Chapter 147: The Family Banquet of the Waiting Mansion 2
When Wu Yong arrived at the hall of the banquet in the backyard with the maidservant, another decent maidservant was waiting on the eaves steps.
She saw that Wu Yong was coming, and there was still some distance away, so she greeted her with a smile.
"Xiao Langjun is here, Mrs. Tai, they are all in a hurry, hurry up and go in with the servant." As he spoke, he waved his hand to the maid who brought Wu Yong over, signaling her to do other things.
Wu Yong saw that the servant girl was very obedient to the decent servant girl, so he knew that the decent servant girl in front of him might have some background, but he had been in the Houhou Mansion for many days and had not seen this servant girl.
Therefore, he walked a few steps briskly, walked side by side with the decent maidservant, and asked with a smile: "Sister, your surname?" The kid has been in the house for a while, why has he never seen Sister A? The decent maid was obviously very happy with Wu Yong's title, and she said with a smile: "But I can't be Sister Xiaolangjun, the maid is the son of the Hou Mansion, her surname is Jiang, and Mrs. Tai gave her the name Chunxiang." A few days ago, my mother was caught in a cold, so I got Mrs. Tai's permission to go home to serve my mother for a few days, but I missed the first meeting with Xiao Langjun. ”
"Sister is really filial!" Wu Yong praised it, and then asked with a smile: "A few days ago, I met a sister named Xia Xiang in the house, I don't know what the relationship is with Sister A?" After Chunxiang heard this, she also smiled and said: "She is the same as me, she is also a child of the family, there are a total of four maidservants around Mrs. Tai, all of them are born of the family, I and Xia Xiang, and two are called Qiu Xiang and Dong Xiang, today the four of us are waiting by Mrs. Tai's side, Xiao Langjun will be able to see them in a while." The two of them talked, but their footsteps did not stop, and they had already reached the hall in a few words.
After all, it is the backyard of the Beard Mansion, and the hall here is more ornately decorated than the front yard hall. At this time, the hall was full of female dependents of the five families, Wu Yong glanced at it with his spare eyes, and found that the number of female dependents was two or three times more than that of the men in the front yard.
Coupled with the maidservants beside them, the huge living room seemed a little crowded at this time. When everyone saw Chunxiang leading a young man in, their eyes naturally fell on Wu Yong.
Wu Yong didn't squint, took two steps forward, and saluted: "Mrs. Tai..." Before he finished speaking, Zhuo Taijun said with a blank face: "You kid, how many times have I told you, they are all a family, you don't need to see outside, you can just call me grandmother." At this time, the eldest aunt Deng also smiled and said: "Today is the family banquet of the five families, and the people sitting in the hall are all your aunts and sisters. Wu Yong had no choice but to be kind and respectfully shouted to his grandmother.
Zhuo Taijun greeted him to his side with a smile, and said to the people below: "This is Wu Yong, the Qiliner of our five-surname family, today's Son of Heaven reads, you have to look carefully today, don't recognize the wrong person in the future." ”
"Brush!" After hearing this, everyone in the hall stared at Wu Yong in unison. Rao is Wu Yong is the soul of the next generation, being stared at by so many women and girls, his face is slightly red, and his forehead is slightly sweaty.
Aunt Zhu, who was still on the side, had a flexible heart, and when she saw Wu Yong like this, she said with a smile: "Qiu Xiang, you go and get a handkerchief, look at the hot day!" The nephew of the Wu family must have been in a hurry to see his mother, so he was sweating. Zhuo Taijun was stunned when he heard this, and then instructed the maidservants on the left and right: "You go and move a set of tables, and let Wu Yong sit beside me." When the maidservants around him heard this, they immediately took action, some brought mats, some handed towels, and some played fans...... Feeling the breeze around him, Wu Yong secretly sighed in his heart that the ancients would enjoy it, bowed down and saluted: "Thank you, grandmother." Next, Zhuo Taijun began to introduce Wu Yong to the female dependents of various families in the hall.
He had already seen several female relatives in the Waiting Mansion, and at this time he was just a simple salute. The Li family of Gushi Houfu came with three housewives and six little ladies.
The Wu family in Pingchun Houfu came with four housewives and three little ladies. Beixiang Houfu Ren family, two housemothers, five little girls Fanxiang Houfu is under the management of Zhu Xian, but Zhuo Taijun in order to take care of the psychology of the Zhuo family, not only let the second son Zhu Xian marry the daughter of the Zhuo family, but also half of the income of the Panxiang Hou Mansion to compensate the Zhuo clan.
Therefore, today, the Panxiang Hou Mansion not only came to Zhu Xian's wife, that is, the second aunt, but also a Zhuo's housewife and two Zhuo's mothers.
The women who can attend the family banquet of the Hou Mansion today are all the wives of the Hou Mansion. But unmarried girls, above the age of children, regardless of grandchildren, were brought to the feast.
The difference between the identities of wives and concubines in the world is very strict, and the status is also very different. Although the duties of wives and concubines are to serve their husbands, manage their families, and have children, concubines are similar to slaves to the head of the house, except that for the maidservants and servants, the concubine should be regarded as the master.
At the same time, the rights of concubines in the family are also very restricted and very humble. First of all, concubines could not participate in the family's sacrifices, and concubines were excluded from the family.
The relatives of the concubine cannot be included in the in-laws of the husband's family at all, and even the children born to the concubine must recognize the official wife as the "concubine", and the biological mother can only be the "concubine".
After this circle of relatives recognized it, Wu Yong felt a little dizzy. When he returned to his seat, Zhuo Taijun took Wu Yong's hand and inquired about the situation in the front hall.
Wu Yong didn't want to spoil the atmosphere, so he picked up some good situations and said them, so that Zhu Zi on the side pouted when he heard it, but he didn't dare to demolish Wu Yong in front of Zhuo Taijun.
Zhuo Taijun became more and more satisfied with Wu Yong, and couldn't help but smile and said to everyone in the hall: "Some of you may not know that Wu Yong made a poem in five steps in front of the imperial court master and the third duke, passed the assessment directly, and became the son of heaven. ”
"And this thing! No one at home has told me. Everyone in the hall joined in amazement. Hearing everyone say this, Zhuo Taijun was even happier in his heart, and said to Zhu Zi, who was sitting on the other side: "Zi'er, read the poem of your cousin Wu Yong in the court to your aunts and sisters. Zhu Zi was stunned for a while, thought for a while, and only thought of one sentence
"The desert is lonely, and the sun sets on the long river", and seeing everyone staring at him, he was even more embarrassed, and finally said stubbornly: "Back to grandmother, my grandson doesn't remember." As soon as these words came out, Zhuo Taijun's face suddenly fell.
She originally wanted Zhu Zi to take advantage of Wu Yong's fame and let her grandson show his face in front of relatives, but she didn't expect him to be so uncompetitive.
At the same time, he sighed in his heart: It seems that he can't spoil him anymore in the future, and if he continues like this, it will only make more people laugh.
At this time, the silence in the huge living room was terrifying. Zhu Zi was so ashamed that he almost wanted to find a crack in the ground to get into, and at this moment, a crisp female voice spoke.
"Grandmother, let me recite to your aunts and sisters, Ah Di has been busy with his studies recently, and he may not have enough energy." Wu Yongxun followed the prestige, and it turned out to be Zhu Zi's eldest sister Zhu Baofeng.
Zhuo Taijun nodded happily,
"Okay, come on!" Then Zhu Baofeng was in the hall and recited the song "Make it to the Stopper" composed by Wu Yong.
Most of the people in the hall have read Mengxue, so they can naturally distinguish the good and bad of the poems. After everyone listened, the women all looked at Wu Yong with blazing eyes, and the girls' eyes revealed worship.
The five surname families are originally one, and if there is any wind and grass in any house, it will immediately spread to other houses.
The poem of persuasion written by Wu Yong for the first time has already spread all over the five Hou Mansions. Now that I hear Wu Yong's poems again, I can't help but admire his talent.
You must know that Wu Yong is only twelve years old now, and he can serve Taifu and Sangong poetically, and his future achievements will definitely not be low.
Therefore, some clever women, looking at the handsome Wu Yong, couldn't help but think: Since he has a bright future, it is better to marry his daughter to him.
The so-called building near the water gets the moon first, and this matter is promising. Of course, Wu's daughter doesn't have to think like this, after all, Wu Yong is also surnamed Wu, and it is forbidden to marry with the same surname nowadays.
Everyone in the hall was thinking about their own thoughts, and in the end, it was Aunt Zhu's aunt who said with a smile: "I didn't expect the nephew of the Wu family to have such a talent, he is really a young prodigy!" Then she changed her tone and asked, "I wonder if there are other brothers and sisters in your family?" ”
"There are only two young sisters." Wu Yong replied truthfully. Next, the two asked and answered, and Zhu quickly figured out the details of Wu Yong, and saw that Wu Yong's speech was calm, which made her love even higher, so she pointed to Ren Hui and said to Wu Yong with a smile: "Your cousin Ren Hui has admired talented people since she was a child, and the nephew of the Wu family will be closer to her in the future." Wu Yong glanced at Ren Hui and saw that she was about the same age as his eldest sister He Ye, so he smiled and said, "Auntie, don't worry, my cousin has a problem with her education, just come to me." "Wu Yong doesn't think about men and women at all now, first, they are both young, and second, he has a very peculiar relationship with Cheng Zhao and He Lian.
Hearing Wu Yong's answer, Zhu's face couldn't help but leak a meaningful smile, and at the same time, he became more cordial to Wu Yong.
At this time, Gu Shihou Li Huang's wife couldn't sit still, so she said to Wu Yong with a smile: "Don't favor one over the other, my nephews of the Li family also have a great interest in poetry, and they will have to trouble you in the future." ”
"It's Wu Yong's blessing that my sister can come, so let's talk about trouble." Wu Yong didn't dare to hold it up, so he bowed down and bowed.
When he said this, it was like a hornet's nest, and the other two women also hurriedly expressed their positions.
"My Zhuo's little lady is the best at poetry, and she can make mutual progress with the nephews of the Wu family."
"My Ren's little lady can also ......" At this time, Wu Yong also tasted some extraordinary meanings, but he didn't think deeply, anyway, he didn't refuse.
Zhuo Taijun did not say anything to stop this, she was also happy to see Wu Yong marry a woman from the five surnamed families, so as to make the relationship between the five families closer, of course, she hoped that Wu Yong would best marry one of the four winds of the Zhu family.
Zhu Zi looked at Wu Yong's treatment enviously, and for the first time he realized the importance of talent learning. In the past, he relied on the favor of his whole family and was not very attentive to studying.
Now seeing that Wu Yong is so loved by her aunt and sisters, she secretly vows in her heart to study hard.