Chapter Forty-Six: The Pearl Tower
The so-called result is only judged by one person, and several others echo it. The judge is the county lord, and she announces it on her behalf.
For this matter, the wives talked for a while.
When looking at the registration paper, the county lord deliberately did not speak, and humbly allowed the ladies to speak and adjudicate. But the Qin family said that he didn't understand these things, and the Cao family had no intention of making ink, who would dare to speak up to the aunts? In the end, only the county lord and the aunt were left, and the aunt was a man of letters, so the county lord asked her for ideas.
The aunt said to the county lord: "It's all good, if I choose the seventh girl, you say that I protect my shortcomings." If I choose the second girl or the third girl, you will also say that I am the second master and the second wife, and the double reward will be returned to your own house. Thinking about it, it's all good, if you avoid our seven girls, you can also avoid the second wife's family, and now you have to choose between the East Mansion and the West Mansion. I think it's all good! ”
Aunt Mi's words seem to flatter the county lord, and anyone with a heart can hear it, she is wise enough to protect herself and push the problem to the county lord. If she chooses the seven girls, everyone says that she protects her shortcomings, then the remaining people are selected, the county master chooses Zhuang Yu of the East Mansion, or Zhuang Yu, the seventh girl of the South Mansion, and Zhuang Yu of the West Mansion cannot choose! My aunt has already said the word 'short-guarding'. Fortunately, Zhuang Jue was vetoed, so he didn't have to think about him.
The county lord smiled slightly, and said: "Juxian does not avoid relatives, so you need to be related to your relatives if you choose a first name." If you think your seven girls are good, I don't have anything to say about choosing your seven girls, I feel that the seven girls are young, and they are not small. ”
The aunt replied: "The fifth girl is not bad, Mrs. Don't let the seventh girl destroy the excellence of her fifth sister, there are four sisters, three sisters, and two sisters above!" ”
The words come and go, as if playing Tai Chi.
Qin couldn't stand it anymore, and said repeatedly: "Ouch, I said two wives." Zhang Zhenren may not be as strong as your martial arts in the world! ”
The county lord and the aunt couldn't think of the meaning of Qin's words for a while, and said in unison: "I don't know martial arts." ”
Suddenly remembered Tai Chi Grandmaster Zhang Zhenren, and then thought of the Qin family's words, laughing at people.
The county lord blushed and raised his handkerchief slightly to cover the corners of his mouth, covering his shame. The aunt was not like the county lord, but said to the Qin family: "Since you are talking about martial arts, how can the wife teach the eldest girl, and the fourth girl will definitely do it." In the name of the Red Mansion in this game, the name of the four girls is 'Reading', and the eldest daughter-in-law also has a good 'Xuanyuan School'. If you really want to choose, do you think you should choose to study directly, or should you enter the school first? Her two martial arts are indistinguishable. ”
As she spoke, the aunt smiled first.
Qin glanced at his aunt, slightly dissatisfied, and said, "You know that I don't know much about literature and ink. It's not like you have a good background and eat good ink soup every day. I don't speak, that is, I ask you to choose on your behalf, and leave it to you to decide, and then I will say these things again to embarrass me. It seems that I can't remember anything after reading too many books. ”
The aunt thought that the Qin family was angry, so she smiled embarrassedly.
Fortunately, the Cao family, as the main family, came to persuade peace, and said: "What to fight for, in my opinion, don't choose any of our four mansions." All of them are good, but let's push the old lady's house in Zhongfu, presumably the girl is the best. ”
Actually, the county lord also means this, but after all, Yu Qi also belongs to the daughter of Xifu, and he really says that he is sure of Yu Qi, and he can't avoid the suspicion of taking care of his own shortcomings, so he doesn't dare to express it. Now that the Cao family has spoken, the county lord pretended to be obedient to his personal feelings and said, "Let's come to Beifu for a banquet, and everything will be up to the lord's wife." The wife of the main family has spoken, so let the wish of the wife of the main family be granted! ”
Cao Shi waved his hand again and again, and said, "Oh, I'm just talking." In the end, it's the third wife, you are proficient in literature and ink, better than us, you are sure, when I just farted. ”
Cao Shi was really speechless after speaking.
The Qin clan smiled coldly and said to the county lord: "Third wife, listen to her!" "The chin is raised towards the Cao family, probably to ask the county lord to listen to the Cao family's meaning and choose Yu Qi.
Aunt Yi also nodded and said: "I also think that Miss Qi's name is good, 'Zhegui', which means that our Ling'er and Pu'er will enter the department as soon as possible, and the title of the gold list." ”
The county lord was embarrassed and barely struggled to smile a little.
So, according to the wishes of a few people, the county lord came to announce it, and before the announcement, he first made it clear to the old lady.
At that time, Yu Qi told Zhuang Ying that he wanted to write a sacrificial text and did not want to copy Buddhist scriptures. At the right time, the county lord came over and said to the old lady: "Old lady, we have compared a few times, and finally selected a good name." ”
The old lady motioned for the children to be silent, and then asked the county lord, "Tell me about it." ”
The county lord hesitated a little, and then looked back at the faces of the wives. The ladies all smiled and nodded to the county lord.
Zhuang Yu was anxious and urged: "Madam, who is the name to choose?" ”
The county lord said: "In short, it is not your share. Then he smiled at the old lady and said, "The children have put a lot of thought into naming their school. From the literal point of view alone, it can be seen that the ...... carefully considered"
Before she finished speaking, the old lady waved her hand and said with a smile: "It's okay to say it directly!" ”
The county lord nodded slightly, bowed slightly, bowed slightly, and said firmly: "Based on the meaning of the wives, choose the girl, and her proposed name is the word 'Zhegui'." ”
The old lady seemed to be expecting, and after hearing this, she did not seem surprised, nor did she show surprise, but saw her stretch out her hand towards the county lord. The county lord realized and hurriedly handed her the registration paper in his hand.
The old lady took the paper, looked at it for a while, read it silently with her lips, and when she was done, handed it to Zhuang Yu, and asked him to read it to herself, and explain the origin and meaning of these names.
According to the old lady's request, Zhuang Jue explained the meaning and allusions of the proposed new name.
After listening, the old lady nodded and said, "In this way, sure enough, the name chosen by the girl should be sincere and auspicious." ”
Yu Qi was very surprised, and involuntarily leaned forward and saluted, first to the old lady, and then turned to the ladies.
The old lady accepted the salute and said: "If it weren't for the Qi girl, your name is auspicious, I think the seven girls are better, needless to say, like a scholar, it's hard for her to be so young." Your sister-in-law's one is not bad either. It's a pity that Yu'er's can't be compared with his second sister and third sister, and he was scolded by his old son. That's it when the play is big, and in the future, under your supervision, you will definitely screw his ears for me and let him study with his heart. ”
The girls heard and replied with a bow.
Although Zhuang Qi and Zhuang Ying were not praised by the old lady, they were also happy to hear that a good name was chosen. After all, the Red Mansion belongs to Beifu, and with a name, it is also a place in Beifu.
Zhuang Qian jumped on the kang, grabbed the old lady's hand and said, "Old lady, then this matter is over?" ”
The old lady was puzzled and said, "Then what else do you want?" Do you want me to choose you? ”
Zhuang Xuan twisted and said, "I didn't mean that." The old lady was always hostile to me, and I thought of everything as if it had to have a purpose. ”
The old lady said, "Then what do you tell me to think?" ”
Zhuang Qi said: "I just said, whose name is there to be rewarded, this sister Ziqi has won the name, do you realize your promise?" It's done, we're ready for dinner, it's the birthday of the third and fourth sisters! ”
This reminds the ladies, and it reminds the old ladies. Yes, today is Zhuang Ying and Zhuang Yu's birthday, and now, the matter of choosing a name has been put on hold, and everyone seems to have forgotten, and no one cares.
Zhuang Yu heard Zhuang Qi say that, and the complaints she had had before disappeared for a while, and her good feelings returned to the past. She came forward to take Zhuang Qi's hand and expressed her gratitude.
Zhuang Qi also had not had any unpleasantness before, so he happily took Zhuang Yu's hand and continued: "Look, the birthday star is standing embarrassed. ”
After that, it was not a problem for Cao's celebrities to take silver as rewards.
From here, everyone stood up and supported the old lady into the birthday feast. At that time, Cao saw that the old lady agreed with Zhuang Xuan's words, so he quietly asked Guiyuan to prepare, and when Zhuang Xuan finished fighting with the old lady, the table happened to be neatly set up over there.
Guiyuan came to invite twice, and everyone went.
Seating.
The old lady and the four wives are at a table, the two birthday stars sit on her left and right, the aunts are at a table, the girls are at a table, because Zhuang Pu has not returned, Zhuang Yu and the sisters sit together.
Between the chopsticks, the old lady motioned to the wives that they did not have to serve themselves, that is, they did not have to add food and soup to themselves.
Cao's son didn't sit down at that time, and people were still beckoning people to serve hot dishes, the so-called hot dishes, is 'tiger venison stewed phoenix', this dish uses chicken soup to stew the bones and meat of the female tiger in the north, which is very healthy.
The old lady naturally ate it, but now when she sees this dish again, she said: "I also said that the birthdays of the third and fourth girls are just eating fat ducks and thin hens. ”
Cao Shi smiled embarrassedly, only he knew the grievances in it, wasn't this dish just for the old lady?
Zhuang Hu said: "The second wife is borrowing the girls' spring flowers to give the old lady this big Buddha, but it's okay, the wives have benefited from it." ”
Cao Shi pursed his lips and smiled, looked at Zhuang Hu with hooked eyes, and squeezed his brows.
Zhuang Hu said, while taking the stew, put it in front of the old lady, and picked up a small bowl to serve, before a spoonful, the old lady spoke: "Give it to the ladies!" I don't eat this. ”
The crowd was amazed.
The aunt said, "Doesn't the old lady love this dish the most?" Why don't you eat it? ”
The old lady sighed and said, "Just prepare two bowls of somen noodles for me." ”
The crowd roughly understood. The old lady is now a person who offers Buddha and nourishes her body, and she has begun to eat fasting and vegetarian food.
The dishes on the table are brightly colored, and the plates are like jadeite and jade pearls, which makes people look comfortable and salivate. If the old lady doesn't eat this, who would dare to use chopsticks? The girls and aunts at the other tables didn't dare to move.
Finally, the old lady said, "Eat!" It's not the same mouth as me, and I don't need you to eat whatever I eat. Or whatever you eat, I don't need to enjoy with you. I always have my own way of eating. ”
Everyone barely ate some, and the old lady only ate somen noodles and ate two bowls.
After eating, rinse your mouth and wash your hands, and then move to the back room to sit and rest. As soon as he sat down, Cao came up to the old lady and said, "Please play for fear of disturbing the old lady's clear mind, and I am afraid that the old lady will be bored." So I prepared a game in advance, and now, I dare to call it out if the old lady shows me. ”
The old lady opened her eyes slightly, looked at Cao, and said, "What is it?" ”
Cao Shi bowed humbly and returned in a low voice: "Suzhou horse tune." ”
The old lady frowned, as if she didn't understand, wondering what to do.
Cao added: "Commenting on words, telling dramas and telling stories, there is nothing that can't be done." ”
The old lady smiled and said, "You and I have never seen the world?" The horse tune can still be listened to, and Emperor Feng is happy. After thinking for a while, he asked, "Will it be "Pearl Tower"?" ”
Cao Shi was stunned, he didn't know much about these quyi storytelling, and the reason why he wanted to invite someone to make a scene was also a sudden thought, after all, the birthday banquet, the old lady's home field, no excitement is not an event! Because the stage is too ordinary, and the old lady often listens to it, she is afraid that inviting the stage may not be able to enter her heart, so she chooses to choose and choose, and chooses to comment, which is slightly quieter and quieter, which is good for the two pregnant women.
Right now, when Cao heard the old lady ask "Pearl Tower", she really couldn't answer!