Chapter 188: Backyard
Liu Yiti's sister went to the lady's courtyard.
Mrs. had just gotten up from a nap, and when she heard the girl's report, she sat up lazily, with a hint of sarcasm on her rich and round face, and asked a personal woman beside her, "What is she doing?" ”
The mother-in-law was married by her mother's family, and when she heard this, she smiled and said, "Isn't it that the eldest young master wants to get married, and the Liu family is here to give gifts?" ”
"Hmph, what gift can she come up with?" Sun Fu's main wife, Wang, snorted coldly, "It's just a few kinds of needles and threads, which ones are we still missing?" ”
"Yes, Liu's family is from a small family, where can you get into the eyes of Madame?" The mother-in-law smiled and patted the fart.
"Whether it's a gift or something, I have to see it. The old man is more and more disrespectful to the old, spoiling a fox, and not taking our sisters into his eyes, why are we not waiting for a group? As he spoke, Wang had already dressed up and sat down in a chair in the main hall and drank tea slowly.
Liu lowered his head and entered the house, first squatted for Wang's blessing, lowered his eyebrows and asked for peace, then opened a small cloth bag in his hand, and handed it to Wang with both hands, "Brother Kang will get married in two days, and there are no good things here for the concubines. ”
Wang didn't pick up the pillow, and the woman behind her stepped forward to pick it up with great eyes.
Wang Shipi smiled and said, "My sister has a heart, sit down." ”
"Yes." Liu sat respectfully and half-pulled his buttocks, brushed his meticulously combed sideburns, and slowly looked up at Wang, "Brother Kang is going to marry Miss Zeng in a few days, and my sister is also busy." ”
"Isn't it?" When Wang mentioned his son's marriage, he finally had a smile on his face, "Children are the sins of their fathers and mothers, and they always have the heart to them up." ”
"What my sister said is, I don't know what it's like for Brother Ying to grow up?" Liu took over the conversation and also talked about his son, Sun Ying, who was only eleven years old.
"Brother Ying is willing to study and motivated, how can it be bad?" Wang smiled fakely, looked at Liu's needlework twice on his mother-in-law's hand, and did not ask what Liu was doing.
Liu was a little uncomfortable, his buttocks moved on the stool, and then he said dryly, "There are only two sons in front of the master, Kang Ge'er and Ying Ge'er, Kang Ge'er is about to marry a wife and have children, and in the future, the master's family business will needless to say that it will be Kang Ge'er's." Brother Ying is still young, and when he is older in the future, his wife only needs to find him a family affair with the same door, if he is studying and progressing, it is fine, if not, he will live on an acre and three points of land. ”
Wang's eyelids lifted, and Liu said so much, what did he mean? Is this a sign of loyalty?
She is still a duty, and she knows that she can't fight.
"Well, you're pretty good." Wang smiled at a rare sight, and made Liu's heart thump with excitement.
"Sister is generous, the concubine can live comfortably in this house, the concubine is naturally grateful to Dade and is willing to serve her sister for the rest of her life."
Liu added another clueless sentence, and Wang raised his eyebrows when he heard it, and secretly said Even if you don't serve, you can't do it, the name is here, who made me the main room You are a concubine.
Seeing that Wang's face was quite calm, Liu knew that Wang listened to these words, she thought about it and said boldly, "It's just that a cheap concubine can think like this, not necessarily others will think like this." ”
Wang's eyelids widened, and a pair of apricot kernels stared at Liu with dead eyes: What does she want to say?
Liu mustered up the courage to meet Wang's eyes, and there was something in his words, "Aunt Bai, who just came, was treated as a baby bump by the master, and she was tired of being together day and night. When the time comes to give birth to a son, Brother Kang is fine, what is Brother Ying? ”
After speaking, Liu wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, this time, she was really sad, not pretending.
Sun Funian is nearly fifty people, in addition to Mrs. and her, there are also two girls who have sex with each other, and both of them are guarding a girl in front of them, which is not as good as her and Mrs.
Now that there is a lotus fox and a son, does Brother Ying'er, a concubine, still have status?
She is already old, she is not as good as Mrs. is the main house, and she has a maiden family who is an official in Beijing, and Sun Fu treats her with natural courtesy.
As for her, in addition to a few sisters who married into other places, there is only one brother in Liu Yiti. This brother is also an unsuccessful person, and he bothers the old man with trivial things all day long, and the old man has long been dissatisfied with him.
Something happened to the Spring Hall this time, and she really didn't know how to let the old man ask.
The lord can't stay in her house twice a year now, and now that he has the little hooves of the lotus, the lord can't see her anymore.
She naturally wants to plan a future for her son, so she has to rely on her wife.
Now that something has happened to her brother, she can only ask her wife to come forward to settle it. As for the master, she couldn't even touch a figure, let alone meet him.
That's why she came to ask her today.
The Wang family didn't look down on the Liu family originally, but fortunately, she was honest and didn't make much trouble over the years, and Brother Ying was young, so she didn't embarrass her much.
But now there is a little lotus hoof, the old man is sticky with her every day, and even her house is not very entered, and she really can't let the little hoof ride on her head.
As Liu said, when Lotus gave birth to a son, her Ying brother didn't know what to do. So, will her Kang Ge'er be ostracized?
After all, grandmothers in the world love children.
Although the old man has two sons, but when he is old, the old man is not allowed to take the old son in his mouth?
As for the little hooves of the lotus, the natural mother is more expensive than the child.
At that time, even if she occupies the seat in the main room, I'm afraid that she will not be happy, right?
Wang Shi looked at Liu's face, which had positive facial features and fair skin, and there was nothing peculiar about it.
It's not as good as the little hooves of the lotus, and the smoke is flattering, and he is a fox.
Men are fond of the new and hate the old, when the little hooves of the lotus blow the wind on the pillow, the lord will not leave this great business to the son of the lotus?
When the time comes, what will become of her Kang'er?
Thinking like this, Wang was so angry that he couldn't sit still, and slammed the coffee table to stand up, "It's against her." Anyway, she is also a concubine, relying on her youth, she seduces the master every day not to enter our sisters' house. The old man is old, can he still put her back in trouble? Is she going to rebel? ”
Liu didn't expect that Wang's opinion on this lotus flower was so big, and he thought that he would have to spend a lot of words, but after a few words, he and his wife found a common topic.
She was grateful and excited, tears rippled in her eyes, and she choked up and shouted, "Sister." ”
"Don't worry, with me, I can't help her in this house." Wang snorted domineeringly and sat down slowly.
As if he had found the backbone of the main heart, Liu moved off the stool, knelt down in front of Wang's feet with a puff, and cried with a whimper, "Sister, beg my sister to be the master of the concubine." ”
Wang glared in surprise, and ordered his mother-in-law to help Liu up, "What do you say?" ”
She has the same goal as Liu, and this time she will be much more cordial to Liu.
"Sister, my good sister." Liu choked up for a while, and said sadly, "The concubine's brother's shop was smashed, and people fainted with fright. The concubine wanted to tell the lord about this, but the fox charmed the lord so much that he couldn't see anyone. The concubine can only complain on the lady's side......"
The Wang family also knew that Liu's brother Liu Yijiao had cheated and made a lot of money over the years. But she also pays a lot of filial piety to her, and she naturally won't sit idly by in this matter.
How can I say it, I am also a relative of the county grandfather's family, and the shop was smashed, and there is no one who comes out, wouldn't it be looked down upon?
"Don't worry, it's not a big deal, I'll ask the housekeeper to ask." Wang's packed the ticket, and the words were full.
Liu Shi was relieved at this time, and said a lot of words of gratitude intimately, and then he resigned.
In the evening, the housekeeper went back and forth, saying that the chief of the Taoshan Group had arrested several people who were making trouble, and it was Lu Xiaowu who took the lead.
As for the smashing, it wasn't him who did it, it was all the villagers who came forward to help each other when they saw injustice, as for who it was, Lu Xiaowu couldn't tell.
When Wang heard this, he knew that this was Liu Yiti's own request.
Immediately let the steward scare Lu Xiaowu's troublemakers and let them compensate according to the price.
Who knew that Lu Xiaowu was not convinced, and was lame and was carried to the door of the county government with a door panel, crying and shouting that he would sue the quack.
Now, it's a big deal.
By the time Sun Fu learned about this, it was already the morning of the second day.
When asked, he realized that it was his brother who was not a concubine who provoked him, and he was so angry that he suddenly didn't have a good face.
Who knew that Lu Xiaowu shouted again that the county master's mother-in-law sent someone to scare him, and threatened to arrest a few of them and go to jail if he didn't pay the money......
Originally, it wasn't a big deal, but as soon as the mother-in-law of the county magistrate shouted, some people who watched the excitement spread it in an uproar.
Since ancient times, the people did not fight with the officials, and now people say that the mother-in-law of the county lord threatens a flat-headed people.
Even if the county magistrate arrested Lu Xiaowu and the others and sent them to prison, the fact that his mother-in-law did in private has already spread the word, and people can only say behind his back that he does not repair his internal curtains, which is not very good in terms of official reputation.
If Shangguan knew, then this matter would be tricky.
Sun Fu was so angry that he scolded the Wang family for not knowing what to do, and he didn't dare to take Lu Xiaowu into custody, so he had to let them go home.
Here he returned to the backyard angrily, and went straight to the main courtyard of his wife Wang.
Wang was proud of himself for giving Liu his head, and asked Liu to show off with her, when he saw Sun Fu breaking in with a black face, and the official robe on his body had not changed, which frightened the two women.
"Why did the master come back now?" It's not yet noon, and it's not dinner time. In ancient times, men with official bodies generally did not enter the backyard, and the lord came back a little strangely.
Wang and Liu looked at each other, hurriedly greeted them, and asked warmly.
But Sun Fu kept a straight face and said nothing, entered the house and sent the girl and the mother-in-law away, looked at the main room and the concubine, and suddenly became angry, and roared, "You did a good job!" ”
Wang and Liu were startled, and the hand that stretched out to undress him was also shrunk in the air, so stiff that they didn't know where to put it.
Liu is a concubine, and she is even less courageous, so she was so frightened that she knelt down immediately.
Wang snorted coldly, sat on the Nanmu chair in the middle, picked up the tea bowl but didn't drink it, and said in a strange manner, "The master was bewitched by a fox and became more and more stupid. ”
These days, she was snubbed by Sun Fu, and the evil fire in her heart couldn't come out, so she seized an opportunity to nag vigorously.
Sun Fu was so angry that his old face turned red, and he slapped on the ebony coffee table, which shook the tea cup and jumped high, "What nonsense?" I haven't settled accounts with you yet, you're involved with someone else. ”
"Who am I messing with? The old man made it clear that the concubine body does not carry this black cauldron. Wang simply sprinkled and screamed unrelentingly.
It's okay if Sun Fu doesn't say it, but when she talks about breaking others, she can't stand it.
The master's heart has gone somewhere, if she doesn't come out with some of her son's majesty, she won't have to rely on other people's snorts to live in the future?
Sun Fu was so angry with this fierce woman that he stomped his feet again and again, he couldn't scold or beat her, and he had nowhere to vent his anger, and when he saw Liu kneeling in front of him and crying, he kicked him over and kicked Liu who was not the slightest defense.
"It's all you slut, my brother has to run here with a bit of bullshit. Obviously, the medical skills are not good enough to cure the lameness, and I want to find fault. Now it's okay, you two women with long hair and short knowledge come forward to threaten people to lose money according to the price, and you can bear it better than anyone else. ”
Sun Fu yelled and scolded, which frightened the Wang family.
She didn't spill anymore, she stared at Sun Fu with a pair of apricot eyes, her voice trembling a little, "Old, master, it's just a trivial matter, why did you get angry like this?" ”
"Phew, it's a small thing?" Sun Fu slapped his palm on the coffee table again, and this time not only the tea cup shook high, but even the Wang family shrank in fright.
"Ignorant woman, still talking about trivialities? You have the ability to threaten people, why don't you go and inquire, how is your lord and my official style outside? It's been spread all over the outside, saying that our family has set up a public court, and the public has a personal vendetta......"
Sun Fu shouted hoarsely, shouting to the end, frightened and frightened, his throat was about to smoke, and he quickly poured a bowl of tea, which calmed down his excited and depressed mood.
As soon as Wang heard this, he knew that something was wrong.
"Master, I, I didn't do anything, I just asked the housekeeper to ask." Her voice is low and weak, and she can barely hear if she doesn't listen carefully, which shows that she lacks confidence.
"Haven't done anything yet?" When Sun Fu heard that the Wang family shirked it, he wanted to slap her to death, but two days later, their eldest son would get married, and he couldn't do it.
"You, you." He stretched out his hand and nodded at the Wang family and the Liu family who was lying on the ground and out of breath, "One by one, there are more than enough failures, where can it be compared to a finger of the Bai family?" It's not worth lifting her shoes! ”
After speaking, he didn't take off his official robe, so he strode out without even looking at Liu.
Wang slumped in the chair for a long time and didn't move, and only after a long time did he smile sadly, "See?" This is a man, when he likes you, he can't wait to hold you in the palm of his hand and pet you, and when he doesn't like it, he won't look at you when you are so low that he is dusty. What is not as good as a finger of the Bai family? Isn't that fox young and beautiful? Phew! ”
When she said this, her face was condensed, her expression was a little hideous, and she didn't know if she was telling herself or Liu, or both.
The incident of the smashing of the Rejuvenation Hall subsided after a few days.
There was an endless stream of people who came to see a doctor in the death pavilion, and there was a lot of traffic in front of the door, and Cai Wei and the new doctor Yang were busy all day long.
On this day, it was the thirteenth day of August, and after noon, Zeng Xiaorou came with a servant.
Today is the 28th day of her face, which happens to be a cycle of skin growth.
The black skin on her cheeks was no longer visible, and her whole face became fairer and more delicate, like a supple protein.
When Cai Wei put on her face, she chirped and kept talking, saying that August 16 was her good day, and specially invited Cai Wei to give her a wedding.
According to this ancient marriage custom, the woman who gives the marriage is generally a younger sister or cousin in the family who is younger than the bride, and she has not yet married.
Today, she asked Cai Wei to go, Cai Wei suddenly felt that it was inappropriate, and hurriedly excused herself, "Xiaorou, I can't go, I am neither your cousin nor your cousin, what qualifications do I have to go?" ”
"I told you to go, and you went." Xiao Rou took her hand and said stubbornly, "If you think this can't be done, let's just worship as sisters, okay?" ”
Cai Wei couldn't refuse, so she had to agree, "Okay, my little ancestor, don't say it, and put on your face." ”
Xiao Rou closed her mouth happily.
After Cai Wei finished giving her face, she generously took out fifty taels of silver for Cai Wei.
Cai Wei felt that a few jars of river mud were not worth this, but Xiaorou had to give it, so she had no choice but to take it.
Who can have a grudge against silver?
said that in the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15, Cai Wei and Widow Mu agreed to move.
The new house has been cleaned up, and there is no source of pollution in ancient times, and the house can be lived in for a few days.
In autumn, the weather is not very good, these days the sky is gloomy, I am afraid that it will rain.
Therefore, they discussed moving quickly, otherwise the dilapidated thatched house would leak as soon as it rained.