Mengxi saw the three girls coming, so she sent a few aunts and Hongyu away, leaving only the three daughters to play in the upper room, compared to the scheming aunts, Mengxi prefers these three lovely girls, and being with them, always reminds her of the happy times of her childhood in her previous life, which is also the only happiness she treasures in her heart in this life, although several aunts secretly told these children to guard against her, but the daughters' alienation and vigilance against her are written on their faces, and from time to time under her sincere inducement, they unconsciously reveal it, doubly cute, Let her secretly sigh that it is really Confucianism and teachable, of course, she is not inducing juveniles to commit crimes, but just inducing them to treat people with sincerity from elementary school, * Didn't she say, "To cultivate new people, you must start with dolls!" ”

The three daughters stepped forward one by one to see their mother, and then under the guidance of their mother-in-law, they sat on the side at a regular distance, these days of contact, in the face of their mother, the three daughters have no initial restraint, they like this kind mother from the bottom of their hearts, she is not only like a fairy to look comfortable, but also to tell good stories, make delicious snacks, always speak softly to them, and occasionally gently hug them into their arms, so that they feel a kind of warmth from the heart, a kind of affection, a kind of love, such a good mother, I don't know why my aunt has to say that she is bad, saying that her heart is like a snake and scorpion, which makes the three girls want to break their heads and don't understand, but through their own eyes and personal feelings, a cluster of rebellious flames gradually arose in their young hearts, and they began to know everything hidden from their mother in front of their aunt.

Seeing that her daughter was seated, Mengxi instructed Zhiqiu to reward the purse and handkerchief with incense that had been prepared, and ordered the maid to serve snacks and fruits, so that the daughters should not be restrained, and taught the song of the Tangram Festival there:

Beggarly skillful, begging good-looking; Begging for the heart, begging for a face;

begging my father and mother to be thousands of years old; Beg my sister for thousands of years......

After a while, the atmosphere became warm, watching the three girls singing and dancing in the yard, Mengxi regretted that she could not be allowed in it, and she could never feel this innocent happiness in this life.

Instructed Zhichun to take a few children to play, Mengxi led Zhiqiu to the back kitchen, and the cook saw that the second grandmother was coming, so she hurriedly stepped forward and said:

"Second grandmother, the slave maid has prepared the begging fruit according to your instructions, the second grandmother's mind is really exquisite, full of tricks, the slave maid made the fruit according to what you said, not only the color is fresh, the taste is also better than in previous years, by the way, the slave maid has also prepared the materials according to your requirements, all put here, what else does the second grandmother want to do?"

Mengxi stepped forward to look at them one by one, and then instructed the kitchen to divide the begging fruits in a food box, and sent someone to send them to each courtyard, and then used the ingredients prepared in the kitchen and Zhiqiu to make the tangram fruit by herself, she enjoyed the time of cooking by herself, only at this time, she could feel a little bit of life, feel a little real.

Mengxi ordered people to first put the cotton sugar in the pot and melt it into syrup, and then put in flour and sesame seeds, and after reconciling, pinched and molded out various patterns of peony, lotus, plum, orchid, chrysanthemum, Mengxi also tried to pinch some small animals, etc., and finally fried it into golden brown with oil, and the begging fruit was made, and ordered people to divide it into food boxes, and sent them to the old lady and the three girls respectively, and let the maid hold it, follow behind, and send it to the east chamber together.

Mengxi had lunch, took a nap in the east chamber for a while, got up, and began to prepare for the evening family banquet, Zhiqiu was skillful, only a while, and then she rolled up a lily bun, selected a hollow orchid bead hairpin, obliquely inserted in the sideburns, hung down a string of beaded curtains, with Mengxi's light movement, swinging in front of the forehead, there Zhichun has found a red peony palace satin dress, Mengxi frowned when he saw it, and said:

"It's just a family banquet, and there are no outsiders, there's no need to be so grand, change this one, the light blue lily brocade dress I wore last time is very good, plain and decent."

"Second grandma, don't be like this, although it's not a big festival, but because it's a woman's festival, the aunts are invited to participate, at this time wearing red can show your identity, let the aunts know that in this courtyard, only you can afford to wear this red, so that their minds can be more restrained"

"That light blue lily brocade dress is good, hurry up, don't go too late, let the eldest lady find fault"

Mengxi glanced at the loyal Zhichun and said, although the tone was light but full of unquestionable, in the Xiao Mansion, Zhenghong did not belong to her!

Zhichun saw that the second grandmother was resolute, so he had no choice but to accept the red auspicious clothes according to the second grandmother's wishes, and waited for the second grandmother to change her clothes.

Packed up, helped Zhiqiu, and went out of the door of the east wing, several aunts were already waiting outside, all of them were wearing heavy makeup, dressed up in fancy clothes, and several girls also carefully dressed up, wearing new clothes, led by their mother-in-law.

Look at people, and look down at herself, she is a little plain, she really didn't expect a few aunts to pay so much attention to this family banquet, probably want to show off her style in front of the second master at the dinner, secretly regretted that she was a little careless, and forgot that she had not seen the second master's aunts for some days, and made her compare with her aunt, it seemed too out of line, this is not good, I want to turn around and go back to change into a more glamorous clothes, and I feel that it is too depressing, I was looked at by my aunt, I laughed, hesitated for a moment, and walked out indifferently.

When the eldest aunt saw the second grandmother come out, she hurriedly stepped forward to help her, and the group went out of the gate, and the sedan chair had already been prepared outside, and they got on the sedan chair respectively and walked towards the Shouxi Hall.

The family banquet of Xiaofu is generally in the old lady's birthday hall, only when the banquet is a guest, it will be organized in the large guest room outside, when Mengxi brought the three girls and others in, he found that the cousin had already passed by, and was sitting next to the old lady talking, at first glance it was carefully painted, it was really exquisite and charming, and people were more delicate than flowers.

Mengxi took a few aunts to come forward to ask for peace, and sat on the other side of the old lady, several aunts and Hongyu stood behind her, look at Miss Xiu, how this ancient woman has nothing to do all day long, she loves to dress up so much, but a family banquet, now it seems that she is a little out of place, and she is secretly regretting it, the words of the old lady came:

"Xi'er is here today, but she is too plain, why don't you put on makeup, look at how well the show girl draws"

"The old lady is right, the granddaughter-in-law is regretting it, I thought it was just a festival for the girls, and she came out without much makeup, so I thought it was so grand, and the granddaughter-in-law should pay more attention in the future."

"You, you're also a person who doesn't like to dress up on weekdays, you're young, and you always feel old-fashioned, and you should be lively."

The old lady looked at Mengxi and sighed.

Miss Xiu smiled at her cousin on the side, and coaxed the old lady in a soft voice, and Mengxi only responded carefully by the side.

The three girls were tired of the old lady in the morning, the grandmother was long, and the grandmother screamed shortly, which took away the demeanor of the show girl for a while.