Lu Caiwei established a rule in her mother-in-law's room for an hour, then saw her maid coming to the door.
The maid didn't dare to disturb Mrs. Meng, so she just made a quiet gesture towards Lu Caiwei.
Lu Caiwei looked away, spoke to Mrs. Meng, and came out of the room.
The maid immediately came over and said, "Young mistress, Madam Shen is here. She is waiting in the concierge right now!"
Shen Xiu waited in the concierge for a long time before a maid came and said it was Mrs. Meng who invited her.
Before coming, Shen Xiu specifically inquired that the Meng family to which Lu Caiwei married belonged to the same clan as the Meng family to which Mrs. Meng belonged.
It's just that the Meng family that Lu Caiwei married into is a side branch of the Meng family, not a true direct lineage.
As long as Lu Cailian can marry her girl with confidence, Lu Caiwei's husband's family's financial situation is not bad.
Along the way, I saw houses and courtyards that were comparable to those of the Yu family.
The only difference is that Lu Caiwei's mother-in-law, Mrs. Meng, is not as easy to get along with as the eldest wife of the Yu family. She seems to be an unsmiling person.
Shen Xiu greeted her with a smile, then explained his purpose of coming, saying that he had something to ask Lu Caiwei for help.
Mrs. Meng glanced at Lu Caiwei with a stern face, then waved her hand, "Since there are guests coming to see you, you should go first! There is no need to come here in the afternoon to set the rules."
Her mother-in-law was so serious about words that Lu Caiwei didn't dare to say anything, so she only said yes respectfully.
After coming out of Mrs. Meng's yard, Lu Caiwei let out a sigh of relief and said, "Axiu, I just realized today how difficult it is for the eldest sister. Being a daughter-in-law is completely different from being a girl. I'm almost exhausted."
When she said this, she glanced at Shen Xiu and said, "Now that I think about it, you are still at ease. Although you have a mother-in-law, she lives in the country and has no control over you. You can go wherever you want."
"That's not what you said." Shen Xiudao, "Although I am at home, I still have to travel around. But you, rich ladies, have not had to worry about food and clothing since you were born, and you still have plenty of money on hand. Now that you are the new daughter-in-law, You have just passed through the door, so naturally you have to set some rules."
"When you give birth to a boy and a girl, you won't have to set rules every day."
Lu Caiwei then smiled and said, "That's what you said. I'm just complaining. Actually, if you think about it, my mother-in-law is more serious, but she can distinguish right from wrong and will not favor her son."
"You don't know, because my sister-in-law only gave birth to one son, my eldest brother wanted to take a concubine. Later, my mother-in-law found out about this and scolded him like a dog. , the Meng family cannot tolerate concubines."
Lu Caiwei smiled and said: "From then on, when I set rules again, I became more willing."
"My mother-in-law is not as easy to talk to as Yu Shuya's mother-in-law, but she doesn't know how to give her son any concubines or wives." When Lu Caiwei said this, she even gloated, "I heard that Yu Shuya's mother-in-law was the destined Mrs. Huang. , after Yu Shuya became pregnant, she arranged two concubines for her son."
Lu Caiwei probably often set the rules in her mother-in-law's room, and she was very depressed. When she saw Shen Xiu, an acquaintance, she talked a lot with her, and even mentioned Yu Shuya, whom she disliked.
Shen Xiu just smiled slightly: "Tao Siqian is the legitimate son of the eldest son. Mrs. Huang has great expectations for this son. Of course, she hopes that he will have many children and grandchildren."
Although this was the Meng family, the walls had ears. Shen Xiu didn't want Lu Caiwei to talk about the Tao family anymore, so she mentioned the reason for her visit.
"Does your family and the Meng family on the other side move around frequently?" Shen Xiu asked, "I have something to do and want to see the old Mrs. Meng. I just don't have any connections, so I want to ask for your help."
Lu Caiwei said: "My mother-in-law doesn't like to go out. I only went there once when she was just getting married. Their family has a lot of rules, and Mrs. Meng also lives in seclusion and rarely sees outsiders."
"But my sister-in-law has a handkerchief with their Ninth Girl. If you want to see Old Mrs. Meng, I will ask my sister-in-law to invite Ninth Girl over in two days. The Ninth Girl that Old Mrs. Meng loves the most is this Ninth Girl."
Shen Xiu couldn't wait for two days. She only had ten days, so naturally she had to do this as soon as possible.
Fortunately, Lu Caiwei was easy to talk to and immediately sent her maid to talk to her sister-in-law, waiting for Miss Ninth to come to Meng's house.
In order to wait for Miss Ninth, Shen Xiu and Lu Caiwei had dinner together at noon.
Shen Xiu had something on her mind, and while eating, she kept thinking about whether the ninth girl would come.
After having a hasty lunch like this, and waiting for the maid to bring hot tea, Lu Caiwei's sister-in-law sent word that Miss Ninth had arrived.
Miss Ninth is one year younger than Lu Caiwei's sister-in-law. She is only thirteen years old this year, and she looks innocent and innocent.
She tilted her head and after listening to Lu Caiwei's introduction to Shen Xiu, she pursed her lips and smiled and said: "I have heard of your name, my flower hall, and the orchid embroidery screen you embroidered. It is so ingenious. If I could have half of your embroidery
Just good skills."
The orchid embroidered screen belonged to Mrs. Meng. She went to Tao's house once and fell in love with it when she saw the orchid embroidered screen. There was something meaningful in her words. The Tao family saw that Mrs. Meng really liked it, so they gave the orchid embroidered screen to her.
passed.
Originally, it was not a good thing to win someone's favor, but Mrs. Meng really liked the embroidered screen. After the Meng family accepted it, they specially gave it a glazed screen of equal value.
Shen Xiu heard that the Meng family had their own embroidered screens, and couldn't help but wonder. It seemed that she had only embroidered three orchid screens, one at the Yu family, one at the Tao family, and one at the Li Miao'er family.
But it is not important who gave the orchid embroidered screen to the Meng family. What is important is that Mrs. Meng actually likes her embroidery skills, which is good news.
"Ninth Miss is so complimentary." Shen Xiu said modestly, "My little embroidery skills are not worthy of Ninth Miss' praise."
Miss Jiu said: "What I said is true. Even a picky person like my grandmother thinks your embroidery is good!"
"Is Miss Ninth talking about Old Mrs. Meng?" Shen Xiu asked with a look of honor, "Did Old Mrs. Meng really say that?"
Miss Ninth still didn't know what Shen Xiu was up to, so she nodded and said, "My grandmother did say this. She said that your embroidery skills include the stitching techniques of Hunan embroidery, the techniques of Su embroidery, and the embroidery of Cantonese embroidery."
.What’s even more rare is that although the techniques you use are many, they are not complex, and you can completely combine the strengths of each school and eliminate the shortcomings of each school."
If Shen Xiu was just catering to Miss Ninth and pretending to be honored before, then now that she heard that Mrs. Meng even explained the skills she used, she was really surprised and happy to be recognized.
She said sincerely: "I didn't expect Mrs. Meng to be my confidant. It's a pity that I can't see her, otherwise I can ask her for advice."
"You want to see my grandmother, what's the problem?" Miss Ninth said directly, "I'll take care of it."