The old lady asked the housekeeper to vacate a room for the pure light master and apprentice, and then returned to the banquet herself. When he was leaving, he specially instructed the steward to send someone to guard him, so that no one was allowed to go in and disturb him, and no one was allowed to come out.

The matter is silenced. The butler guessed a few points from the old lady's commanding tone, which was extremely important.

But the servant Si'er felt that he should report to the second wife and the eldest girl, and he persuaded: "The second wife and the eldest girl take care of these things on weekdays, and I wondered, why don't we talk to them?" Otherwise, if the eldest girl doesn't say it, the second wife blames people and makes it difficult. ”

The housekeeper shook his head and asked Si'er and the others to do what the old lady wanted, and did not go back to the Cao family and the eldest girl Zhuanghu. Here, the housekeeper has his own ideas, because during the Chinese New Year, the Cao family, Zhuang Qi's mother and daughter humiliated Zhuang Yu, and pushed the housekeeper's father and son in front of everyone together with the humiliation, and the grievance has not disappeared. Now doing things according to the old lady's wishes, deliberately did not inform the Cao family, which is somewhat of a holiday revenge.

When the old lady returned to the banquet, she saw that the guests had eaten six or seven minutes, and because she was not there, they slowed down their chopsticks like this. The usual feast has been dispersed or played at this moment. When the old lady came in, she was still full of joy, as if nothing had happened just now, she sat down, hurriedly asked someone to add wine, and looked up three glasses, only saying that it was to make amends.

Everyone naturally knew the etiquette, responded politely, and ate a few cups.

Then, while the guests were talking enthusiastically, the old lady turned her head to look for it, wanting to see where the eldest grandmother and Aunt Nazha were sitting. Sure enough, when they saw it, they set up another table and sat behind the girls' table. Yi Linglong was personally invited by the old lady, and she also shared the table with Aunt Nazha, at this moment, picked up the chopsticks, took a big bite of vegetables, and ate a lot of wine, very appetizing.

Seeing them talking lively, I vaguely saw the two girls Guiyuan and Yuyuan, who left from the fence bamboo garden and also came, standing behind the Cao family, presumably having reported to the Cao family that they knew what had just happened.

At this moment, Cao's face was full of panic and fidgeting, how could these escape the eyes of the old lady?

The old lady glanced at Cao's half-eye, still smiling like spring, pointed to Zhuang Qi and Zhuang Ying, and asked her sisters to come over.

Zhuang Qi and Zhuang Ying went shyly, approached the old lady's table, and bowed first.

The old lady said, "Add a chair and sit on me." The girl has just offered wine, so you should accompany your face and offer a sacrifice. ”

After speaking, he motioned to Mei'er to pour wine. The girls moved chairs for the two of them to sit on. The two sisters took turns to pay tribute to the guests. When Cao Shi saw it, he took a half breath and watched his daughter toast the guests with the old lady's greeting.

After that, the old lady said again: "You don't have a brother in the house, otherwise let your brother and brother go and toast Mrs. Tong and Mrs. Tong." It's not appropriate for you to go to respect. ”

Zhuang Qi and Zhuang Ying's faces couldn't hold back, and they were dyed red.

At the other end of the men's table, Zhuang Ying heard the old lady say this, so he picked up the wine glass and said: "The old lady has eaten too much, how can you say that my sister and sister are not brothers, and my eldest brother and second brother are not their brothers?" ”

The old lady sighed, punished herself, and then grabbed Lao Fujin and said, "Look." Their own brothers are coming. ”

Lao Fujin said: "It should be like this, the flesh and blood of the family are all said by you to be inside and outside, and outside is not inside." ”

Let's just say it.

Zhuang Jue turned around and pulled Zhuang Pu up, served him wine, and strode towards Tong Mansion and Hefu. When he arrived at them, Zhuang Yu handed the wine glass back to Zhuang Pu, and then raised his glass with both hands to ask for wine from Tongfu, and then to Hefu. The two brothers also knew each other, and not only gave respect to the people of the two provinces, but also to the rest of the people at the table. After that, raise your glass and return to the table.

Young Master Tong and He Hongzao naturally had to return the salute, pour wine independently, bring it to the old lady's table, and then go to the Cao family and other wives to salute.

When she saluted Cao's, Cao's was a little flustered, and she couldn't hold the wine steadily, so when others toasted her, she stared at the old lady instead.

The wine was spilled, and everyone laughed at Cao.

Fortunately, the old lady helped her slow down and said with a smile: "What kind of storm and waves haven't you entertained?" It's just my own business, but it's a mess. If you can't eat it, don't eat it, these two children will have to pick up people in front of your door sooner or later. You'll see it for yourself. ”

Cao Shi ate two cups with a trembling appearance, and the smile on his face was not smiling.

For the rest, the host and guest pushed the cup and let the lamp, eat and drink, and the ceremony did not have much to do with Yu Qi's birthday.

When the feast was over, the old lady led the family to send the guests out of the middle mansion, and then she said to Yu Qi: "I'm tired, you can send your wives out!" ”

After the old lady finished speaking, she returned to her life, and everyone in the house was very strange, could it be that the old lady was not strong enough to drink? Therefore, if you want to stay with her, the old lady insists that she doesn't have to.

The county lord and other wives were not at ease, so they asked Zhuang Ying and Zhuang Pu to stay.

Cao Shi was caught in the crowd and said nothing, she didn't dare.

Because some people said that the birthday gift was not given, they had to go to Jinghua Xie to sit for a while. Therefore, the girls stayed with Zhuang Ying and Zhuang Pu to thank the mirror again.

Naturally, the eldest grandmother also took advantage of this time to stay, and she wanted to tell Yu Qi about the fence bamboo garden, so that Yu Qi could be on guard.

Sending off the wives, Yu Qi invited the brothers and sisters to go to the mirror to thank them, and also asked Sanxi and Zisu to prepare tea in advance. As a result, Jinshu was present, and several active people such as Zhuang Yu and Zhuang Pu gathered around Jinshu to chatter and talk, and went in first.

Zhuang Ying remembered that the gift he gave today was a little thin, so he stopped a few steps apologetically and whispered to Yu Li: "Sister, my gift doesn't count, I will make up another one tomorrow, it must be better than Su Yuan." ”

Yu Qi smiled: "I like your gift very much. If you give something else, it's a double one, how can I return your gift in the future? ”

Zhuang Jue believed it and was very happy, saying that he didn't have to go back, and wanted to take Yu Qi's hand and go together. Unexpectedly, Yu Qi saw that there were two other people standing there outside the door, and when Zhuang Jue reached over, she dodged away on her own. It means to avoid suspicion.

Zhuang Jue also saw the people outside the door, it was the grandmother and her girl beeswax.

Therefore, Zhuang Ying was so ashamed that he ran in.

Yu Qi shyly hooked his head, slowly saluted the grandmother, and the grandmother returned a half-salute. Neither of them spoke.

After a long time, the eldest grandmother said to the beeswax: "Bring a gift." ”

Beeswax heard it, handed over a box, the grandmother carefully took it, moved out of the broken steps, approached Yu Qi, and said with a smile: "I wish the girl a day every year, and a day all the time." ”

Yu Qi took the box and thanked: "Sister-in-law bothered." "I want to open it.

The eldest grandmother pressed Yu Qi's hand, her eyes were full of surprise, and said, "The gift is light, the girl will go back and wait for no one to see it." ”

Yu Qi smiled and said, "It's okay, no matter what my sister-in-law gives, it is extremely valuable in my heart." ”

So, despite the grandmother's obstruction, the box was opened.

I saw that in the box, there was a string of Bodhi seeds, and there was a piece of inky black paper stacked at the bottom, which seemed to have words written.

Yu Qi was very pleased, took out the Bodhi seed, put it on his wrist, looked at it for a while, and praised: "Sister-in-law, this Bodhi, the color is moist and jade, it is a first-class product." It is also said that the gift is light. I will wear it every day after tomorrow. ”

The eldest grandmother said: "I hope the girl is safe and everything is harmonious." ”

Yu Qi nodded, and was about to pick up the letterhead in the box to fold the paper, but the grandmother nervously came to stop it, and looked left and right, and said, "Girl, this is a poem." ”

Yu Qi smiled knowingly and said, "I'll take a look." ”

The eldest grandmother grabbed Yu Qi, went to the wall slightly, and then said, "Girl, go back and see." ”

Seeing that the eldest grandmother was so careful, Yu Qi thought it was because of her humility, so she pushed: "They are all in, avoid them, you can use it to see." Look, let's go in together, and I'll read it to them. ”

The eldest grandmother's eyes showed horror, and she said hurriedly: "Girl." I can't read it. ”

As she spoke, the eldest grandmother snatched the letterhead from Yu Qi's hand, folded it and put it in the box, and said, "I won't go in." My words are here. ”

The grandmother pointed to the box heavily.

Yu Qi seemed to feel unusual, and asked her, "Sister-in-law, what happened?" ”

The grandmother shook her head and said with a smile: "Today is a good day for the girl, I hope everything will be smooth and auspicious according to the girl's wishes." ”

The more she listened, the more uneasy she became, and she held her grandmother tightly and didn't let her go.

The eldest grandmother was helpless, trembling and looking at Shouzhongju, as if she had an instruction, and then said in a low voice: "Xianyuan'an is here for the old time, it is Master Chunguang." Juri, go back and read the letter! ”

With an "ah" sound, Yu Qi was so frightened that he was softened, and the box in his hand fell to the ground with a "click".

Beeswax wanted to come up to help clean up, but the grandmother waved her hand and signaled her to stand far away, so she didn't have to come, and she squatted down on her own and picked up the box.

When it was handed over to Yu Qi again, the eldest grandmother said earnestly: "Girl, be careful in everything. ”

After speaking, the eldest grandmother handed the beeswax a look, meaning that it was time to go.

Yu Qi chased him to the bottom of the locust tree, couldn't help it, and exhaled: "Huiyuan!" ”

The eldest grandmother was physically and mentally moved, stopped her steps, and in an instant, her eyes were full of tears, she slowly turned around, bowed deeply to Yu Qi, and then got up and went back to Dongfu.

Regrouping her thoughts, Yu Qi entered the Zhongfu again, and approached Shouzhongju a little, she wanted to see if there was a pure light person there.

Standing under the door of Shouzhongju.

I saw the girls coming in and out, roughly serving the old lady inside, the old lady or the drunk bar! Mei'er was also busy going in and out, and when she saw Yu Qi, she saluted her.

Yu Qi felt that Mei'er had some opinions about Jinghua Xie on weekdays, and she didn't want to ask her for words, but she saw that the little girl on the side couldn't take care of it, so she could only say to Mei'er: "Sister stay." ”

Mei'er was going to go in, but she quit again, waiting for Yu Qi to say something.

Yu Qi said: "There are still guests in the old lady? ”

Mei'er was very strange, stared at Yu Qi for a while, and then smiled: "Is the girl joking?" Didn't the guests all send them away? How can there be any guests here? Isn't it the mirror flower that wants to keep the girl? ”

Yu Qi smiled awkwardly and lowered his head slightly. When Mei'er saw her like this, she didn't say anything, and walked into the house with a smile. Yu Qi stood for a while, hesitating whether to enter Shouzhongju to visit, and at this time, Zisu came over from Jinghua Xie.

Zisu walked up to Yu Qi, held her arm, and said, "Why are you still standing here in a daze?" They piled up the gifts on the table, and they didn't go back to thank them? ”

Yu Qi still stared at Shou Zhongju with hesitant eyes, and was reluctant to leave.

Zi Sushun also looked at Shou Zhongju with her eyes, looked at it for a while, and didn't see any name, and then said, "What are you looking at?" ”

Yu Qi shook his head, slowly turned around, and returned to the mirror.

Zi Sudun was shocked, and followed: "The old lady blames you? ”

Yu Qi said: "No." ”

Zisu said: "Then why are you?" ”

Yu Qi still shook his head, frowned, and then pushed the box in his hand to her, and advised: "Take it into the house and put it away first, and I'll take it out later." ”

Zisu touched the box, and when he was about to open it, Yu Qi held it and refused to give it.