Chapter 20: Dialects
Cao Shi pinched the handkerchief and smiled at Qin Lian again, Fang turned his head and raised the corners of his mouth and said to Qin Xinxin: "I listened to Lao Li's reply, saying that you met the Dawan delegation on the road, and also encountered the assassination of the Wei people. Mrs. Song lost her life because of this, but you were rescued....."
Hearing her say this, everyone present pricked up their ears and waited for Qin Xinxin's answer calmly, but Qin Xinxin still just looked at everyone indifferently, and without saying a word, Cao could only continue to say by himself: "It stands to reason that on the first day your father and daughter met, I shouldn't have mentioned this..... But it's about the women's name, and it's a big deal, since the girl has come to our Qin Mansion.... I, as a mother, always have to ask clearly, so as to save what is unclear in the future, after all, there are several unmarried sisters and brothers in this mansion, which is related to the innocence of the lintel of our Qin Mansion....."
Cao Shi pinched the handkerchief and whispered: "Don't be afraid, girl, you see, all the people in this room have been in this room recently." Your father, your grandmother, and me, and the rest of the maids and daughters-in-law are also strict-mouthed, if there is really anything to say, we will make the decision for you. β
Cao said a lot of dry things alone, singing with black and white faces, and the people in the Qin Mansion also accompanied her to perform this big drama of recognizing relatives, but the protagonist did not cooperate, but she finally got stuck holding the handkerchief for a while. She had already prepared various coping plans, no matter how fierce Qin Xinxin was when she was angry, whether she was arguing with herself, or showing weakness and crying, she had a way to restrain her, but just like the problem encountered by Mrs. Song, when she encountered such a mouthless gourd, whether she pricked her with words or let her be hung in the subordinate room outside the house, she didn't answer her stubble at all.
It made the Cao family a little like a tiger eating the sky for a while, and there was nowhere to eat.
However, just when everyone thought that Qin Xinxin was going to continue to be silent, her expressionless face finally loosened slightly, and then spit out a long list of suffocating dialects.
Everyone in the Qin Mansion looked at each other, completely unable to understand what she said. Rao is accustomed to seeing the wind and waves, and the Cao family didn't expect to be expected by his naΓ―ve daughter: she... She... She really can't speak official language!
However, Qin Lian and Old Lady Qin glanced at each other with embarrassed expressions, and finally Qin Lian opened her mouth: "She said that she couldn't understand the official language, and she didn't understand what the Cao family said just now." On the way, she did encounter the Wei people assassinating Dawan, but she escaped with Lao Li and was rescued by the wife of the Yangzhou prefect, who was afraid that someone would pour sewage on her at that time, so she specially sent her two maids, and if there was anything unclear, you could ask the two maids. β
Because Qin Lian and the old lady were born poor, although they became nobles in Beijing after jumping into the dragon gate, they were laughed at for a long time because of the official dialect with a local accent when they first entered the capital, so that this dialect once became a taboo in the Qin Mansion.
Although Qin Lian has a low character and a despicable character, he is ruthless to others and to himself. In order to make a splash in the Jinluan Palace, he worked the official language, and later after marrying the Cao family, he didn't show his hometown accent at all, and he was ashamed to mention his background, even after taking the widowed mother to live in the capital, he forced the old lady to change to the official dialect and no longer use their dialect.
Old Mrs. Qin can raise a son like Qin Lian, and she is also strong, and she really never speaks the dialect she has spoken for decades. Later, because he was ridiculed for his official words with a smell of dirt and scum when he was socializing with other ladies in the back house, he paid special attention to this, so that the subordinates who were bought by the Qin Mansion did not know that Qin Lian and Mrs. Qin were originally from the northwest countryside.
Therefore, when Qin Xinxin fearlessly confided a familiar native accent, they only felt that the shame they had covered up for many years had been turned out again.
Qin Lian said to the Cao family with an unkind face: "Since there is the wife of the Yangzhou prefect as a guarantee, the lady doesn't have to worry too much. More things are better than less things, I think Madame should teach her to speak official first, and let go of everything else first. β
The old lady Qin, who had not spoken before, also chimed in: "Death, the language is not understood, how can you send it to the palace?" This is going to be a shameful laugh, Cao's don't worry about anything else in advance, just break her tongue first. β
Qin Lian nodded, glanced at the daughter who made him suddenly feel very bad, turned his head to the Cao family and said, "Mother is right, everything else can be slowed down, this language has to be passed first." He stood up and continued, "Madame is anxious to call me back, there is still a lot of work to be done in the ministry, I will not go home for dinner tonight, and the rest will be talked about when I am free." β
After speaking, Qin Lian stood up and left, except for Old Lady Qin and Qin Xinxin, the rest of the people stood up and saluted him to see him off.
Ye Guo rules the world with filial piety, so there is no reason for the elders to get up and send the younger generations, so the old lady Qin can not salute; This place is inferior to men and women, even the Cao family, who was born more noble than Qin Lian, had to bend his knees to his husband, but Qin Xinxin relied on his unruly personality and refused to bend his knees.
After Cao finished saluting her husband, she couldn't help but have a headache when she looked up and saw the mallet standing in the hall.
Is this shooting yourself in the foot?
I wanted to find a substitute to marry back, but why did I invite a living Bodhisattva who couldn't speak?
Cao Shi turned around and said to his mother-in-law: "Mother, I don't understand what the eldest girl said, and the eldest girl can't understand what I said, so I think it's better to leave her on your side......"
Old Lady Qin turned her head and replied fluently in an official dialect with a Beijing accent: "Don't look for me, I'm old and in poor health.... Hey, why do you suddenly feel a little headache....." she waved her hand at Cao's, "You recruited the person, you can take it back." Anyway, there are a lot of girls in your house, put her together, and their little girls will learn Mandarin if they play more. Stand down, I'm going to rest. β
When Cao heard this, his heart was congested for a while.
Bring her, a wild girl from the countryside, back to play together, and you can learn Mandarin? She was afraid that her well-behaved daughter would be taken out of a mouthful of dirty stubble!
No, absolutely not!
The Cao family is not good, but it is true that she can't keep the pistle in the old lady's room, she can only hold the hand of her henchman Peony and stand up staggeringly, and said to Qin Xinxin: "That's it, come with me." β
Qin Xinxin stood still, looking at Cao Shi blinking his eyes with an innocent expression.
Cao Shi only felt that the boss was holding a breath in her chest, and she was about to suffocate.
Fortunately, the maid of Peony was flexible, and suddenly remembered that she had ordered her to enter the house before, and this "big girl" obediently followed her in, although she never said a word, but she seemed to understand the meaning of her words, and she didn't know if she was adulterous, or because there were two maids sent by the Yangzhou prefect around at that time, so she hurriedly told Cao Shi her thoughts.
When Cao Shi heard this, he could only treat the dead horse as a live horse doctor and hurriedly ordered: "Go, go and call those two maids in!" β
Originally, there were many Qin families, so when Pomegranate and Mu Xi were left outside, Qin Xinxin gave them a slightly calming look. At this time, seeing the summons of the master's family, Pomegranate and Mu Xi immediately entered the house and saw the wife of the Qin Mansion saluting in a proper manner.
Cao finally breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, the wife of the prefect of Yangzhou is an understanding person, the rules of governing the family are good, and it is good to meet someone who can speak.
So she immediately sat down, took the tea and asked the two girls, "What the hell is going on?" β