Chapter 22: Bitterness
And the second wife was sitting on the big kang by the window covered with a dark blue brocade mattress, teaching Shen Huaijin embroidery by hand.
"Did she really go?" When she heard Mother Xue say that Zhao Qing ordered someone to prepare a sedan chair, she raised her head, and there was a hint of disbelief in her questioning tone.
I don't know why, although this daughter-in-law has only been in the door for three days and looks well-behaved on the outside, she just has a feeling that she can't grasp it.
"Really went!" Mother Xue smiled and nodded, "I had to ask the slave to send someone to Rongshoutang before, how dare the slave?" ”
"Yes, yes......" The second lady nodded, "If you really agree, the person who sees me will go back, the old lady can no longer hide in Rongshoutang and pretend to be confused, she is forced to come out, she doesn't say it, she will definitely hate me in her heart." He added, "I'm afraid that the little girl will be impulsive, so I will send you." The tone was full of relief.
A look of pride flashed on Mother Xue's face.
I also wanted to continue to add fuel and vinegar to say a few words, but the breathless depression when I was by Zhao Qing's side flashed away from my heart, and Mother Xue changed her words again, "As a last resort, the slave moved out of you and told her that this was your order, she didn't say a word, got up and asked people to prepare a sedan chair, and hurriedly went to Rongshoutang." He added, "The slave personally sent her to the door of Rongshoutang before returning." ”
The second wife breathed a sigh of relief.
"Amitabha, she's still a fishy one after all."
Hearing that the second wife also recited Amitabha, somehow, Mother Xue felt weird.
The room was quiet.
Mother Xue thought of Tianxiang and Green Cloud.
I don't know how the second wife dealt with it?
Just as he was about to ask, Yu Guang saw that Shen Huaijin was staring at them with wide eyes and listening to them, and Mother Xue turned her mouth and asked, "...... Why did Miss Seven start learning embroidery again? ”
Like the ladies of the scholarly family, just after his fourth birthday, Shen Huaijin began to use needlework.
It's strange to say, she was two or three years old and knew how to read and write with the second master, and she remembered the words she had read and taught a few times, and there was no one in the house who didn't praise her for being smart, but the female red wouldn't teach her a hundred times, the second master had a difficult heir, and after the second master died, it took nearly four years to have Shen Huaiyu again, and then she was almost forty years old before she got this baby daughter, and she naturally loved her in every way, and she was reluctant to move a finger.
Seeing that she was really not a popular girl, the second wife simply gave up.
Seeing that she was now learning embroidery by the colt on the kang again, and half of the crooked trumpet petals were embroidered on the small flower with the big bowl in her hand, Mother Xue was very surprised, and said secretly, "Miss Seven is naturally naughty, like a boy, her small courtyard is not a chicken flying dog jumping one day, and the ability to cause trouble is not the first time today, why did the second wife suddenly ......"
Just as he was thinking about it, he heard the second lady sigh.
"Seeing that she is not that material, I don't like it, I thought that with a family like us, even if she doesn't know how to be a female celebrity, it's nothing, there is a maid by her side, and she needs to do it herself, she doesn't want to learn it, but now it's ......" The voice suddenly stopped, and she was silent for a long time before she spoke again, "Look at her today, she dares to call the name of the third grandmother, it is really wild, embroidery can hone patience, study hard, board her wild nature, and save the future to marry out and harm others." ”
Are you worried that the third master is gone, and Miss Seven will marry in the future?
If you learn to be a good woman, you can always be valued by your husband's family!
It's only been a few days, and even her hair is gray.
Looking at the indelible sorrow between the eyebrows of the second wife, who was only forty years old and had gray sideburns, Mother Xue felt desolate.
The air was a little dull.
Seeing that Mother Xue was hesitant and wanted to speak, the second wife hugged Shen Huaijin and handed it to Yanxiang, "Take her to the warm pavilion to watch the embroidery, if you don't embroider this trumpet flower, you are not allowed to go back to the house!" ”
Counting the trumpet flowers in his hand had five petals, Shen Huaijin looked at Mother Xue with aggrieved eyes.
Mother Xue turned her head ruthlessly.
“…… What does the wife plan to do with Tianxiang and Luyun? As soon as Shen Huaijin went out, Mother Xue asked in a low voice.
"I asked, Sister Jin said that she heard Tianxiang say that the third master would not kiss her if she had a child, so she wanted to knock the third grandmother's child off......" There was an indescribable bitterness in the second wife's low voice.
"Really...... Is it really for the child? Mother Xue stuttered a little.
It's so vicious!
Although she felt it, she still hoped in her heart that Shen Huaijin would not have that kind of thought, and she just had no intention of hitting Zhao Qing's stomach.
"Tianxiang and Green Cloud can't stay in her house." The second lady looked solemn.
"Tianxiang is the daughter of the fourth grandmother." Mother Xue reminded.
"So I just locked her up." There was no board, "Let's take a look...... the second lady lowered her head and thought about it, "There are also a few girls in Lijing Pavilion who are almost old enough to be released, and when they are released, I will go and beg the old lady to let them all out together." ”
Mother Xue didn't know why.
"Tansy Narcissus and these people are all masters who step on the bottom of the heights, the third master doesn't dare to do anything in front of him, and the third grandmother may not be able to calm it." The second lady explained, "After such a fuss, the third grandmother will not want to be aroused in the future, so I will give up this old face and beg the old lady, and if she is sent away as soon as possible, she can also replace a few people with herself." ”
"Mrs. is the heart of a bodhisattva." Mother Xue's eyes reddened slightly when she listened, "I hope she can understand your hard work." ”
Her mind was exposed, and the second wife's face turned pale.
"She can cause less trouble, coax the eldest lady well, and give birth to the child smoothly, and I will burn high incense!"
And the fourth miss, the fifth miss, and the sixth miss are gathering in the fifth miss Shen Huaijing's study to discuss the matter of putting pressure on the feast for Aisy and others.
“…… Wouldn't it be too much? Fourth Miss Shen Huaizhen looked at Shen Huaijing hesitantly.
"Excessively whatever!" Shen Huaijing raised her eyebrows, "Don't you want to stand up for your mother!" ”
The hat buttoned up a little too much.
"That's not what I meant!" Shen Huaizhen's face turned red, "I mean...... Do you mean......" her eyes purred, "a slave is a slave, and it is not a courtyard, how can there be a master to suppress it, this ...... Inconsequential. ”
"What a disrespectful law!" Shen Huaijing snorted coldly, "Mr. said that those who achieve great things are not formal, as long as they are useful!" The voice suddenly raised an octave, "I am going to give money today to make a two-table banquet for the Tansy Narcissus and the others...... Not only please, but also in public! The tone was capricious and domineering, "I have to wait for the third grandmother's sedan chair to return to Lijing Pavilion and post in front of her!" ”
"Which gentleman said that, why haven't I heard it?" Shen Huaizhen muttered quietly.
"You can't get out!"
Shen Huaizhen shuddered, "Out!" ”
"What about the sixth sister?" Shen Huaijing turned to Shen Huaishu.
Shen Huaishu blinked her big harmless eyes, "I can't use it horizontally, the fifth sister wants to use it, just take it." ”
Handing over the collected silver to the little maid and sending it to the stove, Shen Huaijing put her hands on her cheeks and looked out the window expectantly, "...... I really want to see what kind of expression will be on her face when she sees us feasting for Tansy and Narcissus? "Is it still as tranquil and quiet as it was in the morning?
As soon as she thought of the silence that seemed to be that Mount Tai would not change color before it collapsed, a trace of inexplicable hatred flashed in Shen Huaijing's eyes.
Shen Huaishu blinked and was speechless.
"I want to know ......" Sitting side by side in front of the bookcase, Shen Huaizhen also looked at the osmanthus tree outside the window with her, "What is she talking to the old lady at this moment?" ”
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Zhao Qingzheng was affectionately dragged by the old lady to the soft couch by the kang.
The dark red rosewood Ruyi cloud head pattern furniture, paved with half-new and not old royal blue cushions, chairs, a pair of Ru kiln beauties on the low table, inserted with freshly picked flowers, Zhao Qing does not know one, the window sill, the high table in the corner of the wall are also dotted with flowers and plants, and there is a light and elegant fragrance floating in the house, elegant and comfortable, luxurious but not extravagant.
Yu Guang looked around, and Zhao Qing secretly laughed at himself in his heart. I saw her in the hall early in the morning, but now I moved to the bedroom, and this relationship has escalated so quickly.
It's like riding a rocket.
The old lady was ordering tea and water, "...... Bring the plate of lotus paste crystal cake newly sent from the stove to the third grandmother to taste. ”
Seeing a few crystal clear lotus paste crystal cakes in the delicate blue and white porcelain plates, Zhao Qing realized that his stomach was grunting with hunger. I suddenly remembered that from the tossing in the morning to the present, because the door was blocked and lunch was not delivered on the stove, they didn't even care about eating.
After all, she is a new daughter-in-law, and she is not familiar with the old lady, so she came here for the second time, and she ...... It's really not what everyone does...... But she was pregnant again...... Zhao Qing hesitated.
I don't know how much I can talk to the old lady for a while, if I talk about it, will the old lady turn her face and deny people, and will she have something to eat?
If the door is blocked, she won't send food, and the eldest lady probably just wants to starve her and force her to comply, right?
The thought flashed, and Zhao Qing simply turned his heart sideways.
Anyway, fill your stomach first.
Even if you die, you have to be a full ghost today!
“…… Well, delicious. ”
thanked the old lady, took the wet handkerchief handed by Qingmei and wiped her hands, Zhao Qing elegantly twisted a lotus paste crystal cake, and took a bite gently, soft and sweet, a faint lotus fragrance instantly overflowed between her teeth, and she couldn't help but squint.
She really ate it!
The little maids around gasped.
Tian's mother opened her eyes even more, the old lady was born with a sensitive sense of smell, and no one dared to eat in her bedroom!
Everyone secretly looked at the old lady.
looked at her with a satisfied look in dismay, and for some reason, the old lady suddenly remembered that when Shen Huaiyu was a child, he was the only one in the mansion who dared to run around in his yard, and when he came back from school, he first came to greet herself, raising her red face, and called crisply: "Grandma!" Then she would ask the maid to bring out the pastries that had been prepared earlier, and Shen Huaiyu would sit in her arms, eating them beautifully and saying, "...... It's delicious! ”
In an instant, there was a sweet "delicious!" As if overlapping with the voice in his memory, a long-lost joy of his children and grandchildren around his knees spontaneously arose, and the gaze that looked at Zhao Qing gradually softened, and the old lady actually had a smile in her eyes.
“…… Pick up a few dishes that haven't moved chopsticks at noon and heat them up. Guessing she was made to miss lunch by the people in Tansy, the old lady simply ordered.
"Oh my God!" Tian's mother covered her mouth, so she didn't exclaim.
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