Madam Hou

Chapter 9

Zhao Chang stood up from the ground where he jumped, saw Yinniang, took a step forward, and called out in a sad and expectant voice: "Yinniang."

Seeing Zhao Chang, Yinniang thought of Zhao Chang's wife, the county magistrate.The county magistrate's wife used to have some quarrels with Mrs. Chen, and this has been going on since the time of the boudoir.

The county magistrate's wife is the daughter of a squire, and someone in her ancestors was an official, and Mrs. Chen is the daughter of a merchant. In terms of status, the county magistrate's wife should be more than two blocks away from the county magistrate's wife.But Mrs. Chen is more beautiful than the county magistrate's wife, and she is more talented than the county magistrate's wife. When the ladies and wives of Linping County talk about it, they always talk about Mrs. Chen before talking about the county magistrate's wife.

And girls are always vain, and they always feel uncomfortable when they are said to be inferior to others. The direct way of expressing this discomfort is that every time the county magistrate's wife sees Mrs. Chen, she always squints her eyes. Let's talk about Mrs. Chen to show my disdain for Mrs. Chen's business background.Mrs. Chen felt the disdain of the county magistrate's wife, so she naturally couldn't feel good about the county magistrate's wife.

Later, the two married a scholar from Linping County, but the county magistrate's wife married a higher-quality one. Later, the scholar they married successively won the Juren, and then the Jinshi, but Chen Dazhu was the same Jinshi, Mr. Zhao Among them are real Jinshi.Then Chen Dazhu awarded the county magistrate of the eighth rank, but Mr. Zhao awarded the county magistrate of the seventh rank. The wife is more expensive than the husband, and the identity of the county magistrate's wife continues to be higher than that of Mrs. Chen.What's more, Mrs. Chen only gave birth to three sisters, Yinniang and no sons. In this era when the value of women is judged by having sons, the magistrate's wife continued to look down on Mrs. Chen.

The adult's circle will affect the children's circle, the county magistrate's wife and Mrs. Chen don't deal with it, and what affects Yinniang and the daughter of the Zhao family don't deal with it very much.

Zhao Chang and Yan Niang are the same age, sixteen this year.Zhao Chang and Yinniang were at odds when they were young, they always liked to catch bugs and throw them over to scare Yinniang.Later, Yinniang grew up, and men and women wanted to avoid suspicion, but Zhao Chang was not shy. He still liked to climb up walls or trees, and threw mud or branches at Yinniang passing by below.It wasn't until the last two years that Zhao Chang restrained himself a bit.

After Yinniang got engaged to Yongning Hou Shizi this time, the county magistrate's wife's attitude towards Mrs. Chen changed 180 degrees. The change of expression did not even need a process. She shook Mrs. Chen's hand as soon as she brought the gift, "Sister, sister " cried, with a gentle and natural smile, as if the two of them have been on such a good terms for decades.

Yin Niang looked around, the women who cleaned here and guarded the door on weekdays all went to the front flower hall to serve, the courtyard was quiet and there was no one, and there were peach trees planted around, it was spring, and the pink petals It is covered with branches, and the breeze blows, and the peach blossoms rustle and fall.

If this is a short story book similar to "The Romance of the West Chamber", under such a beautiful scenery, under such a safe and secure situation and no one will find it, except for a blue and white light bulb behind it, this is definitely a lover's private life Good point, if there is another scene where parents beat mandarin ducks with sticks and lovers elope to resist, this will definitely be a romantic novel that makes people want to live and die, want to stop and can't stop.

But if this is a YY house fighting novel for the author's self-entertainment, and it focuses on women's house struggles, supplemented by love stories between men and women, and if one is the heroine and the other is the supporting actor, the scene will be the same. It should be like this.

Our heroine Yin Niang took two steps back, separating herself from Mr. Zhao so far that it would not be easy for people to think that they were in a private meeting, and the maid Qing Hua behind Yin Niang also walked very smartly. The front of Yinniang separates Yinniang from Mr. Zhao.

Yin Niang politely saluted Mr. Zhao, squinted her eyes slightly, and asked politely with a crooked smile, "Brother Zhao, why did you come in here?"

Men and women have different seats at the age of seven. This is the inner courtyard, reminding you that this is not the place you should come to.

Seeing Yinniang's actions, Zhao Chang couldn't help but feel even more dejected, but he still pointed to the wall next to him, and then pointed to the peach blossom tree next to him that he jumped off just now, and answered Yinniang's question: "Climb first." to the wall, then climbed from the wall to the peach tree, and jumped off the peach tree."

"Brother Zhao came to see Aunt Zhao, and Aunt Zhao was talking to my mother and the others in the flower hall."

"No, I'm here to find you, sister. I heard that my sister is already engaged?"

Yin Niang didn't speak, she lowered her head shyly.The little girl from every family, when asked such a question, always has to answer shyly to appear reserved.

Zhao Chang looked even more dejected, and asked with a weak voice: "Does my sister think this marriage is good?"

Of course, there is a lot of money.But it seems that he is not reserved when talking about money, and continues to be shy.

Zhao Chang continued to ask unwillingly: "Sister, do you think this marriage is really good? I heard people say that those nobles in the capital like to take concubines. Can my sister bear it?"

The control was a bit lenient, and Yin Niang didn't care about being shy anymore, she raised her head and said solemnly to Zhao Chang: "Brother Zhao, the order of my parents, the words of the matchmaker, these things are planned by my parents for me."

"I'm here for you!"

"Thank you Brother Zhao for your concern, but if these words are heard by outsiders, it's not good for you, and it's not good for me." The subtext is: You should worry less.

In the flower hall.

The county magistrate's wife looked at the officials' wives or country gentry's wives who usually grew their heads to the top of their heads and seemed to be flattering around Mrs. Chen. Even the magistrate's wife rushed over to cheer for Mrs. Chen, although there was a smile on her face, But my heart is really not feeling well.

When she was young, she obviously had a higher status than this merchant woman, but because of her beauty, she beat her everywhere.When they got married, both of them were married scholars. She was often said to be with a merchant woman. After her husband passed the Jinshi examination, her husband was the county magistrate, but Mrs. Chen's husband was only the county magistrate. Son, she also gave birth to a son, she thought she could finally feel proud.As a result, in the blink of an eye, her eldest daughter became the emperor's favorite concubine, and now she is pregnant with a dragon fetus. The second daughter then became engaged to the prince of the Hou family. She couldn't keep up with her current status even if she was riding a horse.Speaking of which, she was really lucky, and she didn't know where this blessing came from.

But no matter how unwilling it is, the situation is not stronger than others now, and even if you have children, you can't do whatever you want like you did when you were a child. What can you do if you don't rush up to curry favor like others.

The county magistrate's wife covered the corners of her mouth, swallowed the bitterness in her mouth, and continued to flatter her with a smile.Until the confidant girl who was serving by her side suddenly came over and whispered a few words into her ear, the county magistrate's wife stood up immediately in shock.The movement of standing up was too big, causing all the wives around to look over immediately.

Seeing the pale face of the county magistrate's wife, one of the ladies who was close to her asked with concern: "Caiqin, what's wrong with you?"

The county magistrate's wife forced herself to laugh and said, "It's okay, it's just a small incident at home, I'm afraid I have to go back and deal with it now."

After speaking, he walked up to Mrs. Chen with a smile and said, "Sister Xiuzhu, I'm afraid I can't celebrate your second daughter today, so I'll come to make an apology to you another day."

The wives present here have also dealt with family affairs, and they have also encountered emergencies at home, and they all understand.Mrs. Chen also said: "If you have something to do at home, go back first, don't delay the matter." There is no need to make an apology, it is best that you don't come here in the future, and everyone is unfamiliar.

As soon as the county magistrate's wife came out of the flower hall, she gritted her teeth at the maid beside her and said, "Go ask Mama Zhang to help me catch that brat back."

When the county magistrate's wife returned to the mansion, she had just taken a sip of tea with a white clock cover, when her eldest son Zhao Chang came in after Zhang Mama.The county magistrate's wife was so angry that she directly threw the Baizhong Gaiwan in her hand, but her heart softened in the end, and the strength in her hand was biased, and the bowl flew straight past her face and landed on the floor behind her, crackling. It crackled all over the ground.

A servant girl came up and wrapped her hands in a handkerchief to clean up the debris, then went out quietly and closed the door again.

The county magistrate's wife said angrily: "You brat, do you think your father has stayed in the county magistrate's position for too long? He is the future Mrs. Shizi, and you dare to provoke him."

Zhao Chang just pursed his lips, lowered his head and did not speak.The county magistrate's wife became even more angry, and said angrily: "The daughter of that low-class merchant, what good is there other than being good-looking, she is the reincarnation of a vixen, and she is so fascinated by you men that you are blind. Look at her."

"Mom, what are you scolding her for? She's not good. She's good. I just like her. It's you who are prejudiced against her."

"You still dare to talk back, you, are you trying to piss me off? I see her whole body, and there is nothing good about her."

"I asked you to go to the Chen family to propose marriage that day, but you always perfunctory me with Yinniang being young. If you had proposed marriage for me back then, Yinniang would not have married someone else." Zhao Chang turned around after finishing speaking. go out.

The county magistrate's wife was so angry that she pointed at Zhao Chang and called you several times. Seeing Zhao Chang go out, she hurriedly called out, "Come back, brat, come back to me..."

When Zhao Chang went out, the county magistrate's wife suddenly felt her whole body lose strength, and she sat down on the grand teacher's chair with her hands on her chest, and said to Zhang's mother who comforted her: "What evil did I do? As expected, Lu's and I are born to be at odds, and if I meet her, nothing good will happen to me, and now her daughter is here to seduce my son again, she is such a shameless bastard."

Zhang's mother behind her hurriedly stopped the county magistrate's wife from continuing: "Madam, madam, I can't say this now."

The county magistrate's wife felt that she couldn't breathe, and finally said helplessly: "It's not that I can't say it, now I have to continue to curry favor with her." After speaking, she reached for the cup on the table, opened the lid and found that the tea inside was full of tea. It was so cold, I put the lid on a box, and put the cup back on the table.

(End of this chapter)