Chapter 24: The Family Feast

Looking at the words on the paper, Jian Xiaozhu thought with some tears and laughter, but he didn't expect that there were people who liked to play Infernal Affairs games in ancient times.

Just thinking that the other party was playing a prank, Jian Xiaozhu didn't think much about it, so he crumpled the paper into a ball and threw it on the table with the bag. When I walked out of the house, I came back with the embroidery. So Jian Xiaozhu asked her, "Do you know who put that red bag on my bed there?" ”

But Caixiu looked at Jian Xiaozhu suspiciously: "Miss, what kind of red bag is it?" ”

"When I woke up, I found a red bag on the bed."

The doubts on Caixiu's face deepened: "Miss, I'm sure that no one else has entered your house except me." ”

Seeing Caixiu say this, Jian Xiaozhu didn't want to continue to study this matter, so she said, "Take me to dinner, I'm dying of hunger." ”

As soon as he walked out of the small courtyard outside the house, Jian Xiaozhu met Zhang Shanqing who came over. Seeing Jian Xiaozhu, Zhang Shanqing happily beckoned to her: "Xiaozhuzi, I was about to call you, but I didn't expect you to come out." ”

Jian Xiaozhu smiled at Zhang Shanqing, and didn't know what to say. After all, for her, Zhang Shanqing is just a person who has met once, and if she talks too much, she will be exposed.

From Jian Xiaozhu's house to the dining hall, you have to pass a lotus pond and a small bridge. Jian Xiaozhu looked at the courtyard of Zhangfu in the autumn afterglow, and felt that every flower and tree here contained a unique taste. This made her ask Zhang Shanqing curiously: "Our father is just an imperial doctor, why can he live in such a big garden?" ”

Zhang Shanqing replied: "Our ancestors were in business. ”

Jian Xiaozhu nodded: "No wonder!" Sure enough, wealth is all accumulated. But our family is quite rich, why does my father still want to be an imperial doctor? ”

Zhang Shanqing thought for a while, and then said: "Everyone has their own ambitions. And with money, you have to have an official position to keep what you have. ”

Just as they were talking, Zhang Yinyin led Zhang Shanyu past in front of Jian Xiaozhu. Zhang Yinyin is only two years younger than Jian Xiaozhu, but her size has grown very quickly, and she looks about the same height as Jian Xiaozhu. Zhang Yinyin's appearance follows the fourth lady, with a snow-white complexion, a goose egg face, and apricot eyes, which is a standard beauty embryo.

Jian Xiaozhu saw Zhang Yinyin's sister and brother and greeted them with a smile. Zhang Yinyin gave Jian Xiaozhu a smile back and said, "Third sister, you're back." However, next to her, Zhang Shanyu, who was only 8 years old, squinted at Jian Xiaozhu, raised his head disdainfully, and didn't want to talk to her.

Zhang Yinyin took in Zhang Shanyu's expression, but she didn't care, but said to Jian Xiaozhu and Zhang Shanqing: "Second brother, third sister, Shanyu and I will go first." ”

After speaking, he pulled Zhang Shanyu and left in a hurry.

Jian Xiaozhu looked at the backs of Zhang Yinyin's sister and brother, and said with some puzzlement: "I feel that the seventh brother doesn't seem to like me very much." ”

Zhang Shanqing shrugged: "In my opinion, this pair of sisters and brothers probably don't like anyone." ”

Jian Xiaozhu was puzzled: "Why?" Yin Yin spoke to us quite enthusiastically. Moreover, I was brought up by the fourth lady since I was a child, so I should be quite close to Yin Yin. ”

Zhang Shanqing shook his head: "It seems that you really don't remember anything." When I was at home before, I was the one who played with you. Their siblings, like their eldest brothers, don't like to interact with others. But the eldest brother is not close to people because he is a nerd......"

Just as Zhang Shanqing was speaking, Zhang Shanqi and Wu Cuixiang suddenly appeared. This made Zhang Shanqing quickly shut up, but he was choked by his own saliva and kept coughing.

Zhang Shanqi and Wu Cuixiang didn't hear Zhang Shanqing's words, Wu Cuixiang also came over and asked with concern: "Second brother, what's wrong with you?" You won't get the cold, right? ”

Zhang Shanqing's face was flushed, and he said embarrassedly: "I'm fine, thank you sister-in-law for your concern." ”

When he entered the dining hall, Jian Xiaozhu saw that almost all the people from the Zhang family had arrived. When the fourth lady saw Jian Xiaozhu, she pointed to the vacant seat beside her, and smiled softly at her: "Zhu'er, come and sit next to me." ”

Jian Xiaozhu walked to the side of the fourth lady and sat down, while Zhang Shanqing went to sit on the third lady's side. Jian Xiaozhu only saw the third lady when she had a family reunion dinner. The third lady looks delicate and ordinary, so she doesn't look conspicuous, and the third lady is more taciturn, so many times people don't realize her existence.

As far as Jian Xiaozhu knows, the third lady believes in Buddhism, so the whole person looks very Buddhist. And her other son, Zhang Shanchun, is as breezy as she looks, doesn't like to talk, and has no sense of existence. So Jian Xiaozhu didn't understand why a Buddhist person like the third lady would give birth to Zhang Shanqing, a noisy spirit.

At the dinner table, Zhang Shanqing drank a few cups and began to talk about his military life. And the fourth lady next to Jian Xiaozhu vigorously picked up vegetables for her, saying, "Yun'er, I'm tired these days, eat more." ”

Seeing that the fourth lady sandwiched a chicken leg into Jian Xiaozhu's bowl, the fourth lady's youngest son, Zhang Shanyu, pouted and said, "Mother, I want it too!" ”

The fourth lady was disgusted: "Yu'er, why are you so ignorant." ”

And Zhang Yinyin sandwiched a piece of pork ribs and put it in Zhang Shanyu's bowl, and said to the fourth lady: "Mother, the fourth brother is still young, don't talk about him like that." ”

After that, Zhang Yinyin smiled at Jian Xiaozhu again: "And the third sister won't care, right?" ”

Jian Xiaozhu nodded: "It's okay for me." After that, Jian Xiaozhu also sandwiched a meatball for Zhang Shanyu, but Zhang Shanyu threw the meatball out of the bowl and said unhappily: "I don't like to eat this." ”

Jian Xiaozhu only felt a little embarrassed for a while, and the fourth lady patted Zhang Shanyu's arm: "Yu'er, why are you so ignorant." ”

Jian Xiaozhu could see that there was no meaning of blame in the eyes of the fourth lady, so she said, "Shanyu didn't mean it, don't blame him." ”

The fourth lady sighed and said to Jian Xiaozhu: "This kid, blame me for spoiling him too much." ”

"It's okay, it's okay, the seventh brother is still a child."

Although he said this, Jian Xiaozhu felt that the richly seasoned chicken thigh meat in the bowl became difficult to swallow. For some reason, the family dinner reminded her of the annual family gathering. She has been a child who doesn't like to talk very much since she was a child, so she will only bow her head and pick up food at dinner parties.

Although at the party, Jian Xiaozhu is not a transparent person. Adults often compliment her with her scores in exams, but Jian Xiaozhu only wants to set off fireworks with the children of her relatives. It's just that at that time, she was clumsy, and the children were reluctant to take her to play with her, and occasionally liked to play tricks on her.

Just when Jian Xiaozhu was thinking back to the past, he suddenly heard a noise on the dinner table. When she looked up, she saw Zhang Tiande's wine glass falling to the ground and shattering. With an angry look on his face, he looked at Zhang Shanqing: "You tell me again." ”

And Zhang Shanqing's wine also woke up a little, so his gaze was firm: "Dad, I won't marry Miss Liu." ”