As soon as Yan Xiaoyue finished speaking, the atmosphere in the room seemed to be condensed.

At this time, the girl in yellow sitting on the skewer stood up and introduced, "This is Sister Yue." I'm your eldest cousin with mercy, I heard that my sister's color is excellent, and we were not convinced at first, but now I know what it means to be 'Ice and Snow Posture Flower Moon Appearance'. ”

Seeing that Mercy took the words, the old lady directly ordered: "Mercy, introduce your two cousins to other sisters." ”

Next, Yan Xiaoyue can be regarded as seeing the reproductive ability of ancient people, the eldest cousin is the daughter of the second uncle's family, and there is also a concubine who ranks seventh or ninth. The second lady and the eighth miss are the daughters of the eldest uncle's family, and the fifth, eleventh, thirteenth, and fifteenth are all concubines. The third lady is the daughter of the third uncle's family, and the fourth, sixth, tenth, twelfth, fourteenth, and sixteenth are all concubines.

This is still a girl over seven years old who went back to the old house, and she didn't come back under the age of seven, how much money do so many people get for food and clothing? No wonder except for a few concubines, the rest of the clothes and jewelry are not very good, and some of them are even not as good as Jin Hui! It seems that a big family also has to have a big business, Xiao Yue is curious about how the three masters of the Yang Mansion can support such a large family with their little money?

The dinner arrangement is very rich, Xiaoxiao, Xiaoyue and the four granddaughters accompany the old lady to eat, and the rest of the concubines eat at two tables, it can be seen from the table etiquette that the difference between the concubine and the concubine is not as big as ordinary, the posture of the concubine can be said to be elegant, chewing silently, but the concubines actually grabbed the vegetables to eat, but Yan Xiaoyue was really surprised.

It may be that Yan Xiaoyue rushed to say something that made Mrs. Xiao unhappy, or she may be sympathetic to Xiaoyue and them, and it is more likely that she was angry with the concubines, anyway, after eating, the old lady let everyone disperse early.

After a tired day, Yan Xiaoyue declined Xiao Lianxin's invitation and went back to Ziwei Pavilion with Xiaoxiao.

When she arrived in the inner room, Xiaoyue instructed Jin Ling and Jin Qiao a few words, and then they were placed.

Chinese New Year's Eve, Xiaoyue got up early in the morning and went to Rong'an Hall with Xiaoxiao to ask for peace, only a few concubines were there this morning, and everyone chatted for a while before being kicked out by the old lady.

The old lady estimated that she was unhappy, and she was listless in the morning, which caused Yang Xiao'er to pay attention to her from time to time, and then Yan Xiaoyue pulled it out.

At noon, I ate at Ziwei Pavilion, I squinted after eating something casually, and after getting up, I began to dress up with Xiao Xiao, ready to go to the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.

Xiaoyue prepared herself to wear pink and red inside, pink underwear, red brocade collared Confucian clothes, hair-free makeup brocade jacket, with a white embroidered plum blossom hidden flower skirt, red plums flashed from time to time during walking, just like a scattered flower fairy, a group of flowers. Helped Xiaoxiao prepare a pink Confucian dress with a light purple skirt, although it is a plain color and the available materials are excellent, they are the best makeup satin, dressed slim, elegant and festive.

Of course, in this way, when you attend the dinner party in the evening, you will inevitably have to be noticed by others, but this is exactly what Xiaoyue wants, only by weighing your own weight can you see clearly, this swan meat is not something that everyone can eat, tonight Yang Xiaoxiao's head-to-toe dress cost Yan Xiaoyue more than a hundred taels, just this set can be worth all the granddaughters of the Xiao family, right, glancing at the girls in the room, Xiaoyue admitted that she was a little demonic.

In the evening, everyone went to the main hall of Rong'an Hall, Xiaoyue found the feeling of holding a conference in her previous life, there were a lot of people, the girls saw sixteen yesterday, and the boys saw them today, obediently, twenty-one came, this Xiao family is a scholarly family, neither a big official nor a businessman, just some good land shops, where did all this child support come from? No wonder the old lady is in a hurry.

Yan Xiaoyue finally saw the legendary eldest cousin, who looked very upright, but his eyes were too lively.

After everyone arrived, they all moved to the Flying Snow Hall for dinner. The three sons of the Xiao family and Yang Mocheng accompanied Master Xiao to a table, a table for grandsons, and two tables for grandsons, eating on the left side of the hall, separated by a screen in the middle, and the three young grandmothers accompanied Mrs. Xiao for a table, Xiaoxiao, Xiaoyue and her daughter-in-law for one table, and two tables for her concubine.

The Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is indispensable to toast, first the three sons and daughters-in-law toast, but when the third grandmother said "four generations in the same house", the old lady was obviously unhappy. Then Yang Mocheng also toasted, and the grandchildren toasted in turn from the oldest to the youngest, and half an hour passed after a round, and the dishes on the table were cold after a few bites.

Fortunately, after toasting the cold dishes, they were taken down and re-served hot dishes and soup, when Yan Xiaoyue ate a six-layer full, Xiao Lianxin said crisply, "In previous years, the sisters have never been so together, what do you all play when you are at home, say it and we will have a good play when we hold a vigil." ”

"How can we be as lucky as our eldest sister, we can always accompany our grandmother, and we used to accompany our mother to do work, and we talked about it." The second girl said with a sour mouth.

Xiao Lianxin is also a delicate person, "Hehe, I have lived with Xiaoxiao in previous years, that is, sitting, talking, and resting very early, today I just think about so many sisters, think about having a fun and let's have fun together." ”

The third cousin also said: "Hehe, the eldest sister and grandmother often stay together and see a lot of knowledge, we will listen to you later." ”

After eating, the maids came up to clean up, and Yan Xiaoyue followed Yang Xiao'er to the next room to wash up. When I came out, I saw a few square cases arranged in long strips, on which were placed four snacks, two plates of fruit, and a cup of tea.

"Come, Xiao girl come here to sit, close to her grandmother, our grandparents are affectionate." Old Madam Xiao pointed to the first position on the right hand side and said.

"Ugh." Xiaoxiao walked over shyly.

"Big sister, you see that my grandmother has Xiaoxiao and left us all aside, and Xiaoxiao is a good granddaughter?" Satsuki quipped.

Xiao Lianxin quipped to the old lady: "Yo, old ancestor, look, Sister Xiaoyue is jealous." Then he smiled at Xiao Yue and said, "Hehe, this is the first time you have met, but we are all used to it." Grandmother, I just prefer Sister Xiao, and I wish I could keep Sister Xiao by my side! After saying mercy, everyone responded for a while.

"You two girls talk a lot, sit down." Old Madam Xiao smiled, and seemed to be quite satisfied with what Mercy had just said.

Xiao Yue sat down next to Xiaoxiao, and sat to her right with compassion.

The old lady looked at this scene and said with a smile: "Xiaoyue girl and Xiaoxiao have a very good relationship, they have to sit together." ”

"Of course, grandmother, you don't know, Xiaoxiao and I have been eating and living together for the past few months, and I am not used to sitting next to Xiaoxiao, can't I sit here?" Xiao Yue asked with a confused expression.

The old lady didn't care and said, "It's okay, we all sit casually." ”

As soon as the girls sat down, the screen opposite was taken away. Mr. Xiao and Mrs. Xiao sit on the left and right sides of due north respectively, the third son of the Xiao family and Yang Mocheng sit on the left side of the lower head, and the three daughters-in-law sit on the right side, all of whom sit facing south. Further down, the men on the left and the women on the right sit opposite each other.

Mr. Xiao stood up together, and everyone stood up, "reciting the family motto" (you can not look at the back, Yueyue's ability is limited, this is a paragraph found on Baidu, hehe)

The nobles of the king, benevolence. Those who are noble are loyal. The Father's nobles, mercy also. The noble of the son is also filial piety. Brothers' nobles, friends. The noble brother is also respectful. The noble husband is also harmonious. The nobles of women are also soft. The teacher is more expensive than courtesy, and making friends is more expensive than faith.

See the old man, respect him; See the young, love them. Those who are virtuous, although the year is lower than me, I will respect them; If you are not good, although the year is higher than me, I will be far away. Be careful not to talk about people's shortcomings, and don't talk about your own strengths. The enemy understands it with righteousness, and the complainant reports it directly, and he is at peace with what he encounters. People have small faults, tolerate and endure them; If a man has a great fault, he will be told by reason. Don't take the good as small, don't take the evil as small. If a person has evil, he will cover it; If people are good, they will be promoted.

There is no selfish enmity in the world, and there is no selfish law in governing the family. Don't harm others and benefit yourself, don't be jealous of the virtuous and jealous. Don't be angry and repay, don't be rude and harm the lives of things. Don't take ill-gotten gains, but follow what is reasonable. Poetry and books must be read, and etiquette and righteousness must be known. Children must not be taught, and child servants must not be disregarded. Sven must not be disrespectful, and adversity must not be helped. Those who keep my part, courtesy; Whoever listens to me, heaven. If man can do so, heaven will be like it. This is the way of daily use, if the clothes are for the body, and the food is for the mouth and stomach, you can't go without it for a day, but you can't be careless!