83, ten years old
After Yao's departure in the first month, Miao and Xiao Miao both thought that Yao Keqing and Dai Mingxi's family affair was eight out of ten, and a big stone in their hearts also fell to the ground, and the sense of crisis brought by Yao Keqing was gradually lifted, and the attitude towards Yao Keqing became particularly affectionate, because Yao Keqing was ten years old this year, and he specially wanted to buy her a banquet, invite people who knew each other, and sisters who were good with her to come to the house for a small gathering. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Although children are not happy to have a birthday, the age of ten is a special birthday, and after the age of ten, it is counted as half an adult, and it is no longer a child.
Yao Keqing picked up the pen and prepared to write a post, but she didn't know how to write, Biyu thought she didn't know what to write, so she suggested on the side: "Or just write it is Miss's birthday, so invite them to come to the house for a small gathering!"
Hongyu smiled: "Don't talk about useless things, Miss is thinking about who to post with!"
Yao Keqing also sighed: "If you think about it carefully, I really don't know who to write to, except for a few cousins, Sister Su, and Mi, I don't know anyone!"
When Mama Fang heard this, she also interjected: "So the old slave persuaded the young lady to go out and walk around more, and if she knows a few more people, she can also change her temperament!"
Biyu admires Yao Keqing very much, and doesn't think that Yao Keqing's is wrong, so she retorted: "What's wrong with Miss's temperament, the slave maid looks at Miss like this, it's very good, where is it going to change!"
Mama Fang scolded: "What do you know, Mama, can I still hurt Miss? When Miss was a girl, this temperament didn't matter, and it would ...... in the future. If you don't change, I'm afraid you'll have to suffer!"
Yao Keqing knew that Mama Fang was afraid that she would be disliked by her in-laws after she got married, but in this life, no matter how much she changes, she can't change the coldness that melts into her bones, "Mama don't worry, I have my own measure!"
As he spoke, he picked up the pen and wrote the post, asked people to send the post out, and specially instructed: "Ah Mi's post should be sent by Mama herself!
Mama Fang didn't know why Yao Keqing valued the daughter of such an unknown family so much, but she never questioned Yao Keqing's words, so she did as Yao Keqing instructed.
On the sixth day of the first month of March, Yao Keqing's birthday, the Fang family asked Fang's eldest wife Liao and Fang's second wife Zhao to take the three girls to Yao's house early in the morning.
Seeing someone from his uncle's house, Yao Qishen was happier than Yao Keqing, but when he learned that there were only a few cousins who came, and none of his cousins came, he couldn't help but be deflated, and he lost his excitement, so he obediently sat next to Yao Keqing and peeled melon seeds.
"Today is my cousin's birthday, and we're all here to eat and drink!" Fang Lizhu is thirteen years old, a big girl, and her speech and behavior are gradually different from those of them and a half old.
Yao Keqing said with a smile: "It's okay, I just have to detain the person and let my uncle and aunt take the silver to redeem the person!"
Fang Lijuan burst out laughing, "What my cousin said is like a bandit and a robber! Don't worry! We all brought silver, and we kept the money for the banquet!" As he spoke, he stuffed the gift he had prepared for Yao Keqing into Yao Keqing's arms, and said in his mouth: "Oh~~ Give you the silver, quickly put it away, don't say that I will pay the bill later!"
Yao Keqing smiled and was about to hand the box to the girl next to him to put it away, but Fang Lizhu said: "It's better for my cousin to open it and take a look, lest she take an empty box to cheat and cheat!"
Yao Keqing had no choice but to open the box, inside was a fan, the handle of the fan was warm jade, the fan surface was embroidered on both sides, one side was embroidered with rain and bananas, and the other side was embroidered with double cats fluttering butterflies, the end was extremely exquisite, and it made people love it when they looked at it, "Cousin is out of the box today, I don't know how many banquets I can eat with such a fan, and my cousin will have to eat more later, otherwise it will be a big loss!"
Fang Lijuan saw that Yao Keqing was much more lively than in previous years, and she could even joke with herself, so she let go and teased her, "Isn't it! You let the kitchen bring up bird's nest, shark's fin, bear's paw ginseng, etc., I will eat hard today, and I must get the capital back!"
Liao Shi smiled: "It's just that it took you a few months of monthly silver, and you feel distressed like this? The old lady turned around and made up the silver for you, and you still think about it!"
Zhao said: "We don't have such good luck as you, the front foot spent money, and someone on the back foot sent you silver, we all took out our own silver!
As soon as the things were put in order, Hongyu said a few words close to Yao Keqing's ear, Yao Keqing's face changed, but he didn't say anything, just let Hongyu bring people in, after Hongyu left, Yao Keqing turned around and said to the other party: "A few uninvited people came, and please take care of the two aunts and three cousins!"
Both the Liao family and the Zhao family are smart, so naturally they won't say anything more, but the corners of Fang Lijuan's mouth had a mischievous smile, and she was glared at by the Liao family, and immediately lowered her head.
After a while, a delicate female voice sounded outside the door, "Miss Yao Er's courtyard is really good, not only spacious, but also so beautiful! And this peony flower, it actually bloomed in March!", as soon as the words fell, a beautiful woman in her early twenties came in.
I saw that she was wearing red and green, with gold jewelry, and the makeup on her face was also very heavy, but through the makeup, it could still be seen that she should be a very outstanding beauty, even if she was dressed so tackyly, it was still difficult to hide her beauty. Tao Jingrou, who was following her, was flushed and embarrassed, and smiled apologetically at Yao Keqing.
Yao Keqing gave Tao Jingrou a reassuring look, and then stepped forward to salute Mrs. Tao, Mrs. Tao pulled Yao Keqing up, grabbed her arm, and praised vigorously, "Miss Yao Er is really good, compare these daughters of mine! No wonder others say that Miss Yao Er is a fairy, and my daughters of ordinary people cannot be compared!"
Mrs. Tao brought Tao Jingrou and two other girls together, who should be Tao Jingrou's sister-in-law and sister-in-law. Although these three girls have not grown up, but looking at their eyebrows and eyes, they are afraid that they will all be beauties in the future, Yao Keqing's appearance is already cold, not the kind of appearance that the world loves, although she is a cold beauty, but compared with them, she is still slightly inferior.
Yao Keqing was impatient to entangle with her, broke free from her hands, and beckoned someone to serve tea. Mrs. Tao didn't notice Yao Keqing's impatience at all, so she sat on the side and continued to nag with her, Fang Liao saw Yao Keqing's impatience, so he opened his mouth to relieve her, "The bracelet on Mrs. Tao's hand looks novel, it's new, right?"
Mrs. Tao Wang had already heard that the Fang family was also here today, and she had been thinking about how to talk to them, at this time the Liao family took the initiative to talk to her, she was overjoyed, and hurriedly left Yao Keqing and talked with the Liao family, "It was just sent yesterday, I looked different from what I saw in the past, so I stayed!"
Tao Jingrou was relieved to see that her stepmother was no longer pestering Yao Keqing, but she saw that because of herself, she had ruined the originally good atmosphere, and she wanted Yao Keqing's aunt to get rid of it, but with her stepmother's exclusive temperament, she was afraid that she would take this opportunity to climb the Fang family and not let go, she felt ashamed and angry in her heart, and she didn't know how to apologize to Yao Keqing.
Zhao saw that because of Wang's arrival, a room of children stopped talking, so he offered to let Yao Keqing take the girls to play in the garden, and he and Liao stayed to deal with Wang. Some words are not easy to say in front of children.
When they arrived in the garden, Yao Keqing was not polite to the other two girls of the Tao family, and directly asked the girl to lead them to pick flowers and play, and asked the three cousins to lead them in front, and he took Tao Jingrou to walk behind.
Tao Jingrou saw that there was no one around, so she walked to Yao Keqing's side and said in a low voice: "It's mine today, I didn't expect her to be able to give up her face like this, and she wanted to come with her, and she also brought my sister-in-law and sister-in-law, I repeatedly interfered but to no avail!"
Yao Keqing shook his head and said: "I thought of this when I gave you a post, and I expected them to come, if they don't come, I will feel strange!"
Tao Jingrou saw that Yao Keqing was not angry with herself, and she was much more relieved, so she smiled embarrassedly, "It's always ugly, I'm embarrassed to say it in front of outsiders, but you already knew, and I broke the jar!"
Yao Keqing looked at the pair of sisters in the garden who pinched a flower on the left and a flower on the right, and asked, "What is your stepmother doing to you now?
Tao Jingrou smiled bitterly, "Now that my brother is becoming more and more unsuccessful in studying, she is much more relieved of me, no longer staring at me every day, and she still has her own biological son to take care of, and she can't spare any extra thoughts to deal with me, I have secretly co-opted a few people who can be used, and it is not so easy for her to deal with me!
Yao Keqing estimated that her brother was really not very good at studying, and with Wang's scheming, he couldn't do anything to bring his stepson, so he couldn't help but comfort: "If you can't study, there is another way out, don't be too anxious!"
Tao Jingrou smiled faintly, "Actually, my brother can't study, but I think it's good, at least my brother and my lives are safe!
"What about yourself?" Yao Keqing couldn't help but think of the fact that in her previous life, she used her family affairs to exchange her brother for future security, and was afraid that she would do something stupid. Although she is safe for the time being, it is difficult to guarantee that the Wang family will not have any dirty thoughts to abuse her. Although they knew Tao Jingrou later, the two had similar experiences and similar temperaments, so that the two of them introduced each other as confidants and talked almost nothing.
Tao Jingrou asked rhetorically: "What about you?" I see that you are indifferent to everything, only interested in your brother, have you ever thought about what you should do in the future?"
Yao Keqing was stunned, after being reborn, she only thought about protecting her younger brother and letting her brother grow up, she never thought carefully about her future, and occasionally thought about the future days, and always had thoughts that floated by in a flash, she didn't know where she should go in the future for a while!