Chapter 160: The eldest daughter-in-law
The eldest lady respectfully responded "yes", and said to the second wife with a smile: "It's all because my body is not angry, and I have two brothers and sisters." ”
The second wife looked unmoved, still smiling gently and quietly, and said: "The family doesn't talk to each other, and the sister-in-law is too polite." He personally went to bring an embroidery pier to the eldest lady and said, "Sister-in-law, sit down and talk." ”
The eldest lady smiled at the second wife, the smile was quite gentle, and a little weak, which made people's eyes fall on her emaciated body.
Yu Tang is even stranger.
The eldest lady went before the old lady, and if you want to say that the eldest lady is nostalgic for her deceased husband, although she looked a little sad at that time, it was not like now...... As if to show weakness......
She frowned almost invisibly.
Mrs. Shen also felt a little strange. But she didn't wonder why the eldest lady suddenly became like this, after all, from the official wife of the third grade, the future clan wife became a widowed and chaste woman, and anyone would have a period of discomfort, she was strange that Lao An looked at her.
What does the appearance of the eldest lady have to do with her?
The relationship between her and the Shen family is not good, and it is not her turn to come forward for the entertainment between relatives, she doesn't know if the eldest lady and the Shen family are in-laws, but the eldest lady is definitely not in-laws with her mother's family, can the eldest lady still have anything to do with her now?
These thoughts were only fleeting in her mind, and she politely exchanged a few words with the eldest lady.
The eldest lady's answer was polite and did not make people feel alienated or enthusiastic, and the balance was just right.
Mrs. Shen secretly praised in her heart, and couldn't help but pay attention to the eldest lady.
With this attention, she found that the eldest lady looked plain, but when she looked closely, she was a little shabby.
The shoes were washed a little white, and the outer gown was white hangzhou, but the inner garment was muslin.
Mrs. Shen's heart sank slightly.
She knows that she has a straightforward personality and often says uncomfortable things bluntly, but she thinks that this is the attitude that a person should have.
Could it be that after the eldest lord died, the Pei family was harsh to the eldest lady, and Lao An was afraid that she would see it and shout out?
It's not out of the question.
Especially in the end, the position of the suzerain of the Pei family passed over the eldest grandson and the second master to the third master.
You must know that the third master of the Pei family is the heart of the old lady and Lao Anren.
Thinking that at the beginning, he burned down Master Song's new house, but Lao Anren was not willing to let this young son say a word of apology.
This matter has spread all over relatives and families.
Mrs. Shen lowered her head and drank tea.
However, Gu Xi was very interested in the eldest wife, she not only greeted the eldest lady warmly, but also asked about the eldest lady's daily life with concern. And her questioning was not an ordinary entertainment. Because her topic quickly shifted from copying Buddhist scriptures to writing, she also said that although she copied Yan Zhenqing when she was enlightened, she practiced Mrs. Wei in the end, which made the eldest lady's eyes light up, and she was a little more energetic when she spoke.
Yu Tang guessed that the eldest lady must have written well.
She suddenly felt a little depressed.
It seems that Gu Xi really came to marry Pei Yan, otherwise she wouldn't know everyone in the Pei family so well.
The atmosphere gradually began to warm up because of Gu Xi, and the second lady slowly merged into the conversation between Gu Xi and the eldest lady. Mrs. Shen looked at the eldest lady even more differently, and she even began to praise the eldest lady for being a real talented woman.
The eldest lady said humbly: "Where, it's just that the ancestors like to write, and our grandchildren benefit from it." ”
Mrs. Shen thought that the eldest lady's father was the Guozi Supervisor of the Sacrificial Wine, and remembered that Shen Shanyan refused to go to the Guozi Supervisor to teach but was nested in Lin'an City, she felt a little uncomfortable, and revealed this emotion unabashedly.
The eldest lady quickly stopped the topic and asked about Miss Pei's homework and who Yu Tang was.
Several Miss Pei answered the words of the eldest lady one by one, and the fourth lady also enthusiastically introduced who Yu Tang was.
Yu Tang made a special trip to meet the eldest lady again.
The eldest lady touched her sleeve and said a little embarrassedly: "I didn't expect there to be so many guests at home, and I didn't bring anything over, so I'll make up for it for you next time." ”
Yu Tang thanked him respectfully.
At this time, the eldest lady and Gu Xi climbed up to relatives: "Since you are a girl from the Gu family in Hangzhou, do you know an aunt and grandmother named 'Zhushen', she married into our family, I want to call her aunt." ”
Gu Xi hurriedly smiled and said, "Is it the aunt and grandmother in our fourth room?" She was out of the cabinet before I was born. However, some people still say that she is the most beautiful girl in our Gu family, but unfortunately I didn't have the opportunity to meet. I don't know if it's true? ”
The eldest lady pursed her lips and smiled, and the waves between her eyebrows and eyes flowed, and there were all kinds of charms.
Yu Tang suddenly understood why the eldest lord and the eldest lady were in deep love.
Whoever has such a wife will have a little more love, right?
The two talked about the aunt and grandmother of the Gu family, and the more they talked, the more intimate they became.
Mrs. Shen frowned.
She felt that the eldest lady had changed the topic because of her, and she wanted to explain a few words, but a few Miss Pei were chattering, which made it difficult for her to interject, and if she wanted to explain, she couldn't find a suitable opportunity.
She always felt that she had to find a suitable opportunity to explain a few words to the eldest lady, lest the eldest lady misunderstand her and show her face to the eldest lady, then wouldn't she become the kind of person who bullied the eldest lady's widow!
Yu Tang quietly observed Lao Anren and the second wife.
It's a pity that Lao An and the second wife are people who have had countless experiences, and if people can't see it, no one will see it, one is sitting there drinking tea with no expression on his face, and the other is looking at the eldest lady and Gu Xi with a smile, looking like he is listening.
What the hell is the big lady here for?
Is it just to say hello to Lao An?
Then why is she in the other courtyard?
Yu Tang felt that his brain was not enough, so he should be an honest man, don't fight with the masters, otherwise he wouldn't even know how he died.
She sighed inwardly.
Even if the atmosphere in the room looks very warm, it doesn't have the sincere joy it had before, and it still makes people feel a little tired in the end.
Fortunately, the eldest lady didn't sit for long, but said that in order to be quiet, she had been living in the mountains since the beginning of autumn, and she lived in Qiushuangzhai across the courtyard in the west, so that they, mainly Mrs. Shen and Gu Xi, went to her to sit and sit when they were fine, and when she was alone, she also copied the scriptures and recited the Buddha, which was more leisurely, and then got up to say goodbye.
Mrs. Shen and Gu Xi both smiled and responded.
The eldest lady seemed to remember that there was another Yu Tang, and made a special trip to tell Yu Tang, and said: "The snow scene is also good when it snows over there, and you can come over with a few sisters to play at that time." ”
Yu Tang smiled and promised.
Except for Lao Anren, everyone got up and sent the eldest lady out.
The eldest lady walked to the door and didn't let everyone see each other, and said, "It's cold outside, just have Aunt Chen." ”
The second wife also smiled and followed the eldest lady to stop everyone, but she personally sent the second wife out of Lao Anren's courtyard and came back.
With such a show, the atmosphere could not return to the past, and everyone sat for a while, and then got up to say goodbye.
Lao Anren nodded, did not leave them, and everyone went back to the house.
Shuangtao followed Yu Tang into the inner room and covered the fan.
Yu Tang thought that she was going to serve herself to change clothes, but who knew that she took out an oiled paper bag from her arms with a smile, opened it and handed it to Yu Tang: "Miss, do you want to eat some?" ”
The aroma of roasted sweet potatoes immediately filled the inner room, making Yu Tang swallow his saliva: "Where did you get it from?" ”
Because Yu Tang only brought Shuang Tao over as a maid, Lao An Ren dialed a maid named Liu Fu to serve Yu Tang's diet and daily life, Yu Tang was afraid that Shuang Tao would be rude, so he asked Shuang Tao to follow Liu Wu to see more and learn more, and when she had dinner and tea, she was served by Liu Wu, and Shuang Tao waited in the tea room with a few Miss Pei's second-class maids, and also took the opportunity to recognize people.
Shuangtao knew that Yu Tang liked to eat roasted sweet potatoes and fried chestnuts in winter, and said with a smile: "It was roasted by the maid next to the second lady, and we shared one by ourselves." Then he said with a smile: "I think the young ladies of the Pei family are worthy of everyone's background, not only do they treat people well, but even the maids and women who serve around them are also very good." The maid next to Miss San also told me a lot of the rules of Pei's Mansion, and said that if there is anything you don't understand, you can ask her. ”
That's it!
Yu Tang nodded with a smile, pointed to the sweet potato in her hand and said, "Didn't you say one for each person?" Can you keep it for yourself? In front of Lao Anren, will I still be short of food? If you encounter such a thing in the future, you just have to stick to yourself first. ”
Shuangtao smiled and agreed, but still left half of the sweet potato for Yu Tang, saying that he would eat it when Yu Tang wanted to eat it.
Yu Tang didn't say anything, but he was very grateful to her in his heart.
knew that she was afraid that she would not eat well in front of Lao An when she had just entered the mansion, so she deliberately left it for herself.
Early the next morning, when they got up, they saw that the little maid who came in with hot water had water marks on her hair, and then they knew that it had snowed heavily in the middle of the night last night.
This is the first snow of the year in Lin'an City.
Yu Tang and Shuang Tao were surprised and pushed open the window lattice.
Outside, there is a vast expanse of snowflakes, which are still falling like cotton wool, and the leaves are already full of snow, and from time to time there are branches that cannot bear the weight of the snow, so that the snow piled on top of it slides off the leaves, making a "porphyry" sound.
Yu Tang and Shuang Tao didn't expect the snow to fall so heavily.
Shuang Tao smiled: "You can build a snowman!" ”
As soon as the words fell, a gust of cold wind poured in, making both of them shiver, but because they had been staying in the house that burned the earth dragon last night, their bodies were still warm and coaxing, and they didn't feel cold, but the two of them immediately closed the window.
Shuangtao asked Yu Tang, "Are you going to build a snowman today?" ”
If you are in the Yu family, if you encounter such heavy snow, you must build a snowman.
Yu Tang hesitated for a moment and said, "Let's see the situation!" ”
If the people in the Pei family didn't have such a habit, she wouldn't pile it up.
In fact, in her previous life, since she married into the Li family, she has never built a snowman again.