Chapter 35: The Knife in the Smile
Mrs. Du's words coaxed Mrs. Wu to feel comfortable, she looked at the freshly baked sweet potatoes on the table with a smile, and reached out and took one to Mrs. Du, "You can taste it too." ”
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law happily ate the sweet potato, the sweet potato tasted sweet and soft and glutinous, Mrs. Wu was old, her teeth were not good, the sweet potato was soft, she ate just right, so Mrs. Wu ate three sweet potatoes alone.
On the other side, Lin Xue was woken up in a daze, and a group of maids were waiting to bathe and change clothes.
After washing, it's time for breakfast.
Breakfast is preserved egg and lean pork porridge, a few refreshing side dishes, two sweet potatoes, and a bowl of chicken soup.
Wu started from scratch, although it was a county order, there were not many money, so the expenses of the government were simple. Such a breakfast couldn't be simpler in Lin Xue's opinion. I think that back then, she hadn't left the cabinet yet, and when she ate at home, she didn't put a table full of dishes. At that time, Lin Xueshan was tired of eating delicacies and delicacies, but now, even drinking chicken soup has to be allowed by her husband, Lin Xue shook her head helplessly, since she has married a wife, she has to accept her fate.
After a few hasty mouthfuls, Lin Xue asked his subordinates to withdraw. Immediately afterward, she summoned a maid from Li'er to come in and help her with the coat of Dan.
Li'er was not her dowry maid, she was transferred by Mrs. Du after marrying in. Lin Xue didn't let her serve her at first, and only arranged for her to do some rough cleaning work in the yard.
However, later, Li'er gradually got along with the servants in the courtyard, and she was clever enough to tinker with the pill, so she was called into the house by Lin Xue to serve her a few times.
Lin Xue sat on the couch, in a trance, she had been tossing enough in the past few days, so that she was still dozing.
In a daze, Lin Xue only heard a gentle voice: "Madam, what style of Kodan do you want to paint today?" ”
Lin Xue yawned and barely spit out a sentence, "Look at it!" ”
"Yes!" Li'er put down her utensils and began to work gently. She first used a potion to remove the remaining color, and then carefully applied a new color..........
Half an hour later, Lin Xue looked at the Kodan she had just made with satisfaction, with a light blue base and two small pink flowers painted on each fingernail, which looked very exquisite.
"Reward!" Lin Xue gave an order, and Granny Cai gave Li'er a reward of five taels of silver, and Li'er was so excited that she fell to the ground and kowtowed vigorously to thank her.
After sending Li'er away, Mrs. Cai helped Lin Xue comb a flying bun, put on a ruby hairpin and various colored beaded flowers, and finally put on rouge lipstick, dressed up properly, Lin Xue moved out of the house, sat in the courtyard and began to read the script.
After a while, Lin Xue put down the notebook, turned her head and asked Mrs. Cai, "Mother Cai, is the master back?" ”
Mrs. Cai smiled, "Miss, is this missing your uncle?" But at this time, the master definitely didn't come back. ”
Lin Xue, who was teased by Mrs. Cai, suddenly felt bored, these words are nothing more than the love affair between men and women, and they are rotten every day.
Lin Xue put down the notebook and said angrily: "Spring flower, autumn moon, let's go for a walk in the garden." ”
If you want to talk about this garden of the Wu family, it really has a lot to do with Lin Xue.
Two years ago, as soon as Lin Xue entered the door, she found that the huge home didn't even have a garden, how could this be done? So, Lin Xue begged Wu Yong to develop the wasteland in the middle of his house and create a beautiful small garden. For this matter, Lin Xue also had an unpleasant quarrel with Mrs. Wu.
According to Mrs. Wu's meaning, what kind of garden should you repair, the family has lived here for so many years, and they haven't seen a little piece of meat! Why is this new daughter-in-law dissatisfied as soon as she enters the door? What's more, it doesn't cost money to repair the garden, and Mrs. Wu can say everything, but spending silver alone will kill her.
In the end, it was Lin Xue who used her dowry to repair the garden. But after the garden was repaired, it happened that Lin Xue was pregnant, and then she slipped to cultivate, so Lin Xue hadn't been to this garden a few times.
Today, when the interest finally came, Lin Xue took the two maids to the small garden. At this time, it was late autumn, and only chrysanthemums bloomed in the small garden against the cold wind. Lin Xue looked at the colorful chrysanthemums and sighed: Chrysanthemums are not afraid of the cold, bloom in the wind, and their temperament is not high!
"Yo, sister, you're also here to visit the garden today!" Mrs. Du came from a distance with a group of people, Lin Xue heard it from afar, and she was very resistant in her heart, but she still smiled on her face, "Sister, I've been bored for several months, and the weather is good today, come out for a walk." ”
Mrs. Du approached, looked at the newly made Kodan on Lin Xue's nails, and smiled even more, "In this case, then my sister will take a good walk in the garden, I still have something to do, so I will go first." ”
Being so troubled by Mrs. Du, Lin Xue felt bored again, so she only walked around the garden twice and went back.
Along the way, Lin Xue thought about attending the family banquet in the evening, and she suddenly felt a headache. In this family, except for Wu Yong, no one treats her well, so she goes to participate, isn't that to add to her blockage.
Lin Xuechou didn't eat a few bites of lunch because of this, and she was restless and restless all afternoon, and finally stayed up until the evening, Wu Yong took her to Cunju Hall to eat, but she didn't think about it, Mrs. Du, Mrs. Wu smiled one by one.
As soon as Lin Xue sat down next to Wu Yong, Mrs. Wu enthusiastically gave Lin Xue a piece of braised pork, "Xue'er, look at your skinny, come on, eat more, let's make up for it." ”
Lin Xue was a little flattered, but she still had her senses, she smiled and thanked her, but she didn't touch the braised pork.
"Cough, mother, what kind of braised pork did you say, Xue'er is afraid of fat, braised pork is never touched, this piece of meat, I ate it for her." When the words fell, Wu Yong picked up the piece of meat and ate it himself.
Mrs. Wu didn't mind, so she just urged Wu Yong and said, "My son, you quickly pick up some vegetables for Xue'er, this child is so thin that it will not be easy to give birth in the future." ”
Mother's fate was difficult to disobey, so Wu Yong had to clip a few shrimps and crabs and put them in Lin Xue's bowl. Lin Xue was not polite, and ate it directly.
"Sister Xue'er is really blessed, the long logo, and the master's favor, if you add a son and a half daughter to the master in the future, then our family is really happy." Mrs. Du said with a smile, as if Lin Xue was her own sister.
Mrs. Cai stood behind Lin Xue and carefully observed Mrs. Du, but she didn't find the slightest flaw.
She couldn't help muttering in her heart, and she didn't know if this Mrs. Du was really generous or too tolerant, after all, there were a lot of jealousy in the high-ranking family, and Mrs. Du still had two sons, even if she didn't fight for herself, she had to fight for the two sons.
Mrs. Cai had a mystery in her heart, but her face was silent.
At the dinner, Mrs. Du worked hard to render the atmosphere, the family ate happily, Lin Xue looked at the two sons opposite, and felt very uncomfortable.
The night was as cold as water, Wu Yong hugged Lin Xue into the small courtyard, and after entering the house to freshen up, the two sat on the bed.
Lin Xue couldn't help but ask, "Why did your mother change her personality today?" I'm not used to being kind to me. ”
Wu scratched Lin Xue's little nose with indulgence, and said angrily: "It's not good to be good to you, your little ancestor is really difficult to serve!" ”
"Hmph," Lin Xue tilted her head arrogantly, she didn't believe that Mrs. Wu would take the initiative to be nice to her.
Wu Yong stretched out his hand to take Lin Xue's small body into his arms, kissed her hair, and explained: "In the evening, I went to find my mother, and I told my mother that I like you very much, and I hope she likes you too." ”
Lin Xue raised her head, her big clear and bright eyes were full of disbelief, and after a while, she said shyly: "Good and decent, why are you talking to your mother about this." ”
Wu Yong laughed, "If I don't say it, can my mother love the house and Wu?" Moreover, our Xue'er is so filial, what is delicious to think about the mother, the mother sees it in her eyes and remembers it in her heart, by the way, the sweet potatoes we sent yesterday, the mother ate two of them and was happy today, and the mood was very happy. ”
"Really?" Lin Xue was surprised again, she didn't expect that yellow and soft thing to have this effect?
"Of course it's true, because my mother is happy about this." Looking at Lin Xue's stupid and cute appearance, Wu Yong couldn't help but feel itchy, he pulled Lin Xue and lay down to rest.
The next day, Mrs. Cai took advantage of the freshening up time to quietly tell Lin Xue about Mrs. Du. Lin Xue's little hand that wiped the rouge paused, and then said with a smile: "Mother Cai, you think about me everywhere, I know this, but we can't think about it, not to mention the power of my mother's family, even the strength of the lord in the mansion who spoils me, Mrs. Du doesn't dare to do it." ”
"But," Mrs. Cai was still about to speak, but Lin Xue had already straightened her clothes in the mirror and provoked another topic, "Mother Cai, where did you find that thing called sweet potato?" ”
Seeing that the master suddenly asked, Mrs. Cai suddenly panicked in her heart, isn't there a problem with the sweet potato?
She stammered: "Back to the girl's words, it was sent by my family, I saw that it was fresh, so I roasted a few to eat, but I didn't think it tasted okay, so I dared to offer it to the girl." ”
"Well," Lin Xue nodded with satisfaction, and said, "You have always done things safely, I am naturally relieved, I eat that thing well, I am thinking about sending some to my sister and mother's family." ”
Speaking of which, Mrs. Cai didn't understand the reason, she hurriedly said: "Miss, don't worry, I'll send someone to find my house later, then he will buy more." ”
It is said that since the Ning family got thirteen taels of silver by selling sweet potatoes, this matter has spread in Caoqiao Village, and everyone in the village is talking about it.
"What, the grain grown in the wasteland can be sold for silver? Also sold for thirteen taels? ”
"Impossible, impossible!" Another villager's head shook like a rattle, how could it be, the harvest of ordinary people in a year was only five or six taels of silver.