Sweet Beauty Chapter 35: Visit from Zhuangzhong

Everyone from the White House came to visit, although Jing Shu was a little surprised that the visit was sudden, but she was already prepared.

When Zhuang Ding, who was working in the field, rushed to report that he saw a lot of carriages coming, Jing Shu had ordered someone to tidy up the small guest house, and asked Mammy Zhu to greet the guests, but she went to I went to the small Buddhist hall in the guest house, so that they would not be disturbed.

When everyone arrived at the small guest house, they were led by Madam Zhu to drink tea in the hall. After waiting for more than half an hour, Jing Shu, dressed in plain clothes, walked out of the small Buddhist hall next door. Slowly vacate.

In the middle, apart from bitter tea, any snacks to satisfy hunger, or even fruit from the countryside, have not been served.

After Jingshu came out, the eldest aunt who didn't wait to frown, the ugly third aunt, and the impatient Bai Jingyan asked for the guilt. No one is allowed to disturb, so as not to disturb the Bodhisattva, thinking that the niece is dishonest and reduces the effect of praying for the grandmother and mother, so the servants failed to report in time, the niece has just learned about your arrival. , please forgive my aunt and third aunt."

Mrs. Yang looked at her niece Subu's clothes in front of her, and there was no jewelry on her head. When she thought about the desolation and seclusion of the road when she came here, the decorations in this courtyard were so simple that they couldn't be more simple. She couldn't help but think of three Years ago, the girl who was carved in pink and jade, her clothes were all tributes of Shu brocade, and her accessories were all fine pearls and jade.

Now, at such a young age, she is so innocent and somber, and she can't help but feel a little pity and sympathy in her heart.

Naturally, Mrs. Yang knew what her mother-in-law's real purpose was to "visit her niece" by asking her and her three younger siblings to come here. She just wanted to see how the niece was doing here, but she was spoiled by her fine clothes and food, so she had to leave the White House. He went to live in this village by himself.

But now, facing such a teenage girl who was sent to Zhuangzi to worship Buddha, Mrs. Yang couldn't help but feel that her thoughts were too ugly.

So after waiting for half an hour, Mrs. Yang has always been very patient. Naturally, she will not blame this niece. It is the fourth niece, Bai Jingyan, who waited impatiently. Glancing back.

Then Mrs. Yang smiled and said to Jing Shu with some affection and love: "Sister Shu, you are so sincere and filial, how can we blame you? It's also because we didn't give notice in advance and suddenly visited, so don't blame it. Aunts and aunts are the ones who stand out."

Jing Shu nodded, ignoring Mrs. Yang's gesture of calling her to "get closer", she answered with a small face and seriously: "What the aunt said is very true, next time my aunt and aunt When you visit, it’s best to send a servant or a girl to talk about it a few days in advance. Otherwise, it’s fine for your niece to recite the scriptures at home today. If your niece goes to the temple, it may be a whole day. Auntie for nothing?"

Mr. Yang's face froze when Jing Shu replied unexpectedly. She stared blankly at the little niece in front of her for a while, wondering if she had something to say or if she was speaking outright.

But when she looked at Jing Shu's solemn and serious expression, she didn't seem to be able to pick out anything wrong. She was obviously choked, but it seemed that Jing Shu was really just talking seriously.

The third wife, Mrs. Wei, was happy to see Mrs. Yang slumped, but she didn't expect that Jing Shu's words would be choked with her.

Weiss then smiled and said, "Poor child, although your grandmother asked you to live in Zhuangzi, it's good that you do your best every day, and you don't necessarily need to chant the scriptures from time to time. , how can you live such a life as an ascetic as a girl..."

Just before she finished speaking, the smile on her face was quickly choked by Jingshu's reply, and her throat seemed to be stuck...

I saw Jing Shu's face slightly sullen, and said solemnly: "The third aunt's words are bad. The mother was unable to conceive because of her niece's dystocia and physical damage. Now, the Buddha finally has mercy and gives Lin Er again. , the niece should pray for her mother with all her heart, and pray for the younger brothers and sisters in her mother's womb. How can you 'just do your part, and say what you want'? The niece should worship the Buddha with sincerity and gratitude. , how can this be the day of an ascetic?"

"What's more, as soon as my niece came to Beijing, her grandmother fell ill because of her fate, so she didn't dare to be slack and disrespectful to the Buddha, so as not to blame the Buddha and punish her grandmother."

Weiss looked at the serious and upright niece, her face was blue, white, and red, and she finally experienced the taste of being directly choked, and she was confronted by a junior or taught a big lesson.

She wanted to have a seizure immediately and train her back, but she opened her mouth and didn't know what to train. Could it be that she disrespected her elders—disrespected her third aunt?

She opened her mouth, closed it, opened it again, her face turned red, and after a while she mumbled awkwardly: "You, you child, my aunt also cares about you, why did you go so far? Spend less time this time, as long as the heart is sincere, how can the Buddha blame and punish your grandmother, how can these words be nonsense..."

Jing Shu snorted, but ignored her. She turned her face to Mrs. Yang again and asked, "It's almost the end of noon, auntie, you must have not had lunch when you came all the way?" /

Mr. Yang looked at Jing Shu's thoughtful nod, and then heard Jing Shu say, "It's just that you came suddenly, and they didn't prepare in advance, so today I can only aggrieve auntie, you and I use the same If there is anything you are not used to, please take care of you, auntie.”

At this time, Yang's complexion has returned to normal. She has been the housekeeper of the White House for many years, and she has suffered both overt and covert grievances and runs. The niece's temperament is a little unpredictable.

At first, Mrs. Yang wanted to tell Jingshu to her nephew. Although her family was in decline and she lived a poor life, her children were well-bred. The youngest nephew became a scholar at the age of fourteen. , is studying in his husband's Yanglin Academy, his knowledge is also very good, and his family has high expectations for him.

When she met Jingshu three years ago, she felt that although Jingshu was raised a little squeamish, she was also cute, gentle and quiet. Master Bai Er was an official, and Jingshu's dowry must have been very generous, worthy of her own. The nephew is very nice.

But this time, since returning to Beijing, Jing Shu's actions, words and deeds have refreshed her understanding again and again, making her hesitate.

This temperament is too "upright" and doesn't know how to be flexible, and... although there is nothing wrong with it, I always feel uncomfortable.

Wouldn't this marry my mother and sister-in-law to suffer?

Mr. Yang put aside the complicated thoughts, showed a broad smile and shook his head: "Look at what your child said, aunt came to visit you, why bother you to prepare any meal, I will use it later. That's it."

Jing Shu smiled and answered the promise, and then ordered Mammy Zhu to set the meal.

Then Yang realized that what he said before was too loose, this "will be" is really not an ordinary "will be".

Not even a table of "simple side dishes", but a clear soup with little water, two dishes and one soup with a little bit of oil in front of everyone.

Boiled cabbage, stir-fried shredded radish, vegetable tofu soup...

Even if they go to the temple to eat fast food on weekdays, it is also full of color, fragrance and variety. What kind of thing is this?

This is not what the servants of the White House eat on weekdays....

Yang Shi can't stand it, and her face is weird, not to mention Wei Shi and Bai Jingyi and Bai Jingyan who have probably never eaten these things.

It's not that they haven't eaten green radishes, they just haven't eaten green radishes in this way...

Jing Shu was completely unaware of the different expressions of everyone, and she didn't need servants to serve her, she just said sincerely to everyone, "Auntie, Aunt San, Sister-in-law, cousins ​​and cousins, you all ride in the carriage. All the way here, you must be hungry, and you must have a rough meal, please don’t dislike it, please eat.”

Everyone looked at the food, and then at Jing Shu, her face was stiff and stiff, subtle and subtle, ugly and ugly.

If Bai Jingyan hadn't cared about the etiquette of the scholarly family, she probably wanted to poke at the meal, and then asked Jing Shu in a shrill voice if it was intentional.

This is simply a deliberate and unusual negligence!

Here, the Yang family is the biggest. Everyone is waiting with different expressions. Under the eyes of everyone, Yang's face is a little stiff, and he takes a sip of the soup. Then, it really doesn't look like there is nothing Youhua, drink it, it is really boiled tofu in water, with two vegetable leaves and a little salt.

Sister Yang finally couldn't help putting down the spoon, frowned and said to Jing Shu, "Sister Shu, you eat these things on weekdays? How can you eat such things when you are still growing?"

Seeing that Jingshu seemed a little puzzled by her sudden question, and then nodded, Yang turned her head and reprimanded Mammy Zhu and Biman, who were standing behind Jingshu, with displeased faces: " Even if your young lady eats fast food, you should be careful, how can you be so careless and prepare so many things for the young lady to eat at will?"

Mother Zhu and Biman wanted to hang down to the ground after the food was brought up. No, since the crowd arrived, they both carefully and diligently brought some flattering hospitality, while some eyes dodged, Don't dare to touch the eyes of the eldest lady. Being reprimanded at this time, he only dared to bow his head and be punished, but he did not dare to make a sound.

Mr. Yang saw that the people who waited in the yard had their heads drooping, and then Jing Shu looked at herself with a confused look, she seemed to wonder what she was annoyed with, and suddenly felt powerless.

She, she's not questioning anything, she really thinks how a little girl can eat these things all day long.

Mr. Yang felt powerless, and for some unknown reason, she lost her desire to continue reprimanding, but Wei Clerk couldn't hold back any longer. She finally found an opportunity to find a way to vent the anger she had been smothering in her heart. When he exited, he continued to rebuke with some yin and yang tone: "What my sister-in-law said is. How do you all serve your young lady, do you - when - really - let your young lady eat these? Like this? I think it's time for the old lady to send some more people to serve."

In cadence, the "seriously" second son aggravated, and he reprimanded with a nasal voice. However, "let the old lady send some more people to serve", this is probably the point.

Mother Zhu and Biman were trained so that their faces were blushing.

But what can they do? ! This is the special request of their lady! They eat better than this on their own!

Don't think that these meals were specially prepared by Jing Shu to entertain her aunt and third aunt. In fact, because of practicing the "jade bone" technique, she soaks different medicines every day, and Jing Shu's daily meals are also It is specially prepared, and it has to fast for one day every three days, and can only drink some clear soup and eat the simplest vegetarian food.

On this day of fasting, Jingshu mostly comes to this small courtyard for dinner, and the rest of the time is really going to the scripture room, but not chanting scriptures and worshipping Buddha, but practicing "jade bone art". Law.

So those who serve in the small guest house, such as Mammy Zhu and Biman, really think that this is the kind of life their young lady lives!

They don't know what happened to their young lady. Mother Zhu also persuaded her, but she said it was to pray for her grandmother and mother to fast. In front of them, they drank various soups made by Yuanling, what else could they say?

Yuan Ling is the young lady of the former genius doctor, she said she was going to take an examination of the Imperial Palace Hospital!

When Jingshu was in the main hospital at the back, they all said that she was studying medicine and pharmacy at Yuanling's side. Although Mammy Zhu and Biman might have other thoughts in their minds, the current young lady's temperament is different from the past, and she has blue Mammy was stabbed to death for "neglecting care". Now they all serve with fear and fear, and they don't dare to say anything about the matter of the young lady.

Jing Shu's face was still a little dazed after hearing Yang's words, but she seemed to understand after hearing Wei's words, and her face sank a little.

Jing Shu said with a sullen face: "Three aunts, this is what I told them to do, what does it have to do with them? Because of the need to meditate and worship the Buddha, my niece does not dare to indulge in the appetite, so as not to affect the heart, so I ordered They make these meals for me every day, how can they be sent away just because they obeyed my orders? Do they have to call some people who don’t obey orders? They have to make a lot of fish and meat every day, and they can’t come here by stealing in their spare time. ?"

This statement made everyone's heart skip a beat. Isn't this alluding to Mother Lan?

The news they inquired about Jingshu's nurse, Lan Mammy, was caned. , so that the second master Bai was furious and killed him.

Isn't it the old lady who sent the old lady? It's just that she's not afraid to offend the old lady when she talks like this...

Jing Shu doesn't care what other people think when they hear her words, and wants to put people in her? It doesn't matter if she is happy or not! Humph, this hand is so long!

Anyway, she doesn't live in Bai Mansion now, but she's not afraid of tearing her face, so what else can happen!

After she finished speaking, she didn't want to listen to Webster's nonsense anymore, and listened to her crooked thoughts, she turned her head and rushed to Yang's, calmed her face a little, and said in a softer tone, "Damn it. Auntie, as for my body, auntie don't have to worry about it, with Senior Sister Yuan watching over her from time to time, she will cook some tonic for me every day, so it's not in the way."

Because of her gratitude to her mother, Jing Shu did not hide the fact that she had worshipped Mrs. Yuan from the Yuan family in Beidi as a teacher. The last time Mrs. Li came over, she specially asked Yuanling to help her see a doctor, but everyone else I felt that Yuanling was just a little girl and didn't take it too seriously.

Speaking of which, everyone had nothing to say. Although Weiss was so angry and full of sullenness, she could see that this niece was able to turn her face when she turned her face, and she didn't speak directly to others. A little bit of face, but she still seems to be on the "reasonable" side.

Is it true that they turned their faces and went out, and it was rumored that their elders went to the niece who was cultivating the Buddha at Zhuangzi, and they turned their face with the niece because the fast food was not good?

She still can't afford to lose face.

Without eating or sleeping, everyone ate some meals in silence, but even if they really set out early in the morning, they arrived here in a two-hour carriage, and waited for another hour, but at this time Faced with such a meal, it is really a little hard to swallow, just like chewing wax to fill the stomach a little.

Among the people, only Jing Shu's sister-in-law, Mrs. Li, did not know whether it was to give Jing Shu face, or she felt guilty for bringing someone here, and she used it up very seriously.

And then there is Jing Shu as the owner, who used up all the meals and soup very seriously and elegantly, without any reluctance or vagueness at all, which made Bai Jingyan and the others deeply doubt whether Jing Shu and them were eating the same thing.

After finishing the meal, Jing Shu asked everyone if they wanted to rest for a while before leaving, or left immediately. The answer was, "If you rest for half an hour, you should be able to return to Bai Mansion at the end of You Shi."

Although everyone didn't plan to stay overnight, this is too straightforward, right? Well, now they are almost a little numb, they probably won't be too surprised by what Jing Shu said.

When the room was resting, Bai Jingyan said to her mother Wei Shi: "Mother, what do you see here, I don't want to stay here. And the fifth sister, why does my daughter think she's weird? Is there something wrong with your brain?"

When they came over, they also looked at the surrounding environment. They were all suburban fields, working old farmers. When they entered Zhuangzi, there were some vegetable fields, black and thin peasant women, oh, and there was a fish pond, and Bai Jingyan was looking forward to it. The beauty of the flower fields is simply two different things.

They were only supposed to be Jingshu's own self-conflict with the old lady, and they lived in the village arranged by the Chen family of the uncle's family. It's like this!

And lunch, that's all. Bai Jingshu was wearing it, what was it, and she copied the scriptures all day to send it to the Buddha. When they were waiting in the hall before, the aunt and mother had asked the maids and maids here. Bai Jingshu was either copying scriptures and chanting Buddhists all day, or learning some medical skills, which was boring to death.

Is she going to live like this too?

Webster snorted coldly, gritted his teeth and cursed first: "That **** girl!"

Then he stretched out his finger and poked his daughter's head: "She is stupid, I think you are stupid. Hmph, you really believe that she is living like this, look at her watery skin , with wrinkled eyebrows, such a meal can raise such a person? Those mother-in-law and maids dare not look directly at us, they are obviously lying! Your second sister-in-law has been here before, but I have never seen her say this. , when I was eating, I could see that she was a little surprised! You live here for me and see what the mystery is!"

"Hmph, you think about how the little girl was raised three years ago, she looked so precious, what she wears on her body and on her head, which is not a good thing, she's so cute, and now pretending to be like this, what a ghost! But I really didn't expect this girl to grow up, but she has grown into such a pretentious, eloquent, and unreasonable appearance."

Bai Jingyan hummed and chirped, and Wei Shi was coaxing, persuading, and reprimanding her for a long time, and she reluctantly responded. It's not that she didn't wonder if Bai Jingshu was really pretending, but she just looked at this desolate place, the shabby yard, the rustic furniture that couldn't be more simple, and Bai Jingshu's yin and yang strange appearance, and she panicked in her heart.

Here Weiss was talking with her daughter Bai Jingyan, and in the other side of the room, Yang was also talking to her daughter Bai Jingdi.

Bai Jing hesitated to speak, and held it for a while before she said: "Mother, fifth sister, fifth sister, what is she doing? No matter what, what can I do if I provoke my grandmother's dislike? She didn't want to live in the mansion, she wanted to live in her uncle's house, but what kind of life is this? Mother..."

She is not a fool, and she doubts whether Jing Shu is pretending, but she is kind and doesn't want to say that directly. But even if it was a pretense, what good would it be to offend your grandmother? Bai family, but it's the grandmother who has the final say.

Mr. Yang glanced at her daughter, her eyes were heavy, then she turned her head and closed her eyes slightly, before saying after a while: "Dear, there is no need to rush to express a position or be too curious until something is clear. , let alone intervene at will, stabilize yourself and just wait and see what happens.”

"The Xu family is also a big family, with several generations in the same house, many brothers and sisters, right and wrong will not be less than our Bai family, you should be more cautious in your words and deeds when you marry, take three steps and take three steps, it has nothing to do with you Don't interfere in the affairs of things by your will or your momentary emotions."

The Xu family, whom Bai Jingyi is engaged to, is also an old-fashioned scholar family, and the wedding date is next year.

Bai Jingyi bit her lip, ok, she no longer dared to ask any more questions. Since she was a child, her mother had always taught her to be prudent, cautious and careful. Seeing Bai Jingyan coaxing the old lady to be happy , but her mother didn't ask her to do that, she just said, "it's better to do less than one thing more, you just need to be steady" and so on.

But I don't know why, although today's fifth cousin is dressed simply and her words seem to be a bit rigid, she sees a different look in her eyes, which makes her feel a little envious in her heart.

At this time, Mrs. Li also went to Jing Shu's room to apologize to Jing Shu because she took someone over today.