Chapter 126

On the third day of the first lunar month, it was the day to make an appointment to visit Mrs. Fang's house. It's just that Yuan Changqing and Shanniang only sat in Fang's house for a long time before returning to the house, because today the mansion invited New Year's wine, and it was the elders of the clan who were invited, and they had to go back and show up to save being called rude.

Before leaving, the Liu family told them that the Fang family decided to invite New Year's wine on the sixth day of the new year, and told them to come at that time.

On the fourth day of the first month, the Yuan Mansion still invited guests, and invited those relatives of Mrs. Meng's mother's family, including Mrs. Chengenhou and Mrs. Shizi, the mother of the four princes. Yuan Changqing was taken by the fourth master and accompanied the guests in the outer courtyard for a day, and Shanniang was caught by the old lady to perform a day of grandfather and grandson love. In the evening, when they returned to the room, the husband and wife were so tired that they fell asleep without even saying a few words.

On the fifth day of the new year, the house is still a treat, but today's New Year's wine is divided into several places. In the inner courtyard, the fourth lady invited her mother's relatives and some relatives who usually came and went; In the outer courtyard, Yuan Changqing and Yuan Changxing each feasted their classmates and friends in their respective outer study rooms. As for Shanniang, she was caught by Yuan Yongmei today.

Sometimes Shanniang feels that she should admire Yuan Yongmei, this girl has a lot of indomitable perseverance, she shows her friendliness and generosity through Shanniang, Shanniang is also happy to cooperate with her, but this girl still wants to dig a pit for her from time to time, misleading her to do something inappropriate, Shanniang's way to deal with her is only a trick of all spirits: face to face.

The guests invited by the fourth lady in the inner courtyard today are not only her mother's relatives, but also some well-known people in the capital. Shanniang is the new daughter-in-law, and everyone is very curious about her, so Yuan Yongmei pulled her around for a while, seemingly introducing her to these people in the capital, but in fact, she was just using Shanniang to show her gentleness and generosity. Shan Niang didn't care about being used by her to decorate the façade, she only smiled and nodded to those familiar or unfamiliar people in her previous life.

After showing it around, a little maid suddenly came over and smiled at Yuan Yongmei: "Mrs. Yongning Hou has arrived, and the old lady has asked the girl and the eldest grandmother to come over." ”

When Yuan Yongmei heard this, she hurriedly pulled Shanniang to the old lady, and said to Shanniang: "Mrs. Yongning Hou is the sister of An Guogong and the maiden niece of the Queen Mother, and everyone says that she is the most similar to the Queen Mother. He earnestly instructed Shanniang, "Sister-in-law, don't be afraid, don't talk about it, I'll entertain her for my sister-in-law." ”

When she said this, Shanniang responded with a smile, but she was slightly surprised in her heart. She knew that the Queen Mother only had one niece, and it should be the one who supported the Queen Mother in the Tianning Temple on Chinese New Year's Eve. Although that one looks very similar to the Queen Mother, in her previous life, she heard that her temperament was completely different from what Yuan Yongmei said...... As soon as she thought about it, Shan Niang understood that Yuan Yongmei only said that Mrs. Yongning Hou was like the Queen Mother, but she didn't say that it was a natural portrait or a physical appearance. She couldn't help but purse her lips and smile.

When they arrived at the old lady, not only Mrs. Yongninghou was there, but Aunt Jiu and her granddaughter Yu'er were also there, and in addition, there was a little daughter-in-law who was less than twenty years old behind Mrs. Yongninghou. Just looking at the gorgeous red dress like her, Shan Niang knew that this was probably the new daughter-in-law who had just married.

And that Mrs. Yongning Hou is the one Shanniang has seen in Tianning Temple.

After entering the door, Yuan Yongmei threw away Shanniang, hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to Mrs. Yongning Hou, and said with a smile: "Cousin forgiveness, I just led my sister-in-law to meet the guests, but I couldn't come to greet my cousin, don't blame my cousin." ”

Mrs. Yongning Hou smiled and stretched out her hand to help her, and said, "This kid is still so polite." He looked up at Shanniang again and said, "This is Dalang's daughter-in-law." ”

That tone sounded like a question, but Shanniang knew that she recognized her.

So Shanniang hurriedly stepped forward to salute. Before she could say anything, the old lady smiled and said, "You should also call 'aunt' after the four girls." ”

Only then did Shan Niang know that the mother of the deceased old Mrs. Yongninghou and the fourth lady were cousins, so Yuan Yongmei called Mrs. Yongninghou "aunt".

She stepped forward and called "aunt" according to the old lady's meaning, and when she raised her eyes, she saw a trace of disdain flashing in Yuan Yongmei's eyes, and suddenly understood her thoughts in her heart - obviously, Yuan Yongmei thought that she had climbed to the noble person with her mother's light.

Mrs. Yongning Hou also helped Shanniang with a smile, and then turned around and called her daughter-in-law Shen, and said with a smile: "This is my eldest daughter-in-law, two eldest daughters-in-law, and they are still newcomers, but they just have something to say." ”

Aunt Jiu pointed at Shen and said, "Where is she new," and pointed to Shanniang, "This is new, she has a moon there, and it is already old." The crowd burst into laughter.

Shen blushed, twisted Aunt Jiu's sleeve and scolded her, "Auntie! ”

Shanniang couldn't help but be surprised, only then did she know that the Shen family was actually Aunt Jiu's niece. No wonder the old lady invited Aunt Nine to be a guest.

Xu is saw Shanniang staring at Shen and Aunt Jiu, and Aunt Jiu's granddaughter Yu'er came over and smiled at her: "The capital looks big, but it's not big at all, it feels as if anyone and everyone can climb a little kinship." ”

Shanniang had already seen that this Yu'er had a good impression of her, so she turned around and smiled at Yu'er.

When Yuan Yongmei saw it, she hurriedly leaned over and asked, "What are you talking about?" ”

Yu'er said generously: "I told my aunt that our capital is also big, maybe everyone can climb a little kinship." ”

"That's really the case," Mrs. Yongning Hou said with a smile: "I thought that my family was full of martial artists, and it was impossible for me to have anything to do with those literati and ink writers, but when the eldest of my family got married, I actually saw that the former head of Xinglin Academy, that is, Mr. Lin Er, the teacher of your family, and his wife, were also among the people who gave the marriage." After careful questioning, I found out that my eldest daughter-in-law had to call Mrs. Zhangyuan an aunt. He looked at Shan Niang again and said, "Mr. Bilin Er is your eldest teacher's teacher, so it can be seen that the capital is really full of acquaintances." ”

Shanniang smiled and twitched her sleeves slightly, but did not answer.

Seeing that she was pretending to be shy, Mrs. Yongning Hou didn't think much about it, so she turned her head and continued to talk and laugh with Aunt Jiu and the old lady. It's just that every time she deliberately teased Shanniang to speak, Shanniang never spoke, and she couldn't help but have some doubts - she obviously dared to stand up to the Queen Mother. So she couldn't help but look at Shanniang and said, "Why don't you speak?" ”

Seeing this, Yuan Yongmei hurriedly smiled and stepped forward, and said to Mrs. Yongning Hou: "Auntie, don't tease my sister-in-law, my sister-in-law is shy." ”

Mrs. Yongning Hou was surprised for a while, "You said she was shy?!" Then he looked at Shanniang and smiled: "You can talk eloquently in front of the Queen Mother, why are you shy in front of your mother-in-law?" ”

When the old lady heard this, her face immediately changed, and she asked, "What?" ”

Mrs. Yongning Hou looked at the old lady and said in surprise: "These two children, didn't they even say anything when they came back?" On Chinese New Year's Eve, I met them when I accompanied the Queen Mother to Tianning Temple to worship incense, and the Queen Mother also talked to Dalang's daughter-in-law for a while. He smiled at Shanniang again, "The Queen Mother also praised you, saying that you are a courageous person, but now you are pretending to be shy in front of me!" ”

Shanniang smiled at this time: "It's not that I still regret it, I was too reckless at that time, so I didn't dare to speak much." ”

Mrs. Yongning Hou laughed and said, "What kind of recklessness are you, it was the Queen Mother who tried you, if you are afraid to shrink your feet, the Queen Mother will not like it." And he said, "But you were very right that day." When you didn't say that, I really didn't think about this problem, and when you said that, I felt that the world was really too biased, why should we women be blamed whenever there is a stir? Look at the so-called 'red face and trouble' ...... in the history books" Speaking of this, she paused and smiled at Shanniang: "New Year's Day, don't talk about this, I'll invite you to my house after the New Year, and we'll talk about it again when the time comes." ”

Shanniang lowered her head in response, and when she looked up again, she saw that Yuan Yongmei's face was wrong for a while. She pursed her lips and smiled, turned her head and started talking to Shen.

Seeing them talking, Yu'er ran over, leaned on the back of the chair and smiled at Shen: "Auntie, you don't know, my eldest aunt is an interesting person, my fourth aunt is that person," she swept Yuan Yongmei who was sitting in the corner with the tail of her eyes, "I like to pretend to be a good person in front of people, but I like to pick things behind people's backs, and I don't like to talk to her the most." The first time I saw her, everyone thought she was a good one, but I, the new aunt, had a good eye and never been fooled. He tilted his head in front of Shanniang and asked her, "Look at her like that, did Auntie let her eat the chops again?" He shook Shanniang's arm and said, "Auntie teach me, next time I will also paint a gourd, and see if she dares to calculate me again!" ”

Shanniang was shaken by the jewelry on her head, and smiled: "It's nothing." ”

"There must be!" Yu'er didn't believe it, so she leaned on the back of her chair again, leaned into her ear and whispered: "Auntie, don't get me wrong, I'm not like she always hides some unsightly thoughts, I'm really annoyed by her appearance, but I don't know what to do." She's an aunt, I'm a niece, and I can't even hide from her. Auntie should only hurt me once, teach me. ”

Shanniang smiled and took a sip of tea from the teacup, and said, "How can I teach you anything, I don't understand." I just think that the reason why I say that those careful thoughts are unsightly is because it can't be said in front of people. In this way, they simply spread them out in front of others, saving themselves the calculation of whom, that is, if there is something wrong, there is only the trouble left in the open. She put down the teacup, smiled and said, "Actually, I'm the most afraid of trouble." ”

Just like Shanniang said, she put Yuan Yongmei's careful calculation of her in the open, and after calculating Yuan Yongmei in turn, the rest was not a secret calculation, but a trouble in the open.

After sending off the guests, Yuan Yongmei shook the curtain in front of Shanniang, ran into the house and took the old lady's hand and cried.

After a little thought, Shan Niang understood - there is a young son in Yongninghou's family who is not yet married and is about the same age as Yuan Yongmei.

She stood outside the curtain and smiled, then removed the smile from her face and motioned for Sanhe to open the curtain for her.

When Shanniang entered the house, the old lady was comforting the four girls. Seeing her come in, the old lady's always smiling face finally showed a trace of displeasure, and looked at Shanniang and said, "On Chinese New Year's Eve, you and Da Lang met the Queen Mother?" Why didn't you say anything when you came back?! ”

Shanniang said "honestly": "I wanted to say it, but I was afraid that if I said it, it would seem like I was showing off something, so I thought about it when someone in the family asked." It's just that I didn't expect that my family was not interested in our evening outings at all, and no one even asked us a word, so we didn't have a chance to talk about it after that. ”

The old lady was choked by her. Indeed, in other people's families, the children and nephews went out in the middle of the night, and after they came back, the family always had to ask about what they had seen and heard about the trip, even if they were casually idle, it was Chinese New Year's Eve, and their family was thinking that Yuan Changqing and his wife were in the way of their eyes, and they just wanted to send them away early, but they never expected that these two would meet the Queen Mother!

The old lady didn't squeak here, but Yuan Yongmei was angry, and raised her teary eyes from the old lady's lap, "When I kindly reminded you just now, you should also sue me, you know your aunt, but you made me such a big ugly!" ”

Shan Niang pretended to be unhappy, took out a handkerchief and handed it over-although it was opened by Yuan Yongmei's slap, and said: "My sister misunderstood me, how did I know that this is Mrs. Changninghou." When we met in the temple that day, she was standing behind the Queen Mother, and neither of us had said a word. Just now, the fourth sister described her so badly, I was scared to death, how can I remember to tell my sister, she recognized me? Besides, I don't think my sister said anything or did anything embarrassing? This ugly word, where does my sister start? ”

Having said that, there was a sneer in her heart. The so-called "making a fool" is just that Yuan Yongmei herself knows that her calculations have already fallen into Shanniang's eyes, so Shanniang saw her jokes.

Yuan Yongmei raised her head and glared at Shanniang angrily, but Shanniang continued to pretend to be a good person, handed over the handkerchief that she pushed away, and said with concern: "Sister, don't cry, it's the New Year!" ”

In the evening, after Shanniang and Yuan Changqing withdrew from the old lady's courtyard, the old lady couldn't help but grit her teeth and said to Yuan Li: "It seems that he married the wrong daughter-in-law for him." ”

Yuan Changxing on the side heard it, his eyes couldn't help but flicker, and said: "What's this, people have seven disasters and eight difficulties, it's a big deal to pick a good one for the eldest brother when the time comes." ”