After eating the clear soup noodles made by Mr. Qi himself and resting for an hour, Mrs. Tian and Li Qin, who opened a restaurant in the city, hurried back together.
The whole family felt intimate again.
Maybe it's because she has been accustomed to Qi Bao'er's delicate appearance since she was a child. At home, Qi Bao'er always showed her true face. Although Old Man Qi and other family members were surprised by her increasingly delicate appearance as she grew up, they did not lose their composure.
When we get along, her appearance will not have much impact on her.
After sending Li Qin, who was chattering non-stop, to prepare dinner, Mrs. Tian asked a few servants to carry four large boxes into Qibao'er's room.
Mrs. Tian pulled her granddaughter to the open box and said, "These are the clothes and jewelry your mother prepared for you. After you leave, your mother will never miss your share in making clothes for the family, and everyone else's will."
It was made by the embroiderer. Only yours was sewn piece by piece by your mother's own hands.
Your mother cried holding these clothes for several days before going to the northwest. Before she left, she asked her to wait for you to come back and give these to you."
Qi Bao'er looked at them one by one. The first three boxes were filled with ready-made clothes, from the first box of children's clothes to the third box of clothes that she could wear now; the fourth box, which was one size smaller, was neatly packed.
It is filled with jewelry made of various materials.
To say how valuable the things in these boxes are, it is not true. The fabrics are only medium-quality silk and brocade. There are only a few kinds of jewelry, jade and gold, and most of them are made of silver.
But in Qi Bao'er's eyes, they are so precious.
These must have been prepared for her every year by my mother using her own money.
Her throat was a little clogged, "...milk, thank you."
Mrs. Tian smiled and said, "Thank you. You are not at home. Your mother follows the family and makes two sets for each season every year. If you were at home, you would specify more than just these boxes."
I felt very sad and couldn't control my tears.
The granddaughter is back, but she misses her daughter-in-law again.
However, Mrs. Tian still held back her tears firmly. In the early years, her granddaughter cried so much that she had problems with her eyes. Later, the old man probably couldn't see clearly, and after telling her about her granddaughter's last resort, she stopped crying.
The Qi family owes Bao'er so much!
The old man is right, Bao'er has a home because of this family and cannot return. If Bao'er comes back in the future and finds that she is blind, she will definitely blame herself. Wouldn't she be ignorant?!
There's no point in hurting your granddaughter, it's just repaying a favor with a grudge.
Qi Bao'er didn't seem to notice Mrs. Tian's already red eyes. She easily picked up a box and walked away while smiling and saying, "Milk, put these in the closet."
"Hey, okay."
Together, the grandfather and grandson took the four boxes of things to the dressing room next door and put them in the closet. After being so busy, Mrs. Tian gradually calmed down. After finishing their work, she kissed Ni and took Qi Bao'er back to the master bedroom.
Sit together and talk.
Old man Qi is not a talkative person on weekdays. The eldest daughter-in-law has gone to the northwest again, and the second daughter-in-law is opening a shop in the city. Mrs. Tian, although there are people around her to wait on her, there are not many people who can really talk.
Now that her granddaughter is back, although they have been separated for nine years, miraculously, she and her granddaughter don't feel alienated from each other when they sit together, and they are still as cordial as ever.
As a result, the words became more and more smooth.
As she talked, Mrs. Tian mentioned her two good sisters.
Well, one of them is still an acquaintance to Qi Baoer, Mrs. Lu, the mother of Magistrate Lu Tong at that time and now Magistrate Lu.
The other one was Mrs. Mao from the Mao family in Beijing whom she met after being introduced by Mrs. Lu.
"Old Madam Mao is also suffering a hard life. I went to the city yesterday just for her sake."
This old Madam Mao is the mother of the Minister of Civil Affairs in Beijing;
However, the Mao family did not come from an aristocratic family. The Mao family came from a small county in the east. It was only after Mao Shilang came to Beijing to become an official that Mrs. Mao was brought to live in the capital.
It is said that after being promoted, Shi Lang took his mother to the capital to enjoy the blessings. No matter how he moved, Shi Lang Mao was already a filial son, and Mrs. Mao's life should be the same.
However, the reality is exactly the opposite.
Shilang Mao's first wife passed away a few years ago. His current step-wife was married after Shilang Mao entered Beijing as an official. She married the concubine of Shilang Mao's mentor.
This mentor's background is not small, so is your right minister.
There are fourth-rank officials in front of the prime minister, and the concubine is also his biological daughter. It is a high achievement for the fourth-rank minister Mao to marry the concubine of the right prime minister.
Therefore, Minister Mao showed great respect to his stepwife.
Mrs. Mao is also a powerful person. On the surface, she is extremely filial to Mrs. Mao, and she is also very protective of her stepson and stepdaughter. Everyone in Beijing calls her a good wife and mother.
But secretly, Mrs. Mao's methods always make Mrs. Mao and her stepchildren suffer unspeakably.
Mrs. Mao is good at showing off. Once there is a conflict between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, Mr. Mao will always prefer Mrs. Mao. If Mrs. Mao has conflicts with her stepchildren, Mr. Mao will also trust Mrs. Mao more.
This time, it was Mrs. Mao who used another trick to frame her stepson. Shilang Mao got so angry that he executed the family law on his stepson, and his legs were almost not broken.
Mrs. Mao was very angry about this, but she also knew that her eldest grandson might not even be able to save his life if he stayed in Beijing, so she took her grandchildren to Mrs. Lu's place to temporarily avoid trouble, in the name of her grandson asking for medical treatment and her granddaughter taking care of her.
"Servant Mao?" Qi Baoer remembered that among the two former ministers of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, none of them had the surname Mao.
Mrs. Tian was stunned for a moment before she came to her senses and explained: "Four years ago, a minister in the Ministry of Personnel suddenly died of an emergency. It was at that time that Minister Mao was promoted. He used to be in Linzhong of the Ministry of Personnel."
"oh."
"I met Madam Mao once at Mrs. Lu's birthday party. Not to mention, she seemed to be a very kind person. At that time, Miss Mao and her own Miss Mao San were with her. They looked at her.
I’m not partial to Miss Mao San, but I seem to love Miss Chong Mao more.”
If they didn't know who Mrs. Mao was, people who had met Mrs. Mao and heard what Mrs. Mao said would definitely think that Mrs. Mao was slandering her daughter-in-law.
"I believe in Mrs. Mao. She is a straightforward person. She says one thing and another, and she is not a liar."
To say how much Mrs. Tian trusts Mrs. Mao, it doesn't mean that the person she really trusts is Mrs. Lu.
Mrs. Tian and Mrs. Lu have been sisters for many years. They interact with each other a lot on weekdays and have the same temperament. They talk about everything.
Mrs. Mao is the direct cousin of Mrs. Lu. At that time, one was married to a scholar [Mrs. Lu] and the other was married to an ordinary person [Mrs. Mao]. However, since the two had a small relationship, it was fine even though they were married.
There is a difference in status, and the contacts between the two have never stopped.
Later, Mrs. Lu followed her son to various posts, and the cousins saw each other less often, but the exchange of letters never stopped.
Mrs. Tian believed in Mrs. Lu, Mrs. Lu believed in Mrs. Mao, and Mrs. Tian believed in Mrs. Mao.
It's a bit convoluted. It's almost like the love between the three old ladies is as strong as gold. Your business is my business.