Chapter 39: Birthday Greetings
Jin Changqing and Jin Changqi led their respective wives and children to kowtow to He's in front, saying auspicious words wishing the old lady a healthy and long life, and He's face showed a faint smile.
After they finished kowtowing, He Shi looked at the shelf for a long time: "It's really rare for the second couple to come over today, you won't show up if your relationship is not a big day, and you can't think of me, an old woman." Anyway, I'm not your biological mother after all, if you have this filial piety, you will often come to see it, and if you can't think of it, it doesn't matter, just live your own comfortable life. ”
Jin Changqing and An lowered their heads to listen to the discipline and did not refute, since they were children, they begged for a living under their mother-in-law, and the two of them were familiar with He's behavior, whenever their mother-in-law spoke in a weird way, they listened to it, if they dared to refute, it would only attract a more severe reprimand.
Seeing that she said that the two people in the second room for a long time were still as unpleasant as in the past, and the appearance of bowing their heads and obediently being taught made He's heart very useful, and he couldn't help but snort from his nose, after all, it was his birthday, and in front of many guests for a while, the mother and son on the surface had to do enough, and what else could the concubine's family have a worse time than the concubine?
He said earnestly: "Get up, it's rare for you to come over so neatly on weekdays, and you know that kowtowing to my old wife is considered your filial piety." ”
The fourth lady Liu who was sitting on the side watched the excitement for a while, squinted at the two concubines of the An family and the Qin family, her face was contemptuous that could not be concealed, and she smiled on her face: "Second sister-in-law, third sister-in-law, why did you come here at this time?" I thought that the two of you came over early in the morning, and the old lady specially asked the kitchen to prepare your breakfast, who expected that you nobles would come here when you were busy, and the old lady had a love for her son in vain. ”
Then he looked at Jin Nanxue and said, "Yo, isn't this Sister Xue, now that I am Mrs. Hou, it is different, look at this little appearance is becoming more and more noble, why did you come here now?" Your grandmother just kept talking about you. ”
As he spoke, he stepped forward and took Jin Nanxue's hand and looked up and down, and saw the pair of white jade bracelets on her hand with a flash of eyes, and the gaze that fell on her was even more inquiring.
He also seemed to have just discovered Jin Nanxue, and beckoned to her: "Is Sister Xue back?" Come over and ask your grandmother to take a good look, it's rare that Sister Xue still remembers that I, an old woman, know that I came back to pay my birthday greetings, how can I say that my current identity is also Mrs. Hou, the eldest daughter-in-law, don't slack off when you entertain your aunt and grandmother who go home. ”
Zhang pulled the corners of his mouth, which was considered to be the answer.
Jin Nanxue stepped forward: "Grandmother, granddaughter came to your old man's birthday greetings, I wish you a good old age, a good year." ”
said a few auspicious words and made a blessing to the He family.
She was almost twelve years old when she followed her parents out of the Bofu, and when she lived in the Bofu, He's attitude towards their three and four rooms made her shudder when she thought about it now, if it wasn't for seeing her mother's family, she really didn't want to come here.
Seeing that this granddaughter was still respectful to her in front of her as before, He Shi was slightly satisfied, nodded and said: "You have a heart, I will get together with your sisters and talk later, and you don't have to stay here to accompany my old wife." ”
Jin Nanxue hurriedly said: "Today is my grandmother's birthday, and it is rare for my granddaughter to come back to see her grandmother, and it is the most important thing to accompany her grandmother more." ”
Who wouldn't say pretty things? Since they are here, they have to coax this old ancestor, and their father and younger brother can also complain less.
gave the He family a salute, Jin Nanxue gave the Zhang family and the Liu family a salute in turn, after all, she was Mrs. Hou, several elders politely praised a few words, and the He family was more satisfied with her humble attitude when he saw this.
The He family's feelings for Jin Nanxue, the granddaughter, are complicated.
The reason why she was chosen to marry into the Hou Mansion instead of her own granddaughter was that she valued this girl's excellent appearance and docile personality, but now it seems that this girl is unlucky, she has not come out of the Hou Mansion for three years, and she does not please her mother-in-law.
Gaomen is not so easy to climb, if you marry everything smoothly and become a veritable Mrs. Hou, wouldn't it be a blockage for your own children and grandchildren? So the He family is very happy that Jin Nanxue is now in her husband's house, childless, and unfavored.
Zhang smiled and took Jin Nanxue's hand and said: "I met in Jin Anbo's Mansion a few days ago, and when I came back, I told your grandmother, your grandmother knows that you are having a good time in the Hou Mansion, and her old man is also happy for you, but it is not the eldest aunt who said you, since you got married, you rarely come back to see your grandmother, and in the eyes of outsiders, you still think that you are climbing the high gate and look down on your relatives." ”
Jin Nanxue sneered again and again in her heart, from the moment she entered the door to now, from the old lady to the eldest aunt and the fourth aunt, she and her parents brought one unfilial and unrighteous hat after another, knowing that they had a difficult life in the Hou Mansion, and they never saw them stand out for themselves, and now they are still so thorny.
The most annoying thing is that every time she meets the people of Bofu, they will open and close their mouths to remind her not to forget the kindness of Bofu, if it weren't for the Changfang to give her a chance, her daughter of a down-and-out concubine would not be able to climb the family business of Yongchenghou anyway.
When they first married into the Hou Mansion, Jin Nanxue and Jiang Qi also had a sweet time when they were newly married, and they were indeed grateful to Bofu, but this gratitude quickly disappeared with the years of suffering, and was replaced by deep bitterness and numbness.
Seeing that Zhang's words were thorny, Jin Nanxue said with a hint of confusion on her face: "Tell my grandmother to worry, it's my granddaughter's, I remember that my grandmother taught my granddaughter before I got married, and when I married into my mother-in-law's house, I must listen to my mother-in-law's words and not do disobedient things, the Hou Mansion rules great-granddaughters are always cautious in their words and deeds, and my mother-in-law doesn't like her granddaughter to go out of the house from time to time, and her granddaughter doesn't dare to disobey, but since my grandmother spoke, when I go back, my granddaughter will tell my mother-in-law that she must come back more in the future to visit her grandmother." ”
Seeing that she actually moved out of the rules of the Hou Mansion, the Zhang family and the old lady He family didn't know what to say for a while.
At this time, Wen Xuanbo Xie Changwei led a group of men from the Bofu Mansion to walk in, and when he saw that the people in the three rooms and the four rooms had arrived, he smiled and said: "Sister Xue has married to the Hou Mansion, so naturally she has to obey the old lady of the Hou Mansion, let's not talk so much about our family, since everyone has arrived, let's start to pay homage to the ancestors." ”
The uncle gave an order, everyone didn't say anything, and the people standing on both sides hurriedly went up to the ground to re-lay the soft cushion, and everyone knelt in front of the He family under the leadership of Wen Xuanbo to officially pay homage.