Rebirth of a wishful life

Chapter 37

According to Shen Ruyi's own observation, Lord Shen didn't have anything special about his only son, he replied a few words when he was happy, and stopped when he was unhappy.However, even if he is not happy, he will not show his face or anything. Lord Shen's expression has been the same for decades - with a three-point smile, unless he is angry, he will frown or something.

Shen Mingxiu didn't notice Lord Shen's malice, and seeing him smiling all the time, he felt that his father liked him very much, so even if Lord Shen didn't speak, he was very happy to be able to say it by himself.

When Mrs. Shen came out, Lord Shen looked up and raised his eyebrows slightly: "Who chose your hairpin?"

Mrs. Shen stretched out her hand and touched it: "I chose it myself. I can see the color of this dress, and I can match it with this hairpin. Why, it doesn't look good?"

Shen Ruyi hurried over to help Mrs. Shen's arm: "Mother, this hairpin is too old-fashioned, please change it, if it doesn't match your clothes, then change your clothes by the way..."

As soon as she finished speaking, Aunt Liu smiled and said: "Miss, I'm afraid it's too late to change, it's already time to pay my respects, the old lady... can't keep you waiting."

But if Mrs. Shen's jewelry and clothes are not properly matched, it would be very shameful.What do the ladies want to say when they get together every day?Clothes, jewelry, you don't have any aesthetic vision, those people don't like to talk to you.

But it was too late to change clothes, Shen Ruyi frowned, the hairpin on Madam Shen's head was a white jade hibiscus hairpin, it was pretty and precious, the problem was, the flower that the old lady hated most in her life was the hibiscus flower .

"Coincidentally, I just saw a hairpin of white jade and plum flowers on my dressing table. I thought it was pretty, so I brought it here to show my mother, and I can change it right now." Shen Ruyi said with a smile, He took out the hairpin from the hidden pocket in his sleeve and put it on for Mrs. Shen, took two steps back and looked at it, then turned to ask Master Shen: "What do you think of this hairpin, father?"

Lord Shen Hou took a look at Shen Ruyi, raised the corners of his lips, and nodded with a smile: "Not bad, that's all right, let's go when you're ready."

Mrs. Shen nodded hurriedly, and walked one step behind Lord Shen on the left, and Shen Ruyi followed Mrs. Shen's arm.Aunt Wang was holding Shen Mingxiu in the back, and Shen Yunrou was a little unhappy holding her skirt.

Aunt Liu and Aunt Hua were not qualified to go to the Changchun Garden to pay their respects, and the two who left the main courtyard resigned.

The old lady also just got up, and when she saw Lord Shen and Mrs. Shen coming in, she raised her eyes to look, then lowered her head to count the prayer beads.Lord Shen didn't care, he sat down and took a sip from the teacup, feeling that it was not to his taste, the tea in the old lady's room was mostly scented tea, and Lord Shen was not used to drinking it.

"Bring a bowl of porridge to Lord Hou." The old lady ordered without raising her head, and the big maid beside her hurriedly brought it herself.Mrs. Shen didn't care about the cold face of the old lady. The old lady didn't tell her to sit down, so Mrs. Shen just stood quietly, and it didn't take much effort to stand anyway.

Shen Ruyi didn't speak, and Aunt Wang handed Shen Mingxiu to Shen Yunrou at the gate of the courtyard and disappeared quickly. At this moment, Shen Yunrou pulled Shen Mingxiu, looked left and right, and didn't know which side she should stand on.

Soon, the people from the second room and the third room also arrived.Everyone came in to say hello to each other. The second master Shen was very puzzled: "Brother, don't you have to go to court today? I remember that today is not a holiday, right?"

"I haven't gone to the Ministry of Officials to sell my leave yet." Lord Shen raised his head and glanced at him, Second Master Shen nodded hurriedly: "So that's how it is. Is the elder brother going to sell his leave today?"

Lord Shen Hou nodded slightly, and Third Master Shen said with a smile: "Brother, you are not in the capital these few days, and you don't know. The emperor said some time ago that he would build embankments, and the middle and lower reaches of the Yongding River have not yet said who he will send. The capital city is about to lose its head these days, everyone wants to fight, and many people have come to our house to ask, I want to see you, big brother, do you want to see me, big brother?"

The risk of building embankments is great, but at the same time, the oil and water are also great.

Lord Shen raised his eyebrows slightly, and looked at Third Master Shen: "How many people have you met?"

Third Master Shen hurriedly laughed and said: "Not many..." Before he finished speaking, Lord Shen asked again: "Which ones have you met?"

Third Master Shen didn't dare to speak, and the old lady said at the right time: "Okay, isn't it just to meet a few people? It's not a big deal. Before eating, don't talk about official business, Madam Qiu, let them prepare the meal."

Mother Qiu hurriedly responded, and soon, the maids entered the door with plates and chopsticks.Mrs. Shen was still standing behind the old lady, seeing which dish the old lady was looking at, she hurriedly picked up the dishes and served the bowl.

The old lady who was serving had eaten comfortably, and Lord Shen got up and went out.Although the second master Shen and the third master Shen didn't have to go to court, they also had their own errands. When they went out together, only the female relatives were left at home.

The old lady lowered her eyes and didn't look at Mrs. Shen at all: "Since you are back, you can take over the affairs of the mansion. It turns out that none of your long-term housekeepers can take care of things, so let's put the ledger and so on first." Aunt Wang is there, turn around and ask Aunt Wang to send it to you."

Mrs. Shen nodded hurriedly, looked at the second Mrs. Shen and the third Mrs. Shen, and asked, "Should I not care about the second and third siblings?"

The old lady glanced over, but Mrs. Shen pretended not to see it.

"Sister-in-law, what you said is wrong, we haven't separated yet." Third Mrs. Shen said hastily, but Second Mrs. Shen remained silent.Mrs. Shen was a little puzzled: "But didn't the old lady say before that she only asked Aunt Wang to send me the account book, register and keys? Could it be that Aunt Wang is also in charge of the yards of the second and third younger siblings?"

Mrs. Shen's face turned dark immediately, and Mrs. Shen turned to look at the old lady: "Or is the old lady planning to separate?"

"At first, I wanted to be considerate and considerate of you. Seeing that you just came back, I'm afraid you won't get used to it for a while. After all, the Hou Mansion is not comparable to any Zhuangzi." The old lady looked at Mrs. Shen coldly, and said word by word: "But since you don't appreciate it, then I don't have to waste my time. Later, I will send you all the books, registers and keys of the Hou Mansion. From now on, the Hou Mansion will be under your control."

Mrs. Shen was a little hesitant. Yesterday, Nanny Lu told her that she wanted to meet the people in her yard first.But if you take the account book and roster, you will start housekeeping from now on, I'm afraid it will be...

Shen Ruyi lightly squeezed Madam Shen's arm, and nodded at her invisibly. The opportunity will never come again. This is the old lady's idea. Housekeeper, when Mrs. Shen makes a mess, she is sending someone out to clean up the mess. If Mrs. Shen wants to take care of the house again in the future, it will be difficult.

So, at this moment, Mrs. Shen is not prepared, but Nanny Lu and Nanny Song are not unprepared.

"Okay, the old lady has ordered, if I don't take it, it seems that I didn't take the old lady's words to heart." Mrs. Shen was beating her heart, and now she nodded in accordance with Shen Ruyi's intention: "It's just, The old lady also knows that I just came back. After more than ten years in this Hou's mansion, the people in the mansion may have changed a lot. Look, old lady, I don't even know the maids around you. The others must have never seen it."

Mrs. Shen said with a smile: "So, I want to ask the old lady for a favor."

The old lady stared at Mrs. Shen silently, and Mrs. Shen didn't care, and continued: "I want to ask the old lady to lend me Qiu Nanny for a while, so that I can get to know the nurses in charge of our house. Otherwise, I can't even recognize people, so how can I be a housekeeper?"

"Okay, Madam Qiu will give it to you." The old lady nodded, looked at Mrs. Shen and said slowly: "It's just that I'm old and I'm used to Madam Qiu's service, so you should let me go earlier. Mother Qiu is back."

"That's natural, old lady, please don't worry." Mrs. Shen laughed hurriedly. The old lady didn't want to see Mrs. Shen, so she told them to leave immediately after finishing her business. Mrs. Shen didn't care, she turned around and took Shen Ruyi left, Shen Yunrou hesitated for a moment, thinking of her mother's explanation, she also quickly pulled Shen Mingxiu to follow.

"Mother, about the housekeeper..." After hurriedly following Mrs. Shen and Shen Ruyi, Shen Yunrou asked with some concern. Of course, she was not worried about Mrs. Shen. If it was possible, she would also wish Mrs. Shen could fail like the old lady hoped Woolen cloth.

However, her mother said yesterday that the Hou's Mansion is the long house, so the wife in charge of the Hou's Mansion must be Mrs. Shen. If it is changed to the Second Mrs. Shen or the Third Mrs. Shen, then Mingxiu will inherit the Hou's Mansion At that time, the Hou Mansion might have been evacuated by the two of them.

Therefore, before dealing with Mrs. Shen, the second and third bedrooms must be settled first.What is this called?The barbarians must first settle down!
Mrs. Shen turned her head to look at Shen Yunrou, Shen Yunrou frowned, with a little impatience in her eyes: "You just agreed to grandma like this? This housekeeper is not a simple matter, nor does it mean that you can only read the account book... "

"Shen Yunrou, who taught you to speak to elders like this?" Shen Ruyi interrupted her, raised her eyebrows slightly: "Or, Aunt Wang told you that you don't need to respect your aunt?"

Shen Yunrou's face immediately turned pale, and she lowered her eyes unnaturally: "I didn't mean that." After a pause, seeing no one answered, she could only bow to Mrs. Shen aggrieved: "I'm sorry mother, I didn't mean it, I Just worrying about..."

"Don't worry, it's just that I'm not familiar with the Hou's mansion. Isn't your aunt still there?" Mrs. Shen waved her hand indifferently. She is not her own daughter. Anyway, everyone knows that she lives in Zhuangzi. This girl is here Her aunt grew up next to her, so the girl didn't grow up well, and she had nothing to do with her. Naturally, Mrs. Shen would not waste her efforts to correct her, she even struggled to protect her own daughter.

(End of this chapter)