"Girl, Mother Li, who is next to the old lady, is here." Xia Xi lifted the bed curtain, gently pushed Shu and shook it slowly, lowered her voice and called twice, Shu Manyao was still a little foggy when she opened her eyes, and she was wiped by Xia Xi with a handkerchief, and she was completely awake: "How long has Mother Li been here?" ”

"About a stick of incense, the slave said that the girl was asleep and wanted to come over to call the girl, but was stopped by Li's mother." Xia Xi said with a smile, and while dressing Shu Manyao, she continued: "Mother Li also brought some snacks, which were red bean cakes made in the small kitchen in the old lady's yard. ”

Shu Manyao nodded, and walked out with Xia Xi, Mother Li was sitting in the flower hall talking to Dong Dusk, and when she saw Shu Manyao coming out, she hurriedly got up and saluted: "Girl, this summer is long, so don't girls rest for a while?" But the old slave disturbed the girl? ”

"No, I slept a lot during the day, and I couldn't sleep at night, so I specially explained that Xia Xi asked her to call me earlier. just neglected Li's mother, and asked Li's mother to forgive me. Shu Manyao said while sitting down on the top, and also motioned for Li's mother to sit, Jingqiu brought tea over, and by the way, Li's mother's was also changed.

Mother Li smiled and took a sip of the teacup, and then said: "The old lady has just woken up not long ago, and she is trying to talk to the girl, and she wants the slave to say, the girl is really the old lady's heart and soul, and the old lady can't leave the girl for a moment." ”

Shu Manyao smiled with a slightly red face: "Grandmother is protecting me, Mother Li, don't let grandmother wait for a long time, let's go over now, right?" ”

When she arrived at Ronghua Garden, Jin Ling hurriedly went to the ceremony as soon as she saw them coming, Jin Zhu personally opened the curtain, and the curtain made of glass beads swayed, and the sound was crisp when it collided, and the green color made people feel very cool when they looked at it. Shu Manyao bent the corners of her mouth and leaned over to the old lady: "Grandmother, is it okay to rest at noon?" ”

"Okay." The old lady nodded with a smile, reached out and touched Shu Manyao's head, the old lady rarely smiled, in her previous life, Shu Manyao could count the number of times she saw the old lady laughing. But since she returned to the capital, the old lady is like a different person, always smiling, Shu Manyao was a little strange at first, but then she figured it out - in her last life, when her grandmother saw her, she must have been worried, plus she was angry, it would be very good to give her a smile.

In this life, she has done a good job, and she is about to add an heir to the family, and her grandmother is in a better mood.

"Come and eat some of this red bean cake, by the way, I asked Mother Li to bring you some, have you tried it?" The old lady pulled her to sit down opposite, Shu Manyao pinched the red bean cake and took a bite, swallowed it before shaking his head: "Before I could do it, I knew that my grandmother had woken up, so I wanted to come over and talk to my grandmother first." This red bean cake is very delicious, grandmother, is it made by Mother Luo? ”

Luo's mother is Luo's daughter-in-law, before the old lady asked Xu's to put people in the big kitchen, and later returned to the capital, the old lady in the big kitchen rearranged the manpower, and Luo's mother changed to the small kitchen.

The old lady shook her head: "Mother Luo is very good at making soup, and she is not very good at making dim sum, but this is made by Mother Li." You, you've eaten Li's mother's snacks for a few months, and you can't even taste this. ”

Shu Manyao made a grimace, turned her head to Mother Li and said: "It's all because Mother Li's dim sum is so delicious, each one tastes different, I ate this one, I can't remember that one, I ate mung bean cake, and I forgot what this red bean cake tasted like." ”

"The girl is too much of a slave." Mother Li's smiling face turned into flowers: "If the girl likes it, the slave and maid will not make it for the girl, as long as the girl is not tired of eating." ”

"I can't get tired of it." Shu Manyao was busy coquettish: "Mother Li's craftsmanship is so good, I will eat it all my life, and I will definitely not get tired of eating it." ”

After a few laughs, the old lady reached out and took a post from the side: "Look, this is the post of the Weiguo family, let's go over the day after tomorrow, how much do you know about the Weiguo family?" ”

Shu Manyao knew that the old lady was testing her, and after thinking for a while, she replied cautiously: "Duke Wei Guo is in charge of the military power in the northwest, and is very valued by the emperor, Duchess Wei Guo was born in the Huainan Liu clan, and is a very gentle person, the Wei family has two sons-in-law, two daughters-in-law, two concubines, and three concubines, the eldest son was canonized as a prince a few years ago, and married the eldest daughter of the Ministry of Rites, Song, and gave birth to a son, and the second son married a wife......

The old lady nodded while listening, and when Shu Manyao finished speaking, she smiled slightly: "It's very good, you have to remember these things clearly, you just can't remember them, and you have to let the people around you help you remember them." The age difference between the girls of the Weiguo family is not big, if you can't tell the difference at that time, don't speculate. ”

Shu Manyao hurriedly responded, and when the old lady finished speaking, she asked suspiciously: "Grandmother, Weishenme, Weishenme, please go and enjoy the flowers?" Daddy's official position shouldn't be ranked in the capital, right? ”

Even if he is a person trusted by the emperor, he will not be taken seriously if he has no power in his hands.

"Duchess Wei Guo and I have some friendship." The old lady pinched Shu Manyao's cheek: "Didn't we send the Dragon Boat Festival gift to the Weiguo Mansion before?" Forgot about it? ”

Shu Manyao grimaced: "Isn't it because there are too many things?" There were too many gifts, and I saw that it was similar to my grandmother's previous order, so I didn't look at it carefully. ”

"That's not good, this gift is also exquisite, if you don't give it properly, it's a feud. For example, on the Zhenguo Mansion, Zhenguo Gong has a favorite concubine who gave birth to a son, and Zhenguo Gong likes it very much, so he asked the Zhenguo Duchess to post and invite the big guy to drink full moon wine, how should you send this gift list? ”

"Inquire about what the Duchess of Zhenguo likes, and send two copies, one for the Duchess of Zhenguo, and one for the newborn child." Shu Manyao thought for a while and said, the old lady shook her head, Shu Manyao blinked, and the old lady stretched out her hand and nodded her forehead: "Since she is a favorite concubine, it means that she is very talkative in front of Zhenguo Gong, if you don't give it to her, how can she say good things about you in front of Zhenguo Gong?" Zhenguo Gong is in the court, but he has much more face than your father. ”

"Three copies, then?" Shu Manyao pouted: "The sum of the three is not a small amount, maybe it is not much worse than the birthday ceremony of the Duchess of Zhenguo, can the Duchess of Zhenguo be happy?" ”

"So, it depends on what kind of gift you choose." The old lady said slowly: "If it is a gift list I set, then it doesn't have to be too much for the Duchess of Zhenguo, just a step shake inlaid with rubies." The concubine's is also a magpie hairpin, and if it is given to the child, it will be done according to the usual etiquette. ”

Shu Manyao suddenly realized: "I understand, the Duchess of Zhenguo is the wife of the princess no matter what, so this ruby belongs to her, and the magpie Dengmei is a look." ”

The old lady nodded with satisfaction, and gave Shu Manyao another guide on how to behave when she went to the Weiguo Mansion, and when Shu Manyao should learn the rules, she let her go back.

The parenting mother's surname is Chen, a woman in her thirties, a very gentle person. Seeing Shu Manyao come in, he saluted first, and then said, "Girl, when you entered the door just now, you lifted too big a step, let's learn to walk today." When walking, the first thing is to straighten the back, the girl is still young, if the body is not straight, people look at it without energy, if it is a hunchback, it is even more cowardly to look at. ”

Shu Manyao hurriedly stood up straight, Chen's mother nodded, indicating that it was okay, and continued: "When walking, the skirt can't float too high, and the jade pendant that presses the skirt can't swing back and forth. ”

Xia Xi came over with a bell, and Chen's mother tied the bell to Shu Manyao at the corner of her skirt: "Girl, take two steps and try." ”

Shu Manyao raised her feet, the bell rang immediately, her face turned red, turned her head to look at Chen's mother, Chen's mother did not make a sound, Shu Manyao continued to walk, walked two steps, Chen's mother spoke: "Girl, when walking, the two heels should be in a line, when you take a step, you should bend your knees slightly, and then the heels will land first, not the whole ball of your foot, that will lose the femininity of the woman......"

"Girl, go again." After speaking, she gestured again, Chen's mother stretched out her arm, and Shu Manyao raised her leg as she asked before, and then walked.

There are too many essentials, Shu Manyao occasionally forgets one or two requirements, although Mother Chen is very gentle, she will ask Shu Manyao to do it over and over again. Although it was only an hour, it also made Schumann Yao tired enough.

When Shu Chengye came back, Shu Manyao had already had dinner with the old lady, and the two of them were enjoying the shade in the garden. Shu Zheming stayed at his husband's house today and did not come back, and Aunt Wang had to stand because of her identity, so she didn't come to the old lady.

"Man Yao, look at what good things Dad brought you." Shu Chengye smiled as soon as he entered the garden, Shu Manyao hurriedly greeted him, poked his head into Shu Chengye's hand and looked: "What?" A book? Or is it a copybook? ”

"Guess what." Shu Chengye put his hands behind his back, Shu Manyao walked around, and he took the book in front of him again. went around and around, just to prevent Shu Manyao from seeing the words on the cover.

"Grandmother, look at Daddy, it's so bad! Grandmother teach him a lesson! Unable to grab it, Shu Manyao had to ask the old lady for help: "Grandmother, grandmother, you love me the most, let my father show me." ”

The old lady laughed for a while before saying, "How old is it, and you still tease the child, show her quickly." ”

Shu Chengye got the order, and immediately handed the book to Shu Manyao, and when he glanced at Shu Manyao's eyes, his eyes lit up: "Daddy, you can even find this kind of lonely book, you are so capable, Daddy, I like you the most, I have wanted to read this book for a long, long time." ”

The old lady feigned anger: "This has become your favorite father?" Did Grandmother help you for nothing? ”

Shu Manyao smiled and leaned over and shook the old lady's arm: "I also like grandmother the most, I like grandmother the most, there is one more than my father." ”

's clever and eccentric appearance, Shu Chengye, who was funny, also laughed. It is rare for the three generations of grandparents and grandchildren to get together, talking and laughing for most of the hour, and it is really late, so they go back to rest.

Shu Chengye sent the old lady back, and sighed on the way: "I thought that I used to be very good to Man Yao, but now I realize that I was still too negligent." Otherwise, it should have been discovered a long time ago that Man Yao would become like that, and it was not for no reason at all. ”

The old lady patted his hand: "Don't blame yourself too much, thanks to Manyao's cleverness and understanding, otherwise, this life should be ruined." Xu sent a letter some time ago, saying that Manyu was already well. ”

Shu Chengye frowned: "Man Yao has just ...... Or else, slowly? ”

The old lady also nodded: "But she can't always stay on Jiangnan East Road, it's better to wait until winter to pick people back, and just be in time for the New Year." "Okay, then I'll send someone to talk to her tomorrow and ask her to copy the Buddhist scriptures, don't always think of bad ideas." However, should we pick up Man Yu and Man Jin first? They are still young, and their mother is helping to find a nurturing mother, if Nengshan comes back...... "In the end, it is his own daughter, he just doesn't like Xu, and he won't do anything bad to the two." The old lady thought the same thing, and the two of them took it back. As for the Xu family, he immediately nodded and agreed: "Then you simply send more people, and the sisters of Jiang Manjin and her sisters said that they want to pray for the children, and made a wish on the side of Jiangnan East Road to worship nine hundred and eighty-one volumes of Buddhist scriptures, so they can't come back for the time being."