Liangyue Farm Gate

Chapter 547 Red Spike
Seeing that Li Xin was concentrating on thinking, Guan Wen didn't bother her, and went to pour a glass of water by himself, waiting for her to recover.

Li Xin thought for a while and asked Guan Wen: "Then tell me, should we ask my aunt? This is also a good thing, the maid assigned by the master's house..." Li Xin hesitated before saying: "You just now Did you mean a first-class maid for your cousin? As far as I know, the maids who stay by Mrs. Shen's side are Bi Tao and Bi Liu..."

"It shouldn't be the two of them." Guan Wen paused and said, "Cousin Changsheng seems to be an unfamiliar maid."

There is not only Mrs. Shen as the master in Shen's mansion, Master Shen, Mrs. Shen, and other masters of the Shen family all live in the Shen's mansion, maybe there is a maid beside some Mrs. Shen's?

Li Xindang immediately said: "Supposedly this is a good thing, why didn't the aunt give us a letter?"

Guan Wen laughed and said: "It's been a few days before this matter is settled, even if you want to let us know through a letter, it's not that urgent."

Li Xin thinks about it too. Since the master's family has opened this mouth, it must be respectable. The Zhao family must take good care of it. It will definitely be very busy during this time.

"Then tell me, should we..." Li Xin hesitated for a moment, looked at Guan Wen and asked, "Should I go to my aunt's house to express my concern... After all, my eldest cousin is now so old, it's hard to make an appointment Come on, let’s say it too.”

Guan Wen nodded and said: "I was just about to discuss this matter with you. There are not many people in my aunt's family, and my uncle has limited mobility. We must have someone to help us when we are married. It's fine if you work hard. Two cousins ​​are here, and my fourth brother and I I'm also in the town, and I can help you at any time, but you need to pay attention to other details, and I'm afraid I can't take good care of you alone."

Li Xin thought about it carefully, and said: "Shen Fu married a maid, and she is still a big maid. There are still a lot of twists and turns. The first one is not to make Shen Fu lose face. They will think that this is for the big cousin. For your kindness, we must pay attention to this matter and handle it well."

After a pause, Li Xin said: "Let's find out first, which maid is Shen Fu referring to the eldest cousin."

Guan Wen promised that Li Xin would go to inquire, rested at home that night, and rode Honghuan back to town the next day.

Li Xin and Xing'er also revealed this matter and talked about Zhao Changhui's marriage for two days.Guan Wu heard that the Shen family had promised Zhao Changhui a big maid, so he curled his lips and said, "It's rare, those maids may not be so good, haven't you seen the begonia of the Gu family before? Hmph..."

Guan Wu's tone was quite disdainful, but it aroused Li Xin's curiosity, so he hurriedly asked him, "What does the second brother mean?"

Xing'er glared at Guan Wu and said, "You are the only one who is well informed."

"Hey, why isn't I well-informed? Everyone has talked about this, so I just listened to it."

Li Xin frowned and said, "Second brother, what's the matter?"

Guan Wu then sat down, hugged the sleeping little Geng'er in Xing'er's arms, and patted him gently, while answering Li Xin, "Then sister-in-law Begonia of the Gu family, do you remember? She used to be a maid in Shen's house, a second-class maid." My sister used to be envious of Gu Haitang, saying that she eats better and dresses better than us, looks happy, can use rouge and gouache, and has a monthly payment of money... In the past, Gu Haitang was A role model for the daughters of the Gu family..."

"What are you talking so far, sister-in-law is asking you something serious!" Xing'er patted Guan Wu angrily.

Guan Wu laughed, and continued: "Later, Gu Haitang was assigned by the Shen family. I forgot whether it was a servant or a steward. Anyway, it was the master who arranged the marriage for her and spared her parents. A dowry. It stands to reason that this should make Gu Haitang grateful, right? Who knows that Gu Haitang is not satisfied with the man she was promised to, and quarrels with her man all day long."

Li Xin was confused again: "Is there anything wrong with this? Couples get married and live together, and it's okay to get along slowly."

Guan Wu smiled and waved his hands: "You said that Gu Haitang is a second-class girl in Shen's house. There is a big maid on top to prevent her from entering the master's body, and there are little girls and mother-in-law on the bottom for her. It's a mischief, she can't be high or low, how domineering in Shen's mansion? Hey, but after she got married, she was a domineering person at home, and her mother-in-law couldn't hold her head down. Let her wash clothes and cook for her, and she also said that she was raised as a fine person in Shen's residence, she didn't chop firewood, cook and wash clothes, this is the work of rough people, she just won't do it."

Li Xin frowned: "It's a bit too much for her to do this, how can she be compared to when she was in Shen's mansion when she was married?"

Xing'er also nodded and said: "The key is that she feels that in the Shen's mansion, she still has to lie low and listen to others. When she comes out and gets married, she should be served by her in-law's family. If her in-law's family marries her, that is How can she not coax her into offering her up as a Bodhisattva when she is lowly married?"

Li Xin asked: "Then she is like this, and her man doesn't care? Her parents know about her, and they don't talk about her?"

"Isn't her man just looking at the person the master refers to, so it's not easy to make trouble with her? So he endured it all the time. Her parents endured it when they saw their son-in-law. The daughter eats well and lives well and lives easily. Wouldn't she be more happy? Of course I won't take care of it."

Guan Wu snorted, and said: "Originally, Gu Haitang entered Shen's residence as a daughter-in-law after marrying someone, but everyone didn't want to see her, and I don't know who sued her. The master of the house thought she was ashamed and ruined the reputation of Shen's house, so he kicked her out of the house and didn't use her anymore. Within two days, her man divorced her, and the reasons were justified. Now Gu Haitang is completely dumbfounded, the days of domineering are gone."

Seeing Li Xin nodding his head slowly, Guan Wu said: "So it's not reliable at all that the master assigns people to match people. If they become a resentful couple, then people will have no place to cry! "

As he spoke, he added: "I hope that my cousin's future daughter-in-law is not someone like Gu Haitang, who has high vision and low power. My aunt has suffered for half her life. If she wants to marry a daughter-in-law and come back, she has to take care of herself. How embarrassing." .”

Li Xin also listened to Guan Wu's words, and chatted with Xing'er about this matter for a long time.Xing'er still said: "Let's wait for the elder brother to find out who it is before we make plans. If it's really that kind of bad temper..."

If it is really that kind of bad temper, the Zhao family will marry back, it will be easier to ask God than to send God away.

It was a day later that Guan Wen came back riding Hong Huan, with no emotion on his face.Li Xin followed him into the living room of the back room, took his next coat, poured a glass of water to see him drink, and then asked, "Did you ask about the eldest cousin?"

Guan Wen nodded: "I went to ask my aunt. My aunt is not from the Shen family, and she doesn't know very well, but she knows that the maid is called Hong Sui, and she is not served by Mrs. Shen, but by Mrs. Shen's side. Maid."

Li Xin didn't have the impression of a maid named Hong Sui in his mind, so he shook his head at Li Xin.

"It's not surprising that you don't have any impression, and you haven't had any contact with Mrs. Shen." Guan Wen nodded understandingly, and said, "I couldn't find out why, so I went to ask my eldest cousin again. Asked him if he knew the maid Hong Sui. The eldest cousin said that he had only met him once, when he followed Mrs. Fumanlou to answer Mrs. Shen's conversation in Shen's mansion. He had the impression that the maid was quiet and shy, old It seems to be about eighteen or nineteen years old, but he is petite, slightly shorter than him, so he has an impression, and the impression is not bad."

"So when my eldest cousin heard that the person pointed out to him was Hongsui, he agreed?" Li Xin said.

Guan Wen nodded: "It is Mrs. Shen who assigned him. The eldest cousin feels that if he refuses, he will be a little ungrateful. After all, his current position in Fumanlou was promoted by Mrs. Shen. report."

Guan Wen paused for a moment, then continued: "Besides, the eldest cousin said that he is too old, and it's time to get married."

Li Xin was a little embarrassed - although she had no malicious intentions to prevent Zhao Changhui from marrying Axiu, she still managed to avoid it.After all, consanguineous marriage still has its hidden disadvantages.Later, Mrs. Guan came to her door to mention this matter to her personally, and it happened that Mrs. Feng was one step ahead of her, so Li Xin had an excuse to directly reject Mrs. Guan...

If it was because she got in the way that Zhao Changhui had to marry the red ear to the Guan family, Li Xin would naturally feel very uncomfortable.

As Guan Wu said, the Guan family has worked hard for half of his life. When he was young, he was running around for a living. Later, his husband was beaten and paralyzed. The two sons finally grew up and were able to marry and have children. Let her hold grandchildren to enjoy the happiness , if the daughter-in-law is not filial, how difficult will life be?
Li Xin was totally taken aback by what Guan Wu said about Gu Haitang bullying her mother-in-law. The Guan family had never felt sorry for her since she married, so Li Xin respected Guan very much.If Guan's life is really bad, Li Xin will feel uneasy.

Seeing Li Xin's dazed expression, Guan Wen smiled, patted her on the shoulder and said, "My aunt is busy arranging for my eldest cousin's marriage, and she seems to be in good spirits. Wait for Grandpa to come back later." Let's talk to him and make him happy, after all, it's a happy event."

Li Xin nodded, then pulled Guan Wen to ask: "Did you just ask the girl's name? Didn't you ask who else was in the girl's family? How was her character since she was a child... You didn't go to Shen's mansion to ask someone? Han Guanshi We still have some friendship with us, so it’s always okay to ask him, after all, she is the first-class servant girl next to Mrs. Shen, and Guanshi Han will not be unimpressed..."

Guan Wen smiled and said, "Of course I won't lose my impression, but I don't know him very well either. I've already asked Guanshi Han, and Guanshi Han said the same thing as his eldest cousin, saying that Hongsui is a quiet and shy maid. Talk a lot. As for her character since she was a child, I don't know who else is in the family. I just know that she is not a child of the mansion, and it seems that she was sold in by her family."

Li Xin followed closely and asked, "Is this a live deed or a dead deed?"

Guan Wen laughed and said, "How do I know that?"

Li Xin was a little disappointed again.

(End of this chapter)