The eldest young grandmother, Lin Xuexian, saw that the third aunt was not kind to Gong Mengshu between her words, and hurriedly spoke for Gong Mengshu: "Third mother, your words are wrong, Miss Gong is waiting for the second young master, grandma and father are all promised, and the second young master is even more happy." Besides, the girl's face is tender, how can she withstand such ridicule from the third mother!"

Cheng Molin also said: "Yes, third mother, when you say this, I feel that Meng Shu seems to have done something unsightly with the second brother, which makes people sound weird!"

"Yo, I'm just joking casually, how could I have thought that so many of you would come upside down and teach me," the third aunt sneered, "Come on, even if I didn't say this, lest you talk about it again!"

"Third mother, you have too much heart, I'm also joking, don't take it to heart!" Lin Xuexian hurriedly smiled. Peng Wanru just glanced at her coldly and resolutely stopped speaking.

Mrs. Cheng showed Gong Mengshu the program list, and then asked: "Girl, take a look at the drama on this list, what is the peach blossom hermitage, the three sedan chairs, the sale of Miao Lang, the Quanmei case, Tianhe matching, Shilang's mother's visit, Lu Bu's play Diao Chan...... Do you have any favorite plays, and by the way, some of your suggestions......"

Mrs. Cheng is lively and lively, and people also love to laugh, like a Buddha who smiles all day long, she rarely sees her angry, her love for Gong Mengshu is seen by everyone, and only those who are as ignorant as the third aunt will repeatedly make things difficult for Gong Mengshu.

The Cheng family originally planned to invite Miss Lu Qingqing to watch a play and drink tea in the big theater, but considering that the Cheng family and the Lu family are both big families, it seems that they are a little unscrupulous when they go on a blind date outside, so Mrs. Cheng proposed to simply invite a troupe to perform at home, so that not only is their own territory easy to do, but also the whole family can get together to be lively.

From inviting the troupe to the house, it can be seen that Mrs. Cheng really wants to add ideas to the Cheng family, and more importantly, to show grandeur and grandeur. The old lady's suggestion was not good, and the family had not held this kind of party for watching a play and drinking for a long time, so everyone unanimously agreed.

It's just that inviting the troupe to come to the stage at home is completely different from the simplicity of watching the play in the garden outside. In the city, generally well-off families spend money to buy tickets to go to the opera garden to listen to the opera, while those who are slightly richer invite actors to come to their homes to sing in the hall, that is, to invite a few actors and a few scenes to sing at home, without makeup or performing excerpts. There may be only one actor and one huqin, and there may be three or four actors, usually singing several parts separately. Like the Cheng family, they invited the entire troupe to sing for a day, which was a big event. Not only do you have to set up a few tables of banquets, but you also have to invite a lot of relatives and friends to watch the play together, not to mention the cost, and the trivial things to take care of are even more overwhelming.

In Mrs. Cheng's big room this night, the preparations for this grand event have begun to showdown tasks to each room, Gong Mengshu could have stayed out of the matter, but since she was sensible, because she was smart and clever, and she was already regarded as Mrs. Cheng's right-hand man, so this time she invited the troupe to Cheng's house, and Gong Mengshu inevitably had to get involved to help everyone.

Although the crowd was messy, the division of labor soon became clear. The second wife Man Zhen is responsible for the selection of the troupe, the third aunt is Peng Wanru, the fourth aunt is responsible for the performance and rest of the troupe, Cheng Molin and Cheng Ruiming are responsible for writing invitations, and the eldest and youngest grandmothers Lin Xuexian and Gong Mengshu are responsible for purchasing the things that the troupe needs, including all kinds of refreshments, various uses, and even what the troupe wants, such as red cloth paper umbrellas, etc., these are all festive things.

The division of labor is the division of labor, but the ladies and ladies are not used to always coming out, so those things that deal with merchants fall on Gong Mengshu, she runs up and down alone, makes a list, counts the goods, bargains, and receives the goods...... I was busy until the third watch every night. Tired and stressed, she was already thin, and her eyes were extraordinarily large.

Seeing that Gong Mengshu was so concerned, Cheng Molin pouted and said: "Is there a woman in the world who is as stupid as you? Why are you working so hard, why do you ignore the second brother surnamed Lu, but you can't flatter her!"

The second wife, Man Zhen, saw that Cheng Molin was full of nonsense, and hurriedly asked Cheng Molin to shut up quickly. She pulled Gong Mengshu aside and cautiously persuaded: "The third girl is young, she can't spit out ivory in her mouth, don't take her words at ease." But then again, I think I can also understand your feelings, because I also came from your stage, when the lord was going to marry the third aunt, and my heart was really uncomfortable as if I had been pricked by a needle. But what can we do? Later, when he married the fourth aunt, I calmed down a little. A woman like us can only survive, and when you get through it to a certain point, you will also come out-"

Gong Mengshu saw that the second wife Manzhen rarely talked to her considerately, and she was grateful in her heart, although she didn't know what to respond to, she also nodded hurriedly. Man Zhen stared at Gong Mengshu and continued: "Don't blame the old lady for doting on you, in fact, I also like you, handsome and smart." The third aunt's prodigal hooves are going to get along with you every day, you don't have to deal with her, just let her go crazy, one day I will clean her up and vent for you!"

The expression on the face of the second wife Man Zhen was distorted when she said this, Gong Mengshu felt a pang in her heart, and she didn't dare to say more, so she hurriedly thanked the second wife.

The days passed quickly, and the things that needed to be added were almost in place, and even the stage was built quickly, and it was built in the back garden of Cheng's house. The stage is square, brick and wood structure, there are wooden pillars at the four corners of the stage, the two pillars in front of the stage are hung with couplets respectively, the front of the stage has a carved delicate guardrail, and the top of the guardrail is also embellished with woodcarved lotus flowers or small lions, which looks very magnificent and magnificent.

At present, everything is ready, only the east wind is owed, and the Cheng family is looking forward to the day when the troupe will really start. Cheng Chazhong was also worried that the young lady from the Lu family had just returned from overseas and couldn't spare time for entertainment, so he specially asked someone to send an invitation, but the Lu family was very face-saving and gave Cheng Chazhong a reassurance, Miss Lu not only agreed to come to watch the play, but also asked Cheng Ruikai himself to accompany him around the clock.

Miss Lu's bold behavior made the Cheng family a little shocked, but Cheng Chazhong nodded and said: "It seems that this Miss Lu family is an extraordinary woman, Rui Kai is a person who does great things, and having such a wife can be regarded as a good match." ”

Gong Mengshu just lowered her head every day to do things, and the preparatory work was actually almost the same, but she couldn't stop the work in her hands, she understood that she was a little sick, the words of the second wife Manzhen didn't have much effect on her, she didn't even want to stand in the too lively crowd, everyone's happy smiling faces and sometimes cast a compassionate look at her, that could only make her feel far away from this noisy and prosperous world.