Chapter 88: Going to the Banquet (4)
Xiao Yao easily found her sister who was still watching the excitement in the warm pavilion. Said to look at the fourth aunt! I said that I would accompany my sister to visit the garden!
Qianyu and Qianxiang bowed apologetically to the eldest lady, and the second lady was fascinated by the excitement, and refused to leave no matter how she screamed, what could they do as a maid!
A little girl about ten years old, with round eyes and a ruddy face, was folding various patterns with a handkerchief with her ten fingers. Xiao Yuan squeezed to the front, watching intently, and kept commenting in his mouth, "This mouse is too small" and "This rabbit is a little thin......
Xiao Yao stood behind Xiao Yuan speechlessly, her sister was far less attractive than a handkerchief, and the word depressed was not enough to describe her mood at the moment. I used to be afraid that someone would abduct my sister with food, but now I have found out that not only eating, as long as there is a little new thing in front of you, it is possible for Ruyi to automatically and consciously follow others.
The burden on his shoulders is not light, and it seems that there is really no better way than to keep an inch away.
There were about 20 young ladies in the warm pavilion, six or seven older ones were accompanied by Yuan Min, and a dozen or so smaller ones were divided into groups to play chess or play games, Yuan Jing and Yuan Ying walked between them, and the scene looked lively and harmonious.
Slowly, some people began to notice Xiao Yao, who had just entered the door, who didn't like to look at the beauty! Although the beauty in front of you is still very small, it is just as eye-catching to appreciate!
The older ladies were secretly glad that the other party was just a child, otherwise, there would not be a strong opponent out of thin air. The younger ladies tried to stay away from Xiao Yao's side as much as possible, and didn't act as a foil for others.
Xiao Yao indifferently accepted all kinds of scrutiny and gaze, and didn't care about the whispers of some people, if she was scared away by these ladies today, she would not be able to gain a foothold in the Kyoto noble girl circle in the future, and then they would not only laugh at themselves, Ruyi and the entire Xiao family might be affected by themselves, and become the talk and joke of others after dinner.
Xiao Yao looked around and smiled generously and decently, completely ignoring the atmosphere that had become a little weird.
There are some things that she can't control, for example, whether she can please others; For example, those inexplicable rejection and hostility. Xiao Yao can think about these very openly, everything is as good as it is, not demanding, not welcome, and the girl who can talk about it with the right eye will get to know it, no and no reluctance.
Xiao Yuan also realized that the atmosphere was a little abnormal, and when she came back to her senses from the game, she finally remembered that she seemed to be only looking at the excitement, and forgot about her sister and discarded it.
The second lady of the Xiao family, who has always judged the situation, decisively turned around and ran to her sister, and said to Xiao Yao with an extremely sincere attitude of admitting her guilt: "I'm sorry sister, next time I will never leave you alone, forgive me this time, please." ”
Xiao Yao can memorize this set of rhetoric backwards, I believe that Qianyu and Qianxiang are also very familiar, otherwise the two of them would not be numb and silent.
For this sister, Xiao Yao has no good way, she can't fight, she can't give up, she can't give up, she can only give in and compromise again and again.
"Who's that young lady?" The little girl with a handkerchief tilted her head and asked Yuan Jing.
"It's my cousin's cousin, General Xiao's eldest granddaughter."
"You're so good-looking!" It's so enviable! You can only attract attention if you are ingenious, and what about that young lady! Even if you stand there and do nothing, you can get someone's attention.
At this moment, a maid came to invite the ladies to the hall to take a seat, so the ladies walked to the banquet together.
The person sitting in the first place at the main table should be Princess Jing according to her identity, but Yin Qianhua said "Today is a family banquet" to help the Yin family to the main seat and sit down, she sat under her aunt, and several female elders in the Yuan clan sat around the same table with several in-laws.
Xiao Yao's sisters, Yuan Jing and several other ladies of the same age sat at a table, and one of Xiao Yuan's cousins was responsible for taking care of them.
Yin Qianhua deliberately paid attention to the direction of the little girls, and found Xiao Yao among them very easily and quickly, looking at where she was sitting, even if she was not a relative, she was also a family member of a high-ranking official.
Qiu Ying, who noticed the master's movements, walked to a mother behind Yin's family, chatted with her in a whisper, and after a few words, Hanying asked as if unintentionally: "The young lady in the blue dress is very eye-catching, I don't know if Mother Lin recognizes it." ”
"Today, several people have asked me about her, that is the eldest granddaughter of General Xiao, the pearl in her palm, and the flesh of her heart."
"Is it General Xiao who taught our son to practice martial arts?"
"It's from that General Xiao's family, this young lady and her brother are dragon and phoenix fetuses, which was a sensational novelty in Kyoto back then."
Yin Qianhua, who was sitting next to her, listened to the conversation between the two people clearly.
It turned out that she was the daughter of the Xiao family, the youngest granddaughter of her son's master, and it seemed that she still had some fate with this little girl. I believe that we will meet again in the future, she should be the one with a good temperament and a good family style in her husband's mouth, and she must let her daughter get to know her if she has the opportunity.
When Xiao Yao first entered the hall, she saw Yin Qianhua sitting at the first table, it seemed that she still underestimated the identity of this noble lady, and after glancing at it, she no longer continued to pay attention to each other.
Xiao Yao settled down to eat, and by the way, she became her sister's personal maid, to be precise, she was eating her own food while being her sister's personal maid, which she had long been used to. She eats a small amount of food, she is full in a few bites, and when she sees others eating happily, her mood will also improve, which is what she has learned.
The atmosphere here is good for the female dependents, and the male guests are even more hearty, and General Yuan has many people and is very popular. We haven't seen each other for more than ten years, and for the men at the dinner table, wine is the most direct way to convey and express feelings, so the warm atmosphere in the front yard is beyond the comprehension and imagination of the women.
King Jing, who didn't see his son again until the banquet, found that this kid was unhappy before he opened his mouth to ask, could it be that his wife was bullied in the back, or his son was fighting with others, King Jing really couldn't think of anything that could make his usually quiet son put on such a face.
King Jing set his eyes on Xiao Anzi, hoping that he would explain why.
Xiao Anzi only understood the general situation, and asked him to say that it was not a big deal, but he didn't expect that the son of the world, who was informal in the past, was thinking about it today.
General Xiao inadvertently saw Yun Yichen with an unswerving face, the bastard boy dared to make a face with his Lao Tzu, King Jing seemed to be beautiful, but he was also a poor worm. He didn't know that the reason why Yun Yichen's face stinked was because he was angry with his granddaughter.
"Old in-laws, when I build a martial arts arena, you must come over to help." General Yuan patted his in-laws on the shoulder and said.
"I know that your Yuan family has many grandchildren, and you need a big venue to practice martial arts, if you can get my place, just open your mouth." General Xiao agreed very cheerfully.
"General Yuan, before your family's martial arts field is built, you can hand over your grandchildren to Lao Xiao to take with you, he is already very experienced." Tong Shangshu deliberately said angrily to General Xiao, but he knew how much this old guy wanted to get rid of those princes and grandsons. You must not let him be idle, otherwise he will not have a chance to get close to his granddaughter.
"Old man Tong, don't think I don't know your careful thoughts, let me tell you, don't beat my family's peace idea, I know you, I don't know you with the military stick in my hand."
Yes, for the sake of safety, the two of them pinched again, Xiao Jingkang and Tong Guanghui sighed while pulling the two of them with ease.
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See you at eight!