The courtyard where Sun Yuanhong's father and son live should actually be regarded as an outer courtyard. "Ya * Wen * Yan * Qing * Shou * Fa" Because the Sun family came this time without a female dependent, it is not appropriate to live in the inner courtyard after all, so it is a courtyard very close to the second gate, which is also convenient for Sun Yuanhong and his son to go to the Sun family to ask for peace.

Today is the nineteenth, and tomorrow is Sun's birthday. In the evening, the Wang family's preparations for tomorrow's birthday banquet were almost completed. The servants and entourage of the Wang family were finally able to stop and rest for a while to store up their energy for tomorrow's errand.

The Sun family left Sun Yuanhong and his son to eat in Songling Courtyard, and after the meal, they naturally had to drink tea and chat about the old days. Sun Jinsheng was impatient to listen to the two elders talk about the ancients, so he put down the dishes and chopsticks early, got up and said that he wanted to go back to rest. Sun was dispensable for his absence, so Sun Yuanhong also allowed him, but he was told not to wander around or sneak out of the house.

Sun Jinsheng obediently responded and did so. It's not that he listened to Sun Yuanhong's words, but he greedily ate half a chilled watermelon in the afternoon and drank a few bowls of chilled sweet soup, his stomach was making a lot of trouble, and he didn't eat carefully just now, just thinking that it would be safer to go back to the yard and stay, so as not to find a thatched house halfway through the unfamiliar place.

When he was about to arrive at the courtyard where he was temporarily living here, Sun Jinsheng slowed down, and finally didn't suddenly come up with Gong along the way. But before Sun Jinsheng could walk to the gate of the courtyard, a figure suddenly walked out from the side. At this time, it was already dark, and the two of them were originally hiding in the shadow of the lamp by the door, and such a sudden appearance made Sun Jinsheng startled.

"Which dog minion is hiding here to scare the master!" Sun Jinsheng put his hands around his arms and shouted at the two men.

But no one spoke there, and Sun Jinsheng raised his eyebrows and was about to raise his voice, when the two finally showed their faces from behind the lamp.

It turned out to be two women!

The woman in front was wearing a dark cloak. Hair and half of the face were hidden in a cloak, revealing only a slightly pointed chin and pursed lips. The woman in the back was a little taller, but she stood respectfully behind the dark cloak women's soccer, like an entourage.

"Yo ho-" Sun Jinsheng looked around: "This house can't be haunted, right?" It's still a female ghost! Hey—you have a debtor, go to your creditor. Young master, I'm just borrowing, and it has nothing to do with this family! After thinking about it, he added: "My old man has nothing to do with this. ”

"You don't talk nonsense here! Our young lady has something to tell you. The tall man in the back couldn't help but be annoyed.

"Miss? What kind of young lady is so unruly! Sun Jinsheng pursed his lips and looked up and down at the person shrouded in the cloak a few times: "What else do you have to say to the young master?" Do you want to have a whisper in the middle of the night or what? ”

“……”

The woman in the cloak clenched her fists secretly. "Ya * Wen * Yan * Qing * Shou * Fa" took a deep breath before saying in a calm voice: "Sun Gongzi, I did have something to discuss with you before I took the risk to come out like this. What I say is naturally good for you. ”

Sun Jinsheng raised his eyebrows and said, "If you have anything to say, say it quickly." There's a fart, too—let it go. When he said the latter sentence, Sun Jinsheng was a little strange on his face.

The woman endured her anger and simply ripped off the cloak on her head, revealing her entire face. If anyone in the Wang family was to recognize this face at this time, it would be the second lady of Fangzhi Courtyard.

How did Erniang avoid people from the inner courtyard and appear here, let's not mention it for the time being, I saw that she glanced at Sun Jinsheng and said coldly: "We have met, I won't say much nonsense." I'll just ask you one thing. Do you want to marry my fifth sister? ”

Sun Jinsheng stared at Erniang and looked at her carefully several times, and nodded: "It's indeed a little familiar, although I still don't know who you are, sister." Which green onion is your fifth sister? And why did the young master marry her? ”

Erniang frowned: "My fifth sister is the one you said you were going to take her to see some honeycomb when she was in my grandmother's yard today." She obviously heard that this Sun Jinsheng looked at Wu Niang differently and was very satisfied. Why don't you suddenly know you today?

"Oh, you're talking about the big eyes." Sun Jinsheng nodded: "It turns out that she is your fifth sister!" So who are you? ”

"I'm her third sister." The woman paused and said, "Do you want to...... Marry her? Speaking of the back, Erniang's voice was also a little uncertain.

I didn't want Sun Jinsheng to nod his head but immediately nodded: "My father said that he would find me a daughter-in-law among you to go back, and I have seen it all, that is, the big eyes are the most suitable for me." ”

Erniang was anxious, thinking that this surnamed Sun was really out of tune.

"As long as you listen to me, I will let you marry her back."

"Okay, okay, you say, I'll listen. Hurry up! Sun Jinsheng said a little eagerly.

Erniang saw that he suddenly changed his attitude a little strangely, but she didn't want to spend time here with such a person, so she said, "Come here, I'll talk." ”

"Isn't that okay?" Sun Jinsheng hesitated.

Erniang thought that he was worried about what men and women were worried about, and it was a little strange why this person suddenly became normal again! But seeing that the time was not early, I was afraid that Sun Yuanhong would be bad if I came back to see her at this time, so Erniang took the initiative to step forward and explained a few words to Sun Jinsheng.

"Hmm...... Hmm......" Erniang said, Sun Jinsheng nodded.

"Do you understand?"

"Uh-huh, understood, understood. Let's go! Hurry. Sun Jinsheng said hurriedly.

Erniang looked at him suspiciously: "Then I'll go back first, I'll send someone to deliver the news to you tomorrow, you ......"

Before Erniang finished speaking, she suddenly heard a strange sound of "crackling", and she was suspicious, but a foul smell emanated in the surrounding air. Erniang was stunned for a moment, then took two steps back, covered her nose with her hand, and pointed at Sun Jinsheng angrily: "You-"

Sun Jinsheng let out a sigh of relief: "It's not good to get too close, you don't listen!" Let you hurry up and go, you still don't listen! I'm embarrassed young master! Now you're satisfied! ”

Erniang was already so angry that she couldn't speak, how could she ever see such a shameless person! If she really wants to marry him in the future, then she might as well twist her hair and be a sister-in-law!

"Ouch-" Sun Jinsheng's eyebrows and eyes were squeezed together, and he looked uncomfortable.

Erniang had already left him this time, and Sun Jinsheng hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, the young master understands." You hurry up, don't disturb the young master and my big business. As he spoke, he covered his back with his hands, turned around and walked into the yard with a smoke.

But there was a loud sound left along the way, and Erniang covered her nose in disgust.

"Miss, this man is ...... Can he do it? The girl behind Erniang said suspiciously.

"Try it, if it doesn't work this time, there will naturally be another way!" Anyway, she wouldn't marry into the Sun family anyway, such a person, it's really disgusting to think about it, Sanniang said fiercely in her heart.

***

Today is the birthday of the old lady of the Wang family, Sun, because it is a big event, and there are relatives and friends who live far away to celebrate the birthday, it is a day or two earlier, so according to the rules here, there will be a banquet at noon and night.

Because the clothes worn up and down in the house today were made and distributed by the public middle school a few days earlier, Sanniang and the maids in the courtyard don't have to think about what to wear today. Sanniang's body today is trimmed with a pink background, and the color is not out of line and looks festive.

After packing up, Sanniang took the maids to Sun's Songling Courtyard.

At this time, the halls in the Songling Courtyard have been arranged.

On the north wall of the hall hangs an embroidered picture of "Pine Crane Longevity Star" the size of half a wall. On both sides is a couplet, the upper couplet reads "Haiwu raises spring half a hundred", and the lower couplet is "Qiongchi peach ripe three thousand". On the east and west walls are auspicious pictures of "Magu Offering Longevity" or "Fu Lu Shou".

In the middle of the hall, there is a long table of rosewood, which is a longevity case, surrounded by a big red table embroidered with "turtle and crane year". A bronze gilt incense burner with crane pattern is placed in the center of the table, and the copper and silver gilt candles are separated at two ends, and a big red birthday candle is inserted on it. A woodcut watermark of the "Natal Longevity Star Jun" god code and silver ingots made of tin foil hang on both sides of the life case.

In addition, such as longevity peach noodles and dried fruit dim sum are served in gold and silver utensils and laid out on the longevity table.

"Third Miss, several young ladies have already arrived, and they are talking in the room with the old lady." Licorice, who was busy in the hall, saw Sanniang and walked forward to ask for peace.

"The sisters have arrived, so I'll go too." Sanniang smiled and nodded.

Licorice glanced at Bai Ying, who was following Sanniang, holding a red lacquer plate in his hand, and the corner of the red brocade was exposed, and it was an embroidery at a glance.

"This is a birthday gift for the old lady, right?" Licorice paused: "The second lady came early in the morning, and what she presented was a double-sided kang screen, the slave maid took a look, the embroidery is excellent, and the third lady should not be bad!" ”

Sanniang smiled at the licorice, knowing that this girl was kindly mentioning her: "Sanniang's embroidery work is not as good as the second sister's, and this birthday gift to my grandmother is a 'Songhe prolonging the year' of the kang." Although the craftsmanship is not refined, she is always a piece of filial piety for her granddaughter, and I only hope that my grandmother will not dislike it. Originally, she also wanted to embroider the kang screen, but thinking that since Erniang also embroidered this, and she did it better than her, she still didn't want to send it to the door as a negative teaching material, so she changed it to a kang fence.

Licorice smiled: "The old lady must be able to understand your filial piety, Miss, it's not too early, there will be a guest later, the third lady should go in early, right?" ”

Sanniang nodded and went to Sun's main house.

Here Yuan Niang, Er Niang, Fourth Niang, and Sixth Niang have already arrived, and Sanniang said a few auspicious words to Sun's salute, and asked the girls behind him to present the birthday gift. The official birthday greeting has to wait for the evening, and it's just a formality. (To be continued)