Foster son and husband

Chapter 226 Descendants
On the morning of the second day, Xu Xiaojuan brought the maidservant to Ziyun Hall. The woman in charge had already finished her conversation, but she saw Bai Jingyu, the second grandmother of Xifu, sitting on the right side of the hall, drinking a bowl of tea with Meimei, talking.

Cuixi saw her aunt coming early, leaned over and whispered in Meimei's ear, but Meimei ignored her and waited for her mother-in-law to announce loudly:
"Auntie is here!"

Only then did he say to Cuixi: "See what's going on, please come in and talk about it!"

Cuixi went to the entrance of the hall and said to Xu Xiaojuan, "I invite grandma!"

Xu Xiaojuan went into the hall, smiled and saluted the elder sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law respectively, and said hello, Meimei was not surprised, and accepted it calmly: This is Xu Xiaojuan, who had quarreled many times, and when they met the next day, she seemed to forget It's like, don't mention the past, just talk about the present, and you can talk about everything as if nothing happened, but it's almost as strong as Xu Junying's plaster, isn't it a common problem of the old Xu family?
I don't like this, and I will never let Heng'er suffer from this kind of problem!
This time Xu Xiaojuan was straightforward this time, and in a few words, she talked about replacing Jinhuatang's arrangement with Luo's cousin, and told the old lady that she asked her to write a note and withdraw 500 taels of silver to organize and decorate the Xianglan Pavilion. The cousin bought two sets of good clothes, bought some jewelry, balm and various small items commonly used by girls.

After Xu Xiaojuan finished speaking, there was a silence in the hall. Before Meimei could speak, Bai Jingyu said with a smile, "Don't call me a cousin, but I think it's someone in the waiting mansion who wants to tidy up the yard for a wedding! My aunt doesn't know Right? For a family like ours, if we don’t want to alarm others, we need to spend five hundred silver to marry a good concubine! That’s what the masters in our own family do. The concubine of the Li family married into the Xu family, what do you say? It's about the face of the two families, no matter how much the old lady loves her granddaughter, she shouldn't do it like this!"

The tea that Meimei was holding in her mouth almost spewed out, Xu Xiaojuan's face turned red and then turned white, and she stared at Bai Jingyu: "Second sister-in-law is so boring talking about this conversation! Who will marry a concubine? Our uncle... Li Zhao, he is here! Study hard to make progress, without any distractions! This person who came yesterday is really from the farmer. The grandmother’s family is the uncle of the father’s generation. How can I not pay attention to etiquette and treat me well? Is my aunt so easy to be? Why? You run around and break your legs, but you just sit here drinking tea and making fun of me!"

Bai Jingyu looked at Meimei with a smile: "It's okay if you don't, it makes me guess! What does sister-in-law think?"

Meimei said: "Last night, I only heard from the woman in charge of the inner courtyard that there were guests coming in, but I didn't see Jinhuatang come to announce it. Because I was too busy looking at the account books, I couldn't go to meet the guests in person. Since my aunt said it herself As I said, it can’t be faked, because a cousin is here! Have you arranged to live in Xianglanxie? I think it’s better to find another yard. After all, Xianglanxie is too close to my aunt’s Yuehuayuan, so I’m afraid of worrying. It’s just that the old lady made it herself, so I can’t get involved in making changes. It’s just that the yard is tidying up and decorating. I don’t need my aunt to bother. Assign things to do, just hand them over to them according to the rules, and you won’t use a penny—the furniture in each yard has been re-checked recently, it’s ok, what really needs to be added, there are everything in the warehouse, girls like it I will give two pieces of silk and satin to each of them, and they can do whatever they like. This summer, the mansion bought three sets of clothes for each of them. Now that these two cousins ​​have caught up, they will still make them for them! Jewelry, precious Don’t dare to give them to others at will, so as to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, so let the girls give them some unused new beaded yarn flowers and the like, and then give the girls another compensation, rouge and gouache. It couldn’t be more precious if it was sent from the palace! Cuixi will tell the wives to do it now, pull out those who are under Xiang Lanxie’s orders, and bring them to the old lady for a look!”

Xu Xiaojuan was going to use the name of the old lady to hit Meimei hard, thinking that she still didn't dare to disobey the old lady's wishes, but she responded this time. Disappointed again, seeing Cuixi walk to the entrance of the hall to call for the lady in charge, she felt bored, didn't say much, and walked out of Ziyun Hall with her face up.

Waiting for the woman with the badge to go out, Bai Jingyu shook her head lightly: "Auntie has such a temper and acts like this, I can't tolerate her!"

Meimei leaned on the table with her chin in her hands, with a tired face: "I can't tolerate her either! What can I do? Get out, and then let the old lady jump up and scold me. I can't stand it and piss her off again. Let the sick eldest wife feel uneasy, and let the unmarried younger sisters feel cold? Forget it!"

She looked at Bai Jingyu: "Outsiders are envious of the splendor and wealth of the big family, but they don't know how uncomfortable it is to live in this kind of house! It's going to be a lifetime, what should I do?"

Bai Jingyu burst out laughing: "Look at your frowning face, those who don't know really think you are a spoiled little daughter-in-law! What are you doing here? The old lady can't hold you anymore, you just don't know her like her out of filial piety. .My aunt only made trouble here, she is not stupid, she took all the advantages, and it will be harmful to her if she continues to mess around. I am in charge of the West Mansion, but it is really bothering me!"

Meimei was curious: "What's there to worry about? Tell me, I'm so bored right now!"

"My troubles are here to relieve your boredom?"

Bai Jingyu stared at her, but there was nothing he could do: "This time, the West Mansion has taken advantage of the division of the mansion. There are many farms and shops in the city, cash in the silver shop, and floating wealth on the surface. These are good points. Then I handed it over to Rulan and me to take care of it, and another book was created to sort it out. You know, there are no two tigers in one mountain, and one mansion cannot have two headed family members. Now that Rulan is pregnant, the affairs of the mansion are handled naturally. I will take care of everything, and I must also be in charge of the Xifu Zhongfu, because I am the eldest daughter-in-law of the second house, as usual, I will not give up this right, and I can also manage the house with fairness, but it has only been less than three months. The West Mansion began to be in chaos—naturally, it was from the master and wife that the chaos started. The second master and the second wife are like the old ladies in the waiting mansion, pressing on my head. They used to be members of the waiting mansion, and they still had some scruples. Now It's my own small family, and the two elders want to withdraw money and things. They don't follow the rules at all, and each has their own notes. If I say it, there will be a lot of noise. What did you do? I know the second wife, my grandmother is still alive, and her natal family needs subsidies. She tried her best to get some back, but I really don’t understand the second master. Thousands of taels of silver are gone in a few days. Doting on Mrs. Yan is too much. I heard that the farm property was bought for Mrs. Yan’s family. The fifth child needs a large sum of money and the second master will come forward to get it... If things go on like this, what will happen to Xifu? The family will be separated one day, but when the time comes, I don’t know how many people will actually be able to get it?”

Meimei looked at her: "Aren't you a great housekeeper? The rules set in front of the whole family must be followed, and the second master and second wife can't break the rules either!"

Bai Jingyu smiled: "What's the use of me being great? Just like the old lady and you, the old lady said she must, didn't you also give it?"

Meimei shook her head: "Unexpectedly, this branch of Xu's family will be messed up!"

Bai Jingyu said: "That's true. If Xu's mansion is not divided, there will be no chaos. It's just because the first house is in control. The old lady is partial to the second house and indulges the second house. The second house is used to this. This division of the West mansion will be chaotic. How many ancestral properties will be given?" The ancestral property is useless. If the second and third masters do not separate the family as soon as possible, one day they will not be able to share anything! Now I am trying my best to hold on to the family property, and I can't let them make too much noise. Now that you have seen the truth, you and I are of one mind!"

"It's just three brothers, but why is it like this?"

Bai Jingyu smiled wryly: "The second and third brothers are nothing, and the fifth is just spoiled, and there is nothing wrong with them. It is the two adults, the second master and the second wife, who started to mess up..."

Meimei took a leisurely sip of tea: "The second wife moved back to her mother's house, and the second master went out to socialize, at worst, go to the hook-up place to drink flowers and play with girls, and this will ruin all the family property, right? What you share is gold and silver!"

Bai Jingyu said angrily: "Look at what you said! Is it really necessary to lose everything? Is it enough to support this generation of the inheritance left by the ancestors? It must at least shade the children and grandchildren for less than three generations! How can we let this Come on like crazy, don't think about future generations!"

Meimei nodded: "That makes sense, but children and grandchildren have their own blessings, so why do you think so much and go so far? You only have one eldest sister, and it's none of your business if you get married!"

Bai Jingyu put down the teacup and gave her a sideways glance: "You bully me because I don't have a son, you despise me, don't you? I insist on giving birth to a son for you to see!"

Meimei was startled, and looked at Bai Jingyu's hand covering her lower abdomen: "You, have it?"

Bai Jingyu smiled like a flower: "Thanks to my sister-in-law, I was diagnosed yesterday, and it has been a month!"

"No wonder you are so desperately protecting your family property, that's how it is!"

Meimei made fun of her, congratulated her again, and promised someone to send her a good gift later. Bai Jingyu just laughed and didn't refuse. It seemed that she was still immersed in the joy of her sudden pregnancy and didn't wake up.

At noon, when lunch was delivered to Ziyun Hall, Xia Lian also came over holding Heng'er. Bai Jingyu insisted on hugging Heng'er, saying that she was pregnant only after holding Heng'er last time. A son, Meimei can't laugh or cry, this old superstition!
Invited Bai Jingyu to have lunch together, Cuixi came back and talked about the matter of Xiang Lanxie, saying that the old lady didn't say anything, she agreed to the young lady's arrangement, it's fine if she doesn't pay money, but remember to take good care of relatives, don't be wronged for two cousin.

Bai Jingyu said: "In the evening we will go to Jinhua Hall to serve dinner together, and meet these two cousins. But the sister-in-law can't really give them the same monthly money as the girls in the Xu family, that's against the rules, there are many relatives in the Xu family, and the cousin doesn't care Count, it will always be like this when I come here? This is also used by the old lady to embarrass my sister-in-law, so don't take it seriously!"

Meimei nodded: "Forget it, we only have one great aunt, and we can only grant one as a special case!"

(End of this chapter)