The old lady was angry, because Zhuang Qi was poor and loved rich.

At first, everyone in the house went to Shouzhong to ask for peace, and they were all civilian decorations. Anbi, the Cao family led everyone back to Beifu, and after a while, they went out with Guiyuan Yuyuan to pick up the father and daughter. It is said that the tiger is not in the mountain, and the monkey is the king.

Zhuang Xuan is the monkey king who doesn't know the height of the sky.

Seeing her mother Cao go out, Zhuang Ju pulled her sister Zhuang Ying and said: "Today, everyone is dressed up as a pariah, and they are all playing with courtesy, which is the time for us to stand out." Why don't we dress up? ”

Zhuang Ying knew the old lady's temper, and said one by one, how could someone change the old example. So not from.

Zhuang Qi was bold, her sister didn't go, she didn't care about her, and let Wanjin serve her with gold and heavy makeup. Waiting for Yuping to report: "The old lady went to Dongfu first, and then came to Beifu." "Let Beifu prepare to serve the old lady's cold and tired body.

Zhuang Xuan was putting on makeup at that time. Zhuang Ying listened to Yuping's words, and rushed back to the boudoir to tell Zhuang Xuan.

Zhuang Qi said: "I'm just right to tidy up." ”

Zhuang Ying said worriedly: "Sister, let's wear it back like me!" It's just one day, and no one says anything about you when you wear gold and silver every day after that. ”

Zhuang Qi said: "You like to wear it like this, it's your own liking, and you don't allow others to have their own favorites?" If the old lady wants to talk about me, I just have to bear it. I wear it like this every year, and this year I change my taste, which is also a make. Don't worry. ”

As he spoke, he continued to dress up.

After that, the girl who was visiting outside saw the old lady coming to Beifu and hurriedly talked back. He also said that Mrs. Cao had not come back yet, and according to the calendar year, Mrs. Cao had to go out to meet the old lady.

After Zhuang Xuan heard this, he said impatiently: "I am not a human being without a wife?" It's the same with the third girl. ”

In this way, Zhuang Xuan pretended to go out, and Zhuang Ying followed her like a little girl.

When I arrived at the gate of Beifu, the old lady happened to come over.

The old lady was in a trance at first glance, there were a bunch of people lined up on the steps at the door, and one person stood out in the pile of residual clothes, only to see her brocade clothes, golden light, face like peach blossoms, smiling silently. This person is not Zhuang Qi, who else?

The old lady was slightly stunned and stopped. Zhu'er and Lan'er bowed their heads and looked at the old lady a little. The atmosphere was solemn.

I thought that the old lady would praise or scold, but unexpectedly, the old lady knocked on the wooden stick, then swung around the robe, and turned around.

Zhu'er and Lan'er didn't expect it, the front of the umbrella was covered, and the supporter quickly turned around to help.

Zhuang Xuan realized that he was angry with the old lady by dressing up like this, so he flew down until the old lady was in front of her.

Zhuang Xuanu raised his mouth and said: "The old lady has gone to all the mansions, but we can't go to the mansion." Why? ”

The old lady swept in front of Zhuang Xuan with a wooden stick, and Zhuang Xuan was so frightened that he retreated.

Zhu'er was worried, and persuaded slowly: "The old lady is careful." ”

The old lady was calm and said, "It's the second girl who should be careful!" Heartless, eyeless. Then he stared at Zhuang Xuan with a dark face: "Okay, I won't leave your Beifu alone." Walk! Bamboo, let's go in! ”

After saying that, the old lady turned around and turned to Beifu. When I went up the steps, I saw Zhuang Ying standing cowardly and weakly in front of the girls, looking like she came out of the girls' pile, but after all, she didn't have her sister's sharp appearance.

When the old lady entered the door, she said angrily to Zhuang Ying: "What are you still doing!" ”

Zhuang Ying trembled, shocked and worried, and resented Zhuang Qi fiercely, Zhuang Qi was not afraid at all, swaying, stroking his head, twisting three times, and doing everything possible to go up the steps. Later, he said to Zhuang Ying: "See? What about you? ”

Zhuang Ying grabbed Zhuang Ju, and finally begged: "Sister, let's go in and change your clothes." ”

Zhuang Xuan pushed Zhuang Ying's hand away, snorted arrogantly, and followed the old lady's head. Zhuang Ying followed silently.

Entrance hall.

The old lady sat down in the hall without being served and supported.

I saw that when Zhuang Xuan entered the door, he struck his palm and instructed the girl to come in with a brazier. Suddenly, I saw a row of girls holding braziers with handkerchiefs. The brazier was not an ordinary brazier, but a glass jar filled with burning charcoal, and the red and red light reflected through the glass was very beautiful.

The old lady was a little strange, and after all, she couldn't hold back her anger, so she only put on a face and couldn't help but look at it.

I saw the girl put the glass brazier on the table next to the old lady, under the soles of her feet, and on the table near the front; The layout is well-laid out and staggered. This form is both warm and pleasing to the eye.

After that, Zhuang Qian high-fived and instructed the girl to serve tea, using a glass cup, which was full of fruit particles, colorful, and very pleasant to salivate. When the tea arrived next to Zhuang Xuan, she took it and respectfully served it to the old lady.

Zhuang Xuan respectfully asked: "The old lady eats tea." ”

The old lady didn't answer, just looked at the glass. Yes, a few days ago, the girls got together and discussed Beifu glass tea. At that time, the sisters still laughed at Zhuang Qi for this, and the old lady also praised Zhuang Qian for understanding the benefits of "wealth is not exposed". Now, she is so swaggering again, she is really slapped in the face.

So the old lady raised a stick, poked it under the cup, and overturned it.

The glass is crystal clear, brilliant, and the fall is scattered, which is even more dazzling. The girls behind him covered their mouths and snorted.

Yes, what a precious thing!

The old lady said, "Are you going to go against me?" Or do you think I can't do anything about you? Call your wife. ”

Zhuang Ying wanted to persuade her, but Zhuang Ying turned his head and glared at her, not giving her first.

So, Zhuang Qian saluted and slowly said to the old lady: "Mrs. has not come back yet." How can the old lady say that I am the opposite? Life is good, isn't it what the ancestors wanted? Our house is well housed inside and out, you see the house is full of dust? This glass is the cleanest, not a single dust is left. Our wife had gone out earlier and left everything in the house to me. The old lady didn't ask me how I was doing, but got angry with me first. To say something that shouldn't be said, my filial piety is also for the dog, and Ju'er feels aggrieved in her heart. ”

The old lady sneered: "Let me ask you, all the family members are nostalgic today, what is it for?" ”

Zhuang Qi said: "In order to remember the bitter and sweet, worship the old and promote the good." ”

The old lady said: "What is the old and good? ”

Zhuang Qi said: "Worship the old rites and promote the new life." It is a prayer that we will only move forward and not backward in the days to come. ”

The old lady said angrily: "What is the worship of the old rites and the promotion of a new life? ”

Zhuang Xuan said: "That is, there is an old system in the heart, and people have to live in front of them." Old lady, how many years have been the ceremony, every year, you look at the various mansions are properly organized, not to give you a scene. We are in a big family, pretending to be poor for a day, and we are not poor. It's better to be true to yourself. ”

The old lady hated: "According to what you say, I have violated your will and want to toss you alive?" ”

Zhuang Qi said: "I didn't say that. It's just that I think it's good for me to be like this, at least, I sincerely sweep the dust, welcome the ancestors, and serve the old lady. If these sincere intentions are wrong, then I am really wronged. Old lady, look at these charcoal fires, one is that the sky will be dark and can be illuminated, and the other is that you can warm up after a day of hard work. This kind of benefit, which was not available in the old days, could not be enjoyed, but now it is a good year, but it is not used, but it has been made every year by those façade false gifts. I shouldn't have said anything, but my heart is real. My filial piety is nothing, but a good object is in response to the times, and it is not in vain. ”

After speaking, Zhuang Xuan knelt down aggrievedly.

The old lady scrutinized Zhuang Zhu deeply. This woman is very different from the children in the house, she is perverse every day, has a strange temper, and her personality is like her mother's domineering, but in fact she has her own living thoughts. It can be seen that the people who are anti-bones are all like her.

The old lady sighed secretly, and turned her eyes gently to Zhuang Xuan: "You don't understand my hard work. Our house is prosperous and rich, and it is three generations of your generation. The world is rich, keeping one generation is a blessing, continuing the second generation is a godsend, and attacking the third generation is the ancestral shade, as the old saying goes, the rich are not three generations; You are young, how do you know which of those rich and noble families can survive three generations of glory and never retreat? are as flamboyant and rich as you, and we are afraid that we will not be able to withstand the cold and snow! If you listen to me, go and change your clothes, and then go to Jinghua to thank your sister and sit down. If you don't say anything about it, I know that you are a foreign girl, but I didn't ask her like I asked you, but I went to see how she was in today's situation. Do you think it's bad? ”

The old lady almost lamented, asked a little, and had a lot of helplessness.

Zhuang Qi nodded slightly, unconvinced, and finally admitted it.

The old lady said, "I know you're not convinced. That's what I'm worried about, rejoicing in wealth and not in the long run. In the old days, when I was serving in the palace, the queen once said, she said: 'I have to be fortunate to be loved by my good looks.' The husband is a man who does things with sex, and he loves relaxation when he is weak, and he loves relaxation. These words are from the Book of Han. Although it is different from our home sweeping today, the artistic conception is similar. If people outside like you to dress up, they don't really like you, you like to dress up like this to please others, and when you don't have this skin one day, who wants to be close to you? I haven't read much, but I've seen a lot. So for you, I have done my best. If you are proud of it, I will not say it. ”

Zhuang Ying came up silently and helped Zhuang Qi up.

Zhuang Ying whispered to the old lady: "The old lady is angry. ”

The old lady nodded, and raised her hand to signal the two sisters to change their clothes. It just so happened that the rumor said that the wife had returned.

Immediately, the Cao family led Guiyuan and Yuyuan and the two hurriedly in. Yes, the Cao family came back from outside, and heard the girls outside the door saying that the old lady was here and was training the second girl. No, Cao Shi hurried back nervously.

When I got inside, I saw Zhuang Xuan's appearance at a glance, and I was stunned for a while, and then raised my hand to twist Zhuang Xuan's ears.

At this moment, the Cao family and Guiyuan Yuyuan are both dressed as ordinary women, and even if they go out to run errands, they follow the old lady's old decorations.

Zhuang Xuan was scratched and twisted his ears, tears broke out in pain, and the old lady got up and wanted to stop it, but Cao refused to let go.

Cao Shi said ruthlessly: "This faceless bastard! I see who it is, my ancestors don't want it anymore, who are dressed like this! It's a shame on your master! ”

Another slap was thrown on Zhuang Xuan's cheek, and Zhuang Xuan suffered a lot of strength and fell to the ground. Zhuang Ying exclaimed, and hurriedly squatted down to help.

The old lady was a little distressed, and blamed Cao: "It's all because you don't educate properly on weekdays, what are you doing now to vent your anger on her!" ”

Cao knelt down and listened to the training.

The old lady sat down again: "You Beifu and I have an enmity." Every year, every year! It's not that I curse you, but if you are like the other three provinces, you will be able to grow long and far, but if you do this, you will not only shorten your own path, but also affect others. ”

The words stopped, and the old lady reached out to Zhu'er and asked Zhu'er to help her up.

Later, he stopped making a sound, and took Zhu'er and Lan'er to rush out.

Cao Shi got up, wiped his nose and tears to block it, and knelt in front of the old lady: "Old lady, why don't you try what I made this year." If you come and go, where will our Beifu's face go! ”

The old lady said coldly: "I'm afraid I've never had this face before!" At the moment I still remember what it does. When he was about to leave, his heart softened, so he stopped and turned to Cao: "You said that I didn't taste your Beifu, and you got your face." In this case, you will bring me the mirror flowers in a while, and I will have dinner there. I guess the girl has done a similar job. and all the other provinces shall come. Prepare yourselves. The second girl has to change her clothes to get here. Otherwise, don't come! ”

After saying that, the old lady really left.

Looking at the old lady going out, Cao's hands and feet were paralyzed on the ground. Guiyuan Yuyuan hurried to help.

Cao looked at the ground inside, Zhuang Xuan's face was full of tears, and he was aggrieved and sobbing, he was still angry, but he couldn't make any effort.

After that, Cao asked Guiyuan Yuyuan to get some more food and put it in a box. Waiting for Zhuang Ju to change his old makeup, the mother and daughter rushed from Beifu to Zhongfu Jinghua Xie.