The Red Mansion is so charming

Chapter 227
Grandma Song has her own thoughts. Her ancestors were also merchants. Because when Emperor Taizu conquered the world, she was in trouble and lived in Grandma Song's house for a month to recover from her injuries. After the founding of the country, Grandma Song's natal family became The local "wealthy family", just not as prominent as the four princes and eight princes.

Grandma Song is a clever person. When she was in her natal family, she helped her mother manage affairs, and also advised her father and elder brother, always holding great power in her hands.After she married into the Song family, the old lady was still there, and she was not in harmony with Mrs. Song. With the help of her husband, Grandma Song quickly won the favor of the old lady and took over the power of the family smoothly.

It's a pity that the old lady left early. Before Grandma Song could gain a firm foothold, Mrs. Song couldn't wait to marry her niece from her natal family into the mansion to fight against her.Seeing that her mother-in-law is planning to get another lady from the Gao family to come in, how can Grandma Song agree!
So she deliberately put pressure on the Xing family, making them think that the Song family was interested in Gao Suyu, not Xing Xiuyan.

Grandma Song originally thought that the girl my brother-in-law liked must be weak and weak, and she was afraid that she would become mud that could not support the wall, but now she sees her.
This Xing Xiuyan had a shrewd look in her eyes, and her mother, Lu Shi, was not a fuel-efficient lamp, and her words were not strict. She almost arrived at the inner house from the gate, and Lu Shi hardly revealed her attitude.

Grandma Song led the two of them across the curved bridge, and pointed to the whitewashed wall in front of her with a smile: "That's the Chenxi Courtyard where my younger siblings live, and after walking across a flower garden, it's the Cang Ran Residence of my third master." Grandma Song looked at Xiuyan deliberately: "Speaking of the origin of the name of this courtyard, there are some allusions. The courtyard was originally the inner study of the late grandpa, and later the grandmother gave it to our uncle to use, and felt that the original name was too feminine, so Ask someone to change it, those gentlemen in the outer study room have drafted a few in a row, it is useless, it is the third master who decides the three characters of Cang Ranju himself, and it will be fine."

Grandma Song rolled her eyes, pursed her lips and said with a smile: "I'm afraid that Mrs. Xing and Miss Xing have also heard about it. My mother-in-law's family has a talented cousin. She pointed out the source of these three words as soon as she came. Who wants to say it three times?" If we didn't win, it would be embarrassing. When we asked the third master again, he kept silent and just made us very confused. "

She held Xiuyan's hand, looking very affectionate: "I heard that my younger sister is very smart, may I be able to explain my sister-in-law's confusion?"

The solution is false, and it is true to tell Xing Xiuyan indirectly that she doesn't want to see her mother-in-law's cousin.

Xiuyan smiled faintly, hooked Grandma Song's wrist with a clever backhand, instantly turned passive into active, and her tone was even softer: "My sister was very stupid since she was a child, and it's not bad if you can memorize half of the articles taught by your husband. And with Zhuyu in front, how dare I make wild guesses?"

When Grandma Song heard Xing Xiuyan say this, she smiled even sweeter: "When I heard my sister's words, I had an idea in my heart. Don't hide it from my sister-in-law, and let me, a vulgar person, learn more."

"I'm not sure, but I read this sentence in the book," Xiuyan pondered, "Autumn colors come from the west, and the garden is full of green. On the northern plain of Wuling, there is eternal greenness. I just saw the garden of your mansion." The scenery is changing, and there are many plants, so it must be the mid-autumn season, let alone some fun!"

Grandma Song looked at Xing Xiuyan in surprise, she didn't expect that the other party could really guess how much.
But after thinking about it, Grandma Song was not surprised.My brother-in-law has always had good eyesight, and she once tried to be a matchmaker, making a pile of her natal sisters and her brother-in-law, but Song Chen didn't even look at it.Gao Suyu is well-known, but when he comes to Song Chen, he is also a layman!Therefore, the woman who can be his fancy must have something extraordinary.

The three of them, together with mothers-in-law and maids, walked into the big flower hall talking and laughing.In the flower hall, Mrs. Song was in the main seat, Cheng Zimo's wife was on the right, and the more noble one was on the left, reserved for Qiao Shangshu's wife.

When everyone met, Mrs. Cheng pulled Mrs. Lu with a smile and said, "I was going to go when your elder brother was full moon, but by chance, something happened at home and I couldn't go away, so I had to send him away." The housekeeper went to congratulate you. I heard people say that your family's brother Fu is very funny, and now he has a big name?"

"Thank you Mrs. Cheng for still thinking about it. The master of Dayuan Temple said that the child lacks water in the five elements, so he gave the word 'Miao'. Now that he is still young, he is called by his nickname."

Mrs. Song was a little surprised when she listened to the two of them talking. Everyone could see Mrs. Cheng's enthusiasm.But logically speaking, Cheng Zimo is the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and Xing Zhong is just a low-rank official. Why is the other party so flattering?
Thinking of this, Mrs. Song also secretly put away the contempt she had treated the Xing family just now, and became cautious and enthusiastic.

Not long after, Mrs. Qiao also brought her daughter-in-law to Song's house.Everyone greeted each other, and Grandma Song warmed up the scene, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.Everyone inevitably talked about the happy event in the Beijing Palace.

Mrs. Cheng smiled and said to Mrs. Qiao: "Princess Beijing gave birth to a son this time, which is considered auspicious and blessed by God. I heard that it was very dangerous at that time. Almost everyone went to the imperial hospital. A few timid ones, almost none of them are called Prince Beijing. Scared to death."

Mrs. Qiao sighed in a low voice: "It's not to blame the King of Beijing. He has a lot of things now, except that he lacks a son who will inherit the family business. After all, the Princess of Beijing was pregnant, but when she was about to give birth, she called a group of concubines The concubine is plotting, can Wang An of Beijing tolerate it? It means that the little son is not full moon, otherwise the Wang of Beijing might be messed up!"

Mrs. Song's gaze turned to Mrs. Lu: "By the way, Mrs. Xing, many people in the capital say that the recipe for Princess Beijing's birth of a son was passed down by your family! Could it be that there is some secret recipe handed down from the ancestors?"

Lu laughed loudly: "Ladies, don't make fun of me. If our family has the knack of having a son, why am I such an old man now!"

Everyone laughed when they heard Lu Shi making fun of themselves like this, Madam Qiao pointed at Lu Shi and said angrily: "You are ashamed to say that you are old, look, sit with Miss Xing, no one will say that you are sisters. "

Although Mrs. Qiao said it as a joke, in good conscience, Mrs. Lu is indeed younger than her peers.Among the four ladies present, Mrs. Qiao is the oldest, followed by Mrs. Song. Mrs. Cheng and Mrs. Lu are about the same age, but looking carefully, Mrs. Lu is indeed much younger.

Not only the difference in appearance, but also in terms of dress and mentality.

Those three families are all from the Shangshu Mansion. In order to show their status, regardless of their age, they all wear dark colors that can't be suppressed.Although he has a magnanimity, it can't help but make people feel old-fashioned.

Lu Shi took advantage of this.

Xiuyan pursed her lips and laughed secretly in her seat, her mother was praised for being young and beautiful, who would be unhappy!She is looking beautiful here, and the grandma of the Qiao family asked her across a small square table: "Sister Xing will follow Mrs. Xing to Beijing Palace that day?"

For the full moon wine for Prince Jing's heir, anyone with a status in the capital was invited to go.

Xiuyan smiled and said: "Mother will definitely go, but I may not be sure, I don't feel at ease if there is no one to take care of me at home."

Grandma Song had sharp eyes and ears, and she took over the quarrel early in the morning: "The king of Beijing Jing refused to wrong the little prince, so he asked the emperor to give him a special gift to hold a full moon wine with their family. This is a big face, why doesn't my sister go, and get to know more People are nice too."

Seeing that she was abandoned by the three of them on the periphery, Second Mistress was very anxious, but every time she wanted to interrupt, Grandma Song would calmly suppress her with fresher interesting stories.Second Grandma Song was so anxious, she turned her head, and suddenly saw two figures coming in from outside the door, talking and laughing hand in hand, and hurriedly laughed loudly: "Look at those two girls, they look like characters in a painting."

Gao Suyu and Xiaodie walked in while talking, the former stepped into the threshold, hurriedly let go of Xiaodie's hand, walked quickly to Mrs. Song, and stuffed a delicate wicker flower basket in her arms to Mrs. Song: "Auntie, this is Sister Xiaodie made it up, and I sent it to my aunt's room to hang."

At this time, the willow leaves are growing just right, tender and green, and the filaments are like gold, so the flower baskets are naturally beautiful when weaved.Add various roses, roses, camellias, etc. on it to make it even more unique.

Mrs. Song looked at the flower basket in her hand, but she smiled with Mrs. Cheng: "Miss Xiaodie is so ingenious, can you even do this?"

Mrs. Cheng's face turned embarrassing, and she forced a smile: "I played with the maids at home when I was young, and I probably remember it."

"It's better for girls to read more books. It's really not enough. It's okay to have a little success in things like female celebrities."

When Xiaodie heard Mrs. Song's words, she immediately blushed and couldn't help complaining about Gao Suyu.

Just now she kept saying that Mrs. Song likes such delicate little things, so she weaved this flower basket with all her heart.Unexpectedly, it backfired, especially in front of Xing Xiuyan.

As soon as Xiaodie entered the door, she saw Miss Xing's family sitting next to Grandma Song, and her lover was extremely jealous when they met.Since Cheng Zixuan, his sweetheart, went to Fengwei Hutong once, he seemed to have lost his soul, shutting himself in the study every day without seeing anyone.

Xiaodie went to ask, but the guard at the door said that the second master was studying.Who would have thought that after the palace examinations were over, and the second master announced that he had won the Erjia Biography, he was still bored in the study and could not come out.Xiaodie bribed the servant, and sneaked into the study while Cheng Zixuan was out meeting friends, and saw the scroll on the desk that hadn't been put away yet.

The graceful and slender woman inside is none other than Miss Xing's family who had a relationship with Xiaodie once.

Xiao Die understood everything without asking, but she didn't hate Cheng Zixuan for empathizing with others, but she hated Xing Xiuyan for being loved by others.

So today at Song's house, Xiaodie made up her mind to join forces with Gao Suyu to give Xing Xiuyan a look.

He died before leaving the teacher, which made the hero burst into tears.Before Xiaodie had time to stumble, she made Mrs. Song sneer at her,
Seeing that the situation was not good, Gao Suyu quickly laughed and said, "Isn't my aunt the favorite rose? Sister Xiaodie and I have picked a lot! Sister Xiaodie knows a lot. She knows that you don't sleep well at night, so she thought of a way to tell you to pick more roses." These flowers and plants are dried and made into pillows, which are much better than those musk and grass scents, and are of great benefit to my aunt's body."

Mrs. Song teased Gao Suyu and said angrily, "You should also learn from the young lady of the Xing family, and you will be able to be a little more stable at any time!"

(End of this chapter)