Biography of Concubine Shujia

Chapter 4

"Second brother, what's wrong with you winking with your sister-in-law?" the old lady asked.

Just as Da Furen wanted to explain, Feng cut her off.I only heard Mrs. Feng take the old lady's words and say, "Mother, do you think Shi Niang's dress looks good? Didn't Wu Niang just talk about it, so I will let her go out less and concentrate on embroidering the wedding dress at home. Only you I know, the girls in our family didn’t expect them to be good at needlework, but they had to do it themselves to show respect to their aunt and aunt. After thinking about it, I invited Master Li from Wangjiang Pavilion to come to my house to guide Wuniang’s needlework and help embroider some small things. .By the way, teach Liu Niang that this is useless."

Feng said, "Since the end of the year is approaching, the family always has to cut new clothes for their sisters, so I asked someone to open my small warehouse, and found a few high-quality brocades from my dowry materials. Make new clothes for their sisters. Wuniang and Liuniang still thought I was too busy, saying that the clothes of one season were given to eight people according to the quota, and they had enough to wear, but I still made new clothes for them, as if I were at home. It’s as if you’ve treated their sisters badly. You put away the dresses I kindly made for them one by one, and you’re so angry that I don’t dare to give them to other girls.”

"Because Shi Niang made this body with Wu Niang and Liu Niang and their two sisters, I sent someone to Huanhuayuan when Shi Niang came home. I just hope that Shi Niang will understand me as an aunt With one heart, I just look forward to her wearing new clothes, and I don’t have much to say. I didn’t expect our ten mothers to be considerate of my side. Looking at this embroidery worker and looking at this material, it is our ten mothers’ match superior."

Every sentence of Feng's words sounds reasonable, but every sentence provokes the lady's painful feet.This is an example of beating around the bush and claiming that she withheld clothing materials from the girls in the family.

"It's beautiful. This morning, I just praised Shi Niang wearing this dress like a lady in a painting. For the second family, you can't just love Shi Niang when you love your niece. Since it's your heart, I'll show you later. Just send all the clothes you have made to their sisters. If anyone is ungrateful, tell me, and I will scold them for you. Young girls, just want to dress up well, who thinks there are too many clothes? No way Let people laugh at our girls for being petty. Speaking of it, it is you, the aunt who loves them, and I feel relieved when I see it. Ten Niang has not thanked your second aunt for your sisters."

The old lady is as fine as a human being, how can she not know what the second lady is thinking, but this time the eldest lady is too much, it is time to beat one or two.

As soon as the old lady spoke, the old lady's face turned pale.This is clearly beating her, blaming her for not taking good care of Shi Niang, and accusing her of treating the ladies in the house badly.This Feng Shitu is abominable, and he clings to him on weekdays, wishing to snatch the power from him.

This time too, she doesn't usually care much about Sifang, but this time she just went to please a girl.

The little girl Shi Niang is also ruthless, and she doesn't know the twists and turns of the public affairs, but it turns out that she is waiting for her.These two people really hit it off and waited to plot her.

"Shi Niang thanked Second Aunt, and thanked Second Aunt for thinking about our sisters. Shi Niang also chose this dress because she saw that the clothes sent by Second Aunt were so beautiful. It is indeed Master Li from Wangjiang Pavilion, This embroidery work is hard to put down. Grandma, in fact, the eldest aunt and Jiumei also gave Shi Niang clothes, and Shi Niang also likes them very much. She also wants to wear them to grandma tomorrow, so that grandma can praise her again. Ten Niang is pretty."

Shi Niang seems to be aggrieved for the eldest lady, but in fact she is proving that she did not cut new clothes for Shi Niang as usual.As soon as Shi Niang spoke, the eldest lady immediately looked at the old lady subconsciously, and the old lady smiled at her.Before she could react, she saw the old lady turned her head and made fun of Shi Niang at the second lady.

"Look at Shi Niang, we just praised her for growing up. She is looking forward to the New Year like a child, looking forward to wearing beautiful clothes. The second child, since you care so much about the girl at home, the New Year is approaching. , I will leave it to you to make new clothes for the new year at home. You give me a good look at their sisters, and let people make new clothes for the girls as soon as possible, don't wrong them."

In a few words, the second lady was assigned the job of cutting new clothes up and down at home.

The second lady smiled, "Yes, mother, don't worry, I will definitely dress up our girls beautifully." She stood up and replied.

"Boss, you don't care too much. You have been taking care of the big and small affairs of the family all these years, so my old lady can eat, drink and have fun all day long. I remember you well, and the boss also remembers it. It has been hard these few years You, now that your younger siblings are willing to help you share the burden, you should relax this year, just worry about other things. If you have time, bring Ba Niang to my side to talk, so that the family can be harmonious and beautiful." Old man The man patted the lady's hand reassuringly.

"Mother, look at what you said, am I such a narrow-minded person? When I take care of the affairs of a large family, I often press this side and then get up again. I only worry that I am not careful and round. I can't do it with you. It’s time to compare. This year, I have younger siblings to help me, so I’m so happy. You don’t know, I wish I had eight hands at the end of the year. This year is good, and I can finally catch my breath.”

The eldest lady had a thankful expression, thanking the old lady for thinking about her.In my heart, I secretly hated Shi Niang and the second wife for being troublesome.After the old lady's beating last time, the house that was already difficult to manage is even more difficult to manage now, and the rights in her hands are divided, and she can only endure it temporarily.Otherwise, who told her that it was her mother-in-law, she told her to set the rules every day and she followed them, not to mention just dividing up the housekeeping rights.

"Okay, let's stop here today, let's all go back. I'm busy at home these days, so I don't have to come here to say hello in the morning, just come to my place for dinner every night." The old lady looked at the big room with her daughter-in-law and granddaughter satisfied. ordered.

Everyone filed out.For a while, the lady, the maid, and the maids came out of Yunranju one after another, and the Yunranju, which had been noisy all morning, returned to tranquility, and only one Jiu Niang was left in front of the old lady to beat her legs.

"Niu Yatou go to play with your tenth sister, bring her a few pieces of good material for grandma, and let her maid help to make it. You don't have to make it yourself and give it to ten girl, be careful to vomit your eyes. No You have to make your grandmother feel sorry for you. In a family like ours, we need to learn knitting, but we don’t have to make big clothes by ourselves. There are many embroiderers in the sewing room, but the sewing room can’t be vacated for a while, and there are people on the street. What about the various shops and embroiderers. Go, remember what grandma said." Waved Jiuniang to leave.

Jiuniang resigned obediently, and never mentioned it to Xia Yi.The old lady told Liuli again, "Go invite Sun Nanny to come and talk with me for a while."

After returning to the inner room, the old lady sat on the couch by the window, waiting for Nanny Sun to come.When Nanny Sun entered the inner room, she first saluted politely, then went forward and closed the window, leaving only a small gap for ventilation.

He took a cloak to put on the old lady again, touched the old lady's cold hands, "You don't feel comfortable, and you don't need to vent your anger on yourself, and your hands are cold." In exchange for a maid, she brought the hand stove Keeping the old lady warm, he himself was holding the old man's hand and rubbing her hands together.

After all the arrangements were settled, Nanny Sun sat on a round stool beside her, and the old lady also spoke, waiting for her to speak.She thought about it carefully before opening her mouth slowly.

"The fourth master has never been to the backyard since the first day of junior high school. During this period, he rested in his study for ten days, and in the middle of five days, he went to the former residence of the fourth wife, Tianranju, by himself. No one will disturb you. Listen. When the servants guarding over there returned, the lights were usually on all night, and it seemed that they hadn't slept all night. In the first ten days of this month, I have to take Miss Ten to live in Zhuangzi for a while. The miss persuaded the fourth master on the grounds of the cold weather and slippery roads."

Nanny Sun slowly told the old lady the news she had found out.The old lady was speechless for a while, and Nanny Sun didn't say much, and quietly accompanied her.

"Where is Ten Niang?" The old lady calmed down and asked.

"Miss Ten doesn't come here to greet you every day, or she does needlework with Miss Six, Miss Eight and Miss Nine. She didn't go out with the eldest and second wife, and she was very wary of the people sent by the eldest and second wife to inquire about the news. Their people It's easy to find any useful information. Miss Ten originally had four big servant girls with calligraphy, painting, chess and piano. Among them, Baoqin was collected on the way back to Nanshan two years ago. I have informed you. Baoqin did not know what wrong she did this time, and she was punished by Miss Ten as a second-class maid as soon as she came back."

"This Baoqin is also a character. Now she is assisting Madam Wan to manage the little maids below in Miss Ten's yard. Two maids who were originally second-class maids were wrongly punished by her to become third-class maids. The new second-class maids Her family background is clean, and she has nothing to do with any of the houses. Among the third-class maids, there are two who just made mistakes and were punished, and two are from other places, one belongs to the eldest wife, one belongs to the second wife, and the other belongs to Aunt Tian. , and the other belongs to Mrs. Four Sides, but Baoqin is guarding her, so she is not allowed to enter the lady's room easily. One of the second-class maids is Aunt Lu, but at present, it seems that she has no second intentions to follow Miss Ten. Our People usually don't go to the lady, so it's safe for the time being."

After listening to Nanny Sun's report, the old lady rubbed her forehead and said: "Those who pass the message to us, be careful. Shi Niang is a successful person, but it's a pity that she didn't have the education of her aunt, after all, she acted too much." Be impatient. The fourth child, who was foolish when he was young, also blamed me. He brought Mrs. Li into the mansion, but he did not expect to harm Mrs. Lu. Who would have expected Mrs. Lu to go, but he became infatuated. It seems that I have to The old lady has to go out and ask someone to go to the Chen family to discuss the things that have been decided, and ask him to find a decent wife, so that she can properly educate the ten mothers. I can't interfere in the backyard of the fourth child. It depends on the new wife's methods. When necessary Let's help the new daughter-in-law, so that we can 'divide the Bailuzhou from the two waters', and the ten mothers will be safe."

(End of this chapter)