Chapter 37: The Poor Parrot
[Chapter 3, Volume 3]
Section 168
So when he returned to the inner room, Wei Changying deliberately didn't look at Shen Zangfeng, and went straight into the account to settle down.
Seeing this, Shen Zangfeng followed up, and the two quarreled for a while, and Wei Changying kissed him on the face unwillingly - Shen Zangfeng explained the situation, it turned out that Nian Jiao inscribed this poem as "Sifu Poem", but there was only one female relative in the Min family's courtyard that day, and the people of the Min family didn't have to go to the back to ask and know who Nian Qiqiao saw.
The problem is that this daughter of the Min family is a young lady of the Min family, and she has not yet been allowed. Nian Qiaoxu snooped outside the courtyard, and actually wrote a "Sifu Poem" to her just because he saw her climb the stairs and overlook, and the servants of the Min family knew how to not beat him?
Wei Changying couldn't help laughing when she heard this, and said, "This Miss Min is really pitiful, but when she went upstairs in the spring, she was offended by him like this...... If I hadn't met you in the round, this year, Qiao Qiao slandered the girl who didn't come out of the cabinet like this, and the father and brother knew about it, so it would be strange if he didn't discount his legs! ”
Shen Zangfeng shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said: "It's not all my face, it's also his luck, although this Miss Min family is the granddaughter of the Duanmu family, but her father Min Zhifang's Quyin Min family is only a first-order surnamed Ding." Min Zhibian is still a child of a remote branch of the Min family, his ancestors are ruined, and his family has no permanent property, but he has the name of a child of the scholar clan, and he was quite embarrassed when he was young. Later, he studied hard, and after completing his studies, he went to the imperial capital to visit various families, and with the help of the Duanmu family, he was recommended to enter the court with his wife, which was important. This person came out because he suffered from poverty and illness when he was young, and he studied hard under the ridicule of everyone, so he is very tolerant of scholars. So Mr. Nian offended his daughter, and his family didn't care too much about the importance that the master valued the reader. changed to someone else's family, involving a girl's famous festival, how could it be possible not to send him to the official? Even if my brother Min Rannuo and I were colleagues, it would be impossible to persuade me. ”
The two talked and laughed a few more words, lingered for a while, and then settled.
The next day, Shen Zangfeng entered the palace on an errand, and Wei Changying went to Mrs. Su to set up rules.
After a night's rest, Mrs. Su's complexion improved a lot, and she took the ginseng tea that Wei Changying had reduced the honey, took a sip, bowed her head slightly, and expressed her satisfaction.
The daughters-in-law flattered and praised Mrs. Su, and seeing that Mrs. Su was in a good mood, Liu asked: "Yesterday, the daughter-in-law forgot to ask, didn't the fourth sister come back with her mother this time?" ”
Wei Changying was ashamed when she heard it, in the end, Mrs. Su took her daughter back to the Su family to serve Mrs. Deng less than three days after she entered the door, Wei Changying was not used to the atmosphere of the Shen family - no, Shen Zangning is so noisy. Son, such a big person didn't come back with Mrs. Su, she didn't even think about it......
In contrast, the Liu family and the Duanmu family didn't ask until today, but it was because the three daughters-in-law had a fight yesterday and didn't find the opportunity to ask. Even so, today I still asked Liu to ask about this sister-in-law first.
It's just that although Shen Zangning is Mrs. Su's youngest daughter, she ......
As soon as she heard the words "Fourth Sister", Mrs. Su, who was still smiling, immediately glooshed and sneered: "It's best if this little evil obstacle doesn't come back!" If it hadn't been for your grandmother and aunts who stopped me yesterday, I would have broken her leg! ”
Everyone was busy persuading Mrs. Su not to be angry, so as not to hurt her body, Liu Shi gave herself a gesture and said: "It's all daughter-in-law who is not good, knowing that my mother has only come back from the Su family, I still have to mention that my mother is angry!" He spoke for Shen Zangning again, "The fourth sister is young and innocent, if there is anything that collides with her mother, her mother must not worry about her." In the end, the fourth sister is still young, and when she grows up, she will naturally be dignified and virtuous, speaking of which, when we are like the fourth sister, we are also worried about the elders in the family every day! ”
Mrs. Su said angrily: "What is she small? It's time to say goodbye, and if you don't learn well all day long! A few days ago, I learned from Yu Fei and Yu Yin what blood and tears makeup, but I saw it during the day! If this is the night, I think she is deliberately trying to scare me! In the past two days, I saw that she was still filial, and I was lacking in myself, so I didn't pay much attention to it...... As a result, an oversight, she ran to cause trouble again! ”
Of course, the daughters-in-law asked her to calm her anger one after another, and when Mrs. Su's anger calmed down a little, they asked about the specific experience.
"A few years ago, when Qingzhou sent things to the imperial capital, he brought ten colorful feather parakeets from the Southern Wilderness, which were unusual in their feathers and clever tongues. It's just that this kind of parrot is used to growing in a hot place like the Southern Wilderness, and it will not accept the water and soil if it leaves the Southern Wilderness. Eight of the ten died on the way, and two survived when they arrived in the imperial capital. Your grandmother kept one for herself, and the other for your fifth cousin, Yuwu. Mrs. Su took a sip of ginseng tea and said angrily, "As a result, later, the parrot raised by your grandmother died, but it was your fifth cousin, who was raised by him and gradually survived!" ”
The three of the Liu family felt a little uncomfortable, and asked tentatively: "That...... This parrot now? ”
"The little sinister wanted to eat braised parrot tongue, and he thought that it was too common for the kitchen to make ordinary parrots, so he ...... I hit the idea on the parrot! Mrs. Su felt extremely embarrassed when she said it now, and said with an embarrassed face, "The parrot tongue is a little bigger?" A parrot is just that! She actually ran to the third room to steal the parrot out and forced the kitchen to do it! It's hard for her to find that one in such a plate of parrot tongues! In order to feed this parrot, Yu Wu didn't know how many classics he had checked, and he personally consulted several of the servants who raised poultry in the Imperial Garden...... Last year he sent away the two handmaidens around him, because they were not careless in raising this parrot, and the result was this little evil...... The day before yesterday, Yu Wu rushed to the kitchen in person after knowing about it, and saw a pile of hairs in the corner, and sadly whipped the cook several times, or your third aunt rushed over to drink him! ”
Not only that, but when Yu Wu was annoyed that the little sin obstacle brought the parrot to the kitchen, no one went to report to him, and he had to attack up and down the kitchen. Your grandmother was afraid that he would be angry, so she answered him—but the housekeeper in the kitchen was your aunt's dowryman, and your third aunt was embarrassed, and she had to apologize to your aunt and explain to your grandmother......"
Mrs. Su stroked her forehead, "Originally, your grandmother was sick these days, and the Su family was messy enough!" It's easy to look forward to the day of recovery, and the whole family is relieved, but they can relax and relax next. This little evil obstacle has made such a fuss, so that there is a gap between your eldest aunt and your third aunt! I don't even know how to explain to you two uncles right now! ”
He hated again, "My son was stopped by her uncles and aunts the other day, so I said that when I come back, I will definitely show her enough color!" I don't want this little evil obstacle to be so bold, when I came back yesterday, I couldn't find her, so I hid directly in the Yufei House! I asked Mama Tao to go in to look for someone, and this little obstacle ran to your grandmother with tears in her eyes, shouting that she would be beaten by me when she came back...... Your grandmother has always been soft-hearted, so she protected her right now and let me come back alone...... This...... This evil obstacle! ”
Speaking of this, Mrs. Su blushed and slapped a few cases!
It's no wonder that Mrs. Su is angry - offending her mother's family is still secondary, Shen Zangning is also fourteen this year, even if it is because she is a young daughter, the parents want her to take on the knees for a few more years, and the family affairs should be said. Of course, the girl who is about to say goodbye can't be treated as a child anymore, and as a result, she has to do such a ridiculous thing...... Even if the Su family doesn't spread the word about their relatives' faces, Mrs. Su, such a nonsense daughter, is not at ease to let her out!
Originally, the daughters-in-law also guessed that Shen Zangning plucked the tail feathers of the parrot and the like, and they were all ready to persuade such as "Let's see if it can grow in a few days", "Just a few feathers, the fifth cousin has always been generous, I don't think it's worth it", but I didn't expect this sister-in-law to be so fierce that she directly took her cousin's beloved parrot to the kitchen to eat!
The articulate three daughters-in-law were silent for a moment before Liu reluctantly smiled: "This ...... Since you are from Qingzhou, or you will write back to Qingzhou, can you bring another one over there at the end of the year? ”
Mrs. Su sighed and said, "You hadn't entered the door when you brought the parrot over that time, so I don't know, there are not many parrots in the Southern Wilderness, and it is difficult to catch." Last time, I got together enough of ten before I planned to try it, but eight were folded on the road, and the one left by your grandmother herself didn't feed, if it was less than ten, I'm afraid it would be useless to get on the road! Besides, last time your grandmother gave the parrot to the fifth cousin who was the best performer in the school that year, and the other cousins and cousins were very aggrieved. So your grandmother promised at that time that if Qingzhou could send parrots over again, it would be distributed to others, and your five cousins would have no share...... How is this possible unless it's so much that everyone else has it? ”
The eldest granddaughter Shen Shujing is ten years old, and it has been eleven years since the Liu family passed the door - after raising it for so many years, Su Yuwu's feelings for this parrot can be imagined! It's no wonder that Shen Zangning didn't dare to come back with her mother yesterday, just to give her mother's family an explanation, and Mrs. Su had to beat her up after she came back!
But it is impossible for Shen Zangning to live in the Su family all the time, and Mrs. Su is now putting on an attitude of teaching this daughter a hard lesson, so that Shen Zangning can only come back to the steps. So everyone, you and I thought of a way to make up for Su Yuwu, and persuaded Mrs. Su to forgive Shen Zangning...... Liu said: "In two days, it will be the third cousin's Fangchen, let's take the fourth sister back first, and let her back up the gift." When the third cousin is at the Fangchen banquet, the fifth cousin will also arrive, and when the time comes, let the fourth sister toast the fifth cousin in public, so that the fifth cousin can take this breath, how about it? ”
Duanmu also said: "Is it a cousin, the fifth cousin likes that parrot again, what is it a plaything, where can it be compared with relatives?" Even if you are angry at the time, I am afraid that you will be angry after a day or two. ”
It was Wei Changying's turn, and he was about to speak, Duanmu's eyes rolled, and he exchanged glances with Liu, and suddenly sighed, took a handkerchief and half-covered his mouth, and said: "But the daughter-in-law forgot, the aunt of the third brother and sister, is not the mother of the fifth cousin?" has always been an aunt's favorite nephew and niece, but now her mother is not distressed by her fifth cousin? The fifth cousin is filial piety, and the third uncle will also give the third brother and sister this face, let the third brother and sister say this, it will be done! ”
Liu smiled and said, "If you don't say it, I almost forgot!" Speaking of which, the fifth cousin should be called both the third brother and sister and the cousin, which is kinder than our two cousins. It's just that the third brother and sister are not yet full moon, and it is not easy to go out, how can I tell the third aunt and comfort the fifth cousin? ”
Duanmu smiled: "It's good that my grandmother is now in her body, and the third aunt naturally can't get out!" But you can ask the fifth cousin to come over and let the third brother and sister come forward to make peace...... How can I say that the third brother and sister are meeting the fifth cousin for the first time, and the fifth cousin has to give face to the third brother and sister. ”
He said to Mrs. Su, who was silent, "Mother, now that the parrot has been eaten, you can't get another one from Qingzhou to compensate for the fifth cousin." Even if we can get it from Qingzhou again and give it to the fifth cousin, it is not the one that we have raised for more than ten years, speaking of which, we can only try our best to compensate the fifth cousin...... But the fifth cousin has always been filial to his elders, if his mother asked, the fifth cousin would definitely not want anything, so he didn't care. But don't care about it, the fifth cousin must still be very sad, let the third brother and sister come forward and solve the matter with Hemeimei, wouldn't it also save the embarrassment between the eldest aunt and the third aunt? ”
The two sisters-in-law sang together, Wei Changying couldn't interject it, it was just to comfort Su Yuwu, Wei Changying felt nothing. The two are cousins and brothers-in-law, even if they haven't met before, just like Duanmu said, in the face of Mrs. Song and Wei Zhengyin, it is expected that Su Yuwu will not be too embarrassed by her cousin.
After all, the parrot is no longer alive...... Shen Zangning is also Su Yuwu's cousin, Su Yuwu can whip the cook with a whip, and force his eldest aunt's dowry to leave, can he still catch Shen Zangning and beat him? After venting, he calmed down and naturally understood that it was almost the same time to make trouble here, and if he continued to make trouble, the elders would think that he was small, and for the sake of a parrot to be so obsessed with his cousin, it was really not what a man should have.
But now that the Liu family and the Duanmu family have talked all the way, they actually gave her the task of clearing the gap between the eldest lady and the third lady of the Su family?
Not to mention that Wei Changying is the niece of Wei Zhengyin, the third lady of the Su family, just because of this identity, the eldest lady of the Su family will not believe her - only saying that she is a junior, how can He De go to mediate with the two elders, or an elder with a foreign surname?
Wei Changying said with a straight face: "Don't blame me for the two sisters-in-law, I am young, and I have just entered the door, so I have to consult my sisters-in-law for everything!" If it is said that relying on the face of my grandmother and aunt, the fifth cousin will comfort me when he comes to the door, which is as it should be. But about the Su family, I don't dare to talk much. ”