Chapter 65: Invitation
I don't know if it's because of the relationship between Xingyongbo's Mansion and Sanwang's Mansion giving New Year's gifts to the Li family at the same time, or because of the relationship between Li Sijin and Li Sinian's uncles and brothers returning home at the same time, the Li family's New Year was very lively. Li Xunzhuo finally returned home before the big cold day and borrowed Xin Zixuan's light, Li Xunzhuo returned with a full load this time, and it can be regarded as saving some face for the Liu family. On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, Liu's initiative to show favor made Ling feel proud, but what made her even more proud was that the Duke of Yinghua County, the Duke of Fanguo, carried a letter, although it was nothing more than two polite words, but it was a reassuring pill for Ling.
Shaohua couldn't help but ridicule Wanhua, but she said: "Don't be complacent too early, if I settle down, you will be next." Shaohua didn't care, even after the New Year, she was only fourteen years old, and she said goodbye, she still had a year.
There was an endless stream of people who came to pay New Year's greetings, and as long as someone mentioned the Li family's lady, the Ling family happily dressed up the three girls carefully, and then shouted out to walk around like a flower street. I have almost seen all the noble wives in Beijing, but the Xingyong Mansion, which gave a heavy gift a year ago, did not appear.
"Wu Niang, what are you doing here?" Zhou Yan called out and saw Shaohua lying on the table, completely ignoring her arrival. With sharp eyes, she saw a signature pressed under her hand, and she snatched it while Shaohua was not paying attention.
Unexpectedly, Shaohua reacted very quickly, and immediately grabbed Zhou Yan's wrist, making her eyes wide open. Only then did Shaohua react and let go of his hand curtly, "Sister Yan, it turned out to be you." "Ever since he was scared by a trafficker, Shaohua decided to hone his reflexes.
So she deliberately found a bundle of long ropes, trying to find a place to hang them, and knotted a cloth bag at the end of the rope and hung it in the air, so as to exercise herself. Because it's just a small cloth bag, it doesn't hurt to be smashed. When she had prepared all the materials, she found that the beams in the house were too high, and she couldn't throw them over after stepping on the chair for a long time. had to ask Chu He and the others to bring the table, and then stack the chairs on the table, but she never expected that as soon as she stepped on her left foot, she heard Wanhua's scream, and she was so frightened that she almost fell off the chair.
After Wanhua knew her intentions, she was so angry that she turned around and was about to complain to Ling, but Shaohua hugged her feet and raised her hand to swear poison to make Wanhua reluctantly forgive her this time.
"If the fifth lady wants to practice her eyesight, I have a way." Youhan thought about it, ran out and picked up a few small pebbles and came back, washed them and put them on the table, "When I was a child, I didn't have anything to play with, so my sister often took me to play and pick up stones, just like this." "Youhan spread out several stones of similar size, the size of a peanut. Pick up a stone and throw it up, quickly pick up a stone and pinch it in the palm of your hand, spread it out just to catch the stone that has just been thrown into the air. Then he threw another one, picked up two in a row, threw another one and picked up three, and so on several times, at most six at a time, still firmly catching the stone that ran out.
Shaohua could see it, and excitedly took the stone in Youhan's hand and played. However, the first time I threw it too low, I didn't have time to pick up the stones, and the stones that were thrown up still fell. The second time he threw it too high, and as a result, he didn't know where the stone fell, and the third time he directly smashed the pen stand next to him.
"It's not fair, you've practiced!" Shaohua angrily threw out the stones and complained.
"I'll try." Chu He learned from Youhan, threw one and picked up two, and watched Chu He catch the stone steadily, Shaohua's mouth was so open that he could almost stuff an egg. Chu He is addicted to playing, picking up one by two, and almost nothing is missed. Wanhua also thought it was fun, and she also joined in the fun, although she didn't play as well as Chuhe Youhan, and she picked up a few. On the contrary, how many times Shaohua lost it, he didn't succeed in catching one.
"No, this stone is too small." Shaohua strongly protested.
"Why don't you pick a bigger one?" Hatsuho asked cautiously.
"It's too big to hurt your hand." Youhan shook her head. "And it's too big to pick up a few."
"Use a cloth head, it can be big or small, and you are not afraid of smashing." Wanhua looked at Shaohua with an aggrieved face, and couldn't help but smile.
"But the cloth is too light, and it's easy to throw it away." What's more, their hands are too small, and at most they can catch two or three.
"That's good, I'll embroider a few small cloth bags and decorate them with clean sand." Chu He kindly proposed, and the others also thought it was good, after all, the stones were too dirty, and it was not easy to find them if they were lost. But they didn't expect that since embroidering the small sandbag, Shaohua was not only addicted to playing, but also playing tricks. From simply throwing sandbags with one hand to picking up sandbags, to throwing sandbags with both hands at the same time, picking them up alternately, and even throwing them from behind to in front of you to pick them up as if they were playful.
So when Zhou Yan stretched out a hand from behind him, Shaohua's first reaction was to reach out and grab it, which scared Zhou Yan a lot.
"I'm scared, she's been crazy lately, and she's addicted to playing with sandbags, and I don't even dare to walk behind her." Wanhua stretched out her hand and put it on Zhou Yan's shoulder, expressing her deep sympathy, she had also been scared by Shaohua.
"Is this really playful?" Zhou Yan still had surprise on her face, and looked at Shaohua incredulously.
"Why don't you try again?" Wanhua proposed with a wicked smile, Zhou Yan hurriedly shook her head, lowered her face, and made a look of a wronged little daughter-in-law, "Forget it, I admit defeat, I don't dare to provoke you two sisters." ”
Zhou Yan's exaggerated expression made both sisters laugh, since Zhou Yan told Shaohua that she knew that Song Yun's injury was Shaohua's hands and feet, and promised not to betray her, Shaohua could be regarded as breaking into their camp. Because Zhou Yan is the only concubine of the Marquis of Zhongyi, and even her aunt only gives birth to brothers, so Zhou Yan's status in the family is above all the brothers of the Ling family. Even the Shaohua sisters went to the Zhongyi Marquis Mansion, and they would be treated very leniently because of Zhou Yan's relationship.
However, although Zhou Yan is an only daughter, her temperament is lively and kind, except for the occasional stubbornness, she can be regarded as approachable. Just because Wanhua sighed that Song Yun's injury was exactly the same as Jinhua's original, Zhou Yan excitedly pestered Wanhua, and she had to bring Shaohua to the Zhongyi Marquis Mansion. Shao Hua thought that Zhou Yan wanted to hold her accountable, and thought that she would not admit it if it was a big deal, anyway, after so long, no one could tell what happened at that time. Who knows, as soon as they met, Zhou Yan actually wanted Shaohua to teach her how to kick people without moving, for her, this is a kick from God.
Under the pressure of Wanhua, Shaohua didn't dare to take Zhou Yan badly, but fortunately, Zhou Yan was only hot for three minutes, and quickly shifted his interest.
"The day after tomorrow is the Lantern Festival, come to my house, my father specially invited the lantern master in Jiangnan to make a full ninety-nine lanterns. My aunt has invited several ladies and sisters, and your sister-in-law will come back this year, and she can't be left behind no matter what. Zhou Yan looked at the sisters with different expressions and said with a smile: "I'm righteous enough, I'm here to invite you personally." ”
"Who are you being led to by this, what kind of righteousness does a lady from the Hou Mansion say." Wanhua snorted and hesitated: "But my aunt said that she was going to the Guogong Mansion." ”
"Then let the second lady take Qi Niang there, and you two come to my house." Hearing this, Shaohua immediately glanced at her. Zhou Yan was stunned for a moment, thinking that Ling and Jinhua were standing together, she felt funny, "I said seriously, I specially invited the Huaxiu Gang to sing this year!" ”
"Really! That's great. "Wanhua is a fan of drama, and when he heard that it was the Huaxiu Gang, he immediately came to the spirit. On the contrary, Shaohua felt embarrassed, and Wanhua explained: "She has been like this since the first year of junior high school, don't pay attention to her, she deserves to have thoughts that she shouldn't have." ”
Shaohua and Zhou Yan have confessed, so they know what Wanhua means when he says that he shouldn't be kept. Then he rubbed ambiguously to Shaohua's side and said: "Qingqing Zijin, take care of my heart." Even if I don't go, Zining won't come. ”
"Sister Yan, say what you want to say directly, I'm a white ding, and I don't know a single big word." Shaohua spread her hands and sighed, what she was most afraid of was playing word games.
Zhou Yan knocked her head angrily, "Who told me that if you are not married, you will not marry, so I specially asked my aunt to go to Xingyong Bofu to invite them over." ”
"Yan Kaizhi is also going?" Shaohua was startled, but he didn't dare to raise his voice, for fear of being heard by outsiders.
Zhou Yan immediately became proud, crossed her hands on her waist, and squinted at them condescendingly. "Of course, thank me for that!"
Seeing that Zhou Yan was addicted to playing, Shaohua cooperated and said with a flattering smile: "Yes, Sister Yan is really my great benefactor, and when Sister Yan takes a fancy to which Langjun in the future, I will also chase after you?" As soon as Wanhua saw them singing and harmonizing, she immediately took two steps away, if these two really joined forces to make trouble, the people next to them would definitely suffer.
Zhou Yan blushed and annoyed her, "What do you mean by you chasing after me, it's not serious." ”
Shaohua suddenly realized, and nodded solemnly, "Also, you still have to do this kind of thing yourself, then I'll give you a shout." ”
Zhou Yan laughed angrily, and giggled: "This method is good, but if Lang Jun is scared away by you by then, you have to be responsible for helping me get it back." ”
After saying that, the two laughed out loud and made a mess. Wanhua is completely out of line with the two of them, and she can still use the identity of the eldest sister to talk a few words to Shaohua, but with the addition of Zhou Yan, who is afraid that the world will not be chaotic, it is hopeless. But seeing Shaohua's eyebrows and excitement at the mention of Yan Kaizhi, somehow, there was a strange emotion in his heart.
"However, you can do your best, I heard that except for Laneige, he hasn't seen any other little lady very seriously." Zhou Yan kindly reminded, and suddenly said mysteriously: "I have already handed over your Buddhist scripture to him, guess what he thinks in his heart?" ”
Shaohua was overjoyed, "What do you think?" ”
Seeing Shaohua's nervous appearance, Zhou Yan deliberately let out a long sigh, and then smiled slyly, "How do I know, you can just ask yourself." ”
Shaohua suddenly realized that she was played by Zhou Yan, and she was so angry that she chased her all over the yard.