Chapter 357: The Banquet Begins
Wen was a little bolder now, and cautiously refuted back: "But, old lady, if it weren't for the second old lady talking to Zongfang, we wouldn't be able to come here to accompany you?" How can this grace be left behind? Moreover, this filial piety ...... It's not just a ...... for you."
Song is her mother-in-law, the grandmother of her children, and she is naturally filial. The clan represents the clan, and it has to be respected. Who doesn't respect the clan, and can still put on a filial piety name? Even Mrs. Xie herself can't be rude to the ancestral tablet, right? Not to mention the old lady Xie on her head, as well as the old lady Xie Zehu......
Old Lady Xie's face immediately darkened: "Have you eaten the bear's heart and leopard gall?" When did you learn to refute me?! If you really want to do your filial piety, you have to make me happy! If I am not pleased, what are you going to do? Go back as soon as possible, maybe you can catch up with the Song family! ”
Wen's face flushed, his eyes were red and his mouth was closed, his lips were tightly pursed, although he lowered his head and didn't dare to say more, he didn't mean to respond.
The children behind her also had similar expressions. No one is a confused worm who can't tell right from wrong, and now he doesn't live with Mrs. Xie anymore, and he has also figured out the attitude of the eldest patriarch Xie Pu and the Wen couple, and no one really scares Mrs. Xie. Everyone thinks that they should stick to the righteousness they identify, and they never follow the confused old lady to take revenge on the Zongfang and the second room.
Seeing this, Mrs. Xie's face became darker and darker, as if she was already full of anger and was about to explode.
At this time, Xie Mulin suddenly spoke: "The old lady is obviously very happy to see us coming, and I look forward to someone accompanying you for the holiday, and it is not a matter of one or two days." Do you really want to drive away all of us who have been waiting for so hard for the sake of the second old lady and the sect? I don't think we just say good things about the second old lady and Zongfang, but in the old lady's heart, the second old lady and Zongfang are more important than anything, right? For them, you can abandon your family reunion and your children and grandchildren, who is the true love for them? ”
Mrs. Xie was almost choked to death by her words, and opened her mouth to squirt: "Nonsense!" What true love?! I can't get used to seeing all of you think of the Song family as a good person! ”
"In fact, she is indeed a good person." Xie Mulin tilted his head to look at Old Lady Xie, "If she doesn't call us over, you are alone in the old mansion for the holiday, who can find fault with her etiquette?" She can understand your loneliness and let us come over to accompany her, isn't she a good person? So what should she do to get you to compliment? Do you want to come over and make you a little volt for no reason? Anyway, she's also your sister-in-law, and she's right. This is simply not possible. Why don't you go to bed early tonight? Maybe you can see it in your dreams? ”
Old Mrs. Xie smiled angrily: "Who wants to see her?" It's not uncommon for me to see her face at all! Do you really think she's a good person if she's willing to let someone come over? Let it go! She obviously disliked you and hindered her family's reunion, so she sent you over! ”
Xie Mulin snorted: "If the second old lady just dislikes us and gets in the way, and sends my mother, brother and me back to the third room, and eats with the eldest brother and them, won't it be okay?" Others can also praise her for her generosity. You asked us to hide the fact that you came back from the clan, but the second old lady didn't mention it, and we didn't come, so who could pick on it? Even Daddy won't say anything, because everything is your request, and we're just obedient. ”
Old Madam Xie choked again, reached out and picked up a cup and threw it in Xie Mulin's face. Pearl hurriedly took a big step forward to block it, and the cup fell to the ground, but it didn't break, and it spun around twice. Mrs. Xie still scolded the pearl: "What are you blocking?" Whose girl are you?! ”
Wen's face turned red, and the other children all looked angry.
Xie Mulin put down his hand to cover his face, and glanced at Old Lady Xie angrily: "When you are so refuted that you can't speak, you will only throw things." But no matter how angry you are, the facts are there. Whether the second old lady is really a good person or a good person, people take care of it, things are done properly and beautifully, and she has contributed to the clan for so many years, she is highly respected, and no one will say that she is bad. You haven't been back for almost 20 years, and you haven't seen anyone since you came back, so you open your mouth and scold, why should you be respected? No matter how angry you are, you can't change the facts, so you can only lose your temper at our children and grandchildren. But the more irritated and irritable you are, the more benevolent and loving the second old lady will appear in the eyes of others. Why do we say good things about the second old lady and the sect, but we don't take into account your thoughts? Isn't it because you've been compared to others and can't be loved?! ”
Xie Jinzhi turned his head and glanced at his sister, suggesting that she should speak more leisurely, there are so many people here.
Xie Mulin smiled at him, not caring at all. The weather was cold, she was hungry again, she ran such a long way to the waterway, and she didn't eat a mouthful of comfort, so she was splashed with a basin of cold water by Mrs. Xie, and she was not allowed to have a little temper? !
However, after hearing her words, Mrs. Xie fell silent, although her face was still gloomy, she didn't get angry at everyone anymore, and she didn't know if she really listened to Xie Mulin's words.
She didn't move, and Xie Mulin didn't bother to kneel down anymore, so she took the lead in getting up, and dragged Wen and Xie Jinzhi up: "Don't kneel." In fact, the old lady loves duplicity the most, and she is angry at us, and she doesn't know how happy she is that we come. The ceremony has been done, and the head is finished, let's prepare for the banquet, otherwise, it will not be good to be hungry for the four brothers and four sisters, and it will be even worse for the old lady to be hungry. ”
She generously instructed Sister Shan and Cuijiao: "Hurry up and urge the kitchen to serve the food." The table in this room is too small, and I am afraid that I will not be able to sit everyone, so I went to the main courtyard in front of me and moved the round table in my mother's room. ”
Cuijiao immediately responded, and Sister Shan's looked at Wen's and saw that she nodded slightly, so she also retreated.
Xie Xianzhi and his younger siblings looked at each other, a little hesitant whether it was time to get up, but thinking that Xie Mulin had already done it first, if he continued to kneel, wouldn't it make the second sister ugly? He gritted his teeth and pulled his younger siblings up.
Xie Huizhi jumped up one step ahead of the two youngest siblings, and said with a smile: "This backyard is too deserted." After the Mid-Autumn Festival, how can you do without a lantern? I'll go ahead and ask for some lanterns. "Anyway, I really ran away.
Seeing that everyone was completely ignoring her, Old Lady Xie was busy with herself, and suddenly her eyes widened again: "You bastards, what are you doing here?!" ”
Xie Mulin walked up to her with a smirk and looked straight at her: "The old lady has to think about it. If you continue to be duplicitous, we will take it seriously. On this big night, it is really inconvenient to take the boat back to Xiejiajiao again, but we can also move to the main courtyard in front of us to set up a table for dinner. When the time comes, we will still have a lively holiday in this old house, and you will really be the only one left in the backyard. We're all here, are you sure you're going to drive us all out? Do you have such a big grudge with the sect and the second room? Would you rather push us all to the opposite side than play this prestige at us? ”
Mrs. Xie opened her mouth, but she still didn't say the word "yes" after all.
In the end, she could only say angrily: "Under the big festival, I will spare you once!" ”
Xie Mulin chuckled, turned around and beckoned to his family: "Come on, come on, the dishes have been delivered, let's quickly put the two tables together and put the dishes away." That's a dish for three servings! There are more than 20 kinds. In previous years, when did we eat so many dishes at the same time! ”
The younger siblings also laughed happily, and hurriedly searched for their favorite dishes with their eyes, and smelled the fragrance, and their stomachs suddenly growled.
Mrs. Xie sat far away, smelled the aroma, and couldn't help but peek over here.
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