Chapter 217: Night Banquet
As Xu Qinglian made a joke, Yuelan Zhulan immediately took the lead in pulling Zhu Qiaoqiao, and even if Zhu Qiaoqiao was majestic on weekdays, she had nothing to do in the face of these decent maids in front of her, so she had to be obediently hugged on the fire kang.
Xu Qinglian's personal maid leaned over to take off her embroidered shoes, Zhu Qiaoqiao hurriedly begged for mercy: "Good sisters, I'll sit for a while and go back, there will be a big mess tomorrow morning." ”
The big guy is not reluctant, they all know that her identity is inconvenient after all, and it is not good to stay for too long, so they talk and laugh with each other at the moment, and taunt each other.
Lu Zhu was innocent and said, "Sister-in-law, you will go back later, it is rare for everyone to be together." ”
Zhu Qiaoqiao said with a smile: "Actually, I just came to visit Xia Hao'er, and there are still people waiting in my house." ”
Momiji said curiously, "Whose guest?" ”
Zhu Qiaoqiao couldn't help but reach out and pinch Hongye's tender face, which provoked Hongye to rub her cheeks vigorously and said cautiously: "Why is my sister-in-law the same as my brother, I like to be rude to others." ”
Zhu Qiaoqiao smiled happily: "I am not an outsider in the house, it is your little sister-in-law." ”
Xu Cuitao said suddenly: "It turned out to be her, and she didn't leave so late." ”
Zhu Qiaoqiao explained: "It's not that your second sister-in-law accidentally fell and lost her child when she was incense, and she cried and made a fuss at home all day long, but it was the people in the house who harmed her, which made your wife and the family very annoyed." No, your eldest brother is not at home when he goes out to do errands, and the one who married later takes his subordinates and hides over, wanting to be quiet here for a few days. ”
Xu Hao was shocked, frowned and asked Yuelan in a low voice, "What's going on with my sister-in-law?" ”
Yuelan got up and pulled him to the corner, and said in a low voice: "You just left a few days ago, the second grandmother went to the temple to burn incense, because the temple was crowded, for some reason she suddenly fell, and her stomach hit the threshold, and she saw red at that time." The subordinates hurriedly carried the grandmother back and invited the midwife and the doctor to come to the house, but the fetus in the womb was not saved. Afterwards, the wife was too angry, but no one could tell what was going on, and then it was gone, but the second grandmother woke up and didn't follow, and she said that someone had harmed her. ”
Xu Hao said in a deep voice: "Obviously she is pregnant, why don't you send someone to protect her?" What about my second brother, why don't you go with him? ”
Yuelan shook her head and said, "Don't ask me about this, I don't know anything." ”
Xu Hao was silent for a moment, turned around and walked out. Yuelan hurriedly followed, pulled his sleeve and said hurriedly: "Okay, my young master, what are you going to do here?" Do you still want to fight for the second grandmother? Hurry up and live in peace for a while, it's too late to hide from this. ”
Xu Hao said strangely: "Why? ”
Yuelan stomped her feet and said, "What are you doing in a hurry about other people's daughters-in-law?" No, you were suspected of being innocent with the second grandmother, and the second young master came to you desperately. ”
Xu Hao was speechless for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "That's it, I don't care about this matter." ”
"That's right." Yuelan looked left and right, and said, "No one in the house went that day. Who is stupid? Will you go out with the pregnant second grandmother? Who doesn't hide from afar for fear that if there is a good thing to say, and the people who go with him are grandma's most trusted mother's family, so even if you go, what can you do? ”
"I see." Xu Hao breathed a sigh of relief. It seems that there was really an accident, no wonder the family is calm, obviously this matter really can't be blamed on anyone, otherwise the old lady will not give up first.
Yuelan instructed softly: "Now they have all gone their own way. You'd better learn to be smarter, and don't have to be strong in everything. There are old men and wives over there, and there are two young masters below. You are kind and don't want to think about whether people are willing or not, and if you don't have it, it's thankless, and it will make people hate. ”
"I remember." Xu Hao smiled and nodded, and Yuelan also smiled: "Okay, I have to go back to serve the old lady, let's go." ”
"I'll send you." Xu Hao took off an octagonal palace lamp hanging on the wall.
Yuelan smiled and stretched out her hand to take it, looking helpless, "I just said a lot of words, why don't you have a long memory?" This night is lonely, and there is no telling how much gossip will come out behind it. ”
Xu Hao opened his mouth and forcibly endured it without refutation, and saw Yuelan gradually moving away alone with the palace lamp, so he smiled bitterly: "Are you tired of living?" ”
Suddenly, four or five people walked in at the courtyard door, Xu Hao fixed his eyes and saw that walking in the middle was Geng's and the maid Xiaocui, who were caught and raped by themselves, one of them was a young woman with a bewitching figure and a fancy dress looking very raw, and the mother-in-law on both sides was an old man next to her sister-in-law.
said that Geng's face was red when he saw Xu Hao, and his expression couldn't help but be a little uncomfortable, but fortunately, it was a big night and no one paid attention. I have probably already had the idea of breaking the jar, and the most embarrassing side has been known by others, so what is there to be embarrassed about? suddenly smiled teasingly at Xu Hao.
This move made Xu Hao laugh, he has never claimed to be a righteous gentleman, if he treats this kind of slut according to the temper of his previous life, he will naturally not eat for nothing, and everyone will go their own way after eating. But forget it in this life, there are a lot of troubles in the same big family, and it is not Geng's turn to queue up.
Geng Shi had no scruples, his expression returned to normal, and he took the lead in smiling: "The slave family has seen the third young master, I haven't seen him for many days, and he has grown taller and more handsome." ”
As soon as she came up, she was teased, and Xu Hao was helpless to treat a completely open-minded woman, so he simply ignored her and asked, "Who is this?" ”
Geng frowned slightly, and felt sour in his heart for no reason, and reluctantly introduced: "She is the new daughter-in-law of Wang Yu's family, by the way, she is a relative who became a relative on the same day as Li Qiu, nicknamed Lamei, and I specially took her to see her tonight." ”
"Oh, it's Wang Yu's daughter-in-law, come in." The so-called visitor is a guest, Xu Hao stretched out his hand and made a gesture of please, and then turned around and left.
Geng hurriedly warned in a low voice: "Go in, be honest, don't embarrass me." ”
"The servant knows." Lamei, who had an affair with the eldest young master, was very unconvinced, but since she entered the mansion, she had long been shocked by everything she saw, and now she saw the famous third young master of the Xu family for a long time, who looked quite amiable and merry, and couldn't help but feel spring-hearted, and it was exactly the same as Geng's mind at the beginning, thinking about how good it would be if she could have a spring breeze with him?
Geng's is Xu Wen's concubine, and Zhu Qiaoqiao couldn't withstand the girls' invitation, so she sent someone to call her. Now that Geng has been completely subdued by Zhu Qiaoqiao, he also intends to give her some sweetness.
The two mothers-in-law went to the next room to rest, Geng was supported by Xiaocui and Lamei left and right, and the three daughters walked slowly, admiring the surrounding furnishings and decorations.
It is said that Xu Hao's natural style of the bamboo garden has disappeared in the early days, and it has become a laboratory for red leaf graffiti, fresh and elegant here, and resplendent there, allowing the girls' skillful hands and wisdom to dress up at will, Xu Hao doesn't care about it. He doesn't think of it as his home.
There are a lot of good things in Jiangxue Zhai, Xu Hao has too many dealings with the royal family on weekdays, and has received a lot of valuable gifts, anyway, as long as he doesn't exceed the courtesy, he can use it! Some of them were purchased after making money from red leaves, and they didn't look good, so they sent them to be placed in my brother's house, and some were rewarded by the emperor and the ladies. Therefore, the various furnishings in Jiangxue Zhai undoubtedly made Geng and Lamei look secret, and they were far from being comparable to Xu Wen's brothers' house.
After looking at it for a while, Geng took off the stone green mouse cloak on his body, and walked over to three delicate-looking little girls. Seeing this, Xiaocui and Lamei hurriedly took off their cloaks, and the little girl smiled and walked away with her clothes.
I saw two very beautiful twin sisters holding copper basins and waiting for Yingying to come over, and after the three of them washed their faces, they turned around with a smile.
From time to time, there are outstanding-looking pretty girls walking around. Not to mention the good looks, it is rare that everyone has an indescribable spirit, just like a country man sees a city person. As the saying goes, one side of the water and one side of the people, very many aspects are different.
This made Lamei, who was born in a small family, suddenly feel ashamed, the biggest thing is nothing more than her own appearance, when she first entered the house, she went to see the grandmother, and she was very superior to the appearance of two joys, three joys and four joys.
In addition, there is no one in the Xu family who doesn't read, even if her appearance is mediocre, it makes her demeanor and demeanor reveal a trace of elegance and subtlety at any time, and she is very particular about dressing, which makes Lamei, who doesn't know a single big character, feel sad and sad, and she knows that she can't compare with it.
Even the Geng family was glad for it, if the girl over there in the long house had such a beautiful bearing, how could it be her turn to marry her?
Geng's mood was apprehensive and entered the back room, Musk Yue beckoned Xiaocui and Lamei to sit down, Zhu Qiaoqiao was laughing and playing with the girls, didn't look at her, and said lightly: "Either find a place to sit, or stay with me." ”
The girls all secretly looked at Geng's family, and saw that his life was very charming, not tall or short, and they greeted politely and politely. ”
Zhu Qiaoqiao smiled: "Then I wronged you to stand and serve." ”
"Medium." Geng smiled disappreciatively and agreed.
Here Xu Hao was busy entertaining guests, Xiangyu went to the kitchen to greet him, he first found a large square table with a series of square flowers, and asked the maids to move to the kang with eight hands and feet, and each room took out seven or eight small pieces, round square begonia plum blossom style, and moved them to the house for the maids.
Fortunately, there were a bunch of things brought back from outside, plus the dried fruit snacks in the house, Zhulan and Qingwen opened the secret compartment and found more than 20 sets of carved lacquer sunflower snack boxes, which were full of almonds, pine nuts, walnuts and all kinds of delicate tea food; In addition, each person has a pair of exquisitely made sterling silver tooth chopsticks, a royal carving, lifelike agarwood tea boat, and a small blue and white lid cup hidden inside, which is exquisite and beautiful so that some maids can't put it down.
Seeing this, Xu Hao said indifferently: "Since you like it, I'll give it to you." ”
Geng's heart was secretly envious, but she stood beside her grandmother and served, not even a seat, let alone receive a gift. But below, Xiaocui and Lamei were very happy, and kept stroking the tea boat, and praised again and again.
After a while, Qingwen and the others came to remove the tea food, Xiaocui hurriedly hugged the tea boat for fear of being taken away, but Lamei was very smart and looked around, and saw that the maids didn't care, and touched Xiaocui with her arm.
Xiangling said softly: "It's all in the flower hall, just take it away when you leave." "Sister Xiexie." Xiao Cui smiled embarrassedly and let go of her hand.
One after another, everyone was presented with an eight-treasure food box with four exquisite side dishes, an empty plate, a small wine cup inlaid with the shape of a silver beauty, a gilt Wuzi wine jug, and a pair of small toothbrushes inlaid with gold ivory.
Lamei sighed: "It's really a vain life, tonight can be regarded as seeing what is called wealth." ”
Xiao Cui is more knowledgeable than Lamei in this regard, but she is also surprised and said: "I thought that my wife was particular enough when she ate, but who knew that the third young master here casually entertained guests, and he was no less than a princely style." ”
However, Geng couldn't suppress his curiosity, and asked cautiously: "On weekdays, the third young master eats such a big rule?" ”
The girls laughed when they heard this, as if they had heard some joke, and the flowers and branches trembled and laughed, and Zhu Qiaoqiao squinted at her and didn't open her mouth to explain.
Xu Qinglian said softly helplessly: "What my brother usually eats and wears, but these utensils. He knew that the girls liked these delicate things, so he often entered the palace and opened his mouth to beg for it, and the saint did not want to meet with his children's family, so he was too annoyed to order that there was anything new and interesting in the palace, as long as he did not exceed the etiquette system, he gave him some for nothing, and he accepted them unceremoniously.
There are so many similar things that they can't be piled up.,Even if the girls didn't show it just now.,He designated it to give it to everyone.,Who of us doesn't have a lot in the room? As for the rules, God, how can he have any rules? That is the lawless demon king, who is completely out of character, and can eat porridge and eat steamed buns with anyone when he is not particular; Once you pay attention to it, you can toss a dead person, sister-in-law, you must not praise him, otherwise we don't want to go back to rest tonight, he just said that he wants to invite everyone to eat Yunnan's steamed chicken and rice noodles. ”
Geng Shi smiled when he heard this, and said with envy: "No wonder everyone is scrambling to enter the garden, the third young master is really first-class interesting and bold." Who comes home on weekdays and doesn't come home with a bunch of goodies? The envious neighbors were all amazed. ”
Hongye smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, if you like it, I'll give you more haode when I turn around." ”
Zhu Qiaoqiao hurriedly said: "Yes, you hurry up xiexie red leaves, if you want to talk about who has the best things in the house, it belongs to her and Luzhu, that is the heart of a pair of third children, every time I dig out my heart to honor them, so that we are all jealous to death." ”
Xu Cuiliu said angrily: "It's not! The green bamboo in front of the head took a fancy to a white plum tree there in my place, and everyone knew that I loved plum blossoms the most, and they were reluctant to give it to her. Who knew that as soon as the third child came home, Luzhu secretly told him, guess what? The third child immediately went to Shuangxuezhai, picked off the white plum, and came back to compensate me. ”
Luzhu looked at Cuiliu pitifully, with an innocent face, and the angry Xu Cuiliu said cautiously: "Here again, here again, you look at her appearance, she is all favored by the third child, in fact, she is the worst in the family." (To be continued......)