The Dragon Boat Festival banquet in the Chengenhou Mansion is getting closer and closer, and the whole mansion is busy. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThe second grandmother Yao is the busiest one of them, and the third grandmother Min also helps, and the two of them can hardly even take care of the children now. Qin Jinrong and Qin Duan's sisters and brothers have been sent to Mingyuewu more than once and handed over to their cousins Qin Jinhua and Qin Hanzhen to take care of.

This kind of task should have been in charge of Qin Jinyi, she is the oldest, and she has always flaunted herself as "sensible" and "steady". But firstly, Qin Jinyi has been busy practicing the piano recently, and she doesn't want these "meaningless" things to occupy her time, and secondly, the two of them don't trust the girl in the second room, so the Mingyuewu sisters became nannies honorably. Yao's and Min's are not worried, the two young children are accompanied by a large number of nurses and mothers-in-law, and there are also older and more stable and thoughtful girls in Mingyuewu to take care of them, Qin Hanzhen and Qin Jinhua sisters are just borrowing a name, who really expects two eight-year-old girls to take care of their younger siblings?

Qin Hanzhen herself is nothing, she is usually used to taking care of her little cousin Brother Zi'er, Qin Jinrong and Qin Duan are not unattended, relatively speaking, taking care of them is quite easy. The two sisters and brothers have been staying in the main house, and when Qin Hanzhen wants to be quiet, he goes back to the west wing where he lives, which is very relaxed.

However, such a relaxed day is not a few days, because the banquet is about to be held, Qin Jinhua has to prepare the clothes and jewelry to wear at the banquet, and is sent back to Shengyiju every day to pick up things, but it turns out that Qin Hanzhen needs to take care of the children more time.

Due to the banquet, even Mr. Zeng's classes were suspended, and classes would not resume until the Dragon Boat Festival. Qin Hanzhen had just learned some guqin fingering and was planning to practice a simple tune, but now he couldn't calm down at all, so he had to accompany his cousins to play nine rings.

It doesn't matter, now she has to help take care of her cousins, so she won't have time. By the time the banquet began, she was free.

Why is she free? Because she has filial piety, this banquet has nothing to do with her!

Qin Hanzhen only realized that he wanted to avoid it in the last few days. Her mother's filial piety has not been completed for a year, and she will not appear at the banquet anyway, which is really trouble-free. No wonder Qin Jinhua and her sisters were busy making new clothes, but no one mentioned them to her.

But that's not a bad thing. Although Qin Hanzhen was very interested in the banquets of the ancient high-ranking families, he heard Qin Jinchun say that this kind of occasion was quite boring. Children of their age are not like teenage girls, and they only eat and drink at the feast, and no one pays attention to them.

When the female guests came, they would be called out, one by one, to give a salute, to say a few nice words, and then to be praised and given a greeting gift or something, and then sent down. When a new group of guests arrives, they have to go out again. So repeatedly, the smile made the face stiffen. But when waiting, you can only drink some tea at most, and don't eat the dim sum if you can, so as not to see the guests, there are still dim sum crumbs at the corners of the mouth, which is too rude!

As for the meeting gifts that can be obtained, whether it is Qin Jinhua or Qin Jinchun, they don't think it's interesting, all kinds of gold and silver bills are the most common, and there may be a piece of jewelry when you meet a generous elder. But what is gold and silver to them who came from the Hou Sect? What year do they not save one or two hundred? And those jewelry, which are far from being worn at their age, can only be put away. By the time you reach the age when you can wear it, the style of the jewelry has long been outdated, and you can't take it at all!

By the time the formal feast begins, things get even more boring. The dishes on the banquet are all what they are used to eating at home on weekdays, there is nothing new, even if it is delicious, they will get tired of eating too much, and they will be tired of eating too much, and the banquet is held in an open place, when the wind blows, the dishes are cold, and it is not a taste to eat in the mouth. Although at this banquet, the inner and outer courtyards have prepared opera troupes, but the dramas called by the female guests in the inner courtyard must have accommodated the tastes of the old ladies and ladies, and people were drowsy to listen to.

If there are many people of the same age who come to the feast, they may be able to play in the garden, and the more common item is hide and seek. It is said that Min's maiden niece once introduced a new game, shuttlecock kicking, and the little girls were playing quite crazy at the time, and several of them kicked their hair to the point that their hair was scattered. Because of this, their respective mothers and elders thought that this new game was unorthodox, and since then it has been extinct from the formal banquets of high-ranking families, and even hide and seek have almost been implicated. The wives and grandmothers prefer that the little girls get together to talk, chat, and play tangrams, nine links or something, and it is best not to even leave the banquet venue, so that they will not be able to see the children and be anxious.

Qin Jinchun complained for a long time, and then came to a conclusion to Qin Hanzhen: "Look, what's the point of this? I might as well stay in my yard and eat snacks." However, at this banquet, the second sister told the second aunt that she would order two lively and good-looking plays, and she would have more delicious and novel snacks, so she would buy them in the fragrant restaurant! It's a pity that we want to play a game of hide and seek, but the second aunt didn't agree, telling us to be honest and not to make trouble on the day of the third uncle's great day. ”

Qin Han really smiled dryly, imagining the picture described by Qin Jinchun in his heart, and felt that it was actually nothing if he didn't go to the banquet.

Also not going is Brother Zi'er. Brother Zi'er wants to serve the Guan family for a year's filial piety, and now there are still a few months. The children in the long and second rooms only need to take five months of small work, and they have long been full of filial piety, so there is no need to be taboo - in fact, none of them have taken these five months of small work seriously. It's just that when Sanfang went to Beijing, it had been more than five months since Guan's death, so he couldn't pursue it, and he didn't bother to care.

Qin Hanzhen discussed it with his grandfather Qin Bai and his grandmother Niu. On the day of the feast, the banquet in the outer courtyard was placed in the courtyard of the Kurong Hall, and the wedding tent was now erected, and the banquet in the inner courtyard was placed in the garden, which was close to the area of Xiangxue Hall, and was some distance away from the boat hall. When the time comes, she will come to the Qingfeng Pavilion and accompany her cousin Brother Zi'er. Because at the time of the banquet, at least sixty percent of the girls in the house had to be transferred to do things, and there were not a few people left in Mingyuewu, she stayed in the courtyard, and her grandparents were not at ease. On days when people come and go, it is inconvenient for her to go out. If she came to the Seifukan, she could be with her brother, and the waiting staff could also take care of both of them at the same time. If there is anything, inform his grandfather Qin Bai directly, and it is very convenient for him to come from Kurong Hall.

Qin Hanzhen didn't intend to cause trouble to the elders at such a time, so he simply agreed, and said: "I originally planned to practice the piano that day, but it is estimated that when the time comes, it will be very noisy to sing in the Kurong Hall, and I will still practice calligraphy in my grandfather's study, right?"

Qin Bai smiled and said, "Good boy, you are so diligent, grandfather is relieved in his heart. It's just that you don't have to be too tired, and it doesn't matter if you play with your brother while practicing calligraphy. ”

Qin Hanzhen agreed with a smile.

Niu said to Qin Bai: "I heard that Yan's return has almost been cleaned up, and the second nephew and daughter-in-law only told me this morning that Guanglu can be moved over at any time." There are people waiting in the courtyard over there, even if Guanglu's father hasn't sent the waiting people yet, it won't stop Guanglu from doing anything. It's just that he moved over at this time, and on the day of the banquet, he had to stay there alone, so it's strangely lonely, why don't you let him be a companion with our two children?"

Qin Han was really surprised, didn't Zhao Mo attend the banquet either? She quickly reacted, Zhao Mo's mother Wen had died less than a year ago, and he also had a heavy filial piety, so he was really not suitable to participate in the banquet.

Qin Bai said to Niu's family: "It's okay to move over first, wait until that day, just let him come over early in the morning." Everything was complete here, so he read and wrote with Hanzhen and Brother Zi'er, and the day passed quickly. ”

Niu nodded, and complained again: "His father's side is too slow, how many days has it been? It's just a few girls and boys waiting, can the Liao Wangfu still be reluctant?"

Qin Hanzhen listened quietly on the side, and when he came out of his grandfather's house, he went to the East Chamber to find Zhao Mo, and told him the news that he was going to move.

A trace of reluctance flashed on Zhao Mo's face: "Is it? The house was cleaned up so quickly? I originally thought I would have to wait for another ten days and a half months." If I move in, I'll see my cousin in the future...... It's not as easy as it is now, is it?"

Qin Hanzhen said: "How can it be? You just live over there, and you still have to come and study with my grandfather every day." It's just that you've been in the Seifukan for a short time, but if you want to meet, don't you just see each other if you want to?

Zhao Mo smiled and said to Qin Hanzhen: "My cousin is right, I will come often in the future." Come every day!"

Qin Hanzhen nodded with a smile, and talked about the arrangements for the day of the banquet. Zhao Mo said very calmly: "That's fine, I'm lonely when I stay alone in Yan Return." Besides, there were outsiders in the inner and outer courtyards that day, so I couldn't run around and get in the way of the host's house. Come to Seikazekan early in the morning, at least in this courtyard, I can do whatever I want, and I don't have to worry about the outside world. ”

Qin Hanzhen thought for a moment and said, "If you have a new friend who is going to come that day, you can meet in the Qingfeng Pavilion." I'll have some tables and chairs for you outside, and some refreshments in the kitchenette where you can talk. The banquet is very long, and I don't think your friends may have the patience to sit from beginning to end, so they can just take the time to come and accompany you?"

Zhao Mo shook his head: "No need." Although Brother Jian introduced me to a few friends, there were only one or two people who were really worth befriending. The rest of the people either think that I or my father are strange and impure, or they don't look down on me, but they just hinder Brother Jane's face and are polite to me. People who are really worthy of friendship don't have to meet at the banquet, and people who are not worthy of friendship are not interesting to meet. ”

Qin Han was really surprised: "How can this be?"

Zhao Mo smiled: "It's nothing, it's a good thing." At the very least, the friends I can make now are genuine to me, and I feel more comfortable with them. Well, my cousin doesn't have to pay attention to these troubles. Do you have anything you want to eat, or something you want to play? I'll go and prepare it in advance, and on the day of the feast, how about we enjoy ourselves in this courtyard?"