Otoharu

Chapter 431 On Daughter-in-law
Although the Second Mrs. Lu praised her, she still felt a little worried in her heart. This daughter of the Li family looks like a first-class girl, but she is not particular about her behavior. Even if she is in a hurry to marry the young Duke Xie Yuan, it is not as good as Ji. Let's settle the marriage first, and rushing forward like this will not show the dignity of the girl's family.

The Second Mrs. Lu felt a little disdainful of the Li family, but she followed her mother-in-law to sit in Mrs. Li's room, and took a closer look, and there were quite a few well-dressed women who came to drink.

Aunt Zhuang also arrived early with her daughter-in-law. When it came to the marriage, Aunt Zhuang smiled all over her face and said that the marriage was a good one.He seemed to have forgotten what happened to Mrs. Li a few days ago. It is no wonder that the dealer can do such a big business, and this thick skin like a city wall is not comparable to ordinary people.

In addition to the relatives of the Zhuang family, there are also good friends from the Li family who came, and some daughters-in-law from the clan came to help with the cooking in advance, and the wife of the Wang family next door also came early in the morning. Follow the hospitality, so even though the daughter is engaged, the Li family is also very lively.

Jiang Shanqing's family was a little deserted, but Xu Daru and several gentlemen all went, most of them were scholars and classmates.Jiang Shanqing didn't pay attention and drank too much wine.

Jiang Shanqing's wine was not bad, and he didn't make a fuss if he drank too much, he just kept his eyes open and didn't talk.

Li Meier poured him two cups of hangover soup and said, "I entrusted little uncle and Ang Ge'er to help keep the wine away, why do you still drink so much?"

Kang Geer said, "There are too many people toasting, the little uncle and Aang can't care about it."

After filling Jiang Shanqing with hangover soup, Li Meier told Brother Kang, "Send Brother Shanqing back to rest."

Fortunately, Jiang Shanqing was young and in good health, but he was drunk all night, and he was fine the next morning.

Li Meier specially made millet porridge to nourish the stomach, and she did not forget to tell Jiang Shanqing on the table, "Next time, don't drink it like this foolishly. When someone proposes a toast, you can just drink a few sips of it. Don't mess with your body." make life difficult for."

Jiang Shanqing answered all of them.Jiang Youzhi watched from the side, and still did not forget to joke: "I didn't realize it before, my Mei Meier still has the temperament of a housekeeper."

Li Meier spoke righteously, "Little uncle, I'm just concerned, and I'll take care of Brother Shanqing, don't talk nonsense." She is very... that democratic!

"Okay, don't talk about Mei Mei'er, I've seen so many ladies for you, do you have any of them? After the new year, you will be 22. If you don't get married, you will really be an old bachelor." She angrily taught her younger brother a lesson, because of this younger brother, she really broke her heart.

Jiang Youzhi looked embarrassed for a moment, quickly finished the remaining millet porridge in the bowl, wiped his mouth and said: "I will discuss the real problem with my classmates yesterday, and I won't come back for lunch at noon." Slip away, Jiang can't even shout.

"Stinky boy, let's see how long you can hide!" Jiang Shi cursed again angrily.

Li Meier is still very kind, and couldn't help but speak for her little uncle, "Mother, anyway, my uncle's marriage has been delayed for so many years. The ladies and gentlemen in the capital have taken a fancy to him, so he won't be picking and choosing by then."

Mrs. Jiang had other considerations, and said: "My natal family's family background is worse than ours. Even if your little uncle passed the Jinshi examination, his family background is still there. I didn't want to climb up to those rich officials and rich families in the past, so I just follow you." It’s the same with the older uncle, just find a family with a similar family background, the main thing is to have a good person who can help your little uncle take care of the inner house, this man wants to do things with peace of mind outside, but the inner house must be safe and secure.”

Li Meier continued: "This young lady from an official family has learned how to take care of the inner house since she was a child, isn't she much better than ordinary girls from small families, and my little uncle will definitely go into official career in the future. There are many relationships between people, those who come from small families may not necessarily understand."

For example, if she hadn't studied with Mrs. Zhengu since she was a child, she might not start taking care of family affairs until she was ten years old.What's more, what the small family learns is completely different from that of the official family. Unless you specially hire a capable nun, it's not so easy to learn the relationship between those officials.

"So I say it mainly depends on the person. Your eldest aunt is very good. Her family background is comparable to ours. Her character and temperament are also excellent, and she is also appropriate in dealing with people." Jiang said with emotion. , Now I can see that my big brother and sister are really rare.

"It's really rare for an aunt to be like this. One in a hundred can't be overestimated. I don't know if the little uncle is as lucky as the big uncle." Li Meier also nodded in agreement.

"Actually, I also know that a lady from a rich family is good, but after all, the environment in which she lived was different since she was a child. It is hard to avoid being together." Jiang said with a sigh.

"Who says no? Mrs. Wang came here a few days ago and was still complaining to me. She said that her natal nephew married a new wife a few months ago. She was an official lady who was dismissed by the emperor. Now it’s nothing more than an official, but it used to be a serious family of officials.” After listening to his wife and granddaughter talking for so long, Mrs. Li couldn’t help but interject.

"How is that young lady?" Li Meier asked curiously.

"What can I do? Miss Jiao is really more difficult to worship than a Bodhisattva. A Bodhisattva is nothing more than three sticks of incense in the morning and evening. We can still feel at ease. This lady, not only does she not hold a horizontal needle or a vertical line, but she does it every day. It is even more picky about clothes and food, and I don’t know where it comes from. A young hen that is laying eggs will be killed as soon as it is said, and it will be stewed under the kitchen for six hours, not to mention how much firewood it wastes. After the hen is stewed, where do you eat it? It is both oily and bland. If you hate oil, why do you have to eat chicken soup? Just eat vegetables, absolutely not oily. Guess what happened in the end? ?” Mrs. Li has always been good at talking about cross talk, and in the end she left the tail for the mother and daughter to guess.

Li Mei'er thought for a while, then smiled, "It must be only chicken soup to boil small green vegetables to eat."

Mrs. Li looked at Li Mei'er in surprise, and asked, "How do you know there is such a way of eating?"

Li Meier replied with a smile: "Grandma knows that I like to toss and eat. I once borrowed a cookbook from Master Siming. There is such a dish on it, which is to cook a cabbage with only clear chicken soup. I think Lu Many vegetarian dishes cooked by my family also use a lot of chicken soup to taste."

(End of this chapter)