Shu Yao looked at the two girls with flattering and cautious faces, as if they had been wronged, and suddenly remembered the words used in her mother's diary to describe Xiao Ding's back then: Little White Flower.

Aren't these two in front of you authentic little white flowers? The resentment and disdain that flashed quickly in the eyes of the purple-clothed girl when she glanced at Nangong Miao just now could not escape Shu Yao's eyes.

Nangong Miao replied lightly: "Thank you, the second aunt is not in good health, you should take care of the second aunt, there are so many guests today, don't let people misunderstand that you are not filial to the second aunt." Since returning from Shu a few years ago, Xiao Xu's has been "sick" again.

"......" The twin sisters were stunned for a moment, and could only stand up in disdain, and if they continued to rely on, wouldn't it confirm that they were not filial?

Seeing that the Chu Kexin sisters were reluctant to go out, Nangong Miao smiled and said, "Don't pay attention to them, they are my two cousins who can't shed tears at every turn." ”

Pulling Shu Yao to sit down, Nangong Miao had a trace of expectation in her eyes, and a hint of pride: "Come, Yao'er, how about tasting this bowl of yogurt first, I also have a share of it this time." ”

Shu Yao smiled and scooped a spoonful with a small spoon and put it into her mouth, well, with honey, sweet and sour, full of thick milky fragrance......

"It's a delicacy on earth!" Shu Yao squinted her eyes slightly in enjoyment.

"Really?" Nangong Miao asked excitedly, this is the first time she has learned to make yogurt, her mother said that she did it very well, and she herself felt good, but she still felt not very confident, and the expression of enjoyment on Shu Yao's face at this time did not seem to be fake, so she really believed that she had succeeded.

The two sisters were talking and laughing happily, and a maid came in to say that the plum banquet was about to start, and invited Nangong Miao and Shu Yao to come out.

The plum banquet in Nangong Mansion is very special. It's not like a general feast, sitting at a big round table and sitting at a big round table. Instead, there are three long platforms placed side by side on the walkway in the middle of the plum garden. It just forms a long dividing line, dividing the plum garden into two divisions: male and female. Behind the long platform are a number of large screens connected together, which are as long as the long platform. It is said that behind the screen, there are also three long platforms in the men's area.

On the long table, there are a variety of delicacies, a variety of simmered soups, a variety of exquisite dim sum snacks, and a variety of drinks and wines, including soy milk and tofu brain ordered at Mi Xue Tofu Restaurant.

The long platform was hollow, with an outer layer of wood and an inner layer of iron sheets. There was boiling water inside, and an adjacent hole was dug on the surface of the table, and the iron pot containing food was put into it, and the food in the pot could be kept steaming all the time. There is a row of low cabinets under the table, in which stacks of clean dishes, spoons, and chopsticks are placed.

Nangong Miao explained with a smile: "This is what my second brother just learned from a Western friend, it's called a buffet banquet, you can pretend to eat whatever you want, and then sit at those small tables in twos and threes, chatting while eating and appreciating plums, the atmosphere is very good." You see. The two ends of the three long platforms are very special, and they all have stoves burning. In order to keep the water in the table boiling, well, it's like an earth dragon. ”

After listening to Nangong Miao's explanation, Shu Yao noticed that there were many small tables scattered in the plum garden that could seat four or five people.

"These tables can be taken apart and put together the next time you use them." Nangong Miao said with a smile.

Shu Yao smacked her tongue secretly: He is worthy of being the richest man in the Great Zhou, it is good to have silver, and it takes so much effort to hold a plum appreciation banquet.

The two of them each picked out some of their favorite food for the maid to eat, found an empty table and sat down, and on the table not a few steps away next to them happened to be Nangong Lady Xu, Weiyuan Marquis Yao Xuelan, and Zhongguo Gongzi's wife.

Shu Yao looked at the hot food in front of him, and said happily: "It's a shame that there is no wind today, otherwise eating in this garden, although the scenery is good, things are easy to get cold."

Nangong Miao replied with a smile: "If there is wind today, the buffet banquet will be moved to the banquet living room, and these tables and chairs will be moved." It's just that the plum tree can't move in, hehe, so our luck today is still very good. ”

After a while, a "timid" voice came from the next table: "Sister, can I sit here?" ”

Shu Yao raised her eyes and looked over, a woman in her early thirties wearing a moon-white dress was standing in front of Xu, and the maid behind her was holding a tray of food. The woman is really good-looking, soft and weak, and she will fall when the wind blows, but the voice that seems to pinch her throat and speak makes people very uncomfortable. Looking at the woman, Shu Yao suddenly thought of the two little white flowers of Chu Kexin and Chu Keren.

Sure enough, Nangong Miao said softly: "That person is my aunt, my mother's sister-in-law." ”

Xu frowned slightly: "Sit down, you're not feeling well, why don't you go to the house to eat?" ”

Xiao Xu lowered his head slightly: "It's already much better, the doctor said that it's not good to be trapped in the house, and you have to go out and walk around more to get faster." Sister, I don't have anything in this body, I'm just worried about Kexin and the guests' relatives, where will their uncle and second uncle really think about them? ”

"Alright, let's eat first. You're not in good health, don't wait until it's cold to eat. "Why doesn't the Xu family know what the little Xu family has in mind? But can the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion and the Zhongguo Mansion be climbed by her two daughters?

Yao Xuelan and Mrs. Zhong both knew it, and only "concentrated" on eating, and occasionally talked about plum blossoms.

Xiao Xu was very angry that Sister Yan was not enthusiastic about helping her, their Nangong family did not marry with the emperor's relatives and powerful officials, and her two daughters were not surnamed Nangong!

She inquired clearly, the relatives of the children of the Zhongguo Mansion must be decided by the old prince, and they must be approved by the queen's mother, so it is not so easy to climb.

Two of the three concubines of the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion are married, the younger one is too small, but there are still two concubines. However, she also knows that the concubines of the Hou Mansion are distinct, and the concubines are not easy to mix, so her first choice is Xia Shujie, the nephew of Mrs. Hou and the righteous son of the golden tongue, that child is not only the popular in this year's Spring Festival, but also the popular choice of sons-in-law in the capital now. There is no mother-in-law at home, and the daughter can be the master of the house when she marries.

Seeing that Xu didn't say anything about Xiang's movements, and Yao Xuelan and Mrs. Zhong didn't mean to answer, Xiao Xu didn't care about pretending to be "cowardly", so he had to take the initiative: "My two daughters have soft temperaments, and they have no father at a young age, and they are very sensible and well-behaved. Last time, I heard that the three brothers and sisters of the Xia family, uh, by the way, it is Mrs. Mu, your nephew, who lost his father and mother when he was a teenager and took care of his younger siblings alone, and suddenly felt sympathetic to each other, and cried for a few days, and said that if they had a pair of young brothers and sisters, they would also be very distressed and take care of it. ”

"......" Yao Xuelan supports her forehead, do you want to put it on sale so obviously? Freemasonry? It's also thanks to her for coming up with it! How many days have you been crying? Is it tears or water? is a mother with this virtue, how can you expect those two girls to be "sensible and well-behaved"?

"Ahem," Mrs. Shizi smiled, "Brother Jie is indeed a good brother, and he is so good that even our grandfather has the idea of being a matchmaker." I said red pepper, after the spring is over, I'm afraid that there will be a special matchmaker reception room in your house. But I heard that the Queen Mother is very optimistic about Brother Jie, and if she doesn't say it's good, she will give her a marriage, hehe, it's not your turn to choose. ”

Yao Xuelan replied: "Ah, even if I don't give marriage, it won't be my turn to decide, who of you doesn't know the character of their father-in-law's golden tongue?" Very fussy. Not to mention the golden tongue, even our Hou Ye is not satisfied with the few girls I fancie, saying that the soft and weak are not suitable for Brother Jie'er, what do you want to be smart and generous, ah, more picky than when he set his son as a daughter-in-law. ”

Xu's homeopathic interface: "Xia Gongzi is so good, both civil and military, naturally suitable for the best girl, Jin Gongzi and Hou Ye, as elders, are also picky, isn't it?" Men have different perspectives than us women, so you let them worry about it. The fathers of our sons also decide what their fathers do. She secretly glanced at the sneering Xiao Xu, knowing that the Dao would be like this, but she insisted on being bored! I don't know where this sister got her confidence? Fortunately, Yao Xuelan and the others still gave themselves face.

Shu Yao was almost stunned directly, those two little white flowers? Ahem, she doesn't want them to be "distressed" and "cared for". raised his eyes and wanted to talk to Nangong Miao, but saw Nangong Miao in a daze, with infinite melancholy on his face.

Shu Yao was about to call her, but she saw a person dressed as a mother hurriedly rushing to Xu: "Madam, something happened." (To be continued......)

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