C12 Chrysanthemum Tea

She quickly took the wooden bucket from Lin Xin'er's hands. Seeing that her little daughter's forehead was covered in sweat, she said with a pained heart: "You fell into the water well once and your body entered the cold air. It's good that you're not sick, but I shouldn't have let you carry the bucket of water."

"It's okay, Mom."

Madame Zhou came out of the house with a basin of water. She shouted, "Yo! That damned girl brought water! I was counting on you to bring water. I was thirsty for a long time. I died a long time ago, but I still couldn't carry two buckets of water!"

"Second Uncle and Mother, Big Sister Guo'er, why didn't you go with me to get some water today?" Lin Xin'er raised her hand to wipe the sweat off her forehead as she asked loudly.

"You shameless bitch, you can say anything you want. You can do whatever elder sister Guo'er wants." Madame Zhou scolded.

The main door opened, revealing a cold expression.

Lin Xin'er immediately said to Madame Zhou with a fawning expression, "Second Uncle, I said the wrong thing. Please don't annoy me. I was carrying Young Master Shui just now, I'll go and bring water back to Second Uncle now."

"That's more like it." Zhou said proudly.

"Xin'er, come to my room and eat with me." He then raised his hand towards Lin Xin'er and said: "Everyone has already eaten, except you, who has not eaten yet and has been working since this morning. At such a young age, you have to work at such a nimble age, unlike some people who only open their eyes when the sun is high in the sky and they are just as lazy as the sun. This kind of person, he might as well be a dead pig, but a dead pig can sell for money, what can she do?"

Lin Xin'er smiled and quickly ran to Mistress Yang's side to curry favor with her, "Grandmother, if I follow your orders by a tenth, I'd be satisfied. Everyone says they admire my grandma's way of doing things, like the wife of an official, where grandma will be the old lady of the family in the future. With Grandmother presiding over the family, no one would dare disobey."

"This little girl's mouth can actually say, there are people who won't listen right now, so what can I do? She relied on her shamelessness to try her best." Sooner or later, she will cry. " The Yang family glanced at the Zhou family and said arrogantly.

He followed Young Mistress Yang into the house.

Only when Lin Xin'er closed the main door did she react. She stomped her feet in anger, gave Mrs Zhao a fierce glare, and turned around to enter the west wing. Just as she stepped into the house, she looked down and saw that the basin of water had not been poured over, so she turned around and splashed it towards Mrs Zhao.

Since they were further away from Mrs Zhao, the water only splashed halfway, but didn't touch Mrs Zhao's body. Mrs Zhao, who had been stunned for a long time, finally reacted. She raised her head and looked at the sky, there was no sign of rain! What's the matter with the house? Suddenly she was so good to her son.

Lin Xin'er, who had followed Lady Yang into the room, looked at the leftover dishes on the table and smiled wryly in her heart, but she still had a happy expression on her face.

When she saw Lin Xin'er smile at her, her heart skipped a beat. She stood up from the bed, walked to the low wooden cupboard opposite the bed, opened the half-used cupboard door, took out a piece of cake made of sweet potato noodles, and handed it to Lin Xin'er. "Damn brat, you only know how to giggle, don't eat yet."

Lin Xin'er smiled and said, "Grandmother dotes on me the most. Second Aunt has just woken up and her hair hasn't been combed yet. She probably hasn't eaten breakfast yet. Should I leave some food for her?"

Hearing that, Mistress Yang gritted her teeth and cursed at the window, "What are you saving for that bitch? If you eat all of them, don't give them to her at all. It's better if you starve her to death. "

Although the sweet potato pancakes were cold, they were still very tasty. As for the rest of the dishes, she had eaten them all due to her hunger. After she finished eating, she began to clean up the dishes.

When the Yang family saw this, they nodded their heads in satisfaction.

Lin Xin'er wiped the table clean and carried the chopsticks out of the room. Mrs Zhao, who had been waiting outside, walked out of the main door. She received the bowl and chopsticks from Lin Xin'er and said, "Come to the firewood house to wash the dishes."

After following Mrs Zhao into the woodshed, under Mrs Zhao's inquiry, Lin Xin'er explained the situation inside the house. After hearing her daughter's explanation, Mrs Zhao's face revealed a pleasantly surprised expression: "You've also caused your grandmother to lose sight of you. In the future, our days will be good."

Lin Xin'er completely didn't understand the Zhao Family's words.

The reason why the Yang family treated her well was because they wanted to target the Zhou family. In a few days, the Zhou family would apologize in front of the Yang family, and if Lin Guo'er said something nice, the Yang family would be the same as before.

"Mother, why haven't we seen Eldest Aunt and Fourth Aunt yet?" Lin Xin'er asked. From the moment she entered the house, she didn't see nor hear any figures of née Qin and née Wang. She thought, "Are they going back to their own homes?"

"After eating breakfast, they went to your second aunt's house. In the morning, your filial uncle's family returned. Coincidentally, your grandfather, your uncle, and your fourth uncle left together. They arrived at the same time." Mrs Zhao replied.

The Lin Clan had a lot of work to do.

Mrs Zhao was busy feeding the chickens and pigs, and also ordered Lin Xin'er to bring water to the well to water the vegetable patch in the backyard. She also had to boil a big pot of hot water, enough for the family to use in the morning.

Carrying water, what sort of experience was that?

Lin Xin'er carried the wooden bucket back and forth a dozen times before collapsing to the ground, exhausted. Holding the empty bucket, she said to Lady Zhao who was squatting in the vegetable patch, "Mother, you don't need to carry it anymore?"

"Take a rest. I'll go get some water." Mrs Zhao took the barrel and said.

As the two walked around the west wing, Madame Zhou and Lin Guo'er's voices were heard. They were very quiet and couldn't be heard clearly. Mrs Zhao walked very quickly, and Lin Xin'er quickly followed.

A burst of laughter sounded out from outside the courtyard.

A gorgeous dressed woman with a golden hairpin walked in. As they walked in, Mrs Zhao and Lin Xin'er bumped into each other, only to see the woman smiling. "Third Brother's wife, what are you busy with? I'm here to get a cup of tea. "

"Sister-in-law is here. Come in." Mrs Zhao warmly welcomed him.

Mrs Qin pulled Mrs Zhao over and said: "Why are you blocking the way, hurry up and let sister-in-law sit inside." He smiled and said to the woman, "The three old families have always been rough and crude. They are usually heartless and won't say anything. Fortunately, the three old men are honest and can bear with him."

The woman who was laughing glanced at née Qin, then looked at Madame Zhao and smiled: "Third Brother's wife is really, really kind. She's a good person. I feel wronged on her behalf when you speak of her like this."

With these words, née Qin's face turned ugly.

Cousin, one of the gifts you brought us from the capital a few days ago was a box of rose cakes, which made Miss Simpson mutter that she must go with her aunt to the capital and bring back a load of rose cakes. We've never seen such a thing in our county.

"Southern stuff. When have we ever seen roses in our county? There are a lot of them in the south. They're similar to rose flowers, but different. The pastries they make are sweet but not greasy. Eating one each day makes your appearance even more beautiful." The woman laughed, "I also heard from the ladies of the provincial capital that I tasted a piece of meat. It was pretty delicious, and when I thought Sis loved to eat snacks, I brought a box over."

"A box is worth a lot of money, right?" née Qin asked with a smile.

"Not much, just a dozen silver." The woman replied with a smile.

As they spoke, they entered the main house. When the Yang family walked out of the back room, they heard the woman's words and quickly said, "Heavens, what is that thing? It costs over ten taels of silver."

"Cousin brought Sis a box of pastries, which costs a dozen taels of silver." Mrs Wang said with a smile, welcoming Mrs Yang to help her walk to a chair and sit down.

"You rich people are the ones who can afford it. Our family can't afford this amount of silver even in a year. My filial wife, quickly sit down on a chair." Yang Shi said with a smile.

Madame Zhao, who was following the crowd, pulled Lin Xin'er into the room. The room was full of people, so Madame Zhao hurriedly brought out a chair for everyone to sit on.

Lin Xiao's wife smiled and said, "I don't dare to make the old lady's place. It would be great if I could make a low stool."

"Child, you've already become the official's wife, what can you do?" Lady Yang smiled. She loved Lin Xiao's wife the most. She was a wife of the emperor, yet she did not put on any airs. She was also very respectful to her. At that time, the marriage between the noble and the Wang clan was decided by Lin Xiao's wife.

"Old lady, you're too kind. Although I'm the wife of the Shangguan family, I'm still a junior in front of you. How can I sit together with you?" Lin Zhixiao's wife laughed.

A smile blossomed on Mistress Yang's face. What do you mean by 'a rich family'? What is noble qi? Every time she saw Lin Zhixiao's wife, she would deeply experience the etiquette and rules of a rich family and admire them.

One of the servants moved a low stool and placed it at the bottom of the Yang family. After Lin Zhixiao's wife sat down, the other wives all followed and sat down.

A maid and two other women were respectfully standing behind Lin Zhixiao's wife.

Mrs Zhao finished carrying the low stool, and seeing that everyone was sitting down to talk, she hurriedly went into the house to wash a big bowl of water, poured a bowl of hot water, followed by Mrs Qin, and berated: "Are you going to give this to Madam Guan? Do you want to use this bowl for our meal? Are you asking for a beating? Stupid fool, if you don't see it, go and get a cup of tea, put the tea in it and pour another cup of tea for me.

Hehe, Lin Xin'er couldn't help but sneer in her heart.

The Qin family had a good plan.

"Eldest Sister-in-Law." Mrs Zhao revealed an awkward expression. "We don't have any teacups or tea leaves."

"I'm going out to borrow some." The Qin family replied coldly.

Mrs Zhao looked pitifully at Mrs Qin. In the past, when Lin Zhixiao's wife came, she had brought tea and teacups with her. Now, she wanted to ask Mrs Wang for some?

She hesitated, not knowing what to do.

The Qin family didn't care about it and left immediately.

"Who has teacups and tea leaves at home? In our village, who would prepare these expensive things? Even your grandmother doesn't have tea cups, much less tea leaves. " Mrs Zhao was so anxious that she was about to cry.

Lin Xin'er saw that Mrs Zhao was anxious and thought of a bunch of chrysanthemums in the backyard. She hurriedly said to Mrs Zhao, "Mother, don't be anxious. Change into a smaller bowl. I'll be right back."

Mrs Zhao saw that her daughter turned around to leave and raised her hand to stop her, but realized that she had already run far away. She found a small bowl and washed it clean. She then heated it with hot water and waited for Lin Xin'er to come back.

He picked a bunch of blooming chrysanthemums, washed them clean and placed them in a bowl, then poured them into plain water.

A bowl of chrysanthemum tea was ready.

Mrs Zhao said anxiously, "What are you doing with this? Your aunt wants tea leaves, and what are you making this chrysanthemum for? If your aunt sees it, she'll definitely be angered to death. You wait here, I'll go to Li Zheng and ask if you have any tea leaves."

Without waiting for Lin Xin'er's explanation, Mrs Zhao quickly left.

Lin Xin'er took up the chrysanthemum tea and entered the room. She walked in front of Lin Zhilong's wife and said with an embarrassed smile: "I saw that aunt had a pimple on her face, and thought that the weather was hot and it would be easy to light up a fire. I specially brewed a bowl of chrysanthemum tea for Auntie.

"This girl is quite meticulous. I rushed back from the provincial capital and spent more than half a month walking and stopping along the way. When I arrived at a certain place, I was unavoidably unable to handle the soil and soil. I was already angry, but today I've gotten a pimple on my face." Lin Zhixiao's wife smiled as she accepted the bowl with both hands. She then took a light nap and said, "The bowl of chrysanthemum tea that you brought is just what I wanted."