Cai Su has been with her mother for most of her life, she has always been steady, what is this good thing to make her so happy, I apologized to the senior sister next to me, and explained that Cai Su sent my sister out of the house, and I didn't even have time to change my clothes and hurriedly went to find my mother.

When I arrived at my mother's room, I was about to enter the door, and a Lang Zhong came out of the door with a medicine box on his back and collided with me head-on.

There were many people in the house, my mother was reclining on the bed, my father was sitting on the edge of the bed, Erniang was standing on one side, and the girl and the mother-in-law were all smiling and waiting on the side.

When my father saw me, he smiled at me, and this smile exploded in my heart like rolling thunder, and it was the first time he ever rewarded me with a smile for as long as I can remember.

"Zhen Zhen is here, just now Lang Zhong came to check the pulse, saying that your mother is three months pregnant, the pulse is strong and powerful, it must be a male fetus, you want to have a younger brother, you are happy!"

The joy that had not yet risen in my heart disappeared in an instant, and that bright smile just now was not for me. I only felt that my body was very cold, from the backbone all the way to the back of my head, I nodded sluggishly, and replied lightly, "Joy." ”

Erniang smiled and said, "Master, you can't always accompany Madame, there are still some things to deal with in the store, let's go to Yuxiu Pavilion quickly!" Let the young lady accompany the lady to talk! ”

The father nodded, looked at the mother's unbulging lower abdomen with a loving face, nodded to the mother and left, the second mother took my hand and said gently, "Silly girl, Mrs. has something to say to you, you accompany your mother well, don't make her angry!" ”

Erniang went out with her father, and her mother and mother went out, leaving me and my mother in the house, I stood like a wood in place, without saying a word, the air in the house gradually condensed, and my mother's breathing was exceptionally clear.

"Zhen'er, come here!"

My mother opened her mouth first, patted the edge of the bed and called me over, and I walked to the side of the bed like a doll.

"Sit down!"

I was very obedient and sat next to my mother, who asked softly, "You... Not happy to have a younger brother? ”

I lowered my eyes and said nothing, not because I was unhappy, but because my father's overjoyed appearance made me feel a little uncomfortable.

The mother asked softly, "Is it because of your father?" ”

I still didn't say a word, but my mother understood, took my hand and comforted me softly.

"Your father actually loves you very much, but he can't speak all his life, and he makes people unhappy with a good heart. If you are angry with him, you deserve to sulk, his temperament, you as a daughter will not know? ”

I let out a long sigh, as if the depression and displeasure in my heart sighed together, and my mother smiled and said, "Actually, my mother was very worried about you, my mother knew your temperament, and I was afraid that you would not agree with your father's point of view, and I was worried about how to comfort you." Okay, I discussed with your father just now, and your father agreed to marry you, Zhen'er, you can choose someone you like to marry. ”

If I had heard the news before, I would have jumped for joy, but now, not only did I not have the slightest joy, but my mood was even lower.

I chuckled self-deprecatingly, "I'm not a man after all, and now I have a son who will inherit the lineage, so I don't need to hire a husband to manage the family property." ”

"Zhen'er!"

The mother paused, and said in a hoarse voice, "Mother knows that your father is really strict with you, you are secretly sad and sad, but you never complain to your second mother and for your mother. When you say this, you're ripping out your mother's heart! ”

I knew that I was talking heavily, so I grabbed my cuffs in annoyance, lowered my head and didn't know what to say, my mother took my hand and said to me, "Zhen'er!" You are the meat that fell from your mother's body, your mother will not hurt you, no matter how many heirs Ye Fu has added in the future, you are always the most painful child of your mother, you are the eldest lady of my Ye Mansion, the eldest daughter of the Ye family. When you get married, your mother will prepare a dowry for you, and the scenery will not make you lower than the ladies in Beijing. ”

I understand that my mother is good to me and thinks about me in everything, but this sentence is the most coveted sentence for the daughters in Beijing, and I easily got it.

"The daughter understands the heart of the mother, the daughter is the daughter, and the mother must not hurt her body because of this."

Hearing this, my mother secretly wiped her tears on the side, and I said a lot of words, Erniang came in with a decoction, saw that we were talking and laughing, relieved, and said with a smile, "What kind of interesting thing do these two women say, laughing so happily, they don't even bring me!" ”

The mother took the decoction and smiled back, "Didn't you just come!" It's not too late to take you! ”

Erniang said angrily, "You want to take me, I haven't had time to listen to it yet!" ”

I got up and wanted to say goodbye, but Erniang grabbed me and sat back on the bedside, Erniang retreated from the maid, took out an oiled paper bag from her sleeve and handed it to me, and said with a smile, "Don't panic, I have something serious to say to your mother, this is a little peach cake, I specially brought it to you to eat, you listen while eating." ”

Erniang also sat down on the side, and said to us with a smile, "Master Fang Cai has made up his mind temporarily, and agreed to hold a birthday banquet, but he said that he would do it in a low-key manner, so he invited a few close friends and nearby relatives to eat and drink together, and get together, and those who are irrelevant will not be invited." ”

The mother put down the half-drunk decoction and asked strangely, "Didn't you say you wouldn't do it?" What's the idea? ”

Erniang smiled and said, "This has something to do with Mrs., the lord said that the house has been quiet for many years, and it is rare to have happy events, or double happiness!" Moreover, it is a first-class joy for the lady to be pregnant. He wanted to share the good news with his family and friends through the birthday feast. The lord said that in this banquet, everything is based on the lady, and everything is respected by the lady. Think about the master's intentions, and you will know how much the master cares about his wife! ”

The mother said embarrassedly, "Obviously, I wanted to celebrate my birthday and hold a banquet, but I pushed it on my head again." You too, you know his intentions and still come to make fun of me! ”

Erniang smiled, took the empty bowl from her mother's hand, placed it on the table, and said, "Isn't this making you happy!" Okay, let's talk about the second thing, this matter is particularly important, it is about our eldest lady. ”

The little peach cake I ate half of it was still in the air, and my mother asked, "What about Zhen'er?" ”

"Yes, about our eldest lady. The old man thought about these days* There are many things, afraid of any changes, so he thought about the marriage of the eldest lady first, and happened to take the opportunity of the birthday banquet to invite some relatives and friends to the banquet, when the eldest lady saw whose young master closed his eyes, just said to me and his wife, as long as it is unmarried, the age is also appropriate, we can help the eldest lady to check together, if they all think it is good, you can exchange tokens to set the marriage in advance. ”

I ate dim sum with my head stuffy, and Erniang smiled and said to me, "Zhenzhen, the reason why Erniang didn't avoid you is because every time you always show your face at the master's birthday banquet and run away, Erniang said that the purpose of this thing is to remind you that this time Coco can't sneak away anymore, in case the old man looks at who's son, once you open your mouth, it's too late for you to regret it." Rather than making a displeasure at the end, it is better for you to see for yourself, it is what you like, and if you have the fate to exchange tokens in the future, your heart will also be happy. ”

I sat aside and was silent, my mother nodded, and I agreed, "That's fine, anyway, the people invited are also familiar, and the details of their respective family backgrounds are also clear." In the future, if she becomes an in-law, Zhen Zhen will not be wronged in her husband's family, and the two families will only be closer, and they will not be separated, this idea is good! ”

"Since Madame said it was good, then I'll go and prepare!"

My mother nodded, and discussed with Erniang who to invite to the banquet, I listened to it on the side, and asked me to leave, and my mother told me one more sentence, so that I should not secretly leave the table on the day of the birthday banquet, and I had no choice but to go out again and again.

My mother is pregnant, and everything at the birthday banquet was taken care of by Erniang alone, and I still learn art with the fox and the flower girl, the fox and the flower girl are my masters, and they are also on the list of invitations.

As in previous years, I asked Cai Qing to see what gifts Erniang had prepared, and then back up the same, and the provincial father picked me again.

On June 6, the dragon raised its head.

Before dawn, Erniang came to my room and urged me to get up, not only took a box of hairpin hair accessories, but also gave a new set of ice silk blue feather skirts, and repeatedly told Cai Qing to dress me up, today is a big day, don't be as plain as before.

After Erniang's instructions, she was not at ease, so she deliberately left a few girls in her room who combed her hair and pulled her hair, and repeatedly explained that she wanted to transform my image well.

I had no sleepiness and had to get up, the maid in the room and the character of the second mother were as good as ever, and the hair was pulled up in three or two, and the jewelry was taken out from the box and put on my head one by one.

I took off the weighty gold and silver ornaments from my bun and put on the plain hostas I always wear, and the little girls hurriedly stepped forward to dissuade me.

"Miss, the second lady can say, today is a big day, you can't be as pure as usual!"

"Yes! Miss, these are the jewelry selected by the second lady, each of them is the best of the best, if you don't wear it, how sad the second lady will be in her heart! ”

I chose a lighter silver hairpin from the box brought by Er Niang, handed it to the maid on the side, and said helplessly, "Er Niang did say not to be too plain, but it does not mean that it must be graceful and luxurious. ”

"But ......."

"If you say more, you won't wear it."

The little girls looked at each other, didn't dare to persuade me anymore, and followed Cai Qing to help me change my clothes.

I changed my clothes and came over with breakfast, only half a bowl of porridge and a boiled egg on the tray. These days, I am busy building a phoenix to fly, my appetite is much better than in the past, I get up early in the morning and play the drum in my belly, and now I look at this breakfast, and I can't help but feel a little unhappy.

"Cai Qing, you know that my appetite has improved in the past two days, is the breakfast you brought for me, or for whom!"

Cai Qing put the tray on the table and hurriedly explained, "Miss forgive me, the person in the small kitchen said that the second lady instructed it early in the morning, saying that she was afraid that Miss would eat too much and the clothes she supported would not look good, so you only need to pad it a little and be full." ”

I pinched the eggs, looked at the few rice grains in the bowl, and sighed helplessly, "I just ate the bowl together and was only two points full, and so was Erniang, I'm really not afraid that I will faint directly at the birthday banquet." ”

Cai Qing thought for a moment and asked, "That.... Would the slave or maid secretly bring you some snacks? ”

"It's for it, take more."

Cai Qing answered, and went out, she just left the front foot Cai Su hurried over, saying that my mother had some of her own words to say to me, let me go quickly, I swallowed the peeled boiled eggs, and got up to talk to her, Cai Su was afraid that I would be choked, and repeatedly persuaded me to eat a cup of tea and not eat, I drank the half bowl of porridge similar to clear water, and she put down her heart to lead me to find my mother.

I talked to my mother for a while, and the maid next to Erniang came to look for us, saying that the stage was about to start, let's hurry up and sit down, Cai Qing secretly stuffed a small bag of snacks to me, I hid in my sleeve and took a small snack in my mouth while people were not paying attention, and it would be better to eat something in my stomach.

There are more and more guests, the fox and the flower girl also appeared before and after, Erniang sent the little girl to lead them into the table to listen to the play, the fox was still dressed in red, and sat down at a table next to me, and put a dark crimson peach blossom fan. opened it, the peach blossom eyes were slightly upturned, and he looked at the play on the stage with great interest.

"It's rare to see you dressed up like this, you really look like the eldest lady of the Ye Mansion!"

A voice came from beside me, and I was stunned for two seconds before I reacted, the fox was talking to me, and I whispered, "It's a blessing to have your approval." ”

I only heard the fox laugh lightly with a fan and whisper, "Poor mouth!" ”

I was talking to the fox without a match, and suddenly I felt someone sitting down next to me, so I turned my eyes to look, only to see the person holding an orchid finger around the handkerchief and smiling at me, I was shocked, took his hand and said happily, "Yu Yi, when did you come back?" Don't say anything to me. ”

"On the way back to Beijing, even if Uncle Ye's birthday is here, it should have arrived, and I have been whipping up for several days, and I just entered Beijing last night. Dad happened to be in the house, and told me that your family was celebrating today's birthday, so I hurriedly prepared a birthday gift. ”

Yu Yi is wearing a blue Yunxiang Fu power suit today, with a belt with a rolling cloud pattern around his waist, and his black hair is neatly tied by a spider silk gold crown, which looks more heroic than usual.

I pulled his sleeve from time to time, looked at the past, and said in amazement, "Yu Shao, you can wear this dress!" Double face! ”

Yu Yimei said, "That's right, this is what my father chose for me, I was thinking of wearing it for you on the day you and Lu, but I still put it on in advance." By the way, when my second aunt saw me just now, she didn't dare to recognize me, and praised me for being like two people in the past. ”

"Indeed, if you judge the two of you, you will wear it like this in the future, I can guarantee that the little girl in Beijing will be fascinated by you."

Yu Yi snorted disdainfully, and said coquettishly, "It doesn't matter if they don't think about tea and dinner!" As long as Zhen Zhen says it looks good. From now on, I will wear it to you every day. ”

Yu Yi was happy before he came to look at me carefully, I was a little uncomfortable by him, pushed him, puzzled, "Look at me like this, it's not the first time you've seen me." ”

"No, you look good dressed like this, but I always feel a little awkward, are you comfortable wearing like this?"

But there is one who understands me, and I sighed helplessly, "It's really a little uncomfortable, it's tight, heavy and strangling, Erniang has to let me wear it, and I can't help it." This is quite easy, you didn't see the box of jewelry brought by Erniang, one is heavier than the other, if I hadn't stopped it, this head would have been so heavy that I couldn't lift my head. ”

Yu Yi pinched the handkerchief and smiled, and whispered to me in my ear, "I inadvertently listened to your second mother and the little girls, saying that the young sons who want to celebrate their birthdays in the future will lead you to sit down next to you, so that you can choose to be a good student, I didn't understand at first, but now it is transparent, is your second mother beating your idea of marriage?" ”

I whispered back, "Yes, otherwise why bother to let me dress up like this." ”

Yu Yi asked, "Then you really plan to follow them and choose one today?" ”

I glanced at him and whispered, "You and I have been unknown for many years, and we still don't know my temperament. ”

Yu nodded his head and secretly gave me a thumbs up, "Wise!" It's a coincidence, today is the dragon raising its head, the streets and alleys are rarely allowed to put water lanterns, guess the word puzzles, the gongs and drums are very lively, let's go to play together, and the festival will not be wasted! ”

We looked at each other and smiled, and secretly made up our minds, the fox listened to the play with relish at a table next to us, and his expression was completely immersed in the play, and I was worried at first that he would hear our conversation, but then I really put my mind at ease, and ate tea and watched the play with Yu Yi, and said some inconsequential gossip.

The sun is rising higher and higher, the play on the stage is also singing most of the time, the father helped the mother into the banquet, and greeted the guests, Erniang stood on one side and was busy with her feet not touching the ground, after the father said some polite words, the birthday banquet officially began, Cai Wei next to Erniang took the opportunity to serve the food to give me a look, signaling me to look at the sons and brothers around me, don't sit upright.

I saw that the time was almost up, and I was about to slip away while my father was talking to the elders of the clan, when I saw a small guy running in in a hurry, shouting, "Master, there is a son who has prepared a birthday gift and asked to see him outside the door, saying that a friend from the house is here to celebrate!" ”