Chapter Seventy-Six: Thoughts
As soon as Mrs. Yang finished giving the order, Mrs. Yang Si went down to do it, and asked her to send Master Miao Shan out with her.
In the Buddhist hall, the sisters-in-law were still reciting the Sutra of Death to the old lady of the Yang family, and the old lady Yang listened to her sister-in-law chanting the scriptures, glanced at the tablet of the old lady of the Yang family in the Buddhist hall, and then looked at the compassionate face of the Bodhisattva, and asked Mrs. Yang Si beside her, "Has the aunt and grandmother gone back?" ”
"Mother, my aunt and grandmother haven't gone back yet, and they're still in the house. Just now, when I sent someone to invite her over, she handed over the message and asked my mother to say goodbye after noon. It's past noon now, and I think she's almost there. When Mrs. Yang Si spoke, she glanced out of the house and quickly turned back.
"What is she still doing in the house? If you don't go to Chengjiang to give Xiaoying an idea, it doesn't matter, I don't see her come to serve me all day long? On the contrary, it's you, the fourth daughter-in-law, you have a strong belly, and you're busy all day long, and you've been suffering during this time. Old Mrs. Yang said, pulling the hand of Mrs. Yang Si beside her.
At this time, suddenly a little maid came up with a red sandalwood carved box, put the box on the high table next to Mrs. Yang, and then said: "Old lady, you told the slave to go to the treasury to get something, the slave and maid have already brought it, please take a look." ”
Mrs. Yang pushed the box in front of Mrs. Yang Si and said lightly: "You open it and take a look, the things in it are all for you." These days, you have a big belly and still help me out, so I will reward you with these things. ”
When Mrs. Yang was talking, Mrs. Yang Si had already opened the box, only to find that it was a box full of land deeds, and each title deed had Mrs. Yang's name written on it, "Mother, how can this be done?" When I first got married, Shiro gave me a box of land deeds, and now you give me another box, I can't ask for this thing. ”
"Silly boy, how can you not want it? Although there are not many of these land deeds, there are more than a dozen shops large and small, and the annual rent of these shops is tens of thousands of taels, a few days ago Shiro said that he wanted to go out to live with your eldest brother, and wanted to buy a house on Elm Street next door, Shiro's annual income is only so much silver, and he will definitely not be able to take out more silver, I gave you these, and you can go and buy a house. Mrs. Yang took out all the title deeds placed in the box and handed them to Mrs. Yang Si next to her.
"How's that going to work? Even if we want to buy a house, we can't use your money! Shiro hasn't come back yet, I can't accept my mother's money, if my mother insists on giving it to us, let's wait for Shiro to come back, and my mother will give it to him herself! Mrs. Yang Si said that she was going to stuff the land deeds handed to her back into the box by Mrs. Yang, who knew that Mrs. Yang had ordered someone to lock the box.
"Nonsense! When Shiro comes back, he won't take any of my money. Among these children, Shiro was the one I rarely hurt, but Shiro didn't resentment because I didn't hurt him very little. On the contrary, he is the most reassuring to me, the least worrying to me. "Mrs. Yang has five sons and two daughters, and the most painful ones are the younger son and the younger daughter, and she cares little about the other children.
"Mother don't say this anymore, Shiro said that you love him the most, and after my father left, you and a few aunts grew up with them. When I was a child, it was Shiro who broke the second brother's toy, but you didn't blame Shiro, but blamed the second brother, saying that the second brother was calculating, and he didn't have his own brother in his heart. Mrs. Yang said, and also held Mrs. Yang's hand tightly.
"I didn't expect you to know about this, Erlang was not born to me, he was born to my aunt, and he is still a big one, so naturally he has to let the small one go. If I don't talk about him, who else can I talk about?" As soon as Mrs. Yang finished speaking, she heard a little maid standing outside the house and saying, "Old lady, my aunt and grandmother are here." My aunt and grandmother made rice noodles in a casserole and said that they were brought for you to taste. ”
When Mrs. Yang heard this, she sneered and said lightly: "She has a heart today, knowing that I like to eat rice noodles in a casserole, so she specially made a bowl and brought it to me." ”
Mrs. Yang Si on the side said: "My aunt and grandmother have nothing to do, but I'm afraid that I have something to ask my mother." ”
Old Mrs. Yang and Mrs. Yang were still talking, Yang Jing had already walked in from outside the house, and a little maid behind her was holding a casserole in her hand, "It turns out that the fourth brother and sister are also here with their mother!" No wonder when I ordered someone to go to the cold and summer courtyard to invite you, the little maid who was waiting inside said that you were not there, so let me come to my mother's place. ”
"My mother has been restless these days, and she often has nightmares at night, so I can also make her feel more at ease by staying by my mother's side and talking to her." Mrs. Yang Si said, although she was reluctant in her heart, she still walked to Yang Jing's side in person, held her hand, and sat down beside Mrs. Yang.
Yang Jing saw that there were a few sisters-in-law in the Buddhist hall behind her who were reciting the scriptures, so she asked: "Mother has invited someone to come to the house to read the Sutra of the Past to my father, and my father has been gone for so many years, maybe he has already been reincarnated, and after reciting this Sutra of the Past Life, it is also a waste of the money to invite the sister-in-law." ”
Yang Jing specially counted the four sisters-in-law in the house, and said, "Mother invited these sisters-in-law into the house, but I'm afraid it will cost dozens of taels of silver!" The eldest brother's annual income is only eight hundred taels of silver, and his mother spent so much at once, but I am afraid that the eldest brother will die of distress. ”
"Auntie and grandmother, the money for inviting my sister-in-law to come to the house to recite the scriptures was paid by my mother herself, and I didn't use half a cent of money from the princess. If the aunt and grandmother just came to deliver this bowl of casserole rice noodles, and now that it has been delivered, please go back soon! Mrs. Yang Si has always been straightforward and fast-talking, saying whatever comes to mind, and when she heard Yang Jing's words, she poured out all the things she wanted to say in her heart at once.
"I came here to talk to my mother, but the fourth brother and sister, is there no tiger in the mountains now, and the monkeys dare to come out and be the overlord? Do I need you to intervene in everything I do? Yang Jing glanced at Mrs. Yang Si coldly, and then came to Mrs. Yang's side with a smile, and the little maid who was waiting for her opened the casserole and put the casserole on the high table next to Mrs. Yang along with the rice noodles.
"This is made in the kitchen of the outer courtyard, there is a new punpu cook in the outer courtyard, the best thing is to make this casserole rice noodles, this casserole is still two days ago Mingzhu asked someone to buy and send it, used to cook this rice noodles is the best, mother quickly tasted it." Yang Jing took out chopsticks and spoons from the food box and gave them to the maid who was waiting beside Mrs. Yang.
"I'll just taste a few bites, just now your fourth brother and sister have already asked someone to make me bean paste crisp, I think it should be good here." Mrs. Yang said, turned her head to Mrs. Yang Si behind her and said, "You go to the small kitchen to take a look and see if the bean paste is crispy?" If it's good, let someone wrap a few pieces for your aunt and grandmother to take back and taste, your craftsmanship must be said by everyone to be good, it is really good. Otherwise, if I say yes alone, it will definitely not work! ”
Mrs. Yang Si knew that Mrs. Yang was supporting herself to avoid another conflict between herself and Yang Jing.
Yang Jing is an elder in the house, if she conflicts with her, she can only suffer in the end. As soon as Mrs. Yang finished speaking, Mrs. Yang Si answered "yes" and took the little maid to the small kitchen.