Two days after the furnace festival, the Li Mansion began to be busy with Mrs. Ning's 70th birthday, all said that people live for 70 years, can do 70 years for the elderly in the family, which family is the pride and celebration of the Manchus, and the emperor is the most important filial piety, besides, the noble family inside and outside the capital has not had such a happy event as a 70th birthday for more than ten years, Mrs. Ning's 70th birthday, not only the Li family should be the first glorious event to do, inside and outside the capital, but all those who can have a little friendship with the Li family have solemnly prepared birthday gifts, Send the important people to the Li Mansion, pick a few Fu Beans in front of the hall, ask for a few strings of Fu Shou knot back, the invitation on the day of October 19, Li Yujing and the eldest son Li Yunzhi discussed to weigh it, and twisted off I don't know how many beards before it was settled, it stands to reason that the best is invited, but the Li Mansion is such a big place, and the important family can't be left behind, but they can't show their snobbery.

Since October 16, the Li Mansion has been in accordance with the rules, at the gate of the mansion and the back alley of the Li Mansion to send longevity peaches, if there are old people over 50 years old, plus a bottle of rice wine, ten big money, until the evening of the 18th, in three days sent out countless longevity peaches. Early in the morning of the 19th, the chamberlain held the emperor's handwriting of the word 'Shou' and awarded it down, and then, the queen sent the chamberlain to reward the handle of the gold inlaid jade Ruyi, Li Yujing was full of excitement and blush, personally stepped on the stool to hang the word 'Shou' in the middle of the main hall, and respectfully offered the gold inlaid jade Ruyi on the long table below the word Shou.

Although the whole house has been busy day and night for more than half a month, on the 19th day, they are all energetic and joyful, and they are busy performing their duties like a spinning top to entertain the guests of the Manchu Mansion.

Li Yunzhi took Li Yunshen, Li Yunzhi and Li Yunwei in and out of the gate in and out of charge to welcome guests, although it was close to the moon, but the four people were busy with sweat on their foreheads, Li Yunzhi was even more engrossed, half of the sweat on the head was busy, half of the sweat on the head was nervous, such a day, almost none of the old friends of the Li Mansion fell, they all came, these old friends of the world, don't say admit it, he didn't have time to listen to it all, But Li Mansion is very interested in him, and they all want to come over and talk to him, Li Yunzhi's long-sleeved dance is incisive, looking at the six roads, listening to all directions, and the guests who enter the door are all warmly greeted, and they are properly arranged for Li Yunshen, or arranged for Li Yunwei, or let the stewards bring in, Li Yunzhi is always paying attention to it, as long as he hesitates for a minute, the hint of the introduction will be handed over, Li Yunzhi is grateful, and he is even more amazed.

Busy until the corner of the lieutenant general, the guests are almost there, the four Li brothers who were entertaining guests at the door had to take a breath, Li Yunzhi looked around the gate again, and saw that even the coachmen who watched the car had arranged the snacks and tea properly, and then turned back, Li Yunzhi hurriedly took the bowl of tea from Pingfu and handed it over and said with a smile: "The hot tea just brewed, the eldest brother moistens his throat, thanks to the eldest brother." Li Yunshen said with a smile next to him: "Big brother hurry up and rest, the banquet will be held in a while, and he will be so busy that he can't even touch the ground." Li Yunzhi took the tea, took a sip, saw that it was just the right amount of cold and heat, raised his head and drank it in one go, handed the cup to Pingfu, stretched out his hand and patted Li Yunzhi, and smiled with satisfaction: "San Lang is good!" After a while, you and your second brother will be together, and the tables in the Ministry of Rites and the Hanlin Academy will be walked around. ”

"Yes." Li Yunzhi hurriedly smiled, Li Yunshen turned his head to look at Li Yunzhi, and talked with a smile about the people from the Ministry of Rites and the Hanlin Academy, and a little farther away, Li Yunwei shrank his shoulders and lowered his head to drink tea silently.

After resting for less than a quarter of an hour, Li Yunzhi stood up and said with a smile: "Let's go, you can't be lazy today." The three of them stood up, Li Yunzhi and Li Yunzhi stood side by side, and said with a low smile: "Your two uncles are square and rigorous, in front of them, there is not much wine." Li Yunzhi hurriedly responded in a low voice, and when he came out a few steps, there were more people, Li Yunzhi called Li Yunwei, Li Yunshen and Li Yunzhi were together, and they greeted with a smile on their faces.

In the garden inside, Li Danruo, Li Yuju, and Li Jinrui sisters wore the same clothes and jewelry, and entertained the young ladies of various families with Dai's entertainment. Li Danruo hurriedly resigned from everyone and followed Jin Chuan'er into the main hall.

The main hall is full of old ladies from all over the house, Mrs. Ning is dressed in a big red longevity dress, with a few red velvet flowers on her hair, sitting in the center with excellent spirits, Mrs. Liu and Li Danruo's mother, Mrs. Yang, standing in front of the couch on the left and the right waiting to entertain the old ladies and ladies of each family, on the left, Mrs. Cheng is gossiping with Mrs. Ning and several other old ladies, seeing Li Danruo come in, she beckons with a smile: "The fourth sister comes to me!" ”

Li Danruo agreed crisply, walked briskly into the main hall, bent his knees to salute, and sat on the right hand side of Mrs. Ning's old lady, the mother of the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Sun, Mrs. Zhu, first stretched out her hand and pulled Li Danruo and said with a smile: "Don't pay attention to her, come over and talk to your mother-in-law first, and see, if our sister is getting older, the better she looks, I asked you to invite your aunt to come over to enjoy the chrysanthemum, why didn't you come?" Without waiting for Li Danruo to answer, he then asked with a smile: "After two days, when the plum blossoms bloom in the garden, I will send someone to pick you up to see the plum blossoms, stay for two days and come back, and you will boil me a bowl of peanut soup to eat." Li Danruo nodded hurriedly and smiled: "I know that my mother-in-law loves to eat peanut soup, I will boil it up when I get up early this morning, and I will present it to my mother-in-law later. Mrs. Zhu laughed when she said a few words, and Mrs. Cheng pointed at Mrs. Zhu and said angrily: "You love to eat that peanut soup, and you want to go back to boil it every day, is it difficult to make it delicious for our four sisters?!" ”

"Not really! Whether this thing is good or not depends on whose hands it has passed through. Mrs. Zhu said with a smile: "This morning, my little grandson broke a plum blossom and inserted a bottle for me, I look at the plum blossom, the more I look at it, the better it looks!" It's not that pretty! Everyone laughed and agreed, Mrs. Cheng beckoned to Li Danruo: "If Sister comes, don't pay attention to her, the older you get, the more you will live back, you want to see plum blossoms, we also have them in our family!" Mrs. Zhu let go of Li Danruo, pointed at Mrs. Cheng and quipped: "Look at it, and say me, she is in our house, you just take a fancy to our sister Ruo, and you have to see if you can grab it!" ”

"Mother-in-law!" Li Danruo stomped her feet, and Mrs. Zhu hurriedly smiled: "Okay, okay, don't say it, don't say it, don't be ashamed of our sister Ruo!" ”

"I really took a fancy to Sister Ruo'er, so I wanted to take it home as my own granddaughter!" Mrs. Cheng took it unceremoniously, Li Danruo really had to stay this time, raised her hand and held her face and shouted, "Wife, I'm out!" Mrs. Ning waved her hand and smiled: "Look at the shame of my fourth sister, I don't follow!" ”

Li Danruo escaped from the main hall with a loud laugh, turned a corner and stopped, exhaled softly, looked left and right, and said with Yao Huang and said with a low smile: "I'm tired, let's find a place to steal for a while." Yao Huang pursed his lips and smiled, thought for a while, and said: "It's like this in the house•••••• why don't you go to Qushuixuan, if there is no one, there will be no one there." ”

"Well, there is a small road from Qushuixuan to Yangui Pavilion, and it is also bento, let's go around and don't run into people." Li Danruo looked left and right cautiously, took Yao Huang, and went to Qushuixuan. From the morning to now, it has only been busy for two or three hours, her legs are sinking like lead, in the past, it was common to entertain customers, pedaling high heels for more than ten hours in a row, and I didn't see anything, but now I am used to being pampered, and I can't bear it at all.

The main hall was full of laughter, and Mrs. Zhu nodded at Mrs. Cheng and smiled: "Forget it, I'll be cheap for you!" It's a pity, my brothers are too young, otherwise it wouldn't be your turn, and they would have been robbed earlier! ”

"My granddaughter, if you want to say good, it's really good, none of my sons, daughters, grandsons, granddaughters, there is really no one like hers, and she has a good temper, when she says that she wants to get married, I can't bear it in my heart! When my girl got married, she was just such a girl, and she was not so reluctant!? Look! Old Madam Ning smiled and sighed, and Old Madam Zhu sighed in agreement: "No, when my eldest granddaughter got married, I couldn't raise my head from crying, you tell me, so old!" ”

"Not really!" Everyone sighed with emotion about the sadness and reluctance of their daughters and granddaughters when they got married, Mrs. Ning leaned towards Mrs. Cheng's side, lowered her voice, and said with a smile in the noise: "I'm not afraid of your jokes, if we are from that small family, I really recruit a son-in-law for the fourth sister, the fourth sister is good at everything, but the heart is too good, too loyal, I have thought about it, no matter who the family, if you want to marry our fourth sister, there is one thing that you have to say first, the concubine must not have children!" ”

Mrs. Cheng was stunned for a moment and hurriedly smiled: "This is not too much, it is exactly what it should be, it is this reason." ”