Chapter 257: A Visitor from Far Away

Ma Youcai lost his errand and was arrested again, so he had the heart to defend one or two, but no one would believe it. Wen Yi didn't even want to listen, only said that he had lost face and betrayed his trust. Seeing this, Ma Youcai was heartbroken, and told the truth that he had gone to Shangshu Mansion to ask his wife for peace.

Wen Yi knew that he was using the Liu Gu clan to pressure himself, so he said with a smile: "You still have the face to say this?" The second lady sent you over, originally to let you run errands and wait for our husband and wife, but as a result, you were greedy and misguided, and played with your duties, not only betrayed my trust, but also lived up to the second lady's promotion, you didn't say that you were a good student to reflect on the wrong things you had done, but you cheekily mentioned the second lady? If the second lady knows that you have embarrassed her, see if she is annoyed with you" and said: "I was going to take care of your errand, so forget it, in the end, it is the old family, how much you have to give some face, but I didn't expect you to become more and more embarrassed." If I don't do anything, I will spare you like this, and the second aunt will know about it, and she will definitely blame me for not respecting her old man" So he ordered Ma Youcai to be sent to Zhuangzi, or the larger farm in the east of the capital.

Ma Youcai was full of remorse, but he didn't dare to say a word anymore, for fear that Wen Yi would drive him farther away in anger, so he had to go back to his house in a gloomy manner, ask his wife to pack his luggage for him, and then go cross-legged on the kang, worrying about how to get himself back from the ravine.

Seeing this, Ma Youcai's wife said, "Is it difficult for you to admit it like this?" There's no way, let's sue Mrs. to go, we can't ask you to take the errand ordered by Mrs., but you have suffered such a big loss in vain, right? ”

Ma Youcai said listlessly: "The big * milk only gave a three-day deadline, after three days, I still don't go out of the city, I'm afraid that I can't even stay in Zhuangzi, and it is your bad idea to eat the northwest wind directly, saying that I will go out in the evening, and no one will find out, but it turned out that someone caught a big * milk Ming'er is going to Shangshu Mansion, if I don't listen to you, how can I end up with this result?" You still have the face to say"

Ma Youcai's wife is a little clever: "Fart, according to me, this is clearly a trap deliberately set by the big * milk When you go out, she will look for you one day, otherwise, how can it be so coincidental, there is no sound for most of the month, you only go out on the front foot, and she will send someone to pass you on the back foot?" She did this, obviously she didn't intend to leave a way for our family to live, even so, you simply went to Madame to make a fuss and sue her, even if you can't get the errand back, you can get our family back to Shangshufu, even if it is a small follower, it is better than Zhuangzi who was assigned to the mountains."

Ma Youcai thought about it, and couldn't help but be moved. If you can stay in the capital, even if it is to make people laugh and eat back grass, or be scolded by Mrs. A few words of lack of success and more than failure, it is better than being thrown to the village?

So the couple began to look for opportunities to go out.

However, because of Ma Youcai's matter, Shu Bo ordered to strictly guard the door, and now the subordinates in the family want to go out, and it is not so easy as before, Ma Youcai is even more because of his criminal record, and he has never been able to get Shu Bo's nod, so he can't sue for this case. Originally, the couple also planned to take advantage of Wen Yi's opportunity to go to Shangshu Mansion to "ask for peace" the next day, but they didn't expect that the next morning, there was news in the inner courtyard that the old lady of the in-laws was unwell, and the eldest * grandmother was a granddaughter, and she had to serve in front of her grandmother.

Ma Youcai and his family hated it so much, and finally, on the last day of the three-day period, Ma Youcai's wife took advantage of Feng Xi's absence to find an excuse to go out to buy onions and garlic, and got permission to walk out of Liu's house and go to Shangshu Mansion. On the second day, Ma Youcai went out to Zhuangzi with Shu Ping early in the morning, and in less than two hours, Shangshufu sent someone to send a post and summon Wenyi to come over to speak.

Wen Yi looked at the words on the post saying that a clansman came to Beijing today and ordered him to go to see him, and couldn't help but think of what Liu Dongxing had instructed, knowing that this was an important opportunity to make friends with the Liu clan, so he hurriedly took the post and went to the west wing to see his grandmother.

Mrs. Lu read the post and said, "Your third aunt is just looking for an excuse to summon you over, she may not have the leisure to introduce you to your relatives." In the Liu clan, with their second room being the only one, that is, the clansmen who have other rooms come to Beijing, and since they can go to Shangshu Mansion to see her, they must also prefer the second room, and they may not be willing to speak for you. ”

Wen Yi hesitated for a moment and said, "Regardless of whether they are biased towards the second room or not, I will only do enough according to the number of etiquette, and I will not ask them to hold the wrong child and not embarrass the father-in-law, just do it." If you can have an unexpected joy, it is good, if it doesn't work, it doesn't matter. ”

When Mrs. Lu saw that she had made up her mind, she said, "In that case, then you can go." If she gives you a face, don't be like her, come back and tell your grandmother that your grandmother is angry with you. ”

Wen Yi responded with a smile. Old Madam Lu began to think about it again, which clansmen in the Liu clan were at odds with the second room, and which room had an official position, and invited Mama Zhao to think about it.

When Mama Zhao was in the Shilang Mansion, she lived in the outer courtyard for a few months, and she didn't listen to the gossip between people on weekdays, but she really heard some rumors: "The officials of the Liu family are fewer than our Gu family, except for the fact that Aunt Liu has done Shangshu, there are only a few petty officials of six or seven grades, among whom there are also those who have been supported by Aunt Liu, and there are also those who are not used to seeing Aunt Liu acting as a person." They didn't say which one it was, but they had only heard that the seventh master of the Liu family seemed to be in a poor place to make a general judgment, and this one seemed to be not very good with Aunt Liu, so he went to that kind of place. ”

Old Madam Lu said to Wen Yi: "Then there is nothing to be afraid of. The high official position is not in harmony with the second room, not to mention other people. Don't look at the fact that Dongxing has only won the Wujin Shi now, and he has newly obtained an official position, but in terms of rank, he is the highest in the Liu clan except for Aunt Liu. Whoever comes with him, at most, he will bring out the shelf of the elders in front of you, but he will not dare to go too far. ”

Mama Zhao also made a suggestion: "Miss simply wear one or two pieces of jewelry that can only be used on the top of the five-grade order, suppress the arrogance of the third aunt, and also remind her, don't go too far." ”

Wen Yi smiled: "How does this work?" In the Hui clan, the elders know about it, and they will inevitably say that I am domineering. ”

She returned to the main house, re-freshened, put on the usual clothes to go out, just like the little daughter-in-law of the ordinary official eunuch who went to the relatives' house, took the four girls of autumn fruit, ice blue, lotus fragrance and Runxin, got into the carriage, Shu Ping rode a horse to lead the way, and Gu Wang and the two mothers-in-law of the Gu family escorted with the car, and the light car Jian followed, and went to Shangshu Mansion.

When she arrived at Shangshu Mansion, after Wen Yi got out of the car, she went to the main room under the guidance of two decent mothers-in-law. She faintly felt from the words and deeds of these two mothers-in-law that the subordinates of Shangshu Mansion treated her more politely than when she came back, and she didn't know if it was what Second Uncle Liu meant.

When I arrived at the main room, there were two rows of girls lined up outside the door, four people on one side, all wearing the same color, all respectful, and thoughtful. The courtyard was also quiet, no one was idle, no one was sitting around doing needlework, and no one paid attention to any guests coming. Wen Yi guessed, Liu Gu didn't know if it was because he was sarcastic by himself last time, and he wanted to be ashamed today, or because a clan relative came and didn't want to lose face?

A pretty girl with a raw face opened the curtain and said with a gentle smile: "Okay big * milk is here?" Mrs., Mrs. Four, and Mrs. Seventh have been looking forward to it for a long time. ”

Fourth Wife? Mrs. Seven?

Wen Yi knew who the relatives were coming, and her heart was much more stable. Although I don't know what will happen to Mrs. Liusi, at least Mrs. Liu Qi will not help the third aunt deal with herself.

Liu Gu sat on the right seat, dressed solemnly and gorgeously, with a golden Zhai hairpin, a title bead that can only be worn by a second-grade or above, and a gorgeous dress was inserted on his head, which was extravagant.

The middle-aged woman sitting on a chair at the bottom left was dressed in ordinary rich and noble clothes, and the jewelry on her head was only one or two gold hairpins, but there was a shrewd atmosphere between her eyebrows, and she was obviously accustomed to seeing the world.

The woman on the chair at the lower right hand was not dressed gorgeously, but she was solemn and a little bookish, and she was wearing an official green skirt with eight treasure patterns, Wen Yi guessed that this should be Mrs. Liu Qi.

She stepped forward to meet Liu Gu's first, and then turned to the two aunts, intending to ask about their identities, but she didn't expect Liu Gu's to be anxious, so she didn't let her speak, so she asked first: "I heard that you sent the people I sent to Zhuangzi?" What's going on? It's that he really did something wrong, so it's my gift, why don't you even talk about this face? ”

Wen Yi paused, first showed an apologetic smile to the two aunts, and then said respectfully to Liu Gu's family: "Second aunt, I don't know from which person you heard about this?" That person didn't tell you the truth? ”

Liu Gu was stunned for a moment, and then snorted coldly: "What is the truth? It's a big ......."

"The second aunt is so merciful," Wen Yi sighed, "That Ma Youcai has betrayed your trust so much, ignoring your entrustment, playing with his duties, stealing and playing tricks, you are not to blame." Do you know what a hateful thing that guy did? After his niece and daughter-in-law reprimanded him, he actually brought out your name, saying that everything was done according to your orders, and it was really ridiculous that he was greedy and misguided, and did not take the master in his eyes, made a loud noise, and threatened the master, how could it be that you ordered it? The nephew and daughter-in-law originally planned to see what he gave to the second aunt, and let it go lightly, but he didn't expect him to say such a thing, if the nephew and daughter-in-law really spared him, wouldn't it be disrespectful to the second aunt? Therefore, the nephew and daughter-in-law thought about sending him to Zhuangzi for introspection and introspection to see the after-effects. ”

Liu Gu opened his mouth, and it took a long time to squeeze out a sentence: "It's also a person who went out of the mansion......"

"You're right." Wen Yi quickly picked it up, "My nephew and daughter-in-law also took this into consideration, so they took it lightly, otherwise they would have kicked people out of the house a long time ago." Now his wife and children are still waiting at home, as long as he can sincerely repent, he will naturally come back one day in the future. ”

Liu Gu secretly scolded Ma Youcai's wife for speaking dishonestly, and felt that Wen Yi was cunning in her speech, so she sulked there.

Wen Yi turned to the two aunts and asked with a smile: "Second aunt, you summoned your nephew and daughter-in-law to come, saying that there are relatives who want to introduce your nephew and daughter-in-law, but these two?" I don't know which room is the aunt? ”

Mrs. Liu Si smiled, looking kind, but did not answer. Mrs. Liu Qi said lightly: "This is Brother Xing'er's fourth aunt, I am his seventh aunt, a few years ago, we were common Brother Xing'er, but in recent years, we rarely see each other, I only heard that he took the martial arts exam, and won the martial arts, and became a relative, and now he went to fight in Northern Xinjiang, it was really like a dream, after we heard about it, we couldn't believe it." ”

Wen Yi hurriedly bowed to the two aunts, and said: "Because the official expedition is imminent, and the marriage is in a hurry, I didn't have time to invite all the uncles and aunts to invite me to have a glass of water and wine, it's really rude, and please don't be surprised by the aunts." ”

Mrs. Liu Si laughed twice, glanced at Liu Gu carefully, and then stretched out her hand to help: "We all understand, we all understand, we won't blame, we won't blame." ”

Mrs. Liu Qi said: "Get up, Brother Xing'er will go out for the country, and it is also a righteous move for you to marry him at this time." The people of the clan all understand. It was about a few times to see Wen Yi's courtesy, and her gaze was much more relaxed.

Wen Yi stood up and asked with a smile: "The fourth uncle and the seventh uncle are all in Beijing together?" Are the younger siblings in the family available? Where are you staying right now? ”

After the explanation of the two aunts, she learned that Liu Si and his wife did not bring children, and went to Beijing because they received a letter from Second Uncle Liu and came to help organize Liu Dongning's wedding, and they are now living in Shangshu Mansion. However, Liu Qi's family went to Beijing to report on his work and wait for a vacancy because of the expiration of the general sentence. Since Master Liu Qi got along well with his boss in office, in fact, the next official vacancy had already been decided, and he only needed to go to the official department to go through the motions. The family is currently living in a small courtyard rented at the inn outside.

Wen Yi heard the words and said: "There are still a few empty houses in our house, if the seventh uncle and aunt and the younger siblings don't dislike it, it is better to move to our house, which is much cleaner than the inn outside." If Uncle Seven has a friend who comes to visit, it will be more convenient to entertain him at our house than outside. ”

Mrs. Liu Qi was a little moved, but she didn't give permission to speak, only said that she wanted to go back to discuss with her husband, and then asked someone to send her children to come over to see her sister-in-law.

Wen Yi was secretly happy in her heart, and said with a smile: "I came in a hurry, and I didn't prepare a meeting gift." Then he said to Liu Gu in an intimate and complaining tone: "Why didn't the second aunt remind her nephew and daughter-in-law?" I only knew that there were relatives here, but I didn't know that there were still younger brothers and sisters. ”

Liu Gu kept a straight face and didn't speak, none of the people in the seventh room, she didn't look pleasing to the eye, and Wen Yi was not likable, why did she have to remind her?

Mrs. Liu Qi was a little displeased, thinking that the second sister-in-law had not seen her for all these years, and her behavior had become more and more rude, so she summoned her nephew and daughter-in-law over, but she didn't introduce them to the concubine, so she asked about the servant first. She didn't have a good face for Liu Gu's either.

Mrs. Liu Si saw that the scene was a little stiff, and she was secretly anxious, but she didn't dare to offend Mrs. Liu Qi for Liu Gu's family, so she could only talk to the juniors who came to meet her sister-in-law. Wen Yi kept smiling, and when she met the little uncle and sister-in-law, she deliberately asked about the homework and knowledge of the little uncles, mentioning that her cousin and cousin are all new science and technology scholars, and they are currently waiting in Beijing. These words immediately increased Mrs. Liu Qi's favor, and she felt that there were reasonable people among the Gu family's daughters.

Liu Gu was a little depressed, and when he saw this, he hurriedly sent the juniors down, cleared his throat, and said to Wen Yi with a bit of arrogance: "Let you come over today, in addition to seeing your two aunts, there is one more thing to discuss with you." According to the rules of our Liu family, the new daughter-in-law must visit the ancestral hall within three months when she enters the door, otherwise, it will ...... Even if it is not the daughter-in-law of our Liu family, it is not really in the door. She smiled maliciously at Wen Yi, "Now that Dongxing is not at home, I can't take you back to my hometown to worship the ancestral hall, but the rules can't be violated." Say, "What is the best thing to do?" ”。.。

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