295。 Eating and drinking are not enough, and there is sleep!

"That's right, this is the first gift that the third sister has received." Qi Mingluan, who Mu Tong took off the jade ornament, glanced at it, how to say that he was also born in a jade family, and his eye for jade was exercised in this way, and the color of the jade plate carved with a unicorn pattern clearly indicated that it had been in existence for many years, and it was constantly rubbed on the surface.

I can recognize the unicorn, or I heard Ginkgo talk about it, it used to be equivalent to the national emblem of the Tuyu Kingdom, and now it is the family crest of the Beihou family.

It can be said that with such a jade plaque on his body, it is more effective than ordinary officials, but the rest of the Qi family does not know this, it is just an ordinary jade ornament that Beihou carries with him, and Beihou does not explain it when he gives it to Qi Minglan, so his grandmother and father did not shirk it.

"Mingluan, aren't you Han mixed with my father-in-law, when the third lady and Lu are on that day, I will definitely give a generous gift." Mu Tong pretended to be angry and unhappy, and also exempted Qi Minglan from thanking him.

"How dare you do this, besides, there is no rule for the concubine to hold a big ceremony and a ceremony." Old Madam Qi didn't just say that Qi Minglan had the extra attention of Beihou, she just talked about the rules.

"If you don't do it and don't affect the receipt of gifts, just treat it as a family meal like this today, and the old lady won't welcome me." Mu Tong held the wine glass and symbolically saluted Mrs. Qi.

Old Madam Qi didn't drink alcohol, because the wound on her arm was told by Qi Mingluan that there were all kinds of taboos, if it weren't for Xu's light, she wouldn't even be able to eat the fish.

"On that day, if Mrs. Hou is better, please also invite her to come to the house to sit, if there is anything else you want, I will tell Minglan to embroider." Xu Shi answered for Mrs. Qi, which is also the responsibility of her normal communication as the head of the house, "Minglan, you go back to the table first, the Chengxian diagram in the room will be ordered, and let the Hou Ye take it back to Mrs. Hou." ”

"Father, this is not very good." Mu Jingping tried to interrupt the arrangement that Xu had just made, but Mu Tong's eyes were slightly displeased, so he had to continue. "The son knows that his father wants to give it to his mother to please his mother, but the eldest brother has hidden a pair of embroidery of the third lady to give his mother's birthday a surprise, if the father sends it now, the eldest brother's surprise is not a surprise, if the father also sends it on his birthday, then it will be less novel."

"Well, you have a point." Mu Tong listened and nodded, "Then let's do it, that set of embroidery should be put on the house first, and then sent after the birthday of the insider, anyway, I will have to live in the post station for a long time." ”

"Minglan doesn't dare, being able to be appreciated by the Hou Ye is also the blessing of the immortal map, and it is also fate, so naturally I will not give it to others." Qi Minglan Fu bowed, and after getting the approval of Mrs. Qi and Xu's eyes, she went back to her table.

"Mrs. Sister-in-law's birthday, only Minglan is afraid that the female red is thin, I don't know if Mrs. Sister-in-law likes jade ornaments, how about I let the shop play a set? Ran'er, do you think my sister-in-law will like it? ”

Qi Houru directly called Mrs. Shang, this call Qi Mingluan almost didn't choke on the rice, Daddy is thick-skinned or a businessman's self-acquaintance.

"Daddy, you are stingy when you give jade ornaments, who doesn't know that the imperial merchant Qi's family started with jade, and the things I have played with since I was a child are made of jade, and the so-called gifts are rare things, just like the third sister, although it is not very conspicuous female red, but the craftsmanship and embroidery patterns are the first one of the Daewoo Dynasty."

Qi Mingluan didn't save face for Qi Houru at all, basically after eating, he ridiculed his father for her digestion activity after eating, Xu Shi listened to Qi Mingluan's words, not only did not say that she was not responsible, but followed the coaxing to hide her face and snicker.

"My son didn't know how to ask this daughter-in-law to come back, I'm not afraid of your jokes, the old man has been born for so many years, and the gifts he gave are all kinds of jade, nothing new."

Mrs. Qi really admired her grandmother's ability to count her sons, but recalling that from the beginning of her 100-day banquet to the present, isn't the grandmother giving jade ornaments every year's birthday.

"Xiao Mingluan's mouth, who can say anything about you." Mu Tong laughed when he heard it, this girl, it turns out that she is so good at home to her father, this is a kind of getting along between two generations that Mu Tong has not experienced, and the atmosphere is very harmonious. "But my wife is not too fond of these external objects, if you want to say what you care about the most, it is Jian Ping, the child, always worry about him, although I don't expect him to do anything, he is about to get married, and he is not in shape."

"It's better than that." Mu Tong said a lot, and then went around to Qi Shaocheng's side, and then said a mention, "My wife's birthday is also a small banquet at home, how about Shaocheng lead Xiao Mingluan to the post station to have a meal, seeing such a clever and lovely righteous girl, it must be the best birthday gift." ”

Yes, by the way, he also went around to the head of the county lord, saying that it was a good word, and it was enough to visit him, but whoever was embarrassed to visit him empty-handed should not prepare a generous gift.

Hey, no, someone is embarrassed to be empty-handed, Mu Tong brought his three sons to eat and drink, and he didn't bring any gifts, and your Mu Jianping still owes the county lord ten ingots of gold.

Alas, you can't refuse, after recognizing your father-in-law and brother-in-law, it is unreasonable to say that you haven't gone to salute your stepmother, you have to go sooner or later, fortunately, with your eldest brother, it won't be boring.

When Qi Minglan returned to her seat, she was glared at by Qi Mingyue with resentment, and looked at the main table from time to time with anticipation, perhaps expecting Beihou to meet the third sister Qi Minglan, and to meet the fifth brother and her sixth lady one by one, but after all, it was an extravagant hope.

"Congratulations to the third sister for getting the gift from Beihou, the value of things is not important, the important thing is given by Beihou." The expression on Qi Shaoguang's face did not change, the subordinates had already withdrawn most of the dishes and replaced them with pressed tea and snacks, and Qi Shaoguang deliberately brought the hottest one and put it in front of Qi Minglan.

"Thank you, fifth brother." Qi Minglan's answer didn't know whether it was Xie Qi Shaoguang's congratulations, or whether she was thanking Qi Shaoguang for keeping the tea for her. Cherishing words like gold, being cautious in words and deeds has become a principle that has penetrated deep into Qi Minglan's bones.

"Aunt Xiao knows, and she will be happy for the third sister." Qi Shaoguang didn't care whether Qi Minglan said more or less, he was now going to help in the shop more and more, and especially after the fourth young master Qi Shaoyuan was reprimanded by his grandmother for some reason, his father took him to deal with more things.

"I don't know anything else, I'll fiddle with the embroidery thread to embroider a pattern, I just want to embroider some small clothes or something, and I can give it to my little brother or sister in a few months, in fact, I'm just like you, I'm just thinking of ways to please my mother." It was rare to say a long list of words, with a flat tone, but it was saying that Qi Shaoguang, even Qi Mingyue would not say it lightly.

As the children of the concubine, pleasing the housemother is their daily homework, not only related to the status in the house, but also affects the future marriage and marriage, offended the end of the housemother, the concubine often marries the daughter of a small family at will, and the meaning of the family property is driven out alone, if the concubine is even easier to handle, when the concubine is a good person to fill the house, at least it is married, I am afraid that the housewife would rather have a spare meal and idle food to raise one more person, so that a daughter's family wasted her youth and became an old girl who could not get married.

Qi Shaoguang is not worried now, although Aunt Qing is dead, and the reason for her death is not honorable, but his father and mother did not transfer their resentment to themselves, but received more care from their mother, and now they can gain a firm foothold in the shop and get their father's good, which is the direction of his efforts.

In contrast, Qi Mingyue's future is a little bleak, especially after the Xu family is pregnant, even if she still lives in the Xu family's courtyard like Qi Minglan, Qi Minglan will occasionally be summoned over and ask for a handkerchief or something, and she, the sixth miss, is completely uncared for, with her or not, it makes no difference.

Therefore, Qi Mingyue was even more jealous that Qi Minglan could show her face in front of Beihou, you must know that Qi Minglan was in the prime of life, and she got such a benefit in front of her grandmother, father, and mother, which was a great help to the relatives, and maybe she would be allowed to be the main room of a medium-sized family.

"Sixth sister, you said that Beihou attaches such importance to the third sister, will he pay attention to the third sister's family affairs?" Qi Shaoguang deliberately said this topic as if he knew what Qi Mingyue was thinking. "That's right, now that the third son has just been engaged, the Hou Ye will definitely be anxious about the relationship between the prince and the second son, maybe ......"

"The fifth brother doesn't want to talk nonsense, he will be blamed if his grandmother hears it." Qi Minglan retracted her tone a little, stopped Qi Shaoguang and continued.

Qi Shaoguang smiled apologetically and didn't continue. Moreover, even if Qi Minglan didn't stop him, he wouldn't be stupid enough to say the next words by himself.

Only Qi Mingyue, as a matter of course, made up Qi Shaoguang's words in her mind, maybe anything, maybe she fell in love with Qi Minglan and wanted to plan a marriage for the other two sons, a concubine daughter is not qualified to be the wife of the prince, it is still okay to be a side room and a concubine, the eldest sister is married to a prince as a side concubine, and there is a relationship between the seventh sister, and it is a gesture to say a few words.

The more she thought about it, the more resentful Qi Mingyue's eyes became when she looked at Qi Minglan, from the time Qi Minglan deliberately attracted the attention of the main table, everything she calculated was calculated, she pretended to be well-behaved and decent on weekdays, but she was submissive, and she was planning for the future quietly.

Just thinking about it, he was nudged by Qi Shaoguang, it was the main table that dispersed, Mrs. Qi and the Xu family were ready to go back to the room to rest, and Qi Houru and Beihou didn't seem to have enjoyed it yet, and planned to change places to continue. The three people in the second seat got up and sent off the elders and distinguished guests.

"Father, why don't I go back with my eldest brother first? What about you, third brother? How are you prepared? Mu Jingping, they made a simple salute with Mrs. Qi and Xu.

"It doesn't seem to be early outside, but I feel like I'm chatting happily with my brother, and I don't know how long I'm going to disturb the chatter and chatter." When Mu Tong's unintended smile appeared, it was often when he had something in his heart, and Qi Mingluan guessed what Mu Tong would say next. "Otherwise, if Mrs. Qi doesn't dislike it, can you prepare a guest room for Zai Xia and her three sons to rest temporarily, and then say goodbye tomorrow. Of course, if it's inconvenient......"

"Hehe, this is that Hou Ye can't look down on his old body, Qi Mansion is not as big as Hou Ye's Mansion, but there are still guest rooms, I'm afraid that Hou Ye will think that the room is not spacious enough." Mrs. Qi smiled and waved her hand, meaning that she would just let her son Qi Houru arrange it, and after speaking, she insisted on sending the Xu family back to the courtyard first, and then went back to the house by herself.

Depend on! Qi Mingluan couldn't help but curse in his heart after listening to it, it's not enough to eat and drink, and you still have to sleep, are you so cheeky, is it that you don't have enough money for food in Beihou Mansion, and you are not ready to leave the golden mountain of the Qi family?