Chapter 26: Before the Feast
This main hall of Ronghui Hall was specially renovated for reception. After removing the partition of the two flower halls, it can accommodate dozens of tables.
Mrs. Shen Lu is very far-sighted, and she insisted more than ten years ago: "My son must have ambitions in the future, and the hall must be able to accommodate people!"
Sure enough, the guests had already arrived at this time, but the hall was not crowded at all, but orderly and orderly.
The mahogany circle chairs slipped along the wall, and each table was filled with melon and fruit snacks. The girls shuttled among the guests and nobles without any disorder, serving tea and adding water, showing the intimacy and meticulousness of the host's family everywhere.
"The old lady has arrived!" After a sweet-looking maid made a crisp message, the actual helmsman of the Shen Mansion, Mrs. Shen Lu, was full of spring breeze and entered the hall with a dozen or so people in full pomp.
The old lady is indeed very hostess today, and she is not worthy of the name of Lu Guohou's daughter-in-law.
I saw that she was wearing a red crane Ruicao five clouds holding clouds, with a fox fur plate and gold embroidered fairy peach arch Shouyun shoulders, and a complete set of red gold ruby Dongzhu head face, this body is really rich and extraordinary, and the bright golden light attracted everyone's attention.
The old lady was followed closely by Shen Ling, the eldest aunt and grandmother who had been widowed for many years.
To say that Shen Moyun, the eldest aunt and grandmother, has a personality very similar to the Lu family, she is an extremely shrewd and powerful master on weekdays, but in marriage, she has not been able to carry forward her ability to fight for baht as always.
It is said that eighteen years ago, the old lady and a poor scholar surnamed Wu were like-minded, and often invited that Wu Sheng to eat and drink and compose poems. Unexpectedly, after coming and going, Wu Sheng actually looked at the eldest lady Shen Ling at the time. One day, Wu Sheng actually carried two feet of cloth, two pots of wine, and a comb to the door, and knelt down in front of the old lady and the Lu family, wanting to ask to marry Shen Ling.
This Wu family has no power, no money, no power and no official, and Shen Ling is his own heart, so the Lu family refused without thinking about it. Unexpectedly, Shen Ling became stubborn, threatening that Wu Sheng would not marry in this life, and even tried to commit suicide.
After tortured Shen Ling's maid several times, he learned that the two of them had already been privately taught and accepted by each other, and they had made a private decision for life. The old lady was so angry that he fell seriously ill, he had just been promoted to a Beijing official from the fifth grade, and this kind of thing spread not only hindered his official reputation, but also affected the marriage of several other children.
After thinking about it a few times, Old Lady Shen felt that although Wu Sheng had no power or power, he was upright and had a pure heart, and he might not have no official luck if he was well supported, so he persuaded the Lu family, who made a lot of trouble at home every day, to stop.
The Lu family, who was counting on Shen Lingfei Gaozhi, was still thunderous at first, and then the old lady persuaded her: Although the eldest daughter does not have the help of her husband's family, it will be difficult to pinch the Wu family in the future, and the daughter can come back for a small stay in three or five days. Lu Shi finally nodded after hearing this.
I'm afraid that Old Lady Shen never thought that the casual words he said to comfort the Lu family would become a prophecy, or even worse.
Shen Ling has been married for less than three years, and the young couple just hugged a lovely daughter, so Wu Sheng fell ill and hurried away.
The Wu family had a simple population, and after Wu died, Shen Ling's mother-in-law followed her brother-in-law. Without taking care of her in-laws, Shen Ling often took her daughter Wu Xiaoyu back to Shen's house to live, and the old lady Lu loved this ill-fated eldest daughter and granddaughter even more, and specially allocated an independent courtyard Qiubo Garden for them to live in.
Needless to say, the food consumption in Qiubo Garden is the best in Shen Mansion, and there are a large group of maids to serve him, plus the old lady's perennial subsidy, where is Shen Ling, who has lived a hard life in the Wu family in the past few years, still willing to go back, and gradually after a long time, he directly lived in Shen Mansion.
After many years of carefree life, Shen Ling has made a lot of fortune than back then, and at this moment, his face is ruddy, and he looks at the ladies in the audience with a happy face.
Behind Shen Ling is her only daughter Wu Xiaoyu, she is still always quiet and beautiful, I don't know if she was born timid and inferior or what, Shen Moyun has seen her since she was a child, and when there are many people, she always puts her head low.
Today's Wu Xiaoyu has grown a lot taller, but she belongs to the kind of beauty that is round and jade. With a round face and innocent eyes, he cowered like a docile little white rabbit, which couldn't help but make people feel a little distressed and pity.
In addition, the old lady Lu was followed by a girl about seven or eight years old with her hair combed in a double bun. A fiery red brocade embroidered short jacket makes her smart and lovely, and her bright eyes are matched with a smile that makes people feel like a spring breeze, and it is difficult to make people tired.
As soon as the little girl came up, she smiled sweetly at Aunt Xia and Mrs. Wang.
Shen Moyun immediately reacted, this child should be Aunt Xia's second daughter, the fifth girl in the house, Shen Mohuan.
Before, Shen Moyun had learned from Wang Fu and them that Miss Five had been very popular with the old lady in recent years, and the Lu family had taken her with her to raise her. Now that she doesn't leave the old lady's side, it seems that what she said is true. It can be seen that Aunt Xia has really put a lot of effort into the house in recent years.
Behind it, there is a maid in the water......
Old lady Shen Lu came to the scene with a kind smile and greeted the ladies and ladies, the old lady was warm and thoughtful, there were many acquaintances, and the atmosphere suddenly became lively.
"Thank you ladies and ladies for coming to the cold house, this cold day is still tiring to celebrate my son's birthday, and the old students are really grateful. I also hope that all the ladies and ladies can eat and have fun well, and the old body will be satisfied! This big winter, my old woman just wants to be lazy, today's banquet is arranged by my aunt, if there is anything inconsiderate and negligent, please forgive me, bear with me! If there is rudeness, I hope you don't blame!"
The old lady looked polite, but her kind and kind smile couldn't hide the four ** lights in her eyes. Her opening remarks brought out Aunt Xia, and she was signaling the Shen family to help Aunt Xia as the hostess.
"Don't dare!"
"The old lady is gracious!"
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Looking at Aunt Xia again, she smiled shyly, and from time to time she shook and supported the double phoenix longevity fruit on her head. Her action naturally seemed extremely contrived and disgusting in the eyes of guests like Mrs. Huang, who already had contempt in their hearts. However, for those who heard that they could see the way and asked the Shen family, this Aunt Xia would be their new object of flattery and flattery in the future.
In a blink of an eye, there were several more enthusiastic ladies around Aunt Xia. Lu Shi motioned for everyone to drink tea and have some snacks first, and then Shen Mu arranged for the guests in the front yard to come and salute the ladies before the banquet could be held. The ladies chatted again.
The old lady went to talk to Mrs. Lu Guohou and her sister-in-law. The eldest aunt and grandmother, Shen Ling, were taking Wu Xiaoyu's ladies to meet one by one.
Come to think of it, this Wu Xiaoyu has already reached the end of the year this year, but he has not yet decided on a marriage. I heard that in the past few years, Shen Mu and the old lady have repeatedly introduced more than a dozen young talents, but they were all rejected by Shen Ling. The reason is very simple: Shen Ling takes a fancy to the children of wealthy and aristocratic families, who must have a good family background, good looks, and no bad habits, but such a noble son looks down on the orphaned and widowed Wu family. Be a concubine, right? Shen Ling was unwilling. In this selection and selection, it dragged on for several years......
How could Shen Ling miss such a good opportunity to make friends with powerful officials today? Poor Wu Xiaoyu was taken all over the field by her mother, just smiling, saluting, smiling, saluting......
Seeing that it was almost noon, thinking about it, the banquet was about to start, Shen Moyun noticed that Shen Moqing's maid had quietly held a gift box and stood behind her, it seemed that Shen Mu should also come over at that time......
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This chapter mainly explains the characters.,There's less content.,Please look forward to the next chapter!