No matter how reluctant Pei Baoer was, on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, she still had no choice but to pick herself up and prepare to go to the Lin family.

In terms of makeup, as usual, it is a non-communicative route, but in terms of dress, it is a little more cautious. At the end of this year, she was too busy to make new clothes, so she went to the ready-to-wear store in the city to make a new winter coat for each of the four members of the family. After Dani knew the price, she was very distressed, and even proposed that her own set could be saved, she pulled some linen and cotton back to sew a cotton jacket by herself, which was much more powerful than Pei Baoer, who had just arrived at the beginning of the year and broke it in half for a penny.

After putting on the festive jujube red jacket and horse face skirt, Pei Baoer always felt cold, not as thick as the cotton jacket she usually wore. It's just that when I went to Lin's house as a guest today, it's not good to wear rustic daily clothes, although Pei Baoer now boasts of being a yellow-faced woman, she still has a bit of a love for beauty.

After thinking about it, she took out the brand-new cloak that had been idle for nearly a month from the bottom of the suitcase, white as snow, and soft white hair on the hood, which looked not white fox fur, but rabbit fur. Although this cloak is not very heavy, I don't know what material it is, it is very soft to the touch, and soon after putting it on, I feel much warmer than before, not to mention that this color makes her red dress more energetic.

Dani has passed her ninth birthday, and she already knows the age to distinguish beauty from ugliness, and she can't help but be amazed when she sees Pei Baoer. This greatly satisfied the vanity in Pei Baoer's heart.

Xiao Yan'er was also very curious, and wanted to hug her legs and rub them on her new clothes, but Dani yelled, "No, don't wrinkle your mother's new dress", in order to pull this little octopus-like cub off her, Dani was tired and sweaty.

Liu Yun didn't say a word, stared at her for a long time, and didn't ask faintly until she was about to go out: "This cloak is not bad, and it was also bought in a ready-to-wear store?" ”

Pei Bao'er almost tripped over the threshold, and she was gracious twice, and hurriedly slipped away.

The Lin family's house is in the north of the city, not far from the Wang family, and that area is considered a rich area, with all blue bricks and gray tiles, white walls and hard mountain tops, high walls and deep courtyards. The carving process of partition doors, doors and windows is very exquisite, compared to them, the small courtyard of Pei Baoer's house is simply a garbage heap.

There were a lot of guests who came, some faceless people in the city were invited, as well as wealthy businessmen and squires who had business dealings with the Lin family. Most of the wives of these families, Pei Bao'er, don't know each other, and the only ones who are familiar are Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Su. But they all have their own acquaintances talking to each other, and it is impossible to patronize and chat with her, to be honest, Pei Baoer feels that she is a little out of place on this occasion, and she just wants to start the table early and leave under the pretext.

However, her small wish was destined to be unfulfilled.

Mrs. Lin was unusual, as if the person who was going to tear her face a few days ago was not her, she smiled when she saw her, pulled her to sit down beside her, and introduced other people to her one by one, and praised Pei Bao'er, talking about the prosperous business of the Jade Pavilion, she was very respectful of her during the conversation, and the ladies were also very cooperative and said some auspicious words such as prosperous business, and also asked Pei Bao'er with great interest about the specific use of those new things.

The flattered Pei Baoer only felt weird, this was clearly a weasel greeting the chickens for the New Year, and she didn't have a good heart......

In any case, after she was so ceremoniously introduced by Mrs. Lin, she suddenly became a popular figure among the female guests, and there was a circle of strange women around her, so that she couldn't sneak away, so she could only patiently accompany them to listen to the completely incomprehensible play.

"Pei Niangzi, how is this play today? Not bad, right? Mrs. Lin came over at some point and asked with a smile in her ear.

Pei Bao'er's back stiffened, pretending to stare intently at the martial arts on the stage, and said politely: "Naturally, it's good, but it's a pity that I don't understand much, so I can only watch some superficial skills." ”

A Mrs. Zhang next to her heard them talking, and also leaned over to talk: "That's exactly what I said~ Our women's family, if we are not really obsessed with listening to dramas, where can we understand those babblings, it will be interesting to see them calling around~"

A few people casually commented again, for example, this costume is quite exquisite, the martial artist's sword swinging action is not rigid enough, and the harlequin is also ridiculous, Yunyun.

Only then did Pei Baoer put the heart back in her stomach, she always felt that Mrs. Lin had something to say.

After a while, this martial arts drama was dissolved, and it was replaced by a lingering literary drama. Xiao Dan and Xiao Sheng on the stage held their hands and stared, telling some love words in the clouds, and the audience was quiet, and even the sound of eating melon seeds just now stopped.

Pei Baoer looked left and right, and most people, including Mrs. Lin, were fascinated by it, and immediately understood that this was the ancient version of the live-action version of Xiaoyan, and in this era of lack of entertainment life, it is no wonder that they are so addicted. She thought about it, and took this opportunity to quietly retreat, letting the maid waiting outside the flower hall show the way, ready to slip away while she was cleaning her hands.

Unexpectedly, the maid of the Lin family is well-trained, very enthusiastic and polite, and refuses to let her go alone, no matter how she explains that she will not get lost, the other party still follows her like a little tail, and when she comes out of the clean room, she wants to send her back the same way.

Pei Bao'er felt strange in her heart, walked for a while, looked at the plum branches outside the railing, and suddenly had a plan.

She held her forehead, pretended to be dizzy, sat on the railing where two snowflakes had just fallen, and said weakly: "Ouch, I must have eaten too much wine, and I was so dizzy that I couldn't walk anymore." Can this girl help me bring my cloak? I stopped here to enjoy the plum blossoms and refresh myself. ”

The pink-clothed maid ran away in small steps, Pei Bao'er pretended for a while, and when she saw her figure disappear into the depths of the winding corridor, Shi Shiran stood up, patted the snowflakes on her hands, and walked towards the other half-moon gate.

Pei Bao'er had already thought about it, she had been to this Lin family a few times, and the guests at the banquet happened to be in this flower hall last time, and she still remembered the way out. Although the plan had just been disrupted by the enthusiastic little maidservant, it was not too late.

At that time, as soon as she got out of the house, she told the Lin family with a weak face that she was unwell and went back first, and then attached some words of apology, presumably no one would blame a "drunk and uncomfortable" poor person for forgetting that her cloak was still in the Lin family. Even if Mrs. Lin has any opinions about her, it is estimated that she will not hold on to a piece of her clothes.

Pei Bao'er wasn't really afraid of her, she just wanted to spend the New Year in peace, and it would be best if those bad things could be mentioned a few days later.

Seeing that the heavy hanging flower door was getting closer and closer to her, Pei Bao'er heard a voice that shouldn't have sounded here.

"Pei Niangzi, what's going on? Could it be that my family is not well entertained, so I have to leave in a hurry? A female voice said in a strange manner: "If there is any dissatisfaction, please ask Pei Niangzi to point it out~"

Pei Bao'er stiffened again and turned her face slowly.

Sure enough, Mrs. Lin, who was not very good-looking, was standing behind her, staring at her with an unkind expression, her face was a little too red, and her breath was a little uneven, as if she was running over to chase her in a hurry. And next to her was the little maid in pink, hanging her head and not daring to look at her, still clutching her cloak in her hand.

Pei Baoer sighed slightly, she just wanted to have a good New Year, why didn't this Mrs. Lin refuse to let her go?

"Big lady, we don't need to go around in circles like this, just open the skylight and say something." With that, she walked over to Mrs. Lin and stretched out her hands to her, oh no, it was the pink-clothed maid. The latter was stunned before handing her the cloak.

Pei Bao'er couldn't wait to wrap herself up, and then pointed to a pavilion on the left-hand side, "Just go there and talk about it." He didn't ask Mrs. Lin for her opinion, and walked over directly, but he didn't sit down, but leaned on the side of the pillar, as if he was using it to resist the cold wind that passed through the hall from time to time.

Mrs. Lin's face was still heavy, and she hesitated and followed, but the pink-clothed maid was sent away by her.

In the small pavilion, the two stood on the left and right, showing a bit of confrontation.

Mrs. Lin looked at Pei Bao'er, who had a flat expression, and the solemnity on her face was suspicious: "Pei Niangzi, have you thought about the incident I said a few years ago?" ”

Pei Bao'er smiled faintly, "The eldest lady is so aggressive, I just can't think about it." ”

"You-" Mrs. Lin couldn't listen to this sneering tone, and was about to reprimand, but Pei Baoer preemptively said: "In the contract we signed, it is clearly written in black and white, I am only responsible for supply, but I am not obliged to provide specific formulas, Mrs. Lin has not forgotten, right?" ”

Mrs. Lin's face stiffened and she didn't speak. She wanted to see what this sharp-toothed little lady could toss? Could it be that she wants to beat the drum and voice her grievances and find the county magistrate to make the decision for her?

Pei Bao'er didn't expect her to cooperate with her, so she asked herself and replied: "The eldest lady is such a shrewd person, naturally she remembers." It's just," she changed her words and said, "The eldest lady has a lively heart, and she has thought about the expansion of the semicolon early in the morning, which I underestimated myself before." If I knew that you were ambitious in less than two months, I wouldn't be able to get on those new products and promotions, would you be shooting yourself in the foot, don't you say? ”

She said this in a very objective tone, without resentment towards Mrs. Lin, it seemed that she was just talking about things, and even revealed a little absurdity about the current situation.

Mrs. Lin snorted heavily, "What the hell do you want to say?" It's not that you told me not to go around in circles, how can you ......"

Pei Bao'er chuckled and glanced at her, and the smile on the corner of her mouth became even more mocking: "Don't worry, you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry." Don't you just want the recipe in my hand? If I give, what will you give in return? ”

Mrs. Lin's eyes lit up, and her body leaned forward unconsciously.

"You, are you telling the truth? Are you really willing to hand over the recipe? ”