"Our family has no friendship with the Li family, and we usually never interact, although your fifth brother and the Li family's son-in-law have a big fight, and they are only close to this year, this Mrs. Li, why did you invite you to her house to reward what golden chrysanthemum?"

Zhu Shi saw the post and frowned and asked.

The old lady was thoughtful, looked at Banniang and said with a smile: "Ba girl, if there is anything, you have to discuss with your father and brothers, although you are capable, you are young in the end, don't do anything, you are stuffy in your heart." ”

Hearing this, the Zhu family had some numbers in his heart, presumably Mrs. Li invited Banniang, it should be a business matter. But the Li family is really not easy to get along with, and they can't help but be even more worried.

Banniang said with a smile: "Brother Seventeen and Gongzi Li are business partners, the two workshops run by the two of them, the business is very good, I want to come to Mrs. Li to invite me to the house as a guest, probably for the sake of Brother Seventeen." Grandmother doesn't need to worry, Hachi is not ignorant. If there is something really going on, I will tell my brothers. ”

The old lady knew that she had always had a charter in her heart, so she didn't say anything more.

On the second day, Banniang dressed up a little, went to Li's house, and was led into the back garden by the maids, Mrs. Li welcomed her to her side, and there were some young ladies from the side branches of the Li family at the table, but there were no outsiders. Mrs. Li said with a smile: "In the past, I always heard people praise the eighth lady of the Zeng family as a very outstanding person, but unfortunately there is no girl in our family, but I want to invite you to play at home, and I am afraid that you will be impatient to accompany me, an old woman." Fortunately, the chrysanthemums raised in the home are blooming just right, and it is a good time to eat crabs, yesterday the countryside Zhuangzi sent a lot of them, I thought about the lively and lively, and because my niece came to visit me, I don't think there is a playmate, you are the same age, you can probably play in one place, so I took the liberty to invite Miss Eight over. ”

Banniang was not surprised, after listening to Mrs. Li's words, she only pursed her lips and smiled lightly, and said: "It is also an honor for Banniang to be valued by Mrs., Mrs. is an elder, if there is an order, as long as Banniang is free, how dare she resign?" What's more, the son of the house is good friends with my brothers, and often patronizes my restaurant, he is his wife, and he has also taken care of Banniang's business several times, and Banniang has never thanked his wife. It's that Mrs. didn't summon me today, and Banniang also thought about visiting Mrs. in a few days. ”

Mrs. Li was born very beautiful, and her temperament was extremely demure, just looking at her appearance, she really couldn't imagine that Li Yong, a fat man, would have such a beautiful mother.

Seeing that Banniang said politely, she only smiled, and led a group of girls to the yard to enjoy the chrysanthemums for a while.

Banniang saw that Mrs. Li didn't say anything more, and she was happy. At this time, it is the golden autumn, and there are indeed many varieties of chrysanthemums in the courtyard of the Li family, and Banniang is really here to appreciate the chrysanthemums.

After wandering around, he re-entered the pavilion in the garden, the girls gathered together, some played chess, some played pitchers, somehow, slowly talked about the Keju thing, was talking about the heat, I don't know which lady, a naïve rubbed to Banniang's side, and asked with a smile: "Zeng Banniang, can you Keju?" ”

Keju is an entertainment sport throughout the Great Song Dynasty. Banniang has heard that Wu Sanniang and Cang'er are both good players, even Lu Siniang can also play, but unfortunately she has not played herself. A few sisters in the family, no one is proficient in this, and she is not busy with housework on weekdays, or busy with the business in the shop, in this era when transportation is basically walking, communication is basically roaring, her only entertainment, is just to read books at home, paint, and then take the horizontal flute that her seventh brother-in-law Wang Pingfu gave her last year, and occasionally play a few indecent tunes, where have you played any Keju?

But when it comes to equestrianism, compared to this group of little girls, she is not bad. Although I've been here, I've only had a few occasional pleasures, but in the end, where is the foundation of my previous life.

However, Banniang didn't really play this time, so she shook her head with a smile and said apologetically: "I didn't have a good body before, and I watched it tightly at home, so I didn't play." ”

The little girl was about the same size as her, and she was also dressed as the most glamorous among the young ladies, with a bright and moving smile, and an innocent look in her eyes. muttered: "My cousin always says that you are powerful, but you can't even bow a bow, where is it?" ”

Banniang was amused when she heard it, and said in her heart that this should be Li Yong's cousin. In every romance story, as the cousin of the male protagonist, there is always such a cousin, but it is a pity that Li Yong's image is really not the life of the protagonist of Xiaoyan. Thinking about it like this, I couldn't help but laugh evilly.

How did this little girl know the gloom of the Zeng family's Banniang at the moment, she only pouted, and was pulled over by Mrs. Li on the side with a smile, and scolded: "You are talking nonsense, when you are a young lady in other people's families, you have nothing to do all day long, and you only know how naughty?" ”

The words are extremely doting.

While scolding the girl, Mrs. Li smiled apologetically at Banniang: "Miss Zeng Ba, don't be surprised by this girl, she is my niece, and she has always been spoiled." He turned his head again and said, "Aya, why don't you apologize to Miss Zeng Ba?" ”

Without waiting for Aya to speak, Banniang smiled: "Where to meet the strange, Miss Aya is innocent and lively, Banniang is envious and can't envy." ”

When Aya heard this, there was a smile on her face, which was still a little aggrieved, so she took Banniang's hand and said, "It doesn't matter if you don't know how to bow, why don't we play pitching pots?" ”

Banniang wanted to apologize and tell the girl who couldn't sit still: Sister paper, in fact, I can't throw a pot.

Just as she was about to speak, Mrs. Li stopped Aya: "You go play first, aunt, I finally invited Miss Zeng Ba to come, and I wanted to say a few words to Miss Zeng Ba." ”

Although Aya is a little ignorant of the world, she is not stupid, after listening to Mrs. Li's words, she knew that she should have something serious to talk about, and she was not crooked, so she went to the other side.

Banniang knew that it was time to get down to business, but her face didn't change, just waiting for Mrs. Li to speak.

Seeing that she was calm, as if nothing had happened, Mrs. Li was a little embarrassed, and she was silent for a moment before she smiled and said: "Miss Zeng Ba wants to come and know, I didn't invite Mrs. Zeng's mansion and other young ladies today, but only invited you to come, such a faux pas, it is really because something asked Miss Zeng Ba." ”

Banniang has been letting her call herself "Miss Zeng Ba", until Mrs. Li said this, then smiled: "Banniang is a junior, Mrs. calls me Miss, it is really outside, if Mrs. does not think I am abrupt, then call me like the elders in my family, and call me Banniang." But I don't know what the lady commands? If Banniang can do it, for Brother Li's sake, she will definitely do it. ”

Mrs. Li knew that her son had some friendship with this Miss Zeng Ba, and when she heard this, the previous embarrassment on her face faded a lot, and she said with a smile: "That is the case, I also said it bluntly, speaking of this matter, our family can't live with you, Ba Niang, I will definitely compensate, but the two women you sent to the yamen the day before yesterday, one of them is from a steward in my house, and the other is also a servant woman in my house, this matter is really due to a misunderstanding, if it wasn't for the fact that the person was missing, the steward was in a hurry to inquire, I didn't know that my wife had done such a stupid thing and caused such a big disaster. But he couldn't ignore it, so he asked to come to me. Although I know that no matter how you punish those two foolish and stupid things, it is all right, but in the end, it is the people in my house, and I can't ignore it, so I have to be shy and come to beg Banniang, I hope you can see that my unsuccessful son has some friendship with the Lu family's seventeenth lang, and your fifth brother, and also give me a few thin noodles, so I will spare those two stupid things. ”

Banniang showed a look of embarrassment, groaned, and considered, but remained silent.

Seeing this, Mrs. Li knew that Banniang was waiting for her to make a promise, so she said softly: "This matter is because I am not able to discipline my subordinates, which made Banniang embarrassed, and it also caused a lot of bad effects, but fortunately, there is not much loss." But that incident is indeed a misunderstanding, it's not interesting to talk about it now, I'll give Banniang a guarantee today, such a thing will never happen again in the future. ”

In fact, Mrs. Li didn't lie, because Li Yong found out that the housekeeper of his house went to Sheraton to buy a pair of treasure chairs, and felt that things were abnormal, he must be a demon, so he was unceremonious, and took care of the housekeeper, and was called over and scolded by Li Yuanwai when he got the news. Li Yuanwai asked the reason for the steward afterwards, and also trained the steward severely. He has been in the officialdom for decades, and when he thinks of the tricks that his housekeeper thinks, they are like children's plays, and he is speechless.

This steward did not hold an important position in the Li Mansion, but he was the nephew of the former chief steward, Li Yuanwai had some affection for the big steward, and he pitied the big steward for being old and helpless, and he had been diligent in the Li family all his life, which made his nephew a little steward, running some chores, thinking that if it was a use, and then slowly bring it up, who knew that this little steward was not a brain, and he usually did some things that were not on the table, so he had been so mixed in the Li Mansion.

However, although this little steward has no real talent, he will look at some faces and figure out some of the master's thoughts, knowing that Li Yuanwai is not happy with Sheraton robbing Li Jiale of the wood shop business, so he wants to do something to find Sheraton trouble, if he succeeds, bad Sheraton's reputation, maybe Li Yuanwai is happy, and then reuse him, wouldn't it be a beautiful thing? That's why I came up with such a bad idea.

But since he was called by Li Yuanwai for questioning, he was scolded, but he stopped thinking about it.