The autumn feast was laid out on an open meadow in the back garden near the pool. The azure tablecloth is lined with snow-white porcelain, and there are three rows of five tables in each row, and a large shade cloth is supported by a wooden pole above each table, so that you don't have to be afraid of the sun and don't feel stuffy.

After everyone entered the table, they were full of praise for this arrangement, and the old lady unceremoniously pulled Xu to her side and boasted, "It's all my granddaughter-in-law's idea, this is not my boasting, there are few people in the whole capital who can be compared with my granddaughter-in-law." ”

Xu Shi stood behind the old lady with a red face, and said hello to Wisteria's idea again. Think about it a few days ago, I was still worried about this, because there are many people, it is impossible to put them all in the house, but outside, the autumn sun is the most vicious, and these are all pampered nobles, if they are in the open air, how to do it. And the old lady made it clear that it should be different from previous years, which were placed in the pavilion and cloister of the garden, so that it was more scattered, a few tables here, a few tables there.

Xu Shi thought about this for several days and didn't have a good idea, and it happened that when he returned to the house that day, he saw Brother Yue painting, and Wisteria accompanied him to give careful guidance. Brother Yue saw his mother come in, and hurriedly ran over to show her the finished painting. Xu Shi took a look at it, and it was a group of small animals sitting on a table with a large shed on it.

Xu took the painting and looked at it for a long time, and asked if a shed like wisteria could hold it? After Wisteria asked, he drew another picture for Xu, this time with great precision, including several pillars, where to pull ropes, where to nail stakes, and so on. The prince specially sent Banrong to take the craftsman into the garden for field experiments, and finally succeeded.

It didn't take much effort, and all kinds of dishes were served up like water. Girls drawn from various gardens wore uniformly colored clothes and wore the same headdresses and shuttled between the tables. Every time a dish is served, the girl standing next to her will report the name of the dish, all of which are festive words, and everyone listens to it.

Sister Fang took a few young ladies to sit in their positions, because of the excellent performance of wisteria just now, Sister Fang only felt that there was light on her face, so she was extremely excited, and she kept talking with a few young ladies who were good friends with Ru Niang on weekdays. There are also sisters Jian Yingwan and Xie Ping on one table. Jian Yingwan no longer had the angry appearance just now, but she still sat by herself with a straight face, and no one dared to talk to her next to her, even the few who were good on weekdays sat at other tables.

At this time, she saw Xie Fen coming over and sitting on the embroidery stool next to Jian Yingwan, Jian Yingwan was a little surprised that someone dared to sit over with a straight face, looked up, and didn't seem to be impressed, so she turned her head and didn't speak.

Xie Fen picked up the crystal pot and poured a cup of sherbet, so bluffed that the little girl behind hurriedly confessed and wanted to pour it, but Xie Fen waved his hand to signal that he didn't need to, and then put the cup he poured in front of Jian Yingwan, and went to take another one and pour it for himself.

Jian Yingwan probably didn't expect Xie Fen to do this, and raised her head to look at her. Xie Fen smiled and said, "Second Miss don't have to worry anymore, my cousin Fang has always been a straightforward person on weekdays, as long as it sounds good, she doesn't care what the content is, whether it will make people uncomfortable." Let's just say that when she came here a few days ago, she didn't feel at all about the feelings of the customer, and asked her girl to tell us a story that was about to end. Cluck...... You can't blame her, who called her small

"What kind of princess is it, no one in the capital knows it, and she is the most loving and generous person. A few years ago, I did it myself for the eldest lady's family, and I don't know how many sleeps I couldn't sleep. Now I am worried about the marriage of the eldest son of the prince, and I heard that I have personally asked, let me ask the family in Beijing, how many housewives can do it?

"So, the second lady doesn't have to be angry about that story, it's not worth it. As I said just now, Sister Fang just listens to the excitement, and the girl who tells the story listens to the master's arrangement, or what she asks her to tell is what she wants. After speaking, he raised his eyes to look at Jian Yingwan.

Jian Ying looked at her thoughtfully, and suddenly laughed, "Sister just said that Xie Fang is your cousin, so you are ......"

"I am the eldest daughter of the third master of Huai'en Houfu, and my name is Xie Fen."

"Xie ~ Fen?" Jian Yingwan was thinking about who the third master was waiting for, and the grandmother who followed behind lowered her head and whispered a few words, and Jian Yingwan suddenly realized.

"Oops, it turned out to be the daughter of General Zhongwu. It was Yingwan who was disrespectful just now. Jian Yingwan changed her indifferent attitude just now, but stood up with a smile to salute Xie Fen, Xie Fen hurriedly stood up as well, "Second Miss can't help it, what is your identity, how can you salute me." ”

"Why can't it, although I chatted with my sister for a few words, but my sister is so insightful, which makes Yingwan very admired, Yingwan can call you sister?"

"It's my blessing to let the second lady call me my sister." The two of you and I said a word, and it didn't take much effort to chat enthusiastically, which surprised the few young ladies sitting next to them. Only Xie Ping picked up the fruit on the table and drank it in one gulp, but the fire in his heart still couldn't be suppressed.

It wasn't until the old lady's table began to move the chopsticks that everyone quieted down and ate. Shuangqiao, who was standing behind Xie Fang, looked at the next table, and saw Qiu Xiang pouring wine for the ladies at that table. He took a step back and walked carefully to the long table where the wine was placed on the edge of the shed, and after a while, Qiu Xiang also withdrew by changing the pot.

Shuangqiao raised his eyes to look at Qiu Xiang and nodded, then returned to the second lady and stood up. Akika exhaled, picked up a flask for sherbet and quickly opened the lid, put in a few pale yellow pills the size of soybean grains, and shook them a few times as she walked back.

Qiu Xiang slowly walked behind Xie Fang with the pot, and when she saw that the cup was empty, she stretched out her hand to refill it.

"What's this flavor?" Runiang next to her asked.

"Miss Hui, the slave maid is taking the peach flavor." Akika replied respectfully.

"Oh, I tell you that you are like a mother, the sherbet made by our family, the top of this peach is delicious, you can taste it." After speaking, he turned around and motioned for Qiu Xiang to pour it.

Qiu Xiang hurriedly took the pot and poured it for Ru Niang, turned around and poured it for Xie Fang again, and the two little girls raised it and drank a big sip with a light touch. Seeing this, Qiu Xiang hurriedly went to continue, but Ru Niang waved her hand and said, "Don't want this, how can there be a strange smell." When Qiu Xiang heard this, her whole hand began to tremble.

"Where is it, if you don't like to drink, you won't drink it, I think it tastes good," Xie Fang took another big sip after speaking. Qiu Xiang hurriedly retreated, glanced at Shuangqiao, and breathed a sigh of relief.

After a while, Shuangqiao leaned into Xie Fang's ear and said, "The slave maid will go and tell Sù Wisteria now that you don't have to wait in Linbo Tower, okay?" ”

Originally, Xie Fang planned to find her sisters on weekdays after the banquet, and then let Wisteria tell her a paragraph, but it seemed that the old lady had other plans, so she sent Mama Wang to come over and tell her to go to Songhe Garden after eating. So Xie Fang told Shuangqiao and asked her to send someone to sue Sù Wisteria.

"Just send someone to go, and you won't run away on this hot day." Xie Fang rarely cared about the girl.

Shuangqiao made a grateful look, "Let's go to the slave maid, and I will go to the old lady's courtyard in a while, and the slave and maid will go back to make arrangements." "The arrangement of Shuangqiao refers to taking another set of clothes, and the ladies of large families generally prepare a few sets of clothes for change.

Because she was at home, Sister Fang didn't have it with her. But if you want to go to the old lady's yard for a while, it's different, why do you have to change your body again.

"That's fine, it's just that there are a lot of people here, you can find someone to top you for a while."

"Then the slave maid will let Qiuxiang stay here for a while, if you have anything to tell her, it is."

Xie Fang hummed again, then turned around and talked to Xu Xiu next to him again.

Shuangqiao gave Qiu Xiang a look at you, and hurriedly walked out. Qiu Xiang held the pot in both hands, and silently muttered in her heart, hurry up, hurry up......