The Concubine's Survival Manual

Chapter 187

When married aunts return to their natal homes, of course they always have to dress up and bring some local products according to the season, so it is not good to come empty-handed.Qin Niangzi ordered Lixia to spread the word last night to find some high-quality southern goods from her own cosmetic shops, and also picked some wind-cured beef and mutton sent by friends in the northwest of Fengjia, and put them in. Leshanju and Qingpingyuan had invited Ann, and Xu Fengjia had arranged for her a personal servant to accompany her. After arranging to set up the car, she returned to Yang's house with her two maids, Shangyuan and Zhongyuan. All the big maids have relatives who work in the Yang family, and if there is a chance to return to her natal family, she will try her best to arrange for them to follow.

Although the Eldest Master said that when Brother Nine and his wife get married, they will take the eldest wife back to live in the house given by Yuci, and leave the big house near the Confucian Temple to Brother Nine and his wife.But now it has been more than half a year since Quan Ruiyun passed through the door, and the two elders have not seen anything. Naturally, no one will take the initiative to bring this up.Qiniangzi entered the door and went straight to the main courtyard. The eldest wife and Quan Ruiyun were drinking tea in the house, and they were naturally happy to see Qinianzi.

After the three met, Quan Ruiyun stood up and said goodbye, "Sister came back today, she was supposed to be with her, but there are still some chores at home..."

Judging by her tone, the housework of the Yang family has been handed over to Quan Ruiyun. Seventh Lady smiled and nodded, "You are busy!"

The eldest lady also smiled slightly and told Quan Ruiyun, "It's rare that Xiaoqi is back, you tell Sister-in-law Cao that you can make more of the dishes that Lady Seven liked to eat in the past."

Naturally, Quan Ruiyun didn't say anything else, and bowed to the eldest wife again, then bowed his head and exited the room. Although the unique elegance of the stock family has not dissipated during the actions, but this time when they meet, this young woman's face is too much Kind of shrewd.

Seventh Lady came back to visit, after all, she had something on her mind, and Quan Ruiyun’s family came to pick her up, so she couldn’t meet her. She glanced at the back of her sister-in-law and said to the eldest wife with a smile, “Although Ruiyun is older than Brother Nine, It’s a little too big, but the two of them look like a good match.”

The kind smile on the eldest wife's face slowly dissipated. After a long time, she took a sip of tea and sighed softly, "I'm already 20 years old this year... I haven't heard anything from my stomach yet!"

The dissatisfaction in the words is self-evident.

Qin Niangzi stopped talking for a while, lowered her head and drank new tea.

The eldest lady looked at Qin Niangzi, and it took a long time to realize: There is no news about Qin Niangzi's belly.

She couldn't help but feel a little lost, she glanced at Qiniangzi, then coughed in a disguise, and asked, "Why didn't Brother Shou and Brother Fu come here with one?"

"It's midsummer now, it's too hot all the way here." Seventh Lady didn't want to get angry with the eldest wife, so she changed the subject. "Wait until autumn, and let the children come to see you."

The two wentssip about Brother Fu and Brother Shou again, and then Qin Niangzi told the eldest wife, "I'm coming back this time, and I want to ask my mother for help."

The eldest lady regretted her slip of the tongue just now, and Qin Niangzi was very worried, and she might have offended her. Hearing Qin Niangzi's words, her heart calmed down, and she said eagerly, "Say it, say it."

"Before the autumn harvest this year, our sixth room is finally going to take over the housework." Seventh Lady sighed, "The fifth sister-in-law has been the housekeeper for the past few years... When we take over, we always have to take care of the accounts. I want to borrow my mother Because of the relationship, hire two accountants in Jiangnan."

The eldest lady was refreshed immediately, and her haggard face became more radiant.

She asked Qi Niangzi the ins and outs of taking over the housework in detail, and she couldn't help but praise her, "After all, it's our little Qi, even the strictest mother-in-law, I'm afraid she can't find fault."

After pondering for a while, he said with a smile, "As for the accountant, there is also one in Beijing. If you follow me, you don't need to go back to Jiangnan to look for it. I just wrote a letter and asked Mrs. Li to handle this matter. But in the past few years, Between the two of us..."

She didn't go on talking, Qin Niangzi already understood: Mr. Li is still angry in his heart these few years.Ever since the Grand Master was promoted, he thought that the position of Governor of Jiangnan was justified by him to be promoted. He didn't want the Governor's position to be vacant for a few years and there was no one to replace him. However, the term of Mr. Li's Jiangsu Chief Envoy is coming to an end.At this time, if you use such a small matter to trouble others, I'm afraid he won't take care of it.

Besides, the eldest wife is a woman in the boudoir after all, and her contacts are limited, so this matter should be entrusted to the elder.

She sighed.

Since I got married, I haven't seen the Elder Master for more than half a year.

Seventh Lady does not deny at all that she is deliberately avoiding the Elder Lord: she has an unspeakable dislike for this shrewd and cold bureaucrat, but she is powerless.No matter what, he is his father in this era after all.

"Father probably didn't go to court today, did he?"

The eldest wife looked bewildered, but she asked Lidong to inquire, and it took half a day to get a reward. "Master is taking a rest today, and he hasn't got up yet. He has already reported in and said that Seventh Lady is back. I think I will invite you out to meet me in a while."

Just looking at the actions of the eldest wife, one can tell that the relationship between the two elders is becoming more and more estranged.

Seventh Lady kept her composure, and told the eldest wife about Jiao Ge's old affairs, and told the situation of Sixth Lady, "Everything is fine, and I get along very well with the empress. It's just that the emperor is only concerned about state affairs, and he cares about his beauty. It's because they don't care at all, everyone in the palace is very neglected... Sixth Sister is no exception."

The eldest lady sneered once or twice.

"Yeah, it's true to care about state affairs, and don't pay attention to beauty—" She swallowed it in the middle of the sentence, "Did your sixth sister ask the seventh aunt how she is?"

Seventh Lady sighed inwardly.

The eldest wife has really been on top of people for a long time, especially in front of her, she never speaks out of her mind.Now that the identities of the two parties have changed, she is no longer the concubine who has to listen to her arrangements in everything, but it is difficult for the eldest wife to turn around psychologically for a while, and she speaks a few words in a bad way.

"I asked." She lowered her eyes, answered two words in a neutral manner, and then said nothing.

Seventh Lady's attitude has never been so cold.

The eldest wife couldn't help feeling very uncomfortable.

In the past when I was in front of me, even if I accidentally said a few words wrong, Seventh Lady would never take it to heart, she was generous, even more glamorous than Second Lady.

Now that she is the wife of the eldest son, she knows how to put on a face for herself. When it comes to pregnancy, she has an ugly face. When she said something to Feng Jin unintentionally just now, she really lost her face and looked angry-she remembered it The first daughter in my own name!Speaking of which, what does it have to do with the Feng family?Back then, it wasn't that I looked down on the Feng family...

She was about to say a few words and stabbed Qin Niangzi, but her eyes sank again.

30 years in Hedong, 30 years in Hexi, today's Qiniangzi is really not the Wuxia Amon of the past.

The two grandchildren are still young, and the grandmother and I are already at odds, and the health is not good. If you don't rely on this stepmother, who else can you rely on?
It really pissed her off. With Qin Niangzi's temperament, she kept silent, even if she didn't let her grandchildren come to Yang's house to visit her for two or three years, what could she do?People under the eaves have to bow their heads!
When the eldest wife opened her mouth, her tone became much softer.

"It's rare for you to come back, so don't rush to go back. Talk to your father after lunch, and wait for brother Jiu to take a nap, and the two siblings will talk again. After dinner, let brother Jiu take you back to Xu's house."

If it was in the past, how could the eldest wife take the initiative to let Brother Nine get close to her own sister?
Seventh Lady didn't think too much of herself, she smiled. "My mother still hurts me."

The atmosphere in the room warmed up again.

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Sure enough, it was almost time for lunch when the elder master sent Tai Mama to take Qin Niangzi to the small study.

The new house has a lot of space, and the old man couldn't wait, and just like in Baifang Garden, he arranged an elegant small yard for himself in a pine forest. When Seventh Lady entered the house, he was sitting cross-legged on the kang, bowing his head. drink tea.

I haven't seen him for a year or two. This handsome middle-aged scribe has grown quite a bit. Not to mention the white hair on his sideburns, even his face is covered with a layer of gray, and his energy seems to be weakening. go down.

"Xiao Qi is here." Seeing Lady Qi coming, the elder greeted with a smile. "Father won't wake up - he went to bed late last night and woke up late this morning, which made my daughter laugh."

The Eldest Master really sees through the world. The relationship between the father and daughter was so embarrassing in the past one or two years. Now that they meet again after getting married, he is as if nothing had happened, with a smile on his face... This city, he If you don't want to be the old man, who will you be?

Seventh Lady sat down on the edge of the kang, and didn't even exchange greetings with the Elder Master, she directly told the Elder Master about Mrs. Jiao Ge.

"That's what happened yesterday," said Qi Niangzi indifferently, "Although my father may have received the news through other channels, it's only reasonable for us as daughters to say it in person."

The Elder Master didn't care about the sarcasm in Seventh Lady's words, he had already frowned and began to think, countless thoughts flashed in his eyes, and after a long time, he asked Seventh Lady, "You said your cousin..."

He glanced at Qiniangzi, and seemed to remember something, jumped off the kang excitedly, and took square steps on the ground.

Seventh Lady was dumbfounded.

Unexpectedly, the news about Concubine Xu is still exclusive at this time. Seeing what the Elder Master meant, he didn't know the inside story at all.

So he put his idea on Seventh Lady's head, and wanted her to follow Feng Jin's path and ask for news for the Elder Master.

(End of this chapter)