Chapter 27: Everyone Has Their Own Thoughts
After Mengxi finished speaking, seeing that the old lady was silent, she told the maid to wash her hands. After washing her hands, she handed the handkerchief to Hongzhu, and came behind the old lady. She first cupped the middle finger, index finger, and ring finger of her left hand together to massage the old lady's neck, from the Fengchi point to the Dazhui point, repeatedly massaging. Then, she used the palm of her hand to rub from the Fengchi area on one side of the old lady's neck to the Fengchi area on the other side, repeatedly rubbing, and then gradually moved down, rubbing left and right repeatedly while moving, until she reached the Dazhui point, and then pinched both sides of the Fengchi point with the thumb, index finger, and middle finger of her right hand. , used the method of lifting along the neck muscles from the top to the base of the neck, and finally, with empty fists, gently tapped the back of the old lady's head, after pressing the neck, Mengxi began to use some special techniques to massage the old lady's Jianjing, Tianzong, Quemen, Fengchi and other acupoints , and finally tapped the old lady's back with empty fists. After massaging the back, he used his thumb to press the Neiguan, Quchi, Jiquan and other acupoints on the arms, all the way up, in front of outsiders, Mengxi was just simply kneading, kneading and tapping, but they didn't know that it was a set of advanced modern massage techniques.
When Mengxi just started massaging, the old lady didn't care. She thought that this was her granddaughter-in-law trying to show her filial piety and please her, so she didn't refuse and let her do it. After a few massages, waves of comfort spread from her shoulders and neck to her whole body. She felt her arms and shoulders became lighter, and gradually closed her eyes comfortably. When Mengxi finished the massage, the old lady had fallen asleep. Mengxi signaled with her eyes to the old lady's maid Shihua to bring a thin blanket and gently cover the old lady with it. Then she looked at the grandmother, nodded at the same time, and tiptoed to the door together.
When I was almost at the door, I heard the old lady's voice:
"Xi'er has such skillful hands. She rubbed my whole body and made it feel comfortable. My shoulders also felt much lighter. Have you learned this before?"
Grandma and Mengxi quickly turned around and came to the old lady. Mengxi bowed to the old lady and said:
"When my granddaughter-in-law was at her parents' home, my mother often felt sore shoulders due to housework. My granddaughter-in-law often massaged my mother, and my mother said it was very comfortable. My granddaughter-in-law wanted to try massaging the old lady, which would definitely help her feel more relaxed. Just now, my granddaughter-in-law and my great grandmother saw that the old lady had fallen asleep, so we were afraid of disturbing you, so we thought of waiting in the outer room, but we didn't expect the old lady to wake up so soon."
"It's getting late, you all should go back first. Jun'er is not in good health, tell him to take good care of himself in the courtyard, don't worry about me all the time, Xi'er will also take good care of him. If you need anything in your daily life, just send someone to ask your mother-in-law, don't come over after noon."
The old lady instructed Mengxi lovingly.
Mengxi quickly agreed, said goodbye to her grandmother and walked out, leading Hongzhu all the way to Xiaoxiangyuan.
When the two returned to Xiaoxiang Courtyard, several maids were waiting outside the door, chatting. When they saw the Second Madam coming back, a maid ran into the house to pass on the message, opened the door for her, and Mengxi walked in.
Xiao Jun had returned from the study a long time ago and was leaning on the bed with his eyes closed. Hongyu was sitting on the rusty stool beside the bed, gently massaging his legs. Seeing Mengxi come in, Xiao Jun opened his eyes and sat up. Hongyu also hurriedly stood up and stood aside.
"How is grandma today? What did she say?"
"The old lady was in good spirits today. She gave me food in the upper room. I had breakfast there. The old lady told me that the second master should just stay at home and take care of himself, and not worry about her."
Mengxi bowed to the Second Master, replied, then slowly walked to the table and sat on the chair.
After sitting down, she thought for a while and then said, "The old lady fell asleep today and I helped to rub her pillow, so I came back just now."
When Xiao Jun heard Mengxi say this, he thought of the time when she massaged his feet yesterday. It was really comfortable and made him sleep well all night. Thinking of this, his heart softened a little. The corners of his mouth slightly raised. He wanted Mengxi to massage his limbs again, and said:
"Xi'er, then..."
"Replying to Second Master and Second Madam, the three concubines have come to pay their respects to Second Master and Second Madam. They are waiting outside the hall. Should we let them in?"
Xiao Jun had just opened his mouth to speak when the maid Qian'er came in to report.
"Come on, change clothes for me." After hearing this, Xiao Jun stopped talking and turned to Hongyu and gave instructions.
Since she came in, this was the first time that the Second Master called her Xi'er so gently. What was it? But the Second Master didn't want to talk about it, and she didn't want to ask. Anyway, it was like a weasel it must be bad news. Mengxi thought secretly, and stood up as usual, walked to the dressing mirror, and asked Hongzhu to help her tidy up again.
"Where are you going, Second Master?" Hongzhu was combing her hair. Mengxi saw from the bronze mirror that Second Master had put on his clothes and seemed to want to go out, so she asked casually.
"Didn't Aunt come here to pay her respects?" Xiao Junxiang looked at her as if she were an idiot and said.
It turned out that the second master had just remembered how gently Mengxi had massaged his feet last night, as well as the Yangchun noodles he had had in the morning. He actually began to feel pity for Mengxi in his heart, and wanted to accompany her to see the aunt to support her. After all, the matter of aunt Li had made such a big fuss that it had slapped her in the face, and he was afraid that she would really be bullied by the aunt in the future.
But his action was a little late. Mengxi would not be so self-indulgent as to think that the Second Master was going to support her. Ever since the day she tried to ask him to accompany her to receive the tea and was rejected by him, she had determined that the Second Master would not stand by her and support her in the Xiao Mansion, so she asked this question.
After hearing what the Second Master said, she took it for granted that it must be because Aunt Li came to complain that day, and he felt that she had bullied his concubine too harshly, so he hurried out to support his concubine, so that the concubine would not be bullied by her again today. She forgot that the Second Master was accompanying her to see Aunt Li, not accompanying Aunt Li to see her.
If Xiao Jun knew what she was thinking at this moment, he would definitely jump up and down and shout that he was wronged. He was more wronged than Dou E. Sometimes, some misunderstandings are just a matter of a single thought.
Mengxi stood up calmly and followed Xiao Jun. The two walked into the hall one after the other. It was true that each of them had their own secrets, and they kept silent about them.
They came to the hall together and sat down. Mengxi glanced at Xiao Jun and saw that he had no intention of speaking, so she instructed Hongzhu who was standing next to her:
"Please come in, ladies."
Hongzhu glanced at the little maid Huan beside her, and the little maid hurried out to invite her.
After a while, except for Aunt Li, the other three concubines were supported by their maids and came to the main hall. When they looked up and saw Xiao Jun sitting in the hall, they were all stunned. It seemed that it was not like the legend, the Second Master did not favor this Second Madam. As soon as his illness got better, he accompanied this Second Madam out. They all secretly thought that this Second Madam was very resourceful, and they were secretly more careful.
