Chapter 26 The Ruler of the Great House
The old lady raised her eyes and saw Xiao still sitting on the side, her face sank and said: "Yun'er, why are you still sitting here, and you don't go to the school, the eldest master will definitely be punished again if he knows it."
"Grandma, today Mr. is going to the palace, and he has a day off, saying that he doesn't need to go to the school, just study at home" Xiao Yun hurriedly got up and said.
"Then don't go to the study to warm the book, I see that I am going to the township test next year, if you don't win again, the old man will beat you carefully," the old lady said.
"It turns out that the third uncle is going to Toad Palace next year to win the laurels, is it in the school outside? How can there be a gentleman in the palace? Mengxi heard what the old lady said, so she asked curiously.
"It's the family school in the clan, the third master failed to pass the township test for two years, last year the second master entrusted the palace concubine, and found a gentleman surnamed Li, it is said that he taught the prince before, and he came to teach ten days a month, and at other times he was still a gentleman in the clan."
The grandmother explained in a slow voice. At this time, Xiao Yun had already gotten up to say goodbye and walked out. Seeing that the third master was gone, the old lady looked at the eldest grandmother and asked:
"I heard that Qing'er sent Aunt Sun to her parents' house yesterday?"
"Back to the old lady, Aunt Sun caught a cold two days ago, just in time for her brother to come back from the south to visit relatives, Aunt asked the uncle, the uncle also wanted Aunt Sun to go out for a walk, the illness will be better soon, it will be approved, yesterday the uncle was going to a friend's banquet, just by the way, so I sent it over" The grandmother replied.
"Zuo is just an aunt, she spoiled the sky, just send a small guy to send it over, then there is a reason to send it in person, Qing'er is also a five-grade Zhizhou, why is it so confused, and this Aunt Sun is sick, how can she go out, people like us, let relatives and friends know, and don't shame us for not having a royal legal distance, Qing'er is reckless and confused, why don't you mention it, you are also knowledgeable and courteous on weekdays, why are you so unproductive" The old lady said, her voice stern.
It turns out that the rules of this big mansion are extremely strict, and women are not allowed to return to the door easily when they marry in, especially their aunts, which is equivalent to selling themselves to their husbands' families, unless their mother's family has special forces, they can occasionally send someone to take them back and live for a few days. The old lady heard that Xiao Qing not only returned to the door, but also sent it herself, especially the aunt was still sick, and said it, as if she was angry in the Xiao Mansion, how could she not be angry, Mengxi also knew this distance, and she secretly sighed the sorrow of being a woman in this era.
When the grandmother heard this, she hurriedly got up and knelt on the ground and replied: "What the old lady said is that the granddaughter-in-law is confused, and the granddaughter-in-law will definitely persuade the uncle more in the future."
"You also get up, catch Ming'er and send a small servant to pick her up as soon as possible, she can't live with her, and when she comes back, she will be punished for grounding in the house for three days, and copy the "Female Ring" ten times, so that she can remember, don't rely on her fox appearance, just think about seducing the uncle to do something out of the ordinary"
"Yes, my granddaughter-in-law knows," the grandmother replied as she stood up.
The old lady looked at Mengxi, remembered the porridge and pastries sent by Mengxi yesterday, and said:
"The pastries sent last night were also made by Xi'er himself, I haven't eaten them before, and the porridge sent yesterday is also delicious, I look at those things on weekdays are grass, I thought I couldn't eat them, but I didn't expect to make them with my heart, the taste is smooth and tender, and it tastes so fragrant, and it is even better than those delicacies of the mountains and seas."
"Old Taijun, it's called long-lived vegetable porridge, where it can be compared to the delicacies of the mountains and the sea, but the old lady is used to eating the delicacies of the mountains and seas on weekdays, and occasionally eats a porridge and side dishes, so he naturally feels rare. Last night's cake was called honey osmanthus cake, which was made with good honey, eggs, osmanthus and noodles, steamed, if the old lady likes to eat, the granddaughter-in-law will often make it for you in the future, and the granddaughter-in-law also learned some other tricks from her mother, and so on to make it for you when you have time. ”
Mengxi said to the old lady coincidentally, and secretly said, it would be better if it was baked in a modern oven, but unfortunately this is ancient times.
"Good, good, it's rare for Xi'er to be filial, the old man married a good granddaughter-in-law, he has a good mouth, one day he will make the old man pay for it, what is lacking, just go to the eldest lady to ask for it"
"When the second grandmother is in her mother's house, she often takes care of the housework? What a clever idea," the grandmother asked.
Mengxi was startled, and secretly said that she was careless, how could she be a young lady who was a close relative, how could she take care of housework? The daughter of a big family, even if she is a concubine, she can't take care of housework before she goes out of line, and the maids, maids, and mothers-in-law of the family, how can they let an unout of line young lady see them every day, tarnish their reputation in vain, and hinder their reputation, but why does the eldest grandmother ask this? Thinking like this, he hurriedly replied:
"When the granddaughter-in-law is in her mother's house, the housework has been handled by the mother-in-law, with the help of five aunts, the mother-in-law never let the granddaughter-in-law take care of it, and never mention it in front of the granddaughter-in-law, but the mother often says that when the daughter gets married, she must be filial to her father-in-law and mother-in-law, husband and child, so when the mother cooks various meals for the father in the kitchen, she often takes the granddaughter-in-law with her, let the granddaughter-in-law watch, and often explains to the granddaughter-in-law what she doesn't understand, and often teaches the granddaughter-in-law, and when she gets married, try to make it for her mother-in-law and husband to eat" Mengxi replied calmly.
"It's hard for my in-laws, and I have trained such a well-behaved and filial daughter, which is also a blessing for Jun'er," the old lady said.
Mengxi is a thief in her heart at the moment, she really doesn't understand the situation of her current mother's family, in the Li family for a few days, only her own mother Aunt Zhao passed back and forth, and I don't know whether the cheap old lady she hangs on her lips every day is round or flat, I am afraid that the old lady will miss the stuffing if she asks after her, and seeing that the old lady turns her neck from time to time, she has some difficulty when her arm is raised, and she hurriedly asked:
"The old lady's shoulders are uncomfortable?"
"The old problem is sick, when I was young, I suffered from the wind and cold, and I fell into the root of the disease, and then I will feel weak when I am tired, and I have seen many doctors for so many years, and I have not been able to remove the root, and I slept on the pillow last night, and now I am extremely uncomfortable, hey, people are old, and they are useless, so they will find everything" The old lady said while rubbing his right shoulder.
Mengxi guessed that the old lady may have a disease such as frozen shoulder, massage is a good treatment for this disease, but this is the ancient massage technology has not yet risen, and most of the doctors are men, in this era, pay attention to men and women to search for a doctor, women want to find a doctor to see the disease, but also through the curtain, only stretched out his hand, covered the handkerchief, only let the doctor call the pulse, or how will there rise the golden silk vein and other means of diagnosing the pulse, so even the old lady of Xiaofu, who is rich and rivals the country, can not enjoy massage treatment, can only let the little girl knock her legs and hammer her shoulders every day.
This is a good opportunity for the old lady, she must let the old lady recognize her before the old lady finds out that she is a concubine, so that she can have the opportunity to stay in the Xiao Mansion, at least she can get out of the house, thinking of this, she got up and said:
"Daughter-in-law give the old lady a rub, maybe it will be more comfortable. The granddaughter-in-law often rubs her mother at home"