Chapter 16: The Plastic Sisters
In the eyes of Old Madam Bai, Shen Shiyan's passage is a big deal.
lest she find it boring, she specially ordered the ladies from each hospital to go to Hanyu Hall to accompany her.
When Bai Jing arrived, the third lady Bai Jinzhu, the fourth lady Bai Jinlin and the fifth miss Bai Jinse in the second room were already in the house, sitting next to the old lady and laughing.
Shen Shiyan sat on the upper seat with the old lady, and when she saw her come in, she smiled and said, "Yo, cousin Jinghao is here?" ”
Bai Jinghao stepped forward to greet the old lady, called Cousin Sheng Shiyan, and greeted the other three.
The old lady bowed slightly.
The other ladies just looked up at her, and then they all withdrew their gaze.
Seeing that Bai Jinghao was being ignored, Shen Shiyan looked at Bai Jinzhu and the three of them, and asked knowingly: "Didn't you see Jinghao's cousin, she is your eldest sister, why don't you know how to get up and salute?" ”
Bai Jinlin was straightforward and replied as a matter of course: "She is not the second sister, what kind of courtesy do you have to her?" ”
The old lady's face was slightly gloomy, and she reminded: "Arlene, the young and the old are orderly, this is the rule." ”
The old lady is close to the second son, and she likes the second lady to come to things, and she usually pampers the daughters born in the second room.
Bai Jinlin said goodbye and coquettish: "Grandmother, I don't like her." After speaking, he turned his head to look at the door, and asked curiously: "What about the second sister, why hasn't she come yet?" ”
Mama Su stepped forward and replied: "Fourth Miss, Second Miss is unwell, and she can't be said to be able to come." ”
When Shen Shiyan heard this, the corners of her lips raised slightly.
Bai Jinlin's face was disappointed.
Bai Jinse, who was beside her, got up and blessed Bai Jing, "Eldest sister is well." ”
Bai Jing looked at her cousin who lowered her eyebrows timidly, as if she saw her former self, and replied, "Fifth sister is fine." ”
Bai Jinlin dragged her sister fiercely, and said unhappily: "What are you doing with her?" The third sister is not as active as you! ”
Bai Jinse pursed her lower lip and lowered her head.
Bai Jinzhu, who was suddenly named, said: "My eldest sister and I are both father's daughters, so naturally she won't care about these things with me, but the two younger sisters are different, and they should still respect the eldest lady in the mansion more." ”
The second master, Bai Teng, has a low official position, and it is because of Bai Sheng's relationship that he has made a mistake in the court. Therefore, although they are all daughters of Shangshufu, there is an essential difference between the identities of the young lady of the long room and the young lady of the second room.
The second lady is a strong person, and she knows that she is inferior, and she often urges the second master to make a profit in Xifu. Bai Jinlin has been exposed to it, and she has understood a truth since she was a child, only by holding Qin Rou and Bai Jinyao can she have a good life.
But it's one thing for her to do it, it's another thing to be pointed out to her face.
Bai Jinlin's eyes immediately turned red, she glared at Bai Jinzhu unwillingly, and sneered back: "The third sister is naturally beautiful, she has inherited Aunt Yu's good looks, and even her eyebrows and eyes are a little like the eldest sister. It's no wonder that sisters who are in-laws are naturally closer than those of us who are cousins. ”
Bai Jinzhu's face was quite annoyed, she hated the fact that others said that her biological mother, Aunt Yu, was favored because she looked like Bai Jing's good mother, and she hated the other party for secretly scolding her with a gun and a stick that she would serve people like her aunt in the future.
She stood up and looked at Bai Jinlin angrily.
Bai Jinlin pulled back a game and raised her chin proudly.
The old lady frowned and admonished: "I called you to accompany Ayan, why are you noisy all day long, and are there any rules?" ”
Only then did the few people stop the war of words.
From beginning to end, Shen Shiyan watched the play with a light smile. The young girls are always self-willed and impulsive, and none of her cousins are fuel-efficient lamps.
After a while, the old lady ordered the meal, and everyone went to the flower hall.
Not long after the meal was finished, the servant entered the house again and said: "Old lady, the young master is here." ”
At that time, the old lady was holding Shen Shiyan's hand and sitting on the kang to speak, ignoring the several granddaughters who were accompanying her, and said with a smile: "The world is here?" Come in, please. ”
She turned around and patted her granddaughter's hand and wondered, "Why don't you brothers and sisters come over together?" ”
Shen Shiyan's expression was a little unnatural, two points flashed in his eyes, and he replied curtly: "My brother went to the martial arts training ground outside the city with my father early in the morning, I missed my grandmother so I came, and my brother didn't know it at the time." ”
Shen Shikai was still wearing the clothes on the martial arts training ground, and walked into the house in high spirits, and said, "My grandson has seen my grandmother." ”
The old lady's face was full of enthusiasm: "Shikai come quickly." ”
Shen Shikai quietly glanced at Bai Jinghao, walked to the old lady's side, and looked at his sister reproachfully.
Shen Shiyan pretended not to be aware of it, and looked away when she called "brother".
The old lady looked at the young man lovingly, and said distressedly: "Look at you sweating profusely, you still have to practice martial arts on such a hot day, your father is too strict with you." Shikai, don't compare with those who have been on the battlefield, you are young, you should pay attention to rest when practicing martial arts, and you can't work too hard. ”
She personally wiped Shen Shikai's sweat.
Out of guilt for Bai Qingping, the old lady loved their brothers and sisters very much, better than any young master and young lady in the mansion.
Shen Shikai said politely: "Thank you grandmother." ”
After a while, the old lady asked worriedly: "At the birthday banquet a few days ago, I didn't look very good, did I quarrel with your father again?" Her temperament is too stubborn, you brothers and sisters should persuade her well. ”
Thinking of her son-in-law Shen Rui, the old lady was really helpless.
At the beginning, it was obviously he who earnestly came to the door to propose that he wanted to marry Miss Bai Family, but within two years of Bai Qingping's marriage, he was as estranged from his wife as if he had changed sex, and he refused to get close to the Bai family.
However, the Shen family has been a general for generations, and they are a real noble family, and Shen Rui himself has repeatedly performed miraculous feats, and the Bai family cannot afford to be guilty.
Shen Shikai and Shen Shiyan responded obediently.
The old lady was old, and she was not in good spirits after talking, so Mama Su stepped forward and invited her into the inner room for a nap.
The brothers and sisters of the Shen family often come to Shangshu Mansion, and they are not considered guests, so the old lady lets them take care of themselves.
Before entering the inner room, she suddenly turned around and explained: "Ah Hao, you are the eldest lady in the house, accompany your cousin and cousin for me." ”
Bai Jing was so flattered that she immediately responded: "Grandmother don't worry, granddaughter understands." ”
The old lady's attitude towards her has changed a lot lately.
The group walked out of the Hanyu Hall.
Bai Jinlin saw that Bai Jinyao was not there, and the weather was hot, so she took Bai Jinse back to Xifu with great interest.
Bai Jinzhu was a little envious of their sisters, because Bai Qingping was disgusted with her aunt's face that looked like Bai Yu, so she didn't like herself, because she and Shen Shikai were brothers and sisters.
Bai Jinghao rarely receives guests, or Shen Shiyan, who had an unhappy quarrel with herself in Pinmei Xuan early in the morning, and she didn't know her preferences, so she only asked decently: "I heard that my cousin likes to read, otherwise I will take you to the study building to take a look, it will be cooler there." ”
She looked at Shen Shikai again, and politely suggested: "The eldest brother seems to be going out, but the second brother is in the front yard, why don't the cousin go to the second brother to talk?" ”
Shen Shiyan was very good at observing words and feelings, so she naturally knew why her brother came, and interrupted: "Didn't your second brother go to the street to walk birds and fight cocks today, and he actually stayed in the mansion honestly?" What is my brother's identity, I can't play with him. ”
Bai Jinghao's face was slightly gloomy, although Bai Heng deliberately showed that the pleasure was deliberately shown by Bai Heng to confuse Qin Rou's mother and son, but he was still very unhappy when he heard Shen Shiyan say this about him.
Shen Shikai also said solemnly: "Ah Yan, you are not allowed to say this about your second cousin. ”
He looked at Bai Jinghao and said euphemistically: "I haven't visited your garden for a long time, just cousin Jinghao walks around with me and Ayan." ”
Bai Jinghao nodded as she said.
When they arrived in the pavilion in the garden, Shen Shiyan found an excuse to branch Bai Jinzhu and specially left the place for them.
Shen Shikai saw that the maids had retreated, looked at Bai Jinghao through the stone table, and said seriously: "Ah Hao, you give me an explanation for what happened last night." ”