Chapter 416: Speculation at the Banquet

Ah Jingniang is anxious, and there are people who are more anxious than her, since Xiaolong received the urgent letter sent by the capital, he hurriedly wrote a reply letter and asked people to send it to the capital, he was also worried that the two boys who sent the letter would not be able to withstand the non-stop running back and forth.

Xiaolong was anxious because the girl in the letter from his sister-in-law was so in line with his own requirements that she was tailor-made for herself. He may have low emotional intelligence, or he may not be emotionally enlightened. Therefore, his requirements for his spouse are not focused on affection and love, but tend to the actual situation of his own family. He doesn't have a father, and his daughter-in-law must be able to stand up as soon as she enters the door, unlike other people's families and mothers-in-law who can take it for a few years. Although he has a sister-in-law, his sister-in-law is not a mother-in-law after all, and no brother-in-law can truly respect his sister-in-law as a mother-in-law. At the same time, he didn't want his daughter-in-law to complain about his sister-in-law because of the disagreement on the housekeeping, but made his sister-in-law thankless. So far, his sister-in-law's status in his heart is better than anyone else's.

And the introduction of the girl in his sister-in-law's letter made him feel that she was a mature woman who could take charge of her family when she entered the door, not the kind of delicate woman who still had to coax her. This kind of girl is rare to meet, and since you have this opportunity, you must seize it quickly. He was afraid that there would be many opportunities to visit relatives and friends in the first month, and this girl would be robbed by someone else's house, so he was very anxious, and he was always afraid that his reply would be too slow.

Only if you look up will you be nervous, and both sides will look up to each other, which is a beautiful thing. Xiaolong's reply has just arrived, and Ah Jingniang finally thought of a legitimate reason to invite Erya and Dahong's daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law to come to the door. Her so-called justification is nothing more than to celebrate her birthday and invite a few confidants and relatives to come to the door to be lively. Mrs. Kong was made to laugh and cry by her brother-in-law's reasoning. But he had no choice but to send a post to a few concubines of the Wang family at the begging of his brother-in-law.

Coincidentally, they packed themselves up and were about to go downstairs. Xiaolong's reply was delivered in a hurry. Erya immediately opened it, and when she saw Xiaolong's satisfaction of one hundred and two hundred, she smiled and called Xiaohu, Dahong, and Xiangzi to go with them, so as to ask for their younger brother to become stronger.

When Dahong's daughter-in-law learned about it, she shouted in surprise: "Second sister-in-law! You can keep it a secret enough! Why didn't you call us for such a big event? ”

The daughter-in-law also pretended to be angry: "Second sister-in-law! You hide such a big thing from us. But I dislike that we don't have a good vision, and I'm afraid that we will be ugly and make our family's champion Lang wronged? ”

Xiaohu helped his daughter-in-law speak: "That's to find a daughter-in-law for Xiaolong, what are you all going to do?" Feelings are thinking about fighting wolves?! ”

Erya smiled and waved her hand: "Okay, okay!" No need to call. I'll take you to see enough. The two of you have to have a good chat with your future brother and daughter-in-law, and give our little brother a good impression in front of her. Do you hear that? It's a daunting task! ”

"Our brother is good! We can't boast. ”

At home, they had to dress up the three brothers who had decided to go to Kong's house temporarily, and they always had to delay a little time. Over there, today's protagonist A Jingniang is waiting restlessly! "Sister-in-law! You say they should have arrived a long time ago. Why are more than half of the guests here? Haven't they arrived yet? Something else has changed, right? ”

As he spoke, he seemed to want to cry as if he had really predicted something. Mrs. Kong helplessly patted her brother-in-law's arm: "Brother and sister! Don't always think about the worst, maybe they are delayed by something! After all, they came to the capital this time because they were summoned by the Holy Lord, and it was an accident that they fell in love with our family. It's still early for dinner! You just wait with peace of mind, you look at you now, anyone can see that you have an article on your birthday today. ”

Mrs. Kong was not wrong, if there was really an observant Mrs. who saw something wrong, she secretly discussed: "Mrs. Jiang! I think that Mrs. Kong Liu's invitation to us is just a pretense, but I am afraid that she has other important things to do today. You see that she is waiting for someone in a hurry, but it doesn't look like she is waiting for an ordinary person! ”

Mrs. Lee said. I also think that today's banquet has a bit of connotation. Didn't she ask her son for a date? ”

A younger wife next to her also joined the conversation: "I guess it's not her son's family business, wasn't she particularly anxious about her eldest daughter's family affairs some time ago." Later, she suddenly stopped mentioning it, and when someone asked her, she didn't rush to answer. I guess it's very likely that her birthday banquet today is for people to have a legitimate reason to see her eldest daughter! ”

"Ouch! If you want me to say, if it's really for her eldest daughter's relatives! It's better for the two to look at each other secretly. As far as her eldest daughter's family is concerned, this time I can't say what will happen again. ”

Mrs. Jiang's face was not good, and she scolded: "You have some virtue on your mouth!" People kindly invite you to the banquet, which is to treat you as a confidant or friend. Other people's daughters are already twenty years old, you don't want to be good, how can you open your mouth and say disgusting things? ”

The reason why Mrs. Li is called Mrs. and not Mrs. is because she has no grade and is not worthy of being called Mrs., while Mrs. Jiang has a grade. Therefore, for Mrs. Jiang's reprimand, not only could she not resist, but she also had to bear it with a red face and behaving properly. In fact, she was also wronged, she just owes her mouth, and she can't talk with her brains. In fact, she really felt that Mrs. Kong Liu's matter was inappropriate, but she didn't say it well, which made people misunderstand, and she was wrong, hey! Confessed. Mrs. Li secretly gave herself a mouth, and you didn't bring a door to speak.

Over there, Mrs. Kong Liu finally heard the mother-in-law who was guarding the front running back and reported: "Mrs. Here it comes! ”

"Hey! Ok, good, good! ”

The mother-in-law didn't wait for Mrs. Kong Liu to say the next sentence, and then continued: "But"

Mrs. Kong Liu's heart tightened: "If you have anything to say, hurry up, why are you so spitting?" ”

"Yes! Mrs., that is, even their father-in-law came together. "The reason why the mother-in-law wants to say it is because there is no hostess who celebrates her birthday and a man who comes to the banquet. But she didn't expect that when the hostess heard this, she went crazy with joy: "Are you sure, it's really the fourth girl's in-laws and brothers who are also here?" ”

"Really, ma'am! The fifth young master in front was receiving a few male guests. The female guest was led by the porter and was about to come in. ”

As soon as her words fell, the second and third concubines followed the mother-in-law of the second gate into the inner courtyard. Although the three concubines of the Wang family are not very diligent in visiting the Kong family, they always come twice a year. Of course, Mrs. Kong Liu, as a member of the Kong family, can also know the three concubines of the Wang family.

"Yikes! Sisters-in-law, I was still thinking about why you haven't arrived yet! Come in! Come in! ”

Mrs. Kong, who was inside, heard the conversation outside and knew that it was the Wang family concubines who had arrived, so she hurried out. Seeing my brother and daughter-in-law like this, I think that this is the most enthusiastic visit to the Wang family since my daughter married the Wang family. She shook her head amusedly, and followed her brother-in-law and the three concubines of the Wang family into the hall of the inner courtyard for receiving female guests.

The ladies in the hall saw three strange women entering. was still so respectful by Mrs. Kong Liu, she was a little confused. However, one of the three women who had just chatted knew the three concubines of the Wang family: "Huh! That's the sister-in-law of the second lady Kong's youngest daughter, look at this way, the Kong family and the Wang family have to marry again? ”

"I don't think so. Now the Wang family is not married to the champion of the current department, and this champion Lang has been named a fourth-grade official, and it is estimated that he does not look down on her eldest daughter. I suspect that it is likely to be a marriage to one of the orphans adopted by their royal family, and I have heard that they have also been assigned very good official positions. With the daughter of Mrs. Kong Six, that is more than enough. The young woman said with self-conscious insight.

Madame Jiang is an official lady after all. His own children have all spoken of marriage, and he has seen much more than this young woman. She shook her head and said, "Not necessarily! In my opinion, the champion of the Wang family has to marry the eldest daughter of Mrs. Kong Liu. I know a little bit about this champion Lang's family situation, he is also fatherless and motherless, only his brother and sister-in-law, and it is impossible for his sister-in-law to manage his backyard. It is only right to have a lady who can take care of the house as soon as she goes, as far as I know. The eldest daughter of Mrs. Kong Liu's family has been learning housekeeping since she was thirteen or fourteen years old, and she has not let go until now. Isn't it the ready-made housekeeper lady that the Wang family needs most. ”

Mrs. Li nodded approvingly, "What Mrs. Jiang said is very reasonable, if it is true that the champion of the Wang family fell in love with Mrs. Kong Liu's eldest daughter, then this marriage can be regarded as destined." Last year, our Li family originally wanted to marry the Wang family, but was later stopped by our old prime minister. Otherwise, I'm afraid that they will all be married today. ”

Mrs. Jiang heard what Mrs. Li meant, if it weren't for Prime Minister Li to stop her, the Wang family and the Li Mansion would have kissed, and there would be nothing to do with the Kong family today. But she really didn't expect that the Li Mansion would actually hit the idea of the Wang family at the beginning, and as for why she let it go later, she was afraid that there was some inside information. Mrs. Jiang was puzzled, but she didn't show it, she just waited to go back and talk to her master, lest he be trapped in a trap in a daze.

The three concubines of the Wang family were not familiar with the ladies and wives who came to the Confucian Mansion today to attend Mrs. Kong Liu's birthday banquet, so they just nodded and smiled with everyone and sat on the seats arranged by Mrs. Kong Liu.

After the meal, Mrs. Kong Liu saw off all the guests, and then they sat down and really talked about the two families. Seeing that the Wang family really sat down to talk about family affairs seriously, Mrs. Kong Liu began to suffocate nervously again, and panicked to call the family to call the master back from the official office to back her up.

In the backyard, Ah Jing, who was supposed to come out a long time ago to help her mother entertain guests, was still sitting quietly in her room embroidering/reading. She was reluctant to come out because she vaguely heard that a family member from a foreign prefect had taken a fancy to her, which made her annoyed and embarrassed.

Those who can be prefects are at least forty or fifty years old, and they are still pro-at such an age, what can they be if they don't fill the house? If it is a concubine, they don't dare to mention it. Although her father has no grade, her Kong family is not so humiliated by others.

The nurse who accompanied her, seeing her young lady embroidering flowers, began to be stunned again, and couldn't help but feel distressed, so she persuaded her: "Don't think too much about the girl, maybe it's the child of the prefect's family who can't say it." You see that your wife is restless during this time, and she always can't believe it, and she is afraid that things will change even if she tells you, which means that this family is not bad. Today it is said that you should go out to meet the ceremony, talk and chat, and know the details without knowing the details, it is better than hiding in your room and thinking so blindly. ”

"Hey! I know, wait a little longer, my mother should come and explain it to me. Don't worry about this moment! Ah Jing thought, this time it seemed that she had to accept her fate, and she could no longer stand her mother's undignified begging in front of those ladies and wives. (To be continued.) )