Chapter 44 Visiting the Sick
Xia Ruixi invited Wu to sit down and have dinner together: "Sister-in-law, will you go with me to see the patient later?" Anyway, she is Master Lin's daughter, and I care a lot about it when she is sick or something. ”
Chun'er quietly pulled Xia Ruixi's sleeve, since Lin Qingmei is sick, Xia Ruixi still goes to see her, what can I do if I am sick? Xia Ruixi didn't hear it, she had her own plans.
Wu Shi was stunned for a moment, and then responded with a smile: "Okay, it's okay to go and have a look." When we have dinner, let's go together. It's just that I came in a hurry and didn't prepare a gift, and this gift has to be made by you. ”
Xia Ruixi smiled: "That's no problem. ”
Wu chatted with Xia Ruixi without a match: "Your eldest brother has been gone for a long time, and it stands to reason that he should have come back a long time ago, but there has been no shadow, and there is not a letter to be seen, I am very worried." Yesterday, I talked to my mother about this, and my mother said, let the third brother pick it up. "Ou Qingying went to pick up Da Shao, which was equivalent to separating him from Lin Qingmei. Liang'er secretly rolled her eyes, isn't this cheap Bai's? Could it be that they sent something to the Wu family to ask her to help the Bai family? Why don't you make that vixen disgraced and can't stay here?
Xia Ruixi said apologetically: "That's good." If it weren't for the fact that my uncle turned back halfway because of my family's affairs, the uncle would have come back a long time ago. Otherwise, let Qing Jin follow and pick it up, right? ”
Wu smiled and patted her hands: "It's all a family, and it's a matter of saying this." It's not for your family's business, it's for the sake of all of us. It's not a tiger, so Qing Jin doesn't have to go, let him stay with you at home. Speaking of which, Miss Lin's illness is really ferocious, and her mother was worried that the people around her would not take good care of her, so she sent her mother-in-law and pothos to take care of her. When you get to her yard later, you can take a look outside, you don't have to go in, wait for me to come out and walk together. ”
The Wu family specially came to report the results to Xia Ruixi, and told Xia Ruixi that she did not live up to Xia Ruixi's kindness in sending paper, ink and pen, and now Lin Qingmei was sent by Mrs. Ou to take care of her, but she was actually guarded.
Xia Ruixi understood and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll listen to my sister-in-law's arrangement, and I'll sit in the outhouse and leave later." ”
Second Mrs. Ou transferred Ou Qingying away, as Xia Ruixi expected, it was now the period of filial piety, and there was no room for any mistakes, but she didn't expect it to be so fast.
The reason why Xia Ruixi asked Wu to help with this was not blind.
It's because the Bai family and Ou Sanshao have already made a fuss about Lin Qingmei, and Second Mrs. Ou didn't say what she wanted to do to Lin Qingmei, but wanted to cover up and suppress it, she couldn't get the true attitude and true thoughts of Second Mrs. Ou, after all, Second Mrs. Ou was really good to Lin Qingmei.
As an insider, it is not good for her to go and tell Second Mrs. Ou about Lin Qingmei's interception of Ou Qingjin in the middle of the road. But if this matter is hinted at by the Wu family, who usually never comes and goes with other concubines, the effect will be different.
First, the Wu family is different from the Xue family, which is recognized by everyone as having no interest, she is the eldest daughter-in-law. In this family, although her in-laws are not very satisfied because of the fact that she has pressed the eldest and younger to death, she has been in the door for nearly 20 years, and she has never made a big mistake, and she is the mother of the eldest grandson who is promising, and she has a certain weight and proportion in what she says and does, as long as she wants to manage, Mrs. Ou will listen to it more or less.
And what Mrs. Ou wants is to keep the reputation of the family from being damaged, and what she wants is the peace of the house. As long as the Wu family hinted slightly, Lin Qingmei not only caused the third room to not know, but also caused the fourth room to be discordant, which would inevitably touch the bottom line of the second lady Ou, and she would think of a solution to this matter.
As soon as Xia Ruixi came, he also knew that the Wu family would definitely do this matter, and he would definitely do it well, because the Wu family didn't like to owe people, and it was rare to have this opportunity to curry favor with Mrs. Ou. can not only please her mother-in-law, but also establish her image of honoring her mother-in-law and caring for her brother-in-law, and she has no loss at all.
The two of them brought some pastries and tonic medicine to Lin Qingmei's courtyard together, and saw Mrs. Wang sitting majestically in the courtyard with a stool from a distance, facing the girl and daughter-in-law in Lin Qingmei's yard:
"I warn you, don't think Miss Lin is soft-tempered and easy to bully, so you will kick your nose in the face. Everyone should do things in line with their own identity, don't learn from that blind, give you a smile, you will learn to monkey jump, you don't know anything about your surname. Madame asked, Miss Lin was fine yesterday, why did she suddenly get so sick? If you can't even get out of bed, you must have not served well! That's why I asked the pothos and me to serve Miss Lin.
Who is Miss Lam? It's a distinguished guest in our house, but you can't slack off. I said ugly things in the front, Mr. Lin entrusted Miss to our old lady back then, that is to say, from now on, no matter who it is, whether it is the girl in our house, or the person who follows Miss, if anyone dares to snub Miss, he can be killed! ”
Wu squeezed Xia Ruixi's hand: "Did you see it?" Mrs. Wang has not done anything for many years, and she is suffocated, but now that she has this opportunity to make meritorious contributions, this old man can't wait immediately. With her watching, no one will suffer from the cold and dew at night in the future. ”
Xia Ruixi looked at Wu gratefully: "Sister-in-law, eldest sister-in-law is like a mother, this is really good." ”
Wu smiled faintly: "I'm a person, you'll know after getting along for a long time." I don't know what to say if it's good to be obedient, but if people respect me, I will respect others. In other words, if people dare to provoke her, she will return it twice. This time, if it weren't for Xia Ruixi, she wouldn't have bothered to pay attention to the Bai family.
Over there, Mrs. Wang had already seen the two of them, and greeted them with a smile and saluted: "Two young grandmothers, but are you here to see Miss Lin?" The old slave made you laugh, and I haven't been in charge for many years, so it's really rusty. Then he scolded Lin Qingmei's personal girl Hongmei: "Don't you want to make tea?" Look, your young lady is the one who became sick like this because you didn't serve well. ”
Hongmei had tears in her eyes and trembled to make tea. In her heart, she thought that she had gone to get the medicine before, and when she met the red silk in the room of the second lady Ou, who had been friends with her, the red silk whispered to her: "Help the young lady to intercept the young masters, your life is too long, isn't it?" If it weren't for the fact that Mrs. has softened her heart in the past few years, a girl like you would have been beaten into a pulp. Do you really think that your deed of sale is in the hands of your young lady, and others can't help you? Stop dreaming. ”
Hongmei thought, and with a tremor in her hand, the teacup and teapot made a crisp sound. She raised her head in panic and looked at Mrs. Wang, only to see Mrs. Wang staring at her with a blue face, and she wanted to cry: "Miss......"
Hearing the sound, the green pothos came out of the back room, saluted Xia Ruixi and the two, and went to make tea: "Hongmei, the clothes that Miss changed yesterday are still in the basin, the weather is damp, you go and wash it, just serve me here." ”
Hongmei paused, answered softly, put down the teapot, bowed her head to the Wu family and Xia Ruixi, and went to wash her clothes.
The pothos made tea and opened the curtain: "Miss, the eldest and fourth grandmothers have come to see you." ”
Lin Qingmei lay on the bed angrily, her satin-like hair was scattered, and her pale little face was only the size of a palm, and she was pitiful. She struggled to get up when she heard the voice: "Qingmei just occasionally feels the wind and cold, how dare she work the two sisters-in-law?" The fourth sister-in-law still didn't come in, for fear of being sick. ”
Xia Ruixi chuckled: "Qingmei is always so careful and thoughtful. Then I won't come in, the family cares about you, you have to take care of your illness. ”
Wu stepped forward: "I didn't want your fourth sister-in-law to come, but she feels sorry for you being alone, and she must come to see you in person to rest assured." ”
Lin Qingmei lowered her eyelids to hide the emotion in her eyes: "Qingmei has caused trouble to everyone." He turned his head to Mrs. Wang and said: "Mother Wang, Hongmei, this girl is stupid, but she follows me when she is young, please forgive me for everything." ”
Mrs. Wang's heart began to feel uncomfortable, she didn't do anything about it, she protected it, it sounded like she had done something to Hongmei's girl. Who said that Miss Lin suffered a loss? It's clear that you can't afford to lose at all. At that moment, Pi said with a smile: "Back to Miss, although the old slave beats the young lady, he is also a stupid person, if there is anything wrong, please advise." The old slave must have changed. ”
Xia Ruixi couldn't afford to listen to her two bickering: "Qingmei, you take care of your illness, don't care about them." My sister-in-law and I came today, first, to see you, and secondly, to have a few intimate words with you. "Be hypocritical, everyone is hypocritical together, and by the way, it hurts people.
She didn't care whether Lin Qingmei liked to listen to it or not: "Since you call me a fourth sister-in-law, I have to say some things." Although the third sister-in-law spoke directly, she was also the truth in the end, and she was also thinking about you. In the future, if you want to go home, take the hair to practice, and keep a guard for Master Lin, you should not fall in front of Mrs. Lin. She really loves you, the old man is old, and she can't help but be angry. If you have any ideas, you can say it well, you can talk to your sister-in-law, you can also tell me, don't go to the garden to sit and blow the cold wind, this blowing is sick, and it is not your own sin. ”
Lin Qingmei's face was a little ugly, she supported her forehead, and she looked weak, Xia Ruixi pretended not to see it: "Your fourth brother originally wanted to come to see you with me, but he is a big man, so it is not easy to enter the girl's boudoir." He asked me to tell you, you can recuperate in peace, come to me if you have anything, as long as you can help, I will definitely help you, you are not polite. ”
Lin Qingmei replied sullenly, and Xia Ruixi said seriously: "He also said that he looked at Master Lin's codex last night and seemed to have some traces of worm eating, so let me send you a bag of mothballs." Chun'er handed over a pack of mothballs seriously.
When Lin Qingmei heard this, her face, which had been calm, finally couldn't be maintained, and she looked at Xia Ruixi a little nervously, not knowing how much she knew, and how much Ou Qingjin told her.
Xia Ruixi was especially unaware: "Speaking of which, Master Lin's words and writing are really good, I look at his words and deeds, and I admire him very much in my heart, and only a person like him can raise a daughter like you." "If you don't want to embarrass your father's face, restrain yourself as soon as possible.
Lin Qingmei hung her head and responded vaguely, Xia Ruixi nodded, got up and said, "Sister-in-law, I think Qingmei is tired, let's not disturb her rest." ”