Ma, that is, the biological mother of the eldest brother of the Zhu family.

She hadn't seen Mars for about two years.

Since the elder brother of the Zhu family was gone, Ma was heartbroken, and then became pregnant with the little son of the Zhu family, the master of the Zhu family felt sorry for his wife, worried that his wife would become ill, so he moved his family to Jinling City and left the sad place of Qiantang.

Ma's background is not high.

He is a member of the Ma clan of Sanyanqiao in Qiantang County, and the old parents of the Ma family are still alive and run a noodle shop in Qiantang County.

However, now that the old couple of the Ma family are over half a hundred years old, Ma feels sorry for his parents and wants to take his parents back to Jinling to live for the rest of his life.

When I came to the house today, I was afraid that I was passing by.

Or, Mars came prepared.

Over the years, the Zhu family's business in Jinling City has been running in full swing, and the Zhu family has made friends with several noble families in Jinling City, Rong'an Hou Mansion, Dongchang Hou Mansion, and Bowang Hou Mansion.

The Zhu family was able to make friends with several noble families in Jinling City, and behind them was Mrs. Xie's efforts.

Therefore, during the New Year's holidays, the Zhu family's share is always indispensable in the festival rites of the Xie Mansion.

Xie Yunjin also heard that her father, Xie Huaizhi, spent 100,000 taels of silver to invest in the Zhu family's Long Qingfeng.

"Girl, the lady of the Zhu family, originally lived next door to our house, the whole family moved to Jinling two years ago, and now I come back to visit relatives, I think of Mrs. and the old lady, saying that when I lived next door to our house before, I received the favor of Mrs. and the old lady, and brought a few children from the family to meet Mrs. and the old lady, and kowtow to Mrs. and the old lady."

Rue said.

Xie Yunjin lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then raised his head and asked Ruxiang.

"Mrs. Zhu is in Shou'an Hall now? Talk to the old lady and the lady?"

Rue nodded.

Xie Yunjin suddenly remembered Princess Ke, who was staying in the mansion yesterday, and asked Ruxiang again.

"Then Princess Ke, but she is still in the mansion?"

"Girl, Madame sent the mother-in-law who was waiting at the second gate early in the morning, prepared the carriage again, and sent the princess out of the house, and the people and horses of the Ke family are already waiting outside the city."

Rue Xiang replied to Xie Yunjin on the one hand, and greeted Yuelan again, went to fetch a basin of hot water, and Rue Xiang personally served Xie Yunjin to clean his face.

As for Yuelan, she went to take down the bedding pillowcase that Xie Yunjin cried wet last night and took it down to the laundry room to wash.

Because I have to meet a guest today, and I am a former neighbor, I still have to dress up.

Yuelan changed Xie Yunjin into a lake blue hibiscus-colored tuanhua gown, a falling horse bun, a red gold pearl hairpin and a pair of jasper butterfly hairpins on her hairpin.

The red gold inlaid pearls and jasper butterfly hairpins were all sent to Xie Yunjin a few days ago, when Mrs. Xie asked Baoqinglou to pick a good one.

The hairpin was hairpinned, and the powder was applied, and when Rue Xiang saw it, he only felt that his own girl was like an ordinary fairy.

Because Mrs. Zhu is an old friend of the Xie family, today's banquet in Shou'an Hall was placed in the water pavilion next to the lotus pond in Shou'an Hall.

The lotus pond behind Shou'an Hall is brought in by the water source of Kunming Lake outside the city.

In the summer, half of the lotus pond is full of lotus flowers, Xie Yunjin always has to stand on the edge of the lotus pond for a long time, Rue Xiang or Yuelan came to call her, Xie Yunjin left, followed Yuelan to the main hall, and met Mrs. Xie.

Now in autumn, the lotus flowers on the lotus pond have withered most of them, except for a few late-blooming lotus plants, they still maintain the posture of summer, and most of the lotus flowers next to them have become bare poles.

Guarding outside the Water Pavilion is Mrs. Xie's mother, who is serving by Mrs. Xie's side, and Mother He has always taken care of the big and small things on Mrs. Xie's side, and she is still very reused by Mrs. Xie.

Seeing Xie Yunjin coming, Mother He hurriedly greeted her, bowed respectfully, and then said.

"Why did the girl come? Mrs. and the old lady and Mrs. Zhu have been sitting in the house waiting for the girl for a while, and today the Mrs. Zhu family came over, as well as the two girls of the Zhu family, a young son, Mrs. Zhu heard that the girl was sick and wanted to see the girl. ”

Mother He said as she led Xie Yunjin into the water pavilion.

Entering the Water Pavilion, I saw that inside the Water Pavilion, there was already a card table with leaf cards, Mrs. Xie, Luo, Mrs. Lin, and Mrs. Zhu were already sitting on the card table and touching the cards.

When Xie Yunjin entered, the four of them had just finished a circle, and Mama Fang and Yuan Niangzi greeted the little girl with interest and served refreshments.

One is the mung bean cake that Mrs. Xie likes to eat, and the other is only prepared for Mrs. Zhu, which is a specialty of Qiantang County, lard hibiscus cake.

At a glance, I knew that Mrs. Xie had deliberately arranged it, Mrs. Zhu had lived in Jinling for so many years, but I was afraid that she had not tasted Qiantang's lard hibiscus cake for a long time, and now it was just right to put this on it.

When Mrs. Xie saw Xie Yunjin coming in, she beckoned to Xie Yunjin, Xie Yunjin went over, and Mrs. Yuan moved the embroidery stool out.

"This is the Mrs. Ma of the Zhu family who used to live next door to our house, you should know her, go and talk to her."

Old Madam Xie pointed to the Mrs. Zhu family opposite her and said.

Xie Yunjin said "um", followed by Mrs. Zhu's side, bent down and bowed, and said hello again.

"Aunt Zhu is fine! I haven't seen you all these years, I don't know how the Zhu family's aunt's body is? But do you often think of the eldest brother of the Zhu family?"

Hearing Xie Yunjin's words about his son, Mrs. Zhu was sad for a while, shedding a few tears, and when Luo saw this, he hurriedly asked his mother-in-law to hand over the handkerchief.

"It's okay, the child cares about me."

As she spoke, Mrs. Zhu carefully looked at Xie Yunjin in front of her, and took off a jade bracelet with an excellent water head from her hand.

"I haven't seen Jin Niang for two years, Jin Niang has become a big girl, there is nothing good around my aunt, but this jade bracelet, which is still a good thing, will be given to you now."

Mrs. Zhu personally put the jade bracelet on Xie Yunjin's hand, and then raised Xie Yunjin's hand for everyone to take a look.

"This kind of thing, with a beauty like Jin Niang, couldn't be better."

Xie Yunjin thanked Mrs. Zhu and then went to the small hall next to the water pavilion.

In the hall, I saw Zhu Yu, the eldest girl of the Zhu family, and Zhu Bao, the second girl of the Zhu family, already sitting in the small hall, eating the refreshments sent by the girl, drinking tea, and talking about the delicacy around them.

Zhu Lang, the second son of the Zhu family, stood alone in front of the window of the small hall, looking at the lotus pond outside with most of the withered lotus flowers, his eyes were cold, and he didn't know what he was thinking about in his heart.

Seeing Xie Yunjin enter the house, he listened to the little girl waiting in the house, and shouted at Xie Yunjin in unison.

"Three girls!"

Zhu Yu and Zhu Bao, who were sitting in the room, knew that the girl in front of them was the third girl of the Xie family, Xie Yunjin.

The two got up, walked hand in hand in front of Xie Yunjin, and shouted cordially.

"Miss Xie San is fine, I am Zhu Yu, the eldest girl of the Zhu family (Zhu Bao, the second girl of the Zhu family)."

Xie Yunjin had met the eldest girl of the Zhu family and the second girl of the Zhu family before.

But Xie Yunjin's past memories seem to have disappeared a lot, and when Xie Yunjin frantically searched in his mind for everything about the eldest girl of the Zhu family and the second girl of the Zhu family, Xie Yunjin didn't think of anything.

Seeing that the two of them greeted him, Xie Yunjin nodded and replied politely.

"The two girls are well."

After careful inspection, Xie Yunjin found that Zhu Yu, the eldest girl of the Zhu family, was born much better than Zhu Bao, the second girl of the Zhu family.

Zhu Yu is a typical goose egg face, and Zhu Bao is a typical melon seed face.

Zhu Yu has big eyes, a high nose bridge, and a beautiful appearance, while Zhu Bao has small eyes, a thin nose bridge, and a medium figure.

The two sisters, Zhu Yu wore a peony-colored Hunan embroidered gown with brocade flowers, and Zhu Bao wore a green gown with dark daffodils.

Both of them combed their falling horse buns, but there were more hairpins on Zhu Yu's hair, and there were as many as seven or eight hairpins.

Xie Yunjin secretly glanced at the jewelry on Zhu Yu's hair, and each piece was not ordinary.

There are fewer hairpin rings on Zhu Bao's hair, and there are only a few hairpins used to fix the bun.

A little oil red gold inlaid jasper hairpin, Xie Yunjin took a closer look, the hairpin had some traces of wear and tear, looking at the hairpin, it should be the old thing around Zhu Bao.

It's just that on an occasion like today, ordinary people should be like Zhu Yu, wearing gold and silver, dressed up gorgeously, eye-catching, and ready to shine in front of everyone.

A person like Zhu Bao, who is dressed fresh and refined, is covered with old things, which is inevitably a little gloomy.

Could it be that this is Zhu Bao's intention?

But she has never heard the news that the eldest girl of the Zhu family and the second girl of the Zhu family are not compatible?

Xie Yunjin carefully looked at the every move of the two sisters, Zhu Yu and Zhu Bao, and indeed the Zhu family sisters in front of him did not have any inappropriate appearance.

Could it be that she thinks too much about herself?

Obviously, the sisters get along harmoniously.

Putting aside the speculation in his heart, Xie Yunjin asked Yuelan to order the little girl to bring refreshments, and Xie Yunjin took the initiative to sit next to the Zhu sisters.

But at this time, the lady of the Zhu family on the other side of the water pavilion sent the grandmother who was waiting for her, and came to invite Zhu Yu, the eldest girl of the Zhu family, to go to the water pavilion, Zhu Yu smiled at Xie Yunjin, and followed the grandmother to the water pavilion.

As soon as Zhu Yu walked on the front foot, Zhu Bao sat next to Xie Yunjin on the back foot, and Xie Yunjin took the initiative to set it up.

"Miss Xie San, I heard my eldest brother say before, Miss Xie San is a character like a fairy, and now it seems that it is really good, Miss Xie San is a character like a fairy. My parents love me, my grandmother loves me, and my brothers and sisters also love Miss Xie San, where can a person like me compare to Miss Xie San?"

Xie Yunjin heard Zhu Bao say this, only to hear that something was wrong.

What happened to Miss Zhu's origin?

Could it be that the second girl of Zhu is not born to Mrs. Zhu?

Xie Yunjin thought carefully in his mind, when she came to Shou'an Hall Water Pavilion today, Rue Xiang gave her a brief introduction to the two girls of the Zhu family.

Zhu Yu, the eldest girl of the Zhu family, is the firstborn daughter of Mrs. Zhu, because she is the firstborn daughter. When Zhu Yu was born, the Zhu family had not yet made a fortune, and the family was not good, and the wife of the Zhu family had to rely on selling her embroidery to maintain the family's livelihood.

Later, when the second girl Zhu was born, the Zhu family had gradually prospered, and the family also bought a lot of things, and invited the maid to serve by her side.

Mrs. Zhu regards her two daughters as her heart.

It's just that just looking at Zhu Yu's dress, Zhu Yu is probably the real heart of Mrs. Zhu's heart, this Zhu Bao, it's impossible to say.

Listening to Yunxiang, the eldest girl of the Zhu family has promised Lin Heng, the second son of the Marquis of Dongchang.

This marriage was finalized by Mrs. Zhu secretly invited Mrs. Xie and Mrs. Lin to take the road of the Marquis of Dongchang.

Because of the Zhao family, the wife of the Marquis of Dongchang, she looked down on the Zhu family, who was born in a merchant, and was unwilling to marry her.

The second girl of the Zhu family is said to be the third son of the Ruan family.

But later, the third son of Ruan married another wife, and this marriage was over.

When Mrs. Zhu came to the door this time, Xie Yunjin guessed that it should be for the marriage of the second girl of the Zhu family, or the second son of the Zhu family.