Splendid Book

Chapter 9 Grievance
During this month, the Shen family has been full of splendor. First, the Lin family got a daughter.Before he had time to rejoice, Shen Lingcheng actually frequently stayed in Aunt An's room, causing people in the house to spread rumors that Aunt An might fly to the branches.

In the past few days, the rewards received by Aunt An in the yard are actually more than those received by other aunts in a year.Mrs. Lin did embarrass Aunt An twice, but the more embarrassing she was, the more Shen Lingcheng stayed in Aunt An's yard.When the old lady Shen Changle was in the yard, because of her young age, the old lady felt that she didn't understand anything, so she talked with the nanny about what happened in the mansion these days in front of her.

Naturally, the old lady looked down on Mrs. Lin, and felt that it was really embarrassing for her to compete with the maidservant for being a dignified lady.

As a result, after she finished speaking, she saw her granddaughter staring at her eagerly. Seeing that she was funny, she asked, "What is Sister Le looking at grandma like that for?"

Shen Changle tilted her head, and the bead chain wrapped around the flower bud was hanging down, dangling between her white and tender earlobe, she stretched out her little hand and asked expectantly: "Grandmother, I want to eat an ice bowl. "

This will be the hottest day in summer, and even though there are icebergs in the house, it is still very hot.Besides, the child was naturally hot, so she especially wanted to eat ice bowls, but she obeyed her aunt strictly, fearing that her stomach would be too delicate to bear it, so she could only eat it once a day.And Shen Changle has already finished his meal for today.

The old lady has always been responsive to her requests, so she immediately asked the maid to do it.While Aunt Shun stared anxiously at the side, Shen Changle turned her head guiltily, pretending that she didn't see it.

When the little maid came over with a tray of carved red lacquered crabapple flowers, there was a small colorful cup on top, covered with a thin layer of water vapor, it was cold and refreshing to look at.Shen Changle immediately sat down obediently, and watched helplessly as the maid took down the small cup and placed it on the table in the middle of the Luohan bed.

Just when she picked up the small porcelain spoon and was about to start it, she saw a maid hurried in from the outside and said: "Old lady, the eldest grandma of the Lin family is here."

The old lady who was leaning on the kang raised her head and said lightly: "But the lady's natal sister-in-law?"

Although Shen Changle didn't raise his head, his ears were pricked up, saying that Lin's natal family has a great relationship with Zhang's family.Lin's mother is also the younger sister of Mrs. Jining Hou. According to her seniority, Shen Changle should call her aunt and grandmother.When Shen Lingcheng wanted to marry Xu Xian, he originally wanted to choose a girl from the Zhang family, but the girl from the Zhang family was either already married or was not of the right age.Later, for some reason, Mrs. Lin was allowed to marry in.

"Returning to the old lady, it is the eldest grandma of the Lin family," the little maid said with a smile.

The old lady nodded, and asked someone to invite her in.Shen Changle scooped up a mouthful with a spoon and put it in his mouth, it was cool and sweet, half of the heat from his body was gone by the entrance.After a while, the eldest grandma of the Lin family came in. Her maiden name was Xiao. Her father and the master of the Lin family, Lin Zheng, were best friends in the same year.Logically, Shen Changle should also call Xiao's aunt, but she has her own aunt, and in her view, Xiao is just Shen Jin's aunt.

When Mrs. Xiao came in, she saluted the old lady. She was wearing an emerald blue silk beige with twigs and flowers on her upper body, and a long white skirt with plum, bamboo orchids on her lower body. Her long black hair was tied like a fallen horse. A bun, with white jade inlaid red coral double-knot ruyi hairpin on the temples, dignified and generous.

The old lady ordered the servant girl to bring a quilt to the chair, Xiao thanked her, and then sat down slowly.

At this moment, Mrs. Xiao looked at the little girl sitting opposite the old lady, her pink face was chubby, and she was taken care of very well.Earlier I heard that the third girl was ill, and the mother-in-law was still worried at home, and the uncle would take his anger on the younger sister, but now it seems that it is not a serious illness.But she also knew that Shen Changle was left by the previous Zhang family, so even if she had a minor illness, she would be a little more nervous than others.

She smiled and asked: "Sister Le, this little face is round. I heard that she was ill before, and my mother-in-law was so worried that she didn't fall asleep for several nights."

"I'd like to trouble my wife's concern," the old lady smiled, but she didn't look very enthusiastic.

On the other hand, Shen Changle turned his head to look over at this time, Xiao Shi saw her looking at him, and immediately asked: "Sister Le, do you still remember me, I am the eldest aunt."

Shen Changle grinned, showing a few millet teeth in his mouth, and asked joyfully, "Is it the eldest aunt in the capital?"

Xiao didn't expect that she would still remember him, so he immediately praised: "Sister Le is really smart."

"My aunt often brings me things, so I naturally remember my aunt," Shen Changle tilted his head, staring at her with big black and bright eyes, with an innocent look.

Unexpectedly, after she finished speaking, the smile on Xiao's face froze.At this time, the old lady next to her heard her granddaughter's words, and then said slowly: "Changle, don't be unreasonable, this is your wife's natal sister-in-law, and also your eldest aunt."

Although the old lady didn't say it clearly, the maidservant in the room still understood clearly that this one is not the eldest aunt of the Zhang family who often gives things away.A few servant girls, although they didn't laugh out loud, lowered their heads and their shoulders trembled slightly.

Shen Changle didn't expect his grandmother to cooperate with him so much, he snickered twice in his heart, and called out obediently: "Auntie."

Xiao Shi responded in embarrassment, with a embarrassed expression on his face, and fell silent.Seeing that she had nothing to say, the old lady asked her to see Mrs. Lin.

After arriving in Lin's yard, as soon as Xiao entered, he felt that the atmosphere in the room was not right. The maids stood far away, as if they dared not get close.And Mrs. Lin was half leaning against the bed, and the maid on the opposite side was holding a small blue and white porcelain bowl, and serving her to drink red dates and snow clams.

"Sister-in-law," Mrs. Lin was also somewhat pleasantly surprised when she saw Mrs. Xiao. Although she had received a letter before and someone from the family would come over, but seeing her now, her heart felt hot and her eye circles immediately turned red.

Xiao Shi saw that her eye circles were red, and she looked like she had been wronged, and immediately asked anxiously: "What's the matter, you can't cry if you're good."

"Sister-in-law, you're here," Lin stretched out his hand, and Xiao quickly grabbed it.The little maid next to her gave up her seat, and Xiao Shi took advantage of the situation and sat on the bed.

Xiao looked at her cheeks, her complexion was pretty good, but her cheeks were not plump. Looking at her in confinement, not only did she not gain weight, but she lost a lot of it.Mrs. Xiao herself had given birth to a child, so she naturally knew that Mrs. Lin's appearance must be due to her confinement.So she asked again and again: "Sister, if you have any grievances, just tell me. Before I came, my mother-in-law kept thinking about you. If it wasn't for the hard work, she might want to come here in person."

Seeing her family members, Lin's heart was filled with [-]% grievances, but suddenly became [-]%.As soon as she lowered her head, tears flowed down her cheeks, she held Xiao's hand, and said tearfully, "Sister-in-law..."

But no matter how Xiao Shi asked, she didn't speak.In the end, Nanny Zhang drove all the maids out and left the house to their aunt and sister-in-law.Xiao took out her handkerchief, wiped her tears, and then asked softly, "Tell me, what's going on?"

At this moment, Lin shi cried a lot, crying out the grievances in her heart, but she was much calmer.At this moment, she looked up at Mrs. Xiao, and then she opened her mouth to talk about the matter. She started from Shen Changle's illness, and then talked about Shen Lingcheng's love for Aunt An in the past month, not only staying with her for several days in a row. In the yard, the rewards were like flowing water.It made people in the mansion gossip.

"Sister-in-law, I'm ashamed to tell you such a shameful thing. But I'm always wronged in my heart. The third girl is sick. I'm pregnant with a child. Naturally, I have to stay far away from the ground. But the doctor who should be invited should be I have never been harsh on the medicinal materials used. But the master has never cared for me at all. I am nine months pregnant, and I am still in charge of the big family. Who has ever cared for my hard work. "

After hearing this, Xiao remained silent, and she sighed silently twice in her heart.Because the father-in-law offended the dignitaries in the court and was dismissed from his position, the situation of the Lin family has always been bad.And my sister-in-law's marriage was full of twists and turns. Seeing that the Lin family had fallen into disrepair, the family that had been booked earlier found an excuse to call off the marriage.Later, the mother-in-law didn't want to bear this anger, so she must find a high-ranking family for the sister-in-law, but there is no high-ranking family like them who would be willing.

Later, the cousin girl of the Zhang family died of illness, leaving behind two sons and a daughter.When Mrs. Xiao heard the news, she just sighed inwardly, but her mother-in-law actually made her plan on Duke Wei's residence.I don't know how she said that the Duke of Wei's Mansion and the Marquis of Ji'an's Mansion agreed, and they were willing to let Mrs. Lin marry in to fill the house.

The father-in-law was naturally unwilling, and only felt that his daughter was wronged.But according to Xiao's view, even if it is to fill the house, the Lin family has surpassed the Shen family.After all, the Shen family is a Zanying family, a first-class Duke's mansion, and it has been a first-class family since the beginning of the dynasty.Looking at it now, my sister-in-law is squeamish, and she is loved by her parents at home. She married in and filled the house.Xiao shi shook her head in her heart, obviously Lin shi didn't know the hardships of being a daughter-in-law, nor the hardships of being a stepmother.

But these words are not what she can say.So she could only comfort her: "Relax, now that you have got a sister, you have gained a firm foothold in the mansion. Those concubines are nothing. You have a good look at them. It's not worthy of your anger. After all, you are confinement here, and there should be someone serving in your brother-in-law's room. But no matter who is serving, you will not be able to go, you just relax. "

Although Lin also understands this principle, she is always depressed. Now that someone is explaining it to her, she feels much more at ease.So she finally showed a little smile, "I made my sister-in-law laugh, thanks to my sister-in-law telling me this. I usually lie here alone, thinking wildly, I really can't compare to my sister-in-law's words."

The sister-in-law and the sister-in-law talked a lot more, and then Lin thought: "Sister-in-law hasn't seen my sister yet, I'll let someone hug her to see."

Lin called Madam Zhang to come in and asked her to hug Shen Jin.After hugging the child behind her, Xiao praised: "Although my sister is young, this high nose and big eyes are very much like my sister."

She asked again: "Did you take a name again?"

"It's Jin'er, Shen Jin," Lin said happily.

Mrs. Xiao nodded, and praised: "It's really a good name. I think my uncle loves our sister very much. It's a good name. Tomorrow is the full moon ceremony, and it's our sister's big day. You have to come out to entertain her when the time comes." As for the female relatives, so you have to be so happy."

Mrs. Lin nodded, but seemed to think of something again, frowned, and said displeasedly: "I just love my Jin'er, how long has it been since I was born, and the number of times the master came to see her is actually less than that of Mrs. An's." That concubine."

"Sister Jin is a concubine, so how can she be compared with that concubine? Besides, if you really look down on that An, there are plenty of ways to punish her," Xiao said nonchalantly.

Lin felt wronged and said: "I just had no choice but to let her serve a hot cup earlier, and the master took pity on him in every possible way, for fear that others would not know that I had hurt his sweetheart."

Upon hearing this, Xiao felt that Lin's method was really stupid and poisonous, but she couldn't say it out loud.He could only say: "Then Aunt An just gave birth to a girl. You just need to take her and raise her, and you're afraid that she won't obey you."

"She's just raised as a concubine, if you bring her to me, wouldn't it be flattering her," Lin shook her head when she heard that.

Xiao smiled, "Sister, what I mean is, you just need to let Aunt An understand that if you want to take her daughter away, it's a breeze, and dealing with her is as easy as crushing an ant." Why do you really need to hug me?"

Lin Shi will understand now, and immediately said with a smile: "Sister-in-law is better."

But as soon as she finished speaking, she hesitated and said: "It's just that the master knew that I made things difficult for her before, and now I mention it again, will it make the master suspect me?"

Naturally, Mrs. Lin was not worried about Aunt An, she was just afraid of alienating Shen Lingcheng.At this time, Xiao smiled slightly, and said softly: "If she can't take care of the child herself, it's none of your business?"

After speaking, he said a few more words.

After hearing this, Mrs. Lin happily praised her for her good idea.

(End of this chapter)