Hearing this, the little girl was obviously happy.
"Really? That's really..."
However, before she finished speaking, Mrs. Zhou immediately glared at her daughter.
Seeing her mother like this, the little girl didn't dare to say anything. She could only whisper, "Yao Niang is not boring. I feel that I have benefited a lot from listening to what the elders said."
Mrs. Lu did not see the interaction between Zhou and Yaoniang. She just said distressedly, "Then you should be tired by doing this. We don't need to be like this. You can go back to your original seat and sit down."
After hearing what Mrs. Lu said, Zhou Yaoniang really wanted to go back and sit down. After all, she had been squatting and beating Mrs. Lu's legs. At that moment, her legs and feet were really numb from squatting.
However, before she could express anything, her mother suddenly said from the side, "Oh! Old lady, our mother-in-law will not be tired. She is used to doing this on weekdays. Just ask her to help you beat her." Legs, we have trained Yaoniang to do this since she was a child, and we have also taught her how to serve her parents-in-law and husband since she was a child. I am not praising our Yaoniang. All the young ladies in the capital these days have a vicious temper, but we Yaoniang are not. . She has the softest temperament and is the most obedient. We have taught her well since childhood. I dare say that anyone who marries her will be extremely happy."
When she said this, Lady Zhou's eyes were obviously filled with some kind of pride.
However, all the ladies present felt offended.
They were already very unhappy when they saw Madam Zhou instigating her daughter to stay alone with Mrs. Lu to serve her.
Now they heard that Madam Zhou only trampled their daughter under her feet in order to praise her own daughter, how could they be convinced in their hearts.
Therefore, one of them just looked at Yaoniang and smiled and said, "Then Yaoniang is really unlucky to be your daughter."
"Yes, the best life for us women is the period when we are daughters in our parents' families. We will be lucky and hard-working in the future. If you think about the sweet memories of the past, your mother-in-law will be miserable. , this is the kind of life I live in my mother’s family, I’m afraid I won’t want to join your family in the future.”
"It's really a joke. You say this daughter is your daughter, but why do I feel like she doesn't look like your daughter, but more like your wife."
"Our Lady Zhou is still very generous. She is raising a good wife for someone else's family. If my family has a son, then I will let my son marry your mother-in-law."
At the moment, cynicism and sarcasm rushed towards her face, and Mrs. Zhou obviously did not expect that she would be treated like this.
That Zhou Yaoniang was just quietly beating her legs next to Mrs. Lu, but at this time she was also pulled up by Mrs. Lu.
"Daughter, stop hammering. I know you are tired. Go sit over there."
After saying this, without giving Zhou Yaoniang a chance to speak, Mrs. Lu sent someone to invite Zhou Yaoniang back to her seat.
Zhou Yaoniang didn't even know why everyone's attitude changed in just such a moment.
She timidly looked at her mother, whose face was ashen, and then at Lu Zhizhang, who was surrounded by the crowd. In the end, she could only twist the handkerchief in her hands helplessly.
And Lu Zhizhang didn't even give her a look from beginning to end.
Her mother told her from an early age that she could only marry into a good family if she did this or that.
She has always done what her mother said.
In fact, she has never had any specific standards. After all, in her opinion, everything should be obeyed by her parents.
Since ancient times, marriage matters have always been decided by the orders of parents and the advice of matchmakers.
So she thought what her mother said was correct.
Moreover, Lu Zhizhang really fits his mother's definition of a man.
He is young, talented and has a bright future. He also has the status of Houfu. Although he is a widower, a good man doesn't care about this.
And besides these auras, he still looks handsome and elegant, just like the humble gentleman in the storybook.
She decided at just one glance that it would be great if she could grow old together with this man.
After all, he fulfilled all her and her mother's fantasies about men.
She thought that a lady like herself should be able to attract the other person's attention in this way.
They would be a match made in heaven.
But now she has fallen in love with this man.
However, this man never even gave him a look.
Instead, the warblers her mother disparaged could talk to him, communicate with him, and even play with him.
But she could only talk to a group of old ladies, and even if she talked, she couldn't get a word in.
And after listening to those people mocking her mother, she wanted to refute, but she couldn't.
After all, her mother had taught her since she was a child that when the elders are talking, the younger generation should not interrupt unless the elder takes the initiative to talk to you.
So when everyone was arguing with his mother, she didn't refute.
For the first time, she felt envious of those girls. That's why her eyes never left those little girls.
When the old lady of the Lu family saw the little girl looking at the girls playing outside, she couldn't help but whisper to Zhou Yaoniang, "Do you also want to go over and play with them?"
Zhou Yaoniang looked at her mother for help, but her mother was arguing with someone at the moment and couldn't care about her daughter. Instead, Mrs. Lu noticed the little girl's little actions.
Seeing that this little girl couldn't even make the decision on her own, she couldn't help but feel pity.
So she no longer asked questions, but simply took the initiative and said, "Yao Niang, you should also go over and join them."
Zhou Yaoniang said timidly.
Then seeing that her mother didn't say anything, she walked towards the group of people.
The little girls were having a great time, but when they saw Zhou Yaoniang coming over, their faces suddenly changed.
"Hey! Isn't this our little daughter-in-law Yaoniang from the capital?"
"Haha, Yaoniang, if you are not in the house with the old lady, why are you out?"
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Zhou Yaoniang never thought that after she came out, she would be ridiculed by everyone.
She glanced at Lu Zhizhang timidly as if asking for help, but Lu Zhizhang had no intention of helping her out, or in other words, his eyes had no intention of staying on her.
Zhou Yaoniang felt a little sad. Such a cold Lu Zhizhang seemed completely different from what she had imagined.
Fortunately, although some people were ridiculing her, there was also a kind-hearted woman who took her hand and comforted her in a low voice, "Yao Niang, don't pay attention to them, they are just jealous of you."
With the other party's comfort, Zhou Yaoniang just nodded her head.
After all, Mrs. Zhou didn't have the ability to fight with other scholars. Not long after she argued with everyone, she was defeated.
In the end, it was Mrs. Lu who spoke up and smoothed things over, saying, "How you raise your children is your own business. No matter what kind of children you are, as long as they don't steal, rob, or mess around, they are all good children. There's no such thing as whether they are good or not." "
Mrs. Lu summed it up like this, and someone came out to change the subject. In the end, the matter was finally revealed lightly.
But no one else mentioned it anymore, but this week the lady still gritted her teeth in hatred.
At the same time, she also discovered that her daughter was missing. She was about to curse that this dead woman had died somewhere. Mrs. Lu didn't want to, but she helped and said, "I asked him to go play with other little girls, otherwise it would be boring for a little girl like us to always stay with old ladies like us."
After hearing Mrs. Lu's words, Mrs. Zhou stopped talking.
After all, her daughter wasn't allowed to express herself, so leaving her just sitting in this room was of no use.
But even though she acquiesced, her daughter also went out to play.
However, he saw that his daughter did not follow Lu Zhizhang, and did not pursue any connection with Lu Zhizhang.
She was a little angry.
Especially now that she saw other girls using tricks to get close to Lu Zhizhang, she felt even worse.
Fortunately, it didn't take long for Lu Zhizhang to receive an imperial edict, and then he stood up and left the Lu Mansion.
When everyone saw Lu Zhizhang, they also left. In addition to praising Lu Zhizhang for his youth and achievements, soon after, they also found reasons to leave.
After all, who didn't come here just to make sparks fly between their daughter and Lu Zhizhang.
Now that the rightful owner is gone, they naturally have no reason to stay here.
When Zhou Yaoniang finally left with her mother, she only said goodbye to the old lady of the Lu family.
Mrs. Zhou had a cold face. After she got on the carriage, Mrs. Zhou immediately scolded her daughter Zhou Yaoniang, "Why are you like a piece of wood? When your mother and I were scolded, you Are you just looking at me like this? Have you ever thought about speaking to your mother?"
After hearing Zhou's reprimand, Zhou Yaoniang felt a little aggrieved.
"But, mother, didn't you say that when the elders are talking, the younger ones can't talk back or interrupt? I did what you said." Zhou Yaoniang was really puzzled when she said this.
After all, this was how she interacted before, so why is it completely different from what she said now?
When Mrs. Zhou heard what Zhou Yaoniang said, she was also very angry. Although Zhou Yaoniang was not talking back at all, Ms. Zhou was upset, "Do you really want to make me angry to death? You didn't say anything when you should have spoken just now. Now you are the one to contradict me." Your motherfucker’s mouth! Shut up!”
After hearing Zhou's reprimand, Zhou Yaoniang was obviously aggrieved.
However, she still followed Zhou's discipline and stopped talking.
She thought that this matter would probably just go away.
Zhou didn't want to think about it, but immediately said, "And you stupid girl, I'm not talking about you just for my mother's sake. Since you are already playing with others, why are you just playing with those girls? You Why didn’t you think of talking to Mr. Lu Xiaohou?”
After hearing Zhou's words, Zhou Yaoniang remained silent.
Zhou immediately said dissatisfiedly, "Speak! You are mute, and you are here to express your protest with me."
When Mrs. Zhou said this, Zhou Yaoniang immediately shook her head.
"Mom, didn't you tell me to shut up?"
After hearing Zhou Yaoniang's words, Mrs. Zhou recalled that these words were really what she had just said.
