Foster son and husband

Chapter 19 Rewards
Mei Niang said to the old lady apologetically, "I will make a new skirt in the future, and I will pay Cousin Lan for one!"

The old lady smiled and waved her hands, suddenly remembered, and said seriously: "Last month, you added winter clothes to your body. You didn't do it due to illness. Your mother went to see Jingyu and Rulan this morning. They are still sick. A few keys to the big warehouse Hand it back to your mother, your mother said that you are doing well now, and if you want to rely on you to take care of some things, you should learn to do it!"

Mei Niang realized that the phrase "learn how to do it" meant that she was starting to ask for a housekeeper, her heart moved, but she turned her head to look at Xu Junying, and softly evaded:

"Let's wait for Jingyu and Rulan to recover. Lord Hou is worried about Heng'er, and he is also afraid that my brain is not flexible enough to make mistakes..."

The old lady looked at Xu Junying and said: "It's what the eldest granddaughter-in-law should be in charge of the government. Meiniang is not as good as before. I think she is very good. Besides, isn't your mother watching? Can you?" Where is the mistake! Heng'er has her own nanny and maids with her...Who told me a while ago? It was Rulan, who said that there are too few maids and women in Tsinghua University, but why? Every grandmother's mother-in-law Don’t servants, women and girls all have custom-made ones? Ying’er’s East Garden is full of other people from me.”

Mrs. Zheng hurriedly said: "It's my daughter-in-law's negligence. I didn't mention this to my mother: Meiniang is always trying to keep things simple and easy, and she's used to people who came as her dowry. The original people in Tsinghua University have been sent out. I think She is indeed an idler, and does not need too many people to serve her, so she sent those people to work in the garden, and then divided a few among the two new aunts who were brought into the uncle's room..."

The old lady nodded: "Those two aunts are fine, one woman and two maids are enough for each of them, and they themselves have to take care of the main house grandma... and add enough people in Tsinghua University, right?" It doesn't matter if there are more, Mei Niang will take care of things from now on, so he needs a lot of manpower, Heng'er is the eldest grandson, besides the nanny, two more young daughter-in-laws will follow him, and four little maids will take him to play The girls beside Mei Niang are also getting older, so they always have to be paired up, and carefully pick a few young girls who are more elves to follow, so that they can be used in the future."

Seeing the old lady looking over, Meiniang hurriedly responded, "Daughter-in-law, remember!"

The old lady looked at Xu Junying again: "You don't have to worry, Ying'er. Your mother used to be like this, she didn't know anything, she started slowly, didn't she take care of the Houfu? Mei Niang will be busy at home, so you should be more considerate. Take care of Gu Jiao Heng'er!"

Xu Junying respectfully responded to the old lady: "Grandson obeys grandmother's instructions!"

His eyes swept to Mei Niang, and Mei Niang met his eyes with a gentle and sweet smile on her face.

Xu Junying lowered his eyes, he couldn't understand that Mei Niang had changed so much, the shyness when she first met, the timidity when she was newly married, the indifference after a long separation between husband and wife, and the birth of Heng'er, all disappeared, replaced by Enthusiastic, flamboyant, lively, quick-witted and slick, I really can't believe that this is Mei Niang. She has lived in Xu Mansion for more than a year and is not liked by her elders. Now she has only survived for three days, and she can coax her grandmother and mother Live, and successfully win the chance to be the head of the board.

But no matter how unbelievable, she is indeed Qin Meiniang. Regardless of other things, the mother's affection for the child cannot be pretended. Just now Lan'er accidentally knocked Heng'er down. He saw it clearly, Meiniang With red eyes, he pushed Lan'er down with his palm, the ruthlessness made him angry, didn't Heng'er not fall down?Even if it's Lan'er's fault, I should be considerate, girls, who doesn't like to be clean?It is normal for a moment of panic to be caused by the child peeing on the new skirt suddenly, only Mei Niang and Heng'er's nanny are to blame for not taking Heng'er away in time.

Mei Niang was patiently persuading the old lady to take the children out of the room and go to the yard to bask in the sun. She said many benefits of basking in the sun, but the old lady just refused to let the children go out, saying that Now that the ice and snow are melting and the cold is invading, it is better to sit on the hot couch in the house to keep warm, wasting Meiniang's words in vain.

Mrs. Xu stroked her left shoulder with her right hand and said, "I'm old and useless. It hurts here and there!"

Mei Niang knew that she wanted to squeeze herself, so she smiled and said: "Grandmother move inside, granddaughter-in-law will rub it for you."

The old lady Xu was in the middle of her arms, and she said to Xu Xiping and her grandchildren: "You go on your own, I can't sit still for long, Mei Niang is skillful, if she rubs for me, I will have to crooked!"

Xu Xiping brought his nephews to salute, said a few words to tell his mother to take care, and left.

Mrs. Gui followed her husband and left, but Xu Xiping looked at her with a frown and said, "Where are you going in a hurry? Take your daughters-in-law and talk to the old lady to relieve boredom, wouldn't it be good?"

Mrs. Gui blushed slightly, and said in a low voice: "Didn't you hear what mother said: Are you going to be crooked? We are too noisy here."

The old lady Xu waved her hand: "Let's go, let's go, I'm tired, just leave Meiniang by my side, everyone go - young wives are so lucky to bring their children!"

Mrs. Gan and Mrs. Fang each took their children and went forward to teach them how to say goodbye. The old lady smiled and took out a few things from the mahogany bed cabinet inside the soft couch, and tightly held their father's clothes. The eldest sister, Mei Lian, who refused to come forward to salute, gave each one a reward, and then sent them away.

Heng'er cried for a while earlier, but Mrs. Zheng couldn't coax her, so she asked Chunyue to find a nanny, and let her go out to coax him. Listen to him humming in the corridor and refuse to stop. It's as fun as a child.

Mei Niang carefully looked at the objects given by Mrs. Xu. They were all auspicious beast-shaped decorations made of yellow and pure gold. As a paperweight or something, even if it is placed on the eight treasure shelf in the study, it is also very eye-catching and beautiful.

This old lady is really rich, the toys she throws to her great-grandson are so expensive.

The old lady Xu closed her eyes, and leaned on the cotton pile with great enjoyment. Meiniang's technique was impeccable. After being grasped and kneaded by her for a while, all the muscles and bones of her body relaxed, and she felt indescribably comfortable. A smile appeared on the corners of the old lady's lips. meaning:
"This kind of reward is given many times a year, and it is given to the children and grandchildren who come in the most orderly. I have kept all these little things since I was six or seven years old. At that time, the wealth of the farmer was not as high as that of several waiting houses! I saw Brother Heng just now. The unicorn robe my son is wearing is exactly what I want, and what I want to give him today is a red gold unicorn with emerald eyes!"

Mei Niang said with a smile: "Granddaughter-in-law on behalf of Heng'er, thank Great-Grandmother for the reward! Great-Grandmother's blessings are profound, and the things passed down to her children and grandchildren are the rarest and best in the world!"

The old lady Xu patted Mei Niang's hand: "Although grandma is old and dim-sighted, she can still pick things for children, but I don't want to pass on anything that is a little bad to my grandson! This is the first time Brother Heng has been rewarded by me. I have a total of two red gold unicorns, his father got one when he was young, and this one belongs to him!"

Mei Niang paused, and heard Old Madam Xu say: "You are blessed, God is sorry for you. From then on, you will live a good life with Ying'er, take care of your husband and children, and take care of the affairs of the household. Ying'er has been striving since she was a child, poor At the age of 14, he went on an expedition with his father, and grew up in the shadow of swords and blood. Everyone knows that Weiyuan Hou has made great achievements, power and wealth, but he doesn't know that it was a few generations of Weiyuan Hou who sacrificed his life. Yinger's grandfather and father, They all died on the battlefield at the same age... I have a heart for Yinger, at least I see that he has Brother Heng's bloodline, and if he is older, Yinger will naturally give him the title of heir... It's just light Brother Heng is not enough, Ying'er should have more children, it doesn't matter if the two newly adopted concubines are born or not, in the future, I will tell Ying'er that the two concubines are good concubines, they will spread their branches and leaves, reproduce and continue The incense of the direct line..."

Mei Niang's heartbeat quickened, her eyes widened, did the things Mrs. Wang mentioned come so soon?The old lady offered Xu Junying a concubine herself!

Her reason is still high-sounding, there is no room for Mei Niang to refuse it!

Mei Niang still couldn't think of what to say, and suddenly caught a glimpse of the embroidered screen on the side of the soft couch shaking slightly, and a slender shadow faintly flashed past, her mind turned, and she smiled and said to the old lady:
"Hey, it doesn't matter whether it's a noble concubine or a good concubine, but it's just a concubine! It's nothing, why bother the old lady? It's enough for me and my mother to see if it's appropriate to welcome me in. She has to be in front of me every day. Waiting, I have taken a look, and my husband should be satisfied!"

The old lady closed her eyes, enjoying Mei Niang's hand massage, drowsy, and said vaguely: "Well, you are a sensible... as long as you can figure this out, it's up to you to do it..."

(End of this chapter)