[Red Mansions] The good life of the wife of the official family

At night, Mrs. Chen came back after finding out the news.After Hongyi got the news, she came to talk to Zhao Zhihan. At this time, Zhao Zhihan had already thought through the things to be done for the birthday banquet.Hong Yi served some meals, put them on the kang table, and called Zhao Zhihan, who had been busy all day, over to eat.

Only then did Zhao Zhihan put down the brush, relaxed her muscles and bones, washed her hands and went to the kang.Hongyi sat opposite her, handed her the chopsticks and said, "Ma'am, I did find out that there is a woman named Ma in a Taoist temple in the south of the city. People call her Ma Daopo. She is said to be the best in the deacon's hall." , Earned a lot of incense money for the Taoist temple. Every time the old lady of the rich family has some needs, she looks for her.

Zhao Zhihan took the chopsticks, took the food to her mouth, chewed it and swallowed it, looked at Hongyi and said, "Someone in our family invited her too, didn't they?"

Hongyi held the chopsticks and did not move, she was silent for a while before she looked at Zhao Zhihan and said in a low voice: "It's a coincidence, just today, the third wife just called her to our house. Because the old lady believes in Buddhism, the Buddha Dao is originally a family, and the third wife took her to meet the old lady. The old lady talked to this old woman and asked questions, and she liked it very much."

"There is such a thing? Why didn't I know?" Zhao Zhihan also stopped the chopsticks in her hand and looked at Hongyi.

Hongyi looked at the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the desk, then looked at Zhao Zhihan and said, "Madam has been lying there all day, what can she know?"

Zhao Zhihan unconsciously inserted the chopsticks in her hand into the rice bowl, and slowly messed with them, but her brows furrowed, and she asked Hongyi again, "What about the third wife, can you take her back to your yard alone?"

"Of course there are. On weekdays, I don't see the third wife who believes in gods and Buddhas, but she took the woman back and stayed there for a long time, and didn't let her go until it was getting late. Everyone said that the third wife was in a hurry. I want to have a baby."

Zhao Zhihan thought for a while after hearing the words, and then relaxed her brows.Calculating this matter, it must not be that Mrs. Li of the third room wants to ask for a child.And it must be that she knew that Shi Shi had given Zhao Zhihan the right to prepare the birthday banquet, so she felt very unhappy.After all, when Shi Shi and Li Shi expressed their sincerity in the pavilion in the back garden, they asked her to prepare for their fiftieth birthday.Changing his mind so quickly, and going to Wu's side to inform him, Li's heart will naturally feel a lot of trouble.Thinking back to what she said about lowering her head, it became clear why she invited Ma Daopo to the house today.

Zhao Zhihan thought about this matter, quickly took a few mouthfuls of rice, ate a few more mouthfuls of vegetables, and finished dinner.Seeing her eating so quickly, Hongyi immediately froze her tongue.

Zhao Zhihan looked at her, smiled dryly and said: "I still have something to do, you take your time." After finishing speaking, she got off the kang, walked a few steps and came back, "I'm going to the old lady's room now, tomorrow you Come out with me, let's go to the Taoist temple in the south of the city."

"Hey." Hongyi responded blankly, and saw Zhao Zhihan leave the room in a hurry.She went all the way to Mrs. Wu's yard, arguing with Mrs. Wu that she was going out to offer incense and fulfill her vows, and then donate some sesame oil money.Mrs. Wu also wanted to go with her, but she had seen Ma Daopo today, and she had already given the sesame oil money, so she didn't bother to go again.

The next day, Zhao Zhihan brought Hongyi, and the two of them took a carriage to the Taoist temple in the south of the city where Ma Daopo was.When they arrived at the temple, the two first burned incense and worshiped the immortal way, and then donated some sesame oil money before they wanted to see Ma Daopo.The Ma Daopo heard that someone was asking to see her, she was dressed like the wife of a rich family, and she even brought her maid.Ma Daopo's eyes flashed, and she received Zhao Zhihan without delay.

Seeing Zhao Zhihan, Ma Daopo hurriedly came up to salute.After finishing the salute, he took her and Hongyi to the back meditation room, Hongyi stayed outside the door of the meditation room, and only Zhao Zhihan and Ma Daopo went in.After entering, Zhao Zhihan sat in the meditation room, Ma Daopo sat opposite her, and said with a courteous smile: "It seems that Madam doesn't come from a small family, may I ask Madam..."

Zhao Zhihan didn't make a sound, just took out an ingot of silver from her sleeve and put it in front of Ma Daopo.Ma Daopo's eyes lit up instantly when she saw the silver, and then she reached out and took the silver and shook it in her hand without any hesitation.Estimated that there were two or three taels of silver, she took it from her pocket with great satisfaction and said, "I won't ask Madam about her background anymore, just tell me what Madam wants me for."

Zhao Zhihan thought that she should not only ask about the Wang family's affairs, but to confuse them a little, so she asked about the Jia's family first: "Are you familiar with the second wife of Jia's Rongguo Mansion?"

"The second wife of the Rongguo Mansion? I'm familiar with it, very familiar." Ma Daopo hurriedly responded, "Isn't Madam from the Jia family?"

Zhao Zhihan smiled at the corner of her mouth, and did not answer whether she was from the Jia family or not, but asked again: "Has the second wife already ordered you to be the godmother of the child in her womb?"

Ma Daopo was stunned for a moment when she heard this. This was an agreement between her and Mrs. Wang. Even Jia's mother at home hadn't told her about it. How did this person in front of her know?So, she looked at Zhao Zhihan inquisitively and said, "How did Madam know?"

When Zhao Zhihan saw her answering this question, she naturally admitted it. She looked at Ma Daopo with a smile on her face and said, "You don't need to know how I know. After all, I didn't come to tear down your platform. I came to find you." You must have something to do. I’m here to ask some questions, and I won’t tell others. Please rest assured that there will still be places that need you in the future. "

Hearing what Zhao Zhihan said, Ma Daopo smiled with relief on her face: "Ma'am, I've thought too much, and I haven't said anything about it now. When the child is born in the future, who will know who doesn't know? There is nothing to be afraid of Madam. Tell others to go."

"That's good." Zhao Zhihan smiled, "Then I dare to ask... Why did the second wife of the Jia family recognize you as her child's godmother?"

Zhao Zhihan kept asking, but she just wanted to chat with Ma Daopo first, so as to disturb her and prevent her from seeing what he was here for.Besides, she expected Ma Daopo's answer to be conventional: Mrs. Wang recognized her as a godmother just for the sake of the child to support the tough child's life.

I just didn't expect Ma Daopo to stop talking.After a while, she stretched out her hand, rubbed her thumb against the middle finger of her index finger a few times in front of Zhao Zhihan, and said, "Ma'am, some words can only come out when something is drawn to them. I think Ma'am should understand this." reason."

Zhao Zhihan naturally understood that Ma Daopo was asking her for money, and thought she had given her money when she came here, but now she opened her mouth to ask for it.However, reluctant to let the child not be tied to the wolf, Zhao Zhihan took out another ingot of silver from her sleeve and put it in front of her.

From seeing the money to putting it away, Ma Daopo smiled greedily.After putting it away, he closed his eyes again and looked at Zhao Zhihan, beckoning to Zhao Zhihan.Zhao Zhihan really didn't know what the old woman was up to, so she had to put her ear close to her, and then Ma Daopo lowered her voice and whispered in her ear:

"I gave an idea to the second wife of Rongguo Mansion. I asked her to find a piece of precious jade. I consecrated it and engraved it on her. When the child is born, just ask Wen Po to stuff the jade into the child's mouth. Wait for the second master When the old lady and the old lady came to see the child, they took it out of the child's mouth, and the jade became a fairy. And that child is the treasure of the Rongguo Mansion. At that time, no matter whether it is the second wife or the child, there will be nothing wrong with it. The reason for petting? It will be a matter of time before the second bedroom becomes the master of the house."

After Zhao Zhihan listened, she suddenly realized.She frowned for a long while, and suppressed what she wanted to say, "It turns out that it's really not some Nuwa mending the sky stone to lower the realm", and said dumbly: "No wonder she wants to recognize you as a godmother."

"That's the reason, it's not an exaggeration to recognize a godmother." Ma Daopo laughed, and her voice returned to normal decibels.

It took Zhao Zhihan a while to recover from this matter. It was amazing how much privacy could be obtained by unintentional prying. It can only be said that there are scheming everywhere in the world.After she regained her composure, she looked at Ma Daopo again and said, "What about Mrs. Jia's natal family? I heard that the third wife of the Wang family invited you there yesterday."

"There is indeed such a thing." Because Zhao Zhihan knew about Mrs. Wang's affairs before, now when it comes to Wang's family's affairs, Ma Daopo is not surprised why she knows so much.She only looked at Zhao Zhihan, and asked, "Madam still wants to know what Mrs. Wang Jiasan wants from me?"

"En." Zhao Zhihan nodded, Ma Daopo just smiled when she saw her nod.Looking at the smile on her face, Zhao Zhihan saw that she just didn't speak, so she let out a silent sigh and took out another ingot of silver from her sleeve and handed it to her.Ma Daopo accepted it without hesitation, she was in a great mood after receiving the money, and continued:

"The matter of the Wang family is much simpler. It is also a matter of the family property between the several houses. The second wife of the Wang family was originally a person who stretched her hands and did not take care of her. Recently, she changed her sex for some reason. The third wife and the first wife used to be a couple. Damn, I don’t want the eldest wife to suddenly hand over the management of the house to the second wife who both of them hate very much without telling the third wife. Tell me, how does the third wife feel? It was originally planned to be given to her.”

"The third wife was just afraid that the eldest wife would change her mind, so she took the side of the second wife. In order not to make the second wife feel better, she came to me and wanted me to do some rituals to make the second wife feel better. The third wife is also stupid, the second wife has never provoked her, but she targets others everywhere, the eldest wife stole her man behind her back, and she still treats other people as her own sister. Madam, is this ridiculous or not?"

"It's really ridiculous..." Zhao Zhihan's voice seemed to be wandering, trying not to show any emotions, looking at Ma Daopo and asking: "You are an outsider, how do you know about the matter between the eldest wife of the Wang family and the third master? Could it be that you made it up?"

Ma Daopo smiled very complacently, "As the saying goes, good things don't go out and bad things go thousands of miles. You think that the Wang family doesn't know about this? Only a few serious masters don't know. They only hide it from the old lady, the second room and the third room. What about the wife. Is there anyone out there who doesn't talk? Since the third wife asked me to go, I must have inquired about everything. Otherwise, how can I relieve their worries?"

"That's true." Zhao Zhihan nodded while talking, "Then what happened later? The third wife is going to play tricks behind the second wife's back, isn't she?"