Daughter's Poisoned Wife

Chapter 55 Inspecting the Industry
There was an embarrassing atmosphere in Yongnian Hall, at this moment, a voice came from outside, "Miss is here..." Finally, the embarrassment in Yongnian Hall was diluted.

Du Heng walked around the big red sandalwood screen of Diaoyu Hall, and briskly walked in front of his grandmother, father and stepmother. She bowed gracefully and said: "Granddaughter Du Heng wishes grandma a happy new year and good health."

Mrs. He looked at her eldest granddaughter with good eyes, her hands were tightly clutching the armrests of the chairs on both sides, obviously she was trying to control her emotions, after a while, Mrs. He said in a low voice: "Good boy, get up, reward!"

Nanny Li hurriedly presented a heavy red embroidered gold purse, Du Heng stretched out his hands to take it, and thanked his grandmother again before he got up to send New Year greetings to his father and stepmother.

"Daughter Du Heng sends her New Year greetings to her father. May her father be safe and auspicious and victorious in all battles. I wish my wife all the best and good luck." Du Heng knelt in front of his father, looking at his father Du Dahai. Madam was furious, especially when she saw that her husband had no intention of scolding Heng for her, Madam Su's originally gloomy face was as dark as a pan.She slapped the table and shouted sharply: "Young girl has learned the rules of the dog!"

Du Heng looked up at Mrs. Su, her eyes were as sharp as ice knives, and she said nothing, but it was more important than a hundred sentences.

Seeing his wife embarrassing his eldest daughter, Du Dahai also slapped the table and shouted: "Mr. Su, you are crazy. You are making trouble for Ruoer in front of me. You have learned the rules of a dog!"

Mrs. Su never imagined that her husband would embarrass herself in front of her mother-in-law and stepdaughter. Her angry face turned from white to green, and then from green to purple. She grabbed the hand of the person who was standing beside her. , shouted sharply: "Mama..."

But the one standing beside Mrs. Su is no longer Nanny Jiang, but Shuanglan, a maid. Shuanglan hurriedly knelt down and said, "Madam, Mammy didn't come to serve you."

It was only then that Mrs. Su remembered that Madam Jiang was still recuperating at Ding Mao's house, and she couldn't vent her anger at all. She could only stare at Du Heng viciously, as if this could make her overwhelm Du Heng in terms of momentum.

But Du Heng ignored Mrs. Su and just looked at his grandmother and father.Mrs. He was very upset at first, but when she saw her son looking at her eldest granddaughter with a kind of doting eyes that she had never seen before, Mrs. He couldn't help but sighed, and said slowly: "Ruoer, your body That's good, sit down and rest, and the banquet will start when your younger siblings come."

Because the meal on the first day of the lunar new year was extremely unpleasant, neither Du Heng nor Mrs. He, Mrs. Du Dahaisu, Du Li, Du Yuan, and Du Peng were all unhappy, so in the next few days, the mansion unexpectedly and often In general, everyone eats their own food, and apart from the red lanterns hanging everywhere in the mansion, the entire Jianwei General Mansion has no festive atmosphere for the New Year.Even the New Year's wine was not invited.

Thinking about the New Year's in previous years, although Du Dahai was usually not in Beijing, and the New Year's wine in General Jianwei's mansion was only invited to relatives and noble officials who had some relationship with Mrs. Su's natal family, but in the end they still invited New Year's wine.But now Mrs. Su's natal family has completely fallen, and those people have kept a distance from Mrs. Su, and now Mrs. Su is pregnant again. What's more, Mrs. Su still has some small calculations in her mind. To ask stepdaughter Du Heng to meet guests, after all, Du Heng will be thirteen after Chinese New Year, and it is time to start seeing people. She is not even willing to send Du Heng to marry, let alone find a good family for her.So Mrs. Su waived this year's annual wine on the grounds that she was pregnant and couldn't take care of government affairs.

Du Dahai is a man, so he couldn't think of this at all, so he didn't think it was necessary to invite New Year's wine. Anyway, the emperor wanted him to help lonely and pure ministers, and Du Dahai knew it well a long time ago.So just going out to the house for a few New Year's wine at the invitation of a few friends in the army also messed up the New Year.

Mrs. He was deserted for a few days, and felt a little bored. She remembered how lively the Chinese New Year was in the mansion before, but this year it was so crowded. She couldn't help but blame her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Su, because Mrs. Su was pregnant. , she didn't say it was in person.

Unexpectedly, it is the God of Wealth Day on the fifth day of the first lunar month. This day is a good day for all buyers and sellers to open their businesses. As Du Heng, who owns a pharmacy in the downtown area of ​​the capital, he has already reported to his father and asked to go out of the house to see her with his own eyes. What kind of shop is it.

Now Du Dahai is pampering Du Heng in every possible way, so naturally he will agree to everything, he immediately sent someone down to make arrangements, and half an hour later, Du Heng had already taken Mammy Liao to the West Fourth Street of Wangfu Street in a carriage driven by Yang Mei's cousin Yang Hu. Jiren Pharmacy in the Hutong.

It is not auspicious to see a doctor and get medicine in the first month, so people in Daliang usually survive the first month even if they are dying of illness. Therefore, although Jiren Pharmacy opens its doors for business, few customers come to the door. There are only two young men in the huge drugstore Guazi chatted, looking very at ease.

Du Heng got off the car in front of the Jiren Pharmacy and walked slowly into the drugstore. Seeing that there was a customer coming today, the two young men quickly put down the melon seeds in their hands and hurried forward, greeting with a smile: "Happy Chinese New Year, miss!" !"

Du Heng nodded slightly, and walked slowly towards the counter. The two boys hurried back to the counter and greeted them familiarly: "Miss, what do you want to see?" Ask the guests directly for prescriptions and medicines, so the words are much more tactful than usual.

Du Heng looked around the store, and asked lightly, "Why don't you see the shopkeeper and the sitting doctor?"

A boy with a pointed chin hurriedly said: "Miss Hui, our shopkeeper and the doctor are waiting behind, please sit down first, and the younger one will go and invite you."

Du Heng nodded, and the pointed-jawed guy quickly ran to the backyard, while the other round-faced guy quickly made a cup of tea, saved four dried fruit plates and brought them to him, and said with a simple and honest smile: " Miss, please have some tea and snacks, these dried fruits are homemade, they are cleaner and crispier than the ones outside, and you won’t get angry after eating them, would you please try them?”

Du Heng nodded lightly, Mammy Liao immediately stepped forward to peel a few melon seeds and peanuts, and carried the nuts in front of Du Heng with a handkerchief. Du Heng said softly: "Mammy, let's try it too." I put a peanut into my mouth and chewed it lightly for a few times. Sure enough, the peanut was fragrant and crunchy, with a faint aroma of green tea. Can't compare.

(End of this chapter)