Chapter 98. Yangzhou Mei family
The main hall of Zhining-in.
"Sister-in-law, this is getting more and more elegant."
After the fourth lady sat down under the eldest lady, she kept looking at the furnishings in the hall.
Her mother's family only started from her grandfather's generation, and compared with the Bai family and the Zhong family, which have been inherited for hundreds of years, the background is really shallow.
It's not that she doesn't have the same thing, but she often gets one or two pieces, and they will only be treasured, and they can be released so aggressively.
The eldest lady smiled and put the newly released green jade teacup in her hand on the low table in her hand.
"Brother and sister said and laughed, this house was still a mess a few days ago, and it was unsightly, and it was just hurriedly cleaned up yesterday, if you come back a day earlier, I'm afraid I haven't invited you over for tea."
"How so? If my sister-in-law has no face, I'm afraid that I, a small family, can only close the door every day. As she spoke, the fourth lady carefully appreciated the green jade teacup in her hand to the light.
Appreciation and obsession gradually appeared in his eyes.
"Although this green jade is common, it is really rare to be so moist and glutinous, and to be meticulously crafted with the whole jade, and to get a single one, but the sister-in-law has actually put together a complete set, which is really envious of others."
The eldest lady couldn't help laughing, these four siblings are really "simple" as always.
But today, she really didn't have the mood to accompany the fourth lady to greet and discuss these things.
"Brother and sister, what is the matter with that Mrs. May?"
The eldest lady got straight to the point and directly expressed the doubts in her heart.
The fourth lady's originally smiling face was instantly white, and tears fell immediately, and she couldn't even hear the words "Mrs. Mei".
The tears were wet in an instant, which made the eldest lady, who had always been unfazed, a little inexplicable all of a sudden.
This younger brother and sister, not a few years older than her eldest daughter, saw the fourth lady crying so miserably, the eldest lady couldn't help but think of her eldest daughter who married far away, and I don't know how she has been doing in the past few years?
"Crying for what? You are the main room, how can she be just a concubine, how can you still let a concubine press on your head? The eldest lady hates that iron does not make steel.
But the fourth lady wrung her veil and cried.
"Sister-in-law, where is she still a concubine, everyone calls her Mrs. Mei, even the fourth master also calls her his wife...... if it weren't for my father who taught the fourth master, my so-called wife, I'm afraid I would have to go to court a long time ago."
"Is your surname Mei? The newly rising Mei family in Yangzhou? ”
The fourth lady nodded, "It's that Mei family, sister-in-law doesn't know, this Mei family is very evil, in less than twenty years, not only have there been several high-ranking officials, but even Jiangnan, all kinds of the most profitable business, have been involved, and in recent years, even the Zheng family has had to avoid its edge." ”
Yangzhou Zheng family is the most respected among the large and small families in Yangzhou, although it is not among the four major families, but it will not be too bad.
The eldest lady has a maiden aunt, who is from the Zheng family in Yangzhou, so she also understands the wealth of the Zheng family. If even the Zheng family wants to avoid one or two of the Mei family, doesn't this mean that the Mei family is already comparable to the four major families?
It seems that she is lonely and unheard.
"Since the Mei family is so powerful, why does the daughter of the Mei family know that the fourth brother already has a wife......
"She said, she doesn't know!" The fourth lady suddenly interrupted the eldest lady, and her expression was already full of resentment.
"That Mei Sisi, she has no choice but to take a bite of it, crying loudly, saying that love is a last resort and uncontrollable, and she doesn't want to do anything like this."
The eldest lady's face darkened when she heard this, "Then you just agreed to let her enter the door?" ”
"Where do I need to agree or not, sister-in-law doesn't know, this Mei Sisi is the same as me, there is a matchmaker and a hir, she is a genuine lady, the day she entered the door, Yuhang County was too guarded, and she was the main marriage, and I didn't exist for life. Sister-in-law, do you say, is she a lady? The fourth lady's voice was full of sorrow.
The eldest lady's face was incredulous, "This, a wife is not a wife, a concubine is not a concubine, and the government doesn't care?" ”
"Heh", as soon as the eldest lady said about the official mansion, the fourth lady showed a mocking look on her face, "Sister-in-law, don't you forget, the fourth master is an official, and this officiant is still the county guard." ”
"These four brothers are too nonsense, brothers and sisters can rest assured, even if there are matchmakers, they don't have the orders of their parents, if they don't count, their father is the most important etiquette rules, he will definitely not agree."
At this point, the eldest lady is very confident.
This matter of Mei Sisi, the old lady of the Bai family must not know the situation!
If there is an old lady who knows, and acquiesces.
At the main table today, there should naturally be a seat for Mei Sisi.
Sure enough, the fourth lady heard the words of the eldest lady, and her face showed hope, "Hope, Di'er and I have now been forced to shoot at the place, I really can't believe it, if she has a son in the future, how can I gain a foothold?" ”
Speaking of Bai Jidi, the eldest lady didn't want to see the fourth lady crying and crying, so she immediately turned to Bai Jidi and changed the topic.
"Di'er, she is also six years old, and the young master of the Bai family has to live in the front yard by himself when he reaches the age of six. It's just that I didn't know what Di'er's preferences were, and I didn't dare to make decisions for my younger siblings, the front yard was more elegant, and there were a few good places, one was the Baihuatang near the Fanyuan, one was Xunyu Zhai, and the other was Qiyunxuan, I don't know where the younger siblings' hearts belong. ”
The fourth lady has left the Bai family for too long, and many memories of the Bai family have been blurred. She put away the sad mood she had just had, and began to seriously recall the three places that the eldest lady had just mentioned, and after a long time, she was vaguely sure that they were indeed good places.
"It's good for the sister-in-law to decide, the sister-in-law chooses, it must be all good, and it doesn't matter where it is, it will definitely not be wrong." , said the fourth lady.
"In this way, then choose Qiyunxuan, close to Yuan'er's Xiuyuanzhai, the brothers are good to help." , the eldest lady suggested.
The fourth lady thought that when the banquet was just dismissed, it was the sixth young master Bai Jiyuan who took her son, and she couldn't help but feel satisfied.
When these six young masters were young, they looked stubborn, but when they were a little older, they were still very sensible and very good at loving their siblings.
Naturally, there is nothing wrong with the moment.
"That's a good feeling, I just watched their brothers play well, the sixth young master was taught by his sister-in-law so well, I looked polite and polite, although I am not very old, but I already have a very family style, and I don't know what kind of woman will be able to match with the sixth young master in the future."
When the eldest lady heard these words of praise, she couldn't help but feel a little more sincere when she looked at the fourth lady.
"That kid is very skinny, don't want my younger siblings in the future, often come to me to complain, saying that Yuan'er will bring Di'er badly."
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At this time, Bai Jiyuan is a friendly brother.
He dragged Bai Jidi to the courtyard of Jingwu's house.
shouted at the top of his voice, "Jing Wu, Jing Wu, someone brought you back...... Jingwu! ”