Suddenly, there was a faint sob.

Mother Tao, who was walking in front, paused.

Wu Niang had come back to her senses and stood in front of the curtain with a smile: "Mom, this mutton fat jade Buddha's hand is so beautiful, but the whole piece of mutton fat jade is carved?" ”

Mother Tao turned around and looked at Wu Niang's eyes with unconcealed surprise and appreciation: "This Buddha's hand is indeed carved from a whole piece of mutton fat jade!" It turned out that Miss Five was interested in these. As he spoke, he led the two of them to Duobaoge in the west, "There are also some jade artifacts on display here, and the fifth lady can appreciate them." ”

Deliberately make them avoid avoidance.

Wu Niang smiled: "Thank you Mom." I just opened my eyes. ”

Eleven Niang smiled slightly.

The more active Wu Niang is, the safer she will be!

She and Wu Niang stood in front of Duobaoge to watch the various jade ornaments and porcelain displayed inside, but Mother Tao listened to the movements in the east with her ears.

All three were a little absent-minded.

Fortunately, this situation did not last long, and a little girl dressed as a maid in a red silk jacket and blue-green armor came out of the west room: "Mother Tao, Madame said to invite the two young ladies to sit inside." ”

I'm about to meet Luo Yuanniang, who can manipulate their future...... Although Wu Niang and Eleven Niang did not show a trace of abnormality on their faces, they invariably "chuckled" in their hearts.

Tao's mother immediately answered "yes" and smiled and invited the two of them into the West Room.

Eleven Niang lowered her eyelids, followed Mother Tao around the screen and entered Yuan Niang's bedroom, and then glanced quickly to the right according to the furnishings of the general bedroom.

A woman of about twenty-five or six years old looked tired and leaned on a large pillow with ginger embroidered green flowers at the bedside. She wore a satin jacket embroidered with white magnolia flowers in stone blue, her blue hair was neatly combed into a bun, a red gold inlaid beeswax droplet hairpin was inserted in her sideburns, her pale face was thin and scary, her dark eyes were shining, looking at the big lady sitting on the edge of the bed and the corners of her eyes were red, and her face was full of joy of reuniting mother and daughter.

Such a Luo Yuanniang......

Eleven Niang was a little surprised.

She had guessed countless times...... I thought I would see a cold and arrogant girl, or a strict and dignified woman, or a woman with a graceful expression but sharp eyes...... Unexpectedly, she would meet such a gentle, even childish Luo Yuanniang!

"So many years have passed in the blink of an eye." A strange voice with a few smiles sounded in her ears, "The little girl who always followed me has grown into a slim girl!" ”

"Big sister!" Wu Niang, who was walking in front of Eleven Niang, suddenly choked up and knelt down, "I, I miss you very much...... I still remember the nest candy you brought back to me from Hangzhou! By the end of the words, it was already a small cry.

Seeing this, Eleven Niang immediately knelt down, bowed her head and lowered her hands, looking very tame.

"Hurry up, it's cold on the ground!" There was a bit of coquettishness in the gentle voice, "It's such a big person, why are they still the same as before, crying at every turn, kneeling down at every turn......"

Immediately a maid came to help them.

Eleven Niang didn't move, glanced at Wu Niang out of the corner of her eye, and saw her stand up, so she stood up with her.

"Come, come and sit down with us, and our sisters may talk."

As soon as the words fell, a maid took a brocade and put it on the side of the bed.

Wu Niang and Eleven Niang got up and thanked them, and then stepped forward to kowtow to Yuan Niang to officially pay a sisterly ceremony. Immediately, the sensitive maid next to them took a brocade mat and put it on their knees before they knelt down, and when they finished kowtowing, a maid immediately stepped forward to pick up the two.

The maid's movements were silent and responsive.

Eleven Niang was secretly surprised that the maids in Yuan Niang's house were well-trained, and sat on the brocade in front of the bed with Wu Niang one after the other.

There are maids serving tea and fruits.

Yuan Niang looked at the two younger sisters with a smile: "The fifth sister has been beautiful since she was a child, and she is no different from what I think she looks like." It's the first time I've seen Sister Eleven. Looking at this pointed chin, it is quite similar to the fifth aunt. However, this hair is black and thick with me. ”

When Eleven Niang heard someone mention her, her face was slightly red, she lowered her head and muttered for a long time, and she didn't know what she had said, so she looked very shy and uneasy.

"What's up to you?" The eldest lady laughed, "That's with your grandmother." ”

The corners of Yuan Niang's mouth curled slightly, and everyone laughed along, and there was a bit more lively atmosphere in the room.

Yuan Niang instructed the maid beside her: "Come, take out the two red lacquered boxes under my pillow." ”

The maid squatted down in response, and touched two palm-sized round boxes under Yuan Niang's pillow to come out.

"My sister doesn't know what you like, thinking that there are still two jade pendants in her hand that you can get your hands on, so I asked people to find them." As he spoke, he motioned to the little maid to give the carved red lacquer box in her hand to Wu Niang and Eleven Niang, "One of you can wear it and play with it!" ”

Yuan Niang said politely, but the two of them didn't really think that the two jade pendants were just "handy", so they got up and thanked them and solemnly took the box.

"Open it and take a look," Yuan Niang smiled, "See if you like it or not?" ”

Wu Niang and Eleven Niang are both stunned.

How can there be a reason to open a gift in front of the giver......

The eldest lady also said on the side, "Open it and take a look, it's a little bit of your eldest sister's heart", and the two no longer hesitated, and each opened the box in their hands.

Warm and translucent, white and flawless, like clotted fat, you can know at a glance that it is the best mutton fat jade.

The two pieces of jade are one inch square, but one is carved with a few plum blossoms on the branches, and the other is carved with a pomegranate in the mouth of a bat.

What does that mean?

Can't you still draw lots?

Is that "happy eyebrows"? Or is it in "Many Sons, Many Blessings"?

Eleven Niang looked at the jade pendant in her hand, feeling a little ridiculous, but Wu Niang was like the jade pendant in her hand, a little happy.

"Thank you, big sister!" Her smile went all the way to the bottom of her eyes, "I love it." ”

Eleven Niang nodded, expressing her agreement with Wu Niang's statement: "It's so beautiful." ”

Yuan Niang listened to it and smiled slightly: "It's good if you like it!" ”

As soon as her words fell, a maid said respectfully through the screen: "Madam, Master Zhen is here!" ”

Yuan Niang's face immediately lit up: "Come in!" ”

Immediately, a tall, plump woman walked in with a little boy dressed in a bright red carved silk brocade robe, followed by two maids with bright eyes and bright teeth. But all eyes fell on the child.

His skin was fair, his eyebrows were delicate, and he was beautiful like a doll. The body is only two or three years old, and there is a cowardice in the eyes, which is a deficiency at first glance.

"Brother Zhen!" The eldest lady greeted him with tears in her eyes and reached out to hug him.

But he turned his head and hid in the arms of the woman who held him, and the small gold bracelet in his hand was jingling with bells.

The eldest lady's expression stiffened slightly.

Yuan Niang has explained apologetically: "He has some recognition!" ”

The eldest lady pulled Brother La's clothes in amazement: "It's only my fault that I don't come to see him." ”

The woman holding her brother smiled and said, "It's only our brother's young age to blame." As he spoke, he hugged Brother Zhen and made a squatting salute: "Brother Zhen has asked my grandmother to say goodbye!" ”

The maids all called Brother Zhen "Master Zhen", but this woman called "Brother Zhen", it seems that she should be Brother Zhen's nurse.

Eleven Niang thought about it, and saw the eldest lady laughing without any guilt, and then took a red lacquer and gold box from Mother Xu and handed it to Brother Chen: "This is a meeting gift from my grandmother." A piece of inkstone. Use it when you grow up. ”

The maid who came in with Brother Chen stepped forward and bent her knees to salute the eldest lady and thanked him, and took it for Brother Chen.

Yuan Niang pointed to Wu Niang and Eleven Niang: "Brother Zhen, this is your fifth aunt, this is your eleventh aunt!" ”

When Brother Chen heard his mother's voice, he immediately raised his head, glanced at Wu Niang and Eleven Niang, and then buried his head in the woman's arms. Wu Niang and Eleven Niang didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly stood up.

The woman hugged Brother Zhen and said, "Brother Zhen asks for the fifth aunt" and "Brother Zhen asks for the eleventh aunt", and gave the fifth mother and the eleventh mother a squatting salute respectively.

Both of them said "don't dare to be" in their mouths, and they leaned sideways to suffer.

Wu Niang took out a peach wood blessing card from her sleeve, "This is what I copied the blood sutra and offered it to Ci'an Temple, when Master Huizhen of Ci'an Temple personally opened it, let's make a meeting gift for Brother Chen!" ”

Eleven Niang sent a set of clothes, shoes and socks with red embroidered jade bamboo: "I sewed it myself, a little heart." ”

The maid who came with Brother Zhen smiled and stepped forward to thank Brother Zhen and took it.

Everyone sat down again, and the maids changed their tea.

The woman hugged Brother Zhen to Yuan Niang's bed, bent her knees to salute, Brother Zhen suddenly raised his head, looked at Yuan Niang and shouted "Mother".

Yuan Niang's face immediately softened very much: "Put him next to me!" ”

The woman hesitated for a moment and put Brother Zhen next to Yuan Niang.

Brother Chen rolled a few times and got into his mother's arms.

"Brother Zhen, you tap!" The woman who hugged her brother looked at the child tremblingly, but Yuan Niang smiled and touched her son's soft hair: "It's okay." ”

The woman wanted to say something, but Yuan Niang had already turned her head and talked to the eldest lady: "Why don't you invite your younger siblings and Brother Xu, Brother Zhen just likes to play with Brother Xu!" ”

The eldest lady smiled: "I sent Tuyi to your second and third uncle's house early in the morning, and I was afraid that they would send someone to return the gift, so I asked her to help take care of it at home." ”

Yuan Niang said angrily: "Mother is really true." In that case, why not come back another day? Dad is going out to visit friends, and my younger brother is going to study in Guozijian, and it is always bad for you to bring your sisters out and let your younger siblings and nephews be at home alone. ”

"I know that you want to be a likable aunt and grandmother, but you can't make fun of me." The eldest lady laughed when she heard this, "I asked her, she said that you are weak, Brother Zhen suffered from the cold two days ago and it was just right, I was afraid that we would all come, and quarreled with your mother and son, and said that I would bring Brother Zhen to see you when Brother Zhen was better." ”

Yuan Niang smiled and said: "Mother, don't blame me - except for me, a daughter, who can say you so bluntly, who else can say about you." ”

When the eldest lady heard this, her eyes turned red.

Yuan Niang saw it and said: "It's rare for you to come to Yanjing, I'll let my father accompany you tomorrow to see the scenery of Yanjing." You bring me a few strings of sugar gourds. ”

The eldest lady blushed when she heard this, and then "tsk" as if she wanted to hide something, and said with a smile: "Look, where is this person who has become a mother?" I was still thinking about the sugar gourd on the street. I'll tell your mother-in-law to go and ask her to make you a ten-skewer or eight-skewer for you, and you will be annoyed when you see it. ”

Yuan Niang covered her mouth and smiled: "The sugar gourd made by my mother-in-law is delicious, and the one you bought for me is also delicious." ”

The back of her hand covering her mouth was like an eighty-year-old woman's veins.

The eldest lady looked at it and felt sour.

finally looked forward to this wealth and glory, but I didn't expect my daughter to ...... Thinking of Xufu's brocade clothes and jade food, where the daughter presided over the feed, there was a lack of food. Saying this, it's just trying to be coquettish in front of yourself. Once the daughter, who is more precious than the pearl in the palm of her hand, becomes someone else's daughter-in-law, she just wants to say that her mother is good, and she wants to put her mother-in-law in it...... She was so sad that her tears could no longer stop falling!

Yuan Niang's eyes were slightly red when she looked at it.

No matter how much you make your mother happy, your illness is like a thorn in your mother's throat, it hurts if you don't move, let alone provoke the thorn......

(It was sent in the original text, so I corrected a typo...... ）