"Grandmother, the wife's Senior Servant Xue is here." The old woman who was guarding the door suddenly came to report. The atmosphere of joy in the room suddenly stagnated.
Xu Mingwei said indifferently, "Come in then. Wan Rong picked up a few yams and brought them to her aunt. It's a cold day, eat some warm food to warm your body. "
That wench thanked him profusely, turned around and brought Nanny Xue over, and coincidentally received Wan Rong's food, then left with a smile.
"Grandmother's house is so lively. I could hear the laughter from afar. It turns out that they are all hiding here for the winter. Unfortunately, this old servant came to spoil your fun. That old servant had something to ask of his wife. Since it was snowing heavily, he shouldn't have let his grandma walk around. It's the one from home who came back and is waiting to see you in your wife's yard. " Nanny Xue knew about the past and present matters. She couldn't even wipe away her face when she came to invite Yue Yang, so she said somewhat embarrassedly.
"My sister-in-law came back. As her sister-in-law, I naturally have to go see her." Mammy, please sit down and have a drink. Let me go inside and change my clothes. I'll be there in a moment. " Xu Mingwei smiled politely. With Wan Rong's support, they went to change into a Silver Fox jacket, which was embroidered with thick silk. It looked extremely warm.
"There's snow on the flagstones and it's so cold and slippery. You guys better stay tight. If you take one wrong step, I won't skin you all alive!"
When he said this, the Nanny Xue's face reddened, and she quickly tried to smooth things over, smiling apologetically, "Aunt, don't worry, we can't be wrong to have so many people serving us. "Later, this old servant will properly bring the granny back to you. I guarantee that not a single hair will be missing from your body."
How could Wan Rong not know how powerful she was? On the way, she paid even more attention to Xu Mingwei's feet, carefully supporting him from the left and right. In front of them, everyone was still sitting in the warm hall, roasting sweet potato and taro. Because of the girl, when the snow and sky taught their mistress to carry her stomach and walk in the cold wind, even with Wan Rong's good temper, she had already started cursing in her heart. This Lady Fu had been married for quite some time. She hadn't returned home for such a long time, so she didn't feel the need to torment others even though she had picked such a snowy day!
Fortunately, there was no problems as they calmly walked on. Wan Rong took off Xu Mingwei's big fur cloak and hat, and touched the warm stove in her hands. It was still warm. When she entered the door, she saw Lady Wang happily sitting at the seat of honor, with a man and a woman sitting at the lower seat. Hearing the sound of their entrance, they all turned to look at them. Their gazes collided in midair. There was shock, happiness, sadness, and hatred. It was truly an endless internal story.
Fu Ninghui silently sized up the petite girl in front of him. Her bright eyes, pink face and face were filled with spring, and she seemed to understand the situation perfectly. It seemed that she was a kind-hearted person. Even if she were to fill the entire room with concubines, she wouldn't take it to heart.
In this aspect, he was much more fortunate than her. Although Qin Jianrui couldn't be compared to her brother Fu Heng, on the day of their marriage, he made a promise to her. There was no longer a third person in the room; Even at that time, when she was still thinking about Ying Zixiao, jealous of him, and ashamed of herself for training Qiubai, she was moved by this bookworm. She gradually put down her guard and started to live with him.
But this did not mean that she could forgive the family members whose backs were to her, every time Fu Heng came to her door to urge her on, Fu Ninghui would pretend that she was unwell and refused to return. Qin Jianrui advised her a few times, but this time, she just so happened to hear about the situation with the green plum blossom. Only then did Fu Ninghui have the intention to watch the show, and dragged Qin Jianrui back to his parents' home.
When Lady Wang saw her, she was naturally very happy. For a moment, she didn't even think of arguing with her about the matter in front of them. When Fu Ninghui mentioned that she wanted to meet his sister-in-law who was pregnant, Lady Wang immediately sent her Nanny Xue to call him. However, she did not know that under such a heavy snow, if Fu Ninghui wanted to see Xu Mingwei, she could just go to his sister-in-law's courtyard. rarely came here, so everything that Lady Wang did should have been done in the nick of time, there was no reason why she would not listen.
As Fu Ninghui sized Xu Mingwei up, Xu Mingwei also sized her up silently. The ancients' way of saying 'from the heart' was indeed very reasonable. In the past, Fu Ninghui still had a goose egg-shaped face and round eyes. Now that she had changed into the attire of a woman, there wasn't much change in her appearance, but her tears had become much deeper, and even her cheekbones had widened.
"Mingwei is here, kid. Why are you standing at the door and blowing when you came in?" Come in and sit down, it's a good day, look who's back. "It's been a while since we've seen each other. You two sister-in-law and sister-in-law shouldn't be unable to recognize each other." After saying this last sentence, Lady Wang could not help but giggle.
Xu Mingwei smiled at her, "From what Mother has said, it wasn't easy for Ning Hui to come back. I was too surprised and excited to see her in such a state."
When Lady Wang saw that she was the only one here, her eyebrows tightened and she unhappily said, "It's snowing heavily, why did Heng Ge'er run out again? Did she say when she would come back?"
Xu Mingwei lowered her head and replied, "I was home early. I said that I had matters to attend to outside and that I might not even be able to return home to eat dinner. If Mother wants to find him, why don't you send someone out to ask. "
"As a wife, how come you don't even know which family your wife went to?"
Xu Mingwei's eyes flashed with a tinge of injury, and said softly: "He's always been unhappy that I asked him so many questions about what happened outside, and even my wife doesn't dare to ask about it."
She pretended to be angry at for being such a daughter-in-law, but Fu Ninghui was happy. So it turned out that brother was not as good to her as Qin Jianrui was to him.
Lady Wang knew what kind of temper her son had, so her tone was a little more gentle. She waved her hand and said, "Forget it, forget it. With such a big capital and the heavy snow, there's no place to find her for now. Xue mama quickly helped the others sit down. Heng Ge'er also became more and more unsightly, her own wife was still pregnant, she did not live her own life! When he comes back, Mother will definitely speak up for you. "
Xu Mingwei forced out a grateful smile, but said: "Wifey has someone by her side, it's not a problem. In the men's house, those outside are the real deal, and Mother can't even talk about getting too serious, it would make him unhappy. "
Mrs Wang saw that she understood the general situation and knew the difference between life and death. Originally, she didn't have the slightest dissatisfaction in her heart, so she smiled gently at her. "It's for the best if you think like this." Today, Hui'er came back, so we won't be avoiding her. After a while, lunch will be set up in this courtyard. Otherwise, if we were to offend our own family, we might not even be able to recognize our own family. "
While they were talking, the wives and wives of the other rooms in the house arrived one by one. Although Xu Mingwei had met him before, she could only act as if she didn't know her at the moment, and followed suit to pay her respects.
Seeing their Wang Clan's happiness, Lady Jiao and Mayer's disease only added words of praise and praised Qin Jianrui and Fu Ninghui. Fu Ninghui was still alright, she accepted it calmly with a smile. As a scholar, Qin Jianrui could not find many women in his house, so how could he have seen such a lineup?
Lady Wang couldn't help but sigh inwardly. If it wasn't for her daughter's fate, what kind of marriage would she have? In the end, it turned out to be such a fool.
Xu Mingwei did not stand up from her seat. Lady Wang knew that her food had to be prepared separately, so she had Lady Jin give her the orders early. She also steamed two plates in front of her, thus she could only lower her head and deal with the two plates. The Lady Jiao intentionally pointed at her, but Xu Mingwei did not care too much about the things that Fu Ninghui had stabbed her in her courtyard, with a light smile, she dealt with them, sulking Lady Jiao to the point of causing her internal injuries.
Lady Wang and Lady Jiao had been sister-in-law for half their lives, how could they not see through their playthings? With a wave of his hand, he called for Nanny Xue to secretly send a box of Dongzhu over to Xu Mingwei's room so that he could use it as a pillow.
After eating lunch, a group of female servants accompanied Fu Ninghui and spoke. Xu Mingwei was in the habit of taking a nap, and since Lady Wang knew of her, she instructed Nanny Xue and the others to carefully send her off. On the way there, they coincidentally bumped into Fu Ming and the others who were just about to go out for a stroll.
Fu Ming smiled and greeted her, "Sister-in-law is going back?"
Xu Mingwei also laughed, and said politely, "Sunrise is short on sleep, my mother pitied me, and I promised to leave first. "Take your brother-in-law and take a walk or two so you can find a warm place to stay out of the wind and snow. Tell the women to heat a jug or two of wine so that they don't catch the wind."
Fu Ming nodded and replied, "That's exactly what I mean. "Then, sister-in-law, if you go first, I won't stop you."
The two of them exchanged pleasantries before separating. On the surface, Qin Jianrui was still in a daze, even Fu Ming didn't hear him speak.
"Brother-in-law, there are still some good plum blossoms on the east side of the corridor. Do you want to go take a look now, or …?" Fu Ming had no choice but to ask again before she woke him up from his dream.
Qin Jianrui had already stopped thinking about the plum blossom. Recalling the exhausted look on her face, he couldn't help but feel his heart ache. Was Fu Heng not good to her? His face was pale as he replied, "It must have been just blown by the wind. Let's rest for a while and see you when the snowstorm stops."
Seeing that his expression was so poor, Fu Ming was afraid that he would cause a chill, so she quickly brought him to the Warm Pavilion along with Brother Cheng from the three rooms.
"Has Brother Yan Zhen not been coming home often recently? "Today, it's our fault. Since you were here on the spur of the moment, you didn't deliver the message first, and instead pounced on empty air." Qin Jianrui acted as if he did not care and asked.
This morning, Fu Ninghui suddenly said that she wanted to go back. She was in a rush, and didn't even have time to prepare a proper gift, but after her previous painful advice, Qin Jianrui didn't dare say that she wanted to come back. She only called for Uncle Li to clean up a few items and came over quickly. This way, the Fu Clan found out that Fu Heng had not been home for quite some time.