The Way of Favors

In terms of style, the house of Jingyanghou's Mansion is far better than other houses of the same honor in the golden capital. At that time, the first Lao Houye followed the founding emperor to fight from the south to the north, and made great contributions. After the court was stabilized, he praised the merits and rewards. The founding emperor remembered that the Fu family had a large population, so he specially rewarded a big house.

It's a pity that it has been passed down for several generations. Now the power of the Jingyang Mansion is not as good as it was at the beginning, and even the people have decayed. The three brothers, Fu Pinchuan, and the third died early. Fu Pinyan has not returned for many years, and the huge house appears empty.

But fewer people is also a good thing. There is a big place with fewer people, so I'm not afraid of nowhere to live.

After Fu Pinyan was promoted to the prefect of Jizhou, Fu Pinchuan felt that Fu Pinyan would be transferred to the city sooner or later, and that the official position was not too small, so he discussed with the old lady and renovated the East and West courtyards. The east courtyard is reserved for Fu Pinyan's family. The five-entry large courtyard is where Fu Chen and Fu Guan's brothers will marry a wife and have children in the future. The West Court logically said that there were only widowed three widows in the three rooms, and no repairs were needed, but Fu Pinchuan had other plans. Now that there are few males in the family, I will look at it in the future. If there are more males in the grandchildren, you must adopt one to support the three houses.

It costs money to repair the house, the old lady is unwilling, and the eldest lady Lin disagrees in her heart. But after Fu Pinchuan inherited the knighthood, his majesty has become more and more important, and this matter takes up the truth. The two of them can only listen to his arrangements. When the work started, Fu Pinchuan sent a front yard housekeeper to keep an eye on him. Anyone who cut corners would play the board.

So Qiao and others entered the East Courtyard of the Hou Mansion and saw an almost brand new house.

Fu Ding followed the crowd into the hall and said to Qiao: "Grandma said that my aunt and my sisters worked hard all the way, so you don't need to rush over."

Qiao laughed and said: "My aunt still loves me like this for so many years. Okay, let's go back first. We will go by after changing clothes. We haven't seen each other for more than ten years. Go straight to the main courtyard."

Qiao is the niece of the old lady, although she was a concubine, after Qiao got married, she still shouted from her aunt to show her closeness.

Fu Ding smiled and said goodbye.

Fu Chen and Liangtong went to see him together.

After the two came back, Qiao said to Liang Dadao: "You live here first, what's the matter? You two will have company together. Buying a house is not in a hurry. You are unfamiliar in Beijing, don’t call it People cheated, I will ask someone to ask someone to help you pay attention."

If the prospective son-in-law has made up his mind to seek a job in Beijing, she must have a decent place to live. She can't live in her own home all the time. She doesn't care, because she is afraid that others will gossip about the prospective son-in-law, and the Liang family does not want to take advantage of her family. The bank note was given to Liang Tong. And this house will be the home of the young couple in Beijing in the future. Of course, the Qiao family must do their best.

Liang Tong laughed. On the way, his mother-in-law treated him the same as Fu Chen, and he felt very comfortable.

After setting a meeting time, Qiao asked Sister Fu Rong to wash and change clothes. The old lady said it nicely. In fact, she didn't want to see her so she didn't rush to call her over. The Qiao family is really slow to go, and tomorrow the capital will have to tell her frivolous and disrespectful mother-in-law.

Two quarters of an hour later, the group of people met in the hall, and Qiao looked at them one by one, and saw the two teenagers, one handsome and handsome, the other tall and steady, and their daughters were also well-groomed, so they set off. When he arrived at the main courtyard, Fu Chen Liangtong went to meet Fu Pinchuan, who was at home with Xiu Mu, and Qiao led the daughters to the old lady's Wufutang.

In the Wufu Hall, almost everyone in Jingyanghou's Mansion was also there.

The old lady was sitting on the couch, and on the embroidered stool in front of the couch was a little flower-like girl talking to her, "Grandma is happy today. The second aunt brought two granddaughters back to honor you. No wonder you eat more in the morning. Half a bowl of porridge."

The old lady smiled kindly, touched her granddaughter's head, and looked at the two granddaughters who were sitting next to her mother: "Suddenly two sisters came, and you have company. They are both coming to Beijing for the first time. You must be good. Entertain, spend more time together, take them to the fun places in Beijing when you have time."

The fourth girl, Fu Bao, tilted her head and looked out, and said happily, "As long as I like them, I will take them to play."

Fu Mi, the fifth girl in the third room, just nodded.

Both are only eleven years old, but their temperaments are completely different.

Fu Bao loved to laugh since he was a child, and he likes to wear bright materials. A small face is white and red, like a rose blooming brightly on the branches. It can attract everyone's attention wherever he goes. He is lively and straightforward. He is very popular among the noble women in Beijing. . Fu Mi is different, perhaps because of the early loss of her father. She usually doesn't like to go out and always practice calligraphy and painting with the third wife. When she was a child, Fu Bao dragged her out. When she got there, Fu Mi didn't like to talk. He sat alone and seldom took care of her. The more times, Fu Bao didn't bother to ask her again, which made Fu Mi more withdrawn.

The two granddaughters moved silently, but the old lady's favorite junior was Shen Qing. The old lady had two sons and a daughter. The daughter went away a few years after she got married. The son-in-law was young and married for a year. The old lady was worried about her granddaughter being bullied. She sent someone to the Hou Mansion. She started at the age of five. She has been raising her all the time, and the cost of food and clothing is only better than that of Fu's daughter.

Talking and laughing, the little maid outside walked in and said while pulling the curtain: "Second lady, please, the old lady has been looking forward to it for a long time!"

Everyone in the room looked up.

Mrs. Lin even clenched the cuff unconsciously.

Qiao came first, wearing a red treasure phoenix hairpin on her head, wearing a bright orange embroidered peony, and the embroidered double phoenix and yellow palace ribbon hanging from her waist gently swayed, setting her graceful and graceful. With a casual glance, Renqing couldn't help but praise the beauty. Looking up again, she saw her charming face as if she was in her early twenties, and her watery eyes were full of red lips. Only then did she understand that the word beauty is not enough to describe her beauty.

A gloom flashed across Lin's eyes.

The old lady's dry lips were also pursed imperceptibly.

As if he hadn't seen it, Qiao walked quickly to the old lady's couch and knelt down, buried in the old lady's knee and wept bitterly: "Auntie, Su Niang finally saw you again, you don't know how much Su Niang missed you these years. Xianggong transferred to Jizhou two years ago, but Su Niang first became pregnant and then the caregiver brother couldn’t get out of her body. Now she can finally come to you to show her filial piety, aunt..."

Fu Rong quickly knelt down with Fu Xuan, and Fu Rong took the handkerchief to wipe his tears. Fu Xuan was not as close to family as his sister, and only bowed his head.

The old lady also picked up the veil and nodded her eyes, and patted Joe's shoulders and said: "Alright, get up quickly. They are the mothers of five children. They have not changed at all for so many years, crying like a little girl. , I am not afraid to make a joke of the juniors."

"Aren't you all used to it!" Joe stood up crying and laughing, and turned around and told his two daughters: "Call grandmother, poor child, you can see grandmother when you grow up so old."

Fu Rong Fu Xuan raised his head and shouted "Grandmother" in unison.

The old lady smiled and asked the sisters to get up. Fu Rong wore light green embroidered orchids, and Fu Xuan wore a lovely pink summer dress, standing side by side, like peony and pink chrysanthemum. The old ladies praised them one by one, and asked Fu Rong more: "Why did girl Rong think of Dai Huatian? Is this fashionable in Xindu? No one in the capital dresses up like that."

Fu Rong smiled and said, "No one wears the letter. The other day my mother said that she would take me to visit my grandmother in Beijing. I was very happy. After resting at night, I dreamed of an old lady wearing Huatian, kind-looking, like a Buddha. During the day, I described the appearance of the Bodhisattva to my mother, and my mother said that it was you. I recalled that in my dream, the grandmother Bodhisattva wore Huatian, which looked very beautiful, and I found it on a whim."

After finishing speaking, she looked at the old lady's forehead timidly, and whispered: "Grandma lied to me to wear it in her dream, but she hasn't worn it now. Isn't she kidding me?"

The old lady laughed from ear to ear: "Like your mother, her mouth is like wiping honey, she almost compares Qinger to her."

Shen Qing hid her mouth and smiled, looking at Fu Rong and said, "It's sweeter than the third sister, I'm willing to bow down."

Fu Bao hummed softly over there. There was a flatterer in the family, but now there is another one.

Next, everyone recognized their relatives.

Hearing Fu Bao's reluctant call of "Three Sisters", Fu Rong was secretly amused. It seems that the relationship between people and people has been set long ago. Fu Bao didn't like her in the previous life, and he didn't like her in this life. As for her, she went back when Fu Bao provoked her in her previous life, but now she doesn't have that kind of interest. She just thinks that Fu Bao is still a child and it's not worth worrying about.

Not long after, Fu Chen Liangtong walked over with Fu Ding.

It was a lot of fun again.

After acknowledging the kiss, Sister Fu Rong went to see Fu Pinchuan with her brother.

Fu Pinchuan was nearly 40 years old. He practiced martial arts in his early years and later went to Dali Temple to hear criminal cases. He did not laugh at all. After staying at Dali Temple for a long time, he was not angry or presumptuous. The old lady did not dare to fight against her son. Credit. Seeing Sister Fu Rong, he glanced at Fu Rong more, said something of concern, and sent them back.

Fu Rong didn't deal much with this uncle, so he teased his sister on the way: "See you, your eyebrows follow our uncle."

Fu Xuan felt the same way in his heart, and Fu Chen said on the side: "Xuan Xuan is the same as me, his eyebrows follow my grandfather."

Fu Rong touched his eyebrows: "I am not like my father or my mother. Could it be my grandmother?"

Fu Chen and Fu Xuan were silent. They all knew that the grandmother in Fu Rong's mouth was not the old lady in Wufutang, but the father's biological mother Aunt Du. But my father almost couldn't remember the appearance of Aunt Du, and he would never mention it. How did their younger ones know?

Regardless of what everyone thinks in their hearts today, only oneself knows what everyone is happy with.

In the evening, the old lady held a banquet here, and everyone was here, except for Fu Pinchuan.

The old lady asked her eldest daughter-in-law, "Where is Lord Hou?"

Lin stood up and said, "My father-in-law invites Master Hou to drink, and Master Hou asked me to tell my mother that we don't have to wait for him."

The old lady nodded: "Then open the table."

Joe sits at the bottom right of the old lady, and skillfully prepares her dishes, which are all her favorites.

Lin looked at him, and admired Joe's methods. She knew that the old lady didn't like this elder niece, and even hated her, but after Qiao passed the door, he put on a niece who was favored by an old lady in her natal family. She acted like a coquettish and pleased her, and the whole government felt that the old lady was real. Spoil her, can the old lady take down her countertop? Qiao's Jiao returned to Jiao, but he did nothing wrong, and the old lady couldn't make any difference.

After the banquet, Lin led Fu Bao back to the main courtyard.

"Mother, I like Sister Six, but I don't like Fu Rong. Just like my second aunt, I will only flatter." When his mother was sent back to the house, surrounded by his own people, Fu Bao finally said what he had been holding back for a long time.

Lin nodded her forehead: "They are really smart. You will learn more from now on. If you can learn 50%, your mother will be satisfied."

Fu Bao curled his lips. People had always persuaded Fu Mi to learn from her, but today her mother told her to learn from that flatterer. The little girl didn't like to listen, she got into the bed and ignored people.

Lin reluctantly covered her daughter's quilt, softly persuaded a few words and left.

When the curfew was approaching, Fu Pinchuan came back, with a strong alcohol scent in his breath.

Lin looked at her husband's face and tentatively asked, "Did you not have a drink with your father-in-law last night? Why did you call you again today?"

Fu Pinchuan paused when he rolled his sleeves, "I don't know, but the table threatened me again, not to let us wrong his daughter."

"Really...Thanks for your hard work." Lin couldn't help but laugh, and the appearance under the light was quiet, although not as beautiful as Joe's, but still charming.

Fu Pinchuan just bowed his head and washed his face.