The claws that were brined to a golden color rolled back and forth between the white teeth, while the owner of the mouth looked satisfied, as if it were a delicious food in the world. Li Xu, who originally had no appetite, couldn't help but roll the liquid, and he couldn't help but nibble on a claw.

I don't know if the chicken paws are really fragrant and strong, or Ruqing's eating appearance greatly stimulates his taste buds, this paw gnawed, and the more he eats, the more fragrant he eats, and before he knows it, he eats one of them, and then eats the second piece.

Li Zhuo saw that Ruqing's ability to gnaw bones was so high, and he gnawed the chicken paws clean in three or five efforts, and the bones would not break. Seeing the torn stump on his table again, he was slightly unconvinced, and re-clamped his claws to improve his kung fu.

But a pair of shiny ebony chopsticks carved with a Tuanshou pattern stretched straight towards the last claw on the plate, but a pair of chopsticks came from the diagonal and crossed the claws at the same time.

Li Wei looked at the owner of the other chopsticks, raised his eyebrows at her, and said with a smile: "Sister Qing, you have gnawed so many claws, leave this to me." ”

Ruqing shook her head, "No, I caught it first." ”

Li Wei smiled, "But I only ate one, you are the master, I am the guest, the host should take the guest, right?" Then the chopsticks strained, and the claws became the food of his victory. Ruqing couldn't fight with his strength, and he couldn't hold the truth, watching the biggest and fattest claws fall into Li Xu's mouth, he was dumbfounded, and under his smug and sneering gaze, he couldn't help but feel indignant, and cursed secretly in his heart, "This stingy stinky guy." ”

Li Zhuo saw her cute appearance with slightly bulging cheeks, and slightly stirred up some ripples in his heart, seeing that it was like a sunny appearance, his cheeks were red because of anger, like a ripe and tender watery peach, just a slight pinch, the juice flowed sideways, and suddenly felt that his hands were a little itchy, he raised his hand, and he was worried about something, and finally retracted his hand,

Li Plunder and Ruqing are fighting for claws, it is just a small episode on the dining table, the adults have the attention of the adults, but they don't find it, but the younger generations all see it, their looks change, and then return to normal.

Fang Jinglan is indeed a very qualified father, and he did not neglect Rumei Ruqing because he was a pet and a kind, and he often sandwiched some delicious dishes for them, coaxed Rumei to eat more, and persuaded Ruqing not to eat too quickly, and came slowly, seeing that Ruqing loved to gnaw on her paws, she ordered the kitchen to bring another bowl of paws to the table.

After the new marinated products were served on the table, it was only four or five paws, Fang Jinglan frowned slightly, and glanced at the maid who served the dishes.

The girl hurriedly explained: "Master, that's all there is to the kitchen." If it's freshly made, it's too late. ”

Fang Jinglan frowned slightly, muttered for a long time, and then instructed Yahuan to let the cook make more snacks that children love to eat.

This small plate of chicken paws was sandwiched as soon as it was served, and only the last fat and large paw was left lying alone on the plate.

Li Wei looked at Zhao Qin and Zhao Jin in surprise, and thought, I really didn't expect that the two of them also like to gnaw on their paws. However, seeing that Ruqing didn't gnaw on the bones anymore, she was slightly puzzled, and said, "Sister Qing, there is another one here, why don't you eat it?" ”

Ruqing said seriously: "I am a lady, and I don't grab food from others." ”

Ruqing's voice was so crisp and special that she laughed at everyone's words like this. The old lady especially laughed so much that tears overflowed, and she pointed at Ruqing and scolded with a smile: "What a shameless Nizi, she loves and boasts so much." ”

The two Zhili brothers glanced at each other, a smile flashed in their eyes, and then they returned to their original state.

Brother Zhao Qin also had a smile on his face, looking at Ruqing with bright eyes, Zhao Qin said with a surprised face: "Is my cousin a lady?" Why can't I see it? ”

Zhao Jin and his brother had a good heart, and immediately replied: "I remember that the ladies in the capital are dignified and elegant. However, I have never seen a lady with a paw to gnaw with relish. ”

Zhao Qin nodded very seriously and concluded with one sentence: "It seems that the standards of ladies in the capital are different from those in Qizhou City. ”

The two brothers sang together, and once again made everyone almost burst into laughter.

Li Zhuo also shook his head and said: "The so-called lady is a virtuous and beautiful woman. There are clouds in this dynasty: young scholars, ladies and gentlemen, and both strange things can be boasted. Dare to ask my cousin, can the work be superior? ”

Ruqing's eyes were stupid when asked, a lady is a lady, why are there so many famous halls?

When everyone saw Ruqing's stupid appearance, they felt so stubborn, and they all joked about it, and finally Ruqing was said

With her cheeks puffed out, she almost blew her beard and stared, of course, she didn't have a beard, so she had to put down her chopsticks and said angrily: "Then that, I, I'm not a lady, it's always okay, right?" Her unconvinced and embarrassed look pleased everyone again. Li Chuan was the most exaggerated, almost slapping the table and laughing, pointing at Ruqing and laughing so much that he didn't even have the strength to speak.

Everyone present was all smiling red, but Rushan covered his lips with his sleeves, which seemed to be smiling, but in fact, his lips covered by his sleeves were slightly disdainful. She looked at Ruqing with a little annoyance, first she was very angry, thinking that she had stolen her limelight, and soon she felt sorry for her, a clown who jumped off the beam, except for pretending to be stupid, he had no other strengths.

Seeing that Ruqing's unintentional words drove the atmosphere of the meal, Rushandun was snubbed, his eyes rolled, and he frowned slightly, and his face was quite painful.

Her soft cry was heard by Fang Jinglan, and she quickly stopped laughing and asked Rushan, "Shan'er, what's wrong?" What's uncomfortable? ”

Rushan gently covered her left cheek and said softly: "Thank you daddy for your concern, my daughter is fine, it's just that her face hurts a little." She regretted that she hadn't sat across from her father when she chose her seat so that he couldn't see the scars on her face.

Fang Jinglan saw her covering her left cheek, and asked her face what was wrong, Rushan covered her left cheek, but did not squeak, just glanced at Li with careful and slightly frightened eyes, and then stared down in fear.

All the people present, except for the buddies who are sluggish, the rest of them are all human spirits, and they can guess some inside stories by doing this. The old lady and Ruzhen Chun didn't see it, and ate the vegetables by themselves.

Fang Jingxuan was a little surprised, and wanted to speak, but when he saw his mother like this, he stopped talking.

Li had already seen the scratch on Rushan's left cheek, but she also pretended not to see it, this time seeing her pretending in front of Fang Jinglan, she was disgusted and turned her head away, so she didn't see Rushan's small movement.

It's Rumei, seeing Rushan having a seizure at the dinner table, and thinking that her father has always spoiled her, she was a little nervous.

Fang Jinglan has been rolling in officialdom for many years, and Rushan's actions have already understood a general idea, and his heart is furious, and he glared at Li fiercely, but because of the presence of the guests, he endured it and did not have a seizure. He comforted Rushan slightly, and if he was uncomfortable, he went back to the house to rest first. Wait for him to come and visit her.

When Li Shi heard this, he was very angry in his heart, and scolded secretly: "This little J person, just like her mother, always likes to pretend to be weak and pitiful." ”

Although Rushan was not very satisfied with this ending, seeing that Fang Jinglan had agreed to go to Yiqingxuan later, and it could be regarded as having achieved his goal, he smiled coquettishly and said that he was fine, but he laughed too much just now and tore the wound.

Everyone's eyes looked at Rushan for a while, and sure enough, they found an obvious scar on her left cheek, the reason why she didn't see it just now was because she was carrying a candle flame, and secondly, her cheek was covered by hair.

Rumei saw the obvious and clear scratch on Rushan's face, and was furious in her heart, okay, you are a J person, I just scratched you lightly, and the skin was not broken, how could I become like this in front of my father.

Ruqing also looked at the scars on Rushan's face, and while she was surprised, she also secretly wondered, "It seems that it's better not to mess with her in the future." ”

After dinner, everyone moved to the old lady's Songhe Courtyard, continued to drink tea and chat, Fang Jinglan and the Li family accompanied the audience, although the two Zhili Zhiyi brothers and the Zhao brothers did not talk much, but they were extremely speculative----

Zhilian wanted to do his best to invite Li Plunder to his study to talk about the topic between men, but unfortunately Li Plunder was reluctant to leave, but insisted on staying in Songhe Hall and talking with everyone.

Ruzhen has already gone back to rest, Rumei is not easy to get together with Ruqing, and is rolling on the shelf bed of Ruqing's new house at the moment.

Rumei looked around at Ruqing's new room and said, "It's not as big as my room, and the furnishings are not as good as mine." She kicked the black pestle beside her in disgust, and said, "The pestles in my house are all wenge wood girdles, and in winter there is a thick embroidered blanket, which can be warm to sit on." Look at you, it's bare. Then he looked at Ruyan, the corners of his lips twitched slightly, "It seems that grandmother is not as good as she said about you." ”

Ruqing resisted the urge to roll her eyes and said, "Third sister, it's so late, and you still don't stop?" I remember that Hu Fuzi didn't have our vacation tomorrow. ”

Rumei frowned and snorted: "Anyway, we are just foils for our brothers, and it is the same whether we go or not." I really don't understand why Daddy insisted that we all go to class. ”

Ruqing Zhengse said: "Third sister, my father is also for our good, no matter how much you learn or how little you learn, it is also good to be able to read some words and recognize some truths." The third sister can't live up to her father's good intentions. Ruqing is telling the truth, although Fang Jinglan is not a competent father, he is still very attentive to the education of his children. She knew that the Fang family was not very rich, at most it was a wealthy family, but Fang Jinglan spent a lot of money to hire a master to teach them alone, Ruqing was very satisfied because she didn't have any delusions about this cheap father.

Rumei was even more angry, "Daddy only has Rushan in his heart that little woman gave birth to it, why did he pay attention to me?" No matter how hard I try, my father won't praise me. At the end of the day, his voice grew lower, even frustrated.

Ruqing was suddenly speechless, Rumei looked so decent, but in fact, there were times when she was unsatisfactory, that is what girls care about the most, and it is also the most unbearable, she is not the daughter that her father loves and values the most.

*

"Tonight, Li Plunder is very special to Ruqing. Mother, have you noticed? ”

At night, Ruqing was in a drowsy haze, and overheard someone mention her name, at first she was confused, but then gradually she heard that something was wrong.

"I see it, but it doesn't mean anything." A slightly old voice sounded, although the voice was not high, but in the quiet night, only a thin screen was separated, and Ruqing could still be heard clearly.

Ruqing yawned and rolled over, wanting to continue falling asleep. But Fang Jingxuan's voice rang out again, "That's what my mother said." That Li Plunder estimated that Ruqing was just a temporary freshness. I was making a fuss. ”

Ruqing echoed in her heart, "yes, you did make a fuss. I wanted to get ready to sleep, but Fang Jingxuan hit me again, "Mother, wasn't Ruqing raised by the second sister-in-law before?" Why did you come to live here again? What happened in this that I didn't know? ”

Ruqing didn't dare to sleep anymore, and she also wanted to hear how the old lady would answer.

"It's not a big deal, your second brother has always been determined to be a father with a bowl of water. That's why Ruqing came to me. The old lady lightly brushed the matter aside.

"Then, Ruqing is here with you, but you are still well-behaved?"

"According to her background, can she not be well-behaved?" The old lady's voice sighed lightly, "But this child is really pitiful, at such a young age, he already knows how to survive." ”

Ruqing was embarrassed when she heard this, how could she know how to survive, if she was actually thirty years old, she was already very useless and useless when she acted like this in Fang Mansion. However, as far as a six- or seven-year-old child is concerned, she is indeed very careful to survive.

"Yes, my mother is not strong, and I am not favored by my father, so it is indeed difficult to survive in the inner house. But I was surprised to find that she was always happy with herself. ”

"Hehe, it's because of her self-satisfaction that I don't have a lot of troubles, and if a girl who always feels how wronged she has been followed me, I will definitely have a headache. Okay, let's not talk about the girl, let's talk about yourself, you are really, and you don't want to think about how many taels you have, why do you slap your swollen face and become fat to prepare such a heavy gift for the children? ”

Ruqing exclaimed in surprise, no, is this aunt actually not a rich person?

Fang Jingxuan smiled, "Mother, although there is also my part here, there is also the credit of your son-in-law, as well as a little bit of my in-laws' heart." Mother, you don't know yet, since I learned that the real girl had set the Pingyang Marquis Mansion, and Zhiyi was close to the prince of King Jing, my snobbish in-laws had a different attitude towards me. This time I proposed to go back to my parents' house and lie down, and they agreed without saying a word, as before, once I proposed to go back to my parents' house, the bad old pious woman would be in pain here, uncomfortable there, or just have nothing to do and find a bunch of things to come out. It's as enjoyable as this one. Isn't it that seeing my mother's family so prominent, I am stammering? ”

Ruqing was speechless for a while, and sighed again, ancient women are really miserable, once they get married, if they meet a mean in-law, they will almost become separated from their mother's family forever.

The old lady was silent at first, and then sighed, "Yes, whether a woman is decent in her mother-in-law's house or not, she also has to rely on her mother's support." But fortunately, your two brothers are still growing, and the three brothers and sisters of Zhili are also competitive, so you have earned a lot of face in your in-law's family. ”

Fang Jingxuan also sighed, "Yes, although the Pingyang Hou Mansion is just a deserted and declining magnat, it has a slight prestige in the Qing School. Although the prince of King Jing is not very old, he is one of the more prominent sons and gentlemen in Beijing. In addition, Zhili and the He family are married, that is, the tide rises, and Mrs. He will help again, and I believe that Zhili will be able to set a smooth sail on the road to the official. With such momentum in my mother's family, my mother-in-law of that power doesn't dare to underestimate our family anymore. Mother, you don't know, my mother-in-law has always disliked her daughter's background is not as good as her family, and always shakes her face and looks at me, fortunately my stomach is still competitive, and fortunately, your son-in-law still has a little conscience, most of them defend me, otherwise, I, I ---" and then choked up for a while, and couldn't go on.

The old lady hurriedly patted her daughter's shoulder and comforted her, "Okay, every woman is just like you, she has been beaten and swallowed by blood." After a few more years, when the diligent brother grows up, becomes a family again, and has a business, the children will fight for some energy, and your hard days will come to an end. I think back then, I didn't boil it out like this. ”

Fang Jingxuan laughed, "Mother, you are different, you married into the Fang family, and your grandmother passed away soon after, you haven't had enough of understanding your mother-in-law's torture like your daughter." "Deserted

Mrs. Fang sighed: "Yes, I'm lucky, I haven't really been tossed by my mother-in-law, but your mother doesn't want to enjoy your mother-in-law's addiction in this life." ”

"Mother, is the second sister-in-law --- good to you?"

Old Madam Fang sneered lightly, "I'm my mother-in-law, she's my daughter-in-law, what do you think, what do you dare to do with me?" ”

Fang Jingxuan sighed lightly: "That's the same. However, mother, you are not the biological mother of the second brother after all, and it is impossible to put your mother-in-law's score in front of the second sister-in-law. ”

"Yes, your second sister-in-law, you really didn't take me seriously. But fortunately, there is Zhang's mother and daughter, and she finally knows that I still have some use value. So don't dare to be disrespectful to me. The old lady sneered lightly, and said: "Okay, don't talk about these bad things, it's you, go back to your mother's house, why did you bring the prince of the county with you?" ”