Mrs. Dong followed Grandma Jiang into the inner room and found that it was already this hour. Mrs. Shen, who usually paid the most attention to her appearance, still had her hair disheveled, and felt even more uneasy.
"Good morning, old lady." Ms. Dong stepped forward cautiously, speaking more softly than usual.
"Aren't your natal family and the second daughter-in-law's natal family somewhat related? Haven't you heard anything happened to her family recently?"
Ms. Dong was stunned when she heard this. She imagined a lot of possible things, but she didn't expect that the last thing the old lady wanted to ask was this.
Her natal family and the Xu family do have some indirect relatives.
When Mrs. Shen chose Shen Zhonglei's successor, her mother took advantage of the Xu family and helped with some good words. Afterwards, she always regarded herself as a half-matchmaker.
Especially after Mrs. Xu came to the family, she managed to catch the eye of Mrs. Shen and brought in a new member of the Shen family, so her mother often talked about it, and her relationship with the Xu family was also more active than before. A lot.
But the recent events in the Xu family are really hard to talk about.
Mrs. Dong subconsciously wanted to put aside the relationship with the Xu family and said: "As for the old lady, except for a trip back to her parents' home in the first month of the year, her daughter-in-law has never been back since then. She doesn't even know what happened to her parents' home, let alone Let alone the natal family of my siblings."
It sounded like that, but as a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law for nearly twenty years, Mrs. Shen could tell at a glance that she was lying.
"It's okay if you don't know about other things, but some news spreads much faster than serious things, don't you think?"
Sweat immediately broke out on Dong's forehead, and he hesitated: "The old lady wants to ask about the child of the Xu family?"
After she finished speaking, without waiting for Mrs. Shen to speak, she immediately explained to herself: "If the old lady hadn't said anything, I wouldn't have thought of it going up to someone else. It's such a thing, it's dirty to my ears just to hear it. I didn't even think about it at the beginning." If I don’t have the nerve to listen carefully, I don’t have the nerve to talk about it…”
Although Old Mrs. Shen knew that Mother Jiang did not dare to lie about this matter, she still couldn't help but feel a suffocation in her chest after receiving confirmation from Mrs. Dong again.
She shouted angrily: "Confused! I think you are stupid! Is that someone else's home? That is the second daughter-in-law's natal home!
"Such a thing happened, but you didn't come to tell me when you knew it, so that I could have a countermeasure as soon as possible. Now that it has been almost two months, I don't know what the news is like outside. If What if it affects the reputation of the second child!"
Mrs. Dong didn't know a word, so she didn't know much about official matters. She felt wronged after being scolded by Mrs. Shen, but she didn't dare to show it, so she could only lower her head and listen.
"Now at home, the eldest brother is in poor health, the third child is still studying, and the second child in the family has such an official position to maintain his position. He has dignity, and you have dignity..."
Mrs. Shen read to Mr. Dong for a long time, and then said: "After Yunyao arrives, I plan to go to Yongzhou. I will leave this matter at home to you for the time being."
Mrs. Dong had lowered her head and listened to those commonplaces before, almost falling asleep. Now she was startled when she heard these words. She quickly raised her head and said, "Old lady, think twice! My daughter-in-law has no control over such a big family." Don’t come here!”
"I don't plan to let you take care of it alone." Old Mrs. Shen still knows how much the eldest daughter-in-law has. "There are rules for all affairs in the family, and the servants are all familiar with it. Everything is done accordingly. You can't go wrong with what you did last year. If something urgent happens, let the boss and the third brother help you come up with an idea. Why can't you insist on my coming back?"
Mrs. Dong said with an apologetic smile: "I'm afraid that the old lady thinks that my second uncle's family is nice, so she won't leave and comes back!"
"I would like to find a place to hide and be quiet, but unfortunately, the second place is not as easy as at home!" Old Mrs. Shen waved her hands and said, "Okay, I just want to tell you first, it's not Leave immediately, you just need to know what's going on.
Mrs. Dong returned to her courtyard and said to Mr. Shen, "Mom asked me to go back to my parents' house."
"Why do you suddenly want to go back to your parents' house when you are so good?" Because of his poor health, Mr. Shen usually does not need to go to the morning and evening to study. Now he still doesn't know what happened in the main courtyard in the morning.
"Something happened at home, my second brother and sister, and my mother asked me to go back and inquire about it." Ms. Dong explained briefly and concisely.
Mr. Shen was dumbfounded after hearing this. After a while, he came back to his senses and asked: "How do you plan to deal with such a big matter? If you are caught by ginseng, even if it is just the Yue family, they will not be able to escape their debauchery and indifference to human life."
"This year is the critical time for performance evaluation and promotion for the second child. How could something like this happen? My siblings are really confused. My nephew is so ridiculous. Not only did he not dissuade me, he actually allowed me to do it!"
"Yes, so Mom plans to go to Yongzhou Mansion to see what is going on in the second house."
"Mother is going to Yongzhou Mansion?" Mr. Shen really didn't expect that, "Mother is already old and has to worry about the affairs of her children and grandchildren. Alas, it's all my fault. If I am in better health, I can also share the worries of the family. .”
"Master, don't say such things. Everyone in the family knows that you are the eyeball of the old lady and the anchor in her heart. The second master and the third master can't compare with you."
Mrs. Dong said, putting a thin blanket on Mr. Shen's legs and said: "I'll pack up and go after breakfast. I'll try to be back in the evening. If something delays you, I'll ask Hong Ling to come and take care of you in the evening."
"You haven't been back for a while, so don't be anxious. It doesn't matter if you stay at home for a day and then come back. Even if mother is anxious, she is not anxious for this day." Mr. Shen saw that Dong kept his head lowered, and his voice sounded a little bit. Shen Shen knew that she should be scolded by Mrs. Shen again, so he grabbed her hand and said, "I will go over to accompany my mother for dinner tonight, so that she will not remember to come to you."
Seeing that her husband was so considerate, the grievances that Mrs. Dong felt in Mrs. Shen's room immediately disappeared. She said with a smile: "Then I won't be in a hurry to come back. I will stay at home for a few more days. I will be tired at home." My husband goes to accompany my mother-in-law every day."
"That's not possible." Mr. Shen rubbed his wife's hand and said seriously, "What should I do if I miss my wife?"
When Mrs. Dong heard this, her face turned red. She pushed his hand away and said, "We are already an old married couple, so we are not ashamed to say such things."
"I'm serious about that." Mr. Shen was not annoyed even after being pushed away. He still said with a smile, "The astragalus and ginseng my family bought last month are very good. If you take some back, your father-in-law and mother-in-law will have a great future." It’s time for those of you to start replenishing your body, don’t begrudge these things.”
When Mrs. Dong heard this, she couldn't help but worry about it.
Although her husband was not good at what he did and was weak and sick, his constant care and love for twenty years made her unable to feel any resentment and she only felt that her life was too good.
