Chapter 49: Old Madam Cheng
Date: 212-11-3
Mrs. Cheng sat on the top alone, Jiang Yanfeng sat first on the left hand, Jiang Yanying sat first on the right hand, Jiang Yanxia and others sat down in turn from the bottom, Liang gave Mrs. Cheng a chopstick, and smiled and motioned to Li Danruo: "Give your sister Anzhen to go." \[\]"Li Danruo was busy, starting from Jiang Yanfeng, with a silk handkerchief, and sent chopsticks over in turn, Liang and the other three waited for Mrs. Cheng, and Grandma Wu took Li Danruo and others to take care of a few girls, ate quietly, rinsed her mouth, Mrs. Cheng took the lead, and returned to the side room.
Grandma Wu San watched the little maids clean up the dining room, Grandma Su Er and Grandma Tang Si served tea to Mrs. Cheng and Liang and others respectively, Li Danruo picked up the cup from the tray of Xiao Yahuan, got up from Jiang Yanying beside her, and handed tea to several girls one by one, Jiang Yanying took the tea, pulled Li Danruo's sleeve and said with a smile: "Fifth sister-in-law, which sky?" I looked for my fifth sister-in-law to talk and play, and I gave my sister-in-law tea according to the method, which was not as good as my sister-in-law's tea, and my sister-in-law taught me. ”
"Okay, just these two days, I'll ask you to go." Li Danruo laughed in a low voice, Jiang Yanying let go of Li Danruo, Li Danruo handed the next cup of tea to Jiang Yanfeng in front of him, Jiang Yanfeng leaned into the tea, but did not reach out to take it, only said with a cold face: "It's time to be cold." Li Danruo chuckled and said, "Seventh sister likes to drink hoter?" I'll make another cup for my seventh sister. On the other side, Jiang Yanxia sipped tea, carefully aimed at the two of them, standing behind Jiang Yanfeng, Tang Si's grandmother frowned slightly, took the cup in Li Danruo's hand and said with a smile: "I'll go, I know the spleen and stomach of the seventh sister." ”
Li Danruo smiled and thanked him, took half a step back, Jiang Yanfeng snorted with a very low amount of annoyance, a few Jiang Yanfeng took a step or two, and was paying attention to Mrs. Cheng and the others Second Grandma Su hurriedly turned her head to look at Jiang Yanfeng, seeing that there was no tea in her hand, looking at Li Danruo who was about to speak, Li Danruo hurriedly smiled and pointed to the back, Second Grandma Su was unclear for a while, turned to look at Grandma Tang Si, who had already brought tea, and said with a smile: "Seventh sister, this tea, why do you want Fourth Grandma to make it herself today." ”
Mrs. Cheng and the others listened to Grandma Su's words, and they all turned their heads to look over, Li Danruo hurriedly smiled: "It happened that the cup of tea was cold just now, so the fourth grandmother went to make it." Mrs. Cheng stared at Jiang Yanfeng twice, only stared at Jiang Yanfeng and shrank her head and didn't dare to say anything, but Liao glared at Grandma Tang Si a few times, Mrs. Cheng looked away, drank two sips of tea, and opened her mouth to send everyone away: "Okay, let's all go back, you sisters also go back to rest, Brother Ming's daughter-in-law stays, I have something to ask you." ”
Everyone got up and respectfully retreated, and Mrs. Cheng called Jin Xiao and instructed: "First invite your five grandmothers to eat, it's already ready, right?" Watch her use it, don't let her be in a hurry, and come back slowly when you use it. As he spoke, he turned his head and instructed Li Danruo: "You don't have to worry about Brother Ming, I sent someone over to tell him, I will leave you for dinner tonight, and let him use it in his own study." Li Danruo hurriedly smiled and followed the eldest girl to dinner.
Li Danruo came back after eating, and Mrs. Cheng was listening to Biyu reading on the crooked couch, when she saw Li Danruo coming in, she waved her hand and sent Biyu away: "You go down first, just let your five grandmothers read it to me." Biyu hurriedly led people to retreat, Mrs. Cheng sat up with her body, motioned for Li Danruo to sit on the couch, looked at her and asked straightforwardly, "I heard that you moved Cuiyu and Hongling into the West Cross Courtyard to live?" ”
"Well," Li Danruo also replied simply, and was thinking about how to explain it appropriately, when Mrs. Cheng took Li Danruo's hand and chased after her: "What did Brother Ming tell you?" ”
"No, he didn't mention it." Li Danruo hurriedly replied, and Mrs. Cheng breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, I'm afraid of him...... That's good, this inner house thing, it's not that a man should reach out to take care of it, the male protagonist is outside, the female protagonist is inside, that's not in vain, you can rest assured, our house, although it is not as good as the Li family, but it is also very particular about the rules, and it is impossible to allow men to interfere in the affairs of the inner house, not to mention supporting the concubine, so that it is a big rebellion such as spoiling the concubine and killing his wife, I can't tolerate it, and I can't have it!"
Li Danruo was about to stand up and agree, but Mrs. Cheng pulled her and said: "Don't talk about those false courtesies, let's talk about the body, Sister Ruo, let me tell you, I know the temper of the fifth brother, and I am afraid that he will hint at you here and there, you just ignore him, men don't care about those details, if he is like this and that, there must be that restless charm and instigation behind him, the wife will teach you, you should go down first, give some sweetness, first trance the eyes of the fifth brother, wait for a while, which one makes the fox charming, catch the wrong place and punish it to death." Do you understand? ”
"Mrs. Xie taught, I wrote it down," Li Danruo nodded again and again in agreement, Mrs. Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, and moved her hand on the couch, Li Danruo hurriedly got up and took a cushion over, and carefully cushioned it for Mrs. Cheng, Mrs. Cheng looked at Li Danruo and continued: "You let Cuiyu and Hongling move into the West Cross Courtyard, I also know what you mean, it's too early or too late, and I want to give them a way to the bright road, Mrs. Cheng tells you, at this time, it's not appropriate, it's not time!" If you want to lift, wait for you to be pregnant, and you just have been watching it for half a year, how is this temperament, and there is a bottom in my heart, and then I see if I can lift it, it's the same, it's just lifting, and I can't lift it together, first lift one, pick the usual honest duty to lift, that one, put it first, this lift, you don't have to worry about the two of you being angry, if both of them are not worrying, you will pick another person to carry into the West Courtyard. ”
Li Danruo took a cup of tea and handed it to Mrs. Cheng, who took it and took a few sips and said with a smile: "Now that you have moved the two of you into the West Cross Courtyard, it is not appropriate to move out again, just let them live, just the same, nothing will move, the messenger has to be led, just look at it for a while, and then talk about it, your wife is very relieved of you, I will say that she, no matter how sensible Sister Ruo'er is, she is also a girl who has never seen the girl's house, what can I do, your wife still laughs at me, you look at ......"
"My wife said yes, I didn't think about it." Li Danruo hurriedly admitted her mistake, Mrs. Cheng smiled and patted Li Danruo's hand, and then said: "You are a good boy, you don't care about this matter, I will let Mama Yu run away, my wife told you, this is not easy to govern the family......" Mrs. Cheng taught Li Danruo at length for a while before letting her go back.
Mama Yu got the order of Mrs. Cheng, carried the lantern, and went to the Cuiyu and Hongling in the West Cross Courtyard.
Cui Yu opened the door and saw that it was Mama Yu, and hurriedly let her in, Hongling also hurriedly came out, and the two took Mama Yu into the house, Mama Yu put down the lantern, looked at the house and said with a smile: "It's almost cleaned up." ”
"It's just to clean up roughly, first make up for a few days, wait for the hands to be placed, and then let the little maids scrub and clean up, grandma sits, grandma drinks tea, why is grandma coming, I thought it had to be grandma Gu next to the eldest lady, these things are not in her charge?" Hongling's excitement seemed to have not passed, and there were a lot of words, Cui Yu coughed lightly, and saw that Hongling didn't hear it at all, so she had to step forward and pull her, looked at Mama Yu and asked with a smile: "It's so late, what's the matter with Mama, just send Xiaoyahuan to call me and Hongling over." ”
"Don't dare," Mama Yu said with a smile: "This trip will be sent by the old lady......"
"Hey, the matter between me and Cui Yu was arranged by the old lady herself? Did the fifth master tell the old lady? Hongling was dizzy with excitement, Mama Yu was interrupted by her, and simply didn't go on, sipping tea as if she was drinking and looking at her, with a look of expression that she couldn't say.
Cui Yu's heart sank, and he hurriedly pushed Hongling, and raised his voice slightly: "You are busy and dizzy today, why are you talking so much?" Hongling was pushed back and retreated, but she didn't care, and looked at Mama Yu and continued to say excitedly: "Mama tell me, what does the old lady order?" ”
"The old lady ordered," Mama Yu put down the cup, lowered her head and pulled her sleeve to straighten it out, and said slowly: "Cui Yu and Hong Ling have moved to the West Cross Courtyard to live, so let's stay and stay in the future, and they will continue to work as usual in the future." ”
Cui Yu and Hong Ling looked at Mama Yu in a daze, but Mama Yu stood up, stretched out her hand to carry the lantern, looked at the two and smiled: "Okay, let's rest quickly, I still have to go to Mama Shen, and I have to tell her, since the two of you have lived in this cross-courtyard, it is not convenient to go to the upper room to do errands, I will tell you about it, and get more needlework to do in the future." ”
Only then did Hongling react, and grabbed Mama Yu and shouted, "What do you mean by being on an errand as usual?" The fifth grandmother refused, why did she move me and Cuiyu into this yard? I am the personal lady of the master, and I am also a personal waiter for the master as usual!" Mama Yu frowned, her face turned cold, and Cui Yu hurriedly stepped forward to pull away Hongling: "This is the old lady's order, what nonsense are you talking about?!" As he spoke, he pulled Hongling away, pushed her into the room hard, turned his head to look at Mama Yu and said with a smile: "I'll send Mama out." ”
Mama Yu snorted, carried the lantern out of the house, Cui Yu walked a few steps to push the door open, let Mama Yu out, followed by a step out of the yard, gently pulled Mama Yu, and asked in a low voice, "Mama, what's the matter...... That's it? Ask Mama for advice. Mama Yu paused, turned her head to look at Cui Yu and sighed: "When the fifth grandmother was in the first family, I don't know how many people asked to be the eldest daughter-in-law of the long house, and the old lady of the Li family was reluctant to let her worry about hardship, otherwise, she would be a clan wife, and she would be safe, I said, do you understand?" I've watched you grow up since I was a child, and I want to say a heart-to-heart thing, in this courtyard, don't stay up, don't stay up, find a suitable person to marry. ”