Otoharu

Chapter 122

"Just tidy up as you please, and I won't keep them here anyway." Mrs. Li said with some displeasure.The meaning of what she said was already obvious, that is, she did not plan to keep Aunt Zhuang and Cousin Zhuang for a long time.

Regardless of whether or not that cousin Zhuang is really sick, she is not such a bad person anyway, so she won't leave anyone at home to recuperate.

The mother-in-law made the decision, so Jiang's daughter-in-law naturally wouldn't say anything, and their family didn't have any friendship with Aunt Zhuang's family, so it would be really awkward to keep a stranger at home for a long time.

Li Meier is very curious about this aunt and cousin. She doesn't remember whether this cousin lived in her house in her previous life, but her family never had any intersection with her aunt's house. Anyway, before she died, she was I haven't seen anyone from my aunt's house again.

"Mother, then I'll go back to that old woman." Jiang said as she got up.

"Go, go, send someone away quickly, and you will be annoyed when you see her." Mrs. Li waved her hand very annoyed.

As a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Jiang had no choice but to reply to Nanny Chen instead of her mother-in-law.

"Don't worry, mama, my old lady already knows what my aunt told me in the letter. My aunt is coming to celebrate her birthday. We welcome her. You just go back to my aunt." Mrs. Jiang didn't mention it either. About Cousin Zhuang, he said ambiguously.

Nanny Chen thought that the Li family agreed, thanked her happily, and left in a hurry.

The day before Mrs. Li's birthday, Aunt Zhuang and Cousin Zhuang arrived.

The mother and daughter came in a carriage, which was quite luxurious, with two tall brown horses, a black and blue carriage, and several servants, which was very elegant.

When the carriage arrived, Li Meier was playing with Li Yuan in the alley, but the carriage was too big to drive in.The coachman parked the carriage at the entrance of the alley, and a little servant girl put a small step in front of the carriage and helped the people in the carriage to get off.

In the past few days, the Li family has had a lot of guests who have come to pay their respects to Mrs. Li's birthday, so Li Yuan thought that this was another relative of Li Mei'er's family, and whispered in her ear: "Mei'er, this is your relative." Is it so rich, look at that carriage, it’s even better than our patriarch’s.”

The patriarch Li Duan is the most prominent family in the Li family. His family also has a carriage, but it is a one-horse horse, and the carriage is much smaller. It can only accommodate two people at most, which is far inferior to the one in front of us.

"It should be..." Li Mei'er was not sure, but thinking of the event that the banker came to give gifts a few days ago, she could probably guess who it was.

She also saw clearly the two people getting out of the carriage at this moment. The one in front was about the same age as her grandmother, but her face was much younger than her grandmother's. She was dressed in satin and brocade, and her hair was full of gold and silver. She looked like a rich lady.

The woman who came down behind her was about sixteen or seventeen years old, and her dress was also very delicate and luxurious. Although her appearance was not perfect, her delicate and timid temperament was very lovable. Her face was pale and sick. Xi Shi is weak, but it is strange that in this hot day in June, the woman is still wearing a thick cloak to cover her body, leaving only a trace of skirt and a pair of delicate embroidered shoes.

Seeing the appearance of the two of them, Li Meier felt that they were inseparable, said goodbye to Li Yuan hastily, and ran back home quickly.

"Grandmother! My aunt and cousin are here!" Li Meier ran into Mrs. Li's room, shouting as she ran.

"Howling, I'm not deaf yet!" Mrs. Li was trying on clothes for her birthday party tomorrow, when she saw her granddaughter running in frizzy, she said angrily.

Li Meier took a breath, and regardless of Mrs. Li's expression, she immediately said what she saw at the door, "Grandmother, you don't know, that aunt and cousin are rich, and it's the carriage they are riding in. Our town The richest families don’t have it, and the clothes they wear, the jewelry they wear, tsk tsk, my eyes are going to be dazzled!”

"Girls are just ignorant, have never seen the market, and make a fuss about everything." Mrs. Li curled her lips disapprovingly, and said to Mrs. Lin beside her, "Bring me my jewelry box."

Granny Lin immediately took out the jewelry box locked in the cabinet.

Mrs. Li picked out all the gold jewelry inside, and put all of them on her head.

"Grandmother, you don't look good enough." Li Meier looked at the golden hairpin on Li's old lady's head, the thin gold bracelet and the shiny gold ring on her hand, and said very sincerely.

"What do you know! Those who wear gold and silver all over their heads are nouveau riche. We scholarly people, just wear a few embellishments. It's not like those nouveau riche people, tacky!" Li Lao Niang said very self-confidently, Ever since her son passed the examination as a scholar, she has always regarded herself as an old lady from a scholarly family.

Li Meier's aesthetics is still on the line, she really thinks that wearing gold and silver all over her head is a bit tacky, but she feels that if her grandmother really has so many gold jewelry, she will definitely wear all of them.

Mrs. Li stared in front of the big dressing mirror for a while, then dipped the osmanthus oil in a grate and shaved off her hair, then nodded in satisfaction, turned her head to see Li Meier, and said with disgust, "What's wrong with you? Things, it's muddy and earthy, so sloppy, how can you see guests, go to the house and change into a new one, just change into the water-red silk jacket that your mother just made for you, your mother is too, why? I won’t clean it up for you, and act like a wild girl all day long.”

"I only have a few good clothes. I wear them when I go out to meet guests. If grandma thinks my clothes are shabby, just give me a few more good clothes to make clothes." Get something.

"You are small now, and it is a waste to make clothes. You only need to wear a few." Mrs. Li immediately changed her words, and did not mention Li Meier's shabby clothes.

"Hmph, then I won't change my clothes. I'll just go see my aunt and cousin. Anyway, our family is only in this situation. Why should I swell my face to look fat?" Li Meier said and was about to go out.

"Damn girl! Why don't you come back to me, give it to you, give it to you! I'm really wronged, why do you have a picture of a girl who doesn't save money!" Mrs. Li was afraid that Li Meier would lose face by going out like this, and then Pull her back.

Only then was Li Meier satisfied, she trotted back to her room and changed her clothes, and asked Jiang Shi to help her wash her face and comb her hair again, and then Jiang Shi led her out to meet the guests.

On Mrs. Li's side, Mrs. Lin has already invited Aunt Zhuang and Cousin Zhuang into the house for tea. Mrs. Li sat on the table with a calm and dignified expression. She raised her chin and looked at the mother and daughter without saying a word.

(End of this chapter)