Chapter 69

The Marquis of Suning Mansion was busy early in the morning, and the hostess got up before dawn to put on a festive but undazzling dress, put on a solemn head, and led the servants up and down the mansion to get busy with joy, even busier than the old ancestor returned home a while ago, and it seemed that everyone was exuding joy from the bottom of their hearts.

By the time dawn, the men in the house had already gone to the front to wait, and even the Hou Shizi of Suning, who liked to lie in bed the most, was dressed like a dog, and was turned around by the envoys of the Hou Ye and his wife, until he was ready to stop.

Mrs. Hou also had a moment to spare, she sat in the hall and handed out the waist card, and then laughed at her own son who walked in as if he had no bones.

"It's really rare that you have such an obedient time."

"The mother said this to make her son sad, when did her son disobey?" Even if Zhuang Jinyuan was so tired that he vomited blood, he still came over with a hippie smile.

"Bang bang! Don't do this with me, I'm not one of those little girls. Mrs. Hou gently pushed him in disgust, and then said in a slightly tentative tone: "The third girl of Ding'anbo's second room is so good?" Is it worth your help to her? ”

Zhuang Jinyuan took a nut and stuffed it into his mouth, and said unconcernedly: "Her saved my life, and I just raised my hand." ”

"Really?" Madame Hou's eyes were obviously suspicious.

Zhuang Jinyuan was puzzled at first, and then his eyes widened more and more, and the nuts in his mouth almost squirted out.

"Mother doesn't think I'm interesting to her, right? Mother! How old am I! ”

Mrs. Hou turned her face with disgust and said: "You like to hug a good-looking little girl when you are three years old, lift your cousin's skirt at the age of six, peek at other people's big girls taking a bath at the age of eight, and are almost beaten into a pig's head as a disciple when you are eight years old......."

"Mother! My dear mother! Don't talk about it, this is all because my son was ignorant when he was a child, isn't he curious? Look at my son now, isn't he a good boy who is eager to learn? Zhuang Jinyuan's ears are all red, where can he control the troubles when he was a child, this kind of black history should be stuffed into a box and never be known.

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Hou shook her handkerchief and sneered: "I don't know who said sweetly to the new little girl in the yard yesterday, so that the child thought that he would be able to ascend to the sky in the future, and you would not let your mother clean up this kind of mess?" ”

"Mother, women are all delicate flowers, how can they be rude, I am also kind to see her lost, but I said a few more words...... If she misunderstood, it wasn't her son's fault. Zhuang Jinyuan said this, his laughing eyes turned cold, with a faint indifference.

Mrs. Hou also knew her son's temper, so she couldn't help but sigh and said, "I just know that you have no intention, I'm not afraid that the three girls will misunderstand." ”

"Don't worry, she has no interest in her son at all, and compared to a plate of jade bags, that girl will definitely choose jade bags." Saying this, Zhuang Jinyuan's heart was sour, although he really regarded Acacia as his sister, but he still had a strong sense of frustration when he had to admit that his charm was useless to Acacia in front of his mother.

Mrs. Hou became interested when she heard it, she knew that her son was good-looking, with a sweet mouth, and there were really few people who didn't buy him from childhood to adulthood, especially when he was older every year, the teenager will also become an adult, not to mention his own status, power and wealth, he is the person who can make many Kyoto ladies obsessed. At her son's current age, she has already rejected many waves of people who have asked for marriage.

Could it be that there are really girls who are not moved?

"I heard that she is full of calculations this year, and she has only crossed the age of ten?" Although there are many female dolls of this age, Mrs. Hou subconsciously felt that this child was afraid that she had not yet enlightened, otherwise with her son's appearance, she was really rarely unmoved.

"Even if she grows eighteen, she won't pay attention to me." Zhuang Jinyuan was really frustrated when he said this, his little cousin had thorough eyes, and she was very precocious at first glance, and she was by no means an ignorant girl.

Mrs. Hou didn't believe it, but after all, she was just a little girl, and there was no need to pay more attention to jokes.

"My eldest brother he ......" such an important day, but Zhuang Jinyuan did not see solemnity.

"Your father said, "Come back about before the feast." At the mention of this eldest son, Mrs. Hou's expression faded, and she didn't seem to want to mention it at all.

"Mother...... That old ancestor ...... there," Zhuang Jinyuan said with some worry.

Mrs. Hou looked at her son and said: "I think I have never treated him badly for so many years, and I have not killed his concubine like other master mothers, what he is doing now is his own will, whether he wants to break away from this rotten family, or he feels that we are all a group of pedantic and inflexible parents, he always has to be responsible for what he has done." ”

"I look at my father, it seems that he wants the girl from the Shen family to marry." Zhuang Jinyuan said in a low voice.

Mrs. Hou snorted coldly and said: "Your father naturally hopes that Miss Shen will marry, isn't your eldest brother's aunt afraid that the daughter-in-law I found for him will not be satisfied, but they are so noisy to see what the Shen family means, even if the reputation of Miss Shen is ruined this time, how good can the reputation of our Hou Mansion be?" Besides, your father and your eldest brother's aunt think of beauty, Lord Shen is a soft persimmon, but Old Lord Shen is still alive! ”

Zhuang Jinyuan came back and said: "The old emperor means ......"

"Oh, look at it! The best, that is, your eldest brother can marry back that girl from the Wen family, I want to see if the glory and wealth he abandoned is important, or the red coral in his heart is important. Mrs. Hou slowly stood up and said softly: "I really hope that he can make ......."

After chatting, Mrs. Hou began to get busy again, and Zhuang Jinyuan sat in the flower hall for a while before going to the front to greet the guests.

For a banquet like this, the more humble the family background, the sooner they come, and they appear humble, even if the old birthday star does not come out for a long time, these people still have to wait in the hall, waiting to greet the old birthday star. These people will not be ignored by the Hou Mansion if they say that they will be ignored, and they will not pay special attention to it, at least the people who come to greet them are the stewards of the mansion rather than Mrs. Hou herself, and even the men who came in front of them are also received by the chief steward, and they have to wait patiently in a specific hall. No one will complain about this, but will feel very proud and excited to be able to participate in such a birthday banquet.

When Madame Hou wants to come forward, it is at least a family of the Earl's rank or a family member of a hot celebrity in the court recently, this kind of person often comes to the door when there is still half of the time, and neither seems to be deliberately flattering nor lagging behind and looks pretentious.

However, these people are still more than one grade lower than the Hou Mansion, even if Mrs. Hou goes out to greet her, she has to hold a shelf, even if she is kind, she will inevitably have a kind of superior momentum, and in addition to the people who walk around on weekdays, only the older elders are present, and Mrs. Hou will take special care of them and feel close.

"Madam, the lady of Ding'anbo's mansion is here."

If this is the past, Mrs. Hou just nodded, she and the He family are both equals, even if they go to greet her, they will wait for the steward to bring in the others, and she will see the leader together. But not today, she just talked to her son about the girl in the second room, and she was curious, so she didn't wait for the steward to bring someone over, so she personally went out of the main room, and brought her subordinates over to greet her, and she was quite surprised to let her close servants who had been with her for many years, and thought that her wife had gotten some news, and there was going to be some big movement in Ding'anbo Mansion.

Mrs. Hou turned the garden, He happened to take the girls into the courtyard, the men and boys in the family were intercepted by Zhuang Jinyuan in front of the front yard, and He was also happy to walk slowly, only ready to wait for the arrival of the four grandmothers of Cheng Pingbo and entered the second gate together. But who knew that he saw Mrs. Hou coming with her subordinates from afar, and those who didn't know thought that Mrs. Hou had recently gotten closer to He.

He Shi wondered in his heart, and deliberately looked back, this time it happened that the steward only welcomed their family, and there was indeed no one else, but no matter how puzzled she was, it was impossible not to give Mrs. Hou face, so she hurriedly stepped forward and gave Mrs. Hou a salute.

Mrs. Hou greeted He on the surface, but her eyes slipped around behind He, Meng Xintong and Meng Chen regretted that she had seen them, so the quiet little girl who didn't like to talk was afraid that she was her son's life-saving benefactor.

"The girl in Mrs. Meng's family is still so smart, this girl is the third girl, she was so busy with family affairs before that she didn't have time to thank you in person, if it weren't for you...... I'm afraid it's ......" Mrs. Hou looked at this girl carefully, the more she looked at it, the more familiar she felt, and her heart inevitably jumped.

"Madame is too modest, I just happened to do nothing." Acacia replied generously and decently, in fact, the Hou Mansion had already given a thank you gift before, she didn't do anything about this in the first place, and it was already her blessing to mix a lot of good things, and any more would pass.

Mrs. Hou was surprised that the child was sensible, and when she saw the dress of the Meng family girls, she was not glamorous but not plain, looking at the monochrome dress with fine dark lines, and looking at the few jewelry on the bun, but she was also delicate and elegant. Even if the Meng family has passed the New Year, they are still in the filial piety period, and it is not good to be too public, but since they have received the post and come to the birthday banquet, they can't be the same as running for a funeral, so dressing up not only shows the girls' intentions, but also shows Ding Anbo's upbringing.

Sure enough, my son's vision is still good.

"This kid has a sweet mouth, but this kindness must always be taken to heart." Mrs. Hou said vaguely.

He Shi glanced at Acacia, she was still thinking about why the Marquis of Suning Mansion invited Acacia alone, but now look, the Marquis of Suning Mansion is thinking of kindness, and it will not be as unbearable as it is rumored outside.