Seeing that both daughters looked aggrieved, Mrs. Huang couldn't help but reprimanded: "Look at you, you dare to show shame in front of my mother, you have no breasts, how can you get married in the future?" Keep some for me and continue embroidering."
"Yes!" Meng Yan and Meng Xian responded softly.
"Don't act so petty to me, raise your head and talk properly!" Mrs. Huang became a little angry when she saw her two daughters becoming submissive.
Her husband had told her before that her two daughters were no longer as lively and cute as they were when they were children. Instead, they were timid and timid, and asked her to indulge them a little.
Doesn't this accuse her as a mother of being too harsh on her daughters?
Men are busy outside all day long and have no time to educate their children. Naturally, they don't know how difficult it is for her.
It’s not okay for your daughter’s family to be too pampered.
If you don't hold back your temper in your mother's family, what will happen after you get married?
As a mother, she is now strict with them, just because she doesn't want her two daughters to take detours, so as not to suffer a disadvantage in her husband's family when they get married.
As long as they are sensible and well-behaved, don't act recklessly, and have their backs to the Duke's palace, no one will dare to bully them when they get to their husband's house.
It's not a bad thing that my daughter's family has a softer temper.
However, Mrs. Huang didn't like the fact that they were so submissive and had such a petty look on their faces.
"Mother He, send someone to ask Lao Xi if he can go back home for lunch today. If he comes back, remember to make more of his favorite food." Huang raised her head and said, with a look of kindness on her face. .
She gave birth to a son and two daughters. Meng Yantai, the second oldest among the men in the house, was her only son.
Aunt He was startled when she heard this and glanced at the two young ladies subconsciously.
"Mom, Brother Xi joined the Xiaoqi Camp with Third Brother today. The Xiaoqi Camp is on the outskirts of Beijing. Brother Xi may not have time to come back for lunch," Meng Yan reminded.
Not only will I not be able to come back this afternoon, but after I officially join the job, I am afraid it will take ten days and a half to return home.
After hearing what her daughter said, Mrs. Huang's smile froze on her face, and she said after a moment: "Yes, I forgot about it, but having said that, your brother is really unsatisfactory. I have spent all these years teaching you in vain. When he studied, he invited famous teachers to give him personal guidance, and even asked your grandfather and uncle to give him some guidance. As a result, he stopped progressing after passing the examination and had to go to the military camp. "
According to her intention, for her son to take the imperial examination, it would be best to be a Jinshi, enter the Hanlin Academy, and become a clear figure in the court like her father and brother.
"Mom, we are from a noble family. It is easier for Xi Ge to join the military camp than to go to school. In addition, Xi Ge has been practicing martial arts with his father since he was a child, learning how to form troops, and even more..."
"What do you know?" Huang interrupted Meng Xian without hesitation: "Your father is a commoner. No matter how good your brother is, can he surpass your eldest and second brothers? The title of the Duke of this country cannot be lowered." It’s his fault. Besides, swords and swords have no eyes on the battlefield. The Zhou Dynasty is relatively peaceful now. Being a military general is not as good as a civil servant. I am planning this for him. "
Mrs. Huang said and shook her head: "But this girl is a debt. If your father doesn't let me interfere with your Xi brother's affairs, there is nothing I can do."
She raised her two daughters single-handedly.
As for the son?
Although she read a lot of books at her request and passed the scholar examination, her son's future and future were not something she could control as a woman, and her husband did not allow her to interfere too much in his son's affairs.
This time, her husband and his three brothers decided to join the Xiaoqi camp together with their second wife, the third child.
"Mom, it's better and safer for Brother Xi to join the Xiaoqi camp than to go to the battlefield with my uncle and second brother." Meng Yan said with a smile.
"That's right!" Mrs. Huang nodded and did not intend to continue embroidering. She was in a good mood at this time, so she asked someone to bring tea and snacks in, and asked her two daughters to put down their embroidery needles and rest with her.
Meng Yan and Meng Xian looked at each other and both quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
My hands are sore from touching the embroidery needles all morning.
The two sisters actually envied Brother Xi because he had the support of his father and could do what he wanted.
Unlike them, they can only listen to their mother and dare not make mistakes.
……
When Meng Shu learned that her two sisters were not coming, she didn't say much. She asked people to go to the house to get some pills for spleen and stomach that she had made a few days ago and sent them to Meng Yan and Meng Xian in the west courtyard.
"Sister, these pills are probably going to waste. Aunt Six is very pretentious. Usually, when my mother sends people to deliver things, especially those that go into her mouth, she will most likely give them to her servants, or send them to her. They took it away secretly." Meng Wan shook her head.
Let her tell you, the whole family lives under the same roof, and there is no hatred, so who is going to poison people when they are full?
Killing requires a life.
Mother said Aunt Six was being cautious and asked her to learn this.
But in Meng Wan's opinion, there is something wrong with the simple head.
"Then you don't have to give me the pills I made myself next time." Meng Shu smiled.
"As long as it's something that goes into your mouth, don't send it to the west courtyard, otherwise it will be spoiled."
Meng Wan lowered her voice as she spoke: "I won't hide it from my eldest sister. The sixth aunt is very strange. It seems that everyone in the world will harm their third wife. She is always suspicious. The third sister and the west sister are pretty good, but they She is under strict supervision by Aunt Six and is timid. She doesn’t usually have much contact with me, so it’s normal that she doesn’t want to come to Big Sister’s place today.”
Meng Shu smiled when he heard this: "That's all for me. I haven't grown up in the capital, and I've only been back for a few months. I didn't expect that they don't have much contact with you, but they live under the same roof, but they have to separate you and me. Look, Aunt Six came here because she wanted to live her own life behind closed doors."
Meng Shu had never heard her grandmother or mother say anything wrong about her sixth aunt before. Since they wanted to draw a clear line, so be it.
"Uncle Six is actually quite nice, and Brother Xi is also a nice person. Sister Three and Sister Xi actually want to hang out with us more, but Aunt Six..." Meng Wan said and shook her head: "That's all, let's not mention them anymore. Big sister, how was my swordsmanship just now?"
Her father always praised her eldest sister in front of her, saying that although she was born as a girl, she was highly skilled in martial arts and knew how to organize troops. She was no less capable than the men of our Meng family on the battlefield.
She happened to ask her eldest sister for some advice.
"Your sword technique is very suitable for women. It is soft yet strong. It is very good, but there are two places that are not smooth and can be modified slightly." After Meng Shu finished speaking, she pointed at Meng Wan.
"I remember that your fiancé doesn't seem to understand martial arts!"
She also heard what her third brother said in the early days, but she didn't know whether it was true or not.
"The Hua family is a scholarly family. The children in the family either rely on the influence of their ancestors to become officials, or they take the imperial examination route and rely on their own strength to become officials. I heard Hua Zhang say that their Hua family has been serving as officials for hundreds of years. He has never been a military commander, so of course he doesn't know martial arts." Meng Wan said with a smile.
"So, the second sister has already met Hua Zhang and is quite satisfied with her fiancé." A smile appeared on Meng Shu's face.
Meng Wan suddenly blushed, and after a moment she said: "Just... I have only met a few times, either with elders or his second sister. We have never met alone, and there is no violation of the rules."
