Chapter 238: Reciprocity
Xu Lang and Shen Danxia left the yard, followed by Fu Po, Shou Po, Mo Shi Mo Wang and eight little maids. While walking, Xu Lang told Chen Danxia about the situation announced by the Xu family's residence; Xu Kui lived in Wuzhu Liju in the main courtyard, and Chen Gong lived in Yilan Courtyard. He went out from the west corner gate of Yilan Courtyard, which was a road, and Xu Kui's concubine lived in that row of small courtyards. The young master of the Xu family who had not married lived in the East Outer Courtyard, Xu Lang, two married brothers, Xu Feng lived in Chengning Courtyard, and Xu Shuo lived in Ting'anju...
When he walked into the courtyard, the maid standing at the entrance of the main hall immediately passed a message inside and said, "Third Master, the third grandma is here."
The maid raised the curtain, and Xu Lang and Shen Danxia walked in. Old Mrs. Xu, wearing a stone green satin embroidered ancient coins for birthday celebrations, sat in the middle with a smile. Xu Kui, wearing a royal blue embroidered ten thousand characters pattern, sat on her left hand, dressed brilliantly, and Shen Gong, wearing pomegranates and gold-paired thighs, sat on her right hand. Chen Danxia's eyes flashed with doubts, both of whom were sitting and how Shen Gong Gong was wearing.
Today, when the newcomers are offering tea, Xu Lang is wearing a big red plate of gold-colored embroidered flowers and cloud brocade, and Chen Danxia is wearing a big red cloud-coated phoenix lantern pattern wool. According to custom, Shen’s mother-in-law should not wear the same red as the newcomer, but she is wearing pomegranate red, which is almost the same as the regular red. Chen Danxia’s eyebrows are slightly frowning. What do she want to do? Do she grab the limelight of the newcomer?
"You are finally here, I'm about to send someone to ask when you will arrive." Chen Gun said.
Xu Kui continued, "I thought I would have to wait until noon before I could drink this cup of wife's tea."
Before Xu Lang and Shen Danxia could speak, Mrs. Xu snorted coldly and said, "On a happy day, do you two have to mess with me? Where did they come late? Not to mention Brother Biao’s wife, Brother Shuo’s wife came to pay tribute to you in Chen Shisan. You only came to treat me, the old lady at that time. What are your faces to say they are late?"
"Mother." Xu Kui shouted embarrassedly.
Mrs. Xu glared at him and said, "What, if you can talk about your son, I can't talk about my son?"
Xu Kui claims to be a filial son, how dare he say more?
"Grandma, I will bring Xia Niang to you for tea." Xu Lang stepped forward and called.
"Okay, okay." Mrs. Xu turned her eyes to look at the newly married couple, turned angry and happy, and smiled kindly, "I'm so sad about this cup of granddaughter-in-law tea, but I'm so sad that I've been looking forward to it."
Chen Danxia followed Xu Lang and knelt in front of Mrs. Xu. The two maids held a cup of tea on a tray and stood beside them. Xu Lang picked up a cup of tea and handed it to Mrs. Xu, "Grandma, please have tea."
Mrs. Xu took the cup, took a sip, put it on the table, took the red envelope and Pisces that had been prepared long ago, and handed it to him. Xu Lang took the red envelope, "Thank you grandmother."
Chen Danxia picked up a cup of tea and presented it to Mrs. Xu with both hands, "Grandma, please have tea."
"Okay." Mrs. Xu took the teacup, took a sip, put it down, and gave it to Chen Danxia with a red envelope and a pair of mutton fat jade twisted silk bracelets. "Okay, okay, get up quickly, don't kneel down."
Chen Ningxia sat next to her, her eyes were cold. The more Mrs. Xu treated Chen Danxia better, the more she felt uncomfortable. She really couldn't figure out what was she worse than Chen Danxia who had appearance but no connotation? Mrs. Xu was willing to let Xu Lang wait for so many years before marrying Chen Danxia. Why did she not agree to let her marry her back then? Chen Danxia had no reputation in Jindu City, and she was talented and beautiful back then. If she hadn't been unwilling, she would have entered the prince's mansion long ago. Chen Ningxia never thought that when she was with Xu Kui, Xu Kui had already married.
Chen Danxia obediently accepted it, stood up and glanced at Chen Pei's concubine lightly.
Next, we should give Xu Kui and Shen Meigu. Because Mrs. Xu separated the two left and right, the tea could not be respected together. We had to respect Xu Kui first and then respect Chen Meigu's parents, which was a bit unruly. However, after experiencing the morning when Madam Yu came to collect the prix parcel, and the color of Chen Meigu's dress also made Mrs. Xu unhappy. Chen Danxia was almost certain that Mrs. Xu deliberately separated the two, and it was estimated that Mrs. Xu would have to use her big move later.
Xu Lang and Shen Danxia received a red envelope for Xu Kui's tea. They were about to go and take Chen Meiyu to the tea. Old Mrs. Xu suddenly said, "Lang Ge'er, take Sister Xia to the ancestral hall to burn incense for your mother and tell her that she has a daughter-in-law."
A glimmer of clarity flashed through Chen Danxia's eyes, and it was true. Yesterday, Chen Peimei did not prepare a table for her, but I was afraid that Mrs. Xu would have been full of anger. Today, Chen Peimei had repeatedly provoked her again and again, and it would be strange if Mrs. Xu did not fight back. Mrs. Xu used this method to destroy the face of her husband, which was the most effective method.
Almost no one who is a second wife doesn't mind the original wife. She is already a dead man, but she still has to do everything on the second wife. The second wife has to perform concubines in front of the original wife's tablet. She is a bit unwilling to accept her a woman, let alone a proud and humble man.
Chen Gun looked at Mrs. Xu, clenched her fists tightly, this old woman!
Xu Lang curled his lips and looked at Chen Gong's concubine, "Mrs. He always attaches great importance to rules, and I think he will not be unruly."
Chen Jing was so angry that her chest was fluctuating, but she couldn't stop it. Xu Lang and Shen Danxia went to serve tea to their biological mother, which was reasonable. A quarter of an hour later, except for Mrs. Xu and Xu Kui, the others stood in the Xu family's ancestral hall.
"Mother, this is my wife, Shen Shi Danxia. We got married yesterday. Today I will bring her to tribute tea to you and burn incense." Xu Lang said to the tablet.
He and Shen Danxia knelt down, and gave tea to the Xumen Peng tablet placed above, and put three incense sticks. Not long after Xu Lang was born, Peng passed away. Xu Lang's impression of Peng came from the description of Mrs. Xu and others. Although there was not much affection between mother and son, Peng was Xu Lang's biological mother after all, and his blood was connected. Looking at the tablet, Xu Lang still sighed lightly. Chen Danxia reached out to shake his hand and comforted him silently. Xu Lang turned his head to look at her, curling the corners of his mouth so that she didn't have to worry.
Chen Danxia turned his head and looked at the Shen Pei, who was standing aside with a gloomy face, with a slightly shining eyes, and said with a smile: "Madam, I heard that you have always respected my grandmother. Since you have arrived at the ancestral hall today, you have to offer three incense to my grandmother."
Chen Danxia was almost so angry that she passed by. Xu Wen saw Chen Danxia embarrassed her mother and said anxiously: "Chen Danxia, don't go too far!"
"I don't understand what the fifth sister said. What did I do? You said I was too much. Can't I bear the third incense stick of my wife who was the second wife?" Chen Danxia stared at Xu Wen coldly, "The fifth sister, pay attention to your identity. This time I will spare you. If there is another time, don't blame me, the sister-in-law, and teach you a lesson." Qin and Wang looked at each other. It seemed that this third brother and sister were not good at it.
"You dare!" Xu Wen said with a fierce and timid inside.
"Lang Ge's wife, you are very capable. On the first day of entering the house, she threatened to beat her sister-in-law." Chen Gun said sternly.
"I am not as capable as my wife, and I teach my daughter that she is disrespectful to her sister-in-law, and she dares to speak with her sister-in-law. I wonder if anyone else dares to come to propose marriage?" Chen Danxia sneered.
The sunny man choked up.
Chen Danxia is going to deal with Chen Danxia today. He did not struggle with Xu Wen for too long. He ordered the maid standing beside him and said, "Go and light up the incense. The wife wants to burn incense to Mrs. First."
The maid looked at Chen Gun and said, "I took three incense sticks from the table and put them on the candle and lit them. Then she handed them to Chen Gun and said, "Madam, please."
Chen Gong looked at Chen Danxia hatefully, took the incense over, walked unwillingly to Peng's tablet, bowed perfunctorily, and then handed the incense to the maid next to him and inserted it into the incense burner in front of the tablet.
The group returned to the main hall of the courtyard.
Xu Lang and Shen Danxia polite tea for Chen Gui. No matter what, Chen Gui was Xu Lang's stepmother. They must respect this cup of tea. Chen Danxia smiled and raised the tea cup over his head and said, "Madam, please have tea."
Chen Meigu gritted her teeth, took the teacup, dipped it in her lips, and placed it on the table. She took the red envelope and a pair of red gold bracelets, handed it to Chen Danxia, and said coldly: "My mother-in-law's family is not as good as her parents' family. All the bad habits you have developed in your parents' family have been corrected. Now that you have entered our Xu family, you are from our Xu family. Take good care of Lang Ge'er in the future and do your duty as a wife. Remember not to be jealous and talk too much."
"Remember the teachings of my wife." Chen Danxia handed over the red envelope and bracelet to Mo Shi behind him. He gave tea and a gift for opening the counter. The next thing was to recognize his relatives.
Xu Kui's family's only family in Xu Kui's generation, so Xu Lang did not have a relative uncle or aunt. Because the people of the second and third bedrooms had already separated, they would meet before they could open a large ancestral hall.
Xu Kui has five sons and six daughters, the eldest son Xu Bang, and the eldest son of Aunt Hong. Aunt Hong was originally a maid who served Xu Kui since childhood. After Peng entered the door, he was carried as an aunt. Peng married for three years but was not pregnant. Xu Kui used this to stop the concubine's ward off the son and asked Aunt Hong to give birth to the eldest son. The old lady Xu was so angry that she fell seriously ill and drove Aunt Hong to the village outside the city. After Xu Bang got married, she was taken back.
The second son Xu Shuo was still a illegitimate child. Seeing that Aunt Hong was pregnant, Peng was anxious and took a fuss and made a maid Linlin beside him and made Xu Kui an aunt to distribute the favor of Aunt and Aunt Lan. However, Aunt Lin was not favored by Xu Kui, but she had a good life. After serving her for only three times, she became pregnant.
Xu Lang is the eldest son, but ranks third.
The fourth son, Xu Chao, is only three years younger than Xu Lang, and his marriage has not yet been decided.
The fifth son Xu Sheng is two years younger than Xu Chao, and he is also born to the concubine.
Xu Chao, Xu Sheng and Chen Danxia are not very familiar with him. Xu Chao's temperament is very similar to Xu Kui. He is a person who likes beauty. As the bride, Chen Danxia dresses up very beautifully today, and is charming and charming. Xu Chao glances straight and blurts out, "Cousin Nine, it turns out that you are so beautiful. I didn't pay attention to it before, and I missed it like this."
This was extremely frivolous. Not to mention that Chen Danxia is his third sister-in-law, even if Chen Danxia is still in the boudoir, he shouldn't say that. Mrs. Xu's face darkened and she stared at Chen Ning with dissatisfaction. Chen Ning's concubine didn't expect Xu Chao to say such words and was stunned for a moment. Xu Lang and Shen Danxia are worthy of being a couple with a heart-to-heart relationship. A cold light flashed in their eyes, something shameless was looking for death. Both of them made up their minds and killed them if Xu Chao dared to do something.
The eldest daughter of the concubine Xu Chan was born by Aunt Lan. Like Aunt Hong, Aunt Lan served Xu Kui's maids since childhood, and was later carried as concubines. Xu Chan has been married for many years and her husband is the concubine son of Shaoqing of Taipu Temple.
The second girl Xu Yun was born to the Shen Gun, only seven months younger than Xu Lang. She got married five years ago and her husband was the second son of the Secretariat Senate.
The third girl Xu Hong was born by Aunt Wu. Her husband was a scholar who passed the provincial examination but failed the imperial examination. She is now working hard to study and preparing to fight again in the next session. Aunt Wu is the highest-ranking concubine among all Xu Kui's concubines, and she is a scholar's daughter.
The fourth girl Xu Xu, who was born by Aunt Ma, was the head of the Ministry of Rites. Aunt Ma had the lowest status among all concubines. She was a singing girl and was a low-key concubine.
The fifth girl has a slight veins, and the one who is Shen’s wife is more than half a year older than Shen Danxia.
The sixth girl Xu Zhu was born by Aunt Wu, and she is thirteen years old this year.
After admitting his relationship, Mrs. Xu did not leave the couple anymore and beat them back to their room to rest. After leaving the courtyard, Xu Lang asked, "Can you move? Why don't I carry you back?"
"What are you talking nonsense?" Chen Danxia glared at him, "Actually accompany me around."
"Okay." Xu Lang responded with a smile, knocked away the servant who followed him, and walked around the Xu Mansion with her hand.
"Brother Lang, will I change my words to call you Third Master in the future? I call myself my own concubine!" Chen Danxia asked with a frown.
"Call me whatever you like, just call me, don't call myself." Xu Lang stared at her, "or call me like I did last night."
last night?
Chen Danxia's face was red, "I can't call you."
"When you shout more, you will be able to scream. Be good, call me and listen." Xu Lang said in a seduction.
"I won't call." Chen Danxia shook his hand away and walked forward a few steps.
Xu Lang chased after him, took her hand again, leaned into her ear, and whispered: "I will let you scream tonight."
"Okay, don't say anything more." Chen Danxia realized that the man's face was actually quite thick.
Xu Lang bullied Chen Danxia and was unable to understand the road. He took two turns and turned her back to the new yard. Chen Danxia looked up and saw that the wooden plaque at the entrance of the yard was blank, "Hey, why doesn't the yard have a name?"
"Grandmother said, you will take this yard." Xu Lang smiled slightly.
Chen Danxia's eyes fluttered, and he turned his head and asked, "Is this yard my yard or our yard?" The rich families each have a yard. This is the case with Chen Muke and Tao, and so is Xu Kui and Shen Gongyan.
"Our yard." Xu Lang held her hand tightly. He had never thought of separating each other with her.
Chen Danxia raised his lips, smiled so hard that his eyebrows were shining, and asked softly: "Is Lingxiyuan good?"
"Lingxi? Which two words? What is the meaning?" Xu Lang asked.
Chen Danxia laughed and said, "The agile spirit, the rhino's rhino. These two words are combined together, and they have the meaning of affection and unity."
"This name is very good." Xu Lang smiled.
The name of the courtyard was planned. The two of them returned to their room, Chen Danxia inkstone and Xu Lang wrote. After writing the calligraphy, Xu Lang ordered Mo Shi to send him to the outer courtyard and asked her to ask someone to make the wooden plaque.
Chapter completed!