novelraw Chapter 128 Grandma Liu
Chapter 128 Grandma Liu
Ning Shan rode a horse and accompanied Yingchun and Xichun in a red-wheeled canopy car, left the main gate of the Grand View Garden, and walked along Ningrong Street towards Ronghou Mansion.I just passed the two big stone lions squatting on the north side of the street, and I just saw three gates with animal heads, but at the bottom of the wall, I saw two people with plain clothes and even patched villagers. Carrying bags on their shoulders and handbags, they hid beside the gatehouse and talked with the gatekeeper.
Ning Shan called to stop the carriage, told Yingchun and Xichun to sit down, don't get off the carriage for now, got off the horse by herself, walked to the door, and asked the door: "Who is this old woman? And which child is she carrying?" ? Why are you here?"
Seeing that the old man had returned home, the gatekeeper hurriedly saluted and said, "Greetings to the old man, the young one was blind for a while and didn't see the old man, so please forgive the young one." Jia Amnesty had already yelled countless times at home Ning Shan is the most respected in the entire Ronghou Mansion. Even if what he, the master says, conflicts with the master's orders, he must act according to the master's wishes. Therefore, in the whole mansion, anyone can offend anyone, but absolutely nothing. No one dares to neglect Ning Shan.
When the old woman heard that it was the uncle of the family, she was so frightened that she hurriedly lay down on the ground to pay her respects, and said repeatedly: "Master is happy, I didn't see the uncle last time, so I didn't know him, don't blame me, the old lady will give you Please be safe."
Ning Shan hastily avoided, stretched out her hand to support the old woman, and said anxiously: "You are so old, and doing such a big gift, wouldn't it shorten my life?" Gu's pulling the older one with one hand shows the most respect for the elderly.If the old lady in Jia's mansion hadn't insisted on making it to the sky by herself, she wouldn't have helped the silly father to go back.
The tattered but neat old woman climbed up tremblingly along Ning Shan's hand, while hurriedly explaining: "The old woman is not a bad person, nor is she a rascal who came to beat up Feng. It is true that I have received great favors from my aunt in the family in the past, and I have nothing to repay, so I have been thinking of coming to invite my aunt's Ann, which can be regarded as my best. I want to see the Ping girl who treated us very kindly last time. It was only because the farmer was busy that it was postponed to this time. Coincidentally, this year, two stones more grain was harvested, and the melons, fruits and vegetables were also plentiful. The heads were picked together, and I didn't dare to sell them. The top ones left to honor the master, wife, and uncle , Grandma, and the girls have a taste. The girls are tired of eating delicacies from mountains and seas every day, and this is a wild idea, which is our poor heart."
Although Ning Shan was a little confused, she also understood that this is an old man who knows how to repay her kindness. It must be that some grandma in the family helped her casually in the past. Now that the family's life is better, she immediately came to repay her kindness.He is really an honest, kind and grateful old man. Ning Shan admires such a character very much, and she can't help but be moved to help their grandparents and grandchildren again.And now he has an idea in his mind, which happens to need the help of a farmer to implement it.If it is possible, maybe it can be entrusted to this old man.
I just don’t know if she is going to thank Jia Zhu’s widow next door, Li Shi, or their second brother’s daughter-in-law, second grandmother, Sister Feng. This section needs to be asked clearly, after all, the difference between the two is huge. .Immediately, I looked at the door, but the door came up after the separation of the family, so I didn't know, but he was very flexible, and immediately ran to find someone to ask.
Ning Shan asked someone to pull the car in first, and sent Yingchun and Xichun back to Qixia Garden first, and asked them to help Daiyu pack her things and send them there.Yingchun also specifically ordered people to remember to tell Daiyu that she was only allowed to stay for one night, and someone would pick her up early tomorrow.
Ning Shan stood at the door by herself, waiting with the old woman, occasionally teasing the child.After a while, it was learned that the old woman's surname was Liu, and she had lost her husband in her early years. She had only one daughter, who was brought up with great difficulty and married into Wang's Village outside the city.Fortunately, the son-in-law was quite filial and took her to support him.The child she brought with her was her grandson named Ban'er, who was also brought here last time, and the grandma at home touched her head too much.There is also a granddaughter who is a few years older in the family, named Qing'er.Talking about it, she really gave away all the family's wealth.
Ning Shan listened and smiled casually. Grandma Liu saw that this old man whom she hadn't seen last time was really kind and amiable, and she felt a little more at ease. people.They are also polite and polite to poor people like them, without putting on airs.I just don't know what is the relationship between this master and the Grandma Feng I met last time. If they are a couple, I would like to congratulate Grandma Feng. Having such a good son-in-law is better than thousands of good things in the world.
After a while, the doorman came back in a hurry, and brought a young maidservant who had no head in Sister Feng's children's yard, and said quickly: "Your maidservant greets the lord, and best wishes to the lord. If you return to the lord, this old lady is from the previous year. Grandma Liu who lived in our house, the two families had not separated at that time. She claimed to have been married to the second grandmother's natal family, but at that time the second wife's wife was in charge of the house, but she didn't see her. But our second grandmother recognized this. The family relatives gave back a lot of things and money, and now they are here again, and the second mistress happened to be free, so she said that she could meet her."
The doorman flattered and said: "The matter is clear, and the uncle doesn't have to wait with you. Why don't you go home first, and let this girl take the old woman and the little boy to see the second mistress?"
Grandma Liu understood. This is the uncle, the elder brother of the second grandmother's husband. Fortunately, she didn't talk nonsense, otherwise she would be hated by others.I was very happy at the moment, and at the same time thanked Ning Shan: "I have really received a great favor from the second mistress of the family. Now that we meet again and thank you personally, it is not in vain for us to make this trip. This uncle is also a kind person , I don’t dare to delay you too much, just like this little brother said, please go home quickly, so that the grandma at home will miss you.”
Ning Shan smiled and said, "I haven't married yet."
The doorman shouted: "Don't talk nonsense, do you know who our future grandma is? That is the eldest princess of the Supreme Emperor."
Grandma Liu was so frightened that she almost knelt down again. Ning Shan glared at the doorman and said softly, "Don't be afraid, there's nothing wrong. I'm going to see my second brother too. For some things, you can come in with me."
Grandma Liu agreed with gratitude, held Ban'er's hand tightly, and followed Ning Shan step by step.The doorman who was stared at by Ning Shan knew that he had done something wrong by talking too much, so he hurriedly made up for it, and personally carried the burlap bag brought by Grandma Liu, and followed him in. Ning Shan didn't like it because of his attentive attitude. Good to blame him for something.Just waited until the gate of the East Courtyard where Jia Lian lived, put down the bag, told him not to bully others in the future, be more generous and kind to others, and don't bring disaster to the master's family, so he sent him down.
When he arrived at the gate of the East Courtyard, a little girl from Sister Feng's nursery had already greeted her, and when she saw Ning Shan, she hurriedly saluted.Ning Shan waved her hand and said, "Is your second master at home? If he is, tell him to come to my place. There are some things to say. If not, that's all. You just remember to tell him to get up early tomorrow and go to court with me. Tell him on the way."
The girl agreed bluntly, and repeated it articulately. Ning Shan heard it right, and took out a silver coin from her purse to reward the girl, and asked her to take good care of Grandma Liu and her grandson Ban'er. I went to see Sister Feng in the inner room, and then went back to my upper room in the northeast corner.
Here, Grandma Liu sent Ning Shan away with a thousand thanks, and said to the little girl: "Please trouble this girl, send us to meet Second Grandma and kowtow. I just don't know what to call you?"
The girl pursed her lips and smiled softly: "Don't dare to be a grandma. Girl, my name is Xiaohong. I just came to work in the Second Grandma's courtyard not long ago. I wasn't here when you came here last time." Leading the way, I sent Grandma Liu to the west wing of a side courtyard in the inner room, let them sit for a while, and then went back to the second grandma by myself.
As soon as Grandma Liu followed the girl named Xiaohong into the room, she felt a burst of fragrance hit her face, but she didn't know what it was, and her body seemed to be in the clouds.Everything in the room is dazzling, making people dizzy.
After Xiaohong lifted the curtain and went out, Grandma Liu took the courage to look around. First, she saw a big red soft curtain hanging on a copper hook outside the door. Standing on the board wall is a suozi brocade backrest and a guide pillow, covered with a large mattress covered with glittering gold threads, with a silver spit box inside, and various other Western wall clocks, mercury mirrors, gold inlaid jade plates and so on.
Grandma Liu watched and chanted Buddha's words again and again. She just felt that the house was more luxurious and luxurious than what she saw when she came back last time. It can be seen that Second Grandma's life has become more and more comfortable in the past two years.
After a while, Xiaohong came back, followed by a middle-aged woman who looked like a servant, Xiaohong called her Aunt Zhang.This person was originally the daughter-in-law of Zhang Cai, one of Jia Lian's men who was in charge of carriages and horses. Now she also works with Sister Feng, taking care of the cleaning of all the things in the courtyard.At this time, Sister Feng was not free, so she sent Zhang Cai's family to come and have a look first.
Grandma Liu didn't know Zhang Cai's family, but when she saw Xiaohong calling her aunt, she knew in her heart that this must be a servant of the Jia family who was more honorable than Xiaohong, so she hurriedly jumped up to say hello, and said hello to Sister Feng. He said the words again, while pulling the burlap bag he brought, and dumped most of the jujube, pumpkin and some wild vegetables in the kang.
Zhang Cai's family just sat and watched. Originally, they wanted to prevent Grandma Liu from dumping the rural things on the kang, but before they could speak, they had already started to do it.After a closer look, all the items were washed, clean, and they didn't look dirty when they were poured on the kang, so they stopped and stopped.Xiaohong waved her hand to signal the other two or three maidservants to come forward to help, and piled up the fresh melons, fruits and vegetables that Grandma Liu had brought over.
This side was working, when suddenly the curtain was raised again, and a big maidservant with pink face and spring came in. When Grandma Liu saw that she was covered in silk, gold and silver, and beautiful, she was more decent than ordinary grandmas. Immediately recognized that it was Ping'er whom I had met last time, jumped down to the ground, and asked repeatedly: "How are you, girl? How have you been living comfortably? Looking at the girl today, I think it's a happy event. Congratulations one or two."
Ping'er smiled and said: "Thank you for your trouble." He let sit down again, and sat down himself, and then said: "Aunt Zhang sit down." He ordered the little girl: "Pour tea."
Zhang Cai's family said with a smile: "As this grandma said, the girl's face is a little pimple today, and the circles of her eyes are red."
Ping'er smiled and said: "That's right, the old lady held a crab feast in the Grand View Garden, and we maidservants also gave us dignity, allowing us to eat and drink as we please, no, after being dragged and force-fed for a few minutes by the mandarin ducks and Xiren, we became That's it."
Zhang Cai's family said with a smile: "I wanted to drink, but no one let me. If someone invites a girl tomorrow, take me there."
Ping'er laughed and said: "Our family originally wanted to hold a crab feast. Our grandma was almost ready, but the old lady suddenly called her. As a last resort, we had to postpone it for a few days. If there are any scattered , I will definitely remember Aunt Zhang."
Zhang Cai’s family hurriedly shook their hands and heads, and declined with a smile: “I don’t have the good fortune to eat this. I heard that the crabs in our house are all rewarded by the emperor to the uncle. The masters can enjoy them. If I Take a bite, I'm afraid it will shorten my life."
Grandma Liu was speechless when she heard it: "My God, it was actually rewarded by the emperor. It is the best thing in the world. The man in the house must be a very important official. But I just saw it at the door. Young and handsome son, I don't want to have such great ability, don't be born by a god." Everyone laughed when he said this.
Ping'er covered the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand, and said with a smile: "That's not the case. Our uncle is the famous "God of War". Back then, he beat the northern Xinjiang barbarians back to the depths of the grassland. Marquis of Zhenbei; this year, he defeated the Qianxiang Kingdom on the sea again, even the queen was captured, and the entire Qianxiang Kingdom was brought down, and became a county of our Daxing overseas, and the emperor granted him the title of Lord Protector .Thinking about it this way, isn't it the "Wu Qu Xing" who descended to the mortal world that day to have such unrivaled feats?"
Grandma Liu was dumbfounded in shock: "Good girl, don't fool me, silly old woman. It was the young master who defeated the barbarians on the sea this year?" , the folks are also like thunder, and it is a mess, and there are all kinds of theories. The most talked about is that General Ning was born eight feet tall, with eyebrows and eyes, green face and fangs, and a big knife in his hand. Taking the head of an enemy general in the army is like a game, but no one knows that it is such a young, handsome and scholarly general.
Everyone laughed and said: "Who dares to say such nonsense, it is really our uncle."
Grandma Liu opened her mouth wide in surprise: "Such a capable young man, who is very good at being an official and fighting in wars, is so kind, and treats a poor woman like me with the same courtesy and amiability. It's really amazing. It’s weird to say that I’m going to marry a princess in the future, if you say something disrespectful, I’m afraid the other girls won’t be worthy of it.”