Chun Gui met Wang Jiugui's wife Zhou on the second day.

Because Wang Jiugui pinned all his hopes on Mo Wen Xiaodao, and the Lan Ting couple were the people recommended by Mo Wen, so Wang Jiugui did not dare to slack off, he was also to prevent the grass from startling the snake, and then found a new identity for the couple, but it was the relatives of the eldest son Wang Ping'an's old friends, and it was said that it became a good friendship with the Tong family, which is such a close relationship, so of course the spring return has to come to ask the eldest wife Zhou, Wang Ping'an's wife has not been giving birth for a long time, and she can't move around in the confinement, and there is no way to accompany the spring return, so she can only be led by the third grandmother.

Lan Ting has basically figured out the relationship between the people of the Wang family from Wang Ping'an's mouth.

The eldest wife, Zhou, gave birth to two sons-in-law, respectively the president and the second, Wang Ping'an sat at home, but Wang Er was in charge of the firm in Fujian, Wang Er's husband and wife were not in Fenyang, only the children remained in their hometown, and Zhou also gave birth to a daughter-in-law, who had already married.

The second wife, Zheng, gave birth to two concubines, line three and line four, Wang San assisted the eldest brother in coordinating all foreign affairs at home, Wang Si took care of the business house in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the third grandmother was Wang San's wife.

The third wife, that is, the Bai family, except for the Bai family, there are two concubines in Wang Jiugui's room, both of whom are maidservants, so they do not have the honor of being called "Mrs.", one is called Aunt Ru, and the other is called Aunt Zhen, Aunt Ru gave birth to the second girl, who is now thirteen years old, and Aunt Zhen has no heirs.

Chungui was greeted by the third grandmother at the second gate, and before he took a few steps, he saw a round-faced woman with a round face full of smiling hairpins with gold and silver trembling and being helped over, and as soon as she stopped, she exclaimed: "Ouch, Gu Niangzi is so smart?!" I'm afraid it's Feiyan and Zheng Dan who are talking about this color. ”

Listening to this woman's frivolous and vulgar words, Chun Gui didn't care, she curtled her knees slightly, and didn't wait for the third grandmother to introduce her, so she guessed: "This is the second wife?" ”

Zheng pretended to be shocked: "How can Gu Niangzi recognize me at a glance?" ”

"I just heard the third grandmother say that the second wife is now in charge of the house, and when I see your style, you are a wife in charge, and if you don't recognize it, you are really clumsy." Chungui said good things without hesitation, and there was a bit of eagerness in his eyes.

Such a flattering attitude obviously pleases the Zheng family even more, she has no consciousness of being a concubine at all, she stepped forward with Chungui's hand, and gently pinched Chungui's slender jade fingers, and rubbed it a few times with her palm: "Look at the lady's hand, it looks like it is carefully maintained, and she has not done heavy work, and those nieces of my mother's family, which one is not pampered, but I can't find such a delicate and delicate pair of hands." ”

Chungui doesn't feel that her hands are so different, although she hasn't done heavy work, but the female red raccoon has been doing it herself for the past two years, where has it been carefully maintained? It's just that he was born with good skin, his fingers are slender, and his hands look quite delicate. The second wife's praise is actually to draw out the focus of her nieces' pampering.

This is to show to Chungui that although she is a concubine, she is not from a poor family, and her family is very wealthy.

Chun Hui also followed Zheng's words, complimented her for a while, stopped and said and walked slowly, seeing that she was about to reach a courtyard, Zheng stopped: "I still have a lot of affairs to deal with, so I will be temporarily absent, after the lady and Mrs. finished talking, go to my room to sit for a while, and then go back to the guest house after lunch." ”

actually put up a shelf, as if he didn't take Zhou's in his eyes, and even told the third grandmother a few words in front of the spring return: "Gu Niangzi is a distinguished guest from afar, although it is a full courtesy, come to visit Mrs., but Mrs. is still sick in the end, it is inevitable that there will be bad luck in the house, you have to use some heart, don't let Mrs. gossip and delay for too long." ”

She could have said it more tactfully, such as "Mrs. is sick and not suitable for work" Yunyun, but she wants to say this, it is nothing more than to show that she can be on an equal footing with his wife in the Wang family, Chungui does not think that the Zheng family has other plans for befriending her, he and Lan Ting are nominally Wang Ping'an's old friends, how can they be easily enveloped by the Zheng family? It is unlikely that Zheng is so self-conscious, most of them are vanity, purely for show.

Looking at Zheng's performance, it is in line with Qu Chu and Bai's descriptions, and it is really frivolous and narrow-minded.

Unlike Zheng, Zhou is really a kind person, not because of the wrinkles on her face to give people such an impression, not just because of her simple dress, Chun Gui looked at her, clearly not good at words, but because he heard that his son's old friend came to visit her, he forced his spirit to search the stomach and scrape the cold noise, even if so, he would be cold, and from time to time he covered up with an embarrassed and ashamed smile, and when he talked about his illness, he also said "don't worry".

"There was no pain, just I felt weak in my hands and feet, my chest was a little stuffy, and I didn't want to move."

The third grandmother didn't mind the side glances of others at all, and opened her mouth to grab the white and said: "Don't say such hard words, if the eldest lady really doesn't care, how can you be bedridden, and how many people come to serve the sick?" The delay of the doctor's pulse diagnosis is also three days and two ends, how much has the consultation money been spent? I don't see any improvement. ”

Zhou was very embarrassed, and smiled at the third grandmother: "It's not a major symptom, but the old man and the eldest man are not at ease, so they make such a fuss." ”

Rushing to the spring return, I feel even more embarrassed, and I don't know how to ease the atmosphere.

It's just a maidservant, and she actually frowned at the third grandmother: "Mrs. extends the doctor's pulse, and how much money is spent, the third grandmother said this, but she is not filial, and the wife has never bothered the third grandmother to serve the sick, where did the third grandmother come from so many complaints?" ”

Chun Gui looked at the maidservant, she should be in her early twenties, with a long face, a thick nose, thick eyebrows and big eyes, but her eyes were big and godless, and her appearance was not outstanding, so she had a little guess in her heart, but her expression did not change in any way, and she didn't stare at the maid anymore, just to see how the third grandmother would respond.

"Mrs. don't listen to this slave instigation, how dare the concubine complain to the wife, it is precisely because of the worry about the wife's body, that the wife is reminded to cherish the attention, and there is another thing, I think the wife has not heard of it, there is a Mo Dao chief, but the third wife of our family was murdered, so the soul of the injustice is not dispersed, the house is restless, maybe wait for the Taoist chief to finish the law, overtake the third wife's soul, the wife's illness will be cured is not necessarily, to the concubine said, if the wife can walk, it is best to go to the dojo to pay tribute and pray, It may be more symptomatic than a doctor's consultation. ”

These words are an allusion to the fact that the death of the Zhou family and the Bai family is not unrelated, and now he is sick and lying in bed, which is a retribution for his misdeeds.

Zhou didn't understand the meaning of the words, only sighed: "I also heard Da Lang say this, and I feel very sad in my heart, I really didn't expect that the third sister was poisoned!" I also thought that when my body was lighter and my spirit was better, I should go to the dojo to pray, and the undead spirit of the third sister must cooperate with the Taoist master's technique to find the murderer in order to rest in peace. ”

The third grandmother looked at Zhou's eyes suspiciously, and wanted to snatch a few more words, but in the end, she was still worried about Chungui, an outsider, and it was not good to speak directly about the scandal of Bai's "cheating", so she directly asked Chungui to say goodbye with her.

Chungui was not in a hurry to set Zhou's words, and only asked the third grandmother: "I look at Zhou Shimu's temper is mild, but the big girl next to her has a bit of a rush, and I heard the uncle mention it by chance yesterday, it seems that the mother has a very trustworthy maid, called contemplation, I don't know if it is the one just now." ”

"It's not her." The third grandmother pursed the corners of her mouth: "Contemplating this temperament, it is stupid and impulsive, how can it be clever and likable?" Only people like the eldest lady have never called slaves and maids before, even now, they are blindly conniving at slaves and maids, so they can stand such maids, Gu Niangzi also knows, like us, a big family, there is such an ugly, stupid and irritable maid by his side, but he loses his own face. ”

Chungui secretly thought: This is really what kind of mother-in-law has what kind of daughter-in-law, the third grandmother looks a little more tactful than Zheng's, but she has the habit of stepping on Zhou's to elevate herself, and she spares no effort to carry out such a shallow thing.

But Chungui naturally didn't need to train the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, she continued to ask: "The woman who served the sick in front of her mother earlier, looking at the same age as Ning Si, but her makeup is different, isn't it, which aunt in your house?" ”

"It's Aunt Zhen, originally, she was also waiting in the wife's room, and then she served the master."

"I saw her appearance, it was really bright, and when she stood in the room, it made people feel that she was a little brighter all around." Chungui praised.

"What's the use of that?" The third grandmother pursed the corners of her lips: "Although the lord said that he took her into the room, he was not very pampered, and after two or three years, he still didn't see her pregnant, and the lord snubbed her even more. ”

Aunt Zhen is not favored, which is in line with the statement of Qu Chu and Bai's.

But why is Aunt Zhen not favored? It is said that her appearance and age should not be snubbed by Wang Jiugui, is it really because of the background of the servant? In contrast, Wang Jiugui should look down on the Bai family who was born in the dust, but this is obviously not the case.

Chungui felt a little curious, but he couldn't think of how to inquire about the reason why Aunt Zhen was not favored for a while.

What she never expected was that the person who solved her doubts turned out to be Lan Ting.