On the seventh day of the first month of April, there were people and cars coming and going in front of Anyuanbo's Mansion, and there was an endless stream of guests.

After inquiring about that good thing, I learned that it was actually for the birthday of the eldest and youngest grandmother in the house, and I couldn't help but be a little smacked. This is just a granddaughter-in-law who has just married into the door, how dare she put on such a birthday banquet and celebrate her birthday? And there are more guests who come to celebrate his birthday than when the old lady of Bofu celebrated his birthday a few years ago? As soon as I heard that this young grandmother was the niece of Mrs. Zuo Xiang, I suddenly realized that this was the case!

At this time, the Bofu is also already full of lights, the screen is open Luan Feng, the mattress is set up with hibiscus, the sound of sheng flute and drum music, and the passage is over the lane. More than a dozen tables were set up in the outer courtyard, and several masters took the young master of the new science and martial arts to receive the officials and guests who came to congratulate him on his birthday. Twenty tables were set up in the inner courtyard to entertain the guests. Two more troupes were invited, and the inner and outer courtyards set up stages to sing and have fun.

I saw today's birthday star, wearing a red woven gold embroidered phoenix sleeve jacket, a gold satin skirt full of oil green, and a grandmother Sun Xiluan, who was full of gold and silver on her head, walked back and forth between the banquets like a butterfly wearing flowers, and let out bursts of loud laughter from time to time.

The four young ladies of Bofu naturally sat in one place, and Cai Wei and the Wu family sisters sat at another table on the side. Xu is Cai Wei's clothes are too eye-catching, and I saw that many people looked at Cai Wei's side.

Yi Hui looked at the old tooth-colored jacket on her body, which was a little whitish, and the white silk skirt that had been stored for too long and turned yellow, and there was a faint sadness in her eyes. Yifang saw Cai Wei, but she only glanced at her quietly and then hurriedly turned away, and didn't dare to look at it again, her expression was a little flustered.

Seeing her like this, Cai Wei pursed her lips, and was about to greet her, when she saw Yi Fei raising half of the corners of her lips, deliberately looking at Cai Wei from head to toe, and said in a strange voice: "Yo, what kind of new skirt is Cousin Zhou wearing today?" Why is it so weird, today is a good day for the eldest cousin, but the cousin deliberately wore this poor sour dress to eat longevity noodles, and deliberately did not give the eldest cousin face? ”

Cai Wei smiled: "Look at what my cousin said, my eldest cousin specially invited me to receive her birthday banquet, how dare I sweep her face." I was originally a filial person, and I haven't been filial yet, so I didn't want to come, and I was afraid that my cousin-in-law would not be good. However, my eldest cousin-in-law repeatedly asked me to come to celebrate her birthday, and specially made four sets of clothes and sent them to me, all of which were plain-colored shirts and skirts, which showed that my eldest cousin-in-law was sympathetic to me. What's more, today's eldest cousin is the most eye-catching one, and my plain dress just makes my eldest cousin more and more colorful and moving! ”

Although Yi Fei is also a sharp-tongued person, a pair of Shang Caiwei's clever words and good arguments, how to be her opponent, was thinking about how to reply, so she heard Caiwei say again: "I haven't seen my sister for a month, I really panicked in my heart." My sister doesn't know, these days, I often worry about my sister's illness, but fortunately, my sister is a blessed one, and I invited a good doctor with excellent medical skills and wonderful hands to rejuvenate, not only the rash has disappeared, but also looks more beautiful than before! ”

These words made Yi Fei so angry that the corners of her mouth were a little crooked, the reason why her face was full of rashes, she was sick for a month, and she didn't dare to go out, who was harmed, and the girl surnamed Zhou was still here to greet herself pretendly. She had forgotten who had come up with the idea in the first place.

What made Yi Fei even more depressed was that although the rash on her face had disappeared, her skin was no longer as delicate and smooth as before, and it was much rougher.

Seeing that she couldn't get any bargain for Cai Wei on her lips, Yi Fei simply snorted coldly, turned her head and ignored her anymore, her brother Zhao Yiming specially arranged a good show today and waited for the girl of the Zhou family to use it! When the time comes, see how she will turn over?

At the banquet for a while, Cai Wei only picked up the vegan dishes and ate them slowly, and after toasting Grandma Shou Xingjun, she wanted to go back to her Qiutang Courtyard first, but she didn't want Yifei to say: "The weather is so good today, I haven't seen my sisters for a long time, why don't we go to the back garden together, look at the flowers, and also consume food by the way." ”

Cai Wei was about to find an excuse to refuse, but Yifang suddenly stepped forward and grabbed her hand and said, "Good sister, let's go shopping together!" ”

Cai Wei saw a faint hint of pleading in her eyes, and then thought that as long as she was far away from Yifei and was always with her sisters, she would not think about anything, so she nodded and agreed.

For a while, the sisters quietly left the table and walked to the back garden, Yifang still held Cai Wei's hand tightly, and the two of them slowly fell behind. When Yifei and the others were about to go up to a hill in the garden to see the peony flowers planted on the mountain, Yifang said: "After walking for a long time, it's weirdly hot, you go first, Sister Zhou and I will sit in this pavilion and then go up." Then he took Cai Wei to a small pavilion by the lotus pond at the bottom of the mountain and sat down.

As soon as Yifang sat down, she said that she was very thirsty, and ordered her maid Xing'er to fetch two teas, and looked at Cai Wei with a little pleading, Cai Wei sighed in her heart, and had to follow her sweet orange and Xing'er to get tea together.

Although Yifang was holding her hand tightly along the way, she didn't say a word, and at this time there were only two of her left in the pavilion, and she was still biting the corner of her lip, twisting her clothes and belts in her hands, looking like she wanted to say something but didn't dare to say it.

Cai Wei already knew that she was alone with her to say something. It turned out that after Aunt Zhao and Mrs. Fei quarreled that day, they were so angry that they couldn't say anything because of the scene of Sun Fu's persuasion, not only did they not eat dinner, but even their liver hurt badly. Cai Wei asked Mama Du some healing methods, learned a few acupuncture points to relieve depression and regulate qi, and planned to teach the maids waiting for Aunt Zhao on the second day, so that they could rub and rub for Aunt Zhao's mother, so as to relieve qi and relieve pain.

Early the next morning, when she went to Aunt Zhao's main room, she met the eldest girl Cui'er walking out in the corridor, and saw her and said: "Our wife got up late because she slept late yesterday, and she is grooming at this time. ”

Cai Wei went to the west room first, not wanting her to open the curtain as soon as she opened the curtain, she saw a tall man standing in front of Yifang, but he was not an outsider, it was Aunt Zhao's only son Wu Chong. But what surprised Cai Wei was that the two of them not only stood very close, but also clasped their hands, and suddenly saw someone come in with the curtain, and after a short period of shock, they hurriedly let go of their hands and took a step back and separated.

Although the two of them moved quickly, Cai Wei still saw it clearly, and suddenly felt embarrassed, neither entering, nor retreating, so he had to bite the bullet and pretend that he didn't see anything and greet the two of him first, but fortunately, Wu Wan and Wu Juan followed closely and came over, so they mixed up.

It was also on that day that she understood why Yifang kept coming to see her every day when she was sick, not really to visit her cousin's illness, but to take the opportunity to meet someone.

As soon as she thought of this, Cai Wei couldn't help but sigh, no matter how strict this etiquette is, and how important the defense of men and women is, but there are still so many young men and women in this world who dare to cross this thunder pool and fall in love with each other. Otherwise, why would there be dramas such as "The Peony Pavilion" and "The Story of the West Chamber" that have been circulated in the world.

Her father Zhou Zhen is very open-minded, knowing that the love between men and women is natural and natural, not to mention that it is better to be sparse, and he told her again and again, asking her to understand that in today's world, women have to be cautious in their words and deeds for the sake of fame, and after not making a mistake, they have never forbade her to read these miscellaneous books, and will talk to her about one or two.

Therefore, although she does not feel ashamed that there is any personal relationship between men and women, it is not easy to point it out to Yifang clearly. Seeing that it had all passed a cup of tea, and her second cousin was still here struggling, she said, "My sister pulled me here and opened two maids, don't you have anything to say to me?" If you don't say it again, when the two girls come back in a while, you can't say it again. ”

Yifang was urged by her and looked up at her, but immediately lowered her head, still wringing her hands and biting her lower lip, looking extremely embarrassed.

Cai Wei had to sigh: "Sister, just rest assured, I have always been tight-mouthed, no matter what I see or hear, but if I shouldn't say it, I will never say half a word." ”

Hearing her reassurance, Yi Fang blushed, and seemed to have a great deal of effort to spit out a few words, "Then, that day, sister, you look-"

Seeing that he was about to talk about the key point, suddenly a girl outside ran over and shouted, "My girl saw a peony and didn't recognize the name, so she asked me to call the second girl to recognize it." As he spoke, he was about to pull Yifang's arm.

Yi Fang saw that this girl was Yi Fei's personal maid Xiaoju, so she couldn't refuse, so she hurriedly said to Cai Wei: "Good sister, you sit down first, I'll go back, but you must wait for me to come back, let's talk again......" Before the words were finished, she was pulled away by the maid.

Cai Wei couldn't just sit in the pavilion and wait for her, but after a while, there was still no trace of Yifang, and the two maids who went to get tea did not come back. Cai Wei felt that something was not quite right, thinking of the private things that Mama Du had told her, the more she thought about it, the more afraid she became, so she couldn't wait for Yifang any longer, and planned to leave here first.

She didn't plan to go to the hill to find Yihui and them, but she was afraid that there would be no one there. Walking quickly out of the pavilion, I turned to the covered bridge over the lotus pond, which was the closest way back to the backyard. Unexpectedly, when she was about to reach the end, suddenly a fat figure grabbed her and blocked her way.