Date: 212-11-24

Li Danruo hurriedly walked a few steps to keep up with Mrs. Ning, helped her out of the weeping flower gate, and just turned to the courtyard gate along the verandah, he heard a burst of lively laughter at the courtyard gate, Li Yujing laughed heartily, accompanied by a middle-aged man who was about forty years old, his face was four or five points like Li Yujing, and he was already very blessed The middle-aged man came in, this is the third old man Li Yushao, Mrs. Ning stared straight at her son's face, stretched her hands forward, and only shouted: "Yushao!" Just cried loudly, Li Yushao and Li Yujing rushed over, Li Yushao knelt on the ground, looked up at his mother who was crying bitterly, couldn't say a word, only choked up and burst into tears, Li Yujing helped Mrs. Ning and persuaded in a low voice. \[\]

Mrs. Ning only had this second son in her heart at this time, bent over and hugged Li Yushao, cried bitterly, then took the tassel and handed the handkerchief to wipe her tears, turned her head to look at the people around her, looking for her grandchildren, the third wife Yan hurriedly bent her knees first, and pushed the three children standing beside her with both hands and smiled: "Kowtow to the wife." The three children were about to kneel, but Mrs. Ning hurriedly grabbed her, and looked at them one by one: "Go into the house and kowtow, it's cold outside, go in, let's go in and talk." ”

Li Yushao helped Mrs. Ning, whispered before leaving, Li Yujing stretched out his hand to hold the sixth brother Li Yunhui, pushed the fourth brother Li Yunqing with a smile, and motioned him to go ahead, Mrs. Liu smiled and instructed Li Danruo: "Sister Ruo'er take your sister in." Speaking, together with the Yang family, let the third wife Yan, whisper and go in, Li Danruo smiled and stepped forward to meet Li Lingbo, she has been standing on the side and looking at her for a long time, she has long known that this sister is literate and courteous, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, cooking and female red are all proficient, I saw people at this time, I saw that she was slender and slender, wearing a red bottom flower brocade forging cloak, her hair was curled into a very particular cross bun, and a red gold four-season flower hair comb was used in the middle, and there were strings of red gold flowers hanging from the bun on both sides, and her skin was white. The face is very exquisite, only the gums are slightly bulging, the top lips seem to be pouting, but it adds a bit of cuteness, a pair of apricot eyes look around flexibly, like a peony about to bloom, this is the legendary impeccable family talent, Li Danruo secretly admired, listened to Mrs. Liu's instructions, and hurriedly smiled and pulled Li Lingbo's hand and smiled: "Fifth sister, let's go in, I am your fourth sister, Li Danruo." ”

"It turned out to be the fourth sister," Li Lingbo said with a busy smile: "I have long heard my mother talk about the fourth sister." ”

"Well, I always hear my wife say that my fifth sister, my wife misses you, especially for a while, I don't know how many times a day, let's go first and talk again, you have been walking for more than two months, you should be tired." Li Danruo let Li Lingbo inside, Li Lingbo smiled: "Don't be tired, let's rest early and go late all the way, and go slowly." The two gossiped politely, and then went all the way into the main house.

Mrs. Liu let the daughters enter the east chamber and sit down, Mrs. Ning and Li Yujing, Li Yushao, Li Yushao's eldest son Li Yunqing, and second son Li Yunhui talked for half an hour, Li Yujing accompanied Li Yushao and his son to rest, and Mrs. Ning helped Yingluo into the east chamber.

Yan and Mrs. Liu stepped forward, one left and one right helped Mrs. Ning to sit on the kang, Mrs. Ning looked at Li Lingbo with love in her eyes and said with a smile: "Fifth sister, come here, let the grandmother take a good look!" Alas, you have grown so big in a blink of an eye, and you were in your mother's arms that year, and you were so big, and your wife hasn't seen you for more than ten years!" Li Lingbo sat down next to Mrs. Ning and said with a smile: "The wife hasn't changed, it's still like that." ”

"Look at this child, how can he talk, when you leave, what did you remember when your wife was like at that time? My wife is old, much older, you are so old, how can my wife not be old? Good boy, look at how good it is, last year you embroidered the interstitial screen for your wife, it was really embroidered, and the wife liked it very much, saying that you are proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and your mother is too hard for you, so big girl's family, learning so much, and not afraid of tired you, don't have to work so hard when you return to your wife, take a good rest. Mrs. Ning pulled Li Lingbo, how to look at it, Li Lingbo pursed her lips and smiled: "My mother didn't work me, I had to learn by myself, and the girl's family was not good at learning and not skilled, my wife said yes, I even said that my father said it was good." ”

"I'll just say, if the fifth sister is a brother, no one can compare!" Yang hurriedly smiled and continued, Yan's humble smile was full of pride, Mrs. Liu glanced at Yan and smiled: "Look at what you said, why do our fifth sisters want to be brothers?" Where else are the two guys out there? I said I'm not afraid of your annoyance, I usually look at Sister Ruo'er, and I think, how good it would be if there was such a good sister in the family, think about it, you see, I really want to come, if you talk about this piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, cooking girl is popular, if Sister Ruo'er is only afraid that it will be worse than our fifth sister!"

"No, I look like the fifth sister!" Yang Shi hurriedly smiled and continued, Li Danruo laughed: "Uncle Niang is afraid that I will blush and excuse me, I embroidered that flower, last time my wife recognized it for a long time, but I didn't distinguish which flower and which leaf, I am ashamed that I will never embroider again." ”

Old Madam Ning hugged Li Lingbo and laughed, and pointed at Li Danruo while laughing: "Have you talked to your fourth sister?" ”

"Well," Li Lingbo looked at Li Danruo with a smile in his eyes, and Mrs. Ning patted her and confessed: "Although your fourth sister can't be in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and female celebrity cooking, she can act as a person, and her vision and knowledge are beyond the reach of ordinary people, in the future, you will learn more from your fourth sister, you just came back, you are not familiar with this capital, your fourth sister can travel widely, and all sisters are good with her, and let her take you around more in the future, as for this piano and chess girl, I will not tell her to learn from you, your fourth sister is also smart, but she is too lazy, It's a lazy girl!"

"My wife exposed my shortcomings again!" Li Danruo stomped his feet while laughing, Li Lingbo looked at Li Danruo and said with a smile: "The fourth sister is two years older than me, so she is naturally more sensible, and I will ask the fourth sister more for advice in the future." Li Danruo sensitively caught the slightest disapproval, and hurriedly smiled: "Fifth sister really believes the words of the wife?" That's the wife for me to round this face, you see, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, female red cooking, my sister is a piece of can't be mentioned, and the wife doesn't want to fall too far behind my face, so I have to praise this behavior, vision and knowledge, anyway, this can't be seen or touched, how to praise how it is, so ah, the wife is amazing!"

Li Lingbo couldn't stop laughing at Li Danruo, and Mrs. Ning raised her hand and pointed at Li Danruo and Yan's and said, "The fifth sister is not at home, and the family counts her small, and she is spoiled by me." ”

"How can a mother spoil people? The fourth sister has such a character and appearance, I don't look worse than Ling Bo, I heard that she will get married in May? Just in time to come back to marry the fourth sister. Yan smiled busily, Old Madam Ning smiled, and suddenly remembered Li Lingbo's family affairs, and hurriedly asked: "San Lang said in his last letter that he had shown Lingbo a few households, are you optimistic?" The fifth sister is also seventeen years old this year, although she is still young, she has to pay attention to the right person quickly. ”

Yan coughed lightly, his face was a little difficult Li Lingbo, Li Lingbo blushed and gently broke free from Mrs. Ning's arms, and said shyly: "The grandmother is making fun of people again, I'm going back to rest." Old Madam Ning hurriedly smiled and ordered: "If your sister takes your sister back to rest, watch your sister rest, look everywhere again, if there is anything wrong, I can only ask!" Li Danruo bent her knees and laughed with Li Lingbo to send her back to rest.

Early the next morning, Li Yushao went to the household department to hand over the papers, invited a few old friends to dinner at noon, came back and rested for a night, and the next day the whole family gathered together and drank a reunion wine. The next day, Mrs. Ning asked Mrs. Li to come over the house, said that she planned to divide the family affairs, and asked Mrs. Li to preside over the family affairs, Mrs. Li was surprised for a moment, and naturally she agreed.

Early in the morning, Mrs. Ning finished her morning class, so she was carried, starting from the main courtyard, first going to the back garden, going around along the garden, and then going around to the front yard, passing through the main hall and then back to the main courtyard, eating slowly, seeing that the hour was almost up, she got on the small warm sedan chair again and went to the front main hall.

The main hall was already full of people, but it was quiet and only heard the sound of sipping tea and the slightest sound of cup collision, Mrs. Ning got off the warm sedan chair in front of the hall, Li Yujing and Li Yushao were waiting for the steps down, and they were busy stepping forward to carefully support Mrs. Ning, slowly went up the steps, and entered the main hall, Mrs. Li had arrived, at the door of the main hall, with a smile on her face, she gave her hand and Mrs. Ning to see her, and the two of them said loudly some gossip about today's good sun, not cold, warm, etc., and sat down at the top respectively.

Mrs. Ning took the tea and took a sip, put down the cup, and looked around at the children and grandchildren who were crowded next to each other, Li Yujing and Mrs. Liu sat on the first two chairs on the left hand side, and behind them stood the eldest son Li Yunzhi and his wife Dai, the second son Li Yunshen and his wife Gu, Mrs. Liu bowed her head, sitting was the second old man Li Yuming and the second wife Miao, behind the two, in addition to Li Yunwei, Li Jinrui and Chen Qingmai also stood impressively, Mrs. Ning's eyes swept over the two of them indifferently, almost did not stop, and looked to the right, Li Yushao and Yan on the right were the first, and the eldest daughter Li Lingbo stood behind, the eldest son Li Yunqing and the second son Li Yunhui, and then sit down the Yang family, Li Danruo stood next to his mother's chair, his hands on his mother's shoulders, Li Danruo took half a step back, and stood firmly with the four-room stepson Li Yunzhi and daughter-in-law Han.

"Everyone is here." Old Madam Ning looked at them one by one, and said in a steady and quiet voice: "Let's start, old lady, please." ”