Chapter 471: The Female Minister
In Xiaocui Hall, Mandarin Duck, Wang Xifeng, and Li Kun worked together, busy arranging seats and arranging drinks and dishes.
For example, what dishes people like to eat, what dishes they don't like to eat, when to serve, when to withdraw, and so on.
Finally ready for a while, but the mandarin duck smiled and said: "Second grandma, in the past, we said every day that the old men outside had a clear guest when they ate wine and ate, and everyone made fun of him." We also have a female 'Qingke' here today, why don't we make fun of her? ”
Li Kun said kindly, he didn't know what the mandarin duck said for a while, but Wang Xifeng knew what he said about Grandma Liu as soon as he heard it.
She laughed back, "Do you mean we're going to make fun of her today?" ”
Speaking of which, Wang Xifeng's feelings for Grandma Liu are also a little interesting, and she was naturally a little disgusted at first, no one really likes poor relatives who have not been in touch for ten or eight years to come to the door to fight the autumn breeze!
It's just a matter of greeting her for the sake of face.
Unexpectedly, this old man still has some blessings, and he can enter the eyes of Jia's mother! That's different, for Wang Xifeng, pleasing Jia's mother is the basis for her to be able to call the wind and rain in Jiafu.
No matter what Grandma Liu said, she can be regarded as a person from their family, and she is naturally happy if she can make Jia's mother happy.
In addition, on the day of getting along, she also found that Grandma Liu did have some knowledge that ordinary village women did not have, so she was not only making fun of her, but also a little more sincere.
So she agreed to Mandarin Duck's proposal in her heart.
Otherwise, a Grandma Liu is really not worth their "calculation".
Therefore, the two hit it off, and immediately got together and discussed how to tease Grandma Liu for a while, in order to make fun of them.
Li Kun didn't know their sinister intentions at this time, so he scolded with a smile: "You are not children anymore, and you are still so naughty, and the old lady knows about scolding you." ”
The mandarin duck was not afraid, and said calmly: "This has nothing to do with you, if the old lady scolds, she has me!" ”
When Li Kun heard this, he felt a little emotional.
Even Mrs. Wang generally doesn't dare to say this, but Mandarin Duck dares, it can be seen how rare this girl is in Mother Jia!
But she didn't know that Mandarin Duck knew Jia's mother's character too well, and knew that Jia's mother was happy to see such a funny thing, so she dared to do this.
Of course, saying this also has the meaning of vaguely declaring his status in front of Jia's mother.
Although she has never relied on Jia's mother's power to be a blessing, she still has to have the necessary affirmation. Otherwise, some people may really forget this rule - those who serve in front of the elders are more decent than the masters!
Wang Xifeng secretly pursed his mouth, but he didn't say anything.
Make sure it is correct, and immediately go to ask Jia Mu and others to come over.
After a polite gesture, everyone sat down.
Because there is no round table arranged today, there are only a few tables, so Grandma Liu also has a chair alone.
When she hesitated to sit down, she was pulled by the mandarin duck and whispered to her: "Grandma, can you remember what I told you just now?" ”
Grandma Liu's face was difficult, but she nodded immediately.
It turned out that after she entered the hall just now, the mandarin duck whispered to her that the rules of Jiafu are that whenever a relative guest comes to the door, before the banquet, everyone must be amused. Tell a joke or be a child.
"Then grandma remember, if you don't say it or don't say it well, everyone will laugh at you!"
The mandarin duck smiled, and saw that Wang Xifeng also served Grandma Liu's dishes, chopsticks, dishes, etc. according to the plan, so he didn't say anything more and walked back to Jia's mother's side.
After Grandma Liu sat down, she felt uncomfortable, and the cups, saucers, and various dishes almost dazzled her eyes.
For a while, he was busy taking the cups and plates presented by the maids, and thanked him one after another, but he was afraid that he would accidentally knock over the cups and fruit plates.
Cautiously, Jia's mother had already placed it properly, raised a glass of wine, and said "please" to everyone.
Seeing this, Grandma Liu stood up reflexively and said loudly: "Old Liu, Lao Liu, you eat as much as a cow, and you can eat an old sow without raising your head!" ”
As he spoke, he crooked his face and made a strange appearance.
Burst......
She was born dark, and she was old again, and her face was furrowed, so she looked even more ugly and funny.
Coupled with the rustic country slang, its straightforwardness and rudeness made everyone stunned, and after reacting, they all burst into laughter!
Among them, Xiangyun's smile was the most exaggerated, and his whole body was laughing forward and backward, and he almost slapped the table and shouted.
Daiyu also just took a sip of tea, when she heard this, she almost squirted out, but she couldn't hold back, and it flowed back into her throat, she coughed twice and again, and then she didn't care, covered her mouth with a handkerchief, and looked at Grandma Liu and smiled.
The reaction of the others was not much different from these two.
Jia Mu laughed for a long time, and pointed at Wang Xifeng with a smile and said, "This must be a ghost made by Feng Yatou, deliberately coaxing her to say these words......"
As he spoke, he couldn't help but laugh again.
The mandarin duck hurriedly smoothed her back......
Grandma Liu also mustered up the courage to say this, but she never expected that these nobles and young ladies would give her face so much and bring her unexpected results. In this way, she no longer tried to make trouble, and sat down in front of everyone's eyes.
Xiangyun laughed for a few breaths, and suddenly looked back at Jia Baoyu drinking small tea, laughing without saying a word, then he crossed Daiyu, slapped Jia Baoyu, and said, "Why don't you laugh?" ”
asked, and then looked at Baochai on the other side of Jia Baoyu, "Sister Bao, why don't you laugh, isn't this funny......"
Xiangyun was really strange, everyone couldn't laugh anymore, and when he looked up, the two people sitting there didn't react, only a faint smile on his face.
She has such a temperament, and if she is curious, she has to ask.
Jia Baoyu shook his head. Why did he smile so subtly, naturally because he had already seen the mandarin duck praising Grandma Liu, and he had an expectation in his heart, so he saw Grandma Liu making a fool of himself, except for Wan Er's smile, it was naturally unlikely to be too exaggerated.
He doesn't have the crazy temperament of Xiangyun.
However, Baochai is similar to him, which makes him feel a little surprised.
Putting anything else aside, the eldest lady of a family like them should be surprised to see such an old woman acting as a monster.
Just look at others, even the two sisters, Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue, couldn't help but hold hands and laugh......
Could it be that she was deceived from beginning to end, and Baochai also traveled from later generations, and she also watched the original version of "Dream of Red Mansions", so she couldn't poke her laughter?
The more I thought about it, the more frightened I became, so I couldn't help but glance at Baochai.
It just so happened that Baochai replied to Xiangyun's words, and also turned his head to look at him. Finding Jia Baoyu's abnormal gaze, Baochai was stunned, and then turned back.
She didn't know what Jia Baoyu was thinking, Grandma Liu's move was funny and weird, but after all, it had no connotation, for her, it was just an ordinary trick, and it was difficult to get into her heart.
Coupled with the vastness of her heart, it is difficult to make waves, so naturally she doesn't think it's so funny.
What she likes, what can really make her heart, is the love words and slang that Jia Baoyu used to tease her......
On the other side, Grandma Liu retired and was secretly relieved, but Wang Xifeng had already brought someone up to give her vegetables.
A small silver porcelain bowl, a pair of white gold-inlaid porcelain chopsticks more than a foot long...... She couldn't see any material, and thought it was porcelain.
picked it up and measured it with a hand card, and couldn't help but sigh in his mouth: "These chopsticks are so long." ”
In this regard, Wang Xifeng just smiled and said nothing, and when he beckoned, a maid came over with a plate of pigeon eggs prepared too early, all of which had been peeled in advance, and the light was abnormal.
These pigeon eggs are artificially fed pigeons, and they are specially fed for the family of Jiafu to eat, because they are so large that they do not look like wild pigeon eggs in the countryside.
Grandma Liu was originally surprised by these delicacies, but when she saw this, she only smiled and said: "Your chickens here are also handsome, and the eggs are also small......
The implication is that this egg is so small, so beautiful!
The crowd laughed again. However, because of the previous events, everyone was a little immune, and they all put down their chopsticks one by one and only cared about watching the show.
Wang Xifeng held back a smile and nodded: "Since you know, then eat quickly, one or two pieces of silver!" ”
Grandma Liu was taken aback, and she didn't dare to be sure that she was coaxing her. There is nothing impossible about these rich and noble people's affairs, isn't there a rumor, in the palace, there is a radish, which is also raised by a special person, and ordinary people can ascend to immortality after eating it......
Seeing Wang Xifeng's urging, she was not polite, and picked up the chopsticks to clip them.
How did she know that the chopsticks were also arranged by Wang Xifeng and others, and they were precious objects made of ivory, because they were long and polished smooth and translucent, even those who had used them might not be able to hold them steadily, let alone Grandma Liu?
After more than ten times of effort, I couldn't pick up a "little egg", Grandma Liu blushed, anxious, and worked hard, and the pigeon egg jumped on a few and rolled down the ground.
Grandma Liu was startled, and hurriedly went down to pick it up and eat it, but the little maid who was standing on the ground and serving picked it up and threw it into the garbage urn.
Grandma Liu felt a little guilty because she couldn't get the value of this "egg", and said straightly: "What about this tael of silver, it's gone before I hear a sound......
As he spoke, he looked at the faces of Wang Xifeng and others. Seeing that they had no intention of blaming, they were reassured.
Daiyu and the others are completely immune. There are no other words or actions other than a smile.
Mother Jia also laughed for a long time, after all, she couldn't bear to be teased all the time, so she asked someone to replace it with ordinary ebony silver chopsticks.
Grandma Liu took the chop and pulled it, and sighed: "This has just gone to gold, and it is silver, in the end, it is not as good as the bamboo made of our family......"
Wang Xifeng said: "If the dish is poisonous, I will try it out this time." ”
Grandma Liu hurriedly waved her hand: "If these vegetables are poisonous, all of our family will be arsenic!" Even if it's poisonous, she has to eat it all! ”
After speaking, he first forked a chopstick dish and chewed it to eat.
The crowd laughed and said nothing.