As the morning sun rises slowly, the Linhuai Marquis Mansion is becoming more and more lively.

The nearby Wei State Mansion, the founding public vice-president, the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion, the Lingbi Marquis Mansion and the family of the civil and military officials who were close to the deceased came one after another to congratulate the old lady of the Linhuai Marquis Mansion on her birthday, and the people who came to the door were endless, and the Linhuai Marquis Mansion was like a city. All the people who came came with gifts, and the stewards of the Linhuai Marquis Mansion registered them one by one, and the results counted a thick stack of papers.

A large desk was set up in the hall of the Marquis of Linhuai, a red carpet was laid out, and the guests sent birthday gifts, all of which were placed on the desk by the maid and the maid, and then put into the warehouse.

Ruyi jade birthday star, peach amethyst immortal, longevity fan ten perfect, South China Sea pearls, coral ornaments, agarwood crutches, Canaan pearls all kinds of treasures, surprises and so on, the old lady looked at it for a while, very satisfied, with a smile on her face, waved her hand to let the girl put into the warehouse.

"Hehe, ancestor, you don't look at other people's, we are the ones who do the gifts of our children and grandchildren, you can be appreciated." Miss Hou Fuliu's round little face was smiling, showing her little tiger teeth, and she hugged the old lady's arm and said coquettishly.

"You monkey is still looking for your ancestors, it's all up to you." The old lady patted Miss Six's arm dotingly, and nodded with a smile.

Then he started with the second lady of the Hou Mansion and gave birthday gifts to the old lady of the Hou Mansion one by one.

The second lady presented the hand-embroidered immeasurable longevity Buddhist scriptures, the third lady presented the Wannian Ruyi jade cup, the fourth lady presented a pair of peach longevity pictures, Li Shu presented the South China Sea coral Guanyin, and the sixth miss sent the longevity Wan'an hand back mattress

The old lady smiled with satisfaction, and was very happy with the filial piety of her granddaughters.

And then. I don't know who started it, so I instigated several young ladies to pick out the birthday gifts for their husbands. Placed in front of the old lady.

The second lady and their future husbands are all generous and valuable. The old lady was very satisfied. The only exception is the birthday gift of the future fifth aunt of the Hou Mansion, that is, Zhu Ping'an's birthday gift. Zhu Ping'an's birthday gift is two, one is Zhu Ping'an's handwritten birthday speech, and the other is Li Shu asked the bun little maid to send over to Zhu Ping'an to fill the number of Magu birthday jade carving ornaments.

However, the sixth lady of the Hou Mansion smiled and said that looking at the jade carving ornaments of Magu's birthday celebration, it seemed that after seeing it in the fifth sister's room, the face of the old lady of the Hou Mansion became bad, according to the words of the sixth lady, the jade carving is the fifth girl, that is to say, Zhu Ping'an only sent a deputy of his own writing to send it called Huazi!

Thereupon. The old lady of the Hou Mansion's face suddenly became bad, and she waved her hand to let people move all the gifts to the warehouse.

The front yard of the Hou Mansion is even more lively at the moment, and among the people who came to the Hou Mansion to celebrate their birthdays, there are six or seven young people of the same age as Zhou Fatzi, all dressed brightly and brightly, full of the breath of the second ancestor, these are the sons of the princes and dignitaries who are used to messing with Zhou Fatzi, after giving birthday gifts. He pulled Zhou Fatzi to sit on the table, let Zhou Fatzi accompany him, and called for six drinks.

Zhu Ping'an sat at the table in the corner, and the people at the table with him were some inconspicuous distant relatives and poor relatives of the Hou Mansion.

Zhou Fatzi's table. It's not too far from Zhu Ping'an's table, after all, it's in a courtyard, but Zhu Ping'an's table is a little remote. Zhou Fatzi and their table of people. Zhu Ping'an felt that his face was familiar, if he was not mistaken. The people at that table were the second ancestors who were rampaging at the gate of the city when they came out of the capital.

Zhu Ping'an's table was relatively quiet. It is estimated that it is because of the poor relatives of the Hou Mansion, and the Hou Mansion does not assign too many people to accompany them, and in addition to serving the food, there are no girls or small servants to serve.

Relatively speaking, Zhou Fatzi's table was much more lively, and there were two girls waiting on the side, pouring tea and wine, and taking care of everything.

From their discussion, Zhu Ping'an could probably hear that this group of second ancestors seemed to look down on Zhou Fatzi a little.

"Hey, Fat Zhou, why don't you run with your brother these days, why are you afraid of losing?"

"That's it, don't you pay a few rouge horses soon, aren't you also riding quite cool at night."

There were two second ancestors sitting on the table, crossing Erlang's legs, tossing fruits and playing, squinting their eyes and mocking Zhou Fatzi. These second ancestors are either the sons and daughters of the princely families of the Wei State Mansion, the Founding Mansion, the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion and other princely families, or they are the sons of the third-grade and fourth-grade families, and their family backgrounds are no less than Zhou Fatzi, so they are ridiculed without pressure.

Zhou Fatzi is fat, riding horses, archery, fighting cocks and walking dogs, often not the opponents of these second ancestors, and in terms of literary style, they are all half a bottle of water without swaying, so naturally there is no advantage; In addition, Zhou Fatzi still has some disadvantages in personality, the second goods have a strong temperament, and there is a little bit of cowardice in his personality, and he is not the kind of bloody person.

Therefore, it is often the object of ridicule among the second ancestors, and this time is no exception.

"Whoever is afraid, next time I will compare who is afraid of whom." Fat Zhou had a fat face sideways, showing no weakness.

"Let's put it that way." The second ancestors looked at each other and smiled, quite proud, now it's good, and the money for drinking flower wine in the future will be saved again.

"Oh, by the way, I heard that what is the third room of your Hou Mansion with, the soil bun from the countryside, married to a family? Is there such a thing? ”

"Hehehe, I can't figure it out, when did your Linhuai Marquis Mansion drop the price so much, isn't this a shame for our honor?"

Several second ancestors didn't know where they heard the secrets of the Hou Mansion, and they questioned Zhou Fatzi on the table, and their tones were mostly ridiculed.

After Zhu Ping'an in the corner heard their chat, he smiled a little helplessly, how could the news of his engagement with Li Shu spread so far, even these second ancestors had heard about it. It seems that he was ridiculed again, hehe, what's wrong with the countryside, who said that the cold family can't rise.

Zhou Fatzi listened to the ridicule of the buddies around him, but he had nothing to say, because what these buddies said was the truth, although his grandmother and father had discussed the divorce many times, but after all, they had not withdrawn. couldn't help but faintly complain about Zhu Ping'an in his heart, causing himself to be ridiculed.

"Why, it's still really not possible, hehehe, I don't even let go of the dirt buns in the countryside, how ugly your fifth lady has to be"

Seeing the fat man's expression, a second ancestor couldn't help but laugh.

"Hehe, it shouldn't be like you, it's also so strong."

The other Second Ancestors couldn't help laughing.

"How can it be, my fifth sister is beautiful, more beautiful than the county lord of Anyang." Zhou Fatzi was confident at this time, twisting his neck and choking.

"You just blow it, if you have the county lord of Anyang, half of the beauty will not be able to find a country bun"

The fat man's words not only did not play a positive role, but made the second ancestors laugh even more. The county lord of Anyang is a famous beauty in the capital, and there are few in the entire capital that can compare. Zhou Fatzi said that her fifth sister who was engaged to Tubaozi was more beautiful than the county lord of Anyang, so she wasn't bragging.

"Oh, by the way, I heard that you went to take the exam a few days ago, hehe, how is it?" After laughing, someone remembered that Zhou Fatzi participated in the examination, and couldn't help asking.

"Steady." Zhou Fatzi replied confidently.

"Hehehe, if you want me to say, God is really fair." After listening to Zhou Fatzi's words, a second ancestor said with a smile.

"Oh, how do you say?" Zhou Fatzi asked with some curiosity.

"Hehehe, although you are ugly, but you want to be beautiful, hehehe" The man couldn't help laughing.

Everyone else burst into laughter.

"That's it, what are you like, my brothers don't know yet, you grew up wearing open crotch pants. You will honestly ask our uncle to fill the vacancy in the Beijing camp and the garrison camp, and what will you test, don't be joking, what kind of effort is tossed, it is in vain. ”

Regarding the matter of Zhou Fatzi's examination, none of these second ancestors are optimistic.

"Aren't you stimulated by Xu Laosan, Xu Laosan has been studious since he was a child, and his children's and township exams are all real tests, and they don't rely on Wei Guogong's strength at all. Xu Laosan is really stable, why did people go home just now, it wasn't that I heard that the list might be released today, so I went home and waited. ”

The Xu Laosan that this person said was the third son of the Duke of Wei next door, and the Duke of Wei was inherited from Xu Da. This Xu Laosan is more famous in the capital, with quick thinking and unforgettable, although he sometimes messes around with Zhou Fatzi and them, but his literary level is real.

Some time ago, Xu Laosan passed the township test, they went to drink flower wine together to celebrate, there was an oiran that made Zhou Fat Covetous, and the money was spent a lot, but the Oiran heard that Xu Laosan had just passed the township test, and he posted it upside down and didn't take a penny. At that time, Zhou Fatzi was stimulated, and he shook his fat face and threatened to surpass Xu Laosan if he passed the exam.

Xu Laosan of the Wei family was also together just now, but they sent a birthday gift and went home, of course, before going home, they also ridiculed Zhou Fatzi fiercely.

"Hmph, we'll see."

Regarding the ridicule of the second ancestor, Zhou Fatzi shook his fat face, gritted his teeth and said a word, which provoked the second ancestor to laugh again. (To be continued......)

PS: There will be at least one more chapter today, and I won't break my word.