CHAPTER XLIII

As Shan Niang expected, the old lady really had the idea of casting nets to catch fish - she was not afraid of wasting too much bait, as long as she could catch fish.

But at the same time, she thought that she also knew Shanniang the best, and knew that this child was particular about face, and now she was "thrown" out of the West Garden so humiliated. The old lady didn't have the patience to coax Shanniang, so she directly chose the most effortless method and sent the eldest lady to put pressure on the cowardly fifth wife. As long as Mrs. Fifth brings her to the Spring Appreciation Banquet, Shanniang, who is a concubine like herself, is not qualified to say the word "no".

The reason why the seven girls were sent to drag Shanniang was because she was afraid that she would give the fifth lady who had no backbone behind her back to do bad things.

So, when the fifth master came back from outside, he saw that in the front hall, the fifth wife, who had just sent off the eldest lady and his party, was facing Shanniang with a sad face, and Shanniang was comforting the fifth wife in a whisper.

The fifth master asked the reason, and then frowned and said, "If you don't want to go, you can't go." ”

The fifth lady had a white face and snorted, "...... old lady there"

"I'll go and tell the old lady." The fifth master patted his chest and tried his best to undertake this errand, and said to Shanniang: "Mrs. is frail, you should bear the entertainment for Mrs. in the future." If the old lady is called Mrs., just say what I said, Mrs. is not in good health, if there is anything, let her tell me directly. ”

As soon as the fifth master finished saying these words, he saw that the fifth lady's face changed again. He lowered his head and thought about it carefully, and suddenly realized that his tough tone didn't sound like he was protecting Mrs. Five, but as if he was accusing Mrs. Five of not being able to afford it, he looked at Mrs. Fifth and said, "Those things that upset you, if you don't pay attention to them, there will always be me in everything." ”

The fifth lady looked at the fifth master, and couldn't help but be stunned for a while.

And she looked straight into the eyes of the fifth master, but unconsciously made the fifth master blush, said something, and turned around to leave.

For some reason, the fifth wife's face was also slightly red, and she lowered her head and said, "The old lady has good intentions, but since the old lady has said so, it's not good not to go after all." I...... Me and Shanniang, let's go. ”

Shanniang said those words to the seventh, eleventh, and fourteenth children, because she had hidden her malice and sowed seeds all over the ground, how could she not want to go and see the harvest?! He stepped forward and shook his wife's hand and said, "Don't worry, Mrs., on that day, I won't leave my wife an inch." And we just went to sit down, and told the old lady to pick out a number of courtesies, and we came back. ”

When the fifth master heard this, he lowered his head, suddenly raised his head, and said, "It's just a spring feast, what are you afraid of." I'll go with you. ”

Suddenly, not only the fifth wife, but even Shanniang was shocked.

These five old men are the most troublesome of these mundane things, not to mention the spring appreciation banquet, it is the ancestral family banquet on Chinese New Year's Eve, if it were not for Uncle Gui's pressure, maybe the five old men would not appear!

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In short, on the day of the Spring Appreciation Banquet, the five masters' family, including Hou Jue and Hou Rui, all packed up properly, divided two carriages, and rushed to the Hou family's courtyard by Luomei Lake.

Now Hou Jue has been completely subdued by Shanniang, as soon as he saw Shanniang, there was no one else in his eyes, he just ran over, grabbed his sister's hand, and bent a pair of eyes that were squeezed more slender by the fat face, and was silly at Shanniang.

"Stupid!" Shanniang laughed at him, but she didn't break free of his hand.

Because the old man ordered that there were only two cars, the fifth wife thought that it was a car for the women and a car for the men.

Who knew that the one who got into the car behind her was actually the fifth master.

The wife was startled, and when she looked at the fifth master, a pair of clear big eyes widened.

The fifth master didn't seem to see it, so he just took the car door with his hand, and then supported the small table on the car with his elbows, looking out the window without squeaking.

Although the behavior of the fifth master has become very strange recently, it is strange that the fifth wife found that she seemed to be unconsciously not as afraid of him as before. She frequently peeked at the fifth master here, but she didn't notice that the fifth master's ears were red from her.

Let's talk about Shanniang.

Shan Niang originally thought that she was going to have a car with Mrs. Five, but she was thinking that even if she brought a little tail Hou Jue, it should be nothing, and she didn't want her father to take the lead in that car. Looking at Mrs. Five, who was already sitting in the car, through the window, she happened to see Mrs. Five tilting her head slightly, secretly peeking into the eyes of the fifth master. Shan Niang's heart moved, so she pulled the little fat dun to another carriage.

Hou Rui didn't know what he was doing, everyone had already gotten into the car, and he was late. Glancing at the fifth master in the car window, Hou Rui twisted his heels and got into the carriage behind without hesitation.

The fifth master said with satisfaction: His children are still very good, all of them are very eye-catching!

Speaking of which, I have to mention the follow-up story of Hou Jue being thrown into the river. Originally, the whole Meishan Town knew that the five old men and his wife were free-range for their children, but after this incident, the reputation of the fifth master changed, and he became the fifth master who "unreasonably protects the calf".

After saying that the accident happened, Shanniang never heard any movement from the fifth master, until the movement suddenly became the eldest one, and she knew that the fifth master quietly ordered Uncle Gui to go to the fat woman's house to take the son of the family for the crime of "attempted murder". And although the fifth master is not doing his job, and he loves to work with the old lady in everything, he still did a few things in this life that made the old lady get her wish, such as marrying a wife and having children, and for example, coming back with a meritorious name. Although no matter whether the old lady beat or scolded or begged after that, he resolutely refused to go to Beijing to take the Jinshi exam again. In short, the fifth master is a meritorious person, although the fat woman's family is rich, but like the Hou family, there is also a lack of a "expensive" word in his life, where can he withstand the scare of the old man, he didn't even dare to apologize, he packed up his belongings directly that night, and fled with his son overnight - the fifth master was angry, he scared people, he wanted an apology, but he didn't get the apology, but he called the people in the town to say that he was "unreasonable and too much to protect the calf". The fifth master was angry, so he directly demolished the house......

Without further ado, I just said that when Shanniang's family came to Luomei Villa, there were already many guests in the village.

Because Shanniang's family is also a Hou family, half of the host, not a guest, so no one particularly bothered to entertain them, the fifth master took his wife and children freely, found a leeward place, and asked Uncle Gui to go to the steward to ask for screens, tents, curtains and other things, and set aside a piece of "self-reserved land" for his family by the lake - he actually came to the family to go green!

Others saw it interesting and followed suit, which caused headaches for the stewards for a while. When the old lady heard about it, her face was gloomy - the fifth old man's family came over, but they hadn't gone over to greet her!

But the old lady didn't dare to call this hard-tempered son rashly, there were a lot of guests in the house at this time, maybe the five old men were not right, and they could face the old lady in public, and the old lady would not give her son such a chance to step on her face.

So the old lady glanced at Mother Wu.

Mother Wu understood, so she came out, thinking about bypassing the fifth master and bringing the fifth wife and the thirteenth girl over.

It's just that Wu's mother thinks very fullly, and even thinks of seven or eight excuses, but the reality is too skinny, she didn't expect that the fifth master was always sticking to the fifth wife, that is, someone was talking to him, and he also guarded the fifth wife from the corner of his eyes all the time, only to see her get closer, the fifth master was like a lion who had been encroached upon, and came over with a body of hair.

Fortunately, the old lady's purpose is not the fifth wife, as long as she can turn Shanniang over.

When the fifth master heard this, he threw a knife on Shanniang's back, and directly sent his daughter out to the old lady to ask for peace, and even taught her to lie in front of Mother Wu: "You go and tell the old lady that your wife has broken her foot and is inconvenient to move, so you can ask the old lady for peace on your wife's behalf." Say sorry to the old lady again, I'm afraid we're going to leave early. "-yes, I've just arrived, and I'm leaving.

Shanniang silently made a mistake, but she couldn't do it, so she thought about it, and simply pulled Xiao Chubby Dun and her second brother, and the three juniors went over to say goodbye together.

At this time, the old lady was in the flower hall of Bezhuang. When Shanniang entered, she saw beads all over her eyes, and various fragrances mixed between her noses, which made her almost unable to hold back her sneezing.

She finally couldn't hold back here, but the little chubby dun couldn't hold back, and immediately let out a loud sneeze.

And at this moment, Shan Niang was looking up the hall from the corner of her eye, just to see who was surrounding the old lady - especially, Yuan Changqing was not there, and she didn't want her brother to hold her hand and sneeze. Suddenly, Shanniang let go of him in disgust, and watched his nurse clean up the little fat dun, and then the three of them stepped forward to greet the old lady.

But in the end, he missed the opportunity to peep at everyone in the hall.

At this moment, the old lady looked at them, and she almost had to be pricked with needles, which pierced Shanniang's forehead. This couldn't help but remind her of this time in her previous life.

At that time, she was very proud, and while helping the eldest lady to receive guests, while listening to the flattery of the female dependents, she thought that she was the most capable girl in the whole world...... And, in fact, everyone is playing, only she is working...... In the previous life, she was actually really stupid!

Therefore, in this life, she is not afraid of the old lady's eyes with hidden needles, and after Ying Ying saw the salute, she pulled her brothers and brothers to withdraw.

I don't want the old lady to be so easy to deal with, and said with a smile: "They boys go out into the wild, what are you doing with a girl's family?" I haven't seen you for a while, and I haven't said that I came to accompany your grandmother. Or are you still angry with your grandmother? ”

The old lady's habit, the softer her tone, the more unhappy she was, and even the "grandmother" came out at this time, which shows that the old lady has a lot of resentment in her heart.

Shanniang is not stupid, she bowed to the old lady and said with a smile: "Grandmother cherishes love, she should have come to talk to her grandmother, but grandmother doesn't know yet, just now my mother accidentally broke her foot, my father is very worried, and my younger brother is still young, I am afraid that my mother will worry, so I have to watch my younger brother for my mother." ”

- Hmph, if you want to lie, let's talk about it together, and if you want to be "cordial", everyone is also "cordial" together, who is afraid of whom?!