During the Twelfth Flower Festival in February, Begonia was invited by Zhou Wenjun to go to the Zhenguo Mansion as a guest.

Chang'an is not actually popular now. Because the Hai family is from Zhili, there has always been this tradition, but the family did not have a girl until Haitang was born, so there was only a celebration in the past eleven years. However, the Zhenguo Mansion now has Mrs. Cheng'en Hou Shizi and her pair of children as guests, and Mrs. Gui's mother and daughter are also people in Beijing, and they have the habit of the Flower Dynasty Festival, so the Zhenguo Mansion asked Zhou Wenjun to set up a few tables of small banquets in the garden on this day to entertain close friends in the boudoir to play for a day.

Peng Yuqi has been gone for nearly ten days, and the day before yesterday she wrote that she had just passed Tongguan, but that was a few days ago, and now she may be almost in Pingyang Mansion. Chen Qianhu is a military general in his prime, and his wife is not a delicate woman, and the couple is still very fast.

Peng Yuqi is not there, and Zhou Wenjun doesn't have many good girlfriends, but if he only gets along with Zhou Wanjun, the cousin of the Chengenhou Mansion, and Wu Qiong of the Wu family during the entire banquet, it will be too embarrassing. So she posted to Tang Hui and Haitang, and then called Zhou Yijun, Zhou Huajun and Zhou Xuejun to accompany her. Tang Hui sent someone to send a reply, claiming that she was sick, but in fact, she had not recovered from the previous accident and was still hiding at home. Zhou Wenjun didn't force her, with Zhou Yijun and Haitang attending, she could have a very happy festival this time.

The small banquet was placed in the water pavilion in the garden, surrounded by four large glass screens newly launched by the Chang'an workshop, and several braziers were placed to keep warm, and the room was warm. The tea and snacks at the banquet were very good, the dishes were delicious, and everything was arranged thoughtfully. It's just that the spring is not long now, the temperature in Chang'an City is still very low, there are no flowers to enjoy in the garden, only a few wax plums are blooming well, and the fragrance wafts into the water pavilion, smelling refreshing.

There is also a stream between the wax plum and the water pavilion, which is connected by a stone bridge. After eating and drinking, Zhou Huajun and Zhou Xuejun couldn't sit still, and ran to the other side of the bridge hand in hand to enjoy the wax plum. Wu Qiong was still sticking to Zhou Xuejun, and she also pulled Zhou Wanjun as her companion, and Zhou Wenjun, Zhou Yijun and Haitang were left in the Water Pavilion.

Zhou Wenjun ordered the maid to clean up the wreckage, and at the same time took Zhou Yijun and Haitang to get up, and turned to the railing on the other side of the water pavilion, avoiding people to talk.

Recently, she has been suffocated at home. Since February, the men of the Zhenguo Mansion have been busy with their own business, and the wives and grandmothers have begun to pack their husbands and sons and prepare them for a long trip. The little girls had nothing to do, so they were pushed out by the elders to entertain the guests. Zhou Wenjun got along well with the mother and son from the Chengenhou Mansion, but he couldn't stand Mrs. Gui's temper. Several times she wanted to get angry, but it was Zhou Xuejun and Zhou Wanjun who had sharp eyes and pulled her away in time, so she didn't have a stiff relationship with Mrs. Gui. But she really didn't want to deal with this Wu family girl anymore, and she felt that the other party was really inexplicable.

Zhou Wenjun whispered to Zhou Yijun and Haitang: "She really has a lot of resentment against our Zhou family, and she doesn't know where she came from." In front of my grandmother, she dared to complain about the Queen Mother; In front of my aunt, I dare to say that my uncle and grandmother are not. There is a sense of arrogance in their words and deeds, as if their Wu family is still a beautiful mansion. I don't even know where she got her confidence! ”

Zhou Yijun was puzzled: "Could it be that she has no bottom in her heart, and she is afraid that people will look down on their mother and daughter, so she deliberately put on this high shelf?" ”

Zhou Wenjun shook his head: "No." If she had been like this when she first arrived, I might have thought so. But now she has lived in our house for more than a month, and the whole family treats her mother, daughter, aunt and nephew as honored guests, and gives them the best things to eat. The clansmen will always invite her to a New Year's banquet and get married, who looks down on her? She was entertained by our Zhou family, and she put on that arrogant and rude look, who is she looking down on?! ”

Anyway, she is dissatisfied with Mrs. Gui now. As for Wu Qiong, that girl is nothing, but she listens to her mother too much, and she always likes to pester Zhou Xuejun, which is sometimes quite annoying. If it weren't for Zhou Wanjun, who could enthusiastically accompany this girl to read books and do needlework, I was afraid that Zhou Xuejun would also blow up.

In order to get rid of the entanglement of Mrs. Gui's mother and daughter, Zhou Xuejun was reluctant to let his grandmother Mrs. Zhenguo go, but now she is ruthless and offers to go to the capital with her parents to take up her post. On Thursday, the general was ready to wait for the military attache from the capital to arrive and hand over the work of the Shaanxi Metropolitan Division and the Chang'an avant-garde with him, and then set off. At that time, Mrs. Chengen Hou Shizi will also return to Beijing with a pair of children.

As soon as Zhou Wenjun thought that Zhou Xuejun and Zhou Wanjun were gone, only himself and Zhou Huajun were left in the family to entertain his wife and Wu Qiong's mother and daughter, and his scalp suddenly tingled.

She sincerely apologized to Zhou Yijun and Haitang: "In a few days, when the weather is warmer and the road is better, I will go back to Ganzhou." I can't spend more time with you, so don't be angry with me. ”

How could Zhou Yijun and Begonia be angry with her? It's just that I'm reluctant to give up. But Zhou Wenjun returned to his father in Ganzhou and was able to live a happy and free life, and they were also happy for her.

Zhou Yijun misses her parents and brothers a little, but unfortunately she went back to Chang'an to say that she came to say that she was pro, and now she has not written a word about her relatives, and she doesn't know when she will be able to return to Ningxia Zhongwei.

Zhou Wenjun smiled: "I'm afraid you may not be able to go back before leaving the pavilion." When the marriage is successful, you still have to prepare a dowry and embroider a wedding dress, where is the fifth uncle and grandmother willing to let you go back? Unless the person you marry in the future will go to Ningxia Zhongwei to garrison, it is more practical for you to expect Uncle Jin Lin to be transferred back to Chang'an after his term of office expires. ”

Zhou Yijun was blushed by her, covered her face and stomped her feet: "The eldest sister is making fun of me again!" After saying that, he turned around and ran.

Zhou Wenjun was happy for a while before turning to Haitang: "I heard that Xie Tanhua is going to accept Wu Ke as a student?" Xie Tanhua's bearing and character are really admirable, but he lives in your house now, if Wu Ke comes to study, your family will definitely have to deal with Mrs. Gui in the future. You have to be careful, that woman is very unreasonable! ”

Haitang smiled: "What if she is unreasonable? Even if the Wu family is alive, even if Wu Wen'an Gong is alive, he is also at a loss in front of my cousin. Mrs. Gui can rely on the Wu family's signboard to play prestige in front of others, but it will not work in front of my cousin. Moreover, my cousin-in-law taught Wu Ke to read for the sake of his future, and he had the upper hand in public opinion and morality. Even if Mrs. Gui uses the past of Wu Wen'an Gong as his teacher to suppress people, she can't suppress it. Mrs. Gui is not Wu Wen'an Gong himself, and she can't use her teacher's kindness to force my cousin to make concessions, but my cousin is Wu Ke's real teacher, and his speech is only under the heavens, the earth, the king, and the relatives.

"Is there ever a rule in the world that says that an aunt who has been kind is heavier than a teacher? If Mrs. Gui wants to find out my cousin's bad luck, she must not only be justified, but also prove that she has more talent than Tanhua and can teach Wu Ke better. Otherwise, the more she makes a fuss, the more she is hindering Wu Ke's studies. Even if he is a former student of Wu Men who respects Wu Wen'an, he will not be on her side. ”

Zhou Wenjun clasped his palms together and smiled: "It seems that Xie Tanhua has already figured out a way to deal with that woman." That's good! Otherwise, I'm really afraid that you will be like the adults in our family, thinking that Mrs. Gui's life is miserable, and saving Wu Ke is meritorious, so I don't want to worry about her, but I make my family hold their stomachs. ”

"My cousin wants to accept Wu Ke as a student, but he has made up his mind that he can't let him be affected by Mrs. Gui's bad influence anymore. Of course, our family will not be afraid of her. Haitang blinked, "However, what arrangements does your family have for the Wu family?" Is it true that you don't think about getting married at all? I'm afraid that Mrs. Gui won't be willing to obey orders, right? ”

(End of chapter)