Chapter 9: Auntie
The Lin family in Dongcheng doesn't look very good, it's just a medium-sized mansion with a big sign of the Lin Mansion on it. But on the door, there are already some mottled marks.
Qingqing and He sat in their own little donkey cart. When he arrived at the door, He asked the porter to pull the car, and he took Qingqing into the house through the side door.
The porter seemed to be accustomed to it, and pulled the little donkey cart to the corner gate, without even looking at them.
Qingqing looked at the customary porter, reached out and touched the big black lacquer door, and frowned slightly.
Entering the gate, the house was very quiet, she had entered the Bao Mansion, and there were a bunch of people at the door before she entered the door. When you get to the second gate, the mother-in-law will also come to pick you up. Lady Iron would also wait in front of her courtyard, taking her hand and leading her in.
Every time she went to Bao's house, she felt a great burden, but when she arrived at the Lin family, she really felt that it was too deserted here.
Mrs. Qiao was in the courtyard to the west, and the He family didn't need to be taken by anyone, so she pulled Qingqing and walked in briskly.
Qingqing is still wearing the usual clothes she wore at home today, but for the sake of Qiao Dayong's face, she still wore a newer one. But the hair was combed into the appearance of an ordinary girl with the help of He, and he didn't let He make some messy jewelry, which is what a girl of her class should usually look like.
He thinks about it, no matter how well she dresses, the old lady can't look at it, so it's better to be more comfortable.
The word "West Garden" is casually written on the moon gate in the west courtyard, but the red paint on the door is as bright as new.
Qingqing's gaze stayed on the large flowers blooming in the courtyard, and the courtyard exuded a strong fragrance of flowers.
"Hurry up, let's leave after we finish talking, I told my mother that I will learn to make cakes today." He whispered and pulled her away.
In the east wing of the main hall of the West Courtyard, Qiao was drinking tea, and there was a girl in Tsing Yi standing next to her, which was the second person Qingqing had seen after entering the Lin Mansion.
Old Lady Qiao frowned when she saw them come in.
"I'm really uneducated, and I don't report it, how can I break into it like this?" Old Lady Qiao looked disgusted.
"Aunt Ann! Zhuangzi from the countryside sent some jujubes and mountain goods in, and his father-in-law asked him to send some to his aunt to taste. He was also used to it, so he bowed to himself, and then smiled and only said what he had to say.
"This is Qingqing?" Old Mrs. Qiao didn't want to deal with He's anymore, so she looked directly at Qingqing beside He's side. He looked her up and down.
Qingqing raised her head and smiled at Mrs. Qiao, lowered her head a little shyly, and bowed silently, but did not say hello.
Old Madam Qiao frowned and reprimanded, "Why are you as childish as your useless mother." ”
"Old lady!" He blushed angrily, although she didn't know Qingqing's mother, but she also felt that it was too much to slander other people's mothers in front of other people's daughters.
"Isn't there a rule at home? It seems that not only do you not know how to cook, but you also have basic manners. Old Lady Qiao glanced at her and coldly put down the cup in her hand.
"Have you been feeling well lately?" Qingqing raised her head and asked softly.
Old Mrs. Qiao was stunned for a moment, looked left and right, Yahuan was startled, and shook her head busily.
"The flowers in the yard are too fragrant, which affects sleep, and fried rice tea can't cure indigestion." Qingqing looked at Mrs. Qiao's slightly puffy face, as well as obvious eye bags, and said indifferently.
"I don't even know what you're talking about! Did you bring her here to show me? The appearance is not bad, but the temperament is too bad, I will send someone to teach the rules when I go back! Otherwise, if I marry into someone else's family, I will lose my face. Old Lady Qiao looked at Qingqing stubbornly with cold eyes.
"Oh, the old lady said, thank you for your concern. Qingqing is still young, and the family wants to stay for another two years. If you are not feeling well, you can rest, and your nephew and daughter-in-law will take Qingqing back to her parents' house, so she will retire first. He smirked and pulled Qingqing to withdraw.
"What?" The old lady slapped the table in front of him violently.
"As I told you, we are a small family, and we haven't taught it well, so I want to teach it again!" He smiled and took Qingqing's hand and prepared to go out.
"Please rest well." Qingqing grabbed He, the two stood side by side, saluted Mrs. Qiao again, and the two retreated together.
"Go and call someone to inform the eldest brother to come." Old Lady Qiao said to the maid beside her with a dark face.
The maid nodded hurriedly and ran out on her own.
Old Lady Qiao sat alone and did not move.
He and Qingqing did not come out of the gate just now, but walked through the corner gate, and their car was at the corner gate.
The car was tied to the corner gate, and no one cared about it, just bolted. But looking at the venue, it used to be full of friends.
"Now there are only a few people in the Lin family? Doesn't it mean that there are juniors who can't succeed? ”
"Well, the old lady lives in the west front yard, and there is a partial building in the west of here, with another door open, and the surname is also Lin, who is a distant nephew of the old lady's family, and a poor relative who is worse than us." He untied the donkey cart, helped Qingqing into the cart, and said casually.
"Is there no one in the Lin family anymore, and my grandfather has been taking care of it all the time, right?" Qingqing sat down and did not put down the curtain of the donkey cart, but looked at He.
"Huh?!" He glared at her, stunned.
"The gate is broken, if there are still people in the Lin family, even if they are in other places, it is impossible not to have such a little face; Only her small yard is still full of flowers, but they are all cheap and easy to feed. Since she couldn't move for a long time, she just had to make sure that the place she saw was still the same. What happened to her children and grandchildren? ”
"I don't know! I have only heard that her children and grandchildren are officials in other places. He shook his head and said honestly, but still patted her forehead, "So what?" She is poor and poor, she is the old lady's own sister, can she really do it? ”
"Yes!" Qingqing sat down.
"How did you think she couldn't move?" He sat in the car and drove to his mother's house, but his face was still incredible.
"Her shoes are getting bigger! Muscle atrophy should have started little by little, and if her feet had become significantly smaller, her legs would have been out of use for a long time; Moreover, she sat on a soft chair covered with fur, which could be used as a soft sedan chair with bamboo poles. Qingqing smiled, in her opinion, these could no longer be considered reasoning.
"Huh?" He thought about it, since he married into the Qiao family, he really hadn't seen this person stand up. However, as a niece and daughter-in-law, she came to greet Mrs. Gu, and it was impossible for Mrs. Gu to stand up to greet her, and Mrs. Gu spoke harshly, and everyone avoided her, who would have thought that this person would sit still, not to put on a score, but to not move at all? glanced back at Qingqing, "So the old man won't let you come, or are you afraid that you will think too much?" ”
Over the years, on the old lady's birthday, as well as the Lin family's big and small affairs, the old man didn't let Qingqing go, on the grounds that Qingqing's health was not good, and she was a girl, so it was better to go out less.
He thought that the old man didn't like his sister either. Thinking about it now, Qingqing saw this aunt and grandmother for the first time after she got married, and she saw something she hadn't seen in all these years