"I told you that there was no wind today, but the clouds in the sky were very thick, so there would be a heavy snowfall. I asked you to put on your snow cape, but you refused. What do you think? In the end, my words came true. Now it's snowing heavily, and we still have a long way to go to get back to Spring Wind Garden."
After coming out of the north yard and walking a short distance, heavy snow began to fall from the sky. Xiangyun couldn't help complaining to Su Nuannuan beside her, but she saw her grandmother with a smile on her face, looking up at the sky slightly, her eyes full of joy and admiration.
"Grandma, you're still laughing." Xiangyun stamped her feet, "I beg you, please leave quickly, otherwise I'll get caught in the snow and catch a cold, I can't bear it. Last month, I just coughed a few times, but you alarmed the director of the Imperial Hospital and said that we were not careful in serving him. If he catches a cold again now, do you want to call the director? I heard that Director Jiao is already over 70 years old, grandma, please spare the old man."
"Alright, alright, I won't say anything. You keep talking." Su Nuannuan finally lost her patience and interrupted Xiangyun's chattering. She stretched out her hand to catch the elm seed-sized snowflakes falling from the sky, and whispered, "From what you said, I can tell that you are ignorant. It's not cold when it snows. It's cold when the snow melts. How can you catch a cold? And the snow cape? That cape is thick and bulky. When I wear it, I look like a hibernating bear. Who has the patience to wear it?"
Before she finished speaking, she suddenly saw a group of people walking towards her. One of them was wearing a black fox fur cloak with a soft hat on her head. Even so, there were two people holding two umbrellas over her head. She was surrounded by a group of old women and servants and was coming towards this side. Who else could it be but Shi Yurou?
Xiangyun curled her lips and said bitterly, "What a grand show! Grandma is the wife of the prince, but her show is not as grand as hers. It's really disgusting." After saying that, she looked at her "unpromising" master with resentment, but saw that she was smiling and said lightly, "What's the point of show? That's the temperament of nouveau riche. Like us, the master and servant, walking in the snow with fragrance. This is called high-end and classy. Low-key luxury with connotation, can the nouveau riche show of Second Grandma compare with ours?"
"Come on, grandma, what do you mean by high-end, classy, low-key, luxurious and profound? Go and fool those little girls like Cong'erhua'er with these words. I am a common person, and I just want to be treated like a nouveau riche."
Su Nuannuan glared at the servant who didn't support her, and said in feigned anger: "I have always misjudged you. It turns out that you are such a superficial thing. In this case, I will give you to the second wife, and you can enjoy the feeling of being a nouveau riche."
Xiangyun giggled and quickly changed the subject cleverly: "I was never a nouveau riche in the past. I was just a servant of the nouveau riche. Grandma, do you think I'm stupid? But walking on incense? Where are we walking on incense? There are no flower petals on the ground."
"How did I end up with a tacky girl like you?" Su Nuannuan pointed to both sides of the path unhappily, "Don't you see these plum trees? Aren't they all in bloom? Don't you smell the cold plum fragrance?"
"Oh, I seem to have a cold and my nose isn't working well." Xiangyun said softly while rubbing her nose.
The master and servant were talking animatedly. Seeing Shi Yurou approaching, Su Nuannuan stopped. After the fortune-making incident, perhaps Shi Yurou had deliberately avoided her, and she rarely left Chunfeng Garden, so this was the first time the two sisters-in-law had met.
Shi Yurou also stopped. She saw Su Nuannuan from a distance and originally wanted to avoid her quietly. However, the scene today was too grand. With so many old women and servants walking on the road, they would be extremely conspicuous. It would seem too deliberate to avoid them, as if she was afraid of them. So she had no choice but to bite the bullet and come here along the established route.
At this time, there were still many maids and servants walking around. When they saw this scene, they were all excited: Emma, I have never seen the eldest grandmother and the second grandmother walking in the opposite direction in the past few months. Isn't this a big stone hitting a big hammer? Sparks will definitely fly, and I don't know who will have the upper hand. Although the eldest grandmother is favored by the eldest master, she has no real power. The second grandmother is in charge of half of the family. The second master's business is also booming now. Even the old lady has praised him several times. In this way, it seems that the second grandmother does not have to bow to the eldest grandmother.
Thinking of this, everyone stopped involuntarily, some pretending to talk in private or to check the growth of the surrounding trees, and none of them left. However, at this time, more than a dozen gardeners appeared in the Anping Marquis's mansion, rubbing the dry bark and looking up at the branches as if they were thinking about where to cut. The problem was: in this winter, the trees were all bare, and the few servants who really took care of the flowers and trees in the mansion had moved to Meiyue Tower long ago. Now the maids pretended to be experts, and the scene made people laugh.
Su Nuannuan was the one who couldn't help herself. Just as she burst out laughing, Shi Yurou came up to her with a smile on her face, "I heard the magpie calling this morning, and I thought there was some happy event, but it turned out that I met my sister-in-law here. How come my sister-in-law didn't put on a snow-proof coat in such a heavy snow? If you catch a cold, it's no joke."
“Cough cough cough…”
Before Su Nuannuan finished laughing, Shi Yurou came up to her and said these words. All of a sudden, she lost her breath. Not only her, but several servants around her also lost their breath. For a while, the heavy snow was filled with coughing sounds, and the scene was very strange.
"Oh, that... I'm not cold either. Snow is different from rain, so it's okay to get a little wet. Are you going to the old lady, sister-in-law?" Su Nuannuan finally controlled the twitching of her face and asked calmly.
"Yes, just after I got up today, someone came to report two urgent matters. As soon as I dealt with them, I hurried to come to the old lady to pay my respects. Fortunately, otherwise I would not have seen my sister-in-law. I know that my sister-in-law is in good health, but don't be too careless. It's almost the New Year. If she is sick, wouldn't it be worrying? Our whole family can't think about having a good New Year. Sister-in-law, if not for yourself, you have to consider the old lady and uncle, right?"
Second Grandma's acting skills have improved a lot. Su Nuannuan wondered what these words meant. Was it a curse or irony? Whatever it was, the expression on her face was sincere enough. If she didn't know her true face, Su Nuannuan felt that she was 99% likely to be deceived.
"Thank you for your concern, sister-in-law. There will be a lot of things to do at home after winter. You should also take care of yourself."
The second wife suddenly changed her attitude and came to ask about her well-being. For a moment, Su Nuannuan didn't know how to deal with it. She could only say something lightly, but Shi Yurou smiled and said, "Yes, I am paying attention to it now. Last time, my sister-in-law said something about combining work and rest in front of the old lady. I also benefited a lot from listening to it. These days, I have been busy with family affairs, and I also take time to rest. Occasionally, I walk around and chat with my wife, Mrs. Min, and my second sister. Don't say it, it really works. Now I am not as tired as before.
What's going on today? Is it going to rain red? Oh no, is it going to snow red? No, the snowflakes are still as white as goose feathers. What is this sister-in-law doing? Did the style of the second brother, the venomous snake, change? Is it true that the husband and wife follow suit in this regard? Is it really that funny?
Su Nuannuan was extremely shocked, but she was finally trained to be calm by Duan Tingxuan's ever-changing painting style, and she was able to maintain a calm face, and followed Shi Yurou's words and said, "That's good. If you have time, come to Chunfeng Garden and sit for a while. You should go see the old lady now. She was just talking about you."
"I feel relieved when you say that. I will come to your place when I am free. Actually, I have wanted to come for a long time, but I was afraid that you still hold a grudge against me for the unintentional mistakes I made in the past, so I was embarrassed to come. I am glad to hear your words today. Please don't think I am bothering you when I go back."
"How could that be? You're overthinking, sister-in-law." Su Nuannuan said with a smile. In fact, her face was already stiff. Fortunately, she had kept this smile on her face to pretend to be nice. Otherwise, if she had put it away early, it would have been difficult for her to force a smile now.
Shi Yurou bowed again and left with a happy face like before, while Su Nuannuan was confused at Huichunfeng Garden. Only the servants who were addicted to pretending to be gardeners in the cold wind were left. They looked at each other and then put their hands on their chins at the same time: Thank God, it didn't fall off. The first time that the first and second grandmas met face to face in a few months, the atmosphere was so friendly and cordial? This is not right, where is the collision? Where is the secret fight? Where is the innuendo? Where are the several major highlights of the house fighting? Did you eat them? The first grandma is fine, but what's wrong with you, the second grandma? How can you be sincere to the first grandma? It's too realistic, isn't it?
Shi Yurou also knows her own suffering. How could she be willing to be so humble in front of Su Nuannuan? However, thinking of her husband's admonition, thinking of the prosperous scene of her own restaurant and cake shop when she went out a few days ago, thinking of the bright future with rolling in money, she had to suppress her anger and jealousy, and sincerely expressed her desire to make peace with Su Nuannuan: not for the sake of this woman, but for the sake of money, and for the sake of being able to send an extremely generous New Year gift to her mother's family this year, which would suppress all the sisters. It was because the second grandmother told herself this in her heart that she could play an extraordinary acting skill and deceive everyone.
Xiangyun was still puzzled when she returned to Chunfeng Garden. On the way, she had asked Su Nuannuan why Second Mistress seemed to have changed so much. The answer she got was: "If you ask me, who should I ask?"
Seeing her grandmother getting into the ice cream making right after she came back, Xiangyun was speechless: her grandmother was really too casual, and even she was anxious to see her lack of ambition. At least you should talk to Honglian and Aunt Jing to see what the second grandmother meant. If the other party was going to do something strange, we should be prepared early, right?
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