Red makeup against the world

Chapter 3 Comparison of Grandmothers
Xu Wanzhen greeted her calmly: "Mrs. Sun is good."

Seeing Mrs. Xu, she couldn't help feeling comforted.There have been frequent changes in the family, and there is no one in charge of the big house now.

As the only daughter of the eldest family, the eldest granddaughter has always been the heart of the whole family. She grew up delicate and precious, with a naive and shy personality.Right now, he seems calm and sensible, but the more he is like this, the more pity he feels.

Mrs. Sun took Xu Wanzhen's hand and said, "Good boy, we are the ones who are sorry for you." She took out a handkerchief and wiped the corners of her eyes, with a guilty expression on her face: "I'm leaving first, I really don't have the face to stay here any longer."

Mrs. Xu didn't stay long when she saw this, and ordered Yulu to take Mrs. Sun out, and called Xu Wanzhen to sit beside her.

Biluo presented the gift list, and Mrs. Xu snorted coldly after reading it: "The Sun family is well-behaved, they know that this matter is wrong, and all the gifts are rare treasures."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Xu Wanzhen: "Zhen'er, you just know what happened to Madam Sun?"

Xu Wanzhen thought to herself, now that there is no one in charge of the eldest house, Mrs. Xu asked her what she thought in order to judge her, and to train her to think more and experience more.

Women in ancient times didn't have much autonomy. Now is not the time to pretend to be timid to gain a certain freedom of action for their own goals.Immediately replied: "Grandma, look at Mrs. Sun's meaning, but something happened to my granddaughter's marriage?"

In the Gaomang Dynasty, although men were superior to women and women had a low status, there were no "seven outs" regulations, and women had a certain degree of autonomy in marriage and freedom of action.

The world attaches great importance to the reputation of the girls in the boudoir, and the girls lived in the backyard for many years before they came out of the cabinet.However, wearing a veiled hat on festivals allows you to participate in the celebration with your family, and you can also go out together during the good times of spring and autumn.In the city of Suzhou, there are women who are the shopkeepers, and there are self-supporting female households who recruit relatives.

In terms of marriage, although "parents' orders and matchmaker's words" are also followed, the opinions of the children are also taken into consideration, and usually arranging for the man and woman to meet before marriage.Therefore, Xu Wanzhen was able to frankly discuss her marriage with Mrs. Xu.

Mrs. Xu sighed: "Zhen'er thought right, Mrs. Sun came to divorce the engagement. The eminent monk of Guangren Temple said that judging from Young Master Sun's horoscope, they must get married within two years, otherwise the future will be bleak, and they will not be able to wait for Zhen'er." Take it off."

There was anger in his eyes: "This is clearly an excuse, but I am afraid of getting involved."

Mrs. Xu's love for herself is vivid, Xu Wanzhen couldn't help leaning on her and said: "Grandma doesn't have to be angry, it's just human nature. Granddaughter also wants to be filial to Auntie, so it's convenient. With grandma around, granddaughter can feel at ease. "

Looking at her granddaughter Rumu's eyes, Mrs. Xu felt pity, and said, "It's just that you suffer. Fortunately, the Sun family cherishes their reputation and didn't push it on you. Although the marriage is retired, it doesn't hinder your reputation much. After the filial piety period is over, we can talk about marriage."

The grandfather and grandson were talking, when there was a rush of footsteps outside.Mrs. Xu frowned, and she knew from the footsteps that it was Niu Shi, the pungent daughter-in-law of Sanfang.

The third wife of the Xu family is a concubine, and Mrs. Xu has always been quite disgusted.Xu Changji, the concubine, was submissive and cowardly. When Mrs. Xu was alive, he begged for such a daughter-in-law to support the third house.

Not waiting for the little maid outside the house to report, Niu lifted the curtain and came in: "Yo, the eldest lady is here too." Now she has changed into plain clothes, and her hair has been combed into a docile bun again. white jade hair comb.

Seeing Yulu in Yingyun Pavilion, Mrs. Niu knew that Mrs. Xu wanted to see her, so she hurried back to her courtyard, changed her clothes and rushed over, fearing that Xu Wan would really sue her.Taking a look at Mrs. Xu's expression, although she was displeased as usual, she was not angry.Niu breathed a sigh of relief, but luckily she made it in time.

Xu Wan really saluted: "Third Aunt." It was as if she had never met Niu just now, and there was no unpleasantness between the two of them.

When Mrs. Xu saw Niu's Qiqi Ai, she thought she had something to say, but it was inconvenient to say it because of Xu Wanzhen's presence, so she said, "Biluo, take Zhen'er to my place for a rest. The bird's nest porridge just made should be ready." , drink a bowl to nourish your body."

Xu Wanzhen bowed and took her leave.

Seeing the two withdrawing, Mrs. Xu's face turned cold, "Say what you have to say."

Seeing this, Niu slandered inwardly, this damn old woman has never had a good face towards herself.There was a smile on her face: "Mother, my husband and I discussed something, and I came to ask you for an idea." She originally planned to seize the eldest house's family property, but since it failed, she didn't want to get involved in this mess.

Mrs. Xu thought to herself, what else can your husband discuss, it is clearly your idea.

Seeing Mrs. Xu's silence, Niu bit the bullet and said: "Mother, look, Jinxiu remembers this incident, at least you have to think about it. The embroidery workshop we run is small and profitable, and it can't stand this storm. .Besides, you have to leave an estate for the Xu family, right?"

This is a family separation, Mrs. Xu gave her a cold look, and said: "You are not qualified to say that, ask the third child to come see me."

Niu hurriedly said: "My daughter-in-law knows it, it's just that my husband has gone out to discuss business these few days."

Mr. Xu has always treated his aunt like a mouse seeing a cat, and was eaten to death, so he would have no idea.The big house eats hot food and drinks spicy food, and the rich are filthy, while the third house only has an embroidery workshop to work hard.The big house is in a lawsuit, and if convicted, it may even implicate the family.Why?
Anyway, Dafang's family property has nothing to do with him, so he divided it up as soon as possible, and lived a happy life behind closed doors.Such a thing, I dare not let Xu Changji come to see his aunt.

After finishing speaking, he took a peek at Mrs. Xu's expression, she was worthy of being the daughter of an official, although she was angry in her heart, she didn't show any expression on her face.The imposing manner alone made Niu suffocate.

Only Mrs. Xu said: "Then wait for him to come back." She was not at all relaxed.

In front of Mrs. Xu, Niu didn't dare to be rude.Hearing the words, he didn't dare to say more, so he had to go back and think of a way.

Mrs. Xu is not surprised that the three families are separated.

The Xu family is rich, but the family style is strict.In the past, there were still complaints about eating and drinking with Dafang, but now that something happened to Dafang, he couldn't wait to put aside the relationship, which is also reasonable.

The third room is nothing to worry about, it's just that the first room has an accident, and the second room Xu Changrong's family is far away in office, and the family doesn't even have a useful daughter-in-law.Mrs. Xu's funeral is about to be arranged, and I originally wanted to let Mrs. Niu cooperate to handle it, but now it seems that I can't count on it.

Mrs. Xu thought about Xu Wanzhen's performance just now, and her advances and retreats were well-founded, and she didn't cry weakly even after being divorced, but instead comforted herself.Look again.If it is available, it will solve the immediate urgent need.

Mrs. Xu turned back to the main room, and told Xu Wanzhen about the separation of the third room.Xu Wan was really surprised, no matter what happens, it's not her turn to ask about this matter, right?
I only heard Mrs. Xu say: "I just said this to make you understand. Today you go back to take care of it. At this juncture, your body must not collapse. Come back tomorrow and discuss these few things now."

Xu Wanzhen said: "Granddaughter wants to visit Auntie again." Mrs. Xu agreed.

Mrs. Xu has not yet been coffined, and her coffin is in the East Wing. After the mourning hall in the front yard is arranged, a small coffin will be carried out the next day. Mrs. Xu has prepared a gift and invited the "tea master" in Suzhou city.

The tea master is in charge of the wedding and funeral affairs of the common people, and belongs to Fucheng.As long as they receive a letter from the family of the deceased, they will inform the bar house, shed shop, rental shop, color-making and other businesses, prepare funeral utensils for the deceased, and help the family of the deceased to arrange the funeral until the burial.And the descendants of the Xu family are rushing to report the funerals of relatives and friends.

Xu's family is a big family in Suzhou City, so the scene is naturally quite shocking.

A dark-faced man was carrying game such as pheasants and hares to a restaurant he knew for sale. Seeing this, he asked passers-by for some reason.

The peddler walking around the streets said: "Poor, what a nice family. I have also received favors from this owner, but I can't help you in this situation."

I saw an old doctor coming from the end of the alley, followed by a boy carrying a medicine box.The shopkeeper hurriedly grabbed the old doctor and asked: "This old man invited me, but it's not good to ask Mrs. Xu's family?"

The old doctor sighed and shook his head: "It's not just bad, it's already gone."

The salesman was stunned: "What should I do, there are only a pair of siblings left..."

The dark-faced man was surprised: "Where is the man in this family?"

The old doctor said: "You don't come to the city very often, so I don't know. Something happened to the Xu family's big house a while ago, and the head of the family and the shopkeeper were imprisoned in the capital. I don't know how to make things right."

The dark-faced man asked again: "The eldest son of the Xu family? Is it the owner of Jinxiuji?"

The shopkeeper said: "It's Jinxiu Ji, the owner is a good person, how could this happen." After that, he shook his head and walked away, leaving the dark-faced man in a daze, wondering what he was thinking about.

(End of this chapter)