Chapter 31: The Outer Room
The old lady was not in a hurry to listen to her complaints, but instructed Mama Qin: "Let someone fetch water to wash the second girl." β
Mama Qin hurriedly retreated, and after a while, Hongxuan led the two maids in and put the things in the compartment, Mama Qin helped the second aunt and grandmother to get up and go inside to clean her face again, and then she came out to see the old lady.
When the old lady saw that she had cleaned up, she didn't cry anymore, and her heart was relieved. Mama Qin personally moved the embroidery stool and put it not far from the old lady's head, and the second aunt and grandmother sat down slowly, and glanced at the old lady with red eyes.
The old lady took the moire glazed teacup handed over by Mama Qin, took a sip and slowly put it down, reached out and took the Buddha beads that she usually held in her hand on weekdays, and slowly twisted them, then raised her eyebrows, looked at the second aunt and grandmother slightly, and asked, "Say, what's going on?" β
The second aunt's tears fell unconsciously again, and when she saw the old lady glaring at her, she hurriedly took out a handkerchief to wipe away her tears and said: "Yesterday, I came back from Jingci'an with Yahuan and met Grandma Deng of Shaoqing's family in Taichang Temple, she said that she had seen Zhao Jianchuan in Liuye Hutong. β
The old lady was stunned for a moment, and asked with some puzzlement: "What is the place of Liuye Hutong?" β
The second aunt and grandmother sobbed and said, "In the west of the city, a distant cousin of Grandma Deng was married there, and her husband's family was guarding the city at Chaoyangmen. She told me that when she was out of the alley, she saw Zhao Jianchuan enter a family's house. β
The old lady was a little unhappy when she heard this, and the movements of her hands also stopped, she glanced at her daughter disapprovingly, and said, "Nonsense! Just because of this trivial matter, you quarrel with him? Are you worried that life is not bothered enough? β
"No, mother!" The second aunt and grandmother wanted to defend themselves, but were interrupted by the old lady.
"What men do outside is often unclear to women at home. If he had gone there on an errand or to visit a friend, you would have made a fuss about it, and you would not have to make him think that you were unreasonable, and that you would not have been able to get along with Mrs. Wynber. Tell me, aren't you living too peacefully in your spare time? β
The second aunt couldn't help but be so anxious that she cried and said: "Mother, it's not that my daughter is suspicious of him, my daughter also considered it like you that day, but last night he didn't return home until near Hai, and he went out again early this morning." As you know, he was on vacation today, and I was going to let him go out with me and the children, but I didn't see anyone when I woke up in the morning. I went to look for someone, but I didn't know that I couldn't find it, and my daughter remembered Liuye Hutong, so she took Mama Li and Fangchun to look for it there. But unexpectedly, he was actually there. β
When the old lady heard this, her heart jumped, and a not very good premonition suddenly came to her heart, "What is he doing there again?" β
"He-" The second aunt and grandmother choked up and said, "Mama Li and Fang Chun saw Zhao Jianchuan accompanying a pregnant woman to see the doctor. β
"What??"
The old lady's voice suddenly rose several degrees: "You explain it to me clearly!" β
The Liu family and the Yang family standing below all changed their faces involuntarily, but they didn't need to say it again, they also understood, they couldn't think of it, they couldn't think of it......
Liu couldn't help but think of what the old lady said when she ordered Zhao Jianchuan, the eldest son of Huai'anbo's mansion to her second aunt and grandmother Chu Yutong: "Although Huai'anbo's mansion is not as good as our Houfu, but fortunately, Jianchuan's child has a good temperament and is clean, and now he is almost twenty years old and has no room, as long as you marry him and treat him well, he will definitely not bear you!" β
Ha! When the old lady said this, her tone was quite firm, and no one thought that the world would be so unpredictable. It's only been a few years? Not to mention that my aunt has a lot of rooms, and now she has directly raised the outer room! Look at it! They all had children before they were discovered! This son-in-law Zhao is really a talent!
Yang pursed his lips, his eyes swept lightly over the body of the second aunt and grandmother Chu Yutong with a hint of pity, and then looked at the old lady who was on the verge of rage, and sighed almost imperceptibly in his heart!
Counting on the man to be reliable, wouldn't the sow be able to climb the tree?
Yang suddenly thought of his man, and his heart couldn't help but warm when he thought of his care for him. However, she understands that Chu Mingxiang herself is also very clear in her heart, according to her temperament, if this kind of thing happens to her, there will be no future between the two of them. Therefore, Chu Mingxiang will not and will not dare!
It's just that, looking at the sad sister-in-law in front of her, the Yang family suddenly regretted that she didn't take the opportunity to go out just now, and it is not certain that the old lady will be angry with her after a while......
Over there, the second aunt and grandmother cried even more, "Woo...... Mother, Mama Li went and asked quietly, the house was bought by Zhao Jianchuan three years ago, that woman, that woman also lived in it three years ago, and also gave birth to a daughter, who is more than two years old, and now the belly is the second one! β
The eyes of the Yang family, the Liu family, and Mama Qin widened at the same time, they never thought that there was already a child under the knees of that outer room, and the eyes of the old lady Wang were almost popping out at this moment!
"Heβhow dare heβ"
The old lady was so angry that her chest rose and fell, and her old face turned red because of anger, so frightened that Mama Qin couldn't care about being surprised, and hurriedly helped to stroke her back.
The second aunt and grandmother cried uncontrollably again, "Woo...... Whining...... Mother, do you know that when my daughter heard the news, she heard Zhao Jianchuan tell the doctor that his wife was weak and hoped that the doctor would come to see her next time. The daughter was angry and reasoned with him, but unexpectedly he protected that little slut! Mother, you say, how can you live this day in the future! β
"Zhao Jianchuan, he deceives people too much!"
The old lady slapped the Buddhist beads in her hand heavily on the mahogany table next to her, and the crisp sound shook the hearts of the people present.
At this time, there was a sudden noise outside, and the old lady was angry, and couldn't help shouting outside: "Who is outside?" Don't get in here yet! β
Mama Qin's heart suddenly sudden, and she quietly glanced at the old lady, and saw that her face was really bad, but she was worried that there was really something difficult to clean up outside, so she had the courage to walk quickly to the door, but saw a row of people standing outside - the eldest girl, the second girl, the fourth girl, the ninth girl, and the tenth girl were all staring at her with a pair of eyes.
The corners of Mama Qin's mouth twitched uncontrollably, and then she quietly made a gesture towards them before turning around and walking inside. Chu Peijin walked in with a group of younger sisters without changing her face.
Yahuan Hongling from Rongkang Courtyard went to Qinglan Courtyard to look for her, saying that the old lady had informed her to let her come over. Thinking of Liu's temperament, Chu Peijin expected early on that he must have come to the old lady to complain, so he didn't shirk it, and after cleaning up a little, he followed Hongling to Rongkang Courtyard.
On the way, I happened to meet the ninth sister Chu Peiyi and the tenth sister Chu Peihuan. Since returning from Xia Mansion, Chu Peiyi felt that the eldest sister treated her more kindly than the second sister, so she pestered Chu Peijin a lot. Seeing Chu Peijin at this time, she was naturally unwilling to let go, and Chu Peihuan, the tenth sister who was close to Chu Peiyi's age, also had to follow, Chu Peijin couldn't help it, so she had to respond.
That's it, the three of them with a group of maids just arrived at the gate of Rongkang Courtyard and met Chu Peixuan and Chu Peilin who came to find their mother, and several people stared at each other, and they heard the voice of the second aunt and grandmother in the house, very unfortunately, they all heard it clearly!