The oil bottle of the Red Chamber

Because of the books she had read in her previous life and the various news she had inquired from He Wangsheng in this life, Third Sister You did not have a good opinion of Jia Zhen.At this moment, seeing his pair of squinting eyes staring at Second Sister You's body, my heart became more and more tired.It's just that it's not easy to show displeasure in front of the whole family, elders and the eldest girl.He had no choice but to hook the corners of his mouth indifferently, and said casually: "It's just for the sake of big sister. Please forgive me, Master Zhen."

"Hey, what the third sister said is too polite." Jia Zhen squinted her eyes and smiled, "We are all one family. You and the second sister only call me brother-in-law. Why bother to be so unfamiliar."

Before saying a word, Mrs. You and You Ziyu were busy laughing and seconding, and then said: "Young master is really easy-going. Now that you have said that, you two sisters should not see each other."

Seeing this, the second sister You and the third sister You had to say that they were brothers-in-law, and saluted Jia Zhen again.Jia Zhen took advantage of the second sister You to greet him, squinted and glanced at the second sister You to show her exquisite figure, turned around and asked You Ziyu with a smile: "I wonder how old the second sister is this year, Has anyone agreed?"

When You Ziyu heard Jia Zhen mentioning this matter, the smile on her face faded again and again, and she said in her mouth: "I promised her. It was when she was a baby that she was married with her fingertips."

When Jia Zhen heard the words, she couldn't help asking who Xu was from, and how his character and knowledge were.Yin laughed again and said, "I'm not blaspheming. It's just that the family of officials and dignitaries in Chang'an City, our Jia family dare not say that they have contacts, but we know most of them well. Father-in-law might as well talk about it, and call it my substitute." The second younger sister palms the eyes."

Hearing this, You Ziyu could only laugh and said: "It's not a big family. It's just a village head who used to manage Huangzhuang for the saint. Because he angered the people in the palace a few days ago, he was involved in a lawsuit. Now I don’t even have any errands. Instead, I followed Zizhang to the south and earned some credit. It is said that after the Chinese New Year, I still want to use Zizhang’s network activities to donate a seventh-rank official and release it.”

After hearing these words, Jia Zhen unconsciously said "Oh" thoughtfully, and then looked at her second sister regretfully, shook her head and sighed: "It's a pity."

After a word, no one in the hall answered.Even the eldest girl looked at Second Sister You with a somewhat embarrassed expression, and was immediately at a loss.

Mrs. Chen didn't want to hear Jia Zhen talk about these things, so she had to smile and ask some other topics.When Jia Zhen saw the questions, she had to answer them one by one.In the end, I still couldn't forget to invite my second and third sisters, and I just said, "When I have free time, I will go to the house for a walk, and I will also accompany your eldest sister. Besides, there are several girls in our Jia's house, and they all have a good time." He is able to read and write. Presumably, if you meet each other, you will be able to hit it off."

The old lady You and You Ziyu were overjoyed when they heard the words, so they had to thank Jia Zhen for the two sisters.Jia Zhen waved her hand disapprovingly, subconsciously glanced at the second sister You, and then smiled at the eldest girl: "This time our family has a happy event, and Jinling Zhen's family has a few new tributes of Shu brocade as a congratulatory gift." I remember that among them there is a red silk tapestry and a lotus root weaving flowers, which match the complexion of the two sisters very well. When we go home later, you ask someone to find it and give it to the two sisters. .”

Before saying a word, Jia Zhen glanced at Second Sister You again, and then smiled meaningfully: "It can be regarded as my brother-in-law... a little love for the two sisters."

Hearing this, the eldest girl didn't feel anything wrong, she still smiled and said: "Master's words come together with my thoughts. When I saw those congratulatory gifts yesterday, I only felt that they were full of jewels, and everything was beautiful. It's rare. Especially those few pieces of Shu brocade, they are extremely gorgeous and beautiful, no wonder the world is full of praise. Such a good thing is also worthy of the personality and appearance of the second and third sisters. Master Now that I have said so, then I will borrow flowers to offer Buddha, and be generous to the Lord."

The eldest girl has been with Chen's mother and daughter for so many years, in addition to learning the knowledge of housekeepers and directors, she has also been fascinated by her ears and eyes, and has learned some of the sharp-tongued words of the third sister You.After such flattering words, Jia Zhen really felt very comfortable.Immediately he said with a smile on his face: "Mrs. Duyi, Mrs. Duyi is enough."

After all, he still hinted a few words, asking the eldest girl to pick up the two sisters' homes as soon as possible, "It also means to accompany you to relieve boredom."

When the eldest girl heard such gentle and considerate words, she couldn't help being a little shy, but she was embarrassed, she lowered her head and just fiddled with her belt.

Mrs. Chen never thought that Jia Zhen would be so considerate because of Jia Zhen's status.Feeling more and more bright for a while, he hurriedly got up and smiled: "Let's not just chat, it's already this hour, I think everyone is hungry. According to the old lady, where should we put our lunch?"

After hearing this, Mrs. You looked at Jia Zhen with an inquiring attitude. Jia Zhen naturally smiled and asked Mrs. You to make the decision.Mrs. You ordered Mrs. Chen to put the rice in the main hall of the upper room.

When Mrs. Chen heard the words, she had to go out to make arrangements.For a while, the tables and chairs were set up, and the cups and plates were arranged, and the little maids came in one by one with dishes, and Mrs. Chen put the rice and chopsticks into the soup one by one, and the old lady You was supported on the front by the big girl. The first sat down, and the rest, You Ziyu and Jia Zhen, the eldest girl, the second girl, and the third girl all sat down in sequence with Mrs. You, and Mrs. Chen arranged to serve beside Mrs. You.

After the meal, I have eaten tea and fruit products.Seeing that the sun was about to set, Jia Zhen bid farewell to Mrs. You, You Ziyu and Mrs. Chen, intending to take the reluctant eldest girl home by car.

Before leaving, Mrs. Chen said with a smile to the eldest girl: "I have prepared some things for you, come with me, I will give you a few words before leaving."

When the eldest girl heard this, she had to follow Mrs. Chen back to the main courtyard and the main room.Seeing this, Jia Zhen had to sit in the upper room and continue to wait.Fortunately, Mrs. You and You Ziyu were talking to each other, and the second and third sisters were also sitting quietly by the side, so they didn't feel lonely for a while.

On the other hand, after Mrs. Chen returned to her room, she ordered Chunlan Qiuju to hand over the things she had packed earlier to the eldest girl's personal maid, Yin Die'er, and take them back to Ningguo Mansion.He took the big girl's hand again and explained how to use it.He also told the Wu family to take matters into consideration, and ordered the eldest girl to take it to heart.

The eldest girl was naturally ashamed, ashamed and grateful when she heard Chen Shixian's words.But he didn't take seriously the last words of Chen's advice.But I also know that it is for my own good that Chen's exhortations and exhortations are so thousands of times.If not, I'm afraid that if she changed someone, she would wish that she would never have any contact with her real relatives and her parents.

It's just that it's one thing to understand intellectually, but it's another thing to be emotionally overwhelmed.After the death of her biological mother, the eldest girl lived in You's family all these years, even though she was a legitimate daughter, her life was not as good as that of a concubine daughter.The reason is that his biological mother is not valued by the old lady and the master. The main reason is that the Wu family came to the house to make trouble because of the dowry after Wu's death.It was because of this incident that Mrs. You and You Ziyu hated the Wu family so much, and by the way, they didn't want to see her, the granddaughter of a direct relative.

Fortunately, the heavens have eyes. When the eldest girl was suffering so much, the Chen family entered the You family. had a good day.

During this period, there was still no news from the Wu family, as if they had been crushed to death.Up to now, I have married into the Duke's mansion and become the wife of the Duke, but they got out of nowhere, and they still want to use this to make friends...

The eldest girl sneered in her heart, and she only took Chen's hand to persuade: "Mother, why bother with those disgusting people who only know how to make money. Besides, I don't consider them any relatives. In my heart, you are me mother, the Chen family is my natal family. The rest of the people, I don't know and I don't recognize them..."

When the eldest girl said this, she couldn't help being moved and said: "Since it was just a few taels of stinky money, there was such a scandal that we never get along with each other. Why do you want to get together in the name of your closest relatives? If they I have really bitten to death without seeing each other for a lifetime, and I also admire it. But what is going on now? Do you just think I am a fool who doesn't understand anything?"

Seeing the eldest girl's excited face and red eye circles, Mrs. Chen couldn't help but sigh.The reason why she agreed to the Wu family's request at the beginning was probably out of selfishness.But looking at the big girl's reaction now, he also sighed.You must know that the eldest girl was only 13 years old when her mother died. For such a little girl, once she lost her mother, her natal family was so miserable, and then she was forgotten by her grandmother and father, and she was abused by her aunt in the back house. The training of concubines... after so many years of torture, it is not easy.

It's no wonder that there has been a suspicion of the Wu family since then—this is because the eldest girl has a gentle and docile temperament, and she can't make trouble.If it's someone else, I still don't know what to do.

But fortunately, Mrs. Chen didn't intend to excuse the Wu family, and seriously resolve the resentment in the eldest girl's heart.The reason why she mentions the eldest girl so much is because she is afraid that the Wu family will resort to unscrupulous tricks and force the eldest girl by teaching the elders of etiquette.Therefore, Mrs. Chen only mentioned a few words, "I'm not asking you to accept them from the bottom of your heart and forgive them, but just to remind you, lest you fall into their ways and become passive instead."

Mrs. Chen paused, and then said: "Actually, on the day you put on your makeup, I didn't want to talk to their family—the old lady also meant the same thing. I wish I would tie them up and send them to the deep mountains and old forests to feed the wolves. But If I did this, I would be able to vent my anger for a while, but what should you do? It was your day of great joy, and if I didn’t suppress them, would it be possible for them to find a way to make a fuss in Ningguo Mansion? How can you meet people in front of Jia’s sisters-in-law and relatives? So I can only resort to this procrastination formula——I tell you this, and it’s not for other reasons, but just to make you think about it. After all I can stop them for a while, but I can't stop them for a lifetime. If they get tired of me one day and go directly to Ningguo Mansion, you should also think about how to deal with it."

After hearing what Mrs. Chen said, the eldest girl originally planned to never communicate with each other.At this moment, I don't feel that my heart is in a mess.He hurriedly shook Chen's hand and asked: "What mother said is very true. What do you think I should do?"

After saying a word, I only heard the voice of the little girl talking outside the window, but it turned out that it was Jia Zhen who was waiting in front, a little impatient, and sent someone to urge the eldest girl.

Mrs. Chen had read a few books back then, and she also knew in her heart the truth that estrangement cannot be close.She never thought of getting involved in the affairs of the eldest girl and the Wu family.In order not to eat the mutton when the time comes, it will cause a commotion instead.

Hearing this, he laughed happily and said, "It's my fault, I made my uncle wait so anxiously. Let's go out quickly."

As soon as he finished speaking, he couldn't help but tease the older girl again: "...they are young couples after all, they are so affectionate, and they can't be apart for a moment..."

The eldest girl who said it blushed and lowered her head in a heartbeat.She followed behind Mrs. Chen coyly and timidly, like a little quail.

Seeing this, Mrs. Chen laughed even more.

After entering the upper room for a while, Old Madam You smiled and said, "I don't know what you two have to talk about. You will come here sooner or later. Young Master is waiting impatiently."

When Chen heard the words, she still laughed and joked: "The old lady has wronged me this time. As a mother, I naturally have a lot of things to tell my daughter. It only took a few cups of tea, but you came here to urge me?"

Jia Zhen also felt embarrassed when she said it.Can't help but look at Chen Shi.

Mrs. Chen is now in her thirties, due to her well-maintained and smooth life, the one standing in front of her is a slender figure, with a coquettish physique, as gorgeous as a peach and plum, bright and compelling.Jia Zhen was dumbfounded for a while, she really didn't expect her mother-in-law to still have such charm.

Seeing Mrs. Chen frowning and smiling, and her eyes moving, Jia Zhen couldn't help but feel upset, and hurriedly cupped her hands to make amends and said with a smile: "It's all my fault. It interrupted the gossip between the mother-in-law and the wife. "

When the mother-in-law said something, Jia Zhen felt more and more unsightly charming in her heart.At the moment, he also coughed twice with some guilt, got up and said to everyone: "It's getting late, don't leave the house until it gets dark, it's unlucky. Let's go now?"

The last sentence was naturally spoken to the eldest girl.

Although the eldest girl is a new daughter-in-law who has just left the cabinet, she still knows these old customs.Hearing this, he hurriedly bowed his head.

Everyone in the You family looked at the sky outside, and didn't stay any longer.The old lady You had ordered You Ziyu to send Jia Zhen and her party to the door in person, and saw that the carriage of Ningguo Mansion turned around the entrance of the alley and could no longer be seen, so she turned around.

Here we don't mention how Youshi's mother and son publicize and show off.He only said that in the early morning of the next day, when everyone was about to have breakfast, a servant from Ningguo Mansion came to visit, and he said that he was ordered by the old lady to deliver Shu brocade to the two sisters of the You family.

When Mrs. You heard this, she was full of praise, saying that Jia Zhen really cared about their family.Only the third sister You frowned when she heard this and didn't like it very much.I just feel that the attitude of the people from Ning Mansion is frivolous, and they don't seem to be serious about visiting relatives and courtesies.

Third Sister You thought for a while, then quietly called the Chen family's close maid Chunlan and her own maid Zhen'er to her side, and ordered a few words like this.Zhen'er nodded yes, and went away for a while.

The third sister You's master and servant didn't pay attention to this behavior except the second sister at the side.Mrs. You still had a smile on her face and ordered people to come in, and she also ordered Mrs. Chen to prepare a first-class seal to reward people.Chen naturally smiled.

Suddenly, a little girl from the class led the people from Ning's residence into the hall.Everyone looked carefully, but they saw that there were four women who came, all of them were about forty years old, and their clothes were not very different from those of their masters.Walking up to him, he greeted the old lady, Mrs. Chen, and all the girls first, and then offered gifts according to the rules——

Although the people from the Ning Mansion kept saying that they were ordered to present Shu Brocade to the two girls.However, when the eldest girl is ordering gifts, she must not only give things to the second and third sisters as Jia Zhen said, but at least prepare some things for the old lady, the master, the Chen family and the fourth girl, and send them together. Fang complies with the rules.

Sure enough, seeing such a generous gift from the Ning Mansion, Mrs. You smiled even wider.Immediately, he asked Jixiang Ruyi to take over the gifts held by everyone, read through them briefly, and then ordered them to accept them first.

Because he asked everyone to sit down and talk, and ordered tea to be offered.

When the four women heard this, they all sued and sat down.The old lady You smiled and talked about housework and human relations, and then asked how the old lady in the Rong Mansion was, how were the men and women in the two mansions, how were the girls and men?

The four women all smiled and answered one by one.

After chatting for a while, all four of them wanted to say goodbye.The third sister You stopped everyone.Yin said with a smile again: "A few days ago, our sisters went back to my uncle's house. Because my uncle just came back from the palace, he brought back a few bottles of fragrant dew. I heard that it was a new tribute. The sage rewarded His Royal Highness with a few bottles. The prince Your Highness rewarded my uncle with a few more bottles. My uncle knew that I like to tinker with these, so he gave me two bottles. I shared a bottle with the old ladies, masters, ladies and sisters, and the taste was indeed better than the ones sold in our shop. It’s much sweeter. Thanks to Uncle Zhen and Eldest Sister for thinking about it this time, they gave us these good things. I don’t have anything to return, only this bottle of dew, which is regarded as a blessing, and some rouge face powder from our shop ——It’s better than the ones sold in ordinary markets. Please go around and give me a little for my sister.”

As soon as Third Sister You said a word, everyone in the hall looked over.Mrs. You and Mrs. Chen knew that Chen Gui had given two bottles of dew to the third sister—because of Chen Gui's proud appearance in front of the sage and the prince, and the fact that he held real power in the Ministry of Household Affairs, the court had long been a leader. Those who hold high and step on the low-burning stove began to flatter and flatter Chen Gui in every possible way.Because the third sister You used fresh flowers and fruits to toss all kinds of flower cakes and dew drinks in the early years, the local officials who made the dew as a tribute used this as an excuse to send a lot of dew to Chen's mansion. Tell everyone in the Chen family to appreciate it, so you can give them some pointers.

In addition, when other local officials went to Beijing to continue their posts, they would also specially send some filial piety and Chen Gui.

Therefore, the Chen family does not lack fragrance dew, or even other precious things.Even at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet last month, Chen Gui specially gave a few bottles of fragrant dew to everyone in the You family to try out—all of which were honored by the officials in those places—only the gift to Third Sister You the day before yesterday The two bottles of Fragrance Lotion were given to Chen Gui by the crown prince himself, and Chen Gui then distributed two bottles to the third sister.In Chen Gui's words: "I also ask you to taste the difference between the fragrant dew coming out of the palace and the one outside."

Chen Gui cared so much about pampering Third Sister You, even for his own children.In the eyes of Mrs. You and the others, this move naturally felt envious.Even Chen Shi occasionally suffers from pantothenic acid.But everyone also knew that the reason why Chen Gui doted on Third Sister You was also because of Third Sister You's talent, learning and resourcefulness.

It's just that everyone didn't expect that Third Sister You's two bottles of fragrant dew hadn't been warmed up yet, and she shared one bottle with the eldest girl, and asked four women from Ning's mansion to bring it back——

Seeing this, everyone couldn't figure out what kind of cramps third sister You had for a while, so they could only look at each other in blank dismay.

Only Chen's confidant daughter, Mo Ruomu, guessed a little.I didn't realize it was secretly funny, and I didn't know who the third sister You followed with such a strong temper.But she was a little tired just now. Although everyone in the Ning Mansion is very courteous, they still have a somewhat superior attitude in their speech and demeanor——

From Chen's point of view, although the Ningguo Mansion is a meritorious family, Jia Zhen is also a hereditary third-rank title, which is very remarkable.But their Chen family is not bad either.Her elder brother Chen Gui is still a celebrity in front of the sage and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!

Although at this moment, it is not as good as Ningrong and Rongfu's connection with the aristocratic family in Beijing and China, and their connections are deep.But it's not the poor family who are waiting to come to the door to make a fortune.

Therefore, Mrs. Chen was also happy to watch Third Sister You take out the fragrance rewarded by the crown prince to intimidate the Ningguo Mansion - so that the Ning Mansion would know that their Chen family was also backed by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Sure enough, when Third Sister You proposed that the bottle of incense was personally rewarded by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and no one refuted it, the four women from the Ning Mansion showed serious and respectful expressions on their faces.With the power and wealth of the Ningguo Mansion, it is natural that other people's filial piety is indispensable.However, Ningguo Mansion seldom obtains such good things that are rewarded by saints or princes and grandchildren.After all, although they are a family of meritorious deeds, their ancestors have the merits of being a dragon, but since the death of the two princes, the men of the two mansions have no talents, and now they are gradually leaving the court.As the saying goes, Taoists drink tea to cool down, but today's sages are always on top of everything, since they can't see the two men face to face, how can they be imagined on weekdays.What's more, the Ningguo Mansion at this time is not the Rongguo Mansion where the noble concubine visits her relatives. Naturally, there are no such personal graces.

The women in the Ningguo Mansion clicked their tongues secretly in their hearts, took the small bottle of fragrant dew in Zhen'er's hand quite solemnly, looked at it without any trace, and flattered them with smiles on their faces, and their attitude was also hospitable a lot.

Third sister You didn't bother to talk to these noble servants of the Jia family who had "two respectable eyes and a rich heart", she just dealt with them a few words, and then told everyone to go back.

At that moment, everyone returned to the mansion to return to their orders, and in front of Youshi, they couldn't help but be full of admiration - but they didn't mention how about You's family, they only said that Youshi's niece, Chen's family, was really special.

When Youshi heard this, he felt that his face was bright, and he also said that he had worked hard, and ordered the superior to wait for Feng'er to reward him.

Seeing this, the four women were full of gratitude and flattery.But he didn't know that this courteous attitude annoyed another person——

This person is the grandson of the head of the Ningguo Mansion, Jia Zhen's son, Jia Rong, who was only 12 years old at the time.

And the reason why the four gift-giving women in Ningguo Mansion were so arrogant and frivolous when they came to the door was also ordered by this young master.

As the eldest grandson of the Ningguo Mansion, Jia Rong prided herself on being noble, so he naturally looked down on Youshi, the stepmother.So I hate Wujiwu, and I want to give You family a little color.

But he didn't expect that he went there to demonstrate and show off. Unexpectedly, those four women were so worthless, but they were sent back by Sister You with a bottle of fragrant dew in a few words.