Chapter 20: The Princess's Invitation
They found that Lin Shuran was very different from the noble daughters they met in the city, here, no matter what your identity is, her attitude towards you is close and natural, but if someone makes a mistake, she will also have a stern side, which is daunting.
What surprised them even more was that Lin Shuran could climb trees, not caring about the image of his general's wife at all, the old farmers in the mountains would greet her warmly, she also knew a lot of herbs, and she could also make wild grasses into delicious food, and she would also use bamboo to make bamboo rafts to raft in the lake, she could also make snacks with flowers, knew how to make bows and arrows from wood in the mountains, and even her drawing skills were very good.
Gradually, Lin Shuran successfully won the favor of the Xu family brothers with her sincere attitude and versatile ability, and the youngest ones were already a little inseparable from her.
"Mother, will you always be my mother?" In the afternoon of this day, Xu Mingsheng, who had enjoyed "mother's love" for a month, snuggled up to Lin Shuran's lap, and Lin Shuran was sitting on a recliner in the courtyard at this time, fiddling with Xu Mingfan's tired of playing with the nine rings.
Hearing Xu Mingsheng ask like this, she put down the nine rings in her hand, then got up and pulled him in front of her, looked at the little guy seriously with gentle eyes and said: "One day is a mother and son, and a lifetime is a mother and son!" ”
Xu Mingsheng has a sensitive temperament, and he often loves to suffer from gains and losses, and now he has finally tasted the taste of being truly loved, and he is afraid that he will lose it again, but at this time, Lin Shuran's firm answer gave him a great sense of security.
"Mother, can I call you mother?" Those children in Zhuangzi all call their mothers mothers, and he also wants to call Lin Shuran like this, as if such a title can mean that he is Lin Shuran's real biological son.
"Of course!" Lin Shuran gently touched Xu Mingsheng's head, "As long as you want, you can do it anytime!" ”
"Mother-" Xu Mingsheng grinned, and then threw himself into Lin Shuran's arms and hugged her tightly.
The mother and son hugged each other warmly, Xu Mingsong, who was not far away, looked at it enviously, and at this time, Lin Shuran also beckoned to him and said, "Fifth brother, come on, let my mother hug you too!" ”
Xu Mingsong's face was immediately full of smiles when he heard the loss, and he also ran towards Lin Shuran and hugged her, and shouted "mother" in his mouth.
Soon, a month passed, at this time the midwinter was coming, the mountains began to become more cold, the big housekeeper Xu An also came to the Grange two or three times, every time he hoped that Lin Shuran would take Xu Mingchen and them back, although since Xu Mingchen and they followed Lin Shuran to the Grange, the Xu family brothers who were in trouble everywhere in the capital were a lot calmer, but there were a lot of invitations sent by various mansions, and the grade of the door was not as good as the general's mansion, and he according to Lin Shuran's explanation in advance - if people are not polite, they can push it.
But there are many dignitaries and nobles in the capital, and there are many relatives of the emperor, even Xu Junze, a general, is not easy to shirk, not to mention Lin Shuran, the general's wife who has not yet been ordered, no, the princess's mansion in the city even issued two invitations to invite Lin Shuran, the general's wife, to go to the plum banquet in winter.
"Can't you go if you don't go?" Lin Shuran, who was wearing a purple jacket skirt, fiddled with the charcoal fire in the house, she was really not interested in the "socialization" of ancient people, first, she was worried that she would not be able to fit in at all, and second, there was not much left of Lin Shuran's memory before, and she was also worried that she would show her stuffing, which was also the main reason why she would come to live in the Grange after marriage, after all, she was very familiar with it after living here for three years.
Xu An looked up at Mama Zhang, there seemed to be a begging in her eyes, Mama Zhang understood, and walked up to Lin Shuran and said: "Miss, you are now the general's wife, the princess is a royal noblewoman, she gave you two invitations in a row, if you don't refuse, I'm afraid it's not good, and the old slave also heard that this Princess Qingyang is a very serious person, and her temper doesn't seem to be very good, you don't need to offend her." ”
Lin Shuran didn't speak, fiddled with the charcoal fire for a while, and finally sighed lightly and said, "Then go!" ”
Whoever made her become an involuntary "noblewoman" in ancient times, she can't hide from people all the time, not to mention that she is not unsightly, she always has to take this first step.
Hearing that Lin Shuran was going back to the city, Xu Minghao was the first to say that he would not leave, although he was going to enter the academy in the Grange for two months, but the rest of the time he was not too happy, even if he was tired and out of breath every day in the mountains, he was willing to stay here.
If Xu Minghao doesn't leave, Xu Mingxuan won't leave, Xu Mingfan doesn't want to leave, and Xu Mingye wants to stay for the first time, because the wolf who has returned to the mountains and wilderness is no longer willing to leave here, and even became friends with the big yellow dog.
After asking around, everyone was reluctant to leave, Lin Shuran simply took Xu Shisan back to the city, who let Xu Shisan can't leave her, crying when he couldn't see her at night, so noisy that the beasts in the mountains howled, and everyone was so scared that they didn't dare to sleep.
Princess Qingyang's winter plum banquet was held in the plum garden three days later, and the invitees were all the daughters of the noblewomen in Beijing.
As soon as she returned to the General's Mansion, Mama Zhang was busy preparing clothes for Lin Shuran for the banquet, Xu An was busy preparing gifts for the banquet, and Lin Shuran was busy getting acquainted with these various characters in the capital that she was originally familiar with and are now very unfamiliar with, so it was not good to lose the face of Lin and Xu's family.
The next day, it snowed in the city for two days, and the plum banquet was held as usual, and Chunxi gave Lin Shuran a popular women's bun, and gave her a jacquard satin gold jacket skirt, with a thick cloak of crimson rabbit fur on the outside, which set off her whole person in a simple and elegant and tranquil manner.
Lin Shuran made an appointment with his mother Wen and sister-in-law Ming in advance to arrive at the plum garden, they hadn't seen each other for two months, the three of them were very affectionate when they met, Lin Shuran and Ming stood beside Wen on the left and right, and the three of them quickly entered the plum garden under the guidance of the maid of the princess's mansion.
At this time, there are already many guests in the plum garden, saying that it is a plum feast, but the guests who enter the plum garden have no time to enjoy the plum blossoms that have bloomed in the garden, and they are all chatting with each other enthusiastically.
As soon as the three of the Wen family entered the garden, they planned to greet the master's princess Qingyang first, but they were stopped by a gorgeously dressed woman halfway through.
"Mrs. Wen, what a coincidence!" The person who came up to say hello with a smile, and before Wen answered, she looked at Ming and Lin Shuran again, just glanced at Ming from the corner of her eye, and then put all her eyes on Lin Shuran's body, looked up and down and said, "This is your little daughter who newly married into the General's Mansion, if she really looks outstanding, General Xu is really a blessing." ”
"Shu Ran, this is the Duchess of Qin, you have to call Aunt Sun!" Wen nodded politely to Sun, and then turned sideways to Lin Shuran and said.
Lin Shuran stepped forward to greet Sun's Shi Li and said, "Shu Ran has seen Aunt Sun!" ”