Zhou Shaojin had no intention of having more contact with Min Jia, but the relationship between them made it impossible for her to avoid contact with her. Thinking of this, Zhou Shaojin was relieved that there was suddenly one more person to go to Xiaoding for Cheng Rang. She smiled and said, "One more person means more fun. It's great that you can go."
On one side is the wedding, and on the other side is the engagement. Yuan’s choice was not wrong. But Min Jia still felt that Yuan’s behavior was inappropriate. After all, Fang Xuan was only Yuan’s cousin, but Cheng Rang was her own nephew. Even if she couldn’t go to the Xie family, she should come out on this day to show her concern. She didn’t even do this kind of face, either because she didn’t understand or because she was disdainful. The former can only mean that she was not well-educated, and the latter can only mean that she was not well-educated.
No wonder Cheng Xu's emotions were all over his face when he and her went to Chaoyang Gate to recognize their relatives that day.
With such an unreliable mother teaching him by example, how could he possibly know about these human relationships
It was fortunate that the Cheng family had few members and was lucky enough to marry a husband with a successful career and give birth to a son who was good at studying. If she were in the Min family, she would have been trampled into dust long ago.
But my mother-in-law knows nothing about it.
I tactfully reminded her that she could definitely come over and say a few polite words before Fang Xuan got married. My mother-in-law said nonchalantly, "It's okay, but just make a small engagement. I'll tell your second aunt when I meet her during the Buddha's Birthday in a few days. She's not a narrow-minded person."
Min Jia was really at a loss whether to laugh or cry at that time.
Others are not narrow-minded, so you neglect them like this. What if others are narrow-minded? Wouldn't you flatter them? Isn't this just taking advantage of the weak? Even if you want to do this, don't say it so clearly and do it so obviously!
Min Jia lost her temper and decided to act separately from her mother-in-law. She came here while her mother-in-law went to Fang's house to attend the wedding banquet.
The mother-in-law was very puzzled and asked, "Aren't you and Axuan very good friends? Aren't you going to see her off when she gets married?"
She smiled and said, "Ah Xuan is a very good person. I'll ask the maid to send her a letter and explain everything."
He delivered the words to Yuan exactly as they were.
Who knew that Yuan didn't hear it at all and kept saying no. It was only after she persuaded her in a soft voice that Yuan reluctantly agreed.
Min Jiake could see that her mother-in-law was not unaware of the situation, but knew too much about it, and always used the title of eldest sister-in-law to suppress her sisters-in-law.
Thinking about it this way, she felt that her mother-in-law was very naive and easy to deal with, and the marriage her family found for her was quite good.
I just don’t know if she can suppress Zhou Shaojin
Min Jia smiled and said to Zhou Shaojin affectionately, "Then Auntie, you have to teach me more. I don't know anything about this."
Zhou Shaojin smiled and said, "You must know how the Cheng family put the hairpin in for you when you were engaged. This time when we go to the Xie family, we will put the hairpin in for the third young lady of the Xie family. "
Min Jia was slightly stunned by these words.
I didn't expect that Zhou Shaojin, who looks so gentle and pretty, could be so treacherous in her words.
It can be seen that her mother was right, this person is not a simple one.
Min Jia and Zhou Shaojin said a few words and then came to Cheng Zheng and Cheng Xiao, greeting them in a neither too much nor too little manner.
Compared with Zhou Shaojin, she values her two sisters-in-law more.
Zhou Shaojin was just her aunt no matter what, but Cheng Zheng and Cheng Xiao were different. They were blood relatives of the Yuan family, and one word from them was worth ten words from others, especially when they were saying bad things...
They spent some time together, and then the matchmaker and Quanfu people arrived.
Grandma Wu San, the blessed woman, was also Zhou Shaojin's blessed woman when he got married, so they were familiar with each other. Zhou Shaojin was in a good mood as he talked to her.
Qiu knew that they had all had breakfast at home, so she asked the maids to bring them some liquid food such as soy milk and lotus seed soup, and then she let the matchmaker lead them to the Xie family.
The Xie family's residence is quite some distance from here, but not too far. It only takes half an hour to get there by sedan chair.
Because the betrothal was mainly attended by women from the inner house, the men of the Xie family all retreated to the study in the outer courtyard. As soon as Zhou Shaojin got off the sedan chair, he saw the courtyard full of women and children, which made the small house look quite crowded. However, most of these women had kind faces and bright smiles. Occasionally, two who looked a little sour would also have a slight smile on their faces, creating a festive atmosphere.
Zhou Shaojin likes it very much.
I think this marriage with the Xie family is really good!
The wealthy family invited by the Xie family welcomed them into Xie Jue's inner room. Xie Jue, wearing a bright red embroidered jacket and with a flushed face, sat on the big kang accompanied by several women.
As soon as Zhou Shaojin walked in, the women started saying auspicious words and made way for him to help Xie Jue put on the hairpin.
The hairpin worn by Xiao Ding of the Cheng family is a very common red gold Ruyi hairpin, but it is heavier than usual and the workmanship is also more exquisite, but it is not luxurious.
When she took out the hairpin, she clearly felt Xie Jue, who was sitting cross-legged opposite her, heaved a sigh of relief.
For some reason, Zhou Shaojin suddenly understood something. Xie Jue was probably worried that the Cheng family was wealthy enough to give her an antique or expensive hairpin as a betrothal gift. For families of equal status, the man would usually bear one burden while the woman would bear the other. In other words, the woman's family would pay half of the cost of marrying off their daughter as the man's family would.
The Xie family is not a wealthy family!
Zhou Shaojin has suffered a lot of emotional hardships in his past and present lives, so he is particularly sensitive to this kind of thing.
She couldn't help but whispered with a smile to comfort Xie Jue: "My second sister-in-law is a very good person!"
Xie Jue immediately understood what she meant and smiled gratefully at Zhou Shaojin.
This made Zhou Shaojin feel happy that he had helped others.
When she saw Cheng Chi in the evening, she told him the story.
Cheng Chi looked at her curved eyebrows and held her tightly in his arms...
Perhaps it was because she felt she had done a good thing, or perhaps Cheng Chi and her had just had a fight, but inexplicably, the resentment in Zhou Shaojin's heart suddenly disappeared, and she began to follow Old Madam Guo in practicing calligraphy and painting, and in her spare time she would embroider the picture of Guanyin.
In the blink of an eye, the Dragon Boat Festival has passed and we have entered midsummer.
Qu Yuan was demoted to a commoner and his property was confiscated.
Cheng Chi's name spread again in Shilin.
Mrs. Qiu had a lot of melons sent over, and also invited Zhou Shaojin and Old Madam Guo to come over to listen to the opera.
Zhou Shaojin didn't understand: "It's so hot, why did my second sister-in-law think of holding a party at home?"
Mrs. Guo laughed and said, "Your second uncle will be going to Ningbo in a few days."
"Out loud?" Zhou Shaojin was very surprised.
She has been staying with Madam Guo these days. Madam Guo didn't say anything, and Cheng Chi didn't say anything either.
Madam Guo nodded with a smile and said, "Didn't Madam Pengcheng come to our house often a few days ago? She asked for a favor from your second uncle. Of course, your second uncle's qualifications are sufficient, so he was released to Shandong as an inspector. He will leave in a few days. Your second sister-in-law may want to get together as a family before your second uncle leaves!"
Zhou Shaojin blinked his eyes and said, "You are amazing! I am by your side every day and I didn't notice anything..."
Her voice was originally sweet, and now it was filled with a little surprise, a little admiration, and a little dissatisfaction, which made Mrs. Guo laugh and tell her: "I am not sure about this matter! I can't ask her for help, right? That would be too bad! We may not get any good things..." She explained the ins and outs of this to Zhou Shaojin in detail, "I only found out about your second uncle's job when I received her letter yesterday morning."
Zhou Shaojin listened carefully, nodded continuously, and said with a smile: "This is a great thing. I have to prepare some gifts for my second uncle."
No matter what, Cheng Wei's rank has been raised. Even if he returns to Beijing and stays in some corner just waiting for his salary, he will get more money and the ceremonials will be more grand.
In his previous life, Cheng Wei was not sent out!
Could it be that she leaked the secrets of her previous life and affected Cheng Wei's fate
She asked Cheng Chi.
Who knew that Cheng Chi just asked her nervously: "Will there be backlash if you reveal the opportunity?"
Zhou Shaojin didn’t know either.
Cheng Chi immediately decided to go to the Great Prime Minister's Kingdom tomorrow to perform a ritual for Zhou Shaojin. He also thought that Old Madam Guo lived with them and believed in ghosts and gods, so it would be best not to alarm her. So he told Zhou Shaojin: "Don't let anyone know. Just say you're going to see your sister. We'll go quietly and come back quietly."
Zhou Shaojin felt sweet in her heart seeing how much Cheng Chi cared about her. She didn't think that she would be retaliated against for revealing the secret. The next day, she happily followed Cheng Chi to Daxiangguo Temple.
She just watched Cheng Chi doing this and that for her, her eyes smiling like crescent moons, and she couldn't stop.
Cheng Chi couldn't help but sigh.
Zhou Shaojin hugged Cheng Chi's arm and shook him back and forth.
Cheng Chi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and he scolded her: "Stop right there, this is a Zen temple."
Zhou Shaojin was not annoyed, and let go of his hand with a smile. Seeing that the stalls were closed at noon and no one was around, he hugged Cheng Chi's arm again and said, "We should have left the Zen temple, right?"
Very sticky.
Cheng Chi was so happy that he ignored her and stuffed her into the carriage. He was sweating all over because of her sticking to him along the way, and the anger in his heart suddenly flared up. He asked the driver to turn around and went to Yuqian Hutong with Zhou Shaojin.
In the summer, cicadas are chirping in the trees. The big locust trees like umbrellas provide shade, and only mottled shadows of the trees fall on the windows, making the place feel even quieter and cooler.
Zhou Shaojin closed his eyes, not daring to look at Cheng Chi going in and out of his body...
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They returned a little late that day, and when Zhou Shaojin paid his respects to Old Madam Guo, his legs felt weak.
Mrs. Guo didn't take it seriously and thought they were just too tired from traveling in the summer. She asked them to rest early and said they had to go to Cheng Wei's place tomorrow.
Zhou Shaojin agreed respectfully, not daring to look at Mrs. Guo.
Cheng Chi was calm and composed, as if nothing had happened.
After returning to the inner room, Zhou Shaojin couldn't help but pinch Cheng Chi.
The firm yet flexible feeling reminded her of what happened in the afternoon, and her face began to burn again.
Cheng Chi smiled good-naturedly and went to the ear room to take a shower.
He is in a cheerful mood today.
Of course there was a reason that Zhou Shaojin actually followed his temper, but more importantly, Zhou Shaojin closed his eyes.
For the first time, she didn't look at his face or feel scared.
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Dear friends, here is an extra chapter for Lin’s Fairy 095.
The evening update is still around ten o'clock!
O(∩_∩)O~
PS: Let me explain here about the gift that Old Lady Guan gave when she attended Cheng Xu’s wedding.
In ancient times, it was considered unlucky for a widow to have lost her husband, so if she was not a close relative, she would not attend other people's weddings. Even if she did attend other people's weddings, she could not watch in the bridal chamber or touch the bride's dowry. She could only watch the excitement from a distance. It was not that Mrs. Guo could not go, but she made an excuse not to go because she did not like Yuan's compromise with the Min family.
※(To be continued)