Chapter 14 Zhang Dutong's family happened to meet Donglang
If you really want to count it seriously, the old lady has been in seclusion for more than 20 years, first of all, the old Anguo Gong is not in good health, she naturally has to serve at home to fulfill her duty as a wife, and then the eldest son became a relative, and married a famous daughter, Anguo Mansion is housed by Mrs. Shizi, the old lady just enjoys the wealth and nobility, and then the prince unfortunately died, Li Mingwei attacked the knight, and she has Qi's foreign affairs, and the old lady is too lazy to worry about this leisure.
Now that Qi is pregnant, and it coincides with Zhang Dutong to give his old mother a birthday, this Zhang Dutong is not a bystander, when Li Mingwei was serving in the local government, he once inadvertently saved a low-level military general who committed a crime, this Zhang Deyou is a grateful person, grateful for Li Mingwei's life-saving grace, and has been thinking about repaying it. Li Mingwei saw that he was good at changing, knowing how to advance and retreat, and he was more and more willing to take care of him, and later Li Mingwei was transferred to Beijing and attacked the knight, and Zhang Deyou accumulated military merits because of the counterinsurgency, and was deeply appreciated by his superiors and was promoted to the governor.
Because the old mother of the family coincided with the 60th birthday, Zhang Deyou wanted to do his filial piety in front of the old mother and celebrate the old mother's birthday. A martial arts family like the Li family is more noble than Zhang Deyou's background in the army, but regardless of the background of the heroes, Li Mingwei and Zhang Deyou cherish each other, Zhang's mansion treats guests, and Anguo Houfu has to give this face whatever he says.
Early in the morning, Yutan and Yurong were dressed up, Yufang and Yuqin were young, so they stayed at home, the old lady looked at her granddaughter's nephrite-like appearance, and her heart was also relieved, and she thought about the eldest lady Yuxin in the house over there, this time she still refused to go out with her, the old lady was a little depressed, she could no longer imagine that the weak Liu family could be so strong and resolute, without leaving a trace of affection, the old lady couldn't help but sneer in her heart, like Liu's disregard for family affection and filial piety, ruined her own reputation, and now Li Mingwei took the title and received the official position, It was when their family became popular.
The grandson sat in the cuigai bead Huabao car, the old lady took Shen Ge'er to sit in one, Yutan and Yurong sisters sat in one, and several maids sat in a big car to follow behind, Shen Ge'er curiously lifted the curtain and looked out, saw that the car was going in the direction of Nancheng, passed by Baita Temple, and walked forward for a while, and saw a car in an alley, people and horses, a carved gate was open, and there were several mothers-in-law who welcomed guests at the door.
Mrs. Zhang heard that it was the old lady of the Hou Mansion who brought her grandchildren to come, and she was so happy to welcome her out in person, "I said that my mother-in-law is a blessed person, thanks to your old man's drive, our family is really full of brilliance, please, please." ”
Yurong heard her words very rudely, different from the ladies she had seen on weekdays, she couldn't help but pout, and she felt contempt in her heart, but Yutan didn't care, took Brother Shen'er's hand, and followed behind her grandmother.
Coming inside, Mrs. Zhang was busy and loudly introduced to the female dependents, those female relatives heard that it was the old lady of the Marquis of Anguo's mansion, and they couldn't help but look at Mrs. Zhang with envy, a few of them thought they were a little identified, so they came over to make friends, Mrs. Zhang was a little embarrassed and said, "My mother-in-law is still chanting scriptures in the Buddhist hall to accumulate blessings, so I will invite her old man to come out." ”
As he spoke, he instructed the maid to go to the Buddha hall to invite her mother-in-law, and said with a smile, "The old man is getting older, and he is becoming more and more compassionate, saying that he wants to chant sutras in front of the Buddha for 100 days and pray for his family. ”
The old lady hurriedly said, "Your mother-in-law has a heart, and there is no old man like us who is not good for his children and grandchildren." ”
The old lady has a noble status, and someone has long been flattering and talking, and she praises Brother Shen for being smart, and praises the Yutan sisters for being good-looking, the old lady sits on the top and talks to those ladies at will, Brother Shen is a child, so he follows his grandmother, and those ladies tease him to talk, Brother Shen doesn't say a word, he just refuses to speak.
The old lady had no choice but to say to him, "This kid has some recognition, and the first time he saw such a big scene, he became less courageous." ”
There was an uproar in the living room for a while, these ladies were almost all the families of military generals, different from the roundabouts of the wealthy ladies who spoke, and acted with a bit of casualness, Mrs. Shi said there, "Our lord also went to the border to make meritorious contributions, this time General Weiyuan won a big victory, and even our lord also made great contributions." ”
Mrs. Shi, the wife of a chief military officer, said that she was born familiar with the military, "It is hot now, and we are still sweating in the heat when we are sitting in the room, and the soldiers in front of us can suffer." He also exchanged experiences with Mrs. Zhang, and thought about what to bring to her husband.
The old lady has never been in contact with the circle of military generals, and now that her son has attacked the knighthood and received the military position, although he is serving in the capital, he also pays a little attention to the war ahead, so he talks with those ladies.
Brother Shen listened attentively, what they said about Weiyuan General Lu Liang had just won a battle not long ago, and now it was the time when morale was at its peak, so there was a story to tell, but it was a pity that these ladies talked for a while, and then began to talk about some trivial things about living at home.
The maids shuttled back and forth to serve wine and food, and it could be seen that for today's banquet, Mrs. Zhang made great efforts, singing "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix" on the stage, Brother Shen felt very boring, and saw Yutan and a young lady quietly going out, not even the maids around her, Brother Shen said to her grandmother that she wanted to go out to change clothes, Mrs. Zhang listened, and asked the little girl to follow, so she led Brother Shen.
Brother Shen ran outside, but he didn't see Yutan, he didn't care, just look at the layout of Zhang's mansion, the mansion of Wujin, in this capital where every inch of land is expensive, it is also very good, but it is a military official from Wupin, who can buy such a house in the capital, this General Zhang is not simple.
The front yard was full of shouting and drinking, thinking that those generals gathered together to eat and drink, the noise was endless, Brother Shen played in the courtyard for a while, did not see Yutan, and he did not want to go back to his grandmother, so he played alone in the corridor, Lamei had to guard the side with all her heart.
Brother Shen saw that there were two big water tanks in the yard, so he ran to look, the fish tank was very high, Brother Shen couldn't see it on tiptoe, Lamei hurriedly picked him up, let him see the goldfish in the tank, and talked to him, "Brother should also go in, the old lady will be anxious for a while." ”
Brother Shen knew that Lamei was worried about the drama sung in it, as a maid, what kind of entertainment was there on weekdays, Brother Shen looked around, and didn't see the second sister come back, "Then let's go in." ”
"Poof", something was thrown into the water, splashing Brother Shen'er's face, even the clothes were wet, and Lamei's body was also wet, Lamei didn't speak with good anger, "Who is so naughty?" ”
A half-old child on the tree jumped down, ran to Brother Shen'er in a few steps, and couldn't help laughing when he saw Brother Shen'er's wolf appearance, "Whose child are you?" It's so big that people still hold it, and they are not ashamed. ”
Brother Shen didn't answer and asked, "Whose child are you?" It's so old and naughty, and it's not ashamed. ”
"Oh, your little mouth is quite talkative, do you know, I've been watching you for a long time."
Brother Shen motioned for Lamei to put him down and circled around the young man, "I've been watching you for a long time." ”
turned around and took Lamei's hand, "Let's go back to the play and ignore him." ”
The young man hurriedly stopped them, "What's so good about the play, the child will play with me for a while." ”
This young man can be twelve or thirteen years old, tanned and swarthy skin, how can this half-grown boy be willing to pay attention to such a small person as him, this young man did not wait for Brother Shen to speak, so he took out the slingshot from his arms, "Do you know how to play with a slingshot?" I'll teach you to play. ”