Ma Li's girl had already spread the two mats in front of Qin Deying and Kong's, the two of them knelt down, and the next person brought the tea up, Qin Deying first gave tea to her parents, Pearl asked Mingyue to hand over the purse, and then Kong's, she said that the tea bowl was raised high, looking very respectful, and the pearl also took it, and took a sip symbolically, and then asked people to hand over the reward purse.

Qin Hui said to his eldest son and daughter-in-law, "Live a good life in the future, respect each other like guests, don't worry about trivial things, although your mother is young, but in the end, she is an elder, the most knowledgeable and generous person, and she is talented enough to be the wife of the Qin family, you must not be contemptuous, let me know, and I will not let it go." ”

"Yes!" Qin Deying and Kong Shi listened to Qin Hui's words, and their hearts sank, this is obviously supporting the Liu family! How obvious the meaning is! Liu is young, but his identity is here! is not good and disrespectful to Liu, but he doesn't understand the rules. The evaluation of the Liu family is still so high, warning them not to be dismissive. What kind of talent does this Liu have both talent and virtue? And what virtue is there? Both of them were puzzled.

Pearl said at this time, "The master doesn't need to say this, but the children were scared, I don't know, I thought I made the master so strict!" In the future, everyone will keep their duties, and you don't have to be too restrained. I believe in the Qin family's tutor. After speaking, he glanced at Qin Hui,

Qin Deying and Kong Shi hurriedly bowed down and said, 'Don't dare', and Pearl said again, "I don't know what you like, just choose what I like, don't dislike it." ”

Qin Deying hurriedly bowed down and said, "My son doesn't dare." ”

Pearl saw him call himself so. Looking at Qin Hui's satisfied look again, he had a score in his heart, it seems that this Qin Deying bowed to himself in order to please his father! That's fine, when her son grows up, even if there is no Qin Hui, Qin Deying will not be able to do anything to her. Besides, although the Qin Mansion has a big family and a big position in the capital, it is not a title from the imperial court after all. There is nothing to fight about. When the time comes, it will depend on whose ability is greater.

Seeing that her husband had made a statement, Kong naturally had to speak, holding a purse in his hand, knowing that the things inside were round and smooth. I knew it was a jade bracelet. I just don't know what kind of material this is. If it is agate, or Dushan jade, Xiuyan jade. That's nothing, it's not as good as a bracelet with gold inlay! But he still said, "What my mother gave is naturally good." ”

Pearl smiled and didn't answer, the things he sent out were naturally the best, any one of them was priceless, otherwise he wouldn't have sent it to Pearl for collection.

Qin Hui asked the two of them to sit down, and then asked about the situation of the old lady, and then asked Qin Deying how she was in the Hanlin Academy, how her relationship was with her colleagues, how the rest of the family was, and whether the uncles could send a letter on time to ask for peace, but there was something that made the old lady unhappy. Qin Deying glanced at her stepmother as if she was inadvertent, and then said, "Everything is fine, the gifts sent by the uncles during the New Year's holidays are very intimate and valuable, especially on my grandmother's birthday, which is also not far away, and the gifts were sent in advance, and the letter to please Ann is not less, the old lady is very good." ”

Qin Deying thought that no one saw that glance, but how could she escape Qin Hui and Pearl's eyes, but everyone pretended not to know.

Pearl looked at Kong Shi and asked, "What kind of pastime does Shuxian do at home?" "Just now, Kong said that her best friend Shuxian, let Pearl call her like this in the future, and Pearl will be as good as a stream.

Kong said respectfully, "Before I got married, I read and wrote with my sisters at home, embroidered, etc., and when I was older, because my mother was weak, I helped my mother to take care of the house, and now that I am married, the old lady trusts and lets my daughter-in-law take care of the affairs of the big kitchen." The daughter-in-law is young, and she still has a lot of things to learn, and she knows that her mother has both talents and virtues, and she hopes that her mother can give her advice. ”

This is a beautiful statement, if the pearl really does not have two brushes, I am afraid it will be embarrassing. just smiled and said to Kong, "Everyone has different ways of doing things, my habits of doing things may not be suitable for you, you have managed the house at home, and now you are also in charge of the big kitchen of the Qin Mansion, and your ability is not bad, so you don't need me to do much." ”

"Mother is humble, Shuxian came into the house and found that the people in the house are very well-behaved and organized, if you can learn one or two of her mother's skills, then Shuxian will be inexhaustible."

Speaking of which, what else does Pearl not understand, this is an opportunity to continue to learn from himself, to explore the family in the house! Don't say what she thinks, even Qin Hui is afraid that she won't be happy, the house is different from other families, the things received are particular, some say, what gifts can be received, what gifts should be returned immediately after receiving them, and there are things that are sent out, which can't make people feel unsatisfied, let alone make people feel too stuttering. There are more doorways in this, when Pearl first took over, he simply started from a book, sorted it out, and asked people to inquire about the preferences of each family and what happened recently, if Qin Hui has a movement there, he will also report to him directly, and sometimes it is necessary to take out a large amount of silver taels, and very valuable things, if the Kong family knows now, not to mention whether she can have this political consciousness, just saying that the huge amount of money involved is enough for her to want a piece of the pie. What I'm most afraid of is not this, what Pearl is most worried about is that the woman Kong is not good at taking things, and when the time comes, she will cause trouble for the family, which will be bad.

After that, Qin Hui said that the couple was tired from the journey, so they hurriedly went down to wash and rest, and the family had dinner together in the evening.

When they got out of the hall, the couple was on the way to wash under the guidance of the next person, Kong Shi opened the purse curiously and took a sneak look, wow! Suddenly opened his mouth in surprise, this pair turned out to be mutton fat jade bracelets, and there was a wrong gold pattern of dragon and phoenix on it, which was priceless!

Qin Deying heard his wife's exclamation, and when she looked back, she was also shocked, such a delicate bracelet is indeed very valuable! Secretly opened his purse, and found that there was a square mutton fat jade pendant in it, and the gloss of the jade pendant was very good. It is a rare boutique. This stepmother is really generous!

After washing, the two of them arrived at the room prepared for them, Kong Shi let the subordinates go out, and looked at the furnishings in the room, from the living room to the inner room, Kong Shi frowned while watching, and said to her husband, "Husband, do you say that this Liu family is on purpose?" The furnishings in this room are too ordinary, right? There is nothing of value either. Afraid we'll steal it? ”

Qin Deying was really looking at the bookshelves on the shelves. I am very happy, there are many books here that I have never seen before, although the bookshelves are set up in the inner room, but because the room is large enough. Two large shelves of books. Enough for him to read for a while. Listened to Kong's words. He looked at the furnishings and items in the room again, and said in a deep voice, "Really...... Porcelain, crystal, and wood carvings on this Bogu shelf. Ivory carvings, those are all treasures, elegant things, there is no need for those gold and jade antiques to be cheap, see the landscape paintings hanging in that hall? That's an ancient painting by a famous artist from the previous dynasty, besides, you don't want to think about how much the bracelet you got is worth? ”

Kong's face turned red, and he turned into the inner room, and saw the velvet blanket spread on the kang, and he liked it very much, and looked at the bed tent embroidered with pomegranate flowers, and was even more happy, there was no incense burner in this room, and there were no incense burners, let alone any flowers and vases, which was very strange. Although it has been said just now, this matter is really strange, so I can only disturb my husband, who is studying.

"Husband, don't you notice anything different?"

"What?" Qin Deying raised his head and looked at Kong's family, although Kong's family was a little cautious, but he was on the same front as himself, and sometimes, he still needed to listen to her.

"We are all used to incense, there is an incense burner in the house, even if there is no incense burner, we will light incense, or visit flowers, but in this room, there is nothing. Don't you think it's weird? ”

"Isn't it because you want to avoid suspicion?" Qin Deying said,

Kong frowned, thought for a while, and said, "It seems that there is no such thing as my father and Liu's." ”

"What Liu, if you want to call your mother, if outsiders hear it, it's disrespectful!" Qin Deying scolded,

Kong hurriedly replied in a low voice, "Yes, husband, it will never be like this again." The concubine has only been with the old lady for a long time, and she is used to it, and if she calls her mother, she is afraid that the old lady will be unhappy. ”

Of course, Qin Deying knew this, sighed and said, "Mother hasn't gone back now, it's okay for you to say this, but once you go back, even in front of the old lady, you can't be rude, you know?" Qin Deying also understood that although the old lady said everything in the house, once her father returned to the court, even the old lady couldn't do anything to the Liu family.

Speaking of the old lady's birthday gift, when she gave the old lady a New Year's gift for the first time, Liu was also very confident and thoughtful, full of sincerity, but when the old lady gave her a gift, she carelessly let everyone see the signs. The gift given was neither sincere nor valuable, and it even sent someone to teach Liu's daughter-in-law a lesson, saying that she had learned the rules well, and even let the original big girl serve the adult, and even sent the two aunts, which was a naked slap in the face! If it was an ordinary person, I am afraid that I would have to be more respectful and more pleasing to the old lady, but everyone miscalculated.

When Liu gave the gift for the second time, he obviously reduced several grades, and the clothes made by himself were made of average materials, or the kind of brocade with patterns, and there was no need to spend any effort to embroider, and the shoes were the same, and other things were in accordance with the practice of finding ordinary people. Send a jade Guanyin, send some special products, plus 20,000 taels of silver. There is nothing out of the ordinary, nothing sincere. For the people sent by the old lady, they were locked up directly, and they couldn't even spread the news.

After that, the annual rites and ceremonies, everything has not fallen, but it is not elaborate, but it is for the eldest son and the second son, the clothes have not been seen, it does not look like brocade, but it is indeed silk silk or satin, the style of the clothes is very special, but it is very lifting, the embroidered pattern is also very exquisite, and the things for the eldest lady are even more rich, but it is not always like this, the first gift is very exquisite, very valuable, and there is no shortage of food and fun. But the second time, it was an ordinary thing, but when the eldest lady was by her side, after being raised by the two grandmothers in the palace invited by Qin Hui, she returned to the rich gifts of the past, and the eldest lady even wrote letters to her parents often, and she studied very seriously. (To be continued......)