Chapter Twenty-Three: Mrs. Shen's Birthday Banquet
In the early morning of late spring and early summer, a misty drizzle with a gentle breeze rustles on the leaves. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Yin Yaxuan woke up with the sound of rain and only felt in a good mood.
"Xi'er. ”
Today is the fifteenth day, and on the fifteenth day of the new year, you have to go to the old lady to say goodbye, which is the rule of the Yin family.
Yin Yaxuan likes this very much.
In the past ten years, in the first five years, she got up early every day to greet the queen, and in the last five years, she got up early every day to accept the concubines' greetings.
There is no single day of peace.
"Miss, it's raining outside, and the weather is a little cold, so the slave maid goes to get a cloak for Miss. Xi'er said carefully.
Yin Yaxuan nodded and waited for her at the door.
Looking at the humidity of the ground, it must have been raining for a long time.
The second sister stayed outside all night, and this lesson was enough.
Xi'er put the cloak on Yin Yaxuan and carefully held the umbrella, for fear that Yin Yaxuan would be drenched.
"Why hasn't the second girl arrived, hasn't the grounding been lifted?"
The time to say goodbye has long passed, but Yin Yarou has not yet arrived.
Although the old lady did not speak, she smiled and talked to her granddaughters, but she was already unhappy in her heart.
Fortunately, in the past, Yin Yarou was never late, and the old lady only thought that something was delayed, but who knows, she didn't seem to have this matter at all, and she didn't even have someone to pass the word.
Seeing the old lady's dislike, several granddaughters were busy talking and laughing to make the old lady happy, but the old lady didn't say much.
"Grandmother, granddaughter is late, please forgive grandmother. ”
Everyone was talking and laughing, and Yin Yarou came.
It should be because of the rain, Yin Yarou's face is very bad, her lips are white, and her hair is wet.
"What's the matter?" the old lady saw her like this, and half of the anger in her heart was gone.
"Grandmother, Rou'er accidentally fell on the way here, her umbrella was broken, her clothes were wet, and her hair was wet, so she had to go back and change her clothes, so she was delayed. ”
"I see, you're weak, sit down. The old lady nodded, her anger was gone, and she asked Yin Yarou to sit down.
When everyone arrived, the old lady said, "Today, I have something to tell you. ”
Everyone stopped talking and looked at the old lady.
"Two days later, Mrs. Shen, the city lord of Wancheng, has a big birthday, plus the emperor canonized the queen two days ago, and the whole world celebrates, for this reason, Mrs. Shen set up a banquet to invite the ladies of each family, our Yin family is fortunate to have three lives, and it is also among the invited, you can all prepare for it when you go back, don't lose the face of the Yin family." ”
When the ladies heard this, they were first shocked, and then they were overjoyed.
Although the Yin family is a big family, but the status of the merchants is low after all, they can go to the birthday banquet of the city lord's wife, which is a blessing that has been cultivated for several lifetimes, and others can't ask for it.
"When you go to the birthday banquet, you have to prepare a birthday gift, you go back and think about what to give. ”
After speaking, the old lady seemed to be tired, waved her hand and said, "Okay, this matter is important today, I'm tired, you all disperse." ”
Out of her grandmother's yard, Yin Yahui went directly to class, Yin Yaxuan walked back alone, and suddenly someone stopped her.
"Eighth sister, wait a minute. ”
Hearing this voice, Yin Yaxuan knew who the person who called her was.
"Second sister, is there something wrong?"
Yin Yarou walked up to Yin Yaxuan and said with a smile, "Eighth sister, did you sleep well last night?"
"Yesterday I was so noisy, I went to bed early at night, and I slept very soundly. Yin Yaxuan also smiled.
"Yes, my sister is so blessed. The smile on Yin Yarou's face remained unchanged, but her voice became sharp.
"What's the matter, didn't the second sister sleep well yesterday?"
"Where, the second sister just saw that the eighth sister didn't seem to like words much today, and thought that the eighth sister didn't sleep well last night, so she came over to care about the eighth sister, since the eighth sister is fine, the second sister is relieved. ”
After speaking, Yin Yarou was supported by the maid who followed and walked forward.
When passing by Yin Yaxuan's side, Yin Yarou said in a very low voice: "Little girl, I underestimated you in the past, and in the future, let's see." ”
"The second sister walked slowly. Yin Yaxuan didn't seem to hear it, and watched her leave with a smile.
Watching Yin Yarou walk away, Yin Yaxuan said to Xi'er beside her: "The maid next to the second sister is a little faceless today. ”
"Miss, that's Lian'er, the big girl next to the third lady. ”
"I remember that the maid next to the second sister is Zhen'er. ”
Xi'er tightened the loose cloak on Yin Yaxuan's body and said, "It's Zhen'er, but I heard in the morning that Zhen'er is sick." ”
Last night, Yin Yarou and Zhen'er were locked out of the door, and the two of them had no money on them, and they couldn't go back to the house, so they squatted at the back door of the Yin Mansion all night.
The night was colder than the day, and it rained again, Yin Yarou couldn't stand the cold, so Zhen'er took off her clothes and gave them to Yin Yarou to wear, leaving only a thin shirt left.
It rained all night, how could a thin shirt keep out the cold?
On the second day, Zhen'er had a high fever.
Early this morning, the mother-in-law at the back door opened the door and saw the second lady and her maid, and was startled.
Yin Yarou took Zhen'er back to the room secretly, thinking that no one would find out, but she collided with the third lady.
After listening to her daughter's explanation of the ins and outs of the matter, the third lady was angry and anxious, and more distressed about her daughter's body.
If you really fall into something, what is good?
But today is still a day to say goodbye to the old lady, and the third lady had to ask her subordinates to prepare hot water quickly, so that her daughter could warm up, and let Zhen'er be sent back to the room.
Yin Yarou was drenched in the rain all night, and she didn't sleep much at night, she felt uncomfortable, and she wanted to send someone to say goodbye to her grandmother, but she was stopped by her mother.
Her mother told her that she had to go today.
First, she was lifted from the ground, and the next day she did not go to ask for peace, which would inevitably make the old lady unhappy, and second, the old lady would say an extremely important thing today.
The birthday banquet of Mrs. Shen, the wife of the city lord of Wancheng.
The third lady got the news from somewhere, saying that this birthday banquet was actually to marry the son of the city lord.
said it was a birthday banquet, but only invited the ladies of each family, but the young master of the son did not invite all of them, what is this for?
Shen Ruhai, the city lord of Wancheng, has only one son, who is eighteen this year and has not yet married a wife.
Where could Yin Yarou miss such a big event, if she didn't go to her grandmother to say goodbye and make her grandmother unhappy, maybe she would lose this opportunity.
She wanted to dress up and go to see her grandmother again, but her mother stopped her.
She was already weak, and it was raining, and this haggard appearance was the most endearing, and when my grandmother saw it, she must have pity rather than displeasure, but she was more pleasing to her grandmother than she was to show off her flowers.
Sure enough, the grandmother didn't even say a word of punishment.
"Miss, the rain is getting heavier, let's go back quickly. Xi'er said.
"Good. Yin Yaxuan also felt the coolness in the air, shrunk her neck and said.