Madam Hou

Chapter 16

After Mrs. Chen left, Mrs. Lin Hou lowered her head and thought for a moment while sitting in the grand teacher's chair in the flower hall, and then told Linglong behind her: "I heard that Manager Lin was injured this time, you can pack some medicinal materials from the warehouse and send them to Mr. Lin later." Go, remember to choose the right medicinal materials, and tell Manager Lin to let him have a good rest for the next few days, and come back to work when he recovers from his injury. Also, let Nan's mother come into the mansion and say that I have something to ask her. "

Linglong bent her knees and said: "Yes", and then went out.

Mother Nan is the wife of Guanshi Lin. Her surname is Nan and her name is Rong. He assigned Nan Rong, the most capable girl by his side, to Manager Lin, who was still a junior manager at the time. Out of respect for Mr. Lin's family, everyone respectfully called Nan Rong who was assigned to Mr. Lin Mother Nan.

Seeing that Mrs. Linhou was going to call Nan Rong in for questioning, Yuan Meme naturally guessed what Mrs. Linhou wanted to ask.But Nanrong was the eldest lady's confidant maid at the beginning, and the relationship between the sisters-in-law was the most unreasonable. Yuan Momo didn't believe Nanrong who came from the eldest lady's side, so he reminded Mrs. Lin: "Madam, why don't you ask?" Director Lin himself knows better, after all, Nanrong is..."

"I know in my heart that Director Lin is not an ordinary manager in the mansion after all. He was injured because of the Hou Mansion. If I ask him to come in for questioning at this time, it will appear that I am too disrespectful and treat him as an ordinary servant. Look. Besides, Manager Lin is loyal to the Hou family, not the big house. After entering the husband's family, the husband's surname is the husband's family. The original master, she is a smart person, she will not lie to me."

No matter how close the master and servant are, they are also master and servant after all. Mrs. Lin Hou said so, and Yuan Momo couldn't refute anymore, so she just nodded in agreement.

Mrs. Lin Hou said to Yuan Momo again: "Well, you go to the big room and invite your sister-in-law and brother Hu over for dinner, and then you say that there are guests coming, please invite her and brother Hu to accompany the guests, remember to have a good attitude Be respectful."

Yuan Momo said: "Madam, don't worry, I know the seriousness, I'll go right away."

But at this moment, in the outer courtyard of the Marquis of Yongning, in a courtyard called "Fengting Courtyard" specially set up for Mr. Lin's family to live in, Mama Nan was changing Mr. Lin's dressing.

After replacing the old gauze, Nan's mother saw the long incision on her husband's arm, her eyes immediately turned red, and she was about to shed tears.When Manager Lin saw it, although he was slightly moved in his heart, he scolded impatiently on the surface: "Why are you crying? It's just a skin trauma. Compared with the one with the broken arm, I'm already much better."

Nan's mother heard her husband say this, although she knew that her husband did it to prevent her from worrying, she still felt aggrieved and said, "I don't care what other people do, but if you hurt like this, it's wrong for me to care about you. I should let you die next time." After speaking, he picked up a blue and white porcelain bowl next to him, picked up the medicine paste in it with a small spoon, and wiped it heavily on the wound on Manager Lin's arm, and when the medicine was finished, he took the gauze Bandaging, when knotting, it was deliberately tied tightly to strangle the wound.

Mr. Lin saw that his wife had lost her temper, and thought of how she took care of him on weekdays, he finally softened his heart and said: "Forget it, I was wrong, I shouldn't have talked to you like that just now."

Only then did Nan's mother relax her hand.

After bandaging the wound, Manager Lin said to Nan's mother again: "Wait a minute, I'm afraid Madam will ask you about the bandit encounter that day. I'll tell you what happened that day. Listen carefully." Then he told Nan's mother in detail what happened when he met the bandits that day, and told her carefully what to say and what not to say, where to say in detail, where to omit, and finally told her: " You have to know the seriousness and don't talk nonsense."

Nan's mother said: "Don't worry, since I married into this family, I put this family first. No matter how kind Miss was to me back then, how could I still ignore this family for Miss's sake?"

"You know how serious it is."

As soon as the husband and wife finished speaking, they heard Linglong calling someone outside: "Boss Lin, are you home?"

Steward Lin replied: "Yes, is that Linglong girl next to Madam? Come in quickly."

Linglong lifted the curtain on the door and came in from the outside.After entering the room and standing up straight, seeing the bowl of medicine paste beside the Kang table, he didn't say anything, just smiled and said to Mr. Lin: "Mr. Manager, Madam asked me to deliver the medicine for you. Madam said that you have worked hard this time." That's it, she remembers all your achievements in her heart, and she also asked me to bring you a message, saying that you should rest at home for a few days, and go back to work when you recover from your injury."

"Thank you Madam for your concern, let me let Arong go back with you to kowtow to Madam."

"Madam just wants to see Mama Nan, so I'll take Mama Nan to see Madam Nan."

"Yes, you can go."

Mother Nan followed Linglong into the inner courtyard and arrived at Tangrong Courtyard where Mrs. Lin lived.Nan's mother stood at the door, supported her hair with her hands, and tidied the sleeves of her clothes before stepping on the threshold and entering the yard.Mrs. Lin Hou was sitting on the kang at the top, Nan's mother came forward and bowed her knees to give a blessing: "I have seen my wife."

Mrs. Lin Hou asked the little maid to bring Zhang Xiudun over and let Nan's mother sit down. Nan's mother bent her knees to Xie, and sat upright on half of the Xiudun, leaning forward slightly and putting her hands on her thighs.Mrs. Lin Hou said: "Nanrong, I haven't seen you for a long time, why don't you come to the inner courtyard recently."

When the eldest lady was in charge of Zhongfu, Nan's mother was in charge of the kitchen in the inner courtyard, but later she was pregnant and left the house to raise a baby. Originally, she would go back to help the eldest lady with housekeeping after she gave birth to a child. I know, there was a bad news overnight in the Hou Mansion. At that time, the uncle Lin Haibing, who had just assumed the title for a year, died in battle on the battlefield. The right-hand man of the former wife in charge was embarrassed in front of the new wife in charge, so Nan's mother gave up her desire to go back to the inner courtyard to manage affairs, and devoted herself to taking care of her husband and children at home.

Nan's mother smiled slightly and replied, "I want to come and see my wife, but there are a lot of things at home recently."

Mrs. Lin Hou said with a smile: "You should come to the inner courtyard often. You used to serve my sister-in-law. Now that brother Hu is older, you don't usually go to the inner courtyard. Now my sister-in-law lives alone in the Qinghe courtyard. Lonely, she will be happier if you old people around her come in to accompany her."

"I should have gone to see the eldest lady, but the eldest lady likes to be quiet, so it's not easy to bother her often."

Mrs. Lin Hou was very satisfied to see Nan's mother being so careful, so she stopped continuing this topic and turned to what I was going to ask today: "I heard that when she brought Yinniang to Beijing, she met Shan Shan in Changping County. Bandit, did Director Lin tell you about this?"

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"Tell me the story."

Mother Nan followed Manager Lin's instructions, and told Mrs. Lin Hou about the situation at that time in detail and appropriately, including the negotiation and fighting scenes with the bandits and the situation of the injured servant in detail. The process of leading the robbers away with jewels is only briefly mentioned.

After hearing this, Mrs. Lin quickly asked: "When Yin Niang led the bandits away, was she caught by the bandits, or was she caught by the bandits..."

Maybe Mrs. Lin Hou herself felt that it was inappropriate to doubt the daughter-in-law she personally chose. The word "defiled" circled Mrs. Lin Hou's tongue, but she still couldn't say it in the end.But Nan's mother could understand Mrs. Linhou's meaning, and quickly explained: "No, at that time, the eldest son happened to pass by there to save everyone when he returned to Beijing. Grandpa is down."

Mrs. Lin Hou wiped her face with a handkerchief, and said with some guilt: "I also care about Yinniang." The implication is that you must believe that I am not doubting Yinniang's chastity.

Nan's mother pursed her lips and smiled and said, "Second Miss Chen is the daughter-in-law chosen by Madam herself, so she will care more about Miss Chen Second than others." The implication is that I really believe that you only care about Second Miss Chen, not doubt her. chastity.

"Exactly."

In the Qinghe courtyard.

Two little maids were cleaning the yard. A large vat was placed on each side of the yard. There were lotus flowers in the vat. The pink lotus flowers were just blooming. Wisteria was planted by the wall, and the vines of the wisteria were winding and crawling. From the wall to the wall, the entire wall is covered, and the surrounding area is a little quiet, making it seem that the entire Qinghe Courtyard is deserted.

Inside the house, Lin Da’s wife, Mrs. Dong, was sitting on an arhat bed against the wall, leaning against a big red pillow embroidered with auspicious clouds and dragon patterns, holding a book in her hand, which was a copy of "Six Secrets of Literature". Just when he saw the sentence "raise his rebellious ministers to confuse them, and enter the United States to confuse them", he heard the voice of Yuan Momo talking to the little maid outside: "Is your wife in the house?"

Hearing the voice, Mrs. Dong winked at Bingyue, the personal servant girl who was packing up the books for her. Bingyue put down the book knowingly, opened the door and said to Yuan Momo who was outside: "Yuan Momo, our eldest lady is here. But what's the matter with the third lady?"

Yuan Meme smiled and said: "There are some things, maybe let me go into the house and talk to Da Furen?"

"Please come in."

Dong closed the book in her hand, put it face down on the small table on Luohan's bed, then got up, took off her shoes, stood up, walked to a glass-topped silver rosewood table in the middle of the room and sat down.

After entering the house, Yuan Momo said to Dong: "Ma'am, there are too few people serving you here, and it looks deserted, why don't I go back to the third lady and ask her to send some servant girls over to serve you?" .”

Mrs. Dong replied: "No need, I like to be quiet, the maidservants are too noisy and troublesome. What do the three siblings want from me?"

This intentionally made the yard deserted, and I don't know what the intention was. People who didn't know saw it, and thought that the third wife was treating her, a widowed sister-in-law, badly.Yuan Meme thought so in his heart, but he smiled respectfully on his face: "It's a guest at home, and the third lady wants to ask the eldest lady to help accompany the guest at night."

Dong said lightly: "I know."

When Bingyue sent Yuan Momo out, she closed the door, turned around and said with a bah: "The dog is on the power of others."

Dong said: "Why bother to be so angry."

"Ma'am, you are bullied because you are too kind. The title in this mansion belongs to our young master. If it wasn't for the tricks of the third madam, how could it have been snatched away by the third master?"

"Bingyue, don't talk nonsense." Dong yelled angrily, but after speaking, thinking of Bingyue's company all these years, she couldn't help lowering her voice: "I am not in charge of this house, be careful that the walls have ears."

After being reminded by Mrs. Dong, Bingyue couldn't help but said dejectedly: "Yes."

"You go and take out my jewelry box, I want to pick and choose what to give to today's distinguished guests as a meeting gift."

(End of this chapter)