Shi Yi led the Jia brothers into the house, and Jia Min and his mother took the car into the middle gate, and changed the small sedan chair at the second gate to be carried by the mother-in-law to the grandmother's yard.

The girls in the main courtyard were all dressed in red and green today, and when they saw Mrs. Gu coming with their daughter, they hurriedly came over to say goodbye, "Mrs. Gu is good, my cousin is good." Jia Shishi nodded with a smile, took his daughter, and kept walking towards the door.

The girls rushed forward to open the curtain for her, and someone came into the house to report: "Old lady, Mrs. Gu is back." ”

The old lady's hearty laughter came from the room, "Mengya is back, come in and show me." ”

Jia Shishi and Jia Min fought a little at the door, took care of each other's clothes, and then entered the main room one after the other.

In the middle of the room, there is a mahogany screen, the four corners of the red sandalwood are high, there are table clocks, bronze incense burners, glass mounds, the inner hall is a red sandalwood square table, the Taishi chair of red sandalwood is placed on both sides, and the two sides of the underground are respectively seven tables and eight mahogany chairs are placed in turn. At this moment, the chairs in the room are already half full, and most of them are relatives of the Shi family.

On the right side of the central table sat an old lady with gray hair, her face was ruddy, her spirit was strong, and her appearance of talking and laughing loudly was refreshing.

"Mengya is late, and she will be punished in a while. "The old lady looks really happy today, especially when the girl comes back with her granddaughter and grandson, and she adds three points of joy out of thin air.

Jia Shishi smiled all over his face, "Mother, I admit punishment." ”

While speaking, a girl had already set up a mat, and Jia Shishi asked Jia Min to come forward and kowtow to her mother. The old lady smiled, "Get up, get up, get up." He hurriedly asked the girl to help Jia Min up and beckoned him to his side, "Our daughter is the most arrogant, don't kneel next time." ”

Jia Min pursed her lips and smiled, and said "um" softly.

Jia Shi's mother's maiden name is He, and she was also born in the family of military generals of the previous dynasty, but she returned to □□ when she fought the world. Mrs. Shi is a typical daughter of a military general, with a bold personality, good at riding and shooting, housekeeping, parenting, and socializing. Now that I'm older, my temper has decreased a lot, and I treat my next generation with an amiable smile. Coupled with the fact that the old lady was humorous and open-minded, the three grandchildren of the family liked the old man. But it's a pity that these three grandchildren are growing up day by day, and they have less time to stay in the backyard, and there is no granddaughter at home for her to teach, so they love this only granddaughter very much.

Mrs. Shi took Jia Min's hand and introduced her to the relatives in the house. First of all, the old lady sitting on the right side said, "This is my uncle and grandmother." Jia Min smiled, stepped forward and curtched, "Hello madam." ”

The lady smiled kindly, "Hello Miss Jia, since the last time I saw it, I haven't seen it for a few years, and my appearance is becoming more and more unrecognizable." ”

Old Lady Shi laughed out loud. "Of course, my Min'er is the most iconic. ”

Jia Min heard such a straightforward compliment, and shouted with a red face: "Grandmother." ”

Jia Min is young, coupled with his premature birth, he is weak all the year round, and he doesn't go out, so he hasn't come to his grandfather's house much. Speaking of which, she would go to her grandfather's house several times a year, but even if she did, she would only play with her three cousins at her grandmother's place on weekdays. As for the historians, their family relatives are not common.

Jia Shishi pulled his daughter all the way to admit it. Let's talk about what Jia Min hasn't seen first, "This is your uncle's maternal grandmother's aunt and uncle's maternal grandmother." You've seen the rest, but it's just that small, don't remember it. "Then there are some more distant cousins and uncles, and they are not introduced one by one.

Mrs. Shi saw that Jia Min had recognized her relatives, so she recruited her to her side, asked the girl to move an embroidery pier and sat down next to her, took her hand and asked, what have you learned on weekdays? What have you eaten? What have you played? After asking easily, she smiled and said: "I'm sorry, it's rare for my granddaughter to come once, and I don't have a granddaughter, so I can't wait for her to stay by my side to raise her, so I chattered a few more words." ”

The man in the house replied, "This is human nature. If my granddaughter is away from me for two days, I panic. Alas. We're grandmothers and grandmothers. ”

"No, when I was young, I was ruthless with this son and a daughter, and when it was time to discipline them. But when it comes to this grandchild, he can't be ruthless even if he wants to. On the contrary, when I watched them being trained, I felt distressed. Alas, isn't that old? ”

"My aunt is not old, she looks like a sixty-year-old person. In my opinion, it's forty at most. The woman sitting on the third chair on the lower right side smiled and flattered.

Jia Min vaguely remembered that she seemed to be her cousin's wife.

"Your kid has such a sweet mouth, no wonder the girl is so good at talking, and the feelings are all up to you. Mrs. Shi nodded at the woman and laughed.

For a while, he said to the lady beside him: "I looked at the daughters of the younger generation of our Shi family, and the two girls of your family and the eldest girl stood out." ”

The woman who had just spoken covered her lips and smiled, "That's it, aunt, our girl doesn't dare to compare with the uncle's family." After seeing Chu'er and Meng'er just now, I was envious, how did other people's daughters raise, and the style of the whole body is really incomparable. Now that I see Miss Jia, I can't love it anymore, so my girl will be worthy of lighting a fire for them. ”

Jia Min heard that it was very novel, in her previous life, she had not had a son and a half daughter for many years after marriage, when she participated in this kind of noble lady's party, others also had scruples, and rarely mentioned the matter of children in front of her, and then after having Daiyu, her body was not as good as a day, and she rarely went out, and now listening to them chatting, it is strange and interesting. She was the only one in the room full of women who interjected, which shows that she has a very close relationship with her grandmother, although she is full of belittling her daughter, but the slight pride in the corners of her eyes and eyebrows can't be hidden.

Mrs. Shi smiled and looked at her granddaughter again, how to see how to love, she patted Jia Min's hand: "Min'er, go play with your cousins, don't accompany us old women here." ”。 ”

After speaking, he called a girl and told Haosheng to send Jia Min to the sisters.

Jia Min's aunt came over at this time to ask for help, "Old lady, I'll send my niece over." ”

Mrs. Shi nodded, Jia Min curtsied to the people in the house, and then was taken away by her aunt.

"Some of your cousins you have seen and some you have not, just go and recognize them in a while. However, their relationship with our family is also far away, and some of them are about to come out of the five suits, if you see that you like it, you will socialize, and if you don't like it, you don't care about it. "Passing through the back hall door, I came to the flower hall behind the main house, and sure enough, there was a room of little girls, talking in groups of three or five.

When Jia Min saw those cousins, most of them were dressed in red, red, pink, and so on. It's just that in the midst of all the reds, there is a girl in a tender yellow jacket?

As soon as the little girls in the flower hall saw Jia Min come in, they all got up to greet each other, sisters and sisters greeted each other, and the aunt specially pointed to several daughters who were closer to each other and introduced them to them. And the Chu'er and Meng'er that my grandmother said before also knew each other, Jia Min said: "The two sisters are good." "These two people are just like my grandmother, both in appearance and temperament, they are very outstanding.

The two girls also saluted and replied, "Sister Jia is good." ”

The aunt helped another girl in a tender yellow dress and asked with a smile: "Min'er, you have seen it before, do you still recognize it?"

Jia Min rolled his eyes, clapped his hands and smiled: "I know, this is my cousin's ......" Speaking of this, he hesitated, but he couldn't remember how to call it, let alone whether to call it sister or sister. Then he said embarrassedly: "I don't remember the name." ”

The girl saluted first, and her voice was a little hoarse, "My name is Shi Xiu, and I am 9 years old this year." ”

"Sister Xiu'er is good. Jia Min returned the salute.

"As far as you are a smart girl, Min'er and other little girls from other families are coming, you have to help your aunt treat them well" The aunt pinched her little face and said, "Okay, I have also sent the people, you little sisters let's chat together, I'll go first." ”

"Send my aunt. "Send my uncle. The little girls in the house saluted at the same time, and watched the figure of their aunt walk out of the flower hall, before they all gathered to talk to Jia Min.

A group of little girls in the flower hall were chatting around Jia Min, most of the little girls were told by the family when they came over, knowing that Jia Min was the daughter of the princess of the country, and her status was noble, and it was not for them to offend. The youngest girls are no more than thirteen or fourteen, and the youngest ones are six or seven years old, which is the age of curiosity, and they are even more envious of Jia Min's dressing, which they have never seen before.

Jia Min was surrounded by these cousins, and the clothes on her body were touched and touched by them, and even ran towards the beaded flowers on her head. She covered her hair with one hand, and pressed her clothes with the other, and the little girls withdrew their hands in disagreement.

Cousin Meng opened her mouth first, "Sister Min, the embroidery of your dress is really beautiful, do you have any patterns?" ”

"I don't know, this dress is made by the needlework man at home, or I will wait until I get home and ask. ”

Cousin Chu looked enviously at the silk handkerchief in Jia Min's hand, "Sister, this is a cigarette fat handkerchief, last time I went to my grandfather's house, my cousin also showed off to me, saying that it was given by Concubine Beijing, saying that this kind of handkerchief is as light as cloud smoke, and the color is as red as fat so it is a tobacco fat handkerchief, which is only available to nobles in the palace." ”

"No, no, it was bought from the south by someone in the family. Jia Min said helplessly, just coaxing a child.

The other cousin pursed her mouth and said unhappily: "Hmph, don't ask, Cousin Min is the concubine of the Guogong Mansion, and I don't know how many things in the palace have long been unknown, I really don't know how much." ”

"You have knowledge, do you know what it is?" Cousin Dream was not happy, and her tone immediately became sharp.

Cousin Lan was jealous and said bluntly, everyone who is a sister knows it. Cousin Chu's laughter was very unpleasant.

Cousin Lan was so angry that her eyes were red, she slapped the table and stood up, pointing at Cousin Meng's nose. "You dare to say that you are not jealous, your eyes are about to fall on Cousin Min. ”

Jia Min was very funny when she saw such a dispute, it was really a group of little girls, and hurriedly said, "I still have this handkerchief at home, if you like it, I will give it to you next time." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw another little girl next to him say disdainfully: "You really have too shallow eyelids, but it's just a handkerchief." ”

Jia Min saw her straighten spine. Sitting upright, the expression on her face is natural, and only what she said is not a lie. But from the makeup she wears, it can be seen that her background is not high. "Sister Qi, this is not right, of course we are curious about things that we have not seen, and it is strange that my sister has seen something better than this?"

When the man heard this, he was very angry and replied: "Who said that I haven't seen it, you think that everyone is like your family, and there is nothing good." Seeing that the people around her didn't believe what she said, he hurriedly took out a white jade bead from his purse and said proudly: "Have you ever seen such a bead?"

When these people heard this, they hurriedly gathered around and scrambled to watch, and each of them let out a sound of exclamation, and knew that it was a good thing. And Jia Min was also stunned for a while, the jade bead was exactly the same as the jade ball that Jia Yu gave her. It's just smaller and more delicate than it, and it's rare to see in the world, but such an item is not something that their family can have.

"Sister Qi, where did you get these beads?" Cousin Lan asked curiously, "It's so beautiful, I also asked my father to buy one." ”

"This, this, this jade bead was brought home by my father, and I don't know. The girl said in a little panic that she secretly took out this jade bead from home, and she didn't show it to everyone originally, but she was angry for a while. After she was transferred from her father, the things she brought back were better than the other, but she didn't know where they came from.

"Ah, that's right. The other girls sighed.

But Cousin Chu looked at her thoughtfully, but she thought that nothing would be known. Jia Min saw it: "Cousin Qi, you better put away this bead, it's not good if you accidentally lose it." When the girl heard this, she hurriedly put the beads away.

At this time, the girl next to my aunt brought in three more girls, and she also dismissed what had just happened, and the sisters were busy looking at the three new girls. Jia Min looked over in a blink of an eye and recognized the future second sister-in-law, 'Mrs. Wang'.

"Cousin, these are the three young ladies of the Wang family of the county uncle's mansion, and the wife said that she would be well entertained. The girl smiled and introduced, "Miss Wang, this is our cousin's daughter, the concubine of Rongguo Mansion." ”

Wang Xin heard that it was the girl from Rongguo Mansion who was busy taking her two younger sisters to salute: "Sister Jia is good." It's just that her behavior made the second girl on the side, Wang Wei, very uncomfortable, but she still saluted.

When Jia Min saw his expression, he knew that the two sisters were not in harmony, no wonder he had rarely heard of this eldest girl Wang in his previous life, and he had never seen that Wang Huan was married to his eldest sister in the mansion, and he often mentioned that it was just her compatriot's third sister Wang Huan, and later married to the 'Aunt Xue' of the Xue family in Jinling.