Today's emphasis on filial piety is to the ministers are filial sons, to the parents at home meticulous, filial piety is very, courtiers have many because of filial piety and the rise of the clouds. It's just that filial piety is closed in the door of the house in the final analysis, no matter how filial you are at home, no one outside knows it, no one outside knows it, and the emperor doesn't know it, and the emperor doesn't know it, so how can you get the opportunity to become an official and become a knight?

So the people of the time invariably began to organize the birthday of their parents, and it was necessary to let the world know their filial piety, in order to reach the ears of the emperor and win the praise.

Even though the old lady of the Li family is now a stepfamily, and none of the children in the family are born for her, this does not affect the filial piety of the sons of the Li family, and her birthday banquet is still lively.

The Li family was poor in the early years, and the house was located in the Xicheng area far away from the imperial city, even if the Li family made a fortune later, but the old lady Li came to miss the old time, and secondly, he also felt that this was a blessed land, so he did not move away from Xicheng, but bought a house next to it, and expanded and rebuilt the mansion, but even if it was expanded, it still seemed a little crowded when there were more guests.

The Zheng family and the Li family have never had anything to do with each other, so they went relatively late, and when Mrs. Zheng and Xu Shu arrived, most of the guests had arrived, and Mrs. Li's Gao family also had to be idle, and they came to the door to greet them in person, "The fourth lady and Miss Nine are here, and the old lady in the family is chattering!" ”

Gao's eyes swept over Xu Shu on the side of Mrs. Zheng Si, and saw that Xu Shu was wearing a rare large-sleeved shirt with a sunset embroidered gold silk begonia today, and the embroidered shoes with butterflies and flowers on her feet were exposed between the shaking of the skirt, and a complete set of jade heads were worn on her head, which was luxurious and elegant, compared to the previous Qingli was like two people, and more importantly, she went to the cloth belt that covered the eyes, and the delicate and gorgeous little face was no longer covered, and there was a hint of a smile in her radiant eyes, which was particularly eye-catching, if she hadn't known that this was Xu Shu, At first glance, I really didn't dare to associate the dressed beauty in front of me with the blind man Xu Shu in the past.

"Then please ask the lady to lead the way, I'll wait to say goodbye to the old lady!" Even if the relationship between the two families is not close, but today is a birthday banquet, and everyone came to the door to congratulate Mrs. Li on her birthday, so it is natural to meet and congratulate in person.

"Fourth lady, Miss Nine, please!" Gao led the two to the hall to greet Mrs. Li.

Mrs. Li is sixty years old this year, one year older than the old lady of the Zheng family, but she doesn't have to worry about the chores in the house, she doesn't have to work hard, she looks at her face is less than fifty years old, and her green hair is only faintly revealing a few gray hairs, not like the old lady is already half white, and looking at the face is a ball of harmony, which makes people feel kind when they see it.

Mrs. Li was wearing a dark red longevity pattern brocade robe, with a bead on her forehead, and a red velvet flower on her sideburns, which added a bit of joy, and when she saw Gao coming from a distance, she pushed a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl who was half-lying on her lap on the side, "Sit down, your grandmother is here, be careful your grandmother is chattering again!" The girl hurriedly sat upright, looked over, and sure enough, she saw Gao, and her body straightened up a little, but there were two eye-born people next to Gao, which she had never seen, and she didn't know many people who came today, so she asked, "Who is this?" I even asked my grandmother to greet her, and I think my identity is very precious! "The Li family is now also a hot official eunuch family, and the one who can make the wife of the Li family so condescending must have a status much higher than that of the Li family, so it should be.....

Although she didn't know anyone, but she could let the Gao family personally greet her, Mrs. Li expected that there would only be the mother and daughter of the Zheng family, so she hurriedly put on a very good smile, and sure enough, the Gao family smiled and said, "Mother, the fourth lady of the Zheng Mansion is here to congratulate you on your birthday!" ”

Mrs. Zheng Si approached to greet Mrs. Li, "Congratulations to Mrs. Li's birthday, I wish Mrs. Sun and Moon prosperity, pine crane Changchun, just a small courtesy, Wanwang Old Lady will not dislike it!" Jin Ling and others on the side presented congratulatory gifts.

Old Madam Li smiled and said, "Mrs. Zheng Si is polite!" Please sit down and watch the tea! Gao asked people to accept the gift, invited people into the seat and watched the tea, and then went to get busy.

Seated, Mrs. Li's eyes slipped to Xu Shu on the side, she had seen Xu Shu, before the identity of "Xu Shu" died, she could always see several times a year, compared to the gentle Xu Ting, the lively Xu Shu, the blind Xu Shu seemed to have no sense of existence in the crowd, especially Xu Shu herself did not talk much, most of the time she just sat quietly, did not play with others, did not laugh with others, and did not flatter in front of the elders, so she did not pay attention to Xu Shu as a person, and even Xu Shu's appearance was blurred, I only vaguely remember the face covered with cloth, and when I saw Xu Shu, who was already the Miss Zheng family, I couldn't help but look at it carefully.

In terms of appearance alone, Xu Shu is admittedly a little like her biological mother Li, but looking at Mrs. Zheng Si on the side, the two are also a little similar, and they really look like a mother and daughter, but this Mrs. Zheng Si is not similar to her stepdaughter, which is also a miracle.

"Xiao Jiu, don't you go and see Old Madam Li soon!" Sensing Mrs. Li's curiosity about Xu Shu, Mrs. Zheng Si simply took the initiative to speak, that day Mrs. Li returned from the Zheng family must have been from the Li family, rather than waiting for someone to snoop, it is better to be generous and honest.

Xu Shu hurriedly got up and bowed down, "I've seen the old lady!" "This former grandmother who sat on the top, she didn't see her many times, and she didn't say a few words, but when she faced it again, her mood was as calm as ever.

Old Madam Li smiled and beckoned, as if it was the first time she had seen Xu Shu, and it was true that this was also the first time she looked at Xu Shu squarely, "Come here, let me take a good look!" Xu Shu approached and half-squatted in front of Mrs. Li, who looked at it for a moment and was full of praise, "It looks like a shallot, or Mrs. Zheng Si can regulate people!" ”

Mrs. Zheng Si said with a smile, "Today is a good day for the old lady, but you can't dress her up properly, lest others laugh at me for taking a flower out!" ”

"The sister of the Zheng family is so good-looking that people laugh at her as a flower, so don't we people have no face to see people!" The girl who had been staying by Mrs. Li's side interjected with a smile.

Mrs. Li hurriedly introduced, "This is my great-granddaughter Sister Fu'er, her mother is busy with the feast today, and she has no time to take care of her, and I am afraid that she will cause trouble, so I will detain her by my side!" ”

Without waiting for Mrs. Li's instructions, Li Fu had already blessed Mrs. Zheng Si, "Hello, madam! Although the person was looking at Mrs. Zheng Si, his eyes were on Xu Shu.

Mrs. Zheng Si nodded with a smile, secretly thinking that the girl in front of her was the great-granddaughter of Mrs. Li, but Xu Shu was the granddaughter of Mrs. Li, that is, the cousin of the girl in front of her.