Pan Jinlian's petty bourgeoisie life

Yi Yi brought it out, and when he walked to the dining room, Mrs. Chai and Li were staring at the door, and there were two rows of middle-aged servants standing inside, all with arrogant faces, looking at herself as if she was even more proud than her master.

Seeing her coming in, Mrs. Chai and Li didn't say a word, but just took a sip from the teacup.Chai Wangshi and Chai Linshi were standing next to her, laughing and chatting with her. When Chai Wangshi saw Pan Jinlian, his eyes were burning, and he pointed at her and asked:

"Chai Wu's family, you are so carefree. You need us to ask you four times to eat a meal. Even your wife has to wait for you. It can be seen that you have established yourself. Why, we will also ask you every day in the future. Please An eight more times to lift the big sedan chair and follow you to eat, can't you? Don't even look at your own virtue, just married and dare to be so ignorant of the rules, and then pay it back!"

It was only then that Pan Jinlian realized that she was not from this era, and somehow felt a sense of nonsense calmness. She looked at Chai Wang as if she was watching a play, and then went up to Yingying to pay respects, and smiled with Chai and Li. replied:

"It's my fault for delaying Madam's lunch today. I'm here to admit my mistake and make amends to Madam. Madam, don't bother with me. I can't afford to hurt my body. I just listened to the doctor talk about Madam's illness yesterday." Thinking of a prescription for food supplements handed down by my natal family, my family officials got up early in the morning to go out to buy things, and made it on the stove all morning. It was my negligence to catch up."

Mrs. Chai Li took a teacup in his hand, slowly put it on the table, and asked with a smile:

"You're so cute, I'd like to see what you're doing, but you little ones, it's good to look at anything, and it may not be useful for me to look at it."

As she said that, the girl next to her had already taken the box from Pan Jinlian's hand and put it on the small table next to Chai Li, opened it and brought out the soup bowl, Chai Li looked sideways, nodded, and smiled. But it is a bit bigger:

"What is this thing? It looks pretty good, but we don't have anything at home. I want to see what you can say."

"My family's ancestral handicraft is called Saiyan's nest. There is nothing good about it. It is sincere to eat. Madam, try it. If it is not good, I will not dare to make a fool of myself in the future. If I can still eat it, I will not waste our efforts. gone."

Pan Jinlian's appearance was very quiet and docile, she looked like a little sheep, and she lost a little bit of her beauty, which also made Chai and Li feel less disgusted.Generally, women feel a little displeased when they see a woman who is younger and more beautiful than themselves, especially if a husband like Chai Li embraces two beautiful concubines on the left and right.

She turned her head to one side, and the girl hurriedly took out Chai Li's usual small bowl, scooped up a small spoon with a spoon, and brought it to Chai Li's hand under a handkerchief.Mrs. Chai Li took it lightly, tasted it, tasted it carefully, and couldn't help but praise:

"It's really delicious. It's hard to work hard for you all day. It seems that I have wronged you."

"Although that's what I said, it's just that the rules of our house are that no fire is allowed in each house. It's always bad for Chai Wu's family to make this thing in their own house. It will be terrible if the girls and daughters-in-law hear it. .”

Mrs. Chai Wang also softened her face, glanced at Pan Jinlian, pursed her lips and said with a smile, Mrs. Chai Lin behind her was still standing quietly, not knowing what was going on in her heart.Chai Li seemed to have just remembered that there is still such a rule, and hurriedly reprimanded:

"That's right, the family rules can't be broken, but Chai Wu's family has just married, and Chai Wu is a young man, so naturally he will follow her when he has free time, and he doesn't remember any rules and family laws. In this case, in the future You don't have to come here to serve lunch anymore, I'll let them tell you, go to the kitchen to prepare this for me every day, let's compete with the bird's nest, old man, let the kitchen make room for her, don't stop me at will."

Pan Jinlian agreed in a low voice, and didn't argue anymore, she just quietly stood behind the group of daughters-in-law and mother-in-law who were serving meals.Chai Wang saw her soft knife piercing the softer cotton, and seeing her mother-in-law's face didn't look good, she just smiled and asked the girl to bring the food, and everyone ate and talked again. The conversation broke up.

Returning to her room without any danger, Pan Jinlian was not very satisfied in her heart. Although she was spared the errand of standing as a punishment, she had to do chores in the kitchen, but it was not her original intention, and she had to find a way to avoid it. .However, if you have your own place in the kitchen, you can also make some small stoves, so you can save those leftovers, and it is not an exaggeration to gain or lose.

Without Chai Wu, there would be no one to talk to at home. Pan Jinlian knew that the yard was embarrassing, and no one in each room was willing to come. Naturally, she couldn't please them, so she didn't recognize any Chai family members.So Pan Jinlian leaned on the bed and read a book under the quilt, and sat a casserole of seafood porridge made of broth on the stove.

Outside, the little north wind was blowing fiercely like a knife, and the window paper was buzzing, as if it was going to snow.Pan Jinlian glanced out the window, thinking about Chai Wu's journey, it's better to come back before the snow comes.

While thinking wildly, suddenly there was a low sound outside the gate, Pan Jinlian was slightly taken aback, who else came to her at this time?The knock on the door became louder and louder, and Pan Jinlian put on her overcoat and got out of bed, put on thick cotton and dragged it out, and opened the door. When she opened the door, she turned out to be a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl, dressed in silk The silk and satin, and the few hairpins on the head are also bright golden, and they look quite dignified, but she doesn't recognize them.

When the girl saw Pan Jinlian, she smiled generously, said a blessing and said:

"Sister Pan's family is very polite. Dicui is in the room of the second youngest woman in the family. I came to bother her sooner or later because I wanted to tell my sister something. My wife just said that the bird's nest made by my sister is very good, but it can still be regarded as a young daughter-in-law. , being with those kitchens is considered a family rule, so I deliberately let my sister open fire in her yard, but she can only do things, and Yinger, the girl who works in the kitchen, is her sister's dowry. Come here to help, and you don’t need to go back to the kitchen. As for the expenses used, they are also paid from the account, so it’s fine to open a list and let the purchases in the kitchen be bought together.”

Pan Jinlian couldn't help being taken aback when she heard this, but she suddenly came back to her senses and replied with a smile:

"I'm afraid this is what the second young lady told my wife?"

28 Return

Dicui looked up at Pan Jinlian, waved her hands and said softly:

"My young mistress just sees my sister's filial piety, and has no other thoughts. My sister is a sensible person, and she should know what my young mistress means. This family has a lot of talk, so I don't need to say anything. I'll go back and look forward to my sister. Think for yourself."

After the girl finished speaking, she turned around and left, leaving Pan Jinlian standing alone at the door watching her gradually disappear, thinking to herself: Although this Chai Lin family is silent, he is also a man of the city. Seize power?It's just that the Chai Wang family is said to have something to do with Chai Li's natal family. They are not far or close relatives. Looking at it differently, plus entering the family a few years earlier, when Chai Lin gets married, the situation will be settled, so she has to behave with her tail between her legs and wait for an opportunity to turn things around?It seems that although the two are harmonious on the face, they have their own calculations in their hearts.

Pan Jinlian only felt that there were many traps in the gate of this big mansion, and these women were quite scheming, I am afraid that the life will not be too smooth, it is better to escape early.After closing the door and returning to the house, I added some charcoal fire to the stove, only the north wind was blowing outside the door, and I could still hear some firecrackers in the market, it was really the time of Chinese New Year.

The afternoon sun was still lukewarm, Pan Jinlian opened the window, and a patch of sunlight shone on the ground, showing some winter warmth.Just when he was drowsy, there was a sound at the door, shaking non-stop.

Sighing, Pan Jinlian had no choice but to get up and put on her clothes again and opened the door. Standing outside the door was the little girl Ying'er, her face flushed from the cold, wearing a thin padded jacket, stamping her feet back and forth and breathing on her hands.

"Come here so soon, I thought the kitchen was busy and we couldn't let people go."

Pan Jinlian hurriedly brought Ying'er into her room, moved a stool for her and sat in front of the stove to warm up, and said with a smile, but she was still very happy in her heart.Without Chai Wu, the yard was completely silent, there was no one talking, not to mention there were a group of women outside who were waiting to trip him up.

Ying'er also smiled while roasting her hands and replied:

"Those people dare not listen to Madam's words. The busy people in the kitchen are on their backs. How is Madam doing these days? I look at the things here, don't they look like a prince's ostentation?" Then, she pulled Pan Jinlian to talk about the scene in Mrs. Chai's room, "It's as dazzling as a heavenly palace. The threshold alone is covered with several layers of gold leaf, and the bed hooks are inlaid with such big emeralds. Don't mention the silk and satin peacock feathers, the bottles of Ru Kiln, the bowls of Jun Kiln, the tall cabinets painted with gold and silver, the whole box of gold and jade jewelry and exquisite details, even the charcoal burned in the stove is made of unknown materials. A flower-shaped, hairless little girl served it with golden pokers."

Seeing what Ying'er said, Pan Jinlian's heart sank, but she just smiled and listened without interrupting.After she finished speaking, she stared at the blush on her face and smiled:

"Has Ying'er often been to Madam's room?"

"I've only been there once, and it was because a sister in the kitchen was sick.