[Red House + Space] Falling Spring

"Our wife has read the list of dowry gifts drawn up by the second wife, and said that Western objects are popular in Beijing nowadays, so when people with status are hired, most of them will have one or two. Our wife also said that Mr. Wang's family had been in charge of imports from various countries in the early years. As for the tribute, it is said that all the foreign ships from Guangdong, Fujian, Yunnan, and Zhejiang belonged to the royal family, so I thought it would be better to add a few western items to the betrothal gift. As for what to add, I will ask the second wife to help me decide One or two. Also, our wife also said that although the white jade Guanyin in the betrothal gift is of good quality, the meaning is a bit straightforward, so I thought it would be better to change it to Yangliu Guanyin, or replace it with two pots The pomegranate bonsai made of precious stones has the same meaning, but it is more reserved and seems to be better." Jinping replied to Mrs. Wang standing in the middle of the ground in the ear room of Erfang's daily life.

Mrs. Wang looked at the dowry list returned on the kang table in front of her, with a smile on her face, and listened to Jinping's words. Although she couldn't see anything on her face, the speed at which she twirled the beads gave her away. A little mood.After Jinping finished speaking, he stood with his head bowed, and quietly waited for Mrs. Wang to show her off.Mrs. Wang flicked the bead in her hand quickly, and said with a smile on the corner of her mouth: "I understand what the eldest lady means. But I was sloppy and didn't notice this. It's better for the eldest lady to be careful. When I go back and tell your wives, just tell me Thanks to her for helping me to check and fill in the gaps."

Jinping hurriedly replied: "Second wife, our wife can't afford it. Originally, our wife should take care of the marriage of the second master Lian, but our wife has no experience, so we have to trouble the second wife to handle it, so we should It is our wife who pays tribute to the second wife, and thank the second wife for worrying about her."

Mrs. Wang smiled and said, "You are very good at talking." Then she asked Jin Chuan to reward her with money.Jinping thanked Mrs. Wang for the reward, and withdrew.When Jin Chuan came back from delivering Jinping, she saw Mrs. Wang sitting on the edge of the kang, staring at the dowry list in a daze. She didn't dare to disturb Mrs. Wang. Seeing that the tea in the teapot was cold, she took it out to brew again, and when she lifted the curtain and came out, It happened to be a conversation between Zhou Rui's family.

Zhou Rui's family went into the inner room and told Mrs. Wang what they were doing. They stayed for a while, seeing Mrs. Wang was speechless, and wanted to withdraw, but was stopped by Mrs. Wang again.Mrs. Wang reached out and clicked on the dowry list on the kang table, and said: "This is Lian'er's dowry list, take it down, and let the people below arrange it according to what is written on it. By the way, tell the compradors that they are buying If there are any fashionable and novel Western objects suitable for marriage, buy a few and add them. Also, replace the Guanyin Guanyin on the list with a pomegranate bonsai."

When Mrs. Wang finished drawing up the dowry list and asked Zhou Rui's family to send it to Mrs. Xing to see, in fact, according to Mrs. Wang's meaning, it was just a formality, and there was no need to delete or modify the items on the list. Now Zhou Rui's family has heard some additions. I couldn't help but said: "Madam, this is another story." Then he hugged Qu for Mrs. Wang: "My wife is in charge of the house now, and I don't know how many things I have to worry about every day. Eldest sister-in-law, it’s fine not to mention helping to share the burden, but she still makes troubles for the wife from time to time. It’s really hard for the wife, the wife has worked hard.”

Mrs. Wang glanced sideways at Zhou Rui's family, and said slowly: "Don't talk nonsense here. What is hard work? The old lady trusts me so she calls me the housekeeper. How can I complain? Besides, I don't care about the house. , do you want the old lady to worry about it? Besides, what the old lady said this time is still very reasonable. There are some things that I did not consider carefully, but she reminded me. It seems that I have underestimated her in the past. "It seems that after so many years of experience, Mrs. Xing is not as stupid as before, but has improved.

Zhou Rui's family sneered, and said: "The wife thinks highly of the eldest lady, she doesn't have such a brain, I guess this should be Liu's idea. Ma'am, don't look at Liu's young age, she is an extraordinary person, never Look down." Zhou Rui's family told Mrs. Wang what happened when she gave the dowry list to Mrs. Xing that day, and of course, her own rude behavior was blurred by Zhou Rui's family, and the whole thing Here she focused on Luochun's shrewdness.

Although Zhou Rui's family didn't tell Mrs. Wang about their mistakes, but Mrs. Wang heard that Zhou Rui's family sent the dowry gift list to Mrs. Xing and sent it to Luochun's room. How could she not guess that Zhou Rui's family had slighted Mrs. Xing.But although Zhou Rui's family did not act properly, their loyalty is good, so Mrs. Wang pretended not to know and said: "Liu girl is so eloquent at such a young age, but she doesn't follow the eldest wife at all, which is surprising. It's just that the eldest wife is careless enough, not to mention that Liu Yatou is still young, even if she grows up, a girl who has never been out of the boudoir will not be able to intervene in this kind of matter. How can a younger sister marry an older brother? It’s a big deal, it’s really inappropriate.”

After finishing speaking, Mrs. Wang put on a pitiful face and sighed: "No, I, the aunt, should remind me later that it's not okay for the eldest wife to indulge Liu Yatou like this. Besides, Liu Yatou is following the old lady now. Speaking of being next to my wife, speaking of it, she was raised by the old lady, but if she acts like Liu Yatou, then the old lady will be a 'scapegoat' for no reason."

It is said that Jia's mother brought her granddaughter to her side to raise her, but it's not about teaching at all, it's actually herding, but it's just a good name to say it out.On this point, people with discerning eyes in the mansion are aware of this fact. If she really teaches carefully, how can Mrs. Wang allow Tanchun to grow up by Jiamu's side.But in this era when marriage is completely dependent on the mouth of the matchmaker, unless the two parties to the marriage know each other well and have known each other since childhood, otherwise, they rely on this "name".So don't look at Luochun living in Jiamu's yard, and it is said that she was raised by Jiamu, but in fact, most of them are taught by Mrs. Xing, Jiamu is just a name.

Zhou Rui's family laughed, and said: "Madam, it's too late to worry about it now. Miss Six's misbehavior is not the only one. I heard that the eldest wife's business with her own dowry was all Miss Six's idea. Cong The third master's Aunt Jiang has been in poor health since she gave birth. Although she has been taking medicine, it has no effect, so she hangs like this. I heard that Aunt Jiang wants to change to a doctor. Madam, you know that. The old man is not a long-term lover. Even though Aunt Jiang gave birth to him, the third master Cong, but the old man has long forgotten about it, so he has no choice but to talk to the old lady. Why is the old lady bothered to care about this? Later, I heard that Aunt Jiang begged Miss Liu for some reason, and Miss Six persuaded the eldest wife to actually hire a doctor from outside to see Aunt Jiang. The daughter's hands were all inserted Father went to the room, but Mrs. Pian didn't reprimand her at all, instead she listened to her words and acted on her, this, this... there is no rule at all."

Madam Wang's eyes widened in surprise after hearing this, and she couldn't help but said, "Really?" Because she tried her best to restrain the corners of her mouth from laughing, her face was so distorted.

Mrs. Wang said with disdain: "Hmph, there were no rules in the big house. At the beginning, the eldest wife gave birth to Miss Liu, and when Miss Six was one year old, she wanted to bring Miss Six to the old lady to raise her. At that time Not long after the old lady brought the fourth girl here, the fourth girl was entrusted to the old lady by her elder sister-in-law in the house over there. The fourth girl and the sixth girl were the same age, and the old lady couldn't bear to let the eldest wife and the sixth girl be separated from their mother and daughter. In addition, the old lady was still raising the second and third girls by her side at that time, and she was worried that she would not be able to take care of them, so she told the eldest lady to keep the sixth girl by her side and let her take care of them. Guang, being by her side is not the same as being by the old lady. The old lady also worked hard for the sixth girl. In the winter, she only wears jackets, and there is no charcoal basin in the house, so she froze herself. , and then told the old lady that she was afraid that Miss Liu would be sick, so she asked the old lady to help take care of her for a while. Later, in order to keep Miss Six by her side for a long time, the eldest lady invited a doctor to come over to see a doctor , but he refused to follow the doctor's orders to take the medicine, so that he almost got himself a lung disease."

"The eldest lady took great pains to keep the sixth girl by her side, because she was worried that the sixth girl would grow up by her side, and learn from her that she would be petty, and she would not be able to get on the stage. It's a pity, now that the eldest lady's All this painstaking work was in vain. Let me just say, how can this bad bamboo grow good shoots? According to you, these six girls are not so crooked at 01:30. It’s a pity that the eldest lady has only such With a little flesh and blood, the eldest wife does not know how much she expects from Miss Six, but now it seems that as much as she hopes, she will be as disappointed." For Luo Chun's unruly behavior, Mrs. Wang couldn't help but feel a little funny at the moment.

If, at the beginning, when Zhou Rui's family said that Luochun was amazing, Mrs. Wang meant to remind Mrs. Xing that there was a problem with Luochun's teaching, then after hearing Luochun's missteps, she had already dismissed it. this thought.Mrs. Wang is in charge of the family in the mansion, she is majestic, she has been pressing down on the big room, and the mansion is like a sieve, so even if Mrs. Wang didn't deliberately put "nails" in the big room, there would naturally be Mrs. Xing, who just wanted to curry favor with her. Report her words and deeds.Madam Wang is very clear about Madam Xing's dissatisfaction with her.However, Mrs. Wang has absolutely crushed the other party from the beginning to the end, no matter in terms of family background or personal quality, so she doesn't look down on Mrs. Xing at all. She didn't take it seriously when she was dissatisfied, so she just ignored Mrs. Xing's sour or weird words and didn't take them to heart.

It's just that people have things they can't bear. Madam Wang's heartache is the early death of her promising eldest son Jia Zhu, so when Madam Xing's remarks about Jia Zhu's death reached her ears, she was so angry that Eat Mrs. Xing's heart.However, Mrs. Wang is a well-bred and wealthy lady, no matter how much she hates her, she will not be able to scold and fight Mrs. Xing face to face like a shrew.

In fact, there are many ways to make Mrs. Xing unhappy, but Mrs. Wang felt that none of them were enough, so when talking about Luochun at Zhou Rui's house, a thought suddenly came to Mrs. Wang's mind.As a mother, Mrs. Wang can understand Mrs. Xing's heart for Luochun. What's more, Mrs. Xing has been in the mansion for so many years, and finally got such a child. Although it is a daughter, it is her heart that flows in her body. His own flesh and blood, so Mrs. Xing naturally hopes that Luochun will be better.But from the current point of view, Luochun's growth is obviously crooked, but Mrs. Xing doesn't seem to realize this. If someone sees the problem and reminds him during this period, then it is very likely that Luochun will be brought over. After all, now Still young.

Although Mrs. Wang is aware of this, she doesn't want to remind her.Not only will she not wake up Mrs. Xing, on the contrary she will help to cover up and try not to let these things reach Jia Mu's ears. She really wants to see how Mrs. Xing's crying face will look like that. It will be very exciting, let her taste the pain, but in Madam Wang's opinion, this is not as good as one-tenth of her pain of losing Pearl, but as revenge for Madam Xing, Still barely acceptable.As for whether it will bring down the reputation of the other girls in the mansion, Mrs. Wang doesn't care at all, they are not born by her anyway, so what does it matter to her!

As a result, Luochun really lived up to Mrs. Wang's expectations, and the longer she deviated from the model of being a lady, the more "crooked".In fact, Mrs. Xing is not unaware of this, but she is a person who has no ideas, no knowledge, and soft ears. Luochun acted on her weakness. Although Mrs. Xing knew it was wrong, Luochun had big ideas. She couldn't say no to her, and after she had grown up relying on Luochun for everything, she had to acquiesce to this.

As for the issue of reputation, Mrs. Xing always felt that this was done in private in the mansion and would not spread to the outside world, so she didn't worry too much.In addition, because she only gave birth to Luochun, Luochun has no other brothers and sisters, Jia Lian, Jia Cong and Yingchun are not counted in her eyes. Luochun relies on Luochun, so Luochun has more experience, and after all kinds of things have passed, he becomes more powerful. After getting married, he will not panic when encountering things, and he will suffer less when he arrives at his in-law's house. Don't hide it from Luochun, so Luochun is getting more and more deviated from the growth track of everyone's lady.