Rebirth cannon fodder

Chapter 68 The Strange Miss Meng

This scene did not exist in the original script.Xu Manzhen followed Jiang Shi, watching the lively scene in front of her, thinking secretly.

In the original script, it was Xu Shuzhen who remembered the game.However, at that time, she suddenly appeared in front of Xu Manzhen with her embroidery, and said those provocative words to her...

Naturally, Xu Manzhen, who was known throughout Xu's mansion for being savage and domineering, became enraged and destroyed her embroidery.

And in the same way, a few days ago, when Xu Shuzhen thought she had won, she still appeared in front of her holding the embroidery, but the difference was that she didn't destroy her embroidery.

What is she trying to do?Xu Shuzhen seemed to be very much looking forward to Xu Manzhen destroying her embroidery... and she was unwilling to come to Meng's House... Maybe she knew that even if her work won the competition, the person who could come to Meng's House would not be her?Or what other reason?
Why did she have such a firm understanding?Regarding the Meng Mansion in front of him, what else is he not clear about?
Xu Manzhen was as cautious as Lin Daiyu when she entered Jia's residence.It should not be that simple that Xu Shuzhen can regard the place as daunting.

Because it was the old lady's birthday party, all the women who came to the door were the female relatives of the big family in Deyang.As the saying goes, one woman is equal to a hundred ducks, and two women are equal to a thousand ducks. It refers to the ability of women to speak and chatter endlessly.

But Xu Manzhen and mother were quiet, no one came to strike up a conversation with them.Everyone in the world has snobbish eyes. Although the Xu family is considered a big family in Deyang, the mistress is a person who has practiced for many years. After being released this time, I don’t know if I should continue to practice when I go back... Naturally, there will be no one Come to do the work in vain, and if you make friends, you will make friends in vain.

Xu Manzhen is also known to everyone in Deyang. Although she is a concubine, she is not loved by her father because of her eccentric temper, and her status in the mansion is not even as good as that of a few concubine daughters. This has caused the current situation, that is, such a lively occasion However, there is a vacuum around Xu's mother and daughter.

It's just very strange, why did Xu Fu let the two of them come?Don't the general things come from the fourth aunt?But when they thought of the protagonist of today's banquet, everyone knew it again.

Such a situation was naturally extremely embarrassing, but fortunately Xu Manzhen was already mentally prepared.The opportunity that Xu Shuzhen is willing to miss is naturally not a good one.If you're indifferent, let's be indifferent... It doesn't matter, when she was a secondary player, what kind of bench did she not sit on?
It's just a trifle.

But to her surprise, it was the master who came over.A round-faced girl about her age walked over with a smile and asked her, "Is my sister Manzhen's sister from Xu's mansion?"

Xu Manzhen vaguely remembered that someone in the room had pointed out that this girl with a round face was now the Second Miss of the Meng Mansion.The eldest lady got married last year, and now she is the oldest in the mansion.

Speaking of Meng Mansion, there is another allusion.That is, the protagonist of the current birthday, the old matriarch, because of pregnancy, her mother-in-law gave her son a beautiful concubine. The old matriarch was just a young daughter-in-law, so naturally she could only accept it silently.However, such things are common in big families, so no one will stand up and raise objections for this little daughter-in-law.

But this beautiful concubine is unusual.Just taking advantage of this opportunity, this beautiful concubine has firmly grasped the heart of the young man surnamed Meng back then. Even if the young daughter-in-law has finished confinement, the husband's heart can no longer be given to her. , Occasionally coming to her yard is just a routine, without any warmth.

Fortunately, this little daughter-in-law had a good life, and she gave birth to two children, both sons, so her position in the mansion was still very stable, but, later on, her husband's doting became more and more gone. After so many years, she accompanied her Son, he was struggling in the backyard until the concubine died and her husband died, and then he finally felt proud and sent away the children born to that concubine far away.

However, the little boy back then, now the head of the Meng family, witnessed his mother's hardships, so he made an oath when he got married that as long as he had a son to inherit the family business before the age of 40, he would never take a concubine again.

The old matriarch also dissuaded him a little at that time, but unfortunately his son was determined, and after thinking about his own experience, he sighed and gave up.

So now, Meng Daru has no concubine.As for the round-faced little girl in front of her, she doesn't have any concubine sisters or concubine brothers.However, her father will soon be forty, but her mother only gave birth to two daughters, so everyone in Deyang knows that it will be a matter of time before the Meng family takes concubines.Some flatterers even started to pick up concubines for him.You know, his younger brother is a Beijing official, a dignified fourth-rank official!
Just like this birthday, many people in Deyang wanted to come to give gifts, but they were all declined. The Meng Mansion excused that it was just an ordinary birthday, and they didn't want to make a big deal, so they just invited some women's relatives to come.That's why Xu Shixun racked his brains.

But even so, there are a lot of people who come, there is no way to do this, no matter how indifferent the people are, they can't ignore human feelings.Tao Yuanming lived in seclusion in the mountains, and if he really wanted to visit an old friend, he would buy a few dollars for wine and some meat.So a small casual birthday, still doing so lively.

"Hello, sister Meng." Xu Manzhen hurriedly got up and saluted the round-faced girl.Why did she personally come forward to greet her when everyone else was avoiding her like a snake?
"You don't need to be so polite." Meng Liya smiled and said, "Everyone is clamoring to unwrap the presents over there. Let me call my sister. Does sister Xu want to go and have a look?"

Opening presents?Why?Xu Manzhen felt strange, isn't it a Western custom to unwrap presents on the spot? Why are they also unwrapping now?
But she didn't know that if it was a very formal gift, it would naturally not be opened. However, on this birthday, the Meng Mansion has repeatedly stated that they will not accept precious gifts, and will mainly use the handicrafts of the women in each mansion.This kind of gift was opened and evaluated on the spot, which made it more interesting—this is also the reason why Meng Daru didn't want to be ashamed of his younger brother's official reputation.

Xu Manzhen looked at Jiang Shi beside her. The two of them were already lonely enough. If she left again, wouldn't Jiang Shi be left alone?That's even more embarrassing.

"Go, go." Jiang patted her hand with a smile and said, "Don't worry about mother, mother is fine."

Xu Manzhen hesitated for a moment, but decided to take a look.She came here for a purpose this time, if she sat here with her mother foolishly, she would definitely not have a chance to realize her purpose.Moreover, Er Miss Meng came to invite her in person, which gave her enough face.

After comforting Jiang with a few words, Xu Manzhen followed Meng Liya away.

Meng Liya took Xu Manzhen to a room next door. The room was full of people, and everyone was smiling.When they saw Meng Liya coming in, they all greeted her, but when they saw Xu Manzhen following in, they all turned away in embarrassment.

It seems that Xu Manzhen not only has a bad reputation in the mansion, but also has a bad reputation outside.Xu Manzhen knew it well, but she kept a faint smile on her face.

She must find a way to change her view of herself in front of these people.What's the use of just tossing around in the mansion, sometimes, the flowers in the wall will be fragrant inside the wall.

"Open the presents, open the presents!" Someone yelled when they saw that the master had returned, "Open it quickly, let everyone compare and see whose stuff is better and whose stuff is worse."

"How vulgar you say that!" The people around her laughed at her, "When you say this, you don't look like a young lady from a rich family, but like a young lady on the street... Where did you learn such vulgar words? of?"

Is this vulgar?Xu Manzhen had a smile on her face, but she was thinking carefully in her heart, should she keep her mouth shut for a while, so as not to be laughed at as vulgar?
"My words have always been rough and unreasonable!" The girl just said with a smile, "But you, why don't you take out your presents first, so that when you unwrap the presents, yours will be scary. If you jump, you will lose face and embarrass yourself!"

"You're talking nonsense!" The girl became anxious, "My gift for the old lady was carefully prepared for nearly a month, and I stayed up late every night..."

The two talked very lively, but it was very strange that there was a room full of people, but no third person came out to answer them.It seemed that the two of them were just talking about cross talk—and this cross talk was also a failure, and the audience didn't have any intention of cheering.

The two talked for a while, and finally realized that everyone was looking at the two of them like monkeys, and finally felt embarrassed. There was no way to continue the act of pretending to be crazy, and the atmosphere in the room was extremely weird.

Even Meng Liya, who was the host, only had a faint smile on her face, and she had no intention of playing paddock for the two of them at all.

It seems that this person named Meng Liya is not an easy person to get along with.Xu Manzhen sighed in her heart.It's just that when I think about her gentle attitude towards me just now, it's a little strange. Meng Liya is not like this kind of person... But what about her attitude towards these two?

"Open the present." After a long silence, Meng Liya finally spoke.Everyone in the room breathed a sigh of relief.

But the two people who were pretending to be crazy and foolish just now dared not speak again.

The two beautiful girls standing behind Meng Liya stepped forward, picked out one of the presents piled up like a hill, and read: "Xu Mansion... a picture of a birthday star, respected by the third lady of Xu Mansion. "This means that the birthday picture of Xu's mansion was drawn by their third lady.

It seems that other mansions are similar to Xu's mansion. Several young ladies prepare a gift each, and then pick the best one and send it over.

The third lady of the Xu family blushed a little, pulled up her sleeves to cover half of her face, turned her head sideways and said to Meng Liya: "Sister Meng...you are too bad, how could you be the first to open me up with gifts from so many people?" What? It's a shame."

But Xu Manzhen looked a little smug at her expression, and it seems that her birthday picture is also quite good.

"Who told you to come so late, the servants put it outside." Meng Liya smiled softly, "If the gift is really too bad, I will reject it, and you can prepare another one."

Looking at it this way, Meng Liya isn't really weird, is she?Xu Manzhen felt very strange. Why was there such a big difference between Meng Liya's attitude towards the two girls just now and the third lady of the Xu Mansion?
There must be something going on here, that's why Xu Shuzhen didn't want to come here.Could it be... Xu Manzhen's heart moved, and a thought suddenly came to her mind.

Needless to say, it's really very possible.

If my guess is true, then Xu Shuzhen's scheming is a little too much, which is much stronger than the two singing together just now.

"Ah..." There was a burst of exclamation in the room. It turned out that Miss Xu San's painting had been taken apart by two maids.

　In the new week, the popularity is bleak... Can everyone be more enthusiastic?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)