Chapter 1042 Mother-in-Law and Daughter-in-Law (1)

Wearing flowers and blowing willows, you can see two rocky mountains head-on, shaped like clouds, with a narrow path in the middle, and yellow flowers on both sides.

The servant girl He Hua pulled Zhong Minxiu, and said in a low voice: "My niece, this road is not easy, let's go back!" I feel that nothing good will happen if we go inside.

Zhong Minxiu said expressionlessly: "I have been married to the Han Mansion for so long, but I still don't know there is such a place. Let's go and see what's inside?" The Governor's Mansion says it's big, but it's actually not that big. It's just that Zhong Minxiu took over the general affairs after she got married, and she didn't have time to visit the garden all the time. There are few people here, and many places are unknown.

Lotus nodded.

The master and the servant walked slowly along the winding path, leading to a secluded path, and a quiet courtyard appeared at the end.

Walking outside the courtyard, I heard a delicate voice: "Second master, if the second wife knows, the servants will die without a place to bury them." She said it with fear, but there was no fear in her words.

Lotus' face changed drastically in an instant, she opened her mouth to speak, but she covered her mouth under Zhong Minxiu's stern gaze.

Brother Chang put his arms around Jiao Yunxiang and said, "Don't mention that tigress, it's a disappointment." Zhong Minxiu is very skillful, and after he got married, he controlled him very tightly. It was very fresh at the beginning, but after the freshness passed, it got tired and crooked. Brother Chang is already used to stealing fish, so how can he be at ease. No, he hooked Qiuyue, the second-class maid in Qiu's courtyard, again.

Then there was a blushing sound in the room, and Lian Hua's face was as red as a pig's liver. Seeing that Zhong Minxiu was about to rush in, He Hua dragged her desperately and said: "Second sister, if this happens, everyone will not look good. Second daughter, what will the old lady and the master think then?"

Zhong Minxiu is also a smart person, and quickly understood the meaning of the lotus words. Standing in place and looking into the room, resentment and disappointment flashed in his eyes, and it took a long time before he calmed down.

Zhong Minxiu said to Lotus: "Go back."

He Hua has been by Zhong Minxiu's side for so many years, how can he not know her temperament. Zhong Minxiu is not someone who would wrong herself: "Okay, let's go back first." This is not a place to talk, who knows if someone is watching them secretly.

It has to be said that He Hua was right to be worried. Just after they left for a while, a little maid emerged from the grass not far away.

The little maid muttered a few words, and she didn't go in even after she reached the door, the two girls were too strange.

Back in the house, Lotus told everyone else to go down, and said to Zhong Minxiu: "What happened just now is strange."

"Well, I know." As a concubine, but being raised by the wife of the head of the family, and being taught sincerely, this is not luck. The reason why she wanted to rush in just now was because she was so angry that she lost her mind.

Lotus laughed and said: "My niece, do you think Madam instigated this matter?" Xiang's suspicion is the biggest.

Zhong Minxiu hummed and said: "Besides her, who else do you think? Hmph, it's a good strategy. If I make a scene, not only will the second master hate me, but even the old lady and the master will dislike me." That Qiuyue It's the maid next to the old lady. If this incident happens, the old lady will definitely lose face. At that time, it would be strange for the old lady to wait to see her!

"Is it because Ernianinǎi is in charge of the house now, that's why she set up this poisonous plan, with the purpose of regaining the housekeeping power." It's not a question, but an affirmation.

Zhong Minxiu snorted coldly and said: "I'm afraid it's not just that. She probably wants me to quarrel with the second master and his wife. From now on, the Han family will be her son's." Xiang's various manifestations of pregnancy made everyone think that she was carrying a baby boy. Daughter, the result was a son. Xiang Shi treats this child like a baby lump, and does not let Zhong Shi get close to him on weekdays.

Lotus thinks about how amiable Mrs. Xiang looks,

But I didn't expect to be so vicious: "Second sister, what should I do now?" I can't suffer from this.

After a pause, He Hua said: "My niece, do you think we should find a way to disclose this news to Mama Li?" Mama Li knew, and the old lady must also know about it. With the temperament of the old lady, she will definitely hate Xiang Shi.

Zhong Minxiu is not a person who swallows his anger, so he hummed and said: "Besides, let father-in-law know about this." As long as father-in-law dislikes it, the Xiang family will really lose power in the Han family. Also take this opportunity to let Xiang know that she is not easy to mess with, otherwise it will be endless in the future.

After a pause, Zhong Minxiu said: "The old lady knows, and the master should know soon." Han Jianming is very concerned about Qiu Shi, and once Qiu Shi gets angry, he will definitely know about it. So there is no need for someone to tell Han Jianming about this matter.

He Hua hesitated for a while and said: "My niece, there must be solid evidence for this matter, otherwise the madam will bite back, and we will be very passive."

Zhong Minxiu sneered and said: "Naturally, the evidence must be conclusive." If she doesn't have this ability, how can she get ahead in the Zhong family. You know, the Zhong family has five concubines. She can marry into the Han family, the following four younger sisters don't know how to be jealous!

Soon, Qiu Shi heard the news that Zhong Minxiu had fainted, and hurriedly asked, "What's going on? She was fine just now, why did she faint?" After speaking, she took Li's mother to visit her in person. Zhong Minxiu.

When Qiu Shi arrived, Zhong Minxiu had already woken up. Seeing Qiu Shi, Zhong Minxiu hugged her and cried non-stop. Although he didn't say anything, but looking at this appearance, he was clearly wronged.

Qiushi asked: "What's the matter?"

Zhong Minxiu had cried enough, wiped away her tears and said, "It's the daughter-in-law who is unfilial to make the old lady worry."

No matter how Qiu Shi asked, Zhong Minxiu didn't say anything. No matter how innocent Qiu is, she still feels that something is wrong.

After returning to the Upper Court, Qiu Shi said to Mama Li: "Go and investigate and see what wronged Axiu has suffered?" The Lord of the House of Lords kept laughing.

No matter how innocent Qiu's character is, he can clearly tell the truth from the fake. Immediately treat her like her own granddaughter, as for Mrs. Xiang, she will naturally move back.

Mama Li sent someone to inquire about it long ago, but the person hasn't come back yet: "I'll report back immediately when I find out."

An hour later, Mother Li knew the reason why Zhong Minxiu fainted. It's just that she was a little hesitant, not knowing whether she should tell this

Seeing this, Mrs. Li's daughter-in-law Mrs. Zhang asked puzzledly, "Mother, what are you hesitating about? Why didn't you tell the old lady about it quickly?" She was dissatisfied with Mrs. Xiang for a long time, but she couldn't find a chance. .

"Why didn't the second sister have an attack at that time? She clearly wanted to use my hand to deal with Madam." Zhong Minxiu wanted to deal with Xiang Shi, and she didn't want to be this helper.

Mrs. Zhang didn't know why Li's mother had so many scruples: "Mother, Madam has already bullied you, should we bear it?"

Seeing that Mrs. Li was still hesitating, Mrs. Zhang said, "Mother, Madam wanted to take me out as a housekeeper for the first time. If it wasn't for the old lady, my errand would have been gone long ago. Mother, when Mrs. Xiang stands firm, how can we still be here?" The foothold. Mom, it’s better to take refuge in the second nǎinǎi.” This is the problem of vision. Xiang was too eager to win, and ended up offending many people as soon as he was a housekeeper. Zhong Minxiu was different, she started to win over Mrs. Zhang and others after she took care of the house.

Mother Li shook her head and said, "Er Nanǎinǎi is smart and cunning, but Er Ye..."

Brother Chang doesn't do business, he does all these dirty things. Although the back house is a woman's world, the honor and disgrace of a woman's life is actually tied to the man. Brother Chang looks so muddy that he can't support him, even if he is the eldest son, the master probably won't let him inherit the family business.

Mrs. Zhang has heard Li's mother say this several times. Hearing this, Mrs. Zhang said in a low voice: "Mother, the second master may not be useful, but there is still the fourth master!"

Mother Li glanced at Mrs. Zhang in surprise, but quickly shook her head and smiled wryly: "The fourth master is not recorded in the name of my first wife."

"Mother, it's true that the fourth master is a concubine, but he is the companion of the eldest son, and his wife's family is powerful. So it's too early to say who the future heir will be." Mrs. Zhang also pondered this matter for a long time, even She also discussed the feasibility of this matter with her husband, and came to the conclusion that fourth master is also likely to inherit the family business.

Li's mother's heart shuddered, and she didn't know if others didn't know. More than once, she heard the Elder Master lament in front of the old lady that Fourth Master was not the eldest son, otherwise he would not have to worry, so it is really uncertain who the future head of the Han family will be.

Thinking of this, Li's mother nodded and said: "I will report this matter to the old lady truthfully." She will not favor anyone, she will only tell the truth.

After saying this, Li's mother looked at Mrs. Zhang and said, "As long as you do your job well and I'm here, you won't lose your job. For other things, we'll plan slowly." If it was Fourth Master, she would still consider standing in line . For the uncle, forget it. She still doesn't want to tie her family's future to a person who will be greedy for fishing.

What happened in Pu Ye made Mrs. Zhang feel that Mrs. Xiang couldn't tolerate them old people. But this does not mean that she wants to seek refuge with the Zhong family: "Mother, I know." As long as the old lady is alive, neither the wife nor the second wife can replace her. Of course, the premise is that they have no handles.

Mrs. Zhang is in charge of such a greasy job as the kitchen, so it is easy to reap the benefits. But because of mother Li's instruction, she didn't dare to go too far. Even if it is investigated, this amount is within the acceptable range of Qiu Shi and Han Jianming.

After making a decision, Mother Li stopped procrastinating and turned around to tell Qiu Shi about it.

After finishing speaking, Mother Li lowered her voice and said, "Madam, the woman in the garden said that not long after her second daughter left, Ping'er, the little girl in Madam's yard, also came out."

Qiu's complexion was a bit ugly: "I'm also involved in this matter?" Because the matter of Xuan's sisters made Qiu's heart pissed, even if Xiang gave birth to her a son, she still didn't like Xiang.

Mother Li's attitude was quite pertinent, and said: "This old slave doesn't know either." In fact, it was because of her impartial attitude that she was able to stay with the old lady all the time. If someone likes to stir up trouble, Han Jianming can't tolerate it.

"Ms. Xiang, I really misjudged her." When she said this, the beads in Qiu's hand turned much faster than usual.

People's thinking is so strange, Han Jianming has been procrastinating not to remarry, which made Qiu very anxious. At that time, let alone Xiang, a girl from a declining official family, she would not dislike even a commoner girl. But now, she regretted it.

Mother Li said: "Old Madam, let the master deal with this matter!" Qiu's heart softened, and the matter of Xiang holding the child kneeling and crying in front of her would be over, so it is best to leave it to the master to deal with it. appropriate.

As soon as the next day dawned, Zhong Minxiu came over to say hello. Qiu Shi held her hand and said, "You child, what are you doing here because you don't feel well? Go back quickly."

Mrs. Xiang would come to pay her respects sooner or later when she just married into the Han family, but Mrs. Qiu didn't have strict rules, so Mrs. Xiang only spent three days drying nets and two days fishing. After giving birth, I only come to the Upper Court on the first and fifteenth day of the junior high school. But Zhong Minxiu was not feeling well, and she never stopped saying hello sooner or later.

Zhong Minxiu said with a smile: "I will wait for grandma to eat before going back." Although it was hard work, the effect was obvious, and the old lady loved her very much. This is beyond Xiang's comparison.

Qiu Shi is the most kind-hearted, she is not willing to let Zhong Minxiu take care of her in spite of illness, so she forcefully let her go back.

After Zhong Minxiu left, Qiu Shi said to Li's mother: "Go and tell the old man to come and have lunch with me at noon." Time to go back to the backyard.

Mama Li nodded.

Han Jianming thought Qiu Shi missed him, got the news, put down what he was doing at noon and went back to the backyard.

After the mother and son had lunch, Qiu told about what happened yesterday. After finishing speaking, Qiu said sadly: "Achang, this child is getting more and more shameless. Axiu is such a good daughter-in-law, but he still messes around." I used to think that Brother Chang didn't marry a wife, so his heart was wild. Hanging around with the maid, Qiu thought that after he married a daughter-in-law, he would be at ease. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be even worse now, and even hooked up with the maids around her.

Han Jianming's face was extremely ugly: "Mother, don't worry about this matter, I will take care of it."

Qiu Shi didn't think about meddling this matter, fearing that the more she meddled, the worse it would be. However, what should be said is still to be said: "Ming'er, I will leave the general affairs to Axiu to take care of after I see it!"

Xiang's housekeeper had a lot of troubles before, but Axiu's housekeeper was in harmony inside and out. However, Han Jianming did not express his opinion immediately: "We will wait until the results of this matter come out." He expressed doubts about Qiu's ability, fearing that there was something wrong with this matter. If so, let the daughter-in-law be the housekeeper, Mrs. Xiang's face will be a little ugly.

Mother Li is glad that she acted safely, the Elder Master is still partial to Xiang Shi after all.

Qiu Shi frowned, but she didn't want to conflict with her son over this matter, so she nodded and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you."

Han Jianming was busy, and after a few words with Qiu Shi, he went back to the front yard.

Qiu Shi stood in the yard with an ugly face and said: "Xiang Shi hasn't brought the child here for several days."

Because the weather was too hot, Xiang was afraid of exposing the child to the sun, so she only hugged her every morning. But the child was not feeling well these two days, so he didn't report it.

Mother Li knew the reason, but she didn't say it. Xiang Shi should have sent someone to tell the old lady about these things, but unfortunately she didn't do so. She would be fine if she didn't apply eye drops in front of Qiu Shi, but how could she speak for her.

Qiu's face was a little ugly: "It's just that Ming'er said to let the child be with me, and she was so prepared." In fact, she is so old that she has so much energy to take care of the child. But unexpectedly, Xiang was afraid that she would snatch the child, so he didn't bring the child to her to see.

Mother Li didn't speak well of Mrs. Xiang either: "Old lady, don't think too much, children and grandchildren have their own blessings. You, just enjoy the blessings now."

Qiu Shi didn't speak. (to be continued)