After Bing Li got the answer, Yanjie really found her aunt and said that she wanted to take the opportunity to learn how to preside over the feed, and hoped that the other party would not dislike it.

This white coolie Qian is naturally happy to call, and the important matters of receiving gifts, welcoming guests, and entering and exiting the warehouse are of course handled by his daughter-in-law and henchmen.

Yanjie also knew that she had been fooled after being mentioned by Xi, but she was not to be outdone, and made up her mind to study the dishes and make some brilliant food, so that people could not forget and praise them.

In addition, she also has to study makeup, prepare dresses and jewelry for guests, and seeing that the day of the birthday banquet is getting closer and closer, Yanjie and Xi are so busy that they don't care about disturbing her former classmate, the young Rong Jialang.

The Rong brothers were very satisfied with this, and praised Yan Bing again and again for thinking of a good way to lead the trouble. Siniang is not bad, but her biological mother's identity is indeed a hard injury, and she can't afford to provoke it.

Of course, for Yan Bing, there is someone else she can't mess with.

Shu Hongyang couldn't get out of office because he was in office, so he sent Aunt Pan to send back a large cart of congratulatory gifts, saying that he would kowtow to his father when he returned to Beijing to report on his work a year ago.

Looking at Aunt Pan's proud appearance of wearing gold and silver and definitely getting a lot of private rooms, the Li family was uncomfortable as if she had eaten explosives, except for her baby girl Shu Yanqing, who wanted to train everyone if she was arrested.

When he went home, Li memorized books, from "The Mean", "Analects" to "Shangshu", the two brothers and sisters were all unhappy to recite Li, and even told her that Ah Yi was already learning to make poetry and craftsmanship, and she still had a black face.

Not only did he have a bad face, but he also reprimanded in his mouth: "You must guard against arrogance and rashness, don't get carried away just because others praise you twice as a prodigy, there are more people who become famous as teenagers but fail repeatedly." ”

"......" Where did he get carried away? Yan Bing said in her heart, was Ah Niang anxious because she was stimulated by her eldest brother's two falls? It's not that you can't even look at your own son's schoolwork, right? Just as she was thinking about it, she saw that Li Shi was already pinching an embroidered handkerchief and turned her head to look at herself.

"What do you think you're embroidering? Flowers are not like flowers and grass, I think I was able to make my own purse when I was as old as you. As she spoke, the childish boy Yanqing was still crooked beside her and giggled at her sister.

"A-Niang, I embroidered shell flowers, named after the calyx like a green shell, which was originally verdant and verdant." After Yan Bing explained with a light smile, she said in a regretful tone: "It's not that I can't do it, but I don't have a suitable gift yet." ”

Therefore, A-Niang, your ten-year-old embroidered purse is really a bit early (mature).

"Isn't it okay for A-Niang to point out?" Li Shi was choked very lightly, so he threw the embroidered handkerchief to the ground, twisted his eyebrows and scolded, "You talk a lot, haven't you learned what is respect and filial piety?" That's it, hurry up and practice yourself, you Ah Weng are still waiting to receive the congratulatory gift! ”

Ah Yi and Yan Bing glanced at each other, and retreated respectfully, they couldn't afford to hide, so they didn't come to her except for asking An to have nothing to do. Every day I practice calligraphy, painting and memorizing behind closed doors, and the days pass quickly after the homework is full.

In the blink of an eye, it was the day of the birthday banquet, and I don't know what was going on on this day, but it was suddenly hot even though it was close to mid-autumn.

My grandfather was old and not in good health, and the formal dress and wide-sleeved robe he wore when he celebrated his birthday were festive and complicated, with a silver-gray-blue satin bottom, a big red bat peony embroidery, a red bat body like fire, and a bat wing roll like auspicious clouds.

"Ouch, it's hot, no, no, go get my original red silk shirt." As soon as the old man got up, he shouted to take it off, intending to wear old clothes.

"How can I wear old clothes after my ninetieth birthday? If you can't figure it out, outsiders will think that your family has mistreated you. Would you like to wear it for a while to show your face? The eldest daughter-in-law of the uncle's family was so anxious that she was sweating and persuaded her mother-in-law, but she was helpless against him. The low-level military attache said that he had a bad temper, how could he be supported by his granddaughter-in-law?

Everyone else in the family went to the front to help, and after Li took three small greetings, he watched silently, secretly laughing at the concubine's family for not doing things well, if they were prepared at the beginning, how could there be such a mistake?

"Otherwise, a few of our juniors will accompany Ah Weng in the inner room to open up his clothes and drink tea, and then go out when the banquet starts." Yan Bing really couldn't stand it, so she couldn't help but ask. In fact, she also felt a little irritated, and it was cooler to have copper ice in the inner room.

"Eh, that's a good idea!" Grandfather Old Man Shu was as good as a stream, immediately took off his robe and sweatshirt, and even sat down cross-legged with his arms open, shaking his fan and sighing, "This day is hot to death!" ”

"Don't say that word, it's unlucky." Yan Bing hugged the old man's arm and shook it, coquettishly telling him to keep his mouth shut. At least today is a taboo.

"Then you can accompany me here, and I'll take A-Qing to the garden for a walk." Li stayed impatiently in the room, and left after confessing.

Hearing this, Yanbing almost didn't snort coldly, and she didn't know what to visit in the palm-sized garden? She was not angry that A-Niang was partial to her little sister, so she turned her head and talked to her brother, but she didn't see that Li had turned her head to look back when she went out, and looked at them deeply with an inexplicable expression.

Not long after, the Rong brothers came together to say goodbye. Wen Yuan was a little too old to stay in the back yard, so after paying a congratulatory gift to the birthday star, he went to sit outside with Shiro Ah Xu, who accompanied the guests, while Wen Heng stayed behind to laugh and have fun with everyone.

Who would have thought that as soon as Wen Yuan's front foot left, Siniang Yanjie brought the maidservant girl with a food box and entered it with a fancy show, saying that she was here to bring snacks to everyone.

Hearing that she happened to miss the eldest brother of the Rong family, she couldn't help but darken her expression for a moment, and then she cheered up and smiled: "Then Ah Heng, you are more blessed than the eldest brother of the Rong family." Not long ago, a maritime merchant brought in a rare thing called sweet potato, which tasted very sweet and fragrant when steamed, but it didn't look very good, and I studied it for a while to make these sweet potato balls to honor my grandfather - you just happened to catch up. ”

After speaking, he personally took out a celadon disc from the lacquerware food box carried by the maidservant.

Yan Bing looked up and saw golden and crispy croquettes on the plate, which looked really good, but sweet potato cakes were nothing rare for her, and she even felt very sweet and greasy with a faint bitter taste when she tasted it, and she didn't know what kind of fine powder was sprinkled on the noodles of the meatballs. In short, as far as the senses of the pastry chef are concerned, something does not deserve special praise.

She immediately stopped her chopsticks and quipped with compliments: "Sister is so skillful!" It's delicious, but it's a pity that we can't taste more, so as not to let your filial piety all enter our mouths. "The old man doesn't have a keen sense of taste, so it's okay for him to eat more.

"That's right, let's just have a taste." Wen Heng also meant the same thing, but Ah Yi was very fond of sweets, and seeing that this sweet potato was a rare thing, he suddenly looked at the porcelain plate and was embarrassed to stretch out his hand.

It wasn't until Yanjie retired and went outside to help entertain the guests that Old Man Shu squinted and smiled and pushed the plate over and asked him to eat more.

Unfortunately, before Ah Yi could get off the chopsticks, Wen Heng's wheezing and coughing suddenly committed again.

As a good friend, I naturally have to let go of my appetite and accompany him out to breathe. The rest of the sweet potato balls had to be eaten by the old man Shu, who happened to be a little hungry.

Yan Bing was left in the house to patiently talk to her grandfather and listen to him tell the story of the war in the past.

It wasn't until the eldest aunt Qian came to invite the old lady to the table that she and the maidservant girl arranged the clothes for the grandfather to entertain the guests, went to the outer room together, and went to the women's place to sit at the last table.

For a while, I saw laughter and laughter, and the men drank happily and danced to cheer up, one of them danced like a spinning top, and his robe was so beautiful that even the old lady couldn't help but get up and applaud.

Everyone was laughing, but suddenly saw the old lady raise her hand and glared at her and stopped talking, and then the whole person leaned back stiffly and fell to the ground with a bang!

"Ah——!h

"What's going on?"

"Isn't it a stroke?"

"Still angry?"

"Hurry up, go to the doctor!"

……

For a while, everyone screamed in surprise, seeing that there were people who were killed, and even the cowardly people rushed out of the door and fled, and the house was suddenly in chaos.

Yan Bing's face was dazed at first, and then she quickly pulled Ah Yi, who was at the same table, to retreat to the corner of the wall, so as not to be bumped by people walking around. When I raised my eyes again, I saw that my grandfather was being taken to the backyard by my uncle and others, and my aunt and sister-in-law were saying "bad greeting" and hurriedly sending off guests.

She looked around and tried to find A-Niang, but she was nowhere to be seen, and the eldest brother hugged A-Qingyuan away, leaving only a back.

When she was panicked, Yan Bing suddenly found that Rong Wenyuan was leading her younger brother against the flow of people, and approached the wall where she was with an anxious face......