"No need." Qiao Junsheng spit out these three words coldly, hugged his fists towards Cang Er and Banniang, and walked away.

Li Yong touched his head, looked at Qiao Junsheng's figure turning around the bamboo forest, and said strangely: "This kid doesn't plan to ask me to teach him?" After this village, there is no such shop, I said sister-in-law, I can completely look at your face. ”

looked at Ah Lan behind Banniang again, and shouted, "Hey, aren't you the maid who escaped from my house?" How is it here? Did the co-author really hide in Zeng's house? ”

"What escaped maid?" Cang'er said inexplicably, in the New Year, Ah Lan she has also seen many times, why did she suddenly become a fugitive slave of Li Yong's family?

"Don't listen to him," Seeing Ah Lan standing aside with his head hanging down, looking frightened, Banniang couldn't bear it, so she took Ah Lan's hand and snorted, "What maid who escaped from your house?" Do you have her deed of sale? Or was someone in the government when she sold her? Our Great Song Kingdom is a law-talker, don't talk nonsense. She's a maid in our family, and the deed of sale is still with my grandmother. ”

It's just a little girl, and if it wasn't for his mother forced into his room, he wouldn't be happy to ask for it.

He didn't like to think about the little mess in their family, in the past few years, when didn't her mother send him a few little maids? It's not that he doesn't know why, but how can he drop? Li Yong waved his hand: "That's what I asked, it's just a maid, I said Miss Zeng Ba, are you worth being angry about this?" Okay, I'd better go first, so that Lu Seventeen will know that I am angry with his little daughter-in-law and will trouble me again. ”

Cang'er glanced at him, snorted, and then asked Banniang: "Why did you come here?" ”

"I heard from my grandmother that Sister Xian pulled my fourth sister-in-law out to hang out and wanted to see my future sister-in-law, so I came over, why are you alone? What about Siniang? ”

"Talking to Wu Sanniang and them in the pavilion over there." Cang'er pointed from afar, Banniang raised her eyes to look, and saw that there were many people sitting in the pavilion over there, and said with a smile: "It's really quite a lot of people." ”

"Didn't you say you were looking for your family Yunxian? It's also there, and your future fourth sister-in-law, Miss Fan, is also there. ”

"Then let's go over." Banniang pulled Cang'er, nodded with Li Yong, and went to the pavilion. It doesn't matter that Li Yong shouted behind him: "Hey, female overlord, you haven't apologized to me yet." ”

Cang Er waved his fist behind him, smiled and asked, "I apologize to you for it, do you accept it?" ”

Li Yong looked at the fist, hung his head and said, "Forget it, good men don't fight with women, I'll put up with you first." ”

Banniang looked funny, even Ah Lan, who had always been scared, couldn't help laughing, so that Cang'er glared at the two of them fiercely, and said angrily: "What's so funny?" Against such bastards, fists are the last word. ”

As soon as everyone saw that Cang'er and Banniang were coming together, they hurriedly pulled Banniang into the pavilion, and Yun Xian affectionately gave Banniang a seat: "Eighth sister, you sit next to me." ”

He turned his head to Fan Danshu beside him and smiled: "This is our eighth sister, eighth sister, this is Miss Fan." ”

Banniang didn't know where she was ranked, so she smiled and blessed Fan Danshu and shouted, "Sister Fan." ”

Fan Danshu saw that she was a small person, as Yun Xian said, delicate and lovely, the smile on her face was very bright, and she had a good feeling, and when she saw her affectionateness, she also smiled and said: "Eighth sister is good, Sister Yunxian just praised you." Sit down and talk. ”

Banniang greeted Wu Sanniang and Lu Siniang again, and then sat down.

A few people asked her how she came out of the kitchen so quickly, tired or not, Banniang answered with a smile one by one, a few people gossiped, and from time to time Liuniang came, saying that it was time for the banquet, and they were all invited to the table.

Everyone got up one after another and rushed to the front garden, Wu Sanniang fell a few steps behind, and said to Banniang: "When you are busy with this, the matter of the wood shop, you should also be concerned, I have asked Uncle Qiao last time, he is willing to help, and in the past six months, his apprentices have also taught well, and the box here in our house, with Brother Qiao taking care of it, it is almost the same, Uncle Qiao can also free his hands to help us prepare the paint in the wood shop." ”

"Really?"

Banniang said happily.

Wu Sanniang pointed to her forehead and said with a smile: "Is this still fake?" However, Uncle Qiao also has a condition, I want to ask what you mean, so I didn't agree. ”

"On what terms?"

Wu Sanniang said with a smile: "If you are free in a few days, it will not be decided in a while." ”

It just so happened that Yun Xian turned around and called her, and Banniang didn't want to say it deeply, so she stepped forward to talk to Yun Xian.

After a while, they arrived at the banquet hall of the ladies. There is already a room of people gathered inside, because there are no subordinates in the Zeng family, and the people who are responsible for taking care of it are the guys in the restaurant and the maids and wives borrowed from the Lu family's martial arts, and on the side of the female dependents, the ones who are responsible for pouring tea and delivering water are naturally the maids and wives of the two families.

A few people entered the hall, and there were maids who greeted them and led them into the seats of the young female guests in the West Chamber, there were already many young ladies sitting, even the third sister Yunyi who was married was also there, seeing that Banniang they arrived, they were busy introducing the guests one by one, everyone sat down, several tables were full of dishes, looking at such a sumptuous dish, everyone looked at Banniang and said: "I heard that the old lady's birthday banquet was prepared by Miss Ba, these, you prepared?" ”

Banniang said modestly: "Where is me, I just have a whole menu, and our Sheraton masters are busy." ”

To be honest, there are many people here who were born in rich and noble families, and what kind of good ones have not been eaten? But this table of dishes also opened their eyes, looking at the dazzling array of dishes, every plate and plate are so delicate and beautiful, it seems to be used to see, not to eat.

When she got married, Banniang was still a five or six-year-old little doll, it was only a few years, she was so capable, and she saw her grandmother's birthday banquet, everyone praised it, she felt that her face was bright, and she smiled and said: "Sit down quickly, I am a sister, I didn't have this blessing before, now I inherit my grandmother's blessing, and I also let go of my stomach and eat a good meal, if it weren't for my grandmother's birthday banquet, where would I have this mouthful, just looking at the dishes on this table, I can't wait to live in my mother's house in the future." ”

The young lady who was married laughed: "Sanniang of the Zeng family, you can say what you say, you think well, but I'm afraid that your husband is unwilling." ”

Zeng Sanniang stretched out her hand and twisted her face, and scolded with a smile: "What about the young lady in this room, look at your mouth, you don't cover it, you don't stop it, you can say something that you don't have." ”

The lady was not annoyed, and said with a smile: "Tsk, this married person is different, in the past, your three ladies were not like this, in the past, our sisters joked a few words, and you blushed." ”

Over there, Liuniang defended her own sister, pulled Sanniang on the side, and said to the lady: "Cousin Wu Jiu, don't bully my third sister, your little sister, you have to call my third sister sister-in-law in the future, if my third sister bullies your little sister in the future, don't blame my third sister." ”

The cousin of the Wu family looked at Liuniang and said, "Come on, Sanniang, cousin, I'll let you go back today, who called our sixth cousin amazing." I said sixth cousin, I see that if you marry someone in the future, in front of your sixth cousin-in-law, you dare to be so sharp-mouthed? You're going to get married in a few days, aren't you? ”

Liuniang blushed, ignored the cousin of the Wu family, only beckoned someone to sit down, and the older one said a few words, and then the table began.

Although it is a female guest, there is also fruit wine on the banquet, everyone is not familiar with it, and most of the unmarried little ladies are shy, and there are not many words, this one drank a little wine, and slowly talked more, every time a new dish is served, it is called Banniang to explain it, Banniang thinks that there will be no advertising at this time, and when will it be? Just talk about the beauty of each dish one by one, and after this meal, the host and guest are happy, not to mention their side, even at the banquet of the elders, it is also laughter.

Wait for the food to be almost, there are a few desserts on the table, is it the late spring and early summer, there are a lot of seasonal melons and fruits, each fruit plate, is Ba Niang personally designed the pattern, and let the master in charge of cold spelling carefully carved out, exquisite and extraordinary, the most popular among female guests.

Seeing the excitement that everyone said, Zeng Sanniang quietly took Banniang's hand, stroked Banniang's head, tears slowly filled her eyes, and said in a low voice: "Eighth sister, thank you." ”

"Third sister?" Since Banniang crossed, this is the first time I have seen my sister who is a fellow brother with the second brother, the fourth brother, the fifth brother and the first mother, and I have almost no impression of her, but she and the second brother are a little similar, and they pull her to cry dazzlingly, and the nature of blood relationship instantly hit Banniang's heart, and I only feel that the sister in front of me who has only heard of her name and not her person is so amiable.

Zeng Sanniang wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and then said: "Every time your second brother comes back to the letter, he has to praise you, saying that if you are a younger brother, you will definitely become a big weapon in the future, after I got married, it is usually rare to go back home, one is to marry far, it is really inconvenient, and the second is the situation on my side, you may also know one or two, not rich, and there are in-laws on it, how can you easily go back to your parents' house, if it is not for this grandmother's ninetieth birthday, I am afraid that I will not be able to come back, but where is not to worry about the family?" Dad Zhishi over the years, the family has no income, when I got married, my mother gave me a lot of subsidies for her marriage, I always worry about the difficulties in the family, and there are those brothers to study, and you and Liuniang Qiniang dowry to prepare, which is easy? But I didn't expect that out of such a capable girl as you, now the family is getting better, the two brothers and Shiro Goro, there is no need to worry about the family's livelihood, my father can live more comfortably, and my mother doesn't have to be embarrassed every day, my useless sister can also feel at ease in her mother-in-law's house, so my sister said thank you. ”

Banniang looked at her sister, who had a bad complexion and was very thin, and said with a smile: "Look at what my sister said, I am also the daughter of the Zeng family, these are what I should do, sister, don't worry about us all day long, now we are all fine, but the eighth sister looks at her sister, she is very distressed, sister, are you not in good health?" Also, I heard my mother say, you gave birth to two sons, why didn't you bring your little nephew back today? ”

"It's okay, I'm in good health, maybe I'm tired these days. Speaking of your two nephews, they are too naughty, and my mother-in-law was afraid that there would be any mistakes on the road, so she didn't ask me and your brother-in-law to bring them, mainly because she was afraid that the family was very busy now. As he spoke, he coughed while holding his handkerchief.

"Sister, are you really okay?" Banniang always felt that the health of the third sister was really not good, so she patted her back and asked worriedly.

Seeing Sanniang shaking her head, Banniang asked Ah Lan to pour some water and let her drink two sips, because there were many people, and it was not the time to speak, so she thought that when she got home, she would ask her mother well. If you always come home, you won't leave immediately.

Just thinking about it, Sanniang pushed her: "Okay." I'm fine, you can go talk to the sisters for a while. In a moment the feast should be dispersed. ”

Banniang nodded.

It wasn't until the beginning of the day that the feast was over, and everyone was gossiping again, some of the ladies who were in a hurry to return home said goodbye one after another, and there were those who stayed, and the garden prepared a troupe to sing, and there was a juggling performance, so people led everyone over.

Because there was still a meal to prepare in the evening, Banniang was not at ease, so she confessed to everyone, and went to the kitchen with Ah Lan to have a look.

Seeing that everything was in order in the kitchen, she was really tired after talking for so long, so she and Ah Lan found a secluded place to sit, and after resting for a while, she saw her fifth brother, Brother Zijian and Brother Zijing, together with Lu Seventeen, walked over to her.

Because she was not an outsider, Banniang stepped forward to say hello, and Wu Langqi said, "Eighth sister, why are you sitting here alone?" ”

Banniang said angrily: "What kind of person, isn't it accompanied by Ah Lan?" By the way, how many of you are not outside with guests, how did you get here? ”

Zijing said with a smile: "After all, there are the eldest brother, the second brother, the fourth brother, and my brother in front of us, and we are annoyed by the noise, so we come out for a walk." By the way, what about Yun Xian? ”

As he was talking, he saw Li Yong stumbling over, and while running, he shouted: "Brother, brother, you are so uninteresting, why did you leave your brother and run away?" ”

Lu Qiqi frowned helplessly, so he had to say, "Aren't you with those sons and brothers, saying that you want to go out to play?" ”

When Gorou saw that Ah Lan was there, he was afraid that this kid had drunk a little too much, and as soon as he saw Ah Lan, something happened again, so he dragged him and went up another path, while saying, "We want to find a secluded place to talk about the poems we wrote recently, do you want to go too?" ”

"Come on, Zeng Wulang, you lied to me again, just my seventeenth brother, is he a piece of material for writing poetry?"

Zijian and Zijing heard this, looked at Lu Qiqi and smiled. I was afraid that Banniang would be annoyed by her future husband who was protecting her, so she turned her head and chased after Wulang and Li Dagongzi.

Lu Qiqi touched his nose, leaned over to Banniang's side, and asked in a low voice: "Eighth sister, I want to ask you about something, the three cousins of your family are engaged?" ”

"You don't want to match Siniang to my cousin, do you?"

"What's not to do? Although your third uncle is a Zhizhou, my uncle is still a bachelor of Hanlin, is he worthy of it? ”

"That's not what I said, I mean, my third uncle's family won't live in Nanfeng in the future, if you really get engaged to my cousin, Siniang will marry far away in the future, and you are willing to do it?"

"What's there to be reluctant to? She doesn't live with her mother's family for a lifetime, the woman is married, the main thing is that her husband is reliable, your Zeng family is good, just look at your brothers, brother also believes that your cousins are about the same, besides, I also watched it today, the three are good, especially Zijing, this kid. ”

Banniang saw that he was serious, so she said: "Brother Zifu is engaged to have a family affair, Brother Zijian and Brother Zijing should not have it, but I think you had better ask Siniang's opinion on this matter, after all, it is she who wants to marry, not you." ”

"That's nature. It's good that I haven't decided to get married, and I'll go back and explore the meaning of Zijing. ”

"What's the use of what you mean by Brother Jing? This matter has to be agreed by my third uncle and third aunt. It's better to look for an opportunity to go back and pull Siniang to see my grandmother, and let my third aunt also take a look. ”

"Okay, then do it. You go home and ask your third aunt what she means. ”

After Lu Qiqi finished speaking, he chased in the direction of Wulang and the others.

Banniang also pulled Ah Lan to look for Lu Siniang and others, and on the way, she saw the maid of the Lu family and asked, only to know that Lu Siniang was watching a play in the garden with Wu Sanniang and Yun Xian.

Banniang rushed over with Ah Lan, and saw a few people munching melon seeds while seriously watching the play being played in the theater. Banniang quietly pulled Yun Xian and said in a low voice: "Sister Xian, I want to ask you something, my brother Jian and Brother Zijing, are they not engaged?" ”

"What are you asking for?" Yun Xianqi said, "I haven't decided to marry." ”

"That's good, that's good, I'll ask you again, what do you think of Lu Siniang?"

Yun Xian is no matter how stupid and pure he is, and he also knows the intention of Banniang to ask this, so he hurriedly said: "This is also something you care about?" You unmarried little girl, how can you talk about this? How bad is it to spread it? ”

"Oh, I know I shouldn't talk about this, isn't this Lu Qiqi who has a crush on his two brothers and wants to marry Siniang to our family? Besides, I didn't tell anyone else, didn't I just ask you, sister? ”

Yun Xian loves to hear this.

That Lu Siniang, among the little ladies, is extremely outstanding in terms of appearance and character, and at a young age, she became the home of the Lu family's three rooms, so she is naturally a capable person. And the family background is also good, and Lu Qiqi is such a sister, and there is nothing to say about marriage. No matter what Yun Xian thought, he felt that if his brother married a daughter-in-law like Lu Siniang, it would be a good thing for her to have such a sister-in-law, so she came to the spirit, and the thief smiled: "I think it's not bad." It's just that Lu Siniang can take a fancy to our brother? ”

"Look at what you said, what's wrong with our brother? If you want to have a good look, you have to learn and learn, where can you find such a son-in-law? If the Lu family doesn't start quickly, maybe they won't be able to grab it? ”

"Look at you proudly, if you want Lu Seventeen to hear this, you are not happy." Yun Xian smiled and rubbed her little face, "But it's useless for us to think about this, we have to agree with the elders." ”

"So, how about I take the fourth sister Lu to my grandmother's side for a while? The third aunt will definitely accompany her grandmother, first ask the third aunt to take a look at Lu Siniang, and then you will have to be free tomorrow to find out what the third aunt means. ”

"It's a good idea." Yun Xian clapped his hands.

Liuniang Yunqing, who was coaxing Xiao Shi Niang over there, looked at the two and said, "What are you two muttering?" ”

Xiao Shi Niang also ran over and pulled Banniang's sleeve: "Eighth sister, I drank it, and I want to drink the white fungus soup you made at noon." ”

"Okay," Banniang took the opportunity to shake Xiao Shi's hand, "Don't make trouble here, it's so bad that the sisters can't watch the show, and the eighth sister will take you to the kitchen to find white fungus soup to drink." ”

As he spoke, he glanced at Yun Xian, and then raised his chin to Lu Siniang.

Yun Xian understood, so he moved to Lu Siniang's side, and whispered to Lu Siniang, who was concentrating on watching the play: "Sister Lu Si, Banniang said that she prepared some sweet hot for us with her own hands, let's go drink some together?" Since there were not many, we didn't ask everyone to go together, so we went first. ”

Lu Siniang swallowed melon seeds for a long time, and was feeling a panic in her mouth, so she nodded and said, "Cheng." ”

Yun Xian didn't alarm others, pulled Lu Siniang, and the two quietly followed behind Banniang together, and then went out of the theater pavilion.

Banniang smiled: "I haven't seen my grandmother for half a day, fourth sister, will you accompany me and Sister Xian to see my grandmother first?" After reading my grandmother, the dessert over there was almost ready, and I just went to drink a bowl in a while. ”

Lu Siniang naturally did not object.

The three of them took Xiao Shi Niang and went to the old lady in front of them together.