The Hou Mansion now has no housewife, and Mrs. Hu has gained the power to head the family because she is the niece of the old lady.

The concubine naturally wants to hold a small banquet when she returns home, although she took the initiative to find Shen Jinqiao yesterday and was refused, but it does not prevent her from holding a small banquet properly, so as to show her ability and demeanor as a house.

As today's protagonist, Shen Jinqiao is naturally late, and everyone is there when he comes.

Father Shen Ye, Mrs. Hu, Mrs. Liu, Aunt Su, Aunt Sun and Aunt Zhou.

Mrs. Liu is the oldest, but her appearance is not bad, her posture is slightly thin, and she has a weak temperament of brushing willows, I feel pity, but she is old, and such a temperament looks a little awkward, and she gave birth to her eldest brother Shen Anyang.

Mrs. Hu has a shrewd appearance, willow eyebrows and apricot eyes, she is a little blessed when she is old, but she looks very dignified and steady, and gave birth to the second young lady Shen Jinxi and the sixth young master Shen Ancheng.

Aunt Su and Aunt Sun are younger, in their early thirties, the charm still exists, and the maintenance is also good, and they gave birth to a daughter, the fourth miss Shen Jinyue and the fifth miss Shen Jinyu.

Aunt Zhou is the youngest, she has been in the house for less than five years, and she is only twenty-one this year, and she has no children yet.

As soon as Shen Jinqiao stepped into the door of the front hall, Mrs. Hu immediately greeted him with a smile: "Jinqiao, you are here, the big guys are waiting for you." ”

"I haven't seen you for a year, come and let me take a good look." Holding Shen Jinqiao's shoulders with both hands, he looked up and down with a concerned face, and sighed: "I have grown a lot taller and lost weight, and I have suffered a lot along the way, right?" In the past few days, I have asked people to stew you more soup, but you have to make up for it. ”

Mrs. Hu's enthusiastic concern really surprised Shen Jinqiao, you must know that when her mother was still there more than two years ago, she often spoke yin and yang, relying on herself to give birth to two children, and with the support of the old lady, it was very troublesome.

I haven't seen each other for more than two years, and the change is quite big.

But after thinking about it, it seems that it is not difficult to understand that now that the position of Mrs. Shen is vacant, Mrs. Hu is the most likely to be corrected.

For this reason, she naturally wants to let Shen Ye see her ability and bearing to be the wife of the main room, and it is naturally necessary to treat Shen Jinqiao, the concubine, well, who doesn't know that there are so many children in the Shen family, and Shen Ye's favorite is the concubine?

Mrs. Hu is adding bricks to herself, and her purpose is very clear.

Should Shen Jinqiao be angry? can't do it, Mrs. Hu's mind is very easy to guess, once you see it through, what is there to be angry about?

These women in the backyard have such a goal for the rest of their lives, when her mother is there, they can only be jealous and sour, and now that her mother has died, the main room is vacant, and people are not allowed to work hard?

And her mother's death has nothing to do with them, so it's not about resentment.

"Thank you Mrs. Hu for your concern." Shen Jinqiao raised his hand, took a gift box from Ming Xu's hand and handed it to Mrs. Hu: "I brought you some mountain goods from Qingshan City." ”

No matter what it is, as long as Shen Jinqiao gives a gift, it is to prove respect, and Mrs. Hu smiled like a flower: "Jin Qiao has a heart, I heard that the place in Qingshan City is very delicate, and the things in the mountains must also have aura." ”

Mrs. Hu said and opened the box, and after looking at it, she was even more surprised, it was actually a wild ginseng, and the year was 100 years old.

Mrs. Liu stepped forward to take a look and sighed, "Qingshan City is really a good place. ”

Shen Jinqiao sent them all things.

The two side ladies are ginseng, the aunt is a precious health herb, the brothers of the same generation are animal skin saddles, and the sisters are satin brocade and silk flowers.

Even the old housekeeper Lu Cang and his grandson Steward Lu, Shen Jinqiao also prepared gifts for them one by one, and everyone in the family also had a small gift.

Although Mrs. Hu really wanted to put on the style of being a housewife, she still couldn't help but feel sour, Shen Jinqiao's concubine was so atmospheric, didn't it seem that she was stingy on weekdays?

couldn't help but say to Shen Ye worriedly: "Master Hou, it's a good thing that the three girls are courteous, but this is too expensive. ”

Shen Ye didn't care, and said in a calm tone of the master in charge: "It's not often that she has the opportunity to send things so generously, you just take it, okay, it's almost over, hurry up and start the banquet, otherwise the dishes will be cold." ”

Mrs. Hu could only suppress the discomfort in her heart and let the food be served.

Next to Mrs. Hu sat the second lady Shen Jinxi, Shen Jinxi was wearing a light purple breast-length skirt, quiet and elegant, dignified and beautiful, holding a pearl flower given by Shen Jinqiao, pure gold, very beautiful, very weighty, it is a peony.

Looking up, Shen Jinqiao's body, whether it was the bead flowers on his head or the patterns on his clothes, were peonies.

Shen Jinqiao is a concubine and the first beauty, so she uses peony, and she can only use peony? Obviously, her appearance is no worse than Shen Jinqiao, why ......

No one knows Shen Jinxi's thoughts, but other people's thoughts are easy to understand, and they are in a good mood after receiving heavy gifts.

Shen Ancheng was only twelve years old, sitting there obediently and skillfully, playing with the hanging tassels of Ma'anshan, dimples looming on his little face, obviously liking it.

Jinyue and Jinyu didn't talk about it, and the two little girls were so happy that their little faces were flushed.

Shen Anyang was injured and couldn't come, and Shen Jinqiao also prepared a gift to send over, but whether he would be happy or not, it was not likely.

The meal came, the dishes were very sumptuous, and after eating together, Shen Ye coughed twice.

Anyone could hear the deliberate sound.

Aunt Su sat next to Shen Jinqiao and gently touched Shen Jinqiao's hand: "Jinqiao, the master is watching you." ”

Of course, Shen Jinqiao knew that Shen Ye was deliberately coughing to her, after all, she gave gifts to this table, but Shen Ye didn't give it, which was very obvious.

Naturally, she also prepared Shen Ye's gift, but she just didn't give it, who let him pit her yesterday.

She still wants a gift? Hum!

Shen Ye: "......, this stinky girl actually played a temper with him?"

Seeing that Shen Jinqiao had a grudge, Shen Ye was silent, but he was a little unhappy.

Butler Xiao Lu walked in, holding two posts in his hands: "Third Miss, the concubine and Miss Leng have sent you posts." ”

Shen Ye's aunt married Lord Taiwei of the Leng family, and now the concubine Niangniang was born to the aunt of the Shen family, and Shen Ye is a cousin, Shen Jinqiao called the concubine Niangniang a cousin, Miss Leng Yi and Shen Jinqiao are also cousins, and they have had a good relationship since childhood, and it is not surprising to learn that Shen Jinqiao is back, and it is not surprising to send a post as soon as possible.

Shen Jinqiao asked Yuzhu to put it away and wait for her to go back and look at it.

Shen Jinyu looked at Shen Jinqiao with bright eyes: "Is the third sister going to enter the palace to see the concubine?" ”

Shen Jinqiao looked at her: "What?" Want to go? ”

Jinyu and Jinyue nodded in unison: "Yes." ”

Shen Jinqiao chuckled: "Then let's go together, the concubine likes to be lively." ”

Seeing this, Mrs. Hu immediately smiled and said: "Yes, last time the concubine Niangniang passed on Jinxi to enter the palace, she also mentioned you, saying that she would let Jinxi take you into the palace together, and this time it is just right, you sisters will go together." ”

Shen Jinyu and Shen Jinyue's expressions were slightly stunned, a little strange, but they didn't say anything.