Red Mansion Soldiers

Chapter 263 The daughter of the Shi family

"It turns out it's Madam Wu in person. What do you do for Madam?" Li Wan knew who the visitor was without having to guess.

Concubine Wu’s biological mother, Mrs. Wu.

She was sold by her family to the Wu family as a child bride when she was five years old. Since then, her familiar neighbors have only called her "Little Wu" or "Little Wu". Over time, her original surname has become unclear. Even she herself has forgotten.

It's not that Li Wan knew Mrs. Wu in advance, but that this person is so recognizable.

Logically speaking, when attending a garden party like this, everyone should dress in a modest and elegant way, so as not to steal the limelight from the host's family, or cover up the scenery by wearing too flashy clothes.

But what the person in front of me is wearing is so festive and rich!

It can be clearly seen that the elderly person is dressed like a little girl. The upper body is wearing a foundation half-length coat embroidered with clusters of red flowers and green leaves, while the lower body is wearing a similar style but with a glazed green bottom or even... Reflective horse skirt.

In addition, the bright red lips and thick eyebrows also made people's eyes dark. The most important thing was that Li Wan saw that the foundation on Mrs. Wu's face was so thick that it was starting to fall off!

Li Wan instantly felt that his simple aesthetics was under attack.

The clothes he wore were not bad, but it just made people feel that this person was pretending to be young, which was nothing to Li Wan. When he followed Jia Hui to inspect several villages outside the city and visited the veterans supported by Jia Hui, their female dependents Many of us wear this color scheme.

However, they are still different from the person in front of them. They are not rich and have no money to buy more clothes. This set of brightly colored clothes may have been bought for important occasions a few years ago. In addition, the living environment does not require makeup and makeup, so it is understandable to have such a ghostly look.

But this one.

Li Wan didn't know what to say, so he just thought she was gifted and had a unique taste.

"Hey, Mrs. Li, I'm so polite!" Mrs. Wu imitated the posture in the play and gave Li Wan a pretentious salute.

Since you call yourself old, can you stop dressing so girlishly and wear colors that are appropriate for your age?

The spirit of complaining in Li Wan's heart burned fiercely, but on the surface he remained calm and returned Mrs. Wu's gift with a very dignified but somewhat formulaic smile.

"I wonder what Mrs. Wu is doing here to take me as my concubine?" Although Li Wan knew in his heart what Mrs. Wu was here to do, he absolutely couldn't talk about it himself.

When it comes to proposing for marriage, whoever speaks first is the weaker party!

"Haha, this..." Mrs. Wu smiled, and the folds on her face stood out, and a lot of foundation fell off. She saw that the ladies who had spoken to Li Wan before quietly turned their heads or lowered their heads. I turned my head, not wanting to see this horrific scene even once again.

"It doesn't matter. The masters of our two families are ministers of the same palace. They are both officials of the imperial court. They are not outsiders. Mrs. Wu can just say it directly." Anyway, this matter is not something that Li Wan is anxious about. It's natural for her to say it when she wants to. can speak.

Moreover, Li Wan also gave her a little bit of sweetness. He slightly praised Mr. Wu of their Wu family and called him "the official of the imperial court", which was regarded as throwing out a little bait.

"Hahaha, okay, okay, that's how shameless I am to say it!" Sure enough, the fish bit the hook!

When she heard Li Wan's words "We are ministers in the same palace", Mrs. Wu's heart instantly became excited!

The two of them have been attending other people's banquets over the years. Many people hate this kind of thing. How can they, a couple who have been hanging out in the market for decades, not know? But what is this for?

Isn't it just to make them familiar with the existence of the Wu family, and to truly get rid of the impression of the nouveau riche in the eyes of ordinary people, and to truly integrate into the big feudal family of Da Qi Chaotang for this saying of "we are ministers in the same palace"? ?

Just now, Mrs. Li, knowing that she had just met the Taiwei face-to-face for the first time today, said these words herself, Mrs. Wu was immediately moved and wanted to cry!

Seeing Mrs. Wu's moved expression, how could Li Wan, who had already experienced it, not know what she was thinking?

But it doesn't matter, she was cautious just now and didn't tell the whole story.

After all, can "being a minister in the same palace" and "being a noble noble" be the same?

Even some petty official wearing a green robe would occasionally appear in the court and share the same court with Jia Hui. Of course, Wu Bing, the earl who sat in the martial arts class behind Jia Hui, was also "the same court".

There were a lot of thoughts in his heart, but Li Wan still had the formulaic kindness on his face. Madams from other families were used to recognizing this face, but they didn't talk too much, but this pair of Madam Wu was... Dimensionality reduction hits.

Mrs. Wu, who had never interacted with Li Wan before, suddenly felt like a spring breeze, and her affection for Li Wan greatly increased. She also felt that the calculating energy she had shown before in front of Mrs. Li was really inappropriate. I'm so sorry for Mrs. Li's sincerity!

"Since Madam thinks so highly of me, I will speak out!" Madam Wu took a deep breath, "Madam, it's not really a big deal, but as you know, he is Concubine Wu's brother, my eldest brother. My son is the son of a man from my family. He has been polite and courteous since he was a child, with a pure and gentle personality."

Shui Loushi, who was leaning over to watch the excitement, curled his lips when he heard this. Why should a twenty-seven-year-old child be called an old man to have a son? What about the two sons he had later?

Who are those people who finally have a child in their forties or fifties?

Moreover, he has a pure and gentle temperament, and he understands etiquette. As far as I know, there are more than ten cases where he has raped women and taken away people's fields. He is such a pure and gentle man!

Until the ladies of the Wu family looked at Mrs. Wu with contempt.

Naturally, Li Wan also knew about the eldest son of the Wu family. When she had just learned that this man wanted to marry Xiangyun, Li Wan had ordered Oriole to collect information about him. Regarding her understanding of the eldest son of the Wu family, Mrs. Wu and Wu Bing, as parents, may not have as comprehensive a understanding as Li Wan.

However, Li Wan still maintained that smile: "I also know the reputation of the Wu family's eldest son. What the madam wants to say is about the eldest son of your family?"

Mrs. Wu's smile froze on her face as she spoke more and more enthusiastically, and her face instantly turned red with embarrassment. However, the foundation on her face was too thick and others could not see it.

This praise was indeed a bit exaggerated, but she knew exactly what her son was doing, but it was also caused by his sudden wealth and inner demons. It wasn't until his emperor's son-in-law beat his brother-in-law and used dragon energy to drive away the demons in his heart that his son returned to his original honest self and never left any traces of his hands to be discovered again.

But after all, things have been done before. It is not difficult to know these things given the monstrous power of Taiwei, so Mrs. Li has a bad impression of her eldest son.

Right, that is it!

"Haha, haha. Madam, my eldest son has been pampered and pampered by me, my father-in-law, and my mother-in-law. He is indeed a bit careless, but he is a good boy. He has already lost money! Those people I collected the money very happily!" Mrs. Wu explained in a panic. Later, when she felt more and more contemptuous eyes on her body, Mrs. Wu gave up the explanation.

Forget it, so be it.

Mrs. Li is better, the look in her eyes is always very kind.

Pursing her lips, she didn't realize that the lipstick mark caused by such an action had once again expanded the area. Mrs. Wu organized her words: "Madam, it's like this. I have been in a bad state a few days ago. My son is a filial son." , Seeing my uncomfortable look, she was naturally very anxious, so she ran to White Horse Temple to pray for me." As she said this, the more Mrs. Wu thought about it, the more distressed she became. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that her grown-up son was really sensible, and she even shed a few tears. Come.

Li Wan watched quietly as Mrs. Wu shed tears, wiped her tears, and blew her nose, without saying a single word the whole time.

"Later. Later, after my elder brother finished burning incense, he was about to go home, but suddenly he saw a girl accompanying her relatives to fulfill her vows. My elder brother fell in love with her at first sight!

It’s just that there were too many people going to burn incense and worship Buddha. My son didn’t even have time to ask who the girl was before he was taken out of the temple. After waiting for several hours, the curfew was almost over and he didn’t wait for the girl and her. Family, I have no choice but to go back to the city." There was a trace of regret in Mrs. Wu's eyes.

What a great time, what if I had to wait a little longer? With the good looks of his eldest son, he still can't coax a teenage girl who has no experience in the world into a big deal?

If that happens, what can the historian do to the Wu family? The Wu family is the natal family of Concubine Wu, and is an earl conferred by the Holy Spirit. How can the historian kill them all with a knife?

You don't have to hold your nose to admit it.

It's a pity that my son doesn't live up to expectations and refuses to wait any longer!

Li Wan remained silent.

If she didn't know what happened specifically, she might actually believe that the elder of the Wu family fell in love with Shi Xiangyun at first sight.

It was clear that they wanted to rob the women as usual, but when they sent someone to take action, they found that there were veteran guards from the Shi family in Xiangyun. The green-skinned gangsters hired to do the dirty work were all chopped down by the veterans and scared away. of!

"Oh? Whose girl is it that made the noble man fall in love at first sight?" Li Wan said something casually to continue the conversation.

"Madam, you are on to the point!" Mrs. Wu regained her mood, "The girl that my husband is interested in is none other than the eldest daughter of the Shi family, the natal family of the wife of your house!"

As soon as Mrs. Wu's words came out, the surroundings instantly fell into calm.

Everyone no longer knows what to say.

Shuilou rolled his eyes, not to mention the historians, but also the nobles below who are serious about fighting with real swords and guns, even if they are just Barons and Viscounts, there are a few interested people who are willing to marry you. of?

joke!

Let's not talk about other things like "lucky Jin" and "nouveau riche". Those are all secondary. Otherwise, those Jinshi who come out every year will also be regarded as "nouveau riche".

With the eldest son of the Wu family having such a bad temper, being arrogant and domineering, and even abandoning the virtues of his subordinates, what kind of father who loves his daughter would push his daughter into a pit of fire... ah no, a pit of cesspool?

Moreover, considering the Wu family’s biggest backer, Concubine Wu’s virtue, that is, the Empress is very stubborn and doesn’t want to talk to her. If she continues like this, she may one day completely offend the Empress, and she will die without even knowing how!

When the Wu family fell, the first ones to attack people with knives were the Taiwei and the Yiyong King, who had grown up in front of the Queen!

And how could these people, who were following the Taiwei and the Yiyong King just to earn a living, lose their minds and marry into the Wu family?

"The eldest girl of the Shi family, Xiangyun," Li Wan tilted his head in surprise, "But Xiangyun only got hairpins this winter, and my old lady once said that she wanted to betroth Xiangyun to the daughter-in-law of my second wife. The second son Baoyu.

The two have grown up as childhood sweethearts. The Shi family and my Jia family have no objections to this, and they are planning to sign a marriage contract after Xiangyun and Ji! "

After saying that, Li Wan sighed with regret and apology.

This was not an excuse that Li Wan came up with casually, but something that the historian had a serious conversation with the old lady and had acquiesced to.

Although in the eyes of outsiders, Jia Hui did not like Jia Baoyu. But Jia Hui just thinks that this kid spends all day hanging out with the maids and servants when he doesn't do business. His personality is like a doughnut in front of outsiders and even himself. He really doesn't take responsibility when something happens. He is also quite childish, and he seems to be She has a spoiled look, and she just hates the iron.

In fact, Jia Hui still treats all the juniors of the eldest, second and even the entire Jia family equally. Every year on Baoyu's birthday, Jia Hui will personally make him a leather belt or leather boots as a gift.

Shi Jia's two cousins ​​also knew this, and knew that marrying the second wife would not damage the relationship between Shi Jia and the Taiwei.

Besides, my aunt will definitely leave nearly one million taels of her private house to Baoyu in a hundred years. In addition, the property of the five sons of Rongguo Mansion will be divided and distributed to Baoyu in the future. As long as Xiangyun keeps an eye on it, his eldest brother Jia Zhu will help take advantage of it. A little bit, enough for the young couple to have a few children and live a happy life together, which is worthy of their eldest brother who died young!

Moreover, the two little people also have feelings, so Shi Jia followed suit and created the beauty of adults.

"Ah? This" Mrs. Wu was immediately troubled when she heard Li Wan's words.

As expected, the girl from the Shi family has already decided. No, it's just a verbal agreement, and the marriage contract hasn't been officially signed yet!

"Haha, Madam, as the saying goes, hundreds of families will beg for a good girl from this family! Just like a good girl like Miss Xiangyun, the matchmaker will even smoothen the threshold of the Shi family! Besides, this hasn't been decided yet. Marriage certificate?" Mrs. Wu bent even lower.

"I beg you, madam, that boy of mine is so in love with Miss Xiangyun that he doesn't even think about food and drinks. He's so thin these days that he has no chin!

Madam, my Wu family really has no way to contact the two princes of the Shi family. If you are troubled, please help my Wu family to persuade me!

Your house is powerful, which girl wouldn't want to marry into it? If I let Master Baoyu choose, I'm afraid everyone will be dazzled! But I am the Wu family and the Wu family”

Mrs. Wu began to sob quietly.

"Although my Wu family has become an earl, which noble family would think highly of someone from our butcher family? Now it's not easy for my child to fall in love with a girl from the same family.

Madam, just do your best and help my son! The Wu family will definitely not forget your great kindness, and the empress in the palace will also acknowledge your love. When the two princes grow up in the future, they will definitely repay Madam and take care of the Jia family! "

Mrs. Wu was still sobbing, but the people who were still whispering around her suddenly fell silent and looked at Mrs. Wu with a cold face.

Directly in front of Mrs. Wu, Li Wan, who was sitting on the stone bench, also lost his gentle smile and looked at Mrs. Wu with neither joy nor sorrow.

(End of this chapter)