On the Difficulties of Escape in Ancient Times

Chapter 229 Lie 6
After eating a bowl of delicious shredded pork and vegetables noodles, Xiao Xiao put down his bowl and chopsticks with satisfaction.

Back then, she was afraid of getting fat, so she would never touch lard, and she even ate very little pork.

But I eat a lot of shrimp, crab, steak and fish.

Thinking about it now, I really want to beat myself up for being such a picky eater.

Mrs. Liu brought her another bowl of steaming Chinese medicine.

To be honest, Xiao Xiao thought the smell of Chinese medicine was quite pleasant, but the moment she took it in her mouth made her doubt her life.

Mrs. Liu took out another small jar of rock sugar and said, "Drink it while it's hot. After you drink it, eat some rock sugar to sweeten your mouth. It won't be bitter at all."

Xiao Xiao could only drink it all in one gulp.

She also knew that boiling medicine was troublesome and she had to keep looking at the stove.

So I was just pretentious and drank it happily.

Then he quickly grabbed a handful of rock candy and stuffed it into his mouth, and then asked: "Have everyone in the family gone out? When did Mr. Li and the others leave?"

"We left before dawn." Mrs. Liu wanted to say something to her daughter, but how could she just say that she was pregnant?

But thinking about what happened last night, she still swallowed those words: "Mrs. Chen next door came to invite you to come over to talk. I asked your eldest sister, second sister and the Lin sisters to come over."

"Your grandfather and your second uncle didn't sleep last night. They just came back to catch up on their sleep."

"Your grandmother and second aunt should also go to the entrance of the village to have a look."

"Your father was called by Mr. Jiang, and Erlang and Sanlang also joined in the fun."

After hearing this, Xiao Xiao gossiped and asked: "Mr. Jiang and Dad have nothing in common. Are they going to discuss marriage? By the way, is Jiang Yu next door, or has he followed Mr. Li?"

Ms. Liu scolded her: "There are no rules. Can you call me Jiang Yu? You have to call me Brother Jiang."

She didn't mind, but she was afraid that if her daughter got used to calling people like this, if she shouted like this outside, it would be bad if someone heard her.

Xiao Xiao smiled awkwardly: "I always feel that Bai Lianhua is the one who calls Brother Jiang."

Seeing her own mother glaring at her, she quickly added: "As the Romans do, I will remember it and I will never dare to call him by his name again."

She comforted herself that after a while, she would be able to call her brother-in-law.

"Just remember," Mrs. Liu didn't really blame her: "Mr. Jiang also followed, saying that Mr. Li's injury has not healed yet, and he also has to go back to check the situation."

He gossiped with his daughter again: "The Second Young Master Chen also went with us. I heard that the Second Young Master Chen used to follow Mr. Li, saying he was a scout."

"I really didn't expect that Mr. Li is already such a big official at such a young age."

The mother and daughter chatted for a while, and the mother-in-law next to Mrs. Chen came over again and said politely: "My wife asked people to go for a walk in the mountains before and hunted some pheasants. The soup was very delicious, nourishing and not greasy. Let's make it." I’m here to invite Mrs. Xiao and Miss San to have dinner with me.”

Ms. Liu was a little unaccustomed to this, so she pretended to be calm: "I don't dare to take it seriously. I will go and pay my respects to Madam."

Nowadays, the legitimate wife of an official of fifth rank or above can have the title of "Mrs. Gaoming" only after her husband submits a letter to request the title of queen, and the emperor personally approves the title.

Moreover, even the first-grade Madam Gaoming has no real power.

But he has the privilege of receiving a salary from the court, and on major festival days, he can enter the palace to attend banquets hosted by the queen.

Besides, this is a symbol of honor, and being a wife is also the motivation and goal of a man's struggle.

Moreover, only the wives of first- to fifth-rank officials can be called wives, and the wives of sixth- and seventh-rank officials can only be called 'Mrs.'

However, the title "ma'am" is too common.

If you come from a wealthy family, you will always be called "ma'am" when you go out. Even Mrs. Liu, after two visits to the Jiang family, everyone in the Jiang family called her 'Mrs. Xiao'.

But now that she was going to face the real official wife, she glanced at her little daughter with a little anxiety.

Xiao Xiao also stood up and said with a cute face: "Mom, I want to go too."

She felt that if Mrs. Chen was not stupid, she would not embarrass them.

The strong dragon will not overwhelm the local snakes. They are on their territory now. What is there to be afraid of?

To put it bluntly, County Magistrate Chen and the two young masters of the Chen family are not sure whether they will come back alive?
The mother-in-law, who was nearly forty years old, was called Hua Ma Ma. She was eloquent and talked a lot about her master's family in a short distance.

After Mrs. Chen married County Magistrate Chen, her children died in infancy. Later, she personally took in two concubines for Magistrate Chen, and then personally raised the first sons of the two aunts by her side.

After talking about the Wu family, she said apologetically: "My wife is kind-hearted. I originally thought that Aunt Wu's mother-in-law would come to seek refuge and lend a helping hand. Who would have thought that the Wu family would be restless? This time It’s hurting your family again.”

When Madam Liu heard this, she paused in her steps: "We didn't expect Mr. Wu to be so reckless. It doesn't matter if our lives are spared. If Madam is implicated, the consequences will be disastrous."

She really didn't take the Wu family's behavior to heart in the past.

People seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. If the Wu family was in trouble, she would not want her family to fight to save it.

But this time, it really made her particularly angry.

The Wu family wanted to cling to someone, but they couldn't see the person. They didn't know whether they were friends or foes, so they went up to cling to them.

If Mrs. Chen wanted to speak for the Wu family on this trip, she didn't want to go.

Boss Xiao had said before that if he was allowed to see Wu Dong's house, he would be beaten until he couldn't get up.

This was also the first time that Ms. Liu heard a man about to hit someone, but did not speak to stop him.

Mother Hua smiled and said: "Mrs. Xiao, you are too humble. Your daughters are all women and men. Are our wives very grateful?"

These words are to appease Mrs. Liu and also to tell her that our wife will not favor the Wu family.

When they arrived next door, although it was still a shabby room, it became more prosperous because the people living there were different.

Mrs. Chen was originally talking to Xiao Lian. When she saw Mrs. Liu coming in to salute, she stood up and helped her in person: "Mrs. Xiao, please don't be polite. You are all my saviors. Hurry up and take a seat."

She has been hosting Zhongfu for a long time, and has long since become a veteran.

It is not yet certain whether to hire Miss Xiao Er for Erlang, and the conversation with Mrs. Liu is still watertight.

She only said that the Xiao family was her savior. If the Xiao family asked for something from her in the future, she could find an excuse to refuse.

As the saying goes, buy a pig to look after the pen, marry a wife to look after the yard.

These words are crude but not crude.

Environment makes everything.

Parents also have a great influence on their children.

She was quite satisfied with Xiao Xiu, so she wanted to see Mrs. Liu again.

She also wanted to see Boss Xiao, but Boss Xiao was a foreigner, and she was too embarrassed to drink tea and chat with him. Otherwise, that person in the family would definitely be furious: I'm not dead yet, and you want to stick a branch of red apricot out of the wall. ah!
Then she can only meet Mrs. Liu.

Furthermore, daughters are generally close to their mothers.

As long as Mrs. Chen is willing to make friends, she will naturally be very good at talking. First, she will praise her for her good fortune. The daughters she gave birth to are all as beautiful as flowers. Then she will praise her for her good complexion, her good pregnancy, and her good fortune...