Although the Wen family did not object to Mrs. Xie taking Xie Yinghui and Xie Yingrong out to watch the play and play, Xie Xianzhi, Xie Jinzhi and Xie Mulin still felt a little discordant.

Obviously, Xie Xianzhi had persuaded Xie Yinghui a few days ago to stay at home as much as possible during the Dragon Boat Festival, Xie Yinghui promised well at that time, and then she didn't show any regrets in her words, why is she suddenly going out again? Moreover, he still took Mrs. Xie and Xie Yingrong out together. With the recent changes in the relationship between Xie Yinghui and Mrs. Xie, their ancestors and grandchildren are not so close at all, right?

Xie Mulin and the others couldn't find out anything from Aunt Dajin, so they had to find Pearl instead.

Pearl couldn't say clearly, but she only knew that the plan to go out to watch the play today was indeed proposed by Xie Yinghui. However, she has seen Xie Yinghui and Xie Yingrong often get together to avoid talking, and the sisterhood has soared, and once she heard Xie Yingrong mention from afar that there is a famous family that wants to play Jiao or something in the Taoist temple, and I don't know if it is referring to this matter.

This can be regarded as providing a clue for the three brothers and sisters of Xie Xianzhi.

It stands to reason that Xie Yinghui is close to foreign families, and she often comes into contact with dignitaries and nobles in Jinling City, but when it comes to Jiao or something during the Dragon Boat Festival, she will only participate in the activities held by the Cao family, and she should not have much contact with other families. And the big families in the capital, but everyone who will play Jiao and sing on this day, Xie Xianzhi has also heard of it, and he has not appeared at other people's activities in the past, and he may know better than his sister. But the Taoist temple mentioned by Aunt Dajin was not the place of prayer chosen by any family eunuch he knew, so he couldn't figure out the origin of the other party in his heart, so he was surprised that his sister opened her mouth and recommended this Taoist temple.

But if it is said that this is recommended by Xie Yingrong to Xie Yinghui, then it is understandable. Xie Xianzhi felt that this was the last time he persuaded his eldest sister to befriend his sister-in-law, Xie Jinzhi thought that Xie Yingrong might have heard the news when he was dealing with several official eunuchs such as the Bian family, and Xie Mulin thought of Xie Yingrong's rebirth experience.

On this day of that Taoist temple in the previous life, did something happen, and what dignitaries and nobles appeared, which could make Xie Yingrong profitable?

The three brothers and sisters have their own guesses, Xie Huizhi just came back from Aunt Dajin, and after learning what happened, he didn't think as complicated as them, and only said: "The third sister seems to be doing everything possible to encourage the eldest sister to come forward to promote the old lady's outing, and I don't know what she is calculating." Let's go and warn the eldest sister and let her be on guard. The eldest sister has a bad temper, is willful and unreasonable, but compared to scheming, she is definitely not Xie Yingrong's opponent. ”

Xie Xianzhi persuaded Xie Yinghui to make good friends, how could he persuade her to beware of her sisters at this time? Isn't that a slap in the face? But Xie Yinghui is there, he still has to go and visit. It's a holiday, why do you have to talk and chat with your sister.

They went to Xie Yinghui's yard together.

After days of tidying up by the girls and mothers-in-law, the whole yard seems to have restored the original appearance of the past seven or eighty, the flowers and trees are not as lush as before, and the decoration in the house is not as gorgeous and exquisite as before, but it is replaced with a new gauze curtain and curtain, and the hostess's beloved qin and painting are placed. Fortunately, Mrs. Xie never took the initiative to sit in the eldest granddaughter's house, otherwise she was afraid that her heart would be sour.

There are still many gorgeously dressed maids in the courtyard who are shuttling around to do things, and there are big girls with hairpin rings who make bamboo curtains with delicate flowers and invite the young masters and girls into the house with a crisp and mellow voice. As soon as the bamboo curtain was lifted, Xie Mulin and the others smelled the refreshing aroma emanating from the house before they entered the door.

It was a kind of incense with a cool scent, and in Xie Yingzhen's memory, it was Xie Yinghui's favorite in summer. The materials include lotus stamen, mint, borneol, etc., which are very valuable, cumbersome to make, and are still palace secret recipes. Smelling this fragrance, people's hearts that originally couldn't help but be a little irritable because of the weather can also be calmed down instantly.

Xie Mulin sighed secretly in his heart, and saw Xie Yinghui sitting at the table in a daze, not looking like she was in a good mood.

On the round table in front of her, there was a three-tiered black lacquer silver round food box, with a six-petal flower-shaped mark on the lid. Xie Mulin remembered that all the utensils made by the Xie family seemed to have such a mark.

Xie Xianzhi greeted his sister and saw the food box: "This is sent by Jin Xuantang?" This year, there are a lot fewer people in the family, and the chef has also changed, I don't know what tricks are made of zongzi and pastries? Over there, my mother made a few kinds of zongzi, there are your favorite fillings, I specially brought two more plates, you eat a little more, I taste good. As he spoke, he casually lifted the lid of the food box, and he couldn't help but be stunned.

On the first layer of the food box are four children's fist-sized rice dumplings, which are nothing unusual in appearance, but the part that should be wrapped with colored silk threads has been replaced by black and white cotton threads.

Xie Xianzhi reacted immediately. This means that the people who gave away the zongzi have a funeral this year. Needless to say, this must have been given to Xie Yinghui by Pingnanbo's Mansion.

Xie Xianzhi didn't get the festival gift from Pingnanbo's Mansion, and he didn't know that his sister got it. He opened the bottom two layers of food boxes again, and found that the second layer contained four mung bean cakes, and the next layer was a bunch of loquat fruits.

Not...... Although they are all seasonal foods, aren't they a little shabby? Their Xie family is now down, and the food box that the Wen family gave to Mrs. Xie is several times more abundant than this one, right?

Xie Jinzhi also saw the contents of the food box, and asked Xie Yinghui hesitantly: "This is sent by Pingnanbo Mansion?" ”

Xie Yinghui replied listlessly: "I just asked someone to prepare a Boxing gift for my aunt and cousin, which they gave me back, and I still used my own food box." She paused, suddenly felt very aggrieved, and couldn't help but reddened her eyes, "They probably didn't even think about giving me a gift at all, right?" But Pingnanbo's Mansion has to keep filial piety this year, and there is nothing surprising about the lack of etiquette. ”

Even if Pingnanbo Mansion didn't plan to give Xie Yinghui a gift, after Xie Yinghui gave the gift, he came back with such a perfunctory so-called gift, and his attitude was contemptuous enough. It seems that the mother and son in Pingnanbo Mansion are really about to give up on Xie Yinghui.

Xie Mulin pursed his lips, thinking that this was a good thing. What's even more pleasing is that Xie Yinghui, who was so wronged that she was bound to cry a lot in the past, actually just had red circles under her eyes, and it seems that her ability to resist pressure has been greatly improved. Even if Cao Wenheng explicitly refuses in the future, he shouldn't be making a fuss about dying or living, right?

Xie Xianzhi had to comfort his sister again, but he said that he was still the same old three, and he would only say that Cao Wenheng was not a good match, and it was a good thing for his sister to die for him as soon as possible, and he would be far away from Pingnanbo's Mansion in the future, etc., etc.

Even Xie Mulin and Xie Huizhi could clearly see that Xie Yinghui actually didn't want to discuss this topic. Xie Jinzhi tried to divert Xie Yinghui's attention from the food box: "I heard that the eldest sister persuaded the old lady to go out to play and watch a play together in the afternoon?" ”

"yes, it's hot, but it's boring to stay at home all day." Xie Yinghui looked at her brothers and sisters, "Why don't you come together?" There are more people, just to accompany me. Otherwise, when you leave, God knows how many years it will take us to reunite? ”

Xie Xianzhi's nose was slightly sour when he heard this, and before his younger siblings could express their opinions, he had already relented.

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