Madam Hou

Chapter 108

Lin Fengqi went out to fight, two months passed in a flash, and it was November in a blink of an eye.Yin Niang was not used to Lin Fengqi's departure from the very beginning, but now she has gradually gotten used to sleeping without someone in bed.

Lin Fengqi arrived in Fujian in October, and every ten days after that, she would send a letter back home. In the letter, she would not only report her safety, but also tell her about the scenery and experiences in the south, or what she did during these times. .But he never said anything about war in his letters, maybe he was afraid that she would worry.

Autumn and winter alternate, the weather is changeable, and Yin Niang is very honorable to catch a cold at this time.Fortunately, Yinniang's physical fitness has always passed the test, and after drinking the medicine for two days, she is almost healed, but she still has a little nasal congestion.

When Yin Niang was sick, Mrs. Lin spared her morning and night time. Now that she felt better, she decided to go to Fushouyuan to pay her respects.Qinghua helped Yinniang to tie the shackles, while persuading her: "Madam, why don't you go after two more rests, your illness is not fully recovered yet, if the cold wind blows outside again, your condition will get worse later. .Anyway, you are Mrs. Tai's own daughter-in-law, and Mrs. Tai will not blame you."

Yin Niang said: "It's not in the way, it's only a few steps away."

Although you are a daughter-in-law, it is still necessary to properly show your respect for your mother-in-law, and this kind of respect is best reflected when you are in a hurry to greet her before you recover from your illness.Of course, Yinniang would not really use her body to express her filial piety to her mother-in-law. She knew that her condition was almost better, and a few blows of the wind would not make her condition worse, so she dared to go out to greet Madam Lin. .

When Yinniang and Qinghua went to Fushouyuan, Mrs. Lin was playing leaf cards at a table with Yuan Momo, Linglong and Cuizhu, while Mrs. He was standing behind Mrs. Lin, holding a bowl of tea in her hand.

Cuizhu is now dressed as a woman.Like Linglong, she used to be Mrs. Lin's big maid, but she married someone last year, and she married a field steward purchased by the outer courtyard.After she got married, she no longer went back to the inner courtyard to work, but she would often come back to greet Madam Lin.

Seeing Yinniang coming in, Mrs. Lin Tai finished playing a card in her hand first, and then said: "Didn't you tell me not to pay me a visit these few days? Your illness is healed?"

Yuan Momo, Linglong and Cui Zhu got up one after another to greet Yin Niang, but Yin Niang waved her hand to signal them not to be too polite.And Mrs. He behind Mrs. Lin looked at Yinniang resentfully.

On the second day of Lin Fengqi's expedition, the grounded He family sent word to He's mother that she knew she was wrong.Later, when she saw Mrs. Lin and Yin Niang, she confessed her mistake again with snot and tears, saying that she was wrong and that she should not make unreasonable troubles and make the house restless.

Yin Niang doesn't care if she really knows she's wrong, anyway, everyone can save face, and it's fine if she doesn't come directly to find fault with her.Moreover, during the filial piety period, there were rumors of discord between the sister-in-law and the Yuhou Mansion's reputation was not good.So Yinniang interceded with Mrs. Lin Tai and relieved her restraint.After He came out this time, it seemed that he really knew that he was wrong. He didn't quarrel with Lin Fengye again, and every time he met Yinniang, he would politely call her sister-in-law.

Mrs. Lin Tai has been handed over to Yinniang in the inner courtyard since the death of Old Master Lin. She has nothing to do all day long, and later she became obsessed with playing leaf cards.Later, when He's restraint was released, it seemed that he had thought about teaching his daughter-in-law's addiction again, so he became obsessed with teaching his daughter-in-law again.Of course, this daughter-in-law is not Yinniang.

The first thing Mrs. Lin taught her daughter-in-law is how to serve her mother-in-law. For example, if the mother-in-law wants to play leaf cards now, the daughter-in-law has to wait behind her with tea. Squeeze the shoulders, the mother-in-law eats, and the daughter-in-law has to stand next to serve the dishes.

Yin Niang sometimes felt that Mrs. Lin was too much for He Shi, but she didn't want to intercede for her.She has a small heart and loves to hold grudges too much. She still remembers how badly she scolded her that night.

Yinniang ignored Mrs. He's resentment directly, and smiled at Mrs. Lin Tai: "It's almost done. Although my mother hurts me, I spared my greetings, but I haven't seen my mother for a few days, and I miss my mother, so I came to say hello to my mother." .”

Yin Niang spoke to Mrs. Lin Tai's heart, and laughed and scolded: "You are the only one who can speak. Say it, coax me with sweet words, and what do you want to coax from me?"

Sometimes when Yin Niang comes to Mrs. Lin Tai, she will deliberately say that the things here are good, and then ask for some worthless small things. The purpose of her doing this is naturally not to get away from Mrs. Lin Tai, but to To flatter Mrs. Lin Tai to make her happy.

Yinniang laughed and said, "Mother, you have wronged me. I told the truth, but you didn't believe me. Just watch, I won't take anything from you today. Yuan Momo, Linglong and Cuizhu are here. Testify for me."

Yuan Meme, Linglong and Cuizhu all smiled and said hello.

Mrs. Lin Tai smiled and said: "This little slippery monkey is almost drawing the people in my yard to your side."

Yuan Momo, Linglong, and Cuizhu knew that Mrs. Lin Tai was joking, so they were not panicked by these words.Mrs. Lin Tai said again: "Come here quickly, and help me see the cards."

Yin Niang said: "Yes, Mother."

Yin Niang walked to Mrs. Lin Tai, and the clever little maid hurriedly moved a chair for her to sit on.

Mrs. Lin held two cards and said hesitantly, "Do you think I should play the card on the left or the card on the right?"

Yin Niang pointed to the card on the left and said, "Play seven cylinders."

As a result, Mrs. Lin Tai had just played the seven barrels, and Yuan Memo, the next player, turned over the cards and said with a smile on his face: "Oh, I got confused, I won."

Mrs. Lin looked at Yinniang very questioningly, Yinniang laughed embarrassedly and said, "How about, I will pay for this round of my mother."

Mrs. Lin Tai said: "That's not necessary, it's just for fun, do I still care about the money." After speaking, she took the broken silver on the table and gave it to Yuan Momo, Linglong and Cuiyu also gave the money.

Mrs. Lin took advantage of Yuan Momo and others to shuffle the cards, and said to He behind her: "Second daughter-in-law, bring me the tea."

Mrs. He brought the tea to Mrs. Lin Tai, but Mrs. Lin took a sip before spitting it back into the tea bowl, then stared at Mrs. He and said, "It's winter, how did your mother teach me to drink such cold tea? Are you serving your mother-in-law?"

He squeezed the tray in his hand hard with his fingers, his fingers turned white, and finally suppressed the anger in his heart, and said: "I'm sorry, mother-in-law, I'll go and pour you another cup."

Mrs. He poured the tea again, Mrs. Lin took a sip, put the tea bowl back on the small tray in Mrs. He's hand, and said: "Learn with your heart, serving your mother-in-law is a profound knowledge. If you learn it well, you will benefit a lot all your life. Qian, I'm doing it for your own good. I think back when I was serving your grandmother, I was always there from morning till night, and even at night I had to lay a watch on the floor beside her bed."

He scolded in his heart: After learning it, do I want to toss my daughter-in-law like you? If it is so good, why don't I see you teaching your own daughter-in-law.

He didn't dare to say what was in his heart, so he could only say: "Yes."

Seeing that Mrs. Lin Tai wanted to "teach" her daughter-in-law, Yuan Memo and others looked at each other, and then they all left.It happened that Mrs. Lin was tired of playing leaf cards, so she allowed them to go.

Madam Lin walked to the couch beside her and sat down, then looked at Mrs. He.Mrs. He had stood holding the tray for a long time, her hands were really sore, and she planned to pretend that she didn't see Mrs. Lin's eyes.But Mrs. Lin kept looking at her, and finally she couldn't pretend anymore, so she walked in front of her, knelt on the ground and took a small hammer to help her beat her leg.

Yin Niang felt a little sympathetic to He Shi, so she chose not to look at her, so as not to soften her heart.Yin Niang walked to Madam Lin and sat down, she held Madam Lin's arm and said, "Mother, do I still have something to ask you today?"

"What's the matter, tell me."

"It's like this. This year, the maids have to start making winter clothes. It's just that you know that the Fuchu is keeping filial piety. It's not easy to make winter clothes in bright colors, but there are not so many plain fabrics in the warehouse. I'm having a headache, what should I do?" .”

Sure enough, he was still young, and he didn't know what to do when he encountered some difficult things.But that's all, I will mention her a little bit, who told me that I am a good mother-in-law.

Mrs. Lin Tai said: "What's the problem? You can fold the winter clothes into silver and send them to the maids. You can let them do it outside by themselves, or you can buy fabrics and let the sewing room do it for them. In short, you tell them, When the money is handed out to them, they decide what to do, the only thing is, they are not allowed to wear tattered clothes while holding the money, or wear bright clothes to go to the government to run errands.”

Yin Niang naturally thought of this method.The reason why she would ask Mrs. Lin for advice is to find an opportunity to flatter Mrs. Lin, and also to prevent her from feeling dissatisfied with her daughter-in-law because she is too capable and does not need her.She didn't want to be called by Madam Lin to "teach" how to be a daughter-in-law.

Yin Niang flattered: "Mother has a way. This method saves trouble and is easy for the servant girl to accept. The servant girl will also praise the kindness of the Hou Mansion when she has silver in her hand. All I could think of at the time was to send someone to buy it outside as soon as possible. Here are some plain fabrics."

Yinniang's words greatly satisfied Mrs. Lin Hou's feeling of being needed by others, and she became more and more loving towards Yinniang, and she talked endlessly about how to do things when she hosted the mid-level event.On the other hand, Yin Niang really listened very carefully like an ignorant elementary school student, and even praised a few words from time to time.

Mrs. He who was helping Mrs. Lin beat her leg below heard this, and couldn't help curling her lips, and said with disdain in her heart: She really is a girl from the country, how could she know such a profound knowledge of taking care of the inner courtyard, but relying on her long years Only her status as a daughter-in-law has the opportunity to preside over Zhongfu. If she is allowed to come, she will be able to manage the inner courtyard better.

But Chen's stupidity also has its advantages. Maybe when she makes a mistake, she will have the opportunity to intervene in the middle class of the Hou Mansion.When she takes over Zhongfu, she will definitely manage the inner courtyard tightly, and when outsiders see her, they will only give her a thumbs up to praise her, and even the Chen family will be suppressed.At that time, it doesn't matter if she is a sister-in-law, she will live by her face.

Thinking that Chen Yiniang would turn into a pig's liver from her anger, He felt very relieved, and even started to beat her legs vigorously.

(End of this chapter)