The oil bottle of the Red Chamber

While talking, Mrs. Chen thought of Mr. Wu who was recommended by Mrs. Sun to teach girls to read, and silently accepted what she said earlier in her heart—to be able to make such a confused mind and have a complicated relationship with her in-laws If someone recommends someone to be a female husband in another family, this kind of behavior is not considered trivial, what kind of behavior is considered?

Mrs. Feng didn't notice that the daughter-in-law's sister-in-law didn't take this role seriously.After hearing Chen's words, she only felt a headache, and all she could think about was that the family scandal should not be exposed.Chen Gui was at the side, happily eating melon seeds about the Yue family's gossip, and said with a smile: "Seriously speaking, it's all for the sake of descendants—the Feng family's sister-in-law has been married to the Feng family for more than ten years. , but there is only one daughter under her knees. Brother Feng is the son of Feng's parents. His father died early, so the old lady is naturally anxious to continue the incense. During the Chinese New Year, she persuaded the Feng family's sister-in-law to give Brother Feng a child. Or to see which maid in the room is pleasing to the eye, it doesn't matter to make a face. The eldest brother of the Feng family naturally talks to the old lady. Feng's parents and sister-in-law are not happy. It was already high, and some false fires were caught on it, and it couldn't stand it for a while, so it fell down."

As Chen Gui said, he still did not forget to smile and show his merits to Feng Shi: "You always only say good things about your elder brother at home, but this time you know the good things about your husband?"

Seeing her parents-in-law not paying attention, Feng gave Chen Gui an annoyed look.Chen Gui just joked and didn't make any theory.Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Chen never thought that Feng's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had a quarrel because of this matter, and they sighed and sighed for a while——

Both inside and outside are criticizing Xiaosun's inappropriate behavior. Since he can't continue the incense for his husband's family, he shouldn't be so jealous, let alone contradict his elders.She violated two of the seven rules, if she hadn't served his father-in-law for nothing, it would not be too much for such a jealous woman to get divorced.

Unexpectedly, everyone's words poked Chen's heart.Mrs. Chen couldn't help but think that the reason why she had suffered so many years in the Zhao family was because she didn't have a son by her side.I can't help feeling sympathy for Xiao Sun.It's just that it's not easy to say much in front of my parents and brother.After sighing more and more boringly, he shrugged off his discomfort and went back to his room to rest.Nothing to say all night.

In the early morning of the next day, when the second sister woke up, she saw Mrs. Chen sitting sleepily on the beauty bed under the window, she didn't do anything, she was just in a daze.

The second sister has been transmigrating for more than half a year, and Xiang Shao saw Chen's so quiet.Feeling surprised in my heart, while getting up and putting on clothes, I smiled and said to Mrs. Chen: "During the New Year's Eve, what do you do, just stay in a daze?"

When Mrs. Chen asked, You still held back.After holding it back for a while, he still babbled about what happened last night.At the end, he said resentfully: "If you say a thousand words and ten thousand, it's because you can't have a son to make trouble."

After finishing speaking, he stretched out his slender fingers and poked the smooth and full forehead of the second sister, because he said: "What's the use of having two girls, they are all bullied goods. They are all looked down upon."

The second sister smiled when she heard the words, raised her hand to touch the painful forehead, and said with a smile: "Mom is so powerful, it's fine if you don't bully others, who dares to bully you?"

He pulled Chen's sleeve again and coaxed: "Don't worry, mom. When I grow up, I will definitely earn a lot of money for your retirement. At that time, gold, jade, round, flat silk, silk, satin, fat chicken, big duck, let's throw one at a time. , custody is better than raising ten sons."

After hearing this, Mrs. Chen couldn't help laughing out loud.Just as I was about to say something, I saw that the eldest sister was also woken up by the voices of the two mothers, and she was sitting on the bed rubbing her eyes.And because I didn't get up last night, I was busy going out to change clothes.Mrs. Chen swallowed what she had said, and scolded her elder sister: "It's such a cold day, you don't even pick a good time to die. Hurry up and put on your clothes. On New Year's Eve, make a Illness will starve you to death."

The eldest sister was caught off guard, and was stunned by Mrs. Chen's scolding, and was dragged back to the bed by Mrs. Chen, throwing a satin jacket with a slanted skirt embroidered with gold thread and a hundred patterns on a bright red background.The second sister took advantage of the situation and ordered the little girl to wash up with water.

After washing and dressing, the three ladies meandered along the Chaoshou veranda to the upper room to say hello.But Chen Gui and his wife, Chen Wei and Chen Wan were all dressed in the clothes of going out to meet outsiders, sitting in the upper room to make fun of gossiping, discussing the family going out to watch lanterns during the Lantern Festival.

When Mrs. Chen heard the words, she was taken aback.You remember that in the boudoir back then, the Chen family was the most lively. Every time the Sanyuan Festival came, she would be the first to gather around to watch the lanterns.Later, she married a short-lived ghost surnamed Zhao, and she also lived a willful life.But I forgot to keep the filial piety of my husband's family this year, so I couldn't go.

The second sister didn't really want to go either.It's not that she doesn't like to join in the fun, it's just that she read too many idle books back then, especially remembering that the flower-shooting parties in ancient times only abducted young boys and girls to sell during the lively season of lantern festivals and temple fairs.The second sister felt that it would be unlucky to travel through time well, but she didn't want to suffer more unlucky things.

Thinking of this, the second sister frowned slightly, because she said: "I won't go. It's weird outside, I'm afraid I'll get lost and be targeted by kidnappers."

Hearing Second Sister's words, everyone in the Chen House couldn't help laughing.Chen Guiyin said: "What a cunning and cunning little girl, she thinks too much. Don't worry, let's not say that our whole family is going out for a walk, and the master and servants will stare at me with more than a dozen pairs of eyes. Only your uncle and I will take care of her. I'm not afraid that some people don't have good eyesight and put their ideas on our family's head."

Mrs. Chen also said with a smile: "The children lost at the Lantern Festival and the temple fair are all the family members who carelessly take care of them and let go of their hands for a while, only to be abducted by kidnappers. Our family only treats you as eyeballs." Yes, so it never happens."

Mrs. Chen also persuaded: "The Shangyuan Lantern Festival is only lively once a year. It would be a pity not to go. Although you two are filial and pious for your father, you don't have to be so ruthless. You don't have to be bored. good."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Chen immediately interjected, "Then I'll go too?"

Old Mrs. Chen looked at Mrs. Chen silently.Chen shrank her neck, hummed from her nose, and muttered in her mouth: "I have been at home for more than half a year, and I haven't even stepped out of the threshold on the second door."

After all, Mrs. Chen felt sorry for her daughter, and she still said: "Since it is the Lantern Festival, it always means family reunion. It would not be good if one person is missing."

Old Mrs. Chen was silent.

Chen Gui glanced at Old Master Chen's face, because he said: "Since that's the case, let's ask my younger sister to follow. There are so many people attending the Lantern Festival around the Lantern Festival, and no one may pay attention to our family's affairs."

Old Mrs. Chen was still silent, but he didn't refute it either.The two Chen Gui brothers and sisters just looked at each other and smiled, and the old lady Chen hurriedly interrupted: "What time is it, let's set the meal. After breakfast, the boss can take the children to visit the in-laws and mother."

Seeing this, Mrs. Feng hurriedly got up and arranged for the maids and women to set up tables and chairs and list the cups and plates.

After dinner, Chen Gui's family didn't even eat tea, so they went out by car and rushed to Yue's house.Mrs. Chen didn't dare to be an eyesore in front of Mrs. Chen, so she hurried back to her room with her two daughters.At that time, in the first month of the year, there was no school in the school room, and needlework was forbidden in the boudoir—even if needlework was not forbidden, the Chen family seldom did needlework.The mother and daughter stared at each other in the boudoir, gossiping one long and one short.

Because the second sister was bored, she took out the "Three Character Classic" and "Thousand Character Classic" that Mr. Wu taught a few years ago to review.When I was thinking of the phrase "Cure the root cause of the problem in farming, and make the crops better", I heard someone talking under the wall outside the window. Immediately after the sound of the curtain, a maid wearing a red satin jacket and a blue satin pinched her teeth held a hand in her hand. A book walks in.

Everyone looked at it attentively, but it was Mi Wa, the big maid who served Mrs. Chen in the upper room.Seeing Miwa walking up to her with a smile and bowing to say hello, Mrs. Chen couldn't help but smile and asked, "So it's you. What are you doing here now, but what advice does the old lady have?"

When Miwa heard this, she shook her head and smiled, "It's not the old lady. It's the old lady who ordered the servant to give the second cousin a book."

After all, he offered the book in his hands with both hands.

When Mrs. Chen heard this, she became more and more curious, but saw that her second sister had already got up to take the books, and You thanked the old lady with a smile.Chen asked, "What book is it?"

The second sister looked down for a while, and said with a smile: "It is the deeds of the Emperor Taizu of this dynasty."

Mrs. Chen thought of the gossip that time ago when everyone was in the room.Yin said with a smile: "I thought the old man was joking, but he took it seriously."

Pointing at the second sister, he smiled and cursed: "You are the one who made a moth. If you read some history books carefully, can you still go to the number one examination?"

When the second sister heard the words, she just smiled silly and didn't answer a word.Mrs. Chen grabbed a handful of hazelnut kernels from the five-petal box of plum blossoms with black lacquer and golden flowers blooming richly and noblely placed on the table, and stuffed them into the beeswax hands. Take a bowl of tea to get rid of the wind and cold and come back."

He also ordered the little girl serving in the house to pour tea.

Under New Year's Eve, this is free time.There is nothing important about beeswax, so I thank you and sit down.The master and the servant chatted for a while, and because they talked about going to the Lantern Festival on the Lantern Festival, Mi Wa laughed and teased the second sister: "Be careful when you go out, there are ghosts out there who want to eat you."

The second sister giggled, because she said: "Don't make jokes, you will know how powerful I am when I go to the kitchen to make two packs of anti-wolf medicine powder tomorrow."

Chen and Miwa looked at each other, You Xiao asked: "What is anti-wolf powder, I've never heard of it. I think you invented it."

The second sister said: "Whether it is a fabrication or not, we will know at that time."

Then he smiled and said to the eldest sister: "I will also prepare two packs for you when the time comes, so you are prepared for any danger."

The eldest sister was ignorant and just smirked.

Before you knew it, it was night, and Chen Gui and his party came home by car in the wind and snow.Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Chen couldn't help but ask about their in-laws again.Because I asked "I feel better today", "What medicine did I take", "What kind of food did I eat", and then asked "How do you get along with your sister-in-law?"

I thought Feng's answers were nothing more than platitudes.But Chen Gui didn't wait for Feng Shi to speak, but patted his knees and drew a circle of praise loudly, because he said again: "You never imagined that there is such a coincidence in the world."

It turned out that Xiaosun's mother-in-law was so angry that she fainted yesterday because of her heirs, and she was making a big fuss.Today, when I was serving Mrs. Feng to take medicine, her face was crumbling like gold paper, and the doctor who happened to come to check Mrs. Feng's pulse was also there, so I couldn't help but give Xiao Sun a consultation.It was actually diagnosed that Xiao Sun was pregnant for less than two months...

Seeing that everyone in the Chen family was dumbfounded as if they were listening to an opera, Feng Shi felt his headache was about to split, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh: "That's all. If not, there will be no end."