Wear ancient times with a house

Chapter 30
Song Nian held his wife's hand, felt the same way, and comforted him:
"I know, the lady has done a good job."

Shen continued:
"My mother is dissatisfied. She feels that I am taking advantage of Qingmai to save her face, but I am just discussing the matter. My husband knows me. I have been married all these years. How have I ever been disrespectful to my mother? I have always been close to my ancestors. When my niece came, I tried my best to entertain her, and I was never stingy."

Song Nian felt that his wife did the right thing, but he couldn't speak ill of his own mother, so he could only talk about his childhood:
"Mother has always been like this. I have also told you that since my father left, several families in the clan have ridiculed us and tried to take advantage of us. If it weren't for my aunt's protection, my family would be better than the Zhao family. Not as good."

Shen sympathized with her husband's experience of losing his parents when he was young, and held his hand tightly, as if this would give Song Nian some strength.

Song Nian patted his wife's hand reassuringly, and continued:
"It's all over. When I passed the exam, they changed their faces, like the aunt of the Xin clan uncle's family in Dongxiang, who bullied my mother the most back then,"

Shen's eyes widened. This aunt and Mrs. Song are good sisters, and the two families move around very frequently.

Song Nian read the meaning in his wife's eyes and said with a smile:
"No, my mother is like this. She doesn't hold grudges, and she doesn't take other people's mistakes seriously. This is also good. Our family is generous, and when others see it, they will think that our family is worthy of friendship.

As for how to let them know our family's bottom line, that's what we do for the younger generation. If my mother can't do this, I can only work hard on my mother. "

When Song Nian spoke soft words, Shen was not angry. As a daughter-in-law, it is not good to really let the mother-in-law down. She just said:

"It turned out that I didn't ask my mother for instructions, and I was in a hurry, the servant girl. I will go to apologize to my mother tomorrow, and then persuade my sister. It seems that I am going to go out. It is time for mother and daughter to get close."

On the second day, Shen got up early in the morning, helped her husband put on his clothes, and put on the jade pendant for him, so that she had the time to let Qingmai take care of her clothes.

This is not to say that Song Nian really has to let his wife serve him, it's just some kind of love between husband and wife.When Mrs. Song was not present, Song Nian would serve his wife tea and water, pinch her feet and beat her shoulders, leaving the maid aside.

After Mrs. Shen smoothed her hair and put oil on her hair, the couple looked at each other and saw that they were well-groomed, and then they went to Mrs. Song's courtyard together to say hello.

Since Mrs. Shen decided to keep her head down, she naturally wouldn't hang her neck and not bow her head. As soon as she entered the door, she spoke soft words to Mrs. Song, and persuaded Song Ru.

Song Ru didn't really want to be angry with her mother, especially when she was about to get married, no matter how assertive she was, she would inevitably feel uneasy, and even more reluctant to part with her, so she got angry with Mrs. Song.

Now that the sister-in-law opened her mouth, she went down the slope and apologized to her mother-in-law.

The old lady and her daughter were reconciled, and she was happy again. She didn't feel that Mrs. Chen had offended her, so she comforted Mrs. Chen:
"Children, they always want to go out to play, and sometimes they can't see it for a while."

Then she added:
"Girl Qingmai, she can't do a job, but she is more clever. If you don't trust her to take care of the child, I will give you the white ear."

Mrs. Chen also had this intention, but it was inconvenient for her to mention it, so as not to be thought that she deliberately gave the wrong maid to her mother-in-law. Now that Mrs. Song mentioned it, she went along with it.

Mrs. Song didn't like Bai Sui's taciturnity, and Mrs. Shen didn't like Qing Mai being lazy, so the two of them changed girls in a tacit understanding.

Shen shi just wanted to show off to the servants, not to make them restrained.The Song family is a small family, and it is not worth being too strict with the subordinates. After thinking about it for a few days, she prepared to make winter clothes for them, which can be regarded as a reward for their hard work during this time.

In the north, it was already chilly in October, and before she had a few days of leisure, she started busying herself with family affairs: For a housewife, housework was seemingly insignificant work, but in fact it was very grueling.

Among other things, seeing the days getting colder day by day, the family always needs to cut some winter clothes. Some time ago, the family bought some fabrics, but they never found time to make clothes.

Apart from a few female relatives, the Song family only had Baisui, Qingmai, and Song Ru's first maid—Bitao, whose skills in needlework were enough to support the Song family to wear clothes to meet guests, and everyone else was so-so.Therefore, in recent days, Shen Shi and Song Ru have been rushing to make winter clothes with three servant girls.

Song Yun watched it for a few days, and finally couldn't help asking out the doubts in her heart:
"Mom, can't I buy it? It's too hard to do so."

Chen raised her head and looked at her daughter very relievedly:
"Sister Yun knows that you can go shopping for winter clothes?"

Sure enough, no matter which era, adults will use this way of answering questions that are not asked to perfunctory children. Song Yun curled her lips and answered Shen's question:
"The day we went to the cloth shop, I saw that there were ready-made clothes in it. Mother, why don't we buy them?"

Shen didn't know how to explain to her daughter: there is a wife in the family, but she buys clothes from outside, it seems that she is not virtuous.What's more, the Song family's wealth is not enough to go to a tailor shop to customize clothes for the whole family.

Therefore, Shen just changed the subject and said:

"This is the responsibility of our daughter's family. When sister Yun grows up, she will also do needlework for her family. After the new year, sister Yun should also learn needlework."

Song Yun was helpless, she wanted to cook more than needlework.But seeing how hard Shen was working, she didn't have the nerve to say that she didn't want to learn such words, but went to the kitchen to find Mrs. Li, to see if she could make something for the family to replenish their health.

Of course, Mrs. Li did not allow Song Yun to touch the fire with a knife. After Shen's attack, the servants of the Song family tightened their skin from top to bottom, and asked the five-year-old girl to cook. Although Mrs. Li claimed to be the Song family The old man didn't dare to touch the bad luck, so he had to coax Song Yun to play in a nearby place.

Song Yun couldn't blame others. When she changed jobs, the boss's five-year-old child wanted to order her, so she had to secretly roll her eyes.

Unable to achieve the purpose of showing his hands, Song Yun decided to make the next best thing and ask Mrs. Li to make a hot pot.

The way of eating hot pot can be said to be all-inclusive, suitable for rich and poor.People like her who are too lazy to cook and have little money can buy some vegetable vermicelli every now and then, and some starch balls for a few dollars to make a hot pot meal.Don't ask why you didn't buy hot pot base and mutton, because you can't afford it, it's as simple as that.

Going back to ancient times, to become a wealthy class, hot pot must be arranged, and there is no need to eat pitifully vegetarian hot pot, you can completely make your own fish balls, and let Uncle Li cut some mutton slices by himself, with Chinese cabbage, which the Song family has stored in a cellar, White radish, absolutely delicious.

The butter base can't be made, so it's not bad to boil a thick mutton soup.

Song Yun told Granny Li what she thought, and she readily agreed:
Like the "hot pot" in Song Yun's mouth, isn't it that poor people can't afford oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, and want to eat a hodgepodge made in hot soup, but the Song family is particular about it, and they also want fish balls and meat slices, boiled in mutton soup That's all.

Mrs. Li calculated that this way of eating would not be unpalatable, and it would not be considered a waste of food, so she gave Song Yun a face and made a fuss.

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