Chapter 39: Basho
"Have you inquired? Are you sure it's the same person back then? ”
"This little lady can rest assured, she has to be the most reassuring girl of the slave and maid, and she also has some skills, which she heard under Liu Qingqing's window, and she can't be wrong."
Meng Jiao nodded, it seems that the arrival of this mother-in-law is the first link that Liu Qingqing wants to repeat her old skills.
"Taoxing is pregnant, shouldn't Meng Zhongting treat her as a treasure? Why didn't you even keep a midwife, so that this matter fell into the hands of Liu Qingqing? ”
"This slave doesn't know, if the little lady is curious, why don't you go back to the house to have a look?"
Meng Jiao lowered her head and thought for a while, it seemed that she hadn't gone back for a while, so she took this opportunity to go back and see the situation, and then take Yuanyuan over.
After making up her mind, Meng Jiao ordered someone to take the first step with the gifts, and she took Cui Sleeve and Mama Lin into the carriage at the back.
Originally, Meng Jiao still wanted to take her cousin Liu Shaoyue, after all, the date of the last acting punishment for copying Buddhist scriptures has arrived, and it stands to reason that Liu Shaoyue should go back to follow Liu Qingqing, her aunt.
It's just that Liu Shaoyue really doesn't want to go to Meng's house, Meng Jiao thought that Liu Qingqing is now bent on getting rid of Tao Xing's child, and she is afraid that she won't be able to take care of this niece, so she will give up.
"Little lady, please forgive the slave maid for saying more, although the young lady of the Liu family is very respectful to the little lady, but... After all, it is an irrelevant person, and the little lady should also plan for it. ”
On the carriage, Mama Lin looked at Meng Jiao, who was preoccupied, and wanted to find something to tell her not to think too much, but this topic was really something she had seriously thought about.
"Why did Mama say that?"
"The little lady is too kind, but I don't know the truth that I know the face but not the heart, this cousin is indeed the same as the little lady now, but it just has a common interest."
Liu Shaoyue needs Meng Jiao to help her get out of Liu Qingqing's control, and this purpose coincides with Meng Jiao's needs.
"But think about it, if one day, what she wants conflicts with the little lady, and she turns to the same interests as the hostile people of the little lady, will she still stand on your side of the little lady?"
Of course, the answer is no, Meng Jiao knows it very well.
Liu Qingqing is Liu Shaoyue's aunt, and Liu Shaoyue can kick her away because she has no common interests, let alone Meng Jiao, who has no family relationship.
Profits come together, profits are scattered, that's the truth.
"What Mama said, I will pay attention to it, and when these things are over, I will naturally find a good family for her."
Before that, she hoped that Liu Shaoyue would always be able to keep to herself.
Meng Jiao's sudden arrival made the Meng family a little flustered, and after the people below accepted the gifts, they hurriedly went to the backyard to inform Liu Qingqing, who cleaned up and hurriedly came to the gate of the mansion to wait, just as Meng Jiao's carriage had stopped in front of the door.
"The concubine greets the little lady."
"Erniang doesn't need to be polite, I haven't seen Yuanyuan for a few days, I want to come and see her."
Liu Qingqing relaxed at this time, called a maid below, and told her to go to the school to pick Meng Yuan back first, and then took Meng Jiao to the backyard.
Liu Qingqing's courtyard is not quite the same as what Meng Jiao has seen before, and the original prosperous and unusual scene surrounded by beads and greenery has become such a fresh and elegant configuration as it is now.
Meng Jiao smiled without a trace, probably to show her ability to be diligent and thrifty, after all, grace is not as good as Tao Xing, and she always has to keep Meng Zhongting's heart elsewhere.
Entering the inner room, Meng Jiao sat on the upper seat, Liu Qingqing personally held a pot of tea, and said slowly after serving it: "The little lady is back today, the concubine just has something I want to ask you about, and the next half moon is the New Year's Day, is the little lady going to come back to celebrate together, or..."
"Since it is the New Year's Day, it is natural that the family should be reunited, Erniang rest assured, I will definitely come back to celebrate the New Year together."
Liu Qingqing smiled more kindly, but in fact, she was already indignant in her heart.
She didn't want Meng Jiao to go home for the New Year, she wished she had died outside, she didn't want to see this dead girl at all.
Meng Jiao naturally knew that Liu Qingqing was not sincere, and she didn't want to stay in the Meng family on such an important day as the New Year's Festival.
It's just that if she doesn't want to return, she can make Liu Qingqing uncomfortable for a while, and she also feels more comfortable.
"By the way, Erniang, how is Sanniang doing now? But if you invite someone to check your pulse, can you see if it's a man or a woman? ”
"Look at the concubine's memory, I forgot to tell the little lady about such a big happy event, the third sister has already invited someone to see it, and it is confirmed that it is a male fetus."
Speaking of Tao Xing, Liu Qingqing's face was finally a little nervous, but she couldn't show the slightest bit wrong.
Meng Jiao looked at her with a stiff face, and she had to pretend to be happy, and she almost couldn't help laughing.
"Such a big happy event, if it weren't for the New Year's Festival, it should really be celebrated, after all, this is the descendant of my Meng family."
"Yes, yes, what the little lady said is that after confirming that it was a male fetus a few days ago, the master did accompany the third sister to have a banquet, which can be regarded as a celebration."
When she mentioned this, Liu Qingqing was heartbroken, five days ago, she specially learned a few singing passages from a master who was secretly invited in from outside, intending to be favored by this.
It's a pity that on the same day, Tao Xing had a fetal gas, Meng Zhongting was nervous like something, and hurried over, and heard that Tao Xing was pregnant with a male fetus, and she was even more gentle with Tao Xing under great joy.
Liu Qingqing wasted her mind in vain, but she made wedding dresses for others.
"Yuanyuan hasn't come back yet, I'll go see Sanniang, Erniang's housework is really hard, so you don't have to follow me."
Meng Jiao said this, Liu Qingqing naturally didn't want to follow anymore, so she could only order the people below to serve well, and then went to busy her own business.
Tao Xing had already gotten the news, she was grateful to Meng Jiao for her kindness, and despite the fact that she was pregnant now, she stood at the gate of the courtyard and waited, which made Meng Jiao's heart very ironed.
"The concubine came to see the little lady, and the little lady is fine."
"What are you doing standing in the wind on such a cold day, it's not like I haven't been here, let's go in."
Meng Jiao took Tao Xing's hand and hurriedly walked into the inner room, sent the person to sit on the couch, and then sat on the chair on the side with confidence.
"I haven't seen the little lady for a while, I am worried, I heard that the little lady is coming over today, and I still want to go out to greet her, but... The body is really a little uncomfortable. ”
"What's going on? Isn't it only two months? ”
"Some time ago... I don't know why, the food was mixed with plantains, the amount was small, and it was not found in time, and the mood fluctuations caused by the fetal gas vibration a few days ago, and I asked someone to check the pulse to find out about it. ”
Tao Xing is still related to it now, so you can imagine what the situation was at that time.
If it weren't for the fluctuation of her mood that shook the fetal gas, she would never have asked someone to take the pulse so early, and if she hadn't invited someone to take the pulse, she would not have found that the banana was mixed into the food.
Plantains are cold, pregnant people should not easily touch food, if you eat it for a month without knowing it, you will definitely slip the fetus.
"Can you track it down?"
"I checked, the person who did this was too careful, and in the end I found only a mother-in-law in the small kitchen, who was old and couldn't tell the difference between the juice of the plantain and the juice of the fruit, so I used it wrong."
Tao Xing didn't believe this kind of result, and Meng Jiao naturally didn't believe it either.
"It seems that someone did it deliberately, and after you found out by mistake, you pushed someone out early to take the blame."
"The concubine also thinks so, someone must be behind her back, an old and dizzy mother-in-law is really the best person to take the blame."
The two of them know who this person is.
Except for Liu Qingqing, who regards Tao Xing as a thorn in his side, others have no motivation to do things at all.
"I heard that she has invited a midwife from her mother's house in the south, and has she already entered your yard?"
"Yes, I arrived a few days ago, and I was just sent in yesterday, and the concubine didn't dare to let her serve her closely, but she just ordered someone to raise her in the wing, and people just watched her."