Chapter 107: Before the Family Feast

Changsheng was a little uneasy, and he didn't talk about adults at the family banquet. There are six children of all sizes, can Jinshu, who rarely goes through this kind of occasion, adapt to it? She is now gradually emerging from her self-isolation, trying to make contact with people she knows more well, retracting at the slightest blow, and probably closing herself off again.

She hadn't seen Xie Mingzhu, and she didn't know what kind of person she was, but she only heard Aunt Tai say that she was very smart and capable, and she was similar to the old lady's personality, which was reassuring, this kind of person was very good at getting into trouble, at least she wouldn't embarrass people in person.

There was already a second lady Jin Shu who was quite scared at the family banquet, and she couldn't be the other person she was afraid of, and I didn't know if the second master would attend the family banquet in the Ming and Qing dynasties, let alone what kind of person he was, but the six children were there. Just now, Lin Xinhui has already said that Jinwen, the eldest son of the second room, once scared Jinshu, so that she didn't even want the old lady to go anywhere, and Xie Mingzhu's three and a half children, how would they treat Jinshu?

But the aunt and grandmother of the Xie family, who have a prominent status, came forward to invite, how could Xiao Jinshu not go? Why don't you go? Even if you can shirk it, how can you rest assured that Jinshu will go alone?

Look at the more leaks. There is still nearly an hour before the dinner, and someone must have informed Aunt Tai that she has probably arranged for someone to freshen up and change Jinshu, and this should be idle. He instructed Zihu: "You wait in the house, I'll go to the East Cross Courtyard and ask Aunt Tai a few words and come back, and I'll come back when the eldest lady is freshened up!" ”

Zihu nodded, and asked again: "Then the girl doesn't groom up, right?" Why don't you take a shower and change your clothes first? I'm going to pass hot water? Don't delay. ”

Changsheng chuckled and shook his head: "I'll go to my aunt to ask questions first, and I'll come back to freshen up, changing clothes is a must, this dress is a little wrinkled, but there is no need to bathe, I just bathed yesterday, and now it's a cold day, just wash your face and comb your hair again." ”

Walking out of the yard, there was no moon in the starry sky, and I remembered that it was the end of the month, the first month was about to end, and it would soon be early spring February.

It's not that she doesn't like bathing, but at the family banquet at night, she is a supporting role, a supporting role who went to take care of Jinshu. Although I dare not say that it is the role of Lu Nanniang, because she is a minion who is not qualified to sit at all, she can only stand next to Jinshu, although she is qualified to sit as Mr. Xixi, but the role is the same, all to take care of Jinshu.

It's like in a play. She is a trickster, she is a supporting role, and she is not the protagonist. If so, why is it so grand? Just change into a similar outfit and freshen up a little as a sign of respect.

When she came to the East Cross Courtyard, the aunt was sitting on the pestle with her eyes closed, Xiu'er was pinching her shoulders, and Ling'er was beating her legs, looking like a master and servant were happy, as if the two girls were loyal servants to the lord.

She admired her aunt even more in her heart, to be able to reach this realm, she needed not only tolerance, but also wisdom, wisdom that could tolerate her and not be hurt by her. She also knew how to deal with such people.

Aunt Tai didn't feel strange when she saw that it was Changsheng, she smiled and stood up and blessed each other.

Changsheng is no longer as taboo about Xiu'er as before, because she knows that Aunt Tai must have a way to deal with it. After sitting down, he said directly: "I guess my aunt knows about the banquet held in the house in the evening to catch the wind for my aunt?" Can my aunt go? ”

She was sure that Aunt Tai would definitely go, although her identity was not enough, but she could see that the old lady had the intention of wooing and controlling Mingjing, and Aunt Tai was Mingjing's soft threat. Today's dinner is not a New Year's Day. There is no outsider, not even my uncle, who is the most suitable for wooing, so Changsheng is sure that Aunt Tai will definitely go, and she also hopes that she will go, so that she can take care of her.

Aunt Tai really smiled and nodded: "The old slave used to take her aunt and grandmother, and now her children are so old, she still can't forget the old slave, in fact, on that occasion, the old slave is not qualified to participate, but the aunt and grandmother said that there are no outsiders, and specially sent someone to invite the old slave to participate, the eldest lady has already sent someone to pass the word, let her serve her well, if the girl is free, I will go over to help choose clothes." ”

Changsheng responded, and said with a smile: "Grandma really treats Aunt Tai differently, and she also invites Changsheng to go." But Changsheng was born in a peasant family, and he was only a palace slave in the palace, and he had never participated in this kind of family banquet. These don't matter, the key is that Miss Jinshu is afraid of seeing people, and Changsheng doesn't know her aunt and young master of the Pei family, so she is very bottomless, for fear of rudeness, I came to ask Aunt Tai! ”

Aunt Tai smiled hehehe: "The girl has a heart, don't worry." Pei Xiang's family is not comparable to the Xie family, his daughter-in-law is frail and sickly, although his aunt and grandmother are the second daughter-in-law, but they are Mrs. Pei's most powerful assistant. has always been in charge of the inner courtyard of the Pei family, otherwise she would not have delayed until now to come to the old lady to pay New Year's greetings, her bearing is naturally very comparable, and she will definitely like a person like the girl who knows how to advance and retreat and keep her duty. ”

Changsheng smiled and nodded, Aunt Tai had the same idea as her, she only needed to appear as a nurturing aunt to accompany Xiao Jinshu at the dinner party, and the rest of the things had nothing to do with her, and no one would say that she was rude.

Seeing her smiling, Aunt Tai knew that she had heard her mind, and said with a smile: "As for the eldest lady, it doesn't matter, although there are many people at night, but it is not too raw, I have seen it more or less before." Several young masters and young ladies of the Pei family are older than the eldest lady, so they will naturally let their younger sister, Jinwen Gongzi has his own second lady to take care of him, the second son and the second miss are still young, the girl can rest assured, just tell the eldest lady a few words in advance. ”

Changsheng understood her words, the three children of the Pei family are older than Jinshu and will let her, although Xie Jinwen is naughty, he is a concubine, and he will naturally be much more behaving in the presence of his mother-in-law. The other two are still small, so don't worry. But Jin Shu rarely participates in this kind of occasion, and she will be more or less panicked and withdrawn in her heart, so she has to coax her in advance to add a little confidence and tolerance to frustration.

She put her mind at ease and got up to say goodbye: "According to what Aunt Tai said, I will go to help pick out the clothes for the eldest lady now, and then go back to the house to freshen up, clean up and come to my aunt, let's go together." ”

Aunt Tai nodded with a smile: "You can go, just pack up and go directly to the main house, and I will go to see how the eldest lady is dressed after changing my clothes." Where do we go from here. ”

Changsheng was already very convinced of her, nodded and went directly to the main room. Aunt Tai really thinks about everything very thoughtfully, Jin Shu is the real master of Jin Shu Courtyard, it is better to go over together after gathering in the main house, no one can find any mistakes, even if Xiu'er wants to tell the truth, he can't grasp any tricks.

When she came to the main house, Shu'er had just finished bathing, afraid that she would catch a cold, there were two charcoal basins in the bedroom, one of Qiao Mama and Yang Mama wiped her hair, and the other wrapped her tightly in a quilt, Xiao Wei and Xiao Ni spread their clothes and jackets all over the square table to choose, and the two rough mothers-in-law were carrying the wooden basin out. And Jin Shu herself muttered with a bitter little face: "Mama, I don't want to go!" I don't want to go! ”

Seeing Changsheng come in, as if he saw a savior, he looked at her with an earnest face: "Aunt Changsheng, I don't want to go to the dinner party!" ”

Changsheng smiled and shook her head, if she wanted to go, it would be strange.

She sat on the edge of the bed, ran her fingers away from a drop of water from her nose, smiled and asked, "Why?" ”

Xiao Jinshu tilted her head and hesitated and said, "I don't want to see so many people." ”

"But how lively are the people? Jin Shu Gongzi is only three years old, Miss Jin Niang is even cuter, only a little more than a year old, you don't want to play with them? And cousins and cousins, don't you want to see them? ”

Xiao Jinshu shook her head resolutely. Changsheng sighed, feeling that she should still be allowed to go, and she had to slowly get used to the occasion when there were strangers, not to mention that those strangers were not strangers.

"And what if my aunt goes too? Aren't you going with your aunt? ”

Xiao Jinshu looked at Changsheng in embarrassment, not knowing how to answer, she really didn't want to go, but she didn't want to give up the opportunity to get along with Changsheng.

"Why don't you go with your aunt? My aunt came to your house, and she had never participated in a family dinner, but I heard that it was full of delicious food, and she really wanted to go! ”

Xiao Jinshu finally nodded in response, and Changsheng breathed a sigh of relief and touched her little face. Mama Yang smiled and said, "The girl and the eldest lady are really fateful, and she is willing to listen to whatever you say." ”

Changsheng blinked at each other and said with a smile: "The eldest lady is originally a very cute and obedient child!" ”

Xiao Jinshu was praised, and felt that her decision to agree to participate in the dinner was correct, and smiled sweetly, but Changsheng was afraid that if she encountered someone and something at the dinner party, she would be hit hard, thinking about how to give her courage in advance, and saw a plate of fried melon seeds on the small table, and her mind suddenly had an idea.

"Shu'er, do you like to eat melon seeds?"

Speaking of the little snack she liked, Jin Shu smiled sweetly: "I like it!" I like to eat melon seeds the most. ”

"What if there are broken melon seeds?"

Jin Mei grinned: "Auntie is so stupid, this is not simple, just throw it away!" The rest laughed, not understanding why the chief was asking the question.

"Yes, Shu'er is right, there are broken melon seeds, just throw them away, encounter, if you meet a bad person or someone you don't like, just ignore her, right?"

Jin Shu understood, smiled and responded, Changsheng put his mind at ease, and saw that Xiao Wei and Xiao Ni were worried about what clothes to choose, thinking that the candlelight was too dim at night, and the red color was too heavy and black, so he helped them choose a pink soft satin blouse and a sky blue sprinkled pleated skirt, and when her hair was slightly dry, she helped put it on, it was really delicate and pink, and it looked very cute.

Changsheng then motioned for them to comb Jinshu's hair, she went back to change her clothes and freshen up, and later came over to take the eldest lady to the Heju Hall to attend the banquet with Aunt Tai.

After entering the West Cross Courtyard, Zihu was anxiously waiting for her: "I just said that the girl can't come here at first, and she has to be carefully dressed up at night before going." The girl doesn't want to bathe, so let's choose clothes to change into, and then I'll comb your hair! ”

Changsheng smiled slightly: "Don't pick, I just wear it on weekdays!" ”