Volume 3 A Thousand Poems of Autumn Colors 3, Guests Come from Far Away (3)
The greeting gift is given, and the words of praise are spilled. The second lady looked at Ji Lingshu carefully, asked her a few gossips, and felt a little happy in her heart.
She didn't have a good impression of the Ji family, but when she saw that the daughter-in-law of the Ji family was also wooden, she realized more and more that the family was nerd. When I saw Ji Lingshu, I first liked her good looks, and then saw that she was quiet, although she was not high, she was neither humble nor arrogant, she was polite in her speech and manners, and she was a beautiful lady, so she was happy, and couldn't help laughing: "When your mother came that year, there was no you, she said that she wanted a caring girl, and she got her wish." Now that the little girl has such a good appearance, she is really a bad person, your mother is really blessed! ”
Ji Zheng smiled: "The second lady praised her falsely. This child, who took a look at the envoy in the countryside, entered Gyeonggi and met a few fairy-like young ladies in the house, where is there a place for her! She, she really only has a filial piety, and she can make me feel a little relieved. ”
The old lady fell aside and said with a smile: "Auntie, this filial piety is your good fortune." I see that this child is quiet and tight, which is excellent. The female doll's house, it doesn't matter what is next to it, but the word dignified is the most rare. Being dignified and understanding filial piety is a great blessing for parents and in-laws. ”
She said so casually, and everyone in the family also laughed casually, but all of them fell on Wu Nǎinǎi.
Wu nǎinǎi raised his eyebrows disdainfully, but he didn't say anything, and he didn't look at others, his eyes only swept Ji Lingshu up and down, as if he wanted to tear down her skin and bones, and take a closer look at how to call it quiet and dignified.
Where did Ji Zheng know the inside story of the Nian family. smiled and catered to the old lady and said two words like "a woman is virtuous if she is not talented", and Ji Lingshu became more and more quiet and well-behaved, smiling silently, as if she had become a model of a lady with both virtue and ability, poking there as a statue.
After the old lady finished speaking, she was speechless, Ji Zheng said, and she listened with a smile. Nodding frequently, but not answering. Ji Zheng is not an extremely talkative person. After saying two sentences, no one answered. It also paused. It was a bit of a cold spot.
The second lady had something to say, but she thought it would be better to go back to her home for a while. Speaking here is somewhat considerate, and I am afraid that which one will not open his eyes and distort his original intention, so he said to the old lady with a smile: "The daughter-in-law is a little tired of looking at the old lady, and the aunt and Mrs. Fang Cai are afraid that the old lady will wait for a long time, and they will come directly to worship the old lady without washing. ”
The old lady smiled, "Very good." Luo Niang is still careful. My aunt and wife worked hard all the way, and when she washed and rested earlier, it was the old woman's negligence. As he spoke, he glanced at Si Nǎinǎi again, and said with half disgust: "Shiro's daughter-in-law is too, why didn't you ask your aunt to wash it first." I let it go first. What a faux pas! ”
Four nǎinǎi was folded by the second lady, and then it was folded by the old lady. I was really annoyed in my heart, and I was disgusted that Sister-in-law Kou was stunned and couldn't do anything. At this time, he had to admit his guilt obediently, saying that he was wrong, and he compensated Ji Zheng's family. After thinking about it, I will definitely scold Sister-in-law Kou.
Xia Xiaoman looked at the four nǎinǎi awkward faces with interest, and then looked at the second lady, but the fourth lady was on the same side as if nothing happened, and the fourth lady whispered to discuss a few things to call people to the mother and daughter of the Ji family,---- in the end, the four nǎinǎi were a little tender
The mother and daughter of the Ji family got up to say goodbye, and the old lady nodded with a smile and called. Because Ji Songshu visited the old lady and the old men in the outer courtyard, before he could enter the inner courtyard to worship the old lady, the old lady said: "You don't need to call your eldest man over." In the evening, the wine was set up for the aunt and wife to catch the wind and wash the dust, and it was enough to see each other. ”
Everyone got up and sent them out, and when they got into the car through the hall, Miss Seventh said to Ji Zheng with a smile: "Auntie, niece wants to ask Sister Lingshu to come to my side to sit in the morning, can you?" ”
Ji Zheng didn't say a word, and the second lady smiled first: "Qi Niang, you little devil, what do you have in mind?" ”
Miss Seven is a four-room concubine, the same mother as the third master, and is sixteen years old. After her mother gave birth to the third master, her health has not been very good, and when she was born, the lamp ran out of oil, and she died, and she was taken by the fourth lady to raise. Because of the mother-in-law's upbringing, everyone in the house also treats each other differently. And she is a habitual talker, everyone makes fun of her, she is not annoyed, but can wittily take a few words, quite pleasing, not only the wife of the family nǎinǎi likes her, but in front of the old lady, she can also say a few words.
Hearing the second lady's teasing, Miss Seven pouted and feigned: "The second aunt has wronged her niece." The niece is serious this time, because she has learned for a month and still doesn't play very well, so she talked to her sister Lingshu, she said that she can play this tune, and her niece thought about asking her for some guidance, so she could make some progress. ”
The second lady nodded her forehead with a smile and said, "Are you being compared?" This time, Master is here, but you have to study hard. ”
Ji Zheng was busy laughing on the side: "The second lady and the seventh lady are serious, what does she know at a young age!" If Miss Seven likes it, call her over. ”
Miss Seven thanked Ji Zheng with a smile, pulled Ji Lingshu's hand, and said with a smile: "Mrs. Aunt has responded, you have to think about coming over!" Don't wait for me to ask three or four times, and be anxious. ”
Ji Lingshu pursed his lips and smiled, and said in a tender voice: "Seventh Sister has a life, how dare you disobey?" I still want to ask the fifth sister for advice on the stitching of the rotary embroidery purse. ”
There are four young ladies in Beijing who have not been out of the cabinet, except for the seventh lady who is a four-room concubine, and the remaining fifth, sixth, and ninth ladies are all three old men. Under the discipline of the three ladies, these three people are all honest, restrained, and clumsy in words, and the three big living beings are like three wooden stakes.
When the fifth lady heard Ji Lingshu say this, she blushed first, and after a while, she said in a loud voice: "Don't dare to be a ......" and then stopped talking.
Who's waiting for her to answer? It's just a polite sentence, and when she says this, everyone is going to get in the car. She was a little embarrassed, blushing more and more, and clenched Miss Nine's annual review hand tightly, no longer squeaking.
returned to the wild goose home. The god of the Ji family seemed to be much more relaxed.
Re-dividing the guests and hosts to sit down, the second lady saw that from Ji Zheng's family to Ji Lingshu and even Ji Qi's family, she smiled a little more, and then smiled at Ji Zheng's and said: "You too, the old lady has not seen the land before, how can she not see it for a few years, but she seems to be stunned." You're so tired that the kids are scared. ”
Ji Zheng's smile is laughter. In the end, he brought some Qi Ran and said, "I won't hide it from my sister." After all, it's not the same as before. Now...... It is common sense to recognize me as a pro, and it is common sense not to recognize me...... I ...... in my heart."
Thinking of the dead lady Zheng. The second lady also had red eyes, quietly wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said with a forced smile: "Look at what you said, how can you not recognize it?" This is still forgiving! ”
As he spoke, he hurriedly turned his head to call Xia Xiaoman, asked her to come to worship Ji Zheng's, and said with a smile: "This is in Lang'er's room, Xia's Manniang, and now she is the only one by Lang'er's side." It is best to do so. ”
Xia Xiaoman was worried about letting her kneel, and she felt a little awkward. But seeing that there was no maid with a futon, he breathed a sigh of relief, and went over with a smile to accept a blessing.
Ji Zheng smiled and asked the maid to pull it up, bring it to his side, and take a closer look. There were tears in his eyes again. said: "Look at it, it's a sincere child, there is such a person by the side of Yu'er." I'm relieved. ”
Ben also knew that Nian Liang had such a number one person around him, and the gifts were prepared according to the rules of the concubine. At this time, the gift was brought up, Ji Zhengshi was excited again, and took off a white jade bracelet from his wrist, put it on Xia Xiaoman's hand, held her hand and said: "Good child, take good care of your child......
Xia Xiao's hand bones made her pinch the ground and hurt, and she had to put on the most grateful and sincere smile on her face, and she expressed her determination with her mouth, claiming that she would definitely serve her master well.
After she let go, Xia Xiaoman looked at the bracelet on her arm and worried, hey, how good you said it was to give silver, you have to give such a ...... Hey, don't be the kind of family heirloom of Fang Shiyu's family, right?! You said that you gave the little wife a bracelet, this is a loss because there is no big wife, otherwise ,---- don't wear it disrespectfully, wear it, let the big wife see it, isn't that greasy! It's really hard to deal with...... Hey, can you cash it out?
She greeted Ji Qi's and Ji Lingshu again, and Ji Qi's said that Ji Lingshu didn't know what to call Xia Xiaoman because his father and brother had no concubines, so he had to look at his mother. But the second lady answered, and she said, "Call me sister-in-law." ”
Xia Xiaoman didn't react to this title, but the maids in the house were all moved, and Fennel was even a little excited to cry, which made Xia Xiaoman stunned. After taking a seat, the second lady reminisced with the mother and daughter of the Ji family, Xia Xiaoman excused himself and left the hall, pulled the fennel to ask her what was wrong, could it be that she was wrong and lost her manners?
Fennel saw that there was no one left and right, leaned over and saluted Xia Xiaoman, and said excitedly: "The slave and maid have said hello to the master!" ”
Xia Xiaoman hurriedly pulled her, pouted, and said, "What kind of joy is the Tao?" It's just a gift for me. ”
Fennel was stunned for a moment, then cried and laughed, and said, "The second lady of Fang Cai wants to promote the master to the second room!" ”
"What?" Xia Xiaoman was dumbfounded: "Who said that?" ”
Fennel said: "It's Fang Cai, the second lady called Miss Ji Jia to call you sister-in-law!" ”
Xia Xiaoman clicked his eyes, indeed, if he is a concubine, he cannot be called a relative. But......
Fennel said excitedly: "Previously, the master was promoted as a concubine, and he was also promoted by the second lady, and now he has promoted the master to be the second room, which is really a noble person of the master!" It's good now, no one dares to bully the master anymore......"
Xia Xiaoman tugged at the corners of his mouth, pinched her face, and said, "Silly girl." There is only one glimpse of this matter, so it is not necessary to settle down for the time being. "It's a promotion, and it's not something that the department manager can say. The second room is just an intention of the second lady, and it is necessary to say whether the above agrees or disagrees.
Fennel looked at the master a little blankly, why didn't the master seem so happy? She asked cautiously, "Master...... Not happy on the body? ”
"Huh? No, I'm fine. Xia Xiaoman smiled. She couldn't be happy, the second room, such as Mrs., can be regarded as promoted, speaking of which in a family like Nianfu, her background will be up to the sky when she rises to this point, but in fact, in terms of her current situation, there is no substantial change. And, that's not what she wants.
She wanted an apple, and God gave her a pineapple, which is much more expensive than an apple. Even if you give her a basket of pineapples, how can you make her happy?
"Let's go back." Xia Xiaoman said to Fennel, "I just glanced at the ruler given by my aunt, and there is a good one, go back and make a jacket for you and cardamom." ”
Fennel's face showed joy, and the master said that the reward was rewarded, never ambiguous, and he did not like people to follow the false words and politely push. So he implemented the salute and thanked Xia Xiaoman.
The two returned to the hall, and Nian Liang and Ji Shushu in the outer courtyard worshiped the old lady. It's coming over here, too.
Ji Zheng knew in the letter early in the morning that he was seriously ill in November. I also knew that I had broken my leg, but at this time, I saw that Nian Liang was pushed in by a wheelchair. was stunned at first, and then listened to Nian Liang Shi Li say that "the leg injury is not good, I can't get up to salute", she still couldn't help crying, and she didn't care about the side, took two steps, took Nian Liang into her arms, and screamed "My son".
Thinking about his mother, his heart was sour. His eyes were full of tears.
The room was full of people who shed tears, but they had to come to comfort them.
It took a while for Ji Zheng to be persuaded to stop and accept the grief, the little maid fetched water and came over to wash her face, Ji Zheng waved his hand and said no. I'm going to wash it up later. I only twisted the handkerchief and wiped my face first.
Nian Liang also wiped his face and saluted the Ji family.
Ji Lingshu was nurtured by his father and brother since he was a child. I like to read the most, and I know all about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, because I think my brother is also knowledgeable, but he has not been lifted repeatedly, as soon as he heard that this cousin is talented and less talented, he imagined it to be a god. However, now that he saw the real person, it was completely different from what he imagined, and he didn't seem to have his brother like a scholar, so the young man became competitive, and his words were a little sharp.
Nian Liang didn't think that this cousin would come up and study him, and I just thought it was interesting to hear her read a few lines of poetry and Buddhist proverbs. He is also a rich man, how can he be difficult to be trapped by a little woman? Silent sè was dismissed in a few words.
Ji Lingshu nodded secretly, looking at nothing, what is a lifting person!
Over there, Ji Zheng drank tea, stabilized his emotions, looked at this nephew well, and subconsciously said: "When I was a child, I only had three points like your mother with eyebrows and eyes, but now that I am older, I have seven points like you." This ......" really opened her mouth and pulled it on her sister, and when she thought of her sister, she wanted to cry again.
On the side, her eldest maid Nafu hurriedly persuaded in a low voice: "Why did Madame mention sad things again? You have to take care of your body, and you have to take care of the young master's body! Have you forgotten what remedies? ”
After being reminded by the maid, Ji Zheng hurriedly said: "Quick, ask Ji Huan's family to bring it up." Nafu answered the call, and came up with a basket.
Xia Xiaoman craned his neck and looked, fish, cats, and parrots are all alive, what is this?
Ji Zheng opened the cover, but it was a basket of small red-shelled eggs. She smiled and said to the second lady and Nian: "It's also a coincidence, when we were playing in an inn in Qilin Mountain, we met a merchant who took this thing, saying that it was not a chicken, and he called a brocade egg." Indeed, it is a little smaller than a chicken, and larger than a pigeon's egg. The man said that the colored chickens that laid eggs had shiny colored feathers like brocade, and the eggs were all vermilion shells, which were eaten to cure diseases and prolong life. It is best to eat from the winter solstice, one per rì, and eat until the Qingming of the following year, nourishing blood and qi, and it is the most replenishing. ”
When everyone heard this, they all went to see the magic egg, Xia Xiaoman rolled his eyes in the back, colorful chickens, brocade eggs, tsk, and Easter eggs! She had heard that black chickens and black eggs were blood tonics, but the black chickens sold in the mall were black, and the black eggs were green-shelled, and this colorful chicken was ...... Why does it sound so unreliable?
Ji Zhengshi said again: "I wanted to buy him a colored chicken, but he neither came out with the chicken, nor did he want to sell the chicken." We didn't want to force it, so we only got these forty or so lotteries
Xia Xiao said in his heart, liars say so.
Ji Lingshu said a few words to everyone first, and he also let go a little. At this time, he was smiling like a flower on the side, and said in a tender voice: "What he said was that he was afraid that others would not buy eggs if he sold chickens, and he wanted to do that long-flowing business." But to speak, he is stupid, is it the high price of chickens or eggs? Let's take this egg, and we can't hatch a colorful chicken? ”
The corners of Xia Xiaoman's mouth twitched, Amitabha, can she tell this little girl about the principles of biology and tell her that not all eggs can hatch chicks?
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PS: 1. Black eggs replenish blood. Verified by the family personally, it is absolutely effective. One a day, boiled in plain water. If you want to replenish blood, you can try it. It's not for women, it's the same for men. The price of black eggs in my supermarket is about 1.1 yuan, and according to the price ratio, it is much cheaper than Western medicine.
2. Not all eggs can hatch chicks. What? Don't know why? Oh, that...... Please Baidu.
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