Chapter Seven: Mrs. Jiang
Ning Xianbi looked coldly and sighed in her heart. Fortunately, although Old Mrs. Jiang didn't care about the third wife, she had never treated them harshly and treated them very kindly. However, compared to the big and second wife, Ning Shibo, the concubine, was naturally not put in the eyes of powerful managers, and his wife was even less visible.
At this time, Old Mrs. Jiang turned her eyes to Yu and said to her: "Is Liu Meitou so great?"
Yu smiled quickly and said, "Yes, I invited the doctor to come and see him yesterday afternoon. I said it was OK. Today I will bring her to pay my respects to my ancestors."
After saying that, Yuan smiled and said, "Miss Six is really filial, but you must not miss this day. Don't talk about the old lady, even the wives are looking forward to meeting the third old lady, I don't know what she looks like now."
Old Mrs. Jiang sighed and said, "What else can he look like in the world of desolation? Alas! I feel regretful when I think about it. I am a precious young man from the Earl's Mansion, but he has been wandering outside for most of his life. It is hard for him to survive."
Yuan and Mrs. Qu hurriedly comforted each other, and then a little maid came in and asked Yuan, "Second Mrs., breakfast in the kitchen is ready, I wonder if I will have dinner now?"
Yuan turned around and asked Mrs. Jiang and said, "The third old man still doesn't know when he will arrive. Yesterday, Lian Wang said back and forth that he was still fifty miles away. He was rushing to and from now on, so he would have to arrive in half the morning. I think the old man had to arrange for breakfast outside. The old lady and the girls might as well use it."
Old Lady Jiang nodded, so the maids entered one after another, Ning Xianbi and a few sisters accompanied Old Lady Jiang for breakfast. Mrs. Qu and Yu, both stood in front of the old Lady, serving, but the originally lively room was silent at this moment.
After Jiran's meal, everyone washed their hands and the maid brought tea. Mrs. Qu Yuan and Yu left and went back to the room to have dinner. Here, Old Mrs. Jiang talked to their sisters.
Ning Xianbi listened quietly beside her, but her thoughts flew to the upcoming third old master. Suddenly, Old Mrs. Jiang smiled and said, "Liu Yatou is still so unspeakable. This time she is sick, and she seems to be even less interested in speaking."
Ning Xianyue smiled and said, "Sixth sister is calm. Yesterday we went to visit her. There were a lot of words and answers appropriately." After saying that, she heard Old Mrs. Jiang smile, "How old is the child, should we pay attention to calmness? It is not too late to pay attention to the age of **."
Ning Xianbi looked up at Old Lady Jiang, and didn't know what it felt. In the past, she only felt that the old lady was partial and did not take the third room seriously at all. Now it seems that maybe in that life, she was quiet and gentle on the surface, but she was still frustrated in her heart, so that some concerns turned a deaf ear.
Now that I have been living again, my mentality has been completely relaxed, and I can feel the kindness and concern from around me. At least, the old lady is not as snobbish as she originally thought, and she completely ignores the third room.
Just as she was thinking, she heard the footsteps outside. It turned out that Mrs. Qu, Yuan and others had returned. She wanted to say a few words to the old lady, but this interruption was missed, so she had to lower her head and continue to act well-behaved.
After waiting for nearly an hour, even the wise and well-informed Yuanshi had nothing to say. She sent someone to the second door to read it several times, but there was no news. Everyone was anxious and heard the sound of "dongdongdongdong" footsteps outside, and then a servant's voice said outside: "Report to the old lady, the second and third wife, the third wife, the third wife, the car of the third master has stopped outside the door, and is coming here at this time.
Yuan quickly said, "Okay, go and serve the men." While stepping forward, he helped Mrs. Jiang with Mrs. Qu. Seeing tears in the old lady's eyes, Yuan also wiped the corners of her eyes with a veil, while comforting her softly: "Old lady, this is a happy event, it's a big happy event. Don't be sad, be careful."
Yu, the girls and maids and maids all followed Old Lady Jiang out. After a while, a group of people turned out from the corridor. Among them, an old man with gray hair, three long beards under his jaw, and wearing a white silk gown. He was surrounded by the three brothers Ning Shilan and Ning Shiyuan. When he saw Old Lady Jiang and others, the old man speeded up. Before he could approach, he knelt down and said in a trembling voice: "But... but sister-in-law..."
One sentence made Old Mrs. Jiang cry like rain, and she quickly said to her three sons: "Hurry up... help your uncle get up."
After saying that, he looked at the old man carefully and couldn't help crying: "I never imagined that there would be such a sad thing in the world. From the time you were born, you have seen this now. When your brother was alive, he wouldn't talk about it twice? Poor that he didn't wait for this day..." Before he could finish speaking, he beat his chest and shook his head and started crying.
The old man also cried, and said in tears: "It's all my brother who is unfilial. If I had known this, I should have come to recognize each other early. Only in those years, my brother was in a down-and-out and had no face to see his brother. Who could think of a difference in one thought, it would be a perfect separation of heaven and man..."
There was a burst of crying in Ningxinyuan for a while. After a while, Fang Tingyuan said, "Old lady, third grandfather, don't cry. We can finally get together today. This is a happy event. God takes care of you. Old lady, please invite the third grandfather into the house."
Old Mrs. Jiang remembered it and quickly wiped her tears and said, "That's right, look at me, I'm just crying, hurry up, Lan'er, help your third uncle into the house..." After that, he let him beside him. Old Mr. Jiang was not willing to enter the house before her. In the end, Old Mr. Jiang came in first, and the third Mr. San followed him in.
Needless to mention the next recognition, we talked about each other’s experiences over the years, and it was another sadness. Fortunately, Yuan’s eloquent voice and often just joked and said a few words of just right amount of sadness.
In the blink of an eye, it was noon and a banquet was held in the Fushou Hall. The third old man had his own nephews to accompany him to have a banquet on the other side of the screen, while the old man and the girls were inside.
After lunch, Mrs. Jiang talked to the third old master for a while and said, "You are also an old man. You are tired after being tired from the car and horse. I heard that you have been practicing medicine before. Now that you have returned here, you don't have to work hard for food and clothing. If you like it, continue reading your medical books and studying your medical skills. If you don't like it, you will walk with the clan elders on weekdays and read books and talk about chess around the world. This is not a bad day. I specially asked someone to arrange a yard for you in the northeast corner. Let's go and see if you are satisfied. If there is any place that needs to be added or reduced, I hope you don't want to be a heretic. Since I have returned here, I will naturally be our family. I already regard you as my younger brother in my heart, but I am afraid that you won't treat me as my sister-in-law."
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Chapter completed!