Lord of Fortune

Soon, Mrs. Chu's birthday will arrive.

On this day, the three sisters of the Han family got up early to dress up, and the three sisters specially wore clothes with similar patterns, but the colors were different.

Han Mengqin is wearing pink, Han Mengling is wearing light blue, and Han Mengyin is wearing apricot yellow.The three of them stood together and looked like a family of sisters.

"Miss, do you want to dress up today?" Mo Lan said, and glanced at the jewelry that Han Mengqin had chosen.

These jewelries are all ordinary jewellery, but they are made more delicately. There is only one eight-treasure exquisite hairpin, which can be regarded as suppressing the scene.

Mo Lan knew that the magistrate's wife was quite at odds with her own lady. She hoped that her lady could dress more grandly and not lose her momentum when facing the prefect's wife.

Han Mengqin said, "Who is she that needs me to dress up for her? That's it. The jewelry I have chosen is neither ostentatious nor shabby, that's enough."

When everyone went out, Han Tongzhi told the three sisters thousands of times: "When you arrive at the Chu family, you must be careful in what you say and do, and you must not be rude in front of the magistrate's wife."

However, Han Mengqin had a vague premonition - this trip to celebrate his birthday might not go well.

"Big sister, this is the first time I'm going to celebrate Mrs. Chu's birthday. I'm a little scared." Han Mengyin pulled Han Mengqin's sleeve coquettishly.

Han Mengyin knows very well that in this world, there is no love without a reason.She wanted Han Mengqin to treat her as a real sister, so she naturally wanted to get closer to Han Mengqin on weekdays.

Like this time, Han Mengyin directly asked Han Mengqin for help.This move really narrowed the distance between her and Han Mengqin.

Han Mengqin touched Han Mengyin's head: "When you arrive at Chu's house later, you just follow me, don't walk around casually. You are young, even if you do something inappropriate occasionally, Mrs. Chu will not blame you if she wants to. "

Han Mengyin squinted her eyes, and took the initiative to rub her head against Han Mengqin's hand.

This cat-like behavior caused Han Mengqin to chuckle.

Han Mengqin and Han Mengling are sisters here, but Han Mengling is left alone, as if she was isolated by the sisters.

Han Mengling felt very unhappy, and sneered: "What's the use of looking for Eldest Sister? Eldest Sister doesn't know what Mrs. Chu likes now! Last time Mrs. Chu came to our house as a guest, Mrs. Chu didn't treat Eldest Sister very well. Satisfied!"

"No matter how much Mrs. Chu doesn't like Eldest Sister, she can't pick out Eldest Sister, but Second Elder Sister, she lost a lot of face at the last flower feast. Eldest Sister is much more reliable than Second Sister !"

Han Mengling was so choked by Han Mengyin that she couldn't speak.

Han Mengqin glanced at her lightly: "Okay, we're going to celebrate his birthday at someone's house this time, not for an outing, so give me some peace of mind. If you lose face at the Chu family, it's not good to go home fruit to eat."

……

The Chu Mansion is extremely lively today, and there is an endless stream of people congratulating Mrs. Chu.

Officials with a higher status than the prefect of Chu, such as the governor's mansion, had already rejected the Chu family's invitation with excuses, and only sent the housekeeper in the mansion to send a birthday gift.The wife and lady of the Governor's Mansion also have their own style, but not everyone will go when invited.

Most of the official wives who will come to the Chu family this time are lower in social status than Mrs. Chu.Therefore, Mrs. Chu did not stand at the door to welcome the guests like Han Mengqin who held the flower viewing banquet last time.

As for Mrs. Chu's sister-in-law Mrs. Yongning Hou and her daughter, Miss Xu San, they just came to Chu's house, and Mrs. Chu sent someone to welcome them to the back hall to sit and rest.

Miss Xu San had an enmity with Han Mengqin at the last flower viewing banquet, so she naturally didn't want Han Mengqin to have a good time.When she heard that Mrs. Jiang and Miss Jiang were determined not to come this time, she rolled her eyes and put eye drops on Han Mengqin in front of Mrs. Chu.

"The governor's wife has always been busy, so it's not surprising that I can't come to my aunt's birthday. It's just that when Han Mengqin held a banquet last time, the governor's wife and the governor's lady were there in person, and I was very puzzled. Could it be, In the hearts of the people in the Governor's Mansion, is aunt not as good as Han Mengqin?"

Just as Miss Xu San finished speaking, Mrs. Yongning Hou tugged at her sleeve: "Okay, Xin'er, please stop talking."

How can Mrs. Yongning Hou fail to see what her daughter is thinking?

Xu Jiaxin said that, although it will deepen Mrs. Chu's dissatisfaction with Han Mengqin, but it will also hurt Mrs. Chu's face in front of other people.

Sure enough, Mrs. Chu looked worried, but since Xu Jiaxin was her own niece, she couldn't say anything, she just smiled and said: "Maybe Mrs. Jiang is really not free. Xiner should not talk about Mrs. Jiang behind her back. It’s not good to let Mrs. Jiang know.”

Chu Chen who was passing by heard that Xu Jiaxin had bad intentions for Han Mengqin, so he sneered: "Cousin Xu is a famous lady after all, don't be like those gossip women, staring at this and talking about that all day, it's just a joke!"

Chu Chen hasn't seen Han Mengqin for quite a while, and he misses him terribly.

This time Mrs. Chu's death was not a happy event for Chu Chen, but when he thought that Han Mengqin was coming, he could see her openly, and he felt happy again.

When Han Mengqin held the flower viewing banquet last time, he failed to go to the Han Mansion. Later, he learned from the servants that Xu Jiaxin had been fighting against Han Mengqin during the flower viewing banquet, and he had already had opinions on Xu Jiaxin in his heart.If Xu Jiaxin dared to slander Han Mengqin or cause trouble for Han Mengqin this time, he would not be soft on her!

Xu Jiaxin was scolded by Chu Chen as a gossip face-to-face, feeling very wronged in her heart: "It is said that customers are respected, is this how Cousin Chu treats customers?"

Back then, when Xu Jiaxin saw Chu Chen was handsome and talented, she secretly admired Chu Chen in her heart.

It's a pity that Chu Chen only has one Han Mengqin in his heart, and he didn't even bother to perfunctory Xu Jiaxin, and Mrs. Yongning Hou personally persuaded her that Chu Chen was not a good match, so Xu Jiaxin gradually stopped thinking.

Even so, for Xu Jiaxin, Chu Chen was a bit different after all.Xu Jiaxin didn't expect that Chu Chen, who always ignored her, would embarrass herself like this this time.

There was a hint of impatience between Chu Chen's brows: "Cousin Xu has always come and gone freely in our house, and she can speak freely. I didn't know, but I thought you were the young lady of our house. So, sorry, I really didn't understand You are our guest."

"If you want others to respect you as a guest, you must first behave like a guest, right?"

"Gossiping in someone else's house is the worst behavior!"

After Chu Chen finished speaking, he was unwilling to deal with these women from the Yongning Hou Mansion, so he turned around and left.

Xu Jiaxin almost shed tears behind him.

Mrs. Chu couldn't say she liked Xu Jiaxin, a spoiled niece. Seeing that her stepson had humiliated her, she felt a little happy in her heart.Although Mrs. Chu didn't like Chu Chen, this time, Chu Chen said what Mrs. Chu wanted to say but couldn't because of her status.

However, Mrs. Chu still wanted to maintain a good relationship with her natal family, so she didn't express these thoughts.

Like a good aunt, she gently comforted Xu Jiaxin: "Your cousin has such an unruly temperament. Not only does he treat you like this, but he also treats me mercilessly. Tell your uncle about this, and let your uncle punish him, how could he be so unreasonable to us Xiner?"

Mrs. Yongninghou was very displeased with Chu Chen who scolded her daughter to tears: "Chu Chen owes some lessons. He treats Xiner so rudely, which shows that he doesn't take our Yongninghou's mansion seriously. In the future If he is allowed to rise to the top, will the Chu family have a birth share with our family?"

At this time, Mrs. Yongning Hou was already planning to trip Chu Chen up.

When Mrs. Chu heard this, she showed a sincere smile.

That's it.

The Marquis of Yongning's perception of Chu Chen is not good, so he will naturally try to support her son.

Mrs. Chu's son, Chu Lin, is only three years old this year. When Chu Chen was able to compose poems and poems, her son was still drinking milk.Although the prefect of Chu loves the youngest son very much now, he has not completely given up on the eldest son.

For the future of her and her son, Mrs. Chu will naturally have to work harder.

……

The people who came to celebrate the birthday arrived at the Chu Mansion one after another.

Seeing that the members of the Han family had also arrived, Xu Jiaxin was about to hand over the birthday gifts to the servants of the Chu Mansion, so she raised her voice and said, "Go quickly and see what birthday gifts the Han Mansion sent to aunt this time. I heard that Han The birthday gifts sent by the mansion in the past few years are all high-quality goods, and my aunt likes them quite a lot, and I think this year will be no exception, right?"

Xu Jiaxin was well-informed, and had already known that Han Mengqin was the housekeeper of the Han family, so the birthday present for Mrs. Chu was naturally also prepared by Han Mengqin.

She made up her mind that unless what Han Mengqin gave to Mrs. Chu was some rare treasure, she would definitely find fault with that gift later.Chu Chen gave her anger for Han Mengqin, and she wanted to return all the anger to Han Mengqin!

Mrs. Chu did not object to Xu Jiaxin's words.

The birthday presents that the Han family found were always in line with her wishes, and there was nothing wrong with showing them to everyone in advance.It just happened to let some shabby little families see what kind of things she likes.

However, when the servants of the Chu family presented the birthday gift from the Han family, Mrs. Chu frowned.

Xu Jiaxin yelled directly: "Why is it a pair of embroidery?"

This is a pair of double-sided embroidery, and the front embroidered is a picture of boys celebrating birthdays. Many naive boys are holding birthday peaches to celebrate birthdays.These boys have different postures and are vivid, making people happy when they see them. On the reverse side is a big birthday character surrounded by flowers.

In all fairness, this pair of embroidery is quite good no matter the materials used or the embroidery workmanship, and it is decent as a birthday gift.

But Xu Jiaxin said: "I remember, last year the Han family gave my aunt a red coral tree as a birthday gift, right? Why, this year, the housekeeper has changed, so I am reluctant to give it to my aunt. I only take one Deputy Embroidery to send my aunt away? Don’t you know that one of my aunt’s dowry maids is an embroiderer who is good at embroidery?”

Han Mengqin said neither humble nor overbearing: "Naturally, we know that the magistrate's wife was born in the Yongning Hou Mansion, and she has seen and used all kinds of good things. The magistrate's wife passed her birthday, and we just prepared a birthday gift to express our affection."

"Miss Xu San was born in the Marquis's Mansion. She was born with rich clothes and fine food, surrounded by servants. I'm afraid she doesn't understand the difficulties of us. This pair of embroidery may be nothing to Miss Xu San who is used to seeing good things, but For our family, it is the result of saving food and money for the whole family."

"My father's salary is not high, and he is a clean and honest official. His annual income is only more than a thousand taels of silver. In order to buy this birthday gift for Mrs. Chu, we spent 200 taels of silver this time. For this, we The expenses of the whole family have been reduced in recent months. If Mrs. Chu and Ms. Xu San think the birthday gifts are simple, we have nothing to do."

"The red coral tree given to Mrs. Chu by the Han family last year was my mother's dowry back then, but it can never be repeated. Miss Xu San asked me for something equally precious, but I couldn't get it out."

"However, I think that this birthday gift is not based on the value of the birthday gift itself, but on the intentions contained in it. Miss Xu San said, right?"

Han Mengqin's words won the approval of other official old ladies and wives present.

This place is not a rich place, and the annual income of most officials is really not high.

Every time they bought a birthday gift for the wife of the boss's family, they gritted their teeth and took out the money.In this way, people often pick and choose the birthday gifts they give, and they feel very uncomfortable.

Among the wives and wives, Mrs. Lin is the best to get along with.

Mrs. Lin is in a high position, but she always advances and retreats with discretion, never embarrassing others face to face.For those small official families with poor families, even if they gave away a needle, a scrap of paper, Mrs. Lin would smile and praise the family for their kindness.

This is not the case for Mrs. Yongning Hou and Mrs. Chu. They made no secret of their preference for luxurious gifts.

Some presents that suit their wishes will get their appreciation and benefits on the spot.And those who gave the gifts were particularly shabby, when their servants received the gifts, they would show disgust on their faces, embarrassing those who gave the gifts.

Nowadays, when some wives of petty officials saw that Han Mengqin gave a fine double-sided embroidery worth 200 taels of silver, they were despised by the masters, so they couldn't help worrying about the birthday gifts they gave.

That's right, although it was Xu Jiaxin who came forward to question Han Mengqin, Xu Jiaxin was Mrs. Chu's direct niece. She often went in and out of the Chu Mansion on weekdays, and she was like a half-miss in the Chu Mansion.In the eyes of outsiders, Xu Jiaxin's attitude represented Mrs. Chu's attitude.

Mrs. Chu saw that the faces of the officials and wives around her were a little bit wrong, so she knew that her niece's words had offended everyone.Although she didn't take these petty officials' wives seriously, it was obviously not wise to offend everyone at once.

Just as Mrs. Chu was about to say something, she turned the scene around when she saw her worried stepson stand up and say, "Miss Han is right. Gifts don't depend on the value, but on the intentions contained in them. Thanks to Cousin Xu You are still from a rich family, but you are such a philistine, don't come out and show yourself!"

These words really didn't save Miss Xu San at all.

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