needs green leaves, not to mention my daughter! ”
Yin Wei got to the point, Lin Bixiang thought about it, it was really so reasonable. When the time comes, those things that are sent out will be set off by Lin Qiantan's crooked words, wouldn't it set off her already good-looking words better?
Thinking of this, the corners of Lin Bixiang's lips hooked, and she immediately became happy again.
Lin Qiantan didn't have the chance to hear the conversation between the mother and daughter, she was leading people, walking back unhurriedly, and as soon as she walked to the gate of the courtyard, the movement inside immediately attracted her attention.