A few peaceful days passed like this, with Ding Changhe mostly not at home. If he comes back early one day, he will first come to An Ran to see her, and then go back to the front yard to do his business.
That afternoon, Mrs. Ding Lin asked her maid to invite An Ran, saying that she had something to decide on.
An Ran couldn't help but wonder, since she came back, she had never interfered with the affairs of the inner house. It was all decided by Ding Lin. What should she do now?
When I arrived at the council hall where things were going on, I saw Ding Lin and Ding Zhou both there.
When the two saw An Ran coming in, they stood up and saluted, "Sister-in-law is here." ?.?????.???
An Ran nodded and sat down in his seat, "Everyone, please sit down. What's the matter?"
Ding Lin looked at An Ran, still looking calm as before.
Ding Zhou, on the other hand, was disdainful. A woman who had been left in the countryside by her husband for many years could not get back the power of running the family when she returned to her husband's house. She was really incompetent.
Ding Lin smiled awkwardly and said, "It's Aunt Han. She has been weak these days and wanted to eat Bazhen pigeon, but she couldn't find it. It happened that today the mother-in-law of the third brother and sister was stewing Bazhen pigeon in the kitchen. The girl next to Aunt Han saw the pigeon and started clamoring for it. In the end, there was a dispute between the two parties, the pigeon was knocked over, and both of them were scratched."
An Ran looked at Ding Lin and said, "The second younger brother and sister are in charge of the inner house. You can do whatever you want without asking me."
An Ran was speechless about this. What else could he do if he wasn't full and free?
Ding Zhoushi chuckled lightly, "Everyone knows that Aunt Han is my eldest brother's concubine, and my wife is protecting her. If she doesn't give in, she will break the heads of everyone around me. Now, she still wants me to give her an explanation."
Ding Lin said: "Sister-in-law doesn't know. This matter is not difficult at all. I sent someone to ask Aunt Han to come over, but the girl said that Aunt Han was in bed and couldn't get up. She even cried and said that she wanted to ask the uncle to make the decision."
An Ran chuckled lightly, "It's up to the uncle to decide how to make the decision. Should I ask the uncle to go out and hunt pigeons for her? I really don't know what to say."
Seeing that An Ran was still talking so interestingly, Mrs. Ding Zhou calmed down and said: "A pigeon is not worth anything, but Aunt Han has a wife as her backer, and the girls and women around her can make trouble in the kitchen. With this, it will be easier There will be a next time.”
An Ran turned around and said: "Second brother and sister, you are in charge of the inner house now, and you can handle it as you want. Although Aunt Han is from the eldest family, no matter who is her backer, she is still a concubine. How can she have the face to compete with the third grandma?" .”
At this time, the woman next to Aunt Han came over and said, "Grandma, my aunt wants to see you for something, please come over."
An Ran looked at the mother-in-law coldly, "Your aunt can't get off the ground, can't she walk?"
The mother-in-law was embarrassed for a while and said, "It's true that I'm not in good health."
"If it's not good, just take good care of him and ask the mistress to see him. He will think of himself as someone who has such a big face."
The mother-in-law knelt on the ground and said, "Grandma, calm down. Grandma, calm down."
An Ran sneered and said: "Aunt Sun, it seems that we have to establish rules in the backyard of our big house. Aunt Han asked me, the legal wife, to see her like this back then. I haven't long forgotten it now. It's time to let her know what she means. It’s your duty.”
Grandma Sun said immediately: "What grandma said is that if the uncle is not at home often, the backyard will be loose. The rules that should be there must still be in place."
Aunt Han's mother-in-law didn't like what she heard. She kowtowed and was frightened.
An Ran turned around and said to Ding Lin and Ding Zhou: "Third brother and sister, don't take this matter seriously. It's not worth arguing with a concubine. Second brother and sister, since you are in charge of the inner house, follow the rules. Come on, do whatever you have to do. Okay, you guys deal with it, I'm going back."
An Ran stood up and took Granny Sun back to the inner courtyard. The remaining Ding Lin and Ding Zhou glanced at each other, and Ding Zhou said: "The eldest sister-in-law has spoken. Second sister-in-law, you can just do what you want. I'm leaving too."
Since they all had this attitude, Ding Lin let go and punished those who deserved punishment and hit those who deserved punishment, impartially.
Aunt Han was so angry that she was about to smash things again, but the woman beside her quickly stopped her, "Auntie, don't be angry. Madam is not here. If you offend me, what will you do in the future?"
After being sent to the frontier, her cousin didn't touch her for several years. If it weren't for leaving her blood, she wouldn't have been pregnant. Thinking that I had been pregnant with two children but failed to keep them, and now that my aunt is not around, the woman is back again, I feel so miserable.
He turned around and threw himself on the bed, whimpering.
Although Ding Lin is the housekeeper and looks after the scenery, it is actually difficult. Everyone knows that the family relies on the uncle, and she cannot offend the uncle's concubine too much.
But Ding Zhou is not someone to be trifled with, she is arrogant, and if things are not handled to her liking, she will dare to cause trouble if the situation is not protected.
At first, Ding Zhou was a little deliberately making An Ran feel uncomfortable. But when she saw that An Ran didn't take advantage of this to make her lose face, but instead told her first, she felt relieved.
She is arrogant and a little unreasonable, but she is not an ungrateful person. This matter had nothing to do with An Ran. The eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law handled it well, so she stopped making trouble.
After An Ran returned to the courtyard, she complained to Sister Chen, "Everyone in the house is full, so if you go hungry for a few meals, nothing will happen."
Grandma Sun actually smiled, "Grandma, there are too many people, but that's not all. There are a few women who stay in the big house for too long. It's simple."
An Ran thought for a while and said to Mrs. Sun: "Ms. Sun, I have to trouble you with this matter. The rules in the backyard of the big house are the same as those in the Ding house. If something happens to someone in the house, who should be talked to. If you don't stand up, if something happens in the future, it will be your uncle's fault.
