The banquet of the Chung Kok Mansion was held in the middle hall of the main house of the old lady's Songhe Garden. The floor of the central hall is paved with bluestone bricks that are as smooth as a mirror, and the dust is painted with bright Fulu Suki paintings, and the lamps of the sheep's horn palace are hung around, illuminating the entire central hall as bright as the day.

Because they were all a family, and there was no screen in the middle, the old lady sat at the back table accompanied by Tan and Xu, and the eldest lady Xie Rong and the second lady Xie Fang were at the same table. and Brother Lang and Brother Yue. Around the table, three women were serving the old lady and Tan's cloth dishes. These three are the concubines of Xie Yuan, the Duke of Zhongguo. The most calm is Aunt Xiao, who was originally Tan's companion, and gave face when Tan was pregnant with Xie Rong, and later gave birth to a third son, Xie Ying, who is also 12 years old this year, the same age as Xie Fang, but the month is two months older than Xie Fang.

The oldest is Aunt Wei, who is a girl who serves Xie Yuan in a room. After Tan Shishun gave birth to two sons and two daughters, he didn't let her drink the soup anymore, but maybe because of her age and the fact that Grandpa Guo went less, she never had children.

Among the three aunts, the youngest is Aunt Chen, who was sent by the local officials to serve the emperor ten years ago on an errand in the south.

Sitting at the outer table were Grandpa Guo and his four sons. After Xie Yuan's brief and opening remarks, the family was silently eating. As an old-fashioned Guogong Mansion, he pays attention to food, and even the little Brother Yue sits at the table obediently and is fed by the nurse behind him. The old lady watched the whole family sit happily, and her heart was indescribably happy.

Zhongguo Gong Xie Yuan has three brothers, and the second brother Xie Xiao is also from the old lady, when the old husband gave birth to Xie Xiao, it was a dragon and phoenix fetus, but due to the uneven absorption of nutrients in the mother's body, the girl was born too young, and the development was not good, so she only raised it for more than ten days and went. Since then, the old lady has been so sad that she has never been able to conceive again. Now he is serving as a political envoy in Huguang, and his wife and children are all with him.

The third brother Xie Ze was born to the old lady's dowry, and he was also the old lady's right-hand man, and the old lady originally planned to marry her to the management of the house in the future so that she could be a housekeeper mother in the future. Unexpectedly, when the old lady was recuperating, she was pressed to the bed by the drunken grandfather of the old country, and was carried to her aunt after giving birth to Xie Ze. But he was unlucky, and he fell ill when Xie Ze was six years old. At this point, the old lady took Xie Ze with her to raise her, so she was very close to the old lady. This concubine inherited the mantle of the ancestors of the Xie family, he couldn't read, but he liked to practice martial arts, he invited a fist and foot master since he was a child, and when he grew up, he entered the barracks, and later followed the military department of the year to quell the rebellion in Miaojiang, so he was stationed there and did not come back, and now he has achieved the position of the general army in the northwest.

The family finished their meal happily and sat down together in the old lady's banquet room and drank tea. Brother Lang surrounded Xie Fang and begged to go to her tomorrow to listen to the story, which caused Xie Rong beside him to look puzzled, and Xu told her the cause and effect.

Xie Rong is the eldest daughter of Zhongguo Gong, two diametrically opposed personalities to Xie Fang, delicate, calm and generous. looks not as glamorous as Xie Fang, but she is also gentle. Because she is the eldest daughter, her education since she was a child is like that of Xie Zhong, and after Xu entered the door, she followed Xu to learn to host the middle feed, and she has been in shape for a few years. This year, 16-year-old she urinated and Huainan Hou Shizi engagement, should have been married this year, because the old lady of Huainan Houfu passed away in the spring, the son of the family to keep filial piety, after the two families agreed, the marriage was scheduled for next autumn, that is, after Xie Yi married.

There are two princes in the Great Xia Dynasty today, one is Prince Li, who is now the younger brother of the Holy Lord, and he has made great contributions in the struggle for the throne of the Holy Emperor. The other is Prince Shang, but this is the uncle of the Holy Lord, and he is the first royal family member to take the lead in bowing to the Holy Lord.

In addition, there is also a Yunjun King, like the Zhongguo Mansion, since Gaozu won the world, he was crowned king, the first generation of Yunjun King and Gaozu are uncles and brothers, and they are also the figures who have contributed to the opening of the country in Great Xia.

The rest is the six waiting, namely Huainan waiting, Huai'en waiting, Jing'an waiting, stable waiting, Zhenbei waiting and Pingxi waiting. Except for Kai Huai Enhou, who was sought by Lao Zhongguo Gong for his younger brother with the great achievements of his concubine in the northwest, the other five Houfu were all families who had a cousin in the battle for the throne of the Holy Lord.

There are also Bofu, Zifu, and male fathers.

And these noble families are inextricably linked with the officials of the dynasty. Take Zhongguo Gong as an example, the wife of the prince Xu is the eldest daughter of Xu Guangda, the current head of the household department, and Xu's sister-in-law is the eldest daughter of King Yunjun. Xie Rong's future mother-in-law, Mrs. Jia of Huainan Houfu, is the daughter of Jia Bo, a current bachelor. And the eldest grandson of the scholar is married to the daughter of the current prince and young master...... In short, one family follows another, and one family follows another.

The more Xie Fang didn't say yes or no, the tighter Brother Lang became. But when I returned home, with my grandfather and father in front of me, I didn't dare to speak like I did in Zhuangzi. just pulled Xie Fang's sleeve with one hand and repeated in a whisper: Good second aunt, good second aunt...... caused Xie Rong, Xie Fang and Xu to look at his pitiful face and smile.

The old lady looked over and waved her hand at Brother Lang, "Good great-grandson, come and talk to grandmother, I owe your second aunt something, and I can't ask for it." ”

Xie Fang snorted when he heard it, "You want to go to my place to listen to the story, I'll tease him!" ”

"Brother Lang wants to hear some story, and when I go back, my grandmother asked my master to tell you." Tan said.

The kung fu Lang Ge who spoke had already walked to the old lady's side, and sat down on the embroidered stool next to the old lady in an orderly manner. "Where do you want a master to tell a story, there is a girl next to Sister Fang, who can tell some small stories, Lang Geer loves to listen, and she often listens to it when she is on Zhuangzi, and I haven't heard it for a few days." The old man touched Langge's head and said with a smile.

"That's right, that's right, when I left last time, I haven't finished talking about Jingwei reclamation?" Brother Lang said busily as he nodded.

"What Jingwei reclamation?" It was rare for Xie Yuan to participate in such a topic. Brother Lang hurriedly stood up and said very generously: "Back to my grandfather, according to legend, there was an Emperor Yan in ancient times, and he had a daughter called Nuwa. The girl is very well-behaved, everyone sees her, they can't help but praise her, Emperor Yan regards the girl as the pearl of the palm...... "Because the wisteria added some other stories interspersed with it when she was telling, so a short story was divided into two halves by her, and the first half was told the day before she left the Zhuangzi, and the second half was not told again."

"The sea persuaded Jingwei to forget it, 'How can such a little bird like you fill me up'. But Jingwei said, 'Because you have taken my young life, you will take many young innocent lives in the future.' I'm going to keep going and I'm going to fill you up one day' and that's it, Jingwei keeps filling ......"

"Back to my grandfather, that's all I have to say, I don't know if Jingwei filled the sea later, my grandson wants to know." Brother Lang finished the first half of the story with a milky voice, and looked at Xie Yuan with big eyes.

Xie Yuan beckoned to him, and Brother Lang walked to his grandfather's side, "Doing things should have a beginning and an end, now you have to remember the stories you listen to well, and when your brother grows up, talk to him again, okay?" ”

"Hmm!" Longgo nodded vigorously.

"It's just that she is your second aunt's girl, and she still has errands, and your second aunt has just come back, so she wants to arrange it. So you have to wait for your second aunt to arrange it, and then send someone to agree on the time before you can go again, this is the way of etiquette, understand? ”

Seeing that his grandfather did not object to him listening to the story, Lang Ge'er was very happy and replied loudly: "Yes, grandfather, my grandson has written it down." A room laughed.

Everyone talked and laughed for a while, and when they saw that the old lady was about to take medicine, they took the lead in saluting and retiring.

I saw Xie still and Xie Xin following Brother Lang next to him left and right, the two concubines of Grandpa Guo, one is 12 years old and the other is 10 years old, which is the age when it is not big or small, and what Enlightenment learns are the things of the Four Books and Five Classics, He has heard that the story is like this, so he is very curious, and he keeps asking questions around Brother Lang, which makes Brother Lang have a small chest and walk in front now.