Chapter Seventy-One: Guests Come Early, Not Late

After listening to the second lady's words, Red Sleeves smiled faintly: "It's okay, one person is also a banquet, and two people are also a banquet; And it's more lively for everyone to sit together. ”

The second lady was still a little embarrassed: "When I heard that the ancestor said that Mrs. Xilan would also come tomorrow, I wanted my cousin not to come; But the hour was too late, and the gates were already closed, alas——! ”

Only then did the red sleeves know that the cousin of the second lady actually lived outside the city, it seems that the family background should not be very good, right? But she didn't say this, just comforted the second lady with nothing.

How can I say that Mrs. Sheeran is just a first acquaintance, but the cousin of the second lady is a relative, how can she not distinguish between far and near?

The second lady was very moved when she heard this, stroked the hand of the red sleeve, and asked if there was anything she could help with: "Of course I know that you will not blame me, and I am not apologizing because of Mrs. Hilan - just because of this, I let you be busy, and my aunt's heart feels twelve points uncomfortable." ”

Red Sleeves persuaded him with good words, and finally sent the second lady away; She stood in front of the door and watched the second lady's car go away before turning around and going back to the room.

It is true that the second lady did not know that Sheeran was coming to-morrow, for she had never asked, and no one had mentioned it before her: but whether she had heard the girls say it or not, only she herself knew.

Early in the morning, the servants and women had to get up early to decorate the garden and prepare the feast. The second lady also got up early, so that someone rewarded the servants who got up early in the morning to get busy, and suddenly everyone had no resentment.

After hearing about this, Red Sleeves just sighed slightly: The second aunt is really generous.

After she got up, she went to the garden to see it before going to ask Shen Laozu and the others to say goodbye; Shen Lao Zu smiled: "Is there anything you can't get busy with?" ”

Red Sleeves smiled: "No, everything was almost ready, but now it's just a matter of adding a few more tables." ”

Shen Laozu nodded: "Alas, I have thought twice with your wife, and I feel that your fifth uncle still can't have anything to do with Mrs. Xilan; It's just that this makes you tired for two days; Busy with it, you and Miaoge go out to loosen and loose. ”

After the red sleeves smiled and coped with a few words, he went to talk to Yanqin about the banquet and changed places, and asked her to prepare two more clothes for Shen Laozu to block the wind; Old man, don't be blown cold by the wind, although the weather is still hot at the moment, but the wind is still very cold in the morning and evening.

God knows how long this meal will last today.

After arranging Shen Laozu's affairs, Red Sleeves quit and went to get busy. She knew that Shen Laozu and Mrs. Shen didn't like Mrs. Xilan, but they didn't want to explain what they said, so they wanted to borrow the second lady's cousin to make Mrs. Xilan retreat.

Although it was not good for Mrs. Xilan to do this, Mrs. Xilan did not make her words clear, and the county lord of Lu'an did not ask someone to be a matchmaker, so it was not too much of a bully for the Shen Mansion to do so.

Just thinking that after Mrs. Sheeran came, seeing such a situation, Red Sleeves sighed lightly; However, it was impossible for her to prevent such a thing from happening, and she couldn't make Shen Laozu and Mrs. Shen let go of their prejudices - the only one who could change Shen Laozu and the others was Xilan.

When Mrs. Shen saw the red sleeves, she could only sigh, shook her head lightly and didn't say anything; After arranging things with Red Sleeves, he went to Mrs. Shen's courtyard to sit and wait for the visitor.

The first person to come was not Mrs. Sheeran, but the cousin of the second lady.

The second lady's cousin-in-law's family name is Qian, and he is filling the house; And the daughter she brought Baoxiang is the youngest daughter, and although she is named a sister with the second lady, there is a huge age difference.

The Qian family is not a prestigious family, but Master Qian has gained fame, so he will be among the nobles; Master Qian's biggest official is only four grades, and he is still idle at home and is not in office.

Mrs. Qian is no longer favored by Master Qian, but the status of the eldest lady is still unbreakable.

She took her daughter to the Shen Mansion, and the second lady took their mother and daughter into the mansion; And Mrs. Chu was sitting in the second lady's room, nagging her daughter: How can you act like this, and what can you do to form such a rivalry for no reason.

After seeing her cousin, Mrs. Chu didn't say a few words: because she had never liked this cousin, she had always moved around less.

Mrs. Chu saw that the second lady was about to take her cousin, mother and daughter to see Shen Laozu, got up and said, "You guys go over first, I'll go change my clothes and go over." "Her cousin is a guest at the house, and she can't help but sit with her.

It's just that what her daughter is doing now makes Mrs. Chu a little depressed; If she knew that her daughter would act like this, she would never want to live in the Shen Mansion.

Although it was something that Shen Laozu and Mrs. Shen agreed to, Mrs. Chu still felt that her daughter's move was a bit too much: I'm afraid that things will change, what if Mrs. Xilan is her daughter?

Except for a little dissatisfaction, Mrs. Chu didn't understand what her daughter was doing; Although it is a good thing to say that it is a good thing for the fifth master of the Shen Mansion to be pro, it can also be said to be the virtuous point of the second lady, but it is obvious that there are many people who say pro for the fifth master of Shen, and they don't need their daughter to "" this heart.

In a big family, being cautious in words and deeds is a good policy, and she will always tell her daughter, why would her daughter forget this.

Thinking of the special status of Shen Fifth Master in the Shen Mansion, Mrs. Chu shook her head: In this way, her daughter not only offended the Lord of Lu'an County, but also offended the concubines in the mansion, but there was no benefit, I really don't know why she was so thankless.

The curtain was opened, and the second lady walked in with Mrs. Qian and Baoxiang, and smiled and instructed her cousin, mother and daughter to salute Shen Laozu and the others. The red sleeves watched coldly: Mrs. Qian and Baoxiang were mostly wearing new clothes, and there were not many ornaments on their heads; Especially Baoxiang, he only wore a hairpin and a flower on his head.

However, it is undeniable that Bao Xiang's makeup is very good, very good; The hairpin and a flower set off her face even more delicately.

Baoxiang's every move is very decent, and his voice is not loud and mellow and good; And Baoxiang is a little bit surprising to the red sleeves, her background is a heaven and an underground compared to the Shen Mansion, but she sat next to the lady of the Shen family surrounded by pearls and greens, and she did not have a trace of self-shame, she sat there naturally and generously.

A very polite and generous girl's house.

Red Sleeves didn't expect the second lady's cousin to be like this, and compared her with Xilan in his heart: it's really hard to say who is better than whom.

That's what she thinks, though; Red Sleeves thought of the blush on the fifth master's face, and said in his heart: I'm afraid that no matter how good-looking Baoxiang is, Xilan is better looking for the fifth master, right?

Mrs. Shen sighed lightly after seeing Baoxiang: This girl is really good, and it can be said that she is a good match for the fifth child.

Shen Laozu and Mrs. Shen can see that they like Baoxiang very much, and they both asked people to give Baoxiang a meeting gift, and Mrs. Qian is called a relative: treat her like the second lady's own aunt.

When Mrs. Chu came in, she saw that the hall was very lively, and she knew that Baoxiang had entered the eyes of Shen Laozu and others; After she sat down, she just chatted a few words with her, and refused to say a word more.

When Red Sleeves saw Mrs. Chu's appearance, she knew that she didn't approve of what the second lady did.

However, after Red Sleeves saw Baoxiang, although he didn't like it, he didn't hate it: Baoxiang couldn't be annoyed.

After a while, the Seventh Lady led a mother and daughter to the courtyard of the Lady Tai, and it was her cousin, mother and daughter.

Red Sleeves glanced at the sky, and smiled at the frost on the side: the guests of the second lady and the seventh lady are still early; But today's guest, Mrs. Sheeran, has not arrived.

The clothes worn by the seventh lady's cousin, mother and daughter, are all half-new, and there are no ornaments on their heads, and the "color" is a little worse than that of Baoxiang's mother and daughter.

The seventh lady's family name is Jiang, and her cousin's name is Yuegui. Yuegui's father is the current Congwupin official, but the errand is not too good, and there is not much oil and water to fish.

Mrs. Jiang is the equal wife that Lord Jiang later married, and because of her, she can be promoted to a five-rank official: because Mrs. Jiang's father turned out to be Master Jiang's top boss, but now Mrs. Jiang's father has retired to the old home, so Master Jiang's career is no longer advanced.

Speaking of which, although this old man Jiang has some talents, he is too unreasonable.

Compared with Bao Xiang's appearance, it is not simply said who is better: Bao Xiang is thinner, but she is so beautiful that people look comfortable, while Yue Gui is relatively round, but her beauty makes people feel pity.

After seeing the two such young "elders", Red Sleeves glanced at the second lady and the seventh lady: they really put their hearts into it.

Yuegui's demeanor is also very decent, but it is a little more restrained than Baoxiang; Although it was not obvious, Red Sleeves could still see that she was often watching the movements of everyone in the Shen family in the hall, especially the girls in the Shen Mansion.

Red Sleeves also knew that her family background was not as far away as the Shen Mansion: when she came out to a family like the Shen Mansion, she naturally had to wear excellent clothes; Not everyone can afford to have clothes made of good materials, and this half-new dress is already her best clothes.

The time was too rushed, so that Jiang and Qian did not have time to make new clothes, which was also one of the reasons.

Bao Xiang and Yue Gui sat down in one place after greeting each other, and both of them were very friendly, so that everyone in the hall nodded; And Red Sleeves secretly frowned: these two little girls, I'm afraid they are not as simple as they seem on the outside.

Because the laurel is relatively round, according to the proverb, such a woman is easy to give birth to, so Shen Laozu and Mrs. Shen look at her more.

Mrs. Jiang didn't say much, it wasn't like Mrs. Qian who would make Shen Laozu and Mrs. Shen laugh.

So at the moment, it seems that it is really difficult to say which of the two is more favored by Shen Laozu and others.

The sixth lady looked over, collided with the eyes of the red sleeves and smiled slightly bitterly: she was really glad that she didn't let the family she mentioned come.

Although the hall now seems to be full of laughter and laughter, everyone is happy and happy, but secretly it is already turbulent. Remember the permanent address of Q Pig Literature Station: for easy reading next time!