Everyone was chatting, Jiang Siyan led people in, and the women collectively stood up to greet them, and they sat down after another salute.

Yan Xiaoyue nodded at the silver bottle standing aside, Ziqing Ziyi took four little maids to serve food to everyone with a tray, after the dishes were served, Yan Xiaoyue pointed to the two dishes and introduced, "Let's try the appetizers first, cucumber mixed with crab meat, hibiscus crab bucket." ”

And picked up the wine jug on the table, starting with Old Man Jiang, and poured a glass of wine for everyone, "This is my own rice wine, soaked with chrysanthemums, everyone also tastes, how about this wine." ”

When pouring wine for the three aunts, they were so frightened that they hurriedly stood up, and they didn't dare to be presumptuous, so they had no choice but to hand the wine to the maid behind the aunt.

"Yueniang also sit down, just leave these things to the next person." Jiang Ruan was very satisfied with Yan Xiaoyue's move, and was happy to give her face.

Yan Xiaoyue sat under Jiang Siyan, Jiang Siyan looked at Xiaoyue dotingly, stood up and raised a glass to the two old men, "Grandson toasts grandfather and grandmother, I wish the second elder good health." With that, he drank a full glass.

Jiang Ruan smiled deeply, "Drink slowly, be careful if you're drunk!" ”

Next, there are two hairy crabs on the table per person, one male and one female, the female crab is yellow and fragrant, and the male crab is sweet and attractive, how to look at how delicious.

Jiang Ruan asked, "Is this a lake crab?" It's rare to see something that big. ”

"Exactly! The ones selected from the granddaughter-in-law Zhuangzi are all good. ”

"In previous years, the eldest princess always sent two boxes of lake crabs from the eldest princess's mansion, which was already good. But it's not that big. ”

"Mother is right, in previous years, at this time, I didn't always eat lake crabs sent from the eldest princess's mansion. This year, I'm afraid that the eldest princess knew that there was something in the house, so she didn't send it, right? The second lady, Jiang Wei, took over.

"It's nonsense again, how did the eldest princess know that there were crabs in the house? Look at what you said as if there is a shortage of crabs in the house, this thing is very cold, and it is not easy to eat more. ”

"What my grandmother said was that this crab should be eaten once or twice a year to satisfy its cravings. Besides, the eldest princess is afraid that she really knows that there are crabs in the house this year, so she won't give them to us. ”

As soon as Yan Xiaoyue said, everyone was stunned, and Jiang Siyao took the lead in asking. "Sister-in-law. Why is that? ”

"There are not many such high-quality crabs in the imperial city, it just so happens that I raise a lot of them in my village, and I have to sell a lot of them every year, and they are just right. The eldest princess's mansion is the biggest buyer. ”

Talk about it. I have to start with the internal supervisor I met in the preserved fruit shop "Come Again". At first, I thought it was sent by a lady in the palace, but after getting acquainted with each other, the father-in-law revealed his identity. It turns out that the eldest princess loves to eat fresh fruits, and she has always been popular, so she often sends people to send some fresh and rare things to the palace masters.

Since I knew that "I would come again", I asked my father-in-law to buy some back, and I sent a carriage to buy it in Zhuangzi during the New Year's holidays, which is a big customer of Yuehuazhuang. Every year, I have to buy more than a dozen boxes of crabs, but I didn't expect two more boxes to be sent to Jiangfu.

Originally, Yan Xiaoyue didn't know about it, but after the ceremony, Zhaocai carefully introduced several big customers of Yuehuazhuang to her, and the eldest princess was the first.

"Haha, I see. Then this year, I won't be able to eat the crabs sent by the eldest princess. ”

Jiang Ruan also smiled after listening to what the second lady said, but the smile on the corner of his mouth deepened, in previous years, the eldest princess sent crabs over, although there was a return gift in the house, but I always felt that I owed the eldest princess a favor, and now I don't need the eldest princess to send it, my heart seems to be blocked, who made them always secretly more energetic when they were young.

The atmosphere gradually improved, everyone began to toast each other, and even the three aunts were not so restrained.

At this time, Yan Xiaoyue thought that it would be more perfect if there was singing and dancing, but it was a pity that except for a few princely mansions, there were few servants in the mansion, and most of the people invited from outside were opera troupes.

This is probably also related to the upbringing of women in this era, and most of the women in the family, even if they are concubines, have a skill, either they can play or dance, and they will compete to perform at the party, so naturally they don't need to invite people from outside.

"This is a hot crab soup and gourd five-grain rice, pat it before eating, so that the crab soup and the grains are fully mixed, and the taste will be better." Yan Xiaoyue pointed to the dishes and asked the silver bottle to demonstrate.

After opening it, Jiang Siyao tasted the spoons and said with a smile: "The taste of this dish is really good, and the appearance is also very strange, sister-in-law, why do you always have so many unexpected things in your head?" ”

Yan Xiaoyue said with a smile: "What's this, as the saying goes, it's better to read thousands of books than to travel thousands of miles, and the more you read, the more you know." ”

"It is better to read 10,000 books than to travel a thousand miles. Well, that makes sense. Jiang Zhongxian, who had been silent during the banquet, said the first sentence of the day, expressing his approval of what he said.

Jiang Ruan swallowed the food in his mouth and smiled at Master Jiang: "It's just that Master, your words sound reasonable, but it is difficult to realize, how many women can travel thousands of miles?" There is only one who has no one to control and does not understand the law. ”

The smile on Yan Xiaoyue's face remained unchanged, although Mrs. Jiang's words were not good, but she couldn't have said it more correctly, if she hadn't had adventures, if she hadn't had no father, no mother, and no elders, she would never dare to cross the South Seas, and she wouldn't have had that opportunity to go out. Although Yang Mocheng was opposed at that time, after all, Yang Mocheng was not good at words, so in the end, Yan Xiaoyue could do it, and he did it without restraint.

"Grandmother's words are true, there are really few women in the Great Zhou Dynasty who can travel around like Yueniang, and few women can have her knowledge and courage, these are the unique side of Yueniang. If the little ladies in the imperial city are like her, then the grandchildren will not have to be her. Although Yan Xiaoyue did not object to Jiang Ruan's words, Jiang Siyan was uncomfortable listening to them.

As soon as Mrs. Jiang heard Jiang Siyan's words, her face turned cold, and she put the spoon in her hand on the plate hard, and with a "bang" sound, everyone calmed down and slowly stopped the spoon in her hand.

"Xianggong is really, why are you saying these things for no reason? Xiaoyue used to have no parents to control her, but now she doesn't have elders? Grandmother is kind and willing to teach Satsuki, that's Satsuki's blessing, and it's too late for Satsuki to thank her. Yan Xiaoyue glanced at Jiang Siyan, why did this person say those things, although he took care of her, but for the sake of a sentence, he offended Jiang Ruan's family and stiffened the banquet she organized for the first time, how cost-effective it was.

Then he picked up the wine jug and walked up to Jiang Ruan, "Grandmother, Xianggong was brought up by you, and you know his temperament best, the more acquaintances he has, the more he has no scruples, revealing his true temperament, he is actually a pretending fake face on weekdays, and his granddaughter-in-law just let him deceive." Therefore, you can't be angry with him, come, drink this wine, treat it as a granddaughter-in-law, and make amends for you here. (To be continued.) )