Chapter 138: Advice Against Ears
When Lin Mei returned to the house, she found that there were people in the house.
"It's already late at night, why doesn't Mama Wu go to rest?"
Mama Wu knelt directly on the ground and said, "The slave came late at night to ask for sin, and I hope the eldest lady will punish her!" β
Lin Mei stepped forward and hurriedly helped her up: "Mama is old, get up quickly, the ground is cold, you and I are the master and servant, because I know that I am not bound by these red tape etiquette." β
Mama Wu got up, sat sideways on the embroidery pier, squeaked and didn't know how to speak.
"What does Mama want to say, just open your mouth, I still understand the truth of being loyal to your ears."
Lin Mei knew that what she was going to say must be not small, otherwise she would not be waiting in this room so late.
Mama Wu's deep eyes took care of Lin Mei carefully again, and then she let out a sigh and said, "People are old and want to find a place to chatter, don't think I'm verbose." β
"How can I blame me for being too busy on weekdays, I thought you would be lonely alone, so I handed over Xingde to you to help take care of it. It seems that I was negligent, or should I find someone else to take care of Xingde? β
Mama Wu was afraid that Lin Mei would misunderstand, so she explained directly: "No, no, I have Xingde with me during the day, it's good, that kid is very well-behaved." β
"Alas, people are useless when they are old, and I was not released by the lord's family until I was fifty-five years old, and I wanted to find a place to take care of my old age. But when I returned to my hometown, I found that my nephew had died for many years, leaving behind my niece and daughter-in-law and five children. I pity my niece and daughter-in-law for pulling the child, leaving most of my savings with her, and teaching her two daughters embroidery. In a year's time, the family rebuilt the house, the eldest married the bride, and the second daughter married the Xiucai of the private school because of her good embroidery. β
Lin Mei also heard Mama Wu talk about this for the first time, and she was puzzled and asked, "This is very good, your nephew and daughter-in-law must be very filial to you." β
Mama Wu snorted in her nostrils, smiled proudly, and continued: "At first, she was respectful to me, because I had silver, although it was not much, but in her eyes, I was her God of Wealth." I was wrong that I shouldn't have given her the bottom in the first place. Two years later, the old family's daughter-in-law gave birth to a son, and I offered to help her take care of the child, but she did not agree under the guise of filial piety. But the good times didn't last long, she became more and more greedy, and she wanted to get money from me all day long. Later, I realized that something was wrong, so I refused to give it to her again, and she got good and directly changed to steal, and she stole the only coffin I had left. Since then, she has turned her face like a book, and wants me to be a cow and a horse for her, I bah! Is it really an old woman who is a stupid woman who has no knowledge, and she can't live without her? β
"So you're going to leave it at that?" Lin Mei wondered.
Mama Wu glanced at her and said, "You also treat me as papier-mΓ’chΓ©?" Is it that weak? β
Lin Mei: "...... "Okay, you're not a paper paste, so why did you re-enter the slave nationality?"
"Are you muttering in your heart why I sold myself again?" Mama Wu said a word, seeing that she didn't have a good opinion, she didn't mind, and continued to read: "One day, I asked the eldest daughter-in-law while she was not at home, and she said that she gave the two great-grandsons a hundred taels of silver tickets, and her mother-in-law gave her it, and she jumped up excitedly. I ran to search her mother-in-law's house in a hurry, and just happened to meet my niece and daughter-in-law coming back, and the two fought on the spot. The relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has been stiffened since then, fighting like enemies all day long. The old saying that wealth is touching people's hearts is not bad at all, and it is precisely because I saw through this that I sold myself into slavery again. β
Wealth is moving! This is also too meaningful.
"Mama doesn't just want to talk to me, right?! If you have something to say, just say it! Lin Mei straightened her attitude and went straight to the point.
"The old slave relied on the old and sold the old, and said it bluntly. You know that you have made three mistakes, the first mistake: Zhou entered the door, she is already your nominal mother, whether you admit it or not, the elders and young are respectful and inferior, you should take the initiative to hand over the power of the housekeeper, instead of waiting for her to play tricks with you. Your father and her are a halfway couple, and you still want her to be selfless? When the water is clear, there are no fish. β
After Mama Wu finished speaking, she saw her solemn expression, listened attentively, and then said: "Second mistake: the inner courtyard is the boudoir when the woman is not married, the so-called seven-year-old men and women are not at the same seat, the eldest young master is also a talent now, and he has a meritorious reputation, so he should have moved to the outer courtyard a long time ago." But you also settled the Zhang brothers in the inner courtyard, the two of them can be surnamed Zhang, and they are the same age as the two young ladies, which is not good for the reputation of the three sisters. No matter how close the brothers and sisters are, when it is time to avoid suspicion, we still have to avoid suspicion. β
Lin Mei also had such concerns before, it can be seen that Xiaobao is still young, if he only settles Dabao in the outer courtyard, he is afraid that he will have other ideas, so he will settle in the West Wing together, but from the past few days, this idea is really wrong.
So he said: "Mama, you go on to say that our Lin family used to be ordinary people, and they were used to it at will, and what they lacked was the guidance of an experienced old man like you." β
"The third mistake: It is also your biggest mistake, you are the eldest daughter of the Lin family, you have to marry a wife sooner or later, and the Lin family will be your maiden family in the future. No matter how bad the Zhou family is, but now she is your father's wife, a woman who has lived with your father for a lifetime, can she still divorce his wife and marry another? Even if he really changes his stepmother, maybe he is not as good as Zhou. Now that you know what is wrong with the Zhou family on weekdays, you should remind the master and let him restrain the Zhou family. But it's good for you to let it go, but in the end, wait for her to make mistakes again and again, and then expose it to her face. If this was spread outside, I thought that the Lin family's daughter was deep in the city, and she tried her best to unite with other sisters and others to pull her mother's pigtails. β
After Lin Mei heard this big truth, it was like a slap in the face, and she suddenly became enlightened.
A big salute to Mama Wu, "Listening to the words of the old man is better than reading for ten years, Mama will have to mention me from time to time in the future, but I can't be lazy like before." β
Mama Wu turned sideways, not daring to accept her salute, and said again and again: "Miss, don't be like this, torture the old slave, don't blame me for talking too much." β
"I often hear that there is an old man in the family, like a treasure, I thought you were only good at embroidery, but I didn't expect that I had eyes and didn't know gold and jade, so I might as well straighten out the housekeeping for me in the future, right?" Lin Mei sincerely invited.
"There is no shortage of housewives in the Lin family, and besides, you do such a big deal, and you still have more than a dozen stewards in your hands, can't you restrain a little Zhou family? I'm not going to join in the fun. Mama Wu hurriedly prevaricated.
Lin Mei is good at bargaining, since she knows that Mama Wu is so talented, why waste it. Then he said with a smile: "Mama made fun of me, if I really knew how to restrain her, I wouldn't have made trouble with her like this today." Now she doesn't know how to hate me in her heart, Mama should pity me, assist the Zhou housekeeper for me, and with you by her side, she can't play any tricks. β
Mama Wu glanced at her, but she didn't expect to end up wrapping herself in.
In the past few years in the Lin family, Mama Wu has lived a good life for a few years, and secretly thought: Well, while you can move now, you should repay the kindness of the past few years.
"Okay, I'll do this errand, but what about Xingde?" Mama Wu still misses the child in the end.
"Xingde is also five years old, so he can't do it, so he will send it to a private school with Xiaobao." Lin Mei thought about the five-year contract, it was better to be a favor now and let Xingde go to study in advance.
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