Chapter 384: Tacit Understanding
Regarding Qin Ping's words, Wu Shaoying did not mean to echo them, but said: "Brother-in-law, don't make these unwarranted guesses, if people listen to them, I am afraid that it will damage the reputation of the Huang family's daughter." The Huang family is a royal family, and they are in a high position, how can a person of my status climb high? Maybe everything is just a misunderstanding, so my brother-in-law should not mention it again. ”
Qin Ping frowned when he heard this: "Where is your status now? If his family really doesn't look down on you, he won't send someone to find out about you." You say it's all a misunderstanding, then the Huang family has to do something that is easy to misunderstand!"
Wu Shaoying was silent.
Seeing this, Qin Ping sighed: "Okay, I won't force you anything." It's only a few days ago that you promised me that if your mother told you a good family affair, you wouldn't shirk it anymore, and you would take it seriously to marry a wife and have children. Regardless of whether the Huang family takes a fancy to you as a son-in-law, or intends to be a matchmaker, as long as his family shows a little meaning, you don't have to push back and push. You will also say that the Huang family is a royal prince and has a high and powerful position, if the ladies of those other families take a fancy to you, what else do you have to lose?"
Wu Shaoying lowered her head and still didn't speak. Qin Ping knew that he would not express his position for a while, and the Huang family had not yet said it clearly, and everything was still early, so he didn't say anything more.
In the blink of an eye, the day of the banquet of Yongjiahou Mansion has arrived.
The feast was placed in the garden, and because there were not many guests invited, it was divided into male and female banquets, and there was enough space in the garden. According to Qin Hanzhen's plan in advance, a large open space was cleared on both sides of the garden, a colorful shed was erected, and a large floor-to-ceiling screen was placed to entertain male guests and female guests on the other. As long as the time is arranged, both men and women can enjoy the beautiful scenery of plum blossoms, and they will not collide with each other. Moreover, the garden is relatively close to the kitchen, and the dishes are placed in special food boxes, and when they are delivered to the table, they are still hot, and the guests feel much more delicious when they eat.
The guests came completely, Xiao Feng pulled the Yao family who came bravely and the Min family who was reluctant to be pulled over by the Yao family to welcome the guests, and the Yongjiahou wife Niu talked to the concubine Xu family on the main seat, and after a while, the Min family, the Yao family, and the Cai family's daughters arrived successively. Niu and Mrs. Min were very talkative, chatted happily for a while, and when they saw Mrs. Yunyang Hou coming, they hurriedly greeted Mrs. Xu, and then looked at Lu Yueniang, who came with Mrs. Yunyang Hou, with a ruddy complexion and a more and more delicate appearance, obviously living well in her mother-in-law's house, and they were all happy for her.
The old ladies were talking together, and the ladies and grandmothers of the younger generation also made a bunch of them, and Qin Hanzhen was naturally in one place with the girls who had not yet left the cabinet. Qin Jinchun hadn't seen her cousins for a long time, and pulled Qin Jinhua to talk non-stop, she seemed to have lost a little weight now, it seemed that the Xue family in the second room had recovered, and Qin Bofu had constant disputes with the Xue family, which still had a great impact on her. Qin Hanzhen was busy greeting the guests, and couldn't get out to talk to her privately, so she could only ask the girl to bring a letter to Qin Jinhua, telling her to stay with Qin Jinchun for a while, and when the banquet was over, the sisters had a good chat together.
Qin Jinyi did not come, it is said that she is not in good health. But Qin Jinchun told Qin Jinhua in private, in fact, it was because the eldest sister didn't want to see the third sister's scenery. In the past, Qin Jinyi was jealous and hated Qin Hanzhen, but now that she is going to be the princess of the county, her heart is even more intolerable. If it is a banquet guest in Chengenhou Mansion today, Qin Jinyi may still attend, because Chengenhou Mansion is also her former home, but if she changes Yongjiahou Mansion as the host, she doesn't want to appear.
Qin Hanzhen declined to comment. She never really regarded Qin Jinyi as a sister, Qin Jinyi didn't appear, she was still happy, at least she didn't have to worry that the other party would make trouble at her banquet, and she would make a fool of herself in public again.
It didn't take long for the Ma family and the Huang family to arrive. The Ma family came to General Ma's wife, who can be regarded as an acquaintance. The Huang family is Huang Jincheng's mother, wife and sister came together, plus Huang Jincheng's eldest sister, the aunt and grandmother who married into the Min family, also attended with the mother-in-law and concubines, and the female dependents of the Huang family's three rooms arrived today. After inquiring again, it turned out that Huang Jincheng's father and son also arrived at the men's seat, which was simply the rhythm of pouring out of the nest.
The arrival of the Huang family attracted the attention of everyone in the long house. In the past, the Chengenhou Mansion held banquets, and the Huang family was obviously the Chengenhou uncle's family, but they didn't come every time, and their attitude was lukewarm, and there was almost no overt interaction with the Yongjiahou Mansion. I didn't expect that today's banquet in Yongjiahou Mansion, the people from the three rooms of the Huang family would come. Not to mention that Qin Bai felt a little flattered, even Qin Ping and Qin Hanzhen, who had guessed in advance, were also extremely surprised.
Qin Hanzhen thought to himself, he didn't know if the other party had received what he had asked Li Zi to reveal to the Huang family before, and now his family's attitude would have something to do with it?
Niu's is the first time to see the third old lady of the Huang family, but the other party is dignified and delicate, polite and polite, and does not look down on her background, and the words are also very down-to-earth, and will not deliberately mix some poems and words, and use a few allusions at every turn, so that she can't understand it, so she talked to the third old lady of the Huang family for a while, and she had a good impression of the other party, took the other party's hand and sighed: "The children in your family are really well taught." Needless to say, Jin Chengcheng is shrewd and capable, and he became a high-ranking official at a young age. Your eldest daughter is also a virtuous person, and I often hear her mother-in-law praise her. And Sister Fang, I really haven't seen a more outstanding girl than her, I like it so much when I see it, I really can't wait for her to be my daughter!"
The third old lady of the Huang family laughed when she heard this: "Madame praised it falsely. "But the heart is very useful.
Niu's praised Huang Qingfang for a good time, praised Mrs. Huang Jincheng, and then praised Huang Jincheng's children, and then went back to continue to praise Huang Qingfang, taking advantage of the good mood of the third old lady of the Huang family, and tried to probe her tone: "It's just that Sister Fang has been in the south in the past few years...... I haven't decided on a family affair, and I don't know what your family thinks. Don't blame me for being troublesome, I really like Sister Fang'er so much, I can't bear to see her end up lonely. Thinking of such a good child as her, it was just bad luck for a while, and she was affected by a slut in a family, and she herself was not at fault at all. Let's not care what outsiders say, there are always discerning people in the world, who can see who is good and who is bad, and the most important thing is not to let Sister Fang be wronged. ”
In the past, if she heard similar words, the three old ladies of the Huang family would find a reason to prevaricate in the past, but today I don't know if it is because what Niu said is right in her heart, she seems to be a little excited, and she holds Niu's hand and says: "Old sister, you are a person who understands, and you really speak to my heart! That's exactly what I think, what do outsiders say, what's the matter? As long as my daughter can live well in the future." In the past, I didn't understand this truth, and I had to find a better family affair for Qingfang, find fault with this, find fault with that, and force Qingfang to act according to my heart, but the result was that the child suffered a lot. Now I have come to understand that all those families, family backgrounds, and identities are all fake, and the most important thing is that Qingfang can live well! I will never wronged her again! This child is too filial and sensible, so let us not worry about her, and would rather live alone. But how can I do that? If I can't watch her rely on her for the rest of my life, and my life will be smooth and smooth, I won't be willing to die!"
Niu's eyes lit up when he heard this, and the meaning of this could not be...... The three old ladies of the Huang family are also optimistic about the marriage between Huang Qingfang and Qin Ping? The two old ladies glanced at each other, as if they had some tacit understanding. When the people around saw it, they all faintly guessed, and couldn't help but turn their heads to look at Huang Qingfang.
Huang Qingfang is already in her twenties, but she is still sitting on the seat surrounded by the daughters of the boudoir, and she is a little red-faced. After all, she is still an unmarried girl's family, how can she stand being stared at like this? Qin Hanzhen bit his lip and couldn't help but smile, and hurriedly followed.
Mrs. Huang Jincheng coughed lightly, interrupting the star-gaze between her mother-in-law and Niu, and laughed and played a round. The third old lady of the Huang family was not in a hurry, and smiled at Niu's family: "Old sister, you and I are rare to fall in love, and we should have more contacts in the future." Originally, the two families were also relatives, so don't go outside. "I'm going to talk about it later.
The Huang family is the maiden family of the old marquis's original match for the Huang family, but Qin Bai, the owner of the Yongjiahou Mansion, was born to the Ye family, the successor of the old marquis, and said that he was a relative, and he was indeed a relative, but the relationship has always been embarrassing, and he generally does not mention the "uncle and nephew" relationship between the two families in front of people. But today, for the sake of his son's marriage, the Niu family couldn't care about it, and happily agreed, and he really wanted to come and go with the Huang family in three rooms.
She and Mrs. Huang Jincheng have been friends for a long time, and she doesn't think there's anything wrong with it. It's just that Xu and Yao heard it on the side, and the expressions on their faces were a little strange. They were also wondering, the three old ladies of the Huang family had never been so enthusiastic about their Chengenhou Mansion, why did they become so affectionate with the Niu family as soon as they came to the door for the first time? Could it be that it was really because of fate?
Niu's only felt that things were going well, and he was in a good mood, thinking that the Huang family's third room was full of people today, so he hurriedly and quietly called Mama Hu to come and asked her to give Qin Ping a message: "Let him behave in front of the Huang family, treat people more amiably, and please others." This family business has been six or seven points accurate, and the Huang family has clearly taken a fancy to him, so don't give me bad things at this critical juncture!" Then she was a little uneasy, "By the way, quietly tell Shaoying, tell him to keep an eye on Brother Ping, don't let Brother Ping mess around!"
Mama Tiger went to pass the word according to her words, but after Qin Ping got the news, she was stunned. He looked at Huang Jincheng, who was talking to Wu Shaoying affectionately, and was shocked in his heart.
Qin Ping had something in his heart and felt that he couldn't put it off any longer. He found an excuse to leave the table, but asked the little servant to bring a message to Wu Shaoying and invited him to meet him at Fengweixuan. Fengwei Xuan is located in the middle of the garden, away from the main road, and is vacant today. There are many green bamboos planted there, which is a quiet place, just so that they can avoid people talking.
Wu Shaoying had just received the latest instructions from Niu's grandmother, and when she heard the little girl's words, she lowered her eyes: "I know, I'll go over now." ”