Chapter 11 Reacting

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It's wonderful that this man has so much time to spare.

One time she was at the eldest lady's place, another time she was at the fifth young lady's place, and the next time she was at the Nuan Pavilion in Green Jun Tower. I'm afraid there is no one more leisurely than her.

Ziwei sneered in her heart, but kept smiling on her face. She said a few words to Wu Xiao's family about the occasion, and then handed the two bags of things in her hand to Hu Hu: It's Xinyang Maojian. The lady is busy with the embroidery screen.

Come on, let me give Sister Amber a gift.

Amber collected the tea leaves and politely asked her to sit aside.

Ziwei declined her invitation: A young lady cannot live without people, but the new maid is sick again. I will not sit down and will come to meet the sisters another day.

Everyone is on duty before the master, and the master's errand is the most important.

Hu Bo couldn't force her to stay, so he sent her out after she said goodbye to Wu Xiao's family.

The two of them walked under the eaves and met a group of people including coral, emerald, tortoiseshell and cuckoo, surrounded by little maids carrying red lanterns.

Everyone had to exchange a few words.

Knowing that Ziwei was sending the tea on behalf of Wu Niang, and because Wu Niang had no one to serve her and could not stay long, everyone said some kind words and sent it to Huo Po on her behalf, while Coral and the others were served by the little maid, who lifted the curtain and entered the warm pavilion.

The masters are divided into three, six or nine grades, and the maids are the same, and they are also graded according to the master. Coral and the others are in the eldest lady's house, so they are naturally distinguished guests. When they arrived, the atmosphere was different.

Wu Xiao's whole family took the initiative to come forward to say hello. Yutong and Yu Huai took the initiative to help Binju entertain the guests, or help take off the cloak, or help move the chairs and stools, and some also guided the little maids such as Qiuju, Zhuxiang, Baizhu, Jinzhu, etc.

Tea and snacks were served. For a while, the sound of jingling jade pendants swaying, the rustling of clothes, the sound of warblers and swallows, and the sounds of greetings intertwined together. Although it was noisy, it was also very lively.

Then Amber came back from sending crape myrtle to her, and Coral and the others brought her handkerchiefs, sweat towels, or green flowers for her, and there was a lot of laughter and chatter. When Dongqing received the rough messenger, the old lady came with the food box,

Everyone pushed me to give way, and sat down in order of priority.

Wu Xiao's family members naturally took the seat, and Amber was the real owner, sitting beside them. They pushed Dongqing to sit at the bottom of Wu Xiao's family. Dongqing raised the bowl of smoked meat she was holding and said with a smile: Everyone

Who is the sister going to serve?

Jade's eyes rolled and she immediately pointed at Binju: I want you to be the host today.

Binju smiled and went to take the smoked meat from Dongqing's hand: Sister, please sit down now, I will serve all the distinguished guests.

Wu Xiao's family also held her hand: "Sit down, sit down. There are no outsiders."

Amber saw it and stood up: Sister is busy with me today. I don't want to offend my sister's kindness, so I am sitting here. If my sister doesn't sit down, I will be even more uneasy.

Dongqing insisted on refusing, and Coral thought that every time the sisters got together, Dongqing was the one who sat at the bottom and helped with soup and tea and snacks. Moreover, this time it was a banquet in her own room. If the argument continued like this,

It inevitably spoiled the atmosphere. She also thought that she would be in the same room with her good sister Amber, and Amber was suddenly pulled over by the eldest lady. Amber was not as close as she was to Miss Eleven. How could she be in front of Miss Eleven at the critical moment?

Say a word or two to help Amber, and Amber's life will be much better. Therefore, I am flattering.

She smiled and took Dongqing's hand: "In that case, then sister sat down next to me and sat under Wu Jiaxiao."

In this way, although Dongqing was exempted from sitting in the first seat, she still sat in the second seat.

Jade was the most astute one. She looked at the standing Amber, then at the seated Coral, and sat under Amber's bed: Then I'm not welcome, and sit across from Sister Coral.

Any further delay would seem petty. Holly had no choice but to sit under Coral: the sisters were too polite.

Those who can come to the eldest wife's house are all smart people.

Du Wei pushed Tortoiseshell and sat next to Feicui: "My sister is about to sit down, our legs are sore from standing." After saying that, she sat on the last table opposite Wu Xiao's family. Du Juan was not polite and sat next to Du Wei with a smile.

Binju breathed a sigh of relief and invited Yutong, Yuhuai, Baizhu and Jinzhu to sit at another table.

Someone lifted the curtain and peeked in.

Qiu Ju had sharp eyes and shouted: Why did Sister Baizhi arrive at this time?

Everyone looked over as they listened.

I saw a tall, slender woman walking in.

It was Bai Zhi, the eldest maid in Shi Niang's house.

When she came in, she knelt down and bowed to the sisters in the room: "I'm late, sisters, please forgive me."

Amber and Dongqing stood up, and Yutong stood up and pulled her to his table: All the sisters are here today, you are late this time, and you can't get away with your rhetoric. You will be punished with three large cups later.

Baizhi begged for mercy again and again: Good sister, I took the time to come out. As he said that, he took out a bright red folded flower purse and an official green crepe sweat towel from his sleeve: This is what Jiuxiang and I gave our sister.

Seeing the gift, he also blessed Dongqing: We will not eat the wine today, and we two sisters will be the hosts another day and treat the sisters to wine. Miss Eleven also gave us a greeting and said that we sisters thank her very much.

Thinking about it.

Seeing that she said something nice, Feicui thought about the last time she promised to give her a purse with a gold thread embroidered on it. When she finally got the purse in her hand, only the gold thread flashed, she smiled and continued: Sister Baizhi, since it's another day,

I don’t know when the change will occur, but my tone will inevitably take on a sarcastic tone.

Baizhi blushed: Please come when you have time.

She also wanted to be a good person in front of the sisters, but she really couldn't afford to be such a good person.

I don’t know when my sister will be free. Feicui raised her face and looked at her with a smile. Last time when she accompanied Miss Ten to greet the eldest lady, her sister also promised Du Wei’s shoes to the little maid. We haven’t seen them until today.

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Baizhi's face turned green and red, and the corners of his mouth were pursed. He could only hear a few mutterings, but no one could hear what was said.

Coral frowned, smiled and stepped forward to hold Baizhi's hand: She would pull out the hair of an iron rooster when she saw one, and we all avoided it, but my sister didn't know who she was, so she bumped into her hand. Again.

I glanced at Hu Hue, and since my sister had no time to spare, we couldn't stay for long, so I asked the little girls to pick up a few vegetables and take them back, which satisfied my sister's wishes.

Amber couldn't stand out in front of so many people, for fear of hurting Dongqing's face.

However, Dongqing thought that the eldest wife had asked Amber to take care of the affairs in Miss Eleven's room. There were many sisters in the room who were her former errands, and she wanted to save her face, so she stood still.

The eyes of Wu Xiao's family flickered, and they quickly lowered their eyelids. They were twirling a wine cup in their hands, as if they hadn't seen it.

This time, the scene turned cold.

Baizhi's face turned green and red, and said in a low voice: No need. Eat and drink. How long have you missed it? I just thought that it is rare for sisters to have such an opportunity to get together.

Although she didn't know why Dongqing and Amber didn't say anything, Qiuju saw Baizhi's embarrassment. She couldn't care less and told Zhu Xiang with a smile: Sister Baizhi likes to eat fried whitebait, and Sister Jiuxiang likes to eat wax goose neck.

, quickly opened the food box and found it so that Sister Baizhi could take it back. I just felt sorry for me. I also like to eat the wax goose neck. I wanted to eat it in the name of Sister Jiuxiang.

Everyone burst into laughter.

The woman who was carrying a food box at the side immediately put two bowls of food on the table.

Baizhi saw that there were indeed these two bowls of vegetables, and looked at Dongqing with a bit of gratitude.

It is not easy for everyone to understand this.

Waving her hands repeatedly: On this cold day, I brought a lantern and thanked all the sisters for their kindness. I also grabbed Qiu Ju’s hand and prevented her from putting the vegetables into the food box, but I never dared to say that again.

Another day or something like that.

After everyone gave in to each other for a while, Qiu Ju finally let Qiu Ju take half of the two vegetables and put them into a bowl, put them in a food box and sent Bai Zhi out.

Coral said Jade: Among us sisters, Baizhi and Jiuxiang are the most difficult ones. Why bother arguing with her?

Jade has a strong personality, and in front of so many people, she couldn't help but mutter: I didn't accuse her wrongly, she was promised Du Wei's shoes in the first place

The words went further and further. Tortoiseshell also felt that Feicui should not care about Baizhi on this occasion. Baizhi just said that and liked many things.

Seeing that several people had different opinions, Dongqing was afraid of a dispute, so she hurriedly laughed loudly and said: Sisters, please don't talk too much, be careful of the food getting cold.

Coral knew that she had just made a mistake. She smiled and took the wine jug from the little maid and poured wine for Wu Xiao's family. She joked: Although it is not as good as the five taels of silver a jar of Jinhua wine that mom usually drinks, this belongs to Miss Eleven.

The mind is different after all.

Mother Wu smiled and nodded at Coral's forehead: You are the only one who understands clearly.

Everyone laughed again.

A clear voice came from outside the curtain: Mom said who understands?

Before she finished speaking, she saw Luo Qiao, wearing an azure dorado gray rat cloak, walking in. Under the light, her dark head shimmered with water.

Everyone in the room was stunned, and after a while they stood up.

The eyes of Wu Xiao's family flickered, and they were the first to say with a smile: Miss Luoqiao is late, she will be punished by drinking, she will be punished by drinking.

Hearing the sound, Qiu Ju came back to her senses and hurriedly stepped forward to take the cloak that Luo Qiao had taken off in her hand: Sister Luo Qiao, is it snowing outside?

Only then did everyone realize that there were still a few unmelted snowflakes on her temples.

The eyes of Wu Xiao and his family became brighter, while Amber's face turned slightly pale.

Sister Luo Qiao, you are a rare visitor. Hu Huo stepped down to greet her, took Luo Qiao's hand and moved her to his seat, and asked Zhu Xiang to put the bowl on the bowl again.

Luo Qiao covered her mouth and smiled: How did she steal the host's position?

The corals and others over there also got off their seats one after another, all wanting to give up their seats.

However, Dongqing took advantage of this chaos and called Binju aside: Quickly, go to the kitchen and ask Mother Cao to make sour fish fillets. She smiled bitterly, she has never been very interested in such things, even if the Fifth Miss treats guests, she will never do it.

Go. Who thought she would come?

Bin Ju pinched the purse in her sleeve, with a troubled look on her face: "This is all right. The stove in the kitchen has been turned off long ago. I'm afraid it's hard to talk to Mother Cao."
To be continued...