What a good trick.
No wonder he can coax his sister around.
Even if he agreed, she wouldn't dare to keep her sister at home
Even if he was sure that he would not dare to have any quarrel with his mother-in-law
If it was something else, she would just let it go, but this was related to her sister's future happiness, how could she just let it go and not care about it
Zhou Chujin looked at her sister who seemed to be begging for mercy. She was even more angry. After a long while, she calmed herself down and said to Zhou Shaojin, "If that's the case, then you can stay with me temporarily. Don't leave your yard until I send you back to Baoding Prefecture. If I find out that you have a private meeting with someone, I will immediately ask my father for the indentures of Chunwan and Fan Liushi and sell them far away."
Zhou Shaojin nodded, as obedient as a kitten.
Zhou Chujin felt sorry for her, and said in a gentler voice, "If you feel bored, just read some poetry books at home, or do some embroidery or needlework. At worst, let Xiao Tan play shuttlecock with you..."
You can do anything, but you are not allowed to meet Uncle Chi again.
Zhou Shaojin understood his sister's intentions and made repeated assurances, while Zhou Chujin's expression brightened slightly.
Cheng Chi got the news and learned that Zhou Shaojin was alive and well, but was detained and not allowed to see him. He finally felt relieved.
When something like this happens, many people will directly put the blame on the woman, insulting her at the very least and beating her at the worst. He was afraid that Shao Jin would suffer for her.
Fortunately, Zhou Chujin was just as Zhou Shaojin said, both a mother and a sister, and loved her very much, but she just didn't allow them to meet.
Cheng Chi went to say goodbye to Madam Guo: "… I didn't expect Chu Jin to see through this. With such a big matter, she will definitely ask Lord Zhou to come forward and solve it. I want to go to Baoding Prefecture in person before Chu Jin's letter is delivered to Baoding Prefecture, meet Lord Zhou, and propose marriage to him."
Before he could have the nerve to tell his mother in front of her that he wanted to do something bad to Shaojin, he was seen by Zhou Chujin.
He doesn't even know his own son.
If he doesn't want others to know, he must have a way to keep it from them.
Even if he was exposed, it was probably because Zhou Shaojin failed to hide it.
Madam Guo did not point it out, and smiled and said, "What if Chu Jin's letter has already been delivered to Baoding Prefecture?"
Cheng Chi said calmly, "No. I will definitely arrive in Baoding Prefecture before Chu Jin's letter."
In other words, we have to resort to some tricks!
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Guo couldn't help but worry about Zhou Shaojin.
It is not known whether it is fortunate or unfortunate for this child to meet Shilang
She said, "Go quickly! If you can't find a suitable gift for the time being, go to my storehouse to get it. When you see Lord Zhou, you must be cautious, bow your head when you should, and apologize when you should. Hold your head high to marry a girl, and bow your head to marry a wife. The daughter who was raised like a treasure by others is coming to our house to do housework, help you to respect the elderly, and give birth to children. You should be grateful. Don't bring your bad temper outside to the Zhou family, and don't think that you have confidence because Shaojin likes you. The more this happens, the more respectful you should be to the Zhou family, and the better you should be to Shaojin. Only such a couple can live long and get better and better." After saying that, she couldn't help but sigh, "It's a pity that I only gave birth to three sons of yours. If I had a daughter, my family would have a daughter who would be sought after by hundreds of families. I would have experienced the time when people looked at me in the eyes!"
Cheng Chi laughed and said, "Mom, don't worry! I'm not ignorant of the ways of the world. I know this principle. If you want to experience the feeling of having a daughter in your family being sought after by hundreds of families, let Shao Jin marry you and give birth to a granddaughter. Then you can decide her marriage, right?"
"You are just talking!" Mrs. Guo was not fooled. "When the children are born, they will be so precious that they don't know what to do. Don't try to make me happy here. Go and convince your Master Taishan. Otherwise, how can you get a wife or a daughter?"
Thinking back, she had said the same thing to her eldest and second sons.
As a result, after getting married, each of them started their own family.
But, everyone is the same.
It was the same when she was young.
They all think of their own little home first.
Mrs. Guo smiled slightly.
Cheng Chi coaxed the old lady and said, "Shao Jin is different from others. You have watched him grow up. When he gets married, you will need to guide him in the affairs of this house. Just don't give up when the time comes!"
Madam Guo smiled and shook her head, saying, "This world belongs to you young people. I am old, and you have to make decisions on some matters yourselves."
But after Cheng Chi left, she sat in front of the mirror and looked at herself again and again. She came close to the mirror and said to Madam Shi, "I think I have more white hair?"
Since the death of her old master, Madam Guo no longer paid attention to her appearance, and her hair gradually turned white. Nanny Shi and others also advised the old lady to dye her hair, but the old lady waved her hand and said, "Why dye it? You are what you are. If I dye my hair, will I really become a 17 or 18-year-old girl?"
How come after so many years, the old lady starts to care about her gray hair
Madam Guo said implicitly, "I was thinking, I helped Dalang raise Zheng and Xiao, I helped Erlang raise Sheng, now that Silang is married, I must help him raise a daughter!"
It turned out that she was afraid that the Fourth Master would dislike her because of her age!
Nanny Shi smiled and said, "So you have to take good care of yourself. The fourth master is counting on you to be the head of the household in the future!"
She thought that Mrs. Guo would be modest after hearing this, but she nodded seriously and said, "I think so too - I don't need to worry about Dalang and Erlang's families. If Silang marries Shaojin, the child is so young, I must help them in the first few years!"
Nanny Shi couldn't help but pursed her lips and smiled, and whispered, "Madam, Madam has invited the second wife of the Fang family and the first wife of Liao to come as guests."
Mrs. Guo smiled and said nothing.
In Xinglin Hutong, Yuan's wet nurse was helping Yuan select materials from the warehouse.
Yuan finally picked out a dark green brocade with a persimmon-shaped pattern and a broken branch of flowers, and told her personal maid Yun Bin, "Take it to Madam Wang and ask her to make a jacket for me."
Yun Bin responded and left.
Yuan came from Jinling and brought along Madam Wang from the needlework shop in Jiuru Lane.
She said to her nurse, "Now that we've moved here, I realize that Xinglin Hutong is too narrow. We can't even set up a sewing room... When the eldest daughter of the Min family comes home, the family will grow in number. We can't leave everything to Madam Wang. I think we should find someone more talented for Madam Wang. I wonder if there's any maid in the family who's good at sewing?"
The nurse gave Yuan Shi several names, but Yuan Zheng was not satisfied with any of them. Finally, she said, "Then just buy one from outside."
The nurse smiled and said "OK", but her face showed hesitation.
Yuan smiled and said, "Is there anything that cannot be said?"
You can see that she is in a good mood.
But the nurse still hesitated again and again, and then she whispered: "Is it appropriate to marry the Sixth Miss of the Fang family?"
The Sixth Miss of the Fang family is only sixteen years old, more than ten years away from the Fourth Master!
Moreover, the Sixth Miss of the Fang family was raised in the palm of her hand, and the Fourth Master is an extremely cold person. The two of them are poles apart. How can they get along
Seeing that the servants around her were not in the room, Yuan said pointedly: "It is precisely because the Sixth Miss of the Fang family grew up in a secret jar, with a simple mind and easy to talk to, that I came up with this idea to help Fourth Uncle to be a matchmaker - you don't know, the old lady has a lot of money in her hands! There are more than 260 boxes and baskets moved to Chaoyang Gate alone. The old lady's heart is biased again. The second sister-in-law is a person who doesn't care about things. If the third sister-in-law can't be of the same mind as me, even if I have the ability to steal the sky and change the day, I can't stop someone from pulling my feet!"
It turns out that he wanted to take advantage of the Sixth Miss of the Fang family.
But is the old lady so easily fooled
The nurse couldn't help but say, "Madam, I think we should think about this matter carefully. If the old lady disagrees, won't you offend the Fang family? It won't be too late to discuss it with the old lady first and then invite the second wife Fang and the first wife Liao to visit our home."
Yuan smiled and said, "I have to test the mood of the second wife of the Fang family and the first wife of the Liao family first, right? Don't let us be too eager!" As she said this, she frowned slightly and pondered, "It's the house at home that is really too small... Now that we have separated from Jiuru Lane, the eldest master is the eldest son, and it is not good for the old lady to live in Chaoyangmen for a long time. Those who know will say that the old lady covets the spacious Chaoyangmen; those who don't know will think that the old lady is angry with the eldest master for the separation of the clan, and misunderstand that the old lady is unwilling to separate the clan, and that there is a rift between the eldest master and the old lady. But Jiashan is going to get married, where will the old lady live when she moves back? We can't let the old lady live in the back room, right? The old lady has been rich and noble all her life, and she has never suffered such grievances! The eldest master will be anxious with me! But what can I do? Can I conjure up a place
"I'm thinking about moving to a more spacious house."
The wet nurse didn't dare to say anything about this matter.
Yuan pondered over it in her heart, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt that the place she lived in now was too small.
When Cheng Jing came back, she told him her idea.
Cheng Jing was feeling a little uncomfortable these days because his mother was living in Chaoyangmen, but he didn't have the money to buy a bigger house. He couldn't help but frown and said, "I'll discuss this with mother, so don't get involved. This house was bought by the emperor for more than a hundred years. The elders lived here when they were officials in Beijing. Silang was even born here... How can this house be sold just like that?"
As a couple for many years, Yuan knew her husband's temper.
He usually ignored small matters and let her handle them, but if it was related to the old lady and the Cheng family, he would personally inquire about it and take it very seriously.
Hearing him say that, she nodded repeatedly, appearing very respectful, but what she said made Cheng Jing very embarrassed: "Then where will mother live after moving back? If it weren't for Jiashan's wedding, and the ceremony had to be held in the main hall, I would have given the main room to mother a long time ago. What should I do now? Master, you have to give me an idea."
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Sisters and brothers, today’s update.
I should be home by now... if the plane wasn't delayed.
O(∩_∩)O~
※(To be continued)