On the fifth day of February, Yefu birthday banquet.

As soon as the main gate was opened to the end, from the time of Shen Shi, officials from the DPRK and China continued to arrive with their wives. When the party arrived at the gate, there were neatly dressed servants who came to lead the horses to watch the sedan chair, and the three masters of the Ye family stood in a row at the gate. The old men greet their colleagues, and the juniors greet their relatives and friends. At the second gate, there are two wives and Yao Tinglan. The bustling official hall is not lively.

There is a flower hall in Yefu, which uses screens to separate male and female guests. Left and right, all are the same delicacies from the north and south, but the wine is different. Because of the cold weather, there was a brazier made of copper under each table, and the silver frost and charcoal in it were burning, and the snow on the hot roof had melted, and a warm wind was created to hit people. Through the screen, Ting Fang could only hear the voice of the male guest, and was pressed by the noise on the stage, which was blurry. The female guest quietly glanced at it, okay! There are three in the first grade, seven or eight in the second grade, and the number of the third and fourth grades is not clear. The five and six grades are a little far apart. It's a little more lively than last year, and it seems that someone in the family is going to be promoted, either grandpa or father. Good news!

When the guests come and greet each other, they start to play seriously. It's all you who asked me to let it, and in the end, I still ordered it according to my position. The dramas for birthday celebrations are different from family gatherings on weekdays, and they are all very lively and festive. After a round of drinking, a man in green clothes with an ochre-clothed manservant ran in, knelt down in front of the old lady, and said with a smile: "Old lady, the courtesy of Chen Bu's political envoy has arrived, and the eldest man asked him to come in and take a look at the old lady." ”

There was a lady wearing a red big-sleeved shirt, five beads on her head, and Yunxia Zhai Wen smiled: "Let's also take a look at the excitement." ”

Ting Fang took a closer look and saw that she was a complement of the unicorn spectrum, and wondered: Why did our family come out with a distinguished guest? I heard the old lady laugh and said, "The Duchess still loves to be so lively." Then he instructed his subordinates: "Open it." ”

The two young men in Tsing Yi carefully opened the red silk on the box and opened the small brocade boxes inside. Pick up the largest, but open it is the white porcelain Maitreya of the Jianzhou kiln. The Jianzhou kiln is unique and has excellent carving, especially Buddhist statues. Rao is Tingfang has visited countless museums, and she is also amazed by the roundness and atmosphere of the statue, and the corners of her mouth are unconsciously hooked, it is so beautiful!

The Duchess immediately applauded: "Good craftsmanship! Good glaze! It can be seen that the father-in-law loves his son-in-law. ”

The old lady smiled, "Madame, don't laugh at us. Then he asked the ochre-clad manservant, "What do you have commands?" ”

The ochre-clothed manservant said: "Back to the old lady, our eldest wife originally wanted to catch up with the eldest aunt's birthday, but this winter was very cold, and the canal was always frozen and could not go. I had to send me to wait for the Lu escort to deliver the gifts, and when I met our old lady's gift on the road, I made two of them together, and hurried to catch up. There are also the things that our old lady and the two masters prepared for their brothers and sisters, all of which are unloading the car. The eldest aunt only told him to take this box and look at the old lady. The rest will be recreational when the old lady has a spare time. ”

The old lady hurriedly asked, "When will your wife arrive?" ”

The servant said: "When we set off, we were ready to leave, the canal is faster than the official road, and we will arrive in March at most." ”

The second wife clapped her hands and said, "I like the Chen family's sister-in-law the most, our family is lively." When I went to clean up the house, I snatched the Chen sister-in-law from my sister-in-law. ”

The old lady glanced at her and smiled at the ladies and said, "She is a live monkey, making people laugh." ”

How can the ladies say badly? The duchess said again: "It can be seen that our sister-in-law of the Ye family is also fun, I will also clean up the yard and abduct her!" ”

The crowd laughed.

The wife of the Ministry of Rites said, "What's the use of you kidnapping her?" Look at the girls in their family, it's better to grab one back and be a daughter. If you don't do it, I will. ”

Everyone looked at the girl together, and saw that the seven sisters were all dressed in red and wearing gold collars. The leader is Ting Yao, she is in time for this year, and her headdress is different from that of her sisters, she has combed the eldest girl's hair in a bun and has a golden phoenix inlaid with pearls. Goose egg face with big eyes and white skin. White, black hair like clouds. He also behaved calmly and magnificently, and the ladies present had sons or nephews all moved their minds.

The Duchess raised her eyebrows and said no more. Ting Fang quietly asked Ting Shan, "Who is that lady?" ”

Ting Shan said: "You don't know? Who else has come to our house? In the past, there were no nobles in our family. ”

Ting Fang thought about it for a while, and then remembered that her second uncle had accepted a disciple, and said with a smile: "Dingguo Mansion, I have also seen our senior brother." ”

Ting Shan became interested: "I only heard the third brother say that he is extremely handsome, yes or no?" ”

"Yes!" Ting Fang said, "A humble gentleman, gentle as jade." It's just that the personality is a little weird. Hey, it's not about us. I can't remember that it's his family for a while, Duchess Guy Dingguo is too familiar, and I thought it was an old acquaintance of our family. If it's new, it's remembered. ”

The old lady looked at the looks of the ladies and was proud in her heart. The people in her family are all very good-looking, not only Tingyao, Tingfang, Tingmiao, and Tingwu are all beautiful embryos. It's a pity that the first three are out, and the door has to be discounted, but fortunately, it looks good, or it can be Bo. Although Tinglan Tingshan Tingxiu is not as good as those few, she is also delicate. Among them, Ting Shan is a concubine, and the lady has looked at her several times while speaking. In the future, the husband's family will not be bad.

Everyone has a love for beauty, except for Ting Yao, who is obviously a little bigger, Ting Fang is the most outstanding. Mrs. Siwen Langzhong, the official of the Ministry of Works, liked it at a glance, but she was still young, so she was not easy to inquire, and she didn't know her temperament, so she sat in the fourth place in the order of counting, which must be the fourth girl, and she secretly remembered it in her heart. Mrs. Li, a member of the Ministry of Labor next to her, said with a smile: "She is a girl from Ye Shaoqing's family, raised in front of her mother-in-law. ”

Mrs. Wen said, "You know that I look at her again." ”

"Your eyes are sticky, and you still want people to know?" Mrs. Li covered her mouth and smiled, "I'll tell you quietly, don't sue you first." Her father is ready to be promoted to our Ministry of Industry to serve as Langzhong, and he is a colleague with you. There are a lot of people coming and going in the future, so what can't I ask about? I have relatives with his second wife, and I know a little. In my opinion, he is a good boy, but I don't know if it suits your liking. ”

Mrs. Wen shook her head and said, "How old is it?" It's what I want to beg, but people don't want to. Such a prominent girl, in exchange for me, must find a wishful husband. Before that bastard boy in my family has no chance, he doesn't dare to inquire about the girl's family seriously. ”

"You are too humble, the Hengzhu Ye Mansion is all scholars, whether it is a reading seedling, they will be able to teach. It's just that you're saying that you're too young. Keep it in mind. I'll say hello for you, and I don't know if someone in the province has cut off your beard. ”

Mrs. Wen hurriedly thanked her: "Thanks to you." ”

"Come again, and I'll be with you to say this. I'm annoyed by the regeneration. ”

The two ladies looked at each other and smiled.

Ye Fu is like the sky, and the eyes that fall on the sisters are not much. Ting Yao was a little shy because of her age, and the rest of the early lice were not itchy and had no debts. The sisters looked at the group of harmony, but several of them held their breath. What do you say? The first Tinglan will not flatter her mother-in-law, and her mother is a slave, so she has to use the public in her jewelry. In fact, the two gold rings given by Gongzhong were very good, but I saw that Tingfang's pair of headbands were embedded with several rubies, and I almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood. I laughed a few days ago that Tingfang had no money, and today she was slapped in the face by reality. Aunt Sun reminded her that Ting Fang would definitely be able to get a new one, but Aunt Zhou had returned the headdress to Ting Fang and asked her to fish for a gem-inlaid one! How could she be so capable?

Then there is Tingxiu Tingmiao, there is no money in the three rooms, and the same is a public middle school, just look at how you match it. However, Ye Mansion is rich, and it will not be given to a few years old women. What gorgeous jewelry for children - you can't bring it in a few years, what a waste. Last night, the two sisters tossed for half a night, and when they came out, they saw that they were similar to Tinglan, and the three of them were at the bottom. Ting Miao is okay, she has nothing when she hits a child. Ting Xiu was about to die of anger, complaining in her heart that her father had the money to support his little wife, and he had no money to make jewelry for his daughter. The sisters have different thoughts, only Ting Fang and Tingshan are heartless and eat and drink, laughing constantly.

The girl was being looked at, and the young masters were being called up. Ting Jue has been asked a lot of words, Ting Shu is less, and his mouth is dry. The eldest master and the second master were very relieved to see that their own family and son were still advancing and retreating. Thinking about the children growing up. People, right ancestors. Only Tingshu's identity is slightly embarrassed, looking for a bad grievance, looking for a good one, people are picky about him. The difference between the two words is outside. With a concubine, it is equivalent to marrying two relatives at one time, and countless relatives and friends have spread because of the two relatives. If you find a concubine, you have to have your own family, and the foreign family is just a face, and it is basically not useful. The most valuable thing for people who can have a family is their connections. When I go on a business trip, I basically can't turn over.

It was precisely because she saw through this that Ting Fang hugged hard. legs, the Chen family hurts her, and the Chen family will hurt her. Only when the Chen family loves her, and she is qualified to move around the Chen family at will, can she prove to the world that she is the same as her grandson. This is not the era when everyone was equal and invincible as long as you were a scholar. This is a cruel class society, as a girl, as a concubine, it is better than a poor child, and if you don't run forward, you will be thrown off at the starting line of marriage, and you will be thrown off for a lifetime. She didn't dare to expect that if she was a mother-in-law, she could pick up a random one and meet a small probability of opening up. There are also tragic ones, let alone casual ones. Take 10,000 steps back, you don't know anything about blind marriage and dumb marriage, at least you can mix more dowry. Talent and intelligence are soft power, and dowry is hard power. With strength, the husband's family can be respected. Even in the 21st century, will the sister paper with a job and the sister paper without a job be worth a value in the marriage market? Is a good working sister paper and a bad working sister paper worth the same thing? Apparently not! In terms of her experience back then, before buying a house and after buying a house, there are two worlds, the same person, not to mention that no one cares before buying a house, at least it is not salty or light; After buying a house, you will face a wild bee and butterfly, and you can't wait for three meals a day to be a blind date banquet. Since then, she has known how realistic society is. Silently chopped the little fresh and fed it to the dog, and from then on he was a passerby.

Thinking about my thoughts, I unconsciously ate a little too much. stunned Mrs. Wen on the table. Mrs. Wen is a cool person, and she hates wicker-like characters the most. Seeing that Ting Fang could eat and laugh, he pulled Mrs. Li's sleeve and said, "You say, let's wait and see Mrs. Ye Fu, okay?" ”