Daming female local tyrant

Jing Lan received a letter from Shen Wan the next day, saying that after she went back, fortunately, the old lady didn't find anything, and the people in the second room were also silent. As for her brother's head injury, he was much better, although he looked a little dull.She gave him needles to disperse the blood in his head, which might make him heal faster.She asked Jing Lan how she was doing and what happened around her.

In the reply letter to Shen Wan, Jing Lan wrote: "Everything is fine for me. I usually go to school to embroider, and I just mess around all day. If there is anything to do, I think it will only be Qixi Festival. My great-grandmother took the whole family's female relatives to Douqiao in the Mingyue Building in the back garden can be said for a while... Later, I thought that the uncle and grandmother of the third room asked my fifth sister to tell the old ancestor what she heard honestly, so as not to be afraid of offending my grandmother and stepmother. There has been a rift between Fang and Erfang? But I asked the maid around me, and it seems that there is no..."

Shen Wan received Jing Lan's letter and wrote to her to help her clear up her doubts.

"What your great-uncle did was to teach your fifth sister not to be afraid of trouble. Besides, in front of your great-grandmother, how can you let the younger generation tell lies against their will, just for the sake of harmony. Your great-grandmother neither thoroughly investigated nor revealed It seems that this matter is nothing. In fact, she has a clear heart, so she won't be investigated. Your half-sister did not get the reward of Dou Qiao's first name. In fact, your great-grandmother didn't recognize you. The second sister is the first name. As your great-grandmother, after all, you think that your second sister is the lady of the Lu family in the room. I don’t want to make this matter worse. It will make your second sister’s reputation bad, and the marriage will not go well in the future. In my opinion , if your fifth sister offends your second sister, it's a trivial matter, and I'm most afraid that your thoughtful stepmother will hate your fifth sister, if she catches the opportunity, she will definitely take revenge on your fifth sister."

Jing Lan read her letter and thought that her analysis was right, so she wrote back, saying that her stepmother might not be able to catch such an opportunity, because in seven or eight days there would be a big banquet for the Lu family to celebrate her. The day when I returned to Lu's house.When the time comes when her mother's natal family will come, they will stand up for her and Cheng Ze to ask for the dowry that her mother left for their siblings. It must be another disturbance.

Shen Wan wrote back, saying that by then, there might be news from Hu Quan. Once it is found out that the person who threw the black cat is related to the second uncle and his son, there must be a disturbance in the Shen family.

Seven or eight days passed in a flash.

Since the [-]th, there have been guests coming to Lu's house. Cheng Ze greeted them with all his might, and Lu Xueshan and Qi's couldn't stay out of the matter. Speaking of which, after all, Jing Lan was their daughter, and the ancestors wanted to make up for Jing Lan's living abroad all these years. In spite of the suffering, they specially invited guests to celebrate Jing Lan's return home. They should be happy.

Lu Xueshan was happy, but Qi's was not necessarily so.

Cheng Ze wrote the invitation and sent it out, but there was still a list left behind, which was used to calculate how many tables and tables to prepare and how many people to serve the guests.

When Qi saw Tan's natal family on the sign, she became a little unhappy.

It stands to reason that since Mrs. Tan has been dead for so many years, she is now Lu Xueshan's wife. Although she is the stepmother, should she invite her natal family?

But there was no Qi family on the invitation list written by Cheng Ze, which made the visitors think.

Qi found Lu Xueshan, threw the list in his hand to him, and said angrily: "Look, is there anyone missing among the people Chengze wants to invite?"

Lu Xueshan took a look at it, put it down, and said, "Everyone is here, there is no one missing. Chengze is careful, and even the Tan family invited them. The Tan family must be happy to know that Jinglan has returned to the Lu family."

The Qi family raised her voice: "The Qi family, what about our Qi family? Shouldn't the decent natal family be our Qi family? I have been married to you for more than ten years, and our Qi family is not considered a relative of the Lu family? What does Cheng Ze mean? , He just doesn’t recognize me as a mother, he is really promising!”

Lu Xueshan was a little embarrassed when he heard the words, he rubbed his forehead, thinking, the Qi family was right, Cheng Ze should invite the Qi family, but if Cheng Ze invited the Qi family, then what is the Tan family?Over the years, Cheng Ze has been raised by his ancestors and is not close to the Qi family, but has frequent contacts with the Tan family. Now that Jing Lan has returned to the Lu family, it is reasonable for him to invite the Tan family.After all, the Tan family is the natal family of Jing Lan and his mother-in-law Tan, while the Qi family and their siblings are only uncles in name.

The Tan family is a big family in Yangzhou, and the Qi family only had some money to buy a house and a field in the past few years, which is far behind the Tan family.

Chengze is now a well-known juren, so he naturally recognizes the Tan family as his uncle's family. After being awarded a Jinshi, it sounds better to enter the officialdom, not to mention that the Tan family is his real uncle's family.

Lu Xueshan felt that if his son Chengze would not invite the Qi family, he would invite the Tan family instead.

"Look at you, where did you go? That's why you don't recognize you as a mother. When Cheng Ze wins a Jinshi and becomes an official, you, a mother, will be called Mrs. Gaoming one day. This Once, it was Jinglan who came home. The Tan family has been thinking about Jinglan all these years. Knowing her whereabouts, can they not come? If they come, the Qi family is not suitable to come, otherwise it will be embarrassing..."

"What did you say? It's not suitable for the Qi family to come when the Tan family is here? What will the visitors think when they see it? Is it because the Lu family hasn't treated our Qi family as in-laws for so many years, and you haven't regarded me as your wife?" ?”

The more Qi talked, the angrier she became, she took out her handkerchief to wipe her tears, and sobbed.

Usually, when she cries, Lu Xueshan has to coax her, and then let her soften.

But this time, Lu Xueshan was unmoved, instead he said impatiently: "Chengze is now a man of fame, the ancestors this time entrusted Chengze with celebrating Jinglan's return to Lu's house, and It’s not for you and me, Chengze can treat guests according to his wishes. In the past ten years, Lu’s family treated guests, but which time did you not invite your Qi’s family? I cried and cried in front of you, saying that Chengze didn't regard you as a mother. I advise you, don't be so big-hearted, you have to fight for everything. Since you married into the Lu family, have I treated you badly? You are in charge of the family's money. You can spend whatever you want. People must know how to be content, otherwise they will be like snakes and elephants, and their belly will be burst."

After saying these words, Qi felt guilty, thinking that he was aware of the fact that he was taking money from the Lu family, so his crying became smaller and smaller.

However, she still asked Lu Xueshan to personally write an invitation to invite her natal family to the banquet.

Lu Xueshan refused, and said: "This time, we will do as Chengze wants. The Lu family has invited the Qi family for many years. If you invite the Tan family once, the Qi family will not suffer. You wipe your tears quickly, and then dress up again." , go outside to meet the female guests. If you don't go, I have to ask my sister-in-law and younger siblings for help."

After he finished speaking, he walked away.

After Lu Xueshan left, Qi burst into tears. She could tell that Lu Xueshan had been married to her for more than ten years, but he still looked down on her and the Qi family. What he loved and cared about the most was He and Tan's son, Cheng Ze.She has been the daughter-in-law of the Lu family for more than ten years, and she has two children with Lu Xueshan, but she feels that the Lu family still treats her as an outsider, and she is still inferior in this family.

In the past, Feng's family and Lu Xueshan looked down on him, but now, even Chengze's 15-year-old child can't look down on him. After all, he is still her stepmother, how can he be completely defiant? , He didn't invite Qi's family, deliberately embarrassing himself.

Okay, didn't the ancestors regard Cheng Ze as a sore eyeball? In Lu Xueshan's eyes, he was the only son who wanted to be an official, and Jing Lan relied on Cheng Ze to become the eldest lady of the Lu family.

If there was no such a person as Chengze in this world, Qi would really like to see what kind of pained look they would have on their faces.

It's just that she still has to put on face and go out to meet guests at this moment, otherwise the Lu family will have something to say again, saying that she is not polite and cannot be the granddaughter-in-law of the second room of the Lu family.

Ordering someone to bring a basin of water, Mrs. Qi washed her face, combed her hair, dressed up meticulously, and went out to welcome guests with her maids and women.

The Tan family arrived on the [-]th. They traveled all the way from Yangzhou to Jinling by boat.

Ever since they received Chengze's letter, the Tan family was overjoyed. They counted the days with their fingers and prepared the gift for Jinglan early. On the morning of the [-]th, the whole family took a boat to Jinling.

When they arrived in Jinling, they hired sedan chairs and came to Lu's house.

It was not yet noon when the Tan family arrived at the Lu's house, and the young servant came in to tell Chengze, Lu Xueshan and Qi that someone from the Tan family in Yangzhou had come, and the three of them immediately went out to welcome them.

After going out, Cheng Ze saw his grandmother Cai, uncle Tan Jialiang, aunt Yu, and cousins ​​all came.

Tan Jialiang and Yu Shi gave birth to two sons and a daughter, the eldest son Tan Qingfeng, the second daughter Tan Lishu, and the third son Tan Qingnian.

Cheng Ze smiled and bowed to them, then called them: "Grandmother, uncle, aunt, cousin..."

Mrs. Cai stepped forward and grabbed his sleeve and asked earnestly, "Where is Jing Lan? Hurry up and let us have a look at her. After so many years, we thought we would never see her again..."

Having said this, everyone felt a little sad, Cheng Ze took a breath and said: "Sister is still studying in the girls' school, and she will not come back from school until later, when she comes back from school, I will ask her to come see you. "

Cai said again: "Take me to see your great-grandmother in a while. I have to tell you that we came all the way from Yangzhou just to see Jinglan more. She must accompany us these few days. Just don't go."

Cheng Ze readily agreed.

Lu Xueshan and the Qi family came afterward to meet the members of the Tan family.

The Tan family returned the gift lightly, and Lu Xueshan ordered Cheng Ze to take the Tan family to the Lu family's guest room for a while, and have a meal with them at noon.

Cheng Ze followed the Tan family to the guest room.

After they left, Mrs. Qi asked Lu Xueshan: "Does our Lu family have such a rule? When a guest comes, the ladies don't even read books, so they want to come out to accompany the guest? I remember that apart from the big summer and the three-day holiday in school, even the ancestors My birthday is also only open for half a day..."

Lu Xueshan flicked his sleeves and taunted her, "Okay, can you say a few words less? Don't think I don't know what you think? Get together?"

Qi was so choked that she had nothing to say, Lu Xueshan left her and walked away.

Chengze arranged for the Tan family to live alone in a small courtyard that was used as a guest room. After lunch, Mrs. Cai asked Chengze to take him and his daughter-in-law to see Mrs. Feng.