Chapter 73 Second Cousin Complains
These words made everyone in Songhe Hall laugh.
Xiao Mo lowered his eyes slightly, but was stingy and only gave him a red envelope.
The old lady refused to agree. "Yaoyao, what you said is so beautiful! It really touched the heart of your mother and me!"
After Xu Shuyao dealt with it, she got the title of Fenghong for nothing, without caring whether it was one or two.
In short, the first day of the new year was spent in such an atmosphere of chatting and laughing.
The eldest daughter Xiao Jinru and the second daughter Xiao Jinyi both returned home on the second day of the New Year. Compared with Xiao Jinru's cheerful face, Xiao Jinyi looked a little haggard.
The second master went to accompany his brother-in-law, so Xiao Jinyi followed his mother to Jinhua Hall, and the mother and son started talking in private.
Xiao Jinyi's eyes were filled with worry, and as soon as he entered the room he called out, "Mother..."
When Chen heard her daughter's crying voice, she was also shocked.
The eldest daughter has always been steady and rarely has such moments.
"What's going on? We've only been married four months. You looked downcast the last time I came, so I didn't have time to ask."
Xiao Jinyi's face flushed red as she said, "I just... I just finished my confinement..."
"Why don't you just stay at home and lie down? What are you doing back now?" Chen scolded, obviously very angry with her daughter.
After a short period of confinement, there was no news from her mother at all.
Xiao Jinyi: "Don't worry, it's been falling off for almost a month. After I went back last time..."
"My son! Why are you so stupid? You are the second daughter of the Duke's Mansion. Why are you running around when you are pregnant instead of lying down?" She was really angry to death.
Hearing the noise, Mother Wu, who was not far away, was shocked.
Xiao Jinyi looked around awkwardly, and said in a resentful voice, "Mom, could you please keep your voice down? Give me some face!"
"You still want face? You still want face at this time? How much is face worth? It hasn't even been a month since you last went back, right? You will suffer if you don't take good care of yourself during the confinement period. If in the future... in the future..."
Chen didn't finish her words, she was already wiping away her tears, "Why did I give birth to a silly girl like you?"
Then he beat his chest and stamped his feet again, "Your mother-in-law didn't even try to persuade you? She just let you run around like that?"
Chen was so angry that she paced around the room twice before she calmed down. When she sat down, her mood had calmed down a lot. "How long ago did it fall off? How did it fall off? Tell me everything!"
Xiao Jinyi finally told the whole story: "I didn't know I was pregnant before. I had a lot of things to do in the mansion, and I had just started to manage the household, so I didn't dare to tell anyone else. After my period started, I called a doctor to see me. He said I was already two months pregnant, and at that time, I couldn't save the baby."
Chen continued, "Find someone to prescribe a prescription for conditioning. I see you don't look well. Do you still have to take care of the affairs of the mansion before the New Year?"
As she spoke, she became angry again: "Health is the most important thing. If you lose your health, you lose everything. Do you understand? Your mother-in-law doesn't care about you like this? What about your husband? Does he let you do this? Does he not want a legitimate son?"
Unexpectedly, the daughter grumbled, "There's another one living in the mansion. She says she's my cousin, but who knows who she's been given to? When she meets him, she calls him cousin affectionately!"
Chen drooped her eyes. "How does she look? Is she as pretty as your cousin Xu?"
Xiao Jinyi shook his head: "Not as good as... How can ordinary people compare to Cousin Xu's appearance?"
"If it's not as good as mine, what are you worried about?" Chen snorted.
Xiao Jinyi muttered, "He seems to be enjoying it too."
Chen snorted coldly, "Then it's done. Men don't just look at appearance, they also have to be able to handle things. Take your second sister-in-law, for example. She looks sickly, but isn't she also very powerful?"
Finally, Chen reminded her daughter not to just focus on the housekeeper's affairs, but to take care of her health first.
When Xu Shuyao heard from the person sent by her aunt that her second cousin had returned, she quickly changed her clothes and went to Jinhua Hall.
After walking for a while, she saw the second master and a man coming from another road. She hurriedly lowered her head and called out "Uncle".
Master Xiao Er smiled and said, "Are you here to see your second cousin? She's at your aunt's place, and we have to go there too."
After saying that, he pointed to the man next to him and said, "This is your cousin-in-law."
Xu Shuyao roughly guessed the identity of this person at this time, so she saluted him.
Master Xiao Er said he was going to his aunt's place, so Xu Shuyao would not go in front, so he waited for the two of them to pass first.
Unexpectedly, when she moved to the side, she heard a chuckle coming from in front of her.
When I raised my head, I could only see the back of my cousin's husband.
Xiao Jinyi married the eldest son of the Li family, so she had to take charge of household chores as soon as she entered the mansion.
It is said that this cousin-in-law is a top scholar. Although he does not look particularly outstanding, he is handsome.
But...what is he laughing at?
It was not very respectful to laugh like that at my wife's cousin.
Xu Shuyao frowned and stood there for a while before she fell far behind them.
When she slowly walked to Jinhua Hall, she found that her aunt had already started seeing off the guests.
Seeing her, he said unhappily, "You're finally here, but your cousin can't wait for you here forever."
Today, her children and son-in-law came to visit, but Mrs. Chen did not show any joy at all.
Xu Shuyao had dealt with her a lot in the past two years and knew that she was the type to take her anger out on others when she was unhappy.
Maybe it's because of something else that he's acting so aggressively here today.
Xu Shuyao smiled and said, "Isn't it? It's a good time to send my second cousin out."
Xiao Jinyi looked uncomfortable and forced a smile at her, "Don't blame my mother. It's all my fault that she's unhappy."
Xu Shuyao nodded, and then she said, "Your brother-in-law just said he saw you, so mother thought you were deliberately lingering in the back!"
Xu Shuyao looked up and saw that her cousin-in-law had a slight smile on his face and was looking at her.
Her face immediately fell, and Xiao Jinyi just smiled awkwardly when he saw it.
After the second cousin left, Xu Shuyao and her aunt walked back.
Seeing that she looked unhappy, he pretended not to know.
As for why she was asked to come over, Xiao Jinshan, her biological sister, was nowhere to be seen.
Xu Shuyao guessed that the other person was probably still in bed.
Just like her, she came early because she didn't have the habit of taking a nap in winter.
If she hadn't met the second master and her cousin-in-law, she might have arrived even earlier.
When we met, I deliberately lingered for a while as my second cousin said.
She said nothing, but Chen suddenly seemed to be in the mood for conversation: "Yaoyao! Your second cousin is so stupid!"
When these words suddenly came out, Xu Shuyao looked at the other person quietly, waiting for the next words.
After Chen finished speaking, she saw that she looked out of sorts and immediately said, "Forget it, what am I going to say to you? In short, all you young ladies, whether you're at your husband's or your own family, you must take care of yourselves and stop being stubborn!"
Perhaps because she was thinking of her own daughter, the second wife of the Duke's Mansion spoke to her niece with the earnestness of an elder.
Xu Shuyao was slightly stunned, then nodded good-naturedly, "Shuyao knows."
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