In a small white porcelain plate, peony cakes are arranged in the shape of plum blossoms. Stacked on two floors.

Tao Xiang picked one up and broke it open.

It seems to smell the fragrance of peony flowers, and the taste is also sweet, but I don't feel tired.

He ate two pieces, and he was full.

Mrs. Tao hung the beads in her hand on the hookah and put them on the small table. Yinxuan came over to reload the tobacco for her. She looked at Jin Xuan and said, "I haven't seen Grandma Qi, but I just heard that it's very good." Sloppy"

Tao Xiang's gaze was fixed on the small table. The intricate pattern under the table...... Very good.

"Became a relative, treat her well." Old Madam Tao took a puff of cigarette, and wisps of smoke came out of her wrinkled mouth, "I know that this family business may not be as you want." ”

"Grandma, it's nothing." Tao Xiang wanted to say something, but he didn't know how to say it.

Mrs. Tao smiled and said, "The aunts and grandmothers came to me last night. Then your mother arrived. I seem to be in charge of She Taijun, and I put on a big swing in the Longmen Array, but it is somewhat of Guan Gong fighting Qin Qiong. You know your aunts and grandmothers. ”

Tao Xiang nodded.

"The days to come are still long, don't be in a hurry...... Who's coming? "Mrs. Tao has very sharp ears, and while talking to her grandson, she heard a noise outside.

Yin Xuan, who was standing by the door, hurriedly replied: "It's Mrs. Gu who is here." ”

"She's only then getting up. You ask her, is it in the Locke family, is she also up to serve her in-laws at this time? Old Madam Tao frowned.

Tao Xiang had already stood up, and he heard his aunt laugh before she entered the door.

"Mother, you really are. I finally went back to my parents' house, so that I could be lazy for two or three days? Once upon a time, my grandmother said, when a girl is an official for a day, can't I go back to my parents' house to show off my authority? Tao Shengchun came in with a smile, saw Tao Xiang, and waved his hand to let him sit down. looked Tao Xiang up and down for a while, "Lao Qi has lost some weight in the past few days, but he is more energetic." Sure enough, it's the same again after marrying. Once upon a time, the eldest brother said that he was old...... Seventh, do you laugh and laugh? ”

Tao Shengchun sat down and looked at his nephew and smiled.

Did he laugh? What did you do to his daughter-in-law yesterday? Old Madam Tao narrowed her eyes. The hookah gurgled eagerly.

Tao Shengchun looked at Tao Xiang and said to his mother: "You are really, endless?" Yesterday, my brother and daughter-in-law scared me a lot. Besides, I really didn't know about it yesterday. If you know in advance, you have to stop it anyway. Seventh, don't you want your aunt to accompany your daughter-in-law? ”

Tao Xiang said: "Okay. ”

He was serious, Tao Shengchun was stunned, and even Mrs. Tao stopped smoking and glanced at Tao Xiang.

"Really?" Tao Shengchun asked again.

Tao Xiang said: "I know that my aunt is not sincere." ”

Tao Shengchun gritted his teeth and said, "You kid." It's really hurting you in vain. Mother, sister-in-law, come to complain to you that this kid has married a daughter-in-law and forgotten his mother. ”

"Your sister-in-law won't." Mrs. Tao smiled and said, "It's almost time, Brother Xiang should go early." Your father is at home, so you don't have to make rules with me, go and make a point. ”

"Yes." Tao Xiang got up, "Auntie, let's go with us?" ”

"I'm here with the old lady, I don't have to worry about anything, just eat a little." Tao Shengchun waved his hand to Tao Xiang. "Go ahead." The old lady has something to say, the weather is very cold, and the New Year is approaching, and the family is busy everywhere, so she gathers in one place to eat three meals a day. Isn't it because it hurts you? Go for it. ”

Tao Xiang promised to leave first.

Tao Shengchun stood up and watched him walk away, turned around and smiled: "Mother, are you afraid that the seventh daughter-in-law will be embarrassed to see people like this?" But when you open your mouth, aren't you afraid that people will say that you love Lao Qi? ”

"Let's just say it, I don't start today. What's wrong? When his mother left, he was as weak as a little dead cat, can he become an adult if he doesn't feel favoritous? Mrs. Tao also stood up, standing with her daughter, and looked out of the window that Tao Xiang had already left the courtyard gate. Thinking about these years, from a weak baby to a tall and sturdy man, she has watched her grandson grow up, and she always feels deeply when she thinks of this.

"I think of this again. Isn't he doing well now? I don't even have a minor illness. Tao Shengchun saw that his mother was sad, and whispered: "When I look at Lao Qi, I feel that he is most like my father...... Mother, do you remember, at that time, even my father said that the child would not survive. For a while, as soon as the eldest brother entered the door, he asked - is the kitten still panting? Weird and scary. ”

"Your eldest brother is not paying attention to the kitten and the kitten barking now." Old Madam Tao said with a smile.

"It's not easy for sister-in-law. Lao Qi was handed over to her as soon as the grass fell, and among these children, Lao Qi spent the most of her efforts. Tao Shengchun was silent for a moment and said, "The seventh daughter-in-law, I think the sister-in-law's attitude is a little reserved. ”

"It's no wonder she's. But when you enter the Tao family, you are a member of the Tao family. How to train your daughter-in-law, you don't have to worry about your sister-in-law. Just look at the eldest young grandmother and the second young grandmother. ”

"That can be the same, Seventh Young Grandmother, this ......" Tao Shengchun looked at his mother and frowned.

Mrs. Tao said, "What's so difficult about this? If she can't bear this bit of right and wrong, her sad days are ahead. ”

Tao Shengchun smiled.

"Grandma, auntie, I'll go to school after dinner." Tao Eryi had already changed into a student outfit, with a thick coat over her blue cotton robe and a schoolbag on her back. looked at Mrs. Tao and asked with a smile: "Did grandma and the seventh brother tell the old aunt and grandmother about burying the seventh sister-in-law?" Auntie, is it really as ugly as my aunt said? I didn't look at the photos before. ”

"The old aunt and grandmother are talking the opposite. If your seventh sister-in-law is ugly, even you, can there be anything good-looking in this family? Tao Shengchun said with a smile.

Er Yi pursed his lips and said, "That's not enough, right?" But it's certainly not too ugly. At that time, I teased Brother Qi and took a stack of photos of famous ladies for him to choose. He picked out the seventh sister-in-law with just one look. The sister-in-law said that the seventh brother had never seen me, and he knew that the most beautiful one was ......"

"The eighth girl, this girl just talks a lot." Mrs. Tao waved her hand to Er Yi to go out quickly, and said, "If you want me to say, the Tao family, what is lacking, there is no shortage of aunts and grandmothers like you, who will be passed down from generation to generation!" It's not easy for me to look at you. ”

Eryi ran away with a smile, saying, "I'm going to class on my last day today...... When I come back, I will go to the Seventh Brother's Courtyard to see my sister-in-law to ......" said while running, Tao Shengchun was about to remind her to be careful with her feet, when she stepped on the snow, slid out and fell to the ground, but she was not afraid of pain, and she still jumped out of the courtyard gate when she got up.

"This old eight!" Tao Shengchun said with a smile, seeing that there were only their mother and daughter left in the room, she said in a low voice: "Mother, I'm a little suspicious......"

Old Madam Tao sat down and looked at her.

Tao Shengchun smiled and sat down.

"Sell off?" Old Madam Tao's slender eyes narrowed into a line.

Tao Shengchun took his mother's cigarette box and carefully sorted out the tobacco inside. The old lady's tobacco smells good, and the petals and fruits are matched, which is a dry floral and fruity aroma.

She smiled and whispered a few words to her mother.

Old Madam Tao's narrowed eyes were bent, opened them, and asked after a while, "Really?" ”

"I'm guessing, when I see someone, my mother will see for herself." Tao Shengchun smiled, and after a while, he said, "Auntie's eyes are also poisonous." If she hadn't seen something, she wouldn't have just gone over it. ”

Mrs. Tao pointed to the hookah, waited for her daughter to load her with another pot of tobacco, and said, "You aunt......" She said without knowing what she thought, but she actually smiled.

Tao Shengchun looked at his mother's expression and said, "Why do I think your old man is gloating? ”

Mrs. Tao took the hookah and said, "Go, find me some things...... See what I do? When the newlyweds enter the door, they are not allowed to give a sample gift? ”

Tao Shengchun got up with a smile, took two steps, and looked back at the old lady, who was crooked on the couch, smoking a cigarette gracefully......

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Tao Xiang arrived at his parents' residence in the front yard, and saw the faint yellow light in the front hall from a distance, and he realized that he hadn't had dinner with his family for a long time. It's just that he didn't eat anything at his grandmother's just now, but he felt that he was not hungry for half of his belly.

"Seventh brother! Seventh brother! Eryi caught up with him before he entered the gate, dragging his arm inside.

The rule of the Tao family is that everyone eats together. Unless the old lady or the old man Tao Shengchuan has something to say. In recent years, Tao Shengchuan has lived in the headquarters a lot, and it is usually based on the old lady's wishes. Tao Xiang entered the door and saw that in addition to his parents, only the second brother's family had arrived today, and he knew that his grandmother had spoken.

Tao Shengchuan was using breakfast, raised his eyes to look at Tao Xiang, picked up a handkerchief and wiped the corners of his mouth, but did not say to Tao Xiang, but said to Mrs. Tao: "The wedding banquet is almost ready, right?" ”

Mrs. Tao said, "It's all right." She said affirmatively and calmly, as if it were the safest of all things, and she had everything under control.

Tao Shengchuan nodded and said: "Although I have already congratulated him in Beiping, this time the chief and the ministers of various countries have received congratulatory gifts. Special representatives will also be present. I won't mention the others, the third young master is Jingyi's brother, so don't be slow. Old Seven? ”

Tao Xiang sat down with his father's hand. Listening to his parents talk about the wedding, he silently used it early. Suddenly, he heard his father calling him, and he looked up.

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