Chapter 243 Fainted with anger
It's only three days away from the Mid-Autumn Festival. The wealthy families have nothing to do, so they have been carefully preparing for the festival early. Recently, the festive atmosphere in the two Xu family mansions has become increasingly strong. The fruits, mooncakes, fine wine, big fat crabs and other items bestowed by the palace have been delivered to the Hou Mansion. After thanking the emperor for the grace, they went to the ancestral hall to burn incense and offer tributes to their ancestors. The elders of the clan were also invited to be present. The old lady ordered in public in the ancestral hall to the air: The ancestors are not the ancestors of one person, and no one can eat alone. According to the old customs of previous years, the imperial gifts will be distributed to the elders of the clan, and the rest will be distributed to each room!
Xu Junying felt uncomfortable when he saw his grandmother act like this. Everyone knew the reason. Just divide it, why bother to act like that? It makes people think that Meimei is petty, but in fact, she is not that kind of petty person. Fearing that Meimei would be unhappy, he only looked at the female relatives, but saw Meimei talking to Ning Rulan as if nothing had happened. Bai Jingyu walked over and said something to her. Meimei's eyes moved, first glanced at the people next to her, then looked at the old lady, her eyes were indifferent and cold, without saying a word, she walked out of the ancestral hall with Bai Jingyu.
He smiled bitterly: Meimei's attitude is that she doesn't regard the old lady as an elder at all, and when has the old lady ever regarded her as a junior? The grandmother who has always been kind and loving just can't accommodate Meimei. This is another helpless thing, but it is related to himself. He didn't marry Zhuang Yulan back then, and decided to marry Qin Meiniang. Now it seems that no matter what choice is right or wrong, it is difficult to judge whether it is right or wrong. If he marries Zhuang Yulan, his life will pass by so dullly. It is impossible for him to have Meimei who makes him heartbroken. Marrying Qin, however, has killed several lives, but Meimei is here... Xu Junying sighed: If he were allowed to choose again, he would still choose the latter and wait for Meimei to come!
You can blame him for being cruel, but he can only follow his heart. Without Meimei, life would be meaningless for anyone, including himself!
Two days before the festival, the extra fresh fruits and food and the silver for the festival were distributed to each room. Although they were divided into different rooms, the old lady was there, and the two rooms were headed by sisters-in-law. They discussed and gave the same amount. Because there was an accident in the family of the fourth grandmother Gan a while ago, her brother fell off a horse, and her mother was paralyzed in bed due to excessive shock. Although they had given extra items and silver to the fourth husband and wife to visit and comfort their parents, thinking that Gan should want to subsidize her family during the solar term, Meimei discussed with Xu Junying that during this festival, regardless of whether they were legitimate or illegitimate, each room would be given silver and fruits according to the legitimate share. Gan understood her sister-in-law's intentions and was very grateful. Xu Xiaojuan, who received the silver at the same time as Gan, found that the fourth sister-in-law and hers were actually the same. She was dissatisfied and ran to the old lady to make trouble. Seeing Bai Jingyu there, she asked about the silver for the festival in the West House. Bai Jingyu said strangely, isn't it the same? Xu Xiaojuan mentioned the number of people in Yuehua Courtyard and Fourth Madam's room, and everyone realized that the Hou Mansion did not distinguish between legitimate and illegitimate children. It happened that Fifth Madam Fang of West Mansion was also there, and she heard everything. While Second Madam was not here, she hugged Shen Ge'er and sighed. But Bai Jingyu couldn't stand it, and pointed at her and scolded her. Fang retorted weakly, tears dripping. Ning Rulan couldn't bear it, and persuaded this and that. Jinhua Hall was in chaos. The old lady felt dizzy and asked Mother Ji to take pills. Thinking that this was another matter caused by Qin, she became angry and cursed:
"This troublemaker always does indecent things and never lets anyone have a peaceful time! Call her over and tell me what's going on!"
It was afternoon time, Xu Junying came back early, Baoju followed behind holding a long wooden box, probably taking some official documents home to read. When he heard Jinhua Hall's messenger coming to call Meimei, he hurriedly said, "I'll go with you!"
After sending the maids away, Meimei helped him untie his jade belt, took off his official uniform, and changed into a lake blue floral robe. She said with a smile, "I didn't call you, and it's not time for dinner yet, what are you going to do? Jinhua Hall should be full of women now. I'll go by myself. I'm too lazy to deal with quarrels, and they can't beat me in a fight!"
Xu Junying couldn't help laughing, watching her deft hands tie the royal blue silk ribbon around his waist, gently wrap it around the emerald jade pendant, tie a knot, let it fall, then caught those white and delicate hands, wrapped them around his waist, hugged her and said, "You have to watch it, young ones can do whatever you want, but old ladies who can't stand falling, you'd better not touch them, right?"
Meimei smiled and nodded: "Why would I bother your ancestor for no reason? I want her grandson to spend a few days with me in peace!"
Xu Junying lowered his head and kissed her on the lips, gritting his teeth and said, "It's not two days, it's a lifetime, two lifetimes... eight lifetimes!"
Meimei chuckled: "If you weren't her grandson, you could be her grandson in ten lifetimes!"
Heng'er's voice came from outside the door, running and shouting. Xu Junying let go of Meimei reluctantly, watching her turn around gracefully and walk to the door to greet Heng'er:
"Heng'er, mother is going to Jinhua Hall to see great-grandmother, do you want to go?"
"Eight or Seven!" (No)
Meimei was happy: This little guy can speak modern Internet language.
"Then play at home with Sister Xia Lian!"
Heng'er pointed inside the house and said, "Hu Ji! Heng'er and Hu Ji!" (Father)
Meimei looked back, where was the Hu Ji beauty? Xu Junying had already dodged away, he had official documents to read, Heng'er was no longer the same as when he was little, he would make noises and make trouble, the day before yesterday when she took him into the study, he accidentally tore off a corner of the border defense map, causing Baoju and Baizhan to search for most of the day, and finally mobilized Cuixi, Cuilian and Cuisi to find it back, it was okay to stick it, otherwise it would be a big trouble, she dared not carry him into the study when she was reading official documents.
He said to Heng'er, "Go in and see where your father is. If you find him, let him play with you!"
Heng'er ran into the house and wandered around, but didn't find Hu Ji, even though he clearly heard the sound! He had no choice but to come out in a bad mood. Meimei touched his little head and laughed secretly. Xu Junying was really good at hiding. Heng'er didn't find him even though he was so big.
Then he winked at Xia Lian and ordered, "Take my brother to the East Courtyard. He likes to play with sand. There is sand in the martial arts training ground. Let the two little girls play with him."
Hearing that his mother allowed him to play in the sand, Heng'er became happy again. He clapped his hands, and sang incoherently the nursery rhymes that Meimei had taught him. He staggered and followed behind Nanny Xia Lian and a group of old women and maids to the east courtyard.
Meimei brought Cuixi, Cuisi and the maids to Jinhua Hall.
The old lady was leaning on the couch and dozing off. She waited for Meimei to pay her respects before opening her eyes. Her face was full of disgust, but Meimei just lowered her head and looked submissive, not looking at her face.
After thinking it over, she realized that the situation was like this. She could just live with Xu Junying and she didn't have to see the old lady every day. As long as she wanted her grandson to respect her, she couldn't do anything to her. For the sake of a harmonious family, the two of them kept to themselves. If she endured it, the old lady had to endure it too!
After hearing the old lady's reprimand, Meimei glanced at Xu Xiaojuan beside her. Xu Xiaojuan turned away and looked at Bai Jingyu and others. Bai Jingyu shook his head helplessly. It didn't matter whether this matter was said or not. What if Fang was upset? After all, he was a bastard. If he didn't give it to her, he wouldn't give it to her. She had to accept her fate. But the old lady had nothing to do and insisted on calling Meimei. If the two of them had a conflict, they would be angry and not see each other for a few days. Is it worth it? It's a big festival.
Meimei said, "What do I think it is? Is it worth arguing about? They are from a famous family! If my brothers and sisters-in-law are in trouble, shouldn't we help them? I made this decision after discussing it with Lord Hou. Something happened to Fourth Master's father-in-law's family. Fourth Grandma must go back to her parents' home during the holidays. What's wrong with giving her some extra money to help them? Who doesn't have a family? Who was born out of nowhere? If it weren't for the rules of the Hou Mansion, it wouldn't hurt to give her more!"
Bai Jingyu looked at Fang and said, "Did you hear that? There is a reason for everything. Don't stir up trouble. If you let the Second Madam know, you will definitely be scolded!"
Xu Xiaojuan still refused to accept: "My sister-in-law is kind enough to want to give her a subsidy. Why can't she give her the share from her own room? Why do you have to touch kilometers of money? You are the one who is doing the good job!"
Bai Jingyu was stunned for a moment. This Xu Xiaojuan really wanted to be beaten. She looked at Meimei and saw Meimei sneer:
"That's a good question, auntie, but you are not worthy to ask such a question! If you keep gossiping, I will deduct one month's salary from you. You can try! What kind of good person am I? I am the mistress of the Hou Mansion, in charge of the household expenses of the Hou Mansion. All the money is under my control. I have the final say over my brothers and sisters-in-law, who to give it to and how much to give!"
Xu Xiaojuan looked at the old lady: "Grandma, look at what she said..."
The old lady glared at Meimei: "You have the final say? Then where do you put me? Are you totally disregarding the rules? If you were the one running this family, it would be ruined in a few years!"
Meimei said calmly: "Rules and regulations are dead, but people are alive. They can be used as a reference. Why should we be bound by dead things? Lord Hou is the head of the family, and his salary supports the whole mansion. The old lady is the elder of the family. Who should I listen to? Of course I listen to Lord Hou. The old lady is unhappy, so she will go and tell Lord Hou. If I listen to the old lady, outsiders may laugh at me: I can't bear to see that the expenses of the children in the family are not as good as those of the aunt who lives in the mansion! The old lady loves my aunt to such a degree that she is willing to spend energy and money to hold a wedding for the eldest brother-in-law and marry a good concubine, but she is unwilling to give more subsidies to her own grandson! I don't believe that being close to my brothers and sisters-in-law will ruin the family. I secretly feel that no matter how much money I spend on the white-eyed aunt, it will be in vain!"
The old lady and Xu Xiaojuan were both so angry that they fainted. The old lady slapped the low table and said, "Get out! Get out! You're making me so mad! I'm making me so mad!"
Xu Xiaojuan pointed at Meimei: "You scolded me, you rolled your eyes at me..."
Meimei took a step closer and stared at her: "Take your hand away. If you dare to stick it out again, I will break it. Do you believe it?"
Xu Xiaojuan quickly put her hands back into her sleeves: "You...you are so cruel! My brother is back home!"
Meimei snorted coldly, "I've been wanting to be cruel to you for a long time. I thought keeping you would be helpful to the first lady's illness, but you're useless. What else can you do except eating and taking money in Qiuhuayuan? You even dare to deduct money from your mother's monthly allowance and medicine. What's the point of having you? You are really the old lady's good granddaughter. It's a shame for Xu Junying to have a stupid sister like you! Be careful not to run into him, otherwise you'll have a hard time!"
Xu Xiaojuan's face turned red and white: "You are talking nonsense! I will go back and tear the mouths of those women and girls apart!"
She turned to the old lady and called out coquettishly, "Grandma..."
The old lady was so angry that she was shaking all over: "Get out! You get out too! Don't ever come to my place again!"
Meimei turned sideways and looked at the old lady: "Can I be treated the same as my aunt? Never come again?"
The old lady fell backwards, her eyes rolled back, her lips blue and purple. Mother Ji, Ruiyu and Ruiyun rushed forward to serve her, some caressing her chest, some feeding her medicine, and repeatedly shouting:
"Old lady! Old lady!"
Bai Jingyu asked Meimei quietly, "I haven't seen you get angry for a long time, but you dare to touch her this time?"
Meimei smiled and said, "I couldn't help it. Junying wasn't at home, so I couldn't make her angry. Now that her eldest grandson is back, she wants to act out. I'll just fulfill her wish. If she dies of anger, it's mine. If she doesn't, then you guys have to come and pay your respects tomorrow and serve me well!"
Bai Jingyu looked at her with a reproachful smile: "If he really died, what would you do?"
"What can I do? I've pissed off my elders, so I don't have the right to wear mourning. You should wear it instead!"
"No! No way! I'm not even three months pregnant yet, and you want me to wear heavy mourning? Do you want to harm me?"
Bai Jingyu ran out of the door and hurriedly followed her out, as if the old lady was really going to die.
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