On the second day, when Jia Baoyu asked Jia's mother to say goodbye, Jia's mother asked him about his banquet yesterday.

Sanchun and Baochai were all there, and they were also a little curious waiting for him to speak. After all, Mother Jia is very aware of Baoyu's friends outside, they are all children of old friends, and they generally don't ask in detail, but it is rare to mention it this time.

Baoyu didn't know what Mother Jia was asking him for, she just thought that she was suddenly curious, and said with great interest: "Last year's banquet was held in the Zheng family's courtyard, it was not too formal, it was just a casual and lively meeting of some acquaintances, but the Zheng family's chef was specially invited from the south, and the Huaiyang dishes were extremely fresh. He pulled Jia Mu and said, "Ancestor, why don't we invite one from our family too, I think the sisters will like this taste." ”

Jia Mu smiled and patted his hands: "Okay, okay, it's hard for you to miss the sisters, Brother Feng will come soon and you will go with her." ”

She asked Baoyu again, "Was there anyone who could say it yesterday?" You know Xie Sangongzi when you get there, and I'm afraid you won't get used to it. ”

Jia Baoyu said with a smile: "There's nothing unaccustomed, Third Brother Xie introduced a lot of people to me, such as Song Jun, the son of the Marquis of Zhenyuan, and Wang Heling, the son of the Anping Bo Mansion, are all gentle and gentle, with a humble temperament, plus there are singing and dancing to help the fun, I am not uncomfortable there." ”

Jia Mu said: "You are older now, it's good to go out and get to know more people, but it's too late to come back next time, so you have to send someone back to say it." ”

Baoyu nodded, "I know, there were a lot of people yesterday, and the little guys were waiting outside, I forgot about it for a while." ”

Jia Mu didn't think it was his fault, she pointed to Baoyu and said: "You just have a good temper, but you don't command, so many people follow, they don't know to send one back to say?" Definitely where to play forgot! It's not that they are usually diligent, I would have called them over a long time ago to teach them a lesson. Later, when you go to the outer study, you have to talk about them and set some rules, otherwise I will have to replace you with a new batch of people. ”

Baoyu interceded for the little guys, "The old ancestor really doesn't blame them, I didn't plan to stay until after dinner, but something was delayed, and then Li Gui came in and asked me if I wanted to come back and say, I thought I'd go back later, and it wasn't bad for a while, so I didn't let him come back, if you want to blame me, I don't do their business." ”

Jia Mu was not angry, but when she said this, she mentioned it here, and when she saw Baoyu interceding for them, she let it go, "Okay, you can do it yourself." Then he asked, "What happened yesterday and delayed it?" ”

Sanchun and Baochai have been listening to the side, Yingchun has always made up the numbers, and it is easy not to speak, Xichun is still young, and he is not interested in what they say, so he bows his head and plays with the handkerchief. Du Tanchun and Baochai listened carefully.

Tanchun saw that the people Baoyu said had no contact with their family on weekdays, and it was not easy to interject at will, and later when it came to Baoyu's little girl, it was even more difficult to speak, so it was inevitable that he would be a little embarrassed, and he smiled after listening to Jia's mother's words: "I think Brother Bao chatted too speculatively with people at the banquet, and forgot the time for a while." ”

Jia Mu also smiled and agreed, "This is like something he did." ”

Baoyu shook her head and said, "The third sister's words are both right and wrong. ”

Everyone was amused by his shaking his head, and Tan Chunqi was surprised, "What's wrong with it?" ”

Baoyu explained solemnly: "Yes, yes, I was talking to people at the time, no, I didn't forget the hour, I was going to go out, who knew that the Zheng family's garden was built big and wonderful, the road was in the rockery, several roads were intertwined, I went for the first time and couldn't turn out, I went to other places several times, but I was in a hurry, and there were no people around, what if I couldn't get out of the garden?" ”

Tanchun hurriedly asked, "Then how did you find the way later?" ”

Baoyu smiled, and didn't feel ashamed, and told them directly, "Later, I didn't find the way, I was going around, and I happened to meet a maid and asked her to lead the way out of the garden." ”

Xichun listened to Baoyu's fun, and also said: "This is really interesting, when our family repairs the garden should be so unusual, it is best to let everyone not see where the road is." ”

It happened that at this time, Wang Xifeng came to say goodbye, and when he heard her words, he laughed loudly and asked, "What are you talking about?" I heard that there is no way, who are the four girls going to make unable to find the way? ”

When Jia Mu saw her, she smiled, "I said you just now, I really said that Cao Cao Cao arrived, and I couldn't help but talk about it." Come here, Baoyu has something to tell you. ”

Wang Xifeng made a sad look, "Old lady, you really think of me when you have something, usually I am a person who no one hurts, and I don't see your old man mention me." ”

Jia Mu smiled and patted her, "You phoenix girl!" On weekdays, if I mention you, you will come over by yourself, I can't afford to be so cheeky. ”

Wang Xifeng himself smiled, "I thought you would say that you hurt me, but I didn't expect you to say that I was cheeky, that's it, I won't pretend to be pitiful, let's be my phoenix." ”

She made everyone laugh in a few words.

Baoyu laughed beside her for a while, and then remembered what she was going to say, and said to her: "Sister Feng, let's also invite a Huaiyang cuisine chef in our family." ”

Wang Xifeng said: "I thought what was the matter, I ordered someone to find it today, but why do you suddenly want to eat Huaiyang cuisine?" This is not popular in our capital. ”

Baoyu said yesterday's events again: "I ate a table of Huaiyang cuisine at Zheng's house yesterday, and the flavor of Beijing is very different, clear and fresh, Zheng's banquet has always been famous in Beijing, I estimate that the restaurant will follow the trend of Huaiyang cuisine soon, this chef is not good to invite." ”

Wang Xifeng said with a smile: "Okay, okay, I'll tell someone to do it." She said a few words to the maid who was following her, and then said, "It turns out that you went to Zheng's house yesterday, did you see anyone from the queen's mother's house?" ”

Jia Baoyu was not interested in mentioning this, and replied perfunctorily: "Yes, a distant relative of the queen's mother's family is here." ”

Wang Xifeng is very interested in these relatives, the Wang family and the Jia family are both old nobles, and they have gradually fallen silent over the years, and now there are a few old nobles who are active in the court, most of them are new relatives. Although the relatives fell quickly, they rose quickly, and the emperor was sealed several times when he ascended the throne, and he was just an ordinary family before, and he suddenly became hot, but he was much more beautiful than them who relied on the glory of the past.

The Zheng family's nepotism had no fame back then, and it has become the object of everyone's support over the years.