Chunying greeted the second wife. When I returned to Songyi Temple, I grabbed someone to ask the second old lady if she could rest. The girl said that the second old lady was telling Qiu Yan to do things. Chunying rolled her eyes, and boldly invited the second wife into the house.

The second old lady was really talking to Qiu Yan, as if she was asking for a supper arranged for the fourth young master in the evening, and the fourth young master had long since disappeared. Chunying stepped forward and smiled: "Old lady, Mrs. is back." ”

The second old lady stopped and turned to her daughter-in-law: "Look at me, I patronized Brother Dun'er's affairs, but I didn't see you come in." ”

The second wife smiled and asked for peace, and then sat down on the chair on the east side, and said, "Mother is in good spirits today?" The daughter-in-law heard Chunying say, you have already rested, but don't disturb your mother's sleep because of your daughter-in-law. ”

The second old lady waved her hand: "It's just pretending to coax people, Brother You'er just came, pulled me and said a lot of words, I knew what he wanted to do as soon as I heard it, and I lost my patience, so I simply pretended to send off the guest." Then he asked Chunying, "Did he say anything to you when he went out?" He's your old master, so he must have something to say, right? ”

Chun Ying said with a smile: "Let the old lady guess, the third young master really has something to tell the slave maid." It's just that the slave maid works as an errand in the inner courtyard, and he doesn't know anything about the outside, even if he wants to help, he can't help. ”

"That's right." The second old lady nodded, "It's not that you disobey his will, it's just that you are now a person in my house, so naturally my words come first." Don't be afraid, if he really tells you to do something, just coax me and come back to me later. ”

Chunying responded with a smile, and her heart was settled. The second wife, Zhuo, was confused when she heard it next to her, and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" What did Brother Yu say? ”

"It's just a matter of the children of that week, it doesn't matter." The second old lady understated, "Maybe they have a similar temperament with each other, and when the children of the Zhou family arrived at our house, he was not at ease, so he came over to ask for instructions." In fact, he was too worried, and our family is not such mean people. Then he asked his daughter-in-law: "I came back early today, is it not good on my body, or is there something at home?" ”

Zhuo Shi hurriedly said: "No, it turned out that the daughter-in-law saw that it was now close to the Dragon Boat Festival, and it was time to give gifts in return, and the daughter-in-law was afraid that Yajun was young, and it was the first time she encountered a big festival, so she couldn't ask her mother about everything, so she didn't worry, so she came back to help." Besides, Yijun has gradually gotten started. She manages the general housework well, and the daughter-in-law simply leaves everything to her, and she is happy and relaxed, and she can't leave her own family affairs for too long. ”

The second old lady frowned slightly: "You shouldn't be planning to come back, right?" It is too much to give all the housework in Xifu to a concubine, in the past, with you in charge, your aunt and sister-in-law would not say anything, but now they are handed over to Yijun, but it is very inappropriate. If others don't say it, your sister-in-law will not be happy if she is afraid of the first one! ”

Zhuo Shi smiled: "The daughter-in-law didn't leave Xifu immediately, but gradually reduced the time she spent going there, so that Yijun could share more housework." Originally, I was going to let Xijun help, but the child's temperament was too honest, no matter how she taught, she looked cowardly, which made people angry, and her daughter-in-law had to stop forcing her. At the aunt's place, the daughter-in-law had already mentioned it, but her old man didn't say anything. On weekdays, I have always loved Yijun, but as for my sister-in-law, my daughter-in-law has already said it in person. ”

"Oh?" The second old lady was interested, "You convinced her?" I don't believe it, how could she let the child born by Yuexiang take over the housekeeping with her strong and competitive temperament? She was just an assistant manager before, and she has been annoying you for a long time! "Yuexiang is Aunt Hua's maiden name when she was a girl in front of the old lady of the Hou Mansion.

Zhuo Shi smiled: "The daughter-in-law knew that she was annoyed, but she couldn't take care of it anymore, so she went to persuade her personally." Although Yijun is in charge of it now, this child is not young, and when Brother You'er marries, it is time to prepare her to get married, how long can she manage it? Besides, although she is a concubine, she has made some progress recently, and she looks like she has a bit of a beautiful demeanor, which is more stable than before. Although the sister-in-law was grounded and seized the power of the housekeeper, the identity of the housewife has not changed, and she is the mother-in-law, no matter how bold Yijun is, he will not openly violate the etiquette and neglect his mother-in-law. If Aunt Hua wants to take advantage of Yijun's power and be rude to her sister-in-law, her sister-in-law can just pass on the child to teach her a lesson. When Hengzhu was in charge of her brother's daughter-in-law before, she didn't scold people less! ”

The second old lady couldn't help laughing, sighed and shook her head: "That's not appropriate, Yijun is a young girl who has not left the cabinet, and there are some things that she can't handle." ”

"Mother is right, and daughter-in-law is also worried about those things." Zhuo said in a low voice. "Therefore, they still need to have an adult come out and control the overall situation. Brother Jing has already split up the family, so it's not good to always ask his daughter-in-law to take care of it; Brother Chang's daughter-in-law is just that, don't say that her mother's family is like that, just look at her temperament and the situation in their courtyard, you know that she is a failure; Then there is Brother You's daughter-in-law, who has not yet married, and Yuanshui can't save the near fire, even if she marries a very capable daughter tomorrow, if she really takes over the housework of the whole house, it won't be possible in a year and a half. The aunt is old, and in the end, she still wants her sister-in-law to come out and preside over the overall situation. ”

The second old lady smiled: "There is some truth in what you say, it doesn't seem like you're coaxing her." ”

"I'm not coaxing her." Zhuo Shi smiled, "Although my sister-in-law has made mistakes and is a little confused, she has been in charge of housework for twenty years, and she is much better than girls." The eldest brother is angry, how long can he be angry? It's been more than half a year! Maybe he didn't dare to hand over all the housework to his sister-in-law, but it was not a problem for her to help manage it. Now she is locked in the courtyard and can't go out, but if she wants to see her brother's daughter-in-law, she has to go out. The eldest brother knows the severity, and the sister-in-law comes out again. I guess it's been the last few days. Today, I received several posts to the Hou Mansion, all of which invited female guests. ”

Chunying wanted to pout when she was listening, someone like Mrs. Hou's An actually made her depressed for most of the year, and she was about to be released so soon! It's really blind!

The second old lady listened to her daughter-in-law's words, shook her head and sighed: "Going out to socialize and housekeeping are two different things. ”

"The daughter-in-law has also persuaded her for a long time today, don't be angry with the family because she has re-managed the family, after all, there is still a big brother watching. The daughter-in-law also seemed to understand a little when she saw her sister-in-law. I promise you not to be confused. Zhuo Shi glanced at his mother-in-law and said softly, "Speaking of which, there is a strange thing, can my mother remember it...... My sister-in-law has always been very taboo about the Fan family, and she is also very cold when she waits for the daughter of the Fan family? Today, the daughter-in-law sat in her room for more than an hour, and she praised the daughter of the Fan family more than a dozen times, she was beautiful, had a pleasing temperament, was virtuous and courteous, and was magnificent, plus she was from a prominent background...... It scared my daughter-in-law! When I asked, I found out that some time ago, Aunt Hua quarreled with the peony and clove in front of her sister-in-law, and she sprayed some words in her mouth, and Lilac pushed people in a fit of anger. Yijun was biased towards her aunt when she disposed of it, and she wanted to hit the board of the two girls, but the daughter of the Fan family happened to be in front of her and persuaded her to say something, and she only taught the peony begonia a few words, and then let them go. For such a thing, my sister-in-law fell in love with the daughter of the Fan family, and often called someone to talk and drink tea with her, which was difficult for the daughter of the Fan family to endure her temperament. ”

The second old lady only thought it was funny: "The girl of the Fan family is likable, but when it comes to being virtuous and courteous, everyone is magnificent, but she still lacks a little heat." After saying that, he straightened his face and said to Zhuo's family: "Other people's affairs, our family doesn't need to know, I only ask you, but are you going to leave the affairs of Nafu?" If you really think so, you should have dealt with this rumor case recently. Yijun's girl is careless, and she can't hold back the scene, your sister-in-law can't take care of things for the time being, so you can cook cleanly, saving you from burdening other girls who belong to the Li family. ”

Zhuo Shi hesitated a little: "Daughter-in-law...... I was about to hand over everything, but my daughter-in-law was not from their family, so it was not good to go past the master and dispose of the servants of the Hou Mansion without authorization. ”

The second old lady glared: "Confused! Hurry up and do the right thing! knows that there is no one in his family who is in charge. The men's minds are not on internal affairs, you don't care, who else can care?! This matter is related to the future of our brother and sister Dun Ge'er and Yajun! Don't be lazy! ”

Zhuo had no choice but to answer, and after talking for a while, he withdrew with a sad face.

Chunying slapped the second old lady's shoulder while listening, and at the same time vomited in her heart all the way. Mrs. Hou's An actually boasted that Fan Xiru was here! Isn't she always "looking downon" the person who is in Yuan's mother's family? However, thinking of the rumors that Fan Xiru was about to marry into the palace, she calmed down. With An's person, it is very common to tend to be inflammatory, to praise the high and to step on the low, maybe he is planning to make people happy in the last days of Fan Xiru's stay in the Hou Mansion, so that he can help him speak after he becomes a princess! In a few days, if you don't do well, you will recognize your daughter, and then take a look at yourself, her "daughter" will also become a princess, no worse than Yuanpei!

Chun Ying was getting up and noticed that her body under her fist was moving, so she hurriedly gathered her mind, lightened her strength, and asked in a low voice, "Is the old lady tired?" Let's rest on the soft couch, and when it's time to eat, the slave will wake you up. ”

The second old lady reached out and touched her waist, nodded, Chun Ying hurriedly called Qiu Yan, and the two worked together to carry the second old lady to the inner room.

Perhaps it was the mother-in-law's strict order that played a role, Zhuo's resolute work in the Hou Mansion, vigorously suppressed the only remaining rumors, and then found that the place where the rumors first flowed out was the pulp washing room and kitchen, and then found out the first few mothers-in-law who spread the word. Zhuo's stared at these mothers-in-law at first, but he couldn't see anything strange about them, so he transferred the roster to take a closer look, only to find that something was wrong.

It turns out that these mothers-in-law have one thing in common, that is, the children of the family are either waiting in front of the second young master, or the girls in Aunt Hua's house. As soon as Zhuo's found out about this, he guessed that Aunt Hua's mother and son were dissatisfied because Fan Xiru interceded for An's girl, and took the opportunity to take revenge. If the rumors of Fan Xiru and Li You spread, her marriage will not be completed, which will undoubtedly be a huge blow to her who thinks highly of herself.

Zhuo guessed this, it was angry and funny. This Aunt Hua must be confused, thinking that this kind of peach-colored scandal will only affect the reputation of the parties, but she forgot that the entire Hou Mansion will be laughed at, she also has a daughter, or a daughter who has reached the age of marriage, doesn't she know how to think about her daughter? !

Zhuo's didn't want to make a big deal about it, so he asked people to stabilize these mothers-in-law, and there was no other inside story to find out, so he found two or three excuses, beat them respectively, and sent them to Zhuangzi after the errand, and called Aunt Hua to come without telling Yijun, and beat it, so frightened that Aunt Hua promised that she would never do it again, and finally twisted and pinched, and asked Zhuo's help to find a good family for Yijun.

Zhuo wanted to push it, but when he thought that when he was looking for a suitable family for his daughter before, he also visited several children of good families, but they were too old, so he simply told Aunt Hua the names of those people, and asked her to inquire and choose by herself, to persuade Master Hou, and then she left it alone.

With the blessing of the Tuo Zhuo clan's thunder means, the Hou Mansion suddenly calmed down a lot. She secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and began to consciously transfer most of the housework to Yijun in order to get out as soon as possible.

She didn't wait long, and the Hou Ye was finally defeated by his wife's tears and weakness - of course, the persuasion of his brother-in-law Zhuo and the invitations of the family also played a big role - and reluctantly agreed to let her go out to socialize, but she was not allowed to talk nonsense about the family outside. An was already accustomed to it in the early years, and quickly adapted to it, and began to "teach" the second lady Yijun's housework cooking methods in a kind manner. Yijun is naturally not convinced, the two of you come and go, fighting openly and secretly, Zhuo's coldly watching the play, occasionally being a peacemaker, but most of the time, he stays in his own house.

Two days before the Dragon Boat Festival, someone on the dock came to deliver a letter, and the second old lady's maiden nephew brought his family to Beijing. In his early years, he was a Jinshi, and there was no real shortage on the wheel for a long time, but now a friend in Beijing sent a letter, saying that there were several real vacancies waiting, and he saw a rare opportunity, so he immediately packed his luggage and rushed over.

The arrival of the Hai family made the entire Dongfu feel uplifted, and even Chunying couldn't help but be curious, the in-laws of the Hou Mansion were like that, and I don't know what would happen to the Dongfu?。.。