The oil bottle of the Red Chamber

Aunt Lan's face was flushed by Chen's rebuke.After the meal was set, Mrs. Chen turned around and helped Mrs. You to the table to eat.Mrs. You smiled at Mrs. Chen: "Sit down too. Eat a bowl of rice in peace, and you have to take your brothers and sisters back to your mother's house later."

When Mrs. Chen heard the words, she answered with a smile.Only then did he take his seat under Mrs. You.He didn't dare to sit down, so he still sat on his side, and from time to time made way for Mrs. You and You Ziyu.

Several aunts are waiting on the side.Only after Mrs. You, Mrs. You Ziyu and the four sisters had eaten, did they go down to eat.

After dinner, we had refreshments and talked and laughed once.Then a boy on the second door came in to answer, only saying that the carriage and the women following the carriage were ready.Hearing this, Mrs. Chen said goodbye to Mrs. You, and took the eldest girl, second sister, third sister and brother Bao into the carriage.

At that time, Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Feng were doing needlework at home. When they heard that Mrs. Chen came to the door with her brothers and sisters, she had to welcome them to the hall.Everyone met each other, chatted and laughed for a while, Chen handed the two packs of Poria cocos frost that had been prepared to old lady Chen, and said with a smile: "This is an official from the east of Guangdong who came to visit our master yesterday. Tete sent a small basket of Poria cocos cream. The master asked me to give two packs to my parents, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, brother-in-law, and sister-in-law, to try something new. I got up early this morning and ate a bowl with milk, and I thought it tasted good.”

When Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Feng heard the words, they looked at each other and smiled unconsciously.Mrs. Chen said with a smile: "I have also heard of this Poria cocos cream. I heard that it not only nourishes the body, but also nourishes the face. It is a good thing to serve. You have just given birth and have to breastfeed Brother Bao, so you should add more Maintenance. It’s fine to keep it for yourself, why give it to us.”

After hearing this, Mrs. Chen also smiled and replied: "Mom, I can't tell you what I said. He is your good son-in-law—— our master always thinks about your second elder, and only says that your second elder is old." It's time to make up for your body. So I specially asked me last night to send someone to bring it to your elder. I was thinking of coming back. I also want to ask when the elder brother will come back."

Hearing what Mrs. Chen said, Mrs. Feng replied with a smile: "You have also heard about your brother writing a letter a few days ago. I only said that it will be back at the end of July soon, or at the beginning of August if it is slow."

Mrs. Chen said with a smile: "In this way, we must be able to catch up with this year's Mid-Autumn Festival? This is a good thing."

Feng Shi also said with a smile: "Isn't that what you said? You said that in the past two years, your brother's official position was not very big. When I was loitering at home all day, I still felt bored. Now the official is getting bigger and bigger. However, they often don't see each other for a year or so. Really..."

Seeing her sister-in-law sighing and sighing so much, Mrs. Chen couldn't help laughing and joked: "Don't worry, sister-in-law. Don't you know what kind of temper my brother has. Don't say that he has only stayed in Jiangnan for a year and a half now. In three to five years, he will not bring you an aunt back."

Feng Shi also had some concerns in his heart, but after hearing what Chen said, he laughed out loud.He had no choice but to say: "I believe your brother. I just feel sorry for him as a big man. He is away from home, and there is no good person to take care of him."

After hearing this, Mrs. Chen smiled and said, "It's okay. I'm going out now, and they all say that Zizhang has made great achievements. This time, he will be promoted to another level when he comes back. The fourth-rank official of the imperial court, no matter whether he is an official in Beijing or sent out, just ask him to take you girls with him at that time."

After hearing this, Mrs. Feng felt even more embarrassed, because she said again: "So that the old lady can know that I can't think so far. Besides, the old lady told us to follow the master to take office. At that time, we will still miss the old lady. After all, it is better to be an official in Beijing and have a family reunion."

After hearing this, Mrs. Chen fell silent.After half a day, Fangcai smiled and said, "Forget it, it's rare that Sister Hui comes to my house, and it's a disappointment not to mention these things."

After all, seeing the eldest girl sitting quietly beside her, she couldn't help but smile and said, "The eldest girl's wedding date is at the end of September. Are all the dowry ready?"

When Mrs. Chen heard the words, she hurriedly laughed back.Mrs. Chen quickly said: "It's good to be done. It's good to be done. It's important for a girl's life to be important. You must be careful and considerate."

Feng Shi also joked with a smile: "The old lady is very right. So I have already prepared to add makeup. I just wait for the day when the big girl puts on her makeup."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Chen said casually: "It doesn't matter if you add makeup or not. Anyway, I'm not worried that you, as an aunt, will treat your niece poorly. It's just a reminder for nothing, you must tell Brother Rong to exercise well. Son, on the day of the wedding, don't let his sister get on the bridal sedan chair."

Before saying a word, everyone burst out laughing uncontrollably.The eldest girl was even more ashamed, as if she was covered with a red cloth.He lowered his head and fiddled with the belt.

When old lady Chen saw her, she just wiped the tears overflowing from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, pointed at Mrs. Chen and scolded with a smile: "What a monkey head, you really have a mean and sharp mouth, I don't know what's wrong with your tongue and teeth. It's long. You even made fun of your own daughter."

After hearing this, the second sister couldn't help but think of the bad thing that happened early in Youfu.I couldn't help but smile and said: "Grandmother said that Mom's mouth is sharp, but she didn't know that when she got up early at home, Mom's mouth was a hundred times and a thousand times sharper than now."

After all, he told the whole story about getting up early.

Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Feng might as well still have such turmoil, they looked at each other unconsciously and frowned.Mrs. Feng then said to Sister Wan who was sitting beside her, "It's boring for us adults to talk, but it's boring for your sisters to sit for nothing. You can take your sisters to the back to play. Don't be restrained."

When Sister Wan heard the words, she got up immediately and it should be true.

Mrs. Chen thought that the children would not listen well to what she said later, so she pointed to Brother Bao and said, "Bring Brother Bao in too, and put it on the kang in the inner room. There are still fresh cooking in the kitchen." Tremella Horseshoe Soup, you serve Brother Bao to eat a bowl."

The last sentence was addressed to Chunlan, the maidservant next to Mrs. Chen.

Chunlan heard the old lady's order and immediately bowed to answer.I bid farewell to the masters again, and just now I took my brother Bao and followed a few girls to the residence of Sister Wan in the back house, joking and talking without mentioning it.

For a while, Mrs. Chen saw her brothers and sisters retreating in a file, and waved her hand to screen away the idlers, leaving only her confidantes inside.Then he frowned and said to Mrs. Chen: "You are too willing to be serious. If you don't like those aunts and concubines who gave birth to girls, just pretend that they don't exist, and just deal with it face to face. You may reward or reward later. Punishment is not a matter of your few words. As long as it is not too out of line, no one can find fault. Why bother to say so much like a firecracker. If it is about to spread, people will say Are you frivolous? Even if the old ladies and masters over there see you, they will probably murmur in secret, not to mention that you are unkind, but also to say a few words that must be punished. Why did you come here?"

When Mrs. Chen heard the words, she sneered and said, "I didn't intend to pretend to be a virtuous person. I was just impatient with that little screwdriver, who scolded me and hated me behind my back, and wanted to please me in person. How can there be such a cheap thing in the world?"

After hearing this, Mrs. Feng had to persuade: "Let me say something harsh. Although my aunt's words are reasonable, they are also a little bit harsh. There are some things that we women understand in our hearts. You need to talk about it all.”

Mrs. Chen also knew that her charcoal-like temper was very unpleasant, so after hearing this, she fell silent.

She also knew something was wrong, but sometimes, she didn't want to vomit.

Seeing Chen's expression of disapproval when she knew something was wrong, Feng couldn't help but think of how she was at war with her sister-in-law when she first married into the Chen family.At that time, she was often made things difficult by Mrs. Chen, not to mention hating Mrs. Chen so much that her teeth itch, but she was extremely bored, how could she have imagined that her aunt and sister-in-law are as close as sisters today.

Thinking about this, Feng couldn't help laughing and said: "The old saying often says that the mouth of a knife is tofu's heart. My aunt's mouth is too strong, but she is born with a heart of Chicheng. If you meet someone who is thick-faced and cunning, you will not be guaranteed a disadvantage. So you also listen to my advice, and change your temperament. Now that you are married as a woman, you have to think twice before doing everything, and think more about your mother-in-law and your master's thoughts, which is worse than being at home first. sex."

When Mrs. Chen heard the words, she couldn't help curling her lips, because she said: "I even gave birth to a son to his You family now, so what am I afraid of? I don't believe that the You family dares to come here for a lowly maidservant and a concubine girl." Want me to be strong."

After hearing this, Mrs. Feng could only smile and said: "You are not stupid, and you know that now that you have a son, you can stand firmly in You's family, not to mention that you have the support of your mother's family, so you don't have to be afraid of their nonsense. So in the first few years, Aunt Lan, you were so good at training the fourth girl, you just perfunctory. Now that you hear her plotting against you, you have the confidence to refute it in front of your mother-in-law and your master. Go back. Am I right?"

Chen Shi was taken aback when he heard the words.She hadn't thought of so much.Today, I suddenly heard that Mrs. Feng broke through this layer, and suddenly realized that I didn't think so.Because Ming relied on Brother Bao to be You Ziyu's only heir, so he had nothing to fear?

Seeing Chen's face full of contemplation, Feng continued to smile and said: "Maybe my aunt really thinks so. Then she should think of a word. As the saying goes, keep a thread in everything, and I really want to see you in the future. Even if my aunt is for Brother Bao, You shouldn't do it to the extreme, and completely offend Aunt Lan and the fourth girl."

When Mrs. Chen heard the words, she was stunned again.I only listened to Feng's slow persuasion: "As the saying goes, you can only be a thief for a thousand days, and there is no reason to guard against thieves for a thousand days. My aunt is relying on Brother Bao as a single heir in the You family, and our Chen family has always protected the weak, so Don't put Aunt Lan's mother and daughter in your eyes. You don't care if you offend them wantonly. But you don't want to think that you offended them today, they can't do anything to you. If you keep your grudges in your heart, or hate your family, you want to vent your anger on Brother Bao , so as to teach you a lesson... Brother Bao is such a big idea, you have one heart and one eye, can you guarantee that you will protect him day and night, and there will be no omissions to steal time?"

Feng's words hit Chen's heart.Chen Shi was a little panicked immediately, and hurriedly gritted her teeth and said, "How dare they? I'll take their skin off!"

Feng Shi sneered, because she said: "At that point, even if you kill them with your own hands, it won't work. If it spreads out, some people will think that you are too harsh and forceful. Those sluts took the risk. At that time, you will not only hurt Brother Bao, but also lose your reputation, and I am afraid that you will also provoke your mother-in-law and your master to complain. The old lady, your brother and I are sad for you, why bother?"

Chen was dumbfounded.Half a day later, he asked Feng Shi: "Then I have already said those things today...how can I do it?"

After getting along for many years, Mrs. Feng knows Mrs. Chen's kind mother's heart best, so she used the safety of her brother Bao to persuade Mrs. Chen, and naturally she was sure of her persuasion.

Old Madam Chen saw Mrs. Chen's panic-stricken appearance, she unconsciously smiled and glanced at Mrs. Feng, her eyes were full of approval.Her daughter has been favored by thousands of people since she was a child, and she is used to being Niu Xinzuo, and only Feng's kind of frightening and coaxing can calm her down.It would be useless to replace someone else.

Seeing that Chen asked sincerely, Mrs. Feng held Chen's hand and smiled and replied: "Actually, it's not difficult. Aunt Lan wants to curry favor with you now, just for the sake of the fourth girl's future marriage. If you refuse If she loses her, seeing that there is no hope, she will naturally hold a grudge. It is unknown when the time comes to vent her anger or to be instigated to take risks. You must know that the You family is not a vine and a heart, there are many People see Brother Bao as a thorn in their flesh, and they wish that you and your wife would have no children and grandchildren, so that they can take control of your house. You can't give them a chance to take advantage of the loopholes."

When Mrs. Chen heard the words, she took it very seriously, and nodded her head again and again in agreement.

Mrs. Feng continued: "...that's why you have to hang on to Aunt Lan and Miss Si now. You have to give them some sweetness, and let them know that you, the aunt, don't ignore her, but hate iron for being weak. As long as the fourth girl is willing to be a filial daughter, you are also willing to be a loving mother. You just need to spread the meaning of this word. A shrewd person like Aunt Lan, how can she not know the etiquette. Let her persuade the fourth girl, and then you Also push the boat along the way, and act like a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. When the time comes, you will be able to explain it to your mother-in-law and your master. The mother and daughter also have hope-to put it bluntly, the fourth girl is only this year. Seven or eight years old, wait for her to talk about marriage and have to wait seven or eight years later. By then, Brother Bao will be old enough to stand up, and you will have no worries. Then how do you want to deal with them? Mother and daughter, it's not a matter of you being the mistress and the aunt... Besides, girls are extroverted. When the time comes, you will train the fourth girl and make a marriage. That is also the help of our brother Jiabao, right? You If you are afraid that she will take advantage of her husband's family to fly up to the branches and become a phoenix in the future, and instead press down on your head to do her best, and to show you how to embarrass you, you can also promise her a good family background but complicated relationships, and her husband A family whose mud cannot support the wall, when the time comes, you will have the help of her husband's family, and you will be able to make her gain a foothold in her husband's family only by relying on the power of her mother's family. You don't have to be afraid of her falling out of the sky for the rest of your life. Why do you complain and cry so much for such a good thing that can be achieved in one fell swoop?"

When Mrs. Chen heard the elder sister-in-law's long lecture, she was already stunned.I couldn't react at all, so I could only nod my head blankly.

Old Mrs. Chen saw her daughter like this, she couldn't help smiling and said to Feng: "Look at this sister Hui of our family, she is also such an old wife in charge of the house. Her personality is still as simple and straightforward as before. You call her She is used to choking like a firecracker. You ask her to do these things that a housewife should do, but her eyes are dazed, and she doesn't know how to try it."

When Mrs. Feng heard the words, she smiled and flattered Mrs. Chen and said, "That's why the old master and the old lady dote on the aunt. If it's someone else's house, and after all these things, how can there be such a look?" Heart of a child."

As the saying goes, people in flowery sedan chairs carry people, and no one likes to hear good words.Mrs. Chen also felt delighted after hearing Feng's words.Immediately took Feng Shi's hand and said with a smile: "You are also a good person. I hope you will mention more about Sister Hui. She is your word, so I can listen to it."