After the bear children left, Zhu Ping'an cleaned up the messy table made by the bear children, caught the innocent toad in his hand, walked out of the door, put the toad in the flower garden outside, and then covered it loosely with soil.

Alright, let's go on hibernation.

After that, I went back to my room again, laid out the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and then practiced calligraphy. This time, there was no bear child to disturb it, until a little maid came to say that the Hou Mansion was going to set up a dinner reception, so Zhu Ping'an took the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and followed the little maid to the front hall of the banquet.

Turn left and right, go through the mountain verandah, and go through several doors to the place where the banquet is held.

This is a living room, the front door is set up is a red sandalwood carved pine crane pattern inlaid jade seat screen, there are several cases on both sides, there are porcelain vases on the top, marble inserts, there are as many as five or six. The furnishings of the living room are gorgeously decorated, finely carved, inlaid with marble, precious stones, enamel, etc., although they look beautiful, but there is a strong suspicion of fighting rich.

In the middle of the living room is hung in the middle of the hall and the couplet, the couplet reads "Coarse clothes and light rice are good tea, this old man enjoys it!" The Qi family rules the country and equalizes the world, and Cao Ren is responsible for such things. ”

It's also coarse tea and light rice, it's all extravagant like this.

This couplet should have been left by the ancestor of their Li family who followed Zhu Yuanzhang to open the country. It's just that, looking at the furnishings in the living room, I know that this couplet of the ancestors of the Li family is in vain.

When he entered the living room, Zhu Ping'an found that everyone else was already seated, most of them were girls, and in the middle was a silver-haired old woman, who looked like she was in her sixties, and everyone was surrounded by stars like the moon.

The second, third, fourth, and sixth ladies of the Hou Mansion were all sitting around the old woman, and Li Shu was sitting a little remotely.

The old lady of the Hou Mansion was holding a little Lori in her arms. Little Lori bit her chubby fingers and looked at Zhu Ping'an, leaning on a bear child under the old lady's knees. looked at Zhu Ping'an at the door with a provocative face.

As soon as Zhu Ping'an entered the living room, everyone turned their heads to look at Zhu Ping'an.

"Huh. Who is this big brother, is it the person we are waiting for, why did you come, Niuniu and the others are hungry. The little Lori in the arms of the old lady of the Hou Mansion bit her chubby little fingers, covered her little belly paper, and looked at Zhu Ping'an with a cute face and asked.

"That's it, let's wait so long, I haven't been polite with my sister and me." Leaning on the bear child of the old lady of the Hou Mansion. looked at Zhu Ping'an with a provocative face and said.

Then, the old lady of the Hou Mansion's already bad face became even worse.

The sixth lady of the Hou Mansion covered her small mouth, and when she heard this, she let out a chuckle, and her eyes were full of schadenfreude when she looked at Zhu Ping'an.

I see.

The little maid just now should have been instructed by one of them to deliberately call herself a long time late. It's really, interestingly, it seems that there are many people in this Hou Mansion who are unhappy with themselves.

"Late is late. What a shame. ”

Zhu Ping'an bowed down to apologize to everyone, and happily admitted that he was late, and he didn't pull the little maid who called him out to confront him or anything, they came prepared. How can you let yourself grasp the handle, it is better to admit your mistake directly.

"That's it, take a seat."

The old lady of the Hou Mansion sitting in the middle. With a face, he waved his hand and motioned for Zhu Ping'an to sit down. Then a little maid walked up to Zhu Ping'an and led Zhu Ping'an to another table.

Ancient rites: seven years. Men and women sit at different tables and eat different utensils. That is, when a child reaches the age of seven, men and women cannot sit together and eat at the same table. In the Hou Mansion, it is even more exquisite.

The old lady sat at a table, and Zhu Ping'an was at a table by himself, and there was no one to accompany him. It seems that the Hou Mansion really didn't take himself very seriously, and after Zhu Ping'an sat down, he was even more sure of this problem.

The meals were served in turn, and the pomp was extravagant, and Zhu Ping'an was alone, and there were more than ten dishes on the table, not to mention the old lady of the Hou Mansion.

"Ancestor, I'm ready for dinner."

A boy's unique voice came from outside the door, and then I saw a familiar fat man trotting in.

This fat man is very familiar, he is the last one among the group of noble children who rushed into the city at the gate of the city, and he is also the one who kissed all his belongings when he was waiting in line for the exam.

When I heard people call him Zhou Fatzi at the city gate, Master Zhou, I thought his surname was Zhou, but I didn't expect it to be surnamed Li, so it should be the word "Zhou" at the end of his name.

This fat man is not the same type as the fat man Xue Chi, this fat man is the second ancestor of Chun. From the inside to the outside, it also exudes a strong second-hand atmosphere.

This fat man is the most favored heart and soul of the old lady of the Hou Mansion among the grandchildren of the Hou Mansion, and he still has a little bit of a good look, his face is full of smiles, and his eyes are squinted with a smile.

"You monkey grandson, you have a good nose, and you come when you smell the smell of rice." The old lady of the Hou Mansion smiled from ear to ear, beckoned the fat man to come over, and asked with concern, "Why do you sleep for a while, why don't you sleep more, in the examination room for nine days and seven nights, but grandmother is worried." You fell asleep as soon as you entered the house, and your grandmother didn't ask you, how did you do in the exam this time? ”

The fat man listened to the words of the old lady of the Hou Mansion, and said with a bullish face, "Ancestor, don't worry, grandson has stabilized this time." ”

At the other table, Zhu Ping'an listened to the fat man's words, and was a little speechless, you kissed it.

Li Shu, who was sitting on the table, rolled her eyes when she heard this, she had long heard that this cousin of the uncle's family was the most unreliable, he was like a pig when he was a child, lazy, stupid and greedy, and self-righteous. I don't know how much effort it took the uncle to make him qualified for the entrance examination, and now he dares to say that he has been stable, which is ridiculous. If Zhu Ping'an said this, he could still say the past, and I couldn't figure out where you got your confidence.

"Okay, well, I know that my monkey is a good one." The old lady of the Hou Mansion smiled even more happily when she heard this, "It's not in vain that your mother and they went to the temple to pray for you." ”

"Hey, who are you?"

The fat man walked into the living room and was about to walk to the table of the old lady of the Hou Mansion, but suddenly found Zhu Ping'an, stopped, and asked with a fat face.

Before Zhu Ping'an could speak, the bear child who was leaning on the old lady of the Hou Mansion ran out screaming, hugged the fat man's thigh, and pointed at Zhu Ping'an and said.

"He's here to take advantage of the buns."

The bear child pointed at Zhu Ping'an, squinted his little eyes and said to the fat man, looking at Zhu Ping'an's little eyes, there were still small flames in his eyes.

Hearing this, Zhou Fatzi looked at Zhu Ping'an's gaze, and he was full of disdain. Tu Baozi, it turned out to be a pariah! Take advantage of it, dare to take advantage of our Linhuai Hou Mansion!

"Rui'er, how can you speak, that's your future fifth brother-in-law." The sixth lady of the Hou Mansion covered her mouth and smiled.

Except for Li Shu and the little girl with the bun behind her, the others did not mean to educate the bear child to Zhu Ping'an, but instead had a feeling of schadenfreude.

"I don't want the soil bun to be the fifth brother-in-law, I want the cousin of my grandmother's family to be the fifth brother-in-law, so I don't want this soil bun."

The bear child looked at Zhu Ping'an with an unhappy face and screamed.

"Ahem, children's words are unscrupulous, children's words are unscrupulous. Okay, come here, come to Rui'er, come to my sister. The second lady of the Hou Mansion put a handkerchief to her lips and coughed, half playing a circle, calling to the bear child. (To be continued......)