For the matter of meeting Ouyang Yongshu, to be honest, Banniang is still very much looking forward to it, this famous literary master in history, I don't know what his true face looks like, Banniang asked May to sort out the gifts that had been prepared a long time ago, and planned to find space and go to Ouyang's mansion.

Cai Nuanniang was here for a day, just like the bird out of the cage, having fun, where was she willing to go back, she stayed with Banniang for one night, Banniang couldn't, so she had to send someone to send a letter to Cai's family. The next day, she returned to Cai's house.

On the eighteenth day, seeing that the New Year was getting closer and closer day by day, and it could not be delayed any longer, Banniang took a gift and went to Uncle Ouyang Yong's house.

At this time, Ouyang Yongshu was serving as a scholar in the middle school, and to put it bluntly, he was the emperor's senior private secretary, who could not only participate in many important decisions of the emperor, but also had an irreplaceable position as an important minister in the court, because of this position itself, and was very close to the emperor. It can even affect a lot of decisions of the emperor.

Therefore, Baniang's visit to Uncle Ouyang Yong's family with great fanfare is not without purpose.

The scale of Ouyang Mansion is much larger than that of the Cai family, and Banniang handed over the post before, so when she arrived at Ouyang Mansion, she reported her name and was led to Mrs. Ouyang in the backyard.

Mrs. Ouyang is a stepfamily, less than thirty years old, and because of proper maintenance, she looks much younger than her actual age, plus she is the daughter of Ouyang Yongshu's teacher, wearing a moonlight silk jacket at home, a dark blue long skirt, a blue jacket outside, holding a high bun, and only a jasper pear hairpin on her head, which looks elegant and pure, dignified and gentle.

Banniang stepped forward and gave a big salute, Mrs. Ouyang had pulled her to sit down, and said with a smile: "Zigu is a talent, this sister is also pretty, I have heard Zigu say that there is an eighth sister in the family, and she is smart and capable. ”

Banniang hurriedly said modestly: "I don't dare to be a compliment from my wife." Before coming to the capital, the second brother specially told him that he must come to visit Mr. and Mrs. on his behalf, so as soon as he settled down, he came to visit Mr. and Mrs., but Banniang came from a small place, and he was not very familiar with the capital, and he often walked outside, for fear of any rudeness, and asked Mrs. not to be surprised. ”

Mrs. Ouyang smiled: "Silly child, our master has always valued your second brother the most, you call me Mrs. like this, don't you see the outside, if you don't give up, just call me an aunt." ”

Although Uncle Ouyang Yong is Zeng Zigu's teacher, and his fame is unparalleled in the Great Song Dynasty, he is not very old, but he is only ten years older than Zeng Zigu, so he is only a middle-aged uncle who is less than thirty-six or seventy years old.

Banniang hurriedly said: "Yes, Banniang listens to Auntie." ”

As the two were talking, they heard the mother-in-law say outside the house: "Madam, the lady of the Chao family has come to visit Madame with the young lady." ”

When Mrs. Ouyang heard this, she hurriedly said, "Why don't you invite in soon?" ”

smiled at Banniang again: "This is really a coincidence, do you know who is here?" ”

Seeing her ask this, Banniang was also suspicious, Chao family? It can't be the second sister-in-law's house who didn't pass through the door, right?

Sure enough, Mrs. Ouyang pulled her and said with a smile: "Let's go, greet the guests with my aunt, don't you know, this Mrs. Chao, but your second brother's mother-in-law, that Miss Chao, with small characters and gentle characters, is your second sister-in-law who has not passed through the door. ”

turned out to be really a second sister-in-law.

Banniang was also curious.

This second sister-in-law is the youngest of several sisters-in-law, I heard that she is only two or three months older than herself, although I heard that the character is the most gentle and virtuous, and she was born in a family of eunuchs, and she is very well-read and courteous, and she is very praised by the elders. I don't know what kind of person she is.

When she arrived at the porch, Mrs. Chao had already come slowly with Miss Chao.

Mrs. Chao is in her thirties, Miss Chao next to her looks the same age as Banniang, tall, even a little taller than Banniang, silver-red placket jacket, under a moon white cotton long skirt, with twelve landscapes Luo skirt, a big red gold cloak, a flying fairy bun on the head, a pear blossom bright silver hairpin, two small pearl earrings on the ears, slender eyebrows, a shallow smile on the face, elegant and beautiful, if you talk about appearance, compared to Wu Sanniang's beauty, Fan Danshu's softness, Lu Siniang's grace, are worse, But the temperament is like an empty valley orchid, which makes people feel good at first sight.

Mrs. Ouyang stepped forward and said with a smile: "How can Sister-in-law Chao have time to come over today?" I heard that you have entered Beijing, and I have planned to visit you in the house in the past few days, but I am afraid that you will be busy at this time, and it will be inconvenient to go over and disturb, it is cold outside, so quickly sit down in the house and talk. ”

Mrs. Chao also smiled and saluted, and Miss Chao also blessed Mrs. Ouyang.

Chao Wenrou saw Banniang beside Mrs. Ouyang, although she didn't know who it was, there was no young lady of this age in Ouyang's mansion, but she also smiled at Banniang.

Banniang also smiled and blessed her body.

After entering the house and taking a seat, Mrs. Ouyang ordered the maids to serve refreshments, and then introduced Banniang: "Sister-in-law, do you know who this girl is?" It is your son-in-law's eighth sister, the eighth lady of the Zeng family. He called Banniang again, "Why don't you give your aunt and sister a gift?" ”

Banniang got up as ordered and saluted the two again.

Because she heard that she was Zeng Zigu's sister, Miss Huang couldn't help but secretly look at Banniang again, and saw that although she couldn't be considered very beautiful, between her eyebrows and eyes, she was also very beautiful. can't help but have more confidence in my future husband.

Mrs. Chao also smiled and pulled Banniang, asked the family Zeng Budo husband and wife are in good health, and asked her how she came to the capital, but a family member followed, Banniang answered one by one, because she heard that Banniang came to the capital for business matters, Mrs. Chao was a little surprised.

Although the two families are in-laws, Lord Chao has always been an official in the north, even if there are some correspondence, the Zeng family will not mention to the in-laws that their daughter is doing business, so Mrs. Chao really does not know that the Zeng family has a daughter who is proficient in business.

I heard that Banniang wanted to open a shop in the capital, and Mrs. Chao was secretly happy in her heart, because she could plan to open a shop in the capital, and because of the great business in the south, she planned to develop in the capital, and she knew that the situation of the Zeng family was not what it used to be. In fact, because of the poverty of the Zeng family before, her daughter was pampered and put in the palm of her hand, she didn't want her daughter to marry and suffer, but her own master took a fancy to the talent of Zeng Zigu, the second lang of the Zeng family, and said that he did not bully the young man, she thought that Zeng Zigu was talented, and her daughter could live a good life after a few years of hard work, so she should go down. But I don't want to think that in just a few years, this daughter hasn't married yet, the Zeng family has been lifted out of poverty and become rich and went straight to a well-off, how can she be unhappy.

After a few words, Mrs. Ouyang thought that Mrs. Chao was here, she must have something to say, the Chao family only came to the capital, and it was when they were busy rectifying themselves, so they would not hang out.

Then he said to Banniang: "Banniang, the plum blossoms in our back garden are blooming just right, you take your sister Chao to take a look." ”

As he spoke, he called the maid and prepared a hand warmer for the two.

Banniang also wanted to get closer to the future second sister-in-law, and after saying something, she happily took the hand of Miss Chao and went to the back garden with the maid.