The Book of Raising Children by Houmen

Chapter 304
Mrs. Xu was in a good mood. She grew up in a farmhouse when she was young. Now she lived in the mountains and had no worries about food and drink. She felt more carefree and said with a smile: "Don't talk about staying overnight. , two or three nights is enough, thanks to your well-prepared things, it is thoughtful."

Zhao Jing smiled and said: "The old lady doesn't go out very often, but she comes out once in a while. She must make you happy." She raised her head and took a look inside, and saw Xu Xian was there with Sister Hui Playing with the rope, the two sat quietly inside.Zhao Jing just continued: "I know that although my mother doesn't usually come to the temple to offer incense, she is also a kind-hearted person. I heard that there is a lay guard in Cihang nunnery who is very good at Buddhist scriptures, so I went to visit her for a while. Back, thinking about when, I invited her to go to the mansion to teach the scriptures to my mother, so that I could accompany my mother to relieve boredom."

The old lady Xu became a little interested when she heard this, she just said piously: "Then you have to be kind enough to invite others, they are the most clean monks, I'm afraid they won't go down the mountain easily."

At that moment, the ginger tea was brought in, so Zhao Jing took the ginger tea from the maid, and said, "Give a bowl to Qingwu and Mama Zhang too." Seeing that the maid answered, Zhao Jing lowered her head and drank it. .After taking a sip of ginger tea, her body became hot, so she smiled and replied to the old lady's words: "Mother, don't worry, she knows that mother is a very distinguished old lord, so she agreed immediately, and mother has face."

Although the old lady Xu knew that Zhao Jing's words were mostly flattery, but it was very pleasing to the ear, so she smiled and said: "I'm afraid this ginger tea is made with too much brown sugar, look at your sweet mouth."

Zhao Jing was also laughed at by Mrs. Xu for a while, so she stopped talking and drank the ginger tea upside down in one gulp, her face was a little hot.

The old lady knew that she was not usually in a strong body, so she went out again and got caught in the cold rain, so she let her sleep until she sweated.Zhao Jing got up and went to lean on the kang in the inner room. When she woke up, it was already dark.

It was still dripping rain outside, she rubbed her eyes and got up in a daze, and heard the old lady talking to Xu Si'an, that guy ran over at some point.

"Don't say you're worried about me, an old lady, you just want a wife, right? You've come running here." Mrs. Xu said sourly, with a bit of grievance in her words.

Zhao Jing could only hold back her laughter when she heard the words, and listened to Xu Si'an said: "What did the mother say? The son came here to take a look because the mother seldom went out and was afraid that the mother would not be used to it." Taking a quick glance, the curtain leading to the inner room is hanging. If Zhao Jing is not outside, she should probably be resting in the inner room.

"Don't be sloppy with me. There are a few men who have a wife and forget their mother. You go in, your wife is crooked inside! It rained a lot today, and she went out, so she got caught in the rain. I let her rest inside."

Xu Si'an was about to get up immediately when he heard this, and thought that he would go in at this time. Didn't he realize his habit of "marrying a daughter-in-law and forgetting his mother", so he relaxed again, still sat on the chair, and said with a smile : "She will come out naturally when she wakes up. I am here to drink tea with my mother."

Mrs. Xu was delighted when she heard this, she smiled and asked Xu Si'an: "You have seen Brother Bao in the past two days, and I don't know if he is doing well in the outer courtyard, I wonder his."

Zhao Jing had already fully woken up at this time. After listening to the old lady's words, she thought that Xu Si'an would come in, but she didn't expect him to be a thief looking honest, waiting for her to take the bait.She thought that now that she had entered Xu's house and became his daughter-in-law, it would not be easy for the fish to get off the hook, so she simply sat up from the kang, packed her clothes and went outside.

"It's not just the old lady who misses Brother Bao, I also think about it. Otherwise, I will set a few days every month and let a few brothers from outside come in to greet the old lady. Sisters and brothers in the family should always be together more. It's good to meet each other, you don't have to be so unfamiliar, but it's not a good thing."

Zhao Jing is now more and more aware of the old lady's temperament. In fact, the old lady likes children, no matter whose family they belong to. As long as she thinks they are pleasing to the eye, she can like them from the bottom of her heart.The reason why the Eldest Young Master and the Second Young Master were always disliked in front of the old lady was actually because the two of them hadn't shown their faces in front of the old lady very much, and they rarely showed their faces in front of the old lady.At that time, there was Mama Sun beating from the side, and casually saying a few sobering words, the old lady naturally alienated them.

Now there are three young masters in the outer courtyard, including Zhao Erhu, who are all about the same age.Qi Jiabao was so favored by the old lady, it was time for the brothers to unite and worship the elders.After Zhao Jing finished speaking, she raised her head and glanced at Xu Si'an again, her eyebrows showed a little coquettishness, as if she was asking Xu Si'an: I want to please my mother-in-law, so why don't you just say something?

Xu Si'an's heart skipped a beat at her glance, and he cleared his throat with a cup of tea and said, "Mother, what Zhao Jing said makes sense, but my son was negligent. I only thought about them becoming talents, but I didn't think about it. Lose filial piety, and according to Zhao Jing's wishes, let them go to Songhe Hall to pay respects to my mother every month when I rest and take a bath."

Zhao Jing felt a little relieved after hearing this, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, only to hear Mrs. Xu also said: "It should have been done this way, before you were not at the house, I wanted them to I came in because I was afraid that you would come back and complain that I spoiled them. After all, they are boys and cannot be pampered like girls, so I just let them go. Thinking that there are still women and servants waiting outside, There's nothing really missing."

(End of this chapter)