Foster son and husband

Chapter 76
In the evening, Xu Junying came back from New Year's greetings outside, reeking of alcohol, fortunately not drunk, went to the old lady's room to say hello, talked to the old lady, and was not in the mood to drink the tea made by Zhuang Yulan, so she went back to Tsinghua University. Ruizhu Ruibao was taking a bath and changing clothes, Baoju opened the study door, but Xu Junying didn't go in, so Baoju still locked the study door, and brought Baizhan to Tsinghua University to go to the room.

In the upper room, Meiniang was practicing handstands against the wall on the soft couch, Cuixi and Cui Lian were doing needlework, and Cuisi was practicing calligraphy. Meiniang said that her handwriting was the worst among the three girls, and she asked her to do handstands every day. Practice writing a dozen or twenty characters.

Mama Wang came up and said, "It's time enough, grandma, get up!"

Mei Niang couldn't hold on any longer, she flipped over, her body was too weak, her physique was unbelievably poor, before she could stand on her head for more than half an hour, but now it only lasted 10 minutes at most.Thinking back to practicing in the gym, fighting against others on the stage, hanging in the air at all times, and doing a dozen or so in a row, but now I don’t dare to mess around, Qin Meiniang, who has soft arms and legs, take your time. Don't accidentally break it, hurt your muscles and bones, and you won't be able to go out at that time, the loss outweighs the gain.

Suddenly I heard Cheng'er shouting crisply outside: "Master Hou is back!"

The people in the room were stunned for a moment, and then became a mess, Master Hou hadn't come to the room for a long time, Meiniang practiced or looked at the account books, so she asked the maids to accompany them, doing their own things, and they were used to it. No one expected him to come at this time, the three girls hurriedly packed up and left Ruantai, Xu Junying lifted the curtain and walked in.

The room was very warm, and there was a slight scent of fresh flowers in the air. Mei Niang was only wearing a fitted snow cherry-colored underwear, and before she had time to put on her outer robe, she stayed on the bed and saluted Xu Junying. Without looking at her, just say:
"Go and put on your clothes, I have something to tell you!"

Mei Niang then walked into the hanging curtain in front of the bed, and Cui Xi Cui Lian took a big red lotus flower embroidered robe and put it on for her, matching it with a lotus color skirt, her hair was simply pulled up in a bun. The hairpin wears the hairpin and puts on pearls, and walks out to salute Xu Junying again. This time Xu Junying takes a look at her and points to the round table:

"Sit here, there is no need to serve tea, let them go down!"

Mei Niang knew why he came here, and hated his dragging attitude, so she deliberately said, "Doesn't the Hou want to drink tea? I'm thirsty, so Cuixi will bring me a cup of hot tea."

She was indeed thirsty, and Xu Junying didn't know how long she would have to talk, so could it be possible for her to hold back her thirst and listen to him?

Of course, Cuixi couldn't just serve her a cup of tea, but directly served two cups and put them in front of the two of them before stepping down.

Mei Niang said: "Master Hou, please have some tea!"

He took a sip from the teacup, spit it out again, fanned the wind with his hands, and shouted under breath, "Cuixi! You're going to kill me!"

Cuixi ran in in a panic: "Damn the maidservant! Is the grandma on fire? Oh! What can I do?"

Mei Niang took a few breaths and waved her hands: "It's okay, let's get another cup of tea!"

Cui Lian changed a cup earlier and said, "Let this cup of tea hang out, grandma can drink it now!"

Mei Niang said: "Okay, you guys go down!"

Cuixi and Cui Lian went out, Meiniang picked up the teacup to drink tea again, this time she took a small sip first, she took two sips when she felt it was all right, and put down the teacup.

Xu Junying sat quietly aside and asked, "Are you ready? Can we talk?"

Mei Niang nodded: "Master Hou, please tell me!"

"Are you always like this, you don't know your mistakes until you have done everything? It's like drinking tea. If you poke your teacup with your heart, how can you get burned? Before asking Jingyu to do things with you, you should think about her body." But if you can hold on, if you contradict the second wife, you should predict the consequences. What are you going to do now? Neither the second wife nor Jing Yu forgives you. If there is a gap between the second wife and the first wife, you are a sinner! It disturbed the peace of the whole house, the old lady endured you, the second wife was mad at you, you don't understand the principle of family harmony, and you don't even know how to talk about housekeeping!"

Mei Niang had imagined what it would be like to talk to Xu Junying about this matter countless times, and she was mentally prepared, so she managed not to get angry when she listened to Xu Junying's words that satirized herself, obviously favored the second wife, and had no sense of fairness. He readily admitted his mistake with lowered eyebrows:

"Master Hou taught me a lesson! I shouldn't have pulled Jingyu to serve the old people with me, making her faint from exhaustion, and I shouldn't have contradicted the second wife and made her mad. All of this is mine. Wrong! The old lady and the eldest lady punished and taught me this morning, and I also went to apologize to the second wife and Jingyu, but they didn't have the same knowledge as me, so they didn't let me into the house to meet, but they accepted the gift I gave , obviously willing to forgive me!"

Xu Junying looked at her, and the understatement and indifference made him angry: "How do you know they are willing to forgive you? You have no sincerity at all! The gifts are just sent in and put away, and they are not even willing to say anything nice. That's all for Jingyu, she is a sister-in-law, so she can't be bullied by you. With the second wife, she refuses to see you, so you should kneel in the courtyard. How could she have the heart to let you kneel for a long time? I will forgive you, don't you? Isn't it very good? What should have been settled today has to be postponed until tomorrow, one more day will add more grievances, and the family relationship will be weaker, you don't understand!"

Mei Niang lowered her head, and finally couldn't help it anymore, she suddenly raised her head, staring at Xu Junying with shining eyes, forcing him to look away.

Mei Niang said: "Master Hou seems to follow me to the second room to make amends. Who told you? Do you believe everything they say? How do you know I'm not sincere? I stood in front of the second wife's door for a long time sincerely. I stood in front of the Jingyu Gate for a while, and they really didn’t see me! Why they didn’t see me, Lord Hou definitely doesn’t know why, if you want to know, I can say it, if you don’t want to hear it, that’s fine!”

She rolled her eyes and thought for a while, then said: "Master Hou, please listen to me: the second wife came to me to reason about Jingyu's fainting, it was nothing, and Jingyu's fainting has nothing to do with me, she did it for the sake of the second master." It was caused by a quarrel. It was my fault that I argued with the second wife. I shouldn't be rude to the elders, but as an elder, she should have the demeanor of the elders. She shouldn't always talk about my natal family. What did my natal family provoke her? ? She should despise my natal family, but I can’t talk about her natal family? I have to kowtow to her when she gets angry. If I die of anger, who can I turn to?”

Seeing Xu Junying looking at her coldly, Mei Niang thought badly, she said to be patient, and unknowingly became impulsive again.

Lowering his eyes, he said after a while: "Tomorrow I will go to the second wife's room to make amends!"

Xu Junying said: "I have to get up early tomorrow, I will go with you before I go out, and I must eliminate the resentment in the second wife's heart. We have always respected the rules in the residence, and the younger generation has never collided with the elders. This kind of thing has never happened, and the old lady is very unhappy , this new year's festival has been disturbed by you, and it has no interest at all!"

Mei Niang bit her lower lip lightly: Did I disturb it?You don't know what happened to your Xu Manor, you blame me for everything!

He still said in a low voice: "I'm sorry, I was too willful, and I made it difficult for Lord Hou!"

Xu Junying stood up and was about to leave, but looked at her and said indifferently: "Qin Meiniang, you are not a virtuous woman! I misjudged you and married you in, and I will take care of your life and death, so that you can rely on you for the rest of your life without food and clothing. Worry. Let me tell you clearly now: in three to five months, I will marry another newcomer. When the newcomer enters the house, you will not be in charge of waiting in the mansion. If you want to live in Tsinghua University, you can live there. It’s okay, no one cares about you at that time, you can be as willful as you like, but you still have to abide by the rules of the residence! It’s best to stay in the yard, cultivate yourself, and avoid walking in the garden if you have nothing to do, so as not to offend the old and young in the mansion again. Forgive me, the second time and three times, the family law doesn't allow it, so I can't blame anyone!"

When Xu Junying walked to the door, Meiniang stopped him with a soft sentence: "May I ask the reason?"

"Say!"

"Why stop wives and remarry?"

"I just said, you are not good!"

"I don't agree!"

Xu Junying turned around and looked at her: "What are you dissatisfied with?"

"..."

Mei Niang blinked her eyes, and finally resisted the series of accusations that blurted out——Don’t get into trouble, he said, after three to five months, marry a new person, three to five months is enough time, when the time comes What does he want to do.

She lowered her eyes, pretended to be miserable, and said bitterly, "I just don't think Lord Hou should treat me like this. After all, you and I are married, and you don't have any affection for me anymore." Are you looking for a new love and letting me spend the spring and autumn alone, how can you bear it?"

Xu Junying was silent for a while, and said: "You may think of something in the future, I owe you nothing... just accept your fate!"

Xu Junying left, Meiniang sat at the table in a daze for a while, the former Qin Meiniang was just timid and fearful, Xu Junying was greedy for her beauty, and didn't like her personality, so if she wanted to marry another bride, she would marry her, and Afraid that people would say that he stopped marrying his wife again, abandoned him in disorder, and insisted on accusing Meiniang of being "unvirtuous" because she offended the second wife?
cut!It was also too easy for women in ancient times to be convicted.

Ms. Wang, Cuixi, Cui Lian, and Cui Si walked in and looked at Meiniang worriedly. Meiniang said, "You have heard about it in the garden, right? You just don't want to learn from me! The Marquis is going to marry another The bride is here, isn't it?"

The girls looked at each other, lowered their heads and said nothing.

"Mother Wang, tell me, am I unvirtuous before, or am I unvirtuous now, or am I still unvirtuous? The Marquis just told me that this is the reason why he married another bride!"

Mei Niang picked up the teacup and drank tea, talking slowly.

Mother Wang bowed her head in tears and said nothing.Cui Si said angrily: "As long as the men want to marry a bride, why can't they tell the reason? How is grandma not good? She is several times better than the second grandma!"

Mei Niang smiled and said: "It's your master, so it's better than others in any way! But you're right, men like the new and dislike the old, but want to make up women's mistakes, want to be romantic and don't want to take the blame, how can there be such a cheap thing?" What? Look, the day when Lord Hou marries a bride is the time when I leave the residence, and he wants to support me, and I don't even bother to accept his favor!"

Cuisi nodded again and again: "Wherever grandma goes, I will follow!"

Cui Xi and Cui Lian also hurriedly said: "Even if you go to the street to beg for food, all the servants will follow!"

Mama Wang wiped away her tears, and scolded, "What nonsense are you talking about? Grandma is Mrs. Hou. If you talk nonsense again, be careful with your skin!"

The girls were silent, and Mama Wang launched a threat, which was quite shocking.

"All of you, go out!" Mama Wang said with a serious face, "I will serve grandma tonight!"

Meiniang was taken aback for a moment, and quickly said: "Mom is getting old, let Cuisi stay with you at night..."

Mama Wang said, "Don't worry, grandma. I don't sleep lightly, and I can still serve you. Cuixi, do you hear me? Go to sleep!"

Cuixi and Cui Lian looked at Meiniang, and Meiniang only nodded her head: "Then let mom stay with me for one night, and you go to bed yourself!"

A few girls went out, Wang Mama closed the door, Mei Niang had already gone to bed by herself, in fact, there was nothing to do, she covered the quilt and put down the curtains, and Wang Mama slept on the soft couch, that was all. After turning off the lights, she didn't go to sleep, instead she came and sat on the edge of Meiniang's bed. Meiniang felt strange and guessed that she must have something to say to herself, so she sat up and half leaned on the bed, waiting for her to speak Sure enough, when Mother Wang said something, Meiniang was stunned. Not only did she lose her sleepiness, but cold sweat broke out on her forehead.

(End of this chapter)