Chapter 26: Getting Organized
Shen Mingzhen behaved appropriately on Mrs. Hou's side, and she was very pleasing to Mrs. Hou, and wanted to leave Shen Mingzhen to have dinner in Houfu together.
After all, it was not very decent to stay alone in the Shen Mansion, so Mrs. Tai made the decision and left the female dependents of the Shen Mansion behind.
Three tables were set up for dinner, the ladies of the Shen family sat at one table, Shen Mingzhen and Mrs. Shen sat at one table, and the men of the Hou Mansion sat at one table.
Shen Mingzhen had just sat down when she saw Song Ziyi walking in with Mrs. Tai.
Song Ziyi is only 16 years old this year, with a red face and white teeth, wearing an ink-colored robe, and helping Mrs. Tai to come to dinner.
A kind of female dependent earnestly saluted the two of them. Song Ziyi was impartial and called his sister one by one.
Hearing this, Shen Mingyu, the eldest daughter of the third room, looked at Song Ziyi vigorously. Song Ziyi has an angular chin, eyebrows like sideburns, and eyes like a bright moon, and he is a rare beautiful man. Shen Mingyu looked at Song Ziyi and felt more and more happy, and couldn't help but behave: "Brother Song, there are only so many of us in total, how lonely it is for you to sit at a table alone, and waste food." ”
Mrs. Tai echoed: "What this girl said is that although the Hou Mansion has a big business, it can't be so extravagant and wasteful, Brother Yi'er, you can sit at the same table with me and Shen Mingzhen." ”
Song Ziyi said yes.
He glanced back and saw that several sisters of the Shen family were all looking at him, but Shen Mingzhen ignored him, and he was inevitably a little uncomfortable.
But after thinking about it, this may be Shen Mingzhen's trick to indulge in her desires.
After all, since I grew up, whenever I go to the elders' homes as guests, there is no one who does not say that he is good-looking. Song Ziyi boasts that his beauty is not inferior to that of a famous beautiful man in Beijing.
Shen Mingzhen was cold, pretending to be close to Mrs. Tai, and quietly pulled his chair to Mrs. Tai's side, keeping a long distance from Song Ziyi, which made the young man very annoyed, he looked at Shen Mingzhen who was about to pick up vegetables for Mrs. Tai: "What grandmother likes to eat, you don't know, so you don't need to pick up vegetables for grandmother."
The grandmothers around her will serve her. ”
Shen Mingzhen stood up and said yes.
Only then did Song Ziyi see Shen Mingzhen clearly. The women are tall and thin, their faces are white, although they are a little cold, but they are also a beautiful embryo.
He is such a beautiful man and has a good reputation, he doesn't believe that Shen Mingzhen doesn't take a fancy to him.
He deliberately pointed to the unique pigeon egg steamed bird's nest in front of him: "I have not been in good health since I was a child, so my mother specially made this dish for me." The pigeon eggs in the dish are eggs laid by wild pigeons fed with meat, and the bird's nest is also made of Tianshan bird's nest, which is very nutritious. The soup has a little brown sugar added to it, which is very nutritious, so everyone might as well try it. ”
The ladies of the Shen family hurriedly handed their plates to Song Ziyi.
The eldest daughter of the big house blushed in shame, lowered her head and didn't dare to look at Song Ziyi.
The eldest daughter of the third room generously took the pigeon egg, and deliberately rubbed Song Ziyi's hand when she left, leaving a slap in the face.
Only Shen Mingzhen took the pigeon eggs silently and thanked him flatly. Then he turned around and ate the dish seriously, not looking at him again.
This woman is still pretending!
Song Ziyi became interested in her.
After a few days, she won't be able to pretend, and it will be interesting to uncover her ugly face by herself.
Mrs. Shen intended to match Song Ziyi and Shen Mingzhen. The man is handsome and the woman is beautiful, and he must be a pair of beauties made in heaven.
She looked at Song Ziyi: "Mingzhen, this girl looks like a blessed person." I heard that when she went to a banquet in the county lord's mansion, she also fell into the eyes of His Royal Highness the Prince.
I was glad when I saw her. ”
Song Ziyi: "It's not just Mrs. Tai, but my grandson also thinks that Miss Mingzhen is different." ”
Shen Mingzhen: ......
She looked at Song Ziyi: "Song Gongzi, whether men and women are intimate or not, it is better for you to call me Miss Shen." ”
Shen Mingyu shouted loudly: "Song Gongzi calls you like this, because he can afford you, Shen Mingzhen, we are guests in the Hou Mansion, and we want to thank Mrs. Tai and Song Gongzi for their kindness." ”
Mrs. Tai glanced at Shen Mingyu, and Shen Mingyu stopped talking in fright.
Late at night, Shen Mingzhen chatted with the old lady for a while, and the group said goodbye and retired.
Song Ziyi personally sent them out, and quietly walked to Shen Mingzhen's ear: "My Song family has a big business, I see Miss Shen beautiful as a flower, and Song is very satisfied." I wonder if Miss Shen is willing to marry me? If you want, I will ask my mother to go to the Shen family to hire her, and the famous family is marrying to welcome the young lady. ”
Shen Mingzhen: ......
She looked at Song Ziyi with a strange expression, as if to say, are you sick?
Song Ziyi was stunned by her, so he had to turn to the other ladies: "Slow down, let's meet again in the future." ”
Shen Mingyu looked at Song Ziyi: "We will meet again in the future." ”
Chunya looked at Shen Mingzhen and muttered, "We will meet again in the future, what is there to get together." ”
Shen Mingyu's heart is well known to passers-by.
She clearly fell in love with Song Ziyi of the Hou Mansion.
Sure enough, before returning home, Shen Mingyu threw herself into Mrs. Shen's room and smiled like honey: "Grandmother, my granddaughter went to the Shen family today, and I think Song Ziyi, the little master of the Shen family, is very good." Can you tell your mother about letting her daughter marry Song Ziyi. ”
Of course Mrs. Shen thought. They are all daughters of the Shen family, and it is the honor of the Shen family to climb the high branches.
But the wife of the Hou Mansion clearly likes Shen Mingzhen more.
She looked at Shen Mingyu: "I will discuss it with your mother at this time, you can go back first." ”
As soon as Shen Mingyu left, Aunt Zhu came over and looked at Shen Mingzhen with ill intentions: "What is there to be happy about you having the blue eyes of the old lady of the Hou Mansion, if the bright moon of my family is still there, the old lady may be our bright moon."
Your life is good, do you know how hard the bright moon is?
She was pregnant with a child, because the third son was too ridiculous, and after getting married, she separated from the old lady of the Huan family, and the family couldn't even take out the money for Shen Mingyue to make soup. My daughter has severe morning sickness, and you don't want to give her some care when you are a sister, Shen Mingzhen, you are still not human. ”
Shen Mingzhen: ?
Shen Mingyue is not having a good time, what does it have to do with her.
Shen Mingzhen didn't expect that Aunt Zhu didn't even care about her physique, so she wrapped herself in a quilt and came to Shen Mingzhen's courtyard to sit all night. Aunt Zhu's hair was scattered, looking at her, her expression was in a trance, and she pulled Shen Mingzhen's clothes and didn't let go: "Mingzhen, eldest lady, save Mingyue." She was about to be tortured to death by the third young master of the Huan family.
The third young master is not a human being, and he beats her every day. Mingyue is pregnant with a child, and she has to be beaten by him, life is better than death, I am really distressed to look at this mother, please give me some silver.
As long as you give me the silver, I promise to serve the old lady and Mrs. Sun seriously in the future. ”
Aunt Zhu's eyes flowed a lot of tears, squatting at Shen Mingzhen's feet, pleading, looking pitiful.
She wore a washed and old robe, squatted under the wall at the door of Shen Mingzhen's room, lowered her head, and looked very painful.
Shen Mingzhen looked at her: "I can help Shen Mingyue once, twice, three times, but I can't help her every time."
People like the third son, the aunt is clear. At present, there are only two ways, Shen Mingyue will leave the hustle and bustle, or continue to compromises under the power of the third son. ”
Aunt Zhu's crying pear blossoms brought rain: "But she has a child from the Huan family......"
Shen Mingzhen looked at her and gave her a silver ticket of five hundred taels of silver: "I will only give you this time, whether Shen Mingzhu loses or stays, it is all up to you to decide." ”
Aunt Zhu left with a thousand thanks.
Shen Mingzhen thought about it and persuaded her: "You better let Shen Mingzhu and the third prince reconcile." After the two of them leave, Shen Mingzhu will live better, and the third son is not a good person. ”
Aunt Zhu snorted, looking much older than usual.
On the second day, Song Ziyi's mother came to the Shen Mansion.
Ordinary people, how can they run to the woman's house every once in a while. Song Ziyi's mother came over, and in the eyes of everyone in the Shen family, they all felt that they were here to choose a daughter-in-law.
Shen Mingyu, the eldest daughter of the third room, heard that Song Ziyi's mother was coming, so she hurriedly ran to the lobby and recommended herself to the other party: "Hello madam, I am Shen Mingyu, the daughter of the third room of the Shen family, I am very happy to see you." ”
Song Ziyi's mother praised all the ladies of the Shen Mansion with a smile on her face, and finally looked at Shen Mingzhen: "This is the daughter that our wife fancies, it's really cute." ”
Shen Mingzhen: ?
She was just wearing homely clothes, just standing there quietly, without even saying hello to this lady, how could she be likable?
Shen Mingyu glanced at Shen Mingzhen jealously, and looked at the lady of the Hou Mansion: "Madam came to our Shen Mansion, is there something wrong?" ”
Song Ziyi's mother: ......
Isn't it obvious what she's here for?
Of course, I came to have a relationship with Shen Fu, and I wanted to marry Shen Mingzhen to my son.
Mrs. Tai takes a fancy to Shen Mingzhen so much, if this Shen Mingzhen marries, she will definitely improve her status in this room and please Mrs. Tai even more.
Therefore, although she could see that Shen Mingzhen had a cold attitude towards her, she still praised Shen Mingzhen again with a clear conscience: "I heard that the eldest lady's medical skills are very amazing, and even the lady in our house praised the young lady."
How good it would be if she could marry us Wu'an Hou Mansion, Mrs. Tai's health has always been bad, and if she can have such a beautiful granddaughter-in-law, she will be very happy.
I think this kid is also very satisfied. Old Madam Shen, you see, is it good to let the two children meet and get married? ”
Old Mrs. Shen: "Of course it's good, it's her blessing that the Hou Mansion can look down on Mingzhen." ”
The two of you looked at me and said a word, but they discussed it as if no one was around.
From the process of entering the mansion, it was said that the problem of the children born to Shen Mingzhen in the future.
Shen Mingzhen couldn't help but interrupt: "Grandmother, this is a big matter, I have to discuss it with my mother." ”
Old Madam Shen nodded: "That's right, you go and talk to Mrs. Sun." No, you go and invite Mrs. Sun to your grandmother. ”