Chapter Twenty-Four: The Tan Family

Aoyagi was a little embarrassed, the old lady only asked her to call the eldest girl, and did not let the other girls go, and she knew that the old lady called the eldest girl over, there was something important.

Song Xiaohu saw Aoyagi's thoughts at a glance, and hurriedly said: "Aoyagi, don't worry, we just went to meet my aunt and aunt, and we will retire after the visit."

Qingliu couldn't, so she had to lead the four sisters to Rongsong Courtyard together, along the way, Song Xiaohu and Song Xiaomu talked non-stop with a smile, Song Xiaohe snorted coldly from time to time, Song Xiaochi didn't say a word, she was already thinking about how to find a way out for herself if Mrs. Song really set an unbearable family affair for her.

For a while, everyone arrived at Eishoin with different thoughts.

It's just that as soon as she entered the gate of Eissu-in, she saw Red Peach personally guarding the gate of the courtyard, and when she saw Aoyagi walking in with the four sisters, she hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

Song Anhu said with a smile: "Why is Sister Red Peach personally guarding the gate of the courtyard?"

Red heart said: "Back to the second girl's words, the old lady ordered, only let the eldest girl see the guest alone."

Needless to say, Song Xiaohu and the three of them also understood.

Song Xiaohehe: "I heard that my aunt and aunt are here, and we also want to go and see them."

The red heart face did not change, and said with a smile: "This is the old lady's order, only let the eldest girl go in alone, and please ask the fourth girl not to embarrass the slave."

Song Xiaohe wanted to say something, but was stopped by Song Xiaohu, "Fourth sister, let's not embarrass Sister Hearts, let's do it, Sister Hearts, let's not enter the main house, let's go to the ear room next to us to sit and sit?" ”

The red heart was a little hesitant, but the old lady Song only said that she would let Song Xiaochi meet the guests alone, and did not prevent Song Xiaohu and the others from entering the courtyard, so she nodded.

As soon as Song Xiaochi heard Song Xiaohu's words, she knew what she had in mind, there was an ear room next to the main room of Rongsong Courtyard that was connected to the main house, but it was connected to the bedroom behind the main house, which was the old lady's private library, and others couldn't get in, Song Xiaohu must have the ability to go in, and they could go into the bedroom to eavesdrop on the conversation outside.

Song Xiaochi didn't have the heart to care about their little calculations now, she just wanted to know what the second room had in mind as soon as possible, whether Old Madam Song would agree, and how she could protect herself after agreeing.

Song Xiaochi followed Qingliu into the main house, and saw Mrs. Song sitting on the soft couch above, and an old woman sitting next to her, the old woman had white temples, fair skin, a round face, her face was full of wrinkles, and her eyebrows and eyes looked very kind at first glance, and she was talking to Mrs. Song with a smile at this time.

Song Xiaochi was stunned, this old woman was not her aunt and grandmother Xiao Deng, she didn't know her.

She glanced at Xiao Deng, she sat under the old woman, Xiao Deng has a long face, thin eyebrows and fine eyes, when looking at people, the eyebrows and eyes are slightly raised, looking a little mean.

As for Old Madam Song, sitting next is her only daughter, Song Anjiao, the aunt and grandmother of the Song family who have been married.

The three daughters-in-law of Fang, Du, and Xia sat below Xiao Deng and Song Anjiao in turn.

As soon as Song Xiaochi entered the house, he took a look at the situation in the house.

"Sister Chi, this is Mrs. Tan." When Mrs. Song saw Song Xiaochi coming in, she beckoned to her with a smile, "Come and salute Mrs. Tan."

Old Madam Tan?

Song Xiaochi searched carefully in his heart, the Song family didn't seem to have any relatives surnamed Tan, and there was no old lady Tan among the people that Old Madam Song was good friends with, so Song Xiaochi was sure that this old lady Tan, who seemed to be kind, was coming to the Song family for the first time.

Thinking of what Song Xiaohu and Song Xiaomu had said before, and when he entered Rongsong Courtyard, Red Hearts was ordered to only let him in, Song Xiaochi gradually had a guess in his heart about the identity of this old lady Tan.

Because of this speculation, Song Xiaochi looked at Mrs. Song's eyes with coldness, the cold light was pressing, Mrs. Song was slightly stunned, she was very unhappy in her heart, she guessed where Song Xiaochi should have learned the identity and intention of Mrs. Tan, so she looked at herself with such disrespectful eyes.

Old Madam Song was unhappy in her heart, but she still had a kind smile on her face, "You kid, you are not usually so shy, hurry, give Mrs. Tan a salute." ”

Qingliu gently pushed Song Xiaochi from behind, Song Xiaochi staggered forward, looked at the kind old lady Tan, and wanted to find a little flaw in the kind eyes, but no.

"It's called Shinoike, come here, I'll take a look."

For Song Xiaochi's rude behavior that she hadn't seen for a long time, this old lady Tan didn't seem to care, she smiled and beckoned to Song Xiaochi, Song Xiaochi took a few steps forward, Old Madam Tan held her hand, looked at it carefully, and said with a smile: "It's a good boy, this is my meeting gift."

Old Madam Tan took down a turquoise jade bracelet from her hand, put it on Song Xiaochi's wrist with her own hands, observed it, and said with a kind smile: "Such a good thing, you little girl still looks good with it."

Song Xiaochi didn't answer, and Old Madam Tan didn't seem to care.

"Old lady, this is a mother-in-law looking at her daughter-in-law, the more she looks at it, the more she looks at it!"

A slightly shrill laugh came from behind Song Xiaochi, and without looking back, Song Xiaochi knew that the owner of this voice was the aunt and grandmother.

Song Xiaochi withdrew the bracelet in his hand, and said in a cold voice: "Please forgive Mrs. Tan, this gift is too valuable, if the younger generation accepts it, grandmother will definitely blame the younger generation for not knowing the etiquette."

As he spoke, Song Xiaochi stuffed the bracelet back into Mrs. Tan's hand, gave her a little blessing, and retreated to Fang's side.

She knew that her move was not only naïve, but also had no effect, what Mrs. Song decided, no one in this house could shake except Uncle Song, but this old couple has always been a husband and wife, or it is more accurate for women to sing with their husbands, especially this kind of sacrificing the lifelong happiness of a younger generation in the family for the sake of the so-called family interests, they are even more complicit.

Her rude behavior at the beginning, such as not being polite and having a cold face, was just in the hope of just in case, hoping that this old lady Tan would give up this family business because of her lack of rudeness, but now it seems that the reason why it is just in case is that it is almost equal to impossible.

Also because of Mrs. Tan's attitude, Song Xiaochi's heart sank even more, Mrs. Tan's posture can only mean that the family matter that Xiao Deng told her has been unbearable to a certain extent.

Fang's saw her daughter coming over and shook her hand, she was also nervous, but with a little inexplicable, it seemed that Fang's didn't know much about the Tan family, but the mother and daughter had the same idea, and they both guessed that the Tan family would definitely not be a good family.