Chapter 8: Family
Seiyi-in, main hall.
On the red lacquer carved chair collapsed, and an old lady in her sixties sat upright. The half-white hair was neatly combed and full, and only a jasper hairpin was crossed. Wearing a dark purple robe skirt with peony flowers. is eating longan meat that has been peeled by a subordinate.
This old lady is the oldest and most vocal in Su Mansion, Su Xian's biological mother. Liu, Mrs. Liu.
After eating a longan, Xu Mo behind him hurriedly stepped forward and handed over the handkerchief, and when the old lady wiped her mouth, she quickly took it back.
The old lady slowly opened her mouth and spoke:
"What about the little one? Why haven't you come yet? Didn't she get a day off last day? There are no rules in the countryside. ”
Qingyi Courtyard is where the old lady lives, and now the masters of the large and small Su Mansions in the hall have already sat down.
"Son, I'll call someone to take a look!" Su Xian was also a little annoyed, there have been a lot of things recently, and he still has to worry about this kind of trivial matter, he turned his head to look at the eldest lady Lin.
How can the Lin family care about this recently, she has been overwhelmed by her daughter's affairs, didn't she tell Zhang's mother to let her come over?
Thinking of this, Lin looked at Zhang's mother behind him again.
Zhang's mother was also a little strange, she obviously ordered the people below to pass the word, and was about to go out of the hall to find it.
"The Five Girls Are Coming"
At this time, an announcement came from behind the screen in the main hall.
Everyone looked out together, and saw Su Xiaoxiao with a small fish, bypassing the screen and walking into the hall.
Today's Su Xiaoxiao wore a lilac silk embroidered gauze skirt, her hair reached her waist, not jet-black hair, and she hung down softly behind her.
The hair on the forehead is all pulled up, the head is just a few simple braids, a hairpin of the same color is picked, and there are naturally curly small broken hair hanging from the ears, and there are no extra accessories.
In fact, she is quite unaccustomed to this dress, she has never worn a skirt in her last life, and she has never had such long hair.
Slowly walked into the hall with his head down, inadvertently skimmed the people present, bowed to the old lady and Su Xian in the middle, and bowed respectfully and obediently:
"Greetings to grandmother, father, mother."
……
There was a strange atmosphere in the hall for the time being.
Except for Su Manning, everyone else saw Su Xiaoxiao for the first time, and everyone was a little stunned.
Especially Su Xian, this daughter... It's also the first time he's met. Not only because of Su Xiaoxiao's appearance, Wang Lanxi is also beautiful, and the daughter she gave birth to will naturally not be bad.
It's just that children born in the countryside shouldn't all go down to the river to fish all day long and run all over the mountains? Not to mention how tanned it is, at least, it won't be so fair, and her skin is more delicate than that of a woman raised in a high door and deep boudoir.
And this outfit, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like an ordinary person can buy it, this behavior, although it is not a first-class dignified, but it doesn't look like it just came out of the mountains...
Obviously, Su Xian is not the only one who thinks like this.
How did this group of people know that Su Xiaoxiao had been raised by the precious medicinal materials sent by the mysterious person since he was a child, and I am afraid that some of them have never even seen each other.
Although she is not particularly wealthy, Shen Mo is a good at making clothes, and Su Xiaoxiao's clothes are all fabrics bought by Shen, and she personally cuts and sews them.
Su Xiaoxiao only felt that her kneeling knees hurt, she hadn't learned this ancient etiquette for a long time, and she was really not used to it.
The old lady reacted first, although she was stunned for a while just now,
"Why are you here so late? Let everyone be waiting for you here! The tone was a little displeased.
The hall was quiet for a while, and Su Xiaoxiao did not answer.
Su Xian next to him also came back to his senses at this time, twisted his eyebrows, and looked at Su Xiaoxiao on the ground, he hated that Wang Chongzhi, and by the way, he also hated his own daughter who had never met.
"The old lady asks you!" He spoke coldly.
Su Xiaoxiao knelt on the ground and was a little at a loss, although they were all her nominal family members, it was the first time she had seen her.
Besides, in her previous life, she had stayed in the hospital and attic and never went out much, and even the food was bought by her aunt...
How could she adapt to such a group of people staring at her so quickly.
At this time, Xiaoyu hurriedly replied:
"Back to the old lady's words, after breakfast, someone notified us to come to Qingyi Courtyard, our girl has just entered the house, and she is not familiar with the route in this house. Everyone else in the house was busy, and no one paid attention to anyone when asked, and the slave and the girl searched for a long time before they found this. ”
The old lady frowned slightly when she heard this, and looked down at the eldest lady.
Lin said badly in his heart, his daughter was making trouble in the room again in the morning, how could she have time to take care of this matter, so she casually instructed Zhang's mother to let the rough mother-in-law in the backyard take the talk, how did she know that the mother-in-law was stupid and would not lead the way.
The Lin family was a little angry that the little maid talked a lot, and reprimanded:
"Where did you come from, an unruly girl? The old lady was asking the fifth girl, which is your turn to be a subordinate here. ”
Xiaoyu hurriedly kowtowed and admitted his mistake!
"It's the slave who lost her words, please punish the eldest lady. I only asked the eldest lady to spare our girl, who had a serious illness in the early years. Later, he would be a little sluggish when he acted, and the slave and maid spoke. Please old lady, the lord is gracious, and all the punishment will be borne by the slave and maid. ”
Su Xiaoxiao was almost moved to cry after hearing this, and felt that Xiaoyu was really smart! Who taught this? What is it? It seems that he didn't let this girl worry less before.
Although Xiaoyu's words are vague, anyone with a brain knows that Su Xiaoxiao is estimated to have burned his brain when he was sick. And Su Xiaoxiao's silence seemed to confirm their thoughts.
Having said so, where is the eldest lady embarrassed to blame, the old lady and the old man have the most important reputation, so they took this wild girl back.
Now Su Xiaoxiao is sick and burned her brain because Su Fu has ignored her for many years. If she still made things difficult for the master and servant in small matters, she didn't know how much criticism she would suffer when it was passed out, so she hurriedly stepped forward to help Su Xiaoxiao.
"Oh, look at what kind of sin this is! Hurry up, it's all my mother's, there have been too many things in the house recently, and I was also negligent for a while, so I forgot to let people guide you. ”
looked at the little fish beside her again, "Okay, you can get up too, why didn't you say it earlier, since your girl is not in good health, then I will exempt you from punishment this time." ”
Xiao Yu knelt down again and thanked him in flattery.
At this time, the old lady and Su Xian were also a little embarrassed when they heard Xiaoyu's words, and they thought the same as the Lin family.
The old lady looked at Su Xiaoxiao, and saw that her eyes were a little dull, and she felt a pity in her heart. is a good one, and he could have allowed a wealthy family to be a concubine and set up a line for his son.
Now it seems to be useless, and I am a little impatient.
"Well, your mother is right. Don't stand stupidly, go sit next to you. ”
Su Xiaoxiao glanced at the grandmother and father above, and sure enough, this ancient official family had no family affection at all
Well, she's used to being lonely, and it's not a matter of family to the family.
Xiaoyu got up, helped Su Xiaoxiao from the eldest lady's hand, sat on the vacant seat next to Su Manning, and stepped aside.
Although the old lady doesn't like this granddaughter, she still has to finish what she should say, and if this brainless person goes out and talks nonsense, it will be troublesome.
"Don't blame your father, he hasn't been easy in the past few years. Several times had people pick you up. But you know your grandfather's temper, hey, it's good to come back now. In the future, I will stay in the house obediently, waiting for you to and. Grandmother should find you a good family, and don't think about anything else. ”
Is this a sloppy arrangement of her life's path?
Su Xiaoxiao thought like this and just replied obediently,
"Yes."
The old lady was upset, thinking that Su Xiaoren was stupid and had few words, but she really didn't know what to say to her, and she couldn't beat or scold.
talked to his son and ignored the granddaughter.