Chapter 3: Hurt Zhongyong
After lying in Mrs. Shen's arms for a while, Sister Hui and Sister Ru came to pull Xu Qirong to turn over the flower rope together.
Sister Hui smiled and said: "Just now, the third sister and I have figured out a new way to turn the flower rope, Sister Rong, come quickly, we will teach you." Surely no one else will do this! β
Old Lady Shen let go of her hand and said to Xu Qirong: "You sisters are having fun, don't quarrel!" β
Sister Ru also ran over and took Mrs. Shen's hand and coquettishly said: "Old ancestor, this is burying me and my fourth sister, we are older than Sister Rong, wouldn't it be bullying the weak if we quarrel again?" β
Old Mrs. Shen was amused: "I have never seen anyone more neat than you, and you know the four words of bullying the weak!" β
Xu Qirong pursed his lips and smiled on the side, it could be seen that in the Shen family, the old lady really loves her grandchildren, and the sisters are really sisters.
Sister Hui pulled Xu Qirong to her side, and said to Xu Qirong: "Later, my third sister and I will also have lunch here with our ancestors, and after eating, we won't go back, let's go to the warm couch to take a nap together, and we can talk together." β
Shen He listened to it on the side, and said busily: "Sister Rong is weak, you don't sleep honestly, it's not a joke to let her catch a cold!" β
Sister Hui smiled and said: "What are you afraid of, there are maids guarding on the left and right, and Sister Rong can never be covered by a quilt!" β
Shen He had nothing to say.
Sister Hui and Sister Ru pulled Xu Qirong to turn over the flower rope on the side, although Xu Qirong no longer loves this child's things, but enjoying this atmosphere of sisterly friendship, she really learned to turn the flower rope with Sister Hui and Sister Ru seriously, but her ears listened to Mrs. Shen talking to Brother He.
Shen He helped Mrs. Shen beat her legs while complaining: "The Hua family is a junior this time, the same age as the eldest brother, and a nephew who is about the same age as Sister Rong. I heard that Hua Gongzi is very capable, has passed the township test, and is the leader of our Yangzhou City. My mother asked my father to take me to see and learn from other people's demeanor, but my father said that I was stupid, and it was better to stay at home. β
Old Mrs. Shen was surprised: "Your father really said that?" β
Shen He nodded straightly: "Ancestor, where do you think your grandson is stupid?" My grandson just doesn't like to read, and Mr. Tan praised me for my quick thinking before! β
Old Mrs. Shen didn't listen to Shen He's provocation: "Your father is a safe one, he is unwilling to take you to see that Hua Gongzi, probably because that Hua Gongzi has a problem." Although I don't go out, I also heard that the Hua family moved to Yangzhou from Jinzhou, and that Hua Gongzi is so capable, why didn't he go to Xijing to settle down? β
Sister Hui is turning over the flower rope here, and her ears are also listening to the two of them talking, she has a fast mouth, and she has always been short, hearing this, she immediately said: "What is the township test, I heard my mother say, there is a prodigy in Xuzhou, who passed the township test when he was nine years old, and he is also the leader of Xuzhou, guess what?" β
Shen He subconsciously asked, "What's the matter?" β
Sister Hui said with a smile: "In the next few years, every time he participated in the examination, he fell to Sun Shan, until he was twenty-one years old, and he got a fellow jinshi!" β
As soon as these words came out, Mrs. Shen sighed: "I really can't imagine that it is better to take a fellow jinshi than to fall into Sun Mountain!" β
Sister Hui nodded: "My mother said the same thing." β
So everyone stopped mentioning the matter of Hua Gongzi and talked about something else. Xu Qirong pondered carefully, the Hua Gongzi in Brother He'er's mouth, if he really has achievements in the future, it must be famous, and the county lord of Jiaren, who is good friends with him, likes to hear some stories of talented people from her brother to tell herself, but she has never heard her mention a person surnamed Hua.
Could it be that this Hua Gongzi will really be unknown to everyone in the future?
As he was talking, he saw a little maid shouting through the curtain: "The eldest wife, the second wife, the third wife, and the eldest grandmother are here." β
Then I saw a group of people coming in to salute Mrs. Shen, and after the salute, the eldest lady He asked: "Ancestor, it's time to eat, the food is cold fast in this winter, how about eating a hot pot today?" β
Mrs. Shen smiled and said, "It's been this hour, you still come to ask me what to do, do you say that I don't want to eat hot pot, you can still stir-fry vegetables for me now?" β
The eldest grandmother Jin smiled and said: "I can't blame my mother, yesterday the ancestor said that he wanted to eat hot tofu!" If the ancestor doesn't want to eat at this time, I will personally cook and stir-fry for you. β
Old Mrs. Shen sighed: "You monkey, are you afraid that your mother-in-law will be wronged?" Since it is a hot pot, it is placed in the Songhe Hall, which is spacious. Set up two pots, Brother He and Sister Rong will eat one pot with me, and Jin will take Sister Hui and Sister Ru to eat one pot. β
Then he said to He, Liu, and Chen: "You can go down and eat a hot meal, there are maids and women, and you don't need to set rules to serve." β
Everyone replied yes, but the Liu family said: "Brother He'er follows the old ancestor, the second master is going to eat out today, and the daughter-in-law is boring to eat alone, otherwise the old ancestor will also reward the daughter-in-law to eat hot pot with him?" β
Old Lady Shen said: "In this case, then you can follow the Jin family and Sister Hui and Sister Ru to eat a pot." β
The group got up and went to Songhe Hall, Sister Hui saw that Xu Qirong was wearing clogs, and she also shouted to find clogs to put on, the three sisters followed Mrs. Shen hand in hand, and Shen He stood behind the three sisters, for fear that they would fall.
When they arrived at Songhe Hall, the eldest lady and the third lady helped Zhang Luo, and then they retreated, and before leaving, they specially told the maids and daughters-in-law to be careful not to burn the sisters.
Especially when Xu Qirong was still young, He Shi took Xu Qirong's hand and said: "What do you want to eat, you want the maid to burn you, don't do it yourself, it's not fun to burn the scar." β
Xu Qirong nodded obediently.
He said: "There are chicken feet you like to eat, all of them have been boneless, if the maids are not good, call your third cousin to serve you to eat." β
Xu Qirong was happy: "Auntie, the third cousin still needs someone to serve her!" β
Everyone laughed when they heard this, and Shen Yaru herself followed suit.
In winter, it is the most suitable to eat a hot pot, it is warm, delicious, and you can eat whatever you want. Xu Qirong remembered that he had never eaten a hot pot when he was in the Xu family, the Xu family talked about the rules, and even eating was a big set of rules, like this, it was unruly for the old and young to eat hot pot together.
Xu Qirong felt that this way of eating was very novel and warm.
Old Mrs. Shen turned her head and asked Ruizhu, the big girl behind her, to get a smock for everyone to wear, so as not to smell the clothes.
Xu Qirong suddenly remembered his previous words, and asked Shen He in a low voice: "Second cousin, what is the name of that Hua Gongzi?" β
Shen He saw that Xu Qirong was curious, and hurriedly said: "It's called Hua Yude, sister Rong, could it be that you have heard of it before?" β
Xu Qirong shook his head: "Where have I heard that you said that he is the same age as his eldest cousin, but he is also married?" β
If it was a different person, Xu Qirong wouldn't dare to inquire like this. Shen He didn't feel anything wrong at all, and replied, "I heard that there is a fiancΓ©e." Their Hua family is really strange, they are obviously scholars, and they want to do business with this. To say that Hua Yude is indeed a successful person, but such a person came to manage the general affairs, and it was also ruined. β
Yes, no matter which family has a talent like Hua Yude, it is all good and good-natured, and it is a pity to manage general affairs, and I don't know what the Hua family thinks!
Could it be that Xu Qirong was taken aback by his thoughts, could it be that this Hua family has something to do with Hua Weijing's Hua family? There are not many people with the surname Hua in the world, and this is not impossible.
Hua Weijing's Hua family is also famous in the capital, maybe this Hua family is one of the side branches of the Hua family.
Xu Qirong felt that something had been ignored by himself.
Just as he was about to think about it, Yu Qiu came to serve him and put on his coat, and Mrs. Shen smiled: "It doesn't matter if you don't wear it, you just go back and change your clothes after eating, but you three monkeys said that you were going to play on my warm couch, so I can't help you." β
As soon as Xu Qirong looked up, he saw Sister Hui and Sister Ru smiling at her, and she couldn't help but laugh too. After such a distraction, I forgot what I was thinking just now.
The Shen family is not as particular about eating as the Xu family, and there are rules for a few dishes at a meal. Eating hot pot here, Xu Qirong almost has whatever he wants. In addition, Yangzhou is also close to the sea, sea cucumbers, kelp, squid, and all kinds of seafood are available, which can be said to be full of fresh fragrance.
After eating, the second wife Liu took Brother He back, and the eldest grandmother Jin took Sister Hui, Sister Ru and Xu Qirong to have fun in front of the old lady, until the old lady was sleepy, and then waited for the old lady to take a nap.
As soon as Mrs. Shen slept, Sister Hui pulled Sister Ru and Xu Qirong to climb on the warm couch.
Sister Hui took off her outer coat by her personal maid, and said to Xu Qirong and Shen Yaru: "Just now I listened to the second aunt and sister-in-law talking, as if our family wants to do seafood with that Hua Gongzi, you say that Hua Gongzi is a nerd, don't affect our family to lose money, right?" β
Sister Ru was startled, and she freed her hand to cover Sister Hui'er's mouth: "You are also bold, if such words are spread, your mother will not tear your mouth apart!" β
Xu Qirong asked: "Does the Shen family really want to partner with the Hua family to make aquatic products?" Why do you want to partner with that Hua Gongzi, we are not short of money! β
The Shen family naturally will not be short of money, but they are the richest man in Yangzhou, how could they do business with a partner who has just moved in for no reason?
Sister Hui pulled Sister Ru'er's hand, glanced at Sister Ru, and said, "The second uncle's father went to talk to Hua Gongzi himself, it should be it." β
Xu Qirong made waves in her heart, and she remembered how the Shen family had fallen.
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