The ninth day of June.

Mrs. Ning got up early in the morning, dressed and freshened up, and then called Mrs. Chen and asked her to see if Ningxia Qing was ready.

When Mrs. Chen went, Ningxia Qing had already been sitting in front of the mirror for a long time, and was wearing the last green hosta.

Gu Mansion is now in the limelight, there will definitely be people of noble status to go to the banquet, the Ning family is a merchant, and she has already bowed her head in front of those people, so she doesn't dare to have the slightest errand, and even dressing up has to spend a lot of thought.

She is wearing a cyan gown, and the material of the gown is a kind of smoke yarn produced in Yifang County. The cage smoke yarn is not luxurious, and the best cage smoke yarn is not in Yifang County, but this one is better than the color, it is a kind of cyan color, worn on the body like a fairy standing in the bamboo forest, and with a frost-colored monofilament Luo skirt, it adds a three-point independent charm.

She remembers that by the time of next summer, the cage smoke yarn will be all the rage in Liu'an County. Now in Liu'an County, the most fashionable are Wu yarn and dark flower yarn, which are more gorgeous than the cage smoke yarn, but not as elegant and ethereal as the cage smoke yarn.

She thought that it would be nice if her father could take advantage of the fact that he could take advantage of the fact that he could get more smoke yarn in the cage. It's a pity that although the cage tobacco yarn is not expensive, it is not a cheap material, and now their family has no extra money to enter the cage tobacco yarn, even if they have money, I am afraid it will not go well, and the clan and Tan Wenshi will inevitably make a stumbling block for her family in private......

"Girl, what else do you need to prepare?" Jade's voice pulled her back, and she smiled, shook her head, and got up to walk out. It's still too late to do the smoke yarn, and the most important thing at the moment is the birthday banquet of the Gu Mansion, and she can't go wrong.

When she was about to arrive in the old lady's room, Du Qiutong happened to come out of it. "My cousin is so beautiful today, is this material new to my uncle? It's really a cousin who is not ordinary! As soon as Du Qiutong saw Ning Ningqing, he immediately flattered her, and reached out to touch her clothes.

"You went to see the old lady?" She quietly avoided Du Qiutong's hand and asked.

"Hmm. I heard that my cousin was going out today, so I came over to have a look. Du Qiutong naturally walked side by side with Ningxia Qing and began to chatter: "I heard that the Gu family can be regarded as a family, and now there are several lords who are officials in the court, and there are also those who have been knighted. I heard that the men of their Gu family were all full of poetry and books. I also heard that the Gu family's garden is full of rare and exotic plants, which is even more magnificent than the imperial garden in the palace......"

Ning Xia Qing heard the hint in Du Qiutong's words, but pretended not to understand, but glanced at Du Qiutong instead, and said meaningfully: "You know the Gu family quite well, and I don't know why your news is so well-informed." ”

Seeing the embarrassed expression on Du Qiutong's face, Ning Xia Qing asked coldly, "I heard that your brother came last night, is there something wrong?" ”

"It's nothing, just to come and see me." Du Qiutong touched a soft nail, and his heart was naturally unhappy, but he didn't show it at all, and even pulled Ning Ningqing's sleeve flatteringly, and said coquettishly: "Cousin, can you take me with you, let me open my eyes, I beg my cousin." ”

Seeing that Du Qiutong was no longer going around in circles, Ning Xia Qing sneered in her heart and said, "Grandma Gu invited the old lady to catch up on the old days, and even I am just a companion. ”

Looking at Du Qiutong's expression, Ning Xia Qing said again: "You don't have to worry. I'm going to visit Gu's house today, and I'll definitely find an opportunity to introduce you to it in the future. ”

"My cousin is right, it's me who is not thoughtful, or my cousin is thoughtful, I will listen to my cousin in the future." Du Qiutong smiled very sincerely, and he couldn't see any displeasure at all.

Seeing Du Qiutong walk away, Ning Xia Qing frowned, and Cuiyu beside him muttered in a low voice: "My cousin has always been thoughtful, but what's wrong today?" It seems that the cousin is younger than the girl, and she is not as calm and careful as the girl. ”

"She's fourteen." Ning Xia Qing looked at Cuiyu, said a word quite meaningfully, and then turned around and went to the old lady's room.

The Shen family proposed to withdraw from the family, Ningxia Qing was going to Gu's family for a banquet today, Du Qiutong thought that the old lady was going to find another family for Ningxia Qing, so she wanted to follow. Du Qiutong's careful thinking, how could Ningxia Qing not understand? I understand it now, and I understood it before.

Since Ningxia Qing's aunt passed away, Du Qiutong came to Ning's house, Ningxia Qing pity Du Qiutong without a mother, so for Du Qiutong's various careful thoughts, he always turned a blind eye, pretended not to understand, and even fulfilled everywhere, in exchange for Du Qiutong's insatiable greed and revenge.

Although Du Qiutong is pitiful, pity is not a reason to be vicious.

When Ningxia Qing went out with the old lady in her arms, Ningxia Zi pulled her sister's sleeve and asked in a milky voice, "Sister, when will you come back?" ”

Ning Xia Qing smiled, squatted down, pinched Zi'er's little face, and said, "When you fill twenty sheets of the ten characters I taught you, we will come back." ”

Zi'er suddenly lowered her head and muttered aggrievedly: "I don't want to practice calligraphy, I also want to go to the banquet......"

Cao Shi immediately hugged Zi'er, frowned and said, "Don't talk nonsense......"

The old lady suddenly smiled and said, "It's okay, it's boring for her to practice calligraphy at home alone, so come with us." ”

Zi'er's big eyes lit up instantly, and the Cao family was a little embarrassed: "But the old lady of the Gu family didn't invite Zi'er to go with her." ”

The old lady's face was full of love: "It's okay. That day, Mrs. Gu said that she wanted to meet my granddaughter, and since Qing'er had gone, she couldn't leave our Zi'er behind. ”

Cao's couldn't refuse, so he had to say "um", and then took Zi'er to change his clothes for the banquet.

Cao didn't understand the old lady's intentions, but Ningxia Qing did. Zi'er is already six years old, and she is extremely cute, the old lady took Zi'er to Gufu together, maybe she didn't have that kind of thought. People like the Gu family must not look down on her family, and the old lady should want to take advantage of the large number of people at the banquet to find Zi'er well.

When Cao came out with Zi'er to change his clothes, he had already figured out what the old lady meant, so Cao thought of Du Qiutong, and said, "Since the opportunity is rare, let's take Qiutong with you." ”

Ning Ningqing bowed her head and was silent, but fortunately the old lady said: "Qiu Tong still has his father and brother, so we can't manage it too widely." After all, they will come and go often in the future, and it will not be too late to take her with them when the time comes. ”

Cao nodded, and sent the old lady and her two daughters out. Although her carriage is small, she can't go out without a maid, so she let Cuiyu follow, fortunately, Zi'er is still young and can be held by Cuiyu to ride in the car.

At the moment when Ah Zheng lowered the curtain, Ning Xia Qing caught a glimpse of a figure hiding behind the shadow wall, she didn't say anything, Quan Dang didn't see it.

When the carriage left, Du Qiutong walked out from behind the shadow wall and went to Aunt Du's room angrily.

After listening to Du Qiutong's speech, Aunt Du said with disdain: "I'll just say it, the old lady will definitely only bring her two granddaughters, and she won't take you at all." In the eyes of the old lady, you are just an outsider, which turn can you do this kind of good thing? Even that aunt of yours doesn't have you in her eyes at all! You know, when your father sent you over, he gave your aunt a lot of silver, and you didn't eat the Ning family for nothing! ”

Aunt Du, who was full of red light, drank all the nourishing soup and said disdainfully: "Besides, with your aunt's body and bones, if I didn't help her serve the master, how could she live so comfortably?" But what did she do to the Du family? Your father only occasionally took a few pieces of cloth from the shop to cut clothes, and she was full of displeasure, if you want me to say, she didn't take the Du family as a relative at all! ”

Du Qiutong said angrily: "The Ning family doesn't have a good thing!" Sister-in-law, yesterday my brother told me that my uncle's shop has not been doing well recently, so let's think of another way. Can you ask your uncle-in-law how much money he has now? ”

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The carriage of the Ning family stopped in front of the Gu Mansion, and the four people led by Old Lady Ning got out of the car. Under the guidance of the Gu Mansion, Ah Zheng parked the carriage next to a row of luxurious carriages. The old lady and the others entered the gate of the Gu Mansion under the guidance of the servants of the Gu Mansion.