The Red Mansion is so charming

Chapter 238
Wang Xifeng looked at the girls with a smile: "You used to laugh at me as a tigress, but you don't know that I am as obedient as a little sheep in front of your second elder brother Lian, but if you talk about it, see him annoyed, and go ahead yourself. I got scared. How could it compare to the Yang family next door! That was a real knife and gun. No, a few days ago, the grandma of the Yang family wanted to use a knife, and Yang Bang was so scared that he hid in our house. Your second elder brother, Lian, pleaded for mercy, fearing that he might not even be able to return to his family business."

The girls were dumbfounded when they heard this, and Li Wan laughed and scolded: "This joke is not good. Let the old lady know that you have made some girls learn to be bad like this, so she must come and drag you back." Li Wan called Ping'er again: "She Why don't you spit on her for excluding you like this?"

Everyone couldn't help laughing, but Ping'er stood beside Wang Xifeng very seriously, and he said in defense: "Grandma, don't say that about our grandma. In the past, I was young and ignorant, but now I see the big world. Knowing how people outside treat my concubine and aunt, I know that our grandma treats me well."

Ping'er is not a flattery.Although Wang Xifeng is domineering, she is also very sincere to Ping'er.The same is for others to be concubines, but look at the two in Mrs. Wang's room. Not only do they have to do hard work for Mrs. Wang, but they are often stared at by the masters and servants of the Jia family.

On the other hand, Ping'er, whoever sees her, should respectfully call out "Sister Ping".

Seeing Ping'er defending Wang Xifeng like this, You Shi felt even happier, "I used to tell your eldest brother at home that Lian's second brother is blessed to have such a good helper as Feng girl and a beautiful concubine like Ping'er. What extravagance do you want in life? God treats you kindly, and now you have children, good days are yet to come! According to my opinion, it is better for younger siblings to accumulate blessings for their children at this time."

Wang Xifeng stroked her chubby belly with one hand, pointed at Xiuyan with the other and smiled and said, "Why didn't I accumulate blessings? I am inconvenient, so I asked my uncle, wife and eldest sister to help me give away porridge and rice at the foot of the gate of Dayuan Temple, and cook I gave three hundred monk robes to the temple."

Sister Feng wholeheartedly wanted to befriend the Xing family, so since she was diagnosed with pregnancy, even though she was inconvenient, she would send Ping'er to Fengwei Hutong every few days to pay her respects to Mrs. Lu.The two families got closer and closer, and Lu's treatment of Wang Xifeng also lost the politeness at the beginning, and showed more sincere kinship.

Seeing that Youshi was playing tricks on Wang Xifeng with malicious intentions, Xiuyan couldn't stand idly by, so she said with a smile: "The host of Dayuan Temple said that the second sister-in-law's birth date is surprisingly good, and she specializes in restraining villains. Many children and grandchildren."

Many children and grandchildren, Youshi can't care about it, but how the word "ke villain" came out of Xing Xiuyan's mouth made Youshi feel indescribably weird!
Youshi couldn't help but quietly looked at Xing Xiuyan, trying to see if the other party was deliberately playing tricks on others, but seeing that the other party's face was calm and there was no sign of ridicule, Youshi felt that his suspicion was ridiculous.

Here Wang Xifeng asked Ping'er to set up lunch, and asked the housekeeper's wife to open a jar of good wine for everyone to taste.During the banquet, Jia Baoyu must have squeezed beside Sister Feng, as if at home in the past, the cousins ​​and brothers are very close.When Wang Xifeng heard that Shi Xiangyun had made an appointment, he looked at Xing Xiuyan and joked, "Look at your two sisters, they are more anxious than your heart. Are you still telling people to wait? Get married early, so that my uncle and wife don't have to worry about it." Worrying about your affairs."

Li Wan was overjoyed and hurriedly asked: "What? Could it be that the eldest sister has already made a kiss?"

Jia Baoyu who was beside Li Wan froze on the spot, his eyes full of grievances.

From Jia Baoyu's point of view, his intentions for Sister Xing are very obvious, and he waited for the old lady to persuade his wife, and then went to Xing's family to propose a marriage. Now that he suddenly heard Sister Feng say such words, Jia Baoyu complained unconsciously Thinking of Xing Xiuyan, he felt that the other party had let down his affection.

Xiuyan's face was flushed, and she said with a sneer: "Don't listen to the nonsense of the second sister-in-law, when will I get engaged!"

Seeing that Xing Xiuyan's tone was tight, Li Wan asked Wang Xifeng after him.Tanchun, Shi Xiangyun and the others were not easy-going ones either, they sandwiched Xiuyan between them, scratching their itch to make her tell the truth.

Xiuyan smiled and hid behind Daiyu. Seeing that Lin Daiyu was always in the way, Shi Xiangyun stomped her feet coquettishly, pointed at Lin Daiyu and said, "Sister Xing, don't tell me, sister Lin!"

Daiyu was about to deny it, but after thinking about it, she simply said: "You don't need to ask any more questions, I just tell you that the future brother-in-law Xing is a very powerful character, except for sister Xing, there is no one else in the world who can subdue her. "

Shi Xiangyun and Tanchun looked at each other, and the former asked again: "How is it compared to your Tanhualang?"

"Young girl Yun!" Li Wan scolded Shi Xiangyun disapprovingly.How does Lin Daiyu answer this kind of question?Who doesn't know Miss Lin's temper!

Unexpectedly, Shi Xiangyun didn't care about it: "Sister Lin is the most fair person, she never tells lies, besides, our sisters have been kissed since childhood, so it doesn't matter if you tell us."

Lin Daiyu looked at Xiuyan and saw that her sister was not dissatisfied, so she reassured: "Mr. Gan must not be able to catch up."

As soon as the words came out, the girls knew that Jia Baoyu had nothing to do.

When Lin Daiyu made her decision, everyone felt sorry for Miss Lin, but when the ranking came out in the palace examination, everyone clapped their hands and praised Jia Mu for her unique vision.

One is Tanhua, a young man, and the other is a young naughty boy. Comparing the two before and after, the former is naturally better.

Now listening to Lin Daiyu's undisguised statement, everyone is even more curious about Xing Xiuyan's marriage.

"Grandma, Grandma Jing next door heard that Miss Xing is at our house, so she must come over to catch up on the old days." The housekeeper hurried in, looking at Wang Xifeng in embarrassment.

Sister Feng didn't dare to make decisions without authorization, so she questioned Xiuyan with her eyes.Xiuyan smiled and said: "Grandma Jing is my old acquaintance, if you don't bother Second Sister-in-law, it's fine to meet her."

Wang Xifeng breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly gave Ping'er a wink.

Ping'er understood, and went out to meet the daughter-in-law of the Yang family who was said to be very tough.

Jia Lian's house is not big, and it takes only a moment to go from the main entrance to the back house.When everyone heard the noisy footsteps, they stretched their necks and looked out, among them, Second Sister You's eyes were the most eager.

Raising the bamboo curtain, Ping'er bowed and led a young woman in her twenties into the room.This woman's appearance can only be said to be delicate, but she is dressed luxuriously. In such a hot day, she even wears a silk dress, which is full of gold threads, making people dare not look directly at her.

Grandma Jing saw Xing Xiuyan at a glance, and pretended to be pleasantly surprised: "I came to Beijing, and sister Xing didn't say that she came to see me. It was a waste of our old friendship! If it weren't for the servants saying that they vaguely saw you I didn’t know that my sister came to Jia’s grandma’s place as a guest!”

Xiuyan walked out from the seat, grabbed Grandma Jing and smiled and said, "I rarely go out every day, and I don't know much about the news in the capital. I just found out that Grandma Jing is also in Beijing today. If my sister sent a letter to us earlier Go home, why should we sisters wait until today to reunite?"

Xiuyan moved a chair to Grandma Jing herself, and introduced everyone to her.

When Lin Daiyu was introduced, Grandma Jing hurriedly looked her up and down: "Is this Miss Lin?"

Grandma Jing and Lin Daiyu had met several times, but many years ago, Grandma Jing was busy fighting Xing Xiuyan and competing with Xing Xiuyan for Yang Youzhi, so she didn't pay much attention to Lin Daiyu who lived in Xing's house.But looking at it today, Lin Daiyu is not inferior to Xing Xiuyan in the slightest.

Hearing Xing Xiuyan say that Miss Lin was betrothed to Xinke Tanhua, Grandma Jing was even more upset.

She was the one who wanted to marry Yang Youzhi back then, and she is the one who regrets it now.

The old lady of the Yang family was mean and difficult to serve, Yang Youzhi was cold and cold, and the little fox spirit Weier was a thorn in Grandma Jing's heart, and she wished she could get rid of her as soon as possible.

It was obviously something that was fought for, but now Grandma Jing is boring. Seeing that Xing Xiuyan is getting more and more provocative, and the little girl fostered by the Xing family is better than herself, Grandma Jing said sourly: "How famous was the Lin family in Suzhou and Hangzhou back then?" Hey, it's a pity that Mrs. Lin left early, otherwise why would she find such a marriage? Even if Miss Lin marries into the royal clan, it's a trivial matter!"

This remark severely offended one of them, and that was Shi Xiangyun.Although Shi Xiangyun was not jealous of Lin Daiyu finding a good husband and son-in-law, he couldn't bear the fact that others always compared Ganmi with the man his aunt had chosen for him.Now that she is listening to outsiders flattering the Lin family, can Shi Xiangyun sit still?

"Hmph, when you are a prince in the capital, you are all cheap radishes, can you just pull out one? It also depends on fate."

Seeing Grandma Jing's complexion darkened, Xiuyan smiled and said, "My sister Shi is a young lady of Jingzhong Hou's family."

Grandma Jing felt that she couldn't come down to the stage, and selfishly decided that Xing Xiuyan brought out some daughter of Lord Hou's family to mock her, so she half-sourly said: "Who can explain this numerology clearly? Just like Sister Xing, who I have also been down and down, unable to eat three meals a day. Even when I made my fortune in Suzhou, I was just on the same level as my father, the same county magistrate. Now, Uncle Xing has already become a capable general of the Ministry of Punishment!"

When she was in Suzhou, Grandma Jing still had arrogance, but now that she entered Beijing, she realized how big the gap between her family and the Xing family was.

If nothing else, just talk about the house where they lived.Grandma Jing forced Yang Youzhi to change his residence. Even if he didn't live in Fengwei Hutong, he wanted a refined and elegant place to live for a long time.

Grandma Jing's only comfort was that Xing Xiuyan was still alone with her sister-in-law, and no in-law's family dared to take her.

How could Xiuyan fail to hear the sourness in Grandma Jing's words?She and Daiyu looked at each other with a smile, and then said: "I can't be promoted as a general, but my father likes the current job very much."

Grandma Jing curled her lips: This is really funny, who doesn't like to get promoted and get rich!Back then, he was a county magistrate the size of a seventh-rank sesame seed, but now I heard that Xing Xiuyan's father has been promoted to the fourth rank!How long did it take?Thinking of his own father, who was the county magistrate a few years ago, he didn't move at all after this year!
Grandma Jing looked at Xing Xiuyan's pretty face, and couldn't help thinking wildly, if it was her Jing family who supported the fifth prince back then, wouldn't the splendor and wealth that Xing Xiuyan should have now be her own?

(End of this chapter)