Chapter 2 Greetings to Tea
Xu is tired of catching thieves in the past few days, and Zhang Wenxin has slept deeply this night.
When I woke up, it was already dawn.
Murong Xi had already gotten up and was dressed neatly.
Zhang Wenxin was in a hurry, carried the quilt back, just put on his clothes, he heard the door knocked twice, and before anyone in the house could talk, a mother-in-law led a maid and had already pushed the door in.
The mother-in-law smiled, and showed a mouth full of yellow teeth: "Yo, eldest son, young lady, the two of you got up really early." ”
As he spoke, he walked to the bed, and together with the girl called Chunmei, the quilt was spread out, turned over twice, folded again, and stacked. At the end, the old and the young looked at each other and withdrew.
The little maid Suqiu came over with the washing water, took out a set of lake blue ruyi lily skirts from the wardrobe, and picked a step shake with sapphire inlaid with sapphire and a few beaded flowers from the jewelry box. Coaxed Zhang Wenxin to dress up and change clothes. The maid was nimble, and after a while, Zhang Wenxin was refreshed.
I just said last night that after entering the house, all the clothes and jewelry she got were hers. Could it be that Murong Xi forgot?
She kindly reminded Murong Xi: "This outfit is very expensive, if I wear it out, I will definitely not return it to you." It's too late for you to regret it now. ”
Murong Xi was silent.
Zhang Wenxin regretted it for a while. Remind him what to do? Look, the good things in hand are about to fly like this. If you knew this was the case, it would be good to borrow it for a few days to wear it.
was annoyed, so he heard Murong Xi say: "There are still a few sets in the cabinet, Madame just needs to change them." ”
It's really a mountain of gold and silver, and I don't care about these clothes and jewelry.
What a wealthy man!
"Okay, this is what you said yourself, don't go back, I'll ask Su Qiu to move a box and pack all the things over in a while. But...... I don't have anything to give you. ”
"It's okay, Madame is happy."
After Murong Xi said that, he got up and took Zhang Wenxin's hand, walked out of the door together, and went to the old lady's Xiangmei Courtyard to serve tea.
After passing through several doorways, and passing through a small garden, I arrived at Xiangmei Courtyard located on the central axis of the Hou Mansion. The hall was already full of seats, and according to the number of seats, it was obvious from a distance that the elders and the young were respectful and humble.
After the two walked in, the laughter in the room stopped abruptly. A maid came over to lead the recognition, Zhang Wenxin took the tea bowl from her hand, knelt on both knees, and stepped forward with a high hand: "Grandma drinks tea." ”
In terms of identity and status, the two can be described as worlds apart. The old lady was unwilling, but when she saw that her daughter-in-law was generous, spoke neatly, and her eyebrows and eyes were clean, she was many times better than those deep boudoir women who were either coy or had no one in their eyes, so she suddenly relaxed her heart and felt that her dead old man had not done anything wrong fifty years ago.
A smile appeared on the old lady's face, and she was about to reach out to take the tea bowl, when Mrs. Pang, who was filling the house at the bottom, suddenly sneered: "Before I came today, I heard Mama Zou tell me an interesting story. Dare to ask the new daughter-in-law, yesterday ...... Do you have a room? ”
The old lady was slightly displeased, glanced at Pang Zi, but her hand did not stop, took the tea bowl and said: "The court, how can the daughter-in-law speak up about her daughter-in-law?" ”
Pang Zi looked at Chunmei behind the old lady, and smiled: "Mother-in-law...... Haven't you ever asked the Chunmei around you? ”
Mama Zou and Chunmei are all the people who took care of the bed this morning.
In the hall, everyone's eyes were wide for a while, thinking that Zou Ma and Chunmei must have discovered a secret from the newlyweds' quilts!
A woman said impatiently: "Sister-in-law, don't sell it, let's wait with me." ”
Zhang Wenxin didn't see anyone get her up for a long time, but she talked about the bed, and was about to speak, Murong Xi had already preemptively said: "I was too tired yesterday, so I went to bed early." It's a sin to be unexpected, but to arouse the suspicion of your stepmother. As he spoke, he reminded the old lady: "Grandmother, my granddaughter-in-law has always drunk tea while it is hot, which can help the family to be prosperous, rich and auspicious." If it's cold, it's going to be discounted. ”
Handsome!
It's just handsome with a capital letter!
Zhang Wenxin was appreciative and grateful, and looked at Murong Xi's handsome and peerless face, just for his words, she had already decided that the meeting gift she had fished today would be divided into half of him.
The excitement of the crowd suddenly diminished a little. The old lady belched, drank tea, put on a smiling face, let Zhang Wenxin get up, and instructed the maid to return the gift.
Zhang Wenxin held it in his hand, felt the weight, and thanked him happily. What did you just say? Half of him? Or, it's still four or six. He is four, she is six.
Next was Murong Yanchang, the Marquis of Xuanping, who was cheerful and casual, saying that there was a business trip in the yamen, and he went after drinking tea.
Now it was Mrs. Pang's turn, Zhang Wenxin served the tea, Mrs. Pang still folded her hands in front of her, and she was upright, only her eyes were slanted, and she glanced at the maid beside her.
The maid immediately understood and took the tea on her behalf.
Since ancient times, there has never been a reason for a bride to serve tea and a maid to take it on her behalf. This is clearly to look down on people.
Zhang Wenxin looked back at Murong Xi, who knew that this person seemed to be out of the way, with a smile on his face, his eyes were so deep that he couldn't fathom, and he didn't know what kind of ghost he was pregnant. In short, there is no intention of standing up for her at all.
Now she fully understands that this clothes and jewelry are not given for free at all. Murong Xi can only calculate, he has a short mouth and a short hand, he asked her to take care of his family.
It's a shame that he still treats him as a person, and he divides the account in four or six, and this time he has to say anything about twenty-eight, and he can't do it any more!
Zhang Wenxin held back his anger, but he hated that Murong Xi's mother-in-law, Mrs. Shen, went early, and she didn't have a legitimate mother-in-law, so she could say a word to herself and support herself.
Pang Zi drank tea on the maid's hand, as if he had picked up a big bargain, his eyebrows fluttered with a "hmm", said "get up", and asked the maid to give a gift in return.
Murong Xi took the gift box, the smile on his face overflowed coldly, and he bowed down to the maid.