Foster son and husband

Chapter 17
Being hugged by Mei Niang, Xu Junying felt uncomfortable for a while, walked along the bluestone road among the flowers and vines, turned around the rockery, walked into the corridor, and cast Zheng Meiyu's gaze to some corner, Xu Junying looked back Cui Xi and Cui Lian, who followed far behind, said lightly:

"It's time to let go, your girl is watching!"

Mei Niang didn't let go: "It's my girl, so what if you see it?"

Xu Junying snorted coldly, and Mei Niang said, "Isn't this great? It's warm!"

"You have to walk properly when you walk. It's not very cold today!"

"Why didn't your husband object just now? Did you want me to do this?"

"What are you talking about?"

"Hehe, it's nothing! I know Cousin Yu likes Husband, does Husband like Cousin Yu?"

Xu Junying directly pulled back his arm, allowing Meiniang to hold her for a while. Meiniang was greatly embarrassed, taking advantage of the night to cover up her embarrassment, and acted coquettishly and foolishly to him with the greasy energy of her previous life when she was in love:
"What's the matter, my husband? I'm almost home...it's cold!"

Xu Junying's ability to resist the temptation of beauty should not be underestimated, his body was tense, and he said in a surprisingly calm tone:

"If it's really cold, just wait here and let someone bring you clothes when I go back. If you can't walk anymore, ask the two girls behind to come up and help you, and I'll take a step first!"

As he spoke, the man strode forward, and quickly opened a large distance from her.

No matter how thick-skinned, this is the bottom line, Mei Niang's face was hot, she gritted her teeth, paused for a while, but still hurriedly followed, this time knowingly stopped pulling him, and asked calmly:

"Why doesn't my husband let me be a housekeeper?"

"You don't have the ability!"

"I have!"

"Stay with Heng'er, enjoy your glory and wealth in peace and security, and don't worry about anything! Is it easy to be in charge? You will get tired and sick!"

Meiniang was moved by his last sentence, thinking that he was worried about her body, and said softly: "My husband has worked hard to earn military merits and seal his wife's shadow. This kind of glory and wealth should be cherished as a wife. But my husband has been fighting outside all year round. , I can’t always take care of our mother and child, I actually bear the name of a lady in the Hou Mansion, and I don’t get much more benefits than my sisters-in-law... All the husband’s salary is handed over to the public, and I only receive that much every month Dian Yueyin, Heng'er and I are not in good health, we have to pay for our own medicines and supplements, Jing Yu comes up to housekeeper, and even guards against our Tsinghua Institute, as if we have received more subsidies from Lord Hou in private , so I would rather let other yards have food leftovers than give us more than one and a half points. I also want to see how my husband's salary is used. I don't know anything about other livelihoods in this mansion. I want to know how the money comes in and how it goes out. Should it be?"

Xu Junying stopped and looked at Mei Niang: "Although I have military merits, I am a hereditary Marquis. The Marquis Mansion has a large population, so my salary will naturally be granted to the public, and the whole family can enjoy it. Besides, there are many places in the mansion. The farm, the land, the front of the store... just the account books are piled up in several rooms, and there are countless housekeepers and managers from all walks of life. How can you deal with it? There are regulations for the women's family and money in the mansion. You are a first-class order, old lady , Ladies, you are the next one, the amount is quite a lot, isn’t it enough? As long as you don’t come out to be the housekeeper, I can give you another sum of money every month!”

Mei Niang said aggrievedly: "There may be a lot of moon silver for a first-class order, but since I recovered from my illness, I have searched through the boxes and cabinets and can't find any more money. In winter, everyone else has new cotton-padded clothes, even Cousin Yu has them, but I wear them. Who has seen such an imperial lady? As a husband and wife, my husband should have given me the money bag, so why give me extra money? My husband often goes out for entertainment, there must be other expenses, so it’s fine if you don’t give it to me. If you are in charge of the family affairs, you can get another reward, plus my monthly silver, it should be enough!"

Xu Junying's eyes flickered: "I didn't know you love money so much!"

Mei Niang laughed: "What's wrong with loving money? Even a gentleman loves money, let alone a little girl like me!"

Xu Junying snorted: "I don't know how your previous monthly money was used. Last month, Cousin Yu took care of it for you and locked it in a small box in Dongyuan's study. She wanted to come over just now, so she must pay you back, right?" As for the new winter clothes, you will naturally not be missing. Jing Yu mentioned to me: Because you are sick, it is not easy to measure, and I will make it up when you recover—she guessed that you are fine I’m back! I won’t let you be the housekeeper, because you have a demure temperament, and your brain is not as flexible as Jing Yu’s, and I don’t want too many people to know you as a grandma!”

Mei Niang wondered: "I don't want people to know me? Why?"

Xu Junying answered irrelevantly: "If the old lady insists on letting you be the housekeeper, that's fine. But there is one thing: if you dare to have an ink corruption incident, you will be punished severely, and the housekeeper can't do it. Never go out of the house to meet people casually!"

Mei Niang was stunned for a moment: "This punishment is really heavy. You won't even be allowed to go out to meet people, and it will be forever? I'm an imperial order, my husband, what if the palace summons you?"

Xu Junying walked forward with her hands behind her back: "You are a patient, and the palace will not summon you!"

Meiniang thought for a while before turning the corner, a little anxious, and chased after him, just as Xu Junying stopped and turned around, the two collided, Xu Junying's elbow hit Meiniang's heart, Meiniang held her Chest, sucking in the air-conditioning, bent down.

Xu Junying asked: "How are you?"

The tone was not in a hurry, Mei Niang was very angry, but at this time she had to regulate her breath, so she couldn't get angry, she gritted her teeth after a long time, and said in a low voice:
"Are you made of iron? The bones are so hard! If you try harder, I will be killed by you!"

Xu Junying remained silent, paused and said: "I'll call those two girls to come up and serve you?"

"No! What did you want to say when you turned around just now?"

"What do you want to say when you catch up?"

"Bumped by you, forget it!"

Xu Junying couldn't laugh or cry, cleared her throat, and said slowly: "Call me Hou Ye from now on, don't call me Husband!"

What kind of husband and wife are these, the husband won't let you call!

There was such a cool feeling rising from the bottom of my heart, and the place where my heart was hit was painful, Mei Niang said:

"Master Hou, please go back first, I'm tired, I have to let Cuixi and the others support me to walk slowly!"

Xu Junying nodded: "Turn around the corridor and you will arrive at the gate of the courtyard. It should be fine...I'll go first!"

Watching Bao Ju attract Xu Junying, the two figures disappeared at the end of the corridor with a little light, Mei Niang squatted down, touching her chest, Cui Xi and Cui Lian came up with lanterns, terrified:
"What happened to grandma?"

"It's nothing, I have some abdominal pain, take a rest before leaving - Master Hou has official documents to deal with, let him go back first!"

With the two girls by her side, Mei Niang thought silently and somewhat sadly: Xu Junying can leave her in the dark like this, does he really care about the relationship between husband and wife at all?What if he doesn't care about himself and Heng'er?
Back at Tsinghua University, seeing Mama Wang came back from her natal home, she didn't have time to speak, so she went to see Brother Heng first, the little boy was already asleep, and pity that he couldn't see his mother for a long time, Mei Niang took him to the room and put him in the bed. On the big bed, take him to sleep at night.

Mama Wang brought bad news: The house in the Qin family compound has been in disrepair for a long time, and it has been unoccupied for more than a year. Recently, several heavy snowfalls have crushed more than a dozen houses. Madam Qin hired a bricklayer. To repair the old house, you have to buy additional bricks, tiles, wood, etc., and repair the garden walls everywhere. The broken furniture and daily necessities need to be bought again.

Mei Niang murmured and said: "Use it, use it, and then subsidize it when you have it. My mother is old, even though I am a daughter, I should be filial and take care of her!"

Mama Wang told her another thing: "My wife is only worried about the matter of the master's exam. Many rich families have prepared gift money, visited famous and high-ranking officials in Beijing, and everyone has given advice. Those who are going to take the exam , the rich and powerful all gathered together and held various gatherings. The literati gathered together, and it was inevitable to invite people like Hanlin Bachelors to comment on the papers of the previous exams and test them again. What kind of questions are there in the back meeting, my wife also wants the uncle to attend such a party!"

Mei Niang frowned and said: "Those people have nothing to do, they just hang out and play, what's the use? Our uncle is very talented, he is really talented, and he is afraid that he won't pass the exam, so we have to fight with them." become?"

Mama Wang said, "Grandma, this is all we're talking about now. So what if you're talented and educated? If you don't get along well, you'll be treated coldly if you pass the exam. When you enter the officialdom, you'll have to pay attention to it." of!"

Mei Niang couldn't help but look at Mama Wang more, this nanny is really not a cover, so you understand?
"Okay, I'll ask Master Greetings, maybe I can help you find out some connections!"

"Hey! Madam has exactly this intention, and she refuses to let grandma tell it. It's because the old slave couldn't bear to trouble Madam, so she talked too much!"

Mei Niang smiled: "Understood, mother is also, she still sees me, but mother is really kind to mother!"

Mother Wang smiled: "Look at what grandma said, if this old slave didn't have a wife back then, he would have starved to death on the street!"

Mei Niang rested her cheeks on her hand and sighed: "If Master Hou is of one mind with me, our Qin family can also enjoy some honor from him, but I don't know what Master Hou is thinking--Didn't Mom say that he didn't think my family was poor at the beginning, and would like Bend down and ask for marriage? Obviously he should like it, even if the husband and wife have not seen each other for a long time, he can't treat me like this? I gave birth to Heng'er, and he still takes a concubine... Well, even if it was given by the old lady I can't refuse, but this time I was ill for a month, and he has this and that cousin by his side, each of them is more greasy than the other, and they look at each other, what do you mean? I'm always the wife, right? He doesn't come to tell me anything, I would rather live in East Garden alone..."

Cuisi tucked the quilt for Brother Heng by the bed, and couldn't help but walked over and said, "Grandma doesn't know, the cousin of the dealer..."

Ms. Wang stared at her: "Little girl, what do you know? Don't gossip, teach grandma to think wrong things!"

Tracy lowered her head and stopped talking.

Mei Niang looked at Mama Wang: "What is Mama afraid of? They are all her own people."

Ms. Wang rolled her eyes and said cautiously: "Grandma is the original wife and has Brother Heng, who else should I be afraid of? But ordinary men have three wives and four concubines, let alone the Marquis? The Marquis is distinguished and mighty." Handsome, not to mention that the cousins ​​are very fond of her, and I don’t know how many good women are watching outside! The two aunts were brought up by the maids of the house, and they are concubines. Even if they gave birth to a little master, they would have no face. A good girl from a good family, if she wants to come and bow down to be a concubine, she is a good concubine, and the little master born by a noble concubine is no worse than a concubine. It's not good!"

Mei Niang stared blankly at Wang Mama: "I am his wife, I won't let you marry a concubine, okay?"

Mother Wang hurriedly said: "Grandma must not do it, then you will become an unvirtuous and jealous woman! Everyone will criticize the joke, besides, the old lady and the wife come forward to make decisions, how can grandma stop it?"

Mei Niang was annoyed: "Then what should I do? Just watch my husband bring in a few noble concubines and give birth to many sons to compete with my Heng'er for my father? To compete for the position of the son?"

Mama Wang's eyes flashed brightly: "Grandma should treat Lord Hou better. She sincerely cherishes Lord Hou. Lord Hou is not a wooden man. How could he be ungrateful? Lord Hou cares about face the most. Marrying a noble concubine will never put grandma aside, grandma's position as the main wife is secure, and no one can replace Brother Heng!"

Mei Niang smiled wryly: "I want to treat him sincerely, but I'm afraid he won't appreciate it, and he won't even come to my room!"

"Oh, don't be in a hurry, Master Hou just parted with grandma for too long, and the birth is divided... Take your time! Grandma only cares about Brother Heng, and lives with Master Hou with heart. The husband and wife will get better after a long life. of!"

(End of this chapter)