Chapter 143: Recognizing one’s relatives
In the afternoon, after everyone had arrived and all the items were prepared, the ship started and left Yunzhou Ferry.
Xia Zihan rested for an hour and went to accompany Mrs. Zeng when she was bored.
"The old lady went to Mrs. Chu's place," the little maid reported.
Xia Zihan frowned slightly.
It seems that in the previous life, my grandmother had no close contact with the Chu family?
But in this life...could it be that she was reborn to cause trouble?
Xia Zihan was puzzled.
Oh, never mind, Mrs. Chu is a cheerful person with the same temperament as her grandmother, and she likes it very much.
Unlike that bastard, she doesn't like him no matter what.
Xia Zihan turned around and went to find Mrs. Chu.
Everyone lives on the same floor. The Chu family and three members of the Chu family live on the bow side of the boat, while the stern side of the boat is reserved for Old Man Bai and his group.
Xia Zihan's house is close to the Zeng family. There are two rooms separated by the houses where the Zeng family and the Chu family live, which are for their respective maids on night duty.
"Ayu, you are here."
As soon as Xia Zihan finished her salute, her hand was held intimately by the smiling Zhuo, "You saw it too, my Aqi knocked that scum into the water."
"When you pick it up, it looks like a drowned dog." She covered her mouth and giggled happily like a little girl.
Neither Chu Shizi nor Chu Jingqi were there. In the room, there were only Zeng and Zhuo, plus two nuns, playing leaf cards.
"Ayu, you know how to fight. Please help auntie. Auntie has already lost a lot."
Gloating over the misfortune, Zhuo pulled Xia Zihan to look at her cards.
To be honest, Xia Zihan can only give him one word, bad.
Bad cards, bad cards, no wonder you lose money.
"Your grandmother is always going strong and has made a lot of money from me. Ayu, you have to help me earn it back. Your aunt has lost so much that she almost sold her shoes."
‘Losers are about to sell their shoes’, this sentence is a mantra of losers who play leaf cards among women in Jiangnan.
Mrs. Zeng stroked the cards in her hand and said, "Don't listen to her. My Chu Yu knows who is in and who is out." The following words were said by Mrs. Zeng to Mrs. Zhuo.
Mrs. Zhuo glared and said unconvinced, "I'm not an outsider. Ayu doesn't call me aunt just casually." She rolled her eyes and suddenly suggested excitedly, "How about, Ayu, you can accept me as your godmother?" ?”
After recognizing her godmother, they are now mother and daughter. She also got a cheap deal and her daughter loves her. How wonderful.
Woo woo woo...
God knows, since she gave birth to Aqi, this piece of ice, she has almost gone crazy thinking about having a daughter, but the land in her body is not strong enough. No matter how hard her husband works, there is no more grass growing.
It had been ten years, and there was still no news. Her hair was almost turning gray as she waited, but her son was just a piece of cold wood. He was not as considerate as someone else's little cotton-padded jacket, and he couldn't hold her in his arms and act like a baby.
Hey...
"Ayu, how about it? If you accept me as your godmother, your godmother will definitely cook a lot of delicious food for you to eat." Move the girl with emotion, teach her with reason, and seduce her with food.
"I don't recognize my aunt as my godmother, so why can't she prepare delicious food for me?" Xia Zihan glanced at her sadly, then his eyes fell on the pile of bad cards in his hand, thinking about how to turn defeat into victory.
It seems that it can't be done no matter what.
"Auntie, we agreed that any lost money will be yours." Xia Zihan stabbed the depressed-looking Mr. Zhuo's heart again.
Mrs. Zhuo glared, "I know, I know."
How could the dignified wife of the Crown Prince of Anguo Palace not be able to afford the loss because she lost twenty taels of silver? She was just worried that taking a boat for the next half month would be boring and she was looking for fun.
Mrs. Zhuo carefully discussed with Mrs. Zeng with a smile, "I think this suggestion is good. The old lady is old, but Yuniang is eleven years old. If we turn over this year, she will be twelve years old. It is time to go out and learn. Communicate and socialize, get to know more people.”
"Yu Niang is going to accept me as my godmother. When I go back, I will take her with me as my own." Seeing that Mrs. Zeng was stunned and unmoved, Mrs. Zhuo became anxious and raised the stakes, "How about I ...I also accept the old lady as my godmother?”
In fact, she had this idea the moment she met Mrs. Chu, but the time was short and she was too embarrassed to mention it.
Now is the opportunity.
Mrs. Chu has no children, only a little granddaughter. It is pitiful that the two of them depend on each other for life.
And her natal family is far away, so she married alone in the capital, and no one from her natal family can support her if something happens. Sometimes her scheming mother-in-law bullies her, and she has to endure it.
If she accepts Mrs. Chu as her godmother, then she can be regarded as Mrs. Chu’s daughter. She will also have a backer in the capital. In the future, no matter how partial her mother-in-law is, she will have to restrain herself because of Mrs. Chu’s face. . And she will be filial to Mrs. Chu just like her daughter.
Also, if she is going to be Mrs. Chu's daughter, then she will be Ayu's aunt, and her relationship with Ayu will be a bit closer. So, if Ayu recognizes her as her godmother, this relationship cannot be escaped. .
Well, that's a good idea.
The more Zhuo thought about it, the more feasible it became.
It is best to recognize both aspects, and one is good and the other is good. If her husband knows about it, he will agree and will be very happy.
Zhuo was very excited about this proposal.
Zeng looked unmoved on the surface, but she was also very excited in her heart. She put down the cards in her hand and called Hongmei, "Why are you still standing? Why don't you bring tea quickly?"
What should I do if Zhuo doesn't admit it after waiting?
Then he called Zhuo by his nickname affectionately, and imitated the people in Taishun who like to add the word "A" when calling people, "Aqin, your adoptive parents live far away from Beijing, and you don't have any family members in Beijing. From now on, the Chu family This is your natal family. If Prince Chu bullies you, you have to find your godmother to vent your anger.”
Mrs. Zhuo was stunned as she said this, and it took her a long time to realize that Mrs. Chu had agreed to her feelings.
She jumped up happily, "Ah, I want to tell Ami."
Ami was the nickname she gave Prince Chu. She would only call him by his nickname affectionately when the couple were together.
Because she met him in a rice shop.
"Well, if you want to get married, you should ask a few more people to be present." You can't just do it casually.
The leaf cards were no longer played, and the winning silver was given to the maids and nuns present. Mrs. Zeng then ordered Qingya to call Old Man Bai and Master Qi.
These two people are not servants of the Chu family. After all, they are both Xia Zihan's masters and elders. Their status is as important as hers. With the two of them present to witness, this scene of acknowledgment of acquaintances can be considered serious. a bit.
On the outside, Mrs. Zhuo looks like a gentle, elegant, quiet and gentle little woman. In fact, Prince Chu, who is closest to her, knows that she is the most eager to do things, does what she says, and has a fiery temperament.
When she was a little girl, she dared to have a private life-long relationship with him after getting to know Crown Prince Chu. She knew that she was very courageous and could act impulsively without considering the consequences.
However, after getting married, over the years, she had been tempered by a biased mother-in-law. No, she hid her enthusiasm and pretended to be a weak daughter-in-law.
Only by pretending to be weak, suffering from headaches and fever every day, and suffering from major and minor illnesses, would her eccentric mother-in-law cause less trouble for her.
This was also how Prince Chu taught her to deal with her mother-in-law in private.
Ahem... Of course, it's not that she and Ami are unfilial, it's just that the stepmother-in-law is too much and makes them unable to be filial even if they want to, so they have to deal with her and do things that are both obedient and illicit.
Mrs. Zhuo did as she was told. She was so impatient that she even forgot to call her maid to find Prince Chu. She actually ran out in person and quickly pulled Prince Chu over. Chu Jingqi followed behind her and pulled her ears. Chu Jingqi had to come. .
Poof...
Seeing Mrs. Zhuo grabbing Chu Jingqi's ears, Xia Zihan couldn't help but laugh with gloating.
Chu Jingqi is a depressed person.
Why is my own mother so rough and so weak in appearance?
The father and son first bowed to Mrs. Chu, and then prepared tea. When Master Qi, the old man, and Bai Yuexi, who had followed to watch the fun, arrived, Mrs. Zhuo knelt in front of Mrs. Zeng and offered tea respectfully. She called her "Godmother" sweetly, and it reached Mrs. Chu's heart.
Mrs. Chu's eyes were red, "Okay, good girl, get up quickly." In the coming New Years and holidays, the front door of the Chu family will no longer be deserted.
Mrs. Zhuo was five years younger than Xia Zihan's mother, and she had a soft and frail face, but she had a cheerful temperament that won Mrs. Zeng's heart. The more she looked at her, the more she liked her, and she immediately took her away. A bat-patterned golden trembling branch inlaid with glass beads, which was intended to be left for Xia Zihan as a dowry, was given to Mr. Zhuo as a meeting gift.
Mrs. Zhuo was so happy that she stood up and called Chu Jingqi, "Aqi, come and see your grandmother."
She got a grandson for nothing, and he was as beautiful and delicate as the golden boy in front of the Bodhisattva. Mrs. Zeng was even happier than Mrs. Zhuo. After Chu Jingqi called her grandmother with a sullen face, she rewarded him with a rare She inkstone. Make a meeting ceremony.
She inkstone is a treasure among inkstones, and it is difficult to buy even if you have money. Zeng gave it to Chu Jingqi, which shows how much she likes Chu Jingqi.
Prince Chu also came over and respectfully offered a cup of tea and called him godmother. Zeng rewarded him with a piece of high-quality mutton-fat jade and struck him solemnly, "Aqin will be my daughter from now on. You are not allowed to bully her." She, otherwise, I won’t spare you.”
"Godmother, how dare I?" Ah Qin usually bullies him, okay?
Of course, ahem... bullying her in bed doesn't count.
Prince Chu hugged the mutton-fat jade and went to please his wife. Xia Zihan also came over and called her aunt and uncle, which made Mrs. Zhuo lament, "Ayu, can you also accept me as your godmother?"
"By accepting me as your godmother, you also have a godbrother in Aqi. It doesn't matter if you bully him casually in the future. You have a godfather and godmother to support you."
In order to pick up a cheap daughter, Zhuo sold her son to Xia Zihan without conscience.
Humph, don't think she is blind. She has noticed early on that her son seems to have offended Ayu. Every time Ayu looks at Aqi, she feels very unhappy.
(End of chapter)