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Wu Niangzi came to the upper room with a smile, and when she saw Mrs. Xu, she said, "Old lady, some people from the Tu family have arrived, and the old lady invites you to come over." ”

Old Mrs. Xu was drinking tea, and when she heard this, she put down the teacup and said, "It should be the third cousin's family who has arrived." Yulu, you go and ask Zhen'er to come over. ”

The silk flower workshop has been on the track, and Xu Wanzhen has gone to see it again. With Shopkeeper Yu staring, everything is in order, and more than 40 flowers can be made every day, which is more than enough time to calculate. Only then did she put her mind at ease, feel at home with peace of mind, dispose of the housework accumulated over the past few days, and look at the account books to do her homework.

Yulu came to invite, she put down the account book in her hand, and walked towards the "Songtao Courtyard" with Mrs. Xu.

When passing by the flower hall, it happened that the Lin family finished handling the housework, came out of the flower hall, and touched it.

Since the toon feast, the Xu family has closed the door to live their own lives, and the two sides have never met. Old Madam Xu's face was not shocked, and she greeted her gently, and said, "I've seen my eldest sister-in-law." "It's as if those unpleasant things never happened. Xu Wanzhen also followed Shi Li.

Lin's face was embarrassed, if she wanted to say that the person she didn't want to see the most now, the Xu family would be the first to recommend. When he saw them, he remembered the thousand taels of silver. The corners of Lin's mouth barely pulled out a smile, and he greeted, "Where is the second sister?"

Mrs. Xu said: "My father called me over and had something to order." ”

Lin nodded absentmindedly, and was about to say goodbye, and suddenly remembered something in his heart. remembered the crying of her granddaughter Tu Manzhen a few days ago, and begged her to find Xu Wanzhen to ask for an invitation to the "Peony Flower Club". She was vague at the time, but because she didn't want to see the Xu family, let alone Xu Wanzhen, a junior, she didn't take this matter to heart.

I happened to meet today, so I asked by the way. Thinking of this, Lin said: "Second sister, I heard that Zhen'er got an invitation to the 'Peony Flower Club'?"

Where is there any news of hiding in the house? What's more, the Xu family has no intention of hiding this news, Xu Wanzhen has heard Mama Zheng say that Tu Manzhen has made a fuss, and she is not surprised.

Old Madam Xu smiled and said, "Exactly." But he didn't mean to continue.

Lin was annoyed in his heart, but his words had come to this, so he had to bite the bullet and say: "My two granddaughters heard about this and praised Zhen'er again and again. The invitation to this 'peony flower club' is not so easy to get. He turned his head to Xu Wanzhen and said, "Zhen'er, you go to the princess to get two more invitations, so that they can also open their eyes." ”

Xu Wanzhen rolled her eyes in her heart, and let people help to say it so naturally, who is the princess? Is the invitation said to take it? Cousin Manfen is only famous in the capital, and I think this invitation will arrive sooner or later. ”

was pushed back by Xu Wanzhen, who was neither soft nor hard, Lin's heart was stagnant, and he said impatiently: "Let you go and get an invitation, and say a lot!"

Xu Wanzhen smiled slightly, pretending to be puzzled: "The cousin of the Tu family wants to participate in the 'Peony Flower Meeting', why didn't she go to Princess Zhaoyang herself, but asked me to go?"

The Lin family secretly hated in his heart, if his granddaughter could speak in front of Princess Zhaoyang, would she still use it to beg Xu Wanzhen? Knowingly asking, it is really hateful! But knowing that if she is unwilling, she can't either, so she glared at Xu Wanzhen angrily, waved her sleeves and turned to leave, and even said goodbye without saying goodbye.

Seeing her go away, Xu Wanzhen took Mrs. Xu's arm and said, "Grandmother, let's go!"

Old Madam Xu patted her hands and said with a smile: "You little petty ghost, you make your eldest aunt angry." ”

Xu Wanzhen stuck out her tongue mischievously and said innocently: "Zhen'er didn't do anything." Mrs. Xu laughed.

When they arrived at the "Songtao Courtyard", Mrs. Wu greeted them and went to the main hall, where Mrs. Tu was a serious guest, and they also set foot for the first time.

Unlike the indifferent and simple decoration of "Shoto-in", the main hall is solemn and noble. Taking the central axis of the main hall as the benchmark, a pair of handwritten books of the old lady are hung in the middle of the hall, and a gilded red bottom plaque is engraved on the middle hall, which is engraved with four big characters of "Weishan Dexin".

There are also couplets, plaques, hanging screens, calligraphy and painting screens to match, two bronze ancient tripods are symmetrically placed on the long case in front of the board wall, and the portrait of the Confucian sage Confucius is offered in the middle. A square table of eight immortals is placed in front of the long table, and there are six mahogany Taishi chairs on both sides of the table. At a glance, the whole central hall is very magnificent.

The old lady Tu sat on the main seat on the left, and the two members of the Tu family sat on the guest seat.

At this time, the old lady Tu was completely different from the kind and naïve old man Xu Wanzhen had seen. I saw him wearing a navy blue purple crane pattern silk robe, and the silver hair on his head was fixed with a warm mutton fat white hosta, sitting on the Taishi chair, and his tall figure revealed an oppressive momentum.

Xu Wan said secretly in her heart, it turned out that this was the demeanor and momentum of the Great Confucians of the two dynasties.

The two clansmen of the Tu family thought that they were the third cousins, and they came from Mengzhou to calculate the days, and they should arrive on these days.

I heard my grandmother mention that my third cousin uncle was the last, so although he was of high rank, he was only forty years old. At the moment, he looks decently dressed and rich, but his face is weathered, and some people believe it when he says that he is fifty miles away. Xu was in a hurry, and both of them looked tired.

Seeing a few people coming, Old Lady Tu laughed and said, "Yiming, come on, you haven't seen Qiongyu for a long time, right?" In front of Old Lady Tu, they are all juniors.

Old Madam Xu stepped forward to salute and said, "Qiongyu has seen the third cousin, the third cousin. ”

The third cousin stood up from the chair, with tears in the corners of her eyes, stepped forward and held Mrs. Xu's hand, and said, "Qiongyu, I didn't expect to see you again." ”

When she was young, Mrs. Xu went back to Mengzhou to live in the Tu family for some time, when her third cousin had just married. The third cousin was only a few years older than her, and when she saw that she was smart and clever, she was quite kind to her. Unexpectedly, when we met again, they were all dying. Mrs. Xu was in a stirring mood, saying hello again and again, and her eyes were a little moist.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little sad, Wu Niangzi smiled and said, "Wanzhen, come and meet the third cousin and cousin." ”

Xu Wanzhen stepped forward and gave a formal salute, and the third cousin uncle hurriedly picked her up, raised her hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said, "What a neat child! Qiongyu, you are really blessed." As he spoke, he pulled out a begonia jade jade inlaid pearl auspicious hairpin on his bun and inserted it on Xu Wanzhen's head.

Xu Wanzhen glanced at Old Madam Xu, saw her nodding slightly, and said, "Zhen'er thanked the third cousin." Although this gift is a bit more valuable, firstly, Mrs. Xu is close to them, and secondly, the Xu family finds someone to inherit the incense for them, but it is also acceptable.

The third cousin took out another brocade box, handed it to Xu Wanzhen and said, "Why didn't Yu'er come today? This is for him, you can take it back." ”