Chapter 428: The Compass
This year, winter in the capital came very early, and it snowed heavily before October.
During the first birthday banquet of Li Luan'er's quadruplets, there were snow flakes floating in the sky, although so, there were still many people who came to congratulate them, especially those noble ladies who had received Li Luan'er's favor and took the secret recipe for giving birth from her.
Wang Cifu's daughter-in-law also gave birth a few days ago, she was pregnant with twins, gave birth to two sons, really Wang Cifu was happy or something, that is, Wang Cifu was upright and loyal, but also told the family to prepare a thank you gift, and give a heavy gift when the Yan family's quadruplets were one year old.
In addition, many families who gave birth or conceived babies also gave gifts.
On the day of the first birthday banquet, a dense carriage was parked in front of Yan's house, and almost the entire street was blocked by people who came to congratulate him.
Li Luan'er also thought that there might be such a person, everything was well prepared, and with the help of the Lin family and Yan Wanxiu, he naturally didn't feel very busy.
She changed into bright clothes early and went outside to welcome the guests, and when the guests were almost there, they were all invited to a three-room hall in the main room, where many noble ladies and ladies sat down, and the Lin family took Li Luan'er and Yan Wanxiu to entertain these distinguished guests.
Among them, Zheng Guogong's wife took Lin's hand and smiled: "I heard that your second daughter-in-law is about to give birth?" ”
Lin also smiled: "Isn't it, only the second daughter-in-law is not as good as the eldest daughter-in-law, only one is pregnant, but I can't give birth to four, otherwise, I may not be happy." ”
"Be content." Duchess Zheng patted Lin's hand: "Your family has only been married to a daughter-in-law for three or two years and has added five grandchildren to you, who can compare, besides, who can compare to your eldest daughter-in-law, that is the life of the real Wangfu Wangzi, I whispered to you, have you heard about the Cui family?" ”
Lin shook his head to say that he didn't know, and Duchess Zheng Guo leaned over and whispered: "Didn't your eldest daughter-in-law marry the Cui family, I heard that she was still a virgin when she married your eldest man." ”
"Exactly." Lin smiled: "Although the girl has been married, she can marry my family Chengyue when she is a serious yellow flower girl, you don't know how much I feel sorry for her when I hear about this, the girl is filial and capable and knows etiquette, when I was sick and bedridden and wanted to drink the tea made by the snow water on the plum blossoms, she worked hard and was not afraid of the cold special person took the snow water on the plum petals in the snow and made tea with me, just this filial piety and a few people can compare. ”
"You're really a good thing." When Lin said this, Duchess Zheng Guo was envious: "I often hear people say that your eldest daughter-in-law is the most filial, such a good person, was rubbed by the Cui family like that, I heard that the Cui family kid was about to die of illness, your eldest daughter-in-law is a promise-keeping, knowing that her own girl married in the past must be widowed and send the girl to Chongxi, where to find such a good family, the Cui family does not know how to cherish the blessings, that Mrs. Song is ruthless and ruthless, seeing her son get better, but because she can't look down on your eldest daughter-in-law, forced her son not to let his husband and wife have the same room, and because of this, isn't it cheap for your family, now whoever talks about his family in the capital doesn't laugh, and who doesn't envy your family. ”
Lin pursed his lips and smiled: "It's still my old man's good eye." ”
Duchess Zheng lowered her voice a little more: "But isn't it, I heard that when your family gave the secret recipe for giving birth, the Cui family also came to the door to beg, your eldest daughter-in-law is also a good person, and it was given to the Cui family, no, I don't know how many people in the capital are pregnant, and his daughter-in-law is also pregnant, but because the Song family is too difficult, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law always quarrel, and the child who is only six or seven months pregnant has such a miscarriage, it is said that the child is still panting when she is born, and the Song family doesn't care about it when she sees that it is a female doll, and she is delayed. Tell the child to be gone. ”
Lin was stunned: "Why is this so?" Regardless of whether my sons and daughters are all my own flesh and blood, I am told that it is good to give birth to a firstborn daughter, it will bloom first and then bear fruit, I do want a granddaughter, but my eldest daughter-in-law gave birth to a son, and the second daughter-in-law also asked a doctor to take a look, it is said that he is also a son, and I am not sure when I will be able to hold my granddaughter. ”
"Why not." Duchess Zheng Guo also sighed: "His daughter-in-law is not bad, and she is not unhappy because she is a daughter, and when she gets up in confinement, she knows that her daughter is because of her mother-in-law, and she is making trouble with her mother-in-law during this time, and the Zhang family is not a small family, so naturally she is also going to her own daughter, and the Cui family is in turmoil." ”
"Yes." Lin gritted his teeth and scolded, feeling a little gloating in his heart: "Then the Song family is too vicious, no matter how bad she is with her daughter-in-law, she shouldn't start to harm her own flesh and blood, according to me, she is afraid that she will go to the eighteenth layer of hell in the future." ”
The Yan family and the Cui family have been at odds for several lifetimes, and the hatred accumulated is now a knot that cannot be untied.
As the wife of the Yan family, the Lin family naturally looked at how the Cui family was not pleasing to the eye, and now when she heard that the Cui family had an accident and added a lot of after-dinner jokes to the people in the capital, it was really heart-wrenching.
"Then the Song family was ruthlessly troubled by her daughter-in-law, and began to spread the word that your eldest daughter-in-law deliberately harmed her family, saying that the secret recipe was wrong, otherwise how could his Cui family have a daughter." Duchess Zheng Guo was also full of anger when she talked about this: "Who's secret recipe is not very sure of the effect, according to me, half of the people have seen the effect is good, not to mention that the young grandmother of Wang Cifu's family has not even laid an egg for many years after marrying, as soon as she used your family's secret recipe, she gave birth to two sons, that is, my daughter-in-law gave birth to three girls in front of her, and now she also gave birth to a son, Mrs. Chang'an Hou gave birth to a daughter, but the two of them did not dislike it at all, and they were very happy, and said that they wanted to thank your family. ”
"Ugh." Lin smiled bitterly and sighed: "You also know that my family and his family have always been not harmonious, and they have hated each other for several lifetimes, he can look forward to the good of my family, I am afraid that he is jealous that my family has married a good daughter-in-law, and he also has the taste of remorse, so he poured dirty water on my family, fortunately you don't believe her, otherwise we wouldn't have ten mouths on our bodies and can't tell." ”
Duchess Zheng Guo saw her annoyed appearance and hurriedly comforted her: "You are also as knowledgeable as her, now we people who are not waiting to see her family's jokes, as the saying goes, it has been seen for a long time, your daughter-in-law has been married for so many years, who doesn't know how she has been, and she can be used to splash dirty water." ”
"I have to thank you for saying this justice."
Lin now often helps Li Luan'er take care of the children, in the end the quadruplets are her own grandsons, how can she be in pain, after a long time, looking at the quadruplets are like the root of life, naturally they began to defend Li Luan'er, plus Li Luan'er is really making people can't make mistakes, Lin has no prejudice against her now, plus there is a Shi Lan to compare, and the relationship with Li Luan'er is very good, so he is not happy to listen to people say bad things about Li Luan'er.
"I'll tell you the truth." Lin and Duchess Zheng Guo have always had a good relationship, and they couldn't hold back what they had in their hearts, so they began to speak: "When I first started, I didn't look down on my eldest daughter-in-law, and I wanted to embarrass her everywhere, but she was really good, generous and filial, and after a long time, I was hard-hearted and asked her to cover her up." ”
"Blessed are you." Duchess Zheng patted Lin's hand again, and when she looked up, she saw that Mrs. Chang'an Hou was thanking Li Luan'er, and that Mrs. Gu Ma also had a big belly and talked and laughed with Li Luan'er, and Duchess Zheng Guo also smiled: "Look at your daughter-in-law, no, you can talk to anyone, and some people who are so kind still practice like this, it is really intolerable." ”
"What do you two say?"
Ma Ting came over with a big belly, and smiled when she saw Lin's: "Sister-in-law is fine, just now I talked to Luan Yatou about you, Luan Yatou also praised you to me, saying that your mother-in-law is really rare, and often helps her take care of her children, most of today's first birthday banquet is also prepared by you, and said that she is young and doesn't understand many things, if it weren't for your teaching, I can't say how many people I would have to offend." ”
Lin Shi, who said a few words, couldn't stop laughing: "It's over, it's better to be a girl." ”
Ma Ting sat down and said with a smile: "This is really the combination of two good and good." ”
Lin looked at Ma Ting's belly: "You're about to give birth, aren't you?" ”
Ma Ting touched her stomach: "Isn't it, I'm going to give birth in another month, and I still want to learn from you and ask you to help introduce a good midwife." ”
"This is done." Lin hurriedly nodded: "I can't do it next to me, but I can introduce the midwife." ”
While talking, Li Luan'er had already brought someone to bring the quadruplets in, and today's quadruplets are in a big red robe, which is really as cute as the children in the painting.
The quadruplets have grown up early and are also strong, and now they are walking very steadily, and the four boys ran towards Li Luan'er as soon as they got to the ground, I really don't know how many noble ladies they envy.
Li Luan'er took the quadruplets one by one and put them on the round table used to catch Zhou, and after putting them away, she asked the quadruplets to grab their favorite things.
The eldest Chen Yi is the most steady, climbed on the table twice, then grabbed a book of poetry and sat down to quickly look at it, and immediately someone congratulated Li Luan'er and Yan Chengyue: "I am afraid that your son will study literature in the future, and I am afraid that he will be the material of the champion." ”
Yan Chengyue hurriedly said a few polite words, at this time, the second Chen Yuan had already grabbed a small sword and danced, and several old men congratulated the old general Yan who was just rushing over: "Old man Yan, you can be regarded as a successor." ”
The happy old general Yan hugged Chen Yuan and kissed him fiercely.
Lao Sanchenyun grabbed a small golden abacus, and Ma Ting smiled: "Luan girl, your three boys will be good money boys in the future." ”
Yan Baojia's face pulled down a little, but Li Luan'er was happy, and picked up Chen Yun to tease.
In the end, Chen Xun crawled on the table for a long time, and under the gaze of everyone, the Yan family's nervous mood finally landed their hands on an official seal, and just when General Yan was about to applaud, his little hand was picked up again, and he sat on the table again and played with his fingers.
"You're going to catch it." General Yan yelled, Chen Xun was frightened and cried, the distressed Yan Chengyue hurried over to hug, Chen Xun didn't ask him to hug, but quickly grabbed a copper compass, for a while, everyone really couldn't think of any good words to congratulate. R1152