Chapter 5 The Lady of the Yang and the Yin

The old lady sighed: "She sent this soup to ward off the cold, not only to drive away my stomach cold, but also my heart cold." Xu is a good daughter-in-law. It's a pity that Wen Duan, a nerd, likes Aunt Xiao more. ”

"Old lady, lady is here." The maid Bihe ran in to report.

"On a snowy day, why is Madam here, isn't there something wrong?" The old lady said, "Please come in." ”

After a while, the lady walked in, and saw the old lady sitting on the kang, holding a small copper stove in her hand, looking at her with a pair of kind eyes that were not muddy.

Mrs. Wen is sixty-two years old now, and there are many silver hairs mixed with green silk on her head, because they take care of them well, so the silver threads are hidden by the bun, but the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes and eyebrows can't hide the old lady's age.

But even so, Mrs. Wen's pampered style, her always straight shoulders, and her clear and quiet eyes always made Xu involuntarily feel an indescribable momentum, so Xu had a faint admiration for Mrs. Wen from the first day she entered the Wen Mansion.

Later, she found that the old lady's skin was quite imposing, but she was very detached in her bones. The affairs of the house are all managed by the Xu family, the head of the house, and they are reported to the old lady every day, and the old lady only occasionally asks a question or two.

Therefore, the Xu family occasionally despises the old lady in her heart, but whenever she despises the old lady slightly, the old lady can use a cold and arrogant momentum in front of the whole house, and there is an attitude of ignoring her, in order not to let the aunts laugh at her and displease the old lady, she wants to make the old lady happy.

The old lady occasionally went to her yard to appreciate things, at first she felt flattered, this detached, the old lady who ignored her love to pay for her own things, and it was also the best good thing in the palace, so later, she flattered the old lady every once in a while, and the old lady also occasionally gave her things, she saw the best utensils into her yard again and again, and heard that in the house next to her, the daughter-in-law begged for a difficult life under the hands of her mother-in-law, and she went from awe to flattery to sincere filial piety to the old lady.

Now she walked in, with the intention of taking advantage of the old lady, and was looked at by the old lady with such kind eyes, and she couldn't help but feel uneasy.

"Madame came by coincidence, so we don't have to go on a trip tomorrow." Han Lian smiled and asked her wife to sit on the kang.

Xu Shi looked at Han Lian and said with a smile: "What does this mean, why save a trip?" ”

Han Lian smiled and pointed to the treasure box next to the old lady's dresser, and said with a smile: "The old lady said that you are filial, and specially ordered us to send a golden hairpin with double peaches and branches to Mrs. Ming'er." If the lady pays homage to the old lady a few more times, the old lady will be able to give the entire dowry box to the lady. Now that the lady is here, she will directly take away the old lady's reward, so that we can brave the snow to go tomorrow. ”

The old lady pursed her mouth when she heard this, and said to Xu Shi indifferently: "Don't listen to Han Lian's jokes. She followed me to tell me jokes for fun, her mouth has always been so funny, no light or heavy, in front of the housewife, dare to laugh like this, Han Lian, you don't go out to make a bowl of tea for Mrs. in person. ”

Han Lian is the person in front of the old lady, since the old lady of Wenfu was there, she has been serving the old lady, she is the person that the old lady values, and she is the old slave of Wenfu, seeing that Han Lian is really going to pour tea for herself, Xu Shi hurriedly stood up and stopped: "How dare the daughter-in-law be." Don't pour tea, I'm not thirsty. ”

When Han Lian heard this, she really didn't go to pour tea.

Xu said to the old lady with a smile: "The daughter-in-law came in the snow, and she didn't do it for the side, but there are some things to ask the old lady to decide." The old lady just raised her daughter-in-law, saying that her daughter-in-law was the housewife in the house, and the daughter-in-law really didn't dare to be it. The daughter-in-law is young and immature, and she can't figure out many things by herself, so she has to ask the old lady to show her. ”

Old Madam Wen heard that there seemed to be something uncertain in her words, so she said, "You say come and listen." ”

"Aunt Xiao is dead." Xu got straight to the point: "Reasoning, the daughter-in-law is in charge of the house, and the aunt in the house is dead, and the daughter-in-law has to control the funeral." The rest have old examples, but one thing is not sure, that is, whether Aunt Xiao's tablet will be placed in the side hall of the Wenfu ancestral hall and attached to the main hall, or will it be placed directly in the main hall. ”

It is the rule of the capital to be respectful and humble.

In the big family, all the concubines who have children are placed in the side room of the ancestral hall after their death, attached to the main house.

She is a concubine when she is alive, and she is still a side room when she is dead.

This is the rule of the big family.

Wenfu is one of the best families in the capital, how can it be decided for a concubine.

Old Madam Wen's pair of clear Ling Ling eyes embedded under the slightly wrinkled eyelids looked at the Xu family with a hint of playfulness.

It's just that the hint of playfulness, like the occasional fish swimming through the ripples in a pond, disappears in a flash.

Although it exists in the pond, no one can see the trace of this suspicious fox.

"The daughter-in-law didn't mean anything else, but she didn't dare to make her own decisions. After all, Aunt Xiao is also very popular in the house, and she is favored by the master. If the daughter-in-law makes her own decisions and puts Aunt Xiao's tablet in the side room, I'm afraid the lord will be angry. Xu's tone changed to grievance, and the little daughter's twisted posture floated on his cheeks: "After all, when Xiao's had a difficult birth, and everyone thought she couldn't hold on, the old man shouted to the delivery room, saying that if Xiao's died, he would put Xiao's tablet in the main house, and it would be placed alongside his tablet in the future." ”

Xu added aggrievedly: "If I advocate putting the Xiao tablet in the side room, I am afraid that the old man will never set foot in my Bitao Courtyard in the future." ”

Mrs. Wen's face was calm, like a breeze blowing an ancient tree, and the ancient tree was frozen for a moment.

"What is the old practice in the house, that is. Can't you see the second master in the house next door? On weekdays, he pays tribute to his biological mother, isn't it the side room of my Wenfu ancestral hall that he entered! Ready-made examples are there. ”

Xu was a little depressed, she came just to set the old lady's words, and wanted the old lady to say it herself, she was the master and ordered the Xiao tablet to go to the side room.

Unexpectedly, she said such a lot, and the old lady only talked about things from the old routine.

The old lady squinted at Xu and felt that her motives were not pure.

If she is bent on thinking about the order of respect and humility in the house, Xu herself can hold the old rules and regulations in the house and send it directly, if she wants to please her, isn't it cowardice inside, for fear of making the master unhappy!

Now I have to speak by myself, let this old woman press her son, and she Xu will comfort Wen Du from the side, this is a good plan!

Seeing that she didn't speak, Xu had no choice but to look innocent: "The master has always been infatuated, I'm afraid he won't care about the old routine." It's not the first day to ignore the Shaw family's humility. If the lord insists and the daughter-in-law is incompetent, I am afraid that I can only let the tablet in the side room enter the main house of the ancestral hall, and the descendants will think about our generation. ”