She is a smart person and sees all these things clearly, so she settles for the next best thing. No, now the housekeeper in the house is not the eldest lady, but her young lady.
"My dear, there is an order from Shou'antang, asking Brother Feng and Miss Fourth to pay their respects early tomorrow morning."
Lin Sushuang fanned the fan in her hand charmingly, and said lightly: "The old lady has a big girl by her side, so she usually doesn't ask Mo'er and the others to pay her respects, but this time it's strange. It seems that it must be for the legitimate son of the Hou Mansion.
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Zhou Xueniang said: "Yes, I found out that the old lady seems to get along very well with the young master of the Hou family. She said that the young master of the Hou family is the grand-nephew of the old lady."
Lin Sushuang pursed her lips and chuckled: "Our old lady is really capable. Even the Marquis of Zhongjing is her relative, and the eldest lady of the Marquis of Zhongjing is actually her niece. I have never heard of it before.
Woolen cloth."
When she said this, her tone was full of jealousy. The old lady was so famous. She was born in the Hou Mansion, and even her descendants were the eldest wives of the Hou Mansion; but she was just a concubine, and she would be like this for the rest of her life. The only thing she could hope for was
Whether your children can turn over or not depends on them.
"What about the legitimate son of the Hou Mansion?"
"I haven't seen him with my own eyes, but I have heard about him. He is a handsome and elegant young man. He is very outstanding. I haven't heard much about him."
"Yeah?"
When Lin Sushuang heard that it was a young man, her expression changed slightly, and then she sighed: "What a pity, Mo'er is too young. If Mo'er was a few years older, maybe..."
The corner of Zhou Xueniang's mouth twitched unconsciously. Of course she heard what Lin Sushuang meant.
Although she is in charge of things around Lin Xiaoniang and is still a confidant, I have to say that this young lady really dares to think.
What is his identity? He is the legitimate son of the Hou family. It’s just that the fourth girl is young. She is just a concubine. Do you dare to think about it?
"Let Brother Feng build a good relationship with the prince of the Marquis tomorrow. Maybe it will be useful in the future."
Although Lin Xiaoniang is a concubine, she is still thinking about her children. If her son can make good friends with the legitimate son of the Hou family, it may be of some use in the future.
A courtyard to the west of Sheng Mansion is where Sheng Hong's other concubine Wei Xiaoniang lives. Because Wei Xiaoniang also has a daughter, the old lady's people naturally notified Wei Xiaoniang.
Wei Xiaoniang is telling her daughter Minglan that when she goes to Shou'an Hall tomorrow morning, she should talk less and do less, and don't stand out, etc.
Now the housekeeper of the inner courtyard of the Sheng Mansion is Lin Xiaoniang. She doesn't dare to do anything to the eldest lady, but she has no scruples about Wei Xiaoniang. In addition, Wei Xiaoniang doesn't argue, so Wei Xiaoniang's life in the mansion is very difficult.
But for Wei Xiaoniang, she is already very satisfied. By becoming Sheng Hong's concubine, she has already provided relief to her natal family and helped her natal family overcome difficulties, so even if life in the Sheng Mansion is difficult, she is still calm.
Accept fate.
Zhou Chen stayed with the old lady talking until very late. He didn't leave until the old lady showed signs of fatigue.
Lying on the bed, Zhou Chen was still in a good mood. After his insinuations during the day, he found out that Sheng Hualan hadn't started dating yet, which made him completely relieved.
Tomorrow he would also be able to see the other children of the Sheng family. Although he was looking forward to it, he was not looking forward to it too much. After all, they were still very young.
Early the next morning, Zhou Chen came dressed neatly to say hello to the old lady, and had breakfast with the old lady and Sheng Hualan.
Not long after breakfast, Wang Ruofu took the other children to Shou'an Hall to say hello.
In this era, the status of concubines was very low, and they were not allowed to meet foreign guests at will. Even if something happened, the eldest lady in the mansion would come out to receive it.
Sheng Changbai and other five brothers and sisters all visited the old lady one by one.
At this time, Sheng Hualan showed her eldest sister's style and introduced Zhou Chen to her younger brothers and sisters, asking them to call Zhou Chen "third brother".
"Third brother."
The brothers and sisters all knew about Zhou Chen in advance, so they all looked at Zhou Chen curiously.
Zhou Chen also greeted them with a smile, took out the gifts he had prepared, and distributed them one by one.
The gifts were not valuable, but they were specially selected by him. For example, the gifts for Sheng Changbai and Sheng Changfeng were a few rare books, and the gifts for Sanlan were some girls' jewelry.
After getting acquainted with Zhou Chen, the old lady did not let them stay longer, and was soon taken away by Mrs. Wang.
Zhou Chen chatted with the old lady, and the old lady asked Sheng Hualan to accompany Zhou Chen around the Sheng Mansion.
After Mrs. Wang took her son Sheng Changbai back, she urged her son to study hard and come back with a Jie Yuan test like Zhou Chen.
After Sheng Changfeng and Sheng Molan left Shouan Hall, Sheng Changfeng went to play by himself, while Sheng Molan returned to Linqige.
Lin Xiaoniang, who had been waiting for a long time, saw her daughter coming back and immediately asked.
"Mo'er, have you seen anyone?"
"Yes, eldest sister asked us to call him Third Brother. Third Brother is so good-looking. Mom, look, Third Brother gave this to me."
Mo Lan took out the hairpin given by Zhou Chen as if offering a treasure.
Lin Sushuang took it over and looked at it, and immediately showed disdain: "I am the legitimate son of the Marquis Mansion. Is this the first time we meet?"
But Mo Lan didn't think there was a problem: "I think it looks good. There are beads on it."
But Lin Sushuang was very disdainful. She felt that Zhou Chen was the legitimate son of the Hou family and it was really stingy to give him a hairpin when they first met.
A few days passed in the blink of an eye.
On this day, Zhou Chen and Sheng Hualan were walking casually in the mansion when they suddenly saw a little girl playing hut in front of them.
"It's the sixth sister."
Sheng Hualan recognized the little girl playing hut at a glance as her youngest sister Minglan.
Zhou Chen smiled and said: "Go over and have a look."
Sheng Minglan was playing hut alone and did not notice the arrival of Zhou Chen and Sheng Hualan. It was not until she finished throwing the arrows in her hand and went to pick them up that she saw Zhou Chen and Sheng Hualan.
"Third brother, eldest sister."
Looking at Sheng Minglan, who was only five years old, Zhou Chen smiled slightly. The young Sheng Minglan was quite beautiful and cute.
"It's not easy to hit the pot if you throw it like this."
Sheng Minglan raised her head and asked curiously: "Can the third brother also throw pot?"
Zhou Chen smiled and said, "I know how to do it."
"Third brother, here you go." Minglan handed the arrow in his hand to Zhou Chen.
Zhou Chen was not polite, took the arrow, picked up one and threw it out.
"clang!"
The arrow entered the pot steadily.
Zhou Chen did not stop, but threw again. Four times in a row, all four arrows hit the mouth of the pot, and then the ears of the pot.
Minglan cheered excitedly, and Hualan also looked surprised. She could also throw pot, but this was the first time she had seen someone as skilled as Zhou Chen.
Minglan said eagerly: "Third brother, can you teach me? I always fail to make a shot."
"OK."
Zhou Chen didn't refuse. There weren't many entertainment activities in this era. Hut throwing was barely considered one. Anyway, he had nothing to do, so he just played with Minglan.
Sheng Hualan was also curious. After spending a few days with Zhou Chen, she found that this third brother was really a great person. He knew a lot of things and made her grandmother very happy every time. Her grandmother was laughing these days.
The number of times is simply much higher than in the past year.
Zhou Chen patiently taught Minglan.
"The throwing posture is very important, and then you need to use your eyes to see and judge, and..."
Although he was teaching Minglan, Hualan also listened very carefully and was ready to learn.
Chapter completed!