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Separated by a crack in the red lacquer ice, Feng's mother's voice came clearly from inside, "Miss Xue, I heard that you're not feeling well, my wife specially ordered servants to bring the food in to serve you!"

Mother Feng smiled, but emphasized the word "specially".

The room was silent for a while before a bang sounded out.

In my heart, I lamented the thirty taels of silver worth of glazed tea.

Miss Wen had a gentle smile on her face. "Little Sister, look at how muddle-headed I am. I just took off the earring and wrapped it in my handkerchief, and I actually forgot about it."

Since they had finished talking, and the attitude of the Yang family had been expressed, mother Feng naturally had to withdraw to leave some space for the master and servant of the Xue family.

It would be inappropriate to stand here and eavesdrop.

I smiled in response to Miss Wen, and we held hands as we walked out of the back room.

All the madams here understood that Miss Xue hadn't come out yet, and Miss Wen and I were late as well. We all smiled inwardly and continued to tease each other.

"Since the children are back, let's get started!" His mother laughed until her face turned red.

While his mother went to support his grandmother, Lady Xu supported Madam Xu.

The various wives followed behind the two ancestors as they supported each other into the banquet hall.

The parlour was where Grandmother had tended the flowers and trees, and there were many flowers and plants that Grandmother had meticulously tended over the years, most of them orchids. In order to reflect a gentleman in the flowers, the room was painted with the same color pear wood furniture, the carving was simple and ancient, and it was rather awkward.

A few days earlier, my mother had discussed with my grandmother how to clean up the parlour to entertain the guests.

Most of the more than thirty pots of flowers and plants that Grandmother had placed in the house had been moved, especially those expensive orchids, which were nowhere to be seen. Instead, it was a small, delicate, and pleasant fragrant tea plum in a pink flowerpot. Pink stamen against the bright yellow stamen, more lovely. The tea-plum blossoms in full bloom, either on the rough carved roots of the knives or hanging from the brass flower racks, made the whole room lose its lofty and proud feeling, and instead brought about the shyness of a little girl and the flirtatiousness of a young woman.

All the ladies' eyes lit up as they praised, "What a brilliant idea!"

His mother had always followed the rules, so why would she suddenly do something new?

Madame Jiang held her mother's hand and said with a smile, "After knowing you for so many years, I didn't expect you to be so secretive!"

The mother smiled and said to the socialite Lady Jiang, "This is not my idea!" While we're at it, we're letting the ladies sit on the screen.

A circle of silk fell on the pear wood screen, forming a semicircle. Every one of the screens was depicted with colorful flowers. From the common apricot flowers to the peach blossoms to the rarely seen beauty Yu, they were all vividly painted.

Inside the screen, there was a square table made of pear wood. Next to each small table, there were four chairs made of pear wood with official hats on. The chairs were covered with a light yellow Mt.

The various ladies were surprised as they exchanged invitations and took a seat.

Lady Wen laughed and teased her mother. "We're stretching our necks out waiting to hear whose idea this is!"

As the mother brought the maidservants to serve tea to the madams, she smiled and said, "This was arranged by our eldest young mistress. She was afraid that others would laugh at her, so she put it under my name!"

I couldn't help but be stunned!

I didn't interfere at all with Grandmother's birthday feast!

Mother, what does this mean?

The ladies began to praise each other. Then, Lady Wen brought up my shop. "On the East Street, there is a new tea shop. The decorations are not only elegant, the tea leaves are also of high quality and the prices are fair. As it happened, our family's grain and oil store was right next to it. The head storekeeper came back and told our master that he was afraid that a business expert had arrived. Who knew that after asking, he found out that the boss was the Yang Family's young miss. A young person like you is already incredible! "

The ladies of the Xu family were all shocked. Big Miss Xu looked at me as if I were a monster, while Second Miss Xu looked at me with such envy.

Miss Wen covered her mouth with the handkerchief and laughed. Obviously, she had known about this long ago.

At the side, Madame Jiang laughed and teased me, "Even if Eldest Miss Yang earns the money, you still have to treat us aunts to a glass of water and wine!"

I hastily got up with a smile and straightened my clothes as I promised, "How could it be as good as what my aunts have said? They only used my grandmother's father's reputation to make a living! Aunts, please do not praise him anymore. Otherwise, it would be better if you could find a hole to hide in. "

There was already a maidservant waiting by my side with a silver jug of wine. I smiled as I poured a cup from Madam Xu to Madam Xu. The other maidservants teased me while smiling. For a moment, the room was filled with laughter.

Lady Jiang smiled and teased her. "Your family has married a good wife who knows how to act!"

Lady Xu smiled and looked at her little sister-in-law. "I also have many arms!"

Second Lady Xu pursed her lips when she heard this, but Third Madam acted as if she didn't hear him and maintained her usual smile.

After pouring wine for the ladies, Lan Ling came out with a full set of thin bone china tea set and waited behind me.

It seemed that everyone had already been warned.

My heart was at ease.

Now he could only wait for his mother to make a move.

Qing Qing's light tea soup carried a faint fragrance. This was the tip of Xinyang's hair that I bought at a high price.

This maidservant must be trying to tell me that everything in the room is in order!

Originally, I wanted to give this tea to Miss Jiang. Even though I had hidden it in a drawer, she actually pulled it out for me.

This girl was too strong!

Don't let me lose anyone!

He bent his knees slightly and offered the teacups with both hands. All the young mistresses hurriedly returned the greeting without mentioning the missing Miss Xue.

All of a sudden, the ladies all praised their grandmother for having such a good granddaughter. This made their grandmother smile from ear to ear, praising the other wives for their ability to speak.

At the same table as Madame Jiang and Madame Xue, Mrs. Xue's face was somewhat ashen. She pursed her lips but didn't say anything.

The women in the room seemed to have forgotten that she was there. It was so lively talking back and forth.

Not long after, there were maidservants dressed in light yellow inner dresses, beige and green armors, white pleated skirts, and red hair ropes tied to their chests. They were led around the table by their mother.

Each table was four plates, six hot dishes and two cold dishes. The dishes were no different from the usual dishes. But it was exquisite in appearance, even the West Lake vinegar fish side with carrots carved with a small coral to match.

The ladies here are all married, so they value the quality of the dishes more. However, the ladies all have a young girl's personality, so when they see me, they only feel that I'm more adorable.

What did his mother want to do after spending so much effort?

As a birthday star, grandma wiggled her first chopstick, picked up a piece of meat from the side of the fish's cheek and put it in her mouth. The banquet then officially began.

As a daughter-in-law, the mother first toasted a glass of wine to the grandmother.

After that, the madams began to toast their grandmothers one by one. Grandmother would either take a sip or take a sip, and the madams also knew that Grandmother was old enough to drink. They spoke a few auspicious words and drank the wine in their hands before returning to their seats.

Then it was the young ladies' turn. Miss Wen and Second Miss Jiang smiled as they followed behind me with cups of tea.

The three of us drank the tea in our cups, and my grandmother's glass of wine was served by my mother Du.

Eldest Miss Xu brought her sisters over to toast. Eldest Miss Xu's face was red as she could only say, "Wishing Grand Mistress Yang a life longer than Nanshan and Fortune of the East China Sea".

Second Miss Xu smiled as she stepped forward to smooth things over for Eldest Miss Xu, but Third Miss Xu pestered Madam Xu to hug her.

"My children have been spoiled by me!" Madam Xu smiled faintly.

Grandmother smiled and said, "Don't let the bright pearl be covered in dust."

This was saying that she was smart and could only be subservient to her elder sister.

Madam Xu smiled and helped the third young miss to straighten the lapels of her robes. "To sharpen a treasured sword, not to mention when brothers work together, it is as sharp as gold."

This was to say that it wasn't that she didn't value Second Miss Xu, but that a smart girl like her needed more training in order to have greater fortune?

Second Young Miss Xu blushed slightly, smiling as she held onto Eldest Young Miss Xu's arm without saying a word.

I sighed and felt a little lonely.

Originally, there were some people who could coexist harmoniously despite having many brothers and sisters and varying aptitudes.

It seems that I was narrow-minded before!

Everyone had a silent lunch with only the occasional sound of clinking porcelain.

After eating and washing their hands, the maidservants served the tea again.

The ladies resumed their tea and talked about their families.

Miss Xu and Miss Xue pulled on my sleeve together, and two chubby pink faces met me.

"Cousin, when are you going to take me to eat pastries?"

He didn't expect that people wouldn't be so worried and remembered the pastries that Second Miss Jiang mentioned.

Xu Sanguan imitated Fifth Miss Xue and pulled on my sleeve to call me cousin.

Fifth Miss Xue hugged my leg and rested her face on my knee. She glared at Third Miss Xu and said, "This is my cousin, not you!"

Xu Sanniang came over and pulled my hand, shaking it in a spoiled manner and said, "Can you be my cousin?"

I laughed out loud as I embraced the two little girls. I felt that the two of them were naive and could melt a person's heart.

While pulling one of them along, we stood in front of Grandmother and smiled. "You're here to talk. We're making a lot of noise, so we don't want to disturb your mood."

Lady Xu pulled me along and smiled at Grandmother. "Look at this grandson of yours, what a mouth you have! They young people think that we are old antiques, but they even said that they are afraid of disturbing our peace and quiet! "

Even though Madam Xu's words were a joke, it would cause people to misunderstand that I'm unfilial to my parents.

Grandmother frowned, her expression becoming serious.

Madam Xu looked embarrassed.

Kids are usually the most sensitive, and both of them are leaning over me as if it would be safer.

"Be careful of your safety, don't go to the pavilion, and don't randomly eat. Be careful of your stomach."

I understood what my grandmother meant, and I smiled and curtsied.