Biography of Concubine Shujia

Chapter 14

"You just listen to her and don't interfere. If there is something she can't do, wouldn't you get the best of both worlds if you help in secret?" Madam Wan's words can be said to not offend the new wife, but also to comfort Shi Niang.

After hearing Madam Wan's words, Shi Niang also understood that she had nothing for Chen Shi to plan for now, and if she needed it in the future, Shi Niang would not mind helping her within her ability.

Shi Niang knew that she was conflicted in her heart. On the one hand, she felt that Chen's kindness could not be accepted for nothing, and if she accepted it now, she would have to repay it twice in the future; Just thinking about her and thinking about her actions made Shi Niang yearn for that taste, the taste of being loved by her mother.It's just that there is no way to tell anyone about these troubled and disturbed hearts.Even Madam Wan couldn't confide in the slightest. No matter how submissive Madam Wan was to Mrs. Chen, she still had only her mother as the master in her heart.

Shi Niang's inner thoughts are not humane, so she had to put it aside for the time being and pick up the original topic again.

"Take the dark red cloud satin for the old lady of the Chen family to make a forehead with double phoenixes holding red coral and colorful embroidered beads and a small double-sided embroidered screen with rich and rich flowers on one side. A safe sachet with fish, put some dried wormwood leaves in the sachet, and a handkerchief of plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum for each person. The handkerchief looks like it is made of interwoven silk or soft satin, let the chess master look at it and weigh it Cut it out, and I will embroider the handkerchief after I finish wiping the forehead and the small screen. As for the sachet, I have to let the servant Shu Fuqi do it. Time is tight, so we hurry up and do it in time."

"Madam's material? What's Miss's plan?" Wan Momo asked again.

"The materials sent by Madam will be put on hold for now. When we are done with our work, we will use the materials Madam gave to make a batch of sachets and embroidered shoes and send them to the Lu Mansion."

Shi Niang thought about it, and the only way to do this is to satisfy both parties.If you want to give your wife a face, you must use the good materials left by your mother, and use the materials of the Lu family to make embroidery for the female family members of the Chen family, so as to tell the daughters of the Lu family of the Chen family that they are grateful for the upbringing of the Chen family.In the same way, using the Chen family's material to make embroidery and giving it to the Lu family is to tell the grandmother and the Lu family that the Chen family is responsible for themselves and that they are doing well.

It seems that giving gifts is also a kind of knowledge, Shi Niang said happily in bitterness.

After that, Mrs. Chen understood her hard work and suspended her medical class. Every afternoon, Shi Niang concentrated on her embroidery work.By the time the last few handkerchiefs are thrown out, the old lady's birthday will be just around the corner.

On April 25th, the old lady had her 55th birthday.For the old lady's birthday, every house in the Du family put all their efforts into contributing money and efforts.The Du family was full of joy and flowers on this day.

The men in the outer court are responsible for entertaining colleagues, relatives and friends, and the ladies in the inner court are naturally showing their strengths.Although the Du family is not as rich as the big family in Daliang with a hundred years of history, but the ancestors followed the Taizu to conquer the world, and after six generations of accumulation, the connections should not be underestimated.Although the family no longer serves in the military, the Elder Master holds the title of military officer of the fifth rank, and there are many military officer colleagues who come and go, and old friends who have been friends for several lifetimes also come to celebrate his birthday.

And because it was the third master who was promoted to Huguang Daotai, colleagues in the court and China took this opportunity to come to celebrate the old lady's birthday.In addition, the second master was promoted from Liupinzhou Tong, and there were not a few colleagues who came to pay homage to his birthday.But the fourth master is the most leisurely, although he was a blockbuster in the assessment this year, and was promoted to the Hanlin Academy, but the literati are so pure and arrogant, and it is okay to get along with the fourth master, but when it comes to the sixth generation of the fourth master's family Because of his identity, there are not many people who have close friends, so the fourth master doesn't need to be busy greeting his colleagues like his brothers, as long as he takes good care of the few friends and his wife and uncle.

Compared with the predicament of the men in the outer courtyard who were busy spinning around, the inner courtyard seemed to be in good order.The wives of each house are responsible for greeting their natal family and handing over handkerchiefs.As for the wives of men's colleagues, it is enough to arrange them to sit together on this occasion.They are nothing more than taking this opportunity to do diplomacy for their wives, and this arrangement is exactly what they want.

It was the first time for Shi Niang to participate in such a large banquet after she was seven years old, and she was not used to it for a while.A compliment from this wife, and a compliment from that wife, will turn red in a short while.After Chen took Shi Niang to say hello to the official wives, she took Shi Niang to a place where there were few people.

Looking back at Shi Niang's face full of shyness, she said softly: "Don't take what they said to heart. It's just some polite words that you praise me for coming and I praise you. Just listen to it, and occasionally lower your head in embarrassment. What? You're so shy that you blush? It's impossible to teach you to be more courageous on weekdays, show me the aura of your daughter-in-law."

Said that in the end she had a look of hating iron but not steel, Shi Niang secretly wondered who she was after seeing him this time, which made the always calm Chen feel a little flustered.

"Hey, what a majestic mother, look at our tenth lady, are you afraid that people will say that you treat this flowery girl harshly?" A cool voice interjected obliquely, and what she said was full of a sense of humor. When she was about to speak, Mrs. Chen said, "I think you are envious of my caring daughter, but you can only raise monkeys for fun, Mrs. Chen San."

The last four words elongated the tone, making people feel her provocation involuntarily.

Ten Niang's face was paralyzed, distressed in her heart, what kind of expression should she put on at this time.I do not know.

"What are you talking about, Mrs. Du Fourth?" The woman known as Mrs. Chen San pulled Shiniang over and said to Mrs. Chen, "Is there anyone like you who buried your own sister-in-law in front of the children? Be careful with your third brother!" I heard you say that his precious son is a monkey, and I left the monkey to you to clean up." The woman's expression of "you better be careful" successfully shocked Shi Niang again.

Shi Niang looked at Mrs. Chen and then at Mrs. Chen San, with a confused expression on her face, not knowing whether she should speak or not, and what to say if she really wanted to.When encountering this kind of elder bickering, she, a junior, seems to be unable to please anyone.

"You're a bit interesting girl, you're not very timid, but I listen to you, it's not bad, you didn't embarrass our Chen family, and the girl who didn't do well is cowardly." Mrs. Chen San looked at Shi Niang and said to Chen. Praise.

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Chen didn't appreciate it, she glanced at the third lady, "Come on, you, are you ashamed to say that my daughter is timid, and I don't know who is the real timid? I remember back then, you crybaby followed When your sister came to our house to play, she got lost in the back garden, and she pulled my third brother's sleeve and cried. Shame or not, I have the nerve to say that I am timid!"

The third lady didn't expect Chen to expose herself in front of Shi Niang, and her face turned red. Shi Niang guessed that she was angry. This lady doesn't seem like the kind of master who can blush.She immediately let go of Shi Niang's hand, and stepped forward neatly to tear Chen's mouth.

The mouth was still reluctant, "Which sister-in-law bullies sister-in-law like this all day long, see if I don't tear your mouth." Seeing this situation, Shi Niang hurriedly stepped forward to stop her, and persuaded, "Third aunt, My mother didn't mean it, so just bypass her this time."

What's the matter? It's a disaster for the stepmother to meet her natal sister-in-law.

"I knew I couldn't let the third siblings come to find the eldest girl. It's been so many years. You two are like black-eyed chickens when you meet. If you don't fight, you can suffocate to death. When you don't see each other, you still think about each other. There is no safety for a while. In front of the girl, you two are also elders, and you can really get out of it."

The older female voice interjected, and pulled off the third lady's hand.

Mrs. Chen was not surprised when she saw the person coming, she just asked, "Where is sister-in-law?" Turning her head, she said to Shi Niang, "This is my second sister-in-law, you can call her second aunt, we will follow her to see your eldest aunt .”

Ten Niang hurriedly stepped forward to salute, saying "Hi, Second Aunt", Second Madam Chen hurriedly pulled her up, "Quickly, girl, I will take the girl to find your eldest aunt to please you."

She said to Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Chen San, "You can stop the meeting, and be careful that sister-in-law scolds you. There are many people and busy things today, so what should you do, Xiaosi?" Mrs. Chen said, "Second sister-in-law Wronged people" expression, but did not say anything to refute.

It was Mrs. Chen who said to the second wife, "I have met my sister-in-law, and I will go to the front to greet the guests. Please trouble the sisters-in-law to take care of Shi Niang."

"It should be, let's go."

When the group of people walked into the pavilion, they saw Mrs. Chen sitting in the pavilion. The first lady looked serious, and she glanced at the third lady, who immediately said: "Sister-in-law, this time I'm really good. It was Xiao Si who first called my son a monkey."

The third wife looks like "I am so wronged, my sister-in-law wants to make decisions for me".

The eldest lady glanced at Mrs. Chen, and Mrs. Chen said, "The third sister-in-law wronged me, saying that I treated my girl harshly."

The eldest lady looked at the second lady without hesitation, and the second lady said with a guilty conscience: "Sister-in-law, you know, the third sibling and the younger four are fighting, how can ordinary people stop it. I, I I've tried my best."

Shi Niang looked at the eldest lady without saying a word, and instantly killed the three women with just her eyes, so she had to go forward to break the deadlock, "Shi Niang greets Auntie." mother.

Chen Shi on the side said anxiously, "Sister-in-law, Ten Niang is weak."

Upon hearing the words, the eldest lady glared at Mrs. Chen, and said calmly, "Niece, get up." Ten Niang didn't care about her behavior of making things difficult or probing, and formally greeted Mrs. Chen's second wife and Mrs. Chen's third.

Not long after, the servant book was standing outside the pavilion with a Baoqin. Seeing the embroidery that the servant book was holding, Shi Niang took it and said to Mrs. Chen respectfully; I hope my aunt likes the job."

It was precisely the handkerchief embroidered with plum blossoms that was presented to the eldest lady.The eldest lady took the handkerchief, took off a mutton fat jade bracelet from her wrist, and put it on for Ten Niang, without saying a word, Ten Niang secretly said, it's passed.

Next, embroideries were offered to the second wife and the third wife, the orchids of the second wife, the bamboo of the third wife, and the two wives also gave a meeting gift.The chrysanthemum veil turned around and handed it to Mrs. Chen, who looked at the chrysanthemum on the veil and then the material of the kerchief, with a flash in his eyes, and put the handkerchief into his wrist.

Ten Niang took out the forehead wiping and double-sided embroidered screen for the old lady of the Chen family. This time, the lady gave a rare compliment and said, "That's right, good boy. Let's come with your mother to visit your grandmother some other day. I'll give you the gift." I will accept it for your grandmother first." As soon as the words fell, Chen's eyes turned red when he heard the word "mother", "Sister-in-law, mother, she..."

The eldest lady said indifferently: "Just lead the girl home." Mrs. Chen said "yes" in a low voice.

Ten Niang just bowed her head and said nothing.

On the following day, Shi Niang's main task was to chat with the three aunts of the Chen family to relieve boredom.Lu's family ceremony did not arrive, which made Shi Niang a little bit disappointed.But the three aunts of the Chen family took her to greet the wives and ladies of each family, and secretly let Shiniang blend in with the ladies, which made Shiniang feel less disappointed.

After the banquet, the wives of each family bid farewell and left one after another.Shi Niang followed Mrs. Chen to see off the aunts of the Chen family, and watched the aunts pedal away in front of the house, and then turned around with Mrs. Chen to go back to the mansion.The gates and pavilions of Du's Mansion are bathed in the afterglow of the setting sun, a scene of prosperity of peaches and plums, with lush catkins flying in the wind, it is really "the afterglow of the cave gate and the pavilion".

(End of this chapter)