Otoharu

Chapter 453 Depressed Zhou Yuyan
Mrs. Jiang smiled and said: "The old lady drank too much wine last night, and she is still a little out of spirits today. The Chinese New Year is not a day or two, and our two families live so close, there is always a chance to have dinner together. "

After listening to her daughter's words, Mrs. Xu also smiled: "I remember that my in-laws will be [-] this year, and the [-]th birthday must be well organized."

"Mother, don't worry, Ayan and I will remember that mother has worked so hard all these years, and now it's time for our sons and daughters to be filial." Jiang still respects Li Laoniang as a mother-in-law. Since she gave birth to several After the son, the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has always been good, and Li Yan is a filial son, so she naturally thinks of her mother-in-law in everything now.

We paid New Year's greetings at Jiang's house and had dinner again. In the afternoon, Li Yan took his family to Zhou's house to pay New Year's greetings. Now that Li's family only has these two serious relatives in the capital, we can't favor one over the other.

The location of the Zhou's house is better than that of the Jiang's, so it is naturally more lively. Although the Li's family went there in the afternoon, there are still many people visiting to pay New Year's greetings.

It was also thanks to the fact that the Li family were relatives, but they surpassed the groups in front of them and were invited in first.

The people who came to receive the Li family were Zhou Mujin and his wife. Zhou Muyi is now an official, so his status is naturally not as good as before. There are many colleagues and officials who come to visit the Li family to pay New Year's greetings. Master Zhou and Mrs. Zhou also have many people visiting, only Zhou Mu and Jin and his wife are not bad. Some free time.

Li Yan and Jiang talked to Zhou Mujin and his wife, Li Meier finally saw Zhou Yuyan, and immediately went to her room to talk with her.Kang Geer and Jiang Shanqing were invited to the study by the little fat man Zhou Yu to exchange homework.

Zhou Yuyan and Li Meier were considered to be the same age, although they hadn't seen each other for many years, they had a childhood friendship, so it wasn't unfamiliar, but after talking for a while, they became warmer.

"I heard that you are currently attending a women's school. It seems that this women's school should be very useful. I think your conversation style is different from before. You are not like me, but you are still a little girl." Li Meier said to Zhou Yuyan with a teasing smile .

Zhou Yuyan patted her angrily, Qiqi Ai said: "You really think it's a good thing to go to that women's school, now I really wish I had a holiday every day, as long as I go to the women's school, I will have a headache." After saying that, she really touched her head and made a very uncomfortable look.

Li Mei'er immediately asked, dumbfounded: "What's the matter? Why do you still have a headache? This girl's school is not a dragon's pool or a tiger's den. Can it make you sick?"

Zhou Yuyan sighed immediately, and then said: "You don't know, all the students in this women's school are either daughters of high-ranking officials, or young ladies of noble families. Those with six or seven ranks of officials in the family are considered petty officials. , like me, my elder brother is a seventh-rank military officer, and he is only a little bit better than those ladies from merchants, that is, he is not bullied by those rich ladies, but he is definitely not the same as them I went."

"Then you learn from yourself, don't bother with them." Li Meier said, she also met some rich families in the state capital, although most of them were a little arrogant, but if it was difficult to get along with, there was no such thing, and He will not abuse people at will by relying on his own status. On the contrary, those families who have a little bit of power don't pay attention to ordinary people. The Lin family and Lin Lin are the best examples.

Zhou Yuyan smiled wryly, "It's not as simple as you said. Although this women's school is only a school, it basically includes ladies of all sizes in the capital. There are dozens of them at least. When these dozens of people are together, they are divided. There are many circles, as long as you are in a women's school, you must join a circle. It is absolutely impossible to be alone, so that everyone will isolate you. The ladies naturally disdain to beat and scold you, but as long as one person says One bad word about you can ruin your reputation, and it will be very difficult to find a good family."

Li Meier frowned after hearing this, "This is not like a girls' school, gentlemen don't care about such a mess?"

Zhou Yuyan just sneered when she heard the words, "What do you do? Those gentlemen don't dare to offend those ladies from aristocratic families with deep backgrounds. As long as they don't do anything too outrageous, they will turn a blind eye."

"Then what's the point of staying for a female student like this, come out as soon as possible!" Li Meier immediately advised Zhou Yuyan.

"You think I don't want to come out, but my mother refuses to die. Every time I mention this to her, she will cry to me, saying that my aunt and aunt are both officials' wives, and they have a good future in the future. They are no worse than them, and I will definitely find a family of officials in the future, so as not to be wronged." Zhou Yuyan was really worried, and her face wrinkled when she spoke.

"Auntie..." Li Meier was a little surprised. She had met Zhou Yuyan's mother, Lin Shi, a few times before. She was a very gentle and kind woman, but she didn't know why she became so utilitarian now. She said that she might be doing it for her daughter. Okay, but when choosing a son-in-law for a daughter-in-law, shouldn't you first look at character and temperament, family background or something, as long as it's not too bad, it's not a big problem.

Zhou Yuyan is also exhausted towards her mother now, she still wrinkled her small face and said: "My mother was fine when she was in Zhangshui Town, but once she arrived in the capital, she seemed to be a different person, she would go out every day when she saw the sky When interacting with the wives of those high-ranking officials and noble families, even if they ignore her, she will rush to curry favor. I don’t feel sorry for myself, but I, a daughter, still feel sorry for her.”

Zhou Yuyan's eyes turned red as she spoke, and she also said that she was sad, and she was about to shed tears.

Li Meier quickly took out a handkerchief to wipe her tears, and comforted her repeatedly: "It's a big festival, you can't drop golden beans, it's unlucky, hold back your tears quickly, you can slowly persuade her about your aunt, she If you think about it, it's just a momentary distraction, you and your father can persuade you more, and it will definitely work out."

Zhou Yuyan finally suppressed her tears, and sighed again: "You don't understand my mother. Although she looks gentle and gentle, she has a very stubborn temper. No one persuades her if she thinks it's right. No, my father has no intention of persuading her now, so he just let her go, anyway, she brings business to the family, that's true."

Li Mei'er didn't know what to persuade, it was really heartbreaking to meet such a mother.

After Zhou Yuyan said this long series of words, the depression in her heart was finally relieved a lot. She took Li Meier's hand and said gratefully: "Thanks to my sister, you came today, and you listened to me say this long paragraph. Complaints, I'm really bored to death these days, I just want to talk, but I can't find anyone."

(End of this chapter)