Chapter 27: Promise
"Whose young lady is this? She is so pretty!" Old Madam Huo asked with a smile when she saw several people entering the house!
Meng smiled and introduced, "Mother, this is General Yuan's wife, also my close friend, and these two are the girls from the Yuan Mansion!"
After saying that, he took Yuan Ziyu's hand again and said to Old Lady Huo with a smile: "This is You'er!"
The three Lius hurriedly bowed to Old Madam Huo!
Old Lady Huo said happily, "All right, all right. No need to be so polite. This is You'er. Come to me quickly so I can take a closer look!"
Yuan Ziyu smiled and walked closer to Old Madam Huo, letting her look at her.
At this moment, she could clearly feel the gazes directed at her back. Ever since she drank the water in the Qiongjiang Pavilion, her perception had become more acute. More than a dozen gazes were focused on her, with varying expressions of curiosity, envy, disdain, and jealousy.
Old Madam Huo took Yuan Ziyu's hand, took a closer look, and said to Meng with a smile, "Well, he's a handsome one, better than you!"
Meng smiled and said, "Mother, you are praising my good taste, so I am shamelessly accepting it!"
These words made everyone laugh!
Old Madam Huo smiled and nodded at Madam Meng. She pulled Yuan Ziyu to sit next to her and asked, "Have you studied yet? What do you do on weekdays?"
Yuan Ziyu agreed to all of them!
Upon learning that Yuan Ziyu's forte was boxing and kicking, Old Lady Huo laughed and said, "As expected, a tiger father will have a dog daughter!"
Yuan Ziyou said modestly, "My old lady, you are too kind. I only have some mediocre skills!"
"Don't call me old lady anymore. Just follow Fei'er and call me grandma!" Old Lady Huo liked Yuan Ziyu from the bottom of her heart!
The Huo family earned their title based on their military merits. When Old Lady Huo was young, she also followed the old marquis to the battlefield and killed enemies.
"How can this be done!" Yuan Ziyou said hurriedly!
Old Lady Huo smiled and said, "Why not? It's settled!"
"Mother, the girl hasn't even gotten married yet. It's not right. How can you let her call you that? What if something unexpected happens in the future..." At this time, a somewhat sharp voice came from the lower right side of the old lady!
"Bullshit!" Old Lady Huo glared at the woman who was speaking and scolded her, "A man from the Huo family means what he says. Once he says something, he will never go back on his word. Third daughter-in-law, if you can't speak, just shut up. No one thinks you're dumb!"
Yuan Ziyu also looked over. She recognized this woman. She was Yu, the legal wife of the third son of Old Madam Huo. She was very pretty, but she was always sarcastic and mean, and was not liked by Old Madam Huo. But since Third Master Huo loved her so much, she had to turn a blind eye.
In her previous life, Mrs. Yu had disliked her extremely, just because Mrs. Yu wanted to force her niece from her natal family to be Huo Xifei's legal wife, so naturally, she, his fiancée, became a thorn in Mrs. Yu's side!
Yu was rebuked by Old Madam Huo, and her face immediately turned red. She didn't dare to say anything, but she felt very bad for Yuan Ziyu in her heart. If it weren't for Yuan Ziyu, she wouldn't have been scolded by Old Madam Huo in front of so many people!
Liu was originally furious after hearing what Yu said, but after hearing Old Madam Huo's scolding of Yu, her anger subsided. However, she felt extremely displeased with Yu.
Meng smiled and said to Liu, "Don't worry, sister. This matter is set in stone. It won't be erased because of a few gossips from some people! You don't need to pay attention to those gossips!"
Liu smiled and said, "Of course I'm relieved!"
Yuan Zitong stood behind Liu and Meng, gritted her teeth secretly, and glared at Yuan Ziyu secretly. Her desire to get rid of Yuan Ziyu became stronger.
Yuan Ziyu is now the obstacle to her marrying Huo Xifei. If she doesn't get rid of him, there will be no way out!
Yuan Zitong didn't know that her glance had fallen into the eyes of someone with ulterior motives.
Because of what Yu had just said, everyone avoided this topic and found something else to talk about, and the atmosphere became harmonious.
At that moment, Meng also introduced everyone in the Marquis' Mansion to Liu and Yuan Ziyu one by one.
Yuan Ziyu was naturally familiar with these people!
Huo Boxiu, the second master of the Huo family, has one wife and one concubine. His wife, Min, is a gentle and virtuous woman. She and Huo Boxiu have two sons and three daughters.
The two sons, Huo Xiyun, are sixteen years old, and Huo Xili, are five years old, the second and fourth in the family respectively. Among the three daughters, Huo Chan is the oldest among the sisters in the Huo family and has been married for two years. Huo Shu is the second in the family and is a twin with Huo Xiyun. She is also sixteen years old this year and will be married after the New Year. Huo Yan is the sixth in the family and is twelve years old this year, the same age as Yuan Ziyu. In addition, Huo Boxiu also has a illegitimate daughter, Huo Juan, who is the fifth in the family and is thirteen years old this year.
Huo Songxiu, the third master of the Huo family, had one wife and three concubines, with his legal wife being Yu. Huo Songxiu and Yu had one son and one daughter, as well as two concubine daughters!
The son Huo Xiyang is the third child and is thirteen years old this year. Among the daughters, the legitimate daughter Huo Jiao is the third child and is fifteen years old this year. The two concubine daughters Huo Na is the fourth child and is fourteen years old this year. Huo Xian is the seventh child and is eleven years old this year.
Huo Lixiu and Meng were deeply in love and had no concubines. They had only one son and one daughter. The eldest son was Huo Xifei, and the youngest daughter, Huo Wanxing, was the eighth and was only ten years old this year!
Compared with the Yuan Mansion, the Huo Family can be said to be prosperous with many descendants and a large number of people, but at the same time there are also a lot of disputes!
Fortunately, the Huo family has been divided. Even if Yu, who loves to make trouble the most, wants to make trouble, she can't make any waves, not to mention that she is under the pressure of Old Madam Huo!
Old Madam Huo loved Yuan Ziyu very much, and was afraid that someone from the other two rooms would say something sour, so she sent them back, leaving only Meng and Liu to have lunch together!
Old Madam Huo had a cough before. Although it has improved in the past few days, she still coughs a lot in the afternoon!
After drinking the tea handed to her by the head maid and suppressing the itching in her throat, Old Lady Huo smiled at Liu and said, "I'm sorry to have made you laugh, Madam Yuan! Alas, as I get older, this disease has come to me!"
Liu said hurriedly, "The old lady should find a good doctor to treat her properly!"
"That's right!" Old Madam Huo responded with a smile!
Upon seeing this, Yuan Ziyu rummaged through his purse and actually took out a bag of dried tangerine peel from the Qiongjiang Pavilion.
Ever since he knew that the spring water in Qiongjiang Pavilion could cure diseases and strengthen the body, Yuan Ziyu used the spring water to soak some medicinal herbs, and tangerine peel was one of them.
Just when he was worrying about how to test the efficacy of the medicine, Yuan Ziyu had an idea after seeing the condition of Old Madam Huo. After all, tangerine peel soaked in spring water is extremely beneficial to the body, but he didn't know to what extent the efficacy would be improved.
"Grandma, this is some dried tangerine peel I got. It is said to be very good for relieving coughs. If you like, you might as well soak it in water and drink it every day to try the effect!" Because of Old Lady Huo's insistence, Yuan Ziyu could not refuse, so he had to follow Old Lady Huo's wishes and call her grandma.
Upon hearing this, Old Lady Huo smiled and said, "As expected, my granddaughter-in-law is a filial son!"
As she said that, she asked the maid to take the medicine bag from Yuan Ziyu's hand.
After sitting for a while, Liu said goodbye and returned home with the two Yuan sisters.
The ranking of the names of these brothers and sisters of the Huo family might confuse me in the future. If I make a mistake, my little cuties, remember to remind me o(*////▽////*)q
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