It was already noon, and the mother-in-law outside came to report: "Young Master Min came to say that the banquet has been prepared, please invite all wives and ladies to take the table." ”

Mrs. Luo smiled when she heard this: "Why is Ming Min here to pass the word?" This kid is also yes, since he is here, he should come in and greet him, don't make people laugh. After staying in a room for a long time, she can be regarded as figuring out the situation of the young ladies of the Gu family, no matter what the younger siblings think, Luo Mingmin is indeed a very good nephew, capable and sensible, if she can marry a good wife with a good background, it will naturally be better. Let the old lady of the Gu family and the eldest lady see Mingmin, maybe they can leave a good impression.

Old Madam Yu didn't say anything, but Jiang Shi frowned, glanced back at her daughter, and then went to look at her nieces. As soon as Wen Xian saw that the mother-in-law outside the door had gone to invite someone, she took the initiative to get up and pulled Wen Juan by the hand, intending to avoid it. Seeing this, Wen Yi hesitated for a moment, but still got up. Even if they met, she and Luo Mingmin couldn't say anything, so why bother to make people care? Wen Hui's face was a little dissatisfied, but she still obediently followed the sisters and avoided behind the screen. Before they could stand firmly, Luo Mingmin entered the house.

Through the screen, although she couldn't see it very clearly, Wen Yi still caught a glimpse of Luo Mingmin's appearance through the hollow on the screen. I haven't seen him for a few months, he seems to be a little whiter, he is no longer wearing a cloth shirt, his hair is neatly tied, and he has a hairpin inlaid with white jade.

Somehow, Wen Yi suddenly remembered the day Liu Dongxing came to Guzhuang, she saw that he was wearing an awkward dress, pretending to be a stupid and honest person, and she almost didn't laugh out loud, but when she saw the sisters around her, she couldn't help it.

Luo Mingmin gave the old lady Yu and the Jiang family a salute outside, and the etiquette was thorough and graceful. Old Madam Yu seemed very happy, and asked with concern: "The second young master fell into the water that day, I heard that he was sick, I don't know if he can be cured?" ”

Luo Mingmin smiled on his lips, with a little shyness, and replied a little embarrassedly: "It's already good, I'm really sorry to let your old man see the joke." ”

Mrs. Yu smiled and said, "Boys always have to be naughty, it doesn't matter, our children are just as naughty." ”

Mrs. Luo hurriedly thanked the Gu family again for saving her son, and then turned her head to count her son, warning him not to go to those indiscriminate places with fox friends in the future. Luo Mingmin's face was flushed with scolding, and he promised never to do it again, like a well-behaved son who occasionally made a mistake and had to be careful in front of his mother.

Wen Yi's eyes straightened when she saw it behind the screen. Is that still the Luo Mingmin she knows? She actually thinks he's "shy"?

As he spoke, Luo Mingmin led the topic to Wen Yi: "I haven't seen you for a long time, when I last saw Miss Nine, you were still a little girl, I didn't expect you to come to Guihai as a guest." ”

Wen Yi knew that the last time she saw Luo Mingmin, it was only half a year ago, and she didn't debunk him, and said very cooperatively: "On the day my eldest cousin got married, why didn't Brother Luo come?" The eldest cousin has been complaining for a long time, saying that you are not interesting enough."

Luo Mingmin smiled: "No way, I have something to do, I really can't get out, besides, didn't I give a big gift?" Could it be that Nie Yuanhu is too light? ”

"What's the point of being polite? My eldest cousin is looking forward to your visit. Wen Yi said this not as an excuse, but as a sincere persuasion, "He used to be in a bad body, and he didn't know a few friends, after leaving the academy, he even saw fewer relatives, only you are common, he didn't say it, in fact, he was very happy in his heart." But he is in a row with the two major events of lifting and marrying, and you are not there, so he feels uncomfortable. "Liu Dongxing and Luo Mingmin in the Taiping Mountain years, often met with Nie Heng, Nie Heng had a bad impression of Liu Dongxing, but he had no bad feelings towards Luo Mingmin, plus the latter has a hearty temperament and is easy to get along with people, all the farmers on and off the mountain who recognize him, there is no one who doesn't like him, Nie Heng is more willing to make friends with him, and over time, he is also a little polite to Liu Dongxing, but the initial impression is still there, and he has never been close. Wen Yi was a little aware of this matter, and she also deeply regretted it, and hoped that her eldest cousin would agree with Liu Dongxing.

Luo Mingmin listened to her words, but was stunned for a moment, and then smiled bitterly: "Why don't I want friends to meet more and get closer to each other?" It's just that there are some things, and under the trade-off, you can only choose one or the other. After a pause, he smiled, "Guihai and Pingyin are so far away, you can't divide me into two halves and run at both ends, right?" ”

On the surface, he seemed to be saying that he lacked skills, but Wen Yi felt that he seemed to be hinting that there was discord between Nie Heng and Liu Dongxing, and he had to choose one of them as his friend. She was a little gloomy, but she quickly cheered up again, and secretly decided that she would definitely make her eldest cousin change her opinion of Liu Dongxing in the future.

Mrs. Luo kept smiling at her nephew talking to Wen Yi, and teased him at this time: "It's obvious that they are acquaintances, but they only know how to talk to other young ladies, but they forget about all of us."

Luo Mingmin's cold sweat came down, and he said with a dry smile: "But it's my nephew who is rude, my nephew is having something to worry about, I don't know what to do, and I am in a dilemma, so I ignore the elders, and ask the wife and young ladies to spare me." Everyone laughed.

Mrs. Luo Si looked at him funny: "What are you embarrassed about?" Tell us about it? ”

Luo Mingmin deliberately put on a troubled look, quickly counted the excuses that could be used at this time in his mind, and quickly replied: "The little guy that my nephew called when he was in Pingyin has now become a powerful person by my nephew's side, it is said that he was originally a member of the Nie family, but the family is Miss Gu Jiu's tenant, and my nephew is worried, I don't know whether to ask him to kowtow to Miss Jiu, but I feel a little embarrassed, and I am embarrassed to tell my wife to know." ”

Mrs. Luo was amused when she heard it, and looked at him with deep meaning, but Mrs. Luo Si smiled silently, only his mother, Mrs. Luo Er, frowned: "There is such a thing?" Then you should have asked someone to say goodbye yesterday, and if you drag it out until today, your aunt doesn't ask, do you still plan to hide it? Look at the old lady Gu, Mrs. Gu and the young ladies laugh at you for not understanding the rules" but secretly annoyed in my heart, how could my son ask others for a little girl? Just begged, and said it in front of everyone, so that the servants of the Luo family kowtowed to the people of the Gu family, what is this?

Luo Mingmin smiled wryly, with a hint of bitterness on his face. Seeing this, Wen Yi hurriedly said: "What Brother Luo said is the Cao family's search for text?" His family is only working in my family's field for a long time, and they are not tenants, so why should they come and kowtow? Brother Luo is so polite."

This incident was originally an excuse, Luo Mingmin saw Wen Yi handing over the steps, so he took the opportunity to go down: "It's too disrespectful, turn around and ask him to kowtow at the door of the other courtyard." "Shut it down.

The mother-in-law came to invite everyone to the table again, and on the table in the front yard, someone also came to urge Luo Mingmin to go back. Mrs. Luo hurriedly beckoned everyone to get up and go to the small flower hall to eat.

The dishes are very rich, they are all local flavors of Guihai, there are several kinds of fresh fish, but they are very delicious, there is no fishy smell, and everyone in the Gu family is very satisfied.

After eating, it was still early, and Mrs. Luo invited the guests to take a stroll in the garden to eliminate their food. Old Mrs. Yu was old, and she was a little sleepy after eating, so Second Mrs. Luo hurriedly instructed her subordinates to prepare a private room, so that Old Madam Yu could rest, and she pulled Jiang to stay and talk. Jiang Shi originally felt that there was nothing to visit in the Luo family's garden, and he was a little tired, so he talked to her without saying a word, and then gradually, he felt a little taste, sneered in his heart, and didn't say much.

After a while, Mrs. Luo had something to send someone to invite Mrs. Luo, and the latter had to go, and the Jiang family entered the private room where the old lady was resting, and saw that her old man was not asleep, so he sent the waiters away, sat close to the mother-in-law and whispered: "Just now, the second wife of the Luo family pestered her daughter-in-law and talked for a long time, and the daughter-in-law estimated that she was delusional, and she wanted to propose to the girl of our family. How could she, a businesswoman, think of it? ”

Old Madam Yu didn't get angry, but just asked, "Which son does she want to propose?" Which girl in our family do you like? ”

Jiang Shi was stunned for a while, and was stunned for a while before replying: "She didn't say it, she just came and went, just praising her youngest son who won the show, presumably planning to say goodbye to her young son." His youngest son is only fifteen years old, Wen Xian is older, only Wen Juan can match, no matter how confused she is, she will not be bold enough to hit Hui'er with her idea. ”

Old Madam Yu lowered her head and pondered, and said after a while: "This family matter is not bad, but I didn't expect that she would mention the youngest son, I heard that her eldest son has already married, but the second young master who came just now is not married, and the theory should be said to be his first." ”

Jiang Shi was even more stunned, and blurted out almost immediately: "You're not confused, are you?" When he said that, he immediately found that he had lost his words, and hurriedly remedied: "The daughter-in-law is saying...... The second young master of the Luo family is just a white body, and he has no outstanding skills, so he can neither inherit the family business nor take the imperial examination in the future, although it is ...... He looks very good, and people know etiquette, but that's really ...... Our Gu family has been scholarly for generations, and every daughter is excellent, how can it be worthy of such a person? ”

Old Madam Yu sighed helplessly and glanced at her: "You just said that this second young master has no fame and can't inherit the family business, but you don't know that he has another strength" paused, "What do you think of the fourth master and the fourth wife of the Luo family?" ”

Jiang shrank his head, a little incomprehensible: "Please also ask my mother-in-law to make it clear that the fourth master of the Luo family is a military general, and he has never had anything to do with our family...... There is no ......."

Old Madam Yu closed her eyes and rubbed her forehead with a headache: "Just now in the house, can't you see such an obvious thing?" ”

Jiang Shi was at a loss for a while, thought about it carefully, and asked a little timidly: "You mean...... Second Mrs. Luo doesn't seem to be in harmony with Fourth Mrs.? ”

"Both of them are kind, and she is a businesswoman in her hometown, and she is an official wife outside her husband, so what's not harmonious? Besides, with Mrs. Luo's hand, if there was really a discord between the two of them, it would have been resolved a long time ago" Old Madam Yu lowered her voice and sneered slightly, "The four masters of the Luo family's room, except for the third master, are from the same mother, and the argument should be closer than others, so we asked the steward about the Luo family's leaders before, and the steward also said that the fourth master of the Luo family joined the army in his early years, and it was directly made up for the lack of a hundred households, and it was the second master Luo who entrusted someone to do it at that time." It can be seen that there is no contradiction between their brothers, so why does Mrs. Luo have to secretly go to Mrs. Luo? Or in front of our family."

Jiang's eyes widened: "Mother-in-law means ......"

Old Madam Yu squinted: "I just took a break here, and the girl of the Luo family was waiting in front of me, and I talked to the girl for a while, but I heard a few things." She lowered her voice even lower, "The fourth master of the Luo family only has the twin daughters, and has no heirs, and Mrs. Luo has been sick for many years, and eighty percent of them broke her body during childbirth, but the fourth master of Luo is affectionate and his husband and wife, and there is no second person in the room to incense for his heirs, and the eldest and second masters of the Luo family are worried." This matter is not a secret among the Luo clan. ”

Jiang's heart was a little sour, recalling that Mrs. Luo Si was just an ordinary woman, but she was just gentle and could laugh, how could she hold her husband's heart tightly, she had no children under her knees and had been sick for many years, but she didn't even have a room?

Old Madam Yu didn't notice that her daughter-in-law's mind had been crooked elsewhere, so she said to herself: "If Mrs. Luo Si really can't have children, and Mr. Luo Si doesn't want to accept the child, then he may think about the succession." The heir is a big deal, even a stubborn person like your sixth aunt has finally relented, let alone someone else? There are many sons in the Luo family's room, and there is no reason to succeed nephews in other rooms, but among the several young masters in the long room, the sons of the eldest master are not successful, and the blood of the third master is separated by one layer, and only the second master is left. The eldest son of the second master is going to inherit the family business, and the younger son is expected to be famous, how can he pass it on to others? Then the best candidate, isn't it this Luo Mingmin? ”

Jiang Shi had just woken up from his thoughts, and when he heard his mother-in-law's words, he couldn't help but be surprised: "Mother-in-law is saying that Luo Mingmin is going to pass on to his fourth uncle?" ”

Old Madam Yu thought she was too loud, glared at her, looked out, and saw that the guards were all her own family, and the maid and mother-in-law of the Luo family were far away, so she should not be able to hear it, so she breathed a sigh of relief and reprimanded Jiang Shi: "You don't look at what kind of place this is, why are you faint?" ”

Jiang's face flushed, and he said in a snort: "The daughter-in-law was too surprised for a while, so she lost her temper...... and then immediately asked, "Is what my mother-in-law said true?" That ......"

Old Madam Yu smiled slightly: "If he really passed on to the fourth master Luo, it will be from the son of the fifth rank general Wuluo Fourth Master is still young, and there will definitely be a chance to be promoted in the future, his son naturally cannot be equated with the son of a mere merchant family." Five girls, six girls are counted, but for ten girls...... It's a great family affair," she said, with a twinkle in her eyes.

Jiang Shi moved a little uncomfortably: "Mother-in-law, didn't you mean...... Do you want to marry the two daughters of the second uncle to Jingli? There are many daughters of our Gu family, who can't be worthy? Besides...... "She rolled her eyes, "The family affairs of the nine girls have not been decided yet, didn't she already recognize that Luo Mingmin?" It looks like they get along well, if the Liu family's family doesn't work, it's also a good family to marry the Luo family. ”

(Mess with that mandarin duck~~~)