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Standing in front of Wang Shouzhe was a well-dressed middle-aged woman with pearl hairpins on her head, jade bracelets in her hands, cloud boots on her feet, and a luxurious colorful moiré silk dress, which looked like a A famous lady in the city.
In addition, she had carefully groomed before coming, with powder on her face and a little crimson lips. She doesn't look like a forty-year-old person at all, but a mature and beautiful woman in her twenties, which shows that she is usually well-maintained. And the eldest brother Wang Shouxin should spoil her very much, and he is more used to it.
It's just that the eyes are a little red, obviously crying not long ago.
What is extremely rare is that she is also holding a big bamboo basket covered with a red cloth.
Seeing that Wang Shouzhe was so polite, Mrs. Xu immediately dissipated the tension and hostility in her heart, and immediately returned the salute honestly: "Mr. Xu pays homage to fourth uncle."
"Sister-in-law, you're being polite." Wang Shouzhe smiled sincerely, "Sister-in-law is here, please go to the side hall to have a rest. It happens that my aunt is here too." As he spoke, he politely led Mrs. Xu into the side hall.
Xu's expression became tense, and when she saw Gongsun Hui, she hurriedly saluted respectfully: "Ms. married mentality. But no matter how arrogant she was, she still didn't dare to show off in front of Shanyang Gongsun's daughter.
What's more, the Gongsun family is still the wife of the previous patriarch, the aunt of the current patriarch, and her elder!
"Hey, it turns out that the Shouxin family is here. Which gust of wind brought you here?" Gongsun Hui said with a slight coercion in her words, but she said with a smile on her face, "Come, come, sit down and talk, it's just right Taste the little spirit species of Shanyang planted by Shouzhe's grandfather."
She put on an elder tone, and directly emphasized that Mrs. Xu is Wang Shouxin's daughter-in-law with a sentence of "Shouxin's family", which obviously meant a warning.
"No, no, how dare I sit in front of Mrs. Hui." Xu smiled awkwardly. She didn't expect Mrs. Gongsun to be there, otherwise she would not dare to come to Wang Shouzhe at this time if she was killed.
Moreover, the tea that their mother and son drank sounded like spiritual tea, how could she drink spiritual tea with her position in the Xu family in Changning? As for marrying Wang Shouxin, let alone...
"Fourth uncle, you are the pillar of the family." Mrs. Xu showed a slightly flattering smile, handed out the basket in her hand and said, "Sister-in-law just sees that you usually practice too hard, so I will send you some fresh ingredients to nourish your body. This will not disturb your mother and son's conversation..."
After all, she put down the basket and was about to leave.
"Wait a minute, sister-in-law." Wang Shouzhe stopped him with a smile, "It's rare for you to come to my side, let's have a cup of tea first. Besides, I haven't seen Brother Shouxin for a long time. I heard that he just happened to be back at the main house for something. Tell the boy to invite him over and have a meal and talk together."
"This..." Mrs. Xu was flattered, but looked at Gongsun Hui with some trepidation.
"Shou Zhe is the head of the Wang family, so you can sit if he asks you to sit." Gongsun Hui's posture was a little more kind.
Only then did Xu sit down coyly. Although she was dressed luxuriously, she did not show any extravagance in front of Gongsun Hui who was dressed more plainly.
Wang Shouzhe called Wang Gui in, and said: "Order the big kitchen to cook a large piece of pork meat from the fourth old master. Don't stew the meat too badly. In addition, find another cook with good skills to come to our yard Open a small stove and cut two catties of spirit horn yak meat. Well, bring the pot of spirit wine, and you can handle the rest of the fresh fruits and vegetables."
"Yes, Patriarch. By the way, Master Six sent someone to deliver a fresh red-scaled eel to the family's ice cellar. The most precious spirit eel blood was also processed into blood tofu. It was said that you, the Patriarch, caught it yourself and belonged to your private storage. , you are only allowed to eat alone." Wang Gui reminded him from the side.
"Hehe, ignore his words." Wang Shouzhe smiled, "Cut a piece of the best red scale eel in the middle, and even bring blood tofu. The rest will be put into the public treasury and distributed according to needs, so that everyone can try it out. You arrange When you are done, go and invite my brother Shouxin."
"Yes, Patriarch." Wang Gui took the order to retreat.
"Fourth uncle, this, this is too rich...and it will cost you too much." Xu's body was trembling, and he said weakly, "Make it simpler, simpler."
"Sister-in-law, what are you talking about? Wang Shouxin is my elder brother, and you are my sister-in-law. It's rare for our family to get together for dinner, how can we be casual?" Wang Shouzhe took a teacup himself, and poured a cup of spirit tea for Mrs. Xu. "Sister-in-law, try this Shanyang Xiaoling first. Drink it while it's hot, and it will work well."
Xu Shi took a sip of tea tremblingly, the bitterness and unique flavor of spirit tea hit her heart. For a moment, she felt like crying.
She was a girl in the Xu family of Changning for 19 years, and married to the Wang family of Ping'an for 21 years, but she never had the blessing to drink a cup of spiritual tea. The first cup of spiritual tea in this life was actually invited by Wang Shouzhe.
Originally, when she came here, she was already planning to beg him. If it really doesn't work, then I'm going to do the swearing and swearing to make things bigger and alarm all the clansmen.
For the sake of her son, she couldn't care less about anything, and she was willing to spare any shame.
But she never expected that Wang Shouzhe, who is the noble descendant of the family and the patriarch, would respect her so much and treat her as a sister-in-law.
"Fourth uncle, that, that matter..." Suddenly, Xu felt that she couldn't speak. Wang Shouzhe treats her and his wife so kindly, maybe things will turn around.
"Sister-in-law, are you talking about Zong Wei's child?" Wang Shouzhe had no intention of evading the question, but said with a smile, "I've already got my mind on this matter, and I'll wait for the elder brother to come later, let's chat as we go. Sister-in-law, eat some snacks to fill your stomach first."
"Yes." Mrs. Xu swallowed her words hastily. Judging by Wang Shouzhe's attitude, she didn't seem to want to hold on to it, but she was still a little uneasy.
Not long after, the family cook came. After meeting Wang Shouzhe, she was about to start a fire in the small kitchen in the courtyard, but she was stopped by Wang Shouzhe: "You don't have to do too much work, just cut up the fresh ingredients. Lingyak meat and Cut the red scale eel into thin slices and place on a plate, the thinner the better. In addition, use high-quality charcoal to build a brazier, and prepare a clean copper basin, clean water, and some salt."
Although the cook was baffled, how dare she disobey the Patriarch's order, so she followed her instructions.
"Zhe'er, what are you making?" Gongsun Hui asked strangely, "What kind of brazier do you make in this hot day?"
"Ma'am, you'll know soon." Wang Shouzhe said with a smile, "This is a cooking method I read in ancient books. It's unique and delicious."
"You, I can't understand you more and more, just don't waste the precious spiritual food." Gongsun Hui suppressed her curiosity, took Xu's hand and asked warmly. She was very surprised by Wang Shouzhe's way of handling Wang Zongwei's matter, at least he didn't rely on the power of the patriarch to force him with tyrannical means.
But based on her understanding of Xu's, she shouldn't give up casually. Therefore, Gongsun Hui is even more curious about how his son will handle the next thing.
After a while, Wang Shouxin hurried over under the leadership of Wang Gui. As soon as he entered the room, his face turned cold and angry, and he reprimanded Xu: "You ignorant woman, how dare you, How dare you come to Shou Zhe..."
Wang Shouxin is forty-three years old this year. He has a face with Chinese characters and a beard. He looks quite calm and pretentious.
Unexpectedly, Mrs. Xu didn't like him at all, and her temper, which was suppressed by Wang Shouzhe and Gongsun Hui, exploded all of a sudden: "Wang Shouxin! What nonsense are you talking about? Zong Wei is like that, can I not?" Do you come to beg your brother to let him go? Zong Wei is my son, should I just watch him being beaten to death by you? Or just watch his future being taken away by that... Wang Luotong?"
Normally, she probably blurted out that money-losing thing. But in front of Wang Shouzhe and Gongsun Hui, she absolutely did not dare to say these words, and swallowed them back in a hurry.
"You, you, you... Shouzhe is the patriarch, not to mention that little bastard deserves to be beaten and punished." Wang Shouxin blushed angrily, "If you hadn't protected him... I would have..."
However, his method obviously cannot suppress Xu Shi.
"Sister-in-law, brother." Wang Shouzhe stopped them with a wave of his hand to prevent them from getting louder and fiercer, "We are all a family, what is it like to be noisy? Let's sit down and eat first, and talk slowly while eating."
"Yes, uncle." Mrs. Xu immediately put away her shrew's aura obediently, sat down honestly, and said softly, "I listen to uncle, we are all one family, don't quarrel, let's be reasonable."
"hiss!"
Wang Shouxin on the side gasped, wondering, did the fourth brother cast some kind of spell? This was the first time in his life that he saw Xu Shi being so obedient and obedient, instantly suppressing his temper, and even being reasonable
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