in spring

Chapter 256
Chunying remembered that when she was first driven to the village, people from the Wang family came to visit and mentioned that Manru was going to show her face.She and Shi'er were very surprised at the time, thinking that the third young master hated Manru so much, how could he agree to take her as a concubine?Later, the wife was deprived of the right to be the housekeeper, so the third young master probably didn't have much interest in taking concubines.

It's just that now Manru is dressed as a young woman and wearing pink, which shows that she has really become an aunt, but this dress is a bit shabby, and the clothes are nothing more than the ones she got when she was a girl in Huanhuaxuan The silver-gilt hairpin and old silk flowers inlaid with glass beads, even if she was a girl back then, her daily wear is more expensive than her.Looking at the posture of the second young lady Liang Shi in front of her, and the way she looked at Man Ru, it seemed that she had a great hatred with her.Chunying couldn't help wondering, could it be that Man Ruo is not the third young master's concubine, but the second young master's?But hasn't she always been afraid of the second young master?Could it be that the second young master saw that his wife was losing power, so he specially snatched Manru over to make him a child, so as to embarrass the third young master?

Chunying thought for a while, and turned to face the second old lady, bowed her head and said: "Old lady, this is the second young lady who joined the door last year."

The second old lady glanced at Mrs. Liang indifferently: "That's the daughter of the Liang family? When I was in Beijing, I heard her reputation. Didn't she say that she is virtuous and dignified, has both ability and political integrity, and can be called the first lady in the world? It can be seen in the world Misrepresentation is absurd, it is better to be famous than to meet for real!"

Chunying suppressed a smile.Mrs. Liang was only twelve or thirteen years old back then, and she was already well-groomed.Grand Master Liang's family didn't know if it was the idea of ​​sending her into the palace as a concubine, so they made publicity early in Beijing, praising the little girl as the best in the sky and the best in the earth, which attracted countless people's praise.Unexpectedly, the emperor just didn't take the bait, and even married her to the second young master of the Hou's mansion. When he first entered the door, he also respected his identity and always put on the airs of a lady and daughter of a famous family. Now it seems that he obviously has no patience.

When Liang heard what the second old lady said, her face turned red, and she guessed that the person in front of her was an elder, so she couldn't scold casually, but in front of that little bitch Cui Manru, she couldn't bear being ridiculed like this: " I don’t know which family this old lady belongs to? I’m the master of the Marquis’s house, but I’m just trying to teach the people in my house a lesson. You’re welcome, Tete came here to interfere, but I don’t know what kind of reasoning this is!”

The second old lady laughed instead, and called Chunying: "I don't have the same knowledge as the younger generation, so you can teach me a few words."

Chun Ying was thinking that Man Ru had really become the second young master's concubine, and when she heard the second old lady's words, she agreed, and after thinking for a while, she stepped forward and said, "Second young lady, this is the old lady from Dongfu, your uncle and grandmother. , It’s been a while since I’ve been back to Beijing, and I’ve also visited the old lady here, all the juniors in the Hou Mansion have seen it, I think you were not there that day, and you never had time to visit, so I don’t recognize it. However, since you don’t need to leave The elders who came here directly after being notified to lead the way are naturally relatives of the same family. As a junior, even if you don’t recognize him, you should still say hello. How can you be so rude?! You also said that our old lady interfered with your discipline The people in the house. The second grandma wants to be disciplined, why can't she be disciplined? She wants to be disciplined in front of the old lady's courtyard, scolding people until she screams like ghosts, and she is not afraid of disturbing the elders?! Just about to recuperate, you are a granddaughter-in-law, not to mention being filial in front of the elders, why do you want to trouble the elders? Our old lady stopped you to teach you the principles of being a junior, lest you make mistakes again and again, Don't you say that you are grateful for our old lady's teachings, and that the villain sued first, it would be a disappointment to your good reputation as the world's most famous lady?"

Liang shi listened all the way, her face turned red all the way, until it turned black at the end, she gritted her teeth and said, "What are you, a little girl, you dare to say such things to me?!" Suddenly, she felt that she was a little bit Familiar: "You are from this mansion?! How dare you! You are so rude to me!"

Chunying was not intimidated by her at all: "Second young mistress is a lady, why did you forget the rules? When you first entered the house that day, you taught the girls in the mansion to speak up. This is the self-respect of the master. , not with the common knowledge of the people below. Our old lady saw that you are a junior, and didn't want to refute your face and embarrass your parents and seniors, so she ordered us to be girls to speak on your behalf. In fact, what we said was what our old lady meant. I A maid naturally dare not be rude to the Second Young Mistress, but our old lady can’t even discipline the younger daughter-in-law?! Second Young Mistress, you are a person who knows how to be polite, so you might as well think about it!"

Liang's complexion became even uglier. The second old lady was very satisfied with Chunying's words, so she nodded lightly: "Forget it, she won't listen, and it's useless to talk too much. Remind me to tell your wives later, the person who visited the people in Beijing Daughter, I have to inquire carefully. If you want to come to this family in the capital, there are many things that are not worthy of the name." After finishing speaking, I ignored Mrs. Liang, and went straight to the courtyard gate with Qiu Yan's hand. Wenyu had heard the news a long time ago and came out to greet her, supported the second old lady's other arm, and walked slowly, saying that the old lady had been waiting a long time ago.

Seeing the little girls in the yard poking their heads to peek at her, and seeing mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law discussing privately around her, Mrs. Liang felt extremely ashamed, ashamed and annoyed, so she kicked Manru away and glared at her: "It's all about you!" You bitch! See if I go back and fry your skin!" After saying that, he flung his sleeves and walked away.

Manru got up tremblingly, turned to Chunying with tears in her eyes, there was a hint of jealousy in her eyes, but also a bit of joy: "Chun'er, you are here to save..."

Before she could finish speaking, Chunying interrupted her: "Aunt Cui? Should I call you a girl?"

Manru's face turned pale, and she kept silent, then a daughter-in-law laughed beside her and said, "This is Miss Man, but the second young master's heart!" It caused the people around to snicker.Manru bit her lower lip tightly, twisted her handkerchief with both hands, and there was a bit of resentment in her eyes.

Chunying saw that she had really become the second young master's roommate, so she said indifferently: "Since she is the girl in the second young master's room, please persuade your grandma more, don't forget the etiquette in front of the elders." Then she turned around and entered She walked out of the courtyard gate, ignoring her teary eyes and her repeated calls.

Chunying entered the main room, saw that there was no one in the room, she was puzzled, and Nuanyu came up to meet her, "The old lady and the second old lady are in the Nuan Pavilion." Then she paused, "So you went to Dongfu .”

After Nan Qi got married, Nuan Yu once served in Miss Cousin's courtyard for a period of time. As an acquaintance, she naturally knew what happened to the group of sisters back then. She belonged to the old lady and was not involved, but she was not without thoughts. .Now that I suddenly meet Chunying again, I am naturally deeply moved.

Chunying had a sore nose, held back, and asked in a low voice: "What happened to the others?" Nuan Yu also lowered her voice: "After the eldest young mistress took over the housework, they all assigned new errands, but they are just dawdling. Follow me in quickly Let's avoid asking from inside." Chun Ying knew that now was not the time to reminisce about the old days, so she hurriedly followed into the inner room.

The old sister-in-law was chatting about what just happened outside the courtyard, the old lady sighed: "I'm not afraid of the jokes of my younger siblings, I really can't do anything about these juniors! I just got better, thinking that the weather is fine today, and I plan to go to the courtyard Who knows that Mrs. Liang came over early in the morning and sat there, neither knowing how to joke, nor getting along with others. When I joked with my granddaughters, she still had to put on a cold face. The one who came with her... I remember it was my daughter-in-law who gave Brother Chang a girl, what's her name... Manru, she opened her face, her mouth was quite sweet, and she coaxed my old lady to laugh a few times. Stop cursing. I can hear it clearly in the inside! Isn’t this despising my old lady for being useless?!”

The second old lady comforted: "Her family education is not good, just teach her slowly. If you really don't want to see her, you can save her from waking up in the morning and evening, and avoid getting angry. We are already old, why bother to ask for trouble?" He asked Chunying again: "How is she doing now?"

Chunying stepped forward and said with a smile: "Old lady, as soon as you entered the door, the second young mistress left and scolded that Tong Fang, saying that she was going to fry her skin. It's just that Tong Fang held the servant , crying and begging the servant to save her, but the servant does not know what to do."

The second old lady took a sip of tea casually: "They are all ignorant, this is their own business, please ignore her." Chunying agreed and stood back beside her.

The old lady looked at Chunying carefully, and Chunying knew that she probably remembered her, so she smiled at her.The old lady was shocked and said: "Isn't this... I remember it was called Chunying, right? When Ri Yier lived here, you served her for several years, didn't you already let her go?! Why did you come here... go to Dongfu gone?"

Chunying glanced at the second old lady, who smiled lightly: "The old lady asked you, you just tell the truth." Chunying thought about it secretly, then stepped forward and smiled: "Back to the old lady, the servant accidentally said the wrong thing. , Offended his wife, and the whole family was sent to the village. After half a year, seeing that my wife seemed to have calmed down, and I happened to meet someone from the East Mansion, so I went to try it out. I didn't expect to be lucky enough to meet our old lady. Isn't it a great blessing to be on an errand?"

The second old lady smiled, and said to the old woman: "I think this girl is pretty good. It happened that last year when Sister Yi passed by me, she mentioned that there were several lovely girls who were very capable, and she was one of them, so I As soon as I saw her coming, I stayed. But I don’t know that she was released. Why have I never heard of it? When the housekeeper registered her name, she also said that her name is on the register here, so it’s clear Chu, there is no record of releasing her, and I even asked your house manager to transfer her to us."

The old lady's face was a little ugly, and she just asked Chunying: "You said your whole family was kicked out? What does your father do?"

Chunying smiled and said: "Returning to the old lady, the servant's father is the shopkeeper of the silk and satin village, and has worked for many years. Now he just stays in the village and has no errands."

The old lady's face became even uglier.Although she had been ill for a long time, she had vaguely heard about the major events at home.The daughter-in-law, Anshi, changed several management positions in order to install her cronies. As a result, the improper employment caused public resentment, and finally she couldn't deal with it, so she let her son seize the power of the housekeeper.Since Chunying's old man has been in charge for several years, he must have been planted at that time?
At this time, the second old lady asked Chunying again: "It's the first time I heard that your old man is a shopkeeper, why didn't you mention it to me?" Chunying smiled and replied: "I lost all my errands, and it would be embarrassing to say it. At that time, Mrs. I was very angry, although the servants don't quite understand the reason, but now that I think about it, the old lady was seriously ill at that time, maybe the wife was also anxious to get angry."

Now the old lady was even angrier, she was seriously ill, and her daughter-in-law didn't take what she said seriously, and she turned back and kicked out the person who she clearly said was going to be released from the house? !Could it be because she hated herself for ordering her to return her son-in-law's property to the Huo family?Or did he decide that he couldn't get better, so he acted like a tyrant? !No matter which point it is, it is extremely hateful, and what is even more hateful is that she actually told her granddaughter that all the maids have been released!It's a small matter for a few girls, but she doesn't take herself seriously for such a small matter, how can she bear it? !
At this time, a girl came to report and said: "My wife heard that the second old lady is coming, so I came here to see you." Then came the daughter-in-law's voice, with a touch of weakness: "Auntie is really a rare visitor, why don't you come here often? Sit?" After saying that, Anshi lifted the curtain and came in, saluted the old lady first with a smile, but unexpectedly the old lady lowered her face and yelled at her: "You still have the face to see me?!" Anshi couldn't help being stunned.

The old lady was about to scold her, but suddenly remembered that her sister-in-law was nearby, and it would be shameless to let her know that her daughter-in-law disrespected her mother-in-law, so she waited for the other party to leave, then she gave her daughter-in-law a look and said nothing.

An's was at a loss, she didn't understand why her mother-in-law scolded her suddenly, she was feeling aggrieved, but out of the corner of her eyes, she caught a glimpse of a familiar girl standing next to the second old lady, and when she looked carefully, she turned out to be the one who used to be by Huo Yi's side, who had already been driven to the countryside by herself. After going down, why did it appear here? !Immediately surprised and angry: "What's the matter with you girl?! If you are not in the village to reflect on yourself, why did you run to your aunt?! You are so brave!"

Chunying sneered in her heart, lowered her head, changed her wronged eyes, and glanced at the second old lady, the second old lady became unhappy, feeling that the big girl next to her had really lost face by asking the younger daughter-in-law in the next room to scold her like this, so she lightly Authentic: "Zhang's daughter-in-law is confused! You didn't say that, the idle family in the two houses has a child, can we choose it with our family? Why do I choose someone, but you don't recognize it?! It's just that this girl is already in our house It's on the roster, she belongs to me, and it's not your turn to take care of her!"

Anshi stifled, forced a smile, and was about to explain, when her mother-in-law scolded: "It's fine if you don't respect yourself at home, but why are you so rude in front of your aunt?! Get out! I There is no room for a Buddha like you!"

Feeling aggrieved and embarrassed, An Shi reluctantly saluted and resigned, but did not forget the reason for her visit: "Auntie...it was mine just now...I apologize to you! Brothers and sisters don't come over these days. Please ask my aunt to send a message for me, let her come and see me..."

The second old lady held up the tea bowl: "When she is free, she will come naturally." After that, drink tea.

Anshi left angrily.Chunying was very happy, seeing that the surrounding atmosphere was a bit tense, she whispered to the second old lady: "Old lady, you came here just now, didn't you say you wanted to discuss the Buddha's birthday with the first old lady?"

The second old lady smiled: "That's right, I almost forgot about it." Then she discussed it with her grandmother.Chunying occasionally took the opportunity to chat and joke, and the agate and amber beside the old lady also interjected, and the scene finally came back.

When it was nearly lunch time, the second old lady wanted to go back to her home, but the old lady was still reluctant to part and asked her to come often.Chunying helped the second old lady to go out and get into the sedan chair. Out of the corner of her eyes, she caught a glimpse of someone peeking behind the pillars not far away. After a closer look, it turned out that it was the third young master, who was winking at her, as if calling herself.

She smiled slightly, turned her head and ordered the woman who carried the sedan chair: "Let's go." Holding the side of the sedan chair, she walked all the way to the second door.

(End of this chapter)