The old lady's birthday, although it is not a whole birthday, is not small. In less than an hour after dinner in the morning, guests came to the door one after another. Xu's "illness" was almost half a month, and he was called out by the old lady three days ago and asked her to preside over the birthday banquet, so he has been busy, and the old lady is only accompanied by the three sisters Shu Manyao and Shu Manjin and Shu Manyu.

Shu Manyao wore a water-blue dress today, with a water-blue cardigan embroidered with impatiens of the same color on the top, a half-foot-wide dark blue moire ribbon underneath, and an aqua blue moonflower skirt below. Slim and elegant, like the first appearance of the little lotus.

Shu Manjin wore a pink dress, and her style was similar to Shu Manyao's. Previously, Xu's specially instructed the needlework room to do it, in triplicate, and the three sisters were all in the same style, except for the different colors.

Of course, Xu has always been smart, so he never does anything outside. Three sets of clothes, various colors are also the most suitable for people to wear, and the materials are exactly the same. Shu Manyao is wearing the aqua blue clothes, the temperament of the lining is more and more calm, Shu Manjin is the lining of the whole person is more and more delicate, and Shu Manyu's fiery red is the lining of her more fair and lively.

Even the old lady couldn't say anything provocative when she looked at the three clothes.

"This is the eldest girl of the Shu family, right?" Mrs. Wang asked with a smile, stretched out her hand and took Shu Manyao's hand, and looked at Shu Manyao a few times kindly: "Speaking of which, I haven't seen the eldest girl for a while, the eldest girl is getting more and more beautiful, and I almost can't recognize it." ”

"Aunt Wang has won the award." Shu Manyao bowed generously, but his face was slightly red, but he still had some shyness, which was even more pitiful. Mrs. Wang smiled and took off a bracelet from her hand and put it on Shu Manyao's wrist: "I'm not talking nonsense, you are like this, but you are a little similar to your grandmother when she was young." ”

The old lady couldn't help laughing: "You also said that you didn't say nonsense, have you ever seen what I looked like when I was young?" ”

Mrs. Wang nodded immediately: "Naturally, I have seen it, you forgot, when I was thirteen years old, my mother took me to visit Shu's house, and I was still in the capital at that time, Aunt Shu, you wore a light purple skirt, stood in the pavilion and smiled at me, that scene, I really remember it clearly now, and I have never seen a better person than Aunt Shu's smile." Now I see that the eldest girl is really seven or eight points similar to Aunt Shu when she was young, that is, Aunt Shu was more cheerful back then, and the eldest girl was more shy. ”

The old lady glanced at Shu Manyao and said with a smile: "My granddaughter has always been raised by my side, and her temperament is not the kind of person who likes to laugh. However, her little girl's family is too calm, so I thought about hiring a gentleman for her, so that she should not only be a female celebrity every day, or accompany my old woman to recite Buddhist scriptures or something, but this good gentleman is hard to find. ”

Mrs. Wang thought for a while and asked, "Aunt Shu, are you really planning to invite a gentleman?" What kind of gentleman would you like to have? ”

The old lady pretended to sigh helplessly: "Hey, I originally thought that I would invite someone who can play the piano, but my granddaughter, her temperament is too stable, she has to learn what calligraphy and painting, I don't want her to be very promising, the child wants to learn this, in her father's words, it is just to edify her temperament, so I thought it would be good to invite a gentleman who is outstanding in calligraphy and painting." ”

Shu Manyu was not angry in her heart, and secretly glared at Shu Manyao. Shu Manyao, why is she? Daddy and grandmother held her up to the sky! The original husband in the family was specially invited by his father for Shu Manyao, and now Shu Manyao doesn't want to go to school, and his father and grandmother have to work hard to invite another husband for her! It's so hateful!

She was just about to speak, but was secretly pinched on the back of her hand by Shu Manjin, although Shu Manyu was impulsive and proud, she listened to Xu and Shu Manjin's words the most, so she had to pout her lips and swallow back the words that were about to be spoken.

"Oh, Aunt Shu is really right when she asks me." Mrs. Wang smiled and said, "I have a good candidate, I wonder if Aunt Shu has heard of Mrs. Cao?" ”

"Mrs. Cao?" The old lady was a little puzzled, Mrs. Wang smiled and nodded: "It's the Cao family in the east of the city, his second son died five years ago, leaving only a daughter, the kind of family of the Cao family, the bottom is not so stable, Mrs. Cao became a female gentleman in order to make a living, and my family's Tingting studied with Mrs. Cao for two years." ”

"What you said, but the Cao family who is a three-entry scholar?" The old lady thought for a while before asking, and Mrs. Wang immediately nodded: "It's the Cao family, Mrs. Cao's ancestor, is Jinshi." plus Mrs. Cao's uncle, as well as Mrs. Cao's uncle, are all Jinshi. It's just that the luck of the Cao family is really a little bad. ”

Mrs. Wang sighed: "After Mrs. Cao's uncle was sent to Yunnan as an official after he was admitted to the Jinshi, he was sent to Yunnan as an official, and in less than five years, he left, leaving only two sons. Later, Mrs. Cao's first husband also passed away, Mrs. Cao simply regarded her youngest son as an eyeball, and she couldn't wait to give the entire Cao family to her younger son, Mrs. Cao is not like her sister-in-law, and has two sons, she only has one daughter, and she is not treated by her mother-in-law, so she is a little stretched thin in this life. ”

The old lady frowned slightly: "Old lady Cao's thing is not authentic......

As he was talking, Xu brought the guest into the door again: "It's Mrs. Cao who came over with her two daughters-in-law." ”

Mrs. Wang was a little surprised: "Aunt Shu and Mrs. Cao know each other?" ”

The old lady was also a little puzzled, and shook her head: "I've only seen it a few times." "After all, Shu Chengye was sent here to be the prefect, the Cao family is a local family, and when the Shu family first came, the Cao family also visited the door.

However, there are few men in the Cao family, Mrs. Cao and Mrs. Cao are widows, and they rarely go out, Mrs. Cao is old again, and the youngest son of the Cao family is an official in another place, and Mrs. Cao San is in office, and she really doesn't have much contact with the Cao family, at most she has seen it in other people's houses.

It's just that the person who came was a guest, and today was the old lady's birthday banquet, and she couldn't drive people out, so the old lady hurriedly asked people to welcome Mrs. Cao in.

Mrs. Cao is very thin, she is also a little lovely, her face has a lot of wrinkles, although she is smiling, she is still a little scary. Shu Manyao has seen a lot of such thin and mean old women in the market, and she is not affected at all, but Shu Manjin and Shu Manyu both showed a little timidity, and even the smile on their faces was a little reluctant.

"I take the liberty to come to the door, and please don't be surprised by Mrs. Shu." Mrs. Cao smiled as soon as she entered the door, and Mrs. Shu hurriedly took her hand and sat down: "You can come, it's too late for me to be happy, how can I see the strange." It's just that I thought that Mrs. Cao, you don't like to go out very much, so I didn't give a post, and please don't be surprised. ”

Mrs. Cao squinted her eyes and smiled: "Mrs. Shu is polite, I see that our two grades are about the same, so I don't want the old lady to come to the old lady, I am fifty and six this year, so I will call you an old sister?" ”

"That's a good feeling, my old sister gives me face, and I have to deal with it." Old Mrs. Shu said with a smile, and looked at the two daughters-in-law she brought, focusing on Second Mrs. Cao. It's about herself, Shu Manyao also looked at Second Mrs. Cao.

Second Mrs. Cao was in her thirties, white and clean, wearing a stone blue dress, her hair was neatly combed, and there was not even a trace of mess. The eyes are very attentive, the corners of the mouth are slightly upturned, and the smile on the face is very kind.

"My old sister is more blessed than me, these three granddaughters are standing here, each like a flower, tender and tender, and it hurts to look at it." Mrs. Cao said with a smile, it was the first time I saw her, so she gave a meeting gift.

The three Shu Manyao sisters turned their heads to look at their old lady together, and the old lady nodded, then respectfully stepped forward to salute, and then accepted the greeting gift.

Mrs. Wang is a eloquent person, although Mrs. Shu has a strict temperament, she is also a good hand in women's communication, and Mrs. Cao is not a door-to-door to find faults, and after a while, a few people will talk together.

Mrs. Shu wanted to ask Mrs. Cao about it again, but it was not too early, and there were more and more guests, so Mrs. Shu had to put this matter down first.

However, she didn't recognize Mrs. Cao Er, and asked other old ladies about Mr. Haode. Everyone knew that it was the eldest girl of the Shu family who was looking for Mr., and they did not hide it, and recommended many candidates to the old lady.

"Second sister, I'm a little tired, let's go back and rest for a while." Shu Manyu was very unhappy on the side, everyone was praising Shu Manyao, and they didn't know if they were confused in their eyes, just like Shu Manyao, could they still be called good-looking? Just like she can't beat three farts with a stick, is she still called Wen Jing?

Shu Manjin frowned slightly, and was a little unhappy about her sister's ignorance, but seeing that her sister's face was obviously gloomy, she didn't dare to let her stay here longer, so she nodded slightly and said to the old lady: "Grandmother, the third sister has a headache and wants to go outside." ”

The old lady nodded: "You go with her, get her some Qingxin pills to eat, there are many people today, and she is stuffy." ”

Shu Manjin hurriedly smiled: "Thank you grandmother, it's just that she doesn't hurt badly, just go outside for a walk, and besides, she has a maid and a mother-in-law by her side, so she will take care of her, I still serve my grandmother here." ”

The old lady Cao, who heard them talking next to her, glanced at Shu Manjin and said with a smile: "The old sister is really blessed, this granddaughter is really filial." ”

"Old sister has won the award, you don't have to envy me, I know, old sister, you also have a granddaughter, why didn't you bring it today?" Mrs. Shu asked with a smile, Shu Manjin secretly gave Shu Manyu a look, and Shu Manyu got up and quietly retreated.