Carpenter's Lady

Chapter 45

Zhang Mu received a generous meeting gift from the old lady, a set of one-color palace makeup and Chiba gold peony jewelry, a pair of gold-threaded fragrant wood inlaid cicada jade beads, a pair of gold inlaid ruby ​​​​double dragon play beads bracelets, and a set of twelve styles. Jinbaochai flowers are fine.When the maids opened them one by one, the eyes of the jewel-colored people hurt, and Zhang Mu was so shocked that he opened his mouth unconsciously, it was so beautiful!Really only seen in Gongdou drama.

The old lady narrowed her eyes, seeing her granddaughter-in-law opened her mouth wide in shock, she was also quite contented, and said with a smile: "I kept these at the bottom of the box, and I saved them for my granddaughter-in-law. A Ling said he married a wife. I'll let someone take it to the silver building and have it painted again, see if you like it?"

Wu Ling was going to stop him, but he just looked at the joy in the old lady's eyes, and swallowed the words again. Seeing his daughter-in-law's embarrassment, he persuaded him: "Grandmother gave it to you, and my wife doesn't have to see her. That's it!"

"Hey, Ah Ling is sensible! Mu girl, if you don't accept what my grandmother gave you, I'll be sad!" Seeing her grandson looking at her like this, the old lady laughed so hard that she couldn't see her eyes anymore, and she felt her heart was full. Yes, Ah Ling is still not unfamiliar with him!The grandson's daughter-in-law is also much more agile than before. Although there was a flash of surprise in her eyes, she saw that it was just human nature to love beauty, and she did not show a greedy look.A young woman is more lively when she looks at it like this. If she really cares about everything, she will look too much like a Bodhisattva.A Ling was lonely and lonely when he was a child, so he needed a daughter-in-law who was knowledgeable, funny and caring.

Seeing that the grandparents and grandchildren insisted on it, Zhang Mu had no choice but to accept it cautiously.These things are invaluable in modern times!The technique of inlaying cicadas and jade beads in a piece of golden silk incense wood is not far behind the modern jewelry workmanship!
That night, when Zhang Mu met the Zheng family, the meal was placed in the hall of Ronghua Garden. There was a long table with Mrs. Zheng sitting at the top. Shidu stood behind Mrs. Zheng and waited on her.

Zhang Mu and Wu Ling sat on her right, followed by the Zheng family's eldest grandson Zheng Qingyan, second grandson Zheng Qingtao, eldest granddaughter Zheng Qingnuan, and Zheng's grandson's daughter-in-law Mo Shi.Zheng Qingyan is twenty-two this year. Three years ago, she married a girl from another local landlord, Mo's family. Miss Mo has embraced two of them since she entered the house three years ago. They happen to be a boy and a girl. Holding her in her arms, Mo looked at Zhang Mu curiously with her big eyes.

Mrs. Zheng has been in charge of Mrs. Zheng for the rest of her life. When her children and grandchildren come here, they are not allowed to take concubines. Heirs will do!Therefore, the Zheng family has no sons and daughters, which saves a lot of disputes.

When the old lady saw that everyone was here, she ordered the eldest daughter-in-law behind her, "Let the dishes be served!"

Mrs. Xie nodded slightly, then went outside the house and called the girl to the kitchen.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Zhang Mu saw a group of servants filing in with dinner plates. There were four cold dishes: spicy cucumber in honey sauce, sweet-scented osmanthus kohlrabi, pickled peach kernels and pickled peppers, and ten hot dishes: fresh abalone in the original shell, roasted Partridge, shredded chicken and bean sprouts, grilled shark's fin with Hericium erinaceus, slippery duck breast, fried shredded eel, diced cashew nuts, grilled fish maw roll, tomato water chestnut and braised straw mushrooms, two soups: canned fish lip and Pot stewed bird's nest with shredded pheasant chicken.At this moment, Zhang Mu couldn't help but rejoice that she had traveled through time, and had ordered these dishes at the dinner table, otherwise she really didn't even dare to hold chopsticks at this time.

From the corner of her eye, the old lady saw that her grandson's daughter-in-law was calm, she couldn't help but nodded in her heart, she is really a rare flower in the mountains and countryside, if it were any country girl, she would be embarrassed or stunned at this time.

Seeing that the two sons were secretly observing the grandson-in-law, they knew that they wanted to see the behavior of this girl.The old lady shook her head inwardly, and said: "I didn't expect that A Ling, who has been homeless for so many years, can still marry a daughter-in-law and come back. In the future, you have to take good care of this young couple. Xin'er left early, so stay with me." With such a drop of flesh and blood, you should help me a lot!"

"Mother, don't worry, A-Ling is my nephew, and I will definitely not ignore him." The elder Zheng Hengyuan felt a little pain in his heart when his mother mentioned his younger sister. In these years, he never gave up looking for his younger sister's child. Finally, Huang Tian paid off, and 13 years later, he found A Ling.But this niece and daughter-in-law... Mr. Zheng glanced at the slightly warning eyes of his old lady, and he knew in his heart that the old lady recognized this girl.

The second master, Zheng Hengsheng, also echoed: "Half of Ah Ling is the flesh and blood of our Zheng family, we will not see him being bullied by others, that bastard from the Wu family..."

"Second!"

Mr. Zheng Er was about to complain about the Wu family's injustice with righteous indignation, but his old lady stopped him, shrank his neck, and stopped talking.

Seeing that her mother-in-law didn't even give her husband's face, and even stopped drinking her husband in front of the junior, Ji was slightly displeased!This old woman slapped their second room twice in the face today!With her hands tucked into her sleeves, she twisted the veil angrily, and when Nuan Nuan married into the Wu family, who would dare to underestimate their second wife!
Zheng Qingyan moved his body slightly and coughed lightly. Mrs. Mo immediately understood and turned the direction of the son in his arms. When the little fat man saw the fleshy meat on the table, he immediately waved his little arms and said clearly: "Fatty meat!" Meat, meat!" While pulling his mother's hand, he motioned for her to feed him meat.

Mo Shi bit her lip, patted the little fat man's waving hand with some embarrassment, and said with a smile: "Grandmother, look at this little fat man, you can't help it when you see the meat!"

"Haha, children are all greedy, and their teeth are itchy! Brother Yan was much more greedy than Brother Qi when he was a child. At that time, he would crawl on the table when he was eating, and your grandfather would grab his feet and not give him food." Move, brother Yan who is in a hurry is crying!" The old man likes soft, white and fat babies, and he can't stop talking when he speaks.

Zheng Qingyan took the opportunity to joke: "Grandmother, how many years has it been? I even have a son, and you still bring it up and say it!"

"Okay, okay, okay, save some face for you, can't it be okay if grandma doesn't say it?" The old lady remembered the past and felt much happier. She greeted everyone to eat, and said to her daughter-in-law behind her: "Okay, you also go Sit down! Otherwise, Yuanyuan won't be able to sit still!" Yuanyuan is Mo's boudoir name, the mother-in-law picks her daughter-in-law, it may be because of a generation gap, but she loves her granddaughter-in-law very much.

Hearing what her mother-in-law said, Mrs. Xie smiled and said, "I haven't served my mother a few times in a year. Finally, I have a chance. Why don't you let me be filial?"

"You are also a mother-in-law, and you should enjoy the blessing!" The old lady smiled and waved her hand.

Ji's eyebrows raised, the elder sister-in-law should enjoy the blessings, she would have to continue to be a maid, if the old lady had not appointed a girl from the He family for A Tao, why would A Tao not be married until now!He smiled immediately and said: "A Ling is about the same age as A Tao. A Ling is married now, but A Tao still has to wait for the girl from the He family to be a filial piety. By then A Tao will be twenty."

Seeing the old lady's uneasy expression, Zheng Qingtao, who had been worried when his father was talking nonsense, also frowned at this moment and said: "Mother, the child is not in a hurry, so don't worry about it, it's only been a year! "It's really tiring to have an incomprehensible parent, isn't it!It's fine on weekdays, but today A-Ling came back with his daughter-in-law, so nothing can happen at this time!
Mrs. Ji glared at Tao Ge'er, and sat down next to her sister-in-law.

Because the couple in the second room spoke frequently, the meal was not as cheerful as the old lady had expected, but the mother and the child in the first room had a general sense of knowledge, and they managed to make do with it.

In the evening, Zhang Mu and Wu Ling rested at Zheng’s house, which was the house where Wu Ling’s birth mother used to live. There were also a lot of piano cases, books and inkstones in the house. Zhang Mu couldn’t help thinking that her mother-in-law must have been a talented woman before, and he couldn’t help but feel sorry for the person she hadn’t met. The young woman sighed endlessly, no matter how talented she was, she was shrunk in the courtyard by a high wall.

The old lady called a maid beside her to serve her. After washing, Zhang Mu asked the maid to go down. She was really not used to someone sticking around her.He couldn't help asking Wu Ling, "Master, when shall we go back?"

"Let's stay for another two days. I think grandma is getting better. Let's go home and build the house as soon as possible!" No matter how good this place is, it is not my home after all, and besides grandma, other people may not be Treat him sincerely.He was young when he left home, Cousin Yan was three years older than him, and still remembered him, but Brother Tao, who was the same age, didn't remember at all.

"Sanggong, why do I feel that this family, including grandma, wants you to go back to the Wu family?" It may not be so easy for them to leave.

"It's okay, I have a plan. I'm on the family tree of the Ding family. Whether it's the Wu family or the Zheng family, as long as I don't nod, none of them can do anything to me. Don't think so much, lady! Get a good night's sleep tonight, tomorrow I'll take you out for a stroll, let's go the next day!" Seeing his daughter-in-law, although he was still a little puzzled, he nodded, feeling warm in his heart, no matter when, he still has a wife who trusts him.

"By the way, where's the beauty? Where did you put it?" Wu Ling felt something was wrong when he came back yesterday, and only remembered when he came back at night that he didn't see the beauty.

"I left it in the shop, and I bluffed with my uncle and asked him to feed the beauty." She wanted to take the beauty with her, but she didn't know the way herself. It's troublesome.

Not seeing the beauty, Wu Ling felt a little melancholy. In the past, he often disliked this lazy cat at home. It had been a long time since he hadn't seen her, but he missed him too much.Missing not only cats, but also people, Wu Ling glanced at his daughter-in-law who was sitting in front of the dressing table unloading hairpins, his eyes darkened, he walked behind his daughter-in-law calmly, and picked her up.

Zhang Mu was taken aback, looking at Xianggong's dark eyes, he suddenly understood in seconds!This is the little hungry wolf possessed!

Freeing up one hand, he pinched Wu Ling's waist. Zhang Mu said with some dissatisfaction, "Sir, why are you gaining weight? Don't you know that I like pork ribs and don't like small fat meat?"

Wu Ling blushed all of a sudden. He had eaten well these few days. He had indeed eaten half a bowl more than usual. Looking at his wife's disgusted eyes, he said a little discouraged, "My lady, I will pay attention to it in the future! No. Greedy!"

"Pfft!" Zhang Mu couldn't hold back for a while, and was amused by Wu Ling's pitiful appearance, "Sir, I, I'm teasing you, you really take it seriously! Haha, haha, I'm dying of laughter!" Zhang Mu laughed so hard that he rolled on the bed, I haven't seen him for a month, why does he think that Xianggong is even cuter!

Wu Ling's eyes lit up, and he stretched out the little wolf's paws to the faceless lamb.

(End of this chapter)