The oil bottle of the Red Chamber

Due to the limited regulations of the Chen family, Chen Gui has a wide range of contacts and connections, and because all relatives and friends of the family must come for a big event, the Chen family was afraid that the banquet would not be arranged, so the whole family discussed it, and the guests were arranged according to their identities and backgrounds. , the closeness and distance are different, and the wine scene of the reward banquet is divided into three days.

The first day is for the officials, Shangfeng, colleagues, and imperial family members, the second day is for the family members, old relatives and friends from the past, and the third day is for the managers of the family's farm business. for a day.

You Ziyu used to be Chen Gui's superior, but now he is Chen Gui's subordinate. After accepting the invitation from the Chen family, he naturally came to congratulate him on the first day.It's just that the mother and son of the You family came late because they were Chen Gui's Shangfeng family members when they were in contact with the Chen family.Now that the times have changed, it is very difficult to decide when to go to the banquet, and there is You Lao'an who is thinking about asking about the wedding date, so it is better to arrive early.

Therefore, on the day of the banquet, everyone in You's family got up early to wash up, and after breakfast, they ordered outside to prepare a sedan chair and rushed to Chen's house.When he was about to reach the gate of Chen's mansion, he saw a group of sedan chairs and horses in front of him, and there was an endless stream.The scene of its gates is like a city, just in line with the saying - "If you don't go early, you will come early."

Youshi's mother and son looked at each other silently, not mentioning their feelings.

For a while, the guests come to the front hall, and the guests lead to the backyard.Feng took Chen Wan and her eldest sister, second sister and housekeeper's wife to meet at the second door.Seeing Mr. You Lao'an coming with the eldest girl from the You family, Mrs. Feng hurriedly smiled and went up to say a few words of greeting, and led her into the hall.

Mrs. Chen got up to greet her herself, and hurriedly ordered the maid to pour tea.Everyone met each other before, Mrs. Chen took the hand of the eldest girl from the You family to look carefully, and said to You Lao'an with a smile: "This is the eldest girl in the house. Look at her appearance, she is indeed an old lady." My granddaughter, no matter how good she is."

The eldest girl of the You family is only sixteen or seventeen years old this year, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, gentle and silent.She was wearing a peach red flowered jacket and a big red crinkle silver mouse skin skirt, her dark hair was tied into a bun, and a phoenix hairpin with pearls and silk was stuck in it.Hearing what Chen said, he unconsciously smiled and bowed his head in silence, the phoenix tail on the hairpin trembled accordingly.It is increasingly showing the gentleness and amiability of everyone's ladies.

Seeing this, Mrs. Chen became more and more satisfied.Mrs. Chen was beside her, and said with a smile: "Look at the girl, her actions are gentle and amiable. This is the rule of a big family. It's not like the daughter of our family. Everyone's mouth follows. It was like getting into a walnut cart, without a moment of peace, the constant noise made me have a headache."

After hearing these words, You Lao'an felt intimate.Yin took his granddaughter's hand again and said with a smile: "The girls in our family were also talkative and laughable at first, but as they got older in the past few years, their temper became much calmer and they talked less. I think your family's The girl has a very good temper. Talking and laughing on weekdays can also cheer you up, right?"

After saying a few more words, Mrs. You Lao'an saw that there were more and more people coming, and he was afraid that the Chen family would not have time to listen to her mentioning the marriage when the guests were all over.Busy spoke vaguely.

When the eldest girl of the You family was keeping her filial piety at home, she had already learned from her grandmother that the You family wanted to marry the Chen family.I also know that Mrs. Chen intends to bring her two sisters who were born in her ex-husband's family with her when she crosses the door.Because of these few incidents, Mr. You Lao'an cursed Mrs. Chen secretly for being restless and unable to stay a widow a few years ago. , but also bent on raising a daughter for others.

At that time, the eldest girl of the You family didn't say anything, but she wanted to see Mrs. Chen in her heart.It's not out of contempt, after all, You Ziyu's refusal to continue because of the Chen family is inappropriate in the eyes of You Lao'an, but in the eyes of the eldest girl of the You family, it saves her the embarrassment of her stepmother entering the door when she is keeping her filial piety .It also saved her stepmother from seeing her displeased and studying her lessons.

Now that she has passed the age of filial piety, she is about to talk about marriage.Even if Mrs. Chen came in at this time with her life-long affairs in hand, the eldest girl of the You family would not be afraid.After all, there was no enmity between the two of them, even if it was to sell Haoer in front of his father, for the two sisters born out of the Chen family, the Chen family would not betroth her indiscriminately.

No matter how bad... After all, there are still grandma and father!It's not good for the bride to pass through the door, so the daughter doesn't care about it?

Furthermore, the eldest girl of the You family was also curious about what kind of woman could force her husband's family to reconcile and leave after her husband's death, and go home to remarry.And when she remarried, she confidently proposed to bring her two daughters in...

All kinds of words are not at all the same as those in "Four Books for Women" and "The Analects of Women".If it were herself, she would never dare to do such an outrageous thing.

It's a pity that Mrs. Chen was not able to attend the You's family's severance banquet last time because of her status as a widow.Instead, Mrs. Feng took Chen Wan and her two sisters there.The eldest girl of the You family got the advice of her grandmother and father, so she didn't care about what to do, and naturally she treated her well.I only feel that the eldest sister is gentle and beautiful, and the second sister is bright and transparent. Although she is still young, she speaks and behaves well.After seeing these two sisters, the eldest girl of the You family wanted to meet the Chen family who taught these two sisters.

Now that we meet each other, I have to take advantage of the time when everyone is exchanging greetings, and take a sneak look at them.But seeing that Chen's complexion is really delicate and pretty, pink, glossy and fat.Although she is a widowed woman, she talks and laughs happily, and her words are witty and witty, and she knows that she is difficult to get along with at first sight.

Thinking of this, the eldest girl of the You family became vigilant in her heart, but her face became more gentle and docile.

He didn't mention how the eldest girl of the You family planned, but only said that You Lao'an, regardless of the number of people, knew how to ask about the marriage, and Mrs. Chen also knew what the You family was thinking.What's more, the Chen family really didn't intend to regret the marriage, it's just that during this period of time, the external affairs were complicated, and they were busy preparing the dowry for their grandchildren, so they didn't mention this matter.

At this moment, when I saw You Lao'an asked the question, Mrs. Chen immediately answered.You Lao'an was overjoyed, and hurriedly struck while the iron was hot and made an appointment to invite a matchmaker to come to the door in two days.

While talking, I saw that Mrs. Feng ushered in a few more face-to-face female guests.After offering tea for a while as a greeting, I knew that the people who came were the family members of the officials of the Eastern Palace.Before the banquet began, even Zhao Bihe, the commander of Jinyi Army, sent his son and daughter-in-law over to congratulate him.

All the female relatives present here are ordered by the imperial court, and they are constantly influenced by their ears and eyes. Don't you know that Zhao Bihe's son is accompanied by the prince?Seeing the daughter-in-law of the Zhao family chatting and laughing with Mr. You Lao'an, they looked very close and at ease, and unconsciously looked at each other with a smile, and realized more and more how decent Chen Gui was in front of His Highness the Crown Prince.

The banquet on this day is naturally a feast for the guests and the host, and they leave after having fun.When it came to the family banquet on the second day, because You Lao'an had already proposed marriage, the Chen family didn't want to hide it, so they informed the Zhao family elders face to face.

When the Zhao family heard this, they felt very uncomfortable.However, Mrs. Chen has obtained the letter to release his wife since three years ago, expressly stating that from now on, marriage and funeral will be irrelevant.Even though the elders of the Zhao family were unwilling, there was nothing they could do.What's more, most of the younger generation of the Zhao family are studying in the ethnology run by the Chen family and the Xu family. For the sake of the younger generation's future, they can't talk too much.

Only Mrs. Zhao and Zhao Lin were not reconciled to this room, and wanted to make trouble in the name of the eldest son Zhao Chen.It's a pity that they couldn't even enter the gate of the Chen family, so they were stopped by the elders of the Zhao family who were notified by Chen Gui.

The old lady Zhao saw that things could not be violated, so she had to go to the patriarch's house to cry and complain that her big family's descendants had withered. Everything will change.He also said that since Mrs. Chen couldn't hold back and wanted to marry, she had nothing to say as a mother-in-law.It's just that since Mrs. Chen is doing this, she should send the two sisters back to the Zhao family.One is that the Chen family can settle down cleanly, and they don't have to waste words when they go out, and the other is that even if they live in this room, they can't ask Zhao Chen's daughter to take another man's surname.In the future, if the two sisters and sons are married from the Zhao family, they will not disappoint their mother, son and brother.

After going around in circles, Mrs. Zhao will finally bring up the old story of taking her two sisters back to the Zhao family.Seeing the old sister-in-law's snot and tears, the head of the Zhao family really couldn't bear it.I also feel that Mrs. Zhao is right.When she was thinking about it, the daughter-in-law of the head of the Zhao family was quick-eyed, and she saw the plan of the old lady Zhao's house, and said sarcastically: "What do you say? Don't say that your daughter's family is from another family. Humans can't set up a household, even if they can set up a female household, the things in the first room of the Zhao family have long been emptied by the second room, so what is there to guard? If it is for the continuation of the incense, unless the eldest sister and second sister The son recruits a son-in-law to marry, otherwise, who can agree that the son will follow the mother's surname, so this is really unreasonable!"

After a pause, the daughter-in-law of the Zhao family said again: "What's more, the story of the Chen family exchanging the dowry for the two daughters has already spread. Since you were so fat, you opened the ancestral hall to worship the ancestors for a few taels of silver. After making a clean break, why do you go back on your word now? It can be seen that you are jealous of the power of the Chen family, and you are just looking at the two sisters and begging for benefits from the Chen family. I advise you not to make the wrong calculation, and looking at the Chen family is good-natured If you really get annoyed, let’s not say anything else, just kick our boys back from school, and it’s enough for us to drink a pot!"

Now the grandson of the head of the Zhao family is studying in the school. Because of his cleverness, he is valued by his husband.I heard that if you study hard for another two years, you will be able to pass the exam for scholar.Therefore, the daughter-in-law of the Zhao family was afraid that her father-in-law would soften his heart and become confused because of a few words from the old lady Zhao, offend the members of the Chen family, and make her son unable to study well.

The head of the Zhao family woke up immediately after hearing this speech.He hurriedly waved his hands and shook his head to persuade him: "Old sister-in-law, don't hit those sluts. We don't want to mess with the current power of the Chen family. If the old sister-in-law really feels sorry for Mr. Chen, I'll just call you Mrs. Lin." The adopted son is under the name of Boy Chen. Why bother doing things that harm others and benefit yourself."

Mrs. Zhao might as well the patriarch's words are so ugly.Red-faced and said: "You are just coveting the power of the Chen family and bullying our orphans and widows. I know that the fact that the family does not support us now is because the boys of the Zhao family can follow the master of Jinshi to study. Can have a half-time job. Don't think about the ghosts of those in the Chen family, how can we really make our Zhao family prosperous, and we can't settle accounts with them later?"

The head of the Zhao family heard the words, but before he could open his mouth, the daughter-in-law of the Zhao family sneered and said: "Don't say that, old lady. We didn't abuse their aunts and grandmothers, and we didn't deliberately give them abortion pills to seize the family property." , let alone for the sake of shady people, even counting the separation of mother and daughter. Since we have a clear conscience, why did the Chen family settle accounts with us? It can be seen that there is a grievance and a debt. Just do it, don't make others suffer!"

When Mrs. Zhao heard the words, she fell backwards in anger.Zhao's daughter-in-law saw Mrs. Zhao's pale complexion yelling that her heart ached, and Zhao Lin and his wife pointed at her and scolded the old man, and sneered even more: "Since you can't stand it, you can close the door to live your own life." Days, don't think of making a moth to disturb other people's turmoil. I advise you to leave now. If you think about wronging people, don't blame me for saying something nice!"

After hearing this, Mrs. Zhao was furious and shivered all over.Pointing at the young daughter-in-law of the Zhao family, she was speechless.

Seeing this, the head of the Zhao family and the old lady were worried about the future of their grandson and the younger generation in the family, so they told Zhao Lin and his wife to take the old lady Zhao's house.

When Zhao Lin's family went away, the daughter-in-law of the Zhao family persuaded her father-in-law to come to the Chen's house to sell her and confess her love, so that the Chen family could understand her feelings.The head of the Zhao family heard what he said, thought it over and thought it was right, and hurriedly dressed and went to visit the Zhao family without going into details.

That Chen Gui had already predicted this day when he was wooing the Zhao clan.At the moment, seeing the patriarch of the Zhao clan expressing his attitude with sincerity and fear, he didn't take it seriously.Still smiling and chatting over a cup of tea, he dismissed the head of the Zhao family, evading his official duties.

When he returned to the back house, he took this matter as a joke and said that he would joke with everyone.

While talking and joking, there was a rumor from the door that the You family invited a matchmaker to come to the door.When everyone in the Chen residence heard this, they smiled at each other unconsciously.