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MTL - The Stepmother is Unkind-Chapter 36
It's all about fishing and grilling fish together, but Mrs. Xie obviously still doesn't like seeing Yin Mingyu very much, and specifically declares: "I allow you to come here to greet you at the beginning of the year, and then go to work on your own affairs, don't ask come to annoy me."
Although Yin Mingyu really wanted to be lazy, he really didn't plan to spend it with the old lady, but the old lady Xie taught her to succeed so easily. Why is she inexplicably empty...
What's more, the strangest thing is that Mrs. Xie said to Yin Mingyu uncharacteristically, "He is willing to go to your place to play, and I will not stop him. You only need to pay attention to your identity and lead by example."
Yin Mingyu is setting an example, but that's Xie Ce, it's Xie Ce!
Mrs. Xie's precious great-grandson, Xie Ce!
Madam Xie was suddenly so relieved. Could it be that she finally discovered her kind nature through her false appearance?
Yin Mingyu couldn't help but be suspicious, "Grandmother, Ce'er is smart. If you teach me to lead by example, I'm afraid it will delay him."
Mrs. Xie was impatient, "The elder has a life, just obey, forgive you and don't dare to treat him harshly."
Isn't it time for her to "make up her own mind"? Good life and fickle.
But after Mrs. Xie finished speaking, she had an expression of "no need to say more". No matter how confused Yin Mingyu was, she had to drive her lamb back to her yard.
"Ma'am, do you want to write a letter to tell Lang Jun about the visit of the Weiyang County Lord today?"
Jin Er followed behind her and asked.
Yin Mingyu was puzzled, "With the old lady here, the Lord of Weiyang County is looking for it. It's not something you need to write to tell Lang Jun, right?"
Jin'er was silent, and then reminded: "Perhaps Langjun wants you to tell him?"
Yin Mingyu raised his eyebrows, "He hopes? Who said that?"
Yin'er listened beside him, scratched his head and asked, "Didn't Mr. Lang ask you to write a letter?"
Yin Mingyu stepped into the inner room, took off his shirt, and said indifferently: "The mountains are high and the water is far away, and I have been running horses for a long time. It is up to me to judge whether I need to report."
She stepped directly into the bathroom, and had no intention of grinding ink and pencils at all, so her judgment was that it was not necessary.
Yin'er listened to her wife's words and thought it made sense, nodded and said, "Indeed, if it's an unimportant matter, it's too much trouble to send a letter specially."
Jin'er looked at her with complicated eyes, and finally touched her head lovingly, "To live is a gift from God to you."
Yin'er blinked, reacted for a moment, and stopped smiling, "Why do I think you're scolding me?"
In the bathroom, Yin Mingyu suddenly laughed.
Yin'er immediately affirmed, "Okay, you are really scolding me!"
Jin'er turned around, picked up her wife's bedclothes, and stepped into the bathroom.
Yin'er stomped her feet in anger.
On the second day, Yin Mingyu decided to go around the neighborhood and specially changed into a convenient Hu clothes.
She didn't intend to take Xie Ce out, but Mrs. Xie gave her a stance, so Yin Mingyu took him, and Xie Ce, naturally, did not forget her stubborn lamb.
However, the little lamb was not treated by Xie Ce and was able to get on the carriage. It was held in the arms of the guard and rode a tall horse.
A lamb is estimated to be born for just over a month. The lamb is full of surprises and often climbs to the top.
But Xie Ce didn't think his treatment was good. He was lying on the carriage window, looking at the little lamb with envy in his eyes.
Yin Mingyu and Yin'er played backgammon to relieve their boredom, and said without looking up, "If you want to ride a horse, I will teach the guards to hold you and ride."
Xie Ce turned back happily, and agreed crisply: "I want to ride!"
The carriage came to a slow stop, and Jin'er carried him out, carrying him all the way to the guard's horse, and then rode a horse next to him.
Xie Ce rode for the first time, and stumblingly asked the guard to walk with the lamb, and then chatted cheerfully with the little lamb.
As the first sheep in the world to ride a big horse alive, the little lamb stayed motionless in the guard's arms, unable to respond to him at all.
Xie Ce was used to not getting a response from it, and it didn't take long for him to be attracted by what he saw from a different perspective.
He points to the tree, and Jin'er tells him it's "the tree."
He pointed to the farmland, and Jin'er told him it was "crops".
He pointed to any place, Jin'er would patiently tell him, it doesn't matter if he can't remember, as long as he asks, he will tell him.
Their destination today was the Taolin that Xie Qin took Yin Mingyu to last time. The peaches there are sweet and watery, and they will definitely ripen more after a few days, so they are suitable for picking back and eating.
However, the carriage could not pass through the dense forest, so when they reached the path, Yin Mingyu got off the carriage and rode on the horse. Nanny Tong and the maid were not able to ride, so Jin’er and Yin’er led them to ride together.
Yin Mingyu saw the squirrel again, but this time, she didn't care about her pine nuts, but took out a few pine nuts from her sleeve and threw them into its hole.
"Mother!" Seeing the squirrel, Xie Ce stretched out his hand with bright eyes and wanted to throw it away.
Yin Mingyu didn't say that he couldn't throw it in, but gave him a few and continued to move forward.
And Xie Ce had little strength, so he couldn't throw it all in, and he was a little gloomy.
But when he turned around and found that as soon as they were far away, the little squirrel flexibly jumped off the tree and picked up the pine nuts he dropped, and Xie Ce immediately became happy again.
After they reached the peach forest, Yin Mingyu went straight to the largest peach tree, and everyone else followed.
The guard was agile, so he held him all the way and walked over steadily.
Before Xie Ce approached, he only saw many ripe peaches on the tree, and his mouth grew. Involuntarily, a string of crystal saliva flowed down the corner of his mouth.
Yin Mingyu happened to see him like this when he turned around and couldn't help laughing.
Although he is small, he is always clean and well cared for, and he is brighter than many others.
Such an appearance that does not conform to Xie Xiaolangjun's image really needs to be remembered.
But Xie Ce felt very unhappy after feeling her ridicule, and his mouth was so pouted that he could hang a peach.
Yin Mingyu was an unscrupulous stepmother, and she laughed more and more happily, and accidentally fell on the stone.
"Miss!"
"Are you all right?"
The maids gathered around nervously.
Wherever he fell, he sat down dignifiedly. Yin Mingyu calmly waved his hand, sat on the spot, and sent everyone to pick peaches.
Her purpose was only on the peaches, and she didn't care whether they picked them herself, she just sat there watching them pick them.
Xie Ce was still interested. He was held by the guard, with two small hands stretched out high, to pluck a few peaches with difficulty. The joy of the harvest immediately made him forget Yin Mingyu's badness, and took the peaches to show off in front of her.
Yin Mingyu sat down to enjoy the success and asked him, "I didn't pick any peaches, but you picked them and wanted to give them to me?"
Xie Ce was not stingy and gave her one directly.
Yin Mingyu was rude and asked the maid to wash up and sit there to eat.
Xie Ce was not only generous to her, but also to the lamb. Yin Mingyu didn't pay attention, so he fed the peaches into the lamb's mouth.
The little lamb didn't know if he could taste the sweetness, but he chewed so happily that his upper and lower teeth were about to fly away.
Yin Mingyu held the peach and was a little puzzled:
Can sheep eat peaches?
Mutton and peach... do they match each other?
Although everything needs practice to be answered, Yin Mingyu still stopped Xie Ce, in case he couldn't eat it.
They picked a lot of peaches, and when they were about to leave, they met the tenants who came to pick peaches. The tenants were all dressed in shabby clothes and were black and thin. When they saw them from a distance, they immediately knelt on the ground and did not dare to go forward.
Nanny Tong led Xie Ce to bypass them, Yin Mingyu walked in front of them, smiled slightly, and said lightly, "Since it's unowned, I won't stop you from picking it up."
Those few tenants were really afraid of offending the nobles, so they didn't dare to pick it up again. When they heard her words, they were startled at first, and then said thanks to Dade:
"Thank you ma'am."
"Thank you ma'am!"
Yin Mingyu didn't look back, he rode on a horse and led the crowd back.
When they walked the forest path again, they were quieter and focused on their journey.
However, when he walked under the tree where the squirrel hole was, a pine nut fell from the top and just hit Xie Ce's head.
The guard thought it was a bug or something, and subconsciously protected Xie Ce, he waved his hand away, and after a closer look, he realized that it was just a pine nut.
Everyone raised their heads, and saw a small head protruding from the squirrel hole. After hiding, they took out another pine nut and threw it at Xie Ce.
Xie Ce was overjoyed and reached out to pick it up.
The guard received it before him, and then placed it in his hands.
Xie Ce also had the pine nut thrown down earlier, and another guard dismounted and picked it up and handed it to him.
Yin Mingyu raised his hand to the squirrel on the tree, what about hers?
But the squirrel hid in the hole and never showed up again.
Yin Mingyu: "…"
If I remember correctly, she gave the pine nuts first, right? Why not hers?
Are squirrels treated differently?
However, after this encounter, the atmosphere of the return journey became warm again. Xie Ce held two pine nuts in his two little hands, showing off to the lamb for a while, and calling "Mother" to show it off.
Yin Mingyu ignored him, he just held up two pine nuts and looked at it with a smile.
They returned to Zhuangzi before the sun fell, and as soon as they entered Zhuangzi, Changmao came up to meet them.
Yin Mingyu asked Xie Ce to be brought in first, and then asked, "Mother, what's the matter?"
Madam Chang said respectfully, "Young Madam, today I have sent a generous gift from the capital. It was given to you by the fourth lady of the Jiang family, and I said it was a thank you."
As she spoke, she presented a letter.
"Jiang Si Niangzi?" Yin Mingyu took the letter and opened it, inexplicably.
Aunt Chang explained from the side: "Jiang Si Niangzi is the sister of Jiang Qi Niangzi's direct relative, and she is married to the eldest son and grandson of Jingzhao Mansion's Musun, Jiqing."
Yin Mingyu opened the letter, and saw that there were only a few words in the letter, and the words were comprehensive, very polite and sincere. In addition to thanks, there was also an apology.
Madam Chang thought for a moment, and then added: "Jiang Si Niang seems to be on good terms with the first young lady."
Upon hearing this, Yin Mingyu recalled carefully, as if he had indeed heard of a lady Jiang among the eldest lady's best friends when she was young.
And with the temperament of the eldest lady, she can't rub the sand in her eyes, and she must have a good temperament to be friendly with her.
Yin Mingyu glanced at the letter again, if the words were as they were, and looked at the beautiful handwriting, I hoped that Jiang Qiniang would be more prudent in the future with her sister's advice.
"Put it up."
Yin Mingyu instructed Jin'er, so he started to walk, but saw that Chang mama was hesitant to speak, and asked, "Is there anything else?"
Madam Chang looked at the young lady in embarrassment, approached her, and said softly, "Young Madam, the old lady used sauce pork trotters, hibiscus pork lungs, and red simmered pork for lunch; for dinner, she ordered small stir-fried mutton, Lamb pie, and a crispy chicken."
Yin Mingyu: "...Can you eat it all? Didn't you have a few vegetarian dishes?"
"It's worthy of course, but the old lady didn't eat much." Madam Chang said sadly, "If you don't get over it, you will definitely get sick. Can the young lady persuade him?"
Yin Mingyu: "…"
Can the elderly be easily persuaded?