Chapter 340: Hospitalizing guests

The Madam held Miss Jiang Jiujiu's hand and smiled.

Miss Jiang Jiujiu stood up straight and her voice was as clear as pearls falling on a jade plate: she only read three articles on the use of women's utensils for rich and poor. For the rest, her father said that she should read them more carefully when she is older.

Mrs. Tai nodded her head as she listened, and smiled at Mrs. Jiang who was sitting beside her: Mr. Jiang is indeed a scholar.

Mrs. Jiang smiled slightly, revealing the small dimples on her cheeks: Madam, thank you very much. It’s just that my daughter is stupid and can only teach simple things.

After hearing this, Miss Jiang Jiu lowered her head and smiled in embarrassment, with a trace of shyness flying between her brows.

Mrs. Tai looked at it and laughed: Miss Ninth is cute and charming, Mrs. Jiang is too humble. Then she glanced at Miss Jiu's brother Zhun who stood next to her with curiosity on her face. This is your sister from the Jiang family.

Brother Zhen stepped forward like a gentleman, saluted respectfully, and called Sister Jiang.

Miss Jiang Jiujiu raised her head and blessed herself generously.

Mrs. Tai's smile deepened when she looked at it. She looked up and saw Mrs. Song standing by the bamboo curtain with her hands down. Knowing that the banquet was ready, she added, "Mrs. Jiang is a rare guest. We have prepared some food and wine. Please don't refuse."

.As he said that, he stood up with the help of Du’s mother.

Everyone in the room rustled up and stood up. Mrs. Jiang politely declined, then she was two steps behind Mrs. Tai and followed her to the flower hall next to Dianchun Hall.

It is early summer now, and the pomegranate flowers are in full bloom.

Mrs. Tai and Mrs. Jiang were talking about sweet things.

Mrs. Jiang responded and couldn't help but glance at Eleven Niang who was walking behind her.

She wore an aqua gauze shirt and a moon-white threaded skirt. There was a faint smile on her bright face, and she looked elegant and quiet. The fifth young master whose life was unknown was held in the arms of the nurse, and he twisted his body to be held by her.

She walked over and hugged the child, and whispered a few gentle words. The child calmed down and lay in the nurse's arms and stopped moving. She touched the child's head, and then she took three steps and two steps at a time.

The ground rushed over.

Mrs. Jiang nodded secretly and entered the flower hall with Mrs. Jiang.

Four dried fruits, four pickles, four cold dishes, four side dishes and six hot dishes filled the table. There were both the famous dish of Jiangxi, three-child chicken, and the famous dish of Yanjing, chrysanthemum tenderloin. Finally, a plate of icy red meat was served on a crystal plate.

Ling.

Mrs. Jiang was a little surprised.

This red water chestnut is a delicacy from Nanjing. It was only launched in June. It will be shipped to Yanjing at high speed. It will not be until mid-May. It is only mid-May. It can be seen that the Xu family attaches great importance to this meeting and has put great effort into entertaining themselves.

Her eyes swept over Brother Chen at the next table.

The child had a good appearance, with gentle and elegant eyebrows, and a well-mannered manner. He also knew how to take care of the food of his younger brother. It was a pity that he was smaller and smaller than other children of the same age. I heard that his husband was born before he was full term.

If the body and bones are not good, the happiness between husband and wife will inevitably be less.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Jiang sighed secretly in her heart.

The sweet red water chestnut also lacks a bit of flavor in your mouth.

It's about looking at each other, but in fact it doesn't matter much whether they look at each other or not. This matter was decided two years ago. But if they don't give up, their future son-in-law will have to take a look to feel relieved.

Thoughts flashed across her mind, and she secretly blamed herself for her lack of heart.

She had known that nothing in this world was perfect. Before she came, she was afraid that the child's biological mother would die young and that everyone would stay away from him, or that he would become stubborn because he was raised in the grandmother's house and neglected to be disciplined, or that he would be despised if he had no one to rely on.

But she was dull and timid. Now it seems that Mrs. Tai is kind and kind-hearted, Niang Eleven has a kind temperament, and brothers are respectful and friendly. Mrs. Jiang thought about it in her heart, and turned her attention to the Fifth Madam next to her.

Even this little aunt seems to be a generous and dignified person. Much better than I imagined.

Maybe it's because of different stances. The eleventh mother was anxious and angry when it came to Sister Zhen's son, but when it was Brother Chen's turn, she was very calm. First of all, this matter had been settled a long time ago, and today was just a formality. Secondly, she felt that this

Society is even more harsh on girls. If Zhenjie’s daughter marries into someone else’s family, her happiness, anger, sorrow, and happiness will be controlled by others. When other people’s daughters marry into her own family, others dare not speak out. At least she will not deliberately make things difficult for them in order to set her mother-in-law’s profile.

The two had very different thoughts, and they became quite intimate after the meal.

Everyone moved to the West Flower Hall to drink tea and talk, and the children were accompanied by Mother Du, Mother Song, and others to the back garden.

Xu Siyu believed that he was the oldest and only nodded his head on the side. Sister Zhen had a docile temperament and was accommodating in everything. Miss Jiang Jiajiu was still innocent and innocent at her age, and soon she and Xu Sijie, the brother of Zhun, got together.

She looked at the colorful flowers in the back garden and exclaimed: It’s even more beautiful than our Daifuku Temple.

It’s rare for a girl of the same age as Brother Chen to be entertained at home, not to mention that this girl is pretty and gentle. Hearing this, he said: “Are you going to worship Buddha? We have one at home too.”

Miss Jiang Jiujiu opened her eyes wide: Your family also has a temple.

Brother Zhen was about to answer when he saw Yuexiang coming over with a group of little maids.

They were carrying flower baskets, which contained lots of pomegranate flowers, hostas and gardenias.

Several people hurriedly bent their knees to salute Brother Chen and others.

Brother Chen pointed at Jie Xiang and said to Miss Jiang Jiajiu: This is the personal attendant next to my second aunt, her name is Jie Xiang.

Everyone had known for a long time that the wife of the Jiang family was coming to visit, so she bent her knees to salute Miss Jiang Jiu.

Miss Jiang Jiajiu called Sister Yuexiang and looked at the fragrant white gardenia in her arms with envy: What kind of flower is this? It’s so beautiful.

These are gardenias. After hearing this, Yuexiang hurriedly picked out a few large ones for Miss Jiang Jiujiu. They are grown in our greenhouse. They are common in the south, but very rare in our north.

Miss Jiang Jiujiu happily took the flowers, took a deep breath, and said with a smile: "No wonder I don't know," her tone of voice was so loud that it made everyone laugh.

Mother Du smiled and asked Yuxiang: What are you doing after picking so many flowers?

Yuexiang said: The second lady wants to make some flower dew.

Mother Du didn’t ask any more questions, but Miss Jiang Jiajiu was very interested after hearing this, and asked Brother Chen: Can I go and make floral dew? When I came, our fourth sister was making floral dew according to my father’s collection of books. I came without seeing her.

The eyes that look at Brother Zhen are blinking and very cute.

Brother Zhun immediately said: "What's wrong with this? My second aunt often makes floral dew at home. She also makes different floral dews for different seasons. She also makes incense. She led Miss Jiang Jiujiu to Shaohua Courtyard."

Mother Du and others were just taking the children to play, it didn't matter where they went.

Xu Siyu has been studying at home these days. He hasn't seen his second wife for some days and wanted to sit there.

Sister Zhen is half the master and deserves warm hospitality.

The group of people went to the second lady's place with a smile.

Shaohuayuan has not been so lively for a long time.

The second lady brought fruits and homemade pastries to entertain them.

The bright yellow chrysanthemum cake, the fragrant white hosta cake, the red pomegranate cake, candied apples, cowhide wrapped with willow leaves, and the green and verdant West Lake Longjing.

Miss Jiang Jiujiu smiled and rolled her eyes.

Xu Siyu took the opportunity to ask the second lady for advice. Sister Zhen was afraid that Xu Sijie would make a noise, so she whispered to Brother Chen and Miss Jiang Jiujiu: Let's go play in the bamboo forest.

Miss Jiang Jiujiu often encounters people asking her father for homework at home. She knows that they must do it silently, so she nods her head repeatedly.

Sister Zhen asked the little Oriole to pick up a few snacks each, put them on the begonia flowers painted with red and gold, and took Xu Sijie's hand to the bamboo forest.

A few people sat down on the stone table and stone pillars in the bamboo forest, eating snacks and drinking tea. Miss Jiang Jiujiu talked about her own affairs, and Brother Chen talked about Mr. Zhao. Everyone said something to each other, and they were very happy.

Mother Du looked on with joy.

In the end, Miss Jiang Jiajiu still didn't see how the flower dew was made, but she got a bottle of rose and lily fragrance and a bottle of peony and mignonette fragrance given by the second wife.

Mrs. Jiang, who was riding back home in a carriage, smelled it and praised it: I didn't expect that someone could make such a wonderful fragrance. The first time I smelled it was rose fragrance, and then I smelled it carefully, it was lily fragrance.

Miss Jiang Jiujiu heard the calls for mother repeatedly and said with eyes as wide as black agate: Second aunt also talked about the Analects of Confucius with brother Yu.

After hearing this, Mrs. Jiang looked at her daughter and smiled slightly, her eyes full of love: "Does Sesu like Brother Zhun's house?"

Miss Jiang Jiajiu, whose maiden name is Se Se, nodded repeatedly: I like it.

Mrs. Jiang sitting aside listened and looked at her siblings and laughed: This is called marriage being destined by God.

Mrs. Jiang remained silent and touched her daughter's dark head, her movements gentle and even showing a little pity.

The fifth lady over there looked a little tired and took off her aqua blue kudzu shirt, revealing her midriff in goose yellow embroidered with red tangled flowers.

The weather is getting hotter and hotter. There is a bit of complaint in my tone.

Mother Shi smiled and took the clothes she had taken off and handed them to the little maid beside her. She picked up the twisted handkerchief and helped the fifth lady wipe her body.

The fifth master is on duty in the palace tonight. Let the wet nurse take Sister Xin to my room to rest.

Mother Shi responded with a smile and asked the little maid to pass on the message.

The fifth lady remembered something: when I went back last time, I heard from my father that I was going to ask Wei Ge to make him the crown prince. I don’t know how it went.

How could it be so fast? Mother Shi smiled and said, the title of Marquis is hereditary and irreplaceable. He has to report to the emperor and the Ministry of Etiquette. It will not be until next spring at the earliest. Then he put a gauze gown with silver bars on the fifth lady.

The fifth lady seemed to have remembered something, and curled her lips with a half-smile.

Mother Shi's heart skipped a beat, and she laughed quickly and said: Mr. Hou also took a fancy to Uncle Wei at the beginning, and it wasn't because Uncle Wei had a straightforward temper and got along well with his wife. What's more, Uncle Wei has been filial to Mr. Hou in the past few years.

I know. The fifth lady interrupted Shi Ma absentmindedly. I was thinking about Brother Zhun. It seems that the Marquis is going to request an order to make Brother Zhun the crown prince. I don’t know what the eleventh mother will think when she knows,

He pursed his lips and smiled.

I have a day off today and went to buy new year's goods, so I'm sorry for being late.
Chapter completed!