Foster son and husband

Chapter 216 Feeling
219 feeling
While drinking tea, he talked about the situation on both sides after the division of the mansion, from the old lady to the rooms below, as well as the girls' marriage. Ning Rulan, the three of them sighed, the old lady showed her ruthlessness, but she was very frightening. She was a close girl who had been with her for many years. It was sold dead or alive.

Bai Jingyu whispered again the old story about how the old lady dealt with the concubine in the past. It turned out that in the middle of the night when the women on the porch were on duty to drive away sleepiness, she accidentally eavesdropped. It’s easy to show up and reprimand, all of them are elderly women, and they speak clearly-the old lady used to have two aunts when she was young, and she gave the old grandfather her own room when she was pregnant with the old man. She was favored, and the old grandfather took her there when he went to defend the border town. Two years later, he gave birth to a concubine son, who was like a close and beautiful family of three. When I went out, I repeatedly told the old lady to take care of my aunt and old lady. The old lady readily agreed that as soon as my grandfather left, she would poison the concubine to death. Instead, she said that the old lady would not take care of the child and killed the descendants of the Xu family. Quiet courtyard, starved to death, the great-grandmother was still alive at the time, seeing the little concubine’s grandson died shortly after returning home, heartbroken and annoyed, wanted to investigate the matter in person, the old lady pretended to be sick and did not answer, and soon she really came out Ximai, the great-grandmother saw that her son had few heirs, and she was afraid that if she would frighten her daughter-in-law and damage the fetus, she had no choice but to let it go and let the matter go.The grandfather was very distressed when he heard that his concubine and concubine passed away. Since then, he has not returned to the house often. The second master did not see his father until he was five or six years old. When his grandfather died in battle at the border, the second master only saw his father three or two times. Later, my great-grandmother passed away, and another old concubine also died of no illness.

Meimei sighed and said, "I'm afraid there can't be enough talk about such things in the courtyard of the deep house. A man has a wife and concubine, and women are jealous. The strong wins, and the weak live without death. Why do you have to leave Hou's mansion——The old lady gave Cousin Zhuang to Lord Hou, and I have always been underestimated by her. Then she will support Cousin Zhuang and let Cousin Zhuang be the master of the house, and Master Hou will listen to his grandmother Yes, I traded Heng'er for nothing in exchange for the housekeeper from the eldest wife, but in the end I was forced to hand it over to Cousin Zhuang to make a living in her hands. Mother and child have no hope anymore. Seeing this, I can't stand it no matter what. Just leave!"

Bai Jingyu looked at her with twinkling eyes: "You are decisive! But I dare not, I may not come back if I run out, you have your own reasons with your stubbornness - the old lady has a queen mother However, the emperor and the empress take care of you. Eldest brother can’t just listen to the old lady’s words and despise you. You will finally earn back this face, and you don’t have to suffer from the resentment of marrying a common wife and noble concubines. You are the most important!"

Ning Rulan smiled and said: "Second sister-in-law, elder brother always puts elder sister-in-law first, and I don't think he wants to marry an ordinary wife!"

Bai Jingyu nodded with a smile: "Indeed, Cousin Zhuang is not good enough for elder brother. A woman like her is not very outstanding, but she is very careful. I am closer to her on weekdays, and I know her more or less. We are both wives, so what will happen then? If you are not angry with her, you will also be disgusted by her. I didn't expect it to be like this in the end! To put it bluntly, she married a bachelor of history, but she still made money--the order of the second rank! I I feel better born than her, stronger and more capable, but I haven't yet!"

Ning Rulan hit her with a round fan, and the three of them laughed non-stop. Meimei was surprised to find that Bai Jingyu's temperament had changed a lot, and she looked different from before. She looked carefully at Bai Jingyu's face and said:

"How long have you not seen each other? I found that you two, Rulan is white and fat, but Jingyu seems to be a different person, thinner, but fresh and bright. Look at this little face, red in the white, like That pink lotus that just bloomed early in the morning!"

Bai Jingyu blushed even more, and Ning Rulan smiled: "You just saw it? She has been like this since the beginning of summer, and now the second brother has been following closely all day, so I am afraid that she will leave as soon as she wants like a sister-in-law." Already!"

Meimei slapped Rulan with her fan: "Stop talking about me, as if I've brought you down!"

Bai Jingyu also gave Rulan a squinting look: "What nonsense? Do you think he can do good things with me? Either he wants money or begs me to take Wei'er under his name, so I don't pay attention to him!"

He thanked Meimei again and again: "It's all thanks to the prescription given by my sister-in-law. I took the medicine for more than a month, and I don't think about those troublesome things anymore. All the diseases in my body seem to be cured, and now there is no pain anywhere. Refreshing!"

Meimei smiled and said, "No wonder! You are in a good mood, and the longer you grow, the more beautiful you are. Don't have a charming charm!"

Bai Jingyu lowered her eyes in embarrassment: "Just make fun of me, I'm almost divorced, it's still charming!"

"You were frightened by the second master. I heard Hou Hou said at that time: Xu's mansion has no concubine, and the second master will not divorce his wife easily. He just scares you!"

Bai Jingyu sighed: "Don't be scared. I didn't have the guts to make too much noise. At that time... Alas! It's no use regretting it now, and now I forgive him. It's all for the sake of my eldest sister!"

Meimei said: "I forgot about the two Xiang girls in your room, what happened? Xiang Rui gave birth to Weisheng so big, shouldn't Xiangxue give birth?"

Bai Jingyu fanned impatiently: "I'm about to give birth, this Xiangxue is so weak! How can a pregnant person lie in bed all day? Don't walk around, she will know when it's born. Thanks for your hard work!"

Ru Lan looked at her with a smile: "You are willing to take care of them!"

Bai Jingyu smiled helplessly, but there was a ruthlessness in her voice: "What can I do? I'm not as lucky as you, marry a solid husband. I've been with you for a lifetime, and since I can't get it back, I will hold on tight Stop! I just told you about the old lady's old story. I'm trying to learn how to behave. Those two girls hurt me too much. I treated them well since I was a child. Once I got the favor of the master, I thought I would climb a high branch from now on. Go, see me and Er Ye husband and wife making a mess like that, not helping to talk, and making trouble, Xiangrui set me in trouble, Xiangxue hides when she sees me, crying in front of Er Ye that I am vicious and will harm her and the fetus... I At least let them understand the fate of betraying the master and not paying attention to the wife!"

Ru Lan was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but put her arms around her belly: "Second sister-in-law, you, you don't want to hurt anyone!"

Seeing her like this, Bai Jingyu hurriedly comforted her: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid! I'm not a wicked person, especially for intimate and good sisters like you, I never have any bad intentions! When I lose my temper on weekdays, I'm a bit cruel to the servants. , so as not to kill people—I have a big sister, and I always want to do good for her!"

Meimei said: "Don't be jealous of fighting for the wind. If you ruin your peace for the rest of your life, you can be a husband and wife if you still have your heart. If you don't have love, it's boring to fight hard! I always agree with a saying: don't have the heart to harm others, guard against others. You can’t be helpless. Don’t wait until you are knocked down to the ground before you can fight back, try to seize the opportunity as much as possible is the right thing to do!”

Bai Jingyu nodded frequently: "Sister-in-law is right!"

Suddenly, I heard my mother-in-law report outside the hall that the third master came to pick up the third grandma. When Shaoqing saw Xu Junya coming in with a smile, he bowed and apologized, saying that he disturbed the gossip of his sister-in-law. Bai Jingyu asked a few words about the situation at Jinhuatang Xu Junya replied that the old lady drank a cup of herbal tea after returning home, and took a rest. The brothers and the second master went away separately. He and the sixth brother talked for a while in the veranda, and then came to pick up Rulan.

Meimei sent them out of the flower hall, Xu Junya helped Ning Rulan go first, Bai Jingyu also went back to the west courtyard, Meimei accompanied her to the corridor, and said: "It's more convenient to have that door. We usually talk to each other when we have nothing to do. say."

Bai Jingyu smiled and said: "It still needs to be locked up at night. As the saying goes, brothers and sisters settle accounts clearly. Since the family is separated, you may not care about the details of small matters. The higher authorities still have to pay attention to it!"

Meimei nodded: "It's fine to lock it up, the mother-in-law is on watch at night, just in case there is something urgent on both sides, we can take care of each other!"

"exactly!"

Just as they were about to break up and go back separately, they saw Bai Jingyu's nanny Huang Mama hurried over with a few wives and servants. Regardless of the scorching sun, her face was flushed from the sun and sweating, she hurried to Bai Jingyu and bowed down to everyone. He saluted, not avoiding Meimei's presence, and said to Bai Jingyu in a hoarse voice:
"The old slave went back and forth to the second grandma: the second master is throwing pots and bowls at home, he is going crazy, the second grandma can go back quickly! Something happened!"

"What happened? Mom, don't worry, speak slowly!"

"It's Aunt Xiangxue... she's about to give birth, and she's bleeding a lot!"

"What's the use of looking for me? You should go to the doctor!"

"Someone has already gone, and the second master is calling for the second grandma!"

Bai Jingyu sneered: "It's better for me now?"

Then he blessed Meimei and said: "I'm going back, sister-in-law, let's rest!"

Meimei said, "Shall I go and see it with you?"

Bai Jingyu waved his hand: "If a concubine gives birth to a child, it doesn't matter if I don't go! I don't even want to have anything to do with that bloody and filthy place... Just give you a letter later!"

Meimei stopped insisting, watched Bai Jingyu leave surrounded by a group of servant girls, and called Cuixi and others back to Tsinghua University.

Walking along the way, while listening to Cuixi repeating Bai Zhan's words: After the division of the mansion, the mansion will be slightly repaired, and everything is in good condition. Except for the servants in the mansion who belong to each house and take them away, the maids and servants who work as servants in the garden They ran to buy with the housekeeper in the front yard, divided them into two, and drew lots to decide whether to stay or not. The second and third grandmothers personally counted and checked the roster, and they were all in the accounting office. , can be changed at will.The steward is waiting to reply to the young lady. Baoju left a large pile of journals and objects locked in the east courtyard. They are all kept by the waiting master in private. When the young lady is free, they will move over to have a look. The daily affairs of the Xifu are taken care of by the second grandma and the third grandma...Meimei rubbed her eyebrows: It seems to be back to the beginning, how eager I was to take care of all this, but now I am too tired. Government affairs management is disturbed, what kind of psychology is this?
Brace yourselves, take your time, this is... home!
Thinking of one thing, she said to Cuisi who was behind her: "You go to Bai Zhan and ask him to inquire about a girl who is about to be sold by Jinhuatang. In other words, suffering this crime is also due to the division of the government. If you sell a good family, it's okay, and you are neat and smart. I'm afraid it will be miserable if you enter the brothel or something. Find someone to buy it, and then send it to Cen's house. Live there first!"

Cui Si agreed to leave, Cui Xi paused, and said softly: "Just now the steward of the accountant saw me, and he said that my aunt wanted to withdraw money to buy bird's nest and ginseng, and thought that the existing quality in the house was not good, so the steward I went back to the housekeeper, and the housekeeper said that according to the old rules, 300 taels of silver must be approved by the young lady herself!"

Meimei glanced at her: "300 taels of silver? What kind of ginseng should I buy?"

Cuixi replied: "Auntie said she wanted something like the old lady's, and made soup for the old lady..."

Mei Mei laughed heartily: This great aunt is really not simple, and she came to settle her old account with the old lady!
At the beginning Xu Junying gave her five sticks of old ginseng, saying that she would use them to honor the old lady. After thinking about it, she only wrapped up two sticks for the old lady, kept three sticks for herself, and divided one into thirds. My wife has one each, one is sold for silver for self-defense and filial piety to visit my old mother, and the other is given to Mrs. Qin to take back and make it a treasure of the town house, what's the matter?The old lady even showed it to Xu Xiaojuan. Xu Xiaojuan found out that the good things her brother brought back, her grandmother had two, but her mother didn't have one. Isn't it unbalanced?
I didn't care about her, what was the situation at that time?As the young lady, she doesn't have anything decent around her, what does Madam Zheng lack?If you don't give it, you don't give it, she is not guilty. If there is no ginseng, she will be really sad at that time.

He said to Cuixi: "The old man like that doesn't have ginseng, but there is silver. You can send her money later—but tell her: you must follow the doctor's advice, and your wife should not use ginseng soup now! If you want to use it yourself, you can use it." Let's go! In this hot day, we still have to be cautious and tonic!"

Cuixi agreed, and said: "Bai Zhan knows the place where Lord Hou made wooden bowls for Brother Heng. It is a workshop in the palace, and the wood is extremely valuable. Bai Zhan said that he can only find a craftsman outside. It should be possible to follow Brother Heng's example and find some similar wood, right?"

Meimei nodded: "Okay, how can there be exactly the same?"

Back to Tsinghua University during the conversation, the room was really cool, and after asking Henger was still asleep, Meimei leaned on the couch and took a nap for a while, but she didn’t feel sleepy, she closed her eyes and remembered lying on the bed with Xu Junying and embracing each other last night She opened her eyes and looked around, seeing the jade screen beaded curtain, Qi Luo Duixiu, a brand new and gorgeous room, is this her new house?It's really tragic that I can't find the slightest feeling of being a bride. I have been a human being in two lives, and getting married is muddled!

Seeing that she was not sleeping, Cui Lian happily came up to offer treasures, opened all the cabinets, and showed her the new clothes inside, all of which were gorgeous and exquisite, and Cui Lian said something that made her want to cry:

"You don't even have so many new clothes as a bride. The Marquis is really kind to the young lady!"

(End of this chapter)