Concubine Raiders Chapter 21: Planning
"What's the use of being kind!" The old lady smiled bitterly, "It's not my own birth..."
Xu's mother tried to speak and stopped, but she didn't say anything.
The two of them were silent for a while, the eldest wife sighed and cheered up: "Okay, maybe, we made a false alarm! Let's talk about it until Yanjing. By the way, I asked Wu Xiaoquan to prepare something for him It's ready!"
Mother Xu hesitated for a moment, and said: "A total of 96,400 taels."
Mrs.'s face changed slightly.
Mother Xu has already said anxiously: "I went to read the account book... The elder drew fifty thousand taels of silver by his side when he left..."
did not wait for her to finish her words, "Kang Dang", the tea cup of the three gentlemen in cloisonné enamel, which was originally held by the big lady, was smashed to pieces.
For a while, there was silence inside and outside the main house of Zhiyun Pavilion.
The corners of Xu's mother's eyes were reddish, and she quickly lifted the curtain and told the people outside: "It's okay, the big lady lost her hand and left a tea cup, you come to clean it yourself."
Tortoiseshell walked in, put the debris on the ground in the small box with a handkerchief, and then retreated silently.
During this period, there was no sound in the main room of Zhiyun Hall.
"Hey!" The big lady sighed lowly, "My temper is getting worse and worse."
"Does the mud bodhisattva still have three parts of earthiness?" Mother Xu smiled and said, "Not to mention that the master did too much this time."
Ms. stared straight at the remaining tea stains under her feet: "I have been married for so many years, and he doesn’t care what he is. He can spend as much as I earn. I don’t say that, making money. It was for the sake of flowers. But he was good... he was out there to raise prostitutes... and I was too long-winded... and he said that if it weren’t for me to be "three years of mourning," he would have long been unable to tolerate me..."
"Mrs. Xu," Mother Xu interrupted her complaining hurriedly, "The husband and wife quarrel, pick up whichever sentence hurts the others. Why should you take it to your heart?"
"How can I not take it to my heart." Although the big lady's voice is low, but her expression is excited, "If he has no way to teach my son or teaches me not strictly, I have nothing to say. But you see, what did he do. He actually took a fancy to his daughter-in-law’s handmaid, or the dual filial piety of the national funeral and family funeral. If I agree, where should the faces of my son and daughter-in-law go? What kind of face to meet them? He actually made this idea, where is he still!"
The tears from the corners of Xu's mother's eyes couldn't help but drip.
Why doesn't she be worthless for the big lady... But at this time, even if there are millions of grievances, she can't reveal a little bit in front of the big lady, so as not to add fuel to the fire!
"You and the old man have been a couple for so many years, you don't know the old man's temperament." Mother Xu persuaded, "The old man is a pity, sweet and cherished personality... It's just a quarrel with the sisters in the house. , I went to cry in the small garden in the outer courtyard. Everyone could see that the little hoof was uneasy and kind. It was the grandmother who knew it, and she was flushed with red and red ears, and sent the little hoof back to her mother's house that night. Everyone can understand who is right and who is wrong..."
"Bah!" The big lady's eyes were sharp, "Flies don't stare at the seamless eggs. The little hoof is crying there, why don't you see the uncle go there to persuade? Why don't you see the third master there to persuade? But he went... …"
What else does Xu’s mother want to say, the eldest wife has waved her hand: "You don’t have to say it again. I understand it in my heart! On talents and learning, he is a two-listed scholar and a scholar in the thirty-ninth year of Jianwu. On talent, officials In the performance appraisal, he has been'excellent' for five consecutive years... But you see, he stayed in Fujian for nine years, why didn't he rise up with the prestige of the old man after borrowing from the old man? It's because of his disorderly behavior and he was repeatedly impeached by the Yushi ......" Then, the eldest wife took Xu's mother's hand, tears welled up, "If he was a good thing, I would have let him take you away, and you wouldn't end up marrying Xu Decheng as a young widow... …Why are the lives of both of us so bitter!"
Mom Xu couldn't help thinking of her husband who had fallen from a horse after three months of marriage, and she covered her mouth and started sobbing.
After the two cried, they both felt a lot of peace. Mother Xu personally fetched water to serve his wife and re-dressing, and brought hot tea to the eldest wife. Speaking of what she has been worried about: "You hand in the family In charge of Si Ye, Mother Yao is in charge of the inner courtyard, and Wu Xiaoquan is in charge of the outer courtyard. We will go there for half a year, I'm afraid..."
Mrs. smiled coldly: "I just give them a chance to see what they can do?"
Mother Xu jumped at the corner of her eyebrows.
Fourth Master Luo Zhensheng is sixteen years old this year. He was raised by his wife like a frog in the bottom of a well. He didn’t know that the sky was high and the earth was thick. He always thought that he was talented and rich in learning. He even said to the maid beside him: “If it’s not three years of filial piety, I’m going to test a talent and it’s not a good deal."
Mrs. asked him to keep the housekeeper, didn't she let a child play tricks on the tiger? One is not good, so I got involved. And Mother Yao, she threatened to get Holly next to Miss Eleven to her nephew as a daughter-in-law. The eldest wife was already very full, and now she has left the inner courtyard to her, the five aunts in the family. , Two young ladies, she was the only one who committed the above if it was ruthless, but I was afraid that it would not be able to suppress it... As for Wu Xiaoquan, the eldest wife carried him to be the manager. He is good, and the elder wants as much as he wants. How much more convenient than when Niu Anli was here...
It looks like the old lady is going to clean up these people.
She was thinking about it, and a little maid outside said tremblingly: "Big madam, Miss Eleven is here!"
Mrs. Big and Mother Xu are slightly startled.
"What is she doing?" The big lady frowned, "Is it here to complain?"
"I shouldn't!" Mother Xu smiled, "Or, let her come in and talk?"
Mrs. nodded, and showed a peaceful and friendly smile again.
Mama Xu asked the little maid to bring in the eleven mother.
Eleven Niang pleased Mrs. Ann.
Mrs. asked her to sit down and ask her: "But is there anything to buy forgotten?"
"No." Eleven mother smiled, "My mother helped me see the things in the house, and my heart fell. I was thinking about putting the cages away, lest they delay everyone because of my slow hands and feet. Itinerary. So I came to ask my mother to show me, who should I take in my house?"
Mrs. smiled and asked her: "Then who do you want to take?"
"My daughter just doesn't have any ideas, so I want to ask my mother for advice." Eleven mothers smiled blankly, "Although I lived with my father in Fujian for a period of time, at that time I was young and I didn't remember many things. . This time I am not only going to Yenching, but also going to Yenching. I don’t know what to do. Naturally, I hope that everyone around me will go. I also thought, if they are like me, I wish everyone around me would go. , How many cars and boats do you need!"
Mrs. smiled and nodded: "You and Wu Niang each bring two big maids, two little maids, and two rough ladies!"
Eleven Niang was very disappointed, but she smiled and responded to the words of the big wife: "Amber was originally served by her mother. Naturally, she has more vision than Dongqing and others. She is going to... The winter youth is the longest, Yu She is going to go there...then let Bin Ju take care of the house! She is gentle and attentive. After we have gone for half a year, all the bottles and cans at home have to be kept..."
The old lady who talked about it laughed: "This kid is so kind."
"Who said no!" Mother Xu flattered, "Who is strong and who is weak, who can do something, knows exactly!"
Eleven Niang was embarrassed by the praise, she lowered her head slightly, got up and said goodbye: "Then I will go back to pack the cage."
Mrs. nodded and smiled: "Go!"
Eleven Niang bowed her knees and retired.
Amber outside followed the eleven mother back to Lvyunlou without a word.
Regardless of whether Miss Eleven asks or not to move the eldest wife, things are all because of herself. If she is not suddenly pulled into Miss Eleven’s room, why should she be embarrassed?
But she also has her own grievances-this is not her own choice.
Hama Kiku knew that he was left behind, but he didn't feel unhappy. She just smiled and said: "When the young lady comes back, don't forget to bring me Yanjing's bowl of douhuang and the donkey to roll."
Wintergreen was afraid of the bad atmosphere, so he laughed and made fun: "What's so good about'Donkey Rolling'? It's our'noodle cake' here."
"How did my elder sister know? When did you go to Yanjing? Or stole Miss's book to read?"
"Everyone is not serious in your mouth." Holly sneered, "I heard Miss Seven say-she grew up in Yanjing."
Binju asked Eleven Mother: "Miss, then you can see Miss Seven in Yanjing this time?"
"It should be possible!" They have been together for more than three years. They are separated now, and they may be gone forever~ IndoMTL.com~ No one can bear it. They just hold back their joking, naturally. Will not spoil the atmosphere, talk and laugh with them, "You can also see the fifth and sixth masters in the house of the third master."
Uncle Luo Zhenxing was a young man, and it was a shock to the rest of the Luo family. The third wife is no exception, being very strict with her two sons. During his return home to keep his filial piety, he also asked his father to hire a master from Yanjing to teach his two sons to study. But the two children are still young after all, and they are often naughty. I often sneaked into the back garden to pick flowers and catch birds. After coming and going, I met Shi Niang.
Eleven mothers do not nag them like their mothers, nor do they make a fuss about their behavior like the maids and mothers around them. Sometimes she hides in her house to play, and the Eleven mothers will let people do it. Treat them with sour plum soup or shortbread, and then ask them to call the maid and mother beside them, instead of sending someone to tell the third wife. Therefore, the two are very close to the maids and women in the eleven mothers' house.
When Eleven Niang mentioned Luo Zhenkai and Luo Zhenyu, everyone laughed.
"Miss, why don't you bring some of our homemade rose sauce, or make soft biscuits for Liu Ye!"
"Binju has a good idea!" Eleven Niang smiled, "I need to bring some green plum wine. The third wife once said it was delicious."
"Miss, don't forget the grandpa and grandma, as well as the third master, the third grandma and the seventh lady from the second wife!"
"Okay." Eleven Niang looked excited, "Let’s take a total of things and see what we need to bring to Yenching... things don’t have to be many, and don’t have to be expensive. The eldest wife must have been prepared, but We can't go empty-handed either."
Everyone nodded, rushing out their ideas.
For a while, he smiled, and temporarily forgot the sadness of parting.
(I can finally add more...)