Chapter 338: Turning the Tide
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Mrs. Liu Si looked at Wen Yi with some surprise, rolled her eyes, and said with a smile: "Brother Xing's daughter-in-law has already seen those two?" When I came in, I heard the next person say that they were coming, and I thought I had heard it wrong. I didn't expect you to treat them so politely. In fact, the two of them ...... It's the same as the two who came yesterday, and when I saw that Brother Xing'er was proud now, I rushed to stammer, you don't need to give them so many benefits. β
Wen Yi smiled: "That's not what I said, it's always a relative, the courtesies are still exchanged, they treat me politely, I naturally can't treat them badly." Although when my father-in-law and mother-in-law died, they ignored Xianggong and seemed too ruthless, but Xianggong and I are juniors, so it's not good to be too careful. We haven't seen each other for many years, and it's rare to come back, and they come to see us, and we don't want people to go back empty-handed. If we have to tear our faces, won't we let outsiders see our jokes? β
Mrs. Liu Si smiled dryly and nodded: "That's true." But I didn't believe that Wen Yi was so generous.
Mrs. Liu San couldn't help but ask: "Since you can be so polite to these two people, why were you so rude to the two wives of the Rong family yesterday?" Aren't they also the Rong family? β
Wen Yi said lightly: "Third aunt, when relatives get along, they also have to pay attention to etiquette." Yesterday, the two cousins and aunts were arrogant to me as soon as they entered the door, if I disrespected myself, I would not only lose the face of the husband, but also lose the dignity of the Liu family. For the sake of the Liu family's decency, I naturally can't help others mess around. As for the trouble later, it was because Cousin Rong heard that her aunt was coming and rushed to meet her, but the second Mrs. Rong shouted loudly, saying that if Cousin Rong didn't make my father-in-law a concubine, she would send her daughter to the door, and said a lot of ugly things. Cousin Rong was angry for a while, refuted two sentences, and Mrs. Rong beat her up. Third aunt, if it were you, would you still be able to turn a blind eye in the face of such a villain? But I'm glad that the fourth aunt was also there at the time, and before I could speak, the fourth aunt had already ordered the guest for me. She turned her head and smiled at Mrs. Liu, "I want to thank Aunt Four." β
Mrs. Liu's eyes instantly shot at Mrs. Liusi, and her face was a little unsightly. Mrs. Liu Si knew that Wen Yi deliberately told the truth, and she couldn't help but be embarrassed. She was used to treating the servants of the long room as her own envoy when the long house was away, not intentionally, but she knew what the concubines thought of this matter, and she didn't speak up to the truth, which was her fault.
The other wives also stared at Mrs. Liu San in displeasure. Just because she spoke, they came over to help Zhuangzhuang, and it was also good to give Wen Yi, who was "disrespectful and respectful" in her mouth, a dismount, so that Wen Yi would rely on the momentum of the eastward journey to give them the elders a look, but they didn't expect Mrs. Liu San to make a mistake for the culprit. In fact, Wen Yi did not violate the rudeness from beginning to end, but Mrs. Liu San had a bit of a dog taking a mouse, and the shrews of the Rong family were messing around, and it was only right for Wen Yi to drive people out, otherwise wouldn't it damage the prestige of the Liu family? She doesn't help her family, what is she doing for those shrews?
Mrs. Liu San was also a little embarrassed. She listened to her father-in-law's dissatisfaction and resentment against Wen Yi every day, and naturally she was affected, plus Rong Shuang came back from being injured, and told her frankly that she would not marry Dongxing, and entrusted her lifelong affairs to Wen Yi, only when the other party was coerced, no matter how Rong Shuang explained, she decided that Wen Yi had done something wrong, and she happened to hear about the Rong family's concubine being kicked out, so she wanted to teach Wen Yi a lesson about this, so that she knew that the Liu family was not the kind of unruly family of the Gu family, and if she married into the Liu family, she had to abide by the rules of the Liu family. I didn't expect that it was myself who made a fool of myself in the end.
Wen Yi looked at Mrs. Liusan's face red and white for a while, and then she felt a little angry. Fourth Mrs. Liu's family used to be really good to Dongxing, but the premise is that compared with the indifference of other clansmen, she looks at Dongxing and is polite to them, but it doesn't mean that she will be willing to endure their anger Liu Gu's is not good, that's Liu Gu's problem, what does it have to do with her? keeps saying righteous and awe-inspiring words, but in fact, he is doing the most despicable thing, what a joke
However, she will save some face for the family, of course, on the surface.
She smiled at Mrs. Liusan: "Cousin Rong was beaten very lightly by the second wife of the Rong family yesterday, I saw that her forehead was red and swollen, and her skin was broken, do you want to ask a good doctor to take a look?" β
Mrs. Liu San smiled reluctantly: "I've already given her medicine, it doesn't matter." β
"I don't know what kind of medicine is it?" Wen Yi hurriedly said, "We also have medicine for wounds at home, but we put it away, and we don't know which box to put it in for a while, and we have to ask someone to find it." According to me, it is better to ask a good doctor to take a look, this is not fun. If the third aunt is inconvenient, why don't you hand it over to me? β
Mrs. Liu San gritted her teeth: "Thank you for your kindness, but I will watch this matter." After a pause, she looked at Wen Yi with complicated eyes: "Shuang'er told me that you treat her very well, I originally thought she was saying kind words, but I didn't expect ......"
Wen Yi smiled slightly: "This is as it should be, Cousin Rong is a guest of your family, but she is also a relative of our family, although she is far away from her mother-in-law's blood, but she is also surnamed Rong, and she is a good girl, how can you not treat her badly, right?" β
Mrs. Liu San choked, coughed lightly, and looked away a little unnaturally.
Just because she doesn't speak doesn't mean others can't speak. Several Mrs. Liu saw that this new niece and daughter-in-law was a kind person, soft-hearted, and generous. What kind of character is Rong Shuang? She was actually willing to help buy such a large dowry, so she should be more generous to the serious sisters-in-law of the Liu family, so they all smiled and said: "Brother Xing, daughter-in-law, you did the right thing yesterday, what do you have to say to that kind of shrew?" Our Liu family is a big family, how can we be deceived by a few broken households? β
"Isn't it? Although Miss Rong is also the Rong family, this is their Rong family's housework, but beating people on our Liu family's territory is their fault."
"Miss Rong has such an aunt, it is really pitiful, but with your husband and wife helping to buy the dowry, it can be regarded as a blessing that she has cultivated in several lifetimes, just for the name of Brother Xing'er, our young men in Heng'an are not in a hurry to propose?"
"Yes, this is all the decency of our brothers. However, Brother Xing's daughter-in-law, is the dowry you bought for Miss Rong too generous? The daughters of our clan, some of whom are from slightly inferior families, are not so decent, you see, ......"
Wen Yi sighed and said with some regret: "This is also something that can't be helped. Cousin Rong has no parents and brothers, and she is fostered in the house of the fourth old lady, which cannot be compared with our sisters. I also think that it would be a pity for a good girl like her to miss her life because she didn't have a dowry. Xianggong said that although the blood relationship is far away, Cousin Rong is in the Liu family, and we are the closest to us, just for the sake of the mother-in-law's family, if you can help, you can help. She smiled at Mrs. Liu, "I'm young, and I don't understand the rules of Heng'an, so I can only do things according to the will of the photo, if I do something wrong, the aunts will remind me." β
Since it is Liu Dongxing's meaning, what else do they have to say? It is Liu Dongxing who is related to the Rong family, and Liu Dongxing is also related to Rong Shuang, and the dowry list is also drawn up by him.
However, they can see that Wen Yi is not a stingy person, although she failed to get her promise to add makeup to several unmarried daughters of the Liu family, but as long as they put in a little more effort, who said that this thing can't be done? For a while, several Mrs. Liu, who still had daughters in the family who had not yet left the cabinet, looked at each other, each pregnant with a ghost.
Before parting, Wen Yi also gave each aunt a small gift, pinching the gold silk flower-shaped hairpin, which is not precious, rare is exquisite workmanship, it is a popular ornament in the capital three or four months ago, but it is no longer fashionable after autumn. Hengan is far away from the capital, and it is not a prosperous big city, but it has just begun to become popular with this kind of jewelry. Except for Mrs. Liu, who is accustomed to wealth and nobility, and does not take this kind of small jewelry to heart, the other Mrs. Liu are overjoyed and treat Wen Yi more and more. Even Mrs. Liu San, who had just been ugly, was willing to squeeze a smile on her.
As for Rong Shuang's marriage, except for Mrs. Liu San, who said that she would carefully choose the right person, everyone else agreed that Wen Yi would be in charge. It was none of their business in the first place. Rong Shuang is indeed likable, but that's about it.
Wen Yi was relieved to see that the matter was done, returned to the guest house, and laughed with the girls for a while, Liu Dongxing came back, and his face didn't seem very happy. She hurriedly asked, "What?" Things are not going well? β
"No, it's already been negotiated, and it will be done tomorrow" Liu Dongxing sat heavily on the chair, shook his feet, threw off his boots, and ordered the girls to go out. When Qiuguo and the others saw it, they left in a hurry, and Hexiang closed the door with his backhand.
Wen Yi hurriedly walked over and asked, "Since the negotiation has been completed, why are you still so angry?" But the fourth old lady has a problem for you again? β
Liu Dongxing sneered: "I respect the fourth grandfather and be polite everywhere, but I don't understand why the fourth grandfather insists on embarrassing me?" My marriage is my own master, and I don't get along with my second aunt and even oppose you marrying me, but the fourth grandfather decided that the daughter of the Gu family was not suitable and said that I would find a good family for my cousin Rong, but he scolded me instead. Not only scolded me, but also scolded my cousin, saying that she didn't know what to do and was ungrateful, and when she saw Gao Zhi'er, she climbed up, but she forgot all about his kindness. What's wrong with him? Is it true that you want to force me to do what he says? What did he think of me? β
Wen Yi sneered in her heart, and said lightly: "When I saw the third aunt today, she didn't have a good face for me, and even felt that I shouldn't have kicked the Rong family out, so I ordered someone to pick up another cousin and aunt of the Rong family, sent things, and sent people away with kind words, and she also found fault with me for being too rude to those two yesterday." Cousin Rong was injured, and she didn't even bother to ask for a doctor, so she didn't care if she came to me. According to me, how much respect does Cousin Rong have for their family? I didn't expect it to end up like this, it's really chilling, even if they have great kindness to Cousin Rong, they can't force people to marry according to their hearts."
Liu Dongxing sighed: "Seventh Grandpa Fang Cai called me and told me some private words, telling me not to be angry with Fourth Grandpa." He said ...... "hesitated," he said, saying that his grandmother had been raised in the Liu family, and although everyone knew that she was his grandfather's fiancΓ©e, his grandfather did not care about it, so his great-grandmother discussed with the concubines that if his grandfather eventually married someone else, he would give his grandmother to the other children of the clan. At that time, the fourth grandfather married his wife early, and after the fourth grandmother gave birth to a young son, he left the West, and his original heart continued, but it was undecided, if it was not for the change later, the grandmother was very likely to ......"
Wen Yi was taken aback: "So...... Could it be that the fourth old lady ...... for this matter?"
Liu Dongxing snorted coldly: "Even so, he shouldn't force me to do something unrighteous Grandmother was in an embarrassing situation back then, if he had a heart, he could have helped him, he didn't help his grandmother, but now he is forcing me to do something against my will, what is the reason?" I'd rather never know about this, if I hadn't known, I would still have some respect for the fourth grandfather, but now I ......" He angrily punched the table, his face flushed.
Wen Yi stepped forward and stroked his back lightly, and said softly: "Don't be angry, although this matter was said by the Seventh Old Master, there is no clear evidence for this kind of thing, a few rumors, who knows if it is true or not?" Although the fourth old lady was confused about the matter of cousin Rong, he was really good to you when you were a child, and for the sake of the past, don't worry about it. Didn't you say that you had already discussed with your elders about worshipping your ancestors? We can't stay in Hengan for too long, and there are still many things to do, where is the time to be angry? Hurry up and put an end to your personal affairs, let's take office seriously, don't forget, you are shouldering the heavy responsibility of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
Liu Dongxing was shocked, let out a long breath, turned around and held her hand, and said, "Good lady, you are right." Who knows if it's true or not? No matter what the elders say, I will listen to what makes sense, and I don't hear what doesn't. The fourth grandfather is just an old fool, and I don't care about him. We still have so many things to do, so why bother with the details? β
Wen Yi smiled: "It's good if you can think so, I'm afraid that you will blame me for saying that the elders are not ......."
Liu Dongxing frowned: "How did you say that the elders didn't you?" The fourth grandfather treats you like this, if you were someone else, you must have turned your face a long time ago, that is, you are so good-tempered, you will tolerate everywhere and say good things for them in front of me. Good lady, this is all mine, if it weren't for me, I wouldn't have made you suffer such grievances......"
Wen Yi gently covered his mouth: "I'm not wronged, you and I are husband and wife, your relatives are my relatives, they treat you well, I treat them well, a few angry words, how can it be considered a grievance?" As long as you don't get dizzy, you really forget the love between you and me, and accept the newcomer......"
Liu Dongxing covered her mouth instead: "Nonsense, even if I die, I won't do anything like that, if I violate this oath, discipline me and thunder."
"What nonsense?" Wen Yi smiled, "Why don't you hurry up and change your clothes?" Look at the smell of sweat all over your body."
The undercurrent in the Liu clan calmed down silently, and the clansmen were full of praise when they talked about Liu Dongxing's newly married wife, saying that she was not only kind, docile and courteous, but also generous, and the two young ladies of the Liu family who had reached the age of marriage had received exquisite jewelry and beautiful silk from their new sisters-in-law, and other clansmen and daughters with daughters became more and more attentive to Wen Yi. Now that Fourth Master Liu wants to say that Wen Yi is not, not only will other clansmen refute it, but even his own son and daughter-in-law will also persuade him. He couldn't say anything about his suffering, so he could only go home and scold Rong Shuang. Rong Shuangchong turned a deaf ear, just sat at home every day to do needlework, and occasionally the daughter of the Liu family came to visit, so he asked them to bring Wen Yi a needle or two.
Liu Dongxing's ancestor worship ceremony went smoothly, Wen Yi also officially worshiped the ancestral hall and went to the family tree, at this time, the servant of the long house sent a letter back, and Liu Fu's family was about to arrive at their hometown. The news spread all over Liujie in less than half a day, and everyone couldn't help but remember what Liu Dongxing said.