Since they want to set up a banquet to entertain guests, Luo Zhen and Jinxiu can't have no idea, and the housekeepers, stewards and servants of the Baoding Hou Mansion are not vegetarians, as early as the day when the young lady convened everyone to discuss, all the affairs have been agreed and each has its own responsibilities, so the two wives of the Guogong Mansion came over this day, basically it didn't play a role, they just put on a show on the surface for people to see, they even temporarily deployed personnel, things and the like, they only saw the order, no effect!

Although Zheng and Jin felt depressed, they were helpless, they didn't know what temperament the couple had, even the old lady couldn't cure it, and the aunt and aunt couldn't handle it, so they could only endure it first!

The guests are endless, and the gifts sent are also endless, because it is said that the wedding banquet is to make up for the newlyweds, everyone invariably seals the double gifts, and the gifts sent are decorated with red and purple, and the whole mansion is lined with flowers and beams, so it is not lively and festive.

Jinxiu was speechless for a while, how did she feel like she was taking the opportunity to make money, but in fact, her husband and wife didn't think like this at all.

The guests in Beijing have always been distinct, and most of the military attaches invited are military attachés, but this time Baoding Hou Luo Zhen's wine banquet, not only the illustrious and well-known nobles have come, but also many civil officials are mixed in, a few civil officials are here with invitations, and the rest are all temporary without invitations, and they are still in the New Year, and this banquet is very special, Luo Zhen confessed: all the guests who came were honored guests, and they were all respectfully invited to enter the door!

There are also a lot of female dependents, Mrs. Madame, Mrs. Grandmother, and many children, Jinxiu squeezed fresh juice out of the cave, Xiangcha Xiangling learned to make cakes and all kinds of biscuits early, and used milk to make various drinks and cheese, the most suitable for entertaining little dolls, girls and young women are also very fond of it.

The princess of Nan'an County with her two daughters was still hiding outside the city, while trying to eat dried lion's mane mushrooms for her daughter, she naturally would not return to Beijing if she didn't try the effect, but the prince of Nan'an County came to the front yard and brought a handwritten letter from the princess of the county to Jinxiu, which was nothing more than to explain the situation and apologize.

Hearing the peach report that the Duchess of Ning Guo came with her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law, Jinxiu hurriedly walked to greet her, and the Duchess of Ning Guo was accustomed to social banquets, knowing that it was not easy for the little daughter-in-law who had just become a family to hold such a big banquet for the first time, and she would save trouble for her.

Invite all the ladies into the inner hall to sit down, the maids serve hot tea and snacks, everyone sees the exquisite and unique cake snacks, they are all amazed, and the Duchess of Ning Guo took the splendid hand and smiled:

"You don't know that when her mother-in-law was here, she was also the best at making strange and delicious snacks, and now she has a daughter-in-law like this, which is considered a heritage!"

A lady took a sip of tea from the teacup, hurriedly leaned under the window, looked at the teacup to the light, and said in surprise: "This is the tip of Yunshan hair, right?" How...... I actually drank it differently? ”

Duchess Ning Guo hurriedly picked up the teacup and smelled it: "It's very fragrant, what does it taste like?" ”

The lady smiled: "It's not ordinary incense, this is mellow!" You taste it again, it will be sweet and refreshing, like drinking ganlin! ”

Duchess Ning Guo took a sip of tea and swallowed it slowly, raised her eyebrows lightly, and said with a sneer: "You woman, I don't know how much good tea you have drunk, why are you here!" I was also Mrs. Baoding Hou took bad tea to upset you, but she is a new daughter-in-law, you are not allowed to scare people! ”

All the ladies laughed, tasted the tea, and nodded in admiration.

That lady is Mrs. Guangning Hou, and Duchess Ningguo is a distant cousin, and she also came up and took Jinxiu's hand and spoke: "Don't believe my cousin, I just speak a little straight, but I am not babbling, you will know what kind of person I am in the future!" Your tea is really delicious, but my hair tip can't make such a fragrant and mellow taste! ”

Mrs. Weiyuanhou, who was sitting on the side, answered with a smile: "This tea is also about kung fu and Taoism, the same tea leaves make two flavors, this kind of thing is very common, your hair tip can't make a fragrance, then you have to ask yourself, can you endlessly entangle Mrs. Baoding Hou!" ”

"Who is endless? I learn from the scriptures, can't I learn from the scriptures? ”

Mrs. Guangning Hou rolled her eyes at Mrs. Weiyuan Hou, everyone saw this and laughed again, Mrs. Guangning Hou was not annoyed by the joke, and continued to pull Jinxiu to speak, and Duchess Ningguo pulled her away: "Go sit honestly, I want to drink good tea and come back another day, you are not only a guest today, she is busy!" ”

Mrs. Guangning Hou let go of Jinxiu, Jinxiu smiled and said: "Actually, there is nothing special, I am not good at tea ceremony, there is no kung fu and Taoism that Mrs. Weiyuan Hou said, everyone knows that there is a Cuiping Mountain fifty miles away from the city, the red maple villa at the foot of the mountain is the dowry left by my mother-in-law, there is a clear spring on Cuiping Mountain is very good, the four seasons are inexhaustible, the tea we drink today, the food we eat, all are cooked from the water transported back from the villa!" ”

All the ladies suddenly realized, nodded frequently, and secretly praised Mrs. Baoding Hou for her sincerity, in order to hold a banquet, she made a special trip to transport spring water back from outside the country, and I don't know how much manpower and financial resources were spent.

Jinxiu was telling the truth, there was indeed a spring water that the male servants had transported for two days, but she still couldn't help but mix a little Dongtian Spirit Spring in it.

Mrs. Guangning Hou said: "Sure enough, it's a good idea! Isn't it beautiful to cook tea in mountain springs? Oh, I have a mountain village, but unfortunately there is no spring water in it! Can I also go to your Zhuangzi another day to carry some spring water? ”

Jinxiu smiled and nodded: "Naturally, it's okay, it's just a little far!" ”

"It's okay, it's okay, I'm really hungry and want to drink such fragrant tea before I go, I can't ask someone to carry water every day!"

Duchess Ning Guo glared at Mrs. Guangning Hou speechlessly: "You have a good mouth, you can still pick out flowers with delicious food and drink!" ”

Mrs. Guangning Hou smiled: "This eating and drinking is also knowledgeable, you don't understand the subtleties, and you don't understand what you say, just save me a little tongue!" ”

Duchess Ning Guo stretched out her hand to screw her, and was laughing, Jin walked into the hall surrounded by a group of well-dressed mothers-in-law and flowery maidservants, with a bright smile on her face, greeting and greeting people when she saw them, and saying kind words such as "poor hospitality, please forgive me", and the posture of the housewife was sufficient.

Turning his face and seeing the Duchess of Ning Guo, Jin ordered the mother-in-law and maidservant around him to retreat, leaving only a personal maid to accompany him, and came over to this side with a spring breeze on his face.

Duchess Ning Guo pursed her lips disdainfully, turned her head and talked to the ladies next to her about the gossip of this year's Spring Festival:

"I've heard that this year, the talents from the north are stronger than those from the south, so ah, I also plan to go down with them to invest some silver, and bet on the talents from the north to win the champion! If you win, I'll invite you to tea! ”

Some of the ladies laughed, and some took it seriously: "Can you see it accurately?" I'm going to follow along, too! If it fails, ask you for a lottery! ”

"Eh! How can there be such a thing? Can you be reasonable? ”

Jin Shi leaned in with a smile and said: "I have also heard about this, and I still heard it from a rather accurate iron mouth, but it is different from what the Duchess of Ning Guo heard - that iron mouth guessed that the origin of the current champion is the same as three years ago, from the south!" Moreover, those who want to catch the son-in-law of the champion will be disappointed, this champion is almost in his prime, and he is not a young man! ”

"Really?"

"Where did you hear that? Which iron mouth is it? ”

"Oh, should we believe it?"

Women can go to the world regardless of nationality, even if the Duchess of Ningguo, who doesn't like the Jin family, they can't help but talk to her.

Jinxiu smiled and quietly walked away, went to the side hall where the girls were, and secretly pondered what Jin said in her heart: The champion of this branch is from the south, not a young man, but a man who has been standing for a long time!

To be reborn, is undoubtedly to get God's mercy, I believe that no one will honestly walk according to the imprint of the last time, there must be a change, the bad into good, the adversity into the good, people with the same heart, but it should also be on the premise of not harming the innocent, if you know the opportunity but want to play tricks to hinder others, but you will live up to God's good intentions!

The Jin family is by no means a good person, otherwise she would not have robbed Jia's husband and forced Jia to abuse Luo Zhen, she was reborn, and she did a lot of injustice, obviously a greedy person who didn't know how to cherish!

There are too many female guests, arranged in three halls for refreshments, Jinxiu first approached the flower hall on the right, heard the laughter of the Zheng family, and the voice of the Ruan family, thinking that the people of Jiafu had already come, there was Ruan's aunt here, and the Zheng family was here, and it was not too late to come again.

Then I turned around and went to the small hall on the left, and when I walked in the door, I saw the two daughters-in-law of the Duchess of Ningguo and the seven or eight young grandmothers in their early twenties sitting together, talking and laughing, this is to help themselves entertain guests, on the other side are more than ten * years old to fifteen or sixteen years old little girls, also talking about something, one by one is serious, is talking is the third lady of the Ningguo Mansion Xu Yuting, she is the young daughter of the Duchess of Ningguo, just after the end of the year, tall, beautiful and dignified facial features, looking demure and gentle, But there are not too many boudoir women who are shy, I think it is because they often follow the Duchess to go out to banquets and see the usual scenes.

Jinxiu's heart warmed: Duchess Ningguo's mother and daughter were guests, but they were tired of themselves at this time.

Look at the juice drinks and snacks on the table have been eaten in all directions, Jinxiu signaled to the fragrant tea and then give the ladies some appetizing treasures of preserved fruits, the snacks will not be served, and the banquet will be held soon, don't eat too much dim sum, how good can you eat the food on the table at a time.

Jinxiu sat down next to Xu Yuting, laughed with the girls, and then went to the table of the young grandmothers to socialize one or two, Xu San's grandmother held her arm and said: "These sisters are close to each other on weekdays, just get to know each other, I know that you are busy today, let's find time to chat another day, and hurry up where you want to go." ”

Other young grandmothers and young ladies also expressed their understanding and urged her one after another: "Whose banquet guests are not so busy before and after?" Leave us alone, we can take care of it ourselves, it's good! Go for it! ”

Splendid was polite, and then walked out of the small side hall and went to the flower hall on the right.

The right flower hall is also full of people, Zheng is still here, seeing that Jinxiu is coming, he will lead her to meet with the guests one by one, there are elders with it is really trouble-free, no need to detour immediately to separate each other's generation, what kind of relationship they belong to, and the same, I don't know if it is a benefit or what, saving a lot of tongue - basically Zheng is talking, Jinxiu except for saluting, answering a sentence or two, there is nothing for her!

I feel that I have returned to the Chengguo Mansion, the Zheng family is the housewife, and she Feng Jinxiu is just an ignorant little daughter-in-law.

In front of many guests, of course, Jinxiu would not show anything, so she followed Zheng around gently and obediently, and came to Ruan, who put her down and walked away.

Ruan Shi took Jinxiu's hand, pointed out to her to know a few ladies sitting in the same seat, and asked her if she was tired, and several ladies also pitifully let her sit and take a breath, drink a cup of tea, Jinxiu smiled and thanked her, just said a few words to everyone, heard the faint sound of dispute in the small room separated by the openwork door, so he turned his head to look over.

Ruan Shi said softly: "There are a few girls sitting there, just now when we came to meet the two young ladies of the Chengguo Mansion also happened to pass by, your aunt pulled them in to greet the girls, I don't know what is going on, from time to time there is a few noises, and there are also adults who have gone in to see, and it seems that there is nothing wrong." But it's not always like that, your cousin Hui and the third lady of the Chengguo Mansion don't have a good deal, so I'm worried that they will really quarrel...... Why don't you take a look? ”

Jinxiu nodded, got up and walked to the cubicle.

Jia Hui and Luo Yan are not right? These two are also enemies!

The reason, naturally, is because of Luo Zhen!

When Luo Zhen returned to the capital, he was given the title of marquis, the imperial palace and the grange, and he should have set up wine in the Hou Mansion to celebrate, but Chengguo Gong did not allow it, and insisted on setting up a banquet in Chengguo Mansion to entertain guests, Jia Mansion was no one, Jia Ting was sick and lying in bed and couldn't move, only Ruan's family led Jia Yu, who was fourteen or fifteen years old and weak, and Jia Hui, a little girl in her early tens, to the banquet. teamed up with a few friends to trick Jia Hui to the garden lake, and then pushed her down the lake, who knew that Jia Hui was not so weak and deceitful, she grabbed Luo Yan with her backhand, and the two fell into the lake at the same time, struggling, Jia Hui desperately pushed away Luo Yan who stepped on her and ran to the water, Luo Yan paddled with both hands and floated to the center of the lake, getting farther and farther away from the shore, but Jia Hui hugged a piece of dry wood thrown into the water by the servant who heard the news and rowed to the shore.

At that time, Luo Zhen was talking in the pavilion on the other side with a few young masters who had played together in the old days, and when they heard the report, seven or eight people ran over, Luo Zhen only glanced at Luo Yan, who was about to sink, and then squatted down and stretched out his hand to slip his cousin Jia Huiti ashore, and when he rescued his cousin, another man who knew how to water had jumped into the lake and fished Luo Yan up! (To be continued.) )