Seventy-six: Cheng family
Cao Qianlian's hands and feet were so fast, and Su Yao had a movement the next day.
However, he didn't dare to argue with his mother, so he arrived at Su Ning Yuan early in the morning as soon as it was slightly bright.
"I said that I wouldn't let the three girls marry into someone with too high status, but you can't just send it to marry a talented person, right?" Su Yao's eyebrows were upside down, which showed how hard Cao Qianlian's pillow wind blew last night.
Qin Manhuai was not in a hurry, after Qiuyue and Qiuxia dressed her in Lisuo, she sat next to Su Yao, and asked for a long time, "The official doesn't need to say anything else, I only ask the official, what did the second lady tell you yesterday?" ”
"What did you say?" Su Yao was at a loss for a while, stood up and shook off her sleeves, "She feels sorry for her daughter being casually stuffed out by you, is this also wrong?" ”
"Did the second lady say that my mother and I selected more than one Xiucai, but also the concubine of Duan Jufan and the concubine who supervised the family of Lord Yu Shiwei?"
Cao Qianlian didn't mention a word, only cried that the eldest lady wanted to marry her daughter to poor Xiucai, and she couldn't get angry when she cried several times at night.
Su Yao looked at Qin Manhuai with a cold face, and knew that what Cao Qianlian said last night was definitely a little adulterated, but he was still a little angry.
"That Wei family has a lower official position than mine, and he is a concubine, how can you let Yu'er marry?"
Qin Manhuai smiled faintly, "Yes, the officials listened to what the second lady said, but the officials didn't believe a word of what I said, just ask your mother, I can't resist the second lady's pillow wind." ”
Su Yao's face was ashamed, and he sat down and lowered his voice, "What did you say?" You are the eldest lady, I naturally believe in you! ”
"Did the official ever wonder why I chose those families? It doesn't matter how much money the son-in-law's family has, the main thing is that people are upright and motivated, and the sons of those families have no mistakes in their character, and they are all on the list, even the emperor cares, isn't the future smooth? Besides, even if Yu'er can marry into a wealthy family, if you are wronged one day, are you willing to go out and ask her for justice? Or are you here again and let me go? ”
As soon as these words came out, Su Yao was immediately embarrassed.
That kind of thing, he won't go, naturally he begged this eldest lady.
Over the years, whenever something happened to Cao Qianlian's mother and daughter, Su Yao came to ask Qin Manhuai.
Seeing that he didn't speak, Qin Manhuai continued, "Our family chooses a son-in-law, why don't people choose a daughter-in-law? The second lady of the high-ranking family wants to climb, but Yu'er doesn't have that idea, and people don't want me to have any way, if the officials suspect that I deliberately don't want to see Yu'er, then you can go out to socialize and see what kind of family you can choose for Yu'er. ”
How could Su Yao not know what his third daughter was like? Those wealthy families really don't like her, and she is a concubine, so she can't force someone to marry her, right?
Although Qin Manhuai's words were not good, they were true, and Su Yao knew this.
And what the Cao family said to himself last night that the eldest lady deliberately treated Yu'er harshly, now that I think about it, it is nonsense.
"If the son of which family has a crush on the third girl, she doesn't marry, and the family is rich and noble, then I naturally agree to let her marry, but after so long, no half of the people came up to ask for marriage, and the official forced me to go out and pick a son-in-law for you, and now the candidate has chosen the second lady and is unwilling, is it the official who you feel sorry for your daughter or the second lady has to let her daughter climb the high branches?" Qin Manhuai said angrily, "You know what is going on in your heart, otherwise you will dare to go to Chang Xizhai to find your mother and talk about it, and you will not come to my Su Ning Garden." ”
"You..." Su Yao was choked for a while, unable to say anything.
"You hurry to the court, I still have to serve my mother." Qiu Yue brought the cloak and waited for Qin Manhuai to put it on, and then the master and servant left Su Ning Yuan without looking back.
Su Yao was scolded by his wife, and left the house listlessly and went to the palace.
Before the Chinese New Year, the Cheng family did come, Qin Manliu and Cheng Tao came in together, and Cheng Yuanhuai followed behind, quite afraid of his daughter-in-law.
Qin Manhuai arranged a courtyard called Hexiangyuan for their husband and wife to live in, and Cheng Tao had a good relationship with several brothers of the Su family, so he offered to live in Cangbai Pavilion and study with a few brothers.
The eldest lady's family came, which can be said to be angry with Cao Qianlian.
The pillow wind blowing with Su Yao was useful, but after Su Yao and Su Ning Yuan came out, there was no sound, Cao Qianlian asked Su Yao impatiently several times, and finally said, "How can the eldest lady arrange for you to listen to it, where did all that nonsense come from?" ”
"I heard that the eldest lady's sister-in-law is not easy to get along with, so the lady should be careful and try not to provoke her." Liu's mother persuaded.
Cao Qianlian held a cup of tea tightly, and wanted to crush the teacup, but he didn't have so much strength, so he flicked his sleeves and swept the cup of tea to the ground, and the teacup fell to pieces instantly.
"What about my mother's family? I can't fight her, I'm really in vain! ”
Qin Manliu was wearing a rose, purple hibiscus brocade shirt, and the valuable jewelry on his head was shining in the sun, and the people in the courtyard who were so panicked did not dare to open their eyes.
Su Yunyao and Su Moyao supported her one by one, and squeezed out their cousin in a daze, Su Yunyao also said sweetly, "Auntie, this car is tired, right?" Hurry up and get in and rest! ”
Cheng Huaiyuan smiled behind him, "These two little monkeys, just see your aunt and don't see your uncle?" ”
Several girls hurriedly turned around and saluted, and said with a smile, "I've seen uncle!" ”
That night, the Su family put on a banquet to receive the wind, but because the Cheng family was going to enter the palace to meet the next day, they didn't dare to drink.
Cao Qianlian is not qualified to go to this kind of banquet, she is angry and gritted her teeth, secretly thinking in her heart how to clean up the Qin family mother and daughter to relieve her anger.
It's rare for the kitchen to be so serious, making a fresh and delicious ham and fresh bamboo shoot soup, a crystal clear radish roll, the crab meat double bamboo shoots are fried not hard or soft, and the steamed meat with sauce is more lean meat, and it doesn't taste greasy, and the foie gras crispy bean paste and hemp ball has always been loved by Qin Manliu, every time I come to my sister-in-law's house, I have to eat this, and I once sent someone to learn this, but there has never been an authentic way made by the Su family, as well as sauce-flavored chai chicken, burnt silver eel, pine garlic flower roll, crispy fish on the outside and tender on the inside, sweet and sour lotus root...
Only the daughters in the family came to this table, naturally Qin Manhuai's daughters, they also called Su Qingyao, the concubine of the second room, and several brothers of the Su family, but Su Yingxiao refused to participate on the grounds that she was cold.
Who doesn't know that he lives on his father's family as Bai Ding? He didn't want to see others boasting about Cheng Tao on the table, and even took him as if he was penniless.
Although you can't drink alcohol, you can still drink some sweet wine, after all, you won't get drunk, and a few girls have drunk some too.
There are two kinds of wine, one is plum wine, which has a more sour taste, and the other is pear blossom spring, which smells very strong and tastes relatively less wine.
"It's rare for Brother Cheng to come here, but this time he wants to stay at home permanently!" Su Yao smiled and added sweet wine to Cheng Huaiyuan's cup, "Brother Tao too, this is your own home, don't be restrained." ”
Cheng Huaiyuan's voice was loud, and there was a sense of justice on his face, and he smiled very casually, "Brother Tao is used to being arrogant at home, and every time I come, I will cause you trouble, I hope you will forgive me." ”
The old lady sat on the main seat, and her smile came from the bottom of her heart, "I like Brother Tao'er's child, but I don't know how much he is better than my Su family's brothers, Brother Tao is sensible, every time he comes, I treat him as my grandson, what's the trouble!" ”
Qin Manliu is quite atmospheric, and he has a kind of demeanor when he speaks and does things, "The old lady of the in-laws really likes Brother Tao, which is also Brother Tao's blessing!" ”
Every time they came to Su's house, these people would praise themselves in a different way, and Cheng Tao blushed embarrassedly.
During the banquet, Su Qianyao drank two glasses of flower wine, and her face turned slightly red, compared to her Su Moyao drank five glasses, nothing happened.
And Su Qingyao doesn't like to talk, she only concentrates on eating vegetables, and Qin Manliu and others will only respond to her when she asks her. Su Yingchen has always been sensible and polite, he doesn't talk much but is polite and thoughtful, he knows that his mother is not treated well, so he doesn't want to go, and he is also very polite to the eldest lady in the family, and he just wants to save some for his mother.
Su Ying'an is a playful person again, and he can't be idle at the banquet at this time, "Cousin, it's rare for uncle to let us out, after you enter the palace to meet you, I'll take you to see the ice lanterns, okay?" The ice lantern top of the imperial capital is beautiful, I heard that this year there is a lotus carving, I have always wanted to go, this time it can be stained with my cousin's light! ”
Hearing this, Su Yao laughed, "Brother An'er can go if you want to, but you must pay attention to safety, whoever wants to go with you is just going to take Brother Tao to relax!" ”
Cheng Tao responded with a smile, "Then it's good for the brothers and sisters to go together, and my uncle and Grandma Su will also go together, which is lively." ”
The old lady waved her hand, "Your young body is good, my old woman won't go, you can't walk a few steps, not to mention that it will cause trouble for you, you have to take care of me all the time, but you can't have fun." ”
Su Yao also said, "It's okay for the juniors to go, and it's not good for us to be the elders, so you can have fun." ”
Since they all said so, then the matter is settled.
It was already afternoon when I came back from the palace, and I heard that the queen had left the Cheng family for lunch, so she came back a little late.
The next day, everyone was ready to see the ice lantern, the ice lantern was carved by a craftsman with ingenuity, on the surface of Yingqiu Lake, there were characters and animals, like Su Ying'an said lotus, as well as cats and dogs, a willow carved very real, and a lot of ice lanterns, dazzling.
The juniors of the Su family basically went, except for Su Yingxiao.
There were seven carriages in total, which shows how many people there were.
The road is still easy to walk, since the last time I went to school, the road of Yingqiu Lake has been completely cleaned, because there are many eunuchs who will watch the lanterns in winter, safety is important, especially Yingqiu Lake is the royal territory, and it is not easy to walk on the road.