Chapter Seventy-Eight: Lunch
As soon as Miss Xiu entered the Xiao Mansion, she wanted to give her cousin-in-law a dismount, one was to let the cousin-in-law wash her hands and make soup to serve her, and the other was to go to the East Chamber to sweep, but when she and her cousin entered Xiao Xiang Courtyard, this cousin-in-law was even more desperate, and directly locked the door, and the two maids were guarding the door, saying that the key was in the second grandmother, and the second grandmother was cooking lunch for Miss Cousin in the back kitchen.
Zhang Xiu looked at his cousin puzzled, Xiao Jun was also confused, he had come back for the first time since the half-moon period had passed, and he didn't know what door this second grandmother had nothing to lock, as if he was a thief in Xiao Xiang's courtyard, who was he guarding against? But in front of my cousin, I couldn't say anything, so I had to ask my cousin to wait in the living room first.
Xiu'er originally sent Zhixia to get the key, but this stupid girl misunderstood what she meant, and kept saying, this is going to ask the second grandmother to come back and sit with Miss Cousin, Xiu'er can't correct her cousin in front of her Just take the key, don't need her cousin to come back, watching Zhixia turn around to leave, and secretly said: This cousin-in-law is really back, how much should it be an eyesore on the side, and it is not good to make this cousin-in-law just stop cooking in order to prevent her, and sit on the side and watch them, isn't it not stealing chickens and rice.
In the end, he shook his head, it was still not worth it, the opportunity to be alone with his cousin was rare, and he must not let his cousin watch aside. In the east wing, she had time to pass, so she opened her mouth to recall Zhixia, who was about to leave, and came to the main hall with her cousin depressedly and played Go.
Zhixia was also shocked into a cold sweat, she was really afraid that this cousin was waiting there, let her invite the second grandmother, the second grandmother was in the east wing, she was about to leave just now, but her heart was a thief and a thief, when she heard that the cousin asked her to come back, she answered as if she had been amnestied, and turned back to the door of the east chamber to wait.
Until noon, Zhixia, who was guarding the door, saw that the maid came to report that the meal was ready, so she quietly opened the door of the east chamber, and returned to the second grandmother The meal was ready, Mengxi got up and took care of it briefly, and then helped Zhiqiu out of the east wing.
After entering the hall door and turning the screen, he raised his eyes and saw that the second master and the show girl were playing chess, Mengxi stepped forward slowly, first asked the second master to say goodbye, and turned to the show girl and said:
"My cousin is here early, you see, why don't you send a maid to the kitchen to call me, it's really rude"
"My cousin-in-law is polite, Xiu'er is not an outsider, it's the same with my cousin"
Zhang Xiu sat there dignified and said timidly.
Damn, it's so thick-skinned, this is also what the girl's family said? Mengxi didn't feel goosebumps. Looking at the game of Go that they hadn't finished playing, he raised his eyes and said to the second master:
"The meal is ready, second master, look..."
Xiao Jun pushed the chessboard and said:
"I've been hungry for a long time, Xi'er, cousin, let's eat first"
At this time, Hongzhu and Hongxing had already stepped forward to serve the second master to wash, and Bingxin and Yuxin also came to serve their young lady.
Mengxi then turned around and ordered someone to support the table and set the meal, the meal was set, Xiao Jun and Xiu'er were already sitting there upright, Mengxi took the wet handkerchief handed by Zhichun, wiped his hands, stood behind Xiao Jun, and began to cloth vegetables, she first gave Xiu'er a dish, and then gave the second master a dish, Xiao Jun saw Mengxi standing aside and serving him and his cousin, and felt uncomfortable, she served him as a matter of course, but serving her cousin was a little wronged, after all, she was his wife, thinking of this, he turned his head and said to her:
"Xi'er also come and sit, let's eat together, there are red beads and red apricots to serve."
When Miss Xiu heard this, a trace of displeasure flashed in her eyes, and she returned to nature in an instant, Mengxi was shocked when she heard this, and said secretly:
"Second Master Xiao, let's not bring this, be kind, as soon as you come, you want to kill me! I sat today, tomorrow my evil mother-in-law will know immediately, last time I was okay and found something to make me kneel for more than half an hour, if this is really messed up the distance, I can't kneel through my little knees, and I didn't hinder your concubines, why are you too anxious? ”
Thinking of this, he slowly stepped forward and said lightly to the second master:
"Second master, you are ashamed to do yourself, there is a law for movement, it is called women's morality, and the concubine does not dare to mess with the rules"
Mengxi had already memorized a "Female Ring" well, that is, he came with his mouth open, Xiao Jun heard this, his face immediately darkened, he didn't expect her to refuse his kindness, he was raising her identity in front of his cousin, he had no intention of his cousin, it was a brother and sister relationship, but he doted on weekdays, and after that, he also had a slight understanding of his cousin's different thoughts, so he thought about serving her in front of his cousin, and broke his cousin's thoughts.
Xiu'er originally heard her cousin let her cousin sit, and she was very unhappy, but when she heard that her cousin-in-law called herself a concubine, her cousin didn't react, and she became happy again, and said secretly:
"Let's just say that my cousin only has me in his heart, although you are carried in from the main gate by eight sedan chairs, it is just for Chongxi, and the matter is in a hurry, my cousin is not letting you call yourself a concubine, the position of my cousin's wife has always been left to me, and only I am qualified to call myself a concubine in front of him"
Thinking of this, she glanced at her dear cousin gently, and sat there dignified and pretended to be everyone's ladies without saying a word.
Xiao Jun pondered for a long time, and then said in an accentuated tone:
"My cousin is not an outsider, this is an inner house, husband and wife are harmonious, and there is dinner at the same table, Xi'er come up and sit"
When Mengxi heard this, he fell to his knees with a thud:
"The concubine doesn't dare, ask the second master to be fulfilled"
Xiao Jun was angry when he heard this, snapped, threw the chopsticks on the table, sat there with a black face, and simply stopped eating, Hongzhu Hongxing was even more frightened and closed his mouth, seeing that he couldn't eat a meal.
Xiu'er on the side couldn't pretend anymore, and said:
"Cousin, my cousin-in-law is right, since my cousin feels sorry for my cousin-in-law, it is better to let my cousin-in-law go down to rest, so that my cousin-in-law will be fulfilled."
Zhang Xiu deliberately said the word "Chengquan" very seriously.
Mengxi heard this, she couldn't cry or laugh, this show girl's face is comparable to that of Sister Furong in her previous life, and it is more than enough to take off the soles of the second master's shoes, this is in ancient times, it was still a girl's family, so blatantly entered the house, ate with other people's husbands, and kicked out other people's wives.
Zhiqiu and Zhichun also sighed in their hearts.
Hongzhu and Hongxing also looked at the cousin in surprise, and said in their hearts, is this what the girl's family should say? Shouldn't she help the second master persuade the second grandmother to sit down and eat together? Although they are brothers and sisters, they don't avoid growing up together, but they are always big girls, just sitting with a family man and having dinner, and they are not afraid of spreading their innocence, shaking their heads, there is no part for them to talk here.
At this time, Xiao Jun, in the face of such a stubborn Mengxi, a kind of helplessness from the bottom of his heart made him feel a deep sense of powerlessness, sat for a long time, and finally waved his hand weakly:
"Let's go down the stream"
"Xie Erye is complete"
After Mengxi finished speaking, he got up and helped Zhiqiu, straightened his body, and walked out of the hall slowly.
Xiu'er saw that her cousin sent her cousin-in-law without hesitation, and she firmly believed that her cousin was "more in love than a needle" for her, marrying her cousin-in-law was just a last resort, Xiu'er was the most understanding, she knew that her cousin married her cousin because of her bitterness, she would not complain about him, she would always love him without regrets, and wait for him, until the day he divorced his cousin, Xiu'er looked at her cousin at this time, and she was even more gentle.