Chapter Seventy-Six: The Family Banquet
Su Miao went to the old lady's yard in the evening, and the family had dinner together. There was laughter and laughter from beginning to end, and she didn't see Xiao Yexiu all night, Su Miao's heart was really relieved, and the smile from the bottom of her heart was directed at everyone.
The old lady sat on the main seat, and asked Su Miao to sit close to her by name, Su Miao smiled and did not refuse, Zeng and General Su also understood the old lady's intentions, and also understood that the person closest to the old lady now was Sister Miao, and consciously moved the position down with a smile, followed by Su Man, Su Qin, Su Wen held by Li, and finally the two aunts who were farthest from the main seat.
In such a row, the old lady at the round table was surrounded by Su Miao and Suning, this time General Su returned home, Suning deliberately took leave with his master at home, and the old lady was upset when she saw Su Man, but fortunately let her sit far away.
Su Miao looked at the old lady's arrangement with a smile in her eyes, and the expressions of several people under the table were all gloomy and smirks on her faces.
Spreading the dishes for the old lady, the afterglow swept to the father who was carefully shaving the fish bones for his mother, and then put them in Zeng's bowl with a gentle smile, Zeng smiled shyly, and buried his head in eating the processed fish. The fire in the eyes of Liu and Qi is about to erupt, and the chopsticks in their hands are afraid that they will be pinched off.
Su Miao sneered in her heart, Su Fu was really good to them, let them forget their identity, just aunts, it was already a great gift to let them go to the table and eat with them, and they were not satisfied?
If it weren't for her father and mother being here, the family wanted to have a meal with He Lele, Su Miaocai didn't want to save face for them, and was thinking about it, Zeng gently tugged at her sleeve: "Miao'er, grandmother asked you to sit down and eat!"
Su Miao heard Zeng's distraction just now, smiled and saluted her grandmother, and sat down obediently.
As soon as she sat down, a crystal steamed dumpling appeared on her plate, Su Miao was stunned, and looked at the chopsticks stretched out, and saw the smiling and loving Su Ruian looking at her, and saw Su Miao's eyes falling on her body, Su Ruian took back the chopsticks and looked at Su Miao with a smile,
"I haven't seen Miao'er for a long time, and I don't know if I'm estranged from my father. Saying this, Su Ruian's eyes carried some faint sorrow reminiscing about the past, now in December of the year, the days when he can stay at home with his family can be counted on his fingers are only two months, during this period he missed the growth of his children in the family, and it also made him feel guilty in his heart.
Su Miao's heart was also sour, chewed the food in her mouth and swallowed it, and just as she was about to reply, Su Ruian waved behind her, and after a while, she saw a little guy walking behind Su Miao with a box as long as a small arm.
Looking at his father suspiciously, Su Ruian faded away from the mood just now, smiled heartily, and said to Su Miao: "This is a small object that I happened to encounter on the way to Biansai for most of the year, presumably my Miao sister must like it, I wanted to come back to you during the New Year, but it turned out to catch up with your birthday, so I gave it to you first." ”
After speaking, he looked at Su Miao with a hint of expectant smile
Su Miao looked at the box held by the little girl, Zeng and the old lady were also curious, stopped the chopsticks in their hands, but a few people were low, except for Aunt Li and Su Wen, who were on the same side as Su Miao, and Su Ning, who was standing in the middle, everyone else saw Su Miao take the box with red eyes.
Su Miao condensed, took the box in her hand and guessed in her heart, looked up at Su Ruian again, and saw the encouragement in his eyes. Or seeing the surprise in Su Miao's eyes, Su Ruian said: "Open it and take a look, I don't know if Sister Miao likes it or not?"
Su Miao naturally likes it, but her mind is complicated for a while. General Su's love for himself is incomparable to any child in the family, and he quietly calculated how long it had been since he had received such a gift, Su Miao's heart trembled slightly.
Steady his fingertips, slowly opened the brocade box in his hand, and waited until he saw the contents carefully, Su Miao liked it at first sight.
smiled and narrowed his eyes and said to Su Ruian: "Thank you, Dad, Miao'er likes it very much." ”
"It's good to like it. Seeing Su Miao's love to play with it, Su Ruian breathed a sigh of relief when everyone didn't find out, and was afraid that Miao'er wouldn't like it.
Su Miao gently rubbed the small bow and arrow in her hand, the workmanship was meticulous, and it was very suitable for a girl's small strength, but she didn't know how far this bow and arrow ranged, Su Miao secretly thought that she would try it when she went back, and she also planned to put this bow and arrow in the space, whether it was in her previous life or in this life, there were many things that hurt her with hidden arrows. I was already thinking about what kind of self-defense weapon I wanted to prepare, so that I wouldn't even have a chance to resist when someone else had the intention to defend it.
Su Miao's eyes flashed darkly, but the Zeng family on the side said with some worry: "General, Sister Miao is a girl's family, isn't it good to put this by your side......"
Su Ruian comforted Zeng, and also saw the worry that flashed in the old lady's eyes. With some headaches, he explained: "Our family is a family of military generals, and it doesn't matter if my daughter's family knows some self-defense skills, even if others know, they will only say that the daughter of the Su family has a hearty personality, which is comparable to a man." ”
The old lady, who didn't want to speak out, heard her son's nonsense, glared at Su Ruian, and looked at the latter inexplicably: "What you said is light, if Sister Miao really has a reputation that is comparable to a man's hearty personality, how can she still get married." ”
Su Ruian couldn't catch what he said, and Zeng's eyes were even more worried.
Su Ruian was a little helpless, the old lady looked at her daughter-in-law's appearance, and wanted to feel as if she was talking too much, Su Miao squeezed Zeng's hand.
The old lady saw that Su Miao really liked it, and thought that she still had to open her mouth to round her son's face: "Okay, Zeng, don't worry, the bow and arrow was given by Miao'er's father, and if Sister Miao'er wants to learn, she has to be taught by her father himself." It's also the best if Sister Miao can use this to strengthen her body. ”
The old lady spoke, and Zeng didn't want to say anything more, so she nodded and said "um" softly.
Su Man waited for a long time and didn't see that his father had other gifts to give him, and the jealousy in his heart was filled again, when he heard the old lady say that practicing bows and arrows was not good for Su Miao's reputation, his heart was slightly balanced, and he didn't expect that Su Dad was caught off guard again.
Suning didn't think that he still had his own share, Su Ruian also personally picked a good sword and gave it to Suning, and also advised: "Every time I receive a letter from home, my family says that you are obsessed with scriptures, I will give you this sword, you still pay more attention to exercise on weekdays, if you are lucky enough to enter the court as an official in the future, although you are a civil official, but the children of our Su family cannot lose in force." ”
Su Ruian's voice was sonorous and powerful, not as gentle as talking to Su Miao, the family letters at home were basically written by his mother-in-law Zeng, when Suning heard his father mention the family letter to mention him every time, he looked in the direction of Zeng with some surprise, just glanced at it, stood up and lowered his head to take the sword in Su Ruian's hand.
Su Miao couldn't hold back a smile when she saw the gift given by her father, either a bow or a sword, this name is really a little unpleasant.
Noticing Su Miao's shrugged shoulders, the old lady lowered her voice and asked curiously, "What is Miao'er laughing at?"
Su Miao shook her head: "Grandmother, it's nothing." ”
After speaking, he turned around and handed the bow to Lianxin to collect, ready to give the old lady another cloth.
The others were dissatisfied with Su Ruian's preference, and they didn't dare to say anything, but Su Man couldn't bear it, and the chopsticks in her hand fell to the ground with a "snap", and the crisp sound caused everyone to look at her.
Su Man was also pulled back to her senses by this voice, and she had been immersed in the fire of jealousy just now, which made her feel uncomfortable.
Liu saw that something was wrong with his daughter, and didn't want to cause any more trouble when General Su was there, so he called the maid to give a new pair of chopsticks. The stiff atmosphere eased a little, Liu smiled and asked everyone to move their chopsticks, glared at Su Man in private, and warned her not to cause trouble.
With only Su Miao's interesting eyes, he looked at Su Man from top to bottom, and then turned his head and continued to talk to the elders on both sides.
Su Miao's eyes fell on Su Man, that is, with a bright humiliation, she gritted her teeth, and saw Su Miao smiling brightly between the old lady and General Su and Zeng, and the chopsticks were also pinched a little deformed in Su Miao's hands.
Su Qin, who has always had no sense of presence in Su Miao, also spoke obediently and skillfully, without any thorny emotions, this reaction made Su Miao can't help but raise her eyebrows, presumably trying to leave a good impression when her father is at home.
Collected his thoughts, and buried himself in eating the delicious food in his bowl.
After the family banquet, Su Miao returned to Miaoxin Pavilion and quietly received the bow and arrow to her own space, and instructed Zi Rao to let Steward Su make more bows and arrows and send them to her yard.
also asked Lianxin to pick up some good fabrics that could make belly pockets for children when she went to the embroidery shop tomorrow, made them and sent them to Mrs. Yard, and then fell asleep tiredly.