Marrying into a poor family

In fact, when Qin Yan asked, she already knew who the sister-in-law who came to see her was. However, she was embarrassed in front of Mother Jiao, and she still felt a little embarrassed.

After Xiaocai finished speaking, Qin Yan nodded and said gently to Mother Jiao: "Then I'll trouble Mother Jiao to go for a run."

Mother Jiao saw that she didn't move after being polite, so she urged: "Old lady, please change your clothes, please see if you need to change them?"

As soon as Qin Yan took a look, she knew that the dress was not made for herself, but perhaps a new dress for a wife or girl somewhere.

I don’t know if it’s to give face to the young mistress of the Qin family, or to give face to the Xie family. In short, this dress is quite exquisite.

The jewelry next to it also matches the color of the dress, and it looks like a new style that is popular this year.

Qin Yan didn't want to embarrass the eldest wife and Mama Jiao, so she stood up and picked up the jewelry herself, and then motioned to Xiao Cai to pick up her coat and skirt and follow her into the inner room.

There wasn't even a charcoal stove in the back room, so it was very cold. The yard wasn't a good place either, not to mention it was remote and no one was taking care of it.

There are many trees on the left and right, and there is a small pond in the back, which is a stagnant pool with no scenery. Therefore, there are extremely many mosquitoes here in summer. Cicadas chirp during the day and frogs chirp at night, which makes Qin Yan and Xiao Cai miserable. Word.

Mother Jiao was sitting outside, drinking tea and warming herself by the fire. She had no intention of helping the old lady change her clothes.

She glanced at the charcoal stove with heavier smoke, pursed her lips, and murmured in a low voice: "I don't even like using this charcoal. Hey, give it back to the old lady. The original old lady of our Xie family doesn't have some background." I didn’t expect that in the end it would be her, a daughter from a foreign wife, who would occupy the position of the old lady.”

As the eldest wife's nanny, Mother Jiao has a high status and is naturally not too young. Regardless of her status as the housekeeper of the Xie family, her age, or her seniority, she can speak volumes in this family. I will come here in person today. Giving clothes and jewelry to the old lady is still to show the respect of the old lady.

In fact, the eldest wife also wanted to coax Qin Yan and let her be happy when meeting her mother's family and not embarrass everyone.

After all, the young lady of the Qin family came, said a few words, and had a meal at most. Once the incident was over, everyone returned to the same way.

Mother Jiao is still thinking: How to get the jewelry back from Qin Yan when the young lady of the Qin family leaves? In this family, she has too many things to worry about. What would we do without her?

Thinking of this, Mother Jiao took another sip of tea proudly. She suddenly felt that the tea was too much to drink, so she put down the half-drunk tea and stopped touching it.

It was already noon when Mrs. Liu came to the door with a vast array of gifts.

The eldest lady had saved her face today by letting Qin Yan sit in the top position, which had always been the seat of the previous old ladies.

Unfortunately, it was Qin Yan’s first time sitting there.

When Ms. Liu came in, she glanced at the woman in the middle, her sister-in-law whom she had never met before.

Qin Yan is very thin, with big, watery eyes. She doesn't know if she has cried before, and she looks a bit like a pitiful puppy.

She didn't know why, Mrs. Liu had such thoughts, and she suddenly felt a little sympathy for this woman in her heart.

Mrs. Liu came once a few days after Qin Yan's wedding, but she was given a cold reception and never saw Qin Yan.

According to the servants of the Xie family, Qin Yan did not want to see Liu.

Ms. Liu was also a proud and arrogant person, and she never came to visit her again after she left.

Today, I lowered my face and came to the door again. In fact, in addition to Qin Xiang mentioning Qin Yan that day, there was also the reason why Qin Yaozu was here this year.

Qin Yaozu wanted to be sent out to serve as an official for a few years. After some experience, he would be transferred back to the capital under the control of the Liu family. By then, he would be promoted to at least one level.

But someone mentioned that Qin Yaozu's family affairs were complicated and he couldn't even handle the family affairs well. How could he have the ability to appoint one of his parents outside? Managing the people of a city?

Therefore, the matter of external release was put on hold. This is why Qin Yaozu wants to go out with Qin Yan, and also why Mrs. Liu wants to visit Qin Yan today.

After Mrs. Liu exchanged greetings with the eldest wife, second wife, and eldest mistress of the Xie family, she directly proposed to go to Qin Yan's yard to talk to her alone.

The eldest wife didn't expect Liu's suggestion, so she didn't tidy up Qin Yan's yard. Now that she was gone, she was afraid that she would lose the Xie family's face.

The eldest mistress saw her mother-in-law's dilemma and hurriedly said that the flower hall had burned down, so it would be better to talk in the flower hall. It would take a while to go to the old lady's house. It was too cold outside. It snowed yesterday and there was snow on the ground. Not swept away yet.

Mrs. Liu was just going through the motions, letting people see that the couple also cared about their younger siblings, and were not as discordant and unfriendly as the outside world said.

Hearing this, he looked at Qin Yan, who smiled and said, "Just sit here, there's no need to walk around outside."

"Okay, I'm afraid of the cold, so we can just talk here." Mrs. Liu took Qin Yan's hand and talked.

However, Qin Yan didn't talk much and just nodded from time to time.

Mrs. Liu was a little anxious for her when she saw her so weak and weak. How could such a temperament survive in the Xie family?

Li Siniang, who was standing behind Mrs. Liu, looked at Qin Yan carefully and saw that although the dress she was wearing was bright, it obviously didn't fit her. The dress was too big, which made Qin Yan look pitifully thin.

When she was in the Li family, Li Siniang saw a lot, and there was a huge difference in treatment between those who were favored and those who were not favored. Just think about Qin Yan's identity, coupled with such a personality, I'm afraid life will not be easy.

He glanced at the Xie family's eldest wife, second wife, eldest mistress, and many maids and women standing around who were sitting in the room. They seemed to respect the old lady, but in reality, everyone could see that it was because of fear. Qin Yan just talk nonsense.

Women from wealthy families, even if they fight to the death in private, are kind and polite on the surface. Reputation is very important to all families and everyone.

She heard Qinggu say that people in the countryside would quarrel when they were unhappy, and fighting was common, but they would soon reconcile.

Li Siniang came with a mission, but until the banquet was over, she didn't find the slightest chance to talk to Qin Yan.

Because Li Siniang belongs to Qin Xiang, she also said that half of today's gifts were New Year's gifts from Qin Xiang.

Therefore, after lunch, the return gift was ready, and Li Siniang could only leave Xie's house with the return gift.

After returning home, he told Qin Xiang everything he saw.

Qin Xiang asked Li Siniang: "How does she look?"

"I think it's not good!" Li Siniang shook her head and said, "I found out that the old lady of the Xie family actually only has one maid, and this maid named Xiaocai didn't pay attention to the old lady at all. Instead, she kept looking at her. Mrs. Qin is very attentive."

Qin Xiang blinked: "Xiao Cai? Or did she come to Xie's house with Qin Yan?"

Li Siniang nodded, but felt that these words were a bit strange.

"Do you recognize this Xiaocai, Madam?" Li Siniang asked.

"I more than recognize her!" Qin Xian withdrew her coldness and said to Li Siniang: "You go out first. In two days, I will come to see Qin Yan in person."