There are a few days left until the seventh day of the sixth month, and that day is Zhou Mengya's birthday, that is, the lotus feast. Zhou Mengya asked the little maid in the family to hand over the posts to the ladies of the big families in the city, and even the people who were not very famous did not forget to fall. The post is a good gold-painted rice paper, which not only writes the names of those young ladies, but also outlines a few lotus flowers, which is very elegant and atmospheric.

I have to say that Zhou Mengya is already a beautiful lady at a young age, although she usually looks like a foodie cute, but when she encounters something, she also has the shadow of her late mother. Liu Yuanniang is the daughter of Liu Fan, the eldest family of the Liu family, although the Liu family is a declining aristocracy, but the deep-rooted background has been a good upbringing since childhood, but it is a pity that the branches and leaves of the Liu family are sparse and the second daughter of the concubine. Liu Pu, the uncle of the second room of the Liu family, went out to make a living in his early years and never came back, so before his eldest brother Liu Fan died, he also instructed his wife to find Liu Pu earlier, and also to consolidate the relationship between Liu and Zhou's two families. So after Liu Yuanniang also died, Liu Zhang, the eldest lady of the Liu family, had no choice but to marry her concubine Liu Moniang to Zhou Baida as a stepmother. And Liu Moniang's mother is just an aunt who was promoted by a maid next to Liu Zhang's side, and she is cowardly and has no opinions, but she doesn't mention it.

So this is another reason why Liu Moniang, as a stepmother, did not dare to treat the two brothers and sisters who had no mother, even so, Qin Caiyu, who came back to help this time, was still not very relieved. She is also often in contact with Xia He, the eldest girl next to Liu Zhang's side, as long as there is something unfavorable to Zhou Mengya's brothers and sisters here, she will immediately tell Xia He to let the old lady of the Liu family know, so that she can come to the Zhou family to be the nephew and niece. But now the eldest young master doesn't have to worry about it at all, but the third lady is very uneasy, although she is very smart and clever, but she can't hang up when the time comes, it will be her stepmother's Liu Mo Niang who will arrange her marriage!

Qin Caiyu's thoughts, but the other two were completely unaware, and at this moment the two were sitting at the table, studying a piece of paper on it.

"Haha, Chunyu, your idea is really good, but I don't dare to compliment you on your painting level, and the painting is not as good as when I was eight years old." Zhou Mengya said with a smile.

“…… Hey, eight years old is a bit of an exaggeration. If you can understand it, it means that it is okay. Chunyu immediately retorted that her painting level was okay, after all, she had also studied Chinese painting for two days, but unfortunately she didn't know how to use a brush.

"Okay, no jokes. Don't say it's the first time I've seen this kind of banquet, you tell me what is this called? Zhou Mengya pointed to a place on the picture and asked.

"At the self-guided food table, we set up a row of long tables here in the Orchid Pavilion, covered with exquisite tablecloths and flowers. Then everyone sits casually, and if they need to eat, they can ask their maids to go to the self-service food table to get it. In this way, everyone will not have anything cold, and the verandah railing in front of the Lan Pavilion is also arranged with a veil, which is both elegant and pleasing to the eye. Chunyu talked about arranging the banquet, and talked about it again.

"Oh, I'm looking forward to a banquet right now." Zhou Mengya said with a smile, looking yearning.

"It's only the third year of junior high school today, why are you panicking?" Chunyu said funny.

"People just can't wait!" Zhou Mengya said.

"But I can't wait to see what's delicious." Chunyu also joked that she said.

"Oh, where is it...... But what was there to eat that day? Zhou Mengya said, she still cares most about eating. Seeing her like this, Chunyu and Qin Caiyu couldn't help but laugh. Even the flowing painter on the side couldn't help but cover her mouth with a handkerchief and chuckled.

"Pre-dinner snacks: red dates, glutinous rice cakes, mung bean cakes, osmanthus cakes, cloud cakes, cookies, matcha cakes, puffs, egg tarts, candied fruits and other refreshments, as well as drinks, honey, grapefruit peel tea, mint tea, rose tea, milk tea, fruit double skin milk, sago dew, etc......." Chunyu said and looked at Zhou Mengya, who was already completely addicted, and continued with a smile: "However, those are all before meals, so they won't be hungry." At lunchtime, each person has a small pot of secret pigeon soup, a small plate of honey osmanthus yam, a plate of chicken chops and omelet rice, and a papaya stewed blood swallow. As for other xiaolongbao, soup dumplings, sauce, pig's trotters, pickled peppers, phoenix feet dipping sauce, cucumbers, crockpots, corn stewed pork ribs, etc., they are still placed on the self-pickup table, and whoever wants to eat it will take it themselves. After the meal, there are also some carved fruits, Uncle Qin invited a new carving master to Xiangnuofang, the craftsmanship is very good, our cake carving is his credit, carved fruit he is no longer talking. "It's a pity that the cattle here are more expensive than any other animals, so they didn't have a chance to taste the steak.

"Well, it's not bad that this arrangement is both novel and varied, and there is no lack of everyone's demeanor reads();." The more Qin Caiyu looks at it now, the more she feels that her niece is amazing, but she is more capable than many housewives she has ever seen.

"Yes, Chunyu, you're really amazing." It's just more and more suitable to be a virtuous helper for the big brother. Zhou Mengya said, not forgetting to think about this in her heart. And she is still silently cheering for her eldest brother in her heart, she must take Chunyu home, she is really inseparable from Chunyu more and more...... It's delicious!

"Where, I just think about it." Chunyu is rarely modest, and after saying that, she found that she seemed to be more stinky when she said this.

However, the two of them didn't pay attention to this, and just talked together about some things that needed to be paid attention to at the banquet.

Later, just when Chunyu and Qin Caiyu were about to say goodbye, the other two young ladies of the Zhou family, the second miss Zhou Mengchan and the fourth miss Zhou Mengjuan came. In addition to bringing the gift to Zhou Mengya first, the two of them also wanted to ask if there was anything they needed help with.

Zhou Mengchan gave a set of assorted dolls, made of rosewood and pinched with colorful noodles, a total of three pairs of large dolls with small dolls, very delicate and cute, which was brought back by her aunt's uncle when he was doing business in the south. She knows her third sister's hobbies very well, and is always interested in all the good food and fun. Sure enough, Zhou Mengya likes it very much, and she can't put it down when she gets it.

On the contrary, Zhou Mengjuan gave a set of luxurious but old-fashioned gold head noodles, exquisite workmanship, golden hairpins, and gold lilac earrings. I'm afraid that this set will be topped with three or four sets of assorted dolls, but Zhou Mengya, as the daughter of the family, is missing these things. However, Zhou Mengya didn't come out, and still accepted it with a smile.

"Oh, second sister, didn't you say that you want the two of us to send the same thing to the third sister, how did you change your attention and take out such a thing that is not on the table. But the monthly case is too small, why don't I go back and tell my mother to give you a little more? Zhou Mengjuan didn't see anything, she just saw what her second sister took out, and said sarcastically with disdain.

"......" Zhou Mengchan didn't expect the fourth sister to say this brainlessly, and she didn't know what to say for a while, so she had to pretend not to understand. She deliberately revealed to the fourth sister before that she would send valuable money to the third sister if she wanted to send it, who knew that Zhou Mengjuan did it without thinking about it, and now she said it.

"I like the gifts from the second sister and the fourth sister, thank you for your trouble." Zhou Mengya was afraid that the two would quarrel again, so she interrupted with a smile. She really didn't bother to pay attention to the affairs of the two, anyway, as long as she didn't mess with her, it was easy to say.

As for the lotus banquet a few days later, she doesn't have to worry, her two sisters are really able to pretend in front of outsiders, not to mention quarreling, even if you say a word, there is a lot of sisterly love, in the eyes of outsiders, this Zhou family is really worthy of being a famous family, and the daughters of the Zhou family are also ladies.

Then the two sat down for a while, and then went back to their own courtyards.

Chunyu and Qin Caiyu also left the Zhou Mansion, and the two went to Xiangnuofang to discuss preparations such as fruit drinks needed for the lotus banquet with Uncle Qin.

In order to help in the past few days, the fourth uncle and the fourth aunt have also come to live in the county. The matter of the snack bar Qingxing and Zhang Huzi brothers and sisters have been completely started, and the three of them are all real people, and they are all good at work, and Chunyu doesn't have to worry about it at all now. Moreover, when sister-in-law Liu Zhi came to see off Li Wujun and his wife a few days ago, she returned to Shanpu Village with her eldest brother.

In addition to helping the snack bar, Li Wujun also went with Ma Dong most of the time, and asked Ma Dong to help find out if there was a suitable cheap shop in Xicheng, and he wanted to open a furniture store. This is also a branch of the shop he opened with the master, but he doesn't want the master to let the master out of the money for opening a store in the city, but he will still give the master dividends at that time, and it is also to repay the teaching of his master Guo Carpenter. He also discussed this matter with Qin Caiyu, Qin Caiyu agreed, and said that she still had a lot of money in her hand to open a store for him. Li Wujun shirked it, but he was still very moved.