Embarrassing for the bride

Chapter 35

Mrs. Wen's natal family used to be a well-known and well-known family, and her father, Mr. Xie, had served as the servant of the household department before his death.Mrs. Wen has a sister and a brother in her family, and the rest are half-brothers and sisters, which are not considered close.It is reasonable to say that Mrs. Wen should be very affectionate with this only sister, but in fact it is not the case.At least the scene Yuzhi saw when she stepped into the hall told her this.

Mrs. Zhong Wen sat at the top of the hall, with a calm expression, and sitting next to her was a middle-aged woman in a dark red dress. She didn't look much like Mrs. Wen, at least not as pretty as Mrs. Wen.Sitting on the first seat on the left below was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl, she was cute in appearance, wearing a bright yellow dress, when she saw Yuzhi coming in, she looked her up and down, but there was not much kindness in her eyes.

Mrs. Wen called her: "Yuzhi, come to meet your aunt and cousin." When it came to these two titles, her tone was not too enthusiastic.

Yuzhi stepped forward and saluted Mrs. Xie respectfully: "Auntie is well." Then she turned to look at the girl, "I think this is the Cousin Fengwan that Boyu was talking about."

When Feng Wan heard she mentioned Wen Zhaoling, she said pleasantly, "Cousin Boyu mentioned me?"

Xie frowned, "Feng Wan, what does it look like to be surprised!"

Feng Wan curled her lips and fell silent.

Yuzhi thought about it for a while, and probably realized that she might be interested in Wen Zhaoling, right?Thinking about it this way, no matter how she looked at it, she felt a little uncomfortable.

Mrs. Xie said to Mrs. Wen: "I see that your daughter-in-law is not much different from Feng Wan in age, but she is very dignified. Before I came here, I heard that Bo Yu married a girl from a temple. I was worried that she was an uneducated girl. , oh, I heard that her mother also died young?"

Mrs. Wen frowned, "Elder Sister is still the same as before, always talking to make people feel uncomfortable."

Xie looked at her pretending to be surprised, then turned to look at Yuzhi, "Oh, look at my mouth, the words are most indifferent, Yuzhi, don't be angry, Auntie didn't mean it."

Yuzhi squeezed her palms and forced a smile, "Why are you angry? My aunt is right. Since ancient times, people have said that children with incomplete parents are not well-educated. Fortunately, Yuzhi grew up in front of the Buddha. Grandma also said that I was born with I grew up under the care of the Buddha! Besides, my aunt at home treats me like my own child, and what my mother lacks is also made up for."

Now that Mrs. Tai was mentioned, Xie naturally couldn't say anything, so she just shut up resentfully.Feng Wan on one side gave her a dissatisfied look.

Mrs. Wen smiled slightly, "What Yuzhi said is that the marriage made by the old man is of course nothing to say. Don't worry if your parents are not complete. You only worry about those who have both parents and have not been educated." She tilted her head vaguely. Wu Wu glanced at Feng Wan, "Sister, don't you think so?"

Mrs. Xie was suffocated by her glance, but he couldn't help but glared at his daughter.

Mrs. Wen asked Yuzhi to sit with Fengwan, pretending not to see her.

Mrs. Xie had been at odds with her younger sister since she was a child, and now she couldn't swallow it no matter what, so she smiled and said: "By the way, Second Sister, I heard that my brother-in-law has returned to Beijing?"

Mrs. Wen was not surprised when she asked, "Did sister come to investigate the situation?"

Mrs. Xie was taken aback, "Why did Second Sister say that? I came to see you and some nephews."

"Since eldest sister came to Wen's house at this time, I should know that brother-in-law asked you to check the situation, and you don't need to hide it." She took a sip of tea from her teacup, "It's a pity that I'm going to disappoint you, elder sister. I am a woman, how can I know the affairs of the officialdom?"

Xie smirked twice: "Second sister was joking, can brother-in-law still have something to hide from you?"

Mrs. Wen coughed, "Didn't the eldest sister just say that she wasn't here to check on the situation?"

"Oh... this..." Mrs. Xie smiled unnaturally, she had nothing to say for a while, just happened to see A Qin passing by outside, and quickly changed the topic: "Second sister, who is that little girl?"

Mrs. Wen called out, "Aqin, come here!"

Ah Qin came in from the outside, saw the people in the hall, and then looked at Feng Wan, her expression was not very good, but she still stepped forward to salute Mrs Xie politely: "Auntie is well."

"Huh?" Mrs. Xie looked her up and down, then turned to Madam Wen and asked, "Is this Ah Qin? Are you this old? Tsk tsk, I still remember her mother was only this old when she married you. .”

Mrs. Wen's face darkened, she pursed her lips and remained silent.

Mrs. Xie seemed very happy to see Mrs. Wen's complexion, and said to Aqin, "Aqin, my aunt doesn't come to Wen's house very often, but I don't know you are so old." She took off a bracelet from her arm and gave it to Aqin. Qin stuffed it in his hand, "Come on, take some kindness from your aunt, you should accept it because your mother has served your aunt and your father successively."

Mrs. Xie saw that Mrs. Wen's complexion was getting worse, and she was more happy. She took Aqin's wrist and saw that it was empty, and pretended to be surprised: "Ah, it's so pitiful, there is no jewelry at this age." None, it’s really unbearable.”

Yuzhi couldn't listen anymore, thought about it, and pretended to be surprised: "Huh? Aqin, why don't you wear that emerald jade bracelet? Last time, my mother made a pair for our daughters-in-law and you. Why didn't you wear it?" Where is Dai?"

Mrs. Wen was stunned for a moment, and Aqin answered naturally: "Oh, that, I don't like that color." She pulled her hand from Mrs. Xie's hand, snuggled up to Mrs. Wen, and smirked like a child. Jiaolai: "Mother, please make a new pair for me. I want a white jade bracelet, just like the pair of earrings you gave me last year. How nice it is."

Mrs. Wen had never been so close to Ah Qin before, her body froze slightly, and she finally shook her hand for the first time, nodded, "Okay, mother will follow you."

Mrs. Xie took back the bracelet in embarrassment, "I can't see that Aqin and your second sister are so close, and you call them mother."

Feng Wan suddenly said from the side: "Mother, you see that my aunt makes so many jewelry for Ah Qin, who is not her own, why don't you do it for me too."

Mrs. Xie glared at her, and said in a low voice, "Look at what you look like!"

Aqin turned her head to look at Feng Wan, with contempt on her face.When Yuzhi looked at her, she glanced at Fengwan and rolled her eyes. Aqin covered her lips and smiled, probably because she knew that Yuzhi didn't like her either.

Mrs. Wen patted Ah Qin's hand, "Go to the mansion with your sister-in-law and Feng Wan, I have something to say with your aunt."

Aqin saluted respectfully, walked to Yuzhi and looked at Feng Wan. Although she spoke warmly, her face was very calm, "Cousin Feng Wan, please come with us."

Feng Wan happily stood up, and said to Yu Zhi: "Then let's go see Cousin Bo Yu." After speaking, she went out happily.Yuzhi and Aqin had no choice but to follow quickly.

Wen Zhaoling had just cut a sprig of autumn chrysanthemum in Boyu's residence, when suddenly a figure rushed to him, grabbed his arm, and called him sweetly, "Cousin Boyu!"

Wen Zhaoling stopped the scissors in his hand, turned his head to look at her, and smiled gently, "So it's Feng Wan, why are you here?" Turning his head and seeing Yuzhi and Aqin following behind, he held Feng Wan back. He pulled down his arm, "Yuzhi, come and see, I just cut a chrysanthemum, how about keeping it in a bottle?"

Because of his actions, Feng Wan stood up straight up unwillingly, turned her head to look at Yu Zhi, pouted with dissatisfaction.

Yuzhi was already very unhappy when she came in and saw her hanging on Wen Zhaoling, and she was even more unhappy when she stared at her like this, so she simply vented her anger on Wen Zhaoling and snorted: "What did you cut it for? Plant it well in the flower garden and you can live longer."

Wen Zhaoling was taken aback, and looked down at the chrysanthemum in his hand, "What you said is, if I knew it earlier, I wouldn't have cut it."

Feng Wan groaned on the side: "Isn't it just a chrysanthemum? It looked good so I cut it off. What are you blaming Cousin Boyu for?"

Ah Qin came out from behind Yuzhi, and came to Feng Wan with a smile, "Oh, you don't know about this, do you? My elder brother and sister-in-law like this the most. Things between husband and wife, like cousin Feng Wan and me who have not left the court How can the girl's family know?"

Feng Wan's face turned pale, and she snorted.

Wen Zhaoling walked to Yuzhi's side, smiled and said in a low voice, "Are you jealous just now?"

Yuzhi turned her head, "I just can't understand her."

Wen Zhaoling smiled, "Well, I know, you're not jealous, you just don't like other girls being with me, do you?"

Yuzhi simply turned her back to him, "I don't care who you're with!"

Seeing the two of them flirting with each other, Feng Wan yelled angrily: "Cousin Boyu, I'm leaving!"

Wen Zhaoling turned to look at her, nodded with a smile, "Okay, cousin, go slowly."

Seeing that he didn't intend to keep her at all, Feng Wan's face turned red and white, chopped off her feet, turned around and quickly walked out of the yard.

Aqin walked up to Wen Zhaoling and said with a smile, "Brother, maybe this girl is still counting on you to marry her. Of course she is not happy to see you marrying sister-in-law." She pulled a jade branch, "Sister-in-law, we still Follow me and have a look, if something happens, it won't be good for mother to blame me."

Yuzhi nodded, "That's right." Just as she was about to walk with her, she suddenly stopped and looked at Wen Zhaoling, "It turns out that you and this cousin almost made good things happen before. Let's talk about it later."

Wen Zhaoling looked at the back of her walking out with Ah Qin in astonishment, and couldn't help laughing, it seemed that she had married a fierce wife.He suddenly stopped again, remembering what Aqin said just now, did she call his mother her mother just now?It's not the aunt, it's the mother...

He looked down at Qiu Ju in his hand, and smiled slightly, Ah Qin really grew up.

When Aqin and Yuzhi found Feng Wan, they saw that she had already snuggled up to Mrs. Xie. Mrs. Xie was standing by the front hall door, talking to Mrs. Wen, and she seemed to be leaving.Seeing that there was nothing unusual about Feng Wan, Yuzhi and Aqin felt relieved.

Mrs. Xie said a few more polite words to Mrs. Wen, and left with Feng Wan.Mrs. Wen personally sent them to the door. When she returned, she saw Yuzhi and Aqin and waved to them.

Yuzhi and Aqin walked forward, she smiled slightly, "Aqin's words today reminded me, I really didn't notice that you lack jewelry."

Aqin hurriedly said: "No, no, I don't really want jewelry, it's just..." She pursed her lips, "It's just that I don't like my aunt bullying you."

Yuzhi also quickly said: "What Ah Qin said is that if you really want to make jewelry, then in the end it is Yuzhi who asks for it. Mother doesn't have to take it seriously."

Mrs. Wen smiled reassuringly at the two of them, "Don't be so flustered, it's time, Aqin is almost old, and you've been married for so long, I was busy with other things and neglected it, so it's settled , there is no need to refuse." She looked at Yuzhi and nodded, "Yuzhi, you did a good job today."

Yuzhi was stunned, a little smile appeared on his face, as if he had received a great reward...

The tranquility of Boyu's residence was broken, Yuzhi ran happily into the courtyard with the corner of her skirt in one hand, rushed straight to the door of the study, and opened her mouth, "Boyu, Boyu, mother-in-law praised me! Really..."

The voice stopped abruptly, she stared blankly at the person standing in front of Wen Zhaoling in the study, and it took a while to recover, "Ji, Ji Li..."

(End of this chapter)