Chapter 22: Hypocrisy

"It's a mother surnamed Qiao who came with a sedan chair, dressed very decently, doesn't look like an ordinary subordinate, this time is waiting outside the hospital, I was inviting her in, but she said let me come in first and tell my wife that she can enter." Hongyu said, her face couldn't help but be a little puzzled, and then added, "And that Qiao's mother looks very polite and kind, and she said that she came to disturb so early, and she was very sorry." He also said that if his wife hadn't gotten up yet, she would have nothing to do with waiting there. ”

Zhu Shi was also puzzled after hearing this, and couldn't help but look at Mo Li: "I just sent Grandma Lin over yesterday, and today someone invited us over, and we also sent a sedan chair, so polite, what is the idea?" ”

Mo Li gently put down the white porcelain porridge spoon in his hand and smiled faintly: "Mother will let people come in and ask if you know." ”

Zhu nodded after thinking about it, and then said to Hongyu, "You go and invite that Qiao's mother in." ”

After the red beans went out, Mo Li looked at the porridge in Zhu's bowl, and saw that there was still a small half left, so he said: "Mother eat slowly, don't spoil their appetite for them." ”

Zhu shook his head, also put the spoon aside, and then asked Mo Li to bring the tea on the side. Before the two of them had rinsed their mouths, Hongyu led in a woman with a slippery bun, a tourmaline hairpin, and a blue satin placket.

"Grandma Mo is blessed." As soon as Qiao's mother came in, she kowtowed to Zhu's first. Zhu was startled, recognized that this was Mrs. Yang's housekeeper's mother, and hurriedly got up and helped her up: "This, how can this mother make such a big gift, how can I afford it!" ”

"You are the grandmother of our Yang Mansion, why can't you afford it, Mrs. today also specially explained, let me see my grandmother, I must have twelve points of respect, never rely on the old and sell the old." After Qiao's mother stood up along the Zhu family, she smiled humbly, and then turned her head to look at Mo Li and said, "This is the eldest girl, it's really very standard, and it's strange that my wife often praises it." As she spoke, Mother Qiao bowed to Mo Li again. Mo Li turned sideways to avoid it, and said "Mom is polite", and then ordered Hongyu: "Quickly serve tea to Mom." ”

"No need." Qiao's mother hurriedly waved her hand, "I took the order of my wife, and I came to invite my grandmother and eldest girl to come over as guests, how can I sit down and drink tea." It's just that when she said this, she suddenly looked at the dishes and dishes on the kang table in front of her, and said, "Alas, it turns out that the Mo family's grandmother and the eldest girl are having breakfast, and I am in a hurry." ”

"It's out of the way, it's all eaten." Zhu Shi said and asked Hongyu to remove a few things, and then looked at Qiao's mother with some puzzlement and said, "It's just that Mrs. Yang specially asked her mother to come over early this morning to invite my mother and daughter to come over as guests, so what's the matter?" ”

Qiao's mother waited for Hongyu to withdraw before she smiled apologetically: "That's the case, I heard that yesterday a grandmother Lin came over and said something unpleasant, and passed on the wrong lady's meaning, and after Mrs. found out, she felt so guilty that she couldn't do it." Grandma Lin is also Mrs.'s sister-in-law, and Mrs. is not good at blaming Grandma Lin, so before dawn today, she hurriedly got up and asked me to prepare a sedan car to pick up Grandma Mo and the eldest girl. One is to make amends in person, and the other is to discuss the happy event of the two families with the Mo family's grandmother, and finally set a date. ”

Zhu was stunned for a while before he asked in disbelief, "Is this what Mrs. Yang really means?" ”

Qiao's mother smiled and nodded: "That's what it means, I've been with my wife for decades, and I've never said the wrong thing." ”

"Oh, this, I really didn't expect that." Zhu's heart was relieved and happy, and he didn't know how to get better for a while, Mo Li looked at it, and said softly to Qiao's mother: "Then please ask Qiao's mother to go outside for a while, and my mother and I will go out after dressing." ”

Qiao's mother responded with a smile on her face, and Zhu was afraid that she would be bored waiting alone, so she would let Hongyu prepare refreshments. Qiao's mother hurriedly pushed it, the straight road was not in the way, she went out in the car and waited, so Zhu gave up.

"Presumably Mrs. Yang has figured it out, what is this a kiss that has been set since childhood, how can she say that she will retreat, her Yang Mansion is also afraid of outsiders pointing fingers." A big stone in Zhu's heart finally fell, and a little red light suddenly added to his face, and then he pulled Mo Li to his side and said with a smile, "Don't worry about it now, it seems that Mrs. Yang is not a very unreasonable person, it is estimated that yesterday's incident was also caused by Grandma Lin to sow discord in the middle, fortunately my mother did not follow her." ”

Mo Li couldn't help but feel sad when she looked at her mother's happiness in her heart, but she smiled helplessly on her face: "Mother, don't think too well, maybe Mrs. Yang doesn't mean that." ”

"Mother knows that you don't know the bottom in your heart, so Mrs. Yang must also know this, so no, let someone come over today and ask us to come over and explain it in person, this is still very sincere." Zhu Shi glanced at Mo Li again as he spoke, and said, "It's just that do you want to go back and change into bright clothes, this one is too plain today." ”

"No need mother, it's not a big day, I'm in the boudoir again, if I want to dress up too grandly, it will look too flattering." Mo Li pushed Zhu Shi to the dressing table as he spoke, and continued, "It's my mother who should pick out a good dress to change into, yesterday I saw that Mrs. Yang was wearing in Xie Mansion, it was no different from the wife of the Gonghou family, and she has always been domineering." Since my mother is in-law with her, I can't look too shabby in front of her, you sit, I'll help you choose. ”

"Lili ......" After Zhu was pressed to the embroidery pier by Mo Li, she turned her head to look at Mo Li who opened the wardrobe, and for some reason, she suddenly felt that she was a girl, and she was no longer a little girl who shrank by her side and needed her protection.

After the mother and daughter cleaned up, they went to Mrs. Mo to say something, and Mrs. Mo was also very surprised. It's just that the sedan chair of Yang's Mansion is waiting outside, and she doesn't want to ask too much, so she roughly explains a few words, and asks her daughter-in-law and granddaughter to go first, see what Mrs. Yang means, and discuss it when she comes back.

The Zhu family didn't bring many maids, and only let Hongyu follow a piece of it, which can be regarded as filling the faΓ§ade.

And before Mo Li went out with the Zhu family, she glanced at the red bean that sent her out, and the red bean met her gaze and nodded quietly.

The carriage of the Yang Mansion was very magnificent, and after Qiao's mother got out of the car and helped Zhu and Mo Li into the car, she gestured to a few small plates of tea on the small table in the car and said: "These are all specially prepared by my wife for the grandmother and eldest girl of the Mo family, and there is also candied golden orange tea, which is slightly warm, just suitable for drinking." ”

"It's, that's so polite." Zhu had never sat in such a luxurious carriage, and seeing that there were still fine snacks to eat in the car, he was even more uncomfortable. Mo Li glanced at those things, with a faint mockery in his eyes, and said politely in his mouth: "Thank you Mrs. Yang for being so careful, it's just that my mother and I have just had breakfast, and our stomachs are still full right now." Mother Qiao has been waiting for a long time, and she came out so early today, she must still have an empty stomach, you can use it, don't worry about us. ”

"The big girl is really sweet." Qiao's mother smiled, poured herself a cup of tea, and then took two sips in front of Mo Li. Hongyu on the side was slightly surprised, didn't they all say that this kind of family has the most important rules, how can this mother really eat and drink in front of the guests? I just looked so polite and polite, how could this be...... However, although she wondered in her heart, she only glanced at it, then hurriedly withdrew her gaze and sat upright.

Mo Li looked at Qiao's mother after drinking tea, pretended to smile restrainedly, and then turned her eyes away and looked at the slightly swaying curtains. It was arranged so carefully and cautiously from the very beginning, and even thought of deceiving trust and paralyzing vigilance, in the end, Mrs. Yang's idea, or what Han Sidao meant? She got into this carriage back then, and then unconsciously, step by step into his trap.

The Mo Mansion and the Yang Mansion were separated by two long streets, and after about two quarters of an hour, the carriage stopped.

Hongyu was waiting at the second gate as usual, Mo Li and the slightly apprehensive Zhu followed Qiao's mother all the way inside, passed through the Yi Gate, and when they reached the door of the main hall, they saw Mrs. Yang, who was covered in Ayaluo, greeted her from inside, and walked up to Zhu with a smile on her face and said: "It can be regarded as looking forward to my own grandmother, hurry, please come into the hall and sit." I'm tired on the road, and I've heard that your body can't stand the shaking of the carriage, so I specially asked someone to prepare the most spacious car to pick you up, but you can still sit down. Mrs. Yang laughed to herself as she spoke, and Zhu hurriedly said: "You are too polite, but I can't get upset." ”

"What's polite, isn't it almost like a family?" Mrs. Yang glanced at Mo Li, who was following Zhu's side, and said with a smile, "It's really getting more and more peugeot, after I came back from Xie Mansion yesterday, I was thinking about when I would let you come over and I have a good look, come, come and sit in the hall." ”

Seeing that Mrs. Yang didn't put on a show at all, and was still so enthusiastic, the last breath in Zhu's heart was finally completely let go.

Mo Li waited for Zhu and Mrs. Yang to sit down before confessing his guilt and sitting sideways.

"This kid is really sensible." Mrs. Yang praised it again, and then ordered someone to bring tea. Zhu said modestly, then looked into the hall, and said, "Brother Ming is going to the academy, right?" ”

"Yes, there is a good gentleman in the academy, and he has studied more hard, and these days have passed early." Mrs. Yang said a little boastfully, and then moved the ginkgo biloba teaspoon in her hand, and flicked the kumquat in the tea clock, with a little smile on her face, but the words stopped.

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Yesterday, I suddenly looked at two update tickets that seemed to be very familiar, which made me feel that the Yali pear was quite big, so I decided to add more tonight~