Chapter 36: The Birthday Banquet (2)
Lin and the eldest lady walked into the flower hall, the eldest maid Ruoying and Qingrong beside the old lady had already ordered the lowly maid and mother-in-law to be busy, Ruoying and Lin Xuanran saluted, and then said to the eldest lady: "Madam, old lady, please go in and talk for a while." A trace of surprise crossed the eldest lady's eyes, and she and Lin suddenly looked at each other, nodded and walked into the inner room.
Lin Ran secretly rejoiced for her mother, if she encountered a happy event in the house before, the eldest lady has not been taken seriously, and now it seems that as long as she has the protection of the old lady, she believes that her mother's life will get better and better.
Thinking about it, people had already finished arranging the flower hall in front of them, Lin suddenly found a south-facing position and sat down, and after a while, the fifth lady Lin Ruyi also arrived, she saluted Lin suddenly and sat down under her.
"I learned that my fifth sister had a cold a few days ago, did she ask a doctor?"
Lin Ruyi raised her eyes and said softly: "Thank you sister for your concern, Ruyi is better." Although her mother is Lin Qisheng's fifth concubine, she looks beautiful, but she doesn't like to compete with others, and she is gradually forgotten by the people in the house, because of this, she can not be noticed by the Gu family, and this kind of person, if she gets along with her properly, she can be used by herself, thinking of this, Lin Suddenly couldn't help but look at Lin Ruyi twice, today she wore a lake-green embroidered skirt, with dark green jade nails on her earlobes, although there are not many jewelry on her body, It also complements each other, but something is missing.
It didn't take long for Lin Zixuan to walk in with the fourth lady, Lin Xian'er, seeing Lin Suran dressed decently, and seeing the interaction between her and Lin Ruyi, a touch of ridicule crossed her eyes, "Oh, I said that the flower hall is so lively, it turns out that the sisters are here." ”
Lin Ru stepped forward to bless her body, Lin Zixuan hooked her lips and smiled: "Today is my grandmother's birthday banquet, will Sister Ruyi's clothes be too plain!" Could it be that my aunt can only get her hands on these jewelry? ”
Lin suddenly heard Lin Zixuan say that it was so thorny, and couldn't help but look up at Lin Ruyi, and sure enough, she saw that her face was pale, she bit her lip tightly, and her eyes rolled in her eyes, in fact, she knew that today was the old lady's birthday banquet, but the jewelry on her body was all owned by her mother, and in the eyes of the second sister, she was indeed a child.
Seeing this, Lin suddenly said with a smile: "Green Willow! Bring a pen and rouge. ”
Everyone didn't know why they had to look at her, Lin Ranran just smiled, in the prepared rouge, nodded with a pen, walked to Lin Ruyi's side gently, held her hand without a trace, and whispered: "Don't cry, come, sit down, sister will add a few strokes to you." While speaking, Lin Ruyi's forehead was filled with a lifelike plum blossom, and Lin suddenly added pink to her lips with her hand, and suddenly her lips were so delicate that they seemed to be able to drip water.
"Green willow, bring the mirror and show it to the fifth lady." Lin Ruyi took a look in the mirror, and couldn't believe that just a few strokes made her suddenly brighter and a little brighter.
She hurriedly wanted to thank Lin Ranran, but Lin Ranran helped her: "Sister doesn't need to thank me, as long as my sister is satisfied, don't blame my sister for making her own decisions." ”
Lin Ruyi shook his head: "How can my sister blame my sister!" Lin Zixuan, who was on the side, looked at this scene and suppressed the resentment in her heart: "What does the third sister mean, is this the arrangement of me?" ”
Lin Ran smiled disapprovingly: "Sisters should help each other, not to mention that my sister is in trouble, how can my sister not help?" As the saying goes: Father is kind and filial to son, brother and brother are respectful, it can be seen that ethics and morality are not only rote memorization, but also used in action. ”
Lin Zixuan didn't expect Lin Ran to resolve the embarrassment in front of her with a few words, and she couldn't help but grit her teeth with anger, her face was a little ugly, and she said with a white face: "What my sister said is that my sister was negligent, I have a lot of jewelry there, so it's better for Ruyi's sister to pick a few with the swift." Lin Ruyi couldn't help but glance at the third sister more, and Lin suddenly smiled and nodded at her.
Lin Ruyi immediately understood what she meant, and said with a smile: "Ruyi, thank you for the second sister's heart." ”
Originally, Lin Zixuan was just kind words, but now she was suffocated by her, it's not good to refuse, it's not good not to refuse, it's not good to make the two ends not human, in case she really wants to be spread out, saying that her sister is a little childish, seeing that her sisters are looking at her, she can only smile and say: "Okay, then go with the swift to get it, and when the old lady comes, don't be late." Lin Ruyi replied and left with the swift.
Lin Zixuan lost a pair of jewelry inexplicably, and she sulked to herself, even if Lin Xian'er was laughing with her on the side, she answered casually.
At this time, the little guy guarding the door came to report: The guests of the Lu Guogong Mansion have arrived.
Lin Ranran's lips rose slightly, glanced at Lin Zixuan, got up and stepped forward to greet her, and the first to come in was Luo Wanlin, the eldest lady of the Lu Guogong Mansion.
"Sister Luo, I haven't seen you for a long time! His face is better than ever. ”
"You little girl, make fun of me as soon as you come." Luo Wanlin glared at her with disgust, this eldest lady inherited the advantages of Duke Lu and his wife, with a good appearance and a lively personality, and always loved to fight unevenly, although she learned about Lin Ranran's change from her parents' mouths, she didn't believe it in her heart, but now when she sees it, she is indeed a little different, more and more lively than in the past, and she has a little more human touch.
Lin Ran took her to the seat, in the memory of her previous life, although this Miss Luo did not walk around with her frequently, but she was also one of the few people who cared about her, at that time in the days when Lin Ranran died, she visited her grave every day, but later because of her aunt's monkhood, Luo Wanlin also fell seriously ill.
Thinking so, Lin suddenly asked Luliu to pour a cup of tea for her, served pastries, and said with a smile: "I heard from my mother that Sister Luo's body has just recovered, but you have to take good care!" ”
Luo Wanlin nodded, looked at the other party's clear eyes and generous demeanor, twisted a piece of pastry with a handkerchief, and took a sip of tea.
"Suddenly, what is this?" Luo Wanlin was so surprised that she opened the tea lid, and it turned out that what was in it was green plums, and the fragrance flowed slowly between her teeth, with a hint of sweetness in the sourness.
"My mother had a bad appetite a few days ago, so I used green plum tea to appetize her, and after Sister Luo fell seriously ill, her tongue would be bitter and she had no appetite, so I specially cooked green plum tea."
Luo Wanlin smiled and held Lin Ranran's hand and said, "Sister, you are so hearty. ”
"Hmph, what should I be, it's just a cup of green plum tea, do you need to be so exaggerated?" Lin Xian'er, who was sitting next to Lin Zixuan, couldn't look at it, and said sourly, although there is a relationship between the two families, but the power and financial resources of the Lu Guogong Mansion are better than the Shangshu Mansion, Lin Xian'er couldn't help but feel jealous when she saw that the relationship between the two was so close.
"Who is this? Why are you so well-behaved, my sister speaks, how can my sister interject? Luo Wanlin has always been spicy, and she has already heard of those concubines in the Lin Mansion, and when she heard her say this, she raised her eyebrows and said.
"What do you say?" Lin Xian'er was about to raise her eyebrows to argue, Lin Zixuan pressed her hand and signaled her to be calm, just when the atmosphere became tense, but I heard the little maid keep reporting to the Shilang Mansion, the Wuguo Mansion, Prince Yi's Mansion, the Dingguo Mansion, the Puyang General's Mansion, and after a while, a group of male guests walked in, and the one who walked in the front was Qian Shilang's son, and there were male guests who walked in one after another, Lin Xian'er could only stare at Lin Ran fiercely and was silent.