Zhiqiu was waiting for the second grandmother to comb her hair, when the little maid came in to report, and the eldest lady sent someone to spread the word that the second grandmother had something to do in the past.

At this time, Zhiqiu had simply put on a concentric bun for the second grandmother, Mengxi sat in front of the dressing mirror again, looked at today's makeup carefully, got up and waited by Zhichun and put on the pink narcissus scattered flowers Yunmianji dress, outside Zhixia had already ordered someone to prepare a sedan chair, and Zhiqiu got on the sedan chair and walked all the way towards Yangxin Garden.

Married into the Xiao Mansion for so long, Mengxi is the first time to come to her mother-in-law's residence, only to see the south hall, the instrument door is a large courtyard, there are five main houses above, the two ends of the main house are the deer top ear room, there are three wing rooms on the east and west sides, Xuan Ang is magnificent, there is a big blue plaque on the main hall, the plaque is written with the three words "Yangxin Garden", Mengxi under the leadership of the mother-in-law, holding Zhiqiu's hand into the main room, turning a huge ink landscape golden silk nanmu screen, I saw the eldest lady sitting in the hall, the housekeeper Xiao An is standing there, Mengxi stepped forward slowly, knelt down and kowtowed:

"The daughter-in-law visits the eldest wife, the eldest lady is safe, I don't know what the eldest lady called the daughter-in-law to do?"

Zhiqiu also knelt down.

The eldest lady Cui glanced at Mengxi, only answered, and continued to listen to Xiao An, Mengxi knelt there and listened, it turned out to be the wedding of the second son of the Ouyang family, one of the four great families of Daqi, and the matter of preparing gifts, the eldest lady and Xiao An were discussing the details of the gift list one by one, I don't know how long it took, and finally finalized the gift list, and listened to the eldest lady order Xiao An to take it and present it to the eldest master, and then asked some daily things, which made Xiao An retreat, Xiao An told him to bother, looked at Mengxi who was kneeling on the ground, and retreated.

After Xiao An went down, the eldest lady took a sip of the tea on the table, put the teacup on the table and raised her head, only to see Mengxi who was still kneeling on the ground, and hurriedly said:

"Why is the second grandmother still kneeling here, get up quickly"

shouted at Baozhu and Ziyue who were standing on the side:

"I don't have long eyes, I didn't see the second grandmother still kneeling on the ground, don't help me up, watch and sit, and serve tea"

The eldest girl Ziyue hurriedly stepped forward to help the second grandmother get up, Mengxi's legs were numb from kneeling at this time, thanked the eldest lady, and with the support of Ziyue, she reluctantly sat on the chair on the side, and the eldest lady turned her head and said to Zhiqiu who was kneeling on the ground:

"Zhiqiu, get up too, I just said something, I forgot about you, and you didn't remind me, let your master suffer in vain"

Zhiqiu hurriedly confessed, and with the support of the little maid, he got up and stood behind the second grandmother, Zhiqiu was angry in his heart, but he dared not speak out, but he secretly made up his mind that as long as there was a glimmer of possibility, he must think of helping the second grandmother leave Xiao Mansion, this is really not a place for people to stay.

Seeing that the second grandmother was seated, the eldest lady said:

"There's nothing else to call my daughter-in-law, I just heard Cui Ping come back and talk about the second grandmother's share, I just sent someone to call Xiao An to come over and ask, the new tea and rouge in the house this year have not been shipped back, so it's late to send it to the second grandmother, no, mine didn't send it down, if the daughter-in-law is really short, urgent, I haven't used it up last month, the daughter-in-law took it first, and when the new goods came, let Xiao An immediately send someone to send it to the daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law will use it first, don't make a fuss about this idea, which makes people laugh shamefully, Those who don't know think I've treated my daughter-in-law badly. ”

Saying that, she ordered Baozhu to wrap up the tea and bird's nest she had left over from last month, so that the second grandmother could bring it back for a while.

Mengxi hurriedly got up and replied:

"The eldest lady has too much heart, and the daughter-in-law also knows about this, they are all young and ignorant of Zhixia and Zhidong, and they are shocked by the eldest wife, fortunately, the eldest lady is too much, and will not be familiar with the two ignorant maids, the daughter-in-law has just married into the Xiao Mansion, the old lady, the eldest lady is too late to hurt, how can she be disadvantaged, the daughter-in-law has brought Zhixia and Zhidong over, which will let them come in to ask the eldest lady for guilt, as for those things, the daughter-in-law is still useful now, and it is not too late to come to the eldest wife when it is missing."

Saying that, Zhiqiu went to call Zhixia Zhidong, who was waiting outside the door.

"Ignorant servant, because of such a small matter, the eldest lady was alarmed to inquire personally, fortunately, the eldest lady has a large number of people, and she does not have the same knowledge as you, so she should not quickly ask the eldest lady for sin!"

Mengxi saw Zhixia Zhidong coming in, afraid that the two of them would be awkward and would be punished by the eldest wife, so he hurriedly said to the two, and Zhiqiu was also busy with his eyes.

Zhixia and Zhidong waited outside for a long time, and also listened to some things in the house, secretly regretted that they were reckless, and let the second grandmother suffer, after listening to the words of the second grandmother, they hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down to ask the eldest lady for sin, and the eldest lady had nothing to say at this time.

She didn't expect the second grandmother to admit it like this, the second grandmother married in, and she didn't give the same share, she thought that she would take advantage of this incident to make trouble, and it would be good to make trouble to the old lady, so that she could take the opportunity to say that she was rude to her mother-in-law, and she was disturbed in the house before she entered the house, punished her fiercely, and knocked off her face. There was a feeling that the punch that was thrown out had nowhere to be used, and I didn't know what to do with it for a while.

sat there depressedly, looking at the two maids kneeling on the ground, wanting to be punished, and remembering what the second grandmother said just now, if she was really punished, it would really be better than two ignorant little girls.

After a while, the eldest lady said lightly:

"Get up, this time I read that you just entered the house and don't understand the rules, so I will spare you, if you dare to make trouble in the future, people will laugh at your grandmother, don't complain that you can't be kept in this house"

Zhixia and Zhiqiu thanked each other, got up and went out to wait for the second grandmother.

The eldest lady talked to Mengxi for a while, and then said that she was tired and asked her to retreat, as for the things prepared for her, it was just rhetoric, and the second grandmother said no, she didn't mention it at all.

Mengxi got up and said goodbye and retired, what she didn't know was that she narrowly escaped because of her indisputable thoughts.

The eldest lady looked at the back of the second grandmother, and a trace of ruthlessness flashed in her eyes, since you are generous, then let you be generous enough, and see how long you can last.

Mengxi returned to Xiaoxiang Courtyard, it was time for dinner, Zhichun came over and reported: The second master went to Aunt Li's chrysanthemum garden, and ordered someone to reply that there was no need for the second grandmother to serve dinner, Mengxi listened, nodded, and just sent the maid to send a bowl of porridge that had been prepared in the kitchen, saying that it was for the second master to make up for his body.

Mengxi returned to the East Chamber and had dinner haphazardly, ordered someone to clean it up, and called Zhiqiu into the bedroom, and after Zhiqiu sat down, he asked:

"How much silver do we have now?"

"There are thirty-two taels, last time the second grandmother's reward was six hundred and two taels, and the pharmacy made up four hundred taels, plus the one hundred taels of deposit given by the second grandmother at the time, there are three hundred and two taels left, the pharmacy is decorated, the things that are ready to open, and the slaves have to spend money, and the slaves are afraid that the second grandmother will have an emergency use, so the slave and the maid left a fraction, and the rest is taken away by the slave's brother, the second grandmother wants to use it urgently, and the slave and the maid will go to the brother again."

"Tonggong is so much ornament, why did you become so much silver? My head is only seven or eight hundred taels."

"The second grandmother also said that this family is incomparable with ordinary people, only the jade pendant that the eldest master casually rewarded the second grandmother was more than four hundred taels, and it was about to catch up with the second grandmother's heads, and the others were just right, I thought that the jade bracelet that the old lady rewarded was more worth silver, but the slave saw that the silver was enough, so she left the things that the old lady rewarded."

Zhiqiu said as she looked at the second grandmother with blue eyes, which made Mengxi feel that this girl was not good, and she wanted to exchange her for silver flowers.