After dark.

The eldest lady of the Fan family, Fang, and the second wife, Liu, led Mrs. Xie and Mrs. Lin to the courtyard at the back of Fan's mansion and met Mrs. Fan.

Mrs. Fan is Fan Zhizhou's biological mother.

Born in the palace of King Jing in Tokyo City.

When Mrs. Xie was in the palace, she had also seen this Mrs. Fan, and she was familiar with Mrs. Fan.

When Mrs. Xie married the eldest lady of the Xie family, Mrs. Fan listened to it and sent someone to send a congratulatory gift to Mrs. Xie, a pair of bracelets inlaid with gold and jade, a pair of green jade reward bottles, and a pair of green jade jade Ruyi.

Although it wasn't very valuable, Old Madam Xie still put it in the box.

Mrs. Fan is sixty-nine this year, and after the Mid-Autumn Festival, it will be Mrs. Fan's seventieth birthday.

Mrs. Xie originally thought that she would come to Fan's house to visit after the Mid-Autumn Festival, but since she came here today, it was okay to meet her old friends.

Because Mrs. Fan has always loved to be quiet, she can't stand the noise.

So a few years ago, I had moved from Songhezhai in the front yard of the Fan family to the Qiu Ming Hall in the backyard of the Fan family.

Old Madam Xie followed behind Fang's family, crossed a flower lake, crossed a few bridges, and crossed a few more roads, and finally arrived at the Autumn Tea Hall.

The people in the courtyard had obviously gotten the news a long time ago, and there was already a waiting grandmother waiting for Mrs. Xie in front.

"Miss Xu!"

A mother-in-law saw Mrs. Xie, staggered out, and greeted Mrs. Xie.

Old Madam Xie and Old Madam Lin were shocked.

The person who can call Mrs. Xie "Miss Xu" must be Mrs. Xie's old acquaintance.

Before Old Madam Xie and Old Madam Lin and the others approached, the Fang clan opened his mouth for the mother-in-law.

"Old Mrs. Xie, this is Mama An, who is serving my old lady closely, and she has been serving by my old lady's side since she was a child."

Old Madam Xie thought about the old man in her mind.

Mama An who was waiting beside Mrs. Fan.

It is relief! It is relief!

After thinking about it, Old Madam Xie shouted to the mother-in-law in front of her by the faint light of the fire in her hand.

"Is it the peace of mind of the county lord who is waiting by his side?"

Mama An, who was waiting beside Mrs. Fan in front, heard Mrs. Xie's voice and hurriedly responded.

"Miss Xu, it's me! I'm the peace of mind that serves by the county lord's side. ”

Mrs. Fan, because she was born in the Jingwang Mansion in Tokyo City, was a famous little county lord in Tokyo City when she was young.

When Mrs. Xie was young, she was brought up in the palace, and Mrs. Fan at that time was the little lord of the Jingwang Mansion, and she was also taken to the palace for upbringing.

Therefore, the relationship between Mrs. Fan and Mrs. Xie has been many years.

Entering the Autumn Tea Hall, Mrs. Xie glanced around, the courtyard was not big, but the layout was very royal style.

Most of the people who serve are mothers-in-law, and there are very few young girls.

Looking at the appearance, they are all old people who are used to it.

Mrs. Fan sat in the room with white hair and good spirits, listening to the mother-in-law outside shouting, "Miss Xu is here."

Mrs. Fan was happy in her heart, and hurriedly got up and stood at the window to watch.

When Mrs. Xie approached the house, Mrs. Fan couldn't suppress the excitement in her heart and hurriedly rushed over.

Seeing this, the mother-in-law who was waiting in the courtyard was afraid that Mrs. Fan would fall, so she hurriedly followed.

"A-Yuan! Is it A-Yuan? ”

Old Madam Fan didn't seem to be able to see the old lady Xie in front of her clearly, she could only see the general appearance, and asked the old lady Xie in front of her in a low voice.

Ah Yuan is the name of Mrs. Xie.

Mrs. Xie, surnamed Xu Mingyuan.

Those who have known Mrs. Xie since childhood will directly call Mrs. Xie "A-Yuan." ”

"County Lord, it's me! It's A-Yuan! I haven't seen your old man for all these years, and I didn't think that your old man would become what it is today! Even the sons and daughters-in-law around you are filial, and you should also enjoy the blessings of your sons, daughters-in-law, grandchildren, and daughters-in-law. ”

Old Madam Xie and Old Madam Fan were talking, except for Old Madam Lin in the house, there was also Mama An's room and Mama Fang, and the other maids and women who were waiting, including the Fang family and the Liu family who led the way, all withdrew.

"I didn't think that after all these years, some people would call me the county lord, and when others saw me, they all called the old lady directly, or Mrs. Tai. But I don't like people to call me an old lady, Mrs., I'm not old, and I was shouted and shouted by them, and they all shouted like an old woman like this. ”

"I see that A-Yuan is getting younger and younger, you have a son and a daughter, which is also worry-free. I heard that your son and daughter-in-law are still girls from the Luo family in Suzhou, a scholarly family from the Luo family, and the girls from their families will not be bad. ”

"And your three granddaughters, one is more capable than the other, being Mrs. Hou, being a lady in the palace, now this junior, I heard others say, but your heart is meat!"

In Mrs. Fan's words, almost all of them praised the family.

Mrs. Fan said energetically, and Mrs. Xie and Mrs. Lin beside her also listened happily.

Old Madam Fan paused, and then continued.

"You have communicated with the Funing County Lord's Mansion these days, and I have people here who often say that you want to give your junior to Chen Yue, the little son of the Funing County Lord's Mansion."

"Chen Yue's child, I have also seen it, his appearance and character are good, the only bad thing is that he is a mother like the lord of Funing."

Mrs. Fan babbled a lot, and when she stopped in the middle, Mama An, who was waiting on the side, hurriedly handed over the tea, and explained a few words to Mrs. Xie with a smile.

"The old lady of our family will babble so much when she meets the old man. In the past, the eldest lady and the second lady of our family came over, but the old lady was reluctant to say anything after a few words with the two of them. ”

When Mrs. Xie heard this, she only smiled on her face.

Mrs. Fan is tall, so she can naturally suppress the two daughters-in-law below.

It's just that Mrs. Xie didn't expect that after so many years, Mrs. Fan still cared about her so much and knew her recent situation.

Old Madam Xie was a little moved in her heart, and the tears in her eyes kept rolling.

At this time, Mrs. Fan finally saw Mrs. Xie in front of her clearly, saw Mrs. Xie bowing her head and crying, and hurriedly walked up like when she was a child, grabbed Mrs. Xie, and persuaded in a girl's tone.

"Xu Jia's Ayuan is crying, it's not good-looking."

Old Madam Xie was amused by Old Madam Fan's words.

"You and I are both seventy or eighty people, what are you talking about beauty? What's the use of being beautiful?"

Speaking of this, Old Madam Xie did not continue, but planned to ask Old Madam Fan in front of her.

"But the Lord of Funing handed you the news? These days, I have communicated with her, and she and I have been playing Tai Chi for half a month, and have not mentioned the marriage between Chen Yue and my Jinniang. ”

"Confused!"

Old Madam Fan first reprimanded Old Madam Xie, and then continued.

"That girl in Funing, she was raised in front of the saint Niangniang when she was young, her heart is higher than the sky, where will she look down on your Xie family?"

"Now your son is not pregnant with the little magistrate of Qiantang County, the third girl of the county magistrate's family, just thinking about going to the little son of the county lord's mansion in Gaopan, this marriage, not to mention that the lord of Funing does not agree, even if he is me, he will not agree."

After listening to Mrs. Fan say this, it is indeed such a truth.

Old Madam Xie was really confused.

"I was confused, and I just thought about taking the path of the Hou Mansion and talking about this marriage. You give me a note and think of a way! ”

Old Madam Xie said to Old Madam Fan.

Old Madam Fan didn't speak, only lowered her head, like a naughty child.

Old Madam Xie thought that Old Madam Fan was unwilling to promise herself, and she refused to say anything for herself, so she also lowered her head and said coldly.

"I haven't seen you all these years, I thought you would still remember the old love and help me talk about it. I didn't think about it, I was self-inflicted! ”

Old Madam Xie said, pretending to wipe her tears.

handed a look to Mama Fang, Mama Fang nodded, and said something interesting.

"It's not early, the old lady will go to Jinshan Temple tomorrow to pray for incense, why don't we go back first!"

Mama Fang said, picking up Mrs. Xie.

But it's very busy, and it seems that it has been discussed a long time ago.

In Mrs. Xie's heart, she was in a hurry.

Why didn't Mrs. Fan come forward to keep her?

Old Madam Fan didn't speak, and saw that Old Madam Xie was about to walk out of the house, and only said secretly in her heart.

People in their sixties still play this?

Old Madam Xie walked to the door of the house, but Old Madam Fan didn't speak yet, so she simply didn't leave.

Seeing that Mrs. Fan and Mrs. Xie froze, Mrs. Lin, who had not spoken all this time, finally came out to play a round.

"Old sister-in-law, the county lord didn't refuse to agree to you, why are you in a hurry?"

Mrs. Lin said, and asked Mrs. Fan again.

"County Lord, you said yes, right?"

Old Madam Fan nodded.

But he secretly said in his heart, Xie Jia's Ayuan, you are still a sister-in-law in vain, and you are not as sensible as Yueru.

What a fool!

Mama An understood what Mrs. Fan meant, and invited Mrs. Xie back.

"Your junior is not a girl from the Hou Mansion, if your junior is a girl from the Hou Mansion, maybe the Funing girl will agree to come down."

"But now that your junior is there, Funing girl is a high-spirited girl, she will agree to this marriage, that's really hell! Slow down, I'll give you ideas. ”

Mrs. Fan was clearly reluctant to help Mrs. Xie in her heart, but she didn't think about it, so she still agreed to help her.

Seeing that Mrs. Fan should respond, Mrs. Xie also sat back beside Mrs. Fan and talked to her about the past.

Mrs. Xie and Mrs. Lin were in the Autumn Tea Hall, and they talked to Mrs. Fan until midnight.

The Fang family and the Liu family, who were guarding outside the house, also stayed up until midnight.

Staying up until midnight, the Fang clan really couldn't stand it, so he went in and said goodbye, let the maid in the autumn tea hall, Zhang Luo Xie and Mrs. Lin's residences, and then retreated.

Old Madam Fan saw that it was late, so she stopped her heart, thinking that she would take a carriage with Mrs. Xie and Mrs. Lin tomorrow.