Bend Over [ 折腰 ] - Chapter 26

[Chapter 26: Shou Tang]

Zhu Shi was stunned.

When people are married, men’s first marriage age is mostly fourteen and fifteen to eighteen, nine, women are thirteen four to sixteen seven, like Zheng Chuyu eighteen, nine has not yet married, unless there is another reason, or physical condition is ugly, or the family is poor and can not afford to make up, otherwise it is extremely rare.

Zhu Shi lost her husband’s eldest son in his early years, and only One son was left under his knees, so it was inevitable that he would shift all his focus to this only son. Originally bent on letting her son marry her niece, but Zheng Nu was not born enough, knowing that Lady Xu would not allow it, she retreated to the second, hoping that her son would take her as a concubine, so that not only would she be able to kiss her, but she could also keep her niece by her side. Wei Zheng was getting older, but things were slow to progress, and in the past two years, she had become anxious, and it was inevitable that she would urge Wei Shao to be tighter. He didn’t want him to give in for half a minute, and on the first night he came back, he did something like this, which made her lose face in front of the next person.

She didn’t blame her son for sweeping his face and transferring all his anger to Qiao Nu. These days have been sullen, this morning I saw my son and the bride late, I thought that my son must have been confused by that Qiao girl Israel, this greedy and late rise, the heart is even more stuffy, just a moment ago, still thinking about this, suddenly heard Mrs. Xu left herself originally to say this, the heart giggled, the face showed embarrassment.

“Why don’t you talk?” Are you unable to find the right person, or can’t you get makeup? If it is not convenient for you, I will look for someone, and the makeup will be from me.
When
Zhu Shi could not speak, he listened to Madam Xu say this again without hesitation, raised his eyes, and faced her gaze. Seeing the mother-in-law’s one-eyed stare at herself, her heart became weak, and she reluctantly smiled: “How can this be the reason!” The mother-in-law should also know that in the past two years, it is the lower family member, and she has always regarded Chu Yu as Zhonglin’s roommate, and if she is married at this time, I am afraid that it is a little inappropriate…”

Lady Xu said: “The next person is ignorant, as the master mother of the Wei family, if you don’t discipline it, how can you be pulled by the next person?” In a family like us, a man is a concubine, and he also has to pay tribute. No etiquette, no name, when did Zheng Nu become a person in Zhonglin’s room? Zhu Shi

did not dare to look directly at Lady Xu, and only defended: “Mother-in-law does not know, I have already told Zhonglin about this, Zhonglin did not say that he could not, but he has been outside before, and now he has just returned home, and he has married a new wife, and it is not appropriate to mention this immediately.” Originally, I thought that after some time, I would get things done.
Madame
Xu snorted, “How did I hear that the night before Zhonglin returned, a mother-in-law went to the West House to listen to the roots in the corner of the wall, and Zhonglin was angry and cut down the door?” What mother-in-law would dare to commit such a crime? I’m old, people are lazy, and I’m handing over all the affairs of the family here to you, and that’s how you discipline people? Zhu Shi was

full of shame, but she didn’t expect that Madame Xu also knew about this, and she didn’t dare to make a sound anymore and lowered her head.

“I know that you have not been easy all these years, and I have seen it in my eyes.”

Madame Xu’s voice eased, “You stayed at home with Lady Zheng out of love. Just love to love, and then go on like this, it will only delay the girl’s life, leave you to talk in the morning, there is no other meaning, but to remind you. Zhu Shi

bowed his head and said with tears in his eyes: “The daughter-in-law knows that her mother-in-law is kind.” After he returned, he followed the instructions of his mother-in-law and found a suitable family for Chu Yu, and he did not dare to delay any longer.
Madame
Xu smiled faintly and nodded, “If you can think like this, I will be relieved.” And nothing else, go ahead. Zhu Shi wiped

away his tears with a papier-mâché, respectfully retreated, returned to the East House, and told Zheng Chuyu about what he had just been left by Lady Xu to talk about.

Zheng Chuyu was stunned, slowly, his eyes were red, he leaned over the bed crying, and bowed down: “My aunt loves Chu Yu, Chu Yu can’t repay it, or let me go earlier, so as not to stay like this, so that my aunt will be caught in the middle in vain!” Zhu Shi

had loved her niece, stayed by her side for many years, and regarded her as a daughter, not to mention that she believed in what Wu Zhu said, and believed that Zheng Nu was her own Jiren, and when she saw Zheng Nu crying, she was extremely distressed, and hurriedly helped her arm to comfort her: “Mo sad.” Fang was in the old lady’s place, and I was just vain. I already regarded you as a zhonglin person in my heart, so how could I arrange for you to marry another one?

Zheng Chuyu choked up: “Chu Yu is useless, so staying in the Wei family, the status is embarrassing, and the years are staggered, these are all harmless, that is, no one wants it for a lifetime, and I am willing to serve my aunt.” But now that the old lady can’t tolerate me, how can I embarrass my aunt again? Or marry someone better, the peddler pawn, I don’t pick…”

“Nonsense! How could my aunt give it up! Zhu Shi

hurriedly stopped her, took Zheng Chuyu in his arms to comfort her, and said: “You can rest assured, old lady, I will delay it for the time being on the grounds of finding a suitable family, and I don’t expect her to be embarrassed immediately.” On Zhonglin’s side, my aunt thought about it for you and got things done as soon as possible. I will never marry you like this. ”

……

Zheng Chuyu was not born tall, in his teens, he became an orphan daughter, no one in his father’s clan was reliable, fortunately there was Zhu Shi, who was the aunt of the Wei family’s main mother, who was sheltered, after being received to the Wei family, she was dressed in fine clothes and jade food, in and out of the maids and servants, living a life of a superior person, from frugality to luxury, from luxury to simplicity, Wei Shao was young and heroic, her posture was dashing, her heart had long been sent to him, how could she be willing to leave halfway? Chu’s intention to give her to her son is exactly what she wants.

In fact, at the beginning, she had not moved the idea of marrying Wei Shao as a proper wife. Knowing that his identity was not enough, in order to bless the weight, he saw that the Zhu clan believed in wu Zhu and obeyed the words of the Yushan witch, so he secretly prepared a heavy bribe and begged the witch to speak for himself in front of the Zhu clan. The great witch received the money and naturally did things for her, and she became the jiren of the Zhu clan, and since then the Zhu clan has valued her even more.

It is a pity that the Zhu family is in the Wei family, and after all, it is not the person who has the final say. Not only was Lady Xu pressed on top, but even Wei Shao did not obey his mother. Zheng Chuyu knew that marrying Wei Shao as his wife was probably a rare thing to do, and then he could only retreat to the second place, and it was not impossible to commit herself to being a concubine. After all these years had passed, she had already stumbled to the age of eighteen, not to mention that it had happened, Wei Shao had not even looked at her for two years when she returned. Her heart was also confused and uneasy, fortunately, Wei Shao had never married a wife, and there was no other woman around her, so she waited day by day with comfort. At the end of last year, when she heard the news, it was said that Wei Shao had married Yanzhou Qiao Nu as a wife in Xindu, and Lady Xu also sent Zhong Mi by her side to be a deacon.

At that time, when he first heard this news, Zheng Chuyu was really like a cat scratching his heart, and then he thought again, Wei Qiao and his two families have a vendetta, Wei Shao’s marrying Qiao Daughter should be an ulterior motive, even if Qiao Daughter marries over, life will not be better in the future, Wei Shao will not really treat him with wife courtesy, and sooner or later he will definitely marry his wife, he did not expect to be his wife, he married such a room of wife, it is actually a good thing for her.

Although the Zhu family had loved her before, once the Zhu family came out of the East House, no one in the Wei family would treat her as the official master. Even the servants dared to talk about her climbing the throne and becoming an old girl behind her back. She was not resentful. Thinking of this Qiao girl coming, she will definitely be treated coldly in the future, and in comparison, she is not a joke. Thinking like this, my heart not only became comfortable, but I vaguely hoped that she would come earlier.

That day, she learned that Wei Shao and Qiao Nu had returned home, and she returned home from Yushan with Zhu Shi, knowing that her aunt would never give Qiao Nu a good face, and she had come back with the idea of watching jokes, and she didn’t expect that Qiao Nu actually looked like a heavenly person and was as good as Xianlan. Zheng Chuyu was also conceited and beautiful, compared with her, bleak and dull, and saw her and Wei Shao standing side by side, when they saluted Zhu Shi, they were like a pair of Tiancheng Bi people, at that time they were greatly hit, and at night, Wei Shao did not let himself into the room as Zhu Shi requested, but on the contrary, the servant woman who was sent by her aunt to spy on the end was discovered by Wei Shao, although she was frightened at that time, but according to her return description, Wei Shao and the Qiao girl should have slept in the same bed. Zheng Chuyu was disappointed, these days are troubled, has been secretly paying attention to the movements of the West House, looking forward to the news that Wei Shao is slow to treat Qiao Nu, but this morning the two of them are still late, it seems that there is ambiguity, Mrs. Xu who has been indifferent to herself seems to have a lot of tolerance for Qiao Nu, Zheng Chuyu is jealous and hateful, and her heart is confused, just now Zhu Shi came back and said so, crying sadly, but it is not a fraud. Fortunately, the aunt’s attitude was resolute, Zheng Chuyu leaned on her arms to comfort her, and her heart was slightly settled, and she said with tears: “The matter has come to an end, is there any way for my aunt to stay with me?”

Zhu Shi hesitated and said, “And looking for an empty space, my aunt went to the fishing mountain to find the great witch to ask for a divination, and then make a calculation.” ”

……

Three days later, Mrs. Xu’s birthday arrived.

With the wei family’s status in the north today, Lady Xu’s great birthday, not only many nobles in Youzhou are proud to receive invitations to visit the door to celebrate their birthday, outside Youzhou, the nearby Bohai, Renqiu, Leling and other places are too guarded to give up their way, personally rushing to Yuyang Heshou, the rest can not come in person, sending people to present their intentions on their behalf. Because Lady Xu was originally from the Zhongshan Kingdom, Liu Duan, the current King of Zhongshan, was still her distant nephew, and although the people did not arrive, they also sent emissaries to come to celebrate the birthday on their behalf. On the same day, many people spontaneously came to the door of the Wei family and knelt down to Pay Homage to Lady Xu at the next door. Lady Xu was deeply touched to learn of this, and brought Wei Shao wei to the gate in person to return the salute to the people. There are many pomp and circumstance, and there is no need to repeat them.

The hand-copied immeasurable life sutra that Xiao Qiao enshrined as a birthday gift seemed to be quite liked by Madame Xu.

When the paper has appeared, but the texture is rough, not used for a long time, formal books, the carrier is still based on simple books, books. The simple book is bulky, copying a volume of immeasurable life, you need to pull a cart to carry, the book is light, but it is expensive, in addition to the material, there can be no negligence when copying, the wrong word, the whole book can only be invalidated, extremely laborious.

Xiao Qiao presented this volume of the Immeasurable Life Sutra, bound with elegant beauty, the font is special, and the scripture is cast into Mrs. Xu’s heart, and she learned that she copied it herself, and specially transferred it to people close bystanders to read. Among the guests was Gao Heng of Bohai, a famous calligrapher and painter of the moment, who came to Yuyang with Bohai Taishou to celebrate the birthday of Lady Xu, saw the calligraphy, and greatly appreciated, praising the charm and elegance, the tight body, and the hidden demeanor of everyone.

Gao Heng is a calligrapher, a calligrapher, adept at gold stones, and a general law, and has the reputation of “Bohai Crown”. He praised it all, and the rest of the people naturally praised it even more. Lady Xu was very happy, and after taking it back, she personally handed it to Zhong Mi and ordered her to put it away.

At noon that day, the Wei family set up a feast in the front hall, and the guests were like clouds. It just so happened that among the people of the Wei family, Wei Shao had a clan uncle, who followed Wei Jing to attack Li Su ten years ago, in order to kill the bleeding road to save the young lord, he was stabbed several times in his body, and came back with serious wounds and died, leaving behind an orphan and widowed mother, who was treated favorably by Lady Xu. Now that child is an adult, the same age as Wei Shao, has a family, just gave birth to a son a year ago, it is also coincidental that the birthday is the same day as Lady Xu, and today is exactly one year old.

Out of love and affection, mrs. Xu also wanted to give the child a long face, and two days ago called the child’s grandmother Zhang Shi to come over, discussing the big gift of the first birthday, and finally let her hug over to celebrate, adding to the festive liveliness.

Although Mrs. Xu said that it was to add to the festivities, the child’s grandmother was also an understanding person, knowing that this was Mrs. Xu treating each other with honor and kindness, how could she not be willing? Rejoicing, I went home and made thorough preparations. At noon on this day, the hall was full of guests, and the child was also carried out by the birth mother in a cluster of flowers dressed up and sat down on the bed.

When the week is finished, the shou noodles will be on the table, and the shou feast will also be opened.

Catching Zhou is the name of later generations, which is called “Trial”, which was first only popular in the Jiangnan area, and now it is gradually rising in the north. Although the names are different, they are generally similar, and the expectations of the elders contained in them are the same for the younger generations.

The child was a little chubby, wearing a new dress, and was put on the bed by his mother, accompanied by his nursing mother. On the bed, nearest to him, there were books, bows and arrows, rune seals, followed by pearl shells, ivory, rhino horns, and farther away, where he could not reach, it was some food toys and other things. After putting the child down, the nursing mother teased and led him to grab the things around him.

Today there are many guests, not rich or expensive, in order to ensure that there is no mistake, the child’s family has already fed the child before coming, and repeatedly taught him to grasp the book Jane bow and arrow, at home, the practice is very smooth, do not want to suddenly be in the Huatang, all sides are people who do not know, the child does not know whether he is frightened or full of sleepiness, sitting there without moving, let the nursing mother how to tease, do not go to grab the things in front of him. The child’s mother saw the situation and hurried up to tease herself. The child just doesn’t grasp, looks stupid, and doesn’t move.

Mrs. Xu was originally also out of goodwill, thinking that the birthday was the same day as herself, it was rare to have such a fate, she wanted to add light to the child, did not want the child to be afraid of the stage, at first it was not expected, moreover, the guests in the hall were waiting, and the child grabbed something, and the birthday feast was opened.

The scene is slightly embarrassing.

Mrs. Xu saw the child’s mother’s face burnt, and the guests invited to watch the ceremony gradually stopped laughing, and looked at the child sitting on the bed, feeling a little regretful, she should not have made such a suggestion at the beginning, originally out of good intentions, but it made people disappointed. Seeing that the child’s mother was in a hurry, the child was frightened, and there was a faint state of crying, so he looked at Zhong Mi who was standing next to him, and was trying to signal her to find an excuse to hold the child down, and overheard a smiling woman’s voice behind her saying: “There is a hundred rivers in the eyes.” The wall is full of desirelessness. When this child grows up, he must have a broad vision and not be a mediocre person. Mrs. Xu’s

heart was relaxed. Turning his head, he saw that it was Little Joe who was following behind him. Unexpectedly, she actually broke the siege for herself in time, and this encirclement, the solution was still clever, and without moving, she immediately resolved the embarrassment.

The guests were also frightened at first, reacted, and nodded their heads in agreement, and the child’s mother finally breathed a sigh of relief, a smile appeared on her face, and hurriedly picked up the child, sent him to Mrs. Xu near, and hugged her to congratulate her.

Mrs. Xu smiled and asked Zhong Mi to carry the child over and sit on her lap, seeing that he was white and fat, he should have been really frightened just now, very fond of it, ordered the outside hall to hold a banquet, and then looked at Xiao Qiao and nodded slightly at her.

Although it was only a nod, Xiao Qiao saw a hint of praise in Madame Xu’s eyes, which immediately made her feel a lot calmer in her heart.

From the first moment he saw Wei Shao’s grandmother, Xiao Qiao felt that this old lady who only had one eye left was full of an elusive feeling.

If her attitude towards herself was similar to that of Lady Zhu or Wei Shao, there was nothing to say. Marry her for the value of Yanzhou.

But Mrs. Xu was different.

Of course, Xiao Qiao had also heard of Madame Xu’s previous experience of running the family. There is no doubt that this is an unusual woman. It was precisely because of this that Xiao Qiao felt even more puzzled by her decision to let Wei Shao marry herself, the daughter of the enemy family.

However, it didn’t matter if she couldn’t figure it out, as long as Madame Xu was good to her.

Lady Xu was naturally good to her, especially after seeing Wei Shao and fucking style, this old lady was like a living bodhisattva with a circle of holy light on her head, and Xiao Qiao was simply flattered.

But that is only limited to the general normal attitude of the elders to the younger generations, which is self-aware, and Little Joe still has it.

But just now, things seem to have changed a little bit.

Because her inspiration moved to resolve this embarrassing situation, Xiao Qiao saw from the glance of praise that Madam Xu turned her head to look at herself, and saw that Madam Xu should have had a little more different feelings about herself.

Say not happy?

Of course not!

She was very happy.

To be honest, she hasn’t thought about it for five years, what she’s going to do in ten years.

According to the trajectory of his past life, that Wei Shao was very likely to be cruel to himself and the Qiao family.

Chunniang had previously persuaded her to serve Wei Shao gently, to put it bluntly, to put it bluntly, to change his fate by obsessing with him.

Chunniang was blindly confident in her and full of expectations, but to tell the truth, Xiao Qiao did not have half a confidence in herself.

Her beauty may be able to catch the hearts of most men in this world, but this Wei Shao seems to belong to the minority of immunity.

He really hated himself, or rather, joe’s family.

She couldn’t imagine taking off her clothes and naked in front of him.What vicious words he would use to humiliate her. This kind of difficult work, which is very likely to end up with self-inflicted humiliation, even if she has to lose her head tomorrow, she needs to carefully consider it before implementing it. Since there was no door for the time being, the focus could only be on Madame Xu first.

Now it seems that her luck is very good, even God is helping her.

Little Qiao couldn’t help but fall in love with this little chubby mound in Madame Xu’s arms.

It’s just Auntie’s little lucky star!

As soon as Xiao Fat Dun was hugged down from the stage where he wanted him to perform for adults to see, it was as if he had unsheathed the spell of fixation, and he immediately became energetic, with his eyes wide open, looking east and west, looking very cute. The women in the shou hall moved closer, competing for praise and competing for wheel hugs.

“You come to hug too.” Madame Xu suddenly smiled at Xiao Qiao.

Sometimes people have the custom of taking turns holding children after the test, especially those women who are in urgent need of heirs, and there is a saying that they are happy to have children.

The rest of the women all laughed and giggled, and turned their heads to look at Wei Shao, who was greeting the guests at the door of the Shou Hall.

He also seemed to notice the movement inside, a little absent-minded, and his two eyes glanced at Little Joe from time to time.

Little Fat Dun’s mother personally carried the child and sent it to Little Joe’s hand.

Xiao Qiao knew that Wei Shao was still there, glanced at the door, and just bumped into him looking at himself.

Little Joe showed a shy smile that a bride should have, carefully took the little fat mound from the woman’s hand, hugged it firmly, and teased it a few times.

Little Fat Dun gave her a lot of face and giggled. The people on the side laughed too.

“Old lady, at this time next year, the old lady will be able to hold her grandson!”

A woman laughed and giggled in delight.

Little Joe looked shy and returned the child. Couldn’t help but glance at Wei Shao again.

He looked as if he were slightly stiff, and just as someone was shouting at the bottom of the steps outside the door, he paused, turned around and walked away quickly.

[End of This Chapter]