Rebirth of a wishful life

Chapter 18

Mrs. Zhixian is indeed a hearty and generous person. The topic comes up one after another. It doesn't take Mrs. Shen to think about it. After only getting along for a while, she gradually relaxed.

"Speaking of which, I'm here today because I have something to do..." Mrs. Shen didn't forget the purpose of today's visit. Seeing that the atmosphere was getting better and better, she took the opportunity to say: "Sister Lin also knows that I'm here I have lived in Qinghe County for more than ten years."

Mrs. Lin nodded, with admiration on her face: "Speaking of this, I also admire my younger sister. My younger sister is really a filial person. To keep her filial piety, she has lived at the foot of this poor mountain for more than ten years. She really deserves to be the daughter of Mrs. Lu. "

There are two meanings in saying this. One is to tell Mrs. Shen that Mr. Lin took over the matter of asking for a filial wife.The second is that this matter depends on Mr. He's face. Mrs. Shen's favor also belongs to the He family.

"Then I have to thank my sister a lot. My father passed away early. I just hope that I don't ruin his reputation as an old man. If Mr. Lin is not willing to show up, I'm afraid I won't be able to get this in my life." Praise." Although Mrs. Shen doesn't like socializing, it's not like she can't say a word.

Mrs. Lin said that she was indebted to the He family, so Mrs. Shen had to quickly express that she would never forget the efforts made by your Lin family.Even if the He family has contributed, this matter would not have been possible without you, the Lin family.

Mrs. Shen is pure-hearted, and she is really grateful to the Lin family, and Mrs. Lin is also very satisfied. She has done a good thing, and others can appreciate it. This is better than being a good person for nothing but not falling behind.

One is unscheming, the other is very hearty, two people have different temperaments, and they can still chat together.In the end, Mrs. Lin tried her best to keep Mrs. Shen and Shen Ruyi eating at the mansion, and told Mrs. Shen to come and play if she had time.

After leaving the gate of Lin's house, Mrs. Shen smiled and said: "Sister Lin is really enthusiastic, Ruyi, tell me, can we come to Lin's house often in the future?"

Shen Ruyi nodded: "If mother is willing, it would be good to spend more time with Mrs. Lin. By the way, didn't Mrs. Lin say just now that it will be the prefect's wife's birthday in one month? Do you want to participate?"

As Mrs. Shen, if she wants to participate, she can enter even without an invitation.

Mrs. Shen hesitated: "Then there must be a lot of people going to participate, right?"

"That's natural. The Daming Mansion is the accompanying capital and has always been rich. To be a magistrate in Daming Mansion requires a certain background." Shen Ruyi said with a smile, regardless of whether they are all magistrates, the places under their jurisdiction are different, and their status is also different. .For example, the magistrate of Daming Prefecture and the prefect of Guizhou are both magistrates, one is of the third rank, and the other is of the fourth rank, but there is still a big gap between them.

"Then I don't want to go." Madam Shen frowned, but before Shen Ruyi had time to speak, she said again: "No, I'd better go, we always have to go back to Beijing, I can't stay in the Hou Mansion forever , you are not young anymore, if I don't look after you for you, I'm afraid it's your dream..."

Madam Shen's face turned pale when she said that, and Shen Ruyi was stunned for a moment before leaning on Madam Shen and smiling: "It's okay, if mother doesn't like it, it's okay not to go."

Mrs. Shen shook her head: "No, I can't let you keep rushing forward, I am your mother, you are only 13 years old, how can I hide behind and let you protect me? Don't worry, Ruyi, I I promised you that I must correct it, and I will try my best to protect you in the future."

Shen Ruyi's eyes were slightly red, and she nodded vigorously.

Since the two wanted to attend the birthday banquet of the magistrate's wife, it was time to prepare well for the birthday ceremony.Shen Ruyi had no money, so Mrs. Shen gritted her teeth and sold more than half of her jewelry to collect some money.

Before the magistrate's birthday banquet, Mrs. Lin came to the door first. As soon as she entered the door, she took Mrs. Shen's hand and smiled so hard that she couldn't see her teeth: "Congratulations, sister, she has become famous this time, the queen mother Empress, my sister is now..."

Mrs. Lin stretched out her thumb: "This! The empress dowager personally praised you for being very filial, and you can be a role model for daughters-in-law in the world!"

Mrs. Shen's eyes widened, and it took a long time to realize: "Really? The Empress Dowager really said that? Did the Empress Dowager praise me?"

"Yes, yes, the empress dowager still praised your embroidery work." Madam Lin was also happy, her eyebrows and eyes curved: "After Madam Gao took out your double-sided embroidery, the empress dowager was dumbfounded and praised you again and again. It is a priceless treasure, and in the end, the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs set it up, saying that it was going to be placed in his bedroom."

Mrs. Lin said very excitedly: "That is the empress dowager's bedroom. As long as you leave it there for a day, the empress dowager will think of you when she sees it. This is a great blessing. You have finally come to the end of all hardships."

After finishing speaking, she suddenly realized that she said something wrong. Mrs. Shen previously described her ten years in Zhuangzi as filial piety. How can filial piety be called suffering?
"It is indeed my blessing. This is also thanks to Sister Lin, Mrs. He, and Mrs. Gao. If it weren't for your help, how would the Queen Mother know who I am?" Mrs. Shen hurriedly diverted that sentence, and pulled Mrs. Lin walked inside: "I can thank sister Lin a lot."

"Where is it, I didn't help much with this matter." Mrs. Lin laughed hurriedly. Her husband has not done what her husband is going to do. As long as the court's commendation does not come down for a day, Mrs. Shen will thank you Needless to say.

"It's not just this good thing." Sitting down in the room, Mrs. Lin said with a smile, and took out a post from her bosom: "Look, see what this is."

Mrs. Shen took it suspiciously and opened it. She took a look and was surprised: "This, this, the invitation from Madam Zhifu?"

"That's right, Madam Zhifu said that she has never seen you before, so she didn't dare to disturb you rashly, so she asked someone to come to your door and asked me to send this post to you." Madam Lin also took out her share to show Madam Shen: "Look, the two of us were sent together."

In the past, it was fine for the prefect's wife to ignore Mrs. Shen, but now, the empress dowager personally praised Mrs. Shen for being very filial.

You don't even pay attention to the people praised by the empress dowager, you are too arrogant, right?
Mrs. Shen was a little excited, and the previous news made her happy, but it was planned by the daughter with great effort, and she was [-]% sure, so it was expected.But Mrs. Zhifu, this is unexpected.

Originally, the two of them thought that they had the cheek to hand over the post, but how could that compare to the sight of having an invitation come in?The former looks like an autumn breeze, while the latter is a guest of the magistrate's wife.

"Which date is it?" Mrs. Shen also smiled, looking at the date under the post: "There is still half a month left, and it will take nearly a day for us to rush to Daming Mansion."

Mrs. Lin nodded: "Yes, I came here to discuss this matter with you. It took too long for us to rush there. By then, the boats and cars will be exhausted, and the weather will be full of dust. Don't let people look down on us."

Mrs. Lin smiled and patted Mrs. Shen's hand: "That's why I thought, let's go there two days in advance. First, it's rare to go to Daming Mansion. Let's take a look around there and buy some gadgets. Second, , we have plenty of time, so let's pay our respects to Mrs. Zhifu's birthday neatly, don't you think?"

"Go early?" Mrs. Shen hesitated: "Just us? I'll bring Ruyi, how about you?"

"Don't worry, let my eldest son take us there." Mrs. Lin waved her hand boldly: "Anyway, he is idle for a few days, so let him do nothing. Don't look at my eldest son, who is young, but learns After a few years of work, it is more than enough to protect the few of us."

"I'm not saying that Young Master Lin can't protect us..." Mrs. Shen blushed and waved her hands hurriedly. Mrs. Lin interrupted her again: "Hey, sister Shen, what's the relationship between us? Why do you still call my house Where is Young Master Lin? You can call him by his name, you are an elder, young and old, but you killed him."

"Sister Lin, you are really..." Mrs. Shen heard what Mrs. Lin meant, and smiled a little embarrassedly: "Okay, then I won't be polite to Sister Lin, I will just listen to Sister Lin, and we will be there two days in advance A few days have passed, and I still haven't prepared the birthday gift for the prefect's wife, when the time comes, let's go around the Daming Mansion to see what we can buy, and I will buy another one."

"Okay, then let's make a deal." Mrs. Lin smiled, stretched out her hand and rubbed Shen Ruyi's head standing next to her: "I brought some fabrics for Ruyi today, last time I saw Ruyi and liked it. Very much, I wish I could stay at my house and raise it by myself. Later, when I was looking for things in the warehouse, I found a few pieces of fabric. When I saw it, oh, this color, this texture, it was really prepared for Ruyi, Ruyi If you wear clothes made of that fabric, you will be a fairy!"

"So, when I came here this time, I brought it here on purpose. Sister Shen, don't refuse me. This is a gift I prepared for Ruyi." Seeing that Madam Shen was about to speak, Mrs. Lin quickly interrupted her: "I I really like Ruyi, so don’t stop me from loving Ruyi. Besides, the fabric is also suitable for Ruyi. At my age, if I wear that color again, I will be laughed at as an old witch when I go out.”

At first, Mrs. Shen didn't understand why she gave away the fabric for no reason.It was only later that she realized that she didn't like to go out. Ruyi was a little girl, and she didn't go out much. Let alone going to Daming Mansion, even Qinghe County, she only went there three or two times a year.The clothes that the two of them were wearing were all made from fabrics bought in the town, which can be said to be the best in the town, but when they went to Daming Mansion, they were not enough.

Thinking of Mrs. Shen's face, she panicked. At this moment, she finally realized that it was because of herself that she made her only precious daughter suffer so much.Girls at this age like beauty the most. Originally, as Ruyi, she could wear whatever she wanted and use whatever she wanted, but she put Ruyi in such a corner, so that Ruyi has changed from a wealthy family to a country girl in Zhuangzi.

(End of this chapter)