Foster son and husband

Chapter 21 Sunshine
The two of them went to the courtyard while talking. It was almost noon, the sun was dazzling, and Ning Rulan could barely open her eyes, but the warm sun shone on her body, making her feel comfortable. Sitting on the soft chair, the breeze was light It was a bit cold, but very refreshing, not as biting as Liu's mother and Hongye said.

"Oh, that's nice! It's nice and warm inside, but it's stuffy, and that's how I like it!"

Ning Rulan smiled, a faint blush appeared on her pale face.

Seeing this, Jin Shu happily said: "Third Grandma, the sun is really good, why don't you follow Grandma's advice and take the bedding on the bed to dry?"

Mei Niang looked at the brocade book with a smile: "Children can be taught! You can just dry it, don't dry it on the rocks and trees, although the sun has dried the snow water, there is still moisture, use a big chair to prop it up, or set it up in the middle of the courtyard. Pick up the bamboo poles, hang them in the air for a while, and take them back as soon as the sun moves away, and you will feel much more comfortable when you fall asleep at night!"

With a blessing on his body, Jin Shu replied, "Yes!"

Turning around and running into the house, after a while, Hongye, Yanying and others carried Ning Rulan's quilt out to dry, while carefully patting the light dust on the quilt.

Cuixi and Cui Lian stood watching from a distance with a smile on their faces. When they came out in the morning, the grandma left Ms. Wang at home and asked her to take the maids to turn over the bedding on the bed and dry them out. For mattresses, at the East Garden, Madam Wang was asked to tell Ruizhu Ruibao to teach them to dry the uncle's quilts.

There was no one around, so Meiniang and Ning Rulan began to talk softly in the boudoir.

Ning Rulan said: "The old wild ginseng... I thanked my sister-in-law here! But I didn't use it. People at home said that my mother was seriously ill and needed old wild ginseng as a medicine primer. I couldn't find it in the whole city. It's old enough, but you gave it to me, so I..."

Mei Niang smiled and patted her: "As long as mother can recover! We are young, and we will always have a chance to eat good food!"

Ning Rulan's eyes were slightly red: "That's the truth, thank you for your understanding—someone came to the house again this morning, saying that my mother is better, and asking me to take care of myself!"

Mei Niang said: "Fortunately, I also gave my mother a cut, otherwise I would feel sad at this time-you are so filial, how can I fall behind?"

Ning Rulan laughed, and took Meiniang's hand: "I used to go to Tsinghua University to see you and talk to you, but I didn't realize that you were so interesting!"

"It's like a lifetime away!" Meiniang shook Rulan's warm and soft hand, and said with a smile, "I have to live in a different way, live as I please, so that I can be a human again!"

Ning Rulan looked at her carefully, then nodded thoughtfully: "That's right! You should be happy, you were too preoccupied before."

Mei Niang said: "I'm going to learn how to be a housekeeper tomorrow, and I'll come and help you after you recover!"

"I can't do it. It's scary to manage things alone, but if I have to learn with you, I'm willing."

"Well, don't be afraid, just correct your mistakes."

Ning Rulan smiled: "Sister-in-law is really courageous. Now that I think about it, my illness was probably frightened by your actions that day - I was really afraid that it would be ruined. If a family like us loses that face, it will be a shame. I really don't know what to do!"

Mei Niang also laughed: "That's right, thinking about it, it's still not perfect, and it's over, let it go!"

She looked at the girls who were drying the quilt not far away, and said, "Hongye is smart and beautiful, is she your most caring girl?"

Ning Rulan smiled: "The four are all the same. They have been with each other since they were young, and they came here as a dowry... I just want to ask my sister-in-law for an idea, Hongye, I want to make her a face for the third master."

Mei Niang looked at Ning Rulan, a gentle and beautiful woman, as elegant as a chrysanthemum, her face was as calm as water when she said this.

"Is Hongye willing? Third Master, are you willing too?"

Ning Rulan lowered her eyes: "Hongye is my girl, she will do whatever she wants, she dare not be unwilling. It's the third master... He refused at first, but later I talked about children, we have no children for so long after marriage, He reluctantly agreed, Mama Liu went out to do something today, and planned to let them consummate the house in two days..."

"Ru Lan, would you like to let your man sleep with another woman in his arms?"

Ning Rulan seemed to be frightened, she suddenly raised her head and looked around, her face flushed quickly, even her eyes were red:
"Sister-in-law! Why do you talk like that? It hurts my heart!"

Mei Niang sneered: "I just said a word and stabbed your heart? What about the future? Seeing your husband holding Hongye's hand, Qingqing, I, and I walked in front of you, and we went back to the room together. In another year and a half, Hong Ye has a big belly and has given birth to a child, let's see how much Ning Rulan still has in the eyes of the third master!"

"Don't say it, don't say it!" Ning Rulan covered her face: "Why would I want to do this? But the second wife forced me, and I didn't let Hong Ye be the housekeeper, so the second wife would send someone over, so what then? ? I can't have children, if the third master is not allowed to take concubines, wouldn't he become a heinous jealous woman?"

Mei Niang said: "Look at me, didn't I give birth to Heng'er? The old lady took advantage of my inconvenience to send Tong Fang here. Now there are only two of them. Maybe not long after, Ruizhu Ruibao next to Uncle will also become Tong Fang." , lift up my aunt. Just now the old lady told me to find a few good concubines for the uncle, to have more children, and to spread the leaves!"

Ning Rulan was dumbfounded, looking at Meiniang, she didn't know what to say.

Mei Niang giggled: "Do you think I really arranged for her to carry people into my yard one by one to snatch husbands from me? I was thinking about it in my heart. It's not that easy to enter Tsinghua University as a concubine!"

She held Ru Lan's hand tightly: "Now you are the second wife, and you will send a red leaf to the third master. If you open this door, there will be green leaves and red flowers coming up one day, and you can't stop it! I observe, the third master has you in his heart, he loves you, you have to hold his heart firmly, and don't allow others to divide his love! Some men are originally good, and if you love one, you will be one. Go and provoke others by yourself, but if you insist on giving him a beauty, then he won't be polite... Rulan, listen to me, don't let Hongye get close to the third master, or you will regret it!"

Ning Rulan was a little stunned: "But the matter has been arranged, what should I do?"

Mei Niang thought for a while and said: "Since Hongye is your person, you can say what you say. You only say that the third master is unwell and does not need to have a room for the time being. You and the third master should have a good relationship as a husband and wife?"

Ning Rulan blushed and nodded: "He has always treated me as nicely as when he was newly married!"

"You should tell him how much you care about him and how much you love him. Your husband and wife are of the same heart. Just reject the second wife. Don't be afraid that people will say that you are not virtuous and jealous. You know your own affairs. A loving couple, there is nothing in between. What is a concubine to sit in? You are still young, it is impossible to have no children, you have to believe in yourself and the third master!"

Ning Rulan let out a sigh of relief: "Listening to what you said, I feel much more relieved! Okay, I'll give it a try and check on the third master first. If he still says not to pass the room, I... I will then So I asked Mama Liu to marry Hongye—after all, both of them knew about it, and they couldn't make it up, and it would be embarrassing to meet again."

Mei Niang nodded: "That's the truth. Hongye is your dowry girl. She has been learning to read and play piano and chess since she was a child. She is not only outstanding in appearance, but also has a temperament similar to yours. If she becomes the third master's roommate, we will Dare to say, the third master will definitely empathize. If you have children again, you will undoubtedly be favored. As the main wife, although you will not be neglected, it is really uncomfortable to share a piece of the pie... If you match her Let her go, she will be matched with someone who is in charge of the mansion, carefully choose a good one for her, a couple for a lifetime, maybe not richer than the master's concubine, but it is definitely not her blessing!"

Ning Rulan covered her face with a handkerchief, looked closely at the girls who were fighting not far away, and said softly:

"Girl Hongye has indeed grown better and better in the past two years. I originally wanted to choose Jinshu, but I asked the third master, and he said: Let's just Hongye, at least I have some similarities with you!"

Mei Niang burst out laughing: "Your third master is really interesting! Just to remind you: there are not many good men, if you lose his heart because of giving away the house, no one will pity you when you cry!"

Ning Rulan pursed her lips and smiled, and said reservedly: "I have to think about it!"

Mei Niang stood up, crossed her hands and raised her fingers over her head, and made a stretching motion: "Think slowly, I should go!"

Seeing Mei Niang stretching in public, Ning Rulan ran away in fright, and quickly patted her: "My good sister-in-law! You... At least go back to the room and do this again, invisible, teach the girls to laugh!"

Mei Niang smiled embarrassedly: "Basking in the sun, warm and comfortable, forgetting about it for a while... I will just pay attention in the future!"

Cursing secretly in my heart: Grandma has a ball, there are only a few women in the whole yard, and they dare not relax, what is wrong with this world!
Ning Rulan also stood up and walked with Meiniang, talking about various things in the house, what happened to her when she was managing the housework, how the women taught her how to deal with it, what kind of problems did the housekeepers have? The one who is more stubborn and the one who is more honest have been mentioned to Meiniang.

Mei Niang walked around her yard and watched some four season orchids in full bloom, then she took her girl and left.

(End of this chapter)