Chapter Seventy-Six: Apathy
h2> However, after understanding the key, her heart also became nervous: "What should I do now, if the old lady asks and they say that I am going to ask them for money, then the old lady will ...... No, I'm going to get them away! ”
"Madam, it's impossible to drive them away, because ......," Mama said briefly what happened at the gate of the White Mansion, "If you go and drive people away like this, then the Nine Emperor Princes and the rest of the guests will disappear from the Second Master's family, how will they guess!" ”
"What then? Is it because of their self-righteousness that the old lady blames me? And the master, you also know that he usually looks very respectful of me, and he doesn't value me at all in his heart, so he has been waiting to catch my mistakes for a long time, and count me down in a good name! Bai Zhang anxiously spun in place.
Mama secretly thought that she was not too stupid, at least these things were still transparent, that is, the brain was a tendon to the end, and she would not turn, so sometimes she relied on her own will, if it weren't for her words to help her, she didn't know what kind of cold she would have ended.
"My aunt, don't forget jì, you received the order of the old lady and went to the second master's house with the third lady!" Mama said vaguely.
"Of course I remember that I was with my third brother and daughter-in-law...... Yes! Yes, I was ordered by the old lady, but I didn't make my own decisions! Bai Zhang finally turned the corner, and immediately changed to a smug smile and said, "Hahaha! Okay, Mama, I know how to do it! However, you also have to give me a good look at the two stinky children of the second family, one is stupid to death, and the other is shrewd like a ghost, but you can't let them run around and ruin the reputation of our Baifu! ”
"Yes! The old slave knows! A gleam appeared in Mama's eyes.
Although she didn't accompany her master to Bai Erye's house, she knew everything that happened on the side of the moat on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, and she was already unhappy in her heart, and she was looking for a chance to meet that family and see what kind of powerful method it was!
The master and servant here chased in the direction where everyone left, and the Bai Qingshuang family had already followed the leading Nine Emperor Prince Xu Jingxuan and others into the Shoutang.
The longevity hall of Baifu is located in the main hall of the outer courtyard, and the passage leading to the main hall is paved with a red carpet, which is joyful and slightly luxurious, but the pine bonsai that symbolizes longevity is almost the same size and height arranged on both sides, so that this luxury has faded a lot, and it can be seen that the people who arrange it are still extremely attentive.
In the main hall, the entire hall was also covered with a red carpet.
In front of a pair of Magu He Shou picture hung high, surrounded by various fonts of longevity, the font is different, the handwriting is also different, there are vigorous and powerful, there are also delicate and meticulous, and there are immature and not deep roots, it can be seen that it is not from the same person's hand, it is about the handwriting of all the descendants of the Bai family.
On both sides of a pair of birthday couplets, the upper one is "Meizhu Ping An Spring is full", the lower one is "Chun Xuan Changmao Shou Yuan Chang", and the horizontal batch is "Shoubi Nanshan".
The pen walks the dragon, vigorous and powerful.
Below is a table of eight immortals covered with red silk, and on the table are shou peach and incense table. There is a circle-backed square chair on each side of the table, and on the left sits an old man with a red face and an elegant bearing, who is the patriarch of today's old birthday star Bai family, and the old man Bai who is known as the head of the four Confucianism in Beijing!
Old Man Bai didn't show that Long Zhong's eyes frowned slightly when he saw Xu Jingxuan who was coming towards the main hall, but although he had some disgust for this famous prince in the capital, he didn't dare to slack off, stood up, and quickly greeted him.
Seeing this, some relatives and friends who came early also immediately followed the old man to greet him, and then knelt down in front of Xu Jingxuan.
"Sir, please get up!" Xu Jingxuan stood still, let out a voice, and his hands were also weak, and he said to everyone, "Everyone, please get up too!" ”
Bai Qingshuang, who followed and "squatted" again, looked at him pretending to be gentle and pretending, and secretly disgusted, I really couldn't see that this kid was really a little intimidating when he was posing with the royal score.
If she hadn't known that this kid's standard was Jin Yuqi's outward defeat, she would have really been deceived by him.
Of course, there are many people who have the same idea as her, after all, the Nine Emperors are unruly, unruly and perverse and changeable personalities are known to everyone.
What's more, these people who came to the birthday banquet of Old Man Bai were all Confucian scholars who boasted of being high and disdained to be in the company of officials and businessmen.
Too lazy to look at the stinky boy's hypocrisy, Bai Qingshuang looked at the old man Bai who had already gotten up.
The old man's face was full of red light, although his temples were frosty white, but his eyes were bright, and he couldn't tell that he was already a year.
Today, he is wearing a navy blue Confucian robe, with a thin ribbon simply tied around his waist, and the tassels on the ribbon hang lightly, simple and gentle.
has been immersed in poetry and songs all year round, so that the old man has an otherworldly bearing.
It's just a pity, there is still an imperceptible snobbery in those bright eyes, otherwise, Bai Qingshuang can't help but give this old man a thumbs up.
Just when Bai Qingshuang was looking at the old man, the group had already surrounded Xu Jingxuan and approached the longevity hall, and a eunuch was reading out the birthday greetings given by the emperor, and also reported the gifts given by the emperor one by one.
Then it was nothing more than a kowtow thanksgiving, and then the congratulations of relatives and friends, chattering and chattering approaching the end of the day, and the old man Bai invited the Nine Emperors to sit at the table under Bai Zhigao's reminder.
Originally, the Bai family was not prepared to send someone to celebrate his birthday, so the main table was originally arranged for the old man to sit with the elders of the clan and a few friends of his generation.
But because of Xu Jingxuan's arrival, he naturally quickly rearranged the seat.
Xu Jingxuan alone occupied the entire main table, and Old Man Bai and the others could only sit down at the second table.
From beginning to end, the old man didn't seem to notice Bai Zhihong's family at all, and no one came to greet them to sit down, and the people of Bai Mansion seemed to have aspirations together, as if they didn't see their family, and when they encountered obstacles, they implied that they were in the way.
What is the situation, even if Bai Qingshuang does not break it, Bai Zhihong and Bai Yao also understand, they did not invite them to the birthday banquet at all.
Therefore, when an additional chairman was ceded, the subordinates cleverly added an extra seat, and there was no place for Bai Zhihong's family.
Completely squeezed out of the door of the banquet hall, the four of them stood in the sight of relatives and friends who had already been seated.
"Huh? Isn't that the second family? A relative recognized Bai Zhihong and immediately whispered to the people around him, "Aren't they kicked out of the house by the old man?" How can you allow you to come back today? ”
"Do you look like you're allowed to come back? I think their family heard about the old man's birthday and wanted to come back to do their best, but obviously no one appreciated it! Another person responded in a low voice, but he had a little sympathy for Bai Zhihong's family. But they belong to the side branch of the Bai family, and they do not have any right to dispose of the family affairs of the main family.
The person who spoke before couldn't help but sigh, quickly retracted his gaze, and pretended not to see the embarrassed family.
On the other side, in the separated women's house, someone also saw the situation here, and a woman and the person next to her bit their ears and said: "What kind of wind did he smoke today, and he actually brought that unlucky fool here, didn't this touch the old man's moldy head?" ”
"You don't care who he touches, as long as he doesn't touch ours!" The woman next to her giggled, wishing that the lord's house was not peaceful.
Seeing that his family seemed to treat them as invisible beings, and no one came to say hello, Bai Zhihong's heart instantly cooled, and he looked in the direction of Old Man Bai with a little longing, but the other party didn't even raise his eyelids and just talked to a few people at the same table.
"Dad, mother! Let's go! Bai Qingshuang looked at the sad Bai Zhihong and the sad Bai Yao, and Bai Qingfeng, who had begun to drool when he smelled the aroma of the vegetables, and was unwilling to stay and become a pitiful worm in the eyes of others, or a disgusted Cunzài.
She actually didn't feel it, because she was not from this dynasty, and she didn't have any feelings for the Baifu, so she didn't care about the family's disregard for her at all.
But Bai Zhihong and Bai Yao are different, they came with hope, and carefully prepared gifts, and carefully checked themselves, thinking that they could finally be reunited with their relatives.
However, she didn't expect to encounter such a cold violence that was completely ignored, and how depressed and sad their mood was, which she probably couldn't understand.
Therefore, at this time, whatever words of consolation she said were pale and weak, so she had to propose to leave.
Bai Zhihong's whole body trembled slightly, his expectant eyes gradually dimmed, and looking at his wife and children who were humiliated with him, his heart was even more uncomfortable like a knife.
He hates! He really hated it! If they really forgot about them completely, why bother to go to their house to ask for money, and why bother to tell them about their old man's birthday?
And what he hates even more is himself, self-righteous thinking that he has been forgiven by everyone in the family, and he is complacent and does not analyze his father's indifference and sibling affection, so he is overjoyed to take the family to humiliate himself.
This home will never be their family's home! Never! R1152