"Go get someone to set up another table, and put it in the next room. The eldest brother and his buddies go back first, the eldest daughter-in-law, the fifth daughter-in-law and the sisters will stay for the time being."
This is what the old lady means to keep the meal.
Mrs. Ren never asked about such trivial matters on weekdays. So after listening to the old lady's instructions, the eldest master retired with his sons and nephews in Ren Shizhong. The eldest lady bowed to answer, and went to lead the maids to set the table.
Lin Shi hurriedly stopped the eldest wife and smiled: "Don't be busy, sis-in-law, I'll go."
The eldest lady glanced at the old lady, and seeing that she had nothing to say, she nodded and smiled at Mrs Lin: "I'm sorry to bother the fifth siblings."
Lin squinted the eldest wife and said angrily: "What are you talking about, sister-in-law, it's like I don't do any work on weekdays. Today's unprecedented diligence, I have to thank you this time. , are you burying me in front of the younger generation?"
Her voice was clear and articulate, and the meaning of what she said sounded a bit thorny, but what came out of her mouth made people think it was a joke between close people.
"Don't be ignorant of this monkey, she has always been black and she has to be white, you just let her go." The old lady Ren spoke.
The eldest lady smiled and stood back behind the old lady.
Hearing the words, Lin Shi seemed to be praised, covered his mouth and smiled, and turned away.
Ren Yaoqi went with Mrs. Lin and the others for a while. After Mr. Ren and the old lady finished their breakfast, the eldest lady also came over to eat together.
The eighth miss, Ren Yaoyu, was a little ignorant. Holding chopsticks, she picked up a crystal steamed dumpling from her plate over and over again, but she refused to enter it, and she secretly looked at Mrs. 5 several times.
The fifth wife ate slowly, and even praised the eldest wife that the fresh winter bamboo shoots were very delicious.
If the most favored girls in the Ren family are Ren Yaohua and Ren Yaoyin, then the most honorable daughter-in-law in front of old lady Ren is the fifth wife Lin, and even the eldest wife in the family has to stand aside.
Not only because Mrs. Lin married Mrs. Ren's youngest son, but also because Mrs. Lin's own grandmother was Mrs. Ren's aunt.
Mrs. Ren's aunt married the Lin family, the largest grain merchant in Yanbei. After the death of Mrs. Lin, the head of the Lin family was the eldest son of Mrs. Ren's aunt, who was also the father of the Lin family.
Lin Shi and Ren Shimao, the fifth master of the Ren family, are childhood sweethearts and have been engaged since childhood. They have been married for more than ten years and have a son and a daughter. Although the fifth master will follow the second master in the capital for three or four months every year, the relationship between husband and wife has always been harmonious.
It's just that although the Lin family has a good face, the old lady Ren is flat to the daughter Ren Yaoyu born to the Lin family. Ren Yaoyu is far less favored than Ren Yaohua and Ren Yaoyin in front of the old lady.
Before Ren Yaohua didn't go to Zhuangzi, the Dongnuan Pavilion in Ronghua Garden could be regarded as Ren Yaohua's boudoir alone, and even Ren Yaoyin, the fourth young lady from the eldest wife, did not live here.
After Ren Yaohua left, Ren Yaoyin and Ren Yaoyu moved in one after another, replacing Ren Yaohua's position in front of Mrs. Ren.
Ren Yaoqi vaguely remembered that not long after Ren Yaohua came back, Ren Yaoyu was expelled from Ronghua Academy by Ren Yaohua's design, but Ren Yaohua himself did not take advantage of it.
In the end, it was their ninth sister Ren Yaoying who replaced Ren Yaoyu.
But Ren Yaohua completely offended the fifth wife, Mrs. Lin, because of this incident, which made Mrs. Lin, who had been a little uneasy with their mother, even more disliked by their mother and daughter, so that Ren Yaohua completely fell out of favor with the old lady Ren. , and finally got such an unfortunate marriage.
Ren Yaohua's ending couldn't be without Lin's backing in the past, adding fuel to the fire and adding fuel to the flames.
It's just that Ren Yaoqi was still ill in the last life, and he didn't see how Ren Yaohua designed Ren Yaoyu.
Ren Yaoqi thought of the two Ren Yaoyu maids who were kneeling outside... Could it be that the time of that incident happened today
Thinking of this, Ren Yaoqi glanced at Ren Yaohua.
Ren Yaohua is holding a delicate pastel bowl of Fushan Shouhai and sipping lotus seed and longan porridge. Because the two were sitting opposite each other, when Ren Yaoqi looked over, he was seen by Ren Yaohua who just looked up.
Seeing Ren Yaoqi wrinkle and looking at her suddenly, Ren Yaohua frowned and stared back.
Ren Yaoyin, who was beside Ren Yaoqi, noticed Ren Yaohua's sight, and couldn't help but turn to look at Ren Yaoqi.
Ren Yaoqi rolled his eyes and lowered his head to eat. Ren Yaoyin knew that the two sisters had always been at odds, so she thought they were making trouble again, so she smiled and threw it away.
When the eldest wife and fifth wife put down their chopsticks one after another, everyone stopped the chopsticks.
At this time, Jin Lian, the maid next to Mrs. Ren, came over and said that Mrs. Ren asked the ladies to go to the Ming Hall after breakfast.
Everyone didn't dare to delay, they were served by the maids and rinsed their mouths. After cleaning their hands, they went to the Ming Hall with the eldest wife.
The bright hall in the main room of Ronghua Garden is very spacious. The old lady Ren is sitting on the big red sandalwood carved Arhat bed to the north, drinking tea. She did not see the figure of Mr. Ren, so she must have gone out.
Now that the Ren family has a big business, the head of the Ren family is naturally a heavy burden.
After the ceremony, everyone took their seats one after another according to their seniority.
The old lady Ren put down the tea bowl in her hand, glanced down, and finally settled on Ren Yaoyu: "Yu'er, come here."
Ren Yaoyu looked at Mrs. Ren, but Mrs. Ren's face that seemed to be smiling when she wasn't smiling really made her unable to distinguish anything. She dawdled to get up, but her eyes kept on looking. Aiming at Lin Shi who is sitting opposite.
Although Lin Shi was still whispering with the eldest grandmother, she immediately received her daughter's look for help, so she secretly winked at her, indicating that she should not be afraid and hurry up.
Ren Yaoyu was relieved, took a few steps forward slowly, and stopped in front of Mrs. Ren.
The old lady Ren's voice was still gentle: "The two maids kneeling outside are serving you by your side?"
Ren Yaoyu glanced at her mother and nodded.
"Do you know why they were punished to kneel?"
Ren Yaoyu subconsciously wanted to look at Lin's side again, but the old lady Ren suddenly slapped the sandalwood dwarf table on Luohan's bed and said, "I'm asking you something! Where are you looking?"
Ren Yaoyu was so frightened that she almost cried. She is usually lively, but she doesn't know why when she sees her grandfather and grandmother, it's like a mouse meeting a cat, and she doesn't like to talk in front of the old lady. Her mother Lin has taught her many times about this problem, but she can't change it.
"Mother, Yaoyu was punished for kneeling because she didn't know what the two maids did, so she was afraid to secretly run back to Jianjiayuan. She has always been timid, don't worry about her unreliable fault. I'm so angry with myself." Lin felt distressed for her daughter, and was busy trying to smooth things out for her.
The old lady Ren's expression darkened: "It was you who spoiled me!"
Lin Shi himself was not afraid of being scolded, and hurriedly said with a smile: "My daughter-in-law is wrong, so why don't I send her to you for you to help discipline? You teach your children well, and now who doesn't know that in Yunyang City? My Shijia cousin? Every time my daughter-in-law goes back to her parents' home, her grandmother and mother have to preach to her daughter-in-law more than her cousin." In the end, Lin was even aggrieved.
The cousin in Lin's mouth is Ren Shijia, the youngest daughter of Mrs. Ren, who is married to the only son of Lin's cousin.
The old lady Ren's face softened slightly: "Since that's the case, don't feel sorry for you when I teach her a lesson."
Lin Shi hurriedly said: "Why does my daughter-in-law feel sorry for this girl, my daughter-in-law does not feel sorry for you, my mother!"
Mrs. Ren snorted softly, then turned to look at Ren Yaoyu: "This morning, someone saw your two maids sneaking out of the yard with a bag packed."
Ren Yaoyu was about to look at Lin's side, but she couldn't help it, and stammered: "Grandmother, I... I don't know..." Forgetting what her mother taught her to say before.
Lin Shi gave Ren Yaoyu a firm look, and had to stand up again and said, "Mother, who saw it? Can you call her to ask for clarity? In this winter morning, the darkness has been lost. It's normal, or maybe the two maids just took Yu'er's clothes and went out?"
Ren Yaoqi, who had been listening silently, suddenly remembered that after she recovered from her illness, although no one in the Ronghua Academy and even the entire Ren family dared to discuss the matter of Ren Yaoyu being kicked out of the Ronghua Academy, she was from Zhu. Mammy heard something, and that thing should have a direct relationship with Ren Yaoyu being rejected by old lady Ren.