Legend of Concubine’s Daughter Minglan Chapter 57: Cousin

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In the afternoon, the married aunt Sheng Yun and cousin Shulan also returned to their natal home to visit Mrs. Sheng. Li hurriedly asked the maid to call the two girls who were playing in Pinlan's room. Pin Lan’s eldest sister got married early, and his eldest brother married early. The second brother Changwu went to the capital again. He had no choice but to study the Nine Links on weekdays. Ming Lan had never practiced this before, and Pin Lan was proud of her. Zhiji, while asking the maid to arrange her skirts and hairpins, she babbled about the knack of the nine-linked chain.

Danju took out a big red and phoenix-beared red treasure from the Luotian jewelry box. Minglan gritted her teeth. She only felt that her neck was three inches short, and a big maid over there was also tight. Putting a heavy bead hairpin inlaid with a jeweled butterfly on Pin Lan’s head, Pin Lan pushed it away with a sullen face, yelling: "I don’t wear that stuff. Last time I wore it for a long time. It made my neck. It hurts for three days!"

The maid coaxed: "My girl, put it on properly, if only the aunt and the eldest come here and don’t force you to wear it, but Miss Hui and the third wife are also coming, you see Miss Ming I wear them all, she looks heavier than ours."

Pin Lan looked up at Ming Lan's slightly trembling big pearl hairpin. After she became more mentally balanced, she pouted and asked to wear it.

Walking slowly towards the main house, and turning around along the hand-shoveling veranda, a maid guarded the door and opened the curtain and said: "Second girl and girl Ming are here." Ming Lan walked in with Pin Lan and sat in the middle. Mrs. Sheng and Mrs. Li, Mrs. Li was sitting on the pier, and Mrs. Wen was standing with Zhang Luo Chaguo, and they all smiled and talked to a few luxuriously dressed women.

A woman in her forties has been biting her ears and telling jokes next to Mrs. Sheng. Her complexion is dark, but her eyes are so bright and lively that she doesn’t look like her age; she sees Pin Lan followed by a stranger The girl immediately got up and pulled Minglan to look up and down. She saw the girl's skin like snow, her eyes were clear, and a pair of rice-like dimples loomed at the corners of her blushing mouth. Her eyes lit up and she turned back and smiled: "Auntie, this is my niece Minglan! Ouch! Hey, look at this small shape. It looks better than the painting. They all say that my niece, Aunt Xiao, would be the same as me!"

The old lady pointed at her and smiled: "Okay, you faceless, are you praising her, or sticking gold on your own face? Just your piece of material, that is, ten more fetuses. , I can't pick up such a good leather!" The woman actually stomped and stomped her feet like coquettishly: "Mother! I am fighting for your face. I was born like you. I boasted that I would take you with me. Excuse me? You are good, and you will tear down the stage!"

The old lady shook her head helplessly. The old lady Sheng was also amused. She nodded and said: "You girl is really filial!" Everyone in the room laughed together, and the girl and wife also covered her mouth and laughed secretly.

The old lady pointed to the woman and said to Minglan, "This is your Aunt Yun." Pointing to a woman with sharp eyebrows and thin eyes sitting on the lower head mound, she said, "This is your aunt at the house of the third old lady. ." Then he pointed to a young daughter-in-law and a girl standing beside her and said: "This is your big sister Shulan, this is the three-room cousin Huilan."

Minglan immediately bent over, Yingying bowed down and saluted, and called out one by one; everyone in the room saw her politely and neatly, from shoulder to waist to knee and her arches were graceful, graceful and graceful, waiting to be seen by the old lady. After she said a few words, she felt that she was generous, decent, respectful, honest and close, and everyone liked it.

Sheng Jun was the most outspoken, he pulled Minglan to talk in detail, and asked what she likes to eat to live in, and took out a heavy red gold embroidered pouch from her arms: "My family Minglan gave birth well, turn around, my aunt will send you some fine silk brocade satin to make clothes for you!"

Pin Lan is open-minded by nature, and she doesn't get angry when she sees Ming Lan is liked by others, she just pretends to be annoyed: "My aunt is so partial. Now I saw a sister who was better than me, so I forgot about it." Sheng Yun nodded Pinlan’s forehead vigorously, and said with a smile: "You little heartless, you have not gotten too little from your aunt these years!"

Everyone in the room was talking, but the third wife was not there to take care of her. She was drinking tea alone, and suddenly interjected: "Pin Lan, niece, you are content. Although they are all nieces, you still have your sister Hui Lan. But it's half gone."

Minglan lowered her head and looked at Huilan secretly. She was blushing and she lowered her head in silence. Then she looked at the three wives. The clothes looked glamorous, but the cuffs over there were worn out. trace.

Sheng Yun ignored her, only a fluttering sentence passed: "Auntie treats our brothers and sisters with great kindness, Minglan's niece and niece are not ordinary." The third wife was thrown down and turned to stare fiercely. He glanced at Huilan and pointedly pointed at Sang Huai and said: "You are not a good person. If you have the ability of your cousin Minglan to be half-lovable, you will also have your aunt's belongings! Nowadays, I have been calling my aunt for more than ten years, half a penny. Did not fish!"

Sheng Yun immediately replied: "I don't understand what the sister-in-law said. Is it possible that your child calls my aunt and is looking at my things?"

The third wife raised her eyebrows and screamed: "Oh, dare not! But nowadays, people say that the second room of the Sheng family’s big house is filled with Jinshan Yinshan, but only watching her brother and uncle beg for food. Don’t worry about it! It’s nothing to do with porridge and rice every day, but it’s just imagining the good reputation of a great good person, and it turned out to be a good one!"

When Pin Lan heard someone insulting her father, she immediately said loudly: "My dad just sent a few carts of firewood to the third aunt's house the other day. As for Yinliang, it is monthly and monthly. Is this also a way of doing it?" /

The eldest wife Lee said in a deep voice: "Pin Lan, Hugh is rude! Don't go back soon!"

There was a moment of light and sword in the house.

Minglan was stunned secretly, just bowed her head and did not dare to see the surprise on her face: In the past, the three of their sisters had quarrels, or Wang and Aunt Lin had spears and arrows, but they never did so. Like tearing the face. Then I glanced at others and saw that everyone, including Mrs. Sheng, looked as usual.

The old lady snorted: "Daughter-in-law, you are here to visit your second aunt today, or you are here to provoke you. You are so yelling in front of the elders, you are not afraid to tell the younger ones to read a joke!"

The third wife flushed, and sat down without saying a word, drinking tea and eating snacks.

Ming Lan turned her head, she saw Pin Lan look triumphant, looking at Hui Lan provocatively, but Shu Lan was quite unbearable, took Hui Lan away to talk, and relieved the embarrassment in the house, then a maid came in. , Said: "Mrs. Li's uncle is here."

The big lady said busy: "Please." The maid opened the curtain and saw a woman with a beaded head and plump skin coming in. When she saw the old lady and the old lady Sheng, she respectfully saluted and said with a smile: "I'll come It's disturbing, the old lady is no wonder, but I often listen to my sister-in-law talking about my auntie's kindness and kindness, so I came to see you cheeky today."

The old lady Sheng smiled and said: "Mrs. Uncle is too modest. She is from her own family. She likes to be busy when she is old. I am very happy that you can come... Minglan, come see you Mrs. Uncle."

Ming Lan stepped forward to bow her respectfully, and hesitated to know what to call her. The uncle’s wife hurriedly said: "Just call my aunt like Pin Lan." Ming Lan raised her eyes and looked at the old lady Sheng, and saw her slightly Nodded, he screamed obediently: "Hello, aunt."

Uncle Mrs. Zhu's eyes narrowed, and she smiled: "Good sign girl, old lady is so lucky." She also took a garland-colored purse from the maid beside him and stuffed it into Minglan's hand. Li; Minglan looked down, and saw that the purse was brilliantly embroidered and inlaid with precious treasures. It was extremely gorgeous and dazzling. Regardless of the things inside, the purse alone was very valuable.

Everyone sat down and talked. Uncle Mrs. Zhu still ignored the third wife, and only talked to Mrs. Sheng. From Jinling to the capital, from the family to the children, Minglan never underestimated this kind of house. I only listened carefully to the compliments of the gossip, and then I realized that in the early years, Grandpa Li was born with Grandpa Sheng. In the beginning, it was not as prosperous as the Sheng family, but the son of the family was well raised (no foreign genes were introduced but improvised My wife in the countryside). After three generations of diligent management, his family business was prosperous, and he became one of the best in Youyang County.

The third wife tried to interrupt several times but was unsuccessful. The elder lady said to Sheng Jun, "Where is Taisheng? Didn't he come with you today?" Sheng Jun smiled and said, "Brother Wu is rare. When I come back from Beijing, my silly boy always talks endlessly. Hey, Mrs. Uncle, are you here alone today?" Zhu's laughed and said, "Brother Yu and Brother Du are here, they are all outside."

The old lady smiled and said: "They are all relatives, please call in."

When he said that, he called the maid’s successor, and then the curtain opened, and three boys of the same age came in and bowed to the old lady Sheng. The old lady smiled and pointed to a boy with red lips and white teeth. This is Brother Yu, the second son of the uncle's wife." Then he pointed to a shy boy on the left and said: "This is the third brother of the Li family." Finally, he pointed to a thick, sturdy boy with a dark skin. It's my young girl's kid, Tai Sheng."

The three boys have their own style, and the house is full of vigor for a time. Except for Ming Lan, everyone has known it early, so Ming Lan had to come over and salute them one by one, and they were all called ‘cousins’ along with Pin Lan.

Zhu Shi smiled and said to Minglan: "You still have a big cousin. I'm going out to buy goods now. Your big cousin is very good. You can come to my house in the future."

The old lady Sheng praised: "Mrs. Uncle is so lucky, and my brothers are so handsome and elegant, and they are of good quality." Mrs. Uncle laughed: "These two magic stars are making trouble, the old lady is absurdly praised. Up."

The old lady Sheng pulled the two boys from the Li family, and asked about their reading knowledge, knowing that the older one has been admitted to the scholarship, and the younger one is also a young student, she likes it even more: "Well, it’s reasonable to be motivated and hardworking. Zhu laughed and said: "They are nothing. I heard that the eldest grandson of the old lady's family, regardless of the talents and scholars, all passed the exam. Now they have been ordered to serve in the Hanlin Academy. This is true. Wenquxing's fateful life."

The old lady Sheng turned her head and glared at the big old lady: "It must be the old sister-in-law who said everywhere, she didn't boast about the child." The big old lady laughed: "If there is a good thing, I want to boast, wait and wait. These two children have gone to Beijing for the exam, so just take care of them."

Old Mrs. Sheng said: "It goes without saying that the nephew of Vigo’s wife is like our own child. Mrs. Uncle, when the brothers come to Beijing, they will live with me. There are two other kids preparing for the exam. , Happens to be a companion."

Zhu clan waited for these words and laughed repeatedly: "Thank you very much, the old lady, Yu'er Duer, don't kowtow to thank you yet."

Li Yu and Li worshipped again immediately, and Mrs. Uncle thanked and thanked him.

Pin Lan attached to Ming Lan's ear and asked softly, "I just live in my relatives' house. Why do you want to thank you like this?"

Ming Lan smiled bitterly, this little girl really dared to say, only replied: "I have a lot of books."

The fact is that in addition to boring and working hard, the imperial examination actually requires a lot of work before and after. There are a lot of ways in this: First, you must know the article preferences and political opinions of the chief and deputy examiners, and even the font preference, and then the current political trend, which cannot involve taboo topics and factional struggles. Finally, you must meet friends and apprentices and mix in the clear Personally familiar.

Although the exam paper is named, in fact, those who can be the chief examiner can basically guess the candidates they are familiar with from the writing and writing of the article. This is not for cheating, but as long as it is not too outrageous, you can get a relatively high evaluation. With the help of an official family like the Sheng family, Li Yu and Li can get twice the result with half the effort.

Ming Lan think, this...candidates who don't want to take the exam are not good candidates, but the ones that don't have a relationship are good ones.

At this moment, Pin Lan went over and talked with Hu Taisheng, laughing louder, Sheng Yun turned to look, frowned, and then got tired of the old lady Sheng and smiled: "My Taisheng is not for studying, auntie But it's too much."

The old lady Sheng seemed to like this naughty niece very much, and she scolded with a smile: "You monkey, I taught you how to read and write when you were a kid. You learned three days of fishing and two days of surfing the Internet, and you can't even memorize the three-character classic. There is still a face to talk? Tai Sheng is all with you! Tai Sheng, come here." Pulling Tai Sheng's hand, he smiled: "Good boy, the boy's family is the top pick. I often hear your uncle praise you and say you are diligent. Kind, honest, and very effective in taking care of the family business. I don’t know how happy I am for your mother!"

Hu Taisheng only smiled honestly, Pin Lan came over and smiled: "Cousin, my sister is new here, what good things did you bring?" Taisheng answered honestly: "The western snacks opposite Haizi, Give your sisters a taste."

The third wife was unwilling to be lonely, she endured it for a long time and finally she said: "I have never tasted Western dim sum in my life. I heard that it is extremely sweet, so I also brought some home for your third uncle to taste; my nephew, don't learn. People look down on your third uncle's house!" Hui Lan also smiled: "Look at what my mother said, Tai Sheng's cousin is the most kind, how can he be honest and indifferent to others and despise our home?" Hui Lan's tone is affectionate, and a pair of watery eyes looked at Tai Sheng. , Taisheng blushed, standing with his head down, and stopped talking to death.

The rest of the people in the room didn’t see it, but Pin Lan was angry and wanted to rush over. Ming Lan sighed secretly. She wanted to pull Pin Lan’s sleeves, but she estimated the strength of her cousin and her. , Decided to change the strategy.

Ming Lan turned around lightly and stopped in front of her without a trace. She didn't think of an excuse for a while, but the arrow was on the string, so she said something she thought she was clever: "Sister Pin Lan, tell me about it. How to untie the nine-fold serial buckle; this is always hanging in my mind, and my heart feels uncomfortable."

Pin Lan was really blocked, and turned her head in amazement: "Huh? Didn't I understand with you just now? Why don't you know what time is it now?" She was a little loud and stood aside Several boys looked over, especially Li Du, the youngest, with the words'She's so stupid' written vaguely on her expression. Ming Lan's embarrassed face was feverish and she cursed in her heart.

Then Li Yu smiled lightly, smiled and glanced at Ming Lan, and said, "The only thing as profound as Jiu Lianhuan can only be learned by a clever person like Ping Sister. We are stupid, naturally I have to say it a few more times." Hu Taisheng was the most honest, and he repeatedly responded: "Yes, yes, I don't know how to learn."

Pin Lan was very proud of what he said: "What the cousin said." Turning around, he patiently said to Ming Lan the trick of solving the nine-links.

Minglan was rather melancholy: Profound, you are so prosperous! But it did not achieve the goal anyhow.

Ming Lan listened with a smile, nodding her head constantly, turning around at will, and suddenly saw the old lady Sheng sitting above her, she was talking to all the female relatives, smiling again and again, Ming Lan was a little dazed, just think this moment My grandmother's smile is a bit familiar... Ah, yes, it was this smile when my grandmother used boiled eggs to make her pierce her ears.