Ni frowned and thought for a while, then said: "I have only met Mrs. He once, her maiden name is Huang, and she has two sons and two daughters, the eldest daughter married to a foreign country the year before last, and the remaining children are not very old. ”

Li nodded while listening, and Chen Ying also groaned.

After listening to what Ni said, she already roughly understood who this He family's daughter was.

In the garden that morning, she happened to meet Li Heng walking with a man named He Juncheng.

I was thinking to myself in my heart, and suddenly the brocade curtain was lifted, bringing in a cool breeze, and then a housekeeper mother hurriedly walked in, bowed down and said, "Madam, Mrs. Aunt, the daughter of the He family has arrived." ”

Ni hurriedly said "please", and the person had already left his seat and got up to greet the door.

Everyone in the house also stood up at this time, and heard the sound of small and messy footsteps outside the door, and then the curtain of the door was raised again, and the housekeeper's mother opened the curtain with one hand, and respectfully invited a few people into the house.

Chen Ying stared at it, but saw that the leader of the group was an ordinary-looking woman, her face was a little pale, and she didn't seem to be in good health, wearing a tooth-white oblique ribbed placket, lined with a saffron plain skirt, and only wearing a hairpin with a little oil in her hair, dressed very plainly.

Ni Shi greeted him at this time, called him "Mrs. He", and introduced him to Li, and Chen Ying knew that this should be Huang.

Although he looked a little sick, the Huang family behaved decently, and after meeting the Ni family and the Li family, he pulled Li Xi and other juniors to praise a few words, and gave a meeting gift, and the Li family and the Ni family also gave the He family three children a meeting gift, and everyone sat down to talk.

At this time, Chen Ying's juniors didn't have a place to sit, they all stood beside the elders, Chen Ying swept his eyes, and saw that the two sons and one daughter of the He family were standing in a regular manner, and their appearance was somewhat a little bit of He Juncheng or Huang's shadow, and their dress was also very ordinary, it could be seen that the family was not rich.

After this glance, Chen Ying turned her gaze and looked at a woman dressed as a maid beside He's side.

This maid has a beautiful appearance and elegant manners, but these are not the reasons why she attracted Chen Ying's attention.

In fact, few people in this room could ignore this woman at this time, for no other reason than that the woman dressed as a maid was at least twenty-five years old.

This is surprising.

In ancient times, when early marriage was common, a woman was already considered an old girl when she reached the age of eighteen, but this maid was clearly far beyond this age, but she was still alone with her sister-in-law, which was really rare, and everyone was curious.

With so many bright or dark lines of sight swept in, Huang immediately noticed that she was very impatient in her heart, her face was still flat, and she turned her head and ordered: "Mingxin, you go down first, I don't need you to serve here." ”

Huang's trip seems to have brought only this one maid, and as soon as these words came out, there was an obvious sense of disgust.

The maid named Mingxin didn't care, and answered softly, and then retreated with Nana, and that line stopped being graceful, and it was simply not inferior to those ladies.

When she retreated, the Huang family smiled at Ni casually and said, "This girl has some backgrounds, and it is really helpless to sell herself." The old man took pity on her loneliness and respected her character, and allowed her to marry herself, but she said that she had made a heavy oath in front of the Buddha, and it was not good to marry early, so she delayed it. ”

As soon as these words came out, Ni and Li had already thought about it in their hearts, but they didn't show it on their faces, so Ni smiled and said: "Mrs. He is kind-hearted, this girl is really blessed." ”

Huang smiled faintly and said more.

In the end, this is a family matter in someone's backyard, outsiders are always difficult to beak, for this maid named Mingxin, Ni only said this sentence, and this topic was revealed.

When the servant woman came in and reported that the carriage was ready, Ni beckoned everyone to get up, and said to Huang: "The master has hired several cars in advance, which is enough for us to sit." ”

Huang smiled at her and said, "Mrs. Jiao is bothered, we have been disturbed a lot today, and Mrs. Lao is busy with us inside and out, so we really shouldn't add any other trouble." I have only one thing to ask for now, and I ask my wife to put our mother and son in a car. ”

When she said this, she deliberately pulled her eldest son He Zhen and her second son He Lun to her side, and said: "Jin'er's body is weak, Lun'er is cold, and the wind can't blow. The words were very close to the two sons, but he only left his daughter He Sui aside.

This move fell in the eyes of others, but no one said half a word, even He Sui himself had the same face.

Chen Ying watched from a distance, and inexplicably remembered the orphanage of the first life.

There, the ratio of girls to boys is out of balance, often reaching the dreaded 10 to 1 and 15 to 1.

Abandoned because of gender, this is almost what happened to most girls in orphanages, the idea of preference for sons over daughters cannot be eradicated even in modern times, and it is even more deeply rooted in the Great Chu Dynasty, Huang's move is just a side evidence.

This situation is not surprising, but at this moment, Chen Ying is still a little uncomfortable psychologically.

Since the guest opened his mouth, Ni Shi would not refuse, so he smiled and said: "This is just right, so let the second girl of your family be with Xi'er." They are not too old for a few years, and they are not alone along the way. ”

Huang hurriedly thanked a few words, and then went out of the house with everyone, Mingxin also came to serve at this time, Huang did not show anything unusual, only casually ordered: "I have a tight back pain these days, and I got in the car for a while, you beat it for me." ”

"Yes, ma'am." Mingxin was very tame, there was no emotion between her beautiful eyebrows and eyes, she stepped forward and stretched out her arm, and Huang took her hand and walked forward.

No, before he took two steps, Huang suddenly paused, then frowned and covered his nose, glanced at Mingxin with a little disgust, and asked, "Why is it so smelly?" Did you go to Guji to buy scallion cakes again? ”

This was a simple sentence, but she was a little murderous by her.

Mingxin looked serene, and calmly bowed down to make amends: "Mrs. forgive the sin, the maid didn't wash her hands, so go wash it." ”

But he admitted to buying bread.

Huang's face suddenly swelled with anger, but it quickly dispersed, and after turning his eyes to look at her for a long time, Fang Qing let out a vague smile: "You are really diligent, you don't forget to buy the master's favorite green onion cake when you go out, what a good girl." ”

"This is the duty of a servant, and I don't dare to praise it as a wife." Mingxin's reply was not a little fireworks, it was purely a loyal servant.

Huang didn't speak, only looked at her lightly, and then brushed his sleeves: "Go wash it, wash it carefully." ”

Knowing that his heart should be, he bowed down and retreated, thinking that he was looking for a place to wash his hands.