The eldest lady knew what Gu Yinlan had annoyed the old lady, and was punished to go to the Buddhist hall to copy the house rules, and seeing that the old lady's anger had not subsided, she found the topic and said, "There is still a month before the old lady's birthday banquet, and it was not very big in previous years, this year the second master was promoted again, and the ninth girl also returned home. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

The fourth lady agreed, and then the conversation began in the house.

A smile gradually appeared on the old lady's face.

Outside, the maid came in and said, "The old lady and the eldest master have returned to the house, saying that they have changed their clothes and come here." ”

The old lady came in with a tiger, the old man was strong, the eldest master followed, the third master followed, and finally the fourth master.

Without seeing Gu She, the old lady asked, "What about the second child, haven't come back yet?"

The old lady said with a smile, "He just took over the position of the squire of the Ministry of War, he has a lot of things in his hands, and there are many entertainments. ”

"It's a pity, he's the last thing he deserves to be absent," the old lady sighed.

The eldest lady smiled and said, "The second master's entertainment is also to gain a firm foothold in the military department, and he will rise step by step in the future, Yunlan is his daughter-in-law, and he can eat with him every day in the future, not bad for this meal." ”

A sentence of rising step by step is to say that the old lady is in her heart, and she smiled, "Since there is entertainment, let's go to the table to eat." ”

The maids hurriedly served the food, and the Mu family led Gu Yunlan forward to greet the old lady.

The old lady saw that her granddaughter was emaciated and looked out of place when she stood with the other girls, sighed a little, rewarded her with a long life lock, and told Mu to take good care of Gu Yunlan.

In the main hall, four tables were set up.

The old lady and several old men and wives have a table, Minglan and her girls have a table, and the young master has a table, and the aunts in the house have a table.

There are eighteen dishes on a table, there are meat and vegetarian dishes, flying in the sky, running on the ground, swimming in the water, there are many of them, the color and flavor are complete, and the look makes people have a great appetite.

Although there is a rule of not saying anything about food and sleep, but the family banquet is about family harmony, eating at one table, not saying a word, what feelings are there, suffocating to death.

Expecting the old lady's birthday banquet before, Gu Xuelan couldn't help but ask, "Grandmother's birthday banquet, what birthday gift are you going to give to your grandmother?"

Gu Yulan sandwiched the dish and said, "What kind of birthday gift to give, of course, it must be kept secret." ”

"What if it's heavy?" Gu Xuelan chuckled.

Gu Yinlan wiped the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief and said, "It's heavy, the good ones are naturally praised by my grandmother, and the bad ones are very embarrassing." ”

As she spoke, she caught a glimpse of Gu Yunlan eating vegetables, and the dishes fell on the table, she reached out and picked them up and put them in her mouth.

Gu Yinlan saw it and said busily, "Drop the dishes on the table, you can't eat them!"

She took the chopsticks and wanted to knock down the dish in Gu Yunlan's hand, but Gu Yunlan shook his hand, and the dish was thrown on Gu Yinlan's face.

It happened so fast that I was caught off guard.

At that moment, Gu Yinlan had the heart to kill, and Gu Xuelan held back a few laughs, uncomfortable.

Coupled with Gu Yinlan's loud shouting, everyone looked over and happened to see her embarrassed appearance.

The dish fell from her face, right onto her dress, and her new dress, so soiled that she almost jumped.

In the room, the instant silence was terrifying, and the pins could be heard.

Minglan sat on Gu Yinlan's right hand, she was originally going to sit next to Gu Yunlan, but there are rules for sitting in the house, you can't sit randomly, Gu Yinlan is the youngest, and she turned around, just on Gu Yinlan's left.

Minglan left the table, wiped Gu Yunlan's hands with a handkerchief, and taught her, "If the food falls on the table, you can't eat it." ”

Gu Yunlan also knew that she had made a mistake, but she felt wronged, she held her mouth, and her voice was crying, "You can't waste it, Xi'er said that ruining food will be struck by lightning." ”

"Xi'er is not right. ”

Xi'er's mother said the same thing. ”

“……。 ”

Isn't what Xi'er said wrong?

She's right.

Food shouldn't have been wasted, but Yunlan didn't understand it right.

Minglan changed his position and taught Yunlan what is waste and what is dirty and can't be eaten, but it doesn't seem to make sense, Yunlan has his own understanding, "Xi'er eats everything, I saw her steamed buns fall to the ground, and I picked them up and ate them." "The table is clean.

Gu Rulan said, "The table is not clean, and you will have a stomachache if you eat it." ”

"Xi'er doesn't have a stomachache, I used to eat it, and I don't have a stomachache," Gu Yunlan tilted his head and said.

Gu Rulan was defeated.

Gu Yunlan said loudly, she didn't feel wrong, she just felt wronged, and the back of her hand was hit with chopsticks, all of which were red, and it hurt so much.

Over there, Mu's eyes were red, and the old lady sighed, no one blamed Gu Yunlan, it wasn't her fault, in Zhuangzi, could she still expect the nurse and the maid to teach her to be a lady?

Minglan didn't know how to teach, so he just said, "The food fell on the table and the ground, and we didn't eat it, you have to think that Xi'er did the right thing, follow her and learn, and there will be no sugar people to eat in the future." ”

Yun Lan held back his mouth, "I just don't eat it." ”

"That's good. ”

"Alright, alright, let's continue eating," said the old lady.

Gu Yinlan didn't want to sit next to Gu Yunlan anymore, and just changed places with Minglan, she wiped the soup of her clothes fiercely, and while she was angry, she glared at Minglan and said, "You have to compensate me for a new dress on her behalf!"

Minglan glanced at her, "If you don't say it, I will compensate you." ”

Gu Yinlan snorted, glanced at his face, and ate by himself.

Half an hour later, the feast was finished, and they sat down for a while before they went back to their respective courtyards.

After returning to Liushuang Garden, Minglan sat down and instructed Bizhu, "Send the old lady's new purple qu shui shu brocade to the third girl." ”

Bizhu listened and said, "That Shu brocade is beautiful, how many sets of skirts can be made, and send them all?"

"Send it. ”

It's just a set of skirts, and she's not so petty.

Bizhu turned out the Shu brocade locked in the box, and specially showed Minglan a look, hoping that she would change her mind, but Minglan was distracted.

Today, Gu Yunlan said that she was wasting food, and she realized that what she thought was too simple, this heavy snowfall, it was not enough to just buy charcoal.

Heavy snow closed the roads, food from outside Kyoto could not be brought in, and the price of food on the streets also tripled.

Although the imperial court also provided relief, when the snow fell, a bowl of porridge did not help at all.

In order to control the price of grain, it is necessary to bring in a month's worth of grain from Kyoto to Beijing before it snows.

She can buy charcoal, or she can borrow money, how can she convince those grain merchants to stock up on grain?

Troubled by this problem, Minglan couldn't sleep well all night.

After thinking about it, there is no better idea than borrowing money to buy food, but what about money, do you want to continue to ask Chu Li to borrow money?

This time, she couldn't open her mouth anyway.