Xia Ruixi didn't stay with Bai and Lin Qingmei, and instead went to chat with Mrs. Ou Er, and talked about the content of "Strange Tales from Tokyo". Xia Ruixi loves this book, and reads it repeatedly, almost familiar with it, and she comes from modern times, and her knowledge is naturally incomparable to these family women.

After a while, not to mention that the second lady Ou and the girl in the house were attracted to her, even Ou Qingjin, who was famous for his extensive reading, also came over. Lin Qingmei is a woman who loves books, she doesn't like Bai's anymore, and she has long felt bored with the conversation between the two of them, just out of politeness, she has to deal with it, and when she heard a few people here talking lively, the topics were all interesting to her, and she couldn't help but find an opportunity to wipe it out.

As a result, Bai's face, who only knew a few words, couldn't speak at all, and was left aside, and his face became more and more ugly. Xia Ruixi breathed a sigh of relief, just a young woman pk ignorant woman, the power of knowledge is really infinite, and she will also.

But Lin Qingmei heard Xia Ruixi talk about the foreign country on the other side of the East China Sea, and said happily: "I heard my father say that people in that place have colorful hair and eyes, and the strangest thing is that some people are born with white hair, even babies, and they are also white-haired." If we were here, we would have thought he was sick. ”

Xia Ruixi said in surprise: "Could it be that Master Lin has been to the other side of the sea?" ”

Lin Qingmei said with a smile: "He has been there, it took a year of work back and forth, and he lived there for another two years, and he died nine times before returning to Daqin." ”

Ou Qing said solemnly: "Oh, I remember that last time the third brother asked you to borrow the codex left by your teacher. Is he still you? Can you lend it to my mother? He turned back to Mrs. Ou and Xia Ruixi and said, "Master traveled all over the world when he was young, and wrote down all the strange things he encountered, I have seen it, it is very exciting, including the exotic customs across the sea, you will definitely like it." ”

Lin Qingmei was about to answer, but Bai, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly said, "Miss Lin, your filial piety is about to expire, right?" You are really hard, you just finished keeping your mother's filial piety, you haven't lived a good life for two days, and you keep your father's filial piety. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned, everyone knew that Lin Qingmei and Master Lin had a deep father-daughter relationship, more than a year after Master Lin's death, when it came to Master Lin, Lin Qingmei would still cry, and everyone usually wouldn't talk about it.

Xia Ruixi only then knew that this Lin Qingmei was an orphan daughter living in the Ou family. Although she didn't know about Lin Qingmei's past, she also felt that it was a bit too much for the Bai family to suddenly mention these sad things when she was happy.

Lin Qingmei was stunned when she heard the mention of her parents who died early, and said softly: "Third sister-in-law Xie's care will be full in half a year." ”

Bai said: "Are you eighteen years old this year?" ”

Lin Qingmei lowered her eyes and said, "It's already full."

Bai got up and stopped at Mrs. Ou's side and said, "Mother, my daughter-in-law has a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not." ”

Second Lady Ou said with some doubts: "You say." ”

Bai said with a smile: "There are no outsiders here, they are all their own family, and my daughter-in-law has the courage to say it." The daughter-in-law saw that there was no one in Miss Lin's hometown, and there was no one in Master Lin's hometown, and Master Lin went suddenly and did not set a marriage for her. A few days ago, I was worried that mentioning this would make Miss Lin uncomfortable and inappropriate, but now I see that she is about to reach the end of her filial piety, and her age is not waiting for anyone. Is it to ask her mother to call the shots...... Well? ”

When Lin Qingmei heard this, her face turned slightly pale.

Second Mrs. Ou pondered for a moment, and saw that Lin Qingmei lowered her eyes and didn't speak, just thinking that she had already had this intention but was suffering from no one to call the shots, so she took her hand with pity: "Child, I was negligent and failed to bear the trust of your father." I'll ask someone to inquire, and be sure to give you the best of the best, and choose the best one. ”

Who knew that Lin Qingmei said: "Thank you for your kindness, Madame, Qingmei will never talk about this matter if she is not out of filial piety, and please fulfill it for Mrs. ”

Seeing that her expression was resolute, not as if she was fake, Mrs. Ou had to shake her head and sigh: "You kid, let me say what is good about you?" Although it is filial piety, it is too ......"

Lin Qingmei intercepted her words: "Madam, it's getting late, Qingmei says goodbye." He turned back to Xia Ruixi and said, "Fourth sister-in-law, the book you want, I'll go back and have someone bring it to you." ”

Xia Ruixi hurriedly thanked her, and the second lady of Ou left Lin Qingmei for dinner, but Lin Qingmei insisted on refusing and left.

Not long after Lin Qingmei's master and servant left, Ou Qingying also came, and when she entered the door, she asked, "I met Miss Lin Qingmei just now, why didn't you keep her for dinner?" She blames the poor alone. ”

Bai smiled strangely: "Stay, she is so cute, how can she not stay?" She refused. Probably because she was shy when she mentioned her marriage. ”

Ou Qingyingqi said: "Her marriage? Has anyone come to propose? Which one is it? ”

Second Mrs. Ou said, "Not yet, just talking." Although she said that she did not keep the period of filial piety and resolutely did not mention this matter, it was already too late now, and if she waited until that time, wouldn't it be even later? Do you have the right choice among your two friends? ”

Ou Qingjin and Ou Qingying glanced at each other, and both shook their heads. Bai said: "I'll tell you the truth, the people they associate with are all disciples of some families, most of them have already become relatives, and the few who have not married are also married." Besides, even if she is of the same age, people don't look down on her, and she can only fill the house or be a concubine. ”

Ou Qingying frowned and said, "Why are you talking so ugly?" Miss Lin is such a good talent and knowledgeable, not comparable to ordinary women in the boudoir, ordinary people are afraid that they are not worthy of her, where can they fill the house for others, let alone be a concubine! ”

When Xia Ruixi heard this, he finally understood why the Bai family hated Lin Qingmei so much, and the relationship was because Ou Qingying treated Lin Qingmei differently, and the Bai family was jealous.

Bai Shi was furious, and for some reason, he endured it again and continued: "I'm telling the truth. No matter how good the talent is, the family affairs are not good, it is impossible to climb into the world, not to mention that she has such a hard life, she is an orphan girl, if she wants to marry someone of the same age, she can only find an ordinary family, and people don't dislike her. ”

Xia Ruixi noticed that Bai's special emphasis on Lin Qingmei's hard life and death of her father and mother was obviously ill-intentioned.

And when Second Lady Ou heard this, she couldn't help frowning slightly.

"Fourth brother and sister, do you think this is the reason?" Bai suddenly turned his words around Xia Ruixi.

Xia Ruixi saw several eyes shooting at her in unison, waiting for her to answer, especially Ou Qingying's, her eyes were anxious and helpless, so she smiled honestly: "Third sister-in-law, I don't understand." Saying that, she hid her body behind Mrs. Ou, and Mrs. Ou frowned and said, "Your fourth brother and sister have just got married, and they were also raised in the boudoir before, how do you know these things?" Ask her what to do? ”

Bai Shi bit his lip and asked Ou Qingjin again: "Qingjin, you have many friends, do you say that those friends of yours pay attention to when they marry wives and propose marriage?" You tell your third brother to listen to it, lest he always think that I don't like what I say. ”

Ou Qing said: "In most cases, this is the case. Miss Colin is not a bad person, nor is she a person who killed her parents. I remember that after Mrs. Lin passed away, Master Lin asked a master to approve her life, saying that she would be blessed with endless blessings in the future. ”

Ou Qingying's expression was relieved, and she said to the Bai family: "Don't talk nonsense about what you said before, learn from those ignorant ladies one day, and chew some of them indiscriminately." Anyway, Master Lin has a great kindness to Qingjin, and Miss Lin is a guest of our family, so it's not good for people to hear it. ”

Second Mrs. Ou interrupted: "Don't talk about these things, it looks like it's about to be time for dinner, why haven't the others come yet?" What time is it? ”

Mrs. Wang looked at the leaky pot: "It's going to be time soon." ”

Mrs. Ou II let out an "oh" and said, "The master will be back soon, what should I do." ”

Mrs. Wang answered, and immediately went out, and after a while, only a few cat meows were heard, and seven or eight cats of various colors and varieties slipped in from the door like a trick, and walked around the house, each doing its own thing, some stretching their waists, some squatting on the ground and washing their faces with their paws, and the second lady looked at these cats with disgust, and waved down a purebred Persian cat that wanted to climb on the soft couch.

The cat was knocked to the ground, hissed, and jumped into Ou Qingjin's arms like lightning, and when he saw that Ou Qingjin did not drive it away, he simply lay down and squinted his eyes comfortably.

Xia Ruixi was about to reach out and touch the cat, when he suddenly remembered that Mrs. Ou didn't like cats, so she hurriedly retracted her paws and sat upright.

Bai refused to let her go, and said with a smile: "Fourth brother and sister, I remember that you gave your father a colorful big cat at home, but it was amazing, and within a few days of coming, you killed a big parrot that I had raised for five years." Within two days, he dug out his mother's favorite hungry peony roots, and then smashed his mother's favorite antique vase, and scratched his mother's favorite python-shaped satin. ”

The Bai family used a few favorites in a row, and Xia Ruixi observed the expression of the second lady Ou, and pushed it to Ou Qingjin without blushing and heartbeat: "Is it so powerful?" Speaking of which, I don't even know what it looks like. It seems that Qing Jin heard my father talk about it, so he told my father. "It's none of her business, if Mrs. Ou wants to complain, she will complain about her own son.

Ou Qingjin glanced at her and continued to push: "Yes, when I came back from the capital that time, I happened to hear my father-in-law say that this cat is good, and he can catch snakes and birds without any opinion. "This unjust account is waiting for the old couple to settle it themselves, anyway, Mrs. Ou will not ask the second lady Ou how the cat came about.

Xia Ruixi continued to stun: "Speaking of which, which one is it?" Third sister-in-law, can you show me? It's so powerful, I'll have to guard against it in the future. ”

Bai Shi laughed dryly: "Is it? It's not in this house. ”

Ou Qing asked, "Where did it go?" ”

Bai Shi glanced at Mrs. Ou Er: "I don't know, it's used to being free, it's not as easy as other cats, unless it wants to come by itself, only dad can call it." ”

"Not as good as other cats?" Xia Ruixi tasted some flavor from Bai's words.

Second Mrs. Ou said to Bai Shi with a calm face: "You have nothing to do, so go to the kitchen to see if dinner is ready." ”

Bai Shi got up, Ou Qing nudged Xia Ruixi, and motioned her to take the initiative to invite Ying and Bai to go to the kitchen to show themselves, but Xia Ruixi sat still.