Chapter 141: Death Day Feast
The family is hotly discussing the second master, and there are constantly people from the family to report, the people who are far away in the capital have arrived in advance, fortunately, the guest rooms have been arranged, and the sacrifices sent by the second master are unexpected.;
The eldest lady instructed the family to pack up the newly arrived sacrifices overnight, and put them together with the ones prepared at home, and the whole family got up before dawn the next day**, and then the men rode horses, rode in cars, and the guards before and after were surrounded by the family, and set off to the ancestral hall at the time of the day.
The clan study is located in the ancestral hall, but today is to sacrifice so it is only a day off, and all year round the children of the clan who live in the clan study get up earlier, wash early, eat and drink, and wait for the arrival of people from all walks of life outside the gate of the ancestral hall.
There is an auspicious time for the sacrifice, they are all the descendants of the same ancestor, no one dares to take it lightly, except for those who leave Beijing to make a living, but everyone in the capital, whether it is mixed well or badly, they all arrived on time.
The grandfather of the country led the men of the clan to worship in the ancestral hall, and the female dependents were in the Rong'en Hall, led by the eldest lady to set up a pair of incense tables in the courtyard to burn incense and pray for the ancestors.
After the ladies finished worshipping, they went to the courtyard next door to rest, seasonal fruits, pastries and snacks have been placed on the table, everyone chatted while eating, the atmosphere was happy, except for a few daughters-in-law under the knees of the third master, looking at the old lady and the eldest lady with an embarrassed face, there was something to say but could not say it publicly.
The old lady and the eldest lady both noticed the strangeness of these cousins, but they didn't say anything, the situation in the third prince is unfavorable in the court, and they really want the Guogong Mansion to pull a hand, but the eldest lady has just attacked the lord, it's not that everything is good to intervene now, not to mention that it is not clear how the third master offended people, and he has to wait for the eldest lord to officially take office tomorrow before he can inquire slowly.
At noon, the feast begins, and fourteen dishes are served in turn, the dishes are simple, generous and simple, and each round has a vegetarian dish, because considering that the eldest daughter-in-law of the third old lady, Ou Shi, may also be accustomed to eating vegetarian food, and the guests cannot be allowed to go home hungry.
But Mrs. Ou still put down the chopsticks in the middle of the banquet, and the relatives and concubines at the same table ate very happily, and there was a family war that broke out in order to separate the family, and after the separation, they no longer had to endure the restrictions of the mother-in-law's terrible diet, and their daughters-in-law's days were immediately moisturized, but the poor one was the Ou family, there was nowhere to escape but to accept fate, and now the eating habits have tended to be consistent with the mother-in-law.
There are four sons and daughters-in-law under the knee of the third grandfather, and the four daughters-in-law happen to sit at the same table, and the three brothers-in-law see that the eldest sister-in-law does not eat, so they no longer take care of her feelings.
The girl waiting at the table saw that Ou had stopped eating, so she went to bring her a cup of tea, and Ou used the smell of tea to cover up the smell that made her uncomfortable on the dining table, and listened to the concubines talk about the shortcomings of the parents to divert their attention.
was originally peaceful, but there was a sudden commotion in the corner where the children were eating, and the girls waiting there were rushing around.
Ou glanced at it, saw that it was the table where his daughter was, and hurriedly got up and ran over.
Pang's mother also rushed over from the eldest lady.
In addition, three women sitting at other tables also got up and went over.
When I arrived at the table, I saw that it was indeed Gu Hui, the only daughter of the Ou family, who suddenly felt unwell, vomited the food she had eaten, splashed vomit, and soiled the shoes and skirts of the little girls at the same table.
A strong servant woman picked up Gu Hui and sent her to rest in the old lady's warm pavilion, and the other three little girls were led into the bedroom to change their clothes, and the second lady asked her girl to hurry back to find some old clothes for the fifth lady to change them into, the fifth lady Gu Chan is fourteen years old this year, and she happens to have some suitable clothes.
The Ou clan apologized to the three clan concubines again and again, and took this opportunity to leave the table to take care of their daughter, Gu Hui lay on the cold ** a little weakly, and the girl next to the old lady waited for her to drink some honey water.
Pang's mother didn't let the three mothers enter the Rong'en Hall together on the grounds that the bedroom was small, and asked them to continue to sit down and eat, and the Guogong Mansion would definitely take good care of the three young ladies.
That's when the three wives were put back in their places.
And the three little girls who were waiting for the girls to change and groom in the bedroom complained nonchaltly, saying that Gu Hui ate meat more ruthlessly than anyone else, as if she had never seen meat in her eight lifetimes, who knew that she would suddenly be like this.
Gu Hui is the first grandchild born under the knee of the third grandfather, and she is only twelve years old this year, so at the same table with her are the cousins of the same generation of the second great-grandfather, these little girls don't know about her family, just from her appearance, she is disgusted to death, the clothes she wears are not bad, her appearance is also good-looking, Wenwen is quiet and does not squeak, who knows that the appearance is so ugly.
The girls took it to heart, found a reason to go out, and found Pang's mother to repeat the words as they were.
Mother Pang understood what was going on as soon as she heard it, and while letting the girl beside the old lady wait carefully, she hurriedly returned to her wife to reply.
The eldest lady sighed and asked Mother Pang to take care of the four little girls, and she would visit them when the banquet was over.
The dishes in the kitchen continued to be served one by one according to the established rhythm, and the second half of the table slowly came to an end, and after the final fruit plate, snacks, snacks, and tea were served, the female guests were about to burp.
The three little girls who changed their clothes sat in the hall of Rong En Hall and ate the dishes served at the back, not wanting to go outside to be laughed at by other sisters, they are cousins who have been passed down from generation to generation, and they have had a good relationship since childhood.
The door of the warm pavilion is the blue yarn cupboard, the warm felt of this summer is not hung, the girls outside have heard all the words inside, and the girls dare not wait on the side, for fear of seeing something that should not be seen and cause embarrassment.
Gu Hui looked at her mother weakly, she could hear the sound outside, but she couldn't react as she should, and a little use of her brain would consume too much of her body, Ou Shi understood what the child meant, and wiped her eyes to comfort the child It doesn't matter.
The mother and daughter snuggled up to each other quietly and rested until they heard the sound of the banquet outside.
The three ladies came into the house to pick up their daughters, and the eldest lady who entered the door together said that the soiled clothes, shoes and socks would be washed and returned, and then gave the girls the frightened purses before sending them away.
The old lady entered the warm pavilion to come to see Gu Hui, and Ou thanked her again and again, but she gave people a feeling that she was unspeakably hidden, feeling that she was holding back something she wanted to say but didn't dare to say it.
In the hall, the three younger daughters-in-law of the Ou clan saw that the female dependents of the second great-ancestor had almost said goodbye, so they came in together to meet the old lady and the eldest lady.
The old lady heard it inside, and the Liuqu clan continued to accompany her daughter, and went out to listen to what they were asking for