Accompanying the ladies and ladies to talk, seeing that it was lunch time, the Liu family naturally wanted to keep the meal.

"Mrs. Gu left for dinner, we shouldn't have quit, but in today's warm year, the stove can't be cold."

"Mrs. Gu, there are still things to do in the house, so I won't bother."

"Yes, yes, there are a lot of things in this New Year, and we have delayed Mrs. Gu in the morning, and we can't help it."

All the ladies and ladies resigned in unison, and none of them stayed in the Gu Mansion to eat.

Liu didn't force it, and glanced at Hongxuan, who hurriedly went out to the ward, only to see a group of small servants coming in with gift boxes in both hands, and the maids coming in with trays

"Ladies and misses, thank you very much for coming to accompany me for a morning today, this New Year's month, I want to come to every family to visit relatives, I care about the family and the population is thin, I can no longer pick your leisure time to visit one by one, so, I have prepared some New Year's gifts, bothering the ladies to appreciate their faces." As he spoke, he asked the little servants to give it to the ladies respectfully, and then said: "The young ladies are at an active age, and today they are with me, an old man, and I think it is also suffocating. Today, I also prepared some small gifts, which can be regarded as a thank you for the patience of the young ladies and accompanying them. ”

The ladies hurriedly shirked it, but Liu had already asked the maid to put the tray in front of the ladies, which was a variety of exquisite and precious hairpins, bracelets, earrings, Liu said: "I don't know what the ladies like, so I deliberately chose some more styles and patterns, the ladies don't have to be restrained, pick your favorite choice!" ”

The jewelry in this tray is definitely first-class, even if everyone here is either rich or expensive. Seeing these jewelry, I was still surprised and happy. The ladies and ladies shirked again, and when they saw Liu's repeated insistence, they happily picked what they liked.

When she arrived at Zhao Qian'er's side, Zhao Qian'er bowed to the Liu family first: "Mrs. Gu rewarded, Qian'er should resign, so I will thank Mrs. Xie for her kindness first." ”

As she spoke, Zhao Qian took out a brocade box from her sleeve cage: "Qian'er has also prepared some small thoughts, and Mrs. Xiang doesn't mind Qian'er's clumsiness." ”

This was beyond Liu's expectations, and there were many young ladies who came. But only Zhao Qian'er prepared a gift. And I heard that I still did it myself. After receiving Liu's signal, Linglong took the brocade box and handed it to Liu. Liu opened it and looked at it, and was immediately overjoyed. This Zhao Qian'er sent a tassel. Tassels are not unusual. But it is strange that the style of this tassel has the atmosphere of the former dynasty. Very generous.

"Miss Zhao San is really ingenious!" Liu's eyes were happy, and he couldn't put it down: "Come on, it's cold on the ground." Hurry up and let Miss Zhao San get up, such a well-behaved person. You can't stand the cold. ”

This time, everyone can see that this Zhao Qian'er has taken the lead among the young ladies.

Everyone hates, the people of this Zhao Mansion will inevitably be able to be people, not to mention the old one who seized the opportunity, even this little one has some thoughts.

Actually, everyone is really right, Zhao Qian'er does have a mind, because even Mrs. Zhao doesn't know about this thing. Mrs. Zhao laughed with everyone, but she was very dissatisfied with Zhao Qian'er in her heart: a girl from a concubine has such a mind, it seems that she needs to take precautions.

Seeing the displeasure hidden in Mrs. Zhao's smile, Lin Mengyao played with the bracelet on her wrist and unconsciously smiled: That is to say, this Zhao Qian'er's scheming could not have been cultivated in the Meng Mansion overnight, it should have been carried in the first place - this matter of pleasing the Liu family can be seen. It's just that this Liu family is nothing more than the woman of the first imperial merchant of Xia Huaguo, so can Zhao Qian'er put so much effort into stammering? ――It's not so easy for a girl from a concubine to get such good materials for tying the tassels.

Zhao Qian'er sat down, and the maid put the tray in front of her, and she didn't miss it, so she chose the most simple earring, wrapped it in a handkerchief, and put it away.

The ladies took the gift, the ladies were rewarded, and seeing that the sun was not early, they all took care of each other and said goodbye to the Liu family. I just didn't want to, everyone said goodbye, but Mrs. Zhao sat still with a smile, and when everyone retreated to the courtyard, she got up and said with a smile: "Sister Liu, I can't hide it, I won't go back to the ward mansion before I come today." Our mother and son stayed for dinner today with shy faces. ”

Mrs. Zhao's voice was not loud, but it was enough for everyone in the courtyard to hear it clearly. Suddenly, everyone in the courtyard looked at each other, and their steps slowed down in unison.

Not only were everyone outside stunned, but even the Liu family, who was the main family, was also stunned, and Lin Mengyao and Gu Ruyu, who were sitting with them, were also stunned. Before, the Liu family didn't count the meals, because they all knew that this was the first day of the Lunar New Year, and it was already unusual for this group of people to come to Gufu to warm the New Year, and at this moment, Mrs. Zhao still had the heart to stay on the warm stove.

However, Mrs. Zhao opened her mouth, and Liu Shi would not resign, and immediately smiled: "This is very good, I will let my subordinates arrange it." It's not too early, it's time to eat. ”

After this, everyone in the courtyard was eager to bite their tongues, obviously, this Mrs. Zhao must have a side meaning to stay, even if not, the ladies were also uneasy. People are like this, even if they know that it is useless to guard, but they are worried about missing something.

However, worry is worry, the words of resignation have been spoken, the gift has been accepted, and the person has retreated to the courtyard, where is there any reason to go back?

Everyone was unwilling to leave the Gu Mansion, walked outside the Gu Mansion, and happened to see the old men who came out, and only after this inquiry did they know that Zhao Shicheng had also left for dinner. At this point, it is not only the ladies who are unwilling in their hearts, but even those old men are also full of regret - Gu Fu will accept the meal, what can there be to lose if there is one less year to warm the year, and it is only serious to warm the hearts of the two people in Gu Mansion!

It's just that it's useless to talk too much at this time, and everyone goes home separately, all thinking about how to make up for it.

The thoughts of the old men and ladies outside the mansion, the people in the Gu Mansion didn't think about it, they were gathering guests for the banquet, and the guests of the Zhao family.

Sitting down, Zhao Shicheng took the water and wine, and confessed to Gu Mengde: "Master Gu, I will stay and disturb on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and Yu Li is very inconsistent, but Zhao is really in trouble, and he really has to pull down this old face and bother him." ”

"Yes, I heard that Gu Fu is going to his hometown to worship his ancestors after the New Year, and we don't know the exact time, and there are relatives in our own house, so I am always afraid that we will miss it, so I am bothering Mr. Gu and Mrs. Gu today." Mrs. Zhao added: "I also hope that Master Gu and Mrs. Gu will not be surprised, and be more responsible." ”

The Zhao couple was so cautious that the Gu couple looked at each other with a smile.

"Brother Zhao, you have something to do, but it doesn't matter, I care about someone who can help, and I will never shirk anything!" (To be continued......)