Chapter 20 Peach and Rotten Apricot

The princess also sat down, Li Xiaonuan was busy letting the eldest young grandmother Zhao in the second room, the second young grandmother Qi, and the third young lady Cheng Xuyi sit together, Li Xiaonuan glanced at Cheng Xuyi, who was nervous and stiff, and subconsciously cowered back, sighed secretly, as if inadvertently walked behind Cheng Xuyi, gently supported her shoulders, pointed at Zhao and Qi, and said with a smile:

"Tonight, the eldest young grandmother and the second young grandmother will be handed over to you, you have to help your sister-in-law take good care of it."

Cheng Xuyi hurriedly turned her head stiffly, smiled reluctantly, nodded her head again and again, Li Xiaonuan paused, with a trace of pity in her eyes, turned her head to look at the Xu family who was sweeping here with a distant and worried look, beckoned lightly, called Xu, and said with a smile:

"In this place, I bother my aunt to help me take care of it, and watch the little girls serve the food and pour wine, don't neglect the guests."

Xu's eyes were full of gratitude, and he hurriedly bent his knees in agreement, and retreated to stand behind Cheng Xuyi, Cheng Xuyi breathed a sigh of relief, and his face relaxed slightly. Qi looked at Cheng Xuyi thoughtfully, and his eyes turned from Cheng Xuyi to Li Xiaonuan.

Li Xiaonuan didn't have time to pay much attention to her, hurriedly turned around, walked around the flower hall briskly, watched the people at the tables in the flower hall laugh at each other and let them all sit down, signaling that Mama Qiu's banquet can begin, and then retreated to the princess's side, while sweeping all over the flower hall, watching the little girls serve the dishes and pour wine, while paying attention to the ancestors on the table, taking the dishes on the little girl's support and distributing them to the table, introducing the names of the dishes with a smile, letting everyone, cloth the dishes, serve tea, and dare not be distracted for a moment to wait.

Mama Qiu, Mama Zou, Mama Tian, as well as Mama Sun and Lan Chu were even more engrossed in staring at the girls and mothers-in-law who served the food and tea like flowing water, and handed the hot handkerchief, lest something go wrong.

After the cold dish, I drank a glass of wine, served three or five hot dishes, and drank a few rounds of wine, and the ladies in the hall let the wine, talking and laughing, and gradually became more and more lively.

On the main table in the middle of the flower hall, the old ladies talked loudly about homely gossip, and they were always inseparable from their sons, daughters-in-law, and little grandsons.

Gu ****'s eyes lit up, raised her voice, and said very brightly and cheerfully:

“…… This daughter-in-law married back, didn't she want her to spread her branches? The more sons the better, as the old saying goes, more children are more blessings."

Some of the old ladies followed Gu ****'s words, and some looked at the princess, but they didn't hear it, and talked about their own topics, the princess had a smile on her face, but her smile was barely a little embarrassed, Gu ****'s eyes turned to the corner of her eyes, and she looked at the princess obliquely, her head was slightly raised, and her voice was more refreshing and happy.

"I only gave birth to three sons, in the end, I don't know how much to blame myself, this woman's family, isn't it just to marry back and have children? You say what is the use of not having more sons? What did the sage say? There are three unfilial pieties, and there is no queen for my two daughters-in-law, I told them, what's the matter, a person has to give me four or five sons, and we are not the poor family who has no money to raise sons and grandchildren, if they really can't afford to raise them, they won't mention it, the ancestors can say that the prosperity of children and grandchildren is the way to prosperity......"

Among the old ladies at the table, only the old lady who had returned to her childhood nodded with joy on her face:

"Well said, this dish is delicious"

The rest of the people gradually stopped talking, looking left and right, asking for a hot handkerchief, letting the little girl change the tea, and ordering the wine to be warmer...... just pretended not to understand, in this way, I have to listen to it several times every year, and the princess's embarrassment and annoyance have to be watched several times every year, and I have long been used to it.

Li Xiaonuan raised her eyebrows angrily, glanced at the princess with an embarrassed face, turned her head to look at Gu ****'s grandmother, whose excited voice was raised a little bit, and her eyes narrowed slightly.

The little girl came in with a plate of red ginseng, Li Xiaonuan saw it at a glance, and hurriedly stretched out her hand to stop the little girl, raised her voice, and said with a smile:

"Alas, I was negligent, there is such an idea of red ginseng in this plate, where is it appropriate to send it?"

Li Xiaonuan looked at the old ladies who were looking at him at the table, bent her knees slightly, and explained loudly with a smile:

"It's all my fault, it's too rigid my mother always taught me, no matter what, anything, you have to pay attention to a fine word, you must not just ask for more, as the saying goes, rather eat a fresh peach, don't rotten apricot a basket, I have it in my heart, this dish of red ginseng, I only let people pick the best a few ginseng steamed out, just listened to the words of **** milk, only to remember, **** milk is the most happy people, this plate only put these two ginseng, I am afraid that **** milk does not like, always full of fluttering, **** Milk likes it, but I was negligent."

Li Xiaonuan said as he turned his head to find someone, Lan Chu hurriedly took two steps forward, bowed his knees, and replied with a smile on his face:

"Young lady, such ginseng, I only picked out so many of the big baskets, and now I want to fill this plate with a puff, where can I find such a quality ginseng for a while?"

"Where to find and tell the kitchen, as long as it's ginseng, it's good or bad, as long as it's full, **** milk likes a lot, in the end it's fine or not, but I don't care."

"In that case, why don't you just let the slave and maid change the big pot? Serve all the steamed ginseng in the kitchen? ”

Li Xiaonuan squinted his eyes and laughed, nodded seriously and praised:

"It's still thoughtful, it's best like this, hurry up and change"

Lan Chu agreed, motioned to the little girl holding the plate, and withdrew, Li Xiaonuan turned her head, and looked at Gu ****'s milk with a purple face with a smile, the princess breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the corners of her mouth with the handkerchief in her hand, turned her head to look at the old ladies with strange expressions and forced smiles on the table, sighed and said:

"I'm just such a temper, I just want to see the point next to me."

The old ladies at the table smiled, nodded, flattered,

“…… But no, no matter how many rotten apricots there are, they can't compare to the fairy peaches......"

Gu ****'s face turned from purple to blue, glaring at Li Xiaonuan fiercely, Li Xiaonuan smiled, looking at her idly, Gu **** turned her head to look at the old ladies who were talking and flattering the fairy peach theory on the table, stunned for a moment, stood up suddenly, bent her knees stiffly, and said in an angry voice with a trembling voice:

"I'm a little uncomfortable, so I won't accompany the elders much and retire first."

Saying that, without waiting for anyone to reply, he turned around and rushed straight to the outside of the flower hall, the eldest young grandmother Zhao and the second young grandmother Qi hurriedly stood up, Zhao lowered his eyes, his fingers trembled slightly, followed with a panicked face, and rushed out, Qi stood up, turned his head, looked at Li Xiaonuan with a smile in his eyes, bent his knees slightly and said goodbye, and ran out unhurriedly.

The princess snorted proudly, breathed a long sigh of relief, took the wine jug from the little girl's hand, stood up, and personally poured the wine for the old lady on the table, so that everyone, everyone was busy politely, laughing, and lively again.

Li Xiaonuan respectfully served the food, poured the wine, and wondered slightly, the reaction of this **** milk was too big, but in a word, why was he so angry? I'm afraid that I ran away like this, and the sons in the second room are really unlucky.

After three rounds of drinking, Mama Tian watched people come in with boxes of fireworks and put them in, until the beginning of the day, the talents gradually dispersed, Li Xiaonuan followed the princess, sent several old ladies to the second door and got into the car, watched the car go out of the second door, and then turned in.

The princess looked at Li Xiaonuan with pity, clapped her hand and ordered:

"It's been a tired day, you also hurry back to rest and don't have to wait for me to go back, and you don't need to go to the flower hall there, let them clean up, I see your daughter-in-law, what's it called?"

"Lan Chu."

"I look at this daughter-in-law as a very capable and clever person, with them watching, you should worry less and take care of your body more, go back quickly."

The princess pushed Li Xiaonuan, Li Xiaonuan laughed,

"Where can I be tired, I'm young, no matter how tired I am, but I have a good night's rest, and I'll rest over, I'll send my mother back first, it's still early."

Li Xiaonuan helped the princess get into the sedan chair and sent her to the gate of the main courtyard, where she was sent back by the princess to rest. Li Xiaonuan got off the sedan chair at the gate of Qinglian Courtyard, breathed a sigh of relief, entered the courtyard idly, and went to the main courtyard along the verandah.

Zhu Ye, Yu Kou and others had already been waiting with hot water, and when they saw Li Xiaonuan coming back, they hurriedly stepped forward to wait for her to bathe and wash, changed into old clothes, loosened their hair, leaned on the bed, and took a book to read.

Zhuye brought in a cup of tea and reported with a smile:

"Young lady, when it was just dark, a mother-in-law came over, saying that she was on an errand in the embroidery workshop, and said that she wanted to see the young lady on something very important, and it was too late at this time, or I would let her come again tomorrow."

Li Xiaonuan was stunned, embroidery workshop? Mama Wei has been living in the embroidery workshop, the mother-in-law is here, what is the matter with Mama Wei? Li Xiaonuan hurriedly sat up and ordered:

"Bring her in."

Zhuye was unexpectedly stunned, hurriedly bent his knees and agreed, and hurriedly went out to call someone.

Not long after, Zhu Ye led a mother-in-law wearing an indigo dress in, and the mother-in-law didn't dare to look up at the couch, as soon as she entered the room, she fell to the ground, kowtowing nervously, Li Xiaonuan gestured to Zhu Ye, and said with a gentle smile:

"Mama, don't worry, if you have anything to say, just say it slowly."

Zhuye stepped forward to help her mother-in-law, helped her to sit on the round stool in front of the couch, and the mother-in-law sat down carefully, suddenly stood up again, shook her hand and said:

"I don't sit, I don't dare to sit, but I don't dare to sit, I have to hurry back when I speak."

"Mama, please speak."

"Young lady, Mama Wei is sick, she has been sick for several days, she is seriously ill, I have asked two or three doctors for consultation, and I have been taking medicine for four or five days, but it is not good, I am very scared, and I came quickly."

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