Chapter 288: Concubine

It was almost August, and the wind began to pick up outside, and it was often drizzling, and the days were getting cooler and cooler.

When she got up this morning, Wu's mother stood in front of the window, looked at the gloomy sky, rubbed her kneecaps again, and sighed: "Autumn is here in a flash, this day flies so fast." ”

Seeing this, Chun Ming hurriedly echoed: "It's not, life passes very fast like flowing water." However, my mother is afraid that her leg will hurt again, do you still have the medicine patch that Dr. Lu prepared for you? ”

Mother Wu nodded again and again: "There are still things, there are still things." Last time, the young lady asked Dr. Lu to prepare me a lot of medicine patches, as well as medicine powder and ointment, all of them. ”

Chun Ming smiled when she heard this: "Well, Miss has always felt sorry for her mother, and she will personally prepare a lot of things for her mother at this time of year, for fear that your legs will hurt and be uncomfortable." ”

Mother Wu also feels warm in her heart, Miss is such a caring person, and she will never forget the people around her.

Mother Wu turned to look inside, and saw that Shen Yuechen was accompanying Zhu Ying to study, with a patient face, and couldn't help but instruct Chunming: "You guys are waiting, I'll go down and prepare some red date soup for Miss." ”

Chun Ming nodded in agreement, then lifted the curtain and sent Wu's mother out.

Zhu Ying is only four years old this year, which is supposed to be a little younger, but Shen Yuechen decided to let her start learning to read and write early.

Although the ancients paid attention to "a woman is not talented is virtuous", Shen Yuechen felt that it was the opposite, if a girl's family did not have some ink in her stomach, it would definitely not work. When he grows up in the future, he will definitely suffer losses, not to mention that he will be secretly looked down upon by his husband's family.

Shen Yuechen doesn't want Zhu Ying to be a talented woman full of poetry and books, she just hopes that she can know books and etiquette, and distinguish between right and wrong, so that when she grows up, she will not only have a reputation for being knowledgeable and reasonable, but also have the opportunity to do something she likes to do.

Zhu Ying is an obedient child, although his talent is not high, but he focuses on diligence.

At this time, she sat upright on the chair and recited Tang poems, muttering words in her mouth, shaking her head and shaking her head very cutely.

The room was quiet, except for the sound of Suo Suo outside, only her sweet and immature recitation was left.

With the sweet sound of reading, a maid came in outside the door and said, "Big grandma, second grandma is here." ”

Shen Yuechen raised her eyebrows slightly when she heard this, hurriedly raised her hand, and said, "Please." ”

Zhu Ying's voice paused slightly, glanced at Shen Yuechen, and saw that she nodded at herself, so she continued to read.

Today I said that I would read it 28 times, but if I don't read it many times, it will not be easy for people to remember.

When He Yalin went out, there was no wind outside, who knows, she just went to Chai's house to sit for a while, and when she came out again, the sky was a little wrong.

The He family just sent someone to send peaches, this peach is a specialty of Qingzhou, He Yalin sent it to the elders in the family, but only Shen Yuechen was missing.

The most important thing about peaches is freshness, and if they are not fresh, they will lose their sweet and moist taste.

He Yalin rarely comes to the west courtyard, and she can be regarded as a rare guest among rare guests.

When the maids in the courtyard heard that she was coming, they all followed the reason and came out to take a few looks, wanting to see the true face of the second young grandmother of the Zhu family.

He Yalin took the hand of the maid Yunxi and slowly walked into the main room, only to see Shen Yuechen and Zhu Ying sitting behind the bookcase, as if they were reading.

Shen Yuechen saw her come in, and said with a smile: "Brother and sister are here." ”

She is now pregnant in May, and it is inconvenient for her to get up to greet her, so she only let Chunming Cuixin let He Yalin sit and speak.

He Yalin first saluted Shen Yuechen for a half, then looked at Zhu Ying, and said with a slight smile: "The weather is getting a little cooler today. My mother-in-law sent me some peaches, and I specially brought them to my sister-in-law to try them, which are my mother's specialty. ”

Shen Yuechen said politely: "It's really annoying my brother and sister, Chun Ming quickly make a bowl of hot tea for the second grandmother." After speaking, she touched Zhu Ying's head again, and then said, "Ying'er, go and say hello to your aunt." ”

When Zhu Ying heard this, she hurriedly jumped down from the chair, took two steps forward, and saluted He Yalin with a smile, "Say hello to Auntie." ”

He Yalin immediately squatted down, looked at her face-to-face and smiled: "Sister Ying is so good." After speaking, he stretched out his hand to her, Zhu Ying was still a little scared, looked up at her, and suddenly turned back to Shen Yuechen's side, standing next to her closely.

He Yalin was accustomed to the children's fear of life, smiled slightly, pretending to be indifferent, but secretly said in her heart: What a childish child, afraid of people and afraid of being like this, at a glance, he knows that he has never seen any of the world, and he doesn't even understand such rules.

Shen Yuechen hurriedly asked He Yalin to sit down and speak, and whispered to Zhu Ying: "You continue to sit here and read slowly, and my mother will go to talk to my aunt for a while." ”

Zhu Ying nodded obediently: "Yes, mother." ”

Seeing this, He Yalin smiled slightly: "It's really not easy for such a young child to start reading and reciting poems." ”

Supposedly, at such an age, even a boy is too early.

Shen Yuechen said quietly: "Sister Ying likes to read very much, and it is a good thing to be enlightened early." ”

He Yalin didn't say much, just nodded in agreement.

Shen Yuechen looked at the peach she sent, and was very happy. "It's a specialty, and it makes people feel delicious when they look at it."

He Yalin smiled faintly and said, "Thank you, sister-in-law, you don't dislike it, it's just a little heart." This peach is juicy, so it's best to eat it while it's fresh. ”

"Don't worry, I will taste it well and live up to the good intentions of your mother's family."

Chun Ming personally brought the tea, and her eyes inadvertently swept over Yun Xi's body, only to see that she was wearing a sparkling gold bracelet on her wrist, which looked like it weighed several times.

It's just a maid, but there is such a valuable bracelet, and I don't know if it's deliberately showing.

He Yalin smiled at the spring tea serving the tea, then lifted the tea lid and smelled the aroma, then closed the tea bowl again, as if she was not ready to drink.

Seeing this, Shen Yuechen couldn't help asking, "What?" This tea is not to your taste? ”

He Yalin just smiled when she heard this, and only listened to Yun Xi behind her speak in a timely manner: "Back to the eldest grandmother, our second grandmother has always only drunk West Lake Longjing, and no matter how good the tea next to us is, our second grandmother will not touch it." ”

When Shen Yuechen heard this, her face changed slightly, but then she returned to normal, and instructed Chun Ming: "Oh, in that case, Chun Ming, you can go and change a cup for the second grandmother." ”

Chun Ming knew what Miss meant, so she hurriedly answered yes, and changed He Yalin's face without changing her face.

He Yalin opened the tea bowl again, looked at the green tea soup inside, pursed the corners of her mouth and said, "This tea is not bad." ”

When Chun Ming heard this, he said softly: "Second grandma, this is the authentic West Lake Longjing, which is of the highest grade." ”

When He Yalin heard this, she put the tea bowl in front of her nose again, and said with a smile: "Tea is good tea, but it is not really high-quality." The real high-grade Longjing, the tea soup is yellow and bright, the aroma is tender and refreshing, you can know it when you smell it. ”

If it were someone else, and seeing her pick and choose like this, and still say so much, she would definitely feel angry.

However, Shen Yuechen is not an ordinary person, she looked at He Yalin's seemingly unintentional, but actually intentional behavior, and just said lightly: "It seems that my younger brother and sister have a lot of research on tea." But it's a pity, I'm usually more casual when I drink tea, what kind of tea should be in season, and I only pay attention to the word "season". Drinking tea is a very pleasant thing, if you pay too much attention to it, it will lose nature. But a person has a personal style, and I've always liked to keep things simple. ”

He Yalin followed: "Sister-in-law, don't be surprised, I'm just talking about tea, and I have no intention of selling anything." ”

Shen Yuechen smiled again: "Brother and sister, don't worry, my mind is not so heavy." After speaking, she tasted the golden silk jujube tea in her cup and nodded with satisfaction.

He Yalin also lowered her head and took a sip of tea, then put it down gently, took the handkerchief and tapped the corners of her mouth, and was about to get up and leave, but she heard the maids under the porch outside, and whispered: "Why is it drizzling?" ”

Shen Yuechen held her stomach, stood up, walked to the window and looked, then turned around and said, "This rain is estimated to not be too long, since my brother and sister are here, let's sit for a while." ”

Although He Yalin wanted to leave, she didn't want to wet her new clothes, so she smiled and admitted: "That's it, I'll bother for a while." ”

Shen Yuechen said politely: "Don't bother at all, it's rare that you can come and sit." My belly is getting bigger every day, and it's inconvenient to go out, and it's hard to go out for a walk, let alone talk to you. ”

Her body sank day by day, and people were lazy day by day. The old lady understood her hardship, and avoided her morning and dusk early.

Shen Yuechen wanted to support more before, but now he has more than enough strength to do so.

"Sister-in-law said so, I can be sure, I was a little worried that it would disturb your lunch break."

While speaking, Zhu Ying next to her had already read a poem twenty-eight times, she happily closed the book, and then came to Shen Yuechen's side, flattering and coquettish, like a clingy and cute kitten.

Shen Yuechen lovingly took her into her arms, kissed her affectionately on her little face, and said approvingly: "Our sister Ying is awesome, it won't take long to memorize that poem well." ”

Zhu Ying grinned, nestled into her arms, and rubbed her little face against her stomach.

He Yalin looked at their mother and daughter's affectionate appearance, her eyebrows moved, and then she lowered her head and took a sip of tea.

She's too hypocritical. Don't be one in front of you, one behind you, that's the most unbearable.

He Yalin's thoughts turned around, and she hurriedly asked Zhu Ying: "Sister Ying likes the baby in her mother's womb so much, so do you want it to be a younger brother or a younger sister?" ”

Zhu Ying saw her asking, and replied almost without thinking: "I like my younger brother, smart younger brother." ”

She replied like this, not entirely to please Shen Yuechen. She really thinks that her younger brother is smarter, because Brother Ming is a very smart, very smart person, he seems to understand everything, and knows more than he is a sister...... On the contrary, my sister Zhu Xiao is a stupid one, she can stand and walk now, and she can still say a complete sentence, stupid, stupid. So, she likes her brother and doesn't like her sister.

He Yalin was slightly stunned when she heard this, thinking to herself, she was still very smart and could speak, and then smiled meaningfully: "Our sister Ying is really understanding." After speaking, she turned her head to look at Shen Yuechen again, and asked knowingly, "What about my sister-in-law?" But do you want to add another lively and intelligent son, or a meek and well-behaved daughter? ”

Shen Yuechen first glanced at her, then turned to Zhu Ying, held her little face, and said gently: "It doesn't matter if it's a man or a woman, as long as he can be born safely, I will be content." ”

She deliberately answered the question lightly, and then asked Chun Ming to wash a peach for her to eat, and took her down to rest for a while

Suddenly, the rain outside began to get heavier.

Shen Yuechen and He Yalin sat opposite each other, silently listening to the sound of rain for a while, and no one spoke.

Shen Yuechen pondered for a moment before saying, "Today's autumn came exceptionally early." ”

Seeing her suddenly speak, He Yalin just replied softly: "Really?" I think it's been a long summer. ”

"That's it." Shen Yuechen nodded thoughtfully.

Although the relationship between the long room and the second room is tense, it is not enough to fight on the table, but He Yalin seems to have completely drawn a line with her in her heart. Therefore, I have to go against her in and out of my words, although it doesn't sound like finding fault, but people can't help but care.

A woman from an official family will inevitably be a little arrogant. But pride is pride, don't show it too obviously, otherwise, you will hurt your anger.

He Yalin sat quietly for a while, her eyes inadvertently fell on the bookcase, and then she remembered something and asked: "I heard that my sister-in-law writes well, and I happened to come over today, I don't know if I will be lucky enough to take a look." ”

Shen Yuechen said modestly: "Brother and sister, how did I hear such words, I just like to practice on a regular basis, and I can't talk about anything good or bad." ”

Chun Ming said in a timely manner: "Second grandma, our eldest grandmother regards practicing calligraphy as a kind of cultivation, and rarely shows off in front of people, but now, the eldest grandmother is pregnant, and she can't write at will, so as not to collide with the fetal god." ”

He Yalin smiled slightly when she heard this, and only said: "In this way, then I have to wait for the next time." ”

Shen Yuechen found that when dealing with people like her, she couldn't just defend instead of attacking, but she still had to take the initiative.

"Originally, it was not a hassle to write two words. However, now that I'm pregnant, I can't do a lot of things, so I can't let my younger siblings have fun. However, you have just entered the door, and you must not know much about the troubles of pregnant women......" Speaking of this, Shen Yuechen deliberately groaned for a while, and continued: "By the way, Aunt Tao next to the second young master really thinks that she is also a person with a body, and the month seems to be about the same as me, and it should be almost six months......"

As she expected, as soon as Xiao Tao was mentioned, the expression on He Yalin's face began to stiffen a little.

She nodded lightly: "Yes, Aunt Tao is almost six months old now." ”

Shen Yuechen smiled slightly and continued: "Speaking of which, this is also the first child in your second room, even if it is a concubine, it is also very precious. ”

He Yalin couldn't agree with what she said, but said: "Children are hard-won." Sister Ying, isn't she also the first child in your long room. ”

To be honest, she really hopes that Xiao Tao is also so unlucky that she will give birth to a useless girl.

After hearing Xiao Tao's name, He Yalin became a little impetuous.

Shen Yuechen and Xiao Tao were pregnant in the same month, but from the appearance, Shen Yuechen's belly is slightly larger, while Xiao Tao's belly looks smaller.

It is precisely because of this that Zhu Jinlun can't give up her every day, and he can't do without her......

It's been seven days, and Zhu Nylon has been living there for seven days in a row.

That little peach is trying to trick the second young master every day, either because her stomach hurts, or because she feels uncomfortable, but it turns out that there is a lot of trouble, and there is nothing wrong with her body......

He Yalin calculates the days in her heart every day, and in a few more days, her heart is like adding an extra heavy stone, which makes her breathless.

Shen Yuechen raised her eyes to look at He Yalin's expression, and saw that her eyes were no longer full of brilliance, but instead they were gloomy, and she couldn't help but chuckle in her heart.

It's obvious that you're too busy to take care of yourself, so why bother to come over and stir things up.

If a person is too proud, he will definitely get himself in trouble.

The rain outside came and went as fast as it came.

Seeing that the rain outside had stopped, Arlinn didn't stay any longer, got up and said goodbye, "Arlinn has been bothering her for a long time, and it's time to go back." Sister-in-law rest in peace, I will come to visit you again when I can wait for leisure. ”

"Of course, you have to come more, and it's good to have someone to talk to me and relieve my boredom." Shen Yuechen smiled slightly, didn't get up, just asked Chun Ming to send her out.

Chun Ming politely sent He Yalin away, and after turning around, her face changed, and she said when she entered the house: "Miss, the slave almost didn't calm down, and she was about to teach her a lesson about that maid." When the masters speak, where is she interjecting, but her mouth is owed, and she only talks nonsense. Saying that you can drink Longjing, it is clear that you just want to put on a score. ”

Shen Yuechen knew that she had been enduring it, and said lightly: "You can indeed calm down more than before." Whatever the master is, the maid is what she is, and if it weren't for He Yalin's acquiescence, she wouldn't dare to be so presumptuous. ”

Chun Ming said: "With her little care, she dares to play majestic in front of the young lady." Miss, do you know? As soon as you mentioned that Aunt Tao just now, her whole face changed. ”

Shen Yuechen smiled slightly when she heard this.

Chun Ming continued: "This Aunt Tao came just in time, otherwise, no one would really add such a big blockage to her heart." ”

Shen Yuechen also thought so in his heart, it was a pity that there would be a little peach here, otherwise, the second room didn't know how to raise his tail high.