Because of Bai Wanwan's resignation, the old lady had no choice, so she invited someone else to be the guest, the current situation of the Shu family, even if she can't invite the princess, she can also invite a first-class lady, not to mention, the old lady still has a lot of handkerchiefs, and the invited Duchess of Wei Guo is still superb.

Wang Shumin is not in the capital, originally the identity of this praiser should have fallen on Shu Manjin or Shu Manyu, but the Xu family passed away, and the two sisters had a discordant relationship with Shu Manyao, so the old lady had to invite Miss Li from the Weiguo Mansion.

And the one who was invited was the girl from the Bai family, as well as Chen Xuerong.

When the auspicious time was approaching, the Duchess of Wei Guo arrived, and the old lady and Shu Chengye hurriedly greeted them, and after saluting each other, they invited the Duchess Wei Guo to the position of the main guest. On both sides is the position of the ceremony, Bai Wanwan, who is an aunt, has to have a little strength no matter how she says it, so she will take care of it.

......After everyone arrived, Chen Xuerong and Bai Tingting stood on the left side of Shu Manyao with a tray, and Duchess Wei Guo praised Shu Manyao loudly while combing Shu Manyao's hair, saying some auspicious words of blessing.

and the ceremony was crowned three times in total, Shu Manyao changed two clothes halfway, and saluted to the crowd watching the ceremony under the leadership of the old lady, and the old lady couldn't close her mouth with a smile.

The ceremony took more than half an hour, and after the ceremony, the guests needed to be greeted by the old lady and Shu Chengye, and Shu Manyao only needed to take care of the unmarried girls of the same age.

"Sister Shu, you are so beautiful today." Li Baoying smiled and pulled Shu Manyao's sleeve and said: "This dress is also very good-looking, Sister Shu's needlework is so good, I used to be very envious, and today I am even more envious." ”

Shu Manyao smiled and pinched her palm: "If you like it, I'll give you a purse when I go back, I made it myself, it's very ordinary, you can't dislike it." ”

"No, no, as long as it's made by Sister Shu, even if it's embroidered with a bug, I like it." Li Baoying hurriedly smiled, Chen Xuerong came over to squeeze Li Baoying away, and sat next to Shu Manyao: "Cousin, you are the most beautiful person I have ever seen, and when I grow up and hold a ceremony, I will also dress up like this." ”

Bai Tingting poked Chen Xuerong's cheek with a smile: "You are still young, and you are looking forward to holding a ceremony now?" ”

Compared with Bai Tingting, Chen Xuerong and Shu Manyao are closer, the Bai family is Bai Wanwan's maiden family, and Chen Xuerong has nothing to do with it. Pouting to avoid Bai Tingting's movements, Chen Xuerong's eyes purred, and she stretched out her hand to the other side: "The osmanthus flowers are blooming just right now, Sister Bai, don't you like osmanthus the most?" ”

"Who said I like osmanthus the most? My favorite is the peony flower. Bai Tingting said, turned her head to take a look, and saw that Shu Manjin and Shu Manyu were sitting under the tree, and they didn't know what to say together, so they took their skirts and planned to go over: "However, I don't hate osmanthus either, I'll pick some osmanthus and come back, and I'll put it in my purse later." ”

When the people left, Li Baoying pinched Chen Xuerong's cheek with a smile: "You little clever ghost, say it, what do you have to say about dividing people?" Do you want to whisper to your cousin, even me? ”

Chen Xuerong bit her lip and looked at her, Li Baoying understood: "Do you really want me to avoid it?" Okay, I'm just thirsty, go over there and bring me a cup of tea, you guys talk slowly. ”

"Sister Li, no." Chen Xuerong hesitated for a while, and hurriedly grabbed Li Baoying's sleeve: "Sister Li is not an outsider, it's okay to listen to this." ”

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Shu Manyao, his face was a little hesitant and a little worried: "Cousin, don't be angry when I said it." ”

Shu Manyao touched her head with some confusion: "What is going on?" But what kind of bullying did you suffer in the Chen family? ”

"I'm the only girl in the Chen family, and my aunt is kind to me." Chen Xuerong pulled down her hand, looked at her carefully, and hesitated for a long time before saying, "Wasn't it the Mid-Autumn Festival two days ago?" The eldest brother went to the park at the invitation of a friend. ”

The Shu sisters have to keep filial piety, something like a garden visit, they don't know it, and even if they know, it's impossible to participate.

"There are men and women, but there is a stream in between." Chen Xuerong frowned and said, she also followed, stretched out her hand and gestured: "That's it, the man is chanting poetry and painting here, and the woman is playing the piano and laughing over there, I don't know what's going on, someone fell into the water." ”

Shu Manyao raised her eyebrows slightly: "Cousin jumped down to save people?" ”

Chen Xuerong's eyes widened and she looked surprised: "Cousin, how do you know?" ”

"My cousin, I know at a glance that he is a soft-hearted and kind-hearted person, if something like this happens, how can he not go down to save people?" Shu Manyao smiled and pinched Chen Xuerong's cheek: "Which family is that girl from?" In terms of identity, can you be worthy of your cousin? 》”

"Cousin, aren't you sad?" Chen Xuerong's eyes widened, she was smart, but she was only a teenager, and she only listened to Shu Manyao and Chen Hualiang's affairs a few times. For her, the eldest brother is very haode to her, and she also likes her cousin, so that the two of them get married, she can ask her eldest brother for homework in the future, and she can do needlework and talk with her cousin, and her life couldn't be better.

The child wishfully feels that the eldest brother and the cousin are a natural pair, and they are naturally very affectionate.

At this time, seeing that Shu Manyao was not a little unhappy about this matter, he was a little surprised: "Cousin, aren't you worried that the girl will marry her cousin?" ”

"Worried about what? If a man is unmarried and a woman is unmarried, if it is done, it is also a beautiful thing, and it is a good story for heroes to save beauty. Shu Manyao pinched Chen Xuerong's hair and smiled: "You haven't said it yet, whose family is that girl, and in terms of identity, can her cousin be a good match?" Does my aunt agree to this marriage? ”

"She is the daughter of Lord Cai's family of sacrificial wine." Chen Xuerong frowned and said, seeing that Shu Manyao's attitude towards this matter did not care very much, and Chen Xuerong originally wanted to say those words, but she couldn't say it.

Shu Manyao nodded: "The daughter of Cai Sai Restaurant, from the perspective of identity, it can be regarded as a good match, how does the girl look?" ”

"It's just ordinary, but I've heard that it's quite famous." Chen Xuerong drooped her head and said weakly: "However, I think it's more like selling fame and fame, a girl who can chant a poem is a talented girl, and there are more talented women in this world." ”

"Cai family girl?" Li Baoying, who was auditing, suddenly asked, Chen Xuerong nodded: "Well, the eldest girl of the Cai family, she is fifteen years old this year, and she is one year older than my eldest brother, Sister Li has heard of this Cai girl?" ”

Li Baoying smiled and nodded: "I've heard that this Cai girl is really not fame, but really talented." However, the situation at her home is more complicated, and the fall into the water that day must not be an accident. Let me ask you, the girl of the Cai family, did you go to two? Miss Cai also has a sister, Miss Cai, who also went with her? ”

Chen Xuerong is a child in the end, and when she heard it, she was not an accident, so she immediately came to her senses: "Yes, there is a big girl Cai, but she looks arrogant and not easy to contact." Sister Li, what is the situation of the Cai family? Is it sister feud? Or does the Cai family have a grudge against people? ”

You know, at the garden party, there are more boys, the good and the bad are uneven, all kinds of haode are not haode, and you can't see it just by looking at the surface. is like Chen Hualiang, who has a good knowledge, a good character, a good family background, and a person who wants to fish in troubled waters and take the opportunity to fight for fame and flattery, and even has a good family background and a good character, and can be called a peerless good man.

If you are not careful, you may take a different path. Generally speaking, a family background, especially the one with a particularly high background, will never go into the water to save people. Of course, it is not excluded that some of them really have that kind of chivalrous heart.

Moreover, the weather in August, although it is not cold, the stream is not hot, if the girl soaks for a long time, it is inevitable that something will happen.

Normal girls would not bet on this particularly small possibility. Unless it's a dead end, you have to fight. Since the girl of the Cai family is quite famous, it is impossible for her to jump into the water by herself.

"The situation in this Miss Cai's family is exactly the opposite of Sister Shu's." Li Baoying glanced at Shu Manyao and carefully pondered the wording: "Miss Cai is the daughter of Lord Cai's stepwife, Lord Cai's original match, leaving a son and a daughter, the eldest son has already married, and the eldest daughter is two years older than Miss Cai, and she is also discussing marriage." ”

"Miss Cai has taken a fancy to her sister's husband, so she found a way to toss?" Chen Xuerong immediately asked, Li Baoying shook her head: "On the contrary, the husband chosen by the Cai family for the eldest girl, after meeting Miss Cai once in a while, fell in love with Miss Cai. ”

"This Miss Cai, it's really ......" Chen Xuerong said, Li Baoying sighed: "Miss Cai has actually suffered from an unwarranted disaster, she is only fifteen years old, and she is not in a hurry yet, so this family matter is naturally not in a hurry." It's just that Lord Cai has a bad vision and chooses such a future son-in-law, so the eldest girl of the Cai family thinks that Miss Cai is to blame, so she goes against Miss Cai everywhere. ”

"Where's Miss Cai's mother?" Shu Manyao smelled it, Li Baoying shook her head: "Lord Cai was afraid that his stepwife would treat the concubine and daughter left by the original partner, Miss Cai's mother has been in the door for many years, and she has never touched the housekeeper's rights, at first it was the old lady of the Cai family who was in charge, and then the old lady of the Cai family passed away, it was the eldest girl Cai who was in charge, and then the young master Cai married his wife, and the Cai family was in the hands of the young lady, and the Cai girl and her mother had no place to say a word in the Cai Mansion. ”

Chen Xuerong's eyes widened: "So miserable? ”

"That's right, Miss Cai didn't bully Miss Cai, this Miss Cai is very pitiful." Li Baoying shook her head and said a few more things about Miss Cai: "If it is her, her character and habits are still good." ”

Shu Manyao felt a little uncomfortable in her heart, compared with that Cai girl, her situation was much more difficult. But randomly, Shu Manyao's heart was violently excited, according to Li Baoying, this Cai girl's reputation in the capital does not seem to be very good.

If he continues to be tough and keeps the affairs of the Shu family closed, and Shu Manjin and Shu Manyu show weakness to the outside world again, won't he become a person like Miss Cai?

Is this Cai girl really like Li Baoying said, lonely but strong and self-reliant?