Zheng Hao was also very resourceful. He actually brought a bowl of white rice from somewhere, and then opened the parchment paper, and the aroma wafted out. Li Shu felt guilty for being a thief.
"You won't be discovered, right?"
"No, no, except for people who come to fetch water regularly every day, this place is usually deserted. Didn't you say that after you go back, someone will say something, otherwise it would be best to stay indoors and eat." Zheng Hao said road.
Lishu complained: "My room is next to my grandmother's, and my fifth sister is in the same room with me. I eat with her every day. If she finds out, I will be doomed."
Zheng Hao also looked around and then said: "Eat quickly."
There was only half a roasted chicken, so Lishu ate a big chicken leg and soaked the braised meat juice in the rice. She just ate without saying a word. She was afraid of being discovered, so she had to eat quickly.
"Is it from Lin'an Building? It's delicious!"
"Yes, I went to buy it specifically. You spit the chicken bones on the handkerchief and I will take it out with you." Zheng Hao handed the handkerchief over.
Li Shu saw that his handkerchief was made of gold brocade, and all the handkerchiefs were extremely expensive. He actually spit out chicken bones for herself. She felt a little embarrassed and said, "You should use my handkerchief."
When Zheng Hao saw her being so indifferent, he couldn't help but said: "You wrapped it in a handkerchief, and when you went back it was full of the smell of meat. Others would smell it right away."
"Yes." Lishu had no choice but to agree. She seemed to have gradually understood what her mother said about the relationship between husband and wife.
Zheng Hao respects her very much. He never breaks the rules even in private interactions, not even verbally. He walked out of the hospital last time when he saw her wearing pajamas. He was very measured.
During this period, Zheng Hao also said that he was preparing for the examination during these days, and he made it very clear.
Li Shu also lamented that, like Zheng Hao, her father was already a second-rank minister of the Ministry of War, so he could support his eldest son, which meant that he did not need to take the imperial examination and could still be directly appointed as a sixth-rank official. But Zheng Hao still studied hard and was not complacent. Li Shu admired him very much.
However, she had just finished eating and wanted to talk for a while, when Zheng Hao said, "I seem to hear someone coming here. I'm leaving first. Come on, give me the bowl and chicken bones."
Zheng Hao left like a gust of wind, Li Shu was a little dazed, but when she saw the girls coming over, she felt strange when Li Shu's face suddenly turned red.
Shuizhi also asked: "Where is Mr. Zheng?"
"He's gone, why are you here?" Li Shu smiled.
Shuizhi said quickly, "Isn't it just a coincidence? Guess what, Mrs. Guangyang Hou was sent to Qinglian Nunnery, saying she had an illness and needed to rest."
"Oh? I see." Li Shu thought that the Cen family had completely begun to fight within the family.
Madam Marquis Guangyang was naturally dissatisfied when the extremely intelligent foreign concubine came into the room, and maybe they both froze. But I don't know whether this is the case. Anyway, Lizhen has to worry about the affairs of Guangyang Marquis Mansion.
After returning to the room, Lirou brought a straight snack box: "Third sister, this is from Prince Cheng's Mansion."
Li Shu knew that Lirou often went to accompany Princess Cheng, but she almost never went there because she wanted to avoid suspicion. But according to Lirou, the princess was very kind, gentle and shy, and did not like luxury.
"What kind of snack is it? The one I ate last time was quite good. As long as I'm not hungry right now, I'll leave it here. Yes, why don't you see Li Zhen?" Li Shu quickly drank tea while talking and put some food in her mouth. Oil scent removal.
Lirou sat down and said, "Isn't this Mrs. Marquis Guangyang here? The old lady took her fifth sister to pay her respects."
In any case, Li Rou now feels that Li Shu can still get along well with each other on the surface, although she has never been able to forget her cousin's death, and it also made her heartbroken that her biological mother was like a living dead.
But let her deal with Xiao Fu and Li Shu now, and there is no way to deal with them.
Instead, she saw their future from Lishu being the princess of Shao'an. It was probably the young Fu who defeated her sister as a concubine. Although Fu made countless people sympathize, the servants in the family had changed in recent years. Yes, the newcomers to the house only know that Mrs. Fu is the main wife, and no one mentions Mrs. Fu in front of her.
But Lishu was not as tolerant as the little Fu family. The little Fu family had been dormant for several years before she overthrew the Fu family and gained favor in one fell swoop. She designed it so that the eldest son of the Fu family died and she gave birth to a son by herself. However, Li Shu is quite clever and shows off her wit. As the saying goes, it is wrong to act above others.
Lirou doesn't like poems and songs, but she likes to listen to Aunt Ding talk about the rise and fall of emperors in the past dynasties.
Even Sima Yi had to endure it when he was a minister in the Cao family. When the Cao Wei regime was completely destroyed, Guo, the daughter of Princess Shengping, was so arrogant and arrogant. After several dynasties, the empress dowager finally allowed Tang Xuanzong to use his concubine to seize the legitimate son, forcing Guo to do so. The Queen Mother wants to commit suicide by jumping off the building. This Tang Xuanzong was able to survive only by pretending to be crazy and acting stupid to escape the clutches of the former Empress Dowager Guo.
The reason why she was targeted by Princess Shaoan was because she was too high-profile and didn't know how to restrain herself.
Of course, marrying Zheng Hao was a high-profile marriage. What kind of status does the eldest sister have? She is the direct granddaughter of the prime minister. She is just marrying into a family like the Song family, and the eldest brother-in-law has no fame, so it is considered a high-profile marriage. The Zheng family's family status is ranked among the highest among the highest in the entire capital. Moreover, Zheng Hao is so outstanding and perfect. He is like a big bone that everyone wants. How can he not become the target of public criticism?
She would not be demanding things that she couldn't reach, so when Lirou saw Lishu soaking in water, she knew very well that Lishu's road ahead would be very difficult.
If you marry in the future, the Zheng family in Xingyang is a big family, Zheng Hao is not young, and Li Shu is just superficial. It would be good if Lishu corrected her faults, otherwise, she would be nothing more than an empty frame.
With Zheng Hao's talent, good looks, family background, and countless peach blossoms, Li Shu, with such an unruly personality and such a temperament, can't live a good life at all? Being someone's daughter-in-law is different from being someone's daughter.
As for the Wu family she married into, her father-in-law, Mr. Wu, was still very young and served as a transfer envoy. The family had a lot of money. She had seen Mrs. Wu last time when she was in Wending. She was a very elegant lady. She was also the daughter of a governor, and she was very grand.
Even the three sons and four daughters of the Wu family are all direct descendants, which shows that the family tradition is very good.
Even though Li Zhen privately said that Mrs. Wu must be a strong mother-in-law, Li Rou thought that if she had no shortcomings at all, how could she look after herself?
Li Shu didn't know what Li Rou was thinking. She continued to take a sip of tea, then washed her hands and face, and evened out the rouge and gouache again, so she was waiting in the grandmother's room.
After waiting for a cup of tea, Mrs. Liu came back with Li Zhen.
When Mrs. Liu came in, Li Shu and Li Rou stood up quickly. Her face was calm, but Li Zhen was confused.
"Mr. Zheng Dalang has gone back?" Mrs. Liu asked Li Shu first.
Li Shu smiled and nodded: "We have gone back a long time ago. When my granddaughter came back, she heard that her grandmother and fifth sister had gone out, so she waited here with fourth sister."
After she finished speaking, she still regretted not saying more to Zheng Hao, because after eating meat, she felt much better.
Mrs. Liu nodded slightly, sat down again and said, "During lunch, I invited Madam Marquis Guangyang to come over for dinner. She has just recovered from a serious illness, so you should be more respectful."
I don’t know why Mrs. Marquis of Guangyang came over for dinner. It just seemed that the Marquis of Guangyang was not enthusiastic about the Liu family a few days ago. Of course, in fact, the Liu family is not a poor family without foundation, but has been a family of officials for generations. Cen Shifang was able to marry Li Zhen, and his status was absolutely suitable. Even according to the standards of the Cen family's marriage, Li Zhen's status was already very high.
It is probably also to promote the relationship between the two families, which is unknown.
I had met Madam Lishu of the Marquis of Guangyang several years ago. She was a vigorous and forthright woman. When Lizhen didn’t want to study, she once yelled that Madam of the Marquis of Guangyang didn’t know a single Chinese character, so why not destroy the Marquis’s mansion? Well organized.
Of course, unlike Li Zhen, who shows dissatisfaction about everything on her face, she can handle big and small things with genuine laughter and scolding.
However, she had also heard some rumors about Madam Marquis Guangyang, and she had always been jealous, so she only had a son, Cen Shifang. But she was really weird. She didn't like concubines, but Cen Shifang had a lot of them in the outside room.
I knew it was wrong to slander others, but I remembered that when Cen Shifang harmed Xiao Yun, he also harmed his own family. If he hadn't calmed down, the Liu family and other servants would have jumped into the river and lost half their lives, thinking that the water thieves were really coming. There are all kinds of people, and although the number of people who drowned is small, it is still a human life.
Compared to Li Shu, Li Zhen's face turned red and she spoke much less. The reason is of course that she met Cen Shifang today. When Li Zhen proposed marriage to Lirou at Cen's house, she always thought that Cen Shifang was a dandy and a bastard. He must be vicious and evil, and he was not good to Gu Xue'e. He was definitely not a good person. .
Even if she followed Mrs. Xu's advice and got married, it was just for status and to dominate the other sisters.
But she didn't expect that Cen Shifang was completely different from what she had imagined. Not only was he handsome and majestic, but his actions were not as rude as those of Qiu Babing and Luzi. Instead, he had the air of a martial nobleman. Although he was more than ten years older than her, he looked like a noble man. He looks like a brave warrior.
"Fifth sister, these are the snacks sent by Princess Cheng. Just now, fourth sister asked me to tell you." Lishu called her several times.
Li Zhen came back to her senses and said angrily: "I know. These are not thanks to the fourth sister. If she hadn't always accompanied the married princess, we wouldn't have gotten these. Although snacks are nothing, the most important thing is It’s that decency.”
Lishu would never let her: "I'm just telling you in vain, but I want you to say something like this. Anyway, your mother-in-law will be here later to see how you talk."
When she said this, Li Zhen was afraid that Li Shu would cause trouble, so she didn't dare to talk back.
Because Mrs. Hou Cen of Guangyang had just praised her, saying that her girl was well-educated, good at poetry and calligraphy, quiet and elegant, and was a model for women in the capital. Now that there was going to be trouble, she would be the one to be embarrassed.
She judged a gentleman's heart with a villain's heart, and Li Shu would not openly cause a rift between sisters in front of outsiders.
Lishu sat down and continued to copy the scriptures, and picked out some of the needlework she had made in the nunnery. These were all gifts for Mrs. Hou.
Over there, Mrs. Cen was also preparing a meeting gift for the girls of the Liu family. While holding a mutton-fat white jade hairpin, she said to Cen Shi: "You have seen the fifth girl of the Liu family just now, right? Her appearance is Although she is not as good as the fourth girl in their family, she is still beautiful and lovely. Speaking of her actions, she has a more imposing manner, unlike the fourth girl, who is a concubine after all."
Cen Shifang thought of Mrs. Liu Wu whom he had just met. He saw her standing respectfully next to Mrs. Liu, with a Hetian jade-carved narcissus hairpin inserted into her bun. On the side, she was inlaid with golden silk and inlaid with jade peony and phoenix birds. She has tattoos on her temples and wears red ruby earrings on her earlobes, which make her earlobes look particularly white and tender.
Seeing that her son didn't say a word, Mrs. Cen said: "Your father and I have separated a long time ago. Now his beloved son is back and his illness has recovered. Now he has to find a wealthy family to help him. Yours The position of the heir apparent may not be secure in the future, your father feels very guilty about that little brat, you should be more careful in the future."
"Mom, your health is not good, so just rest. Since it is the marriage granted by the East Palace, my son must treat the fifth girl of the Liu family well no matter what. I am waiting for her to come in, take charge of the middle minister of the family, and serve you. Before. I heard that the fourth girl is well-educated, intelligent and capable, and the fifth girl is from the same family and must be from the same place." Of course Cen Shifang regretted not being able to marry Liu Lirou.
But now the deal is done, Lirou is betrothed to the third son of the Wu family in Zhangpu, and that is not an ordinary family.
Even if he once again publicizes Wu Xuanhe's visit to a brothel and exposes the Wu family's affairs to the Liu family, if Lirou cannot marry, he will not be able to marry Lirou.
Moreover, the Liu family is now a Jinyiwei family, so he can do it in a small way. If he really offends the daughter of the Jinyiwei commander Tongzhi and also offends the East Palace, even if he is the heir apparent of the Hou Mansion, he will not be able to withstand the cooperation of these people.
What's more, the Liu family's in-laws are not ordinary. The Zheng family, Minister of the Ministry of War, is now their in-law. Now the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion has to accept the appointment and supervision of the Ministry of War.
So this marriage has become a foregone conclusion. Although he has no feelings for this fifth girl, he still respects her as his wife.
When Mrs. Cen heard what her son said, she said: "Good boy, I think so too. I only have you as my son. Over the years, several other members of the Cen family have been eyeing this position and deliberately let the illegitimate son come in to embarrass us mother and son." , I just hope that our two tigers will fight and they will benefit. I am getting old after all, and you don’t even have a legitimate son, so you are just waiting for your daughter-in-law to come in and settle these things for me. "
"You are right to think so. If it is not convenient for my son to stay for a long time, he will leave first." Cen Shifang was relieved to see his mother's face.
Soon, it was time for lunch, and Mrs. Liu and her three granddaughters came out to greet them.
Among the girls from the Liu family that Mrs. Cen had met, she already felt that Li Rou was stunning, and she never expected to see the girl standing next to Mrs. Liu with even better looks.
She has a graceful and slender body, with dark hair, and a face as flawless as a beautiful jade. When she speaks, she looks like a delicate flower, her face is set against the morning glow, and her lips are filled with pieces of jade. Not to mention that she speaks elegantly, has a noble demeanor, has the posture of a classmate continuing history, and the attitude of Xie Tingyongxue. She is really a smart and beautiful woman.
When moving, his eyes are bright and gazing, and his divine light is moving. His beauty is unprecedented, and his beauty is unparalleled throughout the ages.
After asking again, it turned out to be the third girl of the Liu family.
Mrs. Cen and Mrs. Liu asked, "Has the third girl made a promise?"
As soon as she said this, Li Zhen secretly glared at Li Shu. She knew that every time she went out with Li Shu, nothing good would happen.
Mrs. Liu smiled and said: "I have already made a promise. I have made a promise to the eldest son of the Minister of War of the Zheng family in Xingyang."
Mrs. Cen thought to herself, "I know that such a girl has been destined for a long time. The fifth girl is not as good as the fourth girl. Sitting next to the third girl, she looks like a jackdaw and a phoenix. One is like a fine white girl painted with gold." The porcelain plate, the other like a broken bowl with a foul mouth.
Therefore, Mrs. Cen pulled Li Shu and said, "What a precious girl. She is so good-looking."
Lishu pretended to be shy. This was the first time she knew that appearance could actually transcend certain classes. In the past life, they always said that beauty was nothing, only family background was the most important. Li Zhen also often treated her mother as a concubine just to make Li Shu not want to go out and face the glare of her eyes. But now people don't know her talent at all. As long as she stops there for a moment, so many people are amazed. They even recognize people by their appearance and think she is beautiful. She must be beautiful and kind-hearted.
It would be fine if she came from a commoner family. In a family like the Liu family, she was often said to be too beautiful and would easily get into trouble. This kind of talk was completely intentional to prevent her from getting ahead.
Just because she didn't go out to socialize in Beijing, not many people knew about her marriage to the Zheng family.
She couldn't do that now.
Fortunately, Mrs. Cen also knew the difference. Although she treated Li Shu differently at first, she still took good care of Li Zhen.
Lunch was all vegetarian food, because she ate a lot of meat in the morning, and Lishu had a good appetite for vegetarian food. Li Rou was accustomed to eating vegetarian food with Mrs. Liu. She was always cautious in her temperament and would not show anything. Li Zhen had to swallow it even though it was hard to swallow.
Just as the saying goes, there is no talking when eating or sleeping, Mrs. Cen is also observing Li Zhen at the table, which makes Li Zhen feel on pins and needles.
Mrs. Liu knew Li Zhen very well. She could put on a show if she only had contact with her for a short time. This is also the reason why the eldest daughter-in-law is so doting on her. It seems that Mrs. Fu also dotes on Lishu very much, but still makes her study hard. On a snowy night, she asked her daughter to go on night watch. It was very difficult to start with small things, but she did Lishu got out of exercise.
After lunch, Mrs. Cen talked to Mrs. Liu again. Lishu and others took out their needles and threads, and she also presented a book of scriptures copied with gold powder and black background.
Mrs. Cen saw that among the three trays, Li Shu's needlework was obviously better than her sisters, the color was excellent, the look was beautiful, and the stitches were even more detailed. Especially the chrysanthemums that are in season. Because Mrs. Cen has the word "chrysanthemum" in her name, she has always loved chrysanthemums, so she fell in love with it as soon as she saw the purse Li Shu sent her.
In comparison, although the lotus embroidered by Lirou is good, it is not suitable for the season.
When I arrived at Li Zhen's place, she was obviously worse than the previous two.
In fact, Li Shu originally planned to give this purse to her mother, but since Mrs. Cen was here, she didn't have much to do. After all, embroidery was very labor-intensive, so she could only give it to Mrs. Cen.
Of course, Mrs. Cen made a judgment in her heart and said: "They are all doing very well. It can be seen that they are all very peaceful girls who can calm down."
Mrs. Liu also nodded slightly, but said something modest.
Usually in the afternoon, Mrs. Liu had to do evening classes, so Mrs. Cen left, and Lishu went back to her room to sleep. She ate meat today and fell asleep after a while. Otherwise, she would often be too hungry to sleep at night, and she did not dare to eat anything particularly sweet. The greasy snacks will make your mouth smell bad for fear of bad teeth, and the sweet taste will be very greasy when you are hungry.
She didn't know that Li Zhen already held a grudge and even thought about how to take revenge next time.
But in the next half month, Li Zhen was under Mrs. Cen's nose. She didn't dare to get angry when she wanted to. Li Shu copied scriptures and Li Rou did needlework. She was also forced to do needlework, but she always felt that she couldn't do it well. .
Fortunately, Liu Chengxu came to take Mrs. Liu home, and Li Shu had no scruples at home, especially when little Fu said: "I knew you were suffering a long time ago, look at this bad quail, and there are four dunk bowls, Auntie, please eat slowly."
"Mom, my daughter doesn't like to eat meat that much at home, but I found that if she ate too little meat, her hair would fall out, she would have no energy, and she couldn't sleep at night. Fortunately, Zheng Hao brought half a roasted chicken to me as a tooth sacrifice. Otherwise, I really won’t have the energy to ride in the carriage, wuwuwu..." Lishu's eyes filled with tears after eating this meal.
Little Fu was very interested in Zheng Hao's gift of meat. After listening to Li Shu's words, she couldn't help but said: "He is a caring person. This person is the best if he has good character."
Li Shu nodded: "It's really a timely help."
After a meal, Xiao Fu served tea and water, and made red bean paste for Li Shu. Li Shu felt truly comfortable.
Little Mrs. Fu said with a smile: "Mom, I see that your face has lost a lot of weight. You need to take good supplements when you come back this time. Yes, Mrs. Zheng is coming over tomorrow."
"What are you doing here, Mrs. Zheng?" Li Shu was confused.
"Silly girl, you have forgotten that tomorrow is my birthday." Little Fu scolded her daughter.
Li Shu suddenly felt ashamed, because she didn't want anyone to celebrate her birthday after she was thirty years old in her previous life, because this way she could lie to herself that she hadn't grown older.
In the past, when she was with little Fu, she would remember it very clearly, but living in the mountains, she had no idea what night it was today.
Lishu acted coquettishly and apologized, so Little Fu said, "I blame you for what you did. I saw you get out of the car and a gust of wind would blow you away. Your eyes are dull. It's strange that you can think of my birthday."
"It's all my daughter's fault. Mother, I want to talk to you today, why don't I sleep with you?" Li Shu hugged little Fu.
Little Fu scratched her daughter's nose and said, "What a ghost."
But it was said that the same was true for Li Zhen and her daughter. Li Zhen especially felt that it was not enough after eating two elbows. Mrs. Xu said: "You, you, it's not that I don't let you eat, I'm afraid that you will be full."
Li Zhen complained all kinds of things, especially to Li Shu: "Obviously the three of us all sent the same scripture, but she just sent an extra scripture. Also, she always tries to surpass me in front of Mrs. Cen."
"Is Lishu like this?" Mrs. Xu was also very angry. "She is really a girl. How can she be so promiscuous, seducing Mr. Zheng, and over there trying to please Mrs. Cen? What on earth do she want to do?"
Lizhen yelled: "Aren't you like that charming lady like her, who insists on marrying her second uncle and stealing her sister's husband despite having a marriage?"
Mrs. Xu scolded: "Okay, it's your second aunt after all, so don't say a few words, what to do if someone overhears you."
"But what she did was too unreasonable?" Li Zhen was very angry.
But she was more afraid, and she didn't know exactly what she was afraid of.
On Little Fu's birthday the next day, Mrs. Zheng specially invited Lishu to sit next to her, very warmly, and that kind of closeness was completely different from Mrs. Cen's treatment of her.
"Aunt Zheng, these flowers you sent are so beautiful. Can I wear them now?" Lishu said with a smile.
Mrs. Zheng smiled and said, "Of course, I'll do it for you."
Just when Mrs. Zheng was giving Li Shu a hairpin, Li Zhen suddenly found a way to praise Lirou in front of Mrs. Zheng. Lirou didn't say anything at first, but when Mrs. Zheng ignored her, her face became ugly.
What does your Li Zhen and Li Shu fight have to do with me?
"Fifth sister, you never praise me on weekdays, but you praised me today." Lirou smiled deliberately.
Li Zhen thought to herself, compared to the third girl, this fourth girl is certainly much better. Anyway, Li Rou and she are in the same group. Unexpectedly, Li Rou would say this, she herself looked like a clown.
When Mrs. Fu saw Lizhen like this, she glanced at Mrs. Xu and secretly hated her. What was Shuzi thinking that others didn't know? My daughter has been bullied by you on weekdays. Now on my birthday, how dare you do this in front of my direct relatives?
Li Shu looked at Li Zhen like a clown. In Qinglian Nunnery, Mrs. Cen liked her very much the first time she saw her. Except for the first day when they met, Li Shu had no contact with her, but Li Zhen was very angry. .
Now that she's dragging Lirou out, why does she think she doesn't know?
Keep talking about Lirou's duty, just to imply that she doesn't have her duty and let Zheng Hao look at her? Originally she wanted to say a few words, but now that Lirou had spoken, Lishu fell silent.
Moreover, Mrs. Zheng ignored her at her future mother-in-law's place. She was obviously unable to keep her temper when she cursed.
"Lishu, how are you doing in the mountains?"
"It's nice to study Buddhism with my grandmother. It's nice to be quiet in the mountains. Yes, I also copied a few scriptures and worshiped them in front of the Buddha. Auntie, I heard that the old lady of the Zheng family also practices vegetarianism and worships Buddha all year round, so I want to ask you to do it for me. Give it to her, and forgive me for not being able to say hello often." Li Shu asked someone to bring the scriptures.
Mrs. Zheng picked up a book and read it. The font is very suitable for older people. The writing is also very good, light and elegant, and the paper used has a sandalwood scent. It is indeed much better than the ones in the world. It can be seen that it is done carefully. Copied.
She took Lishu's hand and said, "The handwriting is so good. I will give it to our old lady. It's really ingenious."
Of course, Li Shu knew that Mrs. Zheng had a very good temperament. Although there would be disagreements between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, as long as the mother-in-law understood the truth and got along well, there would be no problem. Therefore, she only did this to follow the etiquette, and did not really expect others to treat her as a daughter.
However, Li Zhen was half-dead jealous because Mrs. Zheng completely ignored her when she praised Li Rou, which created a barrier between Li Rou and her. Mrs. Zheng went back and said to Zheng Hao: "Lishu's fifth sister seems to be at odds with her. Today I am talking to Lishu, but she always interrupts and praises the fourth girl in front of me. It seems that I have not made up my mind. The four girls feel like a loss."
Zheng Hao knew that in large families, there are often feuds between sisters and sisters, and even brothers may not be in harmony with each other. But this fifth girl was like this. Zheng Hao said: "It's probably because of jealousy. She can't compare to her in everything, so she has no choice but to slander her. I also pulled another person to make a raft. Just now you asked me to give the scriptures copied by Lishu to my grandmother, and my grandmother praised her."
"There are many shady people in this world. It was not the same when I married your father. There were often people who ruined our relationship as husband and wife. The same is true for you. Don't believe them." Mrs. Zheng warned her son.
Zheng Hao smiled and nodded.
On the other side, Mrs. Cen said to her son who was going up the mountain: "This fifth girl is obviously not as good as the third girl. Why don't you praise the fourth girl for her handwriting? That fourth girl's handwriting looks like chicken feet." Yes, the fifth girl has a bad temper, I think the third girl is the best, she can do everything."
Cen Shifang looked through the previous verses in disbelief: "Are you saying that this word was written by the third girl of the Liu family?"
"Indeed, I remembered that I met her once when she was a child. She said that her mother was good at painting. She probably followed her mother's example and wrote good calligraphy. She always copied scriptures behind closed doors. And Mrs. Liu My wife told me several Buddhist scriptures, and it was obviously said by the third girl. The fifth girl thought I didn't know, so she told me again in front of me, and said it was from her own perspective. Although I am illiterate, I still know whether the writing is good or not, and what the words are saying. Tsk tsk." Mrs. Cen complained very much and had a very bad impression of Li Zhen.
It doesn't matter if your abilities are mediocre, but you take other people's things as your own, and you just take them, and it's so clumsy.
Cen Shifang picked up two scriptures. One was in Mrs. Wei's handwriting. The writing style was simple, elegant and graceful. It completely captured the essence of Mrs. Wei. It was also written at the end that it was presented by Sanniang of the Liu family.
When the other book is opened, the font looks like chicken feet. Although it can be read clearly, there is a huge gap. It says "Bow down to the fourth mother of the Liu family".
Of course, the fifth girl didn't have anything at all, only a few colors of needlework, and her work was not satisfactory.
Cen Shifang felt very complicated. Although he was born in the military, he was influenced by his father and hoped to marry a well-educated woman. Unexpectedly, these five girls seemed to be different from what she imagined, and their conduct was not very good.
Although Mrs. Cen complained, she could see the regret on her son's face, and she quickly said: "She is quite good at housekeeping. I heard from her grandmother that she is very good at managing the village and the shop."
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Therefore, at Li Shu’s wedding banquet, Mrs. Cen came to watch the ceremony and gave Li Shu a generous gift. However, she was indifferent to Li Shu, more than polite but not close. Instead, she praised Li Shu for her excellent embroidery of purses and was very kind to Mrs. Zheng. He said: "You have such good eyesight. Miss Lishu is really a perfect girl. The ten-foot-long bead curtain she gave me as a gift is very well embroidered. I often wear it."
Mrs. Zheng gave Lishu hairpins and said to little Fu: "My in-laws have heard what Mrs. Cen said. I really want to send him to our house as soon as possible. I wonder if my in-laws are willing to part with her?"
Li Shu's heart moved and she looked at Little Fu. Of course, Little Fu wanted her daughter to take the exam. After all, if her uncle wins the exam this time, it would be a small success followed by a big success. It would be a double happiness.
But considering that it was held in such a hurry, as if no one wanted the daughter, the marriage must of course be considered in the long run.
So Mr. Fu changed his mind and said something else, and Mrs. Zheng pulled Lishu on and said a lot of words.
Only Li Zhen was furious. This Mrs. Cen was obviously her mother-in-law. Whose side did she stand on? Mrs. Zheng also ignored her.
Why on earth are you treating her like this? Did Li Shu whisper bad things about her in front of them? :,n,
