Chapter 020: Dinner Party
The little girl smiled and analyzed the stakes with her mother, "Mother, grandmother doesn't like us, even if you think about them in everything, what can you do?" If you don't like it, you don't like it, can we let Sister Bai Shao freeze so that they can like us? This also lets them know that we are not soft persimmons. ”
Song and Gui's mother were both slightly stunned when they heard this, and couldn't help but look at Xie Shuning with puzzled eyes, and said with a little worry: "Aman, where did you hear this?" ”
On the way here, how can a child explain those words clearly? It seems that they have always been surrounded by people who have mouths that are not clean and love to chew the root of their tongues. She couldn't help but be afraid, and it was just a matter of leaving her hometown, and it was not a big deal to leave her hometown for thousands of miles, but if her children were taught badly and led astray, what should it be?
Thinking of this, Song Shi held Xie Shuning's white and fat little hand, and said with a straight face: "Ah Man told his mother, who taught you these words?" ”
"Mother's ......" Xie Shuning looked at her expression, and then she was shocked to realize that she seemed to be a little carried away, which made her mother suspicious, and she hurriedly pretended not to understand, "No one taught me, I thought of it myself." ”
The Song family didn't believe this, it can be seen that Xie Shuning looked like she wouldn't say anything no matter what she asked, so she had no choice but to put the matter aside first, and then quietly instructed Gui's mother to go and knock and investigate the people who were serving Xie Shuning. Now that he is in a foreign land, he is already isolated and helpless, so he is most afraid that the people under him will be restless. So no matter what, the people around the two children must not have problems.
Song thought and narrowed his eyes slightly.
Xie Shuning forced herself to calm down, pulled the sleeve of Song's coat, and said, "Mother, didn't my uncle praise Ah Man in the past for being a precocious child?" Ah Man is more literate than his brother, and he reads too, and Ah Man understands all the truths in the book. ”
As soon as she said this, Song remembered it and asked, "What kind of book are you reading again?" ”
Although Xie Shuning is not yet five years old, she can read all the shallow words, so she often picks up some old books from her uncle Song Yanzhao's old study. I don't know how many things I have seen, which is really a headache. When Song saw that she had finished asking, she nodded, and immediately understood, feeling that she had learned those words from which market scripts, and her heart was slightly relieved.
"You're really!" Song Shi stretched out his finger to her forehead and said angrily, "Catch Ming'er and let Rose burn all the things you stole to keep warm, see if you still talk nonsense!" ”
Xie Shuning chuckled.
Song said, and also made up his mind, sent Gui's mother to get the money to make people go out to buy charcoal, and admonished, "Let's send someone to talk to the master first." ”
"Yes, the slave knows." Gui's mother answered.
When Xie Shuning heard this, she hurriedly said, "Mother, don't!" If Daddy had known, wouldn't he have gone straight to Grandma? Doesn't grandmother think you're stirring things up behind your back? ”
Song Shi was stunned for a moment, then his eyes widened, and he said unhappily: "What have you seen here?" ”
"Okay, okay, Ah Man is wrong, don't be angry, don't be ......angry" Xie Shuning smiled bitterly in her heart, and hurriedly showed a look of panic on her face, threw herself into Song's arms, and sprinkled coquettishly.
Song's face looked better at this time, and he muttered to himself: "There are some things in my brother's study, they should all be sealed." ”
Xie Shuning pretended not to hear, quietly rested her head on Song's shoulder, winked at Gui's mother, and motioned for her to go buy charcoal quickly.
Gui's mother was also interesting, seeing her lovely appearance, she pursed her lips and smiled and went out.
There were only two people left in the room, Xie Shuning pretended to be a child, and only thought that he was a colorful dress to entertain his relatives, and teased the Song family for a while before being coaxed to take a nap. After waking up, watching Song do needlework, she and Xie Yi were playing by the side, but it was fine. Xu was snowing heavily, and for a while, the three old ladies and the Chen family didn't have the heart to attack them immediately. But Xie Shuning's heart has never been put down, and Xie Shumin, the daughter of the Chen family in her previous life, has always been a thorn in her heart.
Even if she grew up, Xie Shumin never begged for anything cheap in her hands, but when she thought about it, she felt a headache.
Chen should have been pregnant with Xie Shumin after the year, but he shouldn't be in a hurry now.
But the time when they went to visit the long room was already earlier than she remembered, who can be sure that the day when Chen was pregnant with Xie Shumin would not be earlier?
She had to be careful.
When the lights came on, the group rushed to the Shou'an Hall of the three old ladies.
The three old ladies don't like them, but they still have to give them the face they should give. After all, if you don't even give them this face, you don't give yourself face. The third old lady, who has always had a good face, would do this again. Therefore, at today's dust washing feast, it will definitely not be too embarrassing.
On the way, Xie Shuning pulled Xie Yuanmao as usual and asked east and west. With the appearance of an innocent child, sometimes it is really convenient.
Song wanted to interrupt her, but for some reason, he didn't see it later.
Xie Yuanmao had no choice, so he had to be patient and idle with Xie Shuning.
Fortunately, as soon as he arrived at Shou'an Hall, Xie Shuning, who was talkative, was silent.
It was originally a family banquet for the Xie family's three rooms, but Xie Yuanmao had been missing for many years, and he was originally the son of Changfang. Now that the third old lady has the heart to repair with the old lady of the long house, she specially sent someone to invite a few people from the long room to have a meal. But how could the old lady of the long room easily agree, only to say that she was unwell, and let the eldest lady Wang go to the banquet on her behalf.
Yes, tonight, the eldest and his wife, the second master, the seventh master and his wife, and the second and fourth masters who invited by the way also came.
This is to give face to the elders, even if they don't want to come, they should come.
However, the second lady Liang has a big temper, the third master is far away in Yangzhou, and the third lady only lost face in front of Xie Yuanmao and a few people today, so she didn't dare to attend, so these people didn't appear. In addition, each household brought a few young masters and young ladies from the family.
For a while, a mighty group of people looked very lively.
The male and female guests were seated separately, and they were all a family, so they didn't take the screen to separate them.
After a while, the maids rushed in with boxes of fish, put the steaming dishes on the table, and brought warm wine. The third old lady gave way to the seat.
The men began to eat and drink and talk.
Chen pretended to be humble and stood beside the third old lady and prepared vegetables for her.
Xie Shuning looked at it coldly, but he was used to this play and didn't feel it, but Song looked a little uncomfortable.
She noticed her mother's abnormality, but she didn't move, just waiting for the sugar porridge that had been set to come up.
Because Xie Yuanmao personally spoke, and Chunping personally came to ask, the boiled sugar porridge came up quickly.
But Xie Shuning didn't touch it, only put his hands on the wall of the bowl, and after waiting, he smiled and said: "Daddy taught Aman, and children should be filial to their elders." Kong Rong's father also said that his father had said that today, Ah Man wants to honor his grandmother with this bowl of favorite porridge! ”