The most difficult female boss in history

Chapter 32 Unwilling

Mrs. Lu noticed the silence in Mrs. Xu's eyes, and asked softly, "Have you ever regretted it?"

Mrs. Xu froze for a moment, knowing that Mrs. Lu was asking her if she regretted not aborting the child and going back to her natal family to marry another, she smiled wryly and shook her head: "I don't regret it."

The six years of marriage with Lord Hou was the happiest time in her life, and maybe no one else could enjoy the happy time she had in their lifetime.

Mrs. Lu patted the back of Mrs. Xu's hand, and said: "Wynn is a filial person, and sister Ming is a good one. The past will go with the wind, and you will be the old lady of your general's mansion."

Mrs. Xu pursed her lips tightly, and shook her head after a long time: "I'm not reconciled!"

The title of Marquis of Guangyang was lost in her hands, what face does she have to go underground to meet the Marquis.

Mrs. Lu looked at her, sighed, and said nothing in the end.

After seeing off Mrs. Lu, Mrs. Xu sat alone in the room for a long time.

Mammy Ru stepped forward and whispered, "Madam."

Mrs. Xu looked at her quietly: "I used to keep myself from thinking about how they lived in Xin'an, but in my heart I always thought that their father and daughter must have a good life there. I really didn't expect that Sister Ming was here I suffered so much from a place that I couldn't see, and I still blamed her. As a grandmother, I really failed to do a good job."

Mother Ru persuaded: "Old Madam, the girl is sensible and filial, how can she blame you. Right now she is by your side, everything is in time."

Mrs. Xu nodded: "Yes, in time."

She thought for a while: "Physician Jiang said she didn't eat enough. I'm afraid I said she ate too much and deliberately reduced the amount of food. You can ask Aunt Qiao what sister Ming likes to eat and ask the kitchen to cook more. , call her over for dinner later."

Mammy Ru hesitated for a moment, but still reminded: "When Mrs. Lu came, this old servant saw that she was very preoccupied and hesitated to speak. Is there something wrong?"

She reminded Mrs. Xu with this sentence, but Mrs. Xu didn't think too much, but smiled gently at Nurse Ru: "I'm afraid Sister Ming fell into her eyes."

Auntie Ru also smiled happily: "Neither the young master of the eldest son of the Lu family nor the eldest son of the second eldest son are engaged."

"You old man, don't make wild guesses. She is willing to help Mingjie choose a good marriage, so she will help me a lot." Mrs. Xu sighed secretly. It's a good choice, and if it can be done, she agrees.However, considering the current situation of the General's Mansion, it is considered a high priority for Ming to marry into Lu's Mansion. I am afraid that even if Mrs. Lu is protecting her, she will suffer some grievances.She didn't care about these things before, but now thinking that sister Ming has suffered so much in places she didn't see, she couldn't bear to wrong her again.

Mrs. Xu said: "It's better to pick someone from the right family. Only with her father watching over her and Aunt Qiao helping her can she live a comfortable life."

At noon, Xiao Mingzhu saw a pile of her favorite dishes on the table, and couldn't help cheering:

"Grandma, I like you so much."

"You can eat whatever you want, as much as you can." Mrs. Xu took a rare hand-picked dish for Xiao Mingzhu.

Xiao Mingzhu swept the food in the bowl quickly and gracefully, without making people feel unruly at all.

Seeing Xiao Mingzhu's happy face, Mrs. Xu couldn't help but ask: "Are your days in Xin'an difficult?"

"Xin'an is not bitter, but it is bitter in the Taoist temple." Xiao Mingzhu said truthfully, "It is said that it is a Taoist temple, but it is actually an open-air stone wall with the ancestors of the Three Qing Dynasty engraved on it, and the old Taoist priest built a small yard with wood next to it." Live. The small courtyard is a forbidden area of ​​Qingshi Mountain. The old Taoist priests never let outsiders in. They have to do all trivial things by themselves, saying that it is also a kind of practice. I heard from my father that I was only half a year old at the time, and the old Taoist priests were unwilling to let them in. The nurse entered the yard, and finally my father had to buy two ewes and send them over together. After a few days, the two ewes were used by the old Taoist priest to improve his meals, and my staple food became boiled with gravy. rice paste."

Mrs. Xu frowned, "You call the old genius doctor an old Taoist priest?"

Xiao Mingzhu hurriedly explained: "This is what the old genius doctor insisted on calling me that." Logically, she should have been called Master, but the Taoist refused to let her, saying that he was not so lucky, and insisted on calling her the old Taoist unceremoniously.

Mrs. Xu thought that people outside the country had their own quirks, so she just warned: "Don't yell like this in front of outsiders, so as not to make people think you are arrogant."

"Yes." Xiao Mingzhu replied.

Mrs. Xu asked again: "Have you been living in Guanli all these years?".

"Most of the time." Xiao Mingzhu said: "As far as I can remember, my father built a small courtyard at the foot of Qingshi Mountain. He sent me into the temple every day when the cock crowed, and picked me up when it was dark. Later, my father's military affairs became more and more serious. The busier I come, the more often I forget to pick me up, so I have to stay in the Taoist temple. But the cooking skills of the people in the temple are so bad, most of the time I would rather eat raw vegetables than eat their meals .After Aunt Qiao came, she never forgot to pick me up. At that time, I could have two normal meals a day.”

Mrs. Xu's eyes were red. She remembered that sister Ming went back to Kyoto with Wynn when she was seven years old. At that time, Aunt Qiao was not there. In other words, sister Ming almost lived in Taoist temples before she was seven years old. Live that poor life.

Xiao Mingzhu also smiled and said: "At that time, I almost ate all the vegetables piled up in the old Taoist's warehouse, and the old Taoist was so angry that he blew his beard and stared at his father."

Mrs. Xu quietly wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and scooped up a braised lion's head for her: "Eating vegetables and radishes, you think you are a rabbit."

Xiao Mingzhu chuckled, and took a big bite. This time Mrs. Xu didn't say she was disrespectful, but picked up a handkerchief to wipe the soup from the corner of her mouth.

On the day of the golden osmanthus banquet, before dawn, Xiao Mingzhu was woken up by Mrs. Xu, and then she applied her face, took a shower, combed her hair and changed her clothes.

Xiao Mingzhu put on the cherry red dress embroidered with happy wishes that Mrs. Xu had chosen yesterday, and wore a double spiral bun with white jade hairpin rings pressed on it.Mrs. Xu dressed up carefully: "This hairpin is not good, like mother, you go to my box and get the pair of pearls and flowers."

For example, Mammy had arranged the jewelry for Mrs. Xu several times in the past few days, so she took the shortest time to get the pair of South Pearl Flowers.Mrs. Xu put it on for Xiao Mingzhu herself, and then nodded with satisfaction. "It's much better this way."

Lu's carriage arrived, Mrs. Xu specially sent Mother Qiu over to Xiao Mingzhu.

Mrs. Xu looked at Xiao Mingzhu's attire again, and repeated No. 30 times: "When you go back to Lu's house, you must be careful in what you say and even more in what you do." She was afraid that sister Ming would be bullied, and she was afraid that sister Ming would be teased for being rude. This was even more nervous than the first time she went out to socialize with her mother.

"Grandmother, don't worry." Xiao Mingzhu promised again.

(End of this chapter)