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Chapter 276 New Customer Arrives

Chunying greeted the second wife, returned to Songyi Courtyard, first arrested someone to ask the second old lady if she could rest.But the girl said that the second old lady was ordering Qiu Yan to do something.As soon as Chunying rolled her eyes, she boldly invited the second wife into the room.

As expected, the second old lady was talking to Qiuyan, as if she was instructing the fourth young master to arrange a supper for the evening, but the fourth young master had long since disappeared.Chunying stepped forward and said with a smile: "Old lady, the lady is back."

The second old lady stopped talking and turned to her daughter-in-law: "Look at me, I was busy with Brother Dun's affairs, but I didn't see you coming in."

The second wife greeted you with a smile, then sat down on the chair next to the east, and said, "Mother is in good spirits today? My daughter-in-law just heard from Chunying that you have already rested, so don't disturb your mother because of your daughter-in-law." sleep well."

The second old lady waved her hand: "It's just pretending to coax people. Brother You just came here and pulled me to talk a lot. As soon as I heard it, I knew what he wanted to do. I lost my patience, so I simply pretended to see off the guests." Then Then he asked Chun Ying: "Did he say anything to you when he went out? He is your old master, so he must have something to tell you?"

Chunying smiled and said: "The old lady guessed, the third young master really has something to tell the servants, but the servants are working in the inner courtyard and don't know anything about the outside world. Even if they want to help, they can't help."

"That's right." The second old lady nodded, "It's not that I want you to go against his will, but you are in my room now, so naturally you will take my words first. Don't be afraid, if he really tells you to Whatever you do, just coax me with words and come back to me later."

Chunying responded with a smile, and she was determined.The second wife, Zhuo Shi, was confused and asked, "What's the matter? What did Brother You say?"

"It's just about the Zhou family's child. It's nothing important." The second old lady understated, "Maybe it's because of the congenial temperament. When the Zhou family's child came to our house, he was worried, so he came over and told him. In fact, he was too worried. We The family is not such a mean person." Then he asked his daughter-in-law: "I came back early today, is it because I am not good, or is there something wrong at home?"

Mrs. Zhuo hurriedly said: "That's not true. It turned out that the daughter-in-law saw that it was near the Dragon Boat Festival, and it was time to give gifts in return. The daughter-in-law was afraid that Yajun was young and it was the first time to meet a big festival, so she couldn't ask her mother everything. , so I was worried, so I came here to help. Besides, Yijun has gradually started to get used to it, and she can manage the general housework well. left things for too long."

The second old lady frowned slightly: "Could you be planning to withdraw and come back? It would be too thoughtless to entrust all the housework in the West Mansion to a concubine. In the past, with you in charge, your aunt and sister-in-law would not say anything. Now it's all wrong to hand it over to Yi Jun. If no one else tells you, your sister-in-law might not be happy if you're the first one!"

Zhuo smiled and said: "It's not about the daughter-in-law leaving the West Mansion right away, it's just that the time to go there is gradually reduced, so that Yijun can share more housework. Originally, I planned to let Xijun help, but the child's temperament , is too honest, no matter how I teach her, she always looks cowardly with her head bowed, making people angry, so the daughter-in-law has no choice but to stop forcing her. Auntie, the daughter-in-law has already mentioned it, but the old man didn’t say anything. I have always loved Yijun, and as for my sister-in-law, my daughter-in-law has already said it herself."

"Oh?" The second old lady became interested, "Have you persuaded her? I don't believe it. How could she let Yuexiang's child take over the power of the housekeeper with her aggressive temperament? She was only an assistant before, and she already I've annoyed you for a long time!" Yuexiang was Aunt Hua's boudoir name when she was a girl in front of the old lady in the Hou Mansion.

Zhuo said with a smile: "The daughter-in-law knew that she was angry, but she just didn't care about it anymore, so she went to persuade her personally. Although Yijun is in charge now, the child is not young, and when brother You gets married, he will take care of her." It's time to prepare her for marriage, how long can she manage it? Besides, although she is a concubine, she has improved a bit recently, and she looks like a lady of a family, and she is more stable than before. Although my sister-in-law has been grounded, she has seized the power of housekeeper, But the identity of the mistress of the family has not changed, and she is also the aunt. No matter how courageous Yijun is, he will not openly violate the etiquette and neglect the aunt. If Aunt Hua wants to use Yijun's influence to be rude to her sister-in-law, The sister-in-law just passed on the lesson to the children. Anyway, when she respected her elder brother and daughter-in-law to be the housekeeper, she did not often pass on people to scold her!"

The second old lady couldn't help laughing, sighed and shook her head: "That's not right, Yijun is a young girl who hasn't left the cabinet, there are some things she can't handle."

"Mother is right, and the daughter-in-law is also worried about those things." Zhuo said in a low voice, "So it's better for their family to have an adult to take control of the overall situation. Brother Jing has already separated the family, so it's not good to always ask his wife to take care of it." Just look at Brother Chang's daughter-in-law, don't say that her natal family is like that, just look at her temperament and the situation in their courtyard, you can know that she is worthless; Marrying in, the far water cannot save the near fire. Even if you marry a very capable daughter tomorrow, it will take a year and a half to really take over the housework of the whole house. My aunt is getting old, after all, I still want my sister-in-law to come out Take charge."

The second old lady smiled: "There is some truth in what you said, it doesn't seem like you are coaxing her."

"I wasn't coaxing her at all." Zhuo smiled. "Although my sister-in-law made a mistake and is a little confused, she has been in charge of housework for 20 years, and she is much better than the girls. Big brother is angry, how long can he be angry?" It's been more than half a year! Maybe he doesn't dare to entrust all the housework to his sister-in-law, but it's not a problem to let her help her. Now she is locked in the courtyard and cannot go out, but she has to see Brother You My son's daughter-in-law, she has to go out. The elder brother knows the importance, and the sister-in-law came out again, probably in the last few days. Today I received several posts to the Hou's mansion, all of them invited female guests of."

Chunying listened so much that she wanted to curl her lips. People like Mrs. An of the Hou Mansion had only made her depressed for half a year, and they were about to be released so soon!God has no eyes!

After hearing what her daughter-in-law said, the second old lady shook her head and sighed: "Going out to socialize and housekeeping are two different things. Once your sister-in-law is satisfied again, I'm afraid there will be troubles in the West Mansion again."

"The daughter-in-law also persuaded her for a long time today, don't take it out on the family just because she is in charge of the house again, after all, there is still the elder brother watching. The daughter-in-law seems to understand a little bit, and she has repeatedly promised not to be confused. "Zhuo glanced at her mother-in-law and said softly, "There is a strange thing to say, mother can remember... my sister-in-law has always been very jealous of the Fan family, and she is also very cold when waiting for the daughter of the Fan family? Today, the daughter-in-law is sitting in her room. For more than an hour, she praised the daughter of the Fan family more than a dozen times. She is beautiful, pleasing, virtuous and courteous, and dignified, plus her background is prominent... she was taken aback. After asking, I found out that some time ago, Aunt Hua had a quarrel with Shao Yao and Ding Xiang who were in front of her sister-in-law. Seeing her aunt, she wanted to beat the two maids. The daughter of the Fan family happened to be in front of her and persuaded her. She only taught Shaoyao Haitang a few words, and then let them go. I have fallen in love with the girl of the Fan family, and I often ask someone to talk and drink tea with her, it's hard for the girl of the Fan family to be patient."

The second old lady just thought it was funny: "That girl of the Fan family is lovable, but when it comes to being virtuous, courteous, and dignified, she still lacks a bit of temper." After saying that, she put on a straight face and said to Zhuo: "Other people's Our family doesn't need to know about it, I just ask you, but you plan to leave the affairs of that mansion behind? If you really think so, you should just deal with this recent rumor case. That girl Yijun is very familiar It's a matter of concubines, and your sister-in-law can't take care of it for the time being, so you can take care of it cleanly, so as not to implicate our other girls who belong to the Li family."

Zhuo was a little hesitant: "My daughter-in-law...is planning to hand over everything. The daughter-in-law is not from their family, so it's not easy to go beyond the master and dispose of the servants of the Hou's house without authorization."

The second old lady stared: "Stupid! Take power in a hurry! Knowing that there is no one in charge of his family, and the men's thoughts are not on internal affairs, you don't care, who else can take care of it?! This matter is related to our Brother Dun The future of Er and Yajun brothers and sisters! Don't try to be lazy!"

Zhuo had no choice but to agree, and after talking for a while, he backed out with a sad face.

Chunying thumped the shoulders of the second old lady while listening, and at the same time murmured in her heart.Mrs. An of the Hou Mansion actually praised Fan Xiru!Didn't she always "look down" on the first wife's natal family?But thinking of the rumor that Fan Xiru was about to marry into the palace, she calmed down.With An's personality, it's very common to follow others' powers, to hold high and to step down. Maybe he is planning to make Fan Xiru happy during the last days of his stay in the Hou Mansion, so that he can help him when he becomes a princess. talk!In a few days, maybe she will recognize her as her daughter, and then flirt with herself, and her "daughter" will also become a princess, no worse than the first wife!

Chunying was just getting excited, and felt the body under the fist move, so she hurriedly restrained her mind, lightened her strength, and asked in a low voice: "Is the old lady tired? Let's rest on the soft couch, and wait for dinner." , the servant will wake you up again."

The second old lady touched her waist with her hand and nodded, Chunying hurriedly called Qiuyan, and the two of them worked together to help the second old lady into the inner room.

Perhaps it was her mother-in-law's strict order that played a role. Zhuo's vigorously suppressed the only remaining rumors in the Hou's mansion, and then followed the vines to find out that the place where the rumors first flowed out was the washing room and kitchen, and then found out the first few mothers-in-law who spread the rumors son.At first Zhuo stared at these women, but couldn't see anything strange about them. After adjusting the roster for a closer look, she found something was wrong.

It turns out that these women have one thing in common, that is, the children of the family are either serving in front of the second young master, or they are the maids in Aunt Hua's house.As soon as Zhuo discovered this, she guessed that Aunt Hua's mother and son were dissatisfied with Fan Xiru's intercession with An's girl, and took the opportunity to take revenge.If the rumors of Fan Xiru and Li You spread, her marriage will not be possible, and it will undoubtedly be a huge blow to her who thinks highly of herself.

When Zhuo guessed this, he was both angry and funny.This Aunt Hua must be confused, thinking that this kind of sex scandal will only affect the reputation of the person involved, but she forgot that the whole Hou Mansion will be laughed at by others, she also has a daughter, and she is a daughter who has reached the age of marriage, doesn't she know how much For the sake of your daughter? !

Zhuo didn't want to make matters worse, so he ordered people to stabilize these women, and found out that there was no other inside story, so he found two or three excuses, beat them up respectively, and sent them to the Zhuangzi. Without telling Yijun, he summoned Aunt Hua to come and beat her up. Aunt Hua was so frightened that she promised that she would never do it again. Finally, she coyly asked Mrs. Zhuo to help her find a good family for Yijun.

Mrs. Zhuo wanted to push it down, but remembering that when she was looking for a suitable marriage for her daughter, she also interviewed several children from aristocratic families with good conditions, but they were too old, so she simply told Aunt Hua the names of those people and asked her to find out by herself. Choose to persuade Lord Hou, and then let go of it.

Thanks to Zhuo's thunderous means, the Hou Mansion was immediately calmed down a lot.She secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and began to consciously transfer most of the housework to Yijun, so as to get out as soon as possible.

She didn't wait long, and Hou Ye was finally captured by his wife's tears and showing weakness-of course, the persuasion of his sister-in-law Zhuo and the invitations from the family also played a big role-he reluctantly agreed to let her go out to socialize, but he was not allowed to be in the house. Nonsense outside the home is not.An's had been used to doing it in the early years, and soon got used to it, and pretended to be kind and began to "teach" the second young lady Yijun how to do housework.Yijun was naturally unconvinced, the two came and went, fighting openly and secretly, Zhuo watched the show coldly, and occasionally acted as a peacemaker, but most of the time, he stayed in his house.

Two days before the Dragon Boat Festival, someone on the pier came to deliver a letter, and the second old lady's natal nephew brought his family to Beijing.In his early years, the Jinshi in his early years had no real vacancies for a long time. Now his friends in Beijing sent a letter saying that there were a few real vacancies waiting. Seeing that the opportunity was rare, he immediately packed his luggage and rushed over.

The arrival of the Hai family excited the whole East Mansion, even Chunying couldn't help being curious, what about the in-laws in the Hou Mansion, what about the East Mansion?
(End of this chapter)