Chapter 117 Birthday Congratulations

November 28 is Yung's birthday. Although the Qi Mansion has already spread the word, it will not be done in a big way. But the people who give birthday gifts have been in an endless stream since the beginning of November. Therefore, the Qi Mansion set up a stage in front of the front yard and in front of the Xinuan Pavilion, and from November 25, the guests who congratulated their birthdays were feasted one after another.

The Rong family only came forward to receive a few princesses and world friends in the first two days, and then on the grounds of physical discomfort, they did not see the guests, and only lived in the Yi Nian residence, laughing and amusing with a group of young grandchildren.

The birthday banquet is mostly handled by Qi Er's grandmother, she has been in the door for a few years, and she is naturally familiar with it, but it is the most important thing to go back to Qi Er's wife, and she will make her own decisions about the rest. These days, Grandma Qi Er is the busiest person. Xun Qingran just entered the door, and he was not in charge of the house, so he could have been very idle. But she didn't dare to be lazy, she followed the second lady of Qi every day, and took this opportunity to get to know the ladies of the Qi family.

On November 27, only the in-laws of Qi Mansion were entertained. The male guests were received by the eldest master of Qi and the second master of the Qi family with the second master of the Qi family, the third master Qi Jian and the fourth master Qi You received in the front yard, and the female dependents were invited to the Xinuan Pavilion, and the eldest wife and the second wife of the Qi family were entertained by several daughters-in-law.

The Xun family only came to Xun Da * Milk, the Fang family came to Sister Bao, and Brother Guan also followed. When he was young, he followed Sister Bao to sit on the women's seat. Xun Shuzhi accompanied Mrs. Zhang, and also brought Miss Zhang's second lady. Because they are all relatives, the banquet is particularly lively. After the banquet was removed, another table and chairs were set up, fresh tea and fruits were placed, and the south-facing partition was opened wide to facilitate everyone to watch the play. There are also people who like to play leaf cards, and they make up a few tables to play very lively.

"Mrs. Zhang, what's the point of sitting alone, come over and play a few games together."

Mrs. Cai beckoned to a middle-aged woman at the table next to her. This Mrs. Cai is the mother of Grandma Qi San, and she also has a black and red face, her eyebrows and eyes are very similar to Grandma Qi San, and her voice is a few points higher than that of Grandma Qi San. When she spoke, everyone had to look at her. But her table was not full of people, and she was inviting people to join the gang.

"When did you see me play that?!" Mrs. Zhang glanced at Mrs. Cai and refused. Mrs. Cai was not annoyed, and turned her head to greet others again.

"That's your second sister's mother-in-law, the wife of Master Zhang of the Zongren Mansion, you go and help greet you." Second Lady Qi instructed Xun Qingran.

Xun Qingran nodded hurriedly. This was the first time she had met Xun Shuzhi's mother-in-law, and she couldn't help but look carefully. Mrs. Zhang is about forty years old, tall, yellow and white, with big eyes, slightly sharp eyes, and she is not dressed gorgeously, but she looks very neat. Xun Shuzhi and Miss Zhang Jiaer sat beside her, Xun Shuzhi only sat diagonally in the chair, half-bowed head, hands on knees, as if ready to listen to Mrs. Zhang's instructions at any time. Miss Zhang Jiaer is a lot more casual, different from her mother's plain dress, Miss Zhang Jiaer is dressed full of pearls, and her pink carved silk fitting jacket is accompanied by a tender green brown skirt, which looks beautiful and graceful, and she is a complete beauty from behind.

Before Xun Qingran walked to Mrs. Zhang's table, Xun Shuzhi greeted her.

"Third sister, can there be a quiet room? It's a bit noisy here, and our wife wants to find a place to lie down......" Xun Shuzhi begged in a low voice.

"Oh, that's easy." Xun Qingran said with a smile, and walked to Mrs. Zhang's side, "There is a clean room behind the warm pavilion, if Mrs. Zhang doesn't dislike it, she will go there to rest." ”

Mrs. Zhang stood up, and Miss Zhang Jiaer also got up.

"It's hard to come out, you young people love to be lively, so listen to the drama freely." Mrs. Zhang said.

After hearing what Mrs. Zhang said, Miss Zhang sat down and continued to listen to the play.

Xun Qingran let Mrs. Zhang into the back room. There is a kang burning in the house, a charcoal basin on the ground, and sandalwood burning in the incense burner in the corner of the house.

Xun Qingran helped Mrs. Zhang to sit on the kang, and instructed the girls to send hot tea.

"It's warm and quiet. Mrs. Zhang, please rest assured, what do you want to use, even if you tell someone. Xun Qing said.

"Trouble the fourth grandmother." Mrs. Zhang looked around and nodded at Xun Qingran, "There are so many guests outside, Fourth Grandma, please hurry up, I don't need anyone to accompany me here." ”

Xun Qingran had long heard that Mrs. Zhang loved to be quiet and impatient to socialize with others, so she agreed to come out, walked to the door, and when she turned around, she saw Xun Shuzhi kneeling on the ground with her legs on her knees, and a snow-white handkerchief was spread on her knees.

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"You are a blessed one, following the third aunt and grandmother. Look at you now, you can compare to those middle-aged daughters. "Yuegui came with Xun Shuzhi, and Mrs. Zhang only left Xun Shuzhi to serve in the house, so she took advantage of this time to come out to find malt to speak.

Malt looked Yuegui up and down, "You're not bad." ”

"Our wife loves face, and this set of clothes is specially for me to wear when I go out with my grandmother. That's it. "Laurel Road.

"How does your wife treat your second aunt and grandmother?" Malt asked in a low voice.

"I can't tell you that. Our wife gave our grandmother a fixed number of meals every day, just counting how many grains of rice our grandmother ate. Every stitch and thread, grass and paper in the family has to be told one by one, so that they can be used from her, and the amount is never enough. What's even more infuriating is that our grandmother has never taken monthly money since she entered the door of Zhang's house. In this way, we are better as subordinates, although the monthly money is not much, there is always a few dollars per month. Yuegui has a bitter stomach, but she can be regarded as finding someone who can confide in, and Balabala is not finished.

"I heard that the Zhang family also has a bit of a family background, and the master of the Zhang family and several uncles have their own income, how can they live so tightly? So, the second aunt and grandmother are not as good as when they were in their parents' house? Malt said.

"It's not that the days are tight, it's that the people who live are too tight. Let's just say that the money for that month, several grandmothers also have it. The eldest * grandmother and the second grandmother are both held in their hands. Only our grandmother, just after the daughter-in-law's tea, my wife said that she was afraid that our grandmother was young, she didn't know that life was difficult, and she spent a lot of money, so the monthly money would not be sent to our grandmother, saying that she was saving for our wife. Our grandmother's dowry, on the second day after returning home, was also moved to her own yard, and she also said that she was afraid that our grandmother was young and ignorant and ruined, so she kept it properly. ”

"There is such a thing, and the second aunt and grandmother agreed?"

"You don't know our grandmother's temper." Yuegui said hatefully, "I still can't look past it, so I helped say a few words, but I was hit by dozens of boards, and it has been neat in the past few days." Why am I so miserable? I heard that when you followed the third aunt and grandmother back to the door, you scolded everyone in the uncle's room, and the result was not good. Our grandmother blamed me for my sharp mouth and was beaten for that. I said, malt is worse than anyone's mouth, how have I ever seen her beaten, not even reprimanded. Yuegui was aggrieved again.

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Xun Qingran returned to the table, accompanied the second lady of Qi to play the leaf card, and accompanied several wives and grandmothers to talk for a while, and was thinking about going to Yinianju to see the Rong family, when she saw Xun Shuzhi coming out of the back room and waving at her timidly.

Xun Qingran walked over and pulled Xun Shuzhi to the next room to talk.

"Why didn't you see my big sister today?" Xun Shuzhi asked.

The birthday gift of the Yang family has already been delivered, and it is a large bonsai carved from a whole piece of jade for the pine crane to prolong the year. Yang Tingjun and Qi You's fellow guards came to drink together, and the daughter-in-law who came in to talk back said that her grandmother Yang Da* had been unwell since the winter, so she couldn't come to congratulate her.

"The eldest sister said that she was not feeling well, so she didn't come."

"Oh, I thought I'd meet a big sister here." Xun Shuzhi tore the veil, "I still want to apologize to my big sister." Big sister posted to me several times, I, I didn't go. ”

Xun Shufang also posted to Xun Shuzhi, what is she going to do? Xun Qingran frowned, "She's not in good health, so we shouldn't bother." ”

Xun Shuzhi answered, and lowered her head to drink tea. Xun Qingran has lived in the same courtyard with her for several years, and she understands that she has something to say.

"It's just the two of us here, if the second sister has anything to say, just say it." Xun Qing said.

"Third sister, there's something I want to ask you for help with." Xun Shuzhi hesitated for a long time before speaking.

"What's the matter, second sister, please say."

Xun Shuzhi almost never asked for help.

"That's right. I ...... when the third sister will return to the province, can you send someone to send me a letter. I'm going to go home with my third sister to have a look. ”

Xun Qingran was a little strange, thinking of the rumors about Mrs. Zhang's family, so she asked tentatively: "I'm just afraid that I won't be able to get out of my body recently, and I won't be able to get out until next month." ”

"Next month, ......, that ......" Xun Shuzhi's hand clenched the veil.

"Is there any difficulty with the second sister?"

Xun Shuzhi looked out of the door and seemed to have made a lot of determination, before she said in a low voice: "It's my aunt who is sick, I want to go back and see." However, on our wife's side, I couldn't open my mouth. Our wife has praised the Guogong Mansion several times, and if you invite me to return to the province with the third sister, our wife will definitely agree. ”

Xun Qingran was a little speechless. Fang Cai Mai told her all the complaints about laurel. Mrs. Zhang not only managed Xun Shuzhi to death in terms of property, but also did not allow Xun Shuzhi to go out. So far, Xun Shuzhi has only been out twice, once to return to the door, and the other to congratulate Master Xun on winning the office, both of which are back to her parents' house, even these two times, there is still a time limit.

"Second sister, I want to say a few words that maybe the second sister doesn't like to hear, blindly supple may not be able to please. Everything can't go beyond a reason, Aunt Wu is sick, the second sister goes back to visit, what is not good to say. ”

"I know that the words of the third sister are all for my good. Me, I just don't want my mother-in-law to be angry. My mother-in-law didn't let me associate with my aunt, saying that it would make our grandfather shameless. My aunt went to see me, but my wife didn't let her in. ”

"It's unreasonable, when the second sister did this family business, didn't they know the identity of the second sister, it was shameless to say anything at this time, but it was their master who came to ask for a kiss in person." Xun Qingran remembered the scene she had just seen, and felt even more uncomfortable, frowning and said, "What did the second brother-in-law say?" ”

Third sister, when you return to the province, remember to send someone to bring me a letter.

"Next time I go back, I'll send someone to deliver a letter to my second sister." Xun Qingran sighed and said.

The two of them had just talked, and there was a little girl outside who probed her brain, and Xun Shuzhi saw it at a glance and immediately stood up.

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There are too many things.,It's too late.,Say sorry to the children's shoes waiting for the text.。。

This article has been very cold, and the data is depressing. Sometimes it's hard to find time to write when I'm busy, but today, to be honest, I really want to break off. But when I think of the readers who have always supported the weak face (although the number is small, but each of you is precious to the weak face), because of your expectations, the weak face can't break the change, clench your fist.

To quote a writer who is as transparent as Weak Face, even if only one reader supports me, for the sake of that reader, I have to finish the story well.