The beauty of the lady

Chapter 184: The Frightened Bird (2)
After sitting firmly, the servant drove the carriage and left.

In the car, Xia Qi opened the eight-treasure box on the wall of the car, took out snacks from it, put them on the table, and said to the two old men: "Old man, old lady, if you are hungry, eat some snacks, these are from Jingcheng Crispy Cake Shop." Yes, the eight yuan is a box, and it costs two taels of silver. Although it is a bit expensive, the taste is very good. Old lady, let's go all the way to Yuzhou Mansion and then stop to rest at the mansion in the city Two nights, and then go to Beijing again, if there is anything, the old lady can just say, the servant girl will solve it for the old lady and the old lady."

As he spoke, he glanced at the lady who was leaning on the brocade couch to read a book after getting in the car, smiled, turned around and began to prepare tea, for the tea, the lady's mouth was a little bit dangling, she either didn't drink it, and if she wanted to drink it, she had to drink it. It is probably a habit developed on Yunwu Mountain. After all, when it comes to Yunwu needle buds, even tribute tea is not comparable.

The two old men hadn't spoken since they got into the carriage, and the old lady was even more reserved and didn't dare to move around. She could only stare at Xia Qi who was cooking tea gracefully over there, without missing a single bit. For fear of missing a little bit, she felt I don't know what to think about.

"Miss, let's have a cup of tea." Xia Qi warmed the purple sand teacup with hot water three times before giving her a cup of cloud mist needle sprouts and put it on the table.

Zhou Mei reached out to take it, and drank it slowly, without any discomfort because there were suddenly two more people in the carriage.

"Xia Qi, among the things that Master Tang brought back last year, are there any good ones? When you return to Beijing this time, you can go to Le Zhao to pick some and send them back to the mansion so that my mother can deliver them to my uncle."

"Don't worry, miss, I'll do it as soon as I get back."

Chunqin sighed, shook her head and said, "My eldest lady, I don't think it's a big deal for you to send to the servant girl of the Duke's mansion, but you have already given the princess nearly [-] to [-] yuan in gifts. Are you going to empty out our mansion?" ah?"

"It's just the jewelry. How can there be 3 to [-] taels? Your ability to settle accounts is better than Le Zhao." Zhou Mei smiled and glared at her.

"Why not?" Chunqin muttered, "That pair of screens is extremely precious, and it took you more than two months to embroider it."

"It's only two months. Mother will find time to embroider it again. What are you worried about?"

"Miss doesn't worry about herself at all. If you're not old enough, your eyes will go wrong sooner or later. You usually do embroidery work besides reading. You really don't cherish yourself at all."

"Okay, what you said is right, I will pay attention to it in the future." Zhou Mei was afraid to pat her on the shoulder and smiled.

"It's best to be like this." Chunqin still didn't believe her eldest lady, but she said so, as a servant, what else could she do, and she could only stay by her side to persuade her.

In the evening of that day, a group of people arrived at Yuzhou Mansion. After having dinner with Mrs. Qu in the evening, they settled down with the two elderly people, and she went to the old lady Qu's room next door.

"Grandma Qu, what do you think of my grandparents?"

Old Mrs. Qu's brows were furrowed so tightly that they were almost tied together.

"I don't sit properly, I don't stand properly, I don't follow the rules in every move, and I can't bear the title of your mother's in-laws when I speak. The burden on me is not light."

Zhou Mei has always known that Grandma Qu's mouth is very poisonous, and she has always spoken very directly, but this does not prevent her from being a kind person.

He stepped forward and held her arm affectionately, resting his head on her shoulder, "Grandma Qu, my grandparents still want to trouble you, old man."

"The old man's rules are very strict, don't make a fuss when it's time, your father doesn't blame me, the dead woman?" Mrs. Qu jokingly raised her hand and nodded between her eyebrows.

"No way, how could Dad not know what Grandma Qu is like, and besides, it's to let them learn the rules, not to harm them." After speaking, the red lips curled up slightly, and he smiled slyly: "If it can make them suffer a little, This couldn't be better, and it can be regarded as revenge for my mother. In the past, they used filial piety to oppress my parents, but now Grandma Qu uses rules to let them know that it is not a matter of course for them to be filial to you as soon as you give birth to a child. "

"You, I know you have no good intentions. Don't worry. I haven't seen any scenes. I'm afraid I won't be able to teach them to behave properly."

"Well, Meier trusts Grandma Qu."

In the early morning of the next day, the two old men were served by the maid and the servant respectively, put on brand new and luxurious brocade clothes, and were taken to the main hall in the front yard. Zhou Mei was not here, and it was none other than waiting for them. It's Mrs. Qu.

Seeing the two people coming in, Mrs. Qu stood up and smiled at Mrs. Zhou: "The old sister-in-law is here, sit down and have breakfast quickly, that girl Meier has already had breakfast and went outside to look at the accounts, and she won't be back until noon .”

Although Mrs. Zhou felt a little strange about Mrs. Qu's pretentiousness, she unconsciously took a high look at him when she saw his noble demeanor, and was about to sit down with a somewhat reserved expression, but was told by Mrs. Qu. stop.

"Old sister-in-law, there is an old saying, obey the father at home, obey the husband when married, and obey the son when the husband dies. Before the husband is seated, the wife cannot sit down first."

This sentence almost killed Mrs. Zhou, so why worry about it when you are at home?But who sits down first, but also pay attention to the rules?
But even though she was muttering in her heart, she still waited for Mr. Zhou to sit down before she sat down next to Mr. Zhou, and the real nightmare came next.

For example, it is not allowed to click your mouth when eating, the arrangement of chopsticks, and even the clicking sound of the spoon touching the soup bowl were pointed out, which made Mrs. Zhou's complexion turn black little by little.

"Old sister-in-law, no matter what the food is, you have to serve it on your own side, and don't extend it to other people's side. This is the most basic etiquette."

"Old sister-in-law, although it's just a simple family dinner, your back should also stop, don't let your waist go limp."

"Old sister-in-law, the rules at the dinner table, don't gobble up food, and slowly refuse every bite of food. This is not only good for health preservation, but also gives people a different feeling."

After the meal, this old sister-in-law almost made Mrs. Zhou's ears callous. If it wasn't for the fear of Mrs. Qu in her heart, she might have lost her temper a long time ago.

This meal is delicious, the glutinous rice is boiled very soft, six small hot dishes and two cold dishes are also very delicious, there are three dishes of small snacks and very fragrant hot tea after the meal, but Mrs. Zhou feels that this is The most embarrassing meal I have ever eaten in my life.

The servants came up to clean up the food and left. Mrs. Qu picked up the teacup beside her, gently filtered the floating leaves, drank half a cup of tea slowly, and then put down the teacup.

"Old sister-in-law, do you think what I said made you lose face?"

(End of this chapter)