Bend Over [ 折腰 ] - Chapter 22

[Chapter 22 Untitled]

The next morning, before dawn, Wei Shao got up and left. He went to No End City and personally picked up his grandmother Mrs. Xu back to Yuyang. It takes about three or four days to go back and forth on the road.

Wei Shao got up and naturally didn’t want Xiao Qiao to serve or anything. But Xiao Qiao quickly got up with him.

It’s really impossible to be like when I was in Xindu, when I was alone, I could sleep until very late and get up late.

In the morning and evening, the son can be omitted because of all kinds of busyness, and the daughter-in-law has no excuse to avoid it. Even if she knew that the mother-in-law hated her, she had to go through this scene.

She finished dressing and was about to go to the East Room. When she left the room, she subconsciously glanced at the box Wei Shao had asked about her last night, and found that it was gone.

Xiao Qiao came to the front of the main room of the East House on time and stood in the corridor waiting for Mrs. Zhu to summon her. In fact, the whole Wei family’s servant circle was spreading the news about what happened last night.

It is said that the servants were telling the story, and the lady asked people to listen to the man and the bride’s walls, but the man found out, the man was furious on the spot, and cut the door with his sword.

Mrs. Zhu was not very popular in the mansion on weekdays. When such a strange thing happened, the servants were behind the scenes, and naturally it was rumored.

Xiao Qiao and the servant girls who were serving outside the East Room stared at each other for a long time. A servant girl named Jiang who was serving next to Mrs. Zhu came out with a sullen face and said that she could go in.

Xiao Qiao went into the room that she went to yesterday. Mrs. Zhu was still in the same posture as yesterday, sitting upright on the couch. Just on the side, the Zheng Shu was missing.

Mrs. Zhu’s face was ugly, Xiao Qiao went in to greet her, she turned her head slightly, and said nothing.

Jiang Mi said coldly: “As the wife of the Wei family, there are some rules that you still need to know. Yesterday, the madam didn’t have time to teach a lesson, and now the maid will teach you a lesson. Lady, listen carefully.

” Respect.”

“As a wife of the Wei family, you must be familiar with women’s etiquette, abide by women’s ethics, be filial to your uncles and aunts, respect your family, be virtuous, be obedient, and do nothing for personal reasons. Do you remember?

” Joe repeated it, saying yes.

“Very good. Madam got up early and hasn’t had breakfast yet. Can the maid go to the kitchen and make a bowl of soup for Madam herself?”

Xiao Qiao raised her eyes slightly and looked at Madam Zhu.

Her eyes were half open and half closed.

Where is it that she has not eaten breakfast to make it for her. It’s deliberately dismissing myself from work, and then tossing it. Xiao Qiao dares to decide that she really wants to cook and do it. When the next service comes, Mrs. Zhu is very picky and asks her to redo it. Such an infinite loop is still light. It’s unfortunate, I’m really unlucky.

Seeing that Xiao Qiao was not moving, Jiang Yi showed a sneer on her face: “Why, the lady doesn’t want to?”

Xiao Qiao has already declined. Ready-made, borrowed for use. He said, “Don’t dare. Cooking for my mother-in-law is my duty, how can I shirk it? It’s just a little inconvenient. My grandmother’s 60th birthday is approaching. After I found out, I made a wish in front of the Buddha that day to serve My grandmother copied a volume of the Infinite Longevity Sutra by hand to pray for her longevity. There are many scriptures, and my grandmother’s birthday is tight. Although I diligently copy it every day, the progress is still limited. The wish that I made was not fulfilled in time, I am afraid it went against the original intention, because it was not fulfilled.”

“In addition, there is another one,” Xiao Qiao paused, and said, “It is really because I expressed my sincerity, I made a vow at that time, Before the scriptures were completed, I became a vegetarian, and my body was not tainted with meat and fish. If I go in and out of the kitchen at this moment, I may be unclean. I beg my mother-in-law for understanding

. When Joe finished speaking, he lowered his head.

She was certain that when she moved out of Madam Xu’s big Buddha, Madam Zhu could no longer force herself.

Luoyang is now flourishing Buddha. According to the news from Chunniang, Mrs. Xu also worshipped Buddha. She copied the scriptures for the old lady to congratulate her on her birthday and prayed for her. What could be more important than this?

Sure enough, Mrs. Zhu’s face was even more ugly.

The room fell silent. After a while, Xiao Qiao finally heard the Jiang woman reluctantly say, “If that’s the case, you can go.”

Xiao Qiao kowtowed to Madam Zhu again, got up and retire. Back in his room, he changed into loose home clothes and lay on the couch, thinking of the expression on Wei Shao’s mother just now, he wanted to laugh and was a little worried.

She is not worried about the scriptures.

In her last life, she grew up in a family of poetry and calligraphy. Her parents were both university professors, and they were familiar with her. She also learned calligraphy since she was a child. Because of congenital frailty and illness, when he was in his twenties, he finally passed away, and somehow, he woke up and became the current Xiao Qiao. Previously in Dongjun, for the purpose of passing the time, one after another, he copied a volume of the immeasurable longevity scriptures on silk that is now very much admired by believers. Books are precious these days, and when they get married, they pack up and bring them out. If you use it for the old lady’s birthday, just take it and frame it in two days.

What worries her is that although Madam Zhu’s trouble this morning was blocked by the old lady’s birthday, this excuse can still be used for a few more days. When Mrs. Xu’s birthday is over, what should Wei Shao’s mother do if she continues to struggle with her?

Thinking of the future, if the next day will always be like this with Wei Shao’s mother, Xiao Qiao suddenly feels boring, and his eyes are dark.

…

A few days later, Xiao Qiao went out the door and went to a red frame shop in the city to frame.

In fact, with the status of the Wei family, it is completely possible to call the people in the shop here, but this is a birthday gift for Mrs. Xu. Even if she has already made preparations, she will also be disliked by Mrs. Xu. Xiao Qiao still hopes to try her best. Frame the things perfectly, and go to the shop yourself, whether it is the pattern or color matching, there are more choices, so this afternoon, I sent someone to the East House to say something, and ordered the car to be prepared, and I went out by myself. door.

This is her first time going out.

Yuyang City is quite large. After decades of rule by three generations of the Wei family, there are more than 10,000 household registrations in the city alone, and the population is even more than hundreds of thousands. The houses on both sides of the street are close to each other, there is an endless stream of cars and horses, and the goods from the north and the south are all available.

The best crafted red shop in the city is located on a street in the east of the city. Because the street was narrow and there were many passers-by, Xiao Qiao stopped the carriage at the street intersection a few dozen steps away, and entered the shop, accompanied by Chunniang and another maid.

Her appearance is really outstanding, so after walking a few dozen steps, she attracted a lot of attention, and passers-by looked at her one after another, and some of them had to look back when they passed.

Xiao Qiao entered the shop. Although she did not show her identity, the shopkeeper had a pair of eyes that knew people. Although she was young, she looked like a fourteen-five-year-old, but she was dressed as a woman, with strict and beautiful clothes. People dare not look directly, it must be the bride of the big family in the city, and her attitude is very respectful. When Xiao Qiao took out the scroll of silk that had been copied, and unfolded it, the shopkeeper saw the words, his eyes lit up, and he praised: “I have written countless silks in my life, and it is the first time I have seen such elegant and elegant words, and I don’t know who it came from. ?”

Naturally, Zhao Ti couldn’t be seen in this world, and Xiao Qiao was just imitating it. A few vague words to explain the intention. Hearing that it was to congratulate the old lady of the Wei family, the shopkeeper did not dare to neglect, and immediately exhibited many color patterns.

Xiao Qiao picked it up slowly, and finally found a pattern named Zhu Si Jin Lan, but the shopkeeper shook his head and said, “Unfortunately, this Zhu Si Jin Lan has already been ordered by the guests, this is the only one, lady. If you need it urgently, can you choose something else?”

“If she likes it, let her do it! It’s okay for me to change it!”

A loud voice suddenly came from the door.

Xiao Qiao looked up and saw a man who looked like he was twenty-seven or eighty-years-old turned over from a fat horse, threw the reins to his entourage, and strode into the store.

This man is very strong, and his appearance is quite heroic. Although he is dressed in regular clothes, his attitude is very unrestrained. If there is no one else around, it can be seen that he should be a person with status. When he got close, he looked at Xiao Qiao with bright eyes, revealing a faint surprise.

Xiao Qiaoben is also used to the attention from men. But this man, looking at her, implied a kind of persecution, with a bell-like meaning.

Feeling unpleasant intuitively, she turned around.

But the shopkeeper recognized the man, with a flattering smile on his face, hurriedly greeted him and bowed: “Wei Shijun, the longevity you want will be ready tomorrow, and it will be delivered to the mansion for you, how dare you bother Shijun Come here in person?”

The man surnamed Wei said, “I just came back from Dai County today, and I remembered that I was passing by, so I just asked.” His mouth was talking, but his eyes were looking at Xiao Qiao’s back intermittently. The shopkeeper said with a smile

, “How dare you delay what the old lady used to celebrate her birthday? You can rest assured!” The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, then he came to understand and quickly smiled at Xiao Qiao: “The one that the female gentleman liked just now is the one who will leave. It’s just that the envoy said that if the female gentleman likes it, you can leave it to the girl. Jun.” The man happened to be surnamed Wei, and he mentioned what the old lady was using to celebrate her birthday. Xiao Qiao turned her head subconsciously, glanced at him, and bumped into his eyes that were still looking at him. He couldn’t help frowning. “No, I’ll change it.” She said lightly. He pointed to another pattern, agreed a good date, left a deposit, turned around and left without looking at the man again. The man watched Xiao Qiao’s back, and watched her from a distance as she boarded the carriage parked at the intersection. When he was slightly lost, the shopkeeper followed and said, “It’s a coincidence that this lady wants to be mounted. The silk cloth that I gave to you is also a birthday gift for the old lady of your house. I just didn’t hear her mention that he came from that family.” The man looked surprised, hesitated, took the rein from his hand, and got on the horse. back. Xiao Qiao returned to Wei’s house, and this episode was soon relieved. In the evening, word came that Wei Shao picked up the old lady and arrived home.

[End of This Chapter]