003 Tea Ceremony
The red candle swayed overnight, and the red wave was turned.
It seems that he has just fallen asleep, and it is time to get up again.
Jin Niang sleeps very lightly, and in a new environment, she can't sleep well. But perhaps because she was too tired that night, she slept very deeply. The eyelids are like glue, and it is difficult to open them.
"Madam, it's time for you to get up, and you'll go to Heyan Hall for tea in a while."
As soon as she heard the word "tea ceremony", Jin Niang's chaotic consciousness suddenly woke up.
She sat up almost bounced, rubbed her swollen eyes and asked the maid, "What time is it?" Composed...... What about the husband? "It's okay not to speak, but when she speaks, her voice is dry and hoarse, and Jin Niang herself is startled.
"It's the beginning of the day."
It was five o'clock.
The maid answered her another question while coming over to help Jinniang get up, "The second young master gets up every day to practice, and it should be over at this time." β
The curtain that fell on the bed had been rolled up, and the candlelight outside came in, and Jin Niang clearly saw that her fair and delicate body was full of bruises and purples. There are traces of obscurity, and there are large red kiss marks and sucking marks on her chest, she blushes and her heart beats when she sees it, how can she let the maid see her appearance.
Jin Niang immediately said out loud, "I'll come by myself." You go get me some water first, I'm going to bathe. β
The maid was quite obedient, and she answered the "yes" and withdrew.
Jin Niang hurriedly put on a dress and got up, her back was sore, her legs were weak, and she almost sat on the ground. It hurts especially between her legs, and there is a very awkward feeling, which makes Jinniang feel uncomfortable walking.
She went to the table and poured a cup of tea, the teapot was cold, and the tea was naturally cold. Jin Niang frowned and took a sip and put down the cup, many thoughts flashed in her heart for a moment, the first one was that the maids in this house didn't look very competent.
After the two rough mothers-in-law withdrew, Jin Niang hurriedly went to the bathroom to rinse her body briefly.
She brought her clothes in, and as soon as she fastened the strap of her coat, there was a sound of heavy footsteps outside.
In the blink of an eye, the man went into the bathroom.
The man was dressed in a black shirt, and at the moment he was soaked from the waist up. He himself was even more sweaty, his hair was wet as if he had just been washed, and the sweat on his forehead was dripping down his cheeks.
"Husband, did you go to your morning exercise?"
Xu Erlang looked at her with heavy eyes, Jin Niang's heart tightened, and her hand holding the strap trembled slightly.
Fortunately, she held steady, and asked him gently, "Do you need me to serve my husband to bathe?" β
"No, you can get dressed." Xu Erlang quietly moved his gaze back to the red mark on the back of her neck, and said in a tense voice.
Jin Niang didn't hear the strangeness in his voice, she only felt that although the two had done intimate things that only husband and wife could, Xu Erlang was still very cold now. Not only is his appearance cold, but even his voice is cold, and he can't tell at all that he pressed her against him last night. Under the enthusiasm of repeated tossing.
"Then the concubine will go out first, and the husband will call the concubine when he has something."
Jin Niang walked out unhurriedly.
She walked calmly, and she couldn't see the panic and crampedness, but only she knew that the wolf-like eyes staring at her from behind her made her heart beat faster, like a man's back, and she always felt like she was being targeted by a wild beast.
Both of them packed up, and the sky was bright, and they hurried to Heyan Hall.
In Heyantang, Xu's father and mother are already waiting, in addition to these two people, the sister-in-law Xu Pianpian who has met before is also there, and there is also a male baby about ten years old, who is about Sanlang Xu Chong (chΕng). There were also three smaller children, who stood next to each other in order of size, and Jin Niang's heart flashed, but her face remained unchanged at all.
Tea salute to Xu's father and Xu's mother, and gave her shoes and socks made by herself, Xu's father smiled and accepted it, and gave a jade Ruyi as a meeting gift, and Xu's mother gave a ruby head, which is also very valuable.
Xu Sanlang Xu Chong, who has seen Xu's father and Xu mother, who is about ten years old, looks like a tiger, and has a pair of eyes with Xu Erlang, and Xu Pianpian also stepped forward to greet Jinniang, saying "I have seen my sister-in-law".
Jin Niang also smiled and gave a meeting gift, the gifts were very decent, Xu Chong was given an inkstone, and Xu Pianpian was a handkerchief embroidered by her.
Xu Chong pursed his lips in disgust when he received the inkstone.
Jin Niang saw it, but she didn't see it.
It was her fault that the gift was not delivered to people's hearts. You can give gifts in a decent way, although you don't stand out, but you won't make taboos.
She heard Qing'er say that Xu Chong of the Xu family is full of brute strength, and he yearns for the battle on the battlefield and the horse leather shroud. If she gave the sword, he would definitely be more happy, but the sword is now a taboo in this family, and she has just arrived, so she naturally has to fight steadily and steadily, and she doesn't dare to do it.
Compared with Xu Chong's cold and perfunctory, Xu Pianpian's attitude is very enthusiastic and joyful. She looked at the handkerchief back and forth, and chirped, "The second sister-in-law is such a clever embroiderer, the cat on this side seems to be alive, and the hydrangea under its paws, so beautiful, and I like it so much." β
"If you like it, I'll make one for you when my sister-in-law is free."
"Won't it be too much trouble for my sister-in-law?"
"No, it won't. What you like is the most important. β
"Well, thank you sister-in-law."
After Xu Chong and Xu Pianpian met the ceremony, three little radish heads came over.
"I've seen my aunt."
As soon as she heard this title, Jin Niang knew that this was indeed the three children of Xu Chong's eldest brother who died not long ago.
The eldest nephew Chang'an, the second nephew Changping, and the two boys were holding in their hands the little niece Changle, who was the same mother and the two of them.
The two eldest ones are only four or five years old, but the youngest one is only two years old, because he is held in the arms of the nurse all day and rarely gets off the ground, and he still staggers when he walks, as if he is about to fall at any time.
She gnawed her fingers and looked at Jin Niang curiously, because her cheeks were too white and thin, and her misty eyes were surprisingly big, and the whole person was also very weak, not much different from the newborn cat cub, and Jin Niang was sad for a while.
She also gave a meeting gift one by one, and when it was the little girl's turn, Jin Niang was especially happy, and stretched out her hand to touch the hair on the top of her head, but she saw Chang'an and Changping vigilantly pulling Changle back, and the defensive expression was particularly obvious.
The scene of Ben and Le was suddenly silent and embarrassing, and Jin Niang's hand was in the air, not knowing whether to take it back or how.
Seeing this, Xu's father and Xu's mother, who were sitting at the top, scolded Xu's father angrily, "It's not like words!" Chang'an, Changping, that's your aunt, what are you doing here? β
Mother Xu has always been careless, her mind is all on piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Even the children she gave birth to, she didn't take a few serious looks, and she cherished and cared for her children very little, and now how much care will she take for the children and grandchildren of the next generation?
Besides, Mother Xu has always been elegant, and she can't see dancing knives and guns and shouting, so at this time, her expression was not looking at a few children distressed, but frowning and glancing at Father Xu on her side, looking very disagreeable but too lazy to pay attention, and then turned her head sideways, and looked at the movement below without saying a word.
Several children were startled when they were scolded by Xu's father.
The two boys' eyes suddenly turned red, but the expression on their faces was angry mixed with panic and grievance, and they looked similar to angry but helpless little beasts. But they still shouted, "She's not our sister-in-law, she's a bad person, you're all bad people." β
The two-year-old girl was so frightened that she cried out, and tears suddenly rolled out of her eyes.
The two big ones were about to drag the little girl away, "Sister, let's go." It's not our home. Dad is dead, my mother doesn't want us anymore, no one loves us here, we're not here anymore, let's go. β
In the end, this farce was only quelled by Xu Erlang. And his method of quelling the chaos was also very simple and rude, and he directly asked people to take the two children to kneel in the ancestral hall.
Seeing this, Jin Niang only felt that her head was big.
She made San Lang dislike the tea on the first day, Chang'an Changping was angry, there were only eight masters in this family, and she offended three at once, how should she live in the future.