The Stepmother is Unkind

Yin Mingyu honestly "does homework" with Xie Ce in the warm pavilion of the main courtyard. Two days later, he said happily to Xie Ce, "Xiao Langjun, I have some business tomorrow. If I have to go out, I can't do my homework with you."

Xie Ce couldn't understand, "Why?"

Yin Mingyu asked back, "What 'why'?"

Xie Ce pouted, "Why?"

Yin Mingyu pretended to be confused, shook his head and said, "What 'why'?"

Xie Ce hurriedly picked up the pen and probed in front of her, "Write every day! Mother doesn't!"

Yin Mingyu still shook his head and said disgustingly, "I don't understand what you are talking about."

Xie Ce's speech has improved a lot, but he still can't express his meaning completely and accurately. He is anxious, so he pulls his great-grandmother's sleeve and pulls his little finger Yin Mingyu: "Great-grandmother! Say, say..."

Mrs. Xie hugged her great-grandson, glared at Yin Mingyu vaguely, and then coaxed him: "Okay, great-grandmother will speak for you."

Yin Mingyu, who was stared at, touched his nose and restrained a little.

After Mrs. Xie coaxed Xie Ce, she turned to Yin Mingyu and asked seriously, "Ce'er asks, why you can go out without practicing calligraphy every day."

After she finished speaking, she asked Xie Ce seriously: "Cer, is the great-grandmother asking right?"

Xie Ce nodded heavily, "Yes."

Then the little face stared at her solemnly, as if she was bound to get a reasonable answer.

Yin Mingyu cleared his throat and said nonsense under the serious eyes of the old and the young, "Because I am an adult, and the adult is very busy, so I can't just practice calligraphy easily."

"It's easy to practice calligraphy?" Xie Ce's small eyes were full of disbelief.

Yin Mingyu nodded seriously, and gave him an example: "Look, is my grandfather very busy, is my father very busy, and I can only see so many hours a day, and sometimes I can't see each other?"

Xie Ce followed her words and nodded one by one, "Yes."

"Your grandfather and father went out at Mao Shi and only went to sleep late at night, is it hard?"

Xie Ce nodded quickly, his face full of sympathy, "It's hard work."

Yin Mingyu asked again: "And your grandmother, Xiao Langjun think about it again."

Xie Ce really thought about it, "Grandma, it's hard work."

The corners of Yin Mingyu's mouth rose slightly, controlling it not to be too obvious, and said seriously: "So, mother is only busy occasionally, which is already excellent, but it will not be common in the future..."

Xie Ce automatically added, "Mother worked hard."

The corners of Yin Mingyu's mouth rose completely, "Exactly."

Madam Xie rolled her eyes at her, rather disgusted.

However, Xie Ce was very smart at such a young age. He quickly looked at Mrs. Xie and asked, "Great-grandmother?"

Mrs. Xie: "..." Chiyu's disaster.

When Yin Mingyu saw Mrs. Xie's face stiff, she hurriedly rounded up the words "Old Mrs. worked hard when she was young, but she naturally relaxed when she was older", but did not let Mrs. Xie explain herself to restore her image in front of her great-grandson.

And Yin Mingyu beautified his leisure time, and packed up and went out the next day.

She had agreed with Mrs. Wen the last time she met, but she still sent a message to Mrs. Wen, and agreed on a place and time to meet.

When Yin Mingyu arrived, the Xu family's carriage was already waiting there.

Mrs. Wen got off her own carriage and got on the Xie family's carriage.

Yin Mingyu greeted her: "Let's go to Yongping Square in the south of the city first. It's a little far. I prepared some food and walked while eating."

Lady Wen didn't care about the distance, she just smiled and said, "It's fine if you can go out. Wherever you go, you will follow the second lady."

Yin Mingyu put the hand stove on his lap, grabbed a handful of pine nuts, and asked casually, "Is it so boring at home? I have collected a lot of books, you can take them back to read."

"Of course it's good." Lady Wen smiled softly, her fingers intertwined and rubbed together, and she said embarrassedly, "Actually, when I returned from Erniangzi that day, I was always thinking about it, so I started to write. Very short story, I want to show you..."

She had already started writing.

Yin Mingyu didn't expect it to be so fast, and said with great interest, "Can you bring it? Let me see it. I thought that Mrs. Wen, you are quite literary, and you must be very good."

Lady Wen smiled humbly, "Second Lady, you are overrated."

She was probably too shy. When she took it out of her sleeve, she didn't take it out the first time, and only took it out the second time. When she handed it to Yin Mingyu, her hands trembled slightly.

The mood is evident.

Yin Mingyu took it over, and when he saw that the place name at the beginning was in Lingnan, he asked, "Why did you remember to write Lingnan?"

"Previously, Mrs. Qi invited someone to sing a play. It was about a young man and woman from a barbarian tribe in Lingnan and a rogue tribe who fell in love with each other a hundred years ago, but they were opposed by their own tribesmen. In front of the clansmen, the last two clans have all released their suspicions."

Lady Wen looked a little longing, "I heard that Butterfly Fairy calls butterflies every year, and it becomes a Butterfly Valley, a holy place for the two ethnic groups. In order to pray for blessings, a grand ceremony is held every year."

Folk myths and legends have always ended like this, and it seems that everything is complete.

Yin Mingyu had never heard of that play, and had no good feelings, so he just nodded to show his understanding and continued watching.

In order to ease the tension, Mrs. Wen asked again, "After the banquet of Mrs. Jiang Si, I met Mrs. Qi at the banquet at another house. She also asked me about you, have you never seen each other again?"

Yin Mingyu replied: "The house is busy at the end of the year, and there are guests at home. My mother-in-law and I rarely go out to dinner parties, so we have never met Mrs. Qi."

In fact, since the Xie family head was promoted to the right minister, the family kept a low profile, and the female family members only went to some very close feasts, like Yin Minglin's previous marriage.

However, Mrs. Xie did not restrain Yin Mingyu and asked her to play, because she did not intend to have a deep friendship with Mrs. Jiang Si and Mrs. Qi.

But Lady Wen saw that Yin Mingyu was immersed in her sheets, her heart became more and more, and gradually she stopped talking.

Yin Mingyu read it very slowly and carefully. When he saw the bottom of the last piece of paper, a smile finally appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he encouraged him: "Miss Wen, write it. I think it's better than the words of those aristocratic ladies on the market who get married and run away. It’s a hundred times stronger, and after finishing it, it’s sold in bookstores.”

Lady Wen asked expectantly, "Will anyone buy it?"

Yin Mingyu said: "I like it very much. There are always people who have the same goal as you."

The story of Mrs. Wen is about forty years ago, a woman in Lingnan who suffered from war was killed by her lover and turned into a ghost. After avenging herself, she did not kill indiscriminately, but sheltered the orphans in the war, and finally resolved the hatred. Tao's story.

In fact, the story is just an ordinary story, but as Yin Mingyu said, it is better than the book of prostitute books on the market.

If she can't sell it, she can't sell it, and she doesn't lack a few pieces of paper money.

However... Yin Mingyu reminded: "It can be written that there is no way in the past, and it is necessary to be more careful when it comes to the present."

Since ancient times, there have been reading populations who have caused disasters to the whole family. Lady Wen saved her life and nodded beamingly, "I know."

As they were talking, the carriage slowly stopped, and the guard outside said respectfully, "Young Madam, here we are."

Yin Mingyu didn't get out of the carriage, he opened the thick curtains on the carriage window, and said to Jin'er Yin'er, "I won't go in anymore, you can take the guards in and have a look."

Jin'er and Yin'er responded and entered with two guards.

Madam Wen turned her head slightly and looked out through the carriage window. She saw that many short-term workers were wearing tattered clothes, white fog was constantly coming from their mouths, and they were laboriously carrying stones and wood, and she said with some sympathy: "It's really hard to work as a coolie at this time, if it's freezing. If you are sick, the gains outweigh the losses, so why not wait for the spring to do it again..."

"People still want to make some money for the New Year."

Lady Wen has urinated on brocade clothes and jade food since she was a child, but she has never tasted poverty. Yin Mingyu's eyes moved and landed on a stall not far away, diverting her attention: "Look at that stall, it seems to be made of bamboo, but if you want to see?"

Lady Wen looked over, was instantly interested, and readily agreed.

So the two put on their hats and walked to the stall to see.

The stall owner originally put his hands in his sleeves to keep warm, but when he saw the two noble ladies approaching, he immediately pulled out his rough hands full of thick calluses, cupped them respectfully and greeted cautiously, his eyes full of joy and expectation.

In the door of the house behind them, Jin'er and Yin'er walked in with their guards, and the day laborers also avoided and saluted.

Not long after, Ding Er walked out in a hurry and said diligently, "Sister Jin'er, sister Yin'er, why don't you tell me in advance when you come here, so I can go out to greet you."

Yin'er rolled his eyes at him, "Suddenly come here to know whether you are honest or not, and the lady is also here."

Ding Er was startled and hurried to see him.

Yin'er stopped: "Don't delay, take out the ledger and let's take a look."

Ding Er did not dare to delay, and immediately went to get it.

Yin'er was good at talking to people, and she walked among the day laborers with the guards, asked a few questions, and said to Jin'er when she came back.

When Ding Er saw it, he didn't dare to say anything, he just confessed that he never dared to deceive his master.

Jin'er blushed and comforted him a few words, then quickly checked the accounts with Yin'er, and checked the accounts in front of Ding Er.

The wages are paid on a daily basis, and the wages for each type of work are different, but the accounts are very simple.

The more complicated thing is to buy these building materials such as wood and stone, which are prone to problems, but these were purchased by Yin Mingyu's other arrangements, and they did not pass Ding Er.

When Jin’er and Yin’er finished their bills, Jin’er asked Ding Er to prepare a **** soup for the day laborers every day. The wages were paid on time, and the food was only told to be full. In addition, he emphasized that Yin Mingyu’s reputation should not be ruined.

Ding Er agreed again and again, sent them out, and met the master by the way.

Yin Mingyu and Mrs. Wen bought a lot of gadgets at the stalls in this street, and they just nodded casually when they saw Ding Er. Jin'er Yin'er left and right had reminded him to be tighter, so she could keep her dignity.

Anyway, if there is a big housekeeper, she will never go into battle if she is not tired, otherwise there will be no use for Jin'er and Yin'er.

Yin Mingyu turned his head and invited Lady Wen with a smile: "I invite you out, so I have to entertain you. Earlier, my old lady took me to an old restaurant in the capital. How about I invite you to have lunch there? "

Lady Wen had heard of this restaurant and readily agreed.

They got into the carriage again, and the charcoal basin on the carriage was rekindled with new charcoal, and it was very warm.

When the restaurant was on their way, the guards first went over to reserve a private room and order food, and the carriage went over just in time for lunch, so they didn't have to wait too long to eat.

However, Yin Mingyu rarely took the time to come out, and he was quite unlucky, and met the Weiyang County Lord in this restaurant again.

Lady Wen had witnessed Yin Mingyu and Weiyang County Master Cuju with her own eyes at the hunting ground. When she saw Weiyang County Master, her heart tightened, for fear of another conflict between the two today.

But the two of them saluted politely, but the Weiyang County Master glanced at Yin Mingyu and the unfamiliar Lady Wen behind her, a trace of unpleasantness flashed in his eyes, and then he ignored the two and went straight in.

On the contrary, he had been following Xunlang Jun, the master of Weiyang County, and bowed his hands politely to Yin Mingyu.

"What are you dawdling at, you still don't come in!"

Xunlang-jun responded warmly, then skipped Yin Mingyu and the others, and stepped in quickly.

Lady Wen looked at the gentleman with some curiosity, and only after entering the private room did she whisper: "The Princess of Weiyang has not yet left the cabinet, and he is often accompanied by a gentleman, and the marriage has been affected, but..."

"This gentleman is really handsome."

She was embarrassed when she said it, but everyone has a love for beauty, and Yin Mingyu immediately gave her an understanding look.

Lady Wen looked at her and smiled, and then she calmed down. She was worried that she might be heard next to the teacher or outside. She sat in her ear and said softly, "Does the second lady know the identity of this gentleman?"

Yin Mingyu shook his head.

Lady Wen said to her with great interest: "It is said that she was also from an official family. When something happened in the family, she was reduced to being a musician in Lefang. She taught Weiyang County Lord to see it and bring it back to the mansion."

Only then did Yin Mingyu realize that Mrs. Wen was very well-informed, so she asked a question.

Lady Wen, who is small and gentle, showed her a soft smile and said, "I'm not afraid of the second lady's joke, my dowry is quite generous, and I have to avoid the housekeeper's affairs if I don't want to compete with the elder sister-in-law. Reading books, you can only inquire about Beijing's affairs."

They really did have some similar interests.

Yin Mingyu couldn't help laughing and said, "I'm very strict. If there is anything new in Beijing, you can tell me."

Mrs. Wen also said, "Second lady also invites me to go out a lot. I know a lot of things."

As soon as she paused, she asked, "Zhao Erlang from the Princess Chang's mansion, do you want to listen to the second lady?"

Yin Mingyu naturally wanted to hear it, so Mrs. Wen said it.

It turns out that Zhao Erlang is really in bad health, and he often stays in the house, but he still shows up occasionally when the weather is warm. Mrs. Wen has seen it before, and she specifically said, "He's handsome."

Last autumn hunting, the eldest princess also took Zhao Erlang.

"After the marriage between the Yin family and the eldest princess' mansion was decided, I heard a lady say that she had seen Zhao Erlang near the cuju field, and perhaps she had taken care of your third mother."

Yin Mingyu remembered that on the day of the second brother's wedding, Siniang said that Zhao Erlang had given Sanniang several times, so he believed this statement a little.

At this time, the guy came to serve the food, and the two stopped talking and concentrated on eating.

They plan to go to the nearby book shop again, so they plan to leave after finishing their meal.

However, Yin'er went to checkout and came back soon, saying to Yin Mingyu, "Miss, someone has paid for us."

Yin Mingyu subconsciously thought of the Weiyang County Lord, but he overthrew it and asked, "Who is it?"

Yin'er glanced at Lady Wen and said, "It's the young lady of the Xu family."

"My eldest sister-in-law?" Madam Wen was surprised, looked at Yin Mingyu, and said, "I don't know why I met the eldest sister-in-law here."

Since I don't know, I know it when I see it, and I guess I didn't leave.

Yin Mingyu sat back again and said, "Have another cup of tea."

Mrs. Wen held the teacup, frowned slightly, and said, "Second lady, I told you earlier that the elder sister-in-law wanted me to meet you. Before I came out today, my mother-in-law asked me where I was going, and I never told the elder sister-in-law about the rest. ."

Yin Mingyu smiled at her, "I believe you, don't think too much."

There are a lot of people, and if you want to know a location, why is it difficult.

Not long after, Yin'er reported it, and then Mrs. He, the eldest young lady of the Xu family, walked in with a woman of her age.

When the two parties greeted each other, Mrs. He introduced the woman who was traveling with her, who was her mother's sister-in-law. Although she was not a close minister like Xie Qin, she had just been promoted recently, half a level higher than Xie Qin.

As for Xu Jiadalang, the official position is lower, and He did not mention it.

After the introduction, He didn't need anyone to ask, and explained with a smile: "Mrs. Xie, I happened to be back at my parents' house today, and I happened to pass by this place. When I saw the servants in the house, I guessed that you and my younger brother and sister were in the house. Here, thinking that she will come out with you, it is time for us to entertain, so I made an assertion, don't you blame me for being troublesome?"

She used Mrs. Wen as an excuse. After listening to Mrs. Wen, she lowered her head with a slightly strange expression, but did not refute Mr. He outside.

Yin Mingyu always smiled, but her tone was distant, "Mrs. Xu Shao is polite, I am friends with Lady Wen, and I don't care about those polite ones."

Mrs. He glanced at Madam Wen and said ashamedly: "So, I've seen the outside world, Mrs. Xie Shao forgive me."

Yin Mingyu thinks that she is quite a cheeky person, and when she hears He's words, she is a little resigned, at least she can't do this to strangers in order to gain a relationship like He's.

Lady Wen's face was also a little red, and she was about to interrupt.

He did not give her a chance to speak, and continued to chat with Yin Mingyu with a smile: "I heard from my younger brother and sister that Mrs. Xie Shao is building a house and planning to rent it out?"

Yin Mingyu was noncommittal and only smiled.

At this time, Mrs. He's sister-in-law said, "My mother's family is a businessman, and there are several building materials shops. We can purchase some good wood and stone materials for Mrs. Xie Shao."

Yin Mingyu loves money, but she doesn't like to pick up such cheap gifts that are sent for no reason, so she smiled and said, "The building materials have already been bought, but I still thank Mrs. He for her kindness."

Mrs. He looked regretful, but she quickly put it away and said with a smile: "Mrs. Xie Shao wants to make some money? My parents' family is the best at this. No matter if Mrs. Xie Shao wants to open a shop or other business, I will I am very happy to help Mrs. Xie with some ideas. Mrs. Xie, with her back to the Xie family, will definitely benefit from anything."

Yin Mingyu naturally understood the principle of "being diligent for nothing, not being a traitor or stealing", she was already impatient, so she showed a bit of pride and said, "Since Mrs. He knows that I am backing the Xie family, she will It should also be clear that I will never be short of money, my house is just to pass the time."

She said this, but she was patching herself up in her heart, hoping that the God of Wealth would not hear it; if the God of Wealth heard it, she would have to forgive me. If it didn't work, she would go to the God of Wealth to offer incense and worship. bye.

No one thinks that there is too much money, she is short of money.

And Mrs. He was stagnant, and returned to normal after a while, "Mrs. Xie Shao said very much, the Xie family has a deep heritage, and there is really no need to worry about money, but if Mrs. Xie wants to pass the time and make some money incidentally, you can also Find me."

Yin Mingyu wasn't very interested, so he glanced at Jin'er and gave her a vague hinting look.

Jin'er immediately stepped forward and said, "Ma'am, the house is busy, so Madam urged you to go back earlier."

Yin Mingyu made an "almost forgot" look and apologized to Mrs. Wen: "Look at me, I can't play with you anymore, I'll invite you to Xie's house next time."

Lady Wen knew that Yin Mingyu didn't take anger at her, so she felt relieved, and immediately agreed: "Second lady is free, I happened to meet my elder sister-in-law by chance, and I will go back with my elder sister-in-law."

Mrs. He and Mrs. He didn't want to delay Yin Mingyu any longer, so they had to leave with her.

They parted outside the restaurant, Yin Mingyu gave Mrs. Wen a look and got on the carriage and left without saying any more.

Madam Wen and the others watched her leave, and Madam Wen looked at Mrs. He and said with a gentle smile, "Sister-in-law, do you want to go back to Xu's house?"

When Mr. He faced her, his attitude was somewhat unusual, and he said calmly, "Let's go."

On the second floor of the restaurant, in a half-open window, the Princess of Weiyang looked at Mrs. He and Mrs. He, squinting slightly.

Behind her, Xun Langjun walked over with the cloak in both hands, and said warmly, "Master, put it on, don't catch a cold."

The Weiyang County Lord looked at the people who were leaving, closed the window, pushed back the cape he brought over, sat back at the table, and drank with a glass of wine.

Xunlang Jun folded the cloak, sat beside her and poured tea for her, and said with some concern: "In order to teach the prince to be trustworthy, you should drink less alcohol, or drink less. "

The Weiyang County Lord's eyes darkened, he picked up the glass and drank it, and then smashed it on the ground, adding a little resentment to the previous arrogance.

On the other side, Yin Mingyu got into the Xie family carriage, so he stopped holding it, leaned on the carriage, and said lazily, "See, someone took the initiative to give me money."

Jin'er and Yin'er looked at each other, not believing that there was such a good thing, so they guessed: "Miss, is it possible that you are asking for something?"

Yin Mingyu was too lazy to lean over, so he raised his hand lazily, and pointed to the plate containing the pine nuts. When Yin'er brought it to her, he said, "It's not for me."

Hearing this, Yin'er nodded earnestly and said, "It's definitely not for the lady, you can't help others when you see it, lady."

Yin Mingyu: "..." Why is it so unpleasant?

And they just used the excuse of something in the house to get rid of the unpleasant people, but they didn't want the maid next to Mrs. Xie to greet him as soon as the carriage stopped at the door of Xie's house, and said to Yin Mingyu, "Young madam, you are back, auntie. Madam and Cousin are here."

Yin Mingyu was slightly surprised, walked in and asked, "When did you arrive?"

The maid replied, "At noon, the mansion sent someone to look for you, but I didn't expect you to come back first."

"That's a coincidence."

If she hadn't met Mrs. Wen's eldest sister-in-law, Mrs. He and the lady of the He family, she would not have planned to come back.

It stands to reason that the elders should change into suitable clothes, but the elders were already waiting, so Yin Mingyu went straight to the main courtyard in the clothes he went out.

As soon as the doorkeeper saw her, she saluted her, got up and called to the door: "Old Madam, Madam, Young Madam is back!"

Yin Mingyu adjusted his clothes a little, stepped into the door with his head held high and a smile on his face, and opened his mouth as soon as he entered, "Grandmother, mother, I came back late, and I couldn't meet my aunt and cousin..."

As she spoke, without any precaution, two stunning faces, which were extremely similar except for the years, came over with a "snack".

Suddenly stunned.