As soon as Xu returned to the inner courtyard, her daughter-in-law Lin hurriedly greeted her youngest son.

Lin just went to the kitchen to arrange things, and he didn't have time to greet Wei, so he hurriedly came over to make amends, her youngest son is only five years old this year, and he is very well-behaved and sensible with his mother.

After entering the Wei family, you can find that the population of the Wei family is very thin, and there are only two brothers and sisters in the Wei family. Wei Shouzhi and Xu only gave birth to an only son, Wei Qi, Wei Qi married his wife Lin, gave birth to a daughter, two sons, the eldest daughter has been married, just gave birth to a son last month and is still in confinement, so this time did not come back to celebrate the birthday.

Because his guests had not yet come, Xu led his sister-in-law Wei to the side to talk.

Not long after Lin's wife accompanied her, two groups of stewards came over to ask for instructions. Because there are more guests who are going to come later, the outer courtyard and the inner courtyard must arrange manpower to receive guests, fortunately, although there are not many masters of the Wei family, there is no shortage of manpower, although the Lin family is very busy, but he orders things to be orderly.

Speaking of which, both Xu and Lin have similar traits to Wei, although their personalities seem to be very different, Xu is cheerful, Lin is graceful, and Wei is lonely, but they act with a relaxed and unhurried temperament.

"Cousin, go and get busy, we'll help you watch your cousin. He Lan saw that the Lin family was about to get up and go out again, so he took the initiative to speak.

Seeing that the Xu family and the Wei family were here, the Lin family smiled and bowed his head again, and then lowered his head to explain to his younger son, "Zhou'er is playing with a few cousins, don't be naughty to hear it." ”

Wei Jizhou nodded, "Got it, mother." ”

Lin went out with confidence.

He Lan took Wei Jizhou to his side and peeled pine nuts for him to eat.

He Ling saw that the Wei family was far away, so she said: "My uncle's grandmother's house is quite big, but it is colder, and it is not lively at all, and it looks different from those big families." Generally speaking, a lady of such an age as an uncle and grandmother is not full of children and grandchildren. ”

He Lan glanced at He Ling, "The reason why the Wei family is lonely is because the Wei family has no children, and the Wei family has the ancestral training that only forty children can take concubines, so almost all of the children and grandchildren are concubines." ”

He Ling sneered: "What do you see me doing, this is sitting here, and you are the only one who is here, right?"

He Lan didn't argue, nor did he quarrel with He Ling, just lowered his head and continued to peel pine nuts.

Just when everyone thought that He Lan would not say anything more, they heard her say softly: "Although I am a concubine, I was not born by my own choice, if I can choose...... I'd rather be a cat or a dog, animals have no shame, as long as they have a bite to eat, they can live happily. ”

At this moment, a warm and soft voice interjected.

"My cousin is not a cat or a dog, how can I know the thoughts of a cat and a dog?"

It turned out that Wei Jiting walked in at some point, and happened to hear their conversation, and the sisters hurriedly got up and saluted.

He Lan was a little at a loss when he saw the person coming, and he was speechless with a red face.

"Cousins don't have to be presumptuous, cats and dogs can live happily with a bite of food, but because they don't have a delicate heart. Wei Jiting smiled and said to He Lan, returned the salute, and went to find his grandmother Xu.

He Lan glanced at Wei Jiting in a daze, but this time she quickly withdrew her gaze.

"Cousin is right, second sister, you are already very good, whether it is qinqi, calligraphy and painting, or needlework and female red, we are not as good as you......" He Zhen said halfway, thought of something, and hurriedly glanced at He Linwan and added with a weak heart, "Uh...... I mean, I'm not comparable, not including the big sister. ”

"Hmph!" He Ling sneered.

He Zhen muttered quietly, "What's wrong with the sycophants? ”

"Oops, I've drunk too much tea, I'm going to Gongfang. Seeing that He Ling was about to get angry, He Zhen stood up first and called his maid to leave.

Wei Jizhou ran to find his brother when he saw Wei Jiting coming, and He Lan also stood up, "I'll go and see, lest the fourth sister go the wrong way." Are the big sisters and third sisters going?"

He Lan asked casually, He Ling said with a cold face that she was not going, but He Linwan got up with her, and she was going to ask where Xiaohuzi was in a while.

Although He Linwan and He Lan were cousins, they didn't have much contact, and the two didn't have anything to say along the way, and after asking the maid, they found the clean room where He Zhen went.

Outside the clean room, He Zhen's maid was guarding, and when he saw He Linwan and He Lan knowing that they were looking for He Zhen, they bent down and saluted, without preventing them from entering.

The Wei family prepared a large clean room for the guests, the outer room is used to change the woman's clothes and makeup, and the inner room is the place where the gong bucket is placed, because the guests have not yet come, so there are no outsiders in the clean room.

He Linwan and He Lan thought that He Zhen didn't want the maid to serve her and sent her out, and they didn't want to hear He Zhen's voice coming from inside as soon as they walked into the outer dressing room.

He Zhen's tone was a little annoyed, "Mama, you are so long-winded! I don't want you to serve anymore! You go out too!"

"Oh, my girl, it's not that the old slave wants to talk to you, but when I went out, my wife told me that you should be courteous in front of Mrs. Wei and Mrs. Wei when you come to the Wei family this time, so that they will like you. ”

He Zhen only brought a personal maid and a grandmother to the Wei family this time, this grandmother was served by her mother Cao, everyone just thought that Cao's daughter was not worried about going out, so she sent an experienced old grandmother to follow.

He Linwan and He Lan paused when they heard this, and He Linwan just wanted to cough to wake up the people inside, when they heard He Zhen say: "What's the use of Mrs. Wei and Mrs. Wei liking me! The cousin of the Wei family doesn't like me, he likes the second sister to be as delicate and clear." ”

He Linwan turned his head to take a look, and saw He Lan frozen in place.

Mama said disapprerovingly: "The second girl is a concubine, how can a family like the Wei family marry a concubine girl for the eldest son? Mrs. Bo will not marry the second girl to her own family!"

He Lan's face gradually turned pale.

"If the second sister doesn't become me, will I become it? My mother is wishful thinking!"

"Girl, can't you say that, Mrs., Mrs. has good intentions for you! Madame wants you to participate in the draft, but how can Madame be willing to let you enter the palace! Madame's hair is turning gray for your sake of your affairs these days! She pondered and pondered, but she really couldn't find a more suitable person than the Wei family! Wei Gongzi's character is not mentioned, the Wei family is upright, and how many people want to marry into the Wei family just because they have no children at forty to take concubines!"