Chapter 7: The Bright Road
When she said this, Fang and Du naturally couldn't refuse, so they got up and walked to the middle of the room.
"Quick, a few girls are also here, we can't just be the three old vegetable gangs who are here to offer ugliness."
Xia's two concubines were not enough, and they went to pull Song Xiaochi, Song Xiaohu, Song Xiaomu, and Song Xiaohe.
"It's time to fight!" As soon as Xia's voice fell, the old lady Song, who was sitting on the soft couch above, pointed at Xia and said with a smile.
Xia's reaction was also fast, and he hurriedly raised his well-maintained right hand and patted his cheek, and apologized: "It's the daughter-in-law, the daughter-in-law is open-mouthed, there is a mother, how can a daughter-in-law sell the old, but the mother can't blame the daughter-in-law, who made you so young, it doesn't look like the daughter-in-law's sister, but like the daughter-in-law's sister!"
Xia's voice is delicate, and the speed of speech is clear and bright, like a pearl falling on a jade plate, just listening to her voice makes people very comfortable, not to mention the flattery in her words.
Old Madam Song was amused by her.
"Mother, what do you think of our outfit today? The daughter-in-law thinks that this overall look is still the most decent and rich dress of our second girl. ”
After the Xia family finished praising Mrs. Song, they immediately turned the topic to dressing up, and attracted everyone's attention to Song Xiaohu at a speed that no one had reacted to.
In today's Song family, relatively speaking, it is a very shabby situation, the red gold dotted emerald plum hairpin inserted on Song Xiaohu's head almost shook everyone's eyes, so that everyone almost ignored that she also wore a snow-blue embroidered flower-sprinkled pleated skirt with large begonia flowers that had never been worn before, and a pair of embroidered shoes embroidered with red plums in honey color.
Song Xiaohu stood there, facing the eyes of the Song family's ladies who were either envious, jealous or suspicious, but his face remained calm and calm.
If it is said that when the fourth girl, Song Xiaohe, first mentioned her special grand dress today, she was still a little flustered, but after such a long buffer, she had already made a draft.
Even her mother Du Shi didn't show any uneasy look, she already knew that Xia Lala was going around in such a big circle, and she must be targeting something.
And she glanced around, only her sister Hu was dressed up a little grandly today, and after just a little thought, she understood that the Xia family was preparing to find her stubble.
Old Madam Song's eyes swept around Song Xiaohu's head and body, and beckoned to her, "Sister Hu, come, come here, let grandmother take a look!" ”
Song Xiaohu moved lightly, and walked gracefully to the old lady Song at a distance of about three steps and stood still.
Old Madam Song squinted her eyes and looked at her seriously, and said, "Sister Hu has also grown up."
The second lady Du Shi said with a smile: "Mother, Sister Hu is the same year as the eldest girl, but she is younger than the eldest girl."
Old Madam Song nodded, "It's time to find your mother-in-law." ”
As soon as Mrs. Song's words came out, even if Song Xiaohu was dignified and steady, she couldn't help but be shy at this time, she hung her head and called coquettishly: "Grandmother ......"
"Okay, grandmother won't talk about it, our sister Hu is shy."
Old Madam Song hurriedly reassured, her demeanor and tone were extremely kind, no different from the old man who generally loves her granddaughter, but Song Xiaochi, who had been standing next to her and wanted to be an outsider but couldn't completely stay out of the matter, knew that this was far from over.
"Mother, just because Sister Hu is not young at this age, last month my daughter-in-law took her back to her parents' house to visit my mother, my mother saw that Sister Hu was dressed too plain, so she said that this is exactly what the flower-like girl's family wears so plain, afraid of cold temperament, so she sent her previous dowry, a set of gold jewelry to Niqiao Building, so that Niqiao Lou melted the gold jewelry, added some silver, and re-played some jewelry, although my mother's set of jewelry is old, but it is full of gold, it is worth some silver, This fulcrum emerald plum hairpin is one of the new sets of jewelry.
and Sister Hu'er's clothes and embroidered shoes, all of which were given to her by her grandmother. ”
Du Shi took advantage of the pause of Mrs. Song, and hurriedly crossed the bright road with the red gold dotted plum hairpins and new clothes and shoes on Song Xiaohu's head.
Du was born in a family of petty officials, his father was a lord of the county under the closed city, and the family was not rich, and Du's mother was the daughter of a non-registered classic in a neighboring county.
It's just that Du's maternal grandfather married the daughter of a wealthy businessman, Du's maternal grandmother married her maternal grandfather with a rich dowry, and Du's maternal grandmother loves her daughter very much, she has three daughters, and nearly eighty percent of her dowry is divided into three daughters as a dowry.
Therefore, when the Song family heard that the red gold dotted plum hairpin on Song Xiaohu's head was Du's mother, that is, Song Xiaohu's maternal grandmother, who melted a set of gold jewelry from her dowry to buy her, most of the doubts in their hearts disappeared.
As for the remaining half, it is because the second master of Song is in charge of the house, and the outside affairs are in the hands of the second master of Song, although the housekeeping of the inner house is still in the hands of the old lady Song on the surface, but the old lady is old, and she and the old lady Song both value the second son of the second master, and the rest of the Song family can't believe that the second room of the Song family did not make oil and water during the period of being in charge.
In the past two years, the slightly valuable things in the family have been sold, and even the remaining 100 acres of land and the two houses in Beicheng have been sold one after another.
In fact, everyone knows that with the current situation of the Song family, as well as the next few years, or even decades, if the Song family has no children and grandchildren with special talents, the family will only go out, but not in.
Like the current situation of the Song family, it is very good for the ladies not to go out as jewelry and clothes, where is there money to buy new jewelry and clothes, so although everyone has temporarily eliminated most of their suspicions, their eyes have not been diverted from the new and glamorous Song Xiaohu.
Old Madam Song nodded and said to Du Shi: "My mother's vision has always been good, and this hairpin and clothes and shoes are well chosen."
Du Shi hurriedly said with a smile: "If you want to talk about this vision of dressing up, my mother also said that she is definitely not as good as your mother, but in recent years, my mother rarely goes out, and she has become more and more low-key, so she has helped Sister Hu dress up."
Mrs. Song nodded, "My mother has a heart, Sister Hu'er is indeed much more eye-catching when she dresses up like this, and she is a little brighter than before." ”
Saying that, she motioned for Song Xiaohu to return to her seat, Song Xiaohu did not get carried away because of this outfit that crossed the bright road and was praised by Mrs. Song, she returned to her seat dignified and elegantly and sat down, seeing that everyone was looking at her, she was still calm, not arrogant or impatient.
At this moment, the curtain was lifted outside, and the little maid walked in, "Old lady, the mother-in-law at the second gate came to report that Mrs. Xu had entered the gate, and the carriage should go to the second gate at this time." ”
Old Madam Song leaned forward reflexively, but as if she suddenly remembered something, she looked at Song Xiaochi with her eyes like a torch, and Song Xiaochi felt that there was a sense of smoke on the top of her head, which was stared at by Old Madam Song.