Because of the departure of Qingyu and Qingyun, Yan Yan had to temporarily send Qinghe Qingyu to the cake shop, but fortunately, during this time, he also found six elementary school apprentices from Zhuangzi, four men and two women, all of whom were about fourteen or fifteen years old, and could help do some basic work, so Qinghe Qingyu and Qingyu barely survived.

But it happened that Yan Yan has a lot of things to do these days, one is busy paying attention to the breeding of red rice; The second is to receive the officials of the Department of Agriculture, they came for three days in a row, at first they said that they wanted to understand the cultivation of yams, and then they heard that Yan Yan was cultivating red rice seedlings, and they helped to come up with a lot of ideas, mainly because now the seedlings are a little late for half a month, and the seedlings sown by Yan Yan before have grown two inches to grow, and they can be transplanted in ten days.

But fortunately, the temperature is warmer now, and Yan Yan took warm water to soak the seeds, and then followed the advice of the officials of the Si Nong Division, and ordered someone to weave a straw mat to cover the seedling field at night.

In the afternoon of that day, when Yan Yanzheng and Shanhua were checking the germination of red rice, the new little girl Qingxiu came to tell her that there were guests at home, and there were seven or eight young ladies with more than a dozen maids and mothers-in-law.

When Yan Yan heard this, he raised his head and glanced at the sky, the sun was already in the west, at least it was time to apply, it was time for normal people to have dinner, how could there be a reason to visit at this point?

But no matter what, the guests can't be kicked out when they come to the door, so she ordered Shanhua to go to the stove room to inform the preparation of a table of guest meals, ordered Qinghua to boil water and make tea, and ordered Qingmiao to be responsible for preparing melons and fruits first, while she helped Qingxiu to slowly walk to the upper room.

Who knew that the two of them had just come out of the door of the back garden, and the green glaze accompanied by seven or eight little girls chattering, Yan Yan saw that his head was really big, and there were Xu Ruqing, Wu Yu and Meng Jing plus a Yan Tong.

What's going on?

It turned out that today is Zhou Wan's birthday, Mrs. Zhou held a small flower party at home, and invited some familiar official ladies and wives to participate.

Wu Yu and Lu Ji Lu He knew that Yan Yan refused to come to the door of Lu Han and Yan Yu, but the people present were Yan Tong and Meng Jing, one of these two was Yan Yan's cousin and the other was her cousin, the opportunity was rare, could it be that Yan Yan could still get the two of them out?

Besides, Wu Yan guessed that Yan Yan probably didn't want to see Yan Yu, and it had nothing to do with them, you must know that they were in the Lu family's Songshi House that day, and Yan Yan received them very warmly.

Meng Jing is also a simple-minded, plus she has also accompanied her grandmother and mother to Mingyuan twice before, Yan Yan has always been good friends with her, and she is also willing to get close to Yan Yan, so when she heard that she wanted to come to see Yan Yan, she was the first to agree, and said that she would take everyone's poems and paintings to Yan Yan for evaluation.

"It turned out to be Sister Zhou's birthday, I'm sorry, I really don't know, but fortunately, it's not too late to give you a gift." After Yan Yan finished speaking, she was just about to beckon Qing Glaze to find two things as a congratulatory gift, but Zhou Wan stopped her.

"Sister-in-law, don't call me Sister Zhou, just call me Wan'er, if you really want to give me a gift, why don't I ask for something myself, how about it?" After Zhou Wan finished speaking, she stepped forward and grabbed Yan Yan.

Yan Yan had already understood her self-familiar temperament, but he didn't pull his hand away, but asked her what she wanted.

What Zhou Wan wants is a painting, that is, the plum blossom picture painted by Yan Yan, to be precise, it is the work of the original owner, not Yan Yan's, there is also a poem about plum blossoms on it, last time in the Lu family Zhou Wan asked about this poem and painting, Yan Yan said in the Ming Garden.

And Yan Yan was also affected by the Sipa incident, and after coming back, he specially hung this painting on the wall of the study, but he didn't expect Lu Ming to have a chance to see it, but he was first taken by Zhou Wan.

"Well, for your birthday's sake." Yan Yan was entangled for a moment and agreed to send her.

Maybe there is a providence in the dark, because of Lu Ji's few words that day, Zhou Wan remembered these two poems, and then added a little blockage to Yan Yu and Lu Ming's cave room, and then those battles between Yan Yan and Lu Ming Yan Yu were actually inseparable from Zhou Wan's encouragement.

Therefore, it was unceremoniously said that Zhou Wan was a divine assist for Yan Yan to deal with Yan Yu, but Zhou Wan took a turn in her study, and she didn't look at anything else, but she fell in love with this painting alone, for this reason, Yan Yan thought that this was also a kind of providence.

So, after a little entanglement, she chose to be fulfilled.

"Ah, eldest sister, haven't you always liked that painting? You also said that you want to embroider a big screen. Yan Tong was a little unhappy.

Because this painting was just finished, Yan Yu also liked it, and took it to play with it for a few days, and later knew that Yan Yan wanted to embroider the screen, Yan Yu sent the painting back, originally Yan Yu still wanted this screen, Yan Yan didn't agree, and finally only embroidered three silk handkerchiefs, one for each of their three sisters.

For this reason, Yan Tong was immediately unhappy when she heard that Yan Yan was going to give the painting to Zhou Wan, and felt that Yan Yan was deliberate, the second sister wanted not to give it at the beginning, but now she gave it to Zhou Wan without blinking an eye, and it was clear that she was angry with the second sister, and the second sister might be sad if she wanted to know.

"It's just a painting, just paint it when you need to, and besides, how can I have time to embroider any screens now?" Yan Yan smiled faintly and replied.

"It's okay, Sister Yan'er, I'm not busy left and right, I'll help you embroider this screen, well, it's a congratulatory gift from me to the baby in your belly." Zhou Wan quickly took the words.

"This is not good, Meitong doesn't have it, my baby was born, you didn't send it, it's unlucky." Yan Yan shook his head and said.

"That's right, why didn't I think of this, so let's do it, I embroidered a peony picture for my sister, and the peony picture that my sister drew that day was also very good, and there was a phoenix on it." Zhou Wan patted her mouth and said.

"It's not good, didn't you say that my sister would give birth to a girl? My sister should give birth to a boy, and only when she gives birth to a boy will she be valued by her in-laws. It was Wu Yu who spoke.

The main reason is that Lu Han's birth made her parents very happy this time, and there is another point, I heard that Lu Han hurt her body when she gave birth this time, and it may be difficult to get pregnant in the future, so her parents said that fortunately Lu Han gave birth to a boy this time, otherwise, it would be troublesome if the Wu family wants a grandson.

In this way, Wu Yu remembered that it is very sad for a woman to not be able to give birth to a son, and she will be looked down upon by her in-laws.

Especially like Yan Yan and Lu You, Lu You has repeatedly emphasized that he will not accept concubines, and if Yan Yan can't give birth to a son, he will be divorced or divorced.