six-fingered peasant girl

Chapter 177
Mrs. Song's aunt married to the Cao family in Yunzhou. The former head of the Cao family, Cao Shaohua, served as the chief envoy of Yunzhou. Later, he was dereliction of duty for committing a crime and lost most of his family property. He was very miserable.Today's Cao family is much more destitute than before, Cao Qing'er's father died young, and there is a mother and younger brother in the family, but Cao Qing'er is also from an official family, although standing there silently, it makes people have a feeling Vice pretentious, condescending feeling.

Without preparing a meeting ceremony, Mrs. Chen took off a golden step shaker on her head and gave it to Cao Qing'er.

After everyone was seated and the maid served tea, Mrs. Song began to talk, from the usual gifts from Su Liu and the others to the warm shed she suggested to build, if she wasn't too good at acting, then she was happy from the bottom of her heart.

"When this greenhouse is set up, there are green vegetables to eat in winter, which is much better than those who eat Chinese cabbage, potatoes and radishes every day." Mrs. Song smiled, pointed at Gao, and said: "She is a lucky person. I'm pregnant now, but this baby doesn't care much about meat, but vegetables, and this is just in time."

Mrs. Chen hurriedly laughed and said: "The eldest young lady looks like a blessed person, and even the son in her belly is also a blessed person. Naturally, she can eat whatever she wants."

Who doesn't like to hear good words, although the Song family already has a grandson, and it doesn't matter if the Gao family has a son or daughter, but the ancients didn't think they had too many sons, especially if the family had a big business, so when they heard the Chen family speak Young Master, the joy in Mrs. Song's eyes is even greater.

"I can't imagine that Miss Su has such a brain at such a young age. I heard that she can also make donkey-hide gelatin?" Mrs. Song asked with a smile while holding the tea.

Su Liu stood up and blessed Fushen, and said: "It's good for Madam to call me Liu'er. I also got the prescription unintentionally. I tried it slowly and finally made it. It's just a fluke. This trip to Fucheng will also bring Madam I ordered two boxes, if Madam uses it up, let Third Brother Song tell me that I will keep it."

Mrs. Song saw her smiling sweetly, her attitude was neither humble nor overbearing, even if she was praised, she was neither arrogant nor impetuous, a flash of appreciation flashed in her eyes, even a small peasant girl was magnanimous, and her gestures were generous, which was really extraordinary.

Cao Mingzhu, who was sitting quietly and upright, flashed across his eyes again. This girl has a beautiful appearance and a high-quality temperament. Watching her speak should be sensible, but it is a pity that her mother died early and she is also the daughter of a merchant.

Thinking of what her second child had faintly revealed, Mrs. Song felt a little headache. The mother died young, and her father loved Chong's daughter and never remarried. I'm afraid there will be deviations in her upbringing and her identity.

She has three sons, the eldest son is married to a famous daughter-in-law, she is also a sensible governor, filial to her parents-in-law, and is a virtuous man, the second is 22, she has urged him many times, but she can't make him nod, finally said he likes him A girl who turned out to be the daughter of a merchant.

Cao Mingzhu is beautiful and her family is rich, but her family background is flawed.Their Song family, Gongsun Hou's family, their husband is the son of the Hou family, and they have an official body, their sons have outstanding conduct, and their family backgrounds needless to say. , and shouldn't be matched with a merchant's daughter.

Mrs. Song thought about it, and always felt that her son had been wronged, so she was indifferent to Cao Mingzhu, not particularly cold, but not particularly enthusiastic, but more enthusiastic towards Su Liu.

Cao Mingzhu naturally didn't know what Mrs. Song was thinking. Although she maintained a smile on her face, her mind had already gone to that Cao Qing'er. Could this be the ideal wife that Mrs. Song had found for Song Er?
Thinking of this possibility, Cao Mingzhu only felt a sharp pain in her heart, and her face turned slightly pale.

"You are just modest." Mrs. Song pointed at Su Liu with a smile, and then said to Mrs. Chen, "I don't know how Mrs. Chen taught the children. How many children are so promising."

What she said is not bad. In her impression, the children in the countryside are extremely rough, petty, and unable to get on the stage, but Su Liu gave her a different impression. Her demeanor is dignified and decent, even a noble lady not bad.

As for Su Xiao, her appearance is a bit more beautiful than her sister's, but her temper is a little bit less, but girls, it's okay to be spoiled, isn't your own Ying'er brought up by being praised?
It is worth mentioning that Chen's adoptive son, at a young age, has a calmness that does not match his age, and he has a promising bearing. He is articulate and knowledgeable. Given time, this son will definitely have a great future.

Originally Mrs. Song was just a polite meeting, but now that she met a few people, she really wanted to make friends with her. Didn't it mean that Su Liu's future husband is General Zhenwei?
Thinking of this, Mrs. Song's smile became wider, and she simply talked about the children's scriptures with Mrs. Chen.

Mrs. Chen was a little embarrassed at first, and didn't know how to deal with it. Seeing that Mrs. Song had a gentle voice and a sincere face, and that she herself was not a mean or calculating person, she was also a gentle person. Speaking of one piece.

They talked excitedly on the other side, but it hurt Su Liu and the others, sitting with them boredly in every possible way.

Taking advantage of the interval between Mrs. Song and the others, Cao Qing'er took the opportunity to say: "Auntie, look, the weather is very good today. You and Mrs. Chen are talking here. How about Yinger and I taking Miss Su and Miss Cao to the garden for a walk?" ?”

Cao Mingzhu glanced at her quickly, met Cao Qing'er's eyes, and nodded, feeling bitter, Cao Qing'er considered herself the master.

"Look at me, I forgot a few little ones when I was talking, but they are boring." Mrs. Song clapped her hands and said with a smile: "Although the weather is good, it is also cold. I think you are all about the same age." Why don't you just go to Nuanting, where the wintersweet plants are blooming just right, it's good to watch the snow and admire the plums."

Song Ying couldn't hold back for a long time. After hearing this, she stood up excitedly.

"Mom, I'm heavy, so I don't want to join in the fun with them anymore. After the arrangement is made, I will come and talk to Mrs. Chen with you, so I can hide away." Gao said with a smile.

"Go, go." Mrs. Song waved her hand.

At this time, Chen Ye said he was going to the front yard, Mrs. Chen gave some instructions, and Mrs. Song also asked someone to send him there.

Song Ying and Su Xiao are both of the same age, and they can speak well, so she said, "Come on, I'll take you to see my garden. The wintersweet is so beautiful. I'm going to pick it and make a jar of plum wine."

"Isn't that worth seeing?" Su Xiao tilted his head and said, "What's so good about plum blossom wine? If it were me, I'd like to use plum blossoms to make pollen. It must be very fragrant."

"Ah, you can still make powder?"

"I'm learning this too, but I'm not very good at it yet."

"Then tell me how you did it."

The two went out chattering, Mrs. Song smiled when she saw it, but Cao Qing'er frowned, a trace of displeasure flashed in her eyes, but quickly disappeared, and she still looked weak and gentle.

The women's family was enjoying themselves happily, and the waiting room in the front yard was also talking and laughing. Of course, it was Cao Kui and Song Zhifu who were joking.

When it came to dry mouth, Cao Kui took a sip of tea and thought to himself, Oh my god, what is going on? It is not an exaggeration to say that it was a war of words with all the merchants.

Looking secretly at Ning Guang, Cao Kui felt like something was itching in his heart. What is the origin of this guy? He is not polite when he sees the magistrate, and the magistrate seems to be particularly conniving.

However, soon, his itch was scratched.

"Unexpectedly, General Ning lived in seclusion in the border of Gyeongju, old man..." Song Zhifu stroked his goatee, smiled and looked at Ning Guang who was sitting upright.

puff!
The tea that Cao Kui had just swallowed was immediately sprayed out, and he looked at Ning Guang in a daze.

General, general?

His eyes were as big as copper bells, as if struck by lightning, and he couldn't recover for a long time.

Isn't he dreaming?This kid is so young, he is actually a general?
Song Zhifu was interrupted by Cao Kui's spray, so he clenched his fist and coughed. Cao Kui was shocked, fell to his knees with a thud, and said, "The grass people should die, the grass people should die."

While secretly pinching his thigh, he was old, he had never seen such a big storm, why did he lose his composure like this, and he was still in front of the magistrate.

Cao Kui managed to get on the route of the magistrate, if he loses this line because of a disgrace, it will be a big loss, so he said tremblingly: "The grass people are disrespectful, I hope the magistrate forgives the sin." He looked at him again. He glanced at Ning Guang.

Song Zhifu glanced at Ning Guang, saw that he didn't speak, then looked at his son, winking, what's going on?
Song Fei coughed, and said: "Patriarch Cao, get up quickly, the tea at home is too hot, and these servants are too unruly, I will definitely report to my mother later, and teach them how to behave."

The servants of the Song Mansion who served inside lowered their heads one by one, silently trying to reduce their sense of existence, it is really wronged, my lord.

"Yes, yes, Patriarch Cao please." Prefect Song chuckled.

Cao Kui wiped the cold sweat off his forehead, stood up in embarrassment, and looked at Ning Guang again, his eyes were full of astonishment.

"It seems that General Ning is also hiding deep, the famous young general, some people have missed it, haha." Song Zhifu laughed loudly, breaking the deadlock.

Cao Kui's eyes lit up. Although he was born as a merchant, he walked on the boat all the year round and heard a lot about the reputation of the young general.

Ning Guang turned out to be General Zhenwei?God, this time I really made a profit, first the magistrate, then the general, no wonder the fortune teller said that Zhu's feet are good, she is a very lucky person, as expected, look at her, what did she bring to their Cao family?
Ning Guang took a sip of tea, looked at Song Zhifu and said, "Your Majesty Song, you are welcome. I am a junior, and I am no longer a general. You are an elder, so you can call me Ning Guang."

Song Zhifu was taken aback, and Ning Guang then said: "I've never been good at dealing with people, and I'm impatient with them, so I hope you can cover up for my nephew."

Song Zhifu and Song Fei looked at each other. What does this mean, that Ning Guang is going to continue to hide his identity and not going out of the mountain?

(End of this chapter)