Chapter 7 The Concubine
A few people let them enter the inner compartment, sat on the kang, Doulu and others served tea and snacks first, and before the snacks were finished, there was a burst of lively laughter outside, tassels and Yingluo also arrived with a few little girls, and the two came in to greet Li Danruo and others, Wei Zi pushed the two and smiled: "Hurry up and sit on the kang, a few of us take turns to sit on the table, and you two will enjoy it today!"
"I haven't paid my aunt's birthday yet! Look at your urgency!" Yingluo pushed Wei Zi and said with a smile, Aunt An hurriedly got up and waved her hands again and again, without waiting for her to speak, Wei Zi explained with a smile: "The girl said, first set up a banquet, and then come over to pay a serious birthday greeting, so one worship is not lively, and it is not enough for my aunt to return the ceremony!"
Tassel and Yingluo smiled, widened their clothes, took off their shoes and went on the kang, and in the middle of the room, there were three Li Danruo sisters, Aunt An and Tassel, Yingluo, Li Danruo's big girl Yao Huang, Wei Zi, Dou Lu, Fat Red, Li Yuju's big girl Chunyan and Chunhua, Li Jinrui's big girl Hanbi and Hanxiang, and on the kang outside were Aunt An's two girls, Li Danruo and the second-class girls in the room, a total of twelve people, and a few little girls in the old lady's house who came with the tassels.
In the middle of Yao Huang and Li Yuju's girl Chunyan sat down, outside Huyue and others sat down, the big kitchen moved the stove and pots in the hugging building on the edge of Yangui Pavilion, and after a while, the kang table inside and outside was full of cold dishes and dim sum, and the dishes on both sides were exactly the same.
The two mothers-in-law sent their warm daughter red, everyone filled the cup, Li Danruo straightened up and was about to speak, Li Jinrui picked up the cup and grabbed the words and said with a smile: "Today is a good day for my aunt, we can have this fun, we have to thank the second sister, I should have given the second sister this cup first, but my aunt is today's birthday star, in any case, this glass of wine has to be congratulated to today's birthday star first, how to congratulate next, let's listen to the second sister's dispatch!" As soon as Li Jinrui's words fell, Li Danruo clapped his hands and smiled: "The third sister robbed me of my words!" No matter how the second sister dispatches, the wine has to be drunk by the aunt! β
Aunt An seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, Li Yuju blushed slightly, raised her cup at Aunt An, and said as if with a trembling voice: "I wish my aunt a long life and a hundred years old, every year there is today, every year there is a future!" Aunt An's lips moved, and she blinked her eyes a few times, Li Jinrui picked up the cup and said, "I wish my aunt happiness like the East China Sea and longevity like Nanshan!" Li Danruo also picked up the cup and said with a smile: "I wish my aunt everything is satisfactory." Aunt An raised the cup and thanked her four times, raised her head and drank the wine in the cup, Yingluo hurriedly lifted the wine jug to Aunt An and filled it with wine, and Huyue and others outside had already squeezed in with their cups to celebrate their birthdays.
Huyue and the others went back, Tassel, Chunyan and others toasted a few more glasses, and went down with a few glasses of wine, Aunt An was excited and drunk, her face was already flushed, Yao Huang didn't wait for Li Danruo's orders, hurriedly got off the kang, turned to hug Xia, and ordered to hurry up with hot dishes and crabs.
Li Yuju peeled off a crab and handed it to Aunt An, who had to let her eat it first, the corners of Aunt An's eyes were moist, and she took a small bite of the crab and smiled: "This year, the ginger tastes so rushed, it has rushed into people's eyesβ’β’β’β’β’β’"
After eating crabs, hot dishes came up one by one, the wine jars were empty one by one, the wine was half-drunk, everyone made a wine order, guessed the box, punished the wine, punished the song, and the Yangui Pavilion was so lively that it could overturn the roof, and it was lively to eat and drink until the second half of the night, and the pavilion was drunk, and Shen Mama led people to send everyone back one by one.
The big girl in Miao's house was waiting in the Pillow Pavilion with two little girls holding beads, took Li Jinrui in, waited for her to bathe and wash and lie down, Han Bi and Han Xiang had already washed up, changed their clothes and came in with a smile: "Sister hard, sister go back and rest, Han Xiang and I didn't drink much, and I woke up at night." Zhuzhu looked at the two of them carefully and smiled: "It seems that I really haven't drunk too much, so I'll go back,
Sending away the beads, Han Bi turned back and pointed to Li Jinrui who was lying inside, Han Xiang nodded and said in a low voice: "It seems that you are asleep, you go to the warm pavilion to rest, and I will rest here." β
"Well," Han Bi agreed, reached out and touched the teapot in the warm kiln, lifted the lid of the stove and looked at the fragrant cakes in the smoker, saw that everything was in order, and was about to turn around and go out, Li Jinrui turned over, the two turned their heads together, and saw Li Jinrui looking at the two with clear eyes, Han Bi hurriedly smiled and asked, "Is the girl thirsty?" I pour a bowl of tea for the girl to moisten her throat? β
"Well," Li Jinrui sat up with her body propped up, Han Xiang hurriedly took a pillow and put it on Li Jinrui's back, Han Bi poured a cup of warm tea and brought it over, Li Jinrui took the tea bowl and took a sip, swallowed it slowly, breathed a long sigh of relief, and suddenly smiled: "The second sister has also done her best." β
"No, Aunt An's tears came out several times tonight." Han Xiang smiled and continued, Han Bi looked at Li Jinrui, and said cautiously with Xiaoxiao: "The girl has said a lot tonight, and the people in the old lady's house are also there." Li Jinrui squinted at Han Bi and said, "You blame me for blocking the four girls, right, hum, it's here, what can I do?" My mother has been careful everywhere for so many years, what happened? An heir who came halfway, apprenticed and Huiwen, have they managed Brother Wei once? Who kisses and who soothes? Even if her father was a concubine and gave birth to a child, it hindered her eyes, and now everyone has turned to ashes, who is in the way?! It's good to have a father! It is said that Gan'er is a grandson, and Brother Wei and I are relatives, right? I'm a girl's family, don't mention it! In their eyes, Brother Wei is not as good as an heir of the same clan? If a concubine gives birth to a child, she is not human? β
The more Li Jinrui spoke, the more angry she became, and her breath became heavier, Han Bi and Han Xiang's hearts were shocked when they listened, and Han Bi was frightened and begged in a low voice: "Girl, don't say it, don't say it, that is, you also keep your voice down, the wall has ears!" Li Jinrui sighed sadly: "I won't say it, what can people do when they are under the roof!?" β
"Girl," Han Bi saw Li Jinrui's sad tears welling up in her eyelashes, stepped forward to take the tea bowl in her hand and handed it to Han Xiang, and persuaded in a low voice: "Girl, I have a lot of wine today, sleep well, and tomorrow will be fine, Han Xiang twists a handkerchief." β
Han Xiang agreed, poured hot water, moistened the handkerchief and handed it over, Li Jinrui took it and pressed the corner of his eyes, for a long time, he spit out long and heavy breath, and handed the handkerchief to Han Xiang, Han Bi took off the pillow, Li Jinrui shrank down and lay down, staring at the top of the tent with her eyes wide open, Han Bi signaled Han Xiang, carefully took half a step back, Li Jinrui whispered leisurely: "Look at the eldest sister, look at the second sister, one married into the military department's squire's family, the son-in-law and the concubine, all say that it is a golden boy and a jade girl, One is going to marry an old man who is half cut into the ground to fill the house! It is said that she hurts the second sister, so it hurts?! β
Han Bi sighed softly, sat sideways in front of the bed, looked at Li Jinrui and said: "Just for this, I reminded the girl that the girl is going to discuss marriage in the next two years, it is the time to endure and please people, how many times has my wife confessed this!" Why did the girl offend the four girls for a while today? Besides, the four girls treat the girls well. β
"Hah!" Li Jinrui laughed: "Who does she treat badly?" I hate her the most, she is cheap and then sells well, she is a good person all over the world! will do such a flattering thing, if she is really for the good of the second sister, why doesn't she say a word for the second sister? She said a word, and the old lady listened to it! Seeing the second sister marry into the fire pit! She stood on the edge of the pit and then pretended to wipe her tears, hypocrisy! Great hypocrisy must be great fraud! What about when everyone else is stupid? Li Jinrui exhaled angrily.
"Since the girl knows that she said a word, and the old lady listened to it, she still offended her so much?" Han Bi said lightly, Li Jinrui was speechless for a while, and after a pause, she snorted and said hatefully: "She has to marry me off!" I'm a heart, if it's good, if it's bad, I'd rather wipe my neck than agree! See what she can do! β
Xia Yingju was still quiet until the corner, Mrs. Ning sent people to look at it twice, Yang was not at ease, so she went over in person, seeing Li Danruo sleeping sweetly wrapped in a quilt, she quietly withdrew, and told her not to quarrel with her, so she went back with peace of mind.
Tassel and Yingluo woke up, washed from head to toe, changed clean clothes, came in and confessed, Mrs. Ning glanced up and down at the two and smiled: "Look at you, you all have to be tightly restrained, let it go once, and get drunk like this!" The fourth sister is even more disagreeable! When she wakes up, I can't punish her well! Tassel and Yingluo laughed while constantly bending their knees to accompany the crime, and Mrs. Ning pointed to her leg and ordered: "But there is no next time!" Come and give me a thrashing of my legs, I'll crook for a while. Tassel hurriedly stepped forward to help Mrs. Ning crooked on the couch, took the thin brocade quilt and put it on her body, waved her hand to signal the girls to step down, Yingluo took the beauty and beat it over, knelt on the couch, and her hands were slightly forced, and the rhythm was clearly beaten.
"Tell me, what was the excitement yesterday, and what was new and interesting." Mrs. Ning closed her eyes, as if she said very casually, Tassel and Yingluo looked at each other quickly, Tassel smiled and said: "It's so lively that I can't say, the second girl lost the wine order, so she sang a tune, that song was sung, there was no tone and no tune, we all laughed to death, the third girl was drunk, said that juggling was the easiest, and she would turn the saucer, and she would smash three or four saucers in a row, and complained that the plate was not suitable, and the fourth girl just laughed, laughing and kept saying, she was not drunk, and she wanted to show her original form when she was drunkβ’β’β’β’β’β’ Forget it on the side, it's the third girl, who usually doesn't speak, I really didn't expect to be so good at talking about love and excitement. β
Tassel looked at Yingluo, and Yingluo smiled: "It's just that it's not the same as usual at all, and there are more words than the four girls." β
"But it's not," Tassel took over the conversation, and said with a smile about Li Jinrui's words after drinking: "β’β’β’β’β’β’ look, is it better than the fourth girl?" β
"Well, what did the fourth sister say?" Old Madam Ning's face remained unchanged, and she still asked with her eyes closed, Yingluo took over and said with a smile: "The fourth girl complained that the third girl robbed her, and said that she must let her aunt drink this birthday wine." Old Madam Ning exhaled softly, opened her eyes and looked at the two of them and said with a smile: "I'll just say, the fourth sister is a good one, this is called knowing the general situation, this is the main room is noble, and naturally there is a noble reason." β
"Not really!" Tassel and Yingluo hurriedly laughed, Old Madam Ning raised her hand, sighed and said: "They all say that I love the fourth sister, you see, this behavior, this bearing, can I not favor her?" It's just the same, and it's too kind to others, I'm afraid that she will get married and be bullied by others, and being a daughter-in-law is very different from being a girl! Old Madam Ning sighed worriedly, closed her eyes, and muttered in a low voice for a while: "This mother-in-law must be carefully selected!" β