Chapter VII: Calculation
Seeing that the old lady didn't speak, the eldest lady Dong cried for a while, and the more she cried, the more she felt wronged, "Auntie, how can you rather trust outsiders than trust your eldest daughter-in-law, only the daughter-in-law in this big courtyard is the same as you, and there are only the Chen family and the Dong family in your heart, even if the daughter-in-law can't give birth to an heir, she can raise the step-family under her body, and the daughter-in-law can still self-destruct the Great Wall and make people grab the wrong place and abandon it?" β
"Besides, when is it now, the third child brought the whole family into Beijing, and no matter how stupid the daughter-in-law is, she will not let the third family see the joke."
Mother Dong next to her couldn't help but glance at the old lady.
The eldest lady's words entered the old lady's heart, and now it is the third master's family that should be dealt with. The third old man's side hasn't damaged his hair, how can he make a mess on his side, not to mention that the eldest lady is the Dong family, and the eldest lady's bad reputation will affect the old lady. Thinking of this, Dong's mother turned around and went to get a cup of tea.
Seeing this, the eldest lady Dong hurriedly stepped forward to take the tea and personally held it to the old lady to drink.
The old lady took the tea for a while, but she didn't drink it, and put the tea on the low table, "Since I married into the Chen family, I will put the Chen family first in everything, if you do something hurtful again, I will definitely return you to the Dong family with my own hands, I can favor you, and you don't forget that there are seven outs." β
The old lady's eyes were sharp, and the words were like needles, and the eldest lady Dong couldn't help but tremble.
The old lady glanced at the eldest lady Dong deeply, "I will do what I say." β
The eldest lady Dong didn't dare to say anything else with tears in her eyes, "My aunt knows my heart, I just serve my aunt and master wholeheartedly." I will take care of Aunt Liu's side carefully, and I dare not do anything else. β
The old lady nodded, still without a smile on her face, "It's best if you can do this." β
The eldest lady Dong came out of the old lady's room, and her humble expression just now disappeared cleanly. The old lady is the eldest son of the old lady, but the old lady is partial to the second uncle's family, especially Lin Fang, the old lady is in the palm of her hand, and now this knotted long house is coming, and the old lady also let Lin Fang accompany her, I am afraid that in the future, that great good thing will fall on the second uncle, if it is not for this, the second brother and sister will not be so blatantly against her.
If she is bent on dealing with the third uncle, if she doesn't pay attention to it, she will be profited by the second uncle. If you don't think about this layer now, you will be deceived by the second uncle in the future. In such a situation, she didn't believe that the old lady only told her about it, and the second uncle must have known about it, otherwise how could Linfang please the old lady of the long house like this.
The eldest lady Dong's face was gloomy and uncertain, and Mother Fang next to her led the maid to reply cautiously: "The old lady of the long room asked people to send gifts to the young ladies. β
A return gift from the long room.
The eldest lady Dong looked at the one-color pineapple wood inlaid shell box, first dealt with the subordinates of the long room, and then opened the boxes one by one with her own hands, and saw the return gift from the old lady of the long room to the sixth lady Lin Yi, the eldest lady Dong couldn't help but be surprised. Lin Wan, Lin Fang, and Lin Fei are all three group flower gemstone hairpins, and in addition to the hairpins, Lin Yi's box has more white jade tubes, carved entwined branches, lotus tubes, and burnt blue cloisonnΓ© sheep hairpins.
The eldest lady Dong turned her head to look at Fang's mother, "The sixth girl just met with the third aunt and grandmother in the long room?" β
Fang's mother said: "I heard that Miss Sixth also gave a forehead wipe to the old lady of the long room. β
That's it, otherwise where did the old lady of the long house come from to be so generous.
Even if she doesn't understand the precious things of the four treasures of the study, she can see that this sheep's hair is expensive. She had only been out of the house for a day, and she let the six girls rob the benefits.
The eldest lady Dong couldn't help but snort coldly, she thought that the sick girl of the sixth girl would save her a lot of things by nesting in the embroidery room, but now it seems that she has to think about it differently.
The eldest lady, Dong, put the gift list at the bottom of the box and instructed Fang's mother, "Go and give the gifts to the young ladies, and make it clear that it was sent by the old lady of the long room." β
Mother Fang looked at the eldest lady's meaningful expression, and hurriedly lowered her head and leaned over to her.
The eldest lady Dong gave a careful order, and Mother Fang's eyes gradually brightened, "What about Aunt Liu......
The old lady had already called her over to speak, if she was entangled in this matter now, she would suffer in the end, "Choose a few clever girls and send them to Aunt Liu and Miss Six." β
The stage is still here, and if this scene doesn't work, she will change to another one.
She wants to let the second family know that it is right to deal with the third family with her now.
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Tan's mother helped Lin Yi choose ten kinds of brocade makeup and forgings dyed lotus red to make a gown, and asked the garmaker to choose two pink and azure cloth tailors, in addition to these, there are also shark yarn shirts, pleated skirts, light gauze skirts, palace skirts, and horse-faced skirts, so that there are more than a dozen pieces in total.
Before the garment maker left, Mother Dong, who was next to the old lady, took two pieces of fabric to make up two more sets for Lin Yi.
Dong's mother took ten taels of silver to the garment maker, and instructed with a smile, "Don't do any other work, but also make Miss Six's dress." β
A big family like the Chen family naturally couldn't be lazy, and the garment maker bowed down and smiled and accepted the silver.
Dong's mother didn't forget to explain when she left, "Miss Six is well, and the old lady means to go to Hehetang for dinner in the evening." β
The Chen family customized, Shen Shi invited An, and Shen Shi Zhong accompanied the old lady to eat in each room.
After sending Mother Dong away, Mother Fang, who was next to the eldest lady, entered the house, "The old lady in the long room sent a gift, and the eldest lady asked me to send it over." β
Lin Yi welcomed Fang's mother into the house, and instructed Linglong to make tea, make a cup of flower tea, and put two freshly washed peach blossoms, Fang's mother smiled and squinted her eyes and tasted it, "It's the first time I've drunk this kind of flower tea." As he spoke, his eyes turned to the basket on the low table.
Miss Six really makes people collect peach blossoms. It seems that it is not impossible that Miss Six said to the old lady before that she learned to make balm with the female gentleman.
If you have a good gentleman to teach, you may not be able to learn. After all, Funing is so far away from the capital, the young lady in the capital is naturally extravagant, and she is also dexterous in learning things, this sixth lady does not seem to be able to open her mind, even if it is a good thing to her, it is a waste in vain.
Lin Yi said with a smile: "If Mother Fang likes this taste, when the peach blossom water is brewed, I will ask someone to send a can of it, which is excellent for making tea or pastries on weekdays." β
The laugh lines on Fang's mother's mouth deepened, and she was busy flattering, "That's a blessing from the slave's cultivation." β
Fang's mother left, and Linglong opened the box and handed it to Lin Yi.
Lin Yi looked down and saw that it was three beautiful group flower gem hairpins.
As she remembers, the old lady of the long house gave her, Lin Wan, Lin Fang, and Lin Fei three flower gem hairpins.
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At the time of Shen, everyone gathered in the old lady's room.
There was a burst of laughter in the warm pavilion.
Lin Yi followed behind the third wife, Xiao Shi, and saw Lin Fang, who was holding a sheep's pen in front of the bookcase.
Lin Fang turned the sheep's hair pen in her hand, and the jade pen barrel glowed with a warm light. There was another sound of flattery in the room.
Lin Fang bit her lip slightly, her face was embarrassed, "Holding this item, the peach blossoms won't be drawn." β
The old lady who was half-lying on the soft couch smiled lovingly, "The princely prince's house is just this kind of pen, you are only fourteen years old, and you naturally feel heavy when you use such a pen." β
Yang Rui's daughter-in-law, who often runs errands for the old lady, said, "Where? I saw that the fourth lady painted more beautifully, even the one that no six-stone layman could compare. β
The old lady pointed at Yang Rui's daughter-in-law and laughed, "It's a shame that she still knows about the Six Stone Layman." β
The crowd laughed again.
Lin Fang restrained her smile and began to draw the petals seriously.
The old lady asked the third wife, Xiao Shi and Lin Yi, to sit on the chair next to them, "The fourth girl got a sheep's hair, and now she is a treasure, and she can't even take care of eating." β
"That's natural," the eldest lady Dong set up the dishes and chopsticks and entered the house with a smile, "That's the jade pipe sheep hair given by the old lady of the long house, how many can the entire Chen family have, the old lady of the long house still loves us Linfang." β
Lin Yi stepped forward to salute the eldest lady, the eldest lady Dong pulled Lin Yi up and asked for warmth, the third lady Lin Wan next to the eldest lady didn't like to talk, she only sat next to her and occasionally turned her head and smiled at Lin Yi.
Lin Fang drew a picture of peach blossoms and showed it to the old lady.
The old lady smiled and said, "I really have a little bit of the charm of the Six Stone Layman," she said and thought for a while, "Your uncle and grandmother also like the Six Stone Layman, and you have finally obtained this sheep's hair, so you will send this painting to your uncle and grandmother and ask her to take a look." β
Everyone thinks it's good.
The old lady asked the painting to dry and immediately sent it to the long room, and the eldest lady Dong looked at Lin Yi, who did not come out to stop her, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.