Shouchu Curie Hall.

When the grandmother walked in with Zhu'er, she saw that the old lady was lying on the kang, holding a Western glass mirror in her hand and looking at a fan, concentrating, looking at the embroidery on the fan.

Zhu'er smiled as she came in and said to the old lady, "Old lady, grandma is here." ”

The old lady looked up for a moment, then turned her head back at the mirror.

The eldest grandmother stood far away outside the kang, bowing on her own, and was humble.

The old lady said lightly: "Sit down!" "It's to beckon grandma to sit down.

The grandmother didn't dare to go and sit down without permission, but still stood. Zhu'er walked over with a smile, stretched out her hand to support her, and asked her to sit on the kang opposite the old lady.

I sat down and saw the old lady put the glass mirror on the table and handed the fan again.

The eldest grandmother hesitated for a while, took the fan with a slight trembling heart, and looked at the embroidery on her head uneasily.

The old lady said, "Is this fan good?" ”

The eldest grandmother didn't take a closer look, but nodded and said, "The things in the old lady's place are all the best." ”

The old lady bent her legs and feet, rubbed them, and when Zhu'er saw this, she quickly squatted on the side of the kang and reached out to pinch her. It was a little more comfortable, and the old lady let out a sigh of relief and said, "It's not summer yet, so I'll take it out early." Strange to say, today I feel like summer. I remembered that there was a good fan in previous years, but I couldn't remember where to put it, and I didn't find it for a long time, so I didn't want to look for it, and it came out again. I thought, when it's summer, I'll give it to the girl. Look at this face, is it worthy of a girl? ”

The grandmother took a closer look at it, and touched it with her jade hand, the knitting embroidery was delicate and soft, it was an excellent top grade, and she exclaimed: "The picture is beautiful, the needlework is neat and meticulous, the color is rich but not beautiful, and the girl is right." ”

The old lady smiled: "That's all you see? ”

The eldest grandmother didn't dare to say more, so she smiled and nodded.

The old lady stretched out her hand, took back the fan, and said, "I see that you are calm and careful, but that's it." If this fan is as you say, it is no different from the regular fan, and it should not be the best. Let me tell you, this fan is undoubtedly the best. ”

As she spoke, the old lady turned the fan repeatedly, trying to let the grandmother see it clearly.

But the grandmother didn't dare to look at it politely.

The old lady said again: "See clearly? ”

The eldest grandmother nodded tremblingly and shook her head again.

The old lady put down the fan helplessly and said, "Ordinary people holding a fan are nothing more than fans." This fan may have similarities and differences with the regular fan, and if you don't look closely, you can't see it. This is a double-sided embroidered fan. If you don't look at both sides, how can you know that the front is a flower, and the back is a butterfly. ”

Sure enough, looking at the fan again, the embroidery on both sides is different! How is this embroidered?

The old lady didn't explain, and said: "People, things, and words, like a fan, do it well, use it well, say it well, it's good over there, it's not done well, it's not used well, it's not good, it's not good, like this fan, what is extra is redundant." There is something to say, words are like a fan, when used properly, it can cover the sun with a cool breeze, can repel mosquitoes and cover shame, if it is not good, it will be annoyed by people with a burden. ”

The eldest grandmother bowed her head and bowed her back, a little etiquette, but she didn't dare to speak, pondering the meaning of the old lady's words back and forth in her heart, could it be that the old lady wanted to say that she was a two-faced person?

When the old lady saw her like this, she must have been afraid that she would not dare to speak politely, so she said, "I was going to ask you that day, did the cough worsen when you fell into the water in the bamboo garden?" Do you see better now? ”

The eldest grandmother hurriedly got up, bowed deeply, and replied: "More old lady cares, please forgive the old lady." ”

The old lady waved her hand and smiled: "There is concern, where does the sin come from?" No one wants to fall into the water and toss themselves. ”

The eldest grandmother pondered, since the old lady mentioned the fence bamboo garden, she might have wondered why she was there that day. Ponder for a while. The old lady asked her to sit back again.

The eldest grandmother said, "I was not careful enough and walked around." ”

The old lady said: "Dongfu and Beifu, the eldest girl often goes, and your wife rarely goes over." You can go to various mansions to walk, which shows that you are a family person who knows how to maneuver. It should be like this, people are sophisticated, and they don't just come out. ”

The eldest grandmother looked extremely uneasy, and she didn't know whether to praise or reprimand, so she hurriedly said: "That day is the girl's birthday, and I shouldn't leave." The aunt of the fence bamboo garden suddenly felt unwell, and they said that they were afraid of bumping into the old lady in Shouzhongju, so they wanted to go back. I was afraid that they wouldn't hold on carefully enough, so I took the hand and sent it away. ”

The old lady praised, "This is how you will behave." They are small-minded, and they are afraid that they will affect you and cause you to fall into the water. ”

The eldest grandmother said: "It's a family, as it should be." ”

The old lady smiled: "Every day, the wife of your house has close contact with the wife of Xifu, all because of your uncle's illness. Mrs. Xifu often said that they are all bones of the family. I was relieved to hear that, but I didn't expect you to say the same. Very good. He ordered Zhu'er to say, "Zhu'er, go and bring a bag of ginseng flower tea brought back from the Bai family." ”

Bamboo went.

The old lady said to the grandmother again: "You entered the water twice, you were too careless." I've got a bag of new medicine here, and I'll have it with you. Go back and soak in water and eat it, and if it's not clean, come back and get it. ”

The eldest grandmother quickly got up and knelt down to thank her.

The old lady raised her hand to get her up.

Only then did he get up, and saw Zhu'er coming out with a packet of medicine, and handed it to the old lady first.

The old lady raised her hand and gave it to the grandmother, and the beeswax recognized it and came to pick it up.

After that, the eldest grandmother said: "We also have medicine in our house, and now that we have taken such a good old lady, I am afraid that it will be ruined." ”

The old lady said, "What is good medicine?" If the disease can be cured, it is all good medicine, and if the medicine cannot be cured, it will be like chaff, and it will be useless. You don't have to excuse yourself, just take it. After a pause, he said, "Just now you said that the people in the Fence Bamboo Garden are uncomfortable, what's the matter?" ”

In the end, the old lady was kind and induced, and asked about the day's events step by step.

The eldest grandmother was amazed in her heart, ginger is still old and spicy!

So, the eldest grandmother replied: "I don't know, I saw that my stomach hurts, and I thought I was going to give birth." Later, it didn't hurt anymore, so I asked my aunt, and my aunt said that she didn't want to give birth. ”

The old lady was anxious and said, "Why don't you come and inform us?" I haven't seen you looking for a doctor. The hearts of each one are so big. ”

The eldest grandmother said: "It's all because we were frightened and confused for a while. "I didn't tell you what the day really was.

The old lady also saw that nothing major had happened, so she said, "Fortunately, there was no catastrophe." If this happens again in the future, you will let us know that if you are in a hurry, ask the doctor to take a closer look. ”

The big grandmother nodded.

The old lady said: "Since her birthday, the girl has been with me every day, and I know that she has filial piety and accompanies me." If you come today, then you can also accompany me for a while, and let the girl go to rest for a while! ”

The eldest grandmother agreed with a smile.

At this time, Ju'er, the big girl who managed the kitchen of Zhongfu, beckoned to Zhu'er outside and was seen by the old lady. The old lady was disgruntled and called her in.

Ju'er came in and saluted.

The old lady said: "Haven't you been lazy and slippery, what are you doing with these Zhang Zhilai?" ”

Ju'er glanced at the eldest grandmother slightly, and said, "Old lady, didn't I see you talking to grandma?" Sincerely, I don't want to come in and disturb. Who knows if Sister Zhu'er saw it. ”

The old lady chirped, "That's someone else's etiquette." ”

Ju'er was embarrassed to lower her lower body and listened to the training.

Zhu'er smiled at Ju'er: "Something?" ”

Ju'er looked at the grandmother again and again, thinking that she wanted to avoid her from talking. Zhu'er understood carelessly, so he pulled her out.

The old lady glanced at them blankly, and wanted to stop it, but it was too late, and the two girls had already gone out. After a while, Zhu'er came in and leaned over the old lady's ear to say a few words.

The eldest grandmother avoided it slightly, and looked away from it.

After that, the old lady raised her hand and motioned to Zhu'er and said, "You take it again and tell them that when it's over, I'll come to see them later." There are some things I want to say to them. Tell them that I'm old, and I haven't begged anyone on weekdays, but for this, I want to ask them for one thing. ”

Zhu'er said: "Yes! "Exit it.

The eldest grandmother saw that the old lady was a little annoyed, so she said, "The old lady is busy, so I will leave first." ”

The old lady waved her hand and said, "Not busy." I want you to spend a little more time with me. So he said, "There's a guest here, I want to see him, and if you're all right, stay and come with me." ”

The eldest grandmother seemed very happy, since marrying into Dongfu, she has never had such treatment when she accompanied the owner's family to meet private guests.

After a while, the old lady changed into new clothes and draped up, and walked out of the Shouzhong Curie Hall with the help of Zhu'er. The big grandmother followed.

Turn out of the corridor of Shouzhong, go to the attic of the side courtyard, the more you go inside, the more secluded, there are still girls and servants walking busily, and then go to the inside, there is no one, quiet everywhere.

The eldest grandmother secretly wondered in her heart: What kind of guests is the old lady * row here?

She also thought in her heart, could it be someone from Xianyuanan?

After turning around and turning around, they finally arrived at a private house and everyone stopped. There was a door outside the house, and inside the door was a single courtyard, and behind the courtyard was a low house, although it was not as magnificent as the other courtyards of the Zhuang Mansion, but it could be cleaned up.

When I arrived at the door of the house here, what made the grandmother feel strange was that there was a lock on the outside of the door.

Bamboo went to open the lock.

At this time, I heard the sound of wooden fish coming from the courtyard.

The eldest grandmother woke up suddenly and said secretly: Oh no, the old lady asked me to come to see Master Chunguang. Once we meet, don't we see the light?

At this moment, the grandmother racked her brains, trying to find a reason to avoid it, but she couldn't find it.

At that moment, the bamboo had opened the door.

The old lady went first.

The eldest grandmother hesitated, her eyes showing fear and hesitation.

When the old lady saw that she had not followed, she turned her head and said, "Come in!" Unafraid! ”

The eldest grandmother walked slightly, walked twice, and said tremblingly: "The old lady will meet the distinguished guests, I am afraid that it will be rude for me to go." ”

The old lady smiled, "It's okay! Sooner or later, we will see you. You are the grandmother of the Zhuangfu, but you can see all the guests of our Zhuangfu. ”

The eldest grandmother retorted wordlessly, and followed up hard.