Chapter 16 sixteen

Shen took Chunlan out and walked into Guitang.Opposite is the house of Ke'an and Wang, but the door facing Guitang is still closed.She had to go through the corner door.Seeing that Chunlan was still following her, she told Chunlan to go back to the house first, and she walked to Mrs. Wang's room alone. Stepping over the threshold, Shen saw Aunt Yang playing with Shufang at the dining table.The dishes are already on the table.Nanny Yang, with her hair combed clean and her cheeks red, was telling a story to Shufang. When she saw Shen, she asked Shufang to kneel on the stool, stood up by herself, and greeted her with a smile, shining her very flexible eyes Shen said.Shen smiled and agreed, and stretched out her hand to gently pinch Shufang's small face, and said a few words to tease the child.

Qian'er was coming out of another room. When she saw Mrs. Shen, she smiled and said, "Fifth Madam, it's so early. Our wife is still combing her hair!" "I'll go and have a look," Shen replied with a smile.There was no trace of anger on her face, she seemed to have forgotten what happened just now. "I'll tell our wife," Qian'er said again, she quickly turned around and walked back, and entered Wang's room ahead of Shen.She already knew that Mrs. Shen went to Keming to make a noise, and she was worried that Mrs. Shen would come to Mrs. Wang with the same purpose.She hurriedly walked in front of Mrs. Wang and reported: "Madam, the fifth wife is here."

Mrs. Wang also knew about what happened in Keming's study, and things like this always spread quickly in this mansion.She also doubted Shen's reason for coming.But she wasn't afraid.She has had a lot of experience with this kind of thing, and of course she knows how to deal with it.She was applying powder in front of the mirror, when she heard Qian'er's words, she just agreed vaguely, and continued to stare at the mirror to see if the white powder was applied evenly on her face.Aunt Li, the maid, stood behind her, waiting for her orders.When Wang heard Shen's footsteps, she didn't greet Shen first, but pretended to be concentrating on makeup, and waited for Shen to come to her side. She saw Shen's smiling face in the mirror, and heard Shen's smile again. She called out intimately: "Sister-in-law Fourth," before she agreed with a smile.Shen's attitude was beyond Wang's expectation.

"Today I finally let go of my anger. I taunted my third brother, and my fourth brother got a good beating," Shen said with a smile on her face. This is something Wang did not expect.She naturally welcomes them, but she still can't guess Shen's reason for coming.She wanted to test Shen's heart, so she deliberately pretended to be casual and said: "I heard that Wu Wazi is also making trouble," she carefully drew her eyebrows in front of the mirror. "The fifth brother has nothing to do with it. He was just arguing with the fourth brother, and it was the fourth brother who started the quarrel. Today, the third brother has nothing to say," Shen replied with a smile.

"But I heard that Chunlan dragged the fifth child to make trouble, and said that the fifth child beat her," Wang said again, her eyes still looking at the mirror. "That's because Chunlan is ignorant. She was afraid of the fourth brother, and she was also afraid of the third brother. After I backed her up, she dared to sue the fourth brother. Now the third brother's face is completely humiliated!" Shen replied proudly. Such an answer dispelled Wang's suspicion.She was secretly happy, so she said lightly: "This is called self-inflicted, you can be angry with him." She ordered Qian'er to twist a facekerchief, took it in her hand and wiped her lips and forehead.

At this time, Shen Shi had already sat down on the chair by the window beside the table.She watched Wang's makeup in peace. After finishing her makeup, Mrs. Wang looked in the mirror, sipped water from shavings on her hair, stood up and said to Mrs. Shen, "Fifth brother and sister, let's sit over there and let Mrs. Li clean up the table." Mrs. Shen also stood up, and followed Mrs. Wang to the small room at the back, where the new-style desks, chairs and coffee table that Ke'an bought recently were placed.After they sat down, they asked Qian'er to pour tea and pack cigarettes.

"Siwazi got a good beating today. This little thing is too nonsense, he can say anything and do anything," Shen boasted in front of Wang, expressing that she had A way to subdue Jueying and Keming. "You have done a good job this time, and you have left third brother speechless," Wang said in a false praise.She didn't admire Shen Shi in her heart.She laughed secretly: "You fool." Shen thought that Wang was really praising her, so she said modestly: "Actually, I can't figure it out myself. I still learned from your dealing with the second child last year."

Wang's face suddenly changed, but she quickly suppressed this unpleasant feeling.She injured her child last year, saying that Juemin shot it, and took him to quarrel with Mrs. Zhou, but the result was not the expected victory.She herself regarded the incident as a disgrace, and did not want it to be mentioned in front of her.Now that Shen said it casually, Shen didn't mean to ridicule, but she thought that Shen was mocking.Although she was unhappy in her heart, she didn't show any trace on the surface. She put on a smile and said, "You are too polite. How can I do things better than you?" But you must be very interesting this time.Tell me what you said. "

Shen naturally refused to let go of this opportunity.She told it in detail from beginning to end, adding some exaggerated descriptions in the middle.When she talked about Keming's embarrassment, she added some fictitious things, which made herself and Wang laugh loudly from time to time. "Third brother has been in poor health recently. You might drive him to death and call our beautiful third sister-in-law a widow," said Wang jokingly. "Pretty? How can she compare to you in that appearance?" Shen said unconvinced.Looking at Wang's pointed face, wide forehead and slightly high cheekbones, she didn't think she was lying.She continued: "It's also good that the third brother is dead. Although he doesn't dare to take care of us for a day, we will always be a little inconvenient. His moral style is annoying."

"But once the third brother dies, I'm afraid the fifth brother will quarrel even more violently," Wang said suddenly.Shen only saw the smile on Wang's face, but didn't know that there was a blade hidden in the smile. "He's here, so he can't help me much. For example, what happened to Xi'er that time, I didn't suffer in the end," Shen replied resentfully.She was speaking the truth. When Wang saw that Shen was not suspicious, she didn't say these words anymore.She suddenly remembered something, and asked Shen Shi: "Fifth brother and sister, do you know that the fourth brother and the fifth brother are going to bring Xiao Huifang to the mansion to visit the garden? Xiao Huifang is a famous female role in the Sichuan troupe.

"Really? What day?" Shen said happily, and she immediately forgot about Keming. "The fourth brother told me himself. Zhang Bixiu is also coming. The fourth brother and the fifth younger brother will invite them to dinner, but the date has not been fixed yet," Wang said coquettishly, "The fifth younger brother never told you ?” Zhang Bixiu is also a well-known Xiaodan. "He won't tell me this kind of thing! He's afraid that I will quarrel with him. In fact, Zhang Bixiu is fourth brother's best friend. I already knew it." words come. "Didn't you realize that Xiao Huifang and the fifth younger brother were also very close yesterday?" Mrs. Wang sneered vindictively. "People like Fifth Brother come here everywhere. He likes the new and hates the old, and he can't get along with anyone for long. He used to be very nice to me. I don't think he will be really close to anyone," Shen said. Frankly speaking, she didn't mind Wang's words at all, as if she didn't know what Wang's intentions were.She immediately added another sentence: "Actually, Mrs. Wang also likes Xiao Huifang very much." "She was referring to Wang's father. Wang raised her eyebrows, wanting to lose her temper, but she held back immediately.She secretly looked at Mrs. Chen, saw Mrs. Chen was smiling, and knew that Mrs. Shen didn't mean to ridicule her, so she cursed in her heart: "You stupid pig!" Then she sneered and gave a false compliment: "You That's a good temper." Then he said: "My father is just acting on occasion, how can he compare to fifth brother?" When Shen heard this sentence, she thought it was a compliment, so she replied honestly: "I've seen through it now. I won't be angry for people like Fifth Brother. It's not worth it." "It's good if you can see through it," Wang continued, "that's what I mean. I don't have the time to be angry about your fourth brother. But he also respects me very much. He doesn't dare to bully me. I This person is not easy to bully. If he plays with him, I will play with me. In this kind of age, one can live a happy life alone." When she spoke, there was an expression of anger and pride intertwined on her face. "Then let's do another four rounds this afternoon," Shen said happily. "Four laps are not enough, at least eight laps are needed to be enjoyable," Wang said. "But I'm afraid there are not enough people. The third sister-in-law will not come today." "I'll keep Fifth Brother here. If you ask him to play cards, he will come. He always respects you very much," Shen said flatteringly, "Sister-in-law will always come for a corner, and I'll go and greet Mingxuan and ask him to go early return." "Then you should hurry back and get ready. And about the fact that they called Xiao Huifang to come over for dinner, you can ask the fifth younger brother to find out what his tone is and what day it will be," Wang urged. "I don't think Xiao Huifang and the others will come. When I come, I must take a good look, and I will see it more clearly than on the stage." When Shen heard that Xiao Huifang was mentioned, she forgot to play cards. matter.