"Would it be nice for the old lady to come in?" Xu asked with a smile while supporting the old feudal monarch of Xifu.

Jia Mu patted Xu's hand and said with full anger: "Good, good!" It's hard for you to remember my old bones. ”

Xu Shi said angrily: "Where is the old lady?" I see that you are in good health, and you will live a long life! "Xu is Jia Jing's wife, she is nearly forty years old now, her skin is well maintained, and she is also a person who can speak well, and her clever mouth is like smearing honey, which makes Jia's mother smile.

Liu was listening to the reply of the housekeeper's daughters-in-law at this hour, and Guy began to teach Jia Min's housekeeper a year ago, and seeing that Jia Min's marriage was about to be decided, he handed over most of the matter to Jia Min for exercise. Dongfu often sent posts to invite the lady of Xifu to enjoy the lotus in summer and the snow in winter, and Liu did not go to it eight times out of ten. It is rare to have time, and Mrs. Xu said that it was necessary for the Liu family to come, and the Liu family would come to relax.

At this time, Mrs. Wang didn't say a word, only a smile tugged at the corner of her mouth, and Liu echoed Xu's, "What my sister-in-law said is not what the old lady will have to worry about the second brother's children in the future!" ”

As soon as Jia Zheng's baby bump was mentioned, Jia Zheng's mother smiled even more, looking at Wang's belly, she couldn't wait to pop up ten or eight Jia Zheng's sons and daughters-in-law at once, and then tell them about family affairs next year.

It's rare for everyone to listen to what they say.

Mother Jia glanced at the Wang family lovingly, and Mrs. Wang smiled and straightened her stomach.

Walking to the garden, Xu pointed out to the people of Xifu, the yellow chrysanthemums, the white chrysanthemums, are blooming brilliantly, the rarest is a black chrysanthemum, Xu explained that it was bought from an old gardener by the old man, and he invited everyone to the banquet today, so he lent it out of the study of the old man.

"Master, it's a baby, if it weren't for your light, I don't know when I would have this eye blessing!"

Tired of walking for a while, Xu led everyone to the pavilion at the highest point of Huifang Garden to sit down and rest.

There were maids coming and going, and Jia's mother said, "Go ahead, we are used to getting acquainted here." ”

Liu nodded and persuaded: "Yes, let's look at the flowers here, eat snacks, and when you are done, it will be the same to eat crabs again, we will not steal them!" ”

Everyone laughed when they said this, especially Jia Mu, whose face was full of folds and smiled like a chrysanthemum.

Liu said it himself, and in the end, he couldn't help laughing, it turned out that Xu's favorite crab, especially the fattest lake crab in autumn. She not only loves to eat, but also loves to pull others to eat, and others are not happy if they don't eat.

Everyone in Xifu knows about her. Mother Jia laughed and said intermittently: "You are not allowed to force your brother and daughter-in-law to eat crabs!" ”

Mrs. Wang has also been married to the Jia family for several years, and she has also been pulled by the Xu family, and at first she didn't know why the Xu family was so enthusiastic, and she suspected that she had any bad intentions. After the banquet, Jia Min secretly explained to her, and Mrs. Wang slowly let go of her suspicions. It's just that Mrs. Wang pursed her lips, she still didn't understand what was funny. It's just that everyone laughed, and she covered her mouth with a veil, and laughed gently.

Xu pretended to be annoyed: "Such a ruthless person, I'm not happy to invite you to eat crabs, I'm really angry with you!" After speaking, he stomped his feet and twisted his body, like an angry little daughter-in-law, twisted his body and left. There was only laughter behind him.

instructed the maid near the pavilion, "Send a few pots of warm wine to the old ladies and them, and ask for a light osmanthus wine and a few fruit wines." When the maids answered, they asked a maid who followed Amber who had just come to report, "Which house are you from?" What's up? Is it so important? Xu Shi was a little dissatisfied, there was something important to disturb her banquet guests. Fortunately, only people from Xifu were invited this time, and if there were any other distinguished guests, they would inevitably be dissatisfied with Ning Guofu's slackness.

The maid was from Jia Zhen's house, her face was pale, and she was panicked, and when she saw that her wife was angry, she knelt down in fright: "Slave, slave maid is Zhen, Uncle Zhen's house, it was Aunt Tao who asked the slave maid to come over." ”

Xu frowned, not understanding what her son's aunt called her, and couldn't help but raise her eyebrows and ask, "What is the matter with Aunt Tao?" The last two words bite particularly hard.

The maid trembled even more, and could not say anything, and at last she only said, "Madam, please go and take a look." As he spoke, he cried and kept kowtowing.

Xu Shi has always been a person who cares for people, the maid is only twelve or thirteen years old, seeing her kowtow hard, kowtow twice, her forehead is broken, she can't bear it, and she hurriedly asked Liuli to help her up. Afraid that something would happen to Aunt Tao, Xu ordered Amber to confess to the old lady of Xifu first, and then asked Pearl to order some side dishes to be served directly in the kitchen, and then looked at Coral.

Coral understood, took a few maids, and hurried to Aunt Tao's yard.

Seeing this, Xu Shi was slightly relieved. Coral is what she relies on the most, and usually the personal things are amber and they are in charge, but the inner courtyard of Ning Guofu is managed by Coral to help Xu's family. Xu believes that a married daughter-in-law will inevitably focus on her husband and children, so she values her eldest maid more than those daughters-in-law and mothers-in-law who have married. Coral is the one she singled out to rule over the housekeeper's daughter-in-law. Sending her to do errands, Xu was extremely relieved.

Xu returned to the pavilion on the rockery of Huifang Garden, and cages of crabs had been steamed, but everyone was warming the wine. Seeing her coming, Mrs. Wang smiled and said, "We are still guessing when you will come, if you don't come, we won't wait for you!" ”

Jia Mu also scolded with a smile: "If you don't hurry up, please take a seat, leave the guests and go by yourself, you should be punished!" Penalties! ”

Saying that, Mother Jia was about to pour her wine, Liu Shi hurriedly took it, poured the small and delicate white jade wine glass to the brim, and several people urged her to drink it.

Xu was about to say that he would punish himself for three glasses, but he was brought to his lips by Liu's wine glass. Xu had no choice but to drink it. The Liu family and the Wang family are both daughters-in-law, and their children are not yet married, and there are also lively times, and the people present are all elderly relatives, so they have no scruples.

Liu Shi smiled evilly and poured several glasses of wine, which made Xu Shi a little dizzy, and Xu Shi woke up: "It's already three glasses!" It's already three cups! Don't fill me again! ”

Liu gave up regretfully. She had a relationship with the Xu family when she was not out of the cabinet, and over the years, she didn't know how much she had drunk. What's more, the osmanthus wine and fruit wine they drank were all newly brewed in the past few years, and if they were not intoxicating, Xu's was just pretending to be dizzy and begging for mercy.

Mrs. Wang was pregnant, so she didn't make much movement, so she only smiled slightly, occasionally drank two sips of warm fruit wine, and sat quietly on the side, looking more like a sister-in-law than Liu.

After some laughter and a few back and forth drinking orders, after having fun, Xu Shi got down to business.

"Why didn't Miss Min come over today?"

Wang continued: "Sister Min is almost ready, this time, I am familiar with the housekeeper's affairs!" ”

Learning what a housekeeper does, everyone knows it, and Jia Min is not here, so they all laugh happily.

"Speaking of which, Miss Min's Ji Lu is in February next year, right?" Xu Shi asked casually, "Is there a candidate for Zhengbin?" ”

The people of Xifu all looked at her and smiled.

Xu Shi was a little embarrassed, "What are you laughing at?" If you do this again, I won't say anything! ”

Mother Jia has the most say in this matter, "Nephew and daughter-in-law, who are you the candidate?" ”

The words were said thoroughly, and the Xu family didn't squirm anymore, and simply said generously: "It's not that I have any candidates, it's Concubine Nan'an." As you know, my sister-in-law has a good relationship with Princess Nan'an, so she entrusted it to me. ”

Jia Mu expressed surprise at this: "Although we are both four kings and eight princes, we have rarely interacted since the grandfather of the country retired, but we still have friendships?" Why didn't Concubine Nan'an come to me directly? ”

This is actually incorrect, Jia Daishan doesn't care about anything anymore, Jia Yu and Liu are dotting up and down the Jia family, and Liu is not clear about these, just giving New Year's gifts according to the old practice. It's just that the connection between the four kings and eight princes has never been on the surface, but Jia Yu knew that the four kings and eight princes ate jujube pills, so he didn't get close to them anymore.

Jia's mother doesn't often go out to socialize, Liu's occasionally participates in the party's party, all of them are from a scholarly family, and there is no intersection with Xungui's circle, no one has taken it with the Wang family in recent years, and she is pregnant, and Princess Nan'an is not good to rashly place a post, so she handed over a handkerchief to test the meaning of Rongfu. If you are willing, it means that Rongguofu is still moving closer to Xungui, if you are unwilling, when Jia Daishan dies, Rongguofu is afraid that it will be difficult for a while.

Xu Shi said with some amusement, "Who told the old lady that she hasn't been going out lately?" "Ning Rong's second mansion, also known as the Xu family, has often attended the gatherings of the ladies and ladies of the capital recently, probably because Jia Zhen has also reached the age of marrying a wife, in order to find a candidate for a daughter-in-law.

Jia Mu was the most impatient with those socials, so she said: "I know that I don't like to go out." ――Concubine Nan'an is willing, I am naturally happy, and I want to ask you to be a microphone again. ”

Hsu was clearly willing. Again, some trivial words, again no longer narrated. only said that when the banquet was dispersed, Xu quietly said to Liu: "Ming'er, you come, I have something to tell you." ”

Jia's mother didn't know that they had something to say, and the next day Liu came to ask for resignation, saying that she would go to Dongfu to ask her sister-in-law for needlework, and Jia's mother was approved. Otherwise, can you still lock her up?

"What the hell were you going to say yesterday?"