Dishes are already on display in the spacious dining room, with ivory chopsticks and Fluttershy on a fuchsia work-embroidered tablecloth, steaming hot on a blue and white porcelain tray on a silver square plate. Dinner is usually served with two tables. One table is the main table, and the other table is the escort. As usual, the main table is for the grandmother of the Cheng family and Mrs. Cheng, and the other table is for the concubines and the girls.

Cheng Chazhong, the master of the Cheng family, was originally the leader of the Feng warlords, and he had a little military power in his hands, since the team was absorbed by the Kuomintang, he also mixed the official position of the deputy commander of the integrated corps through his relationship, although it was only an idle position, but the power should not be underestimated, and he was a figure with a face in Mingcheng.

Cheng Chazhong successively married two wives and two aunts, the first wife Wu died of illness in 1925, leaving two sons, and the second wife Man Zhen was the goddaughter of a dignitary in Mingcheng, and only gave birth to one daughter. And his two aunts and aunts were all asked by Mrs. Manzhen to enter the door for Cheng Chazhong successively. Because Man Zhen had no son, she was afraid that others would say that she was not virtuous enough, so she had to do it as a last resort.

The third aunt Tai Peng Wanru and the fourth aunt Tai Peng Wanyue are both surnamed Peng, and they are cousins, and the servants call them Peng San and Peng Si. These two aunts are from very low backgrounds, and they all spent money to buy them. Although the third aunt Taipeng Wanru has a low background, her heart is higher than the sky, her temperament is unruly, and she gave birth to a son to Cheng Chazhong, and her attitude is also arrogant, and she does not get along well with the second wife Manzhen.

Cheng Chazhong has a very good temper, he says everything at home, and he is very strict with his wife and aunt, and he stipulates that when the meal arrives at home, the whole family must eat together. So when Gong Mengshu entered the dining hall, the old lady of Cheng Mansion, the old man Cheng Chazhong, and the second wife Man Zhen and their families had already sat down first, waiting to be lifted. On the small table next to her, the third aunt Tai Peng Wanru and the fourth aunt Tai Peng Wanyue were also chattering with their children.

The third aunt, Tai Peng, was like a fifteen-year-old son, Cheng Ruiming, saw Gong Mengshu come in, and hurriedly sat up straight, putting on a proper posture for eating. But Gong Mengshu didn't notice his actions in a hurry, she hurriedly took three steps and made two steps to speed up her steps, the old lady saw her first, hurriedly beckoned to her, and said, "Girl, you're out of class!" Gong Mengshu hurriedly stepped forward and smiled before speaking: "Grandma, I'm back!"

"Yo, Mengshu, the whole family is waiting for you alone!" The third aunt Tai Peng pinched the melon seeds with her fingers like red kodan, and glanced up at Gong Mengshu with slight dissatisfaction as she spoke.

"Yes, Third Wife, I'm sorry, Mengshu got out of class a little late today," Gong Mengshu nodded with a smile, nodded to the girl who was originally waiting, took the dishes in the girl's hand and put them on the table, and then walked to the old lady and stood.

"Sit down, let's come together," Mrs. Cheng said to Gong Mengshu kindly and kindly, with silver threads and red faces. Gong Mengshu just smiled, although the old lady said so, she still knew her identity, so naturally she didn't know how to score inches, she just stood with her hands tied and waited for the old lady's dispatch.

"Everyone has arrived, hey, where is Mo Lin?" Cheng Chazhong had the majesty of the head of the family, he looked around and asked out loud.

"You told me before going to the school this morning that you were going to go to the park with your female classmates after class, and you won't be back until the evening," Man Zhen hurriedly replied to Cheng Chazhong's question. This Cheng Molin is her biological daughter, seventeen years old, lively and assertive, and usually doing things and talking is a bit of a headache for Man Zhen.

"You have to teach her well, girls, don't hang out with a bunch of male classmates all day long, so as not to be gossiped about. Cheng Chazhong frowned, and solemnly admonished Man Zhen. Man Zhen hurriedly nodded yes, turned his head, but saw the third aunt's wife Peng Wanru sneering at the side table next to him, Man Zhen hated in his heart, but he didn't see it.