Xu Junze has been away from Beijing for a while, although he has sent news to report that he has returned home safely, but Lin Shuran remembered the words he said to himself before leaving, and his heart was never steady, as if something big would happen on this trip to Suzhou.

Lin Youxing replied calmly: "No, don't worry! ”

Having said that, Lin Shuran didn't really put his mind at ease, and when the family returned home after the reunion dinner, Lin Shuran found that her daughter Xu Manman had "gained a lot", and the little milk baby just let the Lin family stuff all the good things into her arms with a clear "like".

After returning to the General's Mansion, Chunxi spread the word that her little lady could speak, and the happy Xu family brothers came to confirm it, so they took what they thought was the best to tease Xu Manman, and sure enough, just like Chunxi said, Xu Manman opened his mouth with a smile on his face and said "like".

"Wow, my little sister is really amazing, she speaks so clearly, unlike the thirteenth brother, I can't hear what he said until now, really my sister is smarter!" Old Ten Xu Mingsheng looked at Xu Manman proudly and praised.

This made Xu Thirteen Xu Mingyu on the side pouting and about to cry, he was stupid, and he was anxious to express himself, so he usually couldn't speak clearly, and his brothers sometimes teased him with this, although there was no malice, but Xu Mingyu also felt very ashamed and sad.

Lin Shuran noticed Xu Mingyu's emotions, and immediately stepped forward to comfort him: "Brother Yu, don't listen to what your tenth brother said, you are a very smart child, and speaking sooner or later doesn't mean anything, let's not be in a hurry, take your time." ”

"Hmm!" Xu Mingyu was more willing to believe what Lin Shuran said, and at the same time approached Lin Shuran more, although he had a younger sister at home, Lin Shuran was still as good to them as before.

Then the capital became more and more noisy and lively, there were more literati and artists, and the banquets between various prefectures also increased a lot, and Lin Shuran was busier than before.

On this day, the Zhenguo Mansion held a banquet in Keju Garden, and invited many people to participate, and after chatting with Lei Yingying at the place, Lin Shuran realized that the Yang family wanted to use this banquet to show the other half of the Lei family's son-in-law.

"It turns out that this is a blind date banquet!" Lin Shuran laughed, seeing that Lei Yingying's expression was completely good, and she also got the exact news that the alien Manro had fled back to the Xia Kingdom, but at this time she didn't know that Gao Lun had secretly sent someone to chase and kill Manro all the way to the Xia Kingdom.

Lei Yingying pulled Lin Shuran to sit down in a flower viewing pavilion, Keju Garden, a place where birds sing and flowers are fragrant, small bridges and flowing water, it is a place for people to rest, play, and chat, and the female guests who came also gathered in twos and threes, and the male guests were all on the other side of the arena.

"My second aunt and third aunt came to my mother several times, saying that there are several children in the family who have reached the age of marriage, and they want to let my mother give me a palm, after all, the marriage of these two surnames is not a trivial matter, nor is it a matter of a man and a woman, but a major event of two families. Lei Yingying is saying so now, but at the beginning, she also hit her head for her "love", because she was the daughter of the Zhenguo Mansion, and she should have obeyed her parents' arrangements for the family, but at that time, she was willful and pampered, and she was bent on marrying her beloved, and she was also spoiled by the Zhenguo Princess, otherwise even if she was unwilling, she would follow the family's arrangement.

She is now very grateful for the wisdom of her father, but not everyone in this world has the capital of willful indulgence, and she still has to listen to the arrangements of her parents, even the children of the Lei family are no exception, and her brother Lei Zhanpeng is not also married to the wife chosen by his parents for him!

Lin Shuran understood the meaning of Lei Yingying's words, it is normal for people to have an unfree marriage in ancient times, and she was not also arranged to marry Xu Junze, fortunately, she and Xu Junze have feelings and trust between them, and they also appreciate and love each other, but not everyone will be so lucky, more regrets and unsatisfactory ones.

But she can't change anything, this is the rule of this era, "the words of the matchmaker of the parents", beyond this rule is that there are no rules and etiquette, what most people can do is to find a other half who matches their identity, status, and personality under this rule and etiquette, at least in the eyes of outsiders, such marriage regrets and resistance will be less.

At this time, Lei Yingying couldn't help but sigh and said: "It's that the eldest and second eldest of your family are not in the capital, otherwise let them come together today, and they can also see if there are girls of the right age at this banquet, and you won't have to worry about it then." ”

"There's no urgency about this, they're not very big, it's hard to talk about fate, let's talk about it when they come back from Suzhou." Lin Shuran was also afraid that the good girls would be picked by others first, but she was worried that she would be kind enough to think about the children of the Xu family, but in the end she married someone she didn't like for them, after all, no matter how good the girl was, she would not be happy when she lived together.

She can be responsible for her marriage and relationship, but she can't be responsible for the marriage and relationship of the children of the Xu family, because only the parties have the most decision-making and voice in marriage and relationship, so that they will not one day blame others because of regret and regret, and what she can do is to escort them, let them discover the best people and things they think, and not let them miss the opportunity for good girls to reconcile.

At this moment, several freshly dressed girls came to Lin Shuran and Lei Yingying together, each of them looked beautiful, young and immature, or innocent and cute or smart or demure and soft or generous, and the oldest was only fifteen years old, and the youngest was only eight or nine years old.

"Auntie, these are a few of my friends, and I have come to greet you and the general's wife!" The girl who spoke was the daughter of the second room of the Lei family, and Lei Lingshan, the sister of Lei Yan's relatives, had just passed her fourteenth birthday yesterday, and she was accompanied by her best friends who were close to her on weekdays.

Lei Yingying smiled and nodded at Lei Lingshan and them with satisfaction, and also invited these little girls to sit down on the side, these are all daughters from big families, not to mention the appearance and posture rules, at first glance, they are very educated.

Lei Yingying even beckoned Lei Lingshan to get closer, and then pointed at her and introduced Lin Shuran emphatically: "This is Lei Yan's sister Lingshan, she is different from her eldest brother, she is a very steady, careful, generous and lively girl, and now she can help my second aunt in charge of the middle feed in the house, she is very capable!" ”