Chapter 25: Family Affairs (1)
In order to let the old lady and Shen Yuechen rest, during lunch, Yao just instructed his subordinates to bring the food to their rooms.
Shen Yuechen had lunch quietly alone, Mama Wu came over to serve tea, and before she could even leave the dinner table, Mama Li came.
She came to see on behalf of the old lady, and by the way, asked her what she needed here.
Shen Yuechen got up to greet him, looked at Mama Li with a pleasant face and said, "Mama is here, have you eaten?" After speaking, without waiting for Mama Li to answer, she had already instructed Mama Wu beside her, "Go and prepare some cakes." ”
Mama Li waved her hand again and again: "Don't bother, the old body has already eaten." ”
Although she had eaten, Mama Wu still served tea and snacks, and Mama Li thanked her with a smile and sat down, and took a symbolic sip of tea: "Miss, everything is okay?" Are you still used to living here? ”
Shen Yuechen nodded with a smile.
Mama Li said again: "The old lady said that she wanted the girl to rest in peace and get together as a family at dinner." ”
When Shen Yuechen heard this, she was smiling on her face, but she sighed secretly in her heart.
Have you started acting again?
Because it was the first reunion dinner for the relatives of the long house, it took a lot of thought for the Yao family to prepare.
During the banquet, Shen Zhiyun didn't forget to drink a few glasses of water and wine, and his slightly blessed face showed a faint red light, looking very happy.
Yao personally poured wine and cloth dishes for him, and did not let the aunt behind him touch his hands at all.
Shen Zhiyun only has two concubines around him, the eldest aunt Song
In the same year as Yao's, he was of medium stature, with a mediocre appearance, a little thin powder on his round face, a pair of eyes always slightly drooping, and he respectfully served everyone to eat, looking quiet.
The second aunt Qiao was originally Yao's roommate, and later Shen Zhiyun was in the picture, and personally opened her mouth to Yao's concubine, she was about 20 years old, pretty, and she had been smiling to the old lady with vegetables, and she was very attentive.
Qiao's not only looks much younger than Song's, but also dresses more rich and decent, unlike Song's plain clothes, wearing a half-new lake-colored silk shirt, with only two hairpins on his head, and his duty is not ostentatious.
Although Qiao's family is a concubine, she has added two daughters to Shen Zhiyun, so her life is quite satisfactory. Although the Song family has been in the door for many years, they have never been pregnant, and now that they are a little older, they are more and more unpopular with Shen Zhiyun, and they are naturally not decent.
Shen Yuechen looked at his father's three-room wife and concubine, and his heart was full of flavors.
Once a woman is married, she becomes an accessory to a man for life, serving her in-laws, husband and children every day, and having to rely on other people's faces for the rest of her life.
Although Yao's family is a continuation, she is still a wife in terms of reputation, and because her mother is expensive and her mother's family is rich, she can be a little harder in her mother-in-law's family. As for the Qiao family and the Song family, they seem to have high and low, but in fact, they are both precarious people.
Shen Yuechen lowered her eyes and counted the rice grains in her bowl, looking a little dazed.
The old lady saw it.
After dinner, he called his son Shen Zhiyun to him and said thoughtfully: "...... At dinner, why didn't you say a word to the kid Yuechen?? ”
Shen Zhiyun leaned on the couch to sober up, frowned slightly, and said, "Eat and sleep, isn't this the rule you taught your son since he was a child?" ”
Seeing his casual appearance with his eyes closed, the old lady put down the teacup and said, "You don't use these words to prevaricate me, she is your own child, even if you talk to her, you won't lose a piece of meat." ”
Shen Zhiyun still closed his eyes, and his tone was a little lower: "Mother, these sons know it." However, looking at her face, her son still felt uncomfortable in his heart. ”
The old lady complained a little: "If you are uncomfortable, then the child will not feel uncomfortable." ”
Shen Zhiyun listened to her accentuated tone, opened his eyes, and slowly sat up straight.
The old lady stretched out her hand and pushed the tea bowl on the table to him, and said earnestly: "The matter in front of you is important, take advantage of this opportunity, your father and daughter can get close, this is a good thing." Later, when she arrives at Zhu's house, she will be able to remember us more in her heart, and it will be easier to do things. ”
Shen Zhiyun took a sip of tea, cleared his throat and said, "Yes, my son knows." ”
The old lady didn't want to see him embarrassed, and continued: "Maybe it's because I haven't seen him for many years, and it's inevitable that you will feel awkward. It would be nice to have a longer day. Speaking of this, she paused, "Actually, that kid's eyebrows and eyes are really similar to yours, and he also writes well." At such a young age, he grew up outside, and he can write well, which is really amazing! ”
This is the old lady praising Shen Yuechen in front of her son, the two of them always avoided talking about her before, as if as long as they didn't mention her, they would forget that the Shen family still had such a child.
After the old lady finished speaking, she took out the scripture that Shen Yuechen had copied before and put it on the table.
Shen Zhiyun hesitated for a moment, and finally picked up the scripture and flipped through it, originally just wanted to take a general look, but he didn't expect Shen Yuechen to write such an unforgettable good handwriting, the handwriting is timeless and atmospheric, and it does not lose the beauty of a woman, which is very pleasing to the eye.
Shen Zhiyun was really a little frightened, and he couldn't speak for a while, just kept flipping through the books.
The old lady groaned slightly, "Be kind to her, it's a father and daughter in the end, don't let people gossip." ”