Chapter 228: Grandmother Arrives

When Wen Yi rushed to the main courtyard, Mrs. Yu also arrived surrounded by the girl's mother-in-law, and asked Jiang directly: "What's going on?" I heard that your sixth aunt also came with the old 2 and two? ”

Jiang Shi still had a little surprise on his face, and hurriedly replied when he heard this: "Yes, this is an urgent letter sent by Dongping Mansion." The boat had already arrived there, and thinking that he would bring a letter to let us know first, the second uncle sent his family to send the letter to Beijing as soon as possible. At this time, the boat they were on was still two days away from the capital. ”

Wen Yi heard that her grandmother had not yet entered Beijing, and she was a little disappointed, but she also settled down a lot. Since there are still two days to go, she can make some arrangements in advance so that when her grandmother arrives, she can rest well and relieve the discomfort of the journey.

Old Madam Yu obviously had other ideas: "The old 2 and the two came quickly, they must have rushed over day and night, but they are too nonsense, your sixth aunt is so old, and she has always been frail, how can you withstand thousands of miles of travel?" Why don't they know to stop it? Where is the person who sent the letter? Hurry up, I want to ask."

Wen Yi was a little unhappy when she heard this, if her grandmother and her second uncle and second aunt were walking by land, maybe she would have to worry that her grandmother's body would not be able to stand it, but she was walking by water, and her grandmother would not be seasick, so why couldn't she stand it? Now it is a warm spring, unlike Mrs. Yu, who went to Beijing in the autumn and winter last year, my grandmother's body will not be in danger of being cold, and the spring in the north is slightly more refreshing than in the south, and my grandmother should feel better, so she is at most worried about whether her grandmother will feel tired or not very suitable for life on the ship.

However, the old lady's words reminded her of another thing: how could her grandmother come to Beijing for no reason? Now it is Wen Xian of the long house who is going to marry, and Mrs. Lu, as the elder of the sixth room, does not have to go to Beijing to attend the wedding, and the heirs in the family are still young...... Wen Yi began to wonder if it was because her marriage was delayed until the beginning of the month, which made her grandmother and her old man dissatisfied with the long house? Thinking that the eastward journey is now imminent, my grandmother doesn't know if she has heard about it...... She sighed secretly, saluted Old Madam Yu and the Jiang family, and silently stepped aside.

Old Madam Yu looked at Wen Yi with a somewhat complicated gaze, and then immediately stared at her daughter-in-law Jiang, who had no choice but to ask someone to call the family who reported the news back and ask him to repeat what the second master had confessed. Old Madam Yu still felt that it was insufficient, and insisted that he tell all the details he knew.

The family said: "The second master got the letter on the third day of the first month of March, it happened to be the Shangsi Festival, the second master was eating wine at a friend's house, and when he heard the message from the second wife, he immediately rushed home, and then he was busy packing up his things. Most of the fifth lady's dowry has been prepared a long time ago, but the dowry left by the second wife before, there are several properties in other places, and after a while, the second wife took some things out of her dowry to make up for it, and made up a dowry, so she instructed the people below to prepare the boat. When the sixth old lady got the letter, she rushed over and said that she wanted to go to Beijing with her, saying that Miss Nine would also live in the capital if she got married in the future, so it was better to take the opportunity to buy some properties in the capital, so as to save things and do it later, and she would be in a hurry. ”

"That's it?" Old Madam Yu always felt that things were not so simple, and secretly glanced at Wen Yi behind the screen, "If the sixth old lady is just to buy an industry, she only needs to send a few people to Beijing, why come here in person?" The second master has nothing to say? I secretly scolded my second son for being confused.

The family thought about it for a while, and then said, "The second master didn't say anything, but the second wife...... I mentioned it again...... I once compensated the sixth old lady, and it took half a year to settle it for Miss Nine's family affairs, and it was the long house that didn't do anything well......"

Old Madam Yu almost bit a mouthful of old teeth, she knew that this second daughter-in-law had a treachery in her heart, and it was impossible for Old Madam Lu to make herself better go to Beijing, maybe she also entered into some slanderous rumor that the marriage of the nine girls would drag on for so long before it was decided, how could it be blamed on the head of the long house? In the autumn and winter of last year, the high-ranking families in the capital were all over the city, and who dared to set up family affairs for their children without authorization? You must know that waiting for the palace to make a decree to marry is a large group of dragon sons and phoenix grandchildren

Now that the old woman has come to Beijing for no reason, she doesn't know what will happen. In addition to the headache of the old lady, she was a little dissatisfied with Wen Yi. Liufang has become more and more restless in recent years

Wen Yi noticed that there was a faint annoyance in the eyes of the old lady Yu looking at her, and she didn't think much about it, so she whispered to the Jiang family: "Auntie, I don't know how many people my grandmother brought here?" And how did the brothers in the family arrange it? ”

Jiang Shi hurriedly asked the family Ding for her, and the family Ding said: "The sixth old lady brought seven or eight maids-in-law, as well as the middle manager and two or three male servants, the little young master of the family is too young, so he entrusted it to the fourth wife, and it just so happens that the sixth young master and the eleventh young master have been going to the fourth master's house every day since the new year, and it is convenient to take care of it, and it is okay to think about it." ”

Wen Yi listened and let go of her worries a little. The fourth uncle is now the head of the family, and he attaches great importance to the homework and knowledge of the children and nephews in the clan, and the fourth aunt takes care of the children quite carefully, although he may not treat each other sincerely, but at least the younger brother's food and clothing are not worried. It's just that this is not a long-term solution, Wen Yi calculated, when Liu Dongxing went on the expedition, he would still accompany his grandmother home, he couldn't entrust Xiao DD to the elders in other rooms for many years, even if it was the wife of the patriarch, it was not as careful as his own family.

Old Madam Yu asked a lot more questions, until she inquired about all the things that the second master and his party had brought with them, and the family couldn't say anything more, then she let him go down, and then there was silence. Jiang heard that the second wife, Duan, had purchased a dowry for her stepdaughter, which sounded quite rich, and secretly pursed her lips, but didn't say anything, but cautiously tried to say: "Mother-in-law, the daughter-in-law didn't expect the sixth aunt to come, so she only prepared the house of the second uncle's family, do you want to clean up the house again?" ”

Old Madam Yu glanced at her lightly: "Where is there any extra house in the house now?" Don't you forget, Wenxian is about to get married, the new house hasn't been cleaned up yet, the old 2 family came over, and they dragged the family with them, your sixth aunt didn't come alone, there were a lot of men and women. Jiang Shi was speechless for a while, and he was also worried.

Wen Yi frowned slightly, unhappy in her heart, but after thinking about the situation in the Shilang Mansion, it was true that there were not many empty houses. Because Wenxian is about to marry, his courtyard has been renovated, and before the bride enters the door, in order to ask for good luck, no one is allowed to live in it first, and Wenxian himself only lives in the outer study, and Wenliang is still in the outer courtyard. Several of their sisters occupied a courtyard, after the second uncle and the second aunt entered Beijing, they were connected with the people waiting around them, and they had to occupy a courtyard, and there were only a few rooms left in the front yard in the Shilang's house.

Wen Yi remembered the courtyard where Mrs. Yu lived again, the courtyard was located on the West Road of Shilang's Mansion, three before and after, in addition to the main courtyard, it was the most spacious courtyard in the whole house, and Mrs. Yu lived in it with the master and servants, and there were still empty rooms, but she was a serious old feudal lord in this family, would she be willing to give up one or two empty rooms to entertain the old woman?

Wen Yi thought about it, and simply smiled and said to Jiang: "Auntie, it's okay, grandmother won't live in Beijing for long, just let her old man live with me, there is still a bed in the west ear room of my house, and I live there the same." ”

Jiang Shi hurriedly said: "How can this be made?" That's where the girls go at night, how can you live there, a young lady? ”

Wen Yi smiled: "As long as my grandmother and her old man live comfortably, what does it matter if I sleep in the girl's bed?" Besides, the house of the eldest aunt's house is where the girls live, and it is much better than elsewhere. ”

Jiang Shi was overjoyed when he heard this, and felt more and more that Wen Yi was knowledgeable and interesting, and he had eyes, and hurriedly said: "There is still a vacant room in your sixth sister's courtyard, she is also better now, much more stable than before, if you don't dislike it, why don't you move over?" ”

Wen Yi was taken aback when she heard this, and was about to refuse, but Old Madam Yu glared at her daughter-in-law: "If the nine girls still live in the original courtyard, it will be fine, if she moves out, your sixth aunt lives in the same courtyard with a few juniors, or a partial compartment, you also have face."

Jiang Shi blushed and closed his mouth in disgust, not daring to mention this matter again. Wen Yi breathed a sigh of relief, but then she was worried again: that is, her grandmother has a place to live, what should she do with the people who came with her?

Before she could worry for long, Mrs. Lu and her party had already arrived. They arrived half a day earlier than expected, and soon after arriving at the dock, the Shilang Mansion got the letter, and hurriedly sent a sedan chair to pick it up, and when the people entered the gate of the Shilang Mansion, Wen Yi and other juniors rushed to greet them, only to be surprised to find that the second wife, Duan, had brought her niece Kerou with her.

Wen Yi didn't care about Kerou and saluted the old lady Yu and the Jiang family, so she took three steps and made two steps, came to the old lady Lu, looked at the few extra strands of silver added to the forehead of her grandmother who had been absent for a long time, her nose was sore, and she knelt on the ground: "Grandmother ......"

Mrs. Lu's stiff face softened a little, her eyes gradually turned red, she bent down to help her up, gently touched her granddaughter's hair, and said a little choked in her tone: "Good boy, you have been wronged......" and nodded slightly to Mama Zhao: "You have worked hard for half a year." ”

Mama Zhao had already shed tears beside her: "Old lady, it's good if you come......"

Old Madam Yu sneered beside her and cleared her throat: "Okay, this is not the place to talk, let's go back to the house first." ”

Old Madam Lu raised her eyes and looked at her: "It's still the eldest sister-in-law who thinks thoughtfully." ”

Old Madam Yu's expression was even more uncomfortable, and she casually instructed the Jiang family: "You watched the people pack up the things that the old 2 and his family brought to accompany the five girls, as well as the people who followed the waiters, all of them have been arranged, don't make mistakes." He called Duan again: "Your sister-in-law doesn't know the details, you can go and help." But he said to the second son cordially: "Come with me into the house and talk, how have you been doing in the past six months?" ”

Jiang's expression was faint, and when he turned around, he ordered the housekeeper to go, Duan frowned slightly, and saw his niece come over with a look of help, but he secretly told her "Don't be rude", and left her. Duan Kerou bit her lip and cautiously followed behind Sister Wen Yi and the others, with a timid smile on her face, and wanted to talk to Wen Xian three or four times. Wen Xian was a little absent-minded, and only answered one sentence in three sentences, but Rou couldn't, and she didn't dare to provoke Wen Juan, who had always been at odds, so she had to turn to Wen Ya, who had met for the first time, to talk to Jiang Yao. Wen Ya had heard of her origin a long time ago, and ignored her, only Jiang Yao had a smile on her face, and she was gossiping without a word, but until she entered the house, Kerou didn't figure out how many masters there were in this waiter's mansion, and why Wen Xian suddenly made a marriage with Liu Dongning.

After entering the house, the juniors saluted the elders again before they sat down. Seeing that the scene was a little cold, Mrs. Yu had to take the initiative to open her mouth and ask Mrs. Lu about the reason why she had worked hard in Beijing along the way and why she had been in good health for half a year.

Wen Yi didn't care about this, just kept staring at her grandmother, looking at her complexion, seeing that although she was a little tired between her eyebrows, her complexion was fine, so she was a little relieved, and leaned in and whispered to ask her if she had been sick in the past six months, her brother's body had improved, everything was fine at home, and so on. Old Madam Lu smiled slightly, gave her a look, and only said, "Everything is fine, don't worry." And he said no more. Wen Yi made up her mind, but she was even more curious, how could her grandmother suddenly come to Beijing?

When the second master Gu talked about the things he brought to Beijing this time, Wen Xian's expression suddenly felt a little uneasy, and she wanted to stop talking, but she was embarrassed to speak, but the old lady's eyes were sharp, she caught a glimpse of her expression, and after thinking about it, she already understood, and said with a smile: "Look at me, when I saw you, I was happy and eager, and I asked so many words, but I forgot that you have been traveling for more than 20 days, and you are very tired, and you need to rest at this time." The house has been cleaned up, you first freshen up, rest, and after dinner, let's talk carefully. After saying that, he gave Ruyi a look and asked her to instruct someone to lead the way.

At this time, Mrs. Lu suddenly spoke: "The eldest sister-in-law is kind to entertain, and I shouldn't have resigned, but we have brought a lot of people and things with us in the sixth room when we go to Beijing this time, and no matter how many empty rooms there are in the eldest nephew's house, it will inevitably be crowded." I also heard that Brother Xian'er is about to get married, and the five girls are about to leave the cabinet, and the sister-in-law's family must be very busy, how can I make trouble for you at this time? Just two days ago, when my second nephew sent someone to Beijing to report the news, I also asked Lao Zhong to run around and rented a house in Beijing, which was not far from here. I'll take someone to live there, and then come to talk to my sister-in-law when I'm free, it's cheap. There are also nine girls, who have been disturbing the house for a long time, so I will pack up my things and move over with me. ”

As soon as the words fell, Wen Yi immediately turned her head to look at her grandmother, her eyes full of surprise, but at the same time, the other people in the room couldn't hide the surprise on their faces, wondering if they had heard it wrong.