The oil bottle of the Red Chamber

The uncle and nephew hid in the wing room and talked for a long time, but for a while they forgot the time.It was still old Mrs. Chen who didn't seem like it, so she sent beeswax to call someone, because she said: "On the day of great joy, it would be nice for us to sit and chat together. But you two hide in a place where ghosts are chattering, and you don't know what will happen." Where did the Japanese family come up with such words?"

When the uncle and nephew heard this, they grimaced at each other. Chen Guiyin said with a smile: "My niece asked Chang Yougui to collect the customs and anecdotes of overseas countries. The last time the caravan returned to Beijing to share dividends, Chang Yougui sent someone to bring it along with the bonus. I had too many things to do in the past two days, so I forgot about it. Now that I remembered it, I sent it to my niece."

After hearing this, Feng laughed and joked: "Fortunately, our second sister is a girl. If this is a boy with such a wild spirit, he might go to Java in the future."

Everyone who said it laughed.Mrs. Chen instructed: "Yesterday, the You family worshiped the ancestors, and also arranged the teeth for the two sisters. From now on, you can't call them the eldest sister and the second sister. You should call them the second sister and the third sister."

Everyone understood, and immediately nodded in agreement.It's just that I forgot for a while, and I still can't change it.Mrs. Chen was too lazy to argue about these trivial matters, she still held Mrs. Chen's hand long and short to inquire about the affairs of You's inner house.He also asked if the mother-in-law is easy to get along with, the husband-in-law is loving and respectful, the aunts and daughters-in-law have never made troubles, and the sisters of the You family can be disciplined by their aunts.

Mrs. Chen didn't want Mrs. Chen to worry about her at such an advanced age, so she just picked and talked.In particular, he talked about the matter of taking the two sisters and children to the relatives of You's family when they recognized their relatives at the family banquet.Hearing that Mrs. Chen was both angry and funny, she pointed at Mrs. Chen and scolded her as a "narrow ghost".

Mrs. Feng said with a smile, "Don't worry, old lady. Our aunt has a bad temper, and she's fine if she doesn't bully others. How can anyone else bully her?"

Everyone who said a word burst into laughter again.Old Madam Chen saw that Chen Gui was still sitting at the bottom listening to the joke, so she couldn't help urging him: "You should also go up to accompany the guests. The new son-in-law came to the door the first day, you as a brother-in-law, you can't entrust it all to your father." People, no one will think that we are dissatisfied with my uncle and deliberately neglected others."

Hearing this, Chen Gui couldn't help laughing and said, "Don't worry, old lady. Father has something to ask Brother Ziyu. I stay there, but Brother Ziyu feels uncomfortable. Mo Ruo, wait until the father and son finish talking, and I will go over to have a drink with you." That's it."

Old Madam Chen thought that Chen Gui was fluent in everything and would never make mistakes when interacting with others, so she didn't say any more.

Chen Gui sat for a while, seeing that it was late and it was almost time for lunch, Fang got up and walked forward.

After lunch and tea again, before the sun went down, Youzi Yufang took the reluctant Chen family and his two sisters to the house.I don't know what Old Master Chen said to You Ziyu, but You Ziyu was smiling from ear to ear with a blushing face, as if his bones had lost two catties.A pair of eyes couldn't stop looking at Mrs. Chen, if it wasn't for the fact that there were two sisters in the carriage, I'm afraid the whole person would be leaning on Mrs. Chen at this moment.

After returning to You's house for a while, everyone went back to the room and changed their clothes before going to the upper room to greet You Lao'an.You Lao'an had to ask about the situation of the Chen family, and then asked Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Chen about their well-being.Chen agreed one by one.

You Lao'an also mentioned the matter of the Chen family's housekeeper. Chen's family had already made up their minds with the third sister, and said with a smile: "I am a new wife. I don't know much about the rules at home, so I will pay the account yesterday. At that time, I only received the account book, thinking to understand it first, and then talk about other things."

After hearing this, You Lao'an laughed and said: "That's very true. But you are the wife of the house now, so you don't have to let them fool you with some things. Although it is good to do as the Romans do, you should also follow your own ideas The housekeeper is the butler. I know how powerful that screwdriver is, a tricky and lazy one. What kind of trickery, killing people with a sword, sitting on a mountain and watching a tiger fight... But these years, I have grown old, and my energy is not very good, so I am too lazy to share with you. They're just theorizing. Now that you're in charge of the house, you really don't have to care about showing respect, and you can do whatever you want. Logically, those people in our family need to be rectified by a good person. .”

You Lao'an's words made Mrs. Chen quite aware of it.Presumably, the old lady knew about those slaves working hard to get ink from them.It's just that I don't want to pursue it seriously because of love and face.

Now that this is the case, Mrs. Chen also has a charter in her heart.He suppressed his thoughts and said to You Lao'an with a smile on his face, "The old lady is too willing to be serious. There is no cat in this world who doesn't steal. Even court officials have three festivals and two lives. If you are filial to silver, then you have read a stomach full of sage books, and you all know that money is a good thing, let alone you and me."

Hearing this, Mr. You Lao'an was relieved for the most part.She was also afraid that Mrs. Chen would embarrass her if she didn't care about it.After all, Mrs. Chen has just entered the door and is in urgent need of standing up, and those old bastards are too stupid to handle things, so they can't wait to pass the handle on to others.

It's just that she is neither deaf nor dumb, nor a family member. A few years ago, You Lao'an was fighting with his daughter-in-law. If he didn't give some benefits to the people under him, he would be willing to do things for her wholeheartedly.Later, when the daughter-in-law was gone and Aunt Lan was the housekeeper, the slacker took Tong Rong as an old practice.Aunt Lan's name is not justified, she neither cares nor wants to manage it, and now she puts this matter in the hands of Mrs. Chen, and wants to use her people to dig a hole for Mrs. Chen to jump into, no matter whether it is to build bridges or stir up dissension. , You Lao'an couldn't bear it.Before Chen's attack, he took the lead in telling the truth in person.

Mrs. Chen also understood You Lao'an's thoughts.What's more, after being persuaded by the third sister, she really didn't take these old sesame seeds and rotten millet matters to heart.It's just that she didn't care about it, but she didn't want to make Aunt Lan cheap for nothing, so she said straight to the point: "I heard that Aunt Lan was the housekeeper in our house before, and she was really smart and transparent. Just looking at this account, I know .”

You Lao'an certainly understood what Chen meant, but she was willing to tell Chen Shiming that half of it was for her own face, and the other half meant to instigate Chen to fight Aunt Lan.She didn't believe that according to Chen's explosive personality, he would tolerate Aunt Lan's schemes against her but would not fight back.

Sure enough, I heard Mrs. Chen continue to say: "There are still a few months until the end of the new year. I am a new daughter-in-law, and I don't have anything to honor the old lady. So I thought about copying a few scriptures and sending them to the temple to pray for the old lady." It's just that I'm busy now, and I don't know how to write. I heard that Aunt Lan is proficient in everything from piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, so she must be good at handwriting. So I want to ask her to become a vegetarian for me, and copy scriptures. It was sent to various temples in central Beijing to pay tribute in front of the Buddha, to bless the old lady with a long life and a safe and healthy life."

After a pause, he continued: "Not only Aunt Lan copied the scriptures for me, but the eldest girl, the second girl and the third girl should also copy a few scriptures every day, and send them to the temple to pray for blessings at the end of the year. They mean filial piety to the old lady. The fourth girl is still young and delicate, so I'm afraid she will be tired, so let's pay it off."

You Lao'an listened.It was funny in my heart, but I smiled on my face: "This is a good thing, I'm afraid she doesn't want to."

Chen said with a smile: "I think so too. So it's hard for me to say this, I can only beg the master - if I say it myself, I'm afraid Aunt Lan will misunderstand me and make things difficult for her."

You Ziyu was listening to the conversation between Chen's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. As the saying goes, filial piety comes first, and he very much agrees with this matter.What's more, it was because of this that Chen's mother and daughter became famous in the capital.Even You Ziyu first heard about Chen's reputation because of this.So You Ziyu had a deep feeling for this matter, and immediately smiled and said: "That's okay. Lan'er is gentle and virtuous by nature. She can only be happy when she hears about this. It's because you are paranoid. I'm going to tell her."

Mrs. Chen came up with this idea, because she said with a smile: "You said this. Since you have promised it, you must do it. Don't let someone lose two golden beans, and you will soften your heart and your ears. Instead, blame me."

You Ziyu's favorite thing to see is Chen's cute and jealous look, but it's not easy to act in front of You Lao'an.I had no choice but to smile, pretending not to hear.

You Lao'an watched the husband and wife quarreling, and didn't reason.Smiling and beckoning to the second sister and the third sister, she held one in her arms and asked, "Is it better to go back to my grandfather's house? Should I live in my grandfather's house or at home?"

The second sister said, "It's all good."

The third sister said, "Each has its own advantages."

You Lao'an also knew that the third sister was clever.Hearing this, he couldn't help laughing and asked: "Oh, how do you say that?"

Third Sister You smiled and said, "My grandparents have grandfathers, grandmothers, uncles, aunts, cousins, cousins, and cousins, and they treat us very well. There are old ladies, mothers, and big sisters at home, and they treat us very well."

Before he could finish his sentence, You Ziyu asked with a smile: "It's only good for your mother and eldest sister, old lady. Isn't it good for me to be a father?"

The third sister You is not afraid of people, she smiled and said: "The master is also very good. It's just not as good as the old lady, mother and elder sister."

Hearing this, You Lao'an immediately burst out laughing.Holding the third sister in his arms, he laughed and scolded "little narrow ghost".The maids and women in the room also pursed their lips and laughed.

You Ziyu couldn't help laughing, and also laughed out loud.While laughing and laughing, I saw the eldest girl bringing the nurse and the girl, and Aunt Lan bringing the fourth girl to greet the old lady and the old lady.

When Mrs. Chen saw Aunt Lan, she thought of the proposal just now, so she just smiled and looked at You Ziyu without saying a word.

On the other hand, Second Sister You was very thoughtful, and noticed that the eldest girl's eye circles were reddish, as if there were signs of crying, so she couldn't help but ask, "Why are you crying, Eldest Sister?"

After saying a word, it immediately attracted everyone's attention.The eldest girl hurriedly explained: "I didn't cry, I think it was because I was sitting in the room just now, and the ashes from the lamp tassels caught my eyes. I rubbed it with my hands."