After returning home, the second lady Guo led Liao and Li Xiangru to Chunhui Hall to greet the ancestor that night.

It happened that Su Xi was also there, sitting on the window to talk to the old lady, and there was a plate of cherries newly picked this spring in front of her, the old lady didn't like to eat them, and said that she was so sour that she couldn't get her teeth down, so she pushed it all to Su Xi. Su Xi didn't feel sour at all, and he didn't dip the sugar cheese, so he ate several of them in a while. Ever since she gave up desserts and pastries, the fresh fruit of the season has been her only solace.

After Guo asked the old lady to say goodbye, he introduced: "Mother, this is Liao, the wife of my daughter-in-law's cousin, and this is my cousin's daughter Ru'er. As he spoke, he took Li Xiangru's hand and walked to the old lady, and said with a smile: "Sister Ru, come and see the old ancestor." ”

Li Xiangru obediently bent her knees, "Xiangru has seen the old ancestor, and the old ancestor is blessed with longevity and health." ”

At this time, Li Xiangru changed into a lilac-colored grape pattern satin jacket and wore a pleated skirt, which was much more decent than when she first started, and her manners were also very appropriate, at first glance, she looked like a well-bred girl. Su Xi looked sideways from the old lady's arms, and couldn't help but think of the scene after Li Xiangru married the eldest brother, the eldest brother did not go home for a few days due to busy official business, Li Xiangru suspected that he was looking for a woman outside, and he made a fuss in the courtyard, and ran to the Yin family to make a noise, which was completely the image of a shrew in the market, which made the Yin family angry, and also strengthened the eldest brother's determination to abandon her.

It's a pity that Su Xi couldn't wait for her eldest brother to divorce his wife, and she returned to the age of ten by herself.

Even the eldest brother later divorced Li Xiangru, and he couldn't erase the pain he suffered in those years. And the source of this pain, Su Xi is going to be completely cut off in this life.

The old lady looked at Li Xiangru twice, nodded and said, "It's a girl with clear eyebrows." ”

The old lady asked Mama Li beside her to take out the pre-prepared meeting gift and send it to Li Xiangru, which was a pair of golden silk butterflies inlaid with white hostas, and the butterfly wings were polished exquisitely and lifelike. Li Xiangru lowered his head to hide the joy in his eyes, and bowed his knees and thanked: "Thank you, ancestor." ”

The old lady naturally didn't miss Li Xiangru's expression, but she didn't say anything, and withdrew her gaze lightly, "Since you are a relative of the second daughter-in-law, you can just live in peace, as long as there is nothing serious, the house will not treat you slowly." ”

This is both a polite and a reminder, so that their mother and daughter don't make any trouble.

Liao's Lian Lian Dao is.

Then Guo and Liao talked with the old lady, and Su Xi and the little girls went to the warm floor on the side to chat.

Su Xi and Su Lingrong had nothing to talk about, and naturally they didn't want to talk to Li Xiangru. However, Yin has raised her since she was a child, and she must be obedient and generous in front of people, even if she doesn't like this person anymore, she can't lose her manners and make people laugh. Especially after Su Xi saw Li Xiang's true face like a shrew, she was even more disgusted with this kind of person, and she didn't want to be the same kind of person with them in her heart.

So it's not too close.

Su Xi pushed the pastel entwined lotus pattern plate over, and said crisply: "Fifth sister and sister Ru eat cherries." ”

Li Xiangru is four or five years older than Su Xi, and she only thinks she is a little sister, "Thank you, Sister Xi." ”

Su Lingrong didn't appreciate it, thinking that the old lady was sitting far away, she didn't pay attention to the situation on their side, and snorted with her nose: "Who wants to eat your leftovers." ”

I don't know that although the old lady is old, she is not dizzy, so she naturally heard this sentence clearly. The old lady put down the teacup in her hand and called "Youyou" to Nuan.

Su Xi ran to the old lady and called out obediently, "Grandmother." ”

The old lady touched her bud and said kindly: "It's still our young and sensible, and we know how to give good things to my sister." The implication is that Su Lingrong is an older sister, but she is not as sensible as her sister.

Guo's face changed slightly.

The old lady never looked down on the second daughter-in-law, but felt that she was short-sighted and jealous, and she restrained the second child so much that she didn't dare to go back to the inner courtyard for three or five days, and the two children were also spoiled by her without rules, only said a few words, didn't let her stay in front of her for more, and sent her back with Liao.

As soon as the people in the second room went out, they met Su Li coming in from outside.

Su Li came to find Su Xi, and Su Baiyu's child couldn't unlock the "Kong Ming Serial Lock" that Su Xi gave him, so he wanted to ask Su Xi to tell him the answer. Su Li walked to the door, but there was a girl in front of him, he looked at Li Xiangru, bowed his head, and then bypassed her and walked into the house.

Li Xiangru didn't think about Su Li's eyes when she looked at her until she walked away, although it was only for a moment, Su Li's calm and steady bearing was deeply engraved in her mind.

*

On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, it was Mrs. Su's birthday.

Because at the beginning of the year, the old lady Su had just made meritorious service, repelled the invasion of Beidi, and defended seven or eight cities at the border, and the emperor was very happy, and rewarded Su Qingbo with one hundred and twenty households and countless gold, silver and jewelry. Now the old general Su is hot in the court, and there are not a few people who take this opportunity to show goodwill to the Su family, and this year's old lady's birthday is particularly lively, and the people of the Ruyi class are invited to come to the house in advance to sing for three days and three nights, from morning to night, babbling, listening to Su Xi's ears are calloused.

On this day, a lot of people came to the mansion, and I heard that the Luyang Hou Mansion also came.

Luyang Hou Li Xingyi lost his wife at an early age, and only had a son and a daughter under his knees, the daughter was named Li Anyi, three years older than Su Xi, and his son was Su Xi's husband in the previous life - Li Yan.

Since Su Xi was reborn, he has not seen Li Yan.

Su Xi liked Li Yan in his last life, because Li Yan was tall and handsome, and calm and dignified, for Su Xi, who had not been in contact with many foreign men and had a heart, it was easiest for him to be tempted by a man like Li Yan. When Yin's family told her about this family business, she didn't refuse, and acquiesced with a red face. It was only after she married Li Yan that she realized how hasty the original decision was, the two didn't have much intersection before, and the little love for the first time, thinking about it later, maybe it was just a hint of goodwill.

After getting married, Su Xi found that Li Yan didn't really marry her, he had someone else in his heart, and that person was Fu Yi, who was both talented and beautiful. Li Yan has a portrait of Fu Yi hidden in his study, he never let Su Xi set foot in that study, if it weren't for Su Xi who couldn't bear to break in, maybe she would never know that her husband had a bright moonlight in his heart, and he was nothing.

It was Fu Yi who later married Wei Yuan, the prince of King Yu, and Li Yan never let go of her, even refusing to touch other women except her.

After two years of marriage and no children, the Yin family didn't know how many times they had explicitly hinted at it, but Su Xi knew in her heart that if there was no round house, how could there be children?

It was also later that Su Xi learned that Li Yan was forced to marry her by Luyang Hou, and Luyang Hou wanted to use the Su family as a springboard to consolidate the status of the Li family. After Su Xi learned the truth, she was determined to reconcile with Li Yan, but unfortunately she did not reconcile, and she contracted the disease and died.

In this life, since he knows the cause and effect of a qiē, Su Xi will never be stupid enough to marry Li Yan again.

After meeting a few ladies, Yin asked Su Xi to take a few girls of the same age to play in the backyard.

Fu Yi is naturally the core of the crowd, and no matter where she goes, someone will hold her, quite a bit of a starry posture. The girl next to Fu Yi is Yin Mengming, the eldest daughter of Yin's mother's family, who is the same age as Fu Yi, and is also very well educated, both inside and outside, and generous, although her name is not as good as Fu Yi, but it is rare among girls of the same age. Those who walk with these two people are either willing to be the green leaves that set off the red flowers, or they are trying to get closer to the talented women.

Su Xi remembered Yin Mengmeng because three years later, Yin Mengmeng married Wei Feng, the prince of Qi, and envied the nobles in Beijing. It's just that this girl has a thin fortune, and not long after she was married, she fell into the lake in her backyard and drowned.

It's a poor man.

Later, Wei Feng set up a family affair, it seemed to be the granddaughter of a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, but unfortunately not long after, this girl also died unexpectedly. Su Xi felt that it must be Wei Fengke's wife, otherwise why did he decide two family affairs one after another, and the other party died?

"The begonia flowers are blooming well over there, shall we go over there?" Yu Baotong pointed to a road ahead, interrupting Su Xi's thoughts.

Yu Baotong is the third girl in the Rongguo Mansion, two sisters are married, and there is a younger sister who is only three years old, so she didn't bring it out today. Yu Baotong is twelve this year, older than Su Xi and Tang Wan, and takes good care of the two of them on weekdays.

Su Xi put away her cranky thoughts and said with concern: "Sister Yu, is she very busy these days?" Sister Wan and I haven't seen you in a few days. ”

Yu Baotong has been locked up at home for a while, and he has indeed not come out for a long time. "My mother found me a female gentleman, let me study the four books of women every day, if you didn't write to invite me today, I'm afraid my mother would not let me come out."

Tang Wan said sympathetically: "Mrs. Yu is so stern. ”

"Not really." Yu Baotong has reached the age of saying goodbye, and Mrs. Yu is also doing this for the sake of her daughter. However, in front of the two younger sisters, Yu Baotong couldn't say it, so he changed the topic and said: "Hey, has the young grown taller?" I look a little higher than I did a little bit older than I did a year ago. After a pause, he looked at Su Xilai seriously, as if he had just seen her clearly, "The face is also smaller, and they all say that the girl's family will become slimmer and slimmer after smoking the strip, which is really not wrong at all." The young are so good-looking, and I don't know how beautiful they will be when they grow up in the future. ”

Su Xi pursed her lips in shame, she disappointed Sister Yu, in her previous life, not only did she grow up to be slim, but she also became a big fat ball, which had nothing to do with being beautiful.

The three of them sat on the stone bench under the tree and talked, and a maid brought snacks, including red dates and yam cakes, peach blossom cakes, and ruyi rolls. After a while, Yu Baotong saw that Su Xi didn't move a bite of the dim sum on the table, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "Don't you like to eat peach blossom cake very much, why don't you eat it today?" ”

Su Xi has a good relationship with Tang Wan and Yu Baotong, even if they became relatives in their previous lives, the three of them are like sisters, so they did not hide it, and told them about their recent dieting exercises.

Yu Baotong's first thought was: "Now is the time for you to grow your body, how can you do it without eating?" Don't go hungry. ”

Su Xi pinched her cheeks, stuck out her tongue and said, "Sister Yu, do you think I'm the one who will starve you?" ”

"Ghost girl." Yu Baotong took a sip of her, but she was relieved in her heart, and remembered the movements she said she practiced every day, and said: "I have a female master in my family, who taught me to dance when I was young. ”

The Great Yan Dynasty attaches great importance to the upbringing of his daughter's family, although dancing is mostly something that the dancing girl will do, and the noble girl generally does not dance openly, but in his own home, it is very common to practice dance.

That is naturally better, Su Xixi said: "I'll ask my mother first, if she agrees, will I write to Sister Yu?" ”

Yu Baotong said yes.

Half an hour later, the wind gradually picked up outside, and Su Xi and the others prepared to go back to the house. As soon as I turned the door of the moon cave, I saw two people standing under the corridor.

Fu Yi was wearing a goose-yellow Suzhou embroidered warbler and bird pattern spring shirt, slim and elegant, with a graceful posture, just looking at the back is quite pleasing to the eye.

And the man standing opposite Fu Yi, dressed in a blue straight jacket, tall and handsome, with dark eyes, is Su Xi's husband in the previous life, Jun Li Yan.