Chapter 157 Yang's Attitude
Chapter 157 Yang's Attitude
After Mrs. Lin and Mrs. Lin finished their recounting of the family matters, Lu Chenshuang smiled and said, "Now that grandma and mother have finished their chatter, is it my turn?"
Mrs. Lin laughed twice when she heard this and said, "I haven't seen you for a few years, but you have become much more lively. I've never seen you so playful before."
Lu Chenshuang's heart skipped a beat when she heard this, but she didn't show it on her face. Instead, she smiled and said, "Grandma is right. I have been in Jingyang Marquis's Mansion for three years, and I have been fighting wits and courage with the Marquis's wife for so long that I have become very good at talking.
And I also realized a truth.”
Lu Chenshuang deliberately kept the secret.
Old Madam Lin knew that Lu Chenshuang had a hard time in the Marquis' Mansion. She felt distressed when she heard Lu Chenshuang say with her own mouth that she wanted to compete with her mother-in-law in wits and courage.
But he still followed Lu Chenshuang's words and asked, "Oh, then tell me what truth you have realized? Teach grandma too."
Lu Chenshuang chuckled a few times and then sighed: "Life is only a few decades long, so you should live freely and don't care about other people's eyes. It's too tiring."
Mrs. Lin nodded and said, "Our Shuang'er is really insightful. I am half buried in the soil, but you are not as open-minded as me."
Lu Chenshuang smiled again after hearing this and said, "Grandma is not less open-minded than I am.
My grandmother has to take care of such a large family, so naturally she has to consider the overall situation.
I am not like that now, I can eat enough for my whole family, so I can naturally think positively. "
Sure enough, not only Old Mrs. Lin, but everyone else in the Lin family burst into laughter.
Lin glanced at Lu Chenshuang and said in a reproachful tone, "Well, stop playing tricks here and teasing your grandmother.
Why don't you take out the gifts you brought with you and honor your grandmother?"
Lu Chenshuang touched his nose when he heard this. It turned out that entertaining one's parents with colorful clothes also required talent.
So he quickly said, "Xiao Man and Gu Yu, why don't you two quickly present the gifts I gave to my grandmother and two aunts."
Xiaoman and Guyu quickly agreed upon hearing this, and then picked out gifts for Old Lady Lin and the others.
The statue given to Mrs. Lin was a white jade Guanyin. Mrs. Lin liked to worship Buddha and fell in love with it at first sight.
She stroked the white jade Guanyin with both hands and said with a smile that showed her teeth: "Shuang'er still knows what grandma likes, but this white jade Guanyin is probably not cheap."
Xiaoman smiled and replied, "Madam, this is a gift from the Queen Mother to you. It cannot be bought with any amount of silver."
Upon hearing this, Old Lady Lin said with even more fondness, "It was actually a gift from the Empress Dowager. It's too precious."
The Lin family is the richest family in Linzhou and has never lacked money. They can buy any good thing, but they do not have any gifts from the emperor.
Old Madam Lin immediately asked Nanny Xue to keep the white jade Guanyin statue and told her not to bump it.
Mrs. Xie saw this and joked, "It seems that Shuang'er's gift really touched our old lady's heart.
No wonder the old lady talks about Shuang'er every day, she is really considerate. "
Everyone agreed with what Xie said, except Yang, of course.
Although she also thought that this white jade Guanyin was good, she felt that this was Lu Chenshuang's way of deceiving the old lady.
After Lu Chenshuang gave the gift to Old Mrs. Lin, the next thing she gave was the gifts to Mrs. Yang and Mrs. Xie.
This is a pair of icy jade bracelets. Although they are not as valuable as the white jade Guanyin, such good jade is still rare in the world.
This was given to Lu Chenshuang by the eldest princess, so it is naturally not bad.
After receiving the gift, Mrs. Xie couldn't let it go. She put it on her hand immediately and kept praising Lu Chenshuang.
Yang's expression was indifferent. Although she had a smile on her face, the smile did not reach her eyes.
Lu Chenshuang could see that her aunt didn't seem to like her very much, so she didn't force it.
Some people even dislike gold because it is tacky, let alone her.
Then Lu Chenshuang divided out the gifts for Lin Shen, Lin Hai and several young masters of the Lin family and gave them to the old lady for safekeeping.
Next came the gifts for the concubines and cousins in the mansion.
Lu Chenshuang didn't know what they liked, so she asked Xiaoman and the others to pick out some brocade and palace-style pearl flowers.
Although these gifts were not as valuable as those given by Old Lady Lin and others, they were all things from the palace and could give one face when wearing them outside.
Seeing this, Old Lady Lin covered her chest and said, "Shuang'er, did you move all the good things in the storehouse here?"
Lu Chenshuang thought to herself that this was just the beginning, she hadn’t even unpacked the two boxes that Mu Hansu had sent her.
The gifts there are no worse than the ones she gave.
But now that there are so many people around, she was afraid that if she showed it, Old Lady Lin and the others would ask her where the things came from.
So I just planned to muddle through for now.
Before you leave, tell Mrs. Lin and ask her to keep it to pass on to her children and grandchildren, or give it as a gift in the future.
Just when several aunts and young ladies of the Lin family were expressing their gratitude to Lu Chenshuang with gifts.
An unexpected guest interrupted the atmosphere.
A girl of about sixteen or seventeen walked in leisurely with two maids.
As soon as she arrived, Mrs. Lin's room suddenly became quiet.
The girl bit her lip and said, "Dieyu pays her respects to the old lady."
Mrs. Lin glanced at her and said calmly, "Didn't I tell you that you don't have to come to me to pay your respects?"
Lu Chenshuang couldn't understand what was going on for a moment.
The cousin of the Lin family who was closest to Lu Chenshuang spoke in a low voice: "This is my mother's niece."
When Lu Chenshuang heard this, she said "Oh", it turned out that she was her aunt's niece.
But why did the girl from the Yang family come along when the Lin family moved to Beijing?
And judging from the look on Old Mrs. Lin's face, she doesn't seem to like this girl very much.
When Yang Dieyu heard Mrs. Lin’s answer, her face turned pale for a moment.
The moment she lowered her eyes, she looked at Lu Chenshuang again. She saw that Lu Chenshuang was not only bright and beautiful, but also had a noble temperament that she could not compare with.
Her eyes instantly turned red.
Yang was so distressed when she saw this that she quickly stood up and said, "Mother, Yu'er has always been a well-educated and well-mannered child. Why can't you accept her?"
Upon hearing this, Old Lady Lin looked at Yang and said, "Yang, watch your words! She is your niece. You pity her, but why do you have to bring her to me, an old woman?
I just asked her not to come and greet me, how could that be wronging her?"
Yang opened her mouth to retort, but no words came out.
It was indeed inappropriate for her niece to appear on this occasion, but Yang selfishly wanted Yang Dieyu to appear. She just wanted to tell the Lin family that her mother's family also had someone.
But when Dieyu came to the Lin family, she only brought a package with her, and nothing else except a few sets of clothes.
Compared to Lu Chenshuang's big move, I'm afraid I've already lost.
Thinking of this, Yang's eyes rolled, maybe there was a way to have the best of both worlds.
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