Chapter 107: The Banquet (Part II)
Although Mrs. Liu's official dialect had a strong local accent, Zeng Zhixian still understood, reached out to shake Yanran's hand, and signaled her not to speak: "We have known each other since childhood." "I met when I was a child, but this third grandmother Rong couldn't be the maid of Zengfu, right? Mrs. Liu was still pondering, but Grandma Song was already thinking, thinking about it like this, Grandma Song's eyebrows couldn't help frowning slightly, a maid, if she didn't know, it would be fine. I don't even know the original owner, but now, I clearly know that even her original owner is here, how can I get along?
Grandma Song's expression changed Yan Ran can see it, she just wanted to speak, Zeng Zhixian shook Yan Ran's hand again, and smiled at Yan Ran, the two have been together day and night for five or six years, Zeng Zhixian's smile The meaning of Yan Ran can still be seen, this is clearly me, you can rest assured. Yan Ran bowed her head and said nothing, and walked into the flower hall with Zeng Zhixian.
Seeing them walk in, everyone got up to greet each other, and Zhou stood there, already seeing that their expressions were different from when they walked out, they couldn't help but hook their lips and smile, it's time for the show to start.
Yanran asked Zeng Zhixian to sit on it, and asked Grandma Song to sit down again, Grandma Song looked at Yanran, her eyes were scrutinizing, and she refused to sit next to Yanran. This movement on the main table was quickly noticed by everyone, and everyone who had started talking and laughing again looked this way.
Grandma Song was a little embarrassed, but if she didn't sit down, she didn't have a good explanation, so she thought about it and asked: "Grandma Shi, who I just heard, said that she and Grandma Rongsan knew each other when they were young, and they wanted to ask if they were related or ......."
Zeng Zhixian glanced at Grandma Song and smiled: "Grandma Rongsan has always been the person next to me!" As soon as the three words of the people around him came out, the seat immediately fell silent, and even the actors who were singing on the stage heard the silence below, and stopped singing and looked below. Yan Ran still sat there with her head down, since Zeng Zhixian would say it, naturally she had her reasons, and Yan Ran believed that she was not the one who deliberately humiliated herself like that, so Yan Ran did not move.
Zhou's was overjoyed, this thing was simply better than he thought, and he couldn't hold back the laughter in his heart, and Zhou's sighed: "Grandma Shi, did you say something wrong, how did the people around you come to my house?" Third aunt, hurry up and say something! This is clearly for Yanran's good, but in fact, what is the purpose, who doesn't know? However, given by the impression that the Zhou family has always said whatever they want in front of people, everyone was not surprised, and still looked at Yanran's side in unison.
Zeng Zhixian looked at Zhou, and then said, "What, Second Grandma Rong, is this strange?" Zhou didn't expect Zeng Zhixian to ask himself, and smiled: "Grandma Shi, you know, I don't know how to speak, I always offend people!" ”
Zeng Zhixian smiled lightly, he had already let go of the Zhou family, and then he looked at everyone and said: "You are all surprised, why did the people around me marry into the Rong family?" Actually, you are so surprised that you don't know our origins. ”
"Grandma Shi, don't play dumb riddles, it is said that a woman is a husband, and marrying the Rong family is naturally the Rong family, but you also have to know that we usually come and go, and we always have to ......" It was Grandma Yu who spoke, she was really anxious, and when she heard Zeng Zhixian stop, she shouted and asked each other. Zeng Zhixian glanced at Grandma Yu before saying, "Yes, a woman is a husband, and if she marries, she is a member of her husband's family." But I also know that you love to compare, and you love to chew your tongue in private, if you don't make it clear, you will definitely give her some grievances from time to time. She has been wronged, how can I be at peace in my heart? ”
Zeng Zhixian said everyone's thoughts, and everyone couldn't help but glance at each other, but it was difficult to speak. Zeng Zhixian said to Grandma Song: "Grandma Song, please sit down." Although your father is Hanlin, and you respect your own identity, and you feel that sitting with the people around me has defiled you, I can sit with her, and even feel that this kind of thing is not a defilement of me! ”
Grandma Song's pink face turned red, she knew what Zeng Zhixian meant. Zeng Zhixian smiled again: "Actually, she shouldn't have come to my side. Saying that, Zeng Zhixian said to Yanran: "I haven't said this sentence for several years, but I can say it today, let you be by my side, I have wronged you, I'm sorry!" ”
Although Yan Ran felt strange, she also knew that this was Zeng Zhixian's play, and the two had been together for many years, so Yan Ran followed her words: "Don't be wronged, really not wronged!" Sure enough, the tacit understanding between the two was still there, Zeng Zhixian patted Yanran's hand before looking at the seat: "I lost my father and mother back then, and I lived according to my grandmother. Although they have fine clothes and food, it is difficult to find laughter, and sometimes they even feel that they should follow their parents and mothers, why should they suffer in this world! ”
Tears flowed out of Zeng Zhixian's eyes when he said that, these sad things, when I think about them, I am always sad. Yanran wanted to take the handkerchief, Zeng Zhixian withdrew her hand before saying, "My grandmother was so anxious and worried about me at that time. Grandma Rong San was only thirteen years old at that time, and she came into the Hou Mansion with her family, and when she saw me like this, she touched her heart and took the initiative to say to her grandmother, you want to come to my side to take care of me? ”
When did the eldest lady learn this ability to talk nonsense without blinking? Yan Ran felt strange in her heart, but her face didn't move, she still lowered her head, and looked immersed in the past. Zeng Zhixian continued: "Her grandmother and grandmother, although they have different statuses, but they also have a lot to say, and her grandmother has already said that she wants to help her find a good family business, but this time I will take care of me, and in the future, it will be difficult to find a good family business." At that time, she said, she said, everyone has a heart of gratitude, at this moment my grandmother has difficult worries, there is nothing to help, only to come to take care of me, let me laugh again, it is a little heart! ”
This is simply, it is not at all the same as the truth, but here I know that the truth is not like this, and it is probably only myself and Zeng Zhixian, Yanran thought to herself, still lowering her head. Anyway, everything that listens to Zeng Zhixian is.
As soon as Zeng Zhixian said this, everyone's expressions when they looked at Yanran suddenly changed, it was one thing to be assigned by the master to serve, it was another thing to share the worries of the master, and it was another thing to take the initiative to serve, and listening to Zeng Zhixian's tone, she should not be on the roster, which is also a common thing in the Hou Mansion.
Sure enough, Zeng Zhixian continued: "My grandmother couldn't bear her plea, so she had to agree, and told her that this time, she couldn't find a good family like before." But she said that she was very happy to be able to share her grandmother's worries. As for family affairs, it all depends on fate. If you are disgusted for serving me for a few years, then you will naturally dislike something else! ”
"I see!" Grandma Yu had already opened her mouth to sigh, and then said: "Then, Grandma Rongsan, for Grandma Shi, you are ......"
"Benefactor!" Zeng Zhixian didn't even have a pimple, and continued: "Although the name is different, on top of this friendship, she is my benefactor. I have to be accompanied and taken care of by her, my mood is getting better, and my grandmother is relieved of her sorrows, why don't I repay such a person? Besides, the court has always commended those who are loyal and courageous, and if I only remember the name between us, but forget the friendship she treats me, and still regard her as my side, then I am not an uneducated person? ”
When this sentence was spoken, many people immediately blushed. Although Yan Ran lowered her head, she breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, and only then did Zeng Zhixian say after speaking: "Rong Sanye has a good eye, and he is a rare person who does not judge people by his background." If you only remember Grandma Rong San's background, but you don't remember that she is already Rong San's grandmother today, and refuse to associate with her, won't you become that uninformed and uneducated rural villager? ”
This sentence has been said very seriously, Zhou is so angry that he wants to refute a few words, but Zeng Zhixian has already finished saying both the positive and negative words, and he can't refute it if he wants to. Only the angry one stirred the veil there, and said nothing.
"Grandma Shi is right, no matter what background she is, even if she is a pawn of a peddler, if she is kind to us, she should make up for it, otherwise, wouldn't she be as good as a beast?" Mrs. Liu's thick, country-accented official dialect came, and this is only appropriate for her, after all, except for Zeng Zhixian, she is the only official family.
Zeng Zhixian wanted this sentence, before coming, Shi An told and advised, saying that for the sake of Rong Qi, for the sake of Yanran, he would also support the scene for them today, and he could only let himself suffer some grievances. But Zeng Zhixian knew that he was not wronged, and after a lot of things, he knew that Yanran was rare. For the sake of this rarity, I have to speak like this today, not to mention, Rong Qi is getting better and better, and it is only good for his own family, not bad.
Although Mrs. Liu's official accent is thick, it is still understandable, and naturally some people echo it. Qiu Shi had already gotten up with a smile: "Grandma Shi's words today have made me understand another truth. The table should be a cup of tribute to Grandma Shi and the third aunt! ”
Now that Qiu raised his glass, everyone got up. Zeng Zhixian appreciated Qiu's knowledge, stood up and said: "Today is a good day for the Rong family, but I have said a lot of things here, and I have delayed the stage play, but I have to punish myself with a cup!" Saying that, Zeng Zhixian drank it all, and Yanran also got up and smiled with everyone.
Zhou had recovered after a brief period of irritation, and this incident allowed her to escape, but there was another time. Thinking about it, Zhou's smile was sweeter, and he drank the glass of wine with everyone.
Drinking and talking, after singing two plays, when the stage is resting, everyone will disperse, go to the garden, have some snacks, find acquaintances to talk for a while, and wait until the remnants of the table here are collected, and then come back to sit down when the banquet is set up again.
Yan Ran and Zeng Zhixian naturally had something to say, the two walked around the garden for a while, and when they arrived at a pavilion, they saw that there was no one outside, so Yan Ran said to Zeng Zhixian: "Thank you, Miss, I really don't know how to thank you!" ”
"This thank you is an outsider, and even if it is not for you, for the affection of your uncle and Rong Sanye, I can't see you being wronged!" Zeng Zhixian said this sincerely, Yanran also heard it, and she no longer thanked her, but said: "Since the eldest lady said so, then I will not be polite to the eldest lady, just ask the eldest lady to see my future!" ”